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Advertisers Will Fnd Our Col sons a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 73 TEACHERS HOLD FIRST MEETING HERE SATURDAY Dr. George Cooper, of State Health Department, Is Principal Speaker Holding their first meeting of the | 1931-32 term here last Saturday morn ing, 95 Martin County teacher* heard Dr. George Cooper, of the State Health Department, discuss the im , portance of health study and health programs in the schools. Called to order by Principal A. L. Pollock, retiring president, a new or ganization was perfected at the meet ing last Saturday with Principal H. M. Ainsley, of Oak City, president; Prin cipal D. «N. Hix, of Everetts, vice president; and Miss Bessie Willis, of the local schools, secretary. In the opening talk. Superintendent J. C. Manning outlined the purpose of the county meetings this term, stat ing that they would be devoted mainly to combatting the perils of poverty that are conflicting with the progress of the schools, especially in respect to proper food and health measures to be taught in all the schools. Dr. George Cooper, main speaker of the morning, returning here for the first time to address an assembly of teacher* in IS years, stated that at that time the State was planning clin ic* and a general curvey having to do with health and educational conditions and to impress upon the teachers and pupils the great need to teach rules of health. Not one of the teachers present at the last Saturday assembly was in attendance upon the meeting 15 yar* ago. "Since that time," the health depart ment man continued, "the State has held clinic* in 82 of the 100 counties | and operated on 22,000 school chil dren. Approximately a half million pupils have been examined' during that time and rules of health have been placed before them in the school j. rootn and in paffiphlet form. "Although we teach this generation, j we must stand and teach those of j tomorrow, which i» an endless pro-. CMS and one 'hat must be pursued I dally " Continuing, Dr. Cooper said that tlw teacher is generally the pupil's hero and on that account the teacher is able to make tlu' best and most last, ing impre»sions on the mind of the child, which give* the teacher the best possible opportunity to do good. He emphasised' the need of a school nurse to assist in regulsr examinations of j all children of the county which would result in helping hundreds of ills at 1 little cost, relieving llie schools of | their crowded conditions, partly caused ! by "repeaters," or children held back by some physical weaknesses. '1 en p«r cent of failures to make grades means 110 pupil* the following year instead of' 100. pr. Cooper aaid he had found a fine spirit of cooperation in a meeting of the Martin County Board of Health on Friday night, in which the doc tors present offered to do sll in their power to give advice and help to treat s«ch case* as could not get service M account of poverty. Dr. Cone had agreed to give service to any school child when a certificate from the wel fare officer or the school showed the child was unable -to pay for it. Dr. Cooper urged every teacher to find out how many underrtouifished children there were in their grades,' and if possible find out whether the cause was wsnt of sufficient food or improper food, for there are many children overfed, but with the wrong kind of food. He asked that a dis tinction be made in the two; that I*. 1 if they do not get sufficient food, or. if they get too much of the wrong kind. He particularly warned against too much *weet*. Another question he asked to be given attention wa* how maflJTthildren drink coffee, which | he advised against, and what percent age ol the pupil* drink Coca-Cola and what percentage drink milk. He ex plained that he had made a recent *ur • vey of a school in Edgecombe Coun ty, with 251 Children, only 79 of which are provided milk to drink. Dr. CoT** stated that the teacher's greatest duty is teaching health to| pupils, that they should teach what to * eat, when to eat and how to eat, em- j phasiting the fact that breakfast is the most important meal for children, although many are sent to school with oat breakfatt because the family faiU to gat up in time. Practically every food the child or the adalt need* can be grown on any Martin County farm, according to the h«alth official, and he urged that the - children be taught this fact. Following the addres*, the princi pals of most of the schools were called on to tell what they are doing in their schools for the promotion of health. The general trend of the answers was that much attention is being given to teaching the need Of propery eaer cise, plenty at fresh