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NEARLY 4.0M COPIES OP TAl ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4.0M COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OP MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME M IX—NUMBER 22 WiMiamston. Martin County, ftorth Carolina«. Friday, March lii. llHo ESTABLISHED 1899 Library Bookmobile Will Make Regulai Schedule Next Weel -# New Books Have BeeTi Addet To List For Distribution In The County From Sub Rosa to Second Carro from the End is a ‘far piece” in th< reading world. But along the waj are many interesting literary by paths. Sub Rosa written by twc young parachutists of the Office oi Strategic Service reveals the thrill ing adventures of General ‘‘Wile Bill” Donovan’s men and their un dercover war behind enemy lines. If you are not in the mood foi laughter, do not read Second Carrol from the End. This is the story oi the Farmers' Market in Hollywood— where the “stars” meet. Advertising expert Fred Beck tells of this ven ture with an appreciative humor that turns it into a three-ring circus Erna Barschak describes her so journed in this country with the same wisdom, friendliness and sense of humor she brought from Europe. She asks a million “whys” about the many things which seem odd to her. Who is “Frankie” with whom all the girl students are in love? Why do Americans like to picnic in their own backyards? Why are American women afraid of growing old—and how do they keep so young? In her answers she finds a new appreciation for our way of life. You'll like her American Adventure. Ethel Vance's most recent novel, Winter Meeting, unlike her last two, is the story of a few days in the lives of a submarine hero and a re markably lovely woman, a writer whose life has been marred by a tragic childhood. The understand ing and sympathetic approach to this story makes it one sure to move many readers. Before the Sun Goes Down by Elizabeth Howard is the Doubleday prize novel for '45. Reaching back to the 1880’. . the author has center ed her story around Dr. Dan Field and the Pennsylvania town where he lived—a town with its "best fami lies'1 on one side, its worst on the other and Dr. Dan passing between them recognizing no barrier except that which kept Pris Albright be yond his reach. A new novel by Anya Seton is The Turquoise, a story of a beautiful, gifted woman who leaves the magic mountains of her native New Mexi co for New York of the seventies— only to end her search for happiness back in the high, thin air of Santa Fe. Gladys Schmitt has used a new ap proach to Bible sources in present ing the story of David the shepherd boy who became King of Israel. Dav id the King is considered one of the most fascinating books of its type in many years. The bookmobile schedule follows: Monday, March 18 Williamston Elementary School, 9; Edward’s Service Station, 11; Hamilton School, 11:30; Hamilton, in front of Bank, 12:45; Gold Point, Johnson’s Service Station, 1:35; and Robersonville Public Library, 2:30. Tuesday, March 19 Hassell Post Office, 9 30; Hassell School, 10; Edmondson Service Sta tion, 10:40; Oak City School, 11:15; Oak City, Barrett’s Drug Store, 1:30; Smith’s Store on Palmyra Road, 2:15. Wednesday, March 20 Williamston High School, 9; Ever etts, School, 10; Everetts, Avers Store, 11:30; Robersonville High School, 12:30; Robersonville Elemen tary School, 1:30; Parmele Post Of fice, 3; Cross Roads Church, 3:30. (Continued on page four) Mayor Resumes His Court Duties Here ——®— .poired into temporary retirement by illness, Mayor John L. Hassell quickly resumed his court duties here during the past few days. Sev * vit h&t&l&i by hill, since his return a little over a week ago. Lester Jones, drunk on the high wavs, was fined $2.50 and taxed with $7.50 costs. Charged with disorderly conduct Spencer Hyman was fined $2.50 and required to pay $9.50 costs. Irving Bembridge, Joe Frank Mab ry and John Law Srr'i'wood, charg --tk wit it uisordeiTy cSnSuct,. wer’f each taxed with $9.50 costs. Costs in the sum of $6.50 were tax ed against Marvin Williams who was charged with disorderly conduct. Drunk and down, John Henry White was required to pay $9.5( costs. Sports Card Attracts Big Crowd At Oak Citi -$. A record-size crowd attended ai unusual sports event in the Oak Cit; gymn last Tuesday night when th. mothers and daughters, fathers am sons, and a special town team turnei back Speed on the basketball court. The daughters won by a 14-to score. The Oak City boys, goin; through the regular season withou a win, missed a victory over thei dads by a lone point, the game end ing with the fathers leading 20 t 19. Speed s team was turned bae by a big score. ‘ Property Values Decrease In ' Williamston District in 1946 Personal property values for th current year took a decided tumbl in this township, according to a pre liminary report made on the tax list ings