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VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 70
THREE NEGROES
IN JAIL RESULT
CUTTING SCRAPE
Several Hurt in Free-for-All
Fight at Green Farm
Sunday Night
IS CAUSED BY LIQUOR
Sheriff Find* Dishe« Broken, Stove
Owlunwd, and Blood AO Over
House Where Fight Took Place
Following a slashing and cutting
scrape on the Green farm, about six
miles from here on the Washington
road, last Sunday night, Ben Biggs,
Louis Brown, and Will Worley were
placed in the jail here that night and
yesterday to await trial in-the record
er's court in session here today. Wal
ter Rogers and Cleo Rogers were also
arrested in connection in the case, but
were later released.
According to Sheriff Roebuck, Ben
Biggs tailed in for help about 11 o'-
clock, stating that Louis Brown was
in his (Biggs') home and would not
let him in. Before the sheriff arrived
Biggs returned to his home and told
Brown that the sheriff was coming and
that he bad better go, Brown is said
to have told Biggs that he was glad
the sheriff was coming, that he was
going to tell about the liquor Biggs
had in the house. *
Biggs was placed on the defense good
and strong by Brown's threat to tell,
tu he stationed himself a short dis
tance from the house and waited for
the sheriff, When the officer arrived,
Biggs told him that he need not trouble
himself about going after Brown, that
he was going to spend the night some
where elae. When the officer continued
oi' to the fao«#r, Biggs insisted that
he rush Brown right 011 out as that
would save trouble.
Upon entering the yard, Sheriff Roe
buck and Officer Allsbrooks noticed
blood spots here and there. The porch
was stained from one end to the other,
Following the blood stains the officers
found Brown sitting in a room, before
the fireplace, holding his head as the
blood ran from an ugly gash made by
an automobile spring in the hands of
Biggs. Searching around the house,
the officers found all the dishes broken
and a stove boitom-side-up in the
kitchen and three or four pints of whis
ky and freshly emptied fruit jars scat
tered about the house.
Just a* the officers, carrying Brown,
reached the front door, Brown told the
officers about liquor in Biggs safe.
Biggs immediately left for the woods.
Officer Allsbrooks was instructed to
drive down the road with Brown and
wait. Sheriff Roebuck hid himself and
waited for Biggs to return. Thirty
minutes later, Biggs came walking up,
and the sheriff was just about to step
out to react; him when a big bulldog
interfered. While the officer was beat
ing back the dog, Biggs made another
dash for the woods. Biggs offered a
weak excuse when he was arrested yes
terday for his action* the night before.
Brown, with a bad gash in his head,
was treated by a local doctor before
landing in jail. Biggs was alio cut a
bout the head; Will Worley had a
long carving right down his back, and
one or two others in the free-for-all
fight, which was said to have been
started over liquor, had one or two cuts
on their bodies. The cuts were said
not to be very deep, just deep enough
to provide a free flow of blood.
Biggs is facing an assault with a
deadly weapon charge, and another
county, charging him with keeping li-_
quor for the purpose of sale. Charges
hsd not been preferred against the oth
er two yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Cone Vice President
of District Dental Society
Dr. P. B. Cone, local dentist, was
mSde vice president of the Fifth Dis
trict Dental Society, at a -meeting of
the society held in Rocky Mount yes
terday. Approximately 100 doctors
from all over Eastern North Caro
lina were' in attendance upon the
meeting, which was reported to be
ene of the best held in sometime.
IWATTSI
| f f THEATRE
M Wednesdsy October 30
"THj£
I LONE PATROL"
with
William Bradley and
Jean Dolores
I Also COMEDY AND SERIAL
I Thursday-Friday, Oct Jl-Nov. L
BUSTER
KEATON
and
Ernest Torrence
in
"Steamboat BUI, Jr."
