THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME L—NUMBER 35
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 2, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1899
School Board Flans!
“ Expansion Program
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Robt. L Coburn
Again Chairman
Local Committee
B. G. Slewarl Re-elected To
Head Local Schools
At Meeting
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Appointed the early part of last'
month by the Martin County.
Board of Education, Wiliamston's
local school committeemen—R. L.
Coburn. C. B. Clark, R. H. Good
mon, W. Iverson Skinner and
Marvin Britton—met in the Co
burn law offices and effected
their reorganization fcr the new
term. R. L. Coburn was again
' elected chairman; and W. I. Skin
ner, a new member, was named
secretory. It was agreed at the
meeting that the group is to hold
sessions at least once each month
during the school term and as
often at other times as is neces
sary.
While the regular teacher elec
tions are not scheduled before
the 12th of this month when the
board will meet again. Principal
B. G. Stewart was unanimously
re-elected, and another position
made vacant by Professor H. H.
Hall's resignation, was filled.
The main business before the
meeting which lasted almost
three hours centered around a
^ supplemental program in the high
school. Complete details have
not been worked out. but the com
mittee is proposing one of the
most extensive high school pro
grams ever advanced locally.
Calling for an expenditure of
$12,260 from supplemental funds,
the program is to include $2,700
for a school-wide physical educa
tion program, $2,840 for the band
in addition to $2,400 for equip
ment, $1,800 for public school
^ music and $2,520 for teacher sal
ary supplements.
The band program is well ad
vanced, and the instructor, Pro
fessor Jack Butler, is reported tc
be making splendid progress.
A physical education director
Stuart Maynard, has been elected
but no contract has been signer
as yet. Maynard, a graduate ol
Guilford College, is a three-lettei
man and is in line for his master’s
degree at the University late ncxl
August. At the present time he ii
director of boys’ work in tht
Draper Young Men’s Christiar
Association. An experiencec
teacher he engaged in physica
education work during his stay ir
the armed services.
In addition to Professor Hall's
resignation which becomes ef
fective at the close of the presen
term, several other teachers an
planning to make changes, it wa:
unofficially learned.
Candidates for the position o
public school music instructoi
have been contacted, outjio con
tracts have' Deen signeef*'
Realizing it is in a jam and tha
conditions next fall will be ever
more aggravated, the committet
plans to go before a special meet
jng of the county board of educa
tfoii on or about the 15th of Ihii
month and plead for relief. At th«
meeting last Tuesday evening, thi
.!... iliald. rv.'mr"’ n‘ 'flVussc’u* i1 i eT5Bs
sibility of building a few clas:
rooms and locating a lunch roon
in the basement with the under
standing that the structure wouli
be enlarged later to meet th<
specifications set out in the cur
rcntly proposed expansion pro
gram. “Something has got to bi
done, or our school will be dis
rupted," local board chairmai
Coburn declared.
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* Hamilton Church
Starting Reviva
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Rev. E. H Stewart, pastor, wil
conduct a ten days revival at th
Hamilton Baptist Church May
to 14. Services each Sunday i
11 a. ni. and 8 p. in. Services cac
night at 8 p. m.
Bible messages will be brougl
^ and the old time songs will b
sung, the announcement says. M
H. M. Peel will lead the sir.gin
and special music is being pun
ned for each service.
The public is cordially invitei
y
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ELECTION I
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Very little interest has
been shown so far in the
town's municipal election
scheduled for next Tuesday,
reports from Registrar John
E. Pope stating that not a
single person had registered
during the past three Satur
days. The registration books
will be open for challenge on
Saturday of this week, and
while names belonging to
citizens living outside the
town are on the books it isn’t
likely that they will be chal
lenged.
Nothing has been said a
bout an independent ticket,
and while the primary nomi
nees will be recognized, it is
possible that a few write-in
votes will be recorded. The
polls open in the town hall
at 6:30 Tuesday morning,
May 6, and will be closed at
6:30 that evening.
League Organized
For Scout Troops
| In Martin County
| Boy Scout Leaders Mel
Short Time Ago anil
Made League Plans
Meeting in Williamston a short
| time ago, Boy Scout leader^ or
ganized a baseball league for the
j several Scout troops in the coun
i1y'
| There are five Seoul troops in
the county—troops 27 and 29 in
I Williamston; Troop 201 in Ever
etts and Troop 72 in Rnberson
*villo.
