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VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 74
W illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 18, 1945.
ESTABLISHED 1899
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County Boy Among
First Of Forces To
Enter 'Tokyo Bay
L, Manning. Jr,. Sends
Greetings Front Jaj»
Homeland
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There were no advanced arrange
ments. but it now develops that Mar
tin County boys were in the race to
leach Tokyo first. Pfc. Benjamin
Clarence Pate apparently won, but
others were close behind, according
to the first reports received back
home. Young Pate explains in a
recent letter that he and his outfit
beat the Marines in by about two
hours.
Transferring from the Merchant ]
Marine to the Army, Pvt. Pale said
in his recent letter, “I'm in the Army
now; in fact. I'm in Japan. My out
fit was the first division to land in
Japan, and from all I can find out
I'm the first Martin County boy to
put foot on Japanese soil or I should
say the Japanese home islands as a
member of the occupation forces.
We landed at Atsugi Airdrome near
Tokyo.
ygtsurprised • m ■ the v__
acted Vvnen we iandeoT
All of the Japanese soldieis salute
us and the women bow to us. It ,
seems a little funny to have some !
one salute me fust. The Japs are
mighty friendly toward us. and if
the soldiers don't start looting over
here I think everything will be just
fine.
"I was in the Philippines when the '
Japs were getting ready to give up.
We were flown to Okinawa and then
moved into Japan. While I was on
Okinawa, I saw' David Hardison's
grave. It was hard for me to take.
He was a swell fellow and I guess
things won’t do the same with him
gone.”
Pointing out that he was in the !
occupation forces. Pvt. Hardison ex
plained he wanted The Enterprise,
“for I’m almost certain to be here
a year. A member of the 11th Air
borne Division, the young man de
clared that they beat the Marines
into Japan by two hours.
A member of the USS Gasconade.
Seaman W. L. Manning, in a recent
letter to his mother, Mrs. W L. Man
ning, RED 1, Williamston, sent
greetings from Tokyo. The young
man was among the first Martin
County boys to move into Japan. His
letter follows:
Dear Mother:
Greetings from Tokyo! In com
pany with a vast task force compos
ed of transports, cargo ships, and es
corts we have just steamed in to par
ticipate in the first landing of sea
borne U. S. Army forces on the soil
nf Japan—under the protecting guns
of the great' t combat fleet ever as
sembled Aboard the U. S. S. Mis
souri, anchored nearby, the surrend
er is being signed that brings to an
end this gieatest of all world wars.
At the time of this ship s commis
sioning, March 11th at.San Pedro,
California, most of us didn’t expect
to be debarking troops on Nipponese
shores within six months—and even
the most optimistic among us didn’t
dream that those landings would be
unopposed, its a real thrill to be
here on the scene and see world his
tory being written under our very ,
eyes.
It’s a great climax to the Gascon
ade’s tour of duty which has already
included three trips across the Pa
cific Ocean beginning May 9th, when
we left San Francisco for Samar Is
land in the Philippines. After brief
(Continued on page six)
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Three Are Injured
♦ In Auto Accident
Three persons were hurt, two I
rather badly, when two cars crashed ,
on a road running from Edwards' ;
fillling station to Wilson Chapel in
Poplar Point Township last Sunday
afternoon at 4:40 o’clock.
Edward Matthews, young white
man, was slightly cut on the head,
and Lillian Collier, 55, and Laura
* Manning, 72, both colored, were bad
ly hurt. One of the victims, Laura
Collier, suffered a broken nose and
cuts on the face, and the other vic
tim was cut on the face and suffered
a back injury. They were removed
to a hospital for treatment.
Driving a 1937 Ford sedan, Mat
thews was rounding a curve when he
met a 1934 Ford being driven by
* King Latham. Matthews applied his
brakes turning his car sideways and
skidding it 35 steps down the road
into the Latham car which had al
most come to a standstill in the mid
dle of the road. Damage to each
machine was estimated at $100 by
Cpl. W. S. Hunt who investigated the
accident.
Both drivers were cited to the
courts for a hearing on Monday, Oc
la. tober 8.
Revival Services To Begin
At Everetts Wednesday
Revival services will begin at
Everetts Baptist church Wednesday
night, Sept. 19, a; 8 o'clock
Dr. Ira D. S. Knight, pastor of the
Williamston Baptist church, will do
the preaching and will be assisted
in the song service by Mr. John D.
Lilley. The church is extending a
cordial invitation to the public to at
tend these services.