Also COMEDY AND NEWS
k-'
THE ENTERPRISE
Last-Minute Details Being
Arranged for
that day," die advance man stated,
when aakad if the children would
b« admitted free in spite of the ac
tion taken by the county teachers'
association recently.
Manager John L. Rodgerson
stated today that all religious or
fraternal organisations in the coun
ty would be offered booths free of
charge at the fair this year, no
charge whatever being made.
Preparations for the event are
complete, Manager Rodgerson and
Messrs. Stone and Holding work
ing out last-minute details here
this week.
He weigh* around 400 pounda,
and he'a from Tennessee that's
Mr. H. A. Holding, advance man
for the W. T. Stone Shows, in case
you happen to aee him on the
atreet.a The shows, playing the
Roanoke Pair here next week, car
ry additional and greater amuse
ment programs, declared Mr.Hold
ing this morning when reviewing
the Stone and Marks equipment
"Free admission to all school
children at the gates next Tuesday
still holds good, so Mr. Rodgerson
told me, and we hope that the
school people will be our guests
MAN IS CAUGHT,
ATSTILLMONDAY.
W. H. Daugherty, of Wal
lace, Run Down by
Officer
"I turned the fan on, but could not
keep it on," W. H. Daughetry, young
white man giving his home address as
Wallace, said following his capture at
a liquor still in Hamilton township
yesterday afternoon. Good-natured to
the nth degree, young Daugherty
jokingly told how he raced with "Doc"
Rangely, the big federal prohibition
agent recently stationed here. A col
ored man, name unknown to both
Daugherty and the officers, took to
the swamps, making his escape by a
very close margin. "He was able to
keep his fan on," Daugherty remark
ed.
The chase over, the distiller and
the officer sat down to rest, Daugherty
telling a story crowded with fun. Sev
eral months ago he is said to have
come to Tarboro from Wallace, and
for a while he was engaged in the
manufacturing business near there.
Learning that this section offered a
future in the business, he moved
down, setting up his 60-gallon steam
plant at a secreted point about half
half way between Hamilton and Pal
myra. He had no more than become
accustomed to his new surroundings,
according to his story, before the of
fice rs raided him.
When questioned, Daugherty told all
the facts, but other than those impli
cating himself and his property, he
remained silent. He told where his
car was, that he had used it to trans
port liquor and that he had contain
ers in it ready for the day's output.
The officers, searching the car, found
a demi-john, a five gallon keg and
several half-gallon fruit jars which
coupled with Daugherty's statements
resulted in the confiscation of the
machine, a Pontiac coupe.
Daugherty went to jail here last
night wlien he was unable to raise a
SI,OOO bond asked by the U. S. com
missioner.
Daugherty, it is understood had
been handling both ends of the busi
ness, manufacturing a while and then
selling his product to patrons in and
near Tarboro, he said. The names of
his customers were withheld,
About four years ago the young
man was fined in 1 U. 3. court for
defrauding the mail*.
Mrs. J. F. Jordan Struck
By Auto at Dardens
Dardens, Oct. 2s.—While walking
home from church aervfcea here last
Saturday evening, Mrs. J. Frank
Jordan waa struck by an automobile
and badly but not seriously hurt. Mrs.
Jordan was knocked several feet by
the car, Mr. Seth Davis, driver, of
Norfolk, bringing the machine to a
stop and narrowly avoiding running
over her.
While Mrs. Jordan was rendered
unconscious at the time, her attend
ing physician states that she will be
all right in a few days after recover
ing from the fright and shock of the
accident.
At the time of the accident, Mrs.
Jordan, with several other ladies, was
walking along the road between the
highway and the Dardens postofflce.
A-
Senior Epworth League
Social Thursday Night
The Senior Epworth League's Hal
lowe'en social will be held with Mrs.
J. E. Harrison, jr., at her home on
Watts Street on Thursday evening.
AH members ars invited.