Clyde Manning, district com
Imander, was elected chairman ol
the league and V B Hairr, secre
j lary-treasurer. The following
men are scoutmasters of the
i troops in Martin County: Troop
27, Fitchhue Fussell; Troop 29
Carroll Jones; Troop 127, V. B
Hairr; Troop 201. W. C. Faulkner
Troop 72. Oscar Roberson.
All rules and regulations ol
play will be left to the Scoutmas
ters. Trophies will be awarded
to the winning teams at the end
of the season.
Play will begin the week ol
May 10. The exact date of play
\S to be arranged by the Scout
masters of the two playing teams
Schedule:
May 10
Troop 27 vs. Troop 29 at W’il
liamston; Troop 201 vs. Troop 121
at Jamesville; Troop 27 vs. Troop
72 at Robersonville.
May 17
Troop 27 vs. Troop 127 at Wil
liamston; Troop 29 vs. Troop 201
at Everetts; Troop 29 vs. Troop
72 at Williamston.
May 24_
*; v. uVfi'Ttrvt TrwpRr.Ti tvw
etts; Troop 29 vs. Troop 127 a
. Jamesville; Troop 201 vs. Troop 71
■ at Robersonville.
May 31
■ 1 Troop 72 vs. Troop 29 at Wi!
flflffiston; Trc'/p 20-5 -vs. Troop it
i j at Everetts; Troop 27 vs. Troop
' 72 at Williamston.
June 7
: Troop 72 vs. Troop 127 at Rob
i ersonville; Troop 29 vs. Troop 20
• at Williamston; Troop 127 vs
1 Troop 27 at Jamesville.
June 14
Troop 29 vs, Troup 27 at Wil
(Continued on page six)
> Extend Herring
Fishing Seasoi
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Raleigh.—Five additional day
I of fishing for shad and herring i
*• North Carolina inland waters thi
’ season have been allotted by th
1 | Board of Conservation and Dc
.- \ vylnpnient.
4 At its spring meeting in Eliz;
t .belli City Ibis week the boar
i , voted to extend the season, sched
uled to close May 1, to t.hroug
t May 10. Under the regulatio
e which allows faking of shad an
-. herring with nets on Thursda;
g Friday, and Saturday of eac
- week, fishermen thus will hav
five extra days—May 2. 3, 8. 1
1.1 and 1U
4-fi Oy>'Memfoers|
Grooming Entries j
For Show May 9th!
Civic Clubs. Banks and In*
dividual* Asked To Sup
port Public Auction
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The approximately 40 county
club members are grooming their
beef calves for the annual fat
stock show to be held in the
Planters Warehouse here on Fri
day of next week, Assistant Farm
Agent J. W. Sumner announcing
that the youngsters arc working
tirelessly to have their entries
make the best possible showing
before the judges at 10:00 o’clock
that morning. In addition to the
grooming activities, the club
members are training their en
tries to compete for showmanship
prizes. The show bids well to lie
the best ever held in the county.
While much attention is being
centered in the beef cattle, quite
a few swine raisers will give a
good account of their activities
back on the farm. The show’s
swine department has been ex
panded to include two classes.
Price variations have been re
ported in the sales held in other
state centers, but as a rule, the
champions have been bringing
prices ranging around one dollar
a pound. In addition tu the sales
price, the exhibitors are in line
for nearly $400 in prizes offered
by the Farm Bureau and the sev
eral civic organizations in the
county.
Representatives of several
packers and market operators are
planning to attend the sale that
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, but the
club leaders are appealing to the
civic organizations, banks and in
, dividuals to boost the sale. Ar
j rangements have.been made With
Roberson’s Slaughter House to
slaughter individual purchases
for delivery to and packing in
freezer lockers at the plant on
Haughton Street. The youngsters
are offering some choice beef and
j pork, and while the price is ex
pected to run slightly above mar
ket quotations, the quality is al
most certain to offset the differ
ential, it was pointed out. The
sale will be open to the public,
and the response given it will
help determine the club members’
future activities. It has been sug
gested that several individuals
form a combination and divide
their purchase.
The club members participat
ing in the show on .vlay 9 will be
special guests of the Farm Bureau
at its annual meeting and barbe
cue at the high school that after
noon at 4:00 o’clock. Tickets to
the barbecue will be placed in the
mails shortly, it was announced
yesterday by the office of the
county agent.
