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Advertieera Will Find Our Col- MM a Latchkey to Ovtr Sixteen Hundred Martm County Home* VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 34 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 24,1930. ESTABLISHED 1898 NEGRO CHARGED WITH RAPE HERE PLACED IN JAIL Father of 13-Year-Old Col ored Girl Prefers Charge Against Prank Powell HEARING SCHEDULED ♦ Powell Wu In Court a Pew Weeks Ago Following Trouble Over Another Man's Wife Frank Powell, colored, was placed in the county jail here yesterday morn ing to face a charge of rape preferred by Edward Smith, father of Bettie Mae Smith, IJ-year-old colored dfirl. Powell admitted hit relation with the girl, but maintained that the attack was-trace able to her own actions. The story told by the girl clearly in dicates rape, and facts established by Sheriff Koebuck substantiate the story of the girl. According to information given officers, the girl was working in the garden at her home on the Godard farm, near Skewarkey, when Powell, also a tenant on the same farm, slipped up behind her and forced her into ft), old feed barn a few feet away. She complained of slight injury to her mouth and nose, where Powell had htld his hand in making the criminal attack—A younger sister of the girl was in the house but knew nothing of the attack until it was over. Accomplishing his purpose, Powell left the lot, and the little girl, badly frightened, ran more than a mile to tell her father, who was plowing in field in New Town. A warrant was issued and Powell was lodged in jail by Sheriff Roebuck and Deputy J. H. toe buck. A preliminary hearing was arranged yesterday, and Powell will face the capital charge today in recorder's court. Several days ago, Powell is said to have molested another man's wife, and •I a result was badly cut about the back and head. Thirteen stitches were required to close the wounds, and in the court he was dismissed, the wounds being regarded as sufficient punish ment at that time. a. ♦ ARREST SEVERAL IN LIQUOR RAID • Offices Make Arrests Dur ing Raid in Poplar Point Township Yesterdsy • - State and Federal officers, following a line of suspicion, yesterday went to a house in Poplar Point township where they found several guests seated •round a big jug and enjoyiug a per fect freedom, apparently. One of the members to the house party happened to peek from the door and saw the of ficers. He gave the alarm and for a few seconds the members of the party labored in breaking jugs and clearing the house of the "spirits." One five gallon jug was smashed on the kitchen door so near the feet of one of the of ficers that. he J»rought the vile scent home with liim. Another five gallon jug of liquor was hurled out a window, thr vessel barely missing Sheriff Roe buck's head. A few quarts and half gal lons were confiscated. J. E. Boach, of Enfield, 42-year-old married man, and his car were captur ed. Joe R. Griffin, of Williamston, 34 and unmarried, Clyde Silverthorne, al so of Williamston, Linwood and Julian Roberson, 15 and 17 years old re spectively, were arrested. Small bonds wtre required of each, but all went to jail except Silverthorne who arranged bond. * VANDALS WRECK 214 TOMBSTONES • 1 ■ No Cause Assigned for $5,- 000 Damage Done To the New Jersey Cemetery T # - Totowa, N. J., June 23.—Police today were without clues tovandals who, in a night raid, overturned 214 tombstones in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Fingerprint experts were called up . qu, but because of the roughness of the stone, they were unable to take im printa. Cemetery attendants estimated the cost of repairing the damage would be more than $5,000. Sixteen imported marble statues were wrecked. One of the stones damaged was bought by an 18-year-old girl with her savings oi ffeOO. No motive was apparent for the vandalism. A nearby resident said he heard voice* around 3 o'clock yesterday morning and later saw six men leave the cemetery. > ♦-* —; Thieves Steal Chickens From Mr. B. S. Courtney Raiding the coop of Mr. B. S. Court ney at his home late Sunday night, thieve* -itfihtevrry chicken on the lot and escaped unnoticed. Officers were aotified and an investigation was-start j ed, but no arrests had been made up until MM TODAY- The police had very poor clues to work uj»n, and an ar rest is considered doubtful. THE ENTERPRISE Precinct Meetings In County Last Saturday - ' ' * - GOLDSBORO MAN IS CHARGED WITH OFFICER'S DEATH • J. M. Langston, Filling Sta tion Operator, Arrested Sunday Afternoon IDENTIFIED BY AGENT • Jim Aldridge, 30-year-old Filling Sta tion Operator, Being Held As Acceaory ♦ Goldsboro, June 22. J. M. l-angston, 43, who operates a filling station be tween Goldsboro and LaGrange, just in side the Lenoir county line, was ar rested in LaGrange this afternoon and was identified by Prohibition Enforce ment Officer