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Watch the Labd on Tour Paper As It Curias tha Data Wfcaa Yoar Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 92 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, January 17,1930 ESTABLISHED 1898 SPECIAL MEET OF COUNTYBOARD IS HELD THIS WEEK Reconstruction of Whitleys Bridge Over Conoho Crfcek Considered ROAD IS NOW CLOSED Start Investigation of Destitute Cases Which Will Lead to Entering Several in County Home Meeting in special session here last Wednesday afternoon, the Martin County Board of Commissioners han dled several matters commanding im mediate attention. Commissioners Pope and Griffin were appointed to investigate the re construction of Whitleys Bridge over Conoho Creek, near Hamilton. The road was closed last week when the bridge was considered unsafe for use. Since that time citizens living in the section have been forced to travel 10 miles or more to seek an outlet. The stream requires an unusually large bridge, and the necessary' replacement cost will draw heavily upon the coun ty's bridge fund. One or two cases wheft destitute cir cumstances prevail were called to the attention of the body, and an investi gation was started whereby it will be possible to enter one or two people to the county home. The borrowing of money for financ ing the operation of the several county departments was again considered by the ?ounty.officials and special arrange ment wert started in an effort to ne gotiate a $40,000 loan. According to unofficial reports, many counties in the section are experiencing great difficulty in floating favorable loans at this time. a NO CLUE YET TO STORE ROBBERS ♦ Two Houses Searched, But Find No Trace of Stolen Goods While officers are still working on the case, no clue had been established late yesterday warranting an arrest in the r»bbery of the Ira T. Coltrain store at Jamesville last Monday night. Dogs were called for last Tuesday morning, but after following two trails a short distance from the scent of the robbery they refused to go on. Two houses were searched by officers, but no goods were found. According to a statement made by the store's owner, five or six suits of Iclothing, Several dresses, four pairs of and other wearing apparel were removed from the store. • Farm Life Boys Defeat v Robersonville Here, 4-2 m . Probably a new scorinf record for this section-—certainly on the local courts—was set up in the game be tween Farm Life and Robersonville bays' teams here Wednesday flight following the WilliamstOn-Bclhaven game, which Farm Life won, 4 to 2. The-contest was hard fought, first one team and then the other running the ball the length of the floor only to lose it before having a chance to score. The first quarter ended in a 0-0 tie. Farm Life counted a field goal and and Robersonville a free throw in the second period, the score being 2-1 at the half. The last two periods were repetitions of the first and second; Farm Life scoring another goal from the floor and Robersonville making good a free throw." This was the second time the two teams had met this season, Farm Life winning the first, 12 to 9. - a Regular Sunday Services at Jamesville Baptist Church Regular services will be held in the Jamesville Baptist Church Sunday, the pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, filling the pulpit at both the 11 and 7 o'clock services. The public is invited to at tend. a Special Series of Services At Methodist Church Special series of sermons continues at the Methodist church. "Religion for Every-Day Life" is the theme of the seven sermons. They are delivered at the Sunday evening services by the psstor. They are a twentieth century exposition of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. "Inwardness of Character" is the theme of the mesage for Sunday, which is an exposition of Mat. v:l7-46.. The public is invited to hear this non- sectarian interpretation of the Scriptures. a Sells Eight Chickens For Total of $12.98 The importance of poultry raising in this county was well illustrated last Tuesday when Mrs. C. A. Askew, of Jamesville, sold eight chickens to the poultry car |here for $12.98. Hundred} of other similar sales have beea made in the county this week, bringing tcf the individuals ready cash with which Is offset, necessary current expenses when field crops are still un planted. THE ENTERPRISE Tax Collections Slowing JJp; Penalty Effective February 2 .- ■ J While tax settlements in this j county sre moving forwsrd grad ually, the penalty feature ia appar ently going to affect a goodly num ber of the pays, it is understood. Beginning February 2, a penalty of 1 per cent will be added, the pen alty increasing by 1 per cent each month thereafter. BANK DECLARES USUAL DIVIDEND » • Stockholders of Bank ,of Robersonville in Annual Meeting This Week The Bank of Robersonville held its regular annual stockholders' meeting in its banking rooms last Wednesday, a large stock representation being pres ent lor the business"-session. Reporting a very successful, year, the bank de clared a six per cent dividend, issuing its checks to the stockholders this week. y Y .