this week by List-taker O. S Anderson. Two accounts were $267, 000 less than they were a year ago and although the number increasee the value of automobiles was $28,62 less than it was on the first day o January, 1945, the list-taker pointec out. The combined losses in tht three instances amounted to $295,624 the list-taker pointing out that a few minor losses were also incurred if individual cases where property was destroyed by fire or timber was cut and removed from the lands. While the 1946 list shows a decline in total values in the township, ii does not necessarily mean that gen eral values are decreasing. The $295,624 decrease in the three in stances was almost two-thirds off set by increases in other properties DIES IN JAPAN Cpl. Tliaddeus Newsome, III, of near Williamston, died in Japan on Tuesday of last week, his parents were notified last week end. No details of the death of the young Army man have been received. I ~~~ Basketball Tourney Financial Statement —— Submitting a public financial re port on the Martin County basket ball tournament held in Williams ton last week, Sam D. Bundy, chair man of the athletic committee, stated that the event grossed $744.00. The first night receipts were $230. The second night drew a $223 crows, fol lowed by a record number contribut ing $291 to the fund on the third night. Federal taxes subtracted $148.80 from the gross, and $65 was paid to the referees. Expenses, including lights, postage, telegrams, amount ed to $10.95, and $27.25 was paid for medals, making a total of $252. The remaining $492.00 was divided equally among the schools entering te ams in the tournament, Oak City, Farm Life, Bear Grass, Jamesville, Robersonville and Williamston each receiving $82. Dr. E. T. Walker Going To Atlanta Dr. E. Thayer Walker has accepted an appointment in the Radiology Departments at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine at Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs. Walker will leave Wil ! ham-ton March 27th and his new work will start April 1st. After three years work at these hospitals the fellowship will enable Dr Walk er to become a Dipiomate of the American Board of Radiology. For the past six ar.d one-half years he has been in general practice in Wil liamston. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . A year ago motorists on Mar tin County highways traveled through the tenth week without incident. This year they figured in four highway accidents, re sulting in injuries to four and a property damage estimated at $1,820. Figuring the bang, bang acci ' dent on the Jamesville road last week as one, there were four i wrecks during the period under ' comparison. 1 The following tabulations of I fer a comparison of the accident 1 trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and I for each year to the present time. ; Tenth Week t Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge r 1946 4 4 0 $ 1,820 1945 0 0 0 $ 000 Comparisons To Date 1946 31 20 2 $ 8,220 1945 12 5 0 2,380 } c ! where buildings had been erected improvements made and in persona property additions, the list-taker ex plaining that the net decrease wai limited to $93,584, according to i preliminary study of the new ta? books recently set up for the district Explaining the losses, the list-tak 1 er pointed out that the big loss cam* | in peanuts. The cleaners handlec the peanuts about as rapidly as they i were delivered from the 1945 crop and instead of listing their peanut holdings at $98,000 as they did ir 1945, the Planters Company held only $4,700 worth last January 1 A year ago the Williamston Peanut Company listed the value of theii l peanut stocks at $247,782, and this year they had only $65,568 worth ol the goobers on hand. A report received a short time age indicated that Poplar Point gained about $10,000, and Williams more re cently reported a gain of approxi mately $17,000. Republicans Hold District Meeting Here Last Tuesday Zeno Radcliffe, Ben ti fori County Man, Endorsed for House Of Representatives Predicting a general advance for their party in North Carolina and throughout the nation, First Con gressional District Republicans held their biennial convention in the courthouse here last Tuesday after noon. John Wilkerson, Beaufort County attorney, made the keynote address, basing his remarks on the withdrawal of Texas’ Congressman Sumners from politics. Most of the counties in the dis trict were represented, but there were few in attendance upon the convention Business before the ses sion was centered around the elec tion of the party’s representatives in the district and the endorsement of a candidate for the National House of Representatives. Zeno Radcliffe, Beaufort County farmer-business man, was endorsed as the party’s candidate for Congress from the district, the endorsement being tantamount to nomination. Clarence T. Allen, also of Beaufort County, was