« THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BE
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ 81
OVER 3.00# MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEIS
VOLUME LI—NUMBER 33
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 22. 1918
ESTABLISHED 1899
Greater Interest
Shown In County
By Wildlife Club
Conservationist Gives Plan
For Better Hunting
And Fishing
Martin County Wildlife Club
members held a very interesting
meeting in the courthouse .here
last evening, observers pointing
out that it was one of the club's
best meetings held in months.
In the absence of the president,
Don Matthew’s, Jr., the vice presi
dent, Hildreth Mobley, presided
over the planned program. Secre
tary J. H. Edwards announced
that 98 members had joined for
the new year, that ISO others
were expected to affiliate with
the organization.
Joe Winslow, district member
of the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission reviewed
the recommendations heard at a
district meeting of the commis
sion in Kinston a short time ago.
Lay days were discussed at
length, the commissioner explain
ing that while no action was tak
en and none will be taken until
two other district meetings are
held, there is a possibility that lay
days will be eliminated or made
uniform throughout the State.
Anticipating appeals for a re
gulation outlawing the sale of
squirrel and rabbit, the commis
sioner asked the views of the
meeting. The proposal was dis
cussed and while some members
favored withdrawing squirrel and
rabbits from the commercial mar
ket, the group decided to take no
official stand on the question.
The commissioner explained
that the game wardens are on the
job, that those not handling their
duties can expect to be relieved.
Mr. Winslow explained that hunt
ers and fishermen were recogniz
ing the warden as a protector of
game and fisli and th? interests
of the hunter and fishermen, that
those enforcing the law should
cooperate with them in every way
possible.
Howard McKnight, soil conser
vationist, briefly offered a pro
gram for increasing game and
fish, especially quail. He declar
ed that the bird population is con
trolled by the feed supply and the
elimination of stray cats and dogs
and hawks. He suggested plant
ing borders to certain plants
which will control erosion and at
the same time offer feed and pro
tection to quail. He stated that
he had 3,000 plants available at
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Under Bond ror
Throwing Rocks
Identified by Floyd Spruill, Jr.,
at a preliminary hearing held be
fore Justice R. T. Johnson here
^ Tuesday evening, Benjamin Pate
and Norman Godard were bound
over to the county court in $100
bond each for allegedly assault-1
ing Spruill with rocks on the!
Hamilton Road near here last Fri- j
day evening. Probable cause was
found when Spruill identified the
two young white men, and no evi
dence was heard by Justice John
son. Bond was arranged.
P Just prior to the attack made
on Spruill some one either shot or
, threw a rock or bottle at two ve
hicles, one on the Jamesville1
Road and the other on the Ham-.
ilton Rpad. Windshields on both i
cars were broken, the missile'
shattering one of the glasses. Oc-1
cupants of the two vehicles were
called as witnesses but they did I
not testify at the preliminary
hearing.
Firemen Called
To Burning (]ar.
Fire starting front; an over
heated bearing burneid a wheel
and tire on a Fayetteville travel
ing salesman's car on Warren
Street, not far from the laundry,
. 4:05 Tuesday afternoon The1
over-heated bearing caused the
fluid ’’'■"Oii'w to burst a-vi^fcat1
caused the fife to spread.
Firemen were called out and
they put the fire out but not until
the rear of the car had been blist
ered and the interior smoked.
Advance Plans for Calling
Referendum on Beer-Wine
Acting as individuals, a group
of county ministers and laymen
continued to advance plans at a
meeting held in the Baptist
church here Tuesday evening for
calling a referendum proposing a
■ban on the sale of wine and beer
in this county.
Thinking the law called for a
petition supported by fifteen per
cent of the voters in the last gen
eral election, the group later
learned that the petition is based
on the vote for governor. Two
years ago less than 1,400 votes
were cast in the general election.
Fourteen of the twenty-two peti
tions circulated and returned to
the meeting Tuesday evening car
ried the names of 485 voters, or
about 35 percent of the total votes
cast in 1948. It is estimated that I
the eight petitions still out will
boost the count to approximately I
800, a number 155 over and above
the necssary fifteen percent bas
ed on the approximately 4,500
votes cast in the general election
in 1944.
