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OVIR TNI TOP FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WW BONBS-STAMPS THE ENTERPRISE SR FAT »AT § WAS A >«NB BAT I 9m wm~im mum I VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 33 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 2o. 1914. ESTABLISHED 1899 Captain Writes To M. His Parents Here -FnmrThe Pacific Dr. John Williams, Jr., Tells 4v fin rmiTiwjrjffr—w Experience -* Writing to his parents, Dr and Mrs. John W. Williams, nere a few days ago, Captain John Williams, Jr., a doctor serving in the medical corps somewhere in the Pacific, tells of his first combat experience, as follows: “Well, I've seen my first combat. I hardly know how to begin to tell you about it. Let me say one thing, nothing they ever Iried to teach us was used and the horror of it is all that people have said something I never believed possible. “To begin—a few days ago part of our outfit hit an island some where in the Pacific to seize an airfield, this they did successfully a little later and on my birthday to be exact, we landed. Two hours later my squadron was sent out to seize an intersection of a ‘road' (tanks and bulldozers bogged down) if possible. We not only took it but pushed on what has been said to be the longest march ever made in the S. W. Pacific area and seized a beach. During this we did not have a great deal of opposition. Killed quite a few of the Japs, even caught some of them in bed. They ar’nt human, live like pigs in filth That night we dug in against counter at tack. When dark comes every one crawls in their hole (3 or 4 to gether). Lord help anything that moves before daylight. Our boys that night were trigger happy, and from the amount of shooting you’d have thought the whole Jap army was coming in. The devils are stupid. Just as soon as night comes you hear them start jabbering and they infiltrate your line and attempt to throw hand grenades in on you. The majority seem doped ‘cause they walk right up to our fire and we mow cm down. We counted a hundred piled up together the next morning. Goodness knows how many more there were. We lost one man. We were feeling good. The men were acting like it was play and it was up to them. That afternoon the regiment' moved up and they decided to move us across a bay to take an apparently desert ed coconut plantation. 25 men went over first, we only had two Buf faloes to carry the men and for some reason or other they did not give us much artillery support. Well, these men landed, why the Japs let them, heaven only knows, but they did. pulled back into the scrub and let the men get out—the boat left and then they opened up, snipers, machine guns and motars. The boys caunght hell but held on to an area about 50 yards square until the next 25 got over. When their boat came back they said they needed medical aid bad. I couldn’t get all my men over 'cause they needed weapons and men more so my Sgt and I went over—filled our shirts full of morphine and band ages and that’s all. We had our hands full. There were about 24 wounded, scattered all over and the snipers in the trees were giving us hell. We’d give them one half a grain of morphine in the vein and drag them back to wait for the boat. About 30 minutes later the rest of my men (9) got over with litters. In ten minutes I had two left—snipers just watched for the litters and picked them off. None was killed but all badly wounded. Suffice to say, we finally secured the beachhead and dug in, got all the wounded and left the dead until next day. Lord knows how many Japs we got in those two hours but we honestly slaughtered them. It was surprising how they could take (Continued on page six) Special Meeting To Be Held Here A special meeting of all retail and wholesale merchants in this area using motor transportation to make their deliveries will be held in the Martin County courthouse Thursday ■a.-e.eing of this week at 8 o’clock, it was announced today. The meeting is to familiarise pri vate carriers with Amendment 3B to General Order ODT 17. This order requires every motor carrier to es tablish within the teiritory served by such carrier delivery areas or delivery routes that are neither duplicating or overlapping, and such carrier shall prepare and currently maintain an appropriate map show ing the routes so established or the territorial limits of such delivery areas. No motor carrier shall perform wholesale or retail delivery service over any given route or within any given delivery area on any greater number of days in any calendar week than the maximum of whole sale or retail deliveries provided by Amendment 3B. The representatives of the Office of Defense Transportation will be in Williamsten until 2:00 p. m. on April 28, in order to interview any person that might wish to see them about any matter connected with the Office of Defense Transportation. Big Crowd Expected for Stock Show and Farm Bureau Meet . liili ■twin