B. A. Dail, of. Raleigh, as the mail who fired upon F. L. Flinchum prohibition agent early Wednesday , morning near Goldsboro, Langston, who has at least one con viction on a liquor charge against him and whose reputation is bad among of ficers of Wayne county, was in the WaynejrauaUr jail tonight. He will JM given a preliminary hearing Wednes day. He will be charged with murder while Jim Aldridge, 30-year-old oper-. ator of a filling station near l.augs ton's place, who was also arrested in connection with the Flinchum killing, will be tried as accessory. Both Lang ston and Aldridge deny that they were involved. The supposed rum-running car from which the fatal shots were fired during the chase by prohibition agents, has not yet been found. Langston was arresjed by Sheriff Grant, of Wayne, this afternoon at 6: 30 1 in LaGrange. B. A. Dail, prohibition agent, who, with F. K. Street, was occupying the back seat of the prohibi tion agent's car when the chase was on, positively identified Langston as the man who fired the shot. He'did not indicate how he could have recognized him in the dark. It was not until this afternoon that Sheriff Grant uiade public the fact that I Aldridge, who was removed from the Wayne County jail following his arrest, had been transferred to the Wilson couifty jail. While the Waynne county officers and Goldsboro police have suspected I-angston of dealing in liquor from time to time his only conviction of opera tions was in recorder's court in Golds ! boro about four years ago when he 1 was fined $250 and costs, lie has been ' twice married, and has several children. I P. L. Flinchum, for whose death Langston and Aldirdge are held rc ■ sponsible, was killed around three o'« I clock last Tuesday morning when the car in which he, 11. W. Andrews, B. > A. Dail and F. E. Street were pursuing ' a suspected rum car at a seventy-mile i clip, was fired on by someone in the suspected car. When Andrews was > shot in the right leg and the left arm ■ but when Flinchum was hit, the car I swung off the road, turned ovec and > the other officers were slightly injured. HEAT WAVE HITS MANY SECTIONS I » Mercury Reaches the 110 '1 Mark Out in Illinois , Last Sunday Chicago, June 23.—A heat that top ' ped the century mark shoved the mid ' die west into the water yesterday. ' The hottest spot in the central area was Anna, 111., with a temperature ot 110; Centralia, 111., was runner-up with ( 105: St. Ix>uis sweltered at 102 and Omaha, Neb., was blistered with 100.' > Sioux City, la., with W. had its hot-1 ' test June day since 1926; Cairo, 111., Lincoln, Neb., and Fvansville, Ind., were one degree better off with 98; and Pinestone, Minn., reported 96. Beaches, pools, and lakes were crowded everywhere. At Des Moines, 1 j'lta., two men were drowned while » | swimming » Although Chicago beaches will not be officially opened until next Satur * day, thousands thronged them yester ' day, despite the absence of life guards. ' South Park beaches will have no guards until next Saturday, and the municipal * beaches will have none all summer, due e to the tax money shortage. Four were drowned Saturday night ' when a boat capsized in a storm on » Reids Lake, near Tryon, Neb. i « e EverettsColored Baptists Hold Memorial Service d • y On Sunday, June 22, the Lily of the e Valley Colored Baptist Church at Everetts held a Memorial service, hon oring the memory of its former pastor, Dr. J. W. Williams, who had served „ the church for more than 30 years. The special service was preceded by t- much preparation and was conducted by Dr. W. M. Wiggins, of Spring Hill, >tja prominent Evangelist of the Colored e Baptist Brotherhood. t-J Over 300 people attended the serv p ice and it is stated that this was one y of the most impressive services ever -- bald among the colored people of this section. NO MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THIS COUNTY Precincts Urged To Form Organizations Here Saturday COUNTY MEET NEXT 'Will Elect Delegata to the State Con vention To Be Held in Ral eigh on July 3rd * Governmental details, as far as it could be learned here, were practically it not altogether ignored in this county last Saturday afternoon when meetings were scheduled to he held in the eleven | precincts. No meetings were held, but 1 in an effort to maintain the party or ganization the executive committee has arranged for the various precincts to' 'organize and elect their delegates just prior to the county convention to, he held in the courthouse here next Sat urday at noon. The precinct meetings generally at tract very little attention and this year ; they werr'arppifTpntty powi>rTJvsi To~cre -ate interest, according to* unofficial'rf- | ports. However, a fair-sized crowd is expected at the county convention here j next Saturday when the vaVious pre- j cincts will have the opportunity to elect their delegates lo the county con- j vention,. and in turn elect delegates Jj> the State convention to lie held in Ral eigh on July 3. A Democratic leader stated yesterday that it is important to hold the precinct meetings because they form the base of organization and that when the vnt -1 ers neglect to look alter the details of the party, they usually find themselves bossed by undesirables. A llone»t and fair elections depend largely on the little township meetings where the committee work is handled and the party government set up. It is usually the case that those in office or those seeking office are on hand to preserve themselves." 