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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 90 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 13 ,1912. ESTABLISHED 1899
Few New Car-Truck
Tires Are Allotted
By Rationing Board
Carry Over Applications For
Only Twenty-one New Car
Tires and Tubes
The new rubber tire pinch is ap
parently home (or both automobile
and truck operators, according to a
review of the allotments effected by
the Martin County Rationing Board
in regular session here yesterday.
Two new car tires and four new
truck tires were allotted along with
a few new tubes and a goodly num
ber of certificates for recapping car
and truck tires. The issuance of new
tires is about the smallest, if not the
smallest, reported in the county since
the rationing program was instituted
more than ten months ago.
Two new auto tires and two tubes
were allotted to C. S. VanLanding
ham, Williamston, star mail route op
erator.
New car tire tubes were issued to
Wm. B. Wynne, Williamston, one
for fanning; J. A. Roberson, RFD 1,
Williamstor, one for farming; N. W.
Worsley, Oak City, one for carrying
the mail. John Hadley. RFD 1, Wil
liamston, was allotted a tire and tube
for a farm harvester.
New truck tires and tubes were
issued to the following:
John Ourkin, Williamston, two
and two for hauling lumber.
J D. Harrison, two and two. for
hauling peanuts, cotton and sweet
potatoes.
Certificates for retreading truck
tires were issued to the following:
W. A. Manning, RFD 1, Williams
ton, two for farm.
Jasper C. Griffin, RFD 2, William
ston, three for farm.
Albert Tyre, RFD 1, Williamston,
two for farm"
Certificates for retreading auto
tires were issued to the following:
Clyde Knight, RFD 3, Williamston,
two for farm.
W. H. White, RFD 2, Williamston,
three for farm.
W. L. Bryant, RFD 1, Bethel, three
for farm.
Raymond Heath, Williamston, two
for conveyance of technician to and
from work.
Mrs. Watt Daniel Burton, Wil
liamston, one for health work.
G. L Brown, RFD 3, Williamston,
two for farm.
Mrs. Lydia Gurkin, RFD 1, Wil
liamston. two for farm.
Mrs. Leslie Bailey, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, four for farm.
Jesse D. Price, RFD 2, Williams
ton, two for farm.
Wm. Jos. Hewitt, RFD 1, Hobgood.
three for farm.
Jack Smith, Oak City, four for
farm.
A. S. Williamson, Robersonville,
four for farm.
Reginald Sears, Williamston, three
for logging operations.
J. Evan Lilley, RFD 1, Williams
ton, two for farm.
Daniel DeMary, Hassell, three for
farm.
P. M. Holliday, RFD 1, Jamesville,
four for farm
J. H. Holliday, RFD 1, Oak City
two for farm.
An application for four tires and
four tubes for J. H. Bell, RFD 2,
Robersonville, was rejected when
the application could establish no
classification.
Obsolete tires and tubes were al
lotted the following:
John A. Lilley, RFD 1, Williams
ton, one tire and tube for farm trail
er.
John H. Best, RFD 1, Bethel, four
tires and four tubes for farm.
Richard Baker, Oak City, four
tires for farm.
Joe Bunting, Palmyra, two tires
and two tubes for farm.
A bicycle was allotted to Delbert
Wynne Stalls for traveling to and
from his work at a dairy.
Appreciated Red
Cross Kit Bag
In a letter to the Martin County
Chapter of the American Red Croaa,
Ernie L. Modlin expresses his appre
ciation for the little kit bag given
him when he departed for the Army.
Expressing his appreciation, the
young man touches on another very
important topic in his letter writ
ten just this week from Camp At
terbury, Columbus, Indiana, as fol
lows:
"I sure appreciate the little bag
you gave me upon my entrance into
the army. It has been one of the moat
useful things given me since my in
duction. Everything in K comes in
very handy just when you need it.
1 have had some very nice com
pliments about it from soldiers from
all parts of the world.
