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Watch tha Label Oa Tw Pa par Aa It. WhH Your Su VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 14 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 6, 1934 ESTABLISHED 1898 MANY CASES ARE TRIED IN COUNTY COURT TUESDAY Court Collects $185 in Fines and Imposes Several Road Sentences ? After a forced holiday of two weeks while the superior court was in ses sion, the county recorder's court re sumed its activities here last Tuesday. With 18 cases on the docket, the court was in session a greater part of the day, and found it necessary to. con tinue several actions until next Tues day, when another crowded docket is expected. The coyrt made up for lost time, collecting several sizeable fines and forwarding a few defendants to the roads. A nol pros resulted in the case charging M. D. Taylor with reckless driving. W. V. Venters, charged with reck less driving, failed to answer when called. * L. S. Crawford was fine $10 and taxed with the cost in the case charg ing him with being drunk and disor derly. The case charging T: V. Davis with forcible trespass was heard and con tinued. The case charging John A. Griffin and C. B. Roberson with violating the liquor laws was continued under pray er for judgment. Harmon Manning was fined $50 and taxed with the cost for operating a car while intoxicated. His license to operate a motor vehicle was revoked for a period of six months. Thurston Taylor, violating the li quor laws, was fined $10 and fhxed with the cost. A $50 fine was imposed up .n L B. Peel for operating a car while under the influence of liqtrqrr His license to operate a motor vehicle was re voked for 1 period of six months. * Wesley Baker was sentenced to the reidi for a period of ihrqf; months when he was adjudged guilty of op erating an automobile while drunk. Murray Ballenger, charged with the theft of a pistol from David Keel, was found not guilty. Charged with abandonment and non support, R. N. Farmer was directed to pay to Annie Beth Farmer an! chil dren the sum of $15 each month for six months. An appeal was noted, the court requiring bond in the sunt of $100. Robert Jones, charged with cairy ing a concealed weapon, was fined $50 and taxed with the cost. Judgment was suspended in the case charging James Washington Smith with abandonment and non support. The 'Receipts for the session, not in cluding tfbsts, amounted to $185. The series of cases originating over the past week-end will be scheduled for trial next Tuesday, it is understood, the court having made a ruling that cases originating after Friday preced ing court on Tuesday will be called on Tuesday of the week folowing. Aged Negro Dubious About Signing Papers Applying for relief at the county welfare office here recently, an aged colored man hesitated in signing the request slip. Apparently in need of succor, the old man went ahead and signed, but after leaving the office he started studying the matter over and became frightened. H? rushed back to the office and wanted to know if he had "signed away his chillun" when he wrote his name on the dotted liac. Assured that he had not done any thing like that, he went out happy in the thought that he could keep his children and that relief was on the way. >? Make Extensive Plans lor Loading Poultry in County Starting operation! several weeks ago, Anderson and Russell, Virginia poultry concern, are now maintaining an extensive loading schedule in^tts county. Next Monday, the trucks will make stops at Robersonville, Parmele, Stokes, Bear Crass, Roberson's Store in Griffins Township, and at James ville. Next Wednesday the truck will make stops at Hobgood, Oak City, Hamilton and Williamston. The con rem is carrying its schedule in twe advertisements in this paper, and is paying as high as 18 rents a for fowl. Reg\[ltr Services Sunday at the Christian Church Bible school at 9:45 and morning worship at II a. m. Evening service at 7:30. The pastor will preach on "A Voice from the Buried Past" a II o'clock and on, "The Truth Shal Make Von Free" at the 7:30 o'clod service. The public is cordially in vited. Loans for $150 or-Less Now Made By Emergency Group More than 100 applications for emergency loans have been re ceived by the local office since operations were started last week, it was learned yesterday. Most of the loans were for amounts un der 160, and several checks have been forwarded here for distribu tion to the borroe According to a ruling announced here this morning, a new regula tion was obtained from the