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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 77
W’illiamston, Marlin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 29, 1944.
ESTABLISHED 1899
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Guard Rail- Killing
Or Drowning Man
Matthew Bond, 30-year-old Bertie
. County colored man and employee
of the Standard Fertilizer Company
here, lost his life shortly before 8
o’clock yesterday morning when the
truck in which he was riding went
out of control, tore through the
guard rail just off the northeastern
end of the Roanoke River bridge and
plunged down the embankment in
to several feet of water. The wreck
victim is believed to have been badly
hurt, possibly fatally before the
truck came to a stop, but it is thought
that death resulted from drowning.
F'ew coherent details of the acci
dent could be had immediately, but
it was apparent that speed and reck
less driving figured prominently in
the accident that cost Bond his life
and injured several others, none ser
iously.
First repoits stated that Frank
Crew, driving a 1940 Dodge stake
body truck belonging to the Standard
Fertilizer Company, and Roland Out
law, driving a 1940 Ford stake body
truck belonging to the Williamston
Package Manufacturing Company,
were racing as they approached the
river bridge. It was intimated that
Outlaw was ahead and that Crew
started to pass him and los* control
of the machine. One report intimat
ed that Outlaw, driving the slow
er truck, pulled to his left apparent
ly trying to block Crew. While the
reports varied, it was reliably
claimed that the Dodge truck travel
ed on the shoulder for quite a dis
tance and then tore into and ripped
up the guard rail anchor on the left
side of the road. It then swerved to
the right, tore through or jumped
the guard rail and plunged down
the embankment into the water com
ing to a stop with its wheels in the
air and its engine nearest the high
way. Bond, riding in the cab, was
trapped under wreckage, but Crew
and Harvey Lewis Outlaw managed
to get out of the cab and swim to
safety. Both were stunned a bit but
their injuries were slight. Fred Coop
er, riding in the truck, apparently
was not hurt, but Wilbert Outlaw,
another passenger, -was skinned and
painfully bruised in a number of
places. He was thrown out of the
truck before it made the fatal plunge
one report declaring that he skid
ded and rolled thirty or forty feet
down the highway.
Outlaw either lost control of the
Ford or was forced into the guard
rail en his right. After striking the
guard rail, the truck swerved to
the right ,ran up on the concrete
bridge and tore down two posts and
knocked out several rails barely stop- (
ping in time to keep from plunging
into the flood waters below. James
Outlaw., John Mooring, Heber Baker,
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Funeral Yesterday
For Jimmy Hoard,
Victim of Accident
Twelve-Year-Old Youth Was
Fatally Hurt Monday
Afternoon
Funeral services were conducted
at the Holly Springs Methodist
Church yesterday afternoon at five
o’clock for Jimmy Jackson Hoard,
twelve-year-old boy, who was fa
tally injured in an automobile-bi
cycle accident on U. S. Highway 64,
a few miles from Williamston. Rev.
B. T. Hurley, pastor of the church,
conducted the last rites, and inter
ment followed in the family plot
in Woodlawn Cemetery here.
The son of Mr. Andrew and Mrs.
Laura Williams Hoard, he was born
ir> WillvsTps Township on |
1932. A bright little fellow, he was
in the seventh grade in the ocai
school, and had never missed a day.
Besides his parents he is survived
by a brother, Clayton Hoard, of the
home; two sisters, Mrs. Samuel
Clark of Everetts, and Mrs. William
Gurkin of Eglin Field, Fla.; a half
sister, Mrs. Lloyd Lane of New
Bern, and two half-brothers, Ray
mond Williams of this county, and
Cpl. Howard Williams who is with
the armed forces somewhere in
France.
Returning home from school last
Monday, the little fellow was riding
his bicyde in the diiection of James
ville on a mission for his mother. He
was riding on the right side of the
road and was meeting a car and
trailer driven by Ralph Davenport,
young Dardens man. Just as he met
the car and for some unknown rea
son he turned sharply to the left
and struck the side of the machine.
He suffered a skull fracture and his
left hip was broken and part of the
left leg was cut away. He was re
moved by Mr. Davenport to the lo
cal hospital where everything hu
manly possible wns done for him. He
died at 2 o’clock Wednesday after
noon without regaining conscious
ness.
