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enterprise is read by OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 92 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 15, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1899 1 wenty leases Are Slated For Trial —4fe Superior Cour>fc No Big Suits Involved; Court To Run Only One Week -« With only twenty cases on the calendar, none of which is recog nized as being of any great impor tance, the Martin County Super ior Court has called off the second week of the term and will con fine its activities to the first few days of next week, beginning next Monday. Jurymen, chosen to serve during the originally scheduled two-week term, have been notified not to report for work the second week. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Jackson has been assigned to pre side over the few days of court which will handle divorces and civil cases only. All cases, including claims for twenty-two divorces, have been scheduled for trial during the first three days of next week. One of the most unusual cases on the calendar is the one brought by W. H. Roberson against L. T Winberry in which the defendant is seeking to have a deed set aside and collect rent allegedly due in the sum of $225. The plaintiff stated in the complaint that on and before December 20, 1945, his nephew, Bruce Johnson, and fam ily lived with him in his eight room house. Single and 64 years of age and in poor health, the plaintiff went on to say that the i defendant and the defendant’s' wife and daughter moved into his home, that the defendant insisted on occupying all but three rooms in the home, but that he (plain- j tiff) would not resort to the I courts to have his nephew eject cd. Whereupon, the plaintiff al leges. the defendant volunteered I to take action for ejectment. It is further alleged that the de fendant instead of getting eject ment papers had a deed to the home prepared, and,the plaintiff ! was, by false pretense, caused to sign the paper. S. R. Biggs is suing A. C. Spar row and others ot recover an ac count in the sum of $636.21. Lazarus Rivers in his case against Augustus Forrest is ap- 1 pealing to the courts to set aside a deed to a lot in Gold Point. W. A. Vanderford is suing Lee ' Carson for the possession of cer tain personal property used in ‘ the operation of the Gold Point (Continued on page eight) I -o- ) Robber Arrested ! In County Monday h Although three of the eight con victs who escaped from the pris on camp near here on November 3 are still at large, it is open seas on in this section for taking fugi tives and law violators. In addi tion to about eighteen arrests made last week, the man who to Viw Gardner's’• mo; u and Si'lverthornc’s garage here on the morning of October 11 was ar rested late last Monday afternoon by Cpl. W. S. Simpson of the highway patrol. Raymond Carney, colored man who once lived in the Poplar Point section of this county, was found with a pistol stolen from the Gardner store on his person. He admitted breaking into the store and garage, but denies Stealing Mr. Ernest Etheridge’s car which disappeared that morn ing and which was found the next day i« Wilson, Carney’s home town. Postal inspectors came here this week and Carney admitted breaking into the PoUocksville post office and robbing a store there. He also admittdd stealing the Chevrolet car recovered just off the Hamilton Road following the robbery of the two establish ments on North Haughton Street here. He said he tied the wires together and later found the awltch keys lying on the seat. Carney has served several terms on the roads, four in this alatc.and one in South Carolina. He is charged with robbery, car rying a concealed weapon and burglar tools, including a large spike hook. It is likely that he will be tried in this county next month and then be transferred to Jones County where he’ll face robbery charges and later go into federal courts for robbing the fwsi. office. c c 1 a ( g I d J I b t ii s L. C! rr f: ci C 9. b: tc A M W Cl Fi rj M L. W R; so I Ask County To Give $2, OOC [ForTheEradication of TB against tuberculosis in North Car olina is expected this season when an all-out drive will be made lor sufficient funds to finance an ex tensive eradification program. The fight against tuberculosis, ac cording to State Seal Sale Chair man D. Hiden Ramsey of Ashe ville, is already being stepped up. Five trucks, equipped with X-ray equipment, are visiting the schools and taking pictures of all children. Charles H. Manning, succeed ing Mrs. Joel Muse as chairman in Martin County, explained that $2,000 is being asked to purchase the necessary film to take pic tures of the thousands of school children in this county. Admitt ing that the quota was a fairly sizable one, the chairman declar ed that