THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ HI
OVER 3.009 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
ESTABLISHED 1899
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 20
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 9. 1918
Several Highway
Wrecks Reported
In Martin County
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No One Badly Hurt in
Three Accidents and
Damage Negligible
( No one was badly hurt and pro
perty damage was held to a fairly
low figure in a series of three
highway accidents reported in this
county during the past few days.
C. G. Crockett, head of the Stand
ard Fertilizer Company, suffered
a bruised shoulder when the car in
which he was riding figured in a
wreck on Williamston’s Washing
ton Street early Sunday evening.
1 No one else was hurt, police and
highway patrolmen reported.
Driving between Oak City and
Hamilton about two miles out of
Hamilton last Tuesday noon, Jack
Lindsey Johnson of Robersonville
ran into and killed a cow belong
ing to Roy Beach, RFD 1, Oak
City. Johnson said he saw about
twenty-five or thirty cows graz
ing beside the highway, that as he
approached them, one ran into the
highway. It was raining at the
time. Investigating the accident,
Patrolman R. P. Narron said the
damage amounted to approxi
mately $400 to the car.
Driving on a small path and in
the direction of Highway No. 64
near Robersonville about 9:30
, o'clock last Saturday night, Walt
er R. Macklin lost control of his
1936 Chevrolet and skidded mto^i
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Varied Program
Offered In Concert
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Although the full program will
not be released until Thursday
morning of this week, it can be
revealed that the program which
the Elizabeth City High School
band will give in its concert in the
high school auditorium here Fri
day evening, March 19, will be a
varied and entertaining one.
. Busy rig preparation? to. gc
1 to New York this summer where
it will march down Fifth Avenue
and stage a show in Madison
Square Garden while represent
ing North Carolina at the Interna
tional Lions convention, the band
is working now on the numbers il
will present here. Included will
be Silver Moon from “My Mary
land” by Romberg, Smoke Gets ir
Your Eyes, a symphonic para
phrase from “Roberta” by Jerome
Kerns and Auditorium Session, t
bit of Boogie Woogie for Concert
Band by Deke Moffitt.
Roy L. Russell, director of the
band, says his 100-piece unit wili
arrive here in the afternoon. It is
likely that the band will march
through town in the style foi
which it has become famous the
nation over. Complete details or
this probably will be announcec
f during the coming week-end.
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JNew Patrolman
Assigned Here
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Recently assigned to this area
Patrolman M. F. Powers entered
upon his new duties as a membei
of the North Carolina Highwaj
) Patrol here last week-end.
A native of Boston, Patrolman
I Powers moved here from Roanoke
Rapids. His wife and five-year
old daughter will join him here
just as soon as he can find a place
to live. Mr. Powers was in the
Navy six years, going witli the
highway patrol last November
He is succeeding Patrolman Whil
E. Saunders who recently resign
ed to accept the position of chiei
of Williamston’s police force.
CLUB TO MEKT
A quarterly meeting of the
Martin County Wildlife Club
will be held in the courthpuse
Wednesday evening at 8:00
o’clock when officers will be
. elected for the cnmiijg; year..
Koss ateveiis, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina
Wildlife Federation, will ad
dress the meeting, it was an
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The county club has some
over 200 members, Secretary
John Henry Edwards said
yesterday.
Will Open In.
To Public Veh
Moving the special equipment |
here this week, the State Motor!
Vehicles Department, Safety Di-1
vision, will open a lane on Park '
Street between Marshall Avenue'
and Williams Streets on Friday of j
this week, but the inspection ser-1
j vice will be limited to vehicles i
[ operated by the State, County and
j towns the first two days. Next |
- Monday the lane will be opened |
to the public for one week. The j
service costs $1 per vehicle.
After operating here through
next week, the inspection equip-1
I ment will be taken up and moved I
to Plymouth and then on to other j
j counties. It will be returned here j
in about two months when it is
understood that a permanent site
for the service will be made avail
able pear the radio station on U. i
S. Highway 64.
One inspection is required dur
spection Lane
licles Monday
ing this year. Beginning in 1949
all motor vehicles are to be in
spected twice annually. Several
garages in the county have install
ed special equipment to test the
operation of vehicles and prepare
them for inspection. Quite a few
owners have had their vehicles
tuned up and made ready for the
inspections.