Discussing the movement de
signed to clean up the muddle
now existing, the drys said that
there was possibly an even great
er demand to include hard liquors
in the referendum. Since the cir
culated petitions included only
wine and beer, the meeting was of
the opinion that it would be ad
visable to whittle at the' problem
little at a time, that to include
liquor would necessitate the cir
culation of new petitions and the
discarding of the present ones.
Scheduled to meet in the Bap
tist church here again Tuesday
night at 8:00 o’clock the drys plan
to complete their organization. A
committee, composed of Messrs.
J. Frank Weaver, C. B. Bowen
and B. S. Courtney, was named to
contact a chairman.
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The Williamston Parent
Teacher Association will hold
a meeting in the high school
auditorium next Monday
evening at 8:00 o’clock, it was
announced today by the pre
sident. H. P. Mobley. A report
on the proposed building pro
gram is expected. An inter
esting program is being plan
ned by the chairman, Mrs.
Herbert Taylor. A large at
tendance upon the meeting is
anticipated.
Hijrh School Hand
\11 Sol For Its Trip
ToTarboro Friday
Director Itullcr Has New
Uniform; Voting Musi
cians Working Hard
Plans for its trip to Tarboro
to participate in the giant Hos
pitality Day parade and program
tomorrow afternoon will be given
final attention tonight as the Wil
liamston High School Band makes
its first public parade appearance
in another town since it was re
organized last spring.
Present plans call for the band
to march in eight rows of six:
each under the guidance of Drum J
Major Bobby Clayton and with a
group of peppy majorettes in new
uniforms to add more color to the
formation.
With the arrival this week of a
new uniform for Director Jack
Butler the band has its full uni-1
form equipment and observers re-1
gard it as a distinctive appearing I
unit.
Special practices have been the
rule during the past ten days or j
two weeks while drills and new !
numbers were studied and prac-i
tieed. Weather has hampered the I
practice efforts some but the unit !
is expected to make a good show-!
ing in giving the town some pub- j
licity to repay the effort local peo-1
pie and business firms made in
almost doubling the quota set in
the recent uniform fund drive.
Several new marches have been 1
lined up for the Tarboro event I 1
and still others are due for the ‘
appearance in the Gallopade at
Rocky Mount next month.
The band will travel in private
cars leaving here about 2 o’clock i
fr riday afternoon and returning
early in the evening. A number
of local citizens are expected to
attend the parade and some to
stay over for the Coastal Plain
League ball game that night
The band is just now getting
back into the groove it had cut
some years ago when the war took i
its director away and broke the '
unit into pieces.
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Registrar Unablt> To
Accept Appointment
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Explaining he would be unable (
to serve, Jesse Everett this week i
resigned as registrar for Hamil- i
ton Precinct Mr. Sylvester Peel, j
'’’-'Cl.’-*i~.. ,. VjCcUT.ty !
Board of Elections, tentatively ]
named Wade Everett to handle!
the task, but the appointment had' i
not been officially accepted latch
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Bad Conditions In
Italy Inviting; To
Some Kind Of Ism
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Chicago Tribune Story
Tells Causes for Mueli
Of Unrest There
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Mixed in with all the reports,
propaganda and comments on con
ditions in Italy, a cable came
through to the Chicago Tribune a
short time ago, indicating that
while Russia may be exerting in
fluence there the time is ripe for
turmoil. The big Chicago paper
headed the story, “Reds of Italy
Line Up Poor and Ignorant."
Excerpts from the cable:
Item one: “Thirty-one Italians
of every 100 can neither read nor
write.” This high level of illiter
acy is a familiar characteristic of
countries under clerical domina
tion, as in Spain and Portugal, or
emerging from such domination,
as in Mexico.
Item two: "Most (Italians) are
living at or below the subsistence
level.” To these Italians our of
fers of Trieste (and Communist
agitation for return of Italian col
onies—which Britain wants to
keep) may seem somewhat theo
retical, "pie in the sky.”
Item three: “There are 8,000,000
agricultural workers in Italy. The
rultivable land is owned by 875,
000 Many are absentee landlords
who spent their time in Rome
drinking cocktails in gwanky bars
along the fashionable Via Vene
lo.” Land reform may prove as
attractive to these landless peas
ants as the original Bolshevik
land program did to the Russian
moujik.