1 POSTPONE BUS LINE HEARING Hearing Will Be Held July 16, According to Report Received Here For. the second time within the past few weeks, the hearing scheduled be fi re the State Corporation commission relative tii the establishment of a bus j line from here to Raleigh has been post poned. The hearing is now set for July lb, it was stated in a telephone message received here late yesterday afternoon. , Several local citizei*. with others from Hertford, Elisabeth City, Edenton Windsor and other towns along the route were planning to leave here early t day to go before the commission in behalf of the proposed line. No reason was assigned tor the con tinued delay as far as it could he learn ed here. People along the proposed •route are greatly interested in the establish ment of a line making possiblunbus. con nection from Elizabeth City, via this point, to Raleigh. ♦ BIG BEAR HUNT IN GRIFFINS TODAY ♦ Bruins Masters of Situation, 1 And Prolonged Hunt Proves Fruitless m Finding the berry crop insufficient I to feed them, bears in the dismal near; Dymond City, this county, are raiding | farmers' pastures in Griffins township | and attacking hogs and cattle. Several of the bruins have been killed during' the past few days, and a large hunt was planned early Monday when it was : learned that several of the animals had i ventured from the vast woods Sunday to seek food. Fifty or more hunstmen entered the j woods before daybreak this morning and after giving chase for several , hours gave up the hunt, the two bruins I followed by the dogs completely mas tering the situation and fooling the hunters. Ordinarily, the bears when chased turn their heads hack to the thousands of acres of dismal, but this time they . crossed the creek in that section and passed over into the pocosin, another ! large tract of woods land. I The hunt was welj justified even - it proved fruitless, for there were all , kinds of signs indicating that more than I one bruin had risked his life for a mess of pottage. ■ ♦ 1 Christian Church Philathea j Class To Meet Thursday The Philathea Class of the Chrisrfan - church will hold its regular monthly '■ meeting Thursday evening, June 26, ' with Miss Eva Peel. For special r®as • ons, the date was changed from Friday to Thursday evening. MRS. S.L. GRIMES DIES SUDDENLY LAST SATURDAY Funeral Services Held Sun day at the Home Near Robersonville Mrs. Susan Roebuck Grimes, 70 years old, died suddenly at her home near Robersonville last Saturday aft ernoon of apoplexy. She complained of a severe pain in her head about 6 o'clock and died within 30 minutes, a | physician summoned by members ot the family reaching there a few sec onds before her death. Apparently in her usual health, Mrs. j , Grimes atte/ided services at the Spring I j Green Primitive Baptist Church that I morning, and was about her usual duties around the house when she was suddenly stricken. j | The funeral services were lu-ld from ! the home Sunday afternoon by her | I pastor, Elder B. S. Cowin, assisted by j j Elder W. E. Grimes. Interment fol ( lowed in the family plot on the home. farm, a large number of relatives and| ( friends paying a last earthly tribute. !, Born near Robersonville in October, j, ! 1859, the daughter of the late Harcum 1 I and Charity Roebuck. Mrs. Grimes was greatly beloved by all who knew her, I, '.i I'liristfan lite characterizing her walk ' TFfrouKlVlite. Her father dieil while"*" j serving pW«''"Sotitri shortly after the Civil War 4>as opened: She lived with ( h*. r utothcjp until early womanhood, r | wheiuAUnr was married, to the late | Stephen 1,. Grimes, who preceded her jto the grave two years ago last April. ! She was a member oi the Primitive L Baptist church at Spring Green fr I a number of years. Eight children. Messrs. A. H., Rob- | en and Mayo Grimes and Mrs. A. I). ! Cherry, and Miss Charity Grimes, all ttf koltfi'MHiville', Mr. W. J. Grimes, ot Scotland Neck; Mrs. J. W. Capps and Deputy Sheriff S. 11. Grimes, of Wil liamston, survive. " * SON BORN TO LINDBERGHS News of Birth Spreads To All Parts of Country In A Short While - •_ Englewood, N: J., June 23.