Farm Credit Administration permitting applicants for loans not to exceed tlM to iMi <w fro* the emergency fund without having to first apply to the new farm loan agendas set up throu^iout the country which require stock sub scriptions in the amount of S per cent of the loan. Many complaints have been made by small borrosrers, causing the authorities to make it possible for those farmers desiring to bor row tlSO or less to borrow from the emergency fund without ap plying for a loan from the crop production agency. Several Candidates File During Week Fair Sized Tax Collections Reported in County So Far | While tax collections were consid I ered fair in this county last month, I the income during tma^period was ! considerably less thanflit was the I month before, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck | *aid yesterday. TThk ^decrease was 1 traceable to small accounts rather | than to the number of payers. In I fact, the sheriff said, the number pay ing their accounts during last month was about as large as the number pay i ing the month before. | L. B. ANGE DIES AT DARDENS Funeral Service Conducted ( ~~ at Home There Last Wednesday ? Lc\Te Blount Auge, highly ^If^scf ?f^farme?7 diatl at h*s home Tit-the Ange section near Dardens Tuesday afternoon at, 5 o'clock, following a stroke of paralysis suffered two days before. Pneumonia quickly set in fol lowing the stroke, and that wax .g&aiL as the main cause of his death.' Mr. Ange had been in unusually good health prior to the illness, and was very active on his farm. Sixty-three years old, Mr. Ange was born in the Angetown section, and spent his entire life there as a tiller of the soil. He was a member of the Free Will Baptist church. In early life he was married to Miss Mil lie Berry, who survives with two daughters and two sons. The names of the children are: Mrs. Geneva Oliv er and Miss Clara Dell Ange, Elton and Thurman Ange, all of this coun ty. He also leaves four brothers, the Messrs. Levin, James R4., Charles and Lawrence Ange, all of the Angetown section of the county, and three grand children. Funeral services wwre conducted from his late home Wednesday after noon at 3:30 o'clock, the Rev. Duff Tolar, Free Will Baptist minister, conducting the last rites. Interment was in the Waters family cemetery in Jamesville Township. Local Parents-Teacher Group To Meet April 11 The Williamston Parent-Teacher Association wftll hold its monthly meeting in the grammar school audi torium on Wednesday, April 11, at 3:30. The meeting has been changed to the above date in order to permit an address by* Dr. William D. Riley, of the State Board of Health. Dr. Riley is scheduled to spend a part of | next Wednesday afternoon talking Iwtih the high school boys on the | topic of "Morals and Health," and I has consented to address the associa tion on the topic of "Ignorance, Inno cence and Disease." The public is invited to attend this j meeting. ? Dr. P. B. Cone Undergoes Operation In Richmond *? Undergoing an operation in a Rich mond hospital last Wednesday, Dr. | P. B. Cone is getting along as well I as could be expected, according to 'reports received here at 2 o'clock jthis afternoon from the hospital. He >( was resting well at that time, and i spent a comfortable.night. His con I dition is considered very serious, however. ? r /. T. Barnhills Plan To Move Here from Everett ? Selling their Haughton Street home to Mr. and Mri Jole T. Barnhill, Mr. and Mrt. A. Has,ell have moved to an apartment in the late Eli Gur ganus home on Main Street. After making a few alteration,, the Barn hill, plan to move to the Hanghton Street home from Everett,. TIME FOR FILING WILL BE CLOSED WITHIN 30 DAYS Several Incumbents Have Formally Announced Their Candidacies With the close of the time for fil ing less than a month away, and the primary less than two months dis tant, the political line-up in this coun ty is fast taking shape. Announce ments this week bring the allotment of candidates to one or more for each office in the county with the exception of the board of education, and an nouncemcnts are pending there, it is understood. Even with ihe new announcements" this week, political interest still cen ters around the race for the clerkship \of -the Martin County Superior Cou^L flach -of--the?four-candidates, |L7 B. Wynn, T. B. Slade, H. S. Ev jeiett, and John D. Lilley, is unusually ,active in the support of his candidacy. Forces are being lined up in nearly every section of the county, and as the primary approaches interest in polir tics is