"The thing that makes me appre
ciate it so much, though, is that it
helps me to know that we have the
people back home behind us. You
will better understand this when I
tell you that in all of the recruits I
have, seen from every county in
North Carolina and from every state
in the Union, there are only two lo
cal Red Cross chapters, WiUiamston
Red Cross and the Bertie County
Red Croaa, that have given these lit
tle bags. So naturally we feel that
our Williamston Red Croaa is behind
us and doing its part in this war.'
Grant Extension For Mileage
Rationing In North Carolina
Special instructions were receiv
ed by the Martin County Rationing
board here yesterday ordering the
mileage rationing program for com
mercial vehicles delayed until De
cember 1st.
ODT Director Joseph B. Eastman
said the 15-day delay will enable
correlation of his agency's program
with the Office of Price Administra
tion's nation-wide gasoline ration
ing plan for private passenger auto
mobiles, start of which has been set
up from November 22 to December
1st.
The delay also will give commer
cial vehicle operators who have not
yet submitted their applications for
certificates of war necessity, anoth
er chance to obtain a certificate be
fore mileage rationing begins.
After December 1st no commercial
motor vehicle subject to limitations
already laid down by ODT will be
permitted to operate unless it car
ries a certificate. This does not mean
an operator can wait until a few
days before December 1st to submit
his application and expect to receive
his certificate before the deadline,
officials said.
Several days are required to pro
cess the certificates and get them
back to the operators. In the event
an application is not properly filled
out or the wrong application is sub
mitted, even more time will be re
quired.
Eastman said the postponement
does not change the period in which
the tires of all commercial motor ve
hicles must be inspected?between
November 15 and January 15.
FREEZE COFFEE
That hot, steaming cup of cof
fee is about to be converted in
to a snowball, according to a
government announcement just
released. Effective Saturday
night of next week, all coffee
sales will be fro*en, prepara
tory to the institution of ration
ing the following Saturday
night. Hie orders are effective
at midnight, meaning that one
may buy coffee until Saturday
midnight of next week provid
ed, of course, he can find any
to buy.
Individual consumers will not
have to register to buy coffee
when the "freese" is lifted. They
will use Stamp No. 11 from their
sugar ration card. The stamp en
titles the holder to one pound
of coffee and that pound is to
last from November 28 to Jan
uary 3 of next year. No one un
der fifteen years of age Is entitl
ed or will get coffee rations.
Institutional users will have to
register for their allotments on
November 23, 24 and 23th, and
their applications will be ap
proved by Washington. But, in
dividual consumers do not have
to register for ooffee. They will
use Stamp No. 21 from the sugar
ration book. Wholesalers and re
tailers do not register at this
time. Those persons who never
received a sugar ration book
may get one now with so many
?tamps removed.
Department Issues
Appeal For Early
Christmas Mailing
Packages Should Start Mov
ing at Least 25 Days
Before Christmas
One of the worst Christmas mail
ing jams in the history of the coun
try is in the offing, and urgent ap
peals are being made by the Post
Office Department, urging postal pa
trons to start their packages moving
at least twenty-five days before
Christmas. Heretofore, a large por
tion of the holiday mail and pack
ages was handled in the five days
just before Christmas. It is an estab
lished fact that mail, including greet
ing cards and packages, will not
reach its destination in time for de
livery before Christmas.
Reliable sources state that noth- ]
ing, not even the mails, will be al
lowed to interrupt military move
ments, meaning that facilities cannot
be made available in sufficient vol
ume to handle the big Christmas
mailing rush.
No concerted drive against the
practice has been announced, but
individuals can help relieve the
pressure on the postal service and
at the same time save money for
war stamps by mailing no Christ
mas cards to their next-door neigh
bors or other friends seen on the
streets from day to day.
"Hie appeal from the Post Office
Department just released, reads:
(Continued on page six)
Officers To Meet
In Rocky Mount
A conference for law enforcement
officers in this and several other
eastern North Carolina counties will
be held in the Ricks Hotel, Rocky
Mounty, next Wednesday, November
18th, it was announced today by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. All
law enforcement officers, including
auxiliary police, in this and several
other counties are expected and urg
ed to attend the conference which is
being held under the auspices of the
FBI.