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Jurist Warns Of Bad
L^ng
*ge TrrOraiid J ury
Judge Burney Gives
Historical Review
Of liaw And Juries
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Believes the Time Will Come
When Dollar Will Look as
Bip as a Carl Wheel
In a charge lasting one hour and
eight minutes, Judge John J. Burney,
presiding over a two weeks term of
the Martin County Superior Court,
warned of bad and trying times
ahead, offered the grand jury a his
torical review of law and jury sys
tems, cited a clear-meaning law de
signed to control public drunkenness
and plainly explained that he was
, t.
would r.or be tolerat
ed.
The jurist, expressing pleasure
upon his return to Martin County for
the first time in five years, minced
no words about any topic covered in
the long address to the jury and to a
packed courtroom.
After explaining why judges ad
dress juries, Judge Burney said that
county commissioners were charged
with the task of preparing jury lists, 1
that men of good character arid intel
ligence were to be chosen, “and you
should be proud that you were chos
en," he said in addressing the eigh
teen men.
' Courts are a serious matter," he
said, adding, “they protect you be
fore you are born, they stand around
you in life, and watch over your
rights at and after the grave.
"Many changes have taken place
in recent years, and I dare say that
the days ahead are more serious than
those beginning at Pearl Harbor. It
is your task to help preserve the way
of American life. We ought to stop
and think of the days gone by and
measure the future by the things in
the past.
“Men have occupied the world for
100,000 years, but history is recorded
in only the past 7,000.”
Starting with the Greeks, Judge
Burney pointed out that they father
ed the first democracy, that they
gave us architecture and literature.
"But they began to love a good time.
They became complacent and began
to worship things of the world. They
failed and weic conquered.
“The Roman empire came into its
own. They offeied the first written
law. They built the road Paul walk
ed and over which American armies
traveled in the recent war. But they,
too, became complacent. They wor
shipped money and even taxed the
bodies of their women to raise
money. Across the Rhine were the
Germans. They moved into the ter
i itory, and guaids, charged with the
duty of disarming the immigrants,
were bribed and allowed the Ger
mans to go armed. Rome failed.
"Across the Channel was England
and its people ioved democracy more
than the Greeks and Romans. The
first jury trial was held in England
in 820 after God-fearing men had
won the right from the King. Twelve
men were chosen to form the petit
jury because that number was found
in the Bible. There were the twelve
princes, the twelve tribes of Israel.
Moses was directed to the twelve
wells of water. Joshua was told to
put down twelve stones. Solomon
lined his court with twelve lions.
Christ was twelve years old when he
appeared in the Temple. The first
person He raised from the dead was
twelve years old," the judge pointed
out in explaining why tv'elve men
tire chosen for trial juncs.
“Prior to the jury trial, accused
men wen required to pick up red
hot irons. If they were burned, they
were adjudged guilty, and if they
were not burned they were adjudged
not guilty. Some were tightly bound
and thrown into the water. If they
survived, they were considered not
iguilty," the judge declared in stress
ling the importance of trial by jury.
He reviewed the struggle for lib
erty down through the years referr
ing to the Magna Charta the estab
lishment of the grand jury systerfl,
the Bill of Rights ard other mile
witness stand
(Continued on page six)
ON WAY HOME |
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After seeing much action in
foreign service, quite a few Mar
tin County young men are ex
pected to return home shortly,
according to indirect reports re
ceived here during the past few
days.
Jas. D. Riddick, after a stay of
nearly four years in the Pacific,
has advised relatives not to write
him any more, that he was catch
ing the first boat available.
Francis Peel has advised his
people that he is on the way
home. It is thought that Jim
Rhodes, Jr., will reach the States
any day now, and Geo. Mahler
is expected home in early Oc
tober. Julian Roebuck advises
that he is leaving for home, too.
Heard Tojo's Shot
WAR CORRESPONDENT Clark Lee
of International News Service was
present within seconds after former
Premier Tojo shot himself at his
home in suburban Tokyo. Waiting
to witness the arrest of Tojo on
MacArthur’s orders, Lee heard the
shot and burst into the room to find
Tojo wounded. (International)
Mrs. J. B. Barnhill’s
Funeral at Home In
Everetts Tomorrow
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Well-Known (',011 nly Woman
Died in Roanoke Kii|iiil)>
Hospital Yesterday
Mrs. Joseph Berry Barnhill, well
known county citizen and resident
of Everetts for a number of years,
died in a Roanoke Rapids hospital
yesterday following a major opera
tion. She had been in declining
ehalth for some lime, but her condi
tion was not considered critical until
a few days ago when she was remov
ed to the hospital.