named chairman of the congressional committee which is made up of the following: H. R. Mun ford of Pitt, J. T. Price of Martin, Dan Berry of Hyde, Roy Manning of Washington, Floyd Cohoon of Tyr rell, Miles Elliott of Chowan, C. C. Winslow of Perquimans, W. W. Steinmetz of Pasquotank, Peter Bur gess of Camden, Walter Evans of Hertford nad Joe Byrum of Gates. Dare and Currituck were not repre sented and the committee was direct ed to name representatives from those counties. The district will be represented on the party’s State Committee by Clar ence Allen, C. R. Dozier of Elizabeth City, Walter Evans of Hertford and Wheeler Martin of Williamston, the latter having served in that post for about twenty years. No public announcement of the convention had been made and it attracted very little attention as far as the general public was concern ed. -- Oak City Justice Hears Three Cases <9t ■ - Justice J. B. Whitfield heard three cases in his court at Oak City last week-end, one of them developing the tallest tall story of the season. Lorenzo Bryant was in the court far allegedly assaultingjiis wife. He drew a $5 fine and was taxed with the cost. During the hearing it was brought out that Bryant would go jbme just about every Saturday, take his gun ar.d go on an escapade. His wife said that Bryant had ex plained he was going “patridge" hunting last Saturday, and she added that two "patridges” were found on 'he kitchen table. After the assault 'barge was disposed of, Justice Whit field questioned Bryant about hunt ing out of seas n a/id the defendant -e-aste back-with his story. He was quoted as saying that he saw a hawk catch a partridge on the Justice’s farm. Bryant then claims he went home, got his gun and that he fired and killed the partridge but that tht hawk, flying over his front yard, es caped. Just how the other partridge was taken, Bryant did not explain and officers, fearing Bryant woulc stretch the truth, asked him nothinj about the second bird. Tom Cowen, charged with beinj drunk and disorderly, wtes fine< $2.50 and taxed with the cost. Alex ander Jones, charged with disorder ly conduct, drew a $5 fine and wa taxed with the costs. Firemen Called To Grass Fire Just Off Elm Stree Local volunteer firemen were call ed out last Tuesday morning whei a grass fire threatened several ou buildings just off South Elm Stree i No damage was done. Enforcement Group Reports Continued Activities In Count) Twenty-Two Distilleries An Wrecked And Two Persons Arrested In Recent Weeks Reviewing activities on the coun ty’s liquor law enforcement front during recent weeks, ABC Officei Joe H. Roebuck said this week thal twenty-two illicit liquor distilleries were wrecked during the short month of February, that two persons were arrested in the drive and that the raiding crews poured out more than 2,000 gallons of beer. Fifteen of the twenty-two liquor plants were fully equipped, but the officer stated that most of them were of the cheap type and that the beer supply at nearly every ene of the stills was limited. The officers equalled their still “catch” reported in January when twenty-two plants were wrecked, but the beer supply was more than 1,000 gallons short of the 3,350 poured out by the officers during the first month of the year. Most of the beer was made from molasses, but a few of the manufac turers used syrup. According to a review of the bureau’s activities, no operators were able to find sugar in carrying on their illicit operations. In winding up their work in Feb ruary, the raiders tore up plants in the Poplar Point section of Hamilton Township, one in the Free Union area of Jamesville Township and one in Goose Nest, and poured out about 300 gallons of molasses beer. On Tuesday of last week, the of I ficers wrecked a fifty-gallon capacity oil drum kettle on Gus Lane in Cross Roads, blew up eight 50-gallon ca pacity fermenters and poured out 350 gallons of molasses beer. I The following day, the officers found a 30-gallon capacity oil drum still in Griffins Township. The oper ators had only 30 gallons of beer . brewing, or hardly enough to raise | a stinker. Later that same day, the officers centered their work in Wil liamston Township and captured a 100-gallon capacity tin still and two fifty-gallon capacity fermenters. They poured out 150 gallons of mo lasses beer, and found six gallons of white liquor in a stump hole not far from the scene of manufacture. | Last Saturday night the raiders, accompanied by the high sheriff found a quart of illegal liquor in John Wiggins’ possession at Hamil ton. Wiggins had emptied several i jugs, it was explained, before the officers made the search. Nearly ' one gallon of illegal liquor was found I in Joe Hollis’ log cabin on the Wil | liamston-Hamilton road Sunday morning. I -$ Native Of County Dies In Hospital Benjamin Roebuck, a nalivc of this county and highly respected business man of