Thursday for the county's first in nual Farm Bureau meeting and barbecue. The stock show will be held in the Planters Warehouse be ginning that morning, ar.d the Farm Lureau meeting will get underway in the high school at s o'clock, fol lowed immediately by the barbecue in the gymnasium. A comparatively large number of exhibits are expected for the stock show, and the event is attracting much attention, not only among 4-H club members and farmers but mer chants, bankers and others also. Liberal prizes are being offered, and the auction that afternoon will be well attended. Extensive preparations are being made for the annual Farm Bureau the meal, one report stating that Andrew Griffinwill cook twenty - i the Macedonia Woman’s Missionary ! Society will cook several bushels of ! corn meal and convert numbers of cabbage into tarty slaw. Between 800 and 1,000 Farm Bureau mem bers are expected for the meeting, and those in charge declare that the food supply will be more than ade quate to handle the demand. Dean I. O. Schaub of the State Cobege Extension Service will de liver the principal address which will be timely, interesting and in formative. Other extension workers and agriculturists aiong with repre sentatives of packers are expected to attend the stock show and meet ing. The day promises to be a big one for the farmers of this section. NO MEETINGS 1 i _./ As far as it could be learned here, no precinct meetings were held by the democrats in this county last Saturday, but the faithful party leaders and some few loyal members are expect ed '.o attend the county conven tion in the courthouse on Satur day of this week at 12 o’clock, noon. All good democrats in good standing are invited to at tend the convention and help perfect a new organization, elect delegates to the State meeting and handle any other business that might be placed before the session. Asked why the convention has to be held at such an incon venient hour, Elbert Peel, chair man of the executive committee, said that the meetings had been help at that hour for the past 150 years. And that was the only reason offered. Mrs. Elzena Mobley Died Sunday Night After Long Illness ♦ ■■ Funeral Services Are lleiug ('onriurted Today For Respected Citizen Mrs. Elzena Mobley, highly re spected citizen, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J D. Mobley, in Cross Koads Township Sunday night at 11 o’clock following a lingering illness. The victim of a stroke nine years ago, she had been confined to her bed since that time. She suffer ed a second stroke last Thursday and her condition was considered critical, the end coming gradually. She was conscious until a short time before the end. The daughter of the late Outland and Emma Mobley Clark, she was born in Cross Roads Township 84 years ago and lived in that commun ity all her life. In edrly womanhood she was married to Dave Mobley who died about forty years ago. Mrs. Mobley was a member of Christian Chapel Church for thirty-seven years. She was faithful in her at tendance and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Al though she never walked a step since her first stroke nine years ago, she never complained and suffered her affliction with marked forbear ance and a remarkable patience. She is survived by two sons, Wil liam Archie Mobley of Cross Roads, and Dewey Mobley of near Rober sonville; four daughters, Mrs. J. D Mobley, Mrs. Charlie Mobley and Mrs. Robert Whitehurst, all of Cross Roads, and Mrs. Dave Manning, of Be'hel. She was the last of seven children, all oi whom experienced lingering illnesses prior to their deaths. Funeral services are being con ducted at her late home this after noon at 4 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. Dennis Warren Davis. Interment will follow in the family cemetery near the home. I Pool Room Robbed At Everetts Sunday Breaking the front door lock, thieves entered the pool room and dance hall operated by Robert Crow ell, colored, in Everetts some time during the early hours of last Sun day morning. Tearing the money drawers from the two pool tables and the nickelodian, the robbers stole between forty and fifty dol lars. No other property was damag ed. No lead in the case has been es tablished, according to late reports. -» Special Picture Is Delayed Second Time The Union Service at the Pres byterian Church Wednesday night with tne showing of the first film uf the “Life of Saint Paul” has been called off due to a second delay in the arrival of the film. Announce ment will be made later as to when it will be shown. Parents Advised Of Death of Their Son In Italy April 5th —1_*— Few Details Could Be 1.earn ed About Death of Sgt. Lea moil Shaw -■» ■ - Sgt. Leamon Edward Shaw, Bear Grass Township youth, died in Italy on April 5th, according to a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Shaw, from the War Department late last Thursday. No details about his death were reveal ed in tin' message, but it was