it will be needed to meet the film and other costs contem Native Of County Dies At Home Of Son In Virginia Funeral Friday Afternoon Here For Mrs. Bettie Stalls Clifton Mrs. Bettie Brown Stalls Clif ton, native of this county, died at the home of her son, Cullen Stalls, 345 Victory Boulevard. Ports mouth, Virginia, Wednesday aft ernoon at 3:10 o’clock following ' a ’heart attack suffered just a few , minutes- previously. About, three : months ago Mrs. Clifton broke j ier hip in a fall and pneumonia j ieveloped. However, she had lully recovered from the pneu monia attack and was sitting in a ■oiling chair, apparently getting ilong very well when she was iuddenly stricken. The daughter of the late Jtimes 3row'n and wife, Mrs. Clifton was lorn in this county on March 22. 883, and spent her early life I tcre. Following her marriage j vhen she was quite young to J. 3. Stalls she moved to Tarboro ind made her home there for ibout twenty years. Her second ! nari iage was to J. L. Clifton and j he made her home in Benson foi | bout ten years before returning j 0 this county to live with her I on. After making her home j icre for about five years she | loved with her son and his fcm ly several years ago to make icr home in the Virginia city. Surviving are two sons, Messrs. V. E. Stalls of Sheridon, Oregon, nd Cullen Stalls of Portsmouth; ne daughter, Miss Delores Stalls i f Charlotte; a brother, Rev. J. , ’homas Brown of Mt. Olive, and , sister, Mrs. Ashley Bland of ’ Ireenville. A son Pfe. John G. , tails, was killed in action in ( :aly on October 10, 1043. 1 Funeral services will be con- j acted from the Biggs Funeral , ome on West Mam Street here , nday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock ^ y Dr. Ira D. S. Knight, local Bap- x st minister. Interment will be x 1 Woodland Cemetery here. j. iiiperior Court Jurymen Drawn ! Twenty-four Martin County tizens were drawn by the com ifsioners in their recent session r jury service during the De •mber term of superior court, anvening on Monday, December the cou-t is to bo presided over ’ Judge Henry Stevens. Names of the jurors follow, by wnships: Jamesvillc: George Ii. Angc, illiarn W. Walters and B. L. igc. Griffins: Rufus A. Coltrain. Bear Grass: James (Jay) Lilley, e. D. Leggett, James Henry ynn. Willianiston: William Lambert, >nnie B. Clark, D. E. Darden, ed L. Chesson, Raymond Cher , J. Herman Biggs and Wheeler . Manning. Cross Roads: J. W. Peel. Robcrsonville: N. C. Everett. J. Edmondson, Bill Everett and . L. Chesson. h t v e h ti s' tl Cl tl rr f; b 0 d il d n b ti \v h, 01 Poplar Point; Slade Revels. Hamilton: L. R Beach, Charles iynoi» and Robert A. Edmond ti, Jr. Goose Nest. Minton Beach. j »<».' /rjfj program fo. the eradication o tuberculosis. Last year approxi : mately $1,200 was raised in tin section. This year the county i. j to be canvassed as a single uni with the Robersonville area coop ! crating directly and not as a scp j arate area as it did last fall, j Plans are being completed fo i the drive scheduled to get undei way on Monday, November 25 the chairman announced. Ap peals will be made through the i schools and bonds of $5. $10 anc $25 denominations, will be offer ed to business houses. Several district chairmen, including Fros ty Martin, Jamesville; Chas. Dan iel, Williams; W. B. Harrington, Griffins; Mis. A. P. Barnhill, Cross Roads; Craven Roebuck Hamilton, and Nat Johnson, Goose Nest, have been named, and others will be announced shortly. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . The victim may have been negligent, but the driver who ran away from a dying child on the highway last week can hardly expect to escape his conscience until his own dy ing day. Hit-and-run driv ing, regarded as one of the yellowest crimes of them all, boosted the death toll on Martin County highways for the year to date to four, and should call for a greater ef fort on the part of all to rid the highways of killers and reckless operators. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 45th Week Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1946 31 1 $ 700 1945 630 810 Comparisons To Date 1946 108 82 4 25,990 1045 68 39 6 12.895 Veteran of World War I Speaks To Legion Post Here \<lvo<-ut<>* Stroup: Army ami Navy For Defense of This Country -* Addressing a meeting of World iVar I and World War II veterans n the American Legion hut here in Watts Street last Monday right., Colonel Edgar H. Bain, Vorld War 1 veteran and holder if the distinguished service cross, leclared in no uncertain terms iis stand in favor of a strong orco for national defense. “I rant you to know that I stand 100 icrcent lor naHonai de'ieti&V? i rant peace and any man who rants war is a fool," he told the eterans, adding that we should cop the muscles of Uncle Sam trong. Imitating the late