Washington, died in a hospital in the Beaufort capital Wednesday evening at H:00 o’clock following months of declining health. The son of the late James Albert and Mary Wynne Roebuck he was born in Cross Roads Township in July, 1888. After spending his early life on the farm he traveled for a Washington wholesale firm and later entered business for himself. In early manhood he was married to Miss Marcia Jones of Beaufort Coun ty and she survives with two sons, Benjamin, Jr., recently discharged from the Marine Corps, and Hay wood Roebuck. Also surviving are: five brothers, Cleo. T. Roebuck of Cross Roads, It. Connor Roebuck of Pitt County, Albert Q. Roebuck of Greenville, S. A. Roebuck of Fnrm ville, Roy G. Roebuck of Fairfield Bruce Roebuck and James Roebuck, both of Robersonville, live sisters, Mrs. Opie Bass of Nashville, Mrs. J E Bullock of Raleigh, Mr? Mar jorie Dissingi r ui RvU-ssn*v«UW; Mrs. Alton Whitley of Vanceboro, and Mrs. Hilton Everett of Rober sonvilJe. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock in the Washington Methodist Church of which he was a member. His pas tor officiated. Interment was in Oakdale Cemetery, Washington. -« Painfully Bruised In Fulf From Automobile Little Miss Gail Martin, three year-old daughter of Patrolman anc Mrs. Titus Martin, returned to hei home in Washington last Monday af ter undergoing treatment in the hos pital here for painful bruises re ceived when she fell from an auto mobile between here and Washing . ton last S-nday morning. Few de ; tails of the accident could be learn ed here, but reports stated that sh( I was getting along all right. I -* To Name Chairman Board Of Elections For County -• Meeting in Raleigh tomorrow th State Board of Elections will nam a chairman for the Martin Count' t Board of Elections. It is likely tha Mr. Sylvester Peel will be reappoint - ed. He has conscientiously served i; i the position for a long number ti t years. Precinct election officials will b named by the county board later | Big Criminal Docket For Court Next Week Thirty Cases Cover Nearly Every Type Of Crime In Books -® One-Tliird Of Cases Continu ed Last Deeember When “Fine” Struek Court -* Bringing over about nine or ten cases from the last December session and with about twenty new ones originating since then, the Martin County Superior Court convening here next Monday morning at 10:00 o’clock for a two-week term will :have the largest docket it has had in many months. Nearly every type of crime in the books is listed with the exception of capital offenses. The list includes assaults of varying de grees, manslaughter, larceny, reck less and hit-and-run driving, false pretense, drunkenness, breaking and entering, drunken driving, kidnap ing, hold-ups, attempt to defraud, forgery, possession of stolen proper ty. The first two days of the term have been set aside for the trial of criminal cases, but it isn't likely that the docket can be cleared in that short period. Judge Walter Bone of Nashville is scheduled to preside over the ses sions. A brief review of the case docket follows: N. S. Godard is charged with as sault and battery resulting in seri ous injury to Manuel M. Schwartz here on February 14 of last year. The ■ victim of the attack died a few days later, but the defendant is not charg ed with manslaughter. Henry Paul, his case pending since last June following the accidental killing of Jeremiah Brown near Ev eretts last March 14, is charged with manslaughter. A true bill was re turned in the case last June. William E. James who ran over and killed Jeff T. Matthews at Oak City last September 2, is charged with manslaughter and hit-and-run driving. The case was continued last December, pending the settle ment of a civil action against the de fendant. Kader Brown is charged with reckless and hit-and-run driving as a result of an accident which nearly cost Miss Elizabeth Holliday her life near Dardens last May 31. Facing a false pretense charge, John E. Williams is claimed by the prosecuting witness, R. S. Critcher, to have given a mortgage on proper ty he did not possess, Ben Long Stevenson, charged with drunkenness, resisting arrest and an assault with a deadly weapon, ap pealed from a judgment handed down in the county court. Roger Howard is charged with ob taining $229 from Luke Biggs “by means of false tokens.” The case was continued last December. Charles Fuller, a kleptomaniac, is charged with breaking and entering and larceny and receiving. He is al leged to have broken into the local laundry and stolen clothes valued at $50. The case was continued last December when his attorney was sick, and since that time he was charged and convicted of the theft of more clothes. He is now serving a term on the roads. The case charging Henry L. Har vey with drunken driving was plac 'd on the docket when he called for a jury trial. William Revels, charged with drunken