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VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 79
NEGRO IS JAILED
FOR MURDER OF
WALTER HASSELL
Offers Version of Hassell's
Death When Questioned
Last Saturday Night
Arrested last week in connection
with the death of Walter Hasjell,
young colored man, who was found
fatally injured on the Washington
highway near here early November
22, Philistine Barnhill, New Bern ne
gro, last Saturday night offered his
version of the tragedy, Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck immediately thereafter pro
curing a warrant charging him with
murder. A hearing for the accused
maa has been planned for next Tues
day before Judge Bailey, but should
he request one sooner, he will be car
ried before a justice of the peace.
Barnhill has told several different
stories, each revealing facts closer to
Hassell's death. In his Saturday night
story, he said that he and Hassell had
been riding around for some time in
an old Dodge touring car. During
their |they had bought and
drunk liquor, thai Hassell became in
toxicated and attempted to interfere
with the operation of the car. Tiring
of Hassell's repeated attempts to take
hold of the steering wheel, Barnhill
said he stopped the car at the spot
where Hassell was found, removed
Hassell and forty pounds of sugar, and
left them on the highway. Barnhill
claims that he continued down the
road a short distance and turned a
round. As he was paising on the re
turn trip, Hassell attempted to jump
on the car and \va* -thrown to the
concrete and hurt, Barnhill declared.
Claiming he was a stranger here, he
rushed from the scene and went- to a
colored home on Main Street, near the
railroad underpass, and spent the
night.
Receiving jinbonnatioif from jother
sources, officers are of the opinion
that Barnhill struck Hassell over the
head, robbed him, and left the man
on the highway to die.
INTEREST GROWS
IN CHARITY GAME
Tar Devils To Play Demon
Wildcats In Durham
Saturday, Dec. 5
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Interest in the Big Five charity
football gme, to be staged at the Duke
University Stadium, Durham, at 2 o'-
clock next Saturday, it increasing rap
idly. Tickets, placed on sale the last
of this week, are selling nicely, and
there is every indication that the game
will be a sell-out.
The Carolina and Duke squads will
be combined to make up one team;
and the State, Davidson, and Wake
Forest elevens will supply the players
for the opposition. Various combina
tion! may be used during the game,
inch aa the Carolina line, backed up
by the Duke backfield; the reverse of
this arrangement; or a mixture of play
era of the two institutions so as to get
the best possible alignment. It is just
possible that the Carolina team may
play as a unit for a few minutes; and
that the Duke team may follow suit.
The possibilities as far as the other
team is concerned are equally as di
vergent.
Johnny Branch, Kid Brewer, Caro
lina and Duke stars, will be seen in
action in this Big Five charity event.
Other stars from all five colleges will
battle during the afternoon.
The ticket ale is being handled by
the American Legion, at the request
of State Commander Henry C. Bourne
of Tarboro. Communities in which
tickets are sold will receive a part of
the money to be raised by means of
this charity game, 40 per cent going
to the local community relief organiza
tion which helps the Legion to sell
the pasteboards. The expenses of the
game are to be deducted from the
other 60 per cent, and this fund used
by the Governor's Council on Unem
ployment and Relief, as Governor
Gardner and hia council see fit, so as
to do the most good in the relief pro
gram of the state, at the time when
such funds are most needed.
M*n Killed by Fulling
Monument In Cemetery
9
Beaufort, Nov. 30.—While preparing
to move a easket in Ocean View cem
etery here this afternoon, T. E. Adair
was killed instantly when s monument
toppled over and crushed him. Mr.
Adair and his assistant, Leland Swain,
had dug into the grave of Dr. E. B.
Whitehurst, having been employed by
Dr. Whitehurst's mother to move the
body
Although 77 years old, Mr. Adair
was strong and healthy. He was an
excellent carpenter and all around
mechanic. He helped to build the At
lantic hotel at Morehead City and al
. so helped to erect many other houses
add structures in this section.
He is survived by a son, W. E.
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THE ENTERPRISE
'Uncle Buck' Describes How
Tobacco Manufacturers Are
Ripening Their Big 'Melon'
STOP TRUCKS 1
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Trucks heavily loaded with man
ufacturer's tobacco, were forbid
den passage on highways in cer
tain parts of Virginia last Sun
day, according to unofficial re
ports received here. Laws, ap
parently enacted during the past
few days, suspended heavy truck
traffic on Sunday in certain cities.