Will Rogers t times, Colonel Bain said that he ad been asked for an advance please of his talk. "But I don’t peak that way,” lie explained, tiding that he did nol know what i would talk about, "and to tell ie truth I don’t know right now hat I am going to say,” ho add :i and then immediately stated is stand on national defense. "After tlu last war, men of pa iotic organizations talked for a long army and a stong navy,” ic World War I veteran said. He intinued, ‘ Preachers condemned lcm. They were called war 'ongers, and some even went so ii as to say that it was just as ad Vo kill in war as it was to kill i the outside," the speaker said, glaring that our disarmament the end of World War 1 was a sgracc. Pointing nut our unprepared ;xs, Colonel Bain said had it not .on for our allies and their noble glit against the enemy while we ere preparing for war, it would no been disaster for us. "The her fought the enemy until he as tired, and vve moved m to clc .cr the knockout blow," he dc aixd. "And we don’t want to be und with our pants down (Continued on page eight) 1 i l i t I Ragland Declares j He Was Not Alone b&aL 'Afeck Fugitive Warrant Placed In FBI Hands For Chester Marsh, Escapee -- While no major developments have followed since the arrest of Otis Ragland for attacking Mis. Floyd Moore in Williams Town ship last Friday afternoon, offic ers are gradually building up what is reported to be a strong case against the escaped convict. During the meantime Mrs. Moore continues in the care of her fam ily physician and in deference to her condition she has not been asked to help with the direct identification of her attacker. Ragland, now in the State’s Central Prison, Raleigh, was said to have talked this week, one re port stating that he had signed a sworn statement, but there was apparently some doubt about his having signed a confession. Offi cers. explaining that they thought it best to keep the statement se cret for the present, admitted that they had made some progress in developnng the case. However, it is fairly apparent that they are not yet satisfied with the evidence in hand at the present time, be cause they are exhausting every possible lead that will place the man near or at the scene of the crime. The jumper stolen by Ragland in the community and other wear ing apparel have been sent to FBI laboratories for inspection. Finger prints, made near the scene of the crime, have been ob tained and are being developed. Just before the attack, a man, bareheaded and answering Rag land's description, was seen walk ing out of the Griffin road in the direction of the Moore home. Rag land has been questioned at length on at least two occasions, and Sheriff C. B. Roebuck is planning lo question him again in Raleigh within the next few days. When arrested, Ragland said that a fellow convict, Chester Marsh, was with him. Question ed later, Ragland shifted the blame to Marsh. While officers firmly believe Ragland is delib erately lying, they made arrange ments to have the search for Marsh extended to every part of the country. A fugitive warrant was placed in the hands of FBI Agent Pettit this week, and a pic ture and description of Marsh are being circulated in law enforce ment circles by the hundreds. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, when questioned yesterday, said that many of the statements made by Ragland following the arrest with the aid of bloodhounds, highway patrolmen, prison guards and a large number of citizens, had been proved unfounded. It has been fairly definitely determined that Ragland never went to the Pulp Mill in search of a job. He did not sleep in a Jamesvillc church last Thursday night as he first stated hi did. He has been caught it, one lie after..smother, and officers hardly know whi^to believe and what not to believe, ‘That's the reason we are doing everything humanly possible to weave every thread of evidence we carr into the case,” Sheriff (Continued from page five) < t Record Will In County Records ■■ ♦ Written in long hand and bear ng date of August 27, 1909, the xill of the late James Grist Sta .on was recorded in the. clerk of court’s office here last Tuesday, fherc were no subscribing wit iew.es, and the handwriting was verified by parties acquainted vith his pen style. The will, listing no items or re piests, reads as follows: "In consideration of the love md affection I have for my be oved wife, Fannie Chase Staton, hereby give and bequeath unto icr and her lien s and assigns for ver all my estate, both real and lcrsonal and mixed, wheresoever md whatever found. ‘1 hereby nominate and appoint riy said wife executrix of my es ate w ithout bond." When the will was probated md recorded, an arbitrary value f $100,000 was placed on the es utc, $99,000 personal and $1,000 eal property. 