John Keel Killed by
Joe Hollis Friday
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at a court held over the Biggs Drug
Store, before the present courthouse
was built. He was found guilty and
sentenced to the penitentiary for 2
years. He cursed the presiding judge,!
who added three more years to the
sentence.
The next important case in which
he figured was in the Pitt County l
courts, where he was tried on a first-
ilegree murder charge for the killing
ot David Crandall at the Tom Shep
pard mill. At the first trial he was
convicted and sentenced to be hung,
but appealed to the supreme court
and Was granted a new trial. He re
ceived a sentence of 30 years in the
penitentiary' at the second trial. While
serving this term he did railroad work
and helped to build the Plymouth
bianch' of the Atlantic Coast Line. !
He obtained a pardon after serving
i or 8 years of his term in a rather
novel, yet very treacherous and dis-|
graceful way, according to his own
story in after years. He said he pro
posed to a negro prisoner to escape, !
and he suggested that while they were
working) near a spring that they ask
a guardlto allow them to get wuiW|
rod whihNtne. guard was not looking
the colored prisoner was to strike him
wi'h an axe. Keel kept hi eye on his
fellow prisoner and just as he was in j
the act of striking the guard, Kee'j
killed the negro at one blow with a]
shovel. For this good deed of pro-!
tjcting and saving the life of the|
t.uard, the governor pardoned him.
After getting tut.of prison h- en
tered the show business and went a-j
■nout the country to the small towmj
and cross-roads pieces and showed.
magic lantern scenes, and did a f2W
tricks. At one time he owned, a «ihot» j
c.,r and operated on the railroad',-
According to cut rent reports, hi
t ; aimed to have killed a negro in the
town of Washington a number of
years ago.
In earlv life he married at Au'r.n-;
der, but his' \vif> divorced him. tie
has two sons in Detroit and is said
t i have several daughter.-.
A!ter he went into the show blisl-
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TONIGHT
(Wednesday)
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JOS. W. BAILEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WILLI AMSTON, N. C.
Office Lower Floor Oil Farmers &
Merchants Bank Building
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n«£s he is said to have picked up a
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coming tired of hei he would run her,
oir. While at Che Mobley Mill thU|
winter he is alleged to have conducted
an immoral house in the upper story i
ci the mill. He was a drinker and
cruel in his nature, often cauaihg j
trouble, and having many minor court
records as well as big ones.
Up to Monday evening no friend had
claimed his body, and as it was about
to be buried a telegram received
from a daughter jn Durham asking
that the burial be deferred until to
day, pending her arrival. The burial
was at the Wynne grave yard in
Cross Roads today.
Thus the slayer of three became the
victim himself in a fourth tragedy.
I'NDERGOES OPERATION IN
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL
Thad Koberson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Koberson, who live near |
here, underwent a serious operation'
last Friday night at the Washington
Hospital. Reports while not favor-j
able, state the boy to be geeting a
long as well as could be expected.
WILLIE WINKLE SHOPPE i
SHOWING SPRING HATS 1
The Willie Winkle Shoppe, of thisj
city, is announcing in this paper the
showing of the new spring styles in
millinery. Felt and straw combina
tions in a dozen new shapes are being J
particularly leatured. The firm ex-j
tends a cordial invitation to their cus-j
tomers and friends to look their stock l
over.
Mr. and Mrs. Owens and Mr. C. P.
McClue, of Tarboro, visited the local j
telephone exchange today.
NOTICE FOR TAX DEED
To Alex Woolard, or to any other
person or persons interested in the
following land: i
You will take notice that H. T. Rob
erson, sheriff and tax collector for
Martin County, sold at the courthouse
duor of Martin County, on Monday,
the 7th day in June, 1926, "16 acres
residence listed in Griffins Township
Ly Alex Woolard," for taxes for the
j ear 1925, and at said sale I was the!
A Great Array of Spring Footwear
AWAITS YOUR INSPECTION£ND APPROVAL
for Milady The well-shod foot is a f or His'oner
character mark of your-
well-dressed Ameriean, .
?/*v and in Williamston, we
/ see to it that the newest J
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\| \ comfortable lasts are
shown $s early as in any
t yv ) metropolitan shops.
The Klanmore The Kingston .
_IS The Dausboro The Lagani j.
f The Janque , The Presnon
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* IN BLACKS, TANS, AND ALL COMBINATION LEATHERS
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Harrison Bros. & Co.
Williamston's Largest Department Store
highest bidder for said land and the
said sheriff issued me a certificate of
said sale.