air and sleep, and cleanliness, the proper kind ol food*, a*4 T«y other way* to promote vig or health in children. The question of book*, clothing, and THE ENTERPRISE Local Man Succes Lespedeza on That there is money in the cul tivation of leepedeaa was well demonstrated by Mr. L. B. Har rison on his farm near here re cently. In (act, Mr. Harrison found there is more money to be made in the growing of the grass than there is in the cultivation of tobacco and cottodi Last Mr. Harrison bought six 1 bushels of lespedess •eeV paying $16.25 for the six bushels and $1.25 freight on them. The seed were sown along with oats, and at the proper time he harvested a large crop of oats. On one a-re of the plot, Mr. Harrison pastured five mules snd a cow dur ing the sason. Last week* he cut , Angus D. Mac Lean Disclaims | Possessing Any Gubernatorial Aspirations At Present Time ♦ « TWO MELON CROPS J. L. Gibson, Griffins Township farmer, ha* eaten from two crdpe of watermelons this year. The first crop ripened early in July when the farmer wai curing to bacco. Seeds from these melons were planted, and last week, Mr. Gibson pulled and ate three ripe melons from the crop. The mel ons, of no great site, however, I were of good flavor, the farmer stated. FARMERS URGE SPECIAL SESSION ♦ Washington County Farm ers In Favor Acreage Reduction Law . Plymouth, Nov. 9.—County Farm Agent R. "£. Dunning called a mass meeting of farmers in the county court house Saturday afternoon to consider the problem of marketing the present crop of peanuts. Thfere was a large crowd and an unusual amount of in terest in the discussion. The question was ' considered from various angles | and questions were asked about the. feasibility of holding the crop, stor- ( i age facilities, credits, etc. The 5 con- : 1 sensus of opinion was that the crop! ' should be marketed gradually and that the minimum price for good quality | stock should be fixed at 3 cents a pound. Resolutions were drawn up and en thusiastically adopted to the effect that while 3 cents a pound is a very low price aiui that farmers can not make any money on the crop at this figure, it is perhaps in keeping with values placed on other farm commodi ties. A county chairman has been ap* pointed, and he, with other represen tative farmers, will attend a meeting in Rich Square next Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. It is hoped that a suitable {organization can be formed at that time to make detailed plans for im mediate business. There was a resolution unanimously | adopted, requesting Governor Gard ner to call an extra session of the legislature to consider and pass a re duction in acreage law, for cotton and tobacccj. ' Representative Zeb Vance Norman , was present and was instructed to work and vote for such a law if the legislature convenes in extra session. Dental Society Holds Its i Annual Meeting In Wilson The Fifth District Dental Society meeting held in Wilson yesterday was the best ever held, declared Dr. P. B. Cone, local dentist, upon his return 1 here. There are 31 counties in the fifth district of the society, and 75 of ' the 82 members were in attendance ''upon the meeting yesterday, Dr. Cone ' | added. I Nex| year the society will hold its I annual meeting in Elizabeth City. Local Masons To Hold Regular Meeting Tonight r A regular meeting of Skewarkey ' Lodge masons will be held in the [ lodge hall here this evening at 7:30 5 o'clock when important business will !be placed before the body for dis | cussion, it was announced this morn ing. AU masons are urged to attend. . I lunch for those unable to secure them II was also discussed. ) The meeting was regarded as one - of the best ever held in the county. 1 The stsodard of teachers is higher , than for any previous year, and the - spirit shown indicates that the trend |of educational service is much better 1 than ever before. I Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 10, 1931 a fine crop of hay and saved 60 bushels of seed from the four-acre plot ungraxed. Baaing the value of the aeed on the price he paid for the first five bushels, he made $2lO, in addition to a good crop of oats and a good crop of hay. He also has sufficient seed left to replant the land which he is going to sow in oats early next month. Mr. Harrison said that the land upon wtiich the crop isms pro duced is by far the poorest land on the farm of 100 seres, but thst the one planting of lespdezs in- cressed its value greatly. I The cost of saving the seed was for the services of one laborer who followed the mowing machine. BEAUFORT MAN IS FAVORITE WITH MANY IN STATE ♦ ! Brummitt's Withdrawal Is Said To Have Brought Mac Lean To Front "No; I'm not an aspirant to