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Watch the Label on Your Paper, Ax It Carrie* the Date Your Subscription E a p i r e ?. THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser* Will rind Our Col umn* a Latchkey to over 1,800 Homes at Martin County. VOLUME XLII1?NUMBER 16 ^ Williamtton, Martin County, Sorth Carolina, Friday. February 23. 1*1141. ESTABLISHED 1899 Seven Cases Called In County's Court By Judge H. O. Peel Tribunal Clears Dix ket in a Two-Hour Session I^ast Monday Calling seven eases in a two-hour session of the county recorder's court last Monday, Judge H. O. Peel exer cised his authority to the final limit in the handling the case charging Isaac Willis with hiding under the home of Mr. and Mrs. Filmore Mod lin, near Jamesville, last Friday af ternoon and threatening the lives of members of the family and that of Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, the arresting officer. Willis was sentenced to the roads for a* term of two years. Isaac pleaded not guilty in the case, but it was pointed out iii court that he hud made a habit of getting drunk and crawling under homes in his neigh borhood. One report claims that Wil lis crawled under one home and rati the blade of his knife through a crack in the floor and ripped a rug Johnnie Cook, Goose Nest Town ship colored man, charged with vio lating the liquor laws, had his case continued. LeRoy Dunning, the white man who got mixed up in the case featur ed by a daring run through Gold Point by Reuben Bunting in his long drawers last month, got tired of staying in jail five weeks and asked to be sent to the roads. The court ac commodated him hi it no credit was given for the time he spent in jffil. He left this week for 90 days on'the roads. A motion for non-suit was grant ed at the conclusion of the State's evidence in the case charging Rod Rogers with larceny and receiving. Frank Peterson, charged with vio lating the liquor laws, entered the court with an air-tight def. ns. tin court apparently discrediting the ev idence of the State witnesses 111 part, at least. Suspicioning Patterson of hauling rural spirits, officers start ed to arrest him on Williamston's Railroad Street two or three weeks ago. Patterson stopped his car, jump I ed out and ran away, Officer J H J AllsUrooks stating that he thought he saw the fleeing man throw some thing into p rTnmp nf grnrr weeds. Bennie Reeves who saw the arrest and Patterson's dash, told the officer that he saw Patterson pull a pint of liquor from his pocket and throw it away. Monk Bagley, a de fense witness, stated that he saw Bemvre"ttee ves pu 11 the 1 Fquor from his pocket and throw it away, that the pint of liquor found by the of ficer came out of Rt eves' pocket. Any way Patterson was not to be seen by the officers for several days until his attorney advised the law that the man was ready for trial. But at that time no warrant had . been issued against Patterson and the case was carried over for another week. Last Monday, Patterson clamped the [id on a perfect defenseywhen he ex plained that his kidnvys were weak, that he was forced to jump and run, and that that was the only reason he ran. Defendant not guilty, the court ruled. The case charging Joe Thad Sav age with an assault with a deadly weapon was continued for two weeks the defendant having pleaded guilty to the charge. Carey Whitehurst, charged with forcing and counseling his son to steal, failed to appear in court for (Continued on page aix) Mule Killed By Car Near Here Thursday Driving south on U. S. Highway No. 17 early yesterday morning, Glen Gillikin, 27-year-old Atway (N.C.) man struck and killed a mule near the Staton farm Gillikin. tra veling alone, escaped without scratch and continued in another car to his home in Carteret County. Apparently driving at a rapid speed, the car scooped up the mule, tore the animal apart and scattered him all over the highway for a dis tance of more than 150 feet. The front of the car was smashed in and the top smeared with blood and small pieces of meat and skin, looked as if it had been painted a deep red After strik ing the mule, the car swerved to the left, tore down a ditch bank and tra veled almost 200 feet before it came to a stop Called to the wreck about 4:301 o'clock, Patrolman Whit Saunders i summoned a special detail from the prison camp to clear the highway ' The mule was so badly mutilated that ownership could not lie defi nitely determined, but it is thought that the animal belonged to the Lindsley Ice Company here. Mr L. P. Lindsley stated yesterday that several of his mules broke out of the company's stables some time during Wednesday night and that one of them was missing yesterday morn-' ing- The animal was valued at 2130. { Damage to the car will approximate 2250, it was estimated Early Wednesday evening, Mr S,. W. Manning crashed into an auto mobile wrecker ifn Washington 8treet here TTie right front fender and headlight were damaged and the bumper broken on his car, but no damage was done to the wredker be longing to the Chaa. H. Jenkins Com No one was hurt. Soil Conservation Checks Are Being Distributed in County Half of Martin County's farmers art said to be expressing their sor row for not participating in the soil conservation program last season as the other half are beginning to re ceive their participation checks from the government. Those non participating farmers are too late in showing their sorrow*, but there are happy times ahead for about 800 far mers The first of the 1939 soil con servation checks are being distribut ed to Martin farmers this week, the office of the county agent yesterday notifying 84 farmers that nearly $3. 