said to be increasing. I Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, popular lo cally and abroad as an enforcemnet officer, this week announced his can jdidacy to succeed himself. I Treasurer C. A. Harrison officially announced his candidacy to succeed 1 himself in that office. ) Register of Deeds J. Sam GeUinger haa entered hia candidady for the same office. Coroner S. R. Biggs will be a can didate for that office again, he an nounced yesterday. Recorder Herbert O. Peel has add | cd his candidacy to the list, and So licitor Cobuan is planning to announce again for the office he now holds in the court. ? _ Commissioners Joshua L. Coltrain and John E. Pope stated this week they would be candidates for places on the board again, and it is believed other present members are planning to announce before the period for fil ing comes to a close the 5th of next I month. ' The announcements of Messrs. Col train and Pope make five candidates out for the five places on the board of commissioners, Messrs. J. C. Ross, jfif Goose Nest; R. Lee Pe"y,r oJ Bear Grasss; and C. C. Fleming, of James ville, having previously announced their candidacies. Hugh G. Horton, a candidate for a member of the house of representa tives, continues with no opposition, In the race for the State senate, A Corey is making an extensive cam paign, while little has so far been heard from the other two candidates^ . Messrs. R. L. Coburn, of William ston, and Carl L. Bailey, of Roper. ? Fire Company Called to Municipal Water Plant After a several weeks period of in activity, the local fire company was called out last Wednesday noon, when fire starting from burning tar threat ened the toolhouse at the municipal water plant on Sycamore Street. Em ployees at the plant rolled the tar bar ' rel and cooker to a safe di*tar>:c and I had the fire under control when the I apparatus reached the scene. There .was only a slight damage. | g = Start Construction Work On C. A. Harrison Home ? ? Construction work on a new hom< for Mr. and Mra. C. A. Harrison ant family waa started this morning b> Wilkins and Wilkina, Wilson con tractors. Mr. R. S. Wilkins was hert yesterday completing the bnilding ar rangements for the two-itory bricl structure. The horns will be located on Academy Street next to that ol Mr. and Mra. J. D. Woolard. MARTHA DELLA MANNING DIED LAST TUESDAY Last Rites Held at Home in Griffins Township at 2:30 Yesterday Funeral services were conducted i yesterday afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs. Martha Delia Manning, beloved wo man of Griffins Township, at the home of her son, Stephen Manning. Rev. W. B. Harrington, Baptist min ister, assisted by P. E. Getsinger, of the Primitive Baptist church, conduct ed the last rites. Interment was in the plot of her forebears in the Daniel community of Griffin?. Township. Mrs. Manning, 68 years old the early part of this year, had enjoyed very good health up to about six months ago, when she started fail ing. However, her condition did uot become serious until about three weeks ago, when she was forced to her bed. During the last few days of her life, | her condition was-considered critical and the end was expected. Death was caused by some artery trouble, but with which she never complained, the end coming peacefully at 6:15 o'clock Tuesday evening. Mrs. Manning, the daughter of the late David R. and Mary Daniel, was born in Griffins Township. Neifrty 50. years ago she was married to Har | mon James Manning, who died in Oc tober, 1916. Five of the children born ' to the uniou survive. Their namca I are Mrs. Jordan Peel, Mrs. George ! Griffin, and Messrs. William Dave, I Ben R., and Stephen Manning, all ' of the same community in Griffins Township. She also leaves one step daughter, Mrs. James A. Roberson, afro of Griffins Township. About 45 years ago, Mr?. Manning joined the Primitive Baptist church at Smithwicks Creek, adhering close ly to Christian principles in her walk of Ijfe. She was a good woman, quiet and unassuming. She was faithful to tier duties ..:as a .wife and ijAPifcCi;. a?d was-neighborly to alt. She was the last of the David Daniel family, a fam ily of prominence in that section. UNIQUE SERVICE AT CHURCH HERE Will Feature Presence All Members Joining Church During Eight Years .