Ed Scheidt, agent in charge of the
Charlotte office of the FBI, will pre
side at the meeting. The program
will include confidential motion pic
tures on the war never shown be
fore; confidential slides showing de
vices used in sabotage, and an an
alysis of German propaganda.
The conference opens promptly at
10:SO that morning and closes at 1
p. m
Germans Flee Ahead
Of American Forces
In Northern Africa
Darlan and Other* Are Trying
To Form Pro-Ally French
Government
Following a sweeping move into
French North Africa last week-end
Pinion A1"01?' includ,n? possibly
150,000 Americans, are being left be
hind as the enemy takes to the air
to clear out of their last stronghold
and surrender all that vast territory
ahead of a concentrated drive now
moving into Tunisia The African
campaign now can be rated even
more successful than Allied leaders
had even hoped it would be. The Al
lies first gained air control and as
ami lorea started moving across
the Tunisian border, the Germans
took to air transports and gliders and
started moving out. presumably
north to the continent Several of !
the transports were shot down, and
it is fairly apparent that the big
fight in that part of Africa is ended
for the present, at least. Rommel, to
the south, is still leading the British
Btn Army in a record chase The
German general's forces have not
yet been able to make a stand, and
if he keeps running he is going to
crash head on into the Allies sweep
ing down from the north. Berlin to
day urged the desert fox to make a
stand, but there is some doubt if the
message overtook him. He has al
ready gone quite a distance, leaving
Bardia and Tobruk beind for the
British.
The German action is not quite
clear. Just a few days ago air-borne
troops were moved into Tunisia An
parently they were sent there to
tear up military installations, and
their job done they are moving back
to the continent. Hitler is said to be
working feverishly in an effort to
fortify himself in Greece
General Smuts, of South Africa
Wi"JUOite'i "1 ?ayin* tod"y 'hat the
wai^PTuld ITiHypected to end in 1944
if the Allies continued their offen
sive. With Africa well in hand now,
a new phase of the war is believed
near at hand Will the Allies invade
Italy, France or turn toward Crete
and then continue into Greece? One
guess is as good as another, but it
is likely that other developments
will be awaited before anything sim
ilar to the African feat will be or
^attempted. The possibility
that Hitler will now go into Spain
and Portugal has been mentioned
Admiral Darlan is conferring with
leaders in Algiers today in an effort
to form a pro-Ally French govern
ment in North Africa to discredit
Vichy and to plead with the French
fleet to join the Allies. Last reports
(Continued on pagTTix)
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Farm Group Sets
Canning Records
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Under the direction of Mrs. Eme
lyne Evans Griffin, Farm Security
Administration families in Martin
County established an all-time can
ning record during the season just
ended. Gathering up surplus fruits
and vegetables and reaching into the
.i?r"i AtaJ?les tor an mimal or two,
the 143 Farm Security families can
ned a total of 55,200 quarts of foods
giving each family 38? quarts of
food or each person in the group 84
quaru. Last year, the Farm Secur
ity group canned 54 quarts of food
per person.
Included in the food canned this
season were twelve calves the farm
?urid home supervisors stating that
the families are making plans now
year ? in* "le'r meat canning next
Mrs. William Rogerson led the en
tire group with 795 cans and Mrs. V.
U Bunting was second with 875 cans
uL S? preserved and stored for
"ae this coming winter. Other rec
ords were established as follows
T?. T/V., Ayers, 575 cans and
Arthur Modlin, 585 cans.