1 c A r v t; e c a w fi a U ii si a n tl a tl fi 1 ” n t Fifth Convict Is Arrested Monday ■» £»■£ Waller Louis Pulley Itaek In Marlin County Prison Camp Walter Louis Pulley, one of eight Negro convicts who sawed their way out of the Martin Coun ty prison camp on the night of November 3, was recaptured in the Colerain area of Bertie Coun ty last Monday by Deputy Sheriff Harry Smith. He was returned to the camp here late that night by W. T. Simpson and W. E. Saund ers of the highway patrol and Capt.. J. E. Delbridgc, prison sup erintendent. A native of Alton, Pa.. Pulley was sentenced in Durham Coun ty two years ago to serve seven teen years for an assault with in tent to kill. Deputy Smith and five other officers made the arrest at the home of Davie Harrell without re sistance. Harrell was placed und er bond in the sum of $1,200 for harboring an escaped prisoner. The bond was fixed at the direc tion of Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn who was presiding over a term of the Bertie Superior Court earlier this week. Breaking out of the prison near here, Pulley traveled the dirt road leading off Highway t>4 to Skcwarkey, stopping at the home of Whit Moore along the way. Pulley said that lie knocked on Moore’s door about 11:30 that Sunday night, told him he had ‘‘.just gone over the fence” at the prison camp and wanted clothes. Moore was said by Pulley to have donated a pair of shoes, trousers and shirt. When questioned by Simpson and Saunders, Moore de nied having seen Pulley. When confronted by Pulley, Moore still still denied having aided the man. The officers searched the home and found a pair of prison shoes in the room, but Moore said he had found them near a pine tree early Monday, and had not had time to turn them in. Pulley told the^ officers in the presence of Moore that he visited the Moore home, exchanged clothes and continued on his way. When ar rested Pulley was wearing Moore's shirt and shoes, but he had exchanged Moore’s army trousers for another pair. The arrest of Pulley leaves only three of the convicts who escap ed on November 3 at large. Those -till at large are: Albert Bowser, originally of Enfield, who was sentenced in Halifax County in August, 1939, to serve fifteen reals for an assault with intent o commit rape. Chester Marsh vho was sentenced in Guilford Jounty in May, 1940, to serve 14 /ears for an assault with intent 0 commit rape. Marsh escaped n November of last year while vorking on the roads in Dare bounty. He was recaptured and >laced in the camp here ires than wo months ago. Horace Platts v-ho was sentenced in Cumber and County in January, 1945, to -rve 7 to 10 years for breaking md entering. Arthur Nicholson, one"of the* ight in the prison break, was wr ested in Trenton, New Jersey, on November 6, reports reaching tore that he is being held there n a serious charge, the nature of /hich was not disclosed. TlWe s some doubt if North Carolina an claim him until he faces the ourts in New Jersey. Asking Return Of Marketing Cards The Triple A office in the agri ultural building is asking all lartiri County tobacco farmers to Jturn their marketing cards hich arc to be checked against te memorandum weights rccord 1 at time of sale. Those farmers who planted in kccss of their allotments arc iked to report to the office here final settlements can be gured. In tome eases farmers o entitled to refunds on includ es paid, and in others they arc debit d tu the Triple A. These ttlcnicnts arc to be made before ly future allotments can be iadc, it was pointed out. Approximately 107 fanners in lis county had excess totmcco rreage and they have paid an es mulcd penalty of $12,170.90. This gure, it was learned, does not elude penalties recorded on tire d marketing cards. i i ( 1 I t I < < ( t i 1 1 t 1 f 1 t e (: V t e v n e n e > n v h a a ii r V Peanut Market Takes Over j\ t Close Ot TohaGGoJseasmi • lo.'.ii,- muuaic via ^T-uyrut? interruption, farm marketin' hero shifted from tobacco to pea nuts last Wednesday when th< leaf warehouses held their fina sales and peanuts started movinj in in sizable quantity. The closing of the market jus before noon Wednesday was without ceremony. The auction eer chanted his last jargon, anc there was a w'hoop or two, bu buyers soon turned homeware and employes scooted for othei jobs, the operators turning ti other tasks or making ready to re. port to the Burley markets. While falling 404,21(1 pounds below its record sales of 11,278,891 pounds handled last year, the local market broke all money rec ords when it paid out $5,51,1,721.11 or $537,307.83 more than the 1945 income. It was predicted during the growing season that heavy rains had damaged the crop in this marketing area, and while the loss did not prove to be as great ; RED CROSS All) 1 I The Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross aided sixty veterans and ac tive servicemen in solving various problems last month, the home service director, Mrs. Edna laughing house, announced this week. The office is prepared to assist veterans in filing claims for insurance benefits, pensions, vocational training, financial assistance, hospit alization. medical and dental rare and in solving other al lied problems the veteran or active serviceman may have. Located on the third floor of the town hall, the office is open from 9 a. in. until 3 p. m. Parents-Teachers In Meeting; Here Tuesday Evening Stair Workn's Address Croup; eiiairmrii Make First Kt'porls Holding their first meeting ;ince the organization of a parent eaeher unit in the local schools, matrons and teachers heard some mcouraging reports and timely :alks by school leaders and repre sentatives of the stiite .association n the giammai school auditorium ast Tuesday evening. Hugh G. Horton, elected during lis absence at the organizational n'ecling some weeks ago, presided ind declared that he was gratified vith the cooperation he had re ■eived, adding that the several •ommittees were active in the iromotion of the association’s >rogram. The association, signing 100 nembes at its organizational H07 members 0 the roll, Mrs. Irving Margolis, hairman, reporte d. It was point 'd out that the children in Mrs. Jorham’s eighth grade room had moiled every one of their pai nts, that Miss Koss’s sixth grade ad TA percent of the children's! larents already lined up, and that j Ire record was 00 percent in Miss ’rivott’s eleventh grade. "Our oal is a membership in every omo in the district," Mrs. Mar olis said. Making hi., report, Finance ■ iiaii man John Henry Fdwaids xplaincd that the treasury need d funds and that the association 'as sponsoring a stage revue in ie high school on Friday, Nuv mher 22. Quite a lew tickets ere sold that evening. Finding that the Tuesday night icetings will conflict with other vents, President Hugh G. Horton allied Mrs. ,J W. Watts, Mrs. Iv 1 son Skinner and Mrs Gene j jmbnli as a committee to detcr line a schedule for the meetings hicli, it was agreed, are to he | eld in the grammar school uudi- j >1 mm. Miss Lissic Pearce, elementary .'bool supervisor for the county fstem, addressed the meeting nd reviewed her work. Pointing ut. that only fourteen counties i i the State had supervisors, Mi... J caret' said. "Vc are concerned : itli all phases of school life, but ^ (Cuutiuued on page eight) I'lv'- ijtTbTku/u. ;f U‘, : borne out in the figures, both tor ■ i poundage and price average. The ‘ market sold 10,814.(.174 pounds tor ! $5,515 72! It. ;in average nf $50 72 ; per hundred pounds. Given a good crop \ ear, the market would have handled possibly thirteen million pounds for an average nearer $53.00 per hundred. It is generally agreed that poor qual ity tobacco and large quantities of damaged leaf played havoc with the price average. While some farmers averaged $800 and $1)00 per acre for their tobacco, others sold their entire crop of three or four acres for less than $100. With tobacco out of the way, farmers in. this section turned to the peanut market, and the goob ers are now moving to this point at the rate of several thousand 1 bags daily with the price ranging from around $10.50 to $11.50 per hundred pounds and with the av jerage holding right at $11.25 pet ! hundred. Committee Named: By Legionnaires| For War Memorial i Propose $100,000 Vihlelic Project To IWvmory Of (ioimlv War |)ra«| I Without much discussion but with apparent misgivings about .the amount involved, the mem j beiship of the John Walton ||as ! sell Post of the American I,egion I m an Armistice Day program in i the hut at Williamston last Mon day evening accepted a special committee’s recommendation for a memorial for the county's war dead. The report was amended providing for Die return "of any monies collected should the pro ject fall short of its goal. Not certain of the success of a campaign to raise $100,000 by in dividual solicitations and appeals to the county and several town governments, and apparently in no mood for a long discussion of details, the meeting dumped the project into the lap of a perma nent committee. Rev, John W. Hardy, commander of the post, was elected chairman; W. K. Dunn, secretary; John Ward, treasurer; Herbert Whitley, W. G. Peele, J. Paul Simpson, and Mack Wynne, members. The temporary committee, named at a previous meeting, recommended that $100,000 he raised for the construction of an athletic stadium and field. No definite instructions were given the permanent war mem orial committee, but it i: subject to call by the chairman. It was the concensus of opinion that the committee will delve into all the angles of a war memorial, in cluding location, costs, funds and so on and report to yie organiza tion's full membership. It was tj-• i< apparent that tnr group was unanimous in favoring some type of memorial, but the size of !Ik poposed fund appar ently frightened most oi the le gionnaires, .. " Veterans IVrfed Organization Here Much inleresf was shown in the organizational meeting of the AM VETS (American Veterans of World War I!) held Wednesday night in the local nigh school auditorium at which time George Corey was elected commander. Tommy Owens was named adju tant and Mrs, Effie Spa row was selected as finance officer. Hack Gaylord opened the meet ing by explaining in detail the principles of the AM VETS, lie dies.