Mrs. Barnhill, the former Miss
Lucy Jane Riddick, was the daughter
of Mrs. Charlie Ann Riddick of
Gainesville, Fla., and the late Noah
T. Riddick. She was born in Wil
liams Township on August 8. 1886,
and spent her early life there. She
attended the Williamston schools as
a child and moved with her family
to Everetts about i»07, marrying Mr.
Barnhill a few years later.
A member of the Christian church
in Everetts for many years, Mrs.
Barnhill was active in its woik.
Possessed of a Christian-like charac
ter, she was devoted to her home and
the welfare of her community. In
addition to her home duties she
found time to serve as her adopted
town’s treasurer and support worthy
undertakings, looking toward a full
er and better life for everyone. She
was a devoted wife and mother and
a thoughtful neighbor who enjoyed
a large circle of friends and the high
esteem of all who knew her.
Surviving are Mr. Barnhill and
two children, Miss Edna Barnhill of
Williamston, and J. B. Barnhill, Jr.,
of Rocky Mount and Williamston;
her mother, two sisters, Mrs. R. H.
Brumby of Gainesville, Fla., and
Mrs. E L. Exum of Moultrie, Ga.;
three brothers, H. T. Riddick of
Cleveland, Ohio, J F. Riddick and
Chas. B. Riddick, both of Gainesville,
Fla., a granddaughter, Jane Ann
Barnhill, and several nieces and ne
phews.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the home Wednesday afternoon at
3:00 o'clock by her pastor, Rev.
James M. Perry, and interment will
follow in Woodlawn Cemetery here.
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Farm Life Seniors
Leave For Schools
Fourteen of the eighteen 1945
Farm Life School graduates are leav
ing or have already gone to institu-j
tions of higher learning or to take
jspecail training in various vocations 1
Misses Margaret Roberson and
Margaret Manning are attending
business schools in Raleigh. Misses
Dorothy Corey and Hannah Daniel
are attending schools of beauty cul
ture in Raleigh. Verlin Griffin will |
attend Wake Forest. Six, Misses
Lena B. Manning, Dorothy Brown
Manning, Christine Lilley, Ola Gray
Williams and EJgarie Manning and
'A. E. Manning, Jr., are attending
East Carolina Teachers’ College,
Greenville. Miss Grace Pccle will
attend Meredith College, Raleigh.
Lawrence Eason Lilley left a few
days age to attend Oak Ridge School,
and Bobby Manning has gone with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
in Washington.
Cites Laws Against
Public Drunkenness
- And-Ali Gambling
Tnsfr.yrts Officers To Take in
• "Slot Mtffhiiws And Other
Gambling Devices
After stressing the importance of
the jury system and warning of ad
verse times ahead, Judge John J.
Burney in his address to the grand
jury' marking the opening of a two
weeks term of superior court on this
county, briefly outlined the duties of
jurymen and plainly cited laws
against public drunkenness and all
types of gambling.
“I do not know conditions in Mar
tin County, but I guess they are as
good as the average," he said, and in
turning directly to the jurymen, he
added, "If you live up to the oath
you have just taken, it will be well,
but if you do not have backbone and
will not live up to the oath, it would
have been better if you had never
been drawn for service."
Judge Burney’s instructions to the
jury were brief, and then he stressed
frankly and quite plainly a few com
1 n violations of the at
tacked gambling in all ami
instructed the county officers to seize
all slot machines. "In these days of
plenty much money is being thrown
away at carnivals and fairs. Fairs
are fine if operated on a high plane,
but some should be dynamited. The
clean things are all right, but the pin
win els and other devices should bo
torn down," the judge declared, add
ing that he could not understand
why onyone should play them when
they know they'll lose every pennv if
they play them long enough.
“There has been some misuunder
standing about the law governing
public drunkenness,” the judge said.
He took out a law book and read the
section declaring public drunkenness
a misdemeanor. Judge Burney then
instructed the grand jury to inves
tigate how the law enforcement fund
created by the Alcoholic Beverage
Control board is being administered
in the county. “Five per cent is be
ing set aside for enforcement. See if
that is being spent in accordance
with the law. In addition to that
fund, certain amounts of the profits
are given the various towns, and
they are supposed to help enforce
the liquor laws. See if this is being
done in accordance with the law,” he
instructed the jury.