000 awaited them in soil conservation checks at the agricultural building The disappointing feature of the , program, chargeable directly to the ' farmers themselves, is the limited payments this year. It is estimated that approximately 800 farmers will receive around $82,000 in soil con servation payments and about $35, Q(K) lp cotton price adjustment pay ments The cotton price adjustment payments have already been made in most cases. The $2,837.60, repre senting 43 of the 756 applications al ready filed, will be distributed aroon? 84 farmers, including land lords and tenants. Checks for other farmers are expected daily, but no farmer is to call for his check until he has been notified directly by the agent's office, Mr T B Sladc. as sistant, explained If Martin farthers had participat ed in the soil conservation program 100 per cent they would have been eligible for around $225,000 in soil and cotton price adjustment pay ments The checks received in the office this week range in amount from 02 cents to around $250. the average be ing around $33.75. r 1 v. mSTPONKD i J The regular meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce board of directors schedule for tonight has been postponed un til next Friday, Secretary Billie Clark announced yesterday. The meeting was postponed to avoid a conflict with a special meet ing of Skewarkey Masonic lodge this evening, it was explained. The secretary calls attention -to-llic big dollar day event that will be held here on March 7, 8 and 9. Extensive plans are be ing advanced in preparation for the event. General Review Of Livestock Business In North Carolina l.iwnltx'k Numbers liirri'UM1 In This Slate Duriup Paul Year ? ?North Curolinu farmers had more livestock un hand January 17 1940, than a year ago, according to the an nual livestock inventory released to day by the Crop. Reporting Service of the Federal Agricultural Market ing Service and the State Depart- i ment Of Agriculture. Reef rattle in, creased 13 per cent as compared with an increase of 3 per cent for all cat tie. Although the number of all hogs on hand January 1 this year increas ed 1 per cent, the number of sows and gilts showed a decrease of 8 per cent from a year ago. Mules on farms remained the same as last year; however, the number of horses' increased 1 per cent. The total num- j ber of chickens increased 2 per cent and the number of sheep decreased 10 per cent. . . Cattle Numbers And Value Up The number of cattle on farms in North Carolina, estimated at 684, 000, was 20,000 head or 3 per cent more than reported a year earlier The average value per head was $32 20 compared with $31.20 last year. The total of $22,010,000 was up $1,294,000 or 6 per cent from Jan- j uary 1, 1930. The number of milk cows two years old and over was estimated at 385,000 compared with 381.000 a year ago, and a 10-year (1929-38) average number of 348. 000. The estimated value of milk cows was $16,170,000 or $42.00 per head compared with $41.00 report- i ed the previous year. The number of | heifers from one to two years old intended for milk cows, placed at 79,000, was 10,000 head or 14 per cent more than a year earlier. Beef cows and heifers were reckoned at 43,000 compared with 38,000 the pre vious year. Value Hogs Down 23 Per Cent The number of hogs'on farms Jan- I uary 1 this year, estimated at. 1,167, 000, was 1 per cent more thair a year ago, and the largest number report ed since 1922. The value per head, reported at .$7.20" or $2 20 less than last year, placed the valuation of all Hogg at lim nnn <? Hflrranta tJ per cent from a year ago. Although | (Continued on page six) Increased Herring Catches Reported In Roatntke River Opened a week ago by Kish erman Ira T. Col train, the her rii( season on the Roanoke is rapidly gaining momentum at Jamesville, late reports from the fishing center today stating that fish are being offered for sale on the streets there in small bunches. Said to have been of fered for five cents apiece dur ing the mat few days, the fish are now being sold six for a quarter. The first offerings are of a nice sise, and Jamesville is anticipat ing a successful season. No catches have been reported in the river at this point to date, but local fishermen are prepar ing their nets and will start dip ping for the herring within the next week or ten days. Parents - Teachers In Regular Meeting Here on Wednesday Third (irade Pupil* Preneiit INavlcl Talton \ddresMi? Group A record-breaking crowd attend ed one of the most interesting par In! im i lings of the