! jfc'v Scoiits Will Coliect Pn hex.
And Old Clothing Tomorrow
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!_Answering urgent calls
relief of
humanity in many war-torn coun
tries and for paper to relieve the
acute shortage, Williamston Boy
| Scouts, including those in both troops
and the cubs, and scheduled to make
a town-wide canvass here tomorrow'
morning. Citizens are earnestly ask
ed to cooperate with the lads and
help make the canvass a great suc
cess.
The boys will meet at the town
hall around 10 o’clock and start the
drive immediately. It is planned to
carry the drive into every nook and
corner, but should the boys overlook
anyone who has old clothing or waste
paper to spare, they will appreciate
a call either to Gilbert Woolard or
Mr. Wheeler Martin. Anyone wish
ing to contribute extra large bun
TnTa
material will lx1 picked up directly
Townspeople can materially aid
the youths in the canvass by tieing
iheir old papers in bundles 12 inches
high and having the old clothes
ready for them.
No direct report could be had from
the drive sponsored by the local min
isterial group today for old clothing,
but the response to the call has not
measured up to expectations. Brief
ly stated, the Scouts are coming to
the rescue of the ministers, and they
plan and hope to make the canvass
a most successful one. The need for
old clothing, most any kind that is
serviceable except shoes, hats and
silks, is stressed in increasing and
urgent calls coming front a number
of countries as winter approaches to
find millions improperly clad.
Sales of Legal Liquor
Hold To High Figure
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Cpl. James Willis Griffin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Griffin of
Dardens, was wounded in the
eye over in France a few weeks
ago. The young man expressed
the hope that he would be able
to return to active duty and help
finish the job.
Double Funeral For
^reek Victims Held
rhursday Afternoon
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Srolher in Government Hos
pital at Atlanta Unable To
Make Trip Home
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Double funeral services were con
lueted yesterday afternoon at 3:30
I’clock at the home on the Washing
on Highway for Mary Alice and
dinnie Pearl Mendenhall, the two
'oung daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S.
Valter Mendenhall who were run
lown and murdered near their home
)y a drunken automobile driver
sarly last Tuesday night. One of the
argest crowds ever to attend a
uneral in this county, gathered at
he home to pay tribute to the mem
>ries of the two young sisters, the
:ars lining up almost half a mile on
;ach side of the road. Rev. Dennis
Varren Davis, assisted by Rev. Guy
launders and Rev. W. B. Harrington,
:onducted the last rites and inter
nent followed in the little cemetery
icross the road from the home. The
nother, still suffering from injuries
md shock and overcome by grief,
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L V. Ange Seriously
bounded In France
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Levin V. Ange, son of Mr. and Mrs.
^evin Ange of Jamesville Township,
was seriously wounded in France on
September 10, according to a War
Department message received by the
'amily this week. No details could
3e had immediately.
The young man was the 36th from
;his county to have been reported
wounded in all the theaters of the
war and the fourteenth in France to
late.
He has a brother, Mack Ange, serv
ng in France, and it was reported
;hat the two had planned to meet on
)r about the time L. V. was wound
;d. Another brother, John B. (Pete)
\nge is a tail gunner on a big bomb
er flying somewhere in the Pacific
;heater, and a third brother, Justus,
entered the service yesterday at
Washington City.
Before L.. V. was forced out of
service lie gave a splendid account
if himself, an indirect report receiv
ed just before he was wounded stat
,ng that he and another soldier had
:aptured nine Germans.
Total of $1,690,581.80
Is Spent For Liquor
Since Stores Opened
Second Quarter Sales Second
Largest For Period
On Record
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wnue cropping 3>3,u;s;s./u below me
gross income reported for the sec
ond quarter in 1942, legal liquor sales
in the four Martin County stores for
last April, May and June wore the
second largest reported for any sec
ond quarter since the stores were
opened in July, 1935. according to a
review of the last audit just releas
ed by the Mai tin County Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board. Compared
with the second quarter sales in
1943, the gross income for the cor
responding period this year was $27,
481 greater, and nearly three times
more than the total for the peiiod
just prior to the war. Only in five
quarters during nine years the stores
have been open have liquor sales
exceeded those reported for April,
May and June of this year.