It will be impossible to inspect
all motor vehicles in this county
next week, but the service will be
made available from time to time
until all motor units have been in
spected.
Much has been said about the
inspection service. It is designed
not to force vehicles off the high
ways but to impress upon the
owners-operators the necessity of
keeping them in good repair in the
name of human life and limb and
property.
Resume Operations
At Basket Factory
RED CROSS
The Red Cross drive is mak
ing very good progress in sev
eral of the chapter districts,
Drive Chairman Claude B.
Clark, Jr., said yesterday.
Jamesville has raised well
over $100 and the drive is
very encouraging. Bear Grass
has raised almost $100, and in
Williamston the special gifts
committee was reported to be
well pleased with the re
sponse so far. No reports have
been received from Williams
and Griffins Townships, but it
is certain that the drive will
go over in those districts.
{Halite Shaping
Up In the County
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Attracting very little attention
since the 1946 primary, county
politics is beginning to shape up
gradually. While there is only one
announced candidate in the field,
others have and are understood to
be still considering a political
fling. It is fairly apparent, how
ever, that no political fit fling will
take place in the county this year.
The first avowed candidacy for
any political post was advanced
yesterday when Edgar Gurganus,
young Williamston attorney, an
nounced for the North Carolina
General Assembly from this
county'. A. Corey, Jamesville
man, reported last week that he
was considering entering the race
for the house of representatives.
He stated at that time that he
would make a statement shortly,
but no such statement has been re
leased.
It was reported that C. Abram
Roberson, county commissioner
from Robersonville, last week-end
I contemplated entering the race
for house of representatives, but
no official statement has been
made public by him.
Germans Plead
For More Help
Writing to Mayor R. E. Cowen a
short time ago, Willi Becker
whose address is Karlsruhe/Bad
en, 17a Rheinstrandsiediung,
Nachtigallenweg 2, American Oc
cupation one, Germany, pleaded
for help, using English a bit brok
en, as follows:
“On account of the condition of
the time being, almost every Ger
man is obliged to depend on the
assistance from abroad. I there
fore confidently address myself to
i you, asking you the favor to sup
.laariJJU' fa.mi.ly. 38 far iis .this J.s.
possible tor you. Fwould be also
grateful for the address of one of
your acquaintances that are feel
ingfondofGcnmnjwanr^^Hm^
possible for you. We, first of all,
| are in want of food, clothing and
j shots. The items, I assure you,
■ can be worn ones ...”
Full Production
Tentatively Set
Within Few Days
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Not Near Knoii^h Jobs Arc
Available As Yel For
All Applicants
Idle since last August 8, the bas
ket factory here resumed opera
' tions on a limited scale yesterday
morning, unofficial reports stating
that full-scale operations are ten
; tatively planned within the nexl
j week or ten days.
I No official announcement coulc
| be had immediately but it was cs
; ti.rn.ated that between S5- &C.4
workers took then- st.vijnns m the
| large plant yesterday, that the
! number of workers was increased
: this morning. It is understood thul
other workers will be added frorr
time to time or just as soon as new.
j machines can be placed in opera
tion.
During recent weeks the planl
has been making bottoms for has
kefs, but it was not until Sunday
I that steam was turned into the log
j ovens. Yesterday morning the
first basket machines were put ir
operation, turning out five-eighths
i bushel containers. The bushe
. basket machines are going into op
, (-ration one at a time, and Engi
neers Seneca) and Kludy arc
, working over time trying to gel
the plant into full production.
The large dry kiln is back ir
. operation today, and a new kiln
just recently completed to dry the
I basket bottoms, is to be userd foi
the first time later in the week.
It was estimated that 150 oi
i more workers reported for the
! available jobs yesterday, that
. there were hardly half enough
j jobs to go around, one report stat
ing that possibly more job appli
i cants were turned away as were
placed in employment.