■ ♦ The annual report shows net profits of $6,520.00, or 15 per cent, after mak ing liberal allowances for unearned in terest on notes receivable and accrued ii'terest on time and s4viugs deposits. Approximately $4,000 of the net profits was placed to the surplus account, making this item total $26,000.00. All officers were re-elected for the year 1930, as follows: J. H. Roberson, jr., president; R. A. Bailey, vice presi dent; R. L. Smith, vice president; D. R. Everett, cashier; S. L. Roberson, assistant cashier, and Mrs. Lina G. Taylor, bookkeeper. • In announcing the dividend. Cashier I.t, R. Everett stated, "The return which you may reasonably expect from your stock investment in this bank de pends upon the strength of its df poits and the amont qf its net earn -1 ings, therefore, when this bank is able to show -a- g»in, it means s propor tionate gain for you. We appeal to you to work personally, and to grasp every opportunity to gift new and substan tial depositors for your bank." • \ DEFEAT HIGHER SUGAR TARIFF • Democratic Proposal to Re tain Existing Rates Prevails Washington, Jan. 16.—The Senate, I by a vote of 48 to 38, today refused to j grant higher tariffs on sugar as pro posed by the finance committee Re publicans, and approved a Democratic proposal to retain existing rates. The vote was reached after a week of debate on an item regarded as the most important in the tariff bill. It placed the Senate on record by a sur prisingly comfortable margin in favor of an amendment by Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, to maintain the ptesent duty of 1.76 cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar and 2.20 cents against other countries. The finance committee majority had recommended a rate of 2.20 cents on Cuban sugar and 2.75 cents on ; sugar from other nations, while the , House bill provided rates of 2.40 and 3 cents, respectively. • , Program of Services At Methodist Church Dwight A. Petty, Psstor Sunday school at 9:45, Professor R. A, Pope, superintendent. Morning service at 11. Sermon by , the pastor on, "The Challenge of Vi carious Service." , ' Evening service at 7:30. Continua , tion of the series of sermons on, "Re , ligion for Every-Day Life.'' Theme for . Sunday evening, "The Inwardness of ! Character." A god choir leads the music, and renders special selections. The public is cordially invited to all services. I Senior Epworth League at 7 o'clock 'Monday evening. ' Woman's Missionary Society meet ing Monday afternoon at 3:30 st the church. Hi-LeagiK at 7 p. m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7:30 Wednesday [ evening. Choir Practice st 8:15 Wednesday. L ' ISO Cases On Beaufort Criminal Court Docket i • With 150 cases on its docket, the Beaufort County Superior Court, in session at Washington this week, is s&id to be attracting much attention. A f report from the Beaufort cspitsl states . "The criminal _dosket ii one of the i heaviest in some time, 150 cases being t listed on the docket." , f . Two of the cases were against ! Martin County people, only one of them being disposed of this week. The ! esse charging Mr.' Emmett Whitley, of , this place, with wis I compromised, it is understood,. and the t case charging Sylvester Taylor with - housebreaking and larceny and receiv ing, was continued, it is understood. I Saturday of next week, Sheriff | J Roebuck will receive tax payments at the Barrett Drug Store in Oak City. There is no collection sgency in thst part of the county, and as a matter of convenience to proper ty owners in Goose Nest Town- ship, the collector is arranging to spend the day there with the books. FIREMEN'S MEETi, WELL ATTENDED; ' —• — I! 14 Members of Local Com-' pany Attend Meeting in ! Washington Tuesday • The local company was well repre- I . scnted at the regular quarterly meet- 1 ing of the East Carolina Firemen's 1 Association held in Washington last ' Tuesday evening, fourteen of the mem- ( ! bers attending. The session was well attended by members of companies lo- 1 cated in other towns making up the ,' association. - I Farm/ille will be host to the next meeting, which will be held the sec ■ ond Tuesday evening in April. j t • HONOR ROLL AT FARM LIFE —» — Names of Twenty-Five Stu dents on List for Fourth School Montl^ The names of 25 pupils appear on the Farm Life School honor roll for ! the fourth month, as follows: First grade, section B: Laura Lilley. j First grade, section B: Oscar Wig gins. Second grade: Sallie Coltrain. Third grade: Sarah Getsinger, Verna Smithwick, Carroll Coltrain, Noah " HardiSort, Joseph Peele. Fourth grade: Marjorie Corey, Erla Ruth Corey, Ernie Manning, Mamie Clyde Manning, John B. Roberson. Fifth grade: James Peele, Jay Dan iel. Sixth grade: Thelma Coltrain, Beu lali Roberson, Carrie Delle Griffin, , Daisy Roberson. Seventh grade: Louise Manning, Janie Manning. Eighth grade: Veona Roberson. ♦ WIGGINS CASE ; TO CHARLOTTE • . Jqdge Grants Motion of At torney General Brummitt For Change of Venue i a c Gastonia, Jan. 16.