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Accident Victim
Transferred Here
Critically injured when .she fell
^ic
son Mill last Sunday afternoon,
Miss Lynette Coltrain was trans
1 ferred to the hospital here Thurs
day after being placed in a cast
| at Duke hospital earlier in the
[week. The 13-year-old girl
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Led h"
1 aid Coltrain of Griffins Town
ship. suffered a fracture of hoi
| baciT*an.<r .possibly otiie " infjViW
' | in the fall.
I She made the trip from the
' Durham institution in a Bigg*
ambulance.
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Or. Louie Newton On
Radio Sunday Morning
Dr. Louie D. Newton, presiden
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion and pastor of the Druid Hill
l Baptist Church of Atlanta, is thi
speaker,on the Baptist Hour nex
y Sunday, using as his subjecl
-! "Life’s Greatest Question,” as an
, nour.ced by the Radio Commissioi
E of the Southern Baptist Conven
. lion. S. F. Lowe, director, Allan
ta, Ga.
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:l To Show Holy Land
Viclurcn On Tuesday
i
i Color pictures of the Holy Lair
i will be shown at the Rose o
’, Sharon Free Will Baptist Churci
n Tuesday night, May 8 at 8:00 b:
e the Rev. J. C. Griffin of Nev
(. Bern. The public is invited to at
tend.
’Plans Continued toi~ &dTle*.
Course In the Schools Here
Meeting in the Memorial Bap- ;:
list Church here las' Tuesday,
members of tno Williamston Min
isterial Association continues
plans for including Bible courses
in the public school curriculum,
according to an announcement
roming from the president. The
group is trying to contact a teach
er candidate, but future action
will bo delayed pending a salary
agreement and plans for financ
ing the courses of instruction, it
was learned.
The meeting, attended by all ;
the local pastor, agreed to call of"
services in the churches on May
25 when Rev. John L. Goff will
deliver the commencement ser
mon in the high school audi
torium.
Dates for the union vacation
Bible school were set for June
Its Given Quota
In Cancer Drive
Several Other Dislricls In
County Near Goal; Drive
Period If* Extended
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Griffins township was tlie first
in the county to “go over the top"
in the 1947 Cancer Drive, when
Rev. W' B. Harrington, township
chairman, brought in $105.56
Wednesday, according to Wheeler
Manning, county chairman. With
a 50 percent larger quota than
last year, the people of Griffins
township rallied to the cause and
went right to work to raise their
1947 quota of $75.00, goiftg 40 per
cent over.
Rev. Mr. Harrington requested
that tljc people of his township
accept his appreciation for the
fine support given him and his
helpers during the drive. With
three volunteer canvassers lead
ing the project, and other organi
zations helping, the Griffins quota
was reached and exceeded
Following is a summary of the
amounts collected by the three
canvassers, along with amounts
raised by various storqs, schools
and individuals: Mrs. Elbei t Tice,
$40.25; Mrs. Urban Liliey, $17.00;
Mrs Raymond Gurkin, $13.25.
Farm Life School, $11.06; Maple
Grove Sunday School, $5.00;
Piney Grove Sunday School, $5;
Mrs. H. A. Pierce's store, $4.2H;
Mrs. Jesse Heath's store, $2.22;
Liliey's store, $1.50; Smithwick’s
Colored School, $1.00 and Mr. and
Mrs. J. Eason Liliey, $5.00.
As of late Wednesday after
noon, it was reported that Wil
liamston township had raised only
about $440.65 of its $600.00 quota,
with approximately $415.65 of this
amount having been collected by
Mrs. Elbert Sherman, one of the
local canvassers. It was reported
that several business firms have
not made their annual contribu
tions to this fund and that their
donations are badly needed if
Williamston is to meet its quota.
City point to the Goose Nest quota
going over, and it is fairly certain
that Bear Grass and Williams
townships will meet their respec
tive goals.
The drive is being uxtesMH
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Exceeds
Preilmirffiry " i eiTor‘fs“mm^ vXi*
’-13, and Rev. John W. Hardy was
inmed director.
Plans were discussed for a
series of revival meetings in the
several churches next October,
ind Rev. John L. Goff was nam
L'd to anange a series of commun
ity prayer meetings to be held on
September 22 to 26 or just prior
to the first in the series of reviv
al services.
Plans were begun for a city
wide collection of old clothing
and other articles for the relief
of the needy nations overseas.
Tnc exact date of this collection
of articles will be announced later
after the cooperation of one of the
civic clubs can be arranged.
It was also agreed that the
churches of the town will cooper
ate in taking a religious census of
Williamston next September.