Item tour: “There are 6,000,000
industrial workers in Italy, most
>f them, unskilled. With their low
a ages and low standard of living,
-nany welcome the Reds.” Per
haps a factor is that in Italy all
he big Fascist industrialists and
■ollaborators have not only been
Dolitically pasteurized under Am
o-ican influence, but some have
ilready obtained Export-Import
3ank loans.
Item five: “The middle class,
lormally a bulwark against Com
munism, has virtually vanished
rom Italy.” This can hardly be
ilamed on Moscow.
Item six “In every city in Italy,
'oung women with babies, ragged
lags, and toothless old men ac
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Husband of Oak
City Girl Drowns
Mint Barker, Chief Petty Offic
er, U. S, Navy, was drowned fast
veek at the Portsmouth Navy
fard. Details of the drowning
ire not available.
A native of Kentucky, Barker
vas given a military burial in the
)ak City cemetery Sunday after
loon at 2 p. m. A firing squad
ind officers from the Navy Yard
n Portsmouth accompanied *he
Judy to the county and pa-tici
>ated in the funeral.
While in the service Barker
narried Mrs. Addle Whitfield
Smith, daughtei of Mr. and Mrs.
oe Ben Whitfield of Oak City.
Voting On Support
Program For Irish
Potatoes April 27
Approximately 100 Farm
ers In I'll is County Are
Eligible To Vote
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All Martin County farmers who
produce irish potatoes for market
are eligible to participate in a
price support referendum to be
held in the county agricultural |
building at Williamston next |
Tuesday, April 27, The voting ;
hours will be from 8:00 a. m. until |
5:00 p. m., but farmers eligible to
vote may do so by mail provided
their ballots are postmarked not1
later than midnight, April 27.
Applications for certificate of
eligibility are now available at
the office of the county agent,
and quite a few have already
been distributed.
To rule himself eligible, the
1 grower must apply to the agent’s
office, posting a $3 minimum fee
to cover cost of measurements
and sign an agreement.
Under the terms of the agree
ment, the grower agrees not to
sell ungraded potatoes or field
run potatoes except to the Depart
ment of Agriculture or to con
tracting dealers, that he will not
sell potatoes of or below No. 1 size
B grade or quality or U. S. No. 2
grade or quality regardless of size
except to the department, to con
tracting growers or with prior ap
proval to processors or livestock
feeders.
The farmer also is to agree not
to offer for delivery under the
government's support price pro
gram any potatoes which fail to
meet at least the quality require
ments of U. S. No. 2 grade, 1 7-8
inches minimum diameter, or of
U. S. No. 1 Size B, grade, or any
potatoes damaged or affected by
disease, insects, frost or any other
injury rendering them unfit for
normal consumption or unable to
withstand normal shipment and
storage, regardless of grades.
There are certain other prvis
ions, all designed to prevent a
market glut and hold prices up to
a point equal to or above the sup
port level.
It is estimated that approxi
mately 100 farmers in this county
are eligible to participate in the
program and vote in the next
Tuesday referendum.
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New Tenants For
Apartment Stores
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Vacated several weeks ago by
the Woolard Furniture Company,
the Tar Heel building stores are
being extensively remodeled for
new tenants. No official an
nouncement has been made, but
Mrs. Dolores Long Beaird’s Wear
Right Shop and the Employment
Security Commission are plan
ning to occupy one side of the
lower floor and Colonial Stores
will occupy the other side.
The Wear-Right Shop is now
located in the Bowen building on
Washington Street, and the em
ployment offices are on the third
floor of the City Hall. The Col
onial Stores are surrendering
then lease on the Harrison Broth
ers building.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS ... I
Postwar nervous tension
seems to still grip the automo
bile driver. That and care
lessness, thoughtlessness and
“unavoidable” conditions
boosted the current accident
figures on Martin County
highways to a booming level
over the week-end. The rec
ord to date, elaerly mdicates
that it is time to slow down
and to drive more carefully.
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.
