Methodists Setting
The Pace In Softball
Last-Inning Rally
Brings Victory
To Episcoterians
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By Wilbur Jackson
The high flying Methodist Soft
ballers made it two in a row
Thursday night as they defeated
the Baptist team 5 to 4 behind the
masterful pitching of Oswald
Stalls.
The Baptists started the scoring
in the second frame when they
scored one run on hits by Weaver,
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CHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Standings
W. L. Pet.
Method'sts _ 2 0 1.000
[ Episeoteriaps 2 1 .666
| Christians _ 1 1 .500
j Baptists _ 0 3 .000
Results
Thursday. Mav 12
| Methodists 5, Baptists 4.
Episcopterians 10. Christians 9.
Monday, May 16
Episcoterians 17, Baptists 6.
Schedule
Thursday, May 19
Episcoterians vs. Methodists.
| Baptists vs. Christians.
(Maynard and Barnhill. The
Methodists then came back with