It is understood that several ve
hicles from this county were stop
pad and held until after 12 o'clock
Sunday night
65 ENROLLED IN
RED CROSS DRIVE
Campaign Here Received a
More Liberal Support
Than In Past
The American Red Cross roll call
campaign received a more liberal re
sponse in this community this yeftr
than it received last year, or during
the several years before, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. A. R.
Dunning, Chairman of the drive here.
More than 65 memberships were add
ed to the organization's roll, and a
goodly number of donations less than
a dollar in amount was received dur
ing the few days that the solicitors
worked here. Last year, the total
memberships numbered less than 50,
the chairman stated.
While the community fell below the
quota assigned, Mrs, Dunning said
sh* was well pleased with the response
and wishes to sincere thanks
to those who offered their aid in sup
porting the great humanitarian organ
ization and assisting in the care of
local charity charges.
Much at the oioney collected in the
drive will be used in this community,
the remainder going to Washington
City, national headquarters of the
American Red Cross, where it will
be combined with the millions collect
ed all over the country and used in
combatting disasters' wherever they
occur. That portion of the money
held at home will be used to the great
est advantage possible in relieving the
unfortunates in our community, it was
stated.
COAST LINE HEAD
DIED YESTERDAY
Henry Walters, Wealthiest
Man In South, Buried in
Baltimore, Md. Today
New York, Nov. 30.—Henry Wal
ters, once described as the wealthiest
man of the South, died at his New
York home today at the age of 83.
He ranked with Harry Mann, Hill,
Morgan and Schiff as a builder of rail
roads and was still active as chairman
of the board of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad. He had been ill only a few
days when death came at 4 a. m. His
widow survives.
He maintained offices in New York,
Wilmington, N. C., and Baltimore.
The latter place was his regular resi
dence.
Private funeral services will be held
from his New York home at 10 o'-
clock tomorrow morning. Burial will
be in Greenmont cemetery, Baltimore
in the afternoon.
Mr. Walters' father was one of the
organizers of the Atlantic Coast Line
system. Mr. Walters began his own
railroad career as an engineer for the
Valley Railroad In Virginia after
studying at Georgetown university,
the Lawrence Scientific school and
in Paris.
Soon after going with the Atlantic
Coast Line, he became general man
ager and merged it with the Plant
system of Florida. He further ex
panded the road by purchasing con
trol of the Louisville and Nashville
system.
In 1922 he married the widow of
E. Pembroke Jones, an old friend.
Before her marriage to Jones she was
Sarah Green, of Wilmington, N. C.,
and well known in southern society.
A survey made 10 years ago by the
Wall Street Journal rated Mr. Wal
ters the wealthiest man in the South.
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Kiwanians To Hold Their
Regular Meet Tomorrow
The Kiwaius group will hold its reg
ular meeting at the Woman's Gub to
morrow at 12:10 o'clock.
This is the first meeting under the
newly elected officers for the ensuing
year. And those in charge are par
ticularly interested in opening up with
a full attendance.
There will be the regular luncheon,
a few business matters, and a short
program.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 1,1931
STOCK HOLDERS
WEARING SMILES
OF ANTICIPATION
Tobacco Was Once Legal
Tender; Not Worth
Anything Now
By W. T. MEADOWS
Tobacco, in the early days of Vir
ginia was legal tender; or, in other
words, was considered thflPsame as
money and as such accepted by the
merchants, tax collectors, and preach
ers for any debts or obligations. It
was even used by the young gentry
of the Province at that time for the
purchase for themselves of a wife, pro
vided it was agreeable with the young
woman to be married.
What a vast difference there is be
tween conditions at that time and now.
Tobacco will not pay debts, and its
purchasing power is equivalent to
nothing.
For illustration, take the month of
September. All the markets in the
State averaged around 8 cents, when
there was practically nothing but prim
ings and bottom leaves marketed! and,
according to the latest statistics from
State headquarters during the month
of October, when the very creaii of
the crop was being marketed, the mar
kets only averaged the pitiful sum of
$9.93 for the entire State.