You will take further notice here
under, that unles-s you redeem said
certificate, I shall demand a deed for
-aid land on or after June 7, 1927.
February sth, 1927.
fll 4tw Mrs. FANNIE B. PEEL.
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FOB SALE: RHODE ISLAND RED
eggs; $1.50 per Setting of 15; Mrs.j
C. R. Mobley, Churct St., William-1
ston. _ ~ 'lB 2tl
WANTED: 50000 STANDARD OAK
Cross Ties and 5000 cords poplar,
gum and pine pulp wood, delivered-
New Bern, Washington and Eliza-;
beth City, North Carolina. Good in
spection and cash when loaded, j
BI'RWELL TIE CO.
2-18-6t Stovall, N. C.
FOR SALE: ISLAND RED
eggs, $2.50 for 15. C. B. Clark,
Williamston, N. C. fls 4t
PARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS
for setting; 15 for SI.OO. Stock
roosters for sale. B. S. Courtney, fls 2
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LAST CALL: SET PECAN TREES
soon or another year is lost. Ask
for prices and valuable facts. J. B. ?
Wight, Cairo, Ga. fl 8t
S. C. DARK BROWN LEGHORNS,
the original egg machine; eggs for
hatching, 15 for sl. Stacy S. Cox,
Williamston, N. C. f22 4tp|
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a power of sale con
tained in that certain deed of trust
xecuted by Joseph J. Stroud and wife
Lelia Stroud, to the undersigned trus
tee, and bearing date of March, 1918,
and of record in the public registry of
Martin County in book O-l, at page
479, said deed of trust having been
given to secure the payment of a cer-:
tain note of even date and tenor there- j
with, and default having been made
in the payment of said note, and the
terms and conditions in said deed of
trust not having been complied with,
and at the request of the holder of
said note, the undersigned trustee
will, on Saturday, the 12lh day of
March, 1927, at 12 o'clock m., at the
courthouse door of Martin County, at
Williamston N. C., offer at public sale
to the highest bidder, for cash, a one
tliird interest in and to the following
described real estate and personal
property, to wit:
First tract: Beginning at an iron
stake, Gattie E. Bailey's corner on the
A. C. L. Railroad right of way; thence
running S. 84 W. 70 yards to an iron
stake, S. F. Everett's corner; thence
north 84 E. 70 yards to Thomas Bail
ey's corner, an iron stake; thence S.
7 E. 70 yards along Gattie A. Bailey's
line, containing one (1) acre.
Second tract: Two acre* of land ad
joining the above tract, which was
purchased by Stroud, Bailey ft Barn
hill from S. F. Everett, and which to
gether with the above one acre tract
comprises the mill site and yard of
Stroud, Bailey ft Barnhill, located at
J'veretts, North Carolina.
Third tract: That certain tract of
ir tnd containing 196 acres, more or leas
purchased by Stroud, Bailey ft Barn
-1 ill from J. G. Staton by a deed
v.'hich is of record in the public regis
try of Martin County, to which ref
erence is made for a more accurate
description.
Also the following personal proper
ty situated on said mill site, to wit:
J 40 H.P. boiler, 1 planer and out
fit, 1 grist mill complete, 1 saw mill
complete, all from the Gibbs Machin
ery Co.; also 1 26 H.P. engine, L. ft
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which have been put in good condition. If
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you are interested and want to save money,
it will pay you to see us before buying.
Remember, too, that we are selling the
genuine 13-plate Ford Batteries for $12.00.
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Have made steadfast friends among the farmers of this
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results. This fact, coupled with the service that we en
dea .or to trive at all times, brings back to us ev.Ty year
so n any of the old friends who have used our fertilizers
year after year. Some of them have been using- it for 20
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For Sale by
J. M. Hierhsmith Rohersonville, N. C
D. A, James .... Robersonville, N. C.
J. S. Ayers and Co - Everetfs. N. C
J. and Bro. ._ ... ...; Bear Grass, N. C
T., 1 gin complete, L. ft T., 1 lath
ing mill complete S. ft Bragg*, all
pulleys, shafting, belting, hangers,
tools and fixtures of all kinds belong
ing to the said mill; also 1 125 H.P.
boiler, 1 90 H.P. engine, 1 resaw, rip
saw, 1 plainer, all of said machinery
being located in and on the mill and
mill site of Stroud, Bailey ft Barn
hill, 'Which is located in or near the
town of Everetts, N. C., on tracts
Nos. 1 and 2 as above set forth.
This 7th day of February, 1927.
CLAYTON MOORE,
f8 4tw Trustee.
666
to a Prescription far
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