The jurist then stated his stand
against perjury. “Every judge pos
sibly lias strong objection to a cer
tain crime, and mine is perjury
"There was a time when people were
talked about and ostracized when;
they went into court ai d lied. I1
warn against the practice,” the judge :
said, adding "If F sec1 •* witness is ly
ing I will call for a bill of indict
ment and I want you to pass on it
immediately.” He told how perjury
cases had been handled, how a
drunken driver tried to hire a 16
year-old boy to lie for him, and that
a sentence of from seven to nine
years was imposed instead of a $50
fine.
One of the largest crowds seen in '
the county courtroom in many terms
heard the charge which dealt with a
series of topics and timely subjects.
Nine new members were added to
the grand jury for the next year.
They are: J. F. Council, H. A. Sex
ton, Carroll C. Coltrain, J. Marion
Griffin, W. W Roberson, Linton Roe
buck, N. P. Roberson, Norman Turn
er and Asa J. Hardison. Gordon G.
Bailey of Everetts was named fore
man of the body, succeeding Vance j
L. Roberson who completed one year j
of service.
Lions Hear Report
On Freezer Loeker
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With attendance literally ''over
flowing,'’ members and guests of the
Lion Club heard various repoi ts and
a talk on the proposed freezer locker
unit for Martin County at the regu
lar meeting of the Club last Thurs
day evening Lion Claude Goodman
talked on the plans for the freezer
locker plant and urged the support
of the club members.
A report by Lion Edwards reveal
ed that the club netted $743.55 from
their Victory Fun Festival two
weeks ago, this amount going to the
Scout Hunt Fund. Lion Lindsley re
ported on the shortage of ball chew
ing gum, which make it impossible
for the club’s committee to keep the
gum machines supplied at present.
Various other reports were given
during the evening.
President Edwards presided over
the meeting and Lion Ben Courtney
offered the invocation. Miss Alberta
Swain, pianist, was presented a gift
from the club, by Lion Edwards.
Lion Sullivan won the $25.00 War
Bond.
A new member, R. T. Johnson, was
^accepted into the club. Guests, to
jtaling nine, included two members of
Scout Troop No 29 and the two local
| State Patrolmen. Forty-four / eui
jbers of the club were present.
40.000 FARM BUILDINGS BURN
Farms aren't all fields and vege
tables, as witnessed by the 40,000
farm buildings that were destroyed
by fire last year! Sparks on worn,
wood-shingled roofs were responsi
ble for a large per cent of those fires.
Murderer Draws—^Lojis-Term In
Propose Three New Wells To
ImproveTown 'sWaterSupply
Unable to talu any notion on ac
count of war condiuons existing dur
ing the past several years, Williams
ton’s officials in a special meeting
yesterday made preliminary plans to
improve the town's, water supply.
No developments have been report
ed, but the authorities all' convinced
that something must be done to re
duce the salt content in the existing
water supply. There is no shortage,
but about 390 parts out of one mil
lion are salt, and the foreign sub
stance is playing havoc with watei
lines, tanks and fixtures. No esti
mate on the damage is to be had, and
while it may not be very great, it is
jMKyippff? that
no^reneved within the neat future,
the damage will mount!
Calling in well experts, the com
missioners were advised yesterday
that about the only solution will be
I' and in three wells sunk to a med
ium depth. The last well, Installed
at a cost of about $11,000, is about
500 feet deep and offers a plentiful
si pply of water. The three olo wells,
installed about a quarter of a cen
tury ago, are just about dry and will
not meet the demand.
While the authorities plan to take
sl 'ps to remedy the situation, no cost
es'imates have been prepared and a
she for the new wells has not been
; looted. It is fairly certain that
1c Is will be made on the edge of
town and possibly outside of the
town limits.
new p> ml, located near
'oi usee, ai
limited use "will not
affect the salt content, or certainly
not enough to cause water fixtures
and tanks to rust
Freezer Loeker Plan!
Assured This Comity
ROUND-UP !
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I-aw enforcement officers had
a fairly quiet tiqic last week end
when only five alleged disturb
ers of the peace were rounded
up and jailed. Drinking and
fighting continue to feature the
crime front week in and week
out. Three of those arrested
were jailed for public drunken
ness and two were booked for as
saults with deadly weapon. Two
of the five were white and the
ages of the group ranged from
19 to 39 years.
Julian A. Roebuck
Is Returning Home
Pfc. Juliun A. Roebuck, Williams
ton young man and son of Mr.