stated that a letter would follow. It is be lieved, however, that death was at tributable to natural causes. His par ents Sunday afternoon were anxious ly awaiting details, and even ex pressed the hope that some mistake had been made. On Sunday, April IK, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw received a message stating that their son was dangerously ill in the North African area, that he was taken ill on April 2. The last message stated that he died some where in Italy three days later. In a letter to his sister, Sgt. Shaw said on March 19 tiiai his nerves were about to fail him, and then in a letter to his parents on March 29 he stated that he was getting along very well but that his nerves were still troubling him. He also stated that he was still at the front and that he would "appreciate a few days of rest. The young man volunteered for service in November, 1939, and was stationed at Fort Bragg until July 1942. Just, before he sailed for Eng land that month he made a quick trip home to tell his people good bye. Hiring a taxi in Rocky Mount, he made the trip home and was on his way back five minutes later. After a stay of several months in England he went to North Africa to participate in the invasion there. He was a member of a field artillery unit and saw action in Sicily and then in Italy. According to his let ters he had several narrow escapes, once when a big shell struck with in a few feet of him and again when bullets whizzed by all around him. While he never complained, it u, apparent that he experienced some trying times and realized the task ahead. He expressed a keen desire to visit home again, but he could see no early end to the war. Sgt. Shaw, possessed of a pleasing personality and quite friendly, at tended the Bear Grass School, and farmed up until the time he volun teered in the service of his country. He is believed to be the first Martin County youth to die of natural causes while serving his country during the present war. Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, William Kenneth Shaw, of the home, and Reims Shaw who volunteered for csrvicc-in the U. S. Navy about six months ago, eight sisters, Mrs. R. L. Terry, of Norfolk, Mrs. Thelma Manning and Mrs. Lester Bland, of Muskogee, Oklahoma; Mrs. Clarence Manning, of Robersonville; Mrs. George K. Bullock, of Stokes, and,» Misses Clara, Daisy and Florence Shaw of the home; a half-brother, Louis Arthur Shaw, of Williamston, and two half-sisters Mrs. L. M. Bullock and Mrs. J. B. Gurkin, both of Green ville. -i Local Pupils Sing At Music Festival —-«— Glee club members of the Wil liamston High School participated in the music festival held in Greenville last Friday evening under the au spices of the Music Department of the Eastern Carolina Teachers Col lege. Schools appearing on the pro gram by invitation were Rocky Mount, Kinston, New Bern, Green ville and Williamston. W P. Twaddell, Director of Music in the Durham City Schools, made a critical analysis cf the performanc es of the various schools, and di rected the combined festival chorus in its stage appearance Williamston students under the direction of Kathryn Mewborn sang for twenty minutes to open the 'evening program of the festival. TOWN - FARM IN WARTIME (A W etkly news digest from m ms hISr jf 11 Combined Food Board Reports Thanks to the food supplies the United Kingdom has received from the United States and Canada, the diet available to her people is now barely adequate, although Ameri cans and Canadians fare somewhat better, according to the report issued Monday of this week by the Com bined Food Board of these tnroei countries. While the pre-war diets of the three countries were similar, the United Kingdom has been compell ed during wartime to turn more to grains and vegetables for her pro tein and fats, while the United States and Canada have fared better than tilt' United Kingdom in animal fats and fruits. The Combined Food Board, set up in 1942 to achieve maximum utilization of the food re sources of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, includes a member from each of these three countries. The report just issued is the most complete comparison yet made of civilian food supplies in these countries. Tires for Small Trucks Small trucks delivering essential foods, laundry, drugs and medicinal supplies and dry-cleaning apparel, and trucks operated by medical or dental laboratories will be able to obtain new truck tires of eight or less ply and all sizes of new passeng er tires, OPA announced. Delivery trucks for beverages, ice cream, re tail stores, confections and tobacco products, heretofore ineligible for any tires, will now be able to get used passenger tires, used truck tires smaller than 7.50-20 and obsolete sizes of new passenger tires. Counterfeit-Stolen Gas Coupons More than 90 per cent of Ameri can motorists have endorsed their gasoline coupons, OPA said in re porting the progress made in stamp ing out counterfeit and stolen gas coupons. Since January 1st, 920 coun terfeiters, peddlers and persons who had robbed local boards were ar rested, and 6! 