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tl »i NEARLY 4.aM COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4.M* COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XLJX—NUMBER 26 H ;!*r CwmfM* North:€amiima, -Friday^ Mcrch-'&h . wAt<4i» * Li'ii:-. * 'Hi <y4tv. •••.<». .1 Nt'SHki - ESTABLISHED 1899 Forty-Nine County Men Register For Draft In January Quite A Few of Number Wen Veterans Of Recent World W’ar Forty-nine Martin County younf men registered for the draft last Jan uary, according to a list recentlj posted in the county draft board of fice by Miss Evelyn Cowan, clerk Of the forty-nine men registering thirty-six were eighteen-year-olds Twenty-two of those registering were white. Thirteen of the men had already served in the armed forces, but had never registered be cause they volunteered ahead of the draft. The names of the eighteen-year olds registering and their addresses follow; Charley Augustus Bennett, Jr., col.. RFD 2, Robersonville. McIntosh James, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. Herman Ellis Page, col., Parmele. John Alfred James, col., Parmele. Eugene Whitehurst, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. Ernest Lee Bell, col., RFD 1, Oak City. Jimmie Boston, col., RFD 1, James ville. Lorenza Bullock, col., RFD 1, Oak City. Neal Davis, col., Williamston. Robert Williams, col., RFD 3, Wil liamston. william Andrew Lyons, Jr., col., RFD 1, Williamston. James Riley Whitaker, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. James Leo Hollis, w, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Kenny Clark, col., RFD 1, Rober sonville. Judge Thomas Bunch, col., Oak City. Lonnie Rodgers, Jr., col., RFD 1, Williamston. Jasper Lee Chance, col., RFD 2, Robersonville. Millard Edward Ange, w, RFD 1, Jamesville. Frederick Anderson Jones, col., Hamilton. Nazerine Joseph Griffin, col., RFD 2, Hampton, Va. Jesse Daniel Gurganus, w, Wil liamston. Weaverly Bernard Taylor, w, Par mele. Francis Biggs Howard, w, Wil liamston. William Robert Silverthorne, w, Williamston. Russell Claude Williams, col., Oak City. Milford Bennett Holliday, w, RFD 3, Williamston, Gus Gurganus, w, RFD 3, Wil liamston. William Earl Moore, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Eli Junior Davis, col., RFD 1, Oak City. Billy Reason, w, RFD 1, James ville. Lester Griffin, col., RFD 2, Rober sonville. William Isaac Latham, col , RFD 3, Williamston. Ernest Saunders Wynne, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Asa Thomas Whitley, Jr., w, RFD 1, Williamston. Melvin Odell Harrell, w, RFD 1, Palmyra. Floyd Peel, col., RFD 1, Williams ton. The old registrants and their ad dresses: Cleveland Everett, Jr., w, Rober sonville. James Henry Stalls, w, Hamilton. Major Pierce, col., RFD 1, James ville. George Warren Corey, w, RFD 2, Williamston. Mitchell Holton Alexander, w, Hassell. Sam Tillman Brady, Jr., w, Oak City. James Andrews Critcher, w, Wil liamston. Jamesville. David Black, col,, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Andrew Jackson Everett, col., Wil liamston. Norman Allison Power, w, Wil liamston. James Alexander Hardison, w RFD 1, Williamston. Church Youth Will Meet In Washington Invitations have gone out to th< Churches of the Disciples of Chris in the Albemarle Area for the “One day Youth Meet’’ to be held in thi First Christian Church, Washington North Carolina, on Saturday, Marcl 30th. This meet is one of three sucl meets which are being held over thi state. The Rev. Bvron Carlisle, pas tor of the Pfafftown Christiai Church, Winston-Salem, is direrto of youth work in our state, and ha set up the following schedule: Marcl 6th at Washington; April 6th at Wil son; April 13th at Elm Street Chris tian Church, Greensboro. The program, getting underway a 10:00 o’clock, will feature an addres by Dr. George E. Miller, missionar; to India, and an address by Thoma Inabineb, director of religious edu cation. Large Increase In Borrowing Reported By Lending Agency ■ • A dangerous trend in agriculture’s economy was noted recently when « lending agencies reported marked in creases in applications for loans and for larger loans. Exact figures could not be had for all lending agencies, but governmental units and those supported by the govern ment are handling applications for increased loans, it was learned. The production credit corporation, serving approximately 200 borrow ers in this county, has applications for more than $230,000, an amount 20 percent larger than the borrow ing up until about this time, a year ago. The seed-feed loan agency is said to have a larger clientel and they are seeking more money, it was unofficially learned. The Farm Se curity is not branching out, but it loans for financing production are understood to be larger in size. Other lending agencies are being literally swamped with applications for loans, and chattel mortgages are going on tne books in the register oi deeds office in ever increasing num bers. Individual landlords are quoted as saying they have never