year in the grammar school auditorium last Wednesday afternoon. A patriotic playlet related to George Washing ton's birthday was presented by the third grades Zach Piephoff as George Washington revealed some of the contrasts in eighteenth cen tury -living conditions and today by his inquisitneness concerning the electric light, steam heat, the tele phone. the radio used by the third grade children in their dramatiza tion of school and home life. An in teresting feature of the drama was the minuet danced by a number of the small girls Miss Grace Talton, primary teui h ri. ipolte nil The Difficulties of Teaching Heading to Beginning Chil dren ' In discussing th?? problem Mns Talton pointed out the follow^ ing difficulties of the child as most prevalent: 1 Lack of physical efficiency; 2. Lack of mental efficiency and maturity; .? 3. Improper emotional reactions; ?4. Inability of child to work and play with others. 5. Lack of reading experience. The speaker pointed out the im portance of the pre-school child be ing shown pictures, told stories, and enjoying experiences with other chil dren. Miss Talton said, "All such ex periences add to thp rpj?Hin?>gK.--?f the child It was pointed out that all children do not progress at the same pace, and that children should not be encouraged to move beyond the pace for which they were equipped After a piano duet. "Blue Danube," by Frances Griffin and Sylvia Green, 1 Mr Toxcy. high school teacher, pre sented an interesting discussion of the hostiry of the parent-teacher as sociation and its purpose. Mr Hix mentioned the need for additional art materials in the school and dis cussed a plan for providing lockers at the high school by the beginning Of the next school term The mem bers voted unanimously to support i both projects. Attendance prizes were won by the third and ninth grades. Wednesday, March 27. was set as the time for the next meeting, and the entire membership was urged to be present for the program which will be rendered by the second giades and the high school glee club. High school musical groups under the direction of Miss Mewborn will sing the numbeis which they will enter in the district music contest in Greehville on March 29. Better Speech Week Posters Displayed In i ? ii in . I ion with the nhsi i vance f Ht lli i S| Week. tin William sli n Woman's Club offered a prize of one dollar to high school and grammar school pupils preparing posters on the theme. Teachers in the fourth through the eleventh grades yesterday collected approxi mately twenty-five of the better posters for Mrs. Marrell Everett and Mrs. Kenneth Lindsley, the club members, who are preparing the ex tlttait. The collection of posters repre senting very creditable work by the students, is now on display in the show windows of Harrison Bros, building. Posters are marked as to grade, pupil and prize winners. The public is urged not only to examine the display but to cooperate with the schools and the Woman's Club in encouraging good speech by our children. Local Man hunted Delegate To Rivert-llarbort t.ongrem Mr G. H Harrison, local business man. has been appointed by Gover nor C. R Hoey as a delegate to the 35th annual convention of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington City. The convention will be held in the Mayflower Hotel there March IS and 10. Delays Action To Change C Tobacco Program I IVntative Pltiib (.all For \| J tilling of !Nch Amendments* ? .? Apparently anxious to solve the serious problem facing the tobacco farmer, representatives of the to bacco-producing areas of the country met in special session for the second time this week m Washington discuss several proposals However, the meeting yetcrday apparently re fused to take the initiative in tackl ing the problem, reports stating that) the group would delay taking defi nite action until farmers and other| interested parties express themselves J and approve proposed amendments Farmers and farm leaders have ex- | pressed themselves as favoring long-term program for a planned production of tobacco. They have said time and again they wanted a five-year program, that they prefer red the five-year plan over the three-1 year proposal About all the meeting did yester day was to offer three proposed amendments lo the -Agricultural Ad justment Act, two of which are like ly to add confusion to the adminis tration of the program. The other proposed amendment merely dumps the problem back into the laps of the farmers. Briefly stated, the eom iiiillir washed lis hands of the whole ~bttsitiess; and apparently refused to I take leadership in a movement to | solve the tobacco problem. It will be left up to the farmers to say wheth er they want a long-term program, | the^Hmumitee saying that a three year plan should be long enough, but I if they get the three-year program| the farmers will have to vote for,it. The other proposed amendments as they are understood here will make the administration of the act more flexible and permit a grower to carry over his tobacco from one year to the next without being pen alized when sales are effected. The first