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Old Records Reveal Wanderer's Identity Wreck Victim Died I n County Home Back in September Old Papers Recently Found Throw Some Light On "Elliott" Case On May 29, 1940, S. R. Beloate wandered into town, keeping soul and body together by grinding scis sors and repairing sewing machines. Just a few hours later on the evening of May 30, the old gentleman was ac cidentally struck and injured by a car driven hv S W. Manning.?lr? on Blast Main Street. He virtually re covered from the accident, but arth ritis set in and the wanderer was re moved to the county home where he, in a helpless condition, kept a silent watch for death during fifteen months, the end coming on the eve ning of September 29th, this year. Giving his name as Robert Elliott, the old man who was about 76 years of age, advised county authorities that it would be useless to try to get in touch with relatives. It was learn ed, however, that he was a gradu ate or attended the Industrial Uni versity of Arkansas. Efforts were made to trace his record there, but no 'Robert Elliott' had entered there. A few days ago his old bicycle was found stored just back of the Cowan boarding house, and a few old rec ords and papers were discovered in a box attached to it. While the papers mention no relatives by name, it was learned from them the aged wan derer was born S. R. Beloate, near Ripley, Tennessee, on June 6, 1865, that he entered the Arkansas Univer sity in the fall of 1883. In 1886 he was admitted to the Clay County, Arkansas, bar. In November, 1897, he was licensed to practice before the State and United States Circuit courts in Texas. In May, 1902, he was licensed to practice before the supreme court of California. Among his papers were testimonials from su preme court justices. How long he remained in Califor nia is not known, but in 1936 he was in El Dorado, Arkansas, according to the following letter: "Dear Vi and Charlie: I am well and trust you both are. Have more money than I had when we parted in Little Rock. Here is my explana tion of my failure to go to my kin folk. I was with you July 15 and felt then and still feel that I wore out my welcome, hence my determina tion to stay away. However, I want ed to be with Vi on her birthday and it was difficult to do so. When I come in nights dead tired I think and feel, 'What is the use of longer continuing the struggle to delay the inevitable end?' But for the fact that I owe bor rowed money I would long since have passed on, but so long as I owe mon ey I shall not end it all, and possi Banana 15~A a $1.00 150 Bowler at 6 At the are of six, "Twinkle" Watte if the younreft ever entered In tee women's International bowline con gress at Foreet Hills, N. T. The little Santa Monica, CaL, kaater averages oeer 160 and haaroUed over 200. Wei*hin? 42 pounds, tea bowls a 10 H pound ball. bly 1 will discard the idea ere I am out of debt. I leave here tomorrow ?to where I do not know. Love to both. Affectionately, Reg." The places the old man traveled from there are not known, but he bobbed up in Norfolk where he spent some months before coming here. He joined a club there, but it is appar ent that he was experiencing finan cial difficulties for in his papers was a note about his room rent. On Thanksgiving day, 1936, he sketched the following; "Thanksgiv ing, 1936 ? They say I should be thankful for life, but I am not. For 71 years and more of life, misspent, all I got, frustrated ambition, wife and child and all are gone. Sad and brooding I sit here alone, for I have lost wife, daughter and son. The first of which, years ago I won. Justly, they leave me here sick of my fate." It is quite apparent that the old gentleman had marital difficulties, that he turned to the open road, pausing now and then to express his thoughts in poetry, as follows: To Bess, The first time in twenty years, For you I have compassion and shed tears; Which will not bring back your vanished youth, But may assuage your grief to know the truth. Twenty years of longing and now regret. Because of the past I have not and will never forget, were i to relive my life, I would not keep you as my wife; My regret is not for you or I, But that the children will not love me, ere I die. And then there is another poem written possibly at a later date, as follows: I have just returned from my wandering-way; I am older, harder and more grey. Awaiting me your message of last December, I found. Which sends me a little faster on the road, Hell-bound. Had I have had your mother's things which are nothing to me; I should have sent them then; when, from att, I would have been free. For more than a year, I have neither grieved, nor over those once dear to me, wept; When I sent to you and your brother, my keepsakes, from my mind 1 swept The last vestige of remembrance or desire for those I once loved; Then, out of my life, thought, love, hope, trust and confidence, you and he, I shoved. The following poem possibly throws more light on the old gentle man's troubles: A REPLY TO A MISER Your unexpected package and poem received today. Replying to same, I hardly know what to say. There is something, however, that I wish to say to you, Something that is true. You say you have given up your treasures of old, And that you don't give a dam for gold: Then: Why don't you send my Mother her things? What I speak of is her watch and rings. Why do you say We have rendered these things valueless to you? Is this true? Was it us, or was it you? a happy home. Now you have nothing; all you do is roam. To weep and grieve now is about twenty years too late, The tie that once held us together is gone, Gone because of what you have done, So you should be resigned to your fate. Have you ever thought of those you left alone? How you left them without money, food or home? Have you thought of the years You neglected mother, daughter and son? Surely your eyes should fill with tears When you think of what you have done. Had there really been love in your heart And had you been kind and true, Perhaps today we wouldn't be apart. And you wouldn't be alone und blue Thank God we had a Mother, And nowhere can you find another Who is kind, loving and sweet. i For a Mother's love can't be beat. I j In our hearts there is no spite. ; We (eel we have done only what is right; So all alone you shall continue to go For your deeds caused God and not