driving, appealed from the county court. Ernest Whitehurst, also charged with drunken driving, called for a iury trial when his case was called in Ihe county court last January. Similar aet’on was taken in the ease "iiuig'iiTfe Lestei Bailey With .drunk en driving. Charged with assaulting Le'imon lames last December 24, Early May Boston appealed from a judgment handed down in the county court. Willie James Dickens is charged with secretly assaulting Charlie Thigpen on last January 26. John Sam Moore, the colored man (Continued on page four) Rodman Announces For Seat In Senate —$.. Following unconfirmed reports ‘hat he would be a candidate, John C. Rodman, Washington attorney and World War II veteran, this week formally announced candi dacy for the State Senate from this second senatorial district, compris ing the seven counties of Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington, Beau fort and Martin. ' Nominated in the 1942 democratic pr imary for the post he is r.ow seek ; ing, Mr. Rodman resigned before the ? election to enter the IT. S. Navy. r The Washington attorney is thi t third man in the district to formallj - announce his candidacy for me ol 1 the two available seats in the senate f Roy Hampton, of Plymouth, anc Hugh G. Horton, Williamston attor e ney, having announced their candi duties some weeks ago COMMISSIONERS vZ The Martin Cc anty courthouse is almost certain to be as crowd ed next Monday as a beehive in the middle of the honey season. The Brand jury is meeting:. Court will be in session, and the county commissioners will meet as a board of equalization and re view. Where all of them will meet is not certain, but the jail is about the only place in the building that isn’t crowded at the moment. The commissioners are not ex pected to have much to do as a hoard of equalization and re view, but they are expected to fix a date for a special tax elec tion in the Williamston School District, and review a report on the condition of school proper ties in the county. Arrested This Week Man Admits Forging Cheek Endorsement -» .. Waller C. Walker Sait! To Have Had Post Office Keys In llin Possession -•»— . Walter C. Walker, colored man who is said to have quit school six months before he was to receive a degree in medicine, this week admit ted forging endorsements to two checks, but denied he stole them from a box in the local post office. Walker, said to be an expert in the art of forgery, declared that he bought the checks from two small boys for a nickel each. The FBI is said to have identified Walker’s writing on the checks, but it was declared that the average per son could hardly distinguish the forged signature from the genuine. The forgery was so exact that the checks were cashed without serious question, one at a business house and the other at a local bank. Chief of Police Chas. Mobley said yesterday that additional evidence is being uncovered in the case against Walker, hut it is not yet known whethei he will be turned over to the federal authorities. A large hunch of keys, holding several to post office boxes, were said to have been in Walker’s pas session at one time. One of the keys found on the ring belonged to a box rented to Dr. L. Dayman at one time, and another one was to the hotel post office box. After mail was missed from a box rented to Mrs. Eloise Bennett, the local postmaster assigned her another one and it so happened that it was right next to the Dayman box. One could run his hand through the Dayman box and recover mail from any one of several adjoining boxes, including the one newly assigned to Mrs. Bennett who missed several insurance checks. The hotel’s box was in close proxim ity 1o one rented to the telephone company and it has been learned that at least one check was missed from the company’s box. The check, written by Mrs. J. Ii. Saunders, was endorsed with a typewriter and of ficers said they had located the me chine, hut other details were with held. While no formal charge has been brought against Walker for the check thefts from the post office, it is fair ly apparent that someone had a far reaching arm and a fairly good sys tem for cashing them. Walker was sentenced to the roads for forgery in a court at Elizabeth City. He was later sentenced to the ip. t.hi?. thirty days on a vagrancy count rollowing ihc disappearance of about $150 from the office of Dt Edward Early here Walkei was employed by the local hotel at one time, and got the post office keys in ways not yet explained. RED CROSS _/ A tolaI ot *1,273.13 has been collected ui.J reported up until noon yesterday i.i the Martin County Chapter’s current fund drive for the Red Cross, Chair man V. J. Spivey announced. After getting off to a rapid start, the drive apparently is slowing down, and Chairman Spivey is again appealing to the canvassers to rush it along. He also appealed again to the gen eral public, the schools and