The plant was closed by strike
j last August. Since that time the
; old owners, Messrs. Whitley, Har
I rison and Green, sold the proper
ty to the Marvil Package Com
I pany. Since the first of the yeai
i the new owners have been repair
I ing and installing machinery, al
i tering the plant schedules and
adding a new dry k.ln. Other im
i provements, it is understood, will
. be made to the plant if conditions
I warrant such action,
i It could not be learned, but it is
! hardly expected that basket ship
| ments will get underway before
some time next week.
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Hunt hrr To Address VTA
In Robersonville Tonight
Robert Lee Humber, nationally
...kni^wn snyJUit :mf* om' whoJ>ajj
devoted considerable time to a
movement for world peace, will
address a meeting of the Rober
tion in the grammar school audi
torium there tonight( Tuesday) at
8:00 o'clock.
The public is invited ty hear him
speak on the topic, “World Peace.”
Ambrose Family
Moving To New
Home Wednesday |
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Carpenters Finish Strnetnre
And Electricians Wiring
House Today
Their little new three-room
| house all completed except for the
electrical wiring and a few finish
ing touches here and there, Am
mie Ambrose, aged grandmother,
her widowed daughter and seven
small grandchildren are tentative
ly scheduled to move from “out of
doors” to indoors tomorrow.
Just how much of the water sog
ged furniture and furnishings can
be salvaged from the tumbled
down shack the sizable group has
managed to exist in through one
0 fthe worst Winters in years, can
not yet be determined. But the
grandmother said yesterday that
three mattresses would relieve the
situation considerably, overlook
ing the need for a cook stove to re
place the three-legged and bat
tered cook box the family has
been using in an open air kitchen
bombarded lor months by the ele
monts.
Some concern is being express
ed for the health of the members
of the group when they move out
of their open air shack into the
new compact structure. If there
is any argument about fresh air,
the Ambrose family has settled it
beyond all doubt. All of them
went through the winter without
having a cold. Possibly they could
not afford to get sick, for with
nine occupying the best room in
the shack, disease would have
wiped out all nine once it got a
foothold. Now, it remains to be
seen how they survive under bet
ter living conditions.
The construction project en
countered many difficulties, but
Contractor Tom Stephenson and
his group of workers including
Henry Armstrong, Sam Norfleet,
Robert Wiggins, James F. Finch,
Willie Reed, Frank Slade and
o.thfr. volunteers, were determined.
1 to see it through. Realizing {hat
| it was a case where the ox was in
i the ditch, three of the workers re
j turned to the job Sunday morn
ing, one, Robert Wiggins, walking
the several miles through the rain
to get to the house when he miss
ed the conveyance.
The main part of the house,
i measuring 22 by 14 feet, and the
kitchen, measuring 13 by 13 feet,
are covered with aluminum along
with a small front porch. Plans
were changed at the last minute
and a back porch was left off.
Sheet rock was used in the inter
ior, and the chimney is flue lined,
Ayers Electric Company is wiring
the house according to specifica
tions, providing outlets in addi
tion to the overhead lights.
No exact accounting of the costs
can be made until all the material
and miscellaneous bills are receiv
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Funeral Sunday
For Arch Griffin
Arch Griffin, prominent county
citizen and farmer, died at his
home near Robersonville last Fri
day afternoon at 5:00 o’clock. He
had been in declining health for
several years and his condition
was critical for some time.
The son of the late Ed Griffin
and wife, he was born in this
county 78 years ago on March 13,
1870, missing his 78th birth anni
versary by eight days.
. Mr. Griffin farmed all his life
j or until ill health forced his re
tirement. He was held in high
esteem by his neighbors and his
many other friends. Quiet of man
ner, he lived at peace with his fel
lowman, exemplifying the finer
ideals of life by his close associa
tion with his church and his
thoughtfulness of others.
Surviving are two sons, Wade
Griffin, Robersonville officer, and
Johnny Griffin of the home.
„ Services conducted at the
home Sunday afternoon at 3 00
o’clock, were attended by a tic
mend ous crowd, a'testing the high
friends in all walks of life Rev.