Parents and Teachers
At Everett* in Meeting
•i
At the hiw meeting of the
Everetts Parent-Teacher Association
held last Wednesday evening approxi
mately seventy parents and teachers
were present to take part in the pro
gram and discussions. An interesting
part of the program was presented
by pupils chosen from the various
grades of the loeal school. Aftsr con
siderable discuarion it was decided
that the association should sponsor
a Hallowe'en party Thursday night,
October 81 and a community fair on
Nov. 11, Befraahments ware ssrred
at the close of the program.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 29, 1929
$65,000 IN TAXES
ARE COLLECTED
*
Majority of Amount Comes
From A. C. L. Railroad
- Company
Approximately $65,000, or more than
half as much as was collected in Oc
tober, November, December, and Janu
ary on the 1928 levy, have been col
lected so far on the county's 1929 tax
levy, it was learned at the sheriff's of
fice yesterday afternoon. A ma
jority of that amount was collected
last week when the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad paid its assessment a
mounting to around $50,000. Many of
the smaller taxpayers are making set
tlements this week, and while the col
lector is highly pleased with the amount
oi the receipts so far, he is slightly
dubious as to the outcome next May.
The sheriff stated yesterday that it
will likely require much riding and
overtime work to take in the poll and
personal property taxes. Tenants will
be moving, and it will he hard to check
oti the payers, the sheriff believes.
While the 1 per cent discount is
speeding up ' the collections consider
ably this month, the incentive will not
be but half as great next month, when
the percentage allowed drops from 1
to 1-2 per cent,
FOOTBALLTEAM
LEAVES FIELD
Fans Disappointed by Tar
boro Coafh Refusing to
Play After Dispute
Local football fails were again dis
appointed when last Friday afternoon
Jake Smith, Tarboro High School foot
hall coach, forfeited a game to the lo
cal eleven. It was just before the half
that the visiting coach, aggravated by
being on the small end of a 20 to 0
score, which his team was holding,
difputed • the referee's decision and
called the visiting eleven from play.
Those who were acquainted with the
rules of the game and the play
were of the opinion that the referee
war right in his decision, but Mr.
Smith, a product of a coach's train
ing class rather than one direct from
the gridiron, apparently preferred to
forfeit than to accept a defeat.
Tarboro fans, coming to see the
game, were understood to say that the
Jake Smith organization was outclassed
and judging from the play, they were
right.
_ Long runs and well-planned passes
featured the locals' attack. The visi
tors made one or two first downs, but
were kept playing on the defense a
greater part of the time the game was
under way.
The locals go to Edenton Friday aft
ernoon, where face their
strongest opposition so far faced this'
year. A good game is expected, and
many fans from here are planning to
attend.
Woman's Club Play -
Friday Is a Success
"Hi-Hat," a musical comedy, staged
in the high school auditorium under
the auspices of the local Woman's Club
was declared a success by a member
ot the club yesterday. Approximately
$75 clear were made, it is understood.
The comedy, prepared in a very short
time, was necessarily weak at times,
the high spots including the role of
Mrs. Parksley, played by Miss Mar
garet Everett, the school days chorus,
and the cupids, offsetting the dull mo
ments to make the play a success.
Seventy or more women, and
children willingly offered their time in
the play's preparation in an effort to
aid the woman's club clear a balance
on the new school auditorium curtain.
Demonstration oi Nitrate
01 Soda Next Saturday
+
Demonstrating the use of nitrate of
soda in the cultivation of corn, Pro
fessor W. T. Overby, of the Jamesville
'schools, is conducting a contest at
the farm ot Mrs. Daniel Brown, near
Jamesville, next Saturday morning at
10 o'clock. Several dollsrs will be
given as prises to farmers attending
and guessing the approximate yield
of com per acre or plot.
Similar demonstrations have been
held by Professor Overby in the
section before.