the gov ernorship," Hon. A. D. Mac Lean, Beau j fort County representative, answered when questioned yesterday following the release of a State news story stat- j ing that the withdrawal of Dennis G. 1 Brummit's name a? a consideration in tbe Democratic state-wide primary for { govertror^jiext June has brought with- , in the uast 48 hours the personality j of Representative Angus Dhu' Mac-j Lean into the forefront. "Not a candidate, now?" was the next question asked of Mr. Mac Lean I as he left the courthouse here late yesterday, where he had quietly, per sistently, and patiently tried a law suit. "No; not now," was the reply, and he had very little comment to offer in return for the numerous questions 1 asked of him. When he was addressed in the court house yesterday afternoon by an En j terprise reporter as "Governor," Mr. Mac Lean said the salutation was very ' pleasing, but when a copy of the j Greensboro Daily News, the paper in which Tom Bost said that the with- | ' drawal of Attorney General Brummitt ' brought the personality of Represen tative Mac Lean to the fore, was shown him, the Beaufort solon as sumed a more serious attitude, stat ing that he had heard nothing what ever of the story and that he had noth ing to say at the present. During the long legislature session J of this year. Mr. Mac Lean came to the front as a wise and able man. He ' is remembered at the man who to i persistently and ably led the fight to I relieve land and physical property of , : heavy tax burden carried so long. The news article appearing Monday ( had a dual purpose apparently. One ( was to tell the folks that Josephus Daniels is politically dead and if nom inated 75,000 "blue-gum" Democrats ■ would not support him because they • do not understand his democracy. i There teems to be a strain of sympa thy for the Ehringhaus boom. I And then the statement is made that Mr. Mac Lean hopped into the i companionthip of the big men in the > past two sessions of the general at [ gembly, and on account of his cham • pionship of the bill proposing the abo lition of the ad valorem tax he got ; himself handsomely placed. , Mr. Mac Lean, while saying he it not a candidate for governor, would r be acceptable as such by voten found i in all clastet of citicent who know hit ability and hit rugged honetty. : Change Is Noted In Howe fj Agent's Regular Schedule 5' The regufar tchedule of meetings to I be held by the home agent on Wednet • day of this week will be changed on account of Mitt Sleeper being a judge of exhibita at the Beaufort County Fair that day. The home agent will t meet the junior Robertonville girlt'| club Thursday morning and the two f girls' clubs of Williamston Thursday e afternoon. The senior girls' club of, ) Robersonville will meet later in the I month, it wat announced yetterday. .. • - Woman's Auxiliary Will Serve Supper Thursday 1 V- The Woman's Auxiliary of the EpU e copal church will serve a turkey tup . per on Thurtday evening at the club r rooms at 6 o-'clock. Prices will be e very low, and the proceeds Will be I uted for orphan children in a mitsion r station. The public it kindly atked to come. . ROANOKE RIVER WILL BE LOWEST EVER THIS YEAR • Engineer of State Depart ment Says Stream Will Go Lower Than in 1930 Last year when the water fell so •low that the tidf and winds reversed the course of the stream, many local people were of the belief that a dry spell had been reached. According to Mr. Thorndike .Saville, chief engitfe«r of the Department of Conservation 1 and Development, the Roanoke River | will have the smallest total annual flow ever recorded, although its daily minimum flow has not yet quite reach ed the low mark attained last year. | The cumulative streamflow for the 11 . months ending September 30 is lower ! than for the same period a year ago. j Freight boats, plying the Roanoke last year, struck bottom in many j places between here and the Albe marle Sound. The boats were very ! havily loaded, however, requiring a greater draft. ' With the reservoir of ground stor age filled by heavy rains of 1928 and 192*) seriously depleted by almost con tinuous deficiency in effective rainfall in the winter and early spring months of the past two years, many North Carolina rivers face the lowest flows rver recorded. ;r j After a study of conditions last sum mer, Mr. Saville pointed out that the division of water resources and en gineering of the -.consrvation depart- 1 ment had predicted in the midst of a | season of above normal rain a "stream ' 'flow drought" this fAll. | At that time, the engineer advised! municipalities and hydro-electric plants having storage reservoirs to operate them with utmost care, even if filled Ito overflowing