J. M. Perry, his pastor, officiated
and burial was in the Bunting
Cemetery Dctween Robersonville
and Everetts.
Draw Citizens ior
April Court Jury
In Martin County
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Judge W. H. S. Burgivy 11 To
Preside Over Two-Week
Special Term
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Thirty-five county men were
drawn recently by the board of j
commissioners for jury duty dur-1
ing the April term of the Martin
County Superior Court. For the
first time in recent months no
members of the fairer sex are in
cluded in the jury list, but one
colored citizen, Oliver Carter, re
tired farm agent of Parmele, is
included in the group scheduled
to serve during the first week of
the two-week term convening on
Monday, the 19th.
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of
Jackson has been assigned to pre
side over the term which was cre
ated under a special act of the
North Carolina Legislature for
the trial of civil cases only.
Names of the citizens drawn for
jury duty the first week follow,
by townships:
Jamesville: C. W. Mizelle and
M. D. Davis.
Griffins: S. Oscar Peel, Raleigh
T. Harrington and Harmon Roger
son.
Bear Grass: Hildreth Rogerson.
Williamston: Hoke S. Roberson,
O. L. Woolard, H. L. Barnhill, R
E. Cowen, D. L. Simmons and U.
V. Bunting.
Robersonville: 1). A. Brown, A.
Z. Clark, S. L. Roberson, and Oliv
er Carter.
Poplar Point: Hubert Wobble
ton.
Second Week
JaVnesville: Ben C. Peel, Bert
Lee Roberson and Archie W. lim -
ber.
Williams: Irving Coltrain.
Griffins: R. C. Whitley and W.
Saunders Revels.
Bear Grass: C. G. Rogerson and
Robert Leggett.
Williamston: Jos. A. Roberson,
J Daniel Lilley, II. 11 Allen, W. T.
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I
John Tlios. Koss
Died Lost Sunday
John Thomas Ross, well-known
Martin County citizen, died at his
home in Robersonville Sunday
morning at 7:00 o’clock after a
long period of declining health.
Seventy-five years old, Mr.
Ross had made his home in Rob
ersonville for the past half cen
tury, engaging in the tobacco and
mercantile business for a number
of years before going with the
post office as rural carrier, a job
he faithfully handled until his re
tirement in 1937.
Mr. Ross was married in 1909 to
; Miss Minnie Edmondson who sur
vives with three daughters, Mrs.
W. C. James of Greenville, Mrs.
Harvey Louis Roberson and Mrs.
Dennis Roberson, both of Robei
sonville, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services are being con
ducted in the home this afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock by the Rev. J. R.
Everett, Baptist minister of Rob
ersonville, assisted by Elder A. 15.
i Ayers, Primitive Baptist minister
of Bear Grass, the Rev. Sidney
Boone, Methodist minister of Rob
ersonville, and the Rev. J M. Per
ry, Christian minister of Rober
sonville. Burial will be in Robcr
: sonville cemetery.
LAST CALL
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A last call was issued to
Martin County farmers this
week, advising them that next
Monday, March l.r>, is the last
day for filing their 194K farm
plans. The plans call for soil
building practices they will
carry out this year. This in
formation, not to be confused
with the income tax, is to be
used in applying to congress
for appropriations witli which
to make soil conservation
pavments next vear, if was
explained.
Hardly more than two
thirds of the. farmers iu this
plans, meaning they will not
be eligible to participate in
the conservation payments
next year.
i
Funeral At Hassells
Thursday Afternoon
For Win. F. Flaisiip
I
Younf Man Died
On Guadalcanal
October 2.‘>, 1942
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Lasl Kil«*s In Tin* liassi'll
Christum Church; Burial
In Hamilton Cemetery
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Funeral services will be con- ]
ducted in the Hassell Christian
Church Thursday afternoon at
11:00 o'clock for Cpl. William F.
I laislip, II, who made the supreme
sacrifice for his country on Oc
tober 23, 1042. Rev. J. M. Perry,
a former pastor, assisted by Rev.
Z T. Cox, Christian minister of
FarmviUo, will conduct the last
rites. Burial will be in the family
plot iii the Hamilton Cemetery.