Despite war and repeated appeals
for greater savings investments and
support of the war effort, the liquor
business still holds a formidable
place in the commercial life of tiie
county, the last audit showing that
total sales since the opening of the
stores have climbed to nearly one
and three-quarter millions of dol
lars. Add to the amount money spent
for beers and wines and illicit li
quors and the beverage bill for the
past nine years will, it is believed,
approximate three million or more
dollars.
Of the $81,098 50 spent for legal
liquor in the county last April, May
and June, $59,862.72 was turned ov
er to the manufacturers.
Sales reported by each of the fuur
stores are compared for the second
quarters in 1943 and 1944 as fol
lows:
1943 1944
Williamston $45,428.05 $43,316 95
Robersonville 21,434.80 19,483.65
Oak City 9,694.40 9,215.60
Jamesville 10,453.95 9,082.30
$87,011.20 $81,098.50
Profits, dropping from $19,572 81
a year ago to $17,975.35 last quarter,
are compared for the same periods
under review, as follows:
1943
Williamston $10,566.34
Robersonville 4,671.33
Oak Citv 2,013.89
Jamesville 2,321.25
1944
$10,173.04
4,153.11
1,570.98
2,078.22
$19,572.81 $17,975.35
Profits from the soggy pie were
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State of North Carolina, $5,213.83;
Martin County, $9,188.31; Town of
Williamston, $1,338.19; Town of Rob
ersonville, $524.05; Town of Oak
City, $168.29; and Jamesville, $278.38.
In addition to the above distribution
$1,276.15 was set aside last quarter
(Continued on page six)
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FALLING
After reaching a crest right at
12 feet here last Wednesday at
11:15 o’clock, the old Roanoke
started falling slowly but even
today the stream is well over its
hanks and likely will be several
days reaching a normal level.
The river fell short of the pre
dicted high water mark by eight
or ten inches. It is believed that
the extra bridges placed in the
river fill made it possible for
the flood waters to move fast
er.
No great damage was dene by
(he Hood waters in this immed
iate area, but a few logs were
seen moving down the stream
and logging operations were in
terrupted in the low grounds.
ALES '
While the rush is still on, tue
congestion on the local tobacco
market Is easing a bit, ware
some effect,
but that farmers in many cases
just decided to wait until the
rush subsides before marketing
more of their tobacco.
It is now believed possible for
farmers to place their tobacco
on sale one day and sell it two
or three dayls later. Earlier this
week, the warehouses were
crowded with new tobacco be
fore much of the old was clear
ed from the floors. Some deliver
ies were moving in today behind
the first sale yesterday, but the
rush was not as bad as it W'as
earlier in the week.
The market to date has sold
4,408,748 pounds for *1.860,272.95
or an average of .'542.20. Prices
for the better grades appear to
be some stronger and will, it is
believed, show added strength
next week. The inferior grades
are not quite as strong as they
were earlier in the season.
Few Reporting To
The Bandage Room
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Attendance upon the surgical
dressings project at the Kori Cross
bandage room is dwindling and hit
a low point last evening when only
two adults reported. Several Boy
Scouts aided the work a couple of
nights, but even after they are count
ed, the attendance holds to a low fig
ure.
A detailed report on the progress
being made in handling the Septem
ber quota could not be had immed
iately. It was learned, however, that
other units in nearby towns are
making favorable progress.
The names of those reporting since
Monday at this point:
Tuesday afternoon: Mrs. Garland
Woolard, Mrs. D. R. Davis, Mrs. II.
D. Carter, Mrs. G. W. Lewis, Mrs. A.
E. Browder, Mrs. Frank Weaver and
Mrs. W. E. Warren.
Tuesday night: Mrs. Bill Howell,
Mrs. B. S. Courtney, Misses Bolton
Cowon and Dorothy Simpson, and
Scouts Rex Gardner, Jerry Alls
brooks, Warren Goff, Tom Williams,
Bill Gurganus, James Gorman, How
ard Moore and Jimmy Osteen.
Wednesday afternoon: Mesdames
Herbert Taylor, J. W. Watts, C. C.
Parker and T. B. Brandon.
Wednesday night: Misses Mary E.