#? featuring the presence of all the persons who have united with the Baptist church, in any way, during the right years which the present pas lor has been here, will be the idea underlying the service Sunday eve ning, when the hour of meeting changes from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. During these gracious years, a con siderable number of people have eonte into this church, many of them this year. The pastor is asking that, as jnuch as inhumanly possible^ ajl these men, women, and children he pres ent Sunday night, at which time the service will be held in their honor. I Following the Suni^iy school ses sions .Sunday morning at 9:45 o'clock. I Holy communion will he observed in the church at the II o'clock hour, and ?ll members should he present, es pecially those recently baptized; and at the conclusion of the service the doors of the church will be opened again for the reception of any one who is contemplating uniting with the chinch.?? 1 here will be another baptismal service at the conclusion of the Sun day night service, thus giving any one who may so desire an opportunity of uniting with the church Sunday morning and being baptized with the others at 8 o'clock Sunday night. Sunday Services at the Local Episcopal Church ? E. F. Mosley, Rector First Sunday after Easter. Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11, Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30. On Easter the attendance was ex cellent. Let us continue this good record. 1 he attendance contest in cludes the second and thir Sundays 1 of this month. The confirmation class is asked to meet at the rectory at li a. m. Satur day. April 7. W ? To Discuss Baseball at Public Meeting Tonight Preliminary plans fur "OTBITrritfig 1 baseball team here this year will he discussed at a public meeting to be Held in the Dennig Simmons building this evening at 8 o'clock, it was an nounced yesterday. A manager and directors will be se lected to investigate the possibilitiei of entering a league in this section during the coming *eason, it wag slat ed. Those interested in baseball cordially invited to be present. art Wife Killed, Baby Wounded By Aged Man Late Tuesday TOWN BOARD HOLDS MEET Discuss Problem Centering Around Sanitary Law Affecting Town The monthly meeting of the local, town commissioners held Wednesday evening was marked for its inactivity, there hfif?g very liitl?? hti-iinr-vs ?>f :t?y kind scheduled for discussion. ,>An interesting point in the sani tary law requiring connections with ! the sewer and water lines where the ' property is located within 200 feet of I the lines was brought up at the meet ing when Harry Jones a^ked the priv ilege to build an outhouse on his prop erty facing Warren Street in New ? Town. No definite action was taken in the matter. If there is such a law requiring connections within 200 feet of pipe lines, then many property owners, with the aid of the now de ceased CWA, have violated the law by spotting the little houses on the landscape here and there throughout the community. Probably the most j direct case isv the one in the business district on Washington Street. In r the meantime jonc? is. without. ( The withdrawal of restrictions on1 meat markets was discussed, hut the t question was tabled. Privilege licenses for plumbing and electrical contractors were established,1 the board fixing a charge of $10 each annually. OPEN STATION HERE TUESDAY J- A: Manning To Manage! Modern Sinclair Service Station at Gity Hall | Leasing tlie newly erected and mod ! em filling station of the Sinclair Oil jfte fining QTmpany on the ?;orncr~oT Main and Smithwick Streets, John A. | Manning plans to formally start op 1 erations there next Monday, it was i learned today. The station, costing approximately $5,000, is strictly modern. It is equipped with automatic car lifters, ; enclosed washing pits, and conveni* I ences for motorists. Located next to I the City Hall, the station occupies the lot where L'arstarphen'-S store .stood 1 for nearly a century. The station jproprietor will offer a . service in keeping with the up-to-date | station, he said in announcing the formal opening for next Monday. DISTRICT MEET OF CLUB WOMEN Managing Editor Raleigh I Paper To Speak at Meet In Washington j Home demonstration club members in the county are looking forward to . their annual district meeting which j will he held in Washington April 11, j with real pleasure. All should plan ! to attend and help, make this the best meeting ever held. The program wiU I be as follows in the Turnage theatre, | 10:0() a. m.?Invocation by all club l women; address of welcome, Miss i Helva Bennett; Response, Mrs. J. S. I Ayers of Martin County; Announce I ments, Mrs. J. M. Tankard; Solo, Rev I Stephen Gardner; Introduction of speaker, Miss Pauline Smith; Ad dress, Mr. Frank Smethurst, of Ral eigh; Special music, music club of Washington; Reports; Group sing ing; Greetings, John II. Small; In trduction of speaker, Mrs. J. Brooks Tucker; "Wild Flowers in North Carolina," by Dr. B. W. Wells of Raleigh. 