of these amendments?wnti remove the present requirement in I the ac t that marketing quotas for j pel cent of the 1937 pr < kiuction It was pointed out that the present act does not provide sufficient lee-way to fix quotas in keeping with the demand for tobacco. In other words the present act, in some cases, re quires such l**rge ?hs?t the] program is rendered ineffective. The plan for a carry-over of tobacco by the farmer would merely'allow him to sell his tobacco in 1941 and apply it against his marketing quota for 1940 without penalty as long as his| production is within the allotment. The committee mentioned n< ti ring the penalty schedule No bill has been introduced am none will be introduced right-a way Representative Cooley explains Instructive Forum Held By Farmers Holding their weekly forum here last evening, a number of the coun ty's- progressive farmers heard an interesting discussion centering around power farming and the cer tification of seed. Messrs. Robert Ev erett and James Stephenson, of Pal myra, briefly discussed a program of power farming advanced on their farms during the past few years. It is quite evident, according to the facts offered by the two farmers, that power farming is cheaper and possi bly more practicable than the old system Discussing the uses of the com bine, Mr. Stephenson reviewed the operations of his machine during the past two seasons, explaining that the modern method has made the pro duction of seed crops profitable. It is reasonable ty> believe that the com bine will soon l>e as common on the farms as the olef-type mowing ma chine. A. D. Stuart, seed certification specialist. addressed the group and interestingly reviewed the work be ing done in an effort to promote the production of better seed in the State. Mr. Stuait is in the county today cer tifying potatoes for Farmers W M Hardison, D. G Matthews and D. C Gurkin. Several hundred bushels will be certified. The importance of certified seed was well established this season when hundreds of far mers offered, diseased potatoes for sale at local packing centers. He dia cussed methods for preventing black rot in potatoes such as moving crop to fields where potatoes have not been grown in recent years, treating seed and observing plants for disease in the field. * ; Rohher Enter* Country Home And Steal? $50.00 ? Entering the home or Mrs. Bettie Bullock in Cross Roads Township last week-end while the family was away, a robber stole approximately ISO in cash. The intruder shifted fur niture around, threw bed clothing from the beds and scattered clothes and other articles in all parts of the home. The robber left an empty pocket book behind a trunk. Officers suspicion a certain party but no arrest has been made. Scouts Hold Their Second Annual Meet More Than MM) ll?*ar I're^i deilt Kleteher in S|?leii?li?l Vililre^ ill Kvercttw it was a great limo for boy ^eotrt ing in Martin County last Wednes day evening when more than 100 youths, their dads and a few special friends held their second annual banquet in the Everetts school build liUU?Foreign to the field of politics | and business, the event attached great significance to the future of the numerous youths there and to the future of the county and its sev eral communities. The-fathers were not as well represented as one would wish for. but there were enough present to give the meeting a dis tinct father-son atmosphere Joe Winslow, Jr.. vyho is a candi date for the rank of Eagle Scout, welcomed the group with a few well chosen words. Attorney 11 (I Morton responding The program, support ed by a diversified schedule of stunts, quartets and special numbers in cluding a guitar duet by the lalley lads, was entertaining, the dads and special friends of the Scouts enjoy ing it thoroughty And the program proved beneficial to them, no doubt. Delivering the main address. l)r M. O. Fletcher, president of the East Carolina Council, offered some time ly advice in an interesting manner ;ind Ntraq'hl from tin; sdu.uliLu?R ing his remarks on a pure and uti I defiled heritage for tin- common good | of future generations, tin- speaker urged the youths to keep themselves physically fit that they might givi America a better generation "It has been said that the tune to start training youth is 100 years he | fore the child is born. My years of experience m the hospital have prov ed to meHhe value of a free and pure heritage," Di Fletcher said, ex plaining that hi- had seen so many I sad eases where young girls and J boys had nothing to huild thru livt (Hi "What we find in youth and other I things, too, is partly determined by | the*way in which we look at it.' the speaker said, in explaining that the boy Yt hr" wouId 'look a Mum 'in the' right light. Mr illustrated his point \ by explaining the use of the tele scope The council president plainly j I stated that we are stressing the im-1 '?porta we <*f thoroughbred hnrsr pigs and chickens and not paying | enough attention to the importance of product in thoroughbred youth. "There was the farmer who display ed .his fine pigs, hut never mention ed his three little