heard such a demand for advances, that the ten ants are using considerably more money than they did a year ago, and that in some cases the tenants have spent about as much so far as they did during a greater part of Iasi year. There is little doubt, facts unde niably prove, but what much of the money advanced is being wasted in some instances, and in others the bor rowers are squandering it in one way or another. It has been reported that some of the borrowers are re maining idle while they seek othejf to handle the work. The sale of sec ond-hand junk has a fairly promi nent place in the over-all economic picture. In short, it would seem that many are doing all in their power to set the stage for a fall next fall. i MAD DOG 1| vJ A stray hound do?, said to have been mad, was killed on Highway II in the Ed Purvis Community not far from Has sell a few days ago, it was learn ed here this week. The dog's head was delivered to Veterin arian R. O. Hicks in Roberson vi'ie and later sent to Raleigh where the State laboratory of Hygiene found that the animal was infected with rabies. Any person in that commun , ity who was bitten by a dog is advised to consult a doctor, and owners are asked to tie their dogs for observation. The mad dog was the first kill ed in this rounty in some time. Open Dog Clinics In County Monday Tiie annual round-up of dogs in the continuing drive against rabies gets under way in this countv next week, opening in Dardens Monday morning at 11:00 o’clock. The drive continues nearly every week day from next Monday through May 4. Recognized veterinarians, Drs. M. A. Schooley and R. G. Hicks, will con duct the clinics with the cooperation of the tax office and the sheriff’s de partment. Last year, approximately 2,400 dogs were vaccinated, reliable re ports stating that close to 1,000 were ! never immunized against rabies. This year, owners who fail or refuse to I have their dogs vaccinated will be called to account in the courts and stray dogs will be eliminated. A few hwners who did not have their dogs vaccinated last year were indicted. Names of owners have been taken from tne tax books in the various townships, and the vaccination rt - cords will be checked against the lists, leaving the unclaimed dogs to be eliminated. Vaccination is handled at no cost to the dog owner. He is required to pay his dog tax ($1 for male and $2 for females) at the time the canine is vaccinated and the cost of vaccin ation is deducted from the tax. The drive to stamp out rabies has made progress in this county, but it is not as effective as it should be. The authorities point out that the movement is proving quite costly, and that a strict enforcement of the law can be expected this year. Vaccination schedules, arranged conveniently for every community in the county, have been circulated and published, and dog owners are asked to refer to the schedules and cooper ate in the movement. --m Seek Homes For Tiro Small Colored Orphan Children - The Martin County Welfare Oe pertinent this week, homes for (wo small colored orphans. The ages of the two girls are two and six months, and the welfare depart ment is anxious to get them located in good homes immediately. Any one interested in adopting one or both of the children is asked to ap ply to the welfare office. There was a time when homes were waiting for colored orphans in this county, but there are now more orphans than there are homes. FISHING ■* Small fish catches are being reported by commercial fisher men operating in the Roanoke, late reports from the plant at t Jamesville stating that while the i fish are running in larger num bers the catches are limited to a few hundred herring. Just 1 now the prospects for i success r ful season are not very encour ; aging, but the fish are expected i to start running in greater num ber within the next few days. Pointing out that there were very few stars in the heavens on t old Christmas night, Mr. Ira T. s Coltrain, a close observer of na / ture, predicted some time ago s that the fish catches this season -1 4wo«ld be small. So far the pre diction has carried weight. Red Cross Drive Is Over The Quota In County’s Chapter -■ ■■■ Few More School* and Sever al Canvassers Are To Sub mit Final Reports -»- - Even though all the district and in dividual canvasser reports have not been received, the annual Red Cross fund drive is over the top in this chapter, according to a semi-final re port released yesterday morning by Chairman V. J. Spivey. According to the chairman a total of $3,601.00 has been raised, an amount $1 in ex cess of the assigned quota. With one or two exceptions every district in the chapter comprising Jamesville, Williams, Griffins, Bear Grass and Williamston Townships has gone over the top. Reviewing the canvass, Chairman Spivey announced the following fig ures for the various schools and dis tricts: Williamston Township raised $2, 049.14 or $109.14 in excess of its quota. Seven canvassers, including three in town, are yet to report. Jamesville, with