Minor Auto ^ recks Keep Patrolman on The Job In County (Continued from page one) vate Robert L. Newman, of Fort Story. Virginia, went on a rampage in and near Bear Grass. Tearing through the wide-awake little town at a rapid speed, the car sideswiped Miss Velma Bailey's car and contin ued on down the road without stop ping for a survey of the damage Reaching Farmer Noah Rogerson's. home, the car. a 1937 Ford sedan bearing a Virginia state license, tore through the man's pasture fence, took the wire irOTTi a riuiubci?of ' posts, changed its course and came to a stop in a ditch. Parties, irvmg more than two miles away, heard j the car when it crashed. Charges of reckless arid hit-and-run driving are i pending against Walter Wallace Bail- j ey, young Bear Grass white man j who has been working in Virginia during the past several weeks. Bail ey is said to have rented the New man car and promised Tom Wilson ' and Mack Sakis. both of Norfolk, and ; J. K. Woolard.. a former Beaufort County boy. a quick trip into Cafo- ? lina. They left Norfolk about 6'45 last evening. Ownership of the car was determined, but the four boys are being detained here pending a detailed investigation of the case Damage to the car will approximate j $176. : Reaching here early this afternoon Newman stated that he lent the ea-f | to -Btnley? to driv<-. .uruund Norfolk! for a short while. A preliminary check-up by the patrolman shows there were eight m - ! cidents in the county and area dur ing the week-end. that four were hurt, two critically, and two were j killed, and that the property loss j would apprc7xrmatr-^1.200- - Young Vi oman Loses; Life On River Fill! Last Saturday Night (Continued from page one) the wreck, the warning flare were not burning Others, reaching the scene ahead'of the patrolman, said the flares were not burning Other reports state-that the flares were burning earlier in the evening or | just a short while before the car | plunged into the bridge. It is believed that Suggs lost con trol of the car when it struck the un paved and bumpy gap between the bridge and the paved fill, that it struck the right abutment and turn ed around on the narrow bridge, coming to a stop only after traveling 142 feet from the end of the bridge and tearing down about fifteen feet of the concrete railing. Mitchell was where the car came to a stop. The machine, a new five-passenger sport model Chevrolet. behmgwg to Mitchell. had its right side torn away .and two of the wheels were smashed. The wreck was described as one of the most complete seen in this section in sortie months, and hundreds of local people viewed the twisted steel in the Williamston Mo tor Company's 'graveyard "Sunday. Suggs, member of a prominent Johnston County family and who had been working in the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company yards with Mitchell, was released Sunday afternoon under bond in the sum of $2,000 The case will be heard in the Hertie Superior Court in February. ~3~ Patrolman Whit Saunders and county and local officers worked feverishly in clearing the smashed car and preventing other accidents on the narrow bridge. Dr. Jim Rhodes. Jr., of Charles ton, S. C.j spent the week-end at home. HOME FOR RENT ?SIX ROOMS. Near fair grounds, Williamston. Sanford Roberson. City R.F D. 3 h!8-2t FOR SALE! Baby Chicks MOORE Grocery Co. Smallwood Recalls Boyhood Days Here (Continued from page one) back to it and gel Mr. Coon w ithout help He used to hunt with a neigh bor at times, I^One night the neighbor came over for a hunt, and Mr. Whitley was away, so he called to one of the dogs which had been going with them, and he readily went on the hunt. In bringing the dog back he opened the gate and let him in, then concluded ly.- would like a drink of fresh water from the well just inside the gate As he started in the same dog pitch ed at him with a growl, and he had t?? L'n off minus his cool draught. At another time. Tarboro was hav mg-a ^iunty fair. The railroad was giving an excursion at so much per head The train was to leave early so as to have a full day at the fair be fore returning at night Mr. Biggs gavt me a ticket and a few extra dollars, and sent me off on that nev ei-to-be-forgotten trip I was out of bed before day, and Sister Sallie too. who prepared me a lunch tin sky. visible in the early dawn The lad readied halfway across the sky "arid I have never seen another as bright. Then I was off, and into !h< world for a day. my own man and master I really could feel my self growing. Such a day. Such sights did I see at that fair One thing struck me quite forcibly?the fellow with the big wheel and grand prizes laying all round. Just looked impos Mble to miss getting one, and "only a dune to spin the wheel and win the baby of your dreams." His oft re pea ted cry was?"Everybody wins and de ole man loses, down wid your dust boys, down.