children," Mr Fletcher said. He told a little story illustrating how tin- Ujproughbicd cradle, literally speaking, of course "The tired farmer came in front work "tfrtttf--while Ins wife pnpaied supper, he sat down with his paper, rocking the cradle with his foot. His interest centered in tin1 paper, the farmer did not hear the baby as it cried, but the first time the pig squealed lie heard it and ran to see what was the matter. The daddy of that pig was a thoroughbred," the speaker said inferring that the dad dy of the baby was not a thorough bred but a rascal. Recognizing the -value of training by Christian mothers, the man who has shoyvn a great interest in Boy Scout work pointed out that the fa ther must make his son proud of his name, that all must pull together if the boy is to get the best. He chal longed the fathers, teachers and oth ers to see that youths get jobs, for in them he sees the future hope of Am erica. I)r Fletcher was introduced by Clarence W. Griffin, Williamston at torney. Boy Scouts and their fathers were present from Robersonville, Powells villo, Jamesville, Williamston and Everetts. Served by members of the Robersonville High School Eco nomics class, the delicious meal, of fered at an unusually Jow price, was enjoyed. Scout Executive J J Sigwald was introduced by Toastmaster J. Q. Pa I Hick and --of ttir coming camporee at Kinston in April and cited improvements that are being made to Camp Charles An impressive-cmirt of honor -with Rev. F. H Craighill, of Rocky Mount, as chairman, was held at the close of the program. A number of scouts was advanced, and the service was quite impressive. LocaJ Seniors Hear County Health Head Dr. John W Williams, Martin County Health Physician, addressed members of the sociology class of the Ipcal high school yesterday af ternoon on the subject of "Personal Hygiene" In pointing out health problems, the health head emphasiz ed the fact that ~ gothT Tit a 11 h w as largely a personal matter and that youths must decide for themselves ?whether or not 'they wottld~ hve ef1"] ficiently. Dr. Williams said. "Proper health habits cannot be acquired by com parison with one's neighbors or keeping up with the Jone?." Every youth must decide for himself his needs as concerns sleep, food, recrea tion and exercise. Believes Cotton- Will Be As Profitable As Tobacco This Season LOWS Farmers, finding it difficult to finance their 1940 operations thrtragh regular credit agencies, are turning to the seed-feed loan for money in this county. Ac cording to an unofficial report released yesterday. 45 loans have been floated already this season, the loans * averaging around $120 each, laist year the agency advauced 111 loans av eraging slightly more than $110 each. A curtailed production pro gram this year is lessening the credit demands among those far piers who ordinarily turn to the seed feed loan agency for cred it. State Health Head Reviews Activities For The Past Year Lain* Reported in the Haiti* Against Disease in the State Last Year ? By CARL V REYNOLDS, [\l. I> . State Health Officer Raleigh- Last year witnessed gains on several important fronts in the battle against disease in North Car- j olina Information that is both interest- i ing and encouraging is found in the ! 1939 provisional report of the State | Board of Health's division of vital! son is the director. On the other | hand, certain weaknesses also are revealed Any report simply | gives figures, uninterpreted, carries | little weight arid is soon forgotten. We must bear in mind that a year's I compilation is merely factual; that! it can, at best, reflect only a "trend" encouraging or discouraging as the we must follow the "trend" through | a series of years. Vital statistics figures in North i Carolina for last year, which have j just been compiled, dov in some in- | stances, reflect a very decided and encouraging "trend" The 80,421 | births reported during the year mat numbered the 31,928 deaths that oc curied during the same period by I deaths than were reported the pre vious year, bringing the rate down I from 9 5 to 9.0 from 1938 to 1939 If | the 1938 rate had remained unchang ed in 1939, the total number of | deaths would have been 33,839, i stead of 31,928, which means that, on this basis, the number of lives saved was, in reality, 1,911 instead of 1,038 Please bear in mind and re call in your future reading that an increase or reduction of one point represents the saving or loss of 3,500 lives within a year. Pneumonia?Brighter Picture Pneumonia has continued through I the years to be one of the greatest | scourges that has harrassed human ity. Men and women, physicians and the laity, have bowc?d helplessly be fore its inexorable law of death. But a new day appears to be at hand in the battle against this arch enemy. While a single years' figures can not be taken as final as they apply to pneumonia any more than in their application to any other disease, yet we have here a very striking exam ple of an encouraging "trend". In North Carolina iast year we saved the lives of 537 more pneu monia patients from untimely graves