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» . • ' * *• Witch the LiK on Tow wCS Y" 'lata^SooKKSrw VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 6 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 18, 1930. ESTABLISHED 1898 COUNTY TAX LIST TAKERS FOR 1930 ARE APPOINTED ■■■■■ ♦ Preliminary Arrangements For Listing Made By J Tax Supervisor MEET HERE APRIL 7TH -' • Listing Period Starts First Monday In April sad Continues To Last Day of That Month -"■■ • Preliminary arrangements for the listing taxables in this county were made this week when Tax Supervisor John D. LiUey appointed ten listers, one for each of the townships in the county. _ - Coming a month earlier this year than it did last, the listing period will find many who have not squared their accounts for the 1929 period. The last legislature moved the date up one month, and the listing beginning on the fif't Monday next month, will come to a close April 30th. After that time, listings are subject to ac cording to law. , The meeting of list takers, supposed to hare been held yesterday, was post poned by Supervisor Lilley until the first Monday in April when the takers will meet with the county commission ers for instructions. This has been the custoaa in this county for the list tak ers t» meet with the commissioners for wnM years. In announcing his appointments yesterday afternoon, Supervisor LiUey stated he was at a loss to comment upon the amount of property, both real •od personal, expected to find its way on the books this year. While there is nc increase expected, the decrease will be limited in that the .year for re-valu- I ation does not fall until next year. The appointments made Lil ley an{ announced yesterday include the following: Jamesville township, Clarence Stal hngs; Gilliams township, Henry Grif fin; Griffins township, Noah R. Peel; Bear Grass, A. B. Ayers; Cross Roads 1 Gordon G. Bailey; Robersonville town- 1 ship, R. E. Grimes; Goose Nest town- ' ship, J. F. Crisp; Hamilton township, L. R. Everett; Poplar Point township, Leßoy Taylor; Williamston township, Roy T. Griffin. Four of the list takers accept the task of taking the lists in their re- 1 spective districts for the first time, it was pointed out LIVE-AT-HOME PRIZE WINNERS ■ ■ • ' ' r Third Group of Prises Of fered in Live-at-Home Movement Awarded The third group of prisea offered in the locil schools for the best posters, essays during live-st-home week was awarded last week, the judges render ing their decisions in the high school contest a few days before. Hundieda of themes and essays were prepared during the week, it was stated by Principal Wm. R. Watson who added that it was belief that the live-at-home movement had been successfully and thoroughly discussed in the grades of the school here. Miss Josephine Harrison, taking first place, was awarded a $5 pair of shoes. Leßoy was next in the list, snd he re ceived five dollsrs worth of Texaco gssoline and oil. The third prize, a two years subscription to the Enterprise, was won by Miss Edith Peele. Bitty Wstts took fourth position and he was given a 41-pound bag of flour. Fifth prise went to Miss Elsie Andrews, she receiving a 25-pound bag of sugar. Three of the prises went to students in the eleventh grade, one goiag each to the ninth and tenth grades. Papers prepared by Catherine Shute, Milton Griffin, Clyde Griffin and Net tie Maador received honorable mention, this p'oup of students being from the eighth tenth snd eleventh grades. TBAGHERS' MEET IS POSTPONED Will Meet In "Robersonville The Following Saturday The sixth snd last meeting of the Martin County Teachers' association will not be held next Sa tar day, ac cording to an announcement coming from Saperintendent R. A. Pope's of fice yesterday morning. The meeting will be held Saturday, March 29, in the high school building at Robersonville, it was stated. Conflicting with the State association convening in Raleigh the Jitter part of this week, the meeting in this county wss postponed. Eight teachers are expected to represent this connty at the State meeting, it was stated. '• While a complete program has not been are pared for the connty meeting 9« (he 9th, Superintendent Pope stat ed yeeterday that the delegates to the Raleigh meet would make their re ports and an economy program would be pkced before the meeting for dis cussion. The details of the proposed econonsy program are not complete jnat as this time, it b^gnderstood. isliir THE ENTERPRISE Church Gape I For Hearing Here Thursday Jury To Be Selected from Forty Pitt County Citizens; List Drafen In Greenville This Morning; Crowded Docket Delays The Case One Day The Smithwkk's Creek Church case will be called by Judge N. A. Sinclair in the superior court here Thursday, according to information coming from the courthouse late yesterday after noon when preparations for the trial were made. At the request of the trial