—Holding it im t probable that a fair and impartial trial - could be obtained in Gaston County, r Judge J. H. Clement today granted , the motion of Attorney General D. G. ; Brummitt for a change of venue in the l F.lla May Wiggins murder trial, nam i ing Mecklenburg County as the place and February 24 as the date. Judge r Clement will preside. » Thus the second of Gaston's two i famous murder cases will be tried in s the same county as was the first, the 1 Aderholt case, which because of its outgrowth from the Communistic dis turbances which developed soon after the institution of strikes here in March by foreign organizers, attracted inter- I national attention. Seven Communists and sympathizers were convicted of killing Chief of Po • lice Aderholt, but before Tits convic tion Mrs. Wiggins, mother of five, 1 whose only offense at the time was - being on s truck loaded with alleged Communists and sympathizers, was * shot to death by a mob of alleged - anti-Communists. r ♦ Program of Services at i Presbyterian Church f* - " • Sunday, January 19, 1930. t "The Church With An Open Door."i True sayings: "The only stfre way ; to destroy ab enemy is to make him e your friend." Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Depart f mental classes. Worship service and sermon, 11 a. m. "Is There a God?" "To all who are weary and need rest; to sll who sre lonely and desire com panionship; to al who mourn and want comfort; to all who sin and need a Saviour, and to whosoever wilt come, this church opens wide jts doors." 6 1 Mrs. T. IV. Sills Dies at Her Home Near Palmyra » Mrs. T. W. Sills died Isst Wednes e day at her home near Palmyra follow- I ing an illness of more than three weeks' duration. The funeral was t held yesterday afternoon from the f home by Rev. B. H. Black, psstor of e tlie Williams Chapel Church, this f county, of which Mrs. Sills was a faith s ful member. Interment followed in e ttie plot on the S. V. Sills farm. i Three sons, J. J. Sills, of Palmyra, - and J. T. and S. V. Sills, of Oak City, survive. LARGE CROWDS ATTEND COUNTY COURT SESSION I * | Several Road Sentences and Fines Meted Out by Judge Bailey 12 CASES DISPOSED OF a Cases for Larceny and Receiving and Assaults With Deadly Weapon'- Predominate | The last Tuesday session of the re carder's court ranked high in inter-( jest, attracting regular crowds to the! | courthouse auditorium. Road sentences ' land fines were popular, and Were many. ! Wiley Roberson, sr., entered a plea of not guilty in the case charging him -with violating the liquor laws, but his plea tailed to withstand the proseeu tioii and he was sentenced to 15 months in jail. Appealing tl\e case, he was required to furnish bond in the sum of SSOO. Jimmie Modira was" found not guilty in the case in which he wis charged with an assault oil a female. I James Rawls, fouijd guilty of aban donment and non-support, was sen tenced to the roads'-for a term of 12 j months, the sentence to begin at the I discretion of the court, j In the ease charging Sam (iodard |and Roy Moore with larceny and re ceiving, a nol pros resulted as to God arti. Moore was found guilty and sen tenced to the roads for 12 mouths, the last six months to be suspended. He from the sentence, the judge requiring bond in the sum of S3OO. John L.' Wynn, haled into court on assault with a deadly weapon charge, : was found guilty in the case and was j fined SSO and taxed with the costs. He i appealed the case and was required to : furnish bond in the sum of $200." j Karl Mobley, found gtiity of an as jsault with a deadly weapon, was fined SSO and given a twelve mouths sus pended road sentence. He appealed the case and gave bond in the sum of S2OO. Judgment was Suspended in the case charging W. B. Beach with an assault with a deadly weapon, the prov ing him guilty of a simple assault. Judgment was also suspended in the case charging Timothy Keys with an affray. Tom Moore pleaded guilty of being drunk and disorderly and transport ing liquor. ' Joe Davis was sentenced to the roads for a period of four months when he was found guilty of larceny and re ceiving. «. , Levi Jones, found guilty of larceny i-t>d receiving, was' sentenced to the , roads for a period of months, the last seven to be suspended upon the defendant's good behavior. Probable cause appealing in the case charging Peter Spruily with an assault with an