Now, who is rocking the boat It
isn't the landlord, the tenant, the mer
chant. Ask any well-posted tobacco
man, dealer, warehouseman, or manu
facturer, and he will tell you that
nothing less than 200,000,000 pounds
will be the shortage in the Bright Belt
States, and North Carolina will lead
the shortage.
The largest purchasers of our bright
tobacco are known as the "Big Six,
and what they dhn't know about play
ing the game is taught to others in
post-graduate courses.
The first thing that you come in
contact with, in each one of the presi
dent's offices, is a very handsome desk
and a big swivel chair, and under the
desk is a big Georgia rattlesnake wa
termelon, which is supposed to be cut
for the benefit of the stockholders, on
or about Christmas.
But before this, while the buying
season for raw material is going on,
they have a leaf department, and a
shrewd duck at its head who buys all
the tobacco. The leaf manager takes
orders from the big boss in the swivel
chair as to the number of pounds he
wants of each grade and the territory
he wants it bought; and just as soon
as the number of pounds is bought of
that certain grade, the leaf man makes
his report. Then the big boss says,
"Ueorne; get that watermelon out and
mark on it 'Grade OIC, filled. '• He
then dictates a letter to his stenog
rapher for all the buyers to cut OIC
off their li'ts, as they have all they
need. Not many more days before
the order for PTX will be filled, and
others as the market continues, until
finally the melon i* marked up and
the buyers become walking delegates
on the various floors of the bright
belt. Then price* begin to fall week
after weel:, until finally every market
becomes a one or two buyer market.
But the watermelon is still there and
has taken on a new growth inside and
begins to get haevy. As Christmas
approaches, the melon gets jhtlavier
until Geofgc, the leaf man, can hardly
lift it or turn it over and has to call
in help to make new space to cancel
grades.
The auditor has been in to see the
big boss in the big swivel chair, and
he. is all smiles, saying that the melon
should be cut in about a month and
a half, and what it will do for the
stockholder* will be a plenty, and will
make Wall Street sit up and take no
tice.
But, before going any farther,
George is asked what the newspapers
are saying about the low prices receiv
ed for this crop. Is there any suffer
ing among the tobacco farmers?
George answers by saying that he is
not on the stand and asks
that the auditor and big boss make a
personal examination of the situation
and bids them good-day. But before
George can get out, he is asked about
watermelons for the Kentucky crop
and he answers by saying that he
doesn't know where they can be ob
tained, but they must come from some
place. He is ordered to search the
country and tell all the circuit ridera
for the Bright Belt and Kentucky to
report there the morning after Thanks
giving.
Don't forget to watch this "roll your
own" business. She is going by leaps
and bounds.
Mrs. W. A. Jenkins and children
spent Thanksgiving with relatives at
her old home place near Stokes.
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20 Shopping Days
Before Christmas
Just 20 more shopping days
before Christmas I
Local Merchants are re
ceiving large shipments of
Christmas goods daily. Re
member the home merchants
when planning your shop
ping tours.
12 PERMITS TO
MARRY ISSUED
IN NOVEMBER
Same Number Was Issued
- By Martin Register
In October
Another dozen couples entered the
matrimonial ring in this county dur
ing November, it was learned from a
review of the marriage certificates filed
in the office of County Register of
Deeds J. Sam Getsinger this week.
During the month of October, the
register issued licenses to eight col
ored couples and to four white cou
ples. Last month the number of white
couples applying for, licenses was in
creased by one, while the number of
colored couples procuring permits
dropped one.
Licenses were issued to the follow
ing couples:
White
Mack Manning and Carrie Stalls, of
Martin County.
Jesse Williams and Carrie Bland,
both of Martin County.
Julius C. Martin and Lillian Ed
mondson, of Martin County, .
W. Frank Barber and Icelean Bailey
both of Martin.
, Johnnie L. Griffin and Charity
Grimes, both of Martin County.
Colored
George Smith and Alice Purvis, of
Martin County.
Offie Cherry and Ruth Monte, both
of Bertie County.
Leroy Dixon and Hattie Mooring,
of Martin County.
Johnson Rodgers aud Zena Pippin,
both of Martin.
Grover Jones and Fannie May Man
ning, of Martin County.
James Robertson and Mary Gladys
Williams, both of Martin.
Fred Smith and Emma Manson, of
Martin County.