Keel, Dorothy Manning and Ethel
Guest, and Mesdames Anna Harri
son, Lonnie Bullock, Leslie Fowden,
and Neda Stalls.
Thursday afternoon: Mesdames
W. E. Old, G. P. Hull, Frank Weaver,
G. W. Lewis and F. B. Birmingham.
Thursday night: Mrs. M. M. Levin,
Henry Dennis Griffin and Scouts
James Gormari, J. D. Hines and
Tom Williams.
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Local USO Receives
Needed Equipment
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The Wllliamston USO has been re
ceiving much of its needed equip
ment in the lust few days and is now
preparing to open the building from
2:00 until 11:00 each day. This time
may be changed as need develops.
The chairman of the USO is hap
py to announce that Mrs. Joe David
Thrower is the new supervisor. Mis.
Thrower will take over next Sunday
afternoon when the new hours be
come effective. Mr. Bob Leggett wifi
remain as canteen director. The new
committees will be released in the
near future.
Beginning next Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons the committee
on sewing and mending will take
care of the repairs that any service
man may require to his clothing.
Word had just been received that
the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany is making available thousands
jf record albums of famous sym
pfiqqjesti^Rif^USp. Our loc'd unit is
ichedulM^u^^reeive ifj alburns of
:hese records. This most generous
gift will certainly add to the pleas
ure of music lovers.
The USO would like to have the
use of a record player permanently,
if you have one call the chairman at
199.
Four Cases Heard
By Justice Hassell
Four cases were heard by Justice
J. L. Hassell in his court here this
week, two of them going lo the coun
ty court for final disposition.
Jerry Gorham was fined $5 and
required to pay $0 costs in the case
charging him with operating a mo
tor vehicle with improper brakes.
Oliviva Purvis, charged with an
affray, w'as taxed with $6.50 costs.
Henry Bond, charged with reck
less driving, was bound over to the
county court under bond in the sum
of $60.
Charged vdth assaulting another
with a deadly weapon, Lucy Brown
was held in $25 bond for her ap
pearance before Judge J. C. Smith
in the county court next Monday.
Most Of Tiu^roup (
Leaving Yesterday
Are From the Farm
Conliu?ipnl About tbr Lar$i«‘sl
Ever To Leave the Coun
ty At One Time
Eighty-eight young Martin Coun
ty white men left here early yester
day morning for final induction in
the armed services. The group, in
cluding 82 from the farm, was about
the largest to leave here at one time
for final induction.
About one-fourth of the group had
just turned eighteen, the ages of the
others ranging up to 24 with one ex
ception and that inductee, 29, was
scheduled to report some time ago
for final induction or before the age
limit was- lowered to exclude those
over 26 years of age.
Only eight of the men are married
and they leave behind only six
children.
The original call was for 91 men,
but one stay of induction was grant
ed and two others, William Edge"
Price and Ernest Lee Matthews, ask
ed for transfers to boards in Vir
ginia. The stay of induction was
granted Earl Taylor Mendenhall
whose two sisters were run down
and killed last Tuesday evening.
Nearly every one of the men leav
ing Thursday who were over eigh
teen years of age had been granted
farm deferments, and that explains
why so many were available for im
mediate call.
Names and addresses of ninety of
the men called are as follows:
Fred Rogerson, RED 2, Williams
ton and Stokes.
William Jay Council, RED 3, Wil
liamston.
Ernest Hyman Johnson, Palmyra.
William Stanley Peele, Jr., RED 2,
Williamston.
William David Scott, RED 1,
Jamesville. ®
William Edgar Price, RED 1, Oak
City and Norfolk.
Love Clayton Moore, RED 3, Wil
liamston.
McClendon Matthews, Parmele.
Marion Taylor Holliday, RED 1,
Jamesville.
Guy Ausborne Rawls, Jr., RFD 1,
Robersonville.
Leonard Harold Ange, RED 1,
Jamesville.
Rupert Turner, RFI) I, Palmyra.
Robert Lee Everett, RED 1, Rob
ersonville.
Lawrence Edwin Cultrain, RFD 1,
Williamston.
Winded Carlyle Gardner, RFD 3,
Williamston.
William Edumnd Earley, Jr., Oak
City.