16th Week
Arslients Inj’d E'Ucd Dam’js
1948 8 3 0 $ 1,620
1947 210 600
Comparison* To Date
3948 48 20 l $ 8 750
1947 40 21 3 9,350
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Farm Work Going
Forward Rapidly
In Martin County
Tobacco Transplanting To
Gel Under Way On Biff
Scale Next W eek
Delayed about two weeks by
unfavorable weather conditions
during early spring, Martin Coun
ty farmers have caught up with
their work and farm activities are
going forward rapidly now, pos
sibly a little ahead of a normal
schedule.
Tobacco transplanting, while
breaking no new early season re
cords, is getting under way on a
small scale with the possibility
that it will be in full swing by the
middle or latter part of next
week. Several farmers stated this
week that they planned to com
plete the transplanting task by
the middle of next week.
Farmer Toba Bowen launched
the transplanting season last
Monday but several others have
since started the tusk. Farmer
Simon Beach started transplant
ing the first of twenty acres of the
J. S. Ayers Estate farm in Ham
ilton Township yesterday after
noon. A few other farmers, find
ing their plants too large to hold
until next week, are transplanting
them to the fields in scattered
parts of the county. It is estimat
ed that seventy five percent of
the farmers are preparing their
land for tobacco, making ready to
start transplanting operations
next week. With a lew exceptions
just about all the seed beds were
sown during the same week last
winter and most of the plants will
be ready for the fields about the
same time. *
Blue mold is present in nearly
every section of the county, but
so far it has damaged the plants
very little, as a whole.
The corn crop is off to a good
start, the farmers reporting ex
cellent stands. Quite a few far
mers have already cultivated the
crop a first time. Some cotton
has been planted and prepara
tions arc being made fur planting
a large peanut crop, hut the
goober plantings will he assign
ed a position secondary to tobac
co transplanting*.
With some observers predict
ing 50 cent tobacco and with a
support price for peanuts, Mar
tin County farmers are looking
forward to a good year.
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Kitty Cases On
Court’s Docket
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Right at fifty cases arc being
placed on the docket for trial in
Judge J. Calvin Smith’s county
court next Monday. Up until
noon yesterday forty-three cases
had been calendared, and several
more were moving out of the jus
tices of the peace courts.
Twenty-two of the defendants
are facing the court on speeding
charges. Possibly half or more of
the speeding charges are pending
against out-of-state drivers, many
af whom are likely to forfeit their
bonds rather than return long dis
tances for trial. Five are charg
ed with drunken driving, four
with operating motor vehicles
without drivers’ licenses Three
are book Pd for assaults, and two
'or bastardy. Two are charged
with non-support, one with pet p
ng into a bedroom window, and
mother one with an assault with
1 deadly weapon with intent to
till. One is charged with aban
loning his crop, one with issuing
i worthless check and still an
>ther with operating a pieolo
without a license and maintain
ng a public nuisance.
If all the defendants plead guii
y or are found guilty, the court
s likely to break the income re
cord for a single session.
tuy Itnsin (ns From
A. IF. Ilunlisoli llrn>
Reconsidering announced plans
o locate in Franklin, Va , when
hey could find no living quar
ers, Mr. and Mrs. John Wier this
week purchased the tilling station
Ifid lurch counter operated for
eviral months by A. W. Hardison
rext to the Roanoke Dixie Ware
louse here. The new owners plan
o take over and remodel lue !.
ruilding soon after May 1. i
Workers Vote 77 To 11 For
AFL Union In Plant Here
Participating in an election
conducted last Tuesday by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board,
workers at the Marvil Package
Company plant here voted 77 to
11 for a union, according to un
official reports. The action, com
ing as a surprise move on the part
of union organizers, followed a
miserable and costly attempt to
organize the old plant of the Wil
liamston Package Manufacturing
Company late last summer.
The election, featured by fan
tastic publicity from the air. was
peaceful and without incident,
and climaxed organization work
handled by Louis Price, union re
presentative of Plymouth, during
recent weeks. During or just
prior to the election, one report
stated, an airplane dropped slips
of paper, urging the workers to
vote "Yes.”
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Up until early today no official;
announcement had been made
either by the union or the com
pany. It was learned that con
tract terms will be negotiated
within a short time.