The Haislip-Roebuck American
Legion Post in Hamilton, named
after Cpl. Haislip and Lemuel
Daniel Roebuck, Jr., Martin Coun
ty young man who also gave his
life for his country when the
cruiser, U. S. S. Quincy went down
off the Solomon Islands on August J
9, 1942, is assigning a special de
tail to handle the military rites at |
the graveside.
Returned to this country on the
United *,States Army Transport'
“Cardinal O’Connell” on February j
II along with the bodies of about
;t,000 other heroes of the Pacific,
the body was transferred from
San Francisco to the distribution
center for the Carolinas at Char
lotte. It will be moved from there
tomorrow, reaching Williamston
late in the afternoon. After re
maining in the Higgs Funeral
Home over night, the body will be
carried to the Hassell church in
'Vime'lor the mmViVi",7V.'»v\"Y'\vtmv\v
-Thursday-’aftiraoeS-"' . - - ;:
His body is the fourth of a Mar
tin County youth to be iVturned
from overseas for burial in native
sojl.
The son of the late Hannibal J.
and Nannie Haislip, la' was born
near Hassell in this county, and
was twenty-three years old when
he fell mortally wounded on
Guadalcanal on October 22, 1942.
He was buried in the U. S. Ceme
tery on the little spot in the Pa
cific, his body resting there until
it was distinterred for the long
trip home. He was the fiist Mai
tin County youth in the U. S. Ma
rine Corps (First Division) to lose
his life in World War II.
He spent most of his life on the
farm until he entered the service
on September 20, 1940.
Surviving are two brothers,
Hannibal J. Haislip and Marvin
Haislip, both of the old home near
Hassell; and two sisters, Miss
Janie Haislip of Hassell and Mrs.
B. B. Fleming of Raleigh.
He was a member of the Chris
tian Church at Hassell for several
years, and was a promising young
man.
Tne body is to be delivered here
by government motor car and will
j have an escort.
Brother Of Local
Resident Passes
J H. Staneill Hodges, brother
of Mrs A. J Manning, Sr., of
Williamston, died at his home in
Ayden last Saturday afternoon
after a long illness. The son of
the late J W. and Amanda Stan
I fill Hodges, he was born in Beau
j fort County 72 years ago, locating
' m 11)00 in Ayden where he taught
in the Carolina Christian College
and where he was prominently
connected with the business and
religious life of that section for
many years. He was cushion of
the Bunk of Ayden before going
■ mio H:: nil business
Surviving besides Ins sister
heir and Ids widow are a daugh
ter. Mis. Tyson Bilbt'o of Green
of Washington.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the home yesterday after
noon and interment was in the
Ayden cemetery.
CANDIDAIK
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Kdgar Gurganus, local
young attorney, yesterday an
nounced his candidacy for the
State House of Representa
tives from Marlin County.
Ends Successful
Mission Friday
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The Church of the Advent end
ed one of the most successful
preaching missions ever held last
Friday. Bishop Durst, who retir
ed from active service a few years
ago, preached u series of six ser
mons. The church was practical
ly filled for each of the services
and those who attended wire
greatly inspired hy his Stirling
and consecrated sermons. The
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trig scrvics -and personal ciccliea -
tion in which the entire eongrega
tion took part.
The Bishop emphasized in his
sermons the challenge of the
world today to a consecrated
church. If Christian people are
to meet tins challenge, which is
not an easy task, it will require
a deeper consecration and a more
determined effort than has over
been shown before, the bishop
said.
“We must realize that we are
j budding the destiny ol the world
today,” he said, "and Christian
people are called upon to make it
proclaim the Kingdom of God
rather than fear, hatred, and de
struction. The world must become
Christian rathei than the church
become worldly.”
On Friday afternoon Bishop
Durst spoke at a children's service
and administered the rite of eon
Urination to two persons. The
Bishop and Mrs. Darst left for
their home on Greenville Sound,
near Wilmington, Saturday morn
ing.