attorneys, Judge Sinclair signed an or der allowing the selection of jurors to be made in Pitt county. The names were drawn this morning, and the 40 citseiis are being summoned today, it is,understood. While the general proceedings of the court are attracting fairly large crowds, the church case is overshsdowing all others to a marked extent. With a se lection of a jury out of this county and with much work yet to be done on the regular criminal docket, the trial of the case was necessarily postponed. Although the schedule has been re arranged, tomorrow is not expected to be a dull day in the court as the Gib son murder case is slated for trial at that time. While there has been a discussion relative to the selection of a jury from Pitt, it waa practically unanimously agreed that the case has attracted too much attention for the favorable group- LOCAL BOY HURT IN AUTO WRECK ♦ ■ C. T. Roberson, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rober son Is Badly Cut » C. T. Roberson, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roberson, of this place, was badly cut about the face, and Henry Everett, local colored man, was injured about the head and face in an automobile accident near Washington yesterday afternoon. The two injured were treated in a Washing ton hospital, and were able to return to their homes here late last night. A third party, a traveling salesman, in the second car was slightly hurt, it is understood. According to information received here, the accident was almost unavoid able. Everett, with the was returning from Washington. A county truck, carrying a number of prisoners, passed Everett and the two machines continued along together. The truck atarted to pass a wagon, but pulled back to its side of the road when it faced an approaching car, the driv er applying the brakea suddenly and furnishing a barricade for Everett. The convicts were sitting with their legs hanging from the truck and Kverett turned to the left to avoid crushing in to them, the turn carrying him into the path of the traveling man and hia car. Everett continued to his left and off the road, the traveling salesman, turn ing to hia right in an effort to avoid the colltaion. The crash occurred to the side of the road, both cars being badly wrecked, it is understood. The Roberson boy has an ugly cut extending from his chin almost to his ear and another one over the eye. Everett, a worthy employee at the Rob erson market, was cut over his eye, on the bead and hand. • INCREASE HERE IN ATTENDANCE Average Daily Attendance In Local School Is Back to Normal • The decrease of around 4 per cent in the average daily attendance re corded la the local schools during the fifth month was practically regained this lsst month, ending s few daya ago. The percentage, however, con tinues slightly below the genersl aver age for the term. Principal Wm. R. Watson stated yesterday that . the average daily attendance for the' past month was 94.5 per cent of the total enrollment, 612 pupila out of 648 at tending regularly. A majority of the absences waa re ported in those grade a where truck children predominate, it waa itatffi. The average daily attendance in the local school is expected to increase during this and next month aa the con dition of the roads is back to normal and is expected to improve ss the summer season spproaches. That the total enrollment will con tinue to hold up is not at all likely as many of the older pupila will be forc ed to abandon their school sctivitics for work on the fsrms. i » Silver Tea at Presbyterian Church Here Next Friday '■ » • The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church will hold s silver tea in the new church building next Friday from 5 to 8 p. m., it was announced thia morning. The public is invited to at tend t ing of a jury. There are one or two r sections in Pitt, however, where the , Primitive Baptist Faith is said to i dominate, but it is thought that no * difficulties will result'there. ' The following venire will report here ' Thursday morning: J. A. Tyson and W. D. Bailey, of } Carolina township; M. H. White, H. S. ' Ragsdale, Z. V. Murphy, L. F. Keeter, 5 J. B. Smith, C. W. Willis, W. T. Al ' len, Kenneth Staton and J. Lonnie Wil liams, of Greenville township; G. F. : Oakley and L. R. Buck, Chicod town > ship; H. L. Jenkins, G. A. Benson, ' O. C. Manning, J. H. Byrum, George ' Dail, A. F. Rouse, T. C. Tripp, of ' Farmville; E. F. Huffines, (a former c mayor of. this town, but now of Farm -1 vilfct,"E>H. Fatfef d,of fW. * A. Dail, J. H. Little, jr., Alfred Wor " thington, L. C. Fletcher, E. H. Hooks * and M. O. Speight, of Winterville; W. * D. Owens, Allen Beaman, C. M. ' Smith, of Fountain; D. G. Moore, Ledgard Ross, Pactolus; S. L. John i son, W. C. Wilson and Sam Jlardy, ol i Swift Creek; J. H. Hemby, Beaver r Dam; Lorenzo Peaden, Bel voir, O. C. > Fleming of Carolina township and J. * E. Humble, of