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
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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. Horton, but the topic had nothing
to do with politics, Mr. Horton de
clared.
Dr. Ralph MacDonqJd^ the educa
tor and candidate for governor
against Clyde Hoey, -came along
erasing Cherry's tracks, during the
week-end when he stopped over the
night strictly in the interest ut his
profession. If he conferred w ith any
one while here it could not be learn
ed.
t* ram mar (trade I'rinci/Mil
I\ame<l For Local School
J. H. Mason, of Leesville, S. C.,
has been named to succeed R. J. Slay
as principal of the local grammar
school. He will enter upon his new
duties here next Monday, Principal
I). N. Hix announced this morning.
Professor Slay resigned last month
to enter the armed service. Oddly
enough. Mr. Mason, a graduate of
Wofford College, was recently given
his honorable discharge from the
Army Air Corps. Up until he enter
ed the service some months ago, Mr.
Mason was a member of the Laurel
Hill faculty.
Grocers report of low level of food
hoaring in the United States, saying
that only about 16 per cent of Amer
ica's consumers are buying more
than their normal food require
ments.
U. S. Post Office
Having Headache
Camden, S. C.?The United States
Post Office Department today is fac
ing its greatest problem since the
days of World War I here in the
First Army maneuvers in the Caro
linas. That word comes from Maj.
Erastus E. White, Postal Officer.
First Army.
Approximately 400,000 letters for
soldiers are received daily. Approx
imately 250,000 letters are mailed
daily by the soldiers to the folks
back home. Approximately 13,000
parcels for soldiers are received
daily.
From the beginning of ihe ma
neuvers to Oct. 18th, the following
postal business had been transacted
at all of the Army Post Offices (or
APOs, as they are more commonly
known):
Stamps sold, $5,888.46; number of
money orders issued, 14,973; money
value of money orders issued, $360,
096.83; number of money orders paid,
240; money value of money orders
paid. $2.343.12: registered articles
delivered, 5,036; articles accepted for
registration. 1,528; insured articles
delivered, 17,131; articles accepted
for insurance, 1,760; number of sacks
of mail received, 10,762; number of
sacks of mail dispatched, 2,031.
These are the latest figures avail
able from Maj. White's office.
Mail which is maneuver-bound
gucs first to either Fort Dragg, N. C.,
or Fort Jackson, S. C., the First
Army's two mail concentration cen
the mail is sorted to units and then
conveyed to the different Army post
offices by Army mail trucks. Mail
orderlies from the units call at the
APOs for mail and deliver it to the
men in the field.
Holiness Revival Here To
(Continue Through Week
The revival underway in the lo
cal Pentecostal Holiness Church will
continue through this week, B. D.
Wynne, an official of the church, <
said this morning. The meeting is |
continuing to attract large crowds. !
The public is cordially invited to !
attend l
rhanktgiving Dance In The
Gym Here Thurtday Night
Johnny Satterfield and his orches
ra from the University of North Car
ilina will play lor the annual
Phanksgiving dance here in the lo
?al gym Thursday night, November
!0th.
This orchestra is a 14-piece unit
t won first on the campus contest at
he University last spring and is con
idered the most promising band
,ince Kay Kyser.
Wants
FARM FOR RENT ? SOLID TWO
horse crop. Near Dardens. Mrs.
BUCKS FOR SALE: RAISED THIS
year. Weight from 5 to 6 pounds.
Will sell at market price. Charles
Siceloff, Jr. 312 Church Street. Wil
liamston. Telephone 19-W.
AUCTION SALE?I WILL ON 8AT
urday, November 22, at 10 o'clock
a. m. sell all my household and kitch
en furniture, and a 1934 model Chev
rolet at auction at my home on the
Williamston-Everetts Highway, four
miles from Williamston. Mrs. Frank
Gurganus. nll-3t
TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING
and Christmas. 30c per pound. 3 1-2
miles out on the Hamilton highway.
J. B James. Williamston Route 3.
nl4-2t
CI.ARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
or money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. m23-tf
Farms For Sale!
ISO. I Loniliil within city limit* of Williani*ton.
know 11 a* (iioriic S. Moore Farm. Forty
acres anal fair allotment*.
IN'O, 2?Located on old Everett* road, between Ev
erett* and Spring Green. 40 aere*. Ex
cellent land. Some timber. Fair allotment*.
David Moore
W1LI.IAMSTON, N. C. -
HAY WIRE
And
PEANUT BAGS
FOR SALE
ATTRACTIVE PRICKS!
Slade, Rhodes and Co.
HAMILTON, N. C.
ROCKY MOUNT STORES
ARE READY FOR CHRISTMAS
Do Your Shopping In ?
ROCKY MT.
**The City of Dependable Store?"
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