a quota of $325 00, raised $338.87. Williams exceeded its quota by $7.44. Griffins donated $6 40 in excess of its $300 quota. ! Bear Grass fell $77.97 short of its $300 quota. I uiuiiiisiuii s cuiurea citizens, in | eluding the colored high school, rais ed $8.14 in excess of their $300 quota. Biggs, the first to go over the top, raised $3.85 in excess of its $40 goal. Woolards, with a $50 quota, raised $63.35. Poplar Point reported $25.13, an amount $5.13 in excess of the quota. Coreys raised $7.20 in excess of its $20 goal. Jamesville missed its $50 goal by $8.95. Dardens, with the largest goal for any of the small communities, exceeded its $70 quota by an even dollar. Williams fell . short $2.60 in its drive to raise $40. | Three colored schools, Bear Grass, Smithwicks and Burroughs-Spring Hill are yet to report. | The drive is scheduled to close to morrow, and a last call is being made by Chairman Spivey, urging the can vassers to make their final reports at once. It is fairly certain that the late reports will boost the total for the current drive to nearly $4,000, an amount about half the total rais ed in the Chapter last year. Reports from Robersonville, the other chapter in this county, state that the $1,500 quota assigned Cross Roads, Robersonville, Poplar Point, Hamilton and Goose Nest Townships, had been exceeded by about $62.00, that nearly every district in the chapter had exceeded its goal, sever al by substantial margins. ■-® Quite a Few Caaea Continued In i he 'Su^niiFAY^t.oUiTtf^Fr. HHprymiHWni' " rmttr ** Quite a large number of civil cases was continued during the two weeks’ term of Martin County Su perior court ending last Wednesday. The cases were continued for one reason or another, some for the de fendants and some for the plaintiffs. In one case, the sheriff traveled in various parts of the county the night before to be certain that witnesses pieser.l for the case trial the next morning. One of the wit nesses explained that he was very busy that he was needed at home badly, but that he would be present. The case was continued the next morning. After continuing the cases, the court adjourned Wednesday to meet again in about two weeks for the trial of civil cases only. One or two cases were lost in the slow rush, and no record could be found immediately. No calendar for the April term has been prepared. -* Little Buaineaa Scheduled For Town and County Boardt -« Very little new business has beei scheduled for consideration foi either the county board of comm is sioners at the meeting next Monday morning or for the local town com missioners when they meet Monday evening, Ihe board clerks said yesier day. Joseph F. Martin Died In Hospital Here Late Monday —»— Funeral Services Conducted At Home In Jamesville Yesterday Joseph Franklin Martin, well known citizen of Jamesville and a former member of the Martin Coun ty Board of Education, died in a local hospital last Monday night at 10:15 o’clock following a long period of de clining health. He had been confined to his home a greater part of the time following an attack of pneu monia suffered last October. He had received hospital treatment for short periods and re-entered the local hos pital last Sunday morning when his condition took a turn for the worse. Death was attributable to heart trouble and complications. The son of the late George W. and Susan Ann Emily Whitley Martin, he was born near Jamesville on July 19, 1887, and lived in the community o' his birth nearly all Ins life, locat ing on a farm in the Dardens area for a few years and making his home in Jamesville more recently. In addition to his farming inter ests, Mr. Martin engaged in the mer cantile business with his brother, the late R. O. Martin, at Jamesville for jnany years. He was active in sup port of public education, serving as a member of the county board of education for several terms and for a number of years as a member of his local school committee. Mr. Martin was also active in other fields, serving on the district road commis sion and handling other tasks in sup port of a progressive program for his i community and county. Mr. Martin was married on De cember 26, 1909, to Miss Cottie Mo zella Holliday who died on August 13, 1937. In early boyhood he joined the church at Cedar Branch, attend ing its services regularly with his family down through the years. He was a thoughtful husband and a de voted father, a good neighbor and a | real friend of his fellowman. I Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. E. E. Warrington of Norfolk, Mrs. J. W. Concklm of Jamesville, Miss Grace Martin of Portsmouth and I Misses Lora Esta Martin and Hilda Martin, both of Jamesville; five sons, S/Sgt. Joseph A. Martin, until re cently stationed in Alabama and Florida, Edward Lee Martin, Albert James Martin, Thomas Allen Martin, William Marvin Martin, all of the home; one brother, Jesse W Martin, and one sister, Mrs. W B, Gaylord, both of Jamesville. Funeral services were conducted at the home in Jamesville yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by his pas tor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, and in terment was in the Martin family cemetery on the old home farm, not far from Jamesville. I -♦ Minor Accident Reported On Poplar Point Highway A minor auto-truck wreck was re ported on Highway 125 in Poplar Point Township last Tuesday even ing at 6:15 o’clock when Thomas L. Taylor started to pass a truck driven by James Frank Hardison at the Bob Everett farm. Taylor started to pass the truck just about the time Hardison pulled to the left to make a turn into the farm gate. No one was hurt, Patrol man W. E. Saunders said. Damage to the vehicles amounted to approxi mately $200. -• Firemen Are Called To Garage Here Wednesday -• Starting from a welder’s torch which came in contact with a leaking gas line, fire slightly damaged Elder P. E. Getsinger’s car in Chesson's garage on South Haughton Street here last Wednesday afternoon al 2:30 o'clock. Called there, volunteer firemen hrou®,h,t the fire^nrler^eo.-, ^uol witii chemicals, ILL WITH iNEIJMONIA The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Justus Coltrain is ill with pneuomnia in the local hospital. Mrs. Fletcher Thomas returns .» her home tomorrow folowmg an op eration in the local hospital. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motorists on Martin County highways last week were not quite as reckless as they were the week before. At any rate, only two minor wrecks broke into the accident column. One person was slightly hurt and the property damage was small, but the figures this year are running 1 far ahead of those recorded in the corresponding period of 1945. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident l trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and i for each year to the present time. 12th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ce ' 1946 2 1 0 $ 200 1945 0 0 0 $ 00 Comparisons To Date 1946 38 25 2 $ 2,820 1945 16 6 0 4,900 Ask County To RaiseS 1,000 In Campaign Against Cancer Mrs. P. B. Cone, $450; Cross Roads I. S. Ayers, $50! Robersonville, R. K Adkins. $200; Poplar Point, Mrs. L G. Taylor, $25; Hassell. J. W. Eu oanks, $25; Hamilton, H. S. Johnson Tr.. $50; Goose Nest, W, V Daniel $75. Chairman Coburn stated yes terday that the district leaders hac been notified, that all of them hac igreed to support the fund drive. North Carolina is being asked tc "aise $167,880.00 as its part of the twelve million to carry on researct md step up the tempo of the drive against society's No. 1 enemy. The eed for action is pointed out in vita statistics which clearly indicate c toady and rapid increase in cancel deaths. Ten years ago, 142.611 Americans died from the dreader lisease. It is accurately estimatec that 175.000 will have died before this year is spent, and that unless the trend is checked the death tol will approximate 215,000 in 1956. The drive gets under way next Monday, and it is sincerely hoped that the general public will help put it across and without delay. As a part of a twelve million dol lar nation-wide drive, Martin Coun ty citizens are being asked to raise $1,000 to advance the fight against cancer, Mrs. P. B. Cone, president of the Williamston Woman’s Club, an nounced this week. “We realize that there have been repeated calls by various organizations and agencies in recent months, but the need for funds is so great and the cause so urgent and worthy that we feel it im perative to get busy and support the American Cancer Society in its great work,” Mrs. Cone said. The various townships have been assigned quotas, and the drive chair man, Robert L. Coburn, is appealing to the general public to support the cause willingly and liberally. Mr. Coburn this week announced the township chairmen for the drive and the quotas for the various dis tricts, as follows: Jamesville, C. C. Martin, $75; Wil liams, C. L. Daniel, $25; Griffins, W B. Harrington, $50; Bear Grass, J. Rossell Rogers, $50; Williamston, Nearly A Hundred Cases On Docket In The County’s Court Twelve Defendants Facing Drunken Driving Charges; Few Civil Cases Reflecting possibly one of the greatest periods of lawlessness in this county, nearly one hundred cas es have accumulated for trial in the Martin County Recorder’s Court The cases have accumulated at the rate of slightly more than 25 each week since the sessions of the court were called off first on account ol the illness of Judge J. C. Smith and later because the superior court was in session. Already the court is booked to the hilt for the next three Mondays, and it is possible that extra sessions will be scheduled to clear the docket According to Clerk of Court 1.. B Wynne, forty cases are tentatively scheduled for trial next Monday Realizing that the remaining cases on the docket cannot be handled al the next regular session, the authori ties are scheduling other cases foi trial on April 29. The superior court is slated to hold forth during the two weeks beginning April 15 wher