us to will it so. The old gentlOhian mUSI have btttt a promising young man in his college days. And it is recognized that he achieved success in the courts. D. H. Hill, ex-president of the Arkansas University, writing a testimonial to him in 1885. said: "I send you such a testimonial as I can give honestly. I do not know of your scholarship, j but I do know that you were con sidered bright and that you acted like a man when those drunken rowdies under coward's influence were persecuting a man infinitely better than themselves. I hope that your manly, honest and independent course will be continued throughout life and be crowned with God's bless ings always." The testimonial, dated Macon, Ga., January 25, 1885. read, as follows: This is to certify that Mr. S R. Bel oato was a member of the freshman class of 1883-84 in the A 1 Univer sity. He u as considered a bright young man, high-toned and honor able. 1 was particularly pleased with the firm, manly stand which he took when some drunken rowdies, with the active sympathy of a por tiotFof the faculty, persecuted in the' most indecent manner, a most worthy and exemplary student. Although the power and influence were on the side of the persecutors. Mr. Beloate stood up for the right, like a brave and honorable man. The old gentleman bore his afflic tiiin without complaint lie was wall I cared for in the local hospital and | later in the county home. Last July, a tear trickling down his face, he said he was doomed to die, but in his face was that determination to trav el the remainder of the road alone from relatives and old friends. To Relieve g"*?\W Misery of /J/J/J Liquid?Tablets 131313 Salve?Nose Drops Lough Drops Try "RUB MY-TISM" ? A Wonderful I.lnlment Interesting Bits Of Business In the VS. First war-time emergency price control action on a manufactured ar ticle?in distinction to commodity controls?caqie close to home for per inns nn the West pnmt (nr the east ern, too, for that matter). It was at' the request of the Civilian Defense Administration, and forbids manu facturers, wholesalers, jobbers or re tailers to put any price on flashlights or batteries or bulbs, higher than the highest quotation during the two months preceding December 1, last . . .\ Generally speaking, life insur ance now in effect covers death due to war causes, while fire and auto insurance contracts, for the most part, exclude damages due to war. Great Britain has a "war damage act" making coverage on wartime real estate damage compulsory. (But the wise thing is to look over all your policies, anyway) . . Most man ufacturers and retailers feel that that production is so far along on ELIGIBLE FOR LOANS The FSA field workers now re port that more than 642,000 farm families are eligible and need FSA rehabilitation loans, but are un able to borrow because funds ap propriate by Congress are as yet in adequate. ? The Progressive Farm -?L spring goods for retail stores that there'll be little change, at least for several months, in the matter of pro viding adequately for that type of civilian needs. NOTIC E OF SALE Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the power and au thority conferred upon me by vir tue of that certain deed of trust ex ecuted by J J Bryant to the under signed Trustee for I). G. Matthews, bearing date February 14. 1940, and recorded in the Public Registry of Martin County in Book X 3, at page 464, default having been made in the payment of the note for which said deed of trust was given as se eurily. and me stipulations llieie of not having been complied with. and at the request of the holder of the said note, the undersigned Trus tee will, on the 6th day of January, 1942, at twelve (12) o'clock Noon, at the Courthouse door of Martin County, in Williamston, North Caro lina, offer for sale, at public auc tion to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described real estate, to-wit: A certain vacant lot in the Town r..i sv u mansion, beginning at a ditch ~ [ in the Southwest corner of the An idrews land at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence a Northeast course along the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 48 feet to a stake; thence a Southeast course along J. J. Bryant's line 60 feet to a stake; thence a Westerly course 4H feet to the ditch; thence along said ditch 60 feet to the beginning, and being a lot 411 feet by 60 feet off of J .1 Bryant's property, and be ing a part of the lands described in a deed from A T Perry and wife, Maggie Perry, to J. J Bryant and wife, bearing date November 25, 191). recorded in the Public Regis trv of Martin County in Book A-3, at page 389. This the 28lh day of Nov., 1941. Ht'iill C HORTON. ,d9 4t Trustee. The tinkling of sleigh bells; the white snow blanketing the ground; the green, green trees lit np with a myriad of colors ? that's Christ mas! Hie laughter of happy chil dren; the glee of all over exchanged gifts and greetings?that's Christ mas. And our wish for you is that it be the merriest yon have ever en joyed! MARTIN COUNTY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION HITS THE SPOT w>sn!M AMERICA'S BIGGEST NICKEL S WORTH MW?: (Nmm if Lnm littMt ta to imrtwl tan) 'fc'Aur ?? - "Si ?C! Little collage* >\ illi coal kIovi'h ami roasting spits al llic hearth Iliac given May to lianiUonic home*, electrically equipped. functional ly furnished. lloiiM'win'K onci drinlging from ilaun lo niglil. have leisure, luive careers. ai<l in ile fense. These are niotlern limes in Mhich Me play an active pari. Itnl now?when the holly hangs height green anil red?mi- revert to an ohl fashioned sentiment and say. "A very merrv flhrisliiius ? one and all!" W. ?. Peele Insurance A Fifteen Years of extending the greetings of the season to our pntrmrs dmre on I y served to make autre sineere oar good Irishes for them . . . In ihe uncertain and difficult days which lie ahead for all of us, we hope to continue serving you as in the past. Come what may, the entire facilities of our organization are at the disposal of our customers whenever we can be of service To you and yours al this Christmas season, tve would extend our sinceresl wish for happiness, In till n o w and throughout the years to eome, 100 PER CENT LOYAL TO THE DEALER W. H. Basnight & Co. Wholesale Distributors for Eastern Carolina PHONES 122 and 123 AHOSKIE, N. C.
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