ONE MAN HURT IN
ACCIDENT NEAR
UNDERPASS HERE
Car Runs Up Side of Em
bankment and Turns Over
Several Times
DRIVER HELD IN JAIL
M. Page, of Rocky Mount, Sent To
Hospital and Negro Driver Held
Without Bond
M. Page, white man of Rocky
Mount, and Richard Phillips, colored,
also of Rocky Mount, miraculously es
caped death late last Saturday night,
when the car in which they were rid
ing turned over several times and land
ed in the bushes along the roadside
jusl this side of the railroad bridge
on Main Street here. Page, who was
sleeping at the time the car was wreck
ed, suffered painful injuries about the
neck, making it necessary for him to
go to the hospital. The extent of his
injuries is not known, but it is believed
that one of the tendons in the neck was
torn loose, which is likely to cause him
much trouble. Phillips, driving the
cat, escaped with minor bruises.
Barely missing the support to the
right side of the bridge coming in, the
car swung to the left and climbed an
enhankment three or four feet high.
The speed was sufficient Jo carry the
machine to the top? where and when
it started turning over, making from
two to five complete turns. Page was
thrown out, the car pinning the col
ored driver underneath.
The car, a new Durant coupe, had
its body completely wrecked, the dam
age amounting to approximately SSOO.
Sheriff Roebuck, investigating the
case, found two pint bottles freshly
emptied. One of the bottles was in
the pocket of the car door, and the
other was found near by. Phillips,
partly intoxicated, was placed in jail,
where he is being lield without bond
pending the outcome of Page's injuries.
According to officers' statements, Page
was not drinking at the time of the
wreck.
Phillips, a filling station employee in
Rocky Mount, stated that Page, an
employee of the Nash Sales Company,
Rocky Mount, called for him to drive
the car. They went to Wilson first,
and upon leaving there Phillips was
instructed to call Page when they
reached the underpass here. He staged
that he did not know where Page had
planned to go.
LESS COTTON IS
GINNED SO FAR
70,156 Bales Short of Re
port Issued Same Time
Last Year
Cotton ginning in the State this
year in 70,166 bales leas than it wax
last year up unti the 18th of thin
month, according to a U. S. Govern
ment report released last Friday. Only i
thirteen counties reported gains, thoi
entire State ginning this year up to j
October 18, 227,489 bales as compar- 1
ed with 297,446 tor a similar period
last year.
The decrease was very marked in
this county where only 137 bales were
reported up until the 18th this year
as compared with 1,076 last season.
Edgecombe, qpe of the largest cotton
producing counties in this immediate
section of the State, reported only
3,476 bales as compared with 6,-360
bales last year. AH the counties re
porting gains were in the southern or
western sections of the State, the
most marked decreases being in the
large tobacco-growing counties.
Hallowe'en Festival at -
Grammar School Friday
In an effort to raise funds for the
grade school library here, teachers and
pupils are working diligently preparing
a Hallowe'en festival for next Friday
evening. Undertaking the task to raise
the required sum of SSO, the school is
asking the support of every one, offer
ing in return fun and merriment lot
both old and young.
Fololwing a dress parade at 7 o'-
clock, the festival will be in full swing
at 7:15 in the graded school building,
v/here side shows, fishing ponds and
other amusements will be provided. At
8:15 the grammar grade children will
stage a minstrel, which promises to be
the feature of the evening's program.
*
Hallowe'en Carnival at
Farm Lite Thursday
There will be a Hallowe'en carnival
at the Farm Life School Thursday
night, the feaat beginning with a cos
tume parade followed by a Spanish
dance. The features announced for
the evening Include the rifling of a
rooster, chaWiber of horrors, fish pond
and fortune tellers' booths.
♦
Baptist Philatheas To
Meet Thursday Night
The Philathea class of the Memor
ial Baptist church will meet with Mrs.
Z. H. Bose Thursday evening, Octob
er 81, at seven o'clock instead of
8 as was originally planned. All mem
bers an urged to be present.