1 TAX ACCOUNTS |
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Approximately 250 unpaid
county tax accounts will be
advertised next week for sale
the first Monday in June, in
accordance with law. Tax
Collector M. L. Peel said yes
terday.
It was pointed out by the
tax collector that 95 percent
of the 1946 levy had been
collected, or about $18,000
more than was collected up
until May 1 of last year. It
is likely that most of the 250
unpaid accounts will be set
tled before advertising time
the early part of next week.
New Accountant
For Power Firm
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Mr. J. J. Davenport, for eleven
years employed by the Virginia
Electric and Power Company in
the Norl'olk-Portsmouth area
was transferred to the Williams
ton district here Wednesday anc
entered upon his new duties at
head accountant for the company
in this territory. Mr. Davenport
will move his wife and daughtei
here from Portsmouth just as
soon as he can find a home or ar
apartment.
He is succeeding Mr. George
Thorpe who is being transferret
to the Richmond office. Mr
| Thorpe has made many friend;
jin Williamston during his more
than five years’ stay here, anc
they regret to see him and Mrs
Thorpe leave. They will move
to the Virginia eity in about ter
days.
Mr. Baker, operator of the lo
cal bus station, and his family
plan to occupy the Thorpe apart
ment in the Tar Heel building.
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Driver's License Bureau
To Be Closed On May
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The driver’s license bureau ii
the courthouse here will not b<
on Saturday of this week, Exam
iner Boyce stating that he hac
y*,0 i riwiev
the 1947 motor vehicle laws
There has been some confusioi
in the minds of the public regard
ing the recently enacted laws.
The bureau will be open Iron
Hj, to 5 next Wednesday and eacl
I Saturday morning thereafter un
til further notice.
Pre-School Clinics Opened
In The County This Week
The annual round up of little
' tots for examination in the pre
school clinics got under way in
this county on Thursday of this
week and will continue through
1 May 20, the health office belated
■ ly announced. The first of the
- clinics was held in the Hassell
, school Thursday morning, the
■ health authorities going to Oak
i City Friday morning. The re
■ mainder of the schedule follows:
Hamilton, Monday, May 5, 9:30
a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
Farm Life, Monday, May 5, 1:30
to 3:00 p. m.
f Jamcsvillc, Tuesday, May tj,
9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
1 Robersonville, Wednesday, May
f 7, 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
r Bear Glass; Thursday, May 8,
r 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
i, F.veretts, Friday, May 9th, 9:30
- a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
Robersonville (colored! Thurs
if
day, May 15, 9:30 to 11:30 a. m.
Williamston, colored, Friday
May lli. 9:30 to 11:30 a. m
Williamston (white) Monday
May 19, 9:00 to 12:00 noon am
Tuesday, May 20, 9:00 to 12:0
noon.
At the clinics the health exam
iners will search for remedial dc
fects and the little folks enterin
school next fall will be vaccinate
against smallpox, diphtheria, an
whooping cough unless there is
scar to prove vaccination again;
smallpox and a certificate is prt
scnled showing that the little sul
jccls have been vaccinated again:
the other diseases.
Advised that some defectiv
smallpox vaccine had been di:
tributed in the State, the healt
office in this county wired for
new supply this week.
Seven children reported to !!
Hassell clinic Thursday moruin
fiTtlgei. (^mkh
'Handles *M .Cases
In County'V Court
Fines, Viimiiniinu to $660,
Collected In Loup;
Session Monday
Holding the county court in ses
sion until late Monday afternoon,
Judge J. C. Smith handled thirty
four cases and meted out several
long road sentences, not to men
tion $660 imposed in fines. While
the court was idle last week, the
cases accumulated. Unlike the
session held on the 14th, when
most of the defendants were col
ored. the session this week at
tracted mostly white defendants
and spectators.
Proceedings:
O. W. Jones, charged with
drunken driving, pleaded guilty
and was fined $50, taxed with
the co.d and had his driver's li
cense revoked for one year.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the cost in the
case charging Richard Randolph
Davis with operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver's license.
The case charging Clyde Silver
thorne with being drunk and dis
orderly was nol prossed, reports
stating that the defendant had en
tered a hospital for treatment.
Charged tvith public drunken
( ness, George C. Boyd and Henry
Lilley both pleaded guilty and
each was fined $20 and taxed with
the cost.
Oscar Laws, charged with dis
orderly conduct, was fined $20
taxed with the cost and ordered
i confined to jail for one day.
