Beaten By Intruder, County Man Dashes From His Own Home (Continued from page one) sell Saturday morning It was pointed out by witnesses at that time that Dunning had been seen going to the Bunting home sev eral times, that they had heard the group Quarreling, and thaf they saw Bunting traveling the public road clad only in a union suit. Bunting told the court that Dun ning had assaulted him several months ago, but that he called for no warrant because he was afraid of the man. The husband also said that he and his wife of about twelve months did not get along so well, that she had gotten after him sever al times with an axe. butcher knives and other deadly weapons. Mrs. Bunting told the court that her husband would not work, that he did not provide for her and that she had washed to make money to -buy food for him and the child. She denied any guilt charging her with J fornication and adultery. Dunning, explaining how he had [ hauled wood to the Bunting home I to keep the family warm, pleaded guilty in the cases charging him with assault and fornication and adul- | tery "He called my mother an aw ful name and broke some dishes, and that's when I bout him with my fist," Dunning told the court, deny ing that he had assaulted him with a brick. In the more recent attack. Dunning maintained he used only his fist, but the victim explained that he had the scars on his person to prove that a strap with a buckle was used. lod of thirty days in the assault case. Dunning appealed tt the light burning all that time, hoping someone would spot us. It was the only thing we had to signal with, but the batteries were fresh and the light remained strong. If it had gone out, the (oast Guard might did arrive." Wanamaker and his two companions were taken to a hospital in New York, where they underwent treatment for | their long exposure to the icv seas. They recovered at once and seemed none the" 1 worse for their experience. : Martin Farmers Are Lining Up Credits For Another Season (Continued from page one) about rendered this ugcncy unneccs* jar.v. but then are a fen truants anil other hard-luck farmers who turn to it because their appeals will not and cannot be considered by other credit agencies. No record of the seed-feed loan agency activities is immediately available for last year, but it is un derstood that collections in this county' are nearly 100 percent of the total amount advanced With the governmental agencies supplementing the banks in their lending activities and with the fer tilizer companies maintaining credit and the time merchant still in ex istence.. Martin County farmers should experience no great difficulty in financing their farming activities this year. Miss Josephine Grant, of Edenton. visited Mr. and Mrs. W J. Hodges here last week-end. Tiro Siurses Added To l,ocal Hospital Staff Misses Katherine Mitchell, of Lit tleton, and Annie Myrtle Mills, of Washington, have been added to the staff here. Miss Mitchell was graduated by the Roanoke Rapids Hospital school of nursing, and Mnxi Millu wuo grud uated by the Tayloe Hospital, Wash ington The two young ladies just recently passed the State board ex amination for nurses. Loral Men Attend Special (General Electric Showing "The General Electric Corppany is placing on the market this year one of the greatest products in the his tory of the company," Messrs. Joe David Thrower and Benjamin Court ney said upon their return here last week-end t^om a special showing of G E. products in Raleigh. "And the price trend is downward," Mr. Thrower added. Mrs. W. J. Hodges in confined to her home on Haughton Street with an abscess in her