B. R. JENKINS DIES
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Prominent in the affairs of his
community, Mr. Jenkins was also one
of the few Confederate veterans left
in the county, and with his passing
the "Thin Gray Line" is left with
only four or five membejs in this
section.
B.R. JENKINS DIES
SUNDAY NIGHT
Was Prominent Citizen of
Robersonville Community
For Many Years
At the age of 84, years, Benjamin
Richard Jenkins, one of the county's
leading citizens and an ex-Confed
erate soldier, answered the last roll
call early Sunday night at his home
near Robersonville, He had been ill
during the past nine months, remain- 1
ing active prior to that time despite J
his old age.
Born, May I'B, 1848, Mr. Jenkins,
died on the same farm where his ;
father- and grandfather were born '
and reared. He was the oldest of a i
large family, surviving all except |
two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins,
of Robersonville, and Mrs. George W.
Griffin, of near here. A sister, Miss
Jennie Jenkins, died two years ago,'
and he was preceded to the grave by
five brothers, Samuel D., Robert,!
John, Dawson and James.
In the Civil War he served in the j
17th regiment, remaining always a
true friend to the South. Following
the war he returned to this county!
working diligently on the farm and!
taking an active part in politics. For
years he served as a member of the [
county board of elections, ,which po
sition he held at the time of hisj
death. He was a justice of the peace
for around 25 years.
Choosing a single life, Mr. Jenkins|
never lost the spirit of the true'
Southern Gentleman, always clinging
to the principles of conservatism,!
honesty and truth. While he had
never connected himself with any
church, he was a strong believer in!
the Primitive Baptist faith, Elders
B. S. Cowing and John N. Rogerson,
of that Church, conducting the funeral l
at the home yesterday afternoon.;
Interment was made in the new cem j
etery at Robersonville, a host of
friends paying a last tribute to his
valiant life.
Honor Roll for Local
Colored Graded School
Following is the honor roll and per
fect attendance record of students of
the Williamston colored school for the
month ending October 25;
Honor roll: Grade IB—Van Buren
Haggard and Ullysses Whitley; Grade
lA—Nancy Rodgers; Grade 2B—Brad
Bagley, John Smith, Garmilla Wil
liams and llattie Latham; Grade 2A
Vv illie C. Bunch, jr., Branch Ormond,
and Mary Faulk; Grade S—Sylvian
Whitley; Grade 10—Fannie Allen and
Theresa Hill.
Perfect attendance students: Walter
Carter, Harry Norfleet, Haywood
Ebron, James W. Lloyd, Isolene Pur
vif, Mary A. Latham, Madeline Keyes,
Christian Kuffin, Brad Bagley, Camil
la Williams, Hattie Latham, Emma
Watts, Vivian Long, Willie C. Bunch,
Branch Ormond, Mary Faulk, Lillian
Hill, Moses Slade, Willie J. Manson,
Ruth Jacobs, Odessa Norfleet, Mary
Lee Purvis, Sylvian Whitley, Ella Mae
White, Samuel Slade, Robert Slade,
Eddie Clemmons, Harry Slade, Thom
as Allen, James Hyman, Leroy Mi
it He, Fredia Harris, Fannie C. John
son, Emma Moye, Mary Mizelle,
Fredia Harris, Farinie C. Johnson,
Emma Moye, Mary Mizelle, Johnnie
M. Purvis, Elizabeth Hargett, Mary
Williams, Robert Price, Hezekiah
Spruill, George Williams, Charlie B.
Williams, Minnie Ruffin, Isolene Ma
son, Eddie Hines, Alexander Slade,
William Andrews, Senni« Mae Brooks,
James Faulk, John Slade, Fannie Al
len, Delia Rodgers, Essie (Lee Mizelle,
Malinda Patterson, Armazor Cherry,
Francia Gaynor, Grace Gotham, Lena
Mae Graham, Dorothy Huff, Alger
Mae Mason, Delzelle Peele*
2 Negro Men Killed
In Wreck Saturday
STOCK MARKET
IS AGAIN HIT BY
BEAR TRADING
Values Down Ten Billion
Dollars, Following
Near-Panic
IS WORST~BREAK YET
Higher-Priced Stocks Were Main Vic
tims of Bears' Raid; Bankers Not
Able To Cope With Situation
New York, Oct. 28.—A1l the wealth
of the New York bunks was unable
today to check another tremendous
wave of liquidation on the Stock Ex
change.