Judgment was suspended upon
! tin' payment of the cost in the
esae charging Lillie Mae Browr
| with an assault.
Pleading not guilty in the case
in which he' was charged with ar
assault with a deadly weapon, S
T. Jackson was adjudged guilt j
and drew six months on tin
roads. The road term was sus
pended upon the payment of ;
$50 fine and costs and on the fur
ther condition that the defendun
i violate no criminal law during tin
next year.
Judgment was suspended upcu
thi' payment of the costs in the
case charging George Shaw will
assaulting a female.
In the case in which Frank Wil
liams was charged with assault
itig a female', the court found 111
prosecution frivolous and nut ii
the bi'st interest of the court am
the case costs were taxed again*
he prosecuting witness, Olivi
Purvis.
Charged with an assault with
deadly weapon, Moses Smullwooi
was adjudged not guilty.
Judgment was suspended upoi
the payment of the costs in th
case charging John Clay with a
assault with a deadly weapon.
Pleading guilty, William Jame
was fined $50, taxed with the cos
I and sentenced to jail for two day
for carrying a concealed weupoi
i He was also charged with elisorei
: crly conduct.
The case in which C. E. Ang
I was charged with obtainin
- mnnev under falsi' pretense w«
continued until May 1J.
i Leonard Burlington, charge
- with indecent exposure, pleade
guilty and was fined $25, tuxe
with the cost and sentenced to ja
i for two days.
Lin wood Powell, charged wit
lufeeny and receiving, failed 1
■ I answer when called and pupei
. I v.M'i'e. .1 ioiV-Uit iU'i'kSlv_
| • Charged with careless and reel
(Continued on page eight)
vircmcn Called To Local
\ Tobacco Plant Tliursda
Local volunteer firemen wci
called nut at 5:30 o’clock Thur.
I day morning when a leak deve
I oped in the sprinkler system ;
the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Con
pany plant and sounded an alarr
Neighbors, hearing the plant ;
larm, sounded a general cal
There was no lire, an investig;
j tion revealed.
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a
t Lillie Ihuincss Itcforc
County Hoard Mondt
t As far as it could be learnt
very little business has be<
e scheduled for consideration 1
the county commissioners wh<
h they meet in regular session he
u next Monday. Jurymen will 1
drawn for the June term of tl
e superior court and routine duti
will be handled.
Jury In Death Case
CURED
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W. T. (Tony) Currie, voun]f
white man and keeper tor tlie
Conoho Gun Club, declares
he has been cured of the
strong drink habit. "I would
not take a drink of liquor,
wine or be?r foi $5,000," he
said after he was released
from the county jail by a cm
oner’s jury last Tuesday
night. "I have spent $10,000
for ABC liquor, hut I'll never
spend another cent there," he
said. Currie had been detain
ed in the county jail ten days
for questioning in connection
with the lodge fire in which
W. R. Bowers, Pitt County
farmer, was burned to death
on Roanoke River Saturday,
April 10.
No place to go, Currie did
not leave the jail until the
following morning.
Lists Activities
Handled By Local
Auxiliary In 1946
Report Read To The Mis
trie! Meeting At (Jreeu
>ille Rv Secretary
Appearing before the north
eastern North Carolina district
meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary in Greenville a short
time ago, Mrs. Edna Laughing -
house reported on the activities
handled by the auxiliary of the
John Walton Hassell Post in this
county during 194(1. The report
showed that the unit had been un
usually active during the period,
that it more than met its quotas
and assignments.
The unit 1. .untamed a very lib
eral policy in supporting worthy
projects and remembering the
i disabled veterans. The report
i shows that a total of $418 was
| contributed to various causes, in
i eluding $31.75 to central funds.
In its child welfare program, the
auxiliary donated $35 to a child
with rheumatic fever, and $27 to
patients in hospitals, including a
polio victim receiving tre itmer.t
in Gastonia. In addition to cash
donations, the auxiliary sent
boxes, books, flowers, cards and
fruit to hospital patients.
A very effective work was
handled in connection with ic
habilitation and hospitals last
Christmas. Sweaters were pur
chased for veterans at Otcen and
Chri.-lmas boxes sent to veterans
there cost $125. Other donations
amounted to nearly $200 for vari
ous projects, including purchases
of Christmas gifts for disabled
veterans in government hospitals.