12:30?Luncheon in the Episcopal parish house. Report of courtesy committee; K lection of delegate to the meeting of North Carolina Federation of Wo men's clubs. May 2, 3, and 4. Adult stry hour, Miss Dora E. Coats. 3:00 p. m.?Adjournment. L _ ?v -x? Magician To Appear at School Here Tuesday I Wallace, the magician, will present "an gntgrialllllieul ill the local high school auditorium next Tuesday eve ning at 8:00 o'clock. Wallace has a ' reputation for delighting his audiences \ with numerous tricks of magic, il | tusions and stunts. Although he il primarily a magician, he is also an j expert with the chalked crayon ami is a good ventriloquist. He oarriet a number of ducks, rabbits and pigeoni for use in his illusions. The junior class of the local School is sponsoring the entertainment. FAIR DATES Martin County's greater Roan oke Fair will be held here the week beginning October 29, it was officially announced this week by N. G. Bartlett, secretary of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, which organization ia sponsoring the event. "We are going to have a real clean. wholesome?amusement company," Bartlett said, adding that special emphasis will be put on the agricultural and livestock exhibits. "A complete program of free acts will be booked with all the accessories that go to make a fair a real fair," Secretary Bartlett continued. JOS. GREGORY DIED THURSDAY ? Hofd Funeral at Old Home Place In Bertie County Near Williamston - i ? Joseph (.!<??.ON. J citizen o( Wit lianiston for more than IS years, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. James Yates, ill Elizabeth City yesterday aft ernoon shortly before 6 o'clock. He hail been in declining health for sev eral years, retiring from active work I more than oqe year ago. Heights and a complication of other diseases, re Milted in death. A native of Bertie County, Mr. Gregory was born on a farm just across Conine Swamp 57 years ago. Coming to tliis county about 16 years j Malbii null' for awFiTTe aud"tater wen? I with the C. O. Moore grocery. Dur ! i"g his 11 years of service there, he j made many friends throughout this , section His health failing, he left the grocery btisincss and managed a j service station for quite a while be fore retiring. He was a member of j the local Baptist church, adhering i closely to the teachings and princi I pies of his Maker. Humble and quiet j in his manner, Mr. Gregory was highr ly respected by all who knew him. | With the exception of his sister in j Elizabeth C ity, he Tias no immediate relatives. | I he funeral procession leaves Eliz r?Wth City at imrm todav and will J continue to the old home place two rmiles from the highway on the road I to ( edar Landing, where the last , rites will he conducted by Rev. E. C. i Kolb, Baptist minister of Windsor. FINALS PROGRAM AT JAMESVILLE I ? Henry Stevens, A Former | Commander of American Legion, To Speak j The first event on t'lie Jamesville ;tcll?"1 -common rnient -pfog*?m I be belli at 8:00 o'clock Friday even , ing, May 4, when the musical recital, I Under the direction of Miss Annie I Glasgow, will be held, it was an* iionnccd this wrek by?Professor-At-Lt Pollock. On Sunday mofnTng, May 6, Rev. C. H. Dickey, pastor of the William /ton Memorial Baptist Church, will j deliver the commencement sermon at ill o clock in, the school auditorium. I he annual class day exercises will take place Tuesday evening at 8:15 ? o'clock, May 8. | On Thursday evening, May 10, at 8:00 o'clock, a high school play, "The j Hobgoblin House," will be presented by the high school pupils. i lie final event on the commence ment program will take place Friday evening, May 11, when Hon. Henry L. Stevens, jr., former national com mander of the American Legion and | a prominent lawyer of Duplin Coun I ty, will deliver the annual literary ? a4dr?