I Walter Cimmt‘11
Died Herr Today
Walter L: Climmcll, traveling
salesman fur the Towel Binford
Electric Company, Richmond, died
in a local hospital this morning at
4:30 o’clock. His condition was
considered critical when he enter
ed the hospital several days ago
and little hope was held for his
J recovery.
Gimmell, a native of Richmond,
had made his home in Rich Square
for the prist eighteen months or
two years He had traveled this
territory for fifteen years or more.
Surviving are Ins widow, the
former Miss Bernice Elliott; a
brothel', Roderick Gimmell of
Arlington, Va., and a sister, Mrs
Mary G. Smith of Pittsburgh.
The body is being moved to
Hit jb Spjuar t today her© f.:' 1
services will be conducted in the
Methodist church by the pastor
Wednesday afternoon at ,3 00 o’
Rich Square cemetery
Mr. Gimmell had made many
friends in Williamston during the
time lie was with the Richmond
I firm.
Officers Wrecked
Two Ill icit Liquor
Plants Last ^ eek
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l{ i trill irk l{<-ports Incrrasfd
\rli\il\ in tlir Business
During February
Two illicit liquor stills were
captured and three plants were
wrecked by ABC Officer Joe H.
Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel
with the aid of ABC officers from
Pitt County last week.
Held to a fairly low minimum
for several years, the illicit busi
ness flared up in this county dur
ing recent weeks, ABC Officer
Roebuck in his report for Febru
ary stating that ten plants were
wercked. several >f them having
been equipped with copper ket
tles. The officers during the
period found and poured out
twenty gallons of white liquor
and 2,400 gallons of beer. Three
persons were arrested for alleged
ly violating the liquor laws and
that many were convicted, the
fines imposed by Judge J. C.
Smith in the county court,
amounting to $250.
Continuing their work in the
county this month, the county of
ficers assisted by those from Pitt
wrecked a partial manufacturing
plant in Robersonville Township
not far from the Flat Swamp
Church section last Thursday
morning. That afternoon, the
raiders entered Bear Grass Town
ship and wrecked a plant equip
ped with a 50-gallon capacity cop
per kettle, doubler and cooler.
They poured out five gallons of
i white liquor and 100 gallons of
beer.
Lending a helping hand again
| on Friday, the Pitt officers helped
| find and wreck a large plant in
| the Free Union section of James
j ville Township that morning. The
j pi,apt was equipped with a 100
j gallon capacity copper kettle,
, doubler and cooler. The officers
j poured out 100 gallons of the bet
, ter grade of sugar beer.
feiiw+H' Loesiiv
Died On Saturday
Mrs. T. 11. Grimes, a native of
Jamesville and for many years a
resident of Robersonville, died at
the home of her brother, J, C.
Brown, in Washington last Sat
urday morning. She had been ill
about five weeks.
The former Miss Isoline Brown,
she was born 00 years ago, the
daughter of the late John T.
Drown and wife.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. C. A. Medford and Mrs. Le
vora Davis, both of Raleigh; three
brothers, T. L. Brown of New
Bern, J. S. Brown of Norfolk and
J. Biown of Washington; and
a sister, Mrs. Hugh Coltrain of
Norfolk.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Robersonville Christian
Church Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock by Rev. J. M. Perry, the
pastor, and Rev. J. R. Everett,
Baptist minister. Burial was in
the Robersonville cemetery.
Mod I ill hVsiiins
Polimiums Job
l Willie Modlin, a member of the
i local police force for the past sev
eral months, resigned last Satur
day evening, his resignation com*
i ing unexpectedly. It became ef
fective immediately.
John Roebuck, a former mern
I her of the force for a number of
i sears, was named by Chief W. T.
| Simpson to lill the position made
; vacant by the Modlin resignation,
j Officer Roebuck entered upon the
| new duties Sunday night.
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VITINDANCK i
v
(ioiuj; on a Saturday sched
ule to make up some of the
time lost during the hail
v.ivjiUvfw.itu iw rt>-.
Martin Count,v schools repor*
cd normal attendance fi
last Saturday, according
1'itfnvi(inn ctmtitn* J'
u.u. comim. from the
tendant this week.
The Saturday schi
continue after a
fashion until May.
m