Values were pared down $10,000,-
000,000 or more is the worst break in
history.
The Dow-Joties industrial average
broke 3K.33 points and the railroad
average 10.91 pointty the largest break
in history. Sales totaled 9,212,800
shares, the second largest day on
record in point of volume.
Organized bear raids were directed
against the "Blue Chips" and these
high class stocks broke from 10 to
50 points in pell mell unloading.
Prom the opening until-the clos
ing gong stopped the trading, the
prices were below Saturday's last
prices. For a brief interval around
1:30 support developed, but it was
short-lived. Bankers could not take
the stock offered. They aban
doned the attempt, permitting prices
to seek their own levels, which were
only downward. The majority closed
on the lows of the day.
The break was' orderly during the
morning. Steel Common rode under
but kept above last week's low
of 193 1-2, General Electric was forc
ed down sharply, and so were -such
shares as Westinghouse Electric and
a long list of utilities.
Suddenly the {tears managed to
forte an opening in the Steel armor.
The 'stock wavered and then fell,
■touching lif3. .
At thiit tirpe Charles E. Mitchell,
chairman of the National City Bank,
hurried out of his office.-on Wall
Street and went to the office of J, I'.
Morgan and Company opposite the
Stock Exchange.
That move presaged banking sup
port, and the bears were intimidated
for a few moments.
In a few more momenta buying
orders were placed for Steel. Morgan
brokers were reported working on
the buying side. Steel shot up to
iy* and other pivotal shares had
similar comebacks.
When it looked as if the list would
recover, Thomas W. Lamont told
newspaper men that the bankers
would issue no statement; that none
was necessary.
This apparently was all the bears
wanted. They resumed their opera
tions on a scale seldom witnessed. In
a few minutes Steel was back to 19S
and then it broke further, getting
well below 190. It closed at 186, oIT
17 1-2 points for the day, a loss in
market value of all shares outstand
ing of more than $136,000,000.
From that time on to the close the
bulls never had a single moment they
could call their own. Stock after
stock was depressed until the whole
market structure was on the verge
of collapse. And then the closing gong
brought the day to a close.
Rehabilitation Man Makes
Survey ol Cases ifi County
Mr. C. N. Cobb, of the Vocational
Rehabilitation Department, Raleigh,
was here yesterday making a regular
survey of the cases in this county.
There are four in this county .Waiting
for instruction provided or arranged
by the department, it was stated. The
several rases handled from this county
by the department are said to be get
ing along well.
Kiwanis To Entertain
Local Tobacco Men
Local tobacco warehousemen and
buyers will be entertained by the
Kiwanis club at the Woman's Club
hall this evening at 7:00 o'clock, it
was announced yesterday by Mr. J.
D. Woolard, secretary.
All club members and guests are
requested to be preent promptly ut
7 o'clock.
Dr. Biggs Made Chairman
Of Committee of Bankers
John D. liiKK". president, Farmers
& Merchants Bank, Williairistun, li«a
been honored by appointment as State
Chairmen of the State legislative coun
cil and membet of "the committee on
taxation of The American Bankers As
sociation by John G. IxMwdale, newly
elected president of the organisation,
and head of the Mercantile Coinnfefce
Dank & Trust Company, St. Lottii,
Mo.