—Colonel, and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh are the ! parents of a son. The baby, weighing seven and three quarter pounds was born at 2:15 p. in. j Eastern. Standard time yesterday in i the home where his mother, the for- ! n;er Anne Morrow was horn. She be-I came a mother on her 2-ltli birthday. | Aside from the statement * of the j baby's birth and his weight, no details I nl the event were forthcoming front I the household of Mrs. Lindbergh's par ents,. Ambassador and Mrs. It wight W. J Morro\v f except the statement that ! mother and. baby were resting com fortably. News of the'arrival of the l.inbergh ' heir spread rapidly to all parts of the I country and to foreign shores and j within a short time a parade of men- j (angers with congratulatory" messages j and hearing flowers began to arrive at j the Morrow home. Radio stations in- J terrupted their programs to broadcast news of the event which has been »wait ed with lively interest for several weeks. Preparations which had been made j fin- Mrs. Lindbergh's reception in a New York hospital were cancelled sev eral days ago and hospital equipment j and two nurses were installed in the Morrow home. LOCAL SCOUTS PLAN OUTTING i —»— i Twenty Boys Already Sign for Trip To Camp Next Month * 'j The local Boy Scout troop, with ' Scoutmaster Wheeler Martin in charge, > 1 will leave here Wednesday, July f for h week's stay at Camp Charles, be -1 tween Wilson and Raleigh. ' According to Mr. Martin, more than twenty boys have already made reser vations aild registered for the oiittiiig ' which will last for one week. ! Scout .programs, application**, and ' examinations **for both parents and 1 scouts have been distributed among the members of the local troop and every ' thing will be ill readiness for leaving |oh July 9. - • I Some of the best Scout leaders in the 1 State will have charge of the camp, ex ' perts directing personally the various I activities. , r « Improvement Reported in J Condition of County Crops, * t According to reports received from • various parts of the county, the con-| ditidn of the crops has improved great-) lv during the. past few days. A few I fields of tobacco are considered hope less, hut fair ifftprovciftent is generally -' -noted in -the erop. : i Grass is still in evidence in many f places, i'Ut work is progressing rapidly i, and with a few more days of favorable • weather, the progressive, farmers saj* r they will have their crops in good shape. $40,000 Verdict Given Dickey liv His Suit Against Railroad Martin Farmers Turning to Sweet Potatoes A , FEDERALBOARD GIVES FIGURES 54,055 Out of 111,939 Farm Boys Attend School In North Carolina Raleigh. Juno 24.—Figures sent out by the Federal Board fur Vocational F.tlucation show that of every 100 (arm boys in North Carolina between the ages of 14 anil 20,■ 52 arc out of school and 48 are in school, according to Roy .11. Thomas. State Supervisor of Voca tional Agriculture. The Federal Board for Vocational Kducatiou statistics | show that the farm boys between the ayes of 14 and 20 number 11 and jthat they comprise 14.7 percent of the State's entire male population. Of this tjnu>il>ci-j S'I.OSS-Htre attending-school • l-w.Uik-5Z.884 aie-iiut t»f-sclu.«d. —, Of the 54.055 who are in school only one out of 11 is receiving training de signed to prepare him for the business of farming ami life on the farm. This | specific training for lite on the farm is j being given by departments of voca tional agrichiture in 15-4 high schools. A survey of 1,000 farm boys'in ii ( J counties of the State shows that the | | average North Carolina'farm boy out | of school between the ages of 14- and I 21 is about 18 1-2 years of age and has j ■in education midway between the | seventh and eighth grades, Of these boys out of school, (>4 per cent (near ly two thirds) work on the farm as helpers, 28 per cent get .t share of the crop, and eight per cent are part own ers. The survey also reveals that of every 100 'hoys out of school on the |4l.rni now. 21 left school ti> help at | home; 44 stopped' on account of being I dissatisfied with school.ll lift to make j money, pmir health.and failure in the school work caused six to leave, and I only fnie of the 100 graduated from ■ high school. ■ r * ' - *- ERROR FOUND IN PROPERTY LISTS —«— Valuation Drop Is $368,857 Instead of $398,198 As First Reported In jrcrhcckillg the several township properly valuations, County Tax-Sup ervisor Jidm I). I.illey yesterday stat ed that the loss throughout the county ii» only :J;.5(>8,857, as compared with |5398,198 previously reported. The loss |tir>t given in Williams Township was j so2,s7ft, tin' reclieck showing that.there was an error of $.1.1,2.15 in the report, anil that tin- total valuation in the dis j ti Ht was $450,981 instead ol $417,746. The new figures for Williams places that township in a nfuch better posi tion, as far as percentages ,are con cerned, Cross Roads leading olf in the loss column with a six per cent drop. Williams, according to the latest fig jnres, occupies second place, reporting a