Vernon Leroy Gurganus, RFD 2,
Williamston.
Payton Alle nVanderford, RFD 2,
Robersonville.
Johnnie Hyman Ross, RFD 1,
Robersonville.
Joseph Hardy Stroud, RFD 1, Pal
myra.
Robert El wood Brown, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
William Asa Rawls, RFD 2, Rob
ersonville.
William Beach, Jr., RFD 3, Wil
liamston .
Gordon Carlie Price, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
John William Fulford, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Jesse Delma Beach, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Roy Howard Edmondson, RFD 1,
(Continued on page six)
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Soldier Speaks At
Lions Club Meeting
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Speaking before the members of
the local Lions Club and guests here
last night, Master Sergeant Byrnes
of the local POW camp, gave an in
teresting talk on the care and treat
ment of prisoners of war.
According to Sgt. Byrnes, thp local
camp as well as all the other camps
in tins country are rigidly enforcing
and carrying out to a letter t,he j^l-s
and regulations laid down by the
Geneva conferences, arid agreed upon
by most of the nations, for the prop
er handling of war prisoners. Follow
ing his talk, Sgt. Byrnes answered
questions that were asked by the
club members.
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Idle for two weeks while the
superior tribunal was in session
—or while it was supposed to be
in session —Judge J Calvin
Smith and Solicitor Elbert Feel
will find a docket fairly crowd
ed with cases when they return
to their posts next Monday.
Already more than two dozen
cases are on the docket, and oth
ers will likely find their way
before the deadline is reached.
Eight of the defendants are
charged with operating motor
vehicles without drivers’ li
censes, nine for alleged viola
tion of the liquor laws, two for
assaults with deadly weapons,
three for drunken driving one
for interfering with an officer
in the performance and one or
two other alleged violations.
■Drunken Qtokrr Rims "
Down and Kills Sisters
| Last Tuesday Evening
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“Slightly" wounded in France
a short time ago, t'pl. Roger
“Kitty” Riddick in a letter to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Riddick of Everetts, said that
his back was giving him much
truble, that the doctor had just
dressed his wounds and that it
would be six or eight weeks be
fore he could leave the hospital.
Hope For An Early
End Of The War In
Europe Has Setback
Airborne Division Reverses
Do I\ol Materially ('bailee
The Omrse of War
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While the defeat of an important
mission undertaken by the British
First Airborne division has put a
cold dumper on hopes for an early
peace, development" in the Arnheni
leave the course of the war virtual
ly unchanged from what it was be
fore the daring feat was attempted
two weeks ago. It is true that had
the mission succeeded, the Allies
would have been in a much better I
position to swing down from the
north, flank the Siegfried Line and
drive almost directly into the rich
industrial Ruhr area. Approximately
6,000 of the 8,000 Airborne force
were wiped out, but since that time
it is understood that a new Ameri
can Army has taken positions in the
drive against Germany and it is
reasonable to believe that the fate of
one division cannot have but so
much effect on the course of the
war when there are nine whole arm
ies in action.
It is quite possible that the suc
cessful accomplishment of their mis
sion oy the Airborne forces would
have hastened the end, but since they
did not succeed, the attack will now
rest on the full power of the millions
of men in the nine armies. It is
frankly admitted by leaders that the
war may go into 1916, but others be
lieve partial if not complete sur
render will come within the next two
or three months, if not before.
In Holland today, the British Sec
ond Army is battling in the Nijemen
sector in an effort to trap 200,000 of
the enemy. Bitter fighting is raging
further to the south, and the French
are battering at Belfort Gap in an
effort to break through and drive
to the rear of the Siegfried Line from
(Continued on page six)
Arthur P. Fowler
Fireman 1/c Arthui Pohl Fowler,
U. S. Navy, is missing in action, pre
sumably in the Pacific War Theater,
according to a message received
from the Navy Department Wednes
day morning by bis wife, the former
Miss Millie Louis Coltrain, RFD 1,
Williamston. The message, while
offering no details, climaxes a hectic
careei for the young men in the
service of his country.