Advertisers Will Find Oar fft
uiniw ■ Latchkey to Over 1,600
Home* of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
CAR HITS BUGGY
WITHOUT LIGHTS
John Purvis Dies Instantly;
Marcus Thomas Fatally
Hurt at Collie Swamp
DRIVER EXONERATED
Edgar Hollis, Driver of Car Which
Crashed Into Buggy, Freed From
Blame by County Officers
John Purvis, 32-year-old colored
man, was instantly killed and Marcus
Thomas, colored man, 74 years old,
was fatally injured shortly after dark
la>t Saturday when the buggy jn which
tl.ey were riding was struck l>y a Ford
coupe - driven by Edgar Hollis, white,
near the Collie Swamp bridge, one
mile west of Everett* on State High
way No. 90. Purvis' body was bad-
Iv broken and mangled, causing in
stant death. Suffering a fractured
-kull, Thomas never regained con
sciousness, dying early Sunday morn
ing. Holthr a'nd his companions, Ra
leigh Roebuck, J. S. Ayers, jr.. and
Wiley Crawford, all. of this county,
escaped witji minor bruises. ,
Failure to carry a light on the buggy
tost tlTe two men their lives, according
to reports coming from an official in
vestigation of tnc wreck. Purvis ;>tui
Thomas, after spending part of the day
in Robersonville, were returning to
their Jionies in Everetts, apparently
forgetting to -display any light. Hol
lis, driving the Ford coupe toward Ev
eretts, met another car just before he
hit the buggy, which carried no light.
Apparently excited, Hollis is believed
to have pushed the. accelerator instead,
of the fool brake, -causing th# ear to
continue 7.5 yards down the road be
fore it "was stopped. Vointtt . Ayers
turned the ignition switch, Hollis bring
ing the car to a stop in its upright
position. Caught -in the cat*! — Purvis
was carried the 73 yards, hut death
was thought to have been caused when
the Ford liit the buggy. Thomas was
tluuwn to lilt: com lute near the spot
where the buggy was first hit.
Digging its radiator into the Tear of
the buggy, which was completely
wrecked, the car knocked the buggy
ruins .'Hid horse off the road. Tljj:
animal, stripped of its harness to the
last piece, liad one of its legs broken
and a bad gash cut in the back. Sher
iff Roebuck -ordered the horse killed
ant' the body buried. One of the car's
fender* was smashed, an axle bent,
and the windshield broken
Investigating the case thoroughly,
Coroner S- R- HtgKs and Sheriff I).
"Rofcbuck considered' no inqucM neces
sary and the car driver was
IMbs and Roebuck live near Ever
etts in t f i*oss Roads Townsliip. Ayers
"and Crawford, students at .State Col-
It ge, joined the two at Robersonville,
and were on lh,eir way home in Kver-
WOMANS CLUB
MET THRUSDAY
District President Attends
And Makes Instructive
Address
The regular meeting of the local
Woman's, club was held in the club
hall last week. Mrs. C. J. Sawyer,
president of the Fifteenth District,
utterUled and made an instructive
talk on club work. She talked oh two
issues that are receiving the atten
tion of the local club at this time.
They were civic beautification and
night schools. The club has always
done something along the line of
beautifying the town and a night
school is being considered by the
membership! now.
Mrs. Sawyer made her talk prac
tical, giving suggestions about
how to improve the looks of the towr,
and how to gd'Bbout planning for and
arranging to have a night school.
There was little business attended
to; it being tabled until the next
meeting to be held; in November.
TOBACCO SALES
NOW AT PEAK
Local Market Continues to
Hold Its Own in Prices;
25c Average Monday
With sales continuing about the
same, the local tobacco market has
held ita own in price >8 compared
with last week, excepting the peak
reached on Wednesday, last. A 25-
cent average was reported yesterday,
and while the dark and. slatey to
baccos prevailed today on the floors,
no great variation in price is expect
ed when the tabulations are complet
ed.
It is the prevailing opinion that
the peak has been reached in the
Bright Belt, and that no incraaM la
likely to result in the sales from now
on. 1 •. Jißfctti