nothing but civil cases will be call ed. Twenty-one different types ol crimes are alleged to have been com mitted, according to a review of the docket. In addition to several civi actions, including one ejectment pro ceeding, the list includes fouiteer drunken driving, four non-support eleven assault, three speeding, foui larceny and receiving, two reckless driving, four without operators’ li censes, two liquor cases and one eacl charging disposing of mortgagee property, violating driver’s license law, indecent exposure, hit and run aiding and abetting larceny, receiv ing stolen goods, kidnapping, allow ing minor to operate a motor vehicle operating a motor vehicle with im proper equipment, trespass, ni chauffeur’s license and bastardy Then there are approximately thir ty-five cases on the docket charging violation of the health laws. Last reports received here statei that Judge J. C. Smith continues ill that it is not certain whether he’l be able to preside over the sessior next Monday. No action will b( taken immediately, but if he is un able to handle the task at that time the county commissioners will b< called in shortly after 9:110 o’clock t( appoint a vice recorder to handle th< work until Judge Smith is able to re turn to the bench. Load records have been establish ,-d by the f: USSffc* *'' *?, is befiewu, aggravated™' Judg{< Smith’s condition. Should the judge be unable to re turn, the commissioners are expect ed to appoint a member of the coon ty bar to serve as vice recorfR■. i is understood that possibly any one of them will be glad to pinch-hit foi the judge until he is able to resumi his duties. Moving To Now Quarter a On Wushington Stree The Wier Furniture Company i moving from the Tar Heel buildini to its newly remodeled home oi Washington Street. The building formerly occupied by York’s Garage and more recently by a soda shop has been enlarged and completel; remodeled. Woolard’s Furniture Compan; plans to occupy the building beinj vacated by the Wiers. Holiness Denomination Sponsors Kadi a Progran The third in a series of thirteen re ligious programs sponsored by th Holiness denomination in this sectio: of the State will be broadcast ove the station in Greenville Sunda morning at 8:00 o’clock. Six othe stations are carrying the weekl messages which are ft; be broadcas for ten more weeks at that hour. BEGIN WORK Work preliminary to the wid ening of the Roanoke River bridge was started on a small scale by the Bowers Construc tion Company yesterday when a small force started clearing a ri'ht-of-way for the detour. Other workers are building an office for the company a short distance this side of the present draw bridge. Several carloads of cresoted piling have been unloaded near the site, and construction activi ties are ex»eeted to get under way on a fairly large scale with in the next few days, it was learned Seven Cases Heard In Mayor’s Court -,t*—— Seven cases were heard recently by Justice John L. Hassell in his court here, the trial justice sending several of them to the county court for final action. Charged with disorderly conduct, Marion Andrews was fined $10 and taxed with $9.50 costs. Joseph Butt was required to pay $7 costs in the case charging him with public drunkenness. James Bannerman, colored, who attacked Josh Rascoe last Sunday and inflicted a 23-stitch gash in the victim's neck, was bound over to the superior court in $200 bond. He stands charged with an assault with a deadly weapon witn intent to kill. Bond was arranged. Charged with assaulting another with a deadly weapon, LeRoy Ever ett, colored, was bound over to the | county court under bond in the sum of $50. James Madison Adams and Leon Milton Wesson, charged with drunk en driving, were bound over to the county court in $100 bond each. Plummer Roulhac, charged with indecent exposure, was bound over to the county court in $100 bond. A consent judgment was entered in the ejectment proceedings insti tuted by Joe Leggett against H. L. Swain, the defendant agreeing to va cate certain property belonging to the plaintiff by June 1. <tf— - nveretls noy t asses Slate Pharmacy Exam This Week —<»,— After virtually working lus way , through the University at Chapel Hill and after gaining his experience in a Sylva (N. C.) drug store, Ru dolph Hardy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hardy of Everetts, last Wed ■v ' passer, pharmacy exatr.r •,-tion ' Jj^jjta^j^JUlCorcling (■ i., rr:ucrrmyneTe the young man made 91 on his examination, or one of the highest marks. -'4T Sturt Construction Of Home OrrUrace Street Construction work was started ! his week by Contractor Hugh B. Wyatt on a home for Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Rhodes, Jr., and son on Grace itreet, Extended. The home will have six rooms and is located next ' to the R. Edwin Peele’s. I HALF HOLIDAYS 1 v-_ Beginning next week, local stores and other business houses aside from heavy industry will observe Wednesday afternoons as half holidays, the schedule to ’> be maljllained