,.,S?!0re1 of the Farm Se
^ntatration. also made
splendid racords, as follows: Either
Taylor, 852 cans; Virginia Williams
Tfvl^aiv, M,ry WiU1< ?nd Alice
Juti.?00 c?n? each; Rowena Rid
IS H"Ule Cherry' "0
CMn*' ??1 Annie Lee, 583 cans
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
America?s
Freedom
THE 48TH WEEK OF THE WAR
"A powerful American force
equipped with adequate weapons of
modern warfare and under Ameri
can command, is today landing on j
the Mediterranean and Atlantic
Coasts of the French Colonies in
Africa," President Roosevelt said in
a statement issued by the White
House late November 7th. This ac
tion "provides an effective second
front assistance to our heroic allies
in Russia."
The U. S. force split into three
parts and struck at Algiers, near Or
an on the Mediterranean Coast of
Algeria, and on the Atlantic Coast
North and South of Casablanca. The
War Department stated that the of
fensive was advancing rapidly ev
erywhere along 1.600 miles of coast
against light French resistance. Al
giers capitulated within 24 hours
The Vichy Government broke off
diplomatic relations but Secretary of
State Hull said the main purpose of]
the Vichy policy of our Government ]
during the past two years was sim
ply to pave the way for the military j
drive into the Wetsern Mediterran-1
ean.
"The landing of this American j
Army is being assisted by the Brit
ish Navy and air forces and it will,
in the immediate future, be rein
forced by a considerable number of
divisions of the British army," the
President stated. "This combined al
lied force ... in conjunction with the
British campaign in Egypt is design
ed to prevent an occupation by the
Axis of any part of Northern or
Western Africa, and to deny the ag
gressor nations a starting point from
which to launch an attack against the
Atlantic Coast of the Americas."
Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's
headquarters in Cairo reported No
vember 7th that American fliers shot
down 45 enemy planes against a loss
of x6 of their own in the Middle East
from October 1 to November 5th. In
addition, the announcement said, the
U. S. fliers have seriously damaged
an uncalculated number of tons of
enemy shipping and knocked out a
number of tanks and other motor
vehicles. i
"The French Government and the I
French people have been informed
of the purpose of this expedition, ]
and have been assured that the Al
lies seek no territory and have no
intention of interfering with the
friendly French authorities in Afri
ca," the Presdent's statement said.
"This expedition will develop into
(Continued on page *lx)
Classification Of
Farm Labor Under
Selective Service
Believe Few in Thitt County
Will lluve Baltic (lluim
For Deferment
Attending a district meeting in
Washington yesterday morning,
members of the Martin County Draft
Board, including the appeal officer
and clerk, and draft board officials
from other counties heard the class
ification of agricultural workers dis
cussed by a representative of the Se
lective Service.
Deferment granted those young
men with dependents was reviewed,
and the policy in those cases will
continue unchanged. A short time
ago the draft board was advised that
experienced workers on dairy, live
stock and poultry farms were to be
deferred or placed in 2-A if single
and in 3-B if they have dependents.
Should they quit the farm or the par
ticular type of work they are subject
to immediate induction into the arm
ed forces.
At the meeting yesterday it was
explained that other farm workers
may be deferred under certain condi
tions. These conditions are that the
farm must plant half of its cultivat
ed acreage to "essential" crops such
as peanuts, cotton, soybeans, etc. "If
the local board is convinced that the
result of inducting a farm worker
engaged in the cultivation of such
an essential farm will cause the farm
to lie idle or a material portion of it
to be taken out of cultivation, defer
ment of such registrants as neces
sary men in Clsas 2-A is justified. It
is the opinion of this headquarters
that such farm workers whs can so
qualify for consideration as 'neces
sary men' in agriculture should be
deferred through the 1943 crop year.