five per cent decrease in its property valuations. THIEVESSTEAL MEAT SATURDAY , > Enter Mr. Frank Weavers Smokehouse and Take Quantity of Meat * Thieves entered the smoke house ol Mr. Krank Weaver here Saturday night and stole several nice hams and shoul ders, and a |uaiitity of pork. The meat was not missed from Hie smokehouse until the following day, and it was im possible to establish any clues leading to an arrest. The thief or thieves gained an en trance to the smokehouse by remov ing a part of the brick foundation and crawling through the small hole. Two dog-* on the lot, a German Po lice and a hull dog, were not aroused or else were friends of the rogue. The theft was not discovered until about noon Sunday, after chickens ano hogs had ranged around the enclosure where the building stood and little sign of the thief's tracks cojuld be seen. Prayer Services at Christian Church Tomorrow Evening - —• I'ruycr services will be held at the Christian church, tomorrow evening at ; eight O'clock. The pastor will speak on | "What Prayer.Meeting Should Mean to the Church," From this introduction a three-fold program of devotionals, instructional discussions and practical w«»rk will be planned -fof the canning months. t The mid-week services last summer were very successful, and it is hoped that this series may pruve equally ben eficial. Every one is invited to partici pate in these services. "PLAN TO CURE 14,000 BUSHELS INTHECOUNTY m Center of Operations Is At Everetts Where Large House Is to be Built ERECT NEW HOUSES * Blue Prints Are Available In the Of- I fice of County Farm Agent T. B. Brandon ——4 Martin' I ouuty farmers are making | preparations to cure around 14,000 bushels of sweet potatoes in specially constructed barns this year, according to present plans made public yesterday i-hjt-.X. uuuly- Akviu —Xoin B. liraiuluu-. The center of the operations this year, it was staled. wili"T)e at Fveretts where' Messrs. Taylor and Wynn are con structing a house of more than S,tHKI bushel Capacity. l.ast year ther.e were sixteen curing barns used in handling sweet potatoes in this county and several more have been or are now under construction for ( use during the coming fall, Mr. Bran don stated. Two houses have been re- | ceutly completed by Messrs. 11. I'. Peel, of Bear (irass township, and Will 1 lay lor, of Robersouville township, and Messrs. Taylor and Wynn are plan ning to begin building operations with in the next few days, the agent said. Referring to the sweet potato as a possible cash crop for this sectioy, Mr. ' Brandon stated that the curing opera tions this year are expected to advance tin- crop considerably as such, Messrs. Taylor and Wynn will be hi a jpo'ition to handle potatoes for many glowers in the Fveretts community. Curing operations were started by Mr. \V. W. (iritVni in Williams town ship for the first time in.this county on ly a few years ago. Since that time, one or two cars have been shipped to for eign markets yearly, bringing a good price to the grower. The number ol houses has been increased yearly, but even now the supply hardly cares for the local demand and on tha( account shipments have been limited. In discussing the value of growing sweet potatoes on a large scale, County Agent Brandon stated yesterday that the farmers of this section command a very favorable opportunity to make car shipments to foreign markets. H«?- iug close to the markets, lof a I farmers may enjoy a more favorable rate than the growers in the states to the south. Potatoes can lie successful! grown' on. practically all farms in the itHinty, it was also pointed out.. The yield varies from. 150 to 250 and .100 bushels per acre. In curing the potatoes, the grower guu-rally gets a price advantage vary ing from .15 to 00 cents per bushel over that received by the farmer who banks his. In fact, there is no market other than locally, for banked potatoes, while the cured ones are sold in West Vir ginia and the large cities of the north, j Practically all the curing houses in this county ar- located in.tiriflius town ship, but with one or two exceptions, others are located in each of the other , nine districts. The undertaking at Fveretts is the! most promising one, probably, and al though Complete plans have not been made at this time, it is said to "be pos- I sihle for the farmers of that section to ship several cars of potatoes grown this year. County Agent T. B. Brandon has numerous blueprints for the construc tion of curing houses and he invites all farmers interested in curing pota toes to call upon him at any time for complete information and facts rela- I live to this particular phase of farm activity. * 1 Renews Subscription ior , The Thirtieth Time Jordan Street, one of the oldest col ored citizens of Williamston, yesterday renewed his subcriptipn to the Enter prise for his 30th time. Uncle Jordan, as he is known by the I