1 motorists who bought gasoline illegally lost their rations. Also 20,061 filling stations had to turn- m valid coupons to make good the illegal sale pf more than four million gallons of gasoline, and 1, 140 other stations were denied the right to buy or sell gasoline for per iods varying up to the duration of the war. To Train Men for Sea Duty Men 26 years of age and over are needed especially during the next 10 weeks to be trained for service aboard merchant vessels, the War Shipping Administration announc ed. Physically fit, honorably dis charged veterans and men classified 4-F or 1-C, 17 1-2 years of age and over, will be accepted for training. Men with previous sea experience may apply for refresher courses, up grade training or officer-candidate courses. Applicants may register at Maritime Service enrolling offices in major cities, or inquire directly of the U. S. Maritime Service, War Shipping Administraton, Washing ton, 25, D. C. Round-up Wl*B says: Many electrical and mechanical repair shops are not taking advantage of a WPB regula tion to aid them in obtaining parts and materials for domestic appli anees such as refrigerators, wash ing machines, radios, clocks, sew ing machines, stoves, bicycles, lawn mowers and plumbing ... At pres ent, there is no visible possibility of resumption of passenger car produc tion until after the victory over ei ther Germany or Japan . . • Be cause of the limited supply of house hold “fly” spray guns, housewives should take extraordinary care of the ones they now have. OPA says: Even though lard, shortening and salad and cooking oils have been made point free, re tail meat, dealers will still pay two red points and four cents per pound for all used kitchen fats turned in . . , Service men on furloughs will receive sugar rations in units of one pound of sugar for each 36 meals (Continuity,j^nage six) Shoots Self In llaiul While Cleaning Hun Pfc. Wallace J. Hague, a member of the guard complement at the lo cal prisoner of war camp, was pain fully but not seriously hurt at the camp last Saturday morning when he accidentally shot himself in the left hand while cleaning his gun. He was removed to an Army hos pital at Camp Butner and is under stood to be getting along very well. LITTLE ROUND-UP Local and county officers, working on the crime front, had a little round-up last week end. Only one person was ar rested and jailed during the period. A young white man im bibed a bit too freely of the i spirits and fell into the hands of the law'. Fewer arrests have been re ported so far in the month of April than in any correspond ing periods for months. j Find Over $20,000 in Cash in \ Drunken Driver's A uto Here was selling high in Carolina, James man. threw a canvas bag of cash I money into his 1941 Chevrolet and left Norfolk yesterday morning to bid on the Brovin tract of land in Hamilton Township. Taking the ad vantage of a day off from a flour ishing beer garden and dance hall business at 62f» Landing Street, Nor folk, James imbibed too freely of the spirits and attracted the attention of officers. During the meantime, the I land was sold for $9,000 at a sale in I front of the courthouse,, and James! raised the bid. A short time later he was arrested by Deputy Bill Hai slip and formally charged with drunken driving. A systematic search of the car was made by Patrolman W. E. Saunders and he found the cash in the old canvas bag. The officer batted his ryes m.-\ oral times when ne saw [wads of greenbacks and Sheriff " ” 1. ... c. : investigation. No formal charges j were brought against the man, but I the officers agreed that a man who would haul $20,231 in cash around in his car was a fit subject for in vestigation. Tlie FBI was contacted and it was soon learned that James and liis brother did a $75,000 busi ness in Norfolk last year, that they paid about $3,000 income tax, that he man came to Carolina t© invest some of the partnership money. James was placed under bond in the ;;um of $100 for his appearance in the county court here next Mon day-«lum~ he Is to face trial for drunken driving. Shortly before noon today he was released. He with drew his cash money from the bank where it bad been deposited yester day, loaded it in his car and started the return trip to Norfolk. Developments Point To Explosive Action! On Invasion Fronts -» Allies Strike Oaring Blow Al Japs in Northern New Guinea Saturday —«► Recent developments on the diplo matic and war fronts are believed by many observers to be pointing to ex plosive action on the invasion fronts, some going so far as to say that the air attacks can be well recognized as the first phase of the invasion of Hitler's European fortress from the west. These developments apparently pointing to startling action, center in air attacks directed against the in vasion coast, the