What will finally be done with them
will depend upon the fortunes of
war, but this headquarters is of the
opinion that a farm which is 50 per
cent devoted to the production of es
sential products should not be per
mitted to close down, provided it is
recognized as more than a mere 'sub
"A farm devoted exclusively to
the production of products which are
not listed as essential, such as tobac
co, is not to be considered an essen
(Continued on page six)
Oil Peanuts Moving
To Warehouses Here
Price Average Will
Range Around 3 1-2
Cents Plus Premium
Weaker Tone Noted in Open
Murket During the Paul
Few Days
After much fuming, fussing and
oven a bit of cursing, farmers have
started delivering oil peanuts to
government storage houses in the
county, and increased activity is pre
dicted on that front during the com
ing weeks; Arrangements for open
ing the receiving stations at the Far
mers and New Carolina Warehouses
here were completed Wednesday
when a representative of the Grow
ers Peanut Cooperative delivered
forms, price schedules grading ma
terials. Up until late yesterday ap
proximately 300 hags of the Oil
stock had been delivered and sold,
one report stating that approximate
ly 2,000 bags were in the houses and
ready for the graders.
The first sale was made hy Mrs
C. C Fleming of Jamesville. Produc
ing what is commonly known in this
section as a regular oil peanut or one
of the Spanish runner type, Mrs.
Fleming received four cents a pound,
plus a premium of 10 cents per hun
dred pounds. The average price will
range right around three and one
half cents for the type of peanut
generally grown in this section How
ever, quite a few farmers planted the
sperial oil type and where the qual
ity is from good to fair and the dam
aged do not exceed two per cent,
they can expect four cents or more
plus the 10 cents per hundred pounds.
The following price schedule has
been announced:
Oil Content
Ton
Ton
78 and above
$87.00
$77.00
73 to 77
83 00
73.00
68 to 72
7800
70.00
63 to 67
72.00
64 00
58 to 62
64.00
56.00
53 to 57
56 00
50.00
48 to 52
50.00
44.00
The above prices carry a
premium
t'v ? ouuun u piuiiun it
gardless of grade or type. All pea
nuts grading below 47 per cent meat
content are not deliverable to gov
ernment storage houses.
To get the maximum price of
$77.00 per ton for the Virginia type,
the farmer must have a crop that
will grade 45 per cent jumbos out
of which 34 per cent must be hand
picks, and grade 65 per cent or more
meat and not have over two per cent
damage^ stock. The ?-A grade calls
for peanuts of 05 per cent meat con
tent and 35 per cent jumbos with 21
per cent handpicks and not over tv o
per cent damage. The 3-A grade must
have 65 per cent meat content and
not more than two per cent damag
ed stock. The 3-B grade must have
a meat content of at least 60 per
cent, and the C grade must have a
meat content of not less than 55 per
cent. These grades carry the follow
ing prices for the Virginia Type, plus
the 10-cent premium: I-A, $3 65 per
hundred; 2-A, $3.65; 3-A and possi
bly the most common grade for this
section, $3.50; 3-B, $3.20; 3-C, $2.80.
Very few sales will fall below this
figure.
It is estimated that about ten per
cent of the crop produced in the
county this year will be diverted to
the oil mills, meaning that about
36,000 bags will be sold at oil prices,
minus those peanuts saved for seed
Some farmers planted no oil pea
nuts at all, while a goodly number
planted in excess of the estimated
10 per cent average for the county
No accurate estimate can be had,
but in many individual cases the far
(Continued on page six)
Second Award Goes
To Salvage Dealer
For the second time in two months
the Williamston Parts and Metal
Company has earned the govern
ment's special merit award for hold
ing a ranking position in the ship
ment of scrap iron and salvage ma
terial into war channels. In Septem
ber the company moved 232 tons of
material from its yards here, and
last month shipments totaled 254
tons, setting a new record.
Coming close behind the collec
tions effected by the schools
throughout the county ? short time
ago, another scrap drive is being
urged by the War Production Board.
Salvage Chairman V. J. Spivey is
going before a special meeting of
the Martin County Farm Bureau in
the agricultural building this eve
ning and will urge the organization
leaders ,to make a new survey of
available scrap iron. The need for
more scrap iron is mounting day by
day, and when the drive for scrap
is completed, it is quite possible that
marginal machines and equipment.
It has been suggested that those ma
chines now idle will be ordered into
the fight even though they are still
serviceable.