Joseph H. Roebuck, is on his way
home to be discharged under the
Army’s point system. He is a voter
an of the Gilbert and Marshal Is
lands and was stationed last at an
advanced base in the Palau Islands.
In civilian days Pfc. Roebuck
worked for Dr. James S. Rhodes of
Williamston, until he joined the
A; my in May 1941 He received basic
training at Fort Monroe, Va., and
w'as assigned to his organization's
medical detachment. In Decembei
1942 he was transferred to his pres
ent unit’s medical detachment, then
also stationed on the East Coast. In
November 1943 the outfit went over
seas and Pfc. Roebuck saw service
on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Is
lands and later at Ennylabegan Is
land, Kwajalein Atoll, in the Mai
shells. After completing this tour
of duty he returned to Hawaii from
where he left early this year for hij
last overseas station in the Palau Is
lands, Western Carolines. He wears
the Good Conduct Medal and the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with
two campaign stars.
A brother, Warren B. Roebuck, is
with the U. S. Navy.
Pvt. Roebuck has written home
much to tell about his experiences,
jhut indirect reports declare he has
jmingled wit lithe "big shots”, and
spent much time driving high-rank
ing officers around on the various
.islands in the Pacific.
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Mrs. Will Coltrain
Passes in Griffins
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Mrs. Will F. Coltrain died at her
home in Griffins Township yester
day afternoon following an illness of
several weeks’ duration. She suf
fered a stroke of paralysis about a
month ago and her condition became
gradually worse.
The daughter of the late Kinchi n
and Sallie Ann Corey, Mrs. Coltrain
was born in Griffins Township (16
years ago and lived there all her life.
She was the former Miss Mary Fran
ces Corey and in early womanhood
was married to Mr. Coltrain who
survives with the following children,
Hugh, Carl, Mrs. Mae Corey, Mrs.
, Myrtle Hodges, Mrs. Glendora Corey,
Mrs. Mary Ann Hardison, Mrs. Ar
no..ta Bowen, Mrs. Fannie Bowen
and Miss Selma Coltrain, and two
sisters, Mrs. Mamie E. Roberson and
Mrs. Pennie V. Lilley, all of this
countv.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the late home this after
noon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. W. B.
Harrington, county Baptist minister.
Interment will follow in the Tice
Cemetery in Griffins Township.
Over One llumlml
Farmers Apply For
Lookers Last IN i if lit
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Only Short Time I eft To File
Applications for Space
In Proposed I'lanl
A freezer locker plant for this
county was virtually assum'd last
night when more than one hundred
farmers and other interested citizens
met in the high school auditorium
and applied for space aftei .1 E. Coad
explained the proposed project. He
ports state that other applications
had been received prior to that time,
and more farmers and quite a few
townspeople are applying for lock
■rs today. While no definite date
for handling the applications has
seen set, it ;r fairly apparent now
that the approximately 500 lockers
will have been rented within a mat
ter of a few days.
It was explained at the meeting
last night that applications filed by
farmers for space in the plant will
be given first consideration, that any
lockers they do not rent will be made
available to others. "We feel as if
it is primarily u farmers’ undertak
ing, that they should be given first
: onsideration with the understand
ing that any excess space will be
made available to townspeople,” Mi
Coad explained.
Mr. I) V. Clayton, local banker,
was named trustee for the project,
and applications are being accom
panied by the rental fee ranging
from $13.50 to $16.00 annually. The
meeting last night voted to have all
rental checks converted into cash
arid held in trust by Mr. Clayton
until the plant is placed in operation
and locker keys are delivered to the
patrons. It was explained that
should there be any unforeseen de
lay in promoting the project that the
rental fees would be returned to the
applicants, that the rent does not be
come effective until lire plant is plac
ed in operation.
County Agent T. B Bramdon and
his assistant, C. .1. Goodman, and Mr
G. H. Harrison briefly addressed the
meeting and Mr. Coad then went in
to detail about the workings of the
plant. He reviewed the early his
tory of the freezer locker and ex
plained that over 6,000 plants are
now in operation, mainly in the mid
west with as many as 600 in the
state of Nebraska.
“The plant we propose to build
here will be a model one, Ihe initial
cost to run to about $50,000," Mr.