Volunteering for service before
the war, the 23-year-old young
man was seriously wounded at Pearl
Harbor. Recovering from those
wounds, Fowler returned to active
service arid was seriously wounded
in the North African invasion. It
was while he was recuperating
from those wounds that he met Miss
Coltrain in Norfolk and married
her on August 5, 1943. He visited
here last April and returned to ac
tive service the following month. No
details could be had, but it is be
lieved he was wounded a third
time, presumably in the Pacific,
but not seriauslly, And now he has
been reported missing.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Fowler of 649 Markea Avenue, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
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Man From Beaufort
County Beinjs Held
Under $2,000.00 Bond
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Criffin. White Man, la
Said To Have Admitted
(’rime Before Officers
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Mary Alice Mendenhall, 14, was
killed instantly and her eight-year
old sister, Minnie Pearl, was fatally
injured about 7:45 o’clock Tuesday
evening when they were run down
by a drunken automobile driver
along the Williamston-Washington
Highway near their home just a short
distance this side of the Martin
Beau fort boundary line Their moth
er, Mrs. it. Walter Mendenhall, was
accompanying the two sisters and
she was painfully but not seriously
hurt. The young sister died about twn
hours later in a Washington hospital
where the mother was treated for
bruises and severe shock. The little
child, carried to the hospital by a
Tennessee motorist, suffered a skull
fracture and never regained con
sciousness. The older sister suffered
a skull fracture and a broken neck,
and her left arm was firoken in tw<!
places.
The driver of the car, Jesse Grif
fin, Beaufort County white man, did
not stop and it is thought that he did
not know what he had done until
he sobered up in the Martin County
jail the next morning. The accident
was reported without delay and at
least half dozen patrolmen started
converging in that area. Picking up
the man's trail. Patrolman W. E.
Saunders tracked him over a course
of six or eight miles and finally ran
him down at Tom Norman's filling
station in Beaufort County Griffin
ran his car, a Ford coupe, into the
side of the station and was so drunk
that he could not hold his head up.
He was placed under arrest by Pa
trolman Saunders just about the tin e
that several othei patrolmen reached
the station. Removed to the county
jail here, Griffin Wednesday asked
sum of $2,000.
Griffin is reported to have said he
drank wine and took a headache
powder, that he stopped at a filling
station and his two companions got
out and refused to ride with him. He
claims he got mad and started driv
ing toward Washington. Just before
the tragedy occurred, he claims that
he lost control of the car and almost
went into the ditch on his right side
of the road. Driving at a high rate
of speed, he pulled the car to the
(Continued on page six)
Well-known Farmer
Died Yesterday In
if fins Township
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Funeral Services Are Being
Held 'Phis Afternoon for
W. Jesse I.illey
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W Jesse I.illey, well-known and
highly respected county farmer, died
at his home in Griffins Township
early yesterday morning. After a
hard day’s work Wednesday, Mr.
I.illey ate a hearty meal and was in
his usual health when he retired.
Apparently he suffered a heart at
tack about 4 o’clock and died peace
fully. When he did not answer the
call to breakfast about 5 o'clock yes
terday morning, members of the fam
ily wi it to his room and found him
dead.
ftrV."v and wife he was
ago next month in Griffins Town
ship where he lived and farmed all
his life. A hard worker, he enjoyed
the simple and fine things in life. A
member of the Primitive Baptist
Church for 28 years, he was devoted
to the doctrines of the church and he
was always present for worship
services. In late years, he held mem
bership at Lilley’s Hall. His pastor,
Elder Joshua Ross of Pitt County,
is conducting the funeral services at
the home this afternoon at 2:30
o’clock, and burial will follow in
the family plot in the Tice Com
munity Cemetery in Griffins Town
ship.
Mr. Lilley was married to Miss
Pennie V. Corey on April 20, 1904,
and she survives with four children,
T L. Lilley, Marion Lilley and Mrs.
Aubrey Gurgunus of the home, and
Grover Lilley who recently moved
from Williuinston to Raleigh to
make his home. He is also survived
by three sistew, Mrs. R. B. Brown
and Mrs. A. Ward of Wendell and
Mrs. R. G. Sexton of Jsmesville
Township, and ten grandchildren. A
brother, Rev. J. W. Lilley, promi
nent ngure m uie Methodist Church
in Georgia, died on the 13th of laat
month.