REGISTRATIONS
The registration of kerosene
and fuel oil dealers was virtual
ly completed in this county this
week when nearly 300 business
firms signed up at the rationing
board office. Completing trat
task, the rationing authorities
with the aid of the principals and
teachers are handling the regis
tration of those persons using
kerosene or fuel oil for cooking,
lighting and operating farm ma
chinery. The first of the individ
ual consumer registrations were
handled in all the white and col
ored schools in the county yes
terday afternoon. The registra
tions will continue this after
noon between 3 and 6 o'clock and
tomorrow between the hours of
9 a. m. and 1 p. m.
Those persons using fuel oil
for heating their homes either
with a central heating plant or
individual stoves and who heat
water with kerosene or fuel oil
will call or write to the ration
ing board, Williamston, for the
proper application forms (Appli
cation for Fuel Oil or Kerosene
Ration for Heat and Domestic
Hot Water for Private Dwell
ings). They are to prepare the
answers and return the applica
tions to the rationing board.
Present indications point to some
mighty "airish" or down-right
cold homes in the county this
year, and it might be that fuel
oil rationing will pinch far more
than gas rationing has in the
past.
Judge Robt. Coburn
Calls Twelve C ases
In Recorders Court
Smull Cnwil Prenenl for Long
Scmhioii llchl La*t
Monday
Calling twelve cases, Judge Hub
ert L. Coburn held the county rec
order's court in session for more
than three hours clearing the docket
and entering the judgments. The
crowd present for the proceedings,
while larger than usual was quite
small, the number of white specta
tors dwindling to less than half a
dozen before the session was ad
journed.
Judge Coburn is holding his last
session next Monday. Appointed to ;
fill the office made vacant by the
death of his brother, W. Hubert Co- j
burn, the judge ordinarily would
hold his last session j>n November j
30th, but a special term of the su- '
perior court offers a conflict and |
brings his term to a hurried end
Judge J. Calvin Smith assumes the
duties of the office on the first Mon
day in December.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, Ger
man A Rollins was fined $50, tax
ed with the costs and had his driver's
license revoked for one year.
Charged with trespassing on the
property of another, Stanley Ayers
pleaded not guilty. Adjudged guil
ty of simple trespass, judgment was
continued under prayer for judg
ment for two years upon the pay
ment of the case costs and with the
understanding that the defendant is
to remain off the premises of C. L.
Leggett.
Entering no plea in the case charg
ing him with assaulting another with
a deadly weapon, Herbert Purvis
was adjudged guilty and was sen
tenced to the roads for three months.
The court agreed to suspend the road
sentence on condition that he pay a
$50 fine and the case costs.
The case charging Lee Perkins
with bastardy was continued until
the first Monday in June, 1943.
In a second case, Perkins, charged
along with Emma Simmons with for
(Continued on page six)
Hold Armistice Day
Program Wednesday
While the day was not generally
observed as a holiday here Wednes
day, a goodly number of County Le
gionnaires met in the legion hut on
Watts Street here Wednesday night
for a brief but fitting program,
marking the anniversary of Armis
tice Day.
Elbert S. Peel addressed the group
and a general patriotic program was
tendered in song with Mrs W. C.
Manning at the piano.
Few local business houses closed
for the day here, and the war pro
duction machine, now said to be
turning in high gear, paused for only
two or three minutes to pay tribute
to those who fought and lost their
lives In the first World War.
Big eelebrattons ware held in var
ious places throughout the country,
but locally business continued its
steady pace, the lumber and peanut
mills holding to the tasks so import
ant to the prosecution of the war.