Ayden. MRS. J. B. CHERRY IDIES SATURDAY . Funeral Held in Methodist Church Here Yester day Afternoon f Mrs. Sarah Lucy Cherry, wife of f Joseph Cherry, of near here, died in a , Washington hospital early last Satur j day, of cancer, ahe having suffered the I disease for several years. During the r past two years she had been treated , in several hospitals, but no cure could \ be effected. ( The daughter of the late W. Daniel Peel and wife Sarah Frances Peel, Mrs. Cherry was born in June 1871 in | this county. She first married J. Ben Hardison, of Williamston, February 3, j 1892 and until his death, lived on a farm near Holly Springs Methodist Xhurch v In January, 1923, she wss married to Mr. Joseph B. Cherry, liv ' ing since that time on the Cherry farm near here. Mr. Cherry, two brothers, Staten J. Peel, of Belhaven, and Geo. A. Peel, of Williamston, and two sis ters, Mrs. W. M. Green, of Roberson ville and Mrs. Henry D. Tsylor, of Wiliainston, survive. Mrs. Cherry was a woman greatly esteemed for her gentle and kind spirit, always a friend to every good cause and neighborly to all. For many years she had been a member of the Methodist church at Holly Springs where she was always active and faithful in religious duties. The funeral was held in the local Methodist church yesterday afternoon " at 2 o'clock by Rev. Dwight A. Petty, her pastor. Interment waa made in the ( cemetery here. A large floral offering % attested the love and esteem in which she was held by a host of friends. ; PLAN COOKING DEMONSTRATION Power Company to Explain i Electrical Cooking ' Next Friday , At the Woman's club Friday after noon, the Virginia Electric and Power Company will give a cooking and gen eral electrical demonstration to which ail the women of the town and county 1 are invited. The company will have seme of the best cooks in the country j and it a rare opportunity to watch * them in their demonstrationa. They 1 make housekeeping into an art through " the use of electrical appliances, and since the company has lowered its * domestic rate, an increase in the use - of elestricity is expected. ' The new rate will be explained by ' seme of the officisls of the company " and some very attractive bargaina in electric stoves will be made to those at tending, it ia understood. The various churches of the town are invited to have their women at tend this demonstration, each denomi nation having twenty-five or more repre sentatives preaent receiving 25 cents each. The demonatration will Begin at 2:30 and every one ia invited ta at tend. • Week-Day Lenten Services at the Church of the Advent Meditation aervice, Tueaday after coons at 4:30. Holy Communion, Wednesday morn ' ings at 10. Litany Service and Reading, Friday > afternoons at 4:30. t You are cordially welcome to these > services. > Holy Trinity Mieeion Evening services every friday night at 7:30 o'clock. % POWER COMPANY FORCESDELAYED BY LAND OWNERS » • Lives of Company's Em ployees Threatened by s Land Owners SETTLEMENT IS MADE Employee Barely lecapee Scalding When Rocky Mount Woman Hurlea Kettle of Water * • In the construction of thousands of miles of transmission lines, the Vir ginia Electric and Power Company is understood to have encountered its greatest opposition in the purchase of right of ways over property between here and Plymouth. The lives of em ployeef, have been threatened, accord ing to reports here and work has been held up by one or two property owners. Property has been condemned and other legal steps have been taken in an effort to gain leases for the con struction of a power circuit. -The first of the trouble- originated several weeks ago when the head of the company'a right of way forcea came down from Richmond and in vestigated the reports forwarded him. In an effort to establish a crossing right over a piece of property, one right of way man is said to have barely missed a kettle of hot water hurled at him by a woman in Rocky Mount who owned property in Washington county where the line ia to cross. Escaping in jury there, the right of way man came to this county and hia life waa threat ened. Extreme caution has been ap plied at all times, and fatalities have been prevented. Yeaterday morning, thirty men were idle when a property owner ordered them off hia land. Agreements were peacefully reached yeaterdiy, however and work is now underway in the dis puted spots. Work on the line is"nearing com pletion, but it could not be learned yesterday just when the company will hook on to Plymouth's light and pow er distribution system. TAX RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE • Income Tax Receipts Fail To Reflect Business Depression • Raleigh, March 18.