than we did the previous year the total number of deaths from this cause tn 1959 having been 2 172 as (Continued on page six) Tobacco Seed A re Coming lift In The Cmhh Roaths Area Dnpitc unfavorable weather during recent weeks, tobacco vend arc coming up In this coun ty, reliable reports slating that Jesse Woolard, ( roes Koads far mer, has a good stand of tiny plants breaking through the earth in a well-protected plot on the Koberson farm. The seed were sown the ltth of January, but the farmer plac ed a heavy canvas over the bed immediately after the seed were sown, and that with a warm lo cation poshed the seed through the ground in a hurry. However, the plant heds were prepared late, as a whole, and it is^MMslble that transplanting will be delayed next May. As far as It can be leaned nearly every farmer In the county baa planted his seed bed*. Specialist Urges Farmers To keep Acreages At Home I'rtxlurtion Mt-tlioiU Are Only K5 Percent Kffirirnt In Thin State Declaring the outlook for cotton is as encouraging as it is for tobac co this year, R Shcp Oliver, farm specialist, urged a large group of farmers 111 a meeting in the agricul tural building Tuesday night to plant their cotton allotments and hold the acreage at home. "Farmers to the south of us are begging for increased allotments and if our far mers in Martin County and other MH-tioHtf ttf Ntrrth Carolina continue to plant only half of their allotments, the acreage will move south," Mr Oliver declared. While the trend is toward an in creased acreage over the actual cot iiiii planting* of the punt two or throw - years. Mr. Oliver was the first man to express the belief that one acre of cotton will prove just as profit able as one acre of tobacco in 1940 Centering his talk around the prof itable production of cotton, Mr. Ql iver briefly outlined certain require [ merits that must be met before cot I ton can In- produced profitably. Martin County farmers and many others in North Carolina have gone 85 per cent of the way in making the crop profitable, but lost out because they did hot g<> the other 15 per cent of the way. the farm specialist said. "You have sown good seed in most eases, cultivated well and liberally fertilized your cotton, but you lost out when you failed to go the rest of the way." he declared. To make cut Inn growing profitable, he urged the fanners to use pure seed, prefer ably certified seed, treat the seed, plant early, use liberal amount of fertilizer, cultivate well, use a top dresser, and control l?oll weevil. He stressed bell weevil control and dis played a mop that has pi mud cf fective in applying the arsenate of lead molasses-water poisoning. In connection with the weevil con Ijrol method, he stated that the mo lasses does not attract the weevil as many believe, hat it is necessary to mop as much of the cotton stalk and foliage as (>ossible. starting when tin irup-is only six to eight lft?hes ~ high. "The molasses merely causes the |>oison to stick t<? jhi? he explained. "A man or young boy can mop three or four acres of cotton a day. and the materials w ill not cost more than $1 an acre for the several ap plications Non an average," he con tinued. A striking statement was made when the specialist declared that the weevil could be exterminated in about three years if every farmer resorted to proper control methods. The control method that has been so often mentioned in other states during the past year or two is just gaining recognition in North Caro lina As far as it can be learned, no Martin farmers have tested the mopping method, hut Oliver offer (Continued on page six) Eli Rogerson Died Yesterday Morning Eli Rogerson, well-known farmer, (Iled suddenly at his home in Bear Grass Township early yesterday morning Arising ahout his usual hour, Mr Kogerson built a fire in the heater and a few minutes later he reached down to-chit off the draft "and suffi'lod Uh Ticart attack, death following within a short time or about 6 o'clock. Mr Rogerson had suffered a stroke of paralysis eight or ten years ago, and had been troubled with an heart ailment within recent months. His condition was not considered criti cal until he suffered the attack yes terday morning for he had been able to be up and attend to duties on his farm The son of me late tteuDen s. and Sal lie Ann Rogerson, he was born in Bear Grass Township on Novem ber 3, 1 HBO. He lived all his life in Bear Grass and farmed all the time with the exception of a short per iod he was employed in the tele phone business here. His wife who was Miss Sallie Lil ley before her marriage, survives with five children, Miss Mamie Clyde Rogerson. Mrs. Clarence Bailey, Mrs. Johnnie Wobleton, all of Williams tun, and Foy Rogerson, of Rober aonviile. He also leaves g sister, Mrs. A. r. Taylor, of WllllamatOn, and two brothers, Jim and Gray Roger son, of El Dorado, Arkansas The funeral services are being conducted this afternoon at *39 from the late home by Rev. Z. T. Flag hoff, Presbyterian minister. Inter ment will follow In the family plot on the home farm. - . *
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