The union at the local plant is
a unit of the American Federation
of Labor anil is affiliated with the
Sulphate pulp and paper division,
one report said.
Unions have organized two
other local plants since early last
fall, but one report states there is
some doubt if the workers will
support the union in one of the
plants when the present contract
is terminated.
Organizers Thomason and
Crawford who were stationed
here for several months apparent
ly were withdrawn after the
strike at the old basket factory
failed.
Judge Throws Aside
Second Jury Verdict
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Court Ends Term
Of a Few Cases
Says Value of Betterments
Allowed By Jurymen
Is Too Great
Up until last weak Judge W. H.
S. Burgwyn had never in his
twelve years on the bench set
aside a jury verdict. He slapped
the jury in the face after it had
rendered the plaintiff a judgment
in the sum of $2,350 in the ease of
R. H. Speller against Dr Edward
L. Early, and he directed another
slap Tuesday afternoon when he
set aside a jury verdict in the ease
of V. G. Taylor, petitioner, against
Thurston Davenport. Once he
broke the precedent, the jurist
wasn’t long in repeating the act.
Back in 1941 the petitioner
bought a piece of land in Ever
etts, and it later developed that
the deed was void. During the
meantime, the petitioner, acting
in good faith, made improvements
to the property. The ownership
of the land no longer in dispute,
the petitioner asked that he be al
lowed the value of the better
ments and improvements The
jury allowed the petitioner $7,500.
Monday afternoon Judge Bur
gwyn inspected the property, an
r.ounced that the allowance was
too much and set the verdict
aside. It was reported that the
jurist recommended that the pe
titioner pay Davenport $750 for
the land. It could not be learned
what action will be taken, wheth
er tlie case will be carried into
court again or whether a settle
ment can be effected by the liti
gants.
Characteristic of many of the
court terms, comparatively few
cases were tried during the abbre
viated term ending last Tuesday j
afternoon. Only six cases were!
handled by the jury and one-third j
of the jury's decisions were rend- j
ired useless when the judge set;
the verdicts aside. To speed up I
the proceedings, the court ordered
enough jurymen to carry on while
one jury was deliberating. The
speed up plan fell through when
several of the big damage suits
were continued.
Other proceedings not previous
ly reported follow:
R A. Criteher was given a judg
ment in the sum of $578 with six
percent interest from February 1,
1947, against the Southern Butane
Gas Corporation, the plaintiff al
leging that a certain guarantee
was not sustained by the defend
ant corporation.
In the case of W. A. Perry
against Bruce Whitehurst, the1
court appointed Chas. II. Manning
referee to hear the evidence on
May 13, 1948, and report his find
ings to the court. Each of the liti
gants was required to post $50 for
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After the jury heard all the
evidence in the land lord-tenant
ase brought by Louis Brown
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PROGKK.SSITNC
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Construction work on'wil- I
liamston’s new $75,000 the- |
ater is progressing rapidly,
and it is expected that the
movie house will he made
ready for its formal opening
in late June or early July.
Named "Viccar” after the
owner’s two young sons, Vic
tor and Carlyle Brown, the
theater has an impressive
front of suede green builder’s
glass, and the latest type mar
quee. The exterior construc
tion is just about complete
and the plasterers are finish
ing their work this week.
Germans Fleeing
Back ami Forth
Across Borders
Fulm* Itiimors Katin r I tiitii
Actual Facts (lausc
For I uniioil
Many panicky Germans, con
fused by Allied-Soviet tension
and fantastic rumors, fled back
and forth across the Russo British |
zonal border recently. They said
they didn't know which way to
turn.
Refugees from the Russian bor
der area of Germany fled to the
British zone. Those from British
occupied territory fled to tin Rus
sian zone. Some crossed the hol
er, looked around and then went
back where they had started from.
The Germans were jittery be
cause of a wave of falsi- rumors.
Some sought refuge from a com
ing “flying saucer" attack. Others
wanted to hurry across Gel many
to board sea-going rafts, which
they heard were being construct
ed to carry Germans to other
countries.