—Surprisingly large receipts from income taxes from North Carolinians were revealed yester day by both State and Federal author ities and to date collectiona on a com pilative basis have not reflected the buainesa depression. State collections through yesterday are $5,140,339.15 aa/' againat $5,057,- 785 to the same date last year, or an increase of $82,553,98. Federal collec tions in North Carolina to date for this quarter have amounted to approx imately $3,200,000 as compared with $3,500,000, but this decrease was much less than had ben anticipated because of the $160,000,000 income tax reduc tion, the lowest rate being reduced from 1 1-2 to I*4, one half per cent and 1 per , cent being taken off all higher rates. • OFFICERS RAID IN BERTIE COUNTY • Capture Two Large Liquor Stills and Much Plant Equipment » Federal prohibition agenta, working out of here, last Friday made a big catch over in Bertie, capturing a 300- gallon copper still snd snother of 250 gallon capacity. The raids were made in Griffins Quarter, between Lewiston and Kelford, and near Woodland. Accessories snd general equipment uaed in the manufacture of the liquor, figured to a large extent in the raids. At one plant, the officers found 14 gal lons of liquor, a horse and cart, a dor* en kegs, a dining table, bench, two frying pans, plates, bowls, dishes,; knives snd forks, spoons, glasses, pumps, drills, handsaw, tubs, twelve buckets, two hoes, two shovels and a large quantity of beer. Several colored men, riding in the cart when the officers arrived ran and made their escspes. ♦ " * To Organise Isaac Walton League Here Next Friday In an effort to organize a Isaac Walton League, a sportsman's orgsni -1 z; tion, in this county, Col. Bullock, of Wilson, will mske a short addresss in the town hall here next Friday even ing at 7: JO o'clock These leagues have been formed in practically every coun ty in the State, County Game Warden J. W. Hinea stated today and it is hop ed that all hunters and fishermen as well as others will attend the meeting. > Few See Play Presented in Windsor Last Friday Night "The Whole Town's Talking" was presented by local talent before a small audience in the Windsor High School auditorium last Friday evening. ENFORCEMENT IS • DUTY OF JURORS > JUDGE DECLARES • Idleness Given as the Main Cause for Majority of Crime Today i CHARGE~"BY"TINCLAIR [ Judge Heartily Appro vea Permanent Jury Plan In Preference To One In Uae in Thia County 1 In a strong charge directed mainly " to the grand jury, Judge N. A. Sin -1 clair, presiding officer at the current 1 March term of the Martin County Su ' perior court, yesterday explained the ' scope of power that rested in the hands ■ of the jurors and their responsibility in enforcing the laws. The jurist stated 1 that much of the responsibility of en • forcing the laws rested %pon the mem ' bers of the grand jury as they came 1 from all sections of the county and have a better opportunity to learn of crimes committed than even the sheriff, I that thfiir-obttgation xrimnnrt*- f to justice is equal that of the sheriff or other peace officers. In making his charge, Judge Sin clair heartily approved the permanent jury plan which is now followed by many counties in- the State. This plan, he stated, enables the jurors to acquaint themselves with conditions over a period of six months or a year whereas the plan followed in this county limits their investigations to one or two days Three classes of crimes were out lined in the charge. The first, class em bracing those crimes committed or directed against persons, include, he said, murder or any bodily injury. The second class is directed against proper ty rights of others, stealing ani de struction of another's property being two of the common crimes coming un der ttu»"head. The third, it was pointed out, is a breach of lews that protect ■ society at large, the Judge mentioning I gambling, bootlegging, carrying of I concealed weapons and so on. The first two classes of crimes men tioned are usually enforced by the in jured party or parties. The third class it usually neglected by the average citizen who claims he has nothing to k do with it. For that reason, the jurist i stated, it is hard to enforce the laws forbidding such crimes. It is very sel l dom that any of the crimes coming under this head are brought to court other than by the grand jury or the sheriff. f Idleness, in the opinion of Judge Sin , clair, is responsible for the majority r of crimes committed in our State to . day. He finds that about three-fourths . of the cases coming before him are e against young white people, most of them being scarcely able to read or f write. Few of the criminals ever go . beyond the fourth grade, the Judge , adding that he had not had a high „ school graduate before him for steal r ing or for any other crime, more or less . common today. i The source of the crime was traced i to the gambling tables, slot machines t and filling stations where idlers who - should be forced to either attend i school or go to work, generally hang r around. At this point, Mr. Sinclair mentioned several