in July or August "as later stream flows will almost surely | be markedly deficient." ' "It appears now," said, Mr. Saville, ;"that flow on many streams reached ( new low values in October or at least i i I .values very near the minimum ever recorded." I FOREST FIRES CAUSE WRECKS ♦ •Wrecks Reported In This And Beaufort Counties Yesterday and Today Forest fires, scattered over sections of Eastern North Carolina, includ-| ling Martin county, are resulting in huge property losses to timber and j crops and threatening the safety of persons traveling the highways. Sev eral automobile accidents have been j reported in the fire sections, and with J a continuation of the fires, more auto wrecks are expected. Six school children were hurt yes terday in the Pungo section of Beau fort county when a school bus turned | over there. The driver, to see , because of a dense smoke lost con trol of the truck and it turned over. Slowing down to about fifteen miles an hour, an automobile was struck | from the rear by a Carolina Delivery I Service Company truck near Rober 'sonville this morning, injuring Misses I Myrtle and Murrell Monds and re sulting in considerable damage to the machine. Running into a dense smoke Curtis Briggs, of Sunburry, decreas ed the speed of his car, and the truck driver, also blinded by the smoke, bumped into the car and its oc cupant*. Briggs, his mother, Sally Briggs and Tom Monds were jarred, | but not hurt badly. The two young 'ladies were removed to Roberson ville where their injuries were treat ed. While the back of the car was wrecked, the running gear was left in tact, the party continuing their journey to Raleigh. The truck, carrying the News and Observer edition for today, was re turning to Raleigh early this morn ing when it crashed into the rear of the car. K. D. Triplet was driving. Other accidents have been rumor ed in the fire areas and authentic re? ports state that a truck and a light coupe collided on the Belhaven and Swan Quarter highway yesterday when the drivers were blinded by smoke. A negro woman was seriously hurt and the two machines were wrecked. While the fires in this county are limited to small areas, only vague re ports as to the extent of the fires in Beaufort are accessible, but it is be , lieved they are very serious and have much potential danger. The forests and fields in this section are dry, having had very little rain during the past two months. It U reported that the smoke in Belhaven ia to dense that it is hardly ' possible to find one's way about the ' streets and highways, even when 1 walking. • W. H. Holt, 100 years old, of New i port, R. 1., is believed to be the oldeat I living Odd Fellow in the United States. Irving Coltrain, Robersonville ;j Man, Killed in Wreck Sunday J m V JAS. H. JOHNSON ; DIED IN OAK CITY LAST SATURDAY • . Death Leaves Only Two , Confederate Veterans In County I • • | James H. Johnson, an able support er o£ the Confederacy in the war days , of 1861-65, died at the home of his .daughter, Mrs. T. H. Johnson, in Oak City last' Saturday morning at 10 o'-| clock, leaviiiK only two men of the | gray in this county. Going into his 89th year, Mr. John json had been,in feeble health for some ' j time, but he suffered an attack of pneumonia recently and passed away j within a few days, closing the book of | • a life that had been well spent for ' ' the advancement of good will among ' all men. ' . In young manhood, he married Miss I Jane Hobbs, of Hamilton, who died a- 1 bout twenty years ago. Six children, ' Lucius Johnson, of Calypso; Ed John- ' ,son, of Oak City; Horace Johnson, of Maryland; Mrs. J. S. Ayers, of Ever etts; Mrs. Clara Everett, of Hamilton; - and Mrs. Hettie Johnson, of Oak City, | • with whom he made his home for a i number of years, surviye. He also f I leaves 17 grandchildren. I j Funeral services were conducted j , from the late home last Sunday aft- I , 1 ernoon by Kev. J. H. Smith, pastor I of the Everetts ltaptist church. In-j terment followed in the family cem- j etery jon the old home farm, one mile 1 1 from Oak City, with a large- number ' of friends in attendance to pay their last tribute, j Around Mr. Johnson's life there arc ! . many interesting stories, especially those connected with "hi* activities in j ( the Confederate Army during the Civil War. At a tender age, and soon after the i conflict between the States begun, he > joined Captain Clemmons' company, ! being one of the first to volunteer in j I the cause of the South. Immediately; | after he volunteered, his company, | made up principal! of young Martin ( County men, was sent to defend the j for.t at Roanoke Island. He saw but | 1 little service before the fort fell into | -, the hands