*fc. Immediately following the address, certificates aif* diplomas will he delivered, and awards for the year made. High School Team Drops Game To Elizabeth City The local high school baseball nine, yS4?uiing_jiit.j^a?an. jvith. - Elisabeth jtily there last Wednesday afternoon '' suffered an II to J licking. Matthcwa i pit.bed a good game for the locale, it wa< '.aid, but poor support account ed for the one-sided score. The lo cals, having practiced but little, made IjlO errors. While the Pasquotank lads i were credited with 12 hiti. the locals I made 8. The second game of the seaaon U Ji scheduled with Greenville here thif Iafternoon. JOE DAVENPORT HELD IN COUNTY JAIL FOR CRIME ? Attentions of Another Man To His Wife Given As Cause ? :' ? Tragedy, horrible in its every de tail. followed a neriod of it,-itenerary in the "Islands" section of Williams Township last Tuesday afternoon a bouf dusk, when Joe Davenport, 73, shot and killed his wife and critically njured her 7-months-old baby. The crime, described as one of the most heinous in the annals of Martin Coun ty history, was the climax to a series of fights, quarrels, and base lewdness. Davenport is in jail here, .officers awaiting the outcome of the child's wounds before making arrangements for a preliminary hearing in the das tardly case. The child, a girl, con tinues to show improvement. The mother was buried in the Barber bur ial plot in Jamesville Township Wed ; nesday afternoon, A Corey conduct ing the last rites. Several versions of the horrible hdling have been advanced, all in dicating that htc trouble started when Davenport, said to be about 73 years of age. resented the treatment ac corded him by his wife, 2b years old, j and the attention given one Mack j Knox by her. It is alleged that Dac lenport had tried to run Knox from his home, but the wife sheltered him. reports going so far as to say that 'be woman and her suitor carried on their illicit affairs right in the Daven port home. Other differences were i reported from time to time, and at the j-'""e of the~killing" cafli sq" "f|f (indictment for assaulting the other. (Mrs. Davenport was sentenced to jail ? for a period of 30 days by Judge I'eel jin recorder's court recently for shoot ling her husband in the foot. She ap l pealed from?the-?sentence; -and - the? case was continued in the recent term tof Martin Superior Court. There are five children, the oldest having been rbo? before the marriage, and of the four others, old mail Joe claims the parentage of only one. | These happenings led "to the tragic I climax last Tuesday afternoon when the woman returned home, claiming J to have visited a neighbor and assist | ing in poping peanuts for planting Davenport accused her of having been away with Knox, and the quarrel start ed. Davenport got his pump gun and claims that she started after him with a rifle. Holding the baby in her left aim, she started to raise the rifle and fire on him, the old man said. He lifted hjs gun and fired, a number of I shot striking the woman in the ab domen and 52 others entering or piercing the 7-months-old child in the legs and left hand The child was dropped to the ground by her moth- ? er, Davenport claiming that his life was again threatened when his wife started to raise the rifle and that lie filed the second tinier TKe l?*d tmr~e into the woman's head, causing death almost instantly. Leaving the body in the yard, a short distance front the house, Davenport picked up the child, entered (he house ^itd hid the tot on a bed. Slid to liavc first considered , suicide, the old codger changed his mind and decided to await the arrival |of the sheriff. It j$ believed by some I that Davenport has not yet realired the seriousness of his act, and that the suicide idea never entered his head. y Tip Surrounded by high waters, the island was almost isolated and it was nearly three hours after the sh I ing before word reached officers thry could reach the scene. Ou ... j the darkness a short distance "Trom | the humble abode the woman's body I w as found slumped on the ground. After removing the body into the j house, the officers found the little | child aslerp, her legs pouring forth I blood at nearly eyery beat of the heart. I I lie other children, one of unusually low mentality, were either in bed or sitting around the room with the mur derer. Stillness gripped the scene when the officers took the aged man into Custody and an Enterprise reporter lifted the infant I Trom her bed and .started here, leaving four little chil pdreii at home alone with their dead ?mother and three neighbors. Other | neighbors were asked to go to the home and look after th echildren. ~ Aiding in a wagon that waa almost floated away by the high waters, the child never whimpered from the time she wis removed from her bed until after she had been given medical at tention and placed in the hands ol welfare workers. This morning, da (Continued on the back page)
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