order limiting hun dreds of miles of British coast line to military action, the cancellation of passports and diplomatic privileges ordinarily enjoyed by neutrals, and more recently a complete ban upon travel from Britain to points abroad. In addition to these developments of ficially announced, the- Germans are saying that the Allies are gathering a great fleet around Britain. Thus, while Allied planes kept up an incessant pre-invasion bombard ment and while Axis radio broad casts indicated a hardening German belief that 1) Day will come by this week-end, Britain all but erected an impenetrable wall around itself to prevent the leakage of information on Allied preparations to open tire western front. It was indicated that those who want to go to Britain, by the limit ed travel means remaining, may land. But only those who can show that their business is of the most urgent importance to the Allied war effort will be permitted to leave. German spy raiders started yes terday to make frequent appear ances over the southern and western coasts of England, seeking informa tion on the concentration of Allied troops, ships and landing craft which Get man broadcasts have re ported massing. Starting before dawn the German planes darted back and forth, drop ping flares. Air raids are being maintained over the invasion coast and on German targets by ever-increasing numbers of Allied planes. The Brit ish dealt heavy blows against the enemy last night, but the RAF lost thirty planes. Yesterday, American planes blasted Friedrichshafen and bagged 103 German planes. The Americans are back over Germany today m numbers. In Italy the Allies made some gains last week-end when they launched then Heaviest attack in a month in the Anzto beachhead. Led by tanks they smashed a wedge in to the German lines south of Cis lerna and attained their “limited” objectives. For the most part, action on the Russian front is still centered around Sevastopol where the Russian Air Force is playing a big part in the final phase of the siege oftha^reat Black Sea tbase. There ‘ action at scattered points along th. j 2,000-mile front, but the lull is be r lieved to tic the quiet before a mad I (Continued on page six) To Show "Battle Of Russia” In Hamilton —•— “The Battle of Russia,” an unusual picture showing the happenings on the Russian fronts and the valiant fight the Russians have carried on since June, 1941, will be shown in the Hamilton School auditorium Thursday evening of this week at 8 o’clock, it was announced by S. Sgt. C, G. Lehner of the Norfolk Fighter Wing No admission fee will be charged and the public in the Hamilton area is cordially invited to see it. The picture was made principally for military use and study, but by special, arrangement Sgt. Lehner is bringing the picture to this county at the invitation of Mr. LeRoy Everett, cnief observer of the Hamilton Observation Post. f--— BLUK MOLD —_ Blue mold, another one of “them things" that plagues the tobacco grower, is spreading rapidly in this county, accord ing to reports received here yes terday and today. In some areas, the mold is parching up the plants, leaving only the bud in many instances. Plants have been growing rapidly during recent days and quite a few farmers were plan ning to start transplanting the latter part of this week, but the blue mold Is almost certain to upset the time table, and little transplanting is likely before the early part of May. Believe Joe Warren Drowned In River Near Here Sunday -*— Local Man lias Not llccn Seen Sine** He Went To His Fishing Maehines --® Joe Warren, local man, disappear ed on Roanoke River late last Sun day afternoon and it is believed that he drowned at “Frying Pan” about five miles up the river that evening or night Extensive searches have been made but no trace of him or his body has been found. His boat was found shortly before midnight lodged in a fallen tree top. His rifle was there and the motor had not been troubled. The pull-lope to th<^ motor was missing and some believe he possibly lost his balance while trying to start the motor, fell out of the boat and drowned. It was also suggested that since he was sub ject to heart attacks he could have been stricken and toll out of the boat. He was last seen about five o’clock on the river. He told friends at that time that some one had been stealing fish from his machine and that he planned to watch for the thieves. His friends suggested that lie return home with them, but he decided to stay with his machines. That night when he failed to re turn, parties started a search and found his boat but found no trace ot the man. Mr. Warren was born in Pitt coun ty 57 years ago. He spent his early life on the farm and entered the service on September 20, 1917. He served overseas from May 12, 1819 until April 11, 1919, and was wound ed or shell shocked in the battle for the Albert Canal on September 29, 1918. He spent some time in the hos pital overseas and had been