Thirty-Four Cases
On Civil Calendar
In November Court
Only Civil tunc* Will Bo Tried
During Two Weeks Term
Starting Nov. 23rd
Reflecting little activity on the
legal front, the calendar for the spec
ial term of the Martin County Su
perior court convening Monday, No
vember 23rd, carries possibly the
smallest number of civil cases ten
tatively scheduled for trial in this
county in a number of years. Just
recently prepared by the members
of the Martin County Bar Associa*
tion. the calendar carries only thir
ty-four cases, and most of them add
importance unto themselves merely
by "breaking" into the "big" court,
oqi *s)(ddM omi jse[ oj pa[npoqo?
court has slated trials on four days
only Thanksgiving will halt the ses
sions after the first two days in the
second week the barristers apparent
ly will call for time out to rest.
Several of the cases involve small
size accounts, and a few involve
boundary line differences. Howev
er, there are two or three that will
require much time for trial. W Hay
wood Rogers, claiming that the writ
ing and signature to his mother's
will were obtained through "undue
and improper influence," is asking
the court to set the document aside.
The case of Bunting -against Sals
bury, sent back for a new trial when
the supreme court noted that "hear
say" evidence was admitted by the
trial jurist, is scheduled for trial on
opening day. The defendant is claim
ing that he holds certain liens against
insurance made out to the plaintiff
who is suing to recover.
D. M Roberson in his case against
Chas. H Jenkins and Company is
asking the court to support his claim
to a truck.
In his case against Ethel Roger
son; A. L. Mizelle is asking the court
to set aside a deed to certain proper
ty
In their case against A. Sanford
Roberson, Jos. Wiggins and others
are claiming ownership of certain
properties.
The case involving the largest
claim is the alienation of affection
suit brought by Jas. R Griffin
against J. L. Ross. Claiming that the
defendant operated in an effort to
break up his home, Griffin is ask
ing $10,000 actual and $5,000 puni
tive damages. Answering the com
plaint, the defendant avers that the
plaintiff wrongly treated and abused
his wife, that he (the defendant*
tried to help his daughter.
Two suits grew out of an automo
bile accident on December 25th of
last year in Cross Roads Township.
Johnnie Mobley is suing Corbitt
Swain for $250 damages alleged to
have resulted to his car, and Mrs.
Ada Haislip, a passenger in the
Mobley car at the time of the acci
dent, is suing Swain for $1,000 per
sonal damages.
Jake Kuffin is suing Samuel Ruf
fin for ownership of a house and lot
in Williamston.
Mrs. Ciyey Steele Jenkins is su
ing Mrs. Allie Had ley Steele to re
cover certain amounts and definite
items of personal property allegedly
due the estate of Geo. Steele.
Howell House, suing the Martin
County Bottling Company for al
leged breach of contract, is asking
$720.
Three suits are pending against J.
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Number Of Cases
In Mayors Court
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Following a week-end of general
lawlessness, Justice John L. Hassell
held several sessions of his court this
week to clear the cases from the
docket.
Charged with simple assault, War
ren Griffin was sentenced to the
roads for thirty days, the court sus
pending the sentence upon the pay
ment of $4 50 costs and on condition
that the defendant remain away from
II L. Manning's store.
William H. Speller, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, was
fined $3.50 and taxed with the costs.
Raeford Jones was taxed with
$7 50 costs in the case charging him
with disorderly conduct.
Probable cause was not found and
If. D Griffin was released in the
case charging him with an assault
with a deadly weapon. In a second
ease against Griffin, he with Joe
Mobley was found guilty of disor
derly conduct. Both of them were
sentenced to the roads for thirty
days, the court suspending the sen
tence upon the payment of $5.50
costs each and on condition that they
I stay away from Roberson's cafe.
Clinton Davis and Francis Leggett,
charged with disorderly conduct,
I were each taxed with $7.50 costs.
Sam and W. H. Stokes, charged
with disorderly conduct, were each
taxed with $7.50 costs.
Charged with speeding, Madison
Lee Glenn was fined $5 and taxed
with the costs.
Robert Bailey, Henry Barkadale
and Ray Crawford, publicly dnink.
Porbable cause of guilt appearing
in the case charging him with lar
ceny and receiving, Dick f
bound over to the county i
der bond in the sum of $100.