through the months of April, May, June, July and August. The schedule doe* not include drug stores, but It , will apply to town and county offices. Many towns are already oper - ating with the half holiday in 1 their weekly schedule, r According to an announcement </ made today, the business houses r will close at 12:30 o’clock each f Wednesday afternoon, and shon t pers arc cordially urged to fit their plans to the schedule. Superior Court In Final Session Of Term On Wednesday Comparatively Few Cases Are Cleared From Calendar This Week ——« After clearing comparatively few cases from the civil calendar this week, the Martin County Superior Court adjourned a two-weeks' term here Wednesday afternoon. The cases attracting little attention from the general public, were mostly of minor importance. Possiblv tho case in which Newsome Boston, the plain tiff, and Joseph Jefferson, the de fendant, claimed possession of a $25 red hound dog, attracted about as much attention as any other case heard during this week. The dog case, one of several to reach the courts in this county in re cent months, was unusual in that neither of the parties to the action apparently thought very much of the log at first. Later when the dog, iriginally owned by Claiborne Sum merlin and turned over to Stephen Gardner for sale, proved his worth, the two litigants claimed possession. Boston nearly lost his case when it was pointed out that he had listed no dog with the tax list-taker in 1945. He pulled the case out of the fire, however, when he presented a certificate of vaccination and he was declared the owner of the $25 dog. Non-suits were taken in several cases, including those brought by Joseph Jefferson against Robert Bos ton, J W Frank against Chas. Fain berg, Branch Bank against W. D. Modi in. A motion made by the defendant to move the case of Joseph Saunders Revels against Mrs. Pearl Benton to Mecklenburg County for trial, was denied. Revels, allegedly shot by the defendant while visiting a relative in the Benton home in Charlotte some time ago, is suing for damages. Joe Boyd, Pennsylvanian who op erated a concession at a show here last summer, was given a judgment in the sum of $500 in his $5,000 suit against Mack Riddick. The plaintiff was run over by Riddick’s son at a Williamston filling station and suf fered a bad ankle injury. In her case against Roy Manning, Alice J. VanLandingham was given a judgment in the sum of $149.02, balance allegedly due on a store ac count. In the case of Ponce James against Blount Moore, Jr., the defendant was declared the owner of a certain tract of land in Jamesville Township. In the C. C. James case, the jury found that James was incompetent to manage his affairs and the court di rected the clerk to appoint a guard ian. No appointment had been made late yesterday. When asked how much money he had, James told his own lawyer that when he was a youngster friends had advised him to never tell a lawyer how much money lie had. And they ruled him incompetent. The case of John Wier against C. B. Siceloff was non-suited, the court learning that it had been settled by agreement. Several disputes over boundary lines were before the court, and referees were appointed in each. In the case of H. H. Cowen against C. E. Jenkins, R. I,. Coburn was named referee. B. A. Criteher was ap pointed referee in the case of Telit ha and J. T. Barnhill against Stanley Whitman and W. W. Taylor. Mr. Criteher was also appointed referee in the cases of W W. Griffin against Rome Lee and against Ada Jones. In the case of W W. Griffin against Farrnvillc-Wuodward Lumber Com pany, Paul D. Roberson was named referee. The court ordered the litigants to deposit from $25 to $35 in each case to apply on expenses of the referee, stenographer and surveyor. Taking the case in which Mrs. Har riett Smith seeks to have a divorce granted Dr. J. W. Smith, her late husl and, ■ v", 'Mhv • ment, Judge Wain r Bone, u siding jurist, had announced no de cision late yesterday afternoon. I yv bounty s WimM**** . Club Meets M< mday -.—-<S>—-— Drafted by a special committee, the oy-laws of the Martin County Wildlife Club will be submitted for approval or amendment before a meeting of the members and other interested citizens in the courthouse here next Monday evening at 8:00 o’clock, the secretary, John Henry Edwards, announced today. The by laws were drawn by V. J Spivey, chairman, Ben James, A L. Hendreiv, the club president, and the secre 'ary. Other business will be discuss ed at the meeting also. The president recently appointed the following men to serve on the executive committee: Wendell Hamilton, Jamesville; Lee Hardison, Williams; Raymond Gur kin, Griffins; J. Rossell Rogers, Bear Grass; R. L. Coburn, Williamston; W. C. Bullock, Cross Roads* Wiley Burroughs Rogerson, Robersonville; Luther Gordon Leggett, Poplar Point; Louis Etheridge, Hamilton, and Wilbur Barrett, Oak City. The public and all persons inter ested in better game and fish pro grams are invited to attend the meet ing.