Boxes, books, gilt articles, and re
minders were sent in numbers to
veterans in several hospitals.
jury members assisted in various
drives for worthy causes, aided
I the needy at home and stranded
veterans.
I At the present time the auxil
iarv has rnoie tinny t.iftv men1
] bers. and its report, reviewing tin
1940 activities handled under the
I direction, of...the president flflrg
•I -John A; Ward, w-i-Vi', !'> i me
I of an interested membership, win
regarded as one of the best reuc
i before the district meeting.
y\ Officers Wreck
Several Plants:
ABC Officer J. 11. Roebuck anc
Deputy Roy Peel had a busy din
ast Tuesday when they jus
lbout dried up the Hassell see
don of Hamilton Township. Tin
action may have temporary re
mils only, but it is fairly ccrtaii
Hint ABC slult begun to flov
again when the illicit supply wa
knocked out.
The officers raided and wreck
i'd four plants and tracked dow:
u fifth one to find most of til
equipment gone. All of the plant
we.e crudely equipped with o:
drums for kettles, and very litll
beer was found. The officer
spent the day handling the assign
merits, feasting oil a cake and
pop for lunch.
Keeper Tells Of
Threats To Burn
River Club House
(!»roiici'\ luqucsl Held lit
County Courthouse On
Tuesday Night
Held in the county jail for ten
days in connection with the Cono
ho Hunting Club lodge fire that
cost William Robert (Bud' Bow
ers his life early in the morning
of April 11). W. T. (Tony) Currie
was released by a coroner's jury
following a two-hour inquest
held in the courthouse here last
Tuesday night. While the hear
ing developed no new evidence
that would clear up the tragedy,
chargi s. bordering on sensation
alism, were advanced by Currie,
the lodge keeper and game ward
en for the club.
Deliberting hardly more than
fifteen minutes, the jury compos
ed of Chester Taylor. Bruce Ed
ward. J W. Andrews, Gaylord
Harrison, Henry Griffin and R E.
Manning, returned the following
verdict: . that William Robert
Bowers came to his death from a
fire, its origin unknown to us.
Emm the evidence produced, the
club house was fired from the
outside, and we recommend that
W. T. Currie' be released.”
First to testify Joe Melton, club
nu mbi : of Rubersonville, stated
that he knew W R. Bowers for
15 years or more, that Bowers
was a member of the club which
is located in Poplar Point near
Uie oiii Poplar Point landing. He
| stated that he saw Bowers last
between sunset and dark appar
ently very drunk on a bed iirthe
j club house. Cm rit\ apparently
j drunk, was a.- leep on another bed.
| Mr, Melton explained to Coroner
i S. 11 Biggs that he went to the
elub ui'Ii Elliott Taylor Friday
'afternoon to fix a net, that Currie
: was up. Alter a short stay away
from the camp. Melton and Tay
j lor returned and apparently Cur>*
i ie and Bowers had gotten more
liquor and pas ml out. “We had to
! pry open the screen dour, and t
: lighted a lantern to see where to
put the net, ' Melton said, adding
I that he looked around, found
l everything in order, put out thu
lantern and left Currie and Bow
ers sleeping. He knew nothing of
the fire until the sheriff called
him the next morning and asked
him to go there and aid the inves
tigation.
Melton explained that he tried
to talk with Currie Saturday
morning, but Currie was too
drunk to offer any tacts about the
tragedy. He said that the burn
ed body fell through the floor
hardly two feet from where he
left Bowers sleeping the evening
I before.
Nathan Wynne, the next wit
ness, said that he and his brother
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(i:30 Saturday morning, that be
fore they reached there they saw
smoke rising. "1 told my brother
the lodge must be on fire, and we
1 ran there. The porch roof had
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was burning in the front room.
We heard some noise and 1 told
one w as in the house. We fried '
to open the back door but could
not. We waited a few minutes
and some one came up and asked
if anyone was in there. We cx
(Cuntinucd on page eight)
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Colored Woman
Badlv Burned
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Loza Williams, 41-year-old col*
1 ored woman, was critically burn*
- ed at her home here on East
i I Main Street last Tuesday after*
. j noon and was removed to tho
- local hospital for treatment. Her
condition was described as only
fair Thursday morning.
l Details could not be learned,
j but it was said that the deaf
s mute drank bluing and then do*
1 liberately fired herself by ap»
? plying a match to her clothing,
s She was burned about the chest
- !aiu] face.
.i I 1 he woman s husbami. La,"a. 113
I Williams, is also a deaf mute.
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