*' ' But everybody did not win. Those who played, lost pretty nearly every tune, and 1 backed off-without rrsk ing any dimes, hut the cry kept up Evybody wins an de ole man loses, down wid your dust boys, down Other sights aplenty J saw, and then to back home and telling of my first visit to a fair A year or so after I went to Sis ter Sallies to live, a second baby was born into her family. One morn ing she called me to her room, say ing?Charles, come here, Dr. Has sell has brought us-all a new baby boy, w hat shall we name him? I looked down at the little rascal, and then he was, squinting around as though he was about to spring a yarn of having been restless all night, trying to give Dr. Hassell something to do And I immediately replied Name him for Mr. Biggs and call him Sam. My idea in this was to eliminate confusion of iden tities as all Mr Biggs' grown-up as sociates addressed him as Rome. S< for his father he was named, but Mr Biggs and I were the only ones who adhered to my idea of ailing the hoy, Sam. And I was al ways vain enough to think Mr. Biggs did this to honor my idea. All oth ?i ? have called him Rome, ana well it be so. for since his father's demise. long years ago, it has kept the old name, "Rome Biggs" still with And those yarny-yarns, that you Romh became more and more ada) ed to. are stiU with him. Many a tii has lie caused me to laugh my sic sore. '? One summer's day. it may ha boon a Kour-th -of Jcrly. Williams! folks had planned a picnic and fi fry at Hardison's mill pond. I he ing swell one the droves, that drci out Full baskets aplenty were carrii no doubt to assure something mc than fisherman's luck at the poi Frank Martin was one of the no bles present, and sometime after ; riving, he came to where some us were casting lines, and said Jim Staffney (the Honorable Jan ('.a tai plu n > has done gone pla> the devil now! He's got Sis Fani setting over there under a tree, a let the dogs eat up everything their basket, and now Sis Fan won't have no dinner, lessen J ketches some fish, and I know won't do that. Everybody knew that 'Jim v "sparkin" Sis Fannie, aftd that d ner or dogs, or finny fish, were i tf ? tish Jim was casting for. But someone caught the edi kind, for we had quite a "fry," a no doubt Jim and Sis Fannie p m i pa ted. Another time, Jim Staffney ca to the forefront of note, was c Sunday morning Jim had a steed that he loved n and show off hia ability "go places." Jim's horse had attained the r of "Stem-Winder," because ol ! proclivity for. and habit of i his switch as a boat's propelli 1 used. And when Jim hooked S Trailways WILL SOLVE ALL OF YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL PROBLEMS WiouHa,iKcMiHtos CAROLINA COACH COMPANY' 'Mutual Admiration'?Winner Baby's pleased with herself, particularly with her hat for next Eaitcr, and she is so pleased that she makes a prize winning picture. The photo, entitled "Mutual Admiration," was entered by Harry Olmsted of Chattanooga, Tenn., and won first prize in contest sponsored by a , national picture magazine. 1 J. J. Manning Dies In Brown Hospital Here I^ast Monday (Continued from pace one) marti^Try ? beautiful simplicity, its friendliness and sincerity showing in his every-day greeting and business transaction. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon from the home at 2 o'clock by Elder B S. Cow in. Interment will follow in the family cemetery, near the home. -Kit Semi-Pro (Joints I o Meet In Jamesville 7 hnrsday Jamcsville's semi-pro basketball team and the Williamston Martins will meet on the Jamesville Gym court Thursday evening of this week at 7'45 o'clock, the event heralding the opening of the basketball season. A small admission fee will be asked. Bote o-nos reportme new-additions, have been practicing for the curtain raiser for some time. The Martins are " eer-il miw players includ ing Oscar Hie. The Jamesville boys, feeling their oats at this early stage of the sea son, are inviting any and all comers and will schedule games with "any semi-pro.? college or high school team." Interested parties are direct ed to contact Henderson Mizelle. manager. Jamesville. Winder to a buggy. and tightened the reins, the harder he pulled, the fast er that propeller propelled, and pushed the whole hook-up forward at a gait, to be years later emulated at Kill Devil Hill by the Wright brothers. That particular Sunday morning, Jim took Main street as a demon strating lane, w ith most of William ! ston lined up along the sidewalk to so* .... Stem Winder wind into passes and re-passes. Next day Williams ton's Mayor got into action and call . d Jim's attention to a "statue" which said?"No one should drive a steed through a street of the town at a greater speed than seven miles an hour under penalty of five dollars fine or else And no need to have any witnesses cause he was right there and saw it himself, and old Stem-Winder sho did go when you pulled hard on the reins and started that wheel a-turnin." And Jim said. Well. I shore ain't going to swear that Stem-Winder can't beat 'seven,' when he feels the leins, so I'll just pay thet 'five' and let you