Coad said, explaining that additional
units for handling eggs may be pro
vided later. Plans for the structure
(Continued on page six)
TOBACCO SACKS
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Sales on the local tobacco mar
ket today will boost the total for
the season to date to more than
four and three-quarter million
pounds, according to official fig
ures released through last Fri
day and a reliable estimate of
fered early this morning.
Fast Friday, the market sold
31b,684 pounds for $138,686.18,
ar. average of almost $43.50 per
100 pounds. Sales through last
Friday totaled 4,441,306 pounds.
Nothing has been said about a
change in the selling schedule,
but reports stc.te that redrying
plants are still overflowing with
1 the leaf.
Court Expected To
Complete Criminal
Docket on Thursday
S<*nt«*ncp D«*layc*«l in Illegal
Operation Case l’util
Dereniber T<tiu
Opening a two weeks term for the
trial of criminal and civil cases,
Judge John J. Burney of Wilmington
yesterday cleared quite a few cases
from the docket and continued sev
eral, but Solicitor George Fountain,
making his second appearance here
since his appointment early i.i the
summer, expressed the belief that
work on the criminal docket would
v . h 1 y until Thursci
,'IHim I*
rosnt hi ightej charges on Jljg docket.
the court is att racting unusually
large crowds.
The handling of ;> murder case and
a charge of bigamy featured the
first day sessions. Charged with first
degree murder, Lee Goss, through
bis attorney, E S. Peel, entered a
plea of guilty of second degree mur
der, and the plea was accepted. Goss
did not take the stand, but Eleanoi
Everett, main witness for the State,
said that Perlie Coffield, young col
ored woman, lived with her, that
Goss came to her house on the night
of July 1 and the two fussed over
some clothes. At the request of the
Coffield woman, she stin ted with the
couple to get the clothes. They had
gone only a short distance from the
home on Hill Street in Willinmston
when Goss grabbed the Coffield wo
man around the neck and declared
that he was going to kill her. He
used a pocket knife and stabbed her
fatally. She was pronounced dead
when she arrived at a doctor’s office.
The second witness, Officer Chas.
Moore said that Goss submitted at
the police station and explained that
he (Goss) had cut the Coffield wo
man, The defendant was sentenced
to State’s prison for not less than 25
and not more than 30 years.
Ill the case charging Sanford Gil
bam with runningdown and fatally
injuring Lindsley While on Wil
liamston’s East Main Street the 31st
of last month, tho judge, upon the
completion of state’s evidence, di
rected a verdict of not guilty. “It is
the weakest case l have evei heard,’’
The judge was quoted as saying, add
ing that whether the car had brakes
or not made little difference in this
case since there was no criminal neg
ligence proved against the defendant
“It is one of those unfortunate hap
penings,’’ the judge commented.
The case in which John E Wil
liams was charged wilh larceny and
nieiving and trespassing, was ny.l
pressed. Facing a charge of false
pretense in another ease, Williams
was granted a continuance.
The case in which Perlie Williams
was placed under a peace warrant
was dismissed, Ihe court stating that
a new warrant could be issued if
necessary.
The cases charging Henry Paul
with manslaughter and N S. Godard
with assault and battery resulting
in serious injury, and Kader Brown
wilh reckless driving resulting in
serious injury were continued until
the December term. Grounds for
continuing the cases were not an
nounced in open court.
Tlie case charging William I Alley
with seduction was nol pressed.
A continuance was ordered in the
case charging Robert Bunn with hit
and-run driving resulting in serious
injury and operating a motor vehicle
with impropei brakes The victim of
the hit-and-run attack, continues in
Ihe hospital.
Andrew Everett, charged with
la ' along and entei mg and larceny
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|Mrs. Annie Glenn
Died Last Saturday
I Funeral services were conducted
I at the Biggs Funeral Home here yes
terday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock for
Mrs. Annie Glenn who died at her
home here on South Smithwick
Street last Saturday noon following
a lingering illness. Her pastor, Dr.
.Ira Knight, conducted the last rites
land interment was in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
The daughter of the late Robert
and Sallie Whitley Roberson, she
was born in Williamston 09 years
ago. She was a diligent worker and
a faithful member of the local Bap
tist church for many years. Her
humble walk through life made
many friends for her and gained the
admiration of all who knew her.
She was married to R. A. Glenn
who died some years ago.
She is survived by five children,
; I ee and Lena Mae Glenn of Wil
jliamston, George Glenn of Norfolk,
Mrs. Harry Russell of Sutfolk, and
James Glenn of Florida; two half
| brothers, George Harris, Sr., and
1 William Baker, both of Williamston.