-ed what tile AM VETS havi :lone ; inee the group was organiz 'd at Kansas City in December I DM; The meeting was then opened 'or discussion and several ex ircsscd very definitely the need :or some organization that would cadi more of the veterans in Martin County Interest in or ganizing the colored veterans of (Vorid War II was expressed by wo representatives. The time and place ol the nexl ' iiLctuig will be uiuiouuced lata. tl b w g L h 0 ti tl a I e< hi ir at 01 tl' It; M u St p< 111! SC fl! fc l'1 ie Judge Smith Calls _ Fiheen Cases Jn._ -9-~ I* inrs (!oll«>rlo<! in the Sum of S2<)() lu Si^simi L/Ust Monday - Calling fifteen cases, Judge J. C. Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson worked well into the lunch hour clearing the docket in the regular session of the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday, i ew white citizens were present, but colored spectators were numerous during the early part of the session. Fines were collected in the sum of $290 and several road sentences were im posed. A tew cases were continu ed until early December. No session of the county tri bunal will be held next Monday because the superior tribunal will be sitting for the trial of civil cases. Proceeding; last Monday: Making tin ir appearance in court for the first time and going there with good reputations as law-abiding citizens, Arthur Cot ten and Porter Cotton were book ed for assaults with deadly weap ons. Arthur pleaded guilty and offered no detailed explanation of the trouble. He was fined $25 and taxed with one half the costs. Pleading not guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon. Porter was adjudged guilty of simple assault and he was lined $10 and taxed with out -half the costs. Pleading not guilty, Paul Har '•••M w;|s adjudged guilty of non uipport and prayer for judgment was continued until the first Mon lay in next March. The defendant s to pay $7.50 a week into the office of the county welfare de ia it merit for the support of his ■mailer children. Charged with temporary lar i ny, C. s. VanLandingham Headed guilty of simple trespass uni judgment was suspended • pun the payment of the court 'osts. Pleading guilty of operating a rioter vehicle without a driver’s 'et use. Annie V'. Brown was fin 'd $10 and taxed with the costs. ( ornelius Jenkins, charged eith allowing an unlicensed op Tator to drive a motor vehicle, 'leaded guilty and he was fined 15 and taxed with the costs. His a i use to operate a motor vehicle eas revoked tor ten days. Charged with reckless and carc ass driving and operating a mot r vehicle with improper brakes, a orge Clemmons pleaded guilty nd was fined $40 and required to ay the court costs. His license i operate a motor vehicle was (C mtinuc d on page eight) *ood Fishing In Artificial Pond Mrs. Noah Daniel Griffin, while dicing no objection, was not ready impressed when Mr. Grif n was spending much time and mh on an artificial fish pond home near here )mr over a year ago. But. after diplomatic fashion, Mr. Griffin ii'i'ic'd the project to completion ml now has one of the best and nHost fish ponds in this section f the stall'. ' hast Tuesday we were finding ic corn mighty tough to break, ul 1 had no other thought but to nlmile at the task when my lie suggested that we stop and J fishing,'' Mr, Griffin said, caving an ear of corn half brok i Mr. Griffin hurried to die aii- e fm 1 ashing poles and worms id lie and Mrs. Griffin started 11 to fish in the pond for the first me. They had such large catches at they decided to return that ti moon. The day's catch totai 1 ,r>3 sizable bream and bass, the 'earn measuring about seven dies and the bass going as high 111 1-2 inches by the rule. The bream, weighing at the rate lit) lo the ounce, were placed in e pond ten months ago. The iss wei c placed in the pond last m 15 and measured hartllv all eh at that time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were i prised to ‘'ind fish of such pro irtions and tire discovery marks c beginning of a heavy fishing hedule from new on. Mr. Gris' ■■ has dumped a ton of special i bluer into the pond to boost ant growth upon which tin: fish ed. * f!