others urging them to cooperate with the drive and guarantee its success. Expecting to go over the first week, Bear Grass is still a little short of its quota, Mrs. Menden hall, chairman, states. Farm Life is making progress on its drive, and Williamston is about i>5 percent complete with a po tential support that will carrv it over. Very few reports have been received since last Monday, but an encouraging picture is ex pected when additional informa tion comes in over the week-end. Thirty-Five Cases On Civil Calendar In Superior Court Judge Waller J. Bone Slated To Open Court In County Monday Morning Opening the regular two weeks’ term of the Martin County Superior Court next Monday morning. Judge Walter J. Bone of Nashville will find thirty-five cases on the civil cal endar in addition to twenty-six di vorce actions and a comparatively small number of criminal causes on the docket for trial. The civil cases, ranging from a suit to recover a $30 hound dog to a $10, 000 personal damage action, are mostly the run-of-the-mill type and are not expected to attract very much attention from the general oublic. Several of the cases on the civil calendar have already been set tled and are there for final judg ment, Clerk L. B. Wynne said this week. A brief review of the cases on the calendar other than the twenty-six livorce actions, follows: Elizabeth Holliday, by her next friend, W. E. Holliday, is suing the Williamston Humber Company and Kader Brown, agent, for $10,000 damages alleged to have resulted when the defendants’ truck ran the plaintiff down and critically injured her at her home near Dardens on the afternoon of last May 31. The young girl, in a critical condition for weeks following the accident, is also asking for $875 for medical and hospital bills. Newsome Boton is suing Joseph Jefferson to recover a red hound dog, valued at $30. One other damage suit of fair size is the one brought by Joe Boyd against Mack Reddick. Asking $5, 000 damages, Boyd alleges that the young son of the defendant ran over and badly injured his foot while he (the plaintiff) was working on a car at the Gulf filling station in Wil liamston on last August 28. Joseph Wiggins, Jr., is suing A. S. Roberson for possession of certain lands in Williamston Township. Centering around a boundary line dispute, Noah Roberson is seeking $50 damages resulting from the al leged wrongful cutting of timber. The Deady Chemical Company is suing the Farmville Woodward Com pany for $239.08, an amount alleged due them on an account. The de ft use answers by alleging that the product purchased from the plaintiff did not measure up to the guaran tee. Several ejectment proceedings, re flecting the serious housing shortage in this section, are scheduled for trial, but the defendants in at least one case have found other quarters and moved. Proceedings are being instituted by R. S. Critcher against J. K. Rogerson, John Wier against C. H. Sieeloff, and Joe Leggett against H. L. Swain. The dispute over the alleyway lead off V.'illiamston’s Smithwick Street is again on the calendar. The town, in its case against E. P. Cun ningham, is seeking to have the alley opened across the back of the lot just to the rear of the George Reynolds Hotel. Joseph Jefferson is pushing a claim and delivery against W. R. Boston to recover one-half of the crops rais ed on certain land and to remuner ate himself for labor. Deward Smith is suing Henry Corey for the possession of a car. Universal Credit Company, in its case against Steve G. Clary, is suing for possession of a 1941 Chrysler car. R. H. Weaver is suing H. C. Nor man for the possession of certain lands. In his case against Chas. H. Jenk (Continued on page four) Held For Larceny Of Funeral Money ..<S> - 1 - ■ Charlie H. Hardison, colored ser viceman, was arrested here last week-end and charged with the theft of $110. He was also booked for the alleged theft of a watch, bracelet and clothes from his brother and sis ter-in-law last July. When arrested he was absent without ' -ave from the Army for more than vuteen days. After the alleged theft last July, Hardison ran away and joined the Army a short time later. While home on u furlough he went to a home in Robersonville to sit up with a body. The daughter of the dead woman had begged $30 to help finance the nWh ‘r’s burial, and Hardison walked away with it Friday night, accorumg to reports coming from the office of the sheriff here this week. Slightly Injured In Car Accident Sunday Morning -*—— Kelly Bunting, Oak City young man and war veteran, was slightly hurt about the head early last Sun day morning when his car turned over near Cor.oho Creek between Oak City and Hamilton. Falling asleep, Bunting ran off the road and the car somersaulted when it ran in to a bole and came to a stop with the- vheels in the air. Damage to the car was estimated at $376, according to reports reach ing here.