a pa tient hi government h osp 11 a I Tintn i s country for fairly long periods. Prior to his entry into the war, he was married to Miss Charity Daven port of Pitt County. One son, David Warren, of Newport News survives (Continued on page six) -- - Staff Sergeant John D. Bland was slightly wounded in action on the Italian front March 24, his mother, Mis. J. T. Bland, was notified here yesterday by the War Department. No details were given, blit it is be lieved the young man is getting along all right. Sgt. Bland and his brother, Sgt. Roy H. Bland, volunteered for serv ice seven years ago. The one wound ed last month went overseas last December. Roy has been in the thick of the fight for fifteen months, tak ing part in the campaigns in Africa, Sicily and Italy. He is getting along all right. Firemen Culled Out Fust Friday Afternoon Very little damage v. at done when fire broke out in the office of the |R. L. Ward Coal and Wood Yard |on Pearl Street here last Friday atternoon. Firemen soon had the fire out. largr Number Tires Allotted In ( nun ■MMPKMli mm Tiros Rationed at Vleet itiK Last Friday Holding their regular weekly meeting last Friday evening, mem bers of the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board and the panels issued 110 tires. The number was the largest released by the officials in months. Seventy-six were grade Is, thirteen were Grade Ill’s, and twen ty-one were for trucks. Grade F tires and tubes were is sued to the following: Sgt. Wm C. Haislip, Brookley Field, Ala., one tube. Reuben A. Edmondson, Hamilton, two tires. M. L. Peel, Williamston, one tire and one tube. Dr Jas. S. Rhodes, Williamston, one tire. Dr. R G Hicks, Robersonville, two tires and two tubes. E. R Turner, Palmyra, one tire. J Howard Taylor, Williamston, two tires and two tubes. N. W Johnson, Oak City, one tire. tV S. White, RFD 3, Williamston, one tire. Hubert Roberson, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. Elbert McGowan, RF'D 2, Rober sonville, one tire. L. H. Matthews, Parmele, one tiro and one tube. Joseph Modlin, RFD 3, Williams ton, one tire and one tube. J. L. Whitfield, Robersonville, one lire and one tube. Hyman Clark, RFD 3, Williamston, one tire and one tube. J. El. Parrisher, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. Joe T Bullock, Robersonville, one tire. Mrs. Alice B. Tyson, Hobgood, one tire and two tubes. Charlie Ward, HE’D 2, Roberson ville, one tire. W J. Johnson, Oak City, one tire and one tube. Dennis Holliday, Oak City, one tire. Grover Knox, Hassell, one tire. Bill McNeal, Hassell, one tire. W. C. Ange, Jamesville, one tire. Fula M. Coburn, Jamesville, one tire and one tube. Leslie Simpson, Robersonville, one tire. Joseph Coburn, RED 2, Rober sonville, one tire and one tube. Whit Moore, RFD 3, Williamston, one tire and one tube. Willis Williams, RED 3, William ston, one tire and one tube. Ben Harrell, Palmyra, one tire and one tube. Johnnie T. Moore, Palmyra, one tire and one tube. Mrs. W T Thomas, Hamilton, one tire. Kenneth H. Roberson, RED 1, Rob ersonville, one tire and one tube. Henry Pitt, Oak City, one tire and one tube. John Robert Jones, RFD 3, Wil liamston, one tire. Jasper Jones, RED 1, Williamston, one tire and one tube. Claude Keel, Robersonville, one tile and one tube. John Eldwin Manning, Jamesville, one tire. A T. Whitley, RFD 1, Williams ton, one tire and one tube. W A. Burnett, RED 1, Palmyra, one tin' and one tube. William R. James, HE'D 1, James ville, one tire and one tube. J. A. Roebuck, RFD 1, Oak City, one tire and one tube. Mrs. W. R. L. Purvis, Bethel, one tire. C. M Edmondson, RFD 3, Wil liamston, one tire and one tube. P. C. Edmondson, Hassell, one tire, W. T Hyman, Robersonville, two tires and two tubes. Charlie Warren, Hobgood, one Um ..s ww' m - II E Darnel, Jamesville, one tire (Continued on page six) -9 No Cases Cleared In Superior Court —•— mg ; '}■* SiivfK...m- yesterday morning, the special term of Mar tin County Superior Court up until noon today had not cleared its first case from the calendar. It was un officially learned that one or two cases had been settled by agreement, but no judgments have yet been en tered. The court is planning to hear the several damage suits brought by landownr ; in the upper part of the county trains: the Coast Line Rail road Company, the plaintiffs alleg ing that the defendant’s agents fired and damaged their timberlands. The court worked all day yester day hearing evidence in the $1,500 damage suit brought by Critcher Brothers against J. S. Whitley as a result of a truck wreck near Wil liamoton about a year ago. The lawyers argued the issue before the jury until after 11 o’clock this morn ing and Judge R. D. Dixon, presid ing, was making ready to charge the jury just before noon. The fust week of the scheduled two weeks term of the court was called off last week and it is now fairly apparent that the tribunal will fold its tent late this afternoon or tomorrow for the term.