The woods near British-eon
trolled iielmstedt, 10 miles east
of the Soviet control point of Ma
rienborn, were dotted w ith camps
of hundred of refugee Germans
fleeing in both directions
Each camping party usually i
consisted of one or two families i
huddled around a log fire. Their 1
household possessions were piled
around them as they slept in the t
open. <
One man, an agricultural work
er from Bi Tish-occupied Bruns- (
wick, was taking his wife, two l
children and bundles of clothing i
to his wife's family in Magdeburg, t
in the Soviet zone
"But I expect we will be back J
in a few days, bringing my wife s
family with us,’’ he said.
Company Sergeant Major E. C.
Glade, of the Exeter detachment, i
was in command of a border mili- ;
tary police post where Germans!'
were checked as they crossed, t
He said thousands of persons had ,i
passed his post in the past few f
days.
’There r&s“s,een litifi in tip in - ‘
terference with German tiaveieis i
by Soviet frontier guards as long i
as- they have presented tin- pi--per ■ t
inter zonal passesT*“
To Inspect All
Motor Vehicles
Under New Laws
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! ruilrrs. Motorcycles, Mot
or Bikes anil Scooters
Vre To Be Inspected
The Motor Vehicles Department
has announced that the new in
spection law requires that trail
t rs, motorcycles, scooters, and
motorbikes be inspected along
with all automobiles and trucks
m the State.
Arthur T. Moore, Chief of the
Mechanical Inspection Division,
said that since the law requires
that those vehicles be registered,
it also requires that they be in
spected for safe mechanical condi
tion.
There is a provision, however,
that farm trailers of less than
2,500 pounds gross weight will be
inspected free of charge. A'metal
inspection tab will be placed on
the trailers, which will be inspect
ed on the following points:
1. Wheels for alignment.
2. Tongue to see that it is se
curely fastened to the bed of the
trailer.
3. Trailer hitch to see that it is
sufficient to keep the trailer at
tached to the towing vehicle.
4. Axle to see that it is not bent
and is securely fastened to the bed
of tlu- trailer.
5. Bed to see that it is of sub
stantial construction.
6. License plates to make sure
they are securely fastened.
7. Reflex reflectors, to see there
are two 4 inch ones as required by
law and that they are properly
placed (in lieu of tail lights form
erly required by law.)
As for motorcycles, motorseoot
i rs, motorbikes and other small
power driven vehicles, there will
be the usual $1.1)0 inspection fee.
A metal tab will also be used for
grading them, and this seal will
bo placed on the frame to the rear
of the saddle post in u protected
visible area. Moore said.
These vehicles will be checked
on these points:
1. Headlight to see it meets the
t equil ctncnls, and that vehicle
does not have more than one spot
light, as is the maximum allowed
by law.
2. Brakes to see that they are
sufficient to stop the vehicle.
3. Tires to see they are in con
dition for safe operation.
1 Other lights to see they are in
working order, and that general
rendition of vehicle is satisfac
tory.
Moore said that since the in
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Mavor K. E. Eovven
Hoars Six Cases
Mayor Robert Cowon, pinch
litting for Justice John L. Hassell
a'ho continues in a Washington
lospital for treatment, heard six
•uses in his court last Tuesday
•voning when alleged drunks
,vcre paraded before him.
Judgment was suspended upon
he payment of the costs in the
•uses charging Robert Martin and
'has. Ben Roberson with public
Irunkenness. Joe Mabry, charg
'd with being drunk and disord
■rly, was fined $5 and taxed with
he costs.
The court found itself just
bout helpless to act and dismiss
cl the case charging Elmer White
mi st with public drunkenness.
Luther Perkins was taxed with
he cost in the case charging him
cith an assault.
Charged with an assault with a
leadly weapon, Jesse Raseoe was
lound over to the county court
inder bond in the sum of
rial next Monday.
•iremen Ire Culled
II ii ruing El
Local volunteer firemen
ailed out for thi second time
s many days yesterday afternoon
vhen a burning trash pile fired ai
lectrie power line pole
link yard of the Williantst
’arts and Metal Company.
The pole tire was cxtinglit
•> ■■ small huso- line hut a ■«
ection with the city water
.as necessary to knock out
t->n p:n me. i ciiiutgc weis