cases originating or resulting as a cause of the slot machine. . A boy, just a mere lad, stole money I from his mothers apron pockets to t play the slot machines. Later he wid ened his scope of activities, and even' the hen's nest was made unsecure that' ' the young fellow might gamble at the slot machines. To check crime, Judge Sinclair urg ed the grand jury to go determined aft j er the slot machine and pistol carriers I who form the class committing most of . the murders today. I POULTRY SALES , OFF 1000 POUNDS . a ! Money Receipts Are Also Reported Less Than Last Month > » , Approximately 11,017 pounds of live , poultry were loaded and shipped from t this county last week, the shipment be i ing one thousand or more pounds lest than the one made the middle of last : month, according to figures advanced I by County Agent T. B. Brandon yes terdayl morning. It it ettimated that the 11,017 poundt told for $2,313.57, an amount aeveral hundred dojlart below the receipts for the February car. While comparative figuret were not available yeaterday,A gent Brandon waa of the opinion that the loadingt here were about the tame last week at they were in February. g Young Plymouth Man Is Killed by Electric Shock Plymouth, March 17. —Robert Wood son Stubb*, jr., age 23, wai electrocut ed early llonday morning while at work in the new power plant of the Chicago Mill and Lumber Corpora i tion of this place. In aome way he came in contact with a high-powered t wire and hia. death was initantaneous. 1 Young Stubbt was the ton of Mr. I and Mrs. R. W. Stubbs, who survive him. Superior Court In Session This Week fp —— a ■■■ v OFFICIALS TELL OF ATTENDANCE IN THE SCHOOLS Around 500 Pupils In This County Referred To In Judge's Charge 8000 ENROLLED Approximately Five Hundred CAM* Investigated in County During The 1929-30 School Term „ , Stating in his charge to the grand jury here this week that a majority of the crimes coming into the courts today originates around the slot ma chine and filling station where young . boys JudgC-Siudair touched up - on a subject, non-attendance upon the schools, that has been carefully in vestigated in this county during recent months. There are approximately 8,- 000 children attending school in this county at the' present time. During the 1929-30 term, or up until now, ap proximately 500 children, at one time or another, have failed to attend their classes. The number might be larger than stated, but according to reports coming from the office of the super intendent of schools, that many cases have been investigated so far during the term. Within the past few mouths, school authorities have encountered their hardest tasks, hearing poverty pleas, labor needs and the landlord's com plaints. The cases vary, it must be said, ai some of the parents were unable to send their children to school, yet they hated to sign the poverty oath, re leasing them of the duty of schooling their little ones. Many landlords have assisted the school people in urging their tenants to school their little ones, but the number on the other side en tering objections . is believed—to be greater. . Of the 500 cases, which, after all, are only a very small per cent of the total enrollments, practically all havg been returned to school under compul sory law. But in doing so, the officials have encountered much trouble. Many csf the children's names are not on the ceiisus and when this is the case, it is hard to locate the children as only the teachers report such cases, as a rule. Although they have met with much difficulty, the schol heads have very effectively battled « non-attendance in the county this year, the records show. With Judge Sinclair's statements be fore them in regard to the origin of much crime, it is believed many peo ple will join in with the school people in continuing the move against non attendance upon the schools in this county. | GARDEN PROJECT GETS ATTENTION — * — Governor Gardner Delight ed with Work Being Done at Oak City ♦ After thoroughly considering the theoretical side, the Oak City com- I munity is now putting into practice the program, according Ito Professor H. M. Ainsley, of the Oak City Schools; who states that the garden project was progressing there. Hot beds have been prepared by m'any of the community leaders who plan to get off to an early start as soon as the weather permits trans planting and other garden activities. Other work is underway, assuring a| concerted effort to prove the practical worth of the live-af-home movement, it was stated by Mr. Ainsley who is taking an active part in the work. The movement in the Oak City cotn-| munity has attracted atention in the Governor's office, a letter received by Principal Ainsley reading as follows, in part: / "Governor Gardner is delighted with the splendid- work -you—and yotir col leagues have been doing in connection with his live-at-homc program. "Everything you