attempt to commit rape, the defendant was bound over to the next term of Martin County court under a SI,OOO bondV 4 SUICIDES IN COUNTY IN 1929 . , - ♦ Coroner's Record Reveals Three Killed Selves 9 With Guns a Four suicides were reported in this county during the past year, it was learned from the coroner's record filed here. In three of the four case> re ported, the victims ended their lives with guns. The suicide theory was questioned in one of the deaths, but a coroner's jury could establish no facts in the f&se, and it was declared to be suicide. /• A colored boy was drowned, but his death was declared accidental. One train was wrecked in the coun ty during the 12 months period, and while several cars were derailed no in juries of a serious nature were report ed. ~ | Recommendations For Fertilizers To Be Made • Raleigh, Jan. 17. —A series of eight circulars giving fertilizer recommenda tions for important crops of North Carolina according to soil types,, has been prepared for distribution by C. B. Williams, H. B. Mann and A. S. Cline, of the North Carolina State College experiment station. One circu lar has bean prepared for each agricul tural region of the State. Region 111 is covered by Circular 36 and embraces in whole or part the folowing counties: Martin, Northamp ton, Halifax, Edgecombe, Gates, Hert ford, Bertie, Perquimans, Chowan and Washington. Those desiring these criculars should write to C. B. Williams, agronomist, State College Station, Raleigh. They should stste the number of the circu lar they desire. ' ♦ Program of Services At Church of Advent . • Rev. A. H. Marshall, rector. J Mr. Maurice Moore, Sunday School Superintendent. Sundsy school at 10 a. m. No other services on Third Sunday. [START HOLDING CLINICS MONDAY Health Officer Urges Par ents To Bring Children Of Pre-School Age 1 -f, I- With preparations complete, Coun- Ity Health Officer Wm. .E. Warren is j directing ah, urgent appeal to all par lents in the'county to take advantage of the pre-school clinics to be held in ! the five districts recently announced. | Beginning next Monday and con tinuing through Friday, trained doc tors and nurses will txamuie the kid rri'es who plan to enter the county schools next fall. There will be no cost ■ attached to the examinations, and it is the health officer's sincere desire that every, child eligible for entrance to the schools iiext tall be examined at the clinics. FIVE DIE IN 1929 AUTO ACCIDENTS 23 Others Hurt in 28 Acci dents in County During Past Year . Five people were killed and 23 oth ers were more or less seriously injured in wrecks and accidents in I this county during the past year, ac ' cording to a review of auto accident | records filed in this office. According to the records, the death list in 1929 was less by several than that of 1928. I While the property loss is limited to a liw thousand dollars, the-loss of hu man life is unusually great for the per iod. - " i | Two of the accidents, resulting in , | three deaths, occurred between Rober i sonvillc and Evcretts, where two col ; t pred m?n, John Purvis and Marcus i Thomas, both colored, and B. F. Mel vin, white; were killed.- Rev. lleber • C Baker, of Greenville, was killed at 1 the underpass at the west end of Main ■ Street here. Leamon McKeel was run 1 down and killed by a school trijjc near f hts home on the Mary Cherry farm, a few miles from here. : Of -the 28 accidents reported in the t .county, only eight were listed as ma - jot ones. Martin County people fig* I urcd in several other wrecks outside t the county,.but they are not consid i ered here. DRY AGENTS HAD BUSY YEAR IN 1929 ' Total of 67 Violators of Law Caught; 100,000 Gallons Of Mash Poured Out Prohibition enforcement activities in ~ Martin County during the past year were greater by far than those reported . for any other year, according to unof t ficial reports gathered here. Aside from » State enforcement,' the report shows I that 67 violators were arrested and giv t en hearings. Of the number of violat ors, three were wdmetl, they being connected, with the transporting end of the business. Thirty-five of the de fendants were colored and 32 were wTiite. I Approximately, 100,000 gallons of | beer were poured out and more than 400 gallons of liquor were destroyed. No less than 60 copper stills were cap tured. Four automobiles were confis cated along with several hundred dol lars' worth of • miscellaneous distillery I I plant equipment. While no report* of county activities curried on in the enforcement of the ' prohibition laws is immediately avail -1 able, it is belie'ved that the arrests, still 1 captures, etc., will swell the Federal 1 reports. N According to a study of.the reports, a majority of the colored arrests were ! made at the plants, while many of the whites were caught transporting the il ' licit spirits. The raids were made regularly throughout the -latter part of the year, " j iio wholesale captures or arrests bc itij' made during the period. f 1 ' »' Presbyterian Service at Bear Grass Sunday Night 1 | The usual Presbyterian services will |be held in the Bear Grass auditorium 1 Sunday night, January 19, 1930, at 7 ' p. m. Come and join with us in these ■ services. The Big Four Quartette, of • Williamston, will be with us Sunday f night. It will be a rare privilege t«i ■ ihtar these men sing. Jell your frietlfts • and come yourself and brfng the chit l dren. ♦ . Texas Horse's Grave Blocks Project To Widen Highway j a I Ballinger, Texas.