SSO VERDICT IN
BARNES CASE
Jury Dismisses $5,000 Suit
I Filed by Miss Waters
Of Jamesville
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After discussing the evidence in the
Waters-Brown versus Barnes case for
several hours here last Saturday, the
jury awarded the plaintiff, Brown, SSO
'damages, dismissing the $5,000 suit of
Miss Ocie Waters, and the suit of
Brown for personal damages in a like
amount. The verdict was received
with disappointment by the plaintiffs,
according to information received soon
after the verdict was returned.
| Starting the case last Friday morn
ing, the court heard the evidence of
several witnesses during the day. Sat- (
'urday morning was given over to the
argument of counsel, and the j.ury took
the case just before the noon hour,
but failed to reach a decision until
that afternoon.
I The SSO verdict covered value
[of the Brown car in the estimation of
'the jury, and around the worth of the
|car the argument of the jury is said
'to have centered.
I Under the ruling, the defendant is
to pay the costs of the case, which
'are no small amount,
j The case followed the collision of a
| car driven by Francis Barnes and one
belonging to Edgar Brown HI the early
morning of January 1, 1930.
Margolis Brothers Extend
Their Sale To Christmas
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Thrifty shoppers will welcome the
extension of Margolis Brothers' anni
versary sale that started here week
before last. In continuing their sale,
Margolis Brothers will make possible
sizeable savings to their customers
who would buy reliable merchandise
at greatly reduced prices. From now
until Christmas eve, the store will
continue to offer real bargains to the
buyers.
Town Automobile Tags
To Go On Sale the 15th
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Possessing the same color charac
teristics, 300 town automobile license
plates have been delievered here for
sale to automobile owners beginning
week after next. The- tagsr will com
mand the same old price of $1 each.
Henry Francis, of Waynesville, in
Haywood County, reports making 330
bushels of irish potatoes on one acre
of land this season.
Begin Work on
Camp in County This Week
GASOLINE SALES
SHOW INCREASE
IN THIS STATE
Fewer New and Old Cars
Registered In the State
During The Year
Raleigh, Dec. I.—Although fewer
new or second-hand automobile titles
have been registered and fewer 1931
than 1930 tags sold, gasoline sales for
the past five months showed an in
crease of 3,428,638 gallons, according
to tax figures made public yesterday
by Commissioner of Revenue A. J.
Maxwell. The collections, however,
are net and subject to variations in
refunds, which were large last year.
The gasoline tax, like a number of
others was increased by the last Leg
islature, but the increase in collec
tions exceeds the increased tax.
Highway collections, including taxes
on automobiles, gasoline, and titles
for November were reported at sl,-
334,584.22 as compared with $1,139,-
892.21, bringing collections for the
first five months of the present fiscal
year to $7,237,333.62 as compared
with $5,862,545.52 for the correspond
ing period last year. Decreases in
the receipts for registered cars evi
denced fewer automobiles changing
hands or fewer new cars bought. Al
though automobile licenses for the
five-months period showed a $79,883
increase, the total sale of 1931 tags
(which lasts through the calendar
year) is $477,224.33 behind sales dur
ing a corresponding period last year
for 1930 tags.
North Carolina's general fund col
lections during the five months of
the present fiscal year exceeded those
for the same period last year by sl,-
568,504.44. General fund collections
for November were $541,942.48 as
compared with $233,301.84 for last
November, bringing the five months
total to" $6,806,763.37 as compared to
$5,238,258.93 last year.
Domestic corporation franchise taxes,
which jumped from $11,698.33 in No
.vember 1930 to $210,912.08 the past
month, and foreign corporation taxes
which showed an increase of $96,000,
( were responsible for a greater part
of the November tax increase..
REV. MARSHALL
LEAVES TODAY
Accepts Call to Episcopal
Churches In Belhaven
and Lake Landing
| Kev. and Mrs. Arthur H. Marshall
| moved to their new home in Belhaven
today, where Mr. Marshall will center
I his religious activities in the future.
In resigning from the rectorship of
the local parish, the minister takes over
the duties in the Belhaven and Lake
i Landing churches. He will also con
tinue to serve the Plymouth and Rop
(er Episcopal churches, and it is un
derstood that he will also preach in
1 the Hamilton church until other ar
rangements can be made.
I Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have made
many friends during their stay here of
About two years, and news of their
departure is learned with regret.