of the enemy, and he was 1 taken prisoner. Mr. Johnson, with a I ' number of other prisoners from this i 1 , county, was sent to Governor's Island, , • New York, later going /to. Boston, i i ( lle was held prisoner there until ', Christmas, 18>f, when he was ex- | > changed. Returning from Boston, Mr. John ■ son went with the 17th Regiment, - Company E, where he remained until 1 Johnston's surrender near Greensboro : in 1865. Most of the fiercest fighting en countered by - Mr. Johnson was at i Bermuda Hundreds and other points :' around Petersburg. Although many f men were shot dead by his side, he - 1 escaped with only two slight wounds, i'neither of which forced him from ac -1 tual service. > { After a stay in the conflict around : Petersburg, Mr. Johnson was detailed ."for foraging service with General | t "Fighting" Joe Wheeler. He was not i , with General Wheeler very long be- | - fore he rejoined hi* regiment around , I Wilmington. He escaped capture | , there when Fort Fisher fell, and man-1 [ aged to get with the few remaining , - forces in time to take part in the Ben tonville fight. He was captured and i recaptured before the battle was over, t and went west with Johnston'* Army r. to a point near Greensboro. He was lin the final surrender there of the ' I Johnston forces on April 26, 17 days | after General Lee surrendered to .'Grant. Immediately after his dismiss-j f al, he started the long journey home, .reaching there May 5 after long days J of marching with his friend and com- J rade, the late Augustus Salsbury. His j I I war record was complete, carrying j'with it many trials and tribulation*, j f 1 as well a* thrilling and exciting in . cidents. 1 ' I • —- r i INCREASE SWEET POTATO^ STORAGE HOUSE CAPACITY c The sweet potato storage house ca . pacity in Carteret County has been in n creased by one-third this season, per . mitting about 100,000 sweets e being cured and stored in the county i this winter, ' CABARRUS PARMER QROWS e j 810 CROP OF LESPEDEZA n P. M. Krimminger, of Cabarrus y County, has harvested tf!s6 bushels of e certified Korean lespedeza teed this n season. I HIOH GRADE COTTON tS GROWN IN CLEVELAND t] Cleveland County farmer* have d picked and ginned 35,000 bales of high I grade cotton *o far thi* season. * 1 [ DIED SATURDAY ■ jj i I ■ W&- MtSm :iq^B i*T I I I I James H. Johnson, Martin ! County's oldest Confederate veter an and Mason, died in Oak City last week. PLAN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN HERE Everyone Urged To Enroll In Drive Beginning In County Tomorrow An earnest appeal i* being directed |to Martin County, people this week, : urging them to enroll in the Red Cross campaign beginning tomorrow and | continuing through • Thanksgiving. I hfoughout the nation the campaign will be conducted for one of the great est relief organizations in the world todayi Under the direction of Mrs. A. R. Dunning, chairman, twelve local Itt 4 | dies, Mrs. H. If. I lor lon, Mrs. M. D. | Watts, Mrs. YV. C. Manning, jr., Mrs. IM. J. Moye, Mrs. ( 11 Clark Mrs. JN. C. Green, «Mrs. S. K. Biggs, Mrs. jj. C. Manning. Mrs. Robert Everett, I Mrs. J. E. King, Mrs'. J. W. Watts, jr., Mrs. W'. B. Watts, will solicit I memberships for the organization. Lo | cations have been assigned the solici tors and drives will be conducted in I Williamston and several other towns of the county. A large portion of the $1 member ship fee is retained in the community, and all donations of 25 cents, or less, are kept at home, the chairman ex plained. ' «... High Advertising Rates Charged by Magazines » The highest advertising rate of any periodical in the country is charged by ' the Ladies' Home Journal, which is $9,500 for a full page. Woman's Home Companion rate is $9,400; Delineator, $9,200; Pictorial Review and McCSll'i Magazine, SB,BOO each; Saturday Eve ning Post, which has largest circula tion, $8,000; Collier's, $5,500; True Story, $4,500; and Liberty, ,$4,250. 'AND IT PAYS I—Charlotte News. # | Four Pupils on Honor Roll A t Macedonia •- Four pupils met the requirement* to have their names appear on the first month's honor roll in the Macedonia school, reported by Miss Irene Tetter ton, teachef, as follows; | First grade: Bob Coltrain and Sybil Peel. j Second grade: Charles Coltrain. Fifth grade: Mildred Ward. Local Fire Company Is 1 Called Out Saturday | The local fire company was called to the warehouse district early last Saturday afternoon, when soot burn ihg in a chimney smoked the two story house located next to the Plant ers Warehouse. The house is occu pied by William Stokes, colored. No damage resulted. T. O. Hickman To i Occupy Baptist Pulpit *| It was announced it' the Baptist church Sunday that in the absence of the pastor from the congregation, Professor T. O. Hickman, of James jville, will occupy the pulpit of the Memorial Baptist church next Sunday 'morning at 11 o'clock. | Mr. Hickman is a Wake Forest man, an ordained minister and a very acceptable speaker. At present he if teaching in the Jamesville school and 'supplying churches as opportunity af -1 fords. • " Watch die Label On Your Paper As It. Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 w , DRIVESHISCAR 1 HEAD-ON INTO HEAVY TRUCK Occurred on Highway Near County Home Late Sun- Afternoon Irving Coltrain, young Roberson , ville man, was killed instantly near the ! Martin County Highway No. 1 90 early last Sunday evening when he i ran His automobile- a new Chevrolet sport roadster, into a large Corbitt j truck and trailer loaded with 12 hogs- I heads of tobacco. Coltrain never knew what happened, fot' his neck was broken, his back broken in two places, both arms and one leg broken, and two holes knocked in his skull. Jim tnie Bullock, driver 6f the truck, and his brother, Charlie, both of Rober ' sonville, escaped unhurt. Ihe wreck, one of the most com- I plete ever seen in this section, occurred j on a straight stretch of road, causing one to wonder just how it happened, i Bullock, the truck driver, stated short ly after the wreck that Coltrain, trav eling toward Everetts, was driving » rapidly on the left side of the road .with the right wheels on the hard surface. "It looked as if he was try- ing -to get his car on the hard surface and on to his side of the road," the truck driver continued. "We were 1 traveling about JO miles, an hour when ,we first saw the car, and I decreased , ( th? speed of our truck to about 15 j miles an hour, thinking that the car ( would find its side of the road before iw« met. When we crashed, I had all brakes applied on -the truck," young Bullock added. The truck was hold ing its position on the road, but fol- J lowing the crash, it rolled to the left side of the road aud burned up, the blaze apparently having started from a short circuit in the wiring. The i trailer was turned over on its side, and the tobacco rolled in the road. Minus its engine, the body of the Chevrolet car was turned on its side, j Forty, feet away the tnotoT rested, . landing there after it had dug a good ■ sized hole on its first bounce, about 1 25 feet from where the car stopped. I Coltrain's body was found lifeless on the hard surface near the spot where the vehicles crashed. | Highway Patrolman Braswell and I officers investigated the wreck, but no ; coroner's inquest was held, i Jimmie Bullock, driver of the truck 'I is under a SSOO, and will be >;iven a ; hearing tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. Following an investigation of the '| dead man's stomach in the Courtney 'undertaking parlors here, it was 'j learned that young Coltrain was not drinking prior to the wreck. The truck, owned and operated by Scales aud Kittrell, of Robersonville, was on its way to with its ' load of tobacco. Employed for several years by the ' Texaco Filling Station in Roberson ville, Coltrain was said to have been a reliable worker and of good char acter, "but he would ride on Sundays," a citizen of Robersonville remarked ( shortly after the wreck was reported. 1 Coltrain, 27 years old, was the son •of Mrs. Lucy Lee Coltrain and the late Eli Frank Coltrain. He was well I liked in Robersonville, where he was I in the employ of Mr. Wiley Rogerson. | He leaves one brother and one sis- I ter and two half-brothers, John and ' I Charlie Coltrain. I Funeral services are being conduct ' ed this afternoon by Rev. J. M. Perry, 'j pastor of the Christian church. In l|terment will follow in the old ceme- I tery there. ' MUCH INTEREST IN LAND CASE Case of John R. Coltrain Against Roberson Is Before Referee i 1 1 j Claiming- title to a piece of mill ' pond land, said to be of very little ~ value, litigants in the case of J. R. Coltrain against L. H. Roberson and " others are presenting their conten " tions at a hearing now in progress ' here before Stuart Smith, referee, of Scotland Neck. The hearing was be ! gun yeseerday morning, and it was I the opinion of courthouse attendants t that it would last through today and a part of tomorrow and probably longer t than that. f The ca»e ii being vigorously con . tested, with Messrs. Mac Lean, of - Washington, and B. A. Critcher, lo e cal attorney, representing the plaintiff, i Coltrain, and A. R. Donning, repre senting the defendants. t It is said that the cost and fees in f the case will be many times greater > than the value of the land in question. 1 Many Griffins Township residents, - where the case originated, are here for the case.