—A horse's grave is delaying the widening of one of Texas' I principal highways. . Before automobiles became common, ' Dr. W. W. Fowler made his c,alls be ■ hind Coley, a standard bred horse. Pensioned, Coley died and was buried where he used to watch automobiles pass on the highway. f Just before Dr. Fowler died he asked his heirs to sec that Coley's grave be not disturbed. State Highway De -1 partment officials have been unsuccess ful in preliminary efforts to obtain per mission to move the grave and its paint ed fence. - ' Hearing on Hinson Case Held Thursday RECEIPTS LIGHT AT POULTRY CAR County Agent Believes That Later Shipments Will Draw Better * Ihe loading, of the first poultry car in the county this season is being com pleted in Oak City today. During the greater, part of four days this week, *he car Jus received chickens from four sections of the county, and the offer ings at Oak City are expected to fill the car's coops. Loadings, as * whole, have been vtrv light this week, Agent Brandon] stating that many raisers are holding tl.eir poultry for later shipment. Un favorable weather and bad roads also firured in holding the shipments down. Poultry prices in the county are re ported to have been stabilized by the piesence of the car. A second car of the season will be operated jn the county about the mid dle of the month, according to the schedule anounced a few weeks ago by the Division of Markets and Agent T. B. Brandon. • MRS. MARY E. * LILLEY DIES Was One of Hamilton's Old est Citizens; Funeral Wednesday 11 Mrs. Mary E.' one of Ham , ilton's oldest residents, died at the i home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Fd . mondson, at Hamilton, late last Tues p-tlay, Bright's Disease being given as I the cause of her death. She had been . in declining health for several months, . but was active around the home until . about three weeks ago, when she was . forced to her bed. . . .! t A faithful member of the Hamilton baptist Church, Mrs. Lilley was 78 ytars old last December. Rev. E. P. | West, her pastor, assisted by Rev. Arthur 11. Marshall, of Williamston, J and Rev. W. B. Harrington, of James ville, conducted, the funeral services. Interment followed in the Hamilton r " cemetery Wednesday afternoon. a LOCALS DEFEAT ; BELHAVEN, 19-6 1 Win First Game of Season i Here Wednesday Night; 1 Plenty of Action ■ i » The Williamston High School boys' g basketball team opened the season ( here Wednesday night by defeating . tlu Helhavcn quint, 19 to 6. There was . plenty of spirit in the game, but both teams were off in shooting, the locals { being particularly erratic missing t many opportunities to score. The Bel haven boys, although considerably . outweighed by the Williamston play . ers, put up a game fight and kept their . ilarger opponents on the run through / Wiethe game. Coach Hood's sharpshooters, Hold i ing and Shearon, played a fast floor • gillie, but had difficulty in locating the . basket. "Jim Dawson" Cook showed ] 'more regularity rn counting baskets 1 fhan any other player .on the floor. lolinny Hardison played a bang-up , game at guard, and started the baft c hack to the locals' goal nearly every ( time the visitors threatened to score. . I radically every nvmber of the Wil liamston squad saw some action dur , ing the contest, Coach Hood sending s in batch after batch of substitutes. A fairiy large "cro\Vd of fans saw the game. : -Q- . ■ flinson Child Improving , t j Rapidly from Pneumonia | ' Gordon Krae? three and one-half year i old son pf Warren and Verna Hinson, T is said to be improving rapidly from an > j attack of pneumonia suffered in the f jail here a few days ago. Mrs. Bet ir tie Tcel, the child's nurse,stated yes r. vterday that the fever left the child early r yesterday morning and recovery was r practically—cettam now. • Temporary beds were placed in the office of the home demonstration agent 5 in the courthouse, and the little fellow f has received excellent care during his - .illness. i I, •* ' Governor Speaks Today In Kinston To Farmers • Making his last public appearance . cn his farm program in Eastern Caro- I lina this season, Governor O. Max i Gardner is addressing today in Kins ton a group of