patch the street for next Sunday's show-off" And so the sunshine occasionally | shone in many ways on the spot where the Lord may have sprinkled that extra quality of morning-dew. But the clouds always lurk in the distance, and there was one headed for dear old Williamston. One night, while sound asleep, I was awakened by Sister Sallie's hand gently shak ing my shoulder. As-1 opened my eyes she said in a subdued voice Charles, get up, the whole town is on fire. (To be continued) New Fertilizer Law Reviewed Friday At Farm Bureau Forum (Continued from page one) this country now. There's pienty of phosphates, hut the most serious threat is the expected shortage in sulphuric acid which is used in mak ing the fertilizer material. The sul phuric acid is used extensively in the manufacture of munitions. At the present time it is believed that fertilizer prices this year should not average more than $3 to $3.50 per ton higher than those\)f a year ago. It is also generally believed that a normal demand -can be met. Farm ers are placing their orders now for future delivery. As for a possible shortage in ni- j trate of soda, agriculturists are of I the belief that most Martin farmers are using too-much soda, that its use is little more than a habit and a cost lv one. During the meeting, a book on crop diseases was studied, and it was pointed out that the close study of the-book will prove of great 1 value to every Martin County farm- , er. Orders of the book are taken at ! the office of the county agent at act ual cost. Fivf Marriage Lifeline* />mii <1 In County Herenlly Five marriage licenses were is sued in this county recently to the following couples: Norman Earl Davenport and Adell Hathaway, both of Oak City; Arthur Keel, of Pitt County, and Myrtle Louise Harrcll, of Oak City; George Washington Wynne, of Williamston Route 3, and Bernice inwood Thomas Brown and Gla dys Mae Ange, both of Jamesville; Elmer Haig Davenport and Susie Mai- Scott, both of Bethel. (lounty Young Man Is Honored At State (allege Robert Haislip, son of Commis sioner and Mrs. R. A. Haislip, of | Oak City, was recently taken into the State GoHege chapter of Kappa Phi Kappa, national honorary pro fessional education fraternity devot-! ed to promoting the cause of educa tion Fire Damages Wood house On W est Main Street Here Fire, thought to have started from a grass fire, slightly damaged the Woodhouse and contents at the Hill Top Inn on West Main Street at 12:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The small building was burning rapidly when firemen reached there but the fire was soon brought under control. A cotton crop of 11,020,000 bales is forecast by the U. S. Department of Agriculture as of November 1, a jdrop of 41,000 bales from the Octo I ber 1 forecast. Climax To American And Japanese Stand Believed In Offing (Continued from page one) rumored in Kentucky. The CIO. meeting in Detroit, is expected to go on record several million strong in support of the President's foreign policy. Representatives of the American Federation of Labor and other offi cials are to be called into a confer ence shortly with the President for a discussion of the proposed railroad strike scheduled for the 7th of next month. Local union members are l tn Iking mnr'h about the prnpos td work stoppage. On thr war front itself no Marked changes have been noted during the past 24 hours. A new German drive is said to be underway in the Donets Basin, indicating ifiat a shift of the war scene from Moscow and Lenin grad is likely. However, new German flash< s were reported on the Mos cow front. Despite these reports, the Russians were said to be gaining in tin ii counteiattacks. The new. Gcr- - Man drive in the south is apparently destined for the Caucasus, some ob servers believing that it will spread to the Middle East. Suffering and death are stalking the Germans in the sub-zero Rus sian weather, and thousands of deaths have been reported on the road to Moscow during recent days. Sensational news was reported in the Atlantic earlier in the week fol lowing the capture of a Germary flying the American flag. The freighter was moved into San Juan harbor yesterday after the German crew had failed in their attempt to scuttle'it. ~ Unofficial reports heard today state that four merchant ships had been sunk in the Atlantic, but the nationality of the boats was not im mediately disclosed. Then ther? was talk of a German raider operating off the Panama Canal, one report stating that planes were patrolling seven hundred miles to sea from the Panama base. Politicians Covering Up Facli Other's Tracks Here The action was not in accordance to schedule, to be sure, and possibly far removed from the political field, hut gubernatorial prospects were seen here last week. Gregg Cherry, the politician and ally of the textile industry, was here a short while last Tuesday after an Armistice Day address in Plymouth. He conferred with Attorney Hugh G. 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