I No minister has been assigned to
the local parish by the Bishop of the
East Carolina Diocese at this time,
it was learned from one of the vestry
men of the Church of the Advent this
I morning.
COUNTY COUPLE
ARE DIVORCED
Mrs. Ethel Peele Ransone
First Martin Woman To
Get Divdrce in Reno
The first Martin County marriage ( °
be annulled by a Reno, Nevada, court
was reported last week, the court giv
ing Mrs. Ethel Peele Ransome an ab
solute divorce in her case against Wil
liam Thomas Ransome. The divorce
was granted last September on the
grounds of desertion.
Miss Ethel Peel, daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Bob Peel, of Robersonville,
and tHe late Fate Peel, was married
to William Thomas Ransome, oL En
field, May 4, 1912, the ceremony be
ing performed here. There are three
children.
The divorce was one of 30 granted
North Carolina couples during he
last several months, the most promi
nent of the number, according to press
dispatches, being that of Ann Can
non Reynolds, daughter of the wealthy
Concord towel manufacturing family,
and Smith Reynolds, scion of the to
bacco family. Mrs. Reynolds was
granted her divorce on a charge of
cruelty after young Reynolds had set
tled $1,000,000 on her and their baby
daughter, Ann Cannon Reynolds, 11.
TOWN TAXES |
While town tax collections for
the current year are lagging
slightly behind those made in a
similar period last year, they are
progreasing fairly rapidly, it was
learned from the treasurer's office
yesterday morning. Nearly 13,000
of the 1931 levy have been col
lected ao far. The delayed sale of
the 1930 accounts affected the 1931
payments more than any other fac
tor, it is believed.
Today is the last day the one
half of one per cent discount con
tinues in effect, all payments to
morrow and until February 2 be
ing made at par. After that time
penalties will go into effect.
FORAGE CROPS
HELPED BY RAIN
Fogs Hamper Travel On
Highways In Many
Parts of Country
Light rains, falling in this section
over the week-end for the first time
in over two months, hardly more than
-wet the surface of the ground. Al
though it did not reach the ditch bot
toms and small streams, the drizzle
is said to to have been of great val
ue to forage crops in the county.
During the past two months, ditches
and many small streams have run dry,
and many heavy rains will be needed
to fill them to normal levels.
The drizzle, general through a large
part of \tl»e country, added to the
danger in travel, and in certain parts
of the country air travel and that on
certain highways were halted by re
sulting (ogs.
Several travelers on the Hamilton
road were forced to spend Sunday
night with residents between here and
Hamilton when they found it impos
sible to travel in the dense fog.
BANK IS CLOSED
AT WASHINGTON
First National Bank There
Fails To Open Doors
This Morning
Washington, N. C., Nov. 30.—The
I First National Bank of this city gave
notice this afternoon that it would not
be open for business tomorrow morn
ing. A paper posted on the door of
the bank late this afternoon stated:
I "This bank is closed to conserve the
interests of the depositors. By or
-1 der of the board of directors."
The closing of the bank came as a
distinct surprise to local citizens, al
j though it had been known that busi
ness for the past year or more had
''fallen off to a considerable extent.
' Slow but continued decrease in depos
its caused the directors to take the
action which was decided upon this
' afternoon. Frozen loans also had their
part in shutting up the bank.
The First National was organized
in 1891. J. B. Fowle is president of
the institution and A. M. Dumay, who
for several years also was president,
is cashier.
The other bank of the city, the Bank
of Washington, is prepared to meet
any emergency and can pay off all
depositors tomorrow in the event any
run should develop, it is stated. How
ever, it is not expected that any such
action will follow, as the strength of
the institution is well known. There
was (Considerable discussion on the
streets of the city this evening rela
! tive to the closing pf the First Na
tional, but there was no untoward ex
citement or agitatiop, and the town,
for the most part, seems to be taking
its first bank failure of the depression
period with unruffled calm.
Strong Program On at
I the Watts All This Week
With Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
on the screen again tonight in "Par
don U»," and Helen Twelvetrees in
"Bad Company" tomorrow night,
and Douglas Fairbanks and Bebc
Daniels in "Reaching for the Moon"
on Thursday and Friday night*, the
Watt* theatre here is offering one
of the strongest programs this week
to be found on the screen anywhere.