farmers, merchants snd 1 bankers from all over the section. Go : ing there under the auspitfes of the ■ State Extension Service, the governor - is delivering his Agricultural Program - address. t A number of representatives from this county is attending. Adwttem Will Find Our Col umn* » Latchkey to Over 1,600 Hornet of Martin County MOTHER OF DEAD CHILD IS HELD; 2 MEN RELEASED Few New Developments - At Hearing Held Before Judge Bailey DOCTOR IS WITNESS > Dr. James E. Sraithwick, of Jamesville. Likely to Be Star Witness When Case Is Called in March \ Holding a hearing here yesterday m the* cast originating j„ the death of Sarah Virginia Hinson, 7-weeks-old (laughter of Warfen and Verna Hin yon, two weeks, ago, the State cen-, tired its charges on VernaTttuson, the - " child s mother. ' For two hours or more yesterday morning the case was inves tigated at a special session of the re j corder s court, witnesses offering an at ray of evidence that pointed to foul piay, but which apparently failed to re move doubt in the selection of tli,c guilt) party. Recessing for the noon hour, the court reconvened at 2:30 to hear the evidence offered by Dr. J. K. Smith wick, of Jamesville, a star witness for the State. >\t the completion of the Jamesville doctor's evidence,-the State rested the case. Defense Attorney Rob cfTT. I oburn made a human appeal for the Hinson woman, pointing to her in ability to raise a bond of any appreci able size which would result in her re maining in prison until March, the time the superior court convenes. Carrol and Warren Hinson, held in' jail during the past several days, were otdered released, Judge. Bailey return ing Verna Hinson to jail until he could review the evidence offered during t+n htaring. The judge took the matter of bond under advisement at the con clusion of the hearing yesterday and | this morning had not .determined the amount. i .In spite of the hundreds of f|ues- I tions asked by Solicitors Feel unci Gil liam, the cast- apparently remaitis a mystery. That, the death occurred un der unusual circumstances, and that ! there was something queer-about it j developed, as the evidence was offered, i one of the witnesses' Mating that it was | his honest belief that the death was riot from natural causes. Coroner S. R Higgs. the first witne«- called, repeated much of the evidence ■' that has already been given in the case. Other witnesses- examined ii;clud- I ed Mr. 1.. F. Waters, a near-by neigh ' I" r; Mrs. Margaret Wright who start ed to shroud the body, but stopped un til an investigation could be made:-* , Taking the examination in hand, So licitor (iilliam questioned Mrs. Carrol 1 Hinson. "Did you hear Mrs. Hinson ' make any statement .is to tin- child lie- I fc re it Was ,born?" the solicitor asked. | "Yes," Mrs. Hinson said, adding "she '| (the mother) said that she had rather [ . die than the child be born, and that if it be born that it would be dead; giv ing a$ her reasons for jhe remarks that she was not able to support it as it should be supported." It was pointed out in the evidence that the mother made the remarks a number of months ago. No new evidence was introduced until after "Mrs. Hinson had explained the happenings at the- home on the ' morning .Jhe child was 1 \\'hen ask'eflflT. tjie mother 'j her the cjrflcl, the/ witness stated, "No; ' she offix'ed it to my husband the night ' before it was found dead next mortt ing.\' When questioned relative to a conversation between her and the child's mother the Sunday morning be fore, Mrs. Carrol Hinson Mated that the mother said, "Don't you think the bj>by is ugly?" "No; I think it is cute," was Mrs. Hinson's reply. Mrs. Hinson admitted that the mother . warned her to lie careful as to what she would say just prior to the coron- I er's inquest. Deputy Sheriff Grimes was next i questioned, his evidence corroborating ( much of that already given. Mr. G. C. , Gurkin, a neighbor, was next hearjJ and his evidence was supplementary. Dr, J. E. Smithwick, taking the stand r answered when questioned that he be , lieved the child's nose haiTbeen punched ana it looked to him as if that was what , caused death. U? examined the neck , but found np other bruises than the , one on the nose, and a small scratch on , the forehead. The case is very similar to the one in which Roscoe Wynn, infant of Os car Wyiyi, in the Cross Roads sec tion, was found dead in April, 1927. * ' ' 9 i Kiwanis Club Elects New Officers at Meet This Week ■ • At a regular meeting of the local I Kiwanis club held in the Woman's • club hall last Wednesday, noon, new ! officers for the year were elected. Mr.. ' C. Augustus. Harrison goes •»» as thu i club's president; E. S-EeeLia the new vice president and Mr. J. D. Woolard i continues as the organisation's secre tary and treasurer.
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