people Iflere, worked as a section hand f for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad a greater part of his life, retiring a year e or two ago. t • i ' n Twelve Cases Before Judge 1 Bailey in the County Court I ♦ >1 Twelve cases had been scheduled late 1 yestrrilay for .trial iu the recorder's court before Judge J. W. Bailey here r today, it was learned, from a review of d the docket. Several of the case* orig - mated two weeks ago and were con - tinned from the last session of the court, June 10, 'V. . Watch the Label on Your Paper A* It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expires SUM IS LARGEST EVER AWARDED J 1 IN THIS COUNTY Case Likely To Be Up For Third Trial Here About Year After Next ! CASE IS AN OLD ONE Supreme Court Granted New Trial When Caie Wa« Nonsuited In Court Here Back in 1928 * The Lewis Dickey civil suit against tbi Atlantic (, oast Line Railroad Com pm.v went into the major class of ac tions last Saturday when a Martin County jury returned a verdict for $40,- 00(1 favoring the plaintiff in the super ior court here. The verdict, one ot the largest, if not the largest ever a wurded by a jury in this county, gives Mr. Dickey $40,000 for personal in juries received when a car in which he was riding struck a freight train standi - infr a>. ios.s-rhr ■tirgtHPa'.V "31 1 fartdCtt'Bll l " the nfoht of March 10. 1924 The plain ' tiff lost tlif sight of an eye all 1 suffer ed other injuries in the accident. . The trial ending in the $40,000 ver dict was started last Thursday after noon and ended with the jury's findings li'te Saturday. Much interest was shown in the case and the six lawyers, four representing the plaintiff and two appearing for the defense, were very diligent in the trial of the case. The jury deliberated only'a short time, re 11'ruing with the verdict in less than 30 minutes. Judge Clayton Moore, trial judge, an nounced that he would not sign the judgment unless the plaintiff would a gree to accept $20.000, hall the amount specified in the verdict, as complete set ; (lenient. The plaintiff agreed to Judge i J Moore's proposal. hut settlement was i j made impossible when the (kMense re ■ fused to pay that SUIIL Ihe refusal, on the part of the plaintiff, to accept • a smaller sum tentatively offered by the defense, will result, it is tiiuler • stood, in the return of the case to the • supreme court. It is likely, then, that the case will he again ordered for trial I by a Madin County jury, and that it i will be heard here in IV3J. The history of the case is very un usual. For some months following the accident, no legal proceedings were of ficially recorded. In 1928, near four years after the collision at I'armele, tin case was heard by Judge M. V. Barnhill, and he non-suited it. An appeal was entered to the supreme court, and a new trial was granted, the higher tribunal stating that the case .should have been heard by a jury. Since the lower, court was reversed in its decision, the case has been en tered on the regular civil docket for trial, but for one reason or another it was either continued, crowded off the dial schedule, or something happened preventing the trial. r The main contention in the proceed . ii.gs was establishing the liability of the r railroad for damages, the defense claim , nig that the driver of the automobile r was negligent in running into the train , without seeing it. Mr. Dickey, an.eni . ployee of the State Highway Couimis sion at that time, was riding as a pas , singer in the Ford that struck the . train. Mr. Dickey is now living in Delaware, In arriving at Jhe verdict, the jury j considered the personal injury, loss ot ,I time, and limited activity of the in . jurcd. i The Dickey case was the only civil - action considered by the court ill its > one week term ending late last Satur- I day. • ' NECESSARY TO ;| MARK STREETS —. + . Houses Must Be Numbered i If Mail Delivery Service Is To Be Continued * —— Although there has been no definite a action taken, it is generally believed that the town will have to marks its streets and number the houses to have y the town mail delivery service contin . ued. An investigation was started a few weeks ago by postal inspectors, but e no report had been made here yester ,l -day relative to the requiremnts that j must be met to have the delivery con r tinued. , The greatest trouble originates in the outlying districts where many new homes have been built since the nuni- P bers were given and the streets marked t Town officials slated yesterday that they had received no requests to have e the work done, but that it should be s done without a requfst. Thf matter • will likely be given the board of com missioners at the next meeting. To [- have the mail delivery service contin i- ued, the town officials stated that e would be to meet the require ments mentioned.
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