do byway of get ting your students and friends to think talk and practice living at home con tributes directly to the return of good times in North Carolina, so don't let up in your good work." Cars Collide on Lower Main Street Sunday, Considerable damage resulted on low er Main Street her% last Sunday night when two car*, a Chevrolet coupe, driv en by a colored boy, collided with a , new Ford coupe, driven by a V. E. P employee. No one was hurt, but both cara were badly damaged. According to reports, the colored boy, whoic name could not be learn ed at the time as he ran from the wrecked car, started to turn into a side street and was unable to complete the turn in time to clear the right of way for the other car. The case waa carried before a Jus ' tice of the Peace here last night by Officer Allsbrooks. • v Is Advertisers Will Find Our CoL umns n Latchkey to Over 1,000 Homes of Martin County BUT FEW CASES CLEARED FROM DOCKET SO FAR Several Cases Are Likely to Be Continued for Trial Tomorrow RETURN 13 TRUE BILLS t . frgf Grand Jury Is Expected to Complete Its Investigations Sometime This Afternoon Proceedings in the superior court in session here this week with Judge N. A. Sinclair on the bench, have been limited so far, but the machinery is ex pected to ftmrHiiii rm>t'lly from iiuw-etti —* Thirteei) true bills had been returned up until shortly before noon today by the grand jury, and it believed that the" body will complete its investigations some time today. True bills returned by the grand jury up until shortly before noon to day include the cases listed: Mabel Gibson, murder; Ed Goss, larceny and receiving; Bill Harrington, Sam Langley and Bill Davis, larceny and receiving (two counts); Lester Terry, larceny and receiving; Hugh Hol}oman, abandonment; Will Harris, Henry Harris. Robert l'rice and Alex Page, larceny; Peter Spruill, assault; George RoT)ersoi\, house breaking and larceny and receiving; Will Worsley, Larceny and receiving; Kenley and Dock Powell, larceny and receiving; ' George Purringtop, larceny and re reiving; Spencer Hyman, housebreak ing and larceny i»nd receiving. Dennis VVhitaker and Raleigh Terry, charged with jail breaking, got a break a bad one, however, when they were found guilty this morning and sentenc .Cil to the roads for one year each. The , case was started yesterday, the jury re , turning its verdict at 11 o'clock today. Whitaker pleaded guilty, but Terry called for a trial. For non support, Whitaker was or dered to'the roads for a period of two years., Thos. L. Laughinghouse was called but he failed to" answer. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon and assaulting an of ficer, JohnieJones was found guilty of simple assault and resisting an of- * ficer. . A nol pros resulted ill the case charg ing Matthew Williams with violating the liquor laws. - All the five cases charged against Wiley Robirson colored of near Rob ersonville, were continued. According to reports coming from the courthouse attioon, the case charg ing 11. B. Hollotnan with abandon nunt, aild scheduled for trial today, has ben temporarily postponed,, the de fendant's attorney failing to appear. However, it is- understood that the case will be heard during the present term. Although the court is making rapid progress this afternoon, it is believed that several cases will go over until tomorrow along with the Gibson mur der case. Messrs. Geo. H. Harrison, foreman, A. R. Ausban, E, T. Smith, George A. Baynor, J. H. Ayers, J. Daniel Biggs, J. K. Keel, W. F. Bland, L. H. Taylor, J. O. Manning, Thos. H. Wynn, D. G. Griffin, S. C. Griffin, Ben Ward, D. G, llailey, O. S. Coltrain, S. H. Mobley, and John H. Roberson are serving on the grand jury. j DEATH OF CHILD ' LAID TO MOTHER Criminal Neglect Given As Cause for Death of a Month-Old Child Mount Olive, March 17'.—A coro ner's jujy sitting here tonight to in vestigate the cause of death of the month-old girl baby of Estelle Riven bark, .white woman about 26 years of age, rendered a decision that the baby came to its death as a result of criminal neglect on the part of its mother, and recommended that she be held for the Wayne county grand Jury. ■ The child died Saturday night and the case was reported to the local au thorities who in turn communicated the evidence to the county authorities. The coroner's jury was empanelled Sunday, and after some preliminary in vestigation the case was continued till tonight, at which time the mother was co have been present, but at time for the hearing could not be located. Neigh bors of the woman were the witnesses against her and all told practically the same story of wilful and atmost un believable maternal Indifference on the part of the Rivenbark women, toward her offspring. The story as related by the witnesses was one of the most sordid brought out in a legal proceed ing here. vm|
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