Of particular interest to theatre
goer* i* the picture Thursday and
Friday night.
UNION COUNTY HAS HAD
LITTLE SAIN THIS PALL
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Fall garden* are a failure in Union
County due to lack of rain. County
Agent Tom Broom reports a rainfall
of one-third of an inch afwee Aoguat
23.
Watch the Label On Your
Paper Aa It Carries the Date
When Your Subscription Expires
ESTABLISHED 1898
ENTIRE PLANT
TO COST STATE
AROUND SIO,OOO
Located on County Home
Property One Mile West
Of Williamston
Preliminary work on the construc
tion of a SIO,OOO State Highway pris
on camp on the old Greenville road,
one mile west of here, was started this
morning, when foundation lines were
determined and bids were received for
transporting certain materials. No
Contract for the construction of the
prison camp was awarded, the State
handling the work with its own forces
and local labor.
Mr. James T. Thompson, contractor
who built the Negroascliool lierc sev
eral months ago, but who recently
went with the Highway Commission
as building superintendent, will have
charge of the construction work. "We
will employ as much local labor as we
possibly can in the construction of
the buildings," Mr. Thompson stated
this morning, "and contracts for haul
ing material and the purchase of cer-
tain equipment locally are now pend
ing," the building superintendent con
tinued. Mr. Thompson was unable to
say today just when actual construc
tion work would be started, as nonp
of the material for the camp has ar
rived at this time. The foundations
will be prepared probably between now
and the latter part of this week, pre
paratory to the construction of the
walls and partitions some time next
week.
Located diagonally back of the new
county home, the camp will be cen
tered on a 27-acre tract of what is
known as the'county farm land. It
will be entirely of. brick and steel
construction to comply with reg
ulations. "More than 85, OIK) bricks
will be used in the construction of
the main camp," Mr. Rogerson, of the
State Highway Commission, stated
while here yesterday afternoon in the
interest of the project.
Just how long the construction
forces will be at work on the build
ing could not be learned, but it is un
derstood that it will, be some time
during the early part of next year be
fore the camp is occupied.
Plans for the housing of the camp
attendants and other employees have
not been announced iit this time, but
it i$ understood that adequate quar
ters will be provided near the prison.
When completed, the main camp will
care for around HIO prisone?§7'and it
is understood that all criminals draw
ing 60 days or more on the roads are
eligible for entrance.
MANY ACCEPT
PEANUT OFFER
Fair-sized Crop Expected
By Publishing Firm In
The Next Few Days
The offer ullowiiiK a three-year sub
scription, new or renewal, 'to The En
terprise for one bag of fanners' pea
nuts lias met with a marked success
so far, and within a few more days
the publishing company expects to
have a fair-sized crop on its hands.
Sub»cril>ers taking advantage of the
offer have expressed their appreciation
for the liberal transaction created by
the paper, and it is hoped that many
others will consider the exchange idea.
During the past few days, peanuts
have been delievercd to the Enterprise
by farmers from all parts of the
ty, whose names are given, as fol
lows:
Mrs. C. A. Lee, Bear Grass; Messrs.
A. B. Ayers, Bear Grass; J. W. Cher
ry, Hassell; W. M. Davis, Dardens;
Joseph S. Griffin, Williamston; T. V.
Davis, Jamesville; Levi H. Davis,
Jamesville; Jimmie Brown, William
ston; S. R. Cobum, Jamesville; Mar
ion Griffin, of Robersonville; Calvin
Ayers, Bear Grass; E. C. Harrison,
and W. A. Brown, Williamston, R. F.
D. No. 2, and W. C. Williams, of
Williamston, No. 4.
Norfolk Undersellers Buy
the Bailey-Sessoms Stock
The *tock of the Bailey-Se*soms
Drug Company here was sold under
i bankrupt proceedings last Saturday,
the Norfolk Underteller* making the
best offer, which was. S2OO, plus pre
ferred claims estimated at (800. The
sale, made subject to confirmation or
rejection by the court*, had not been
actually completed at noon, today, it
waa learned from Attorney H. G. Hor
ton, receiver.
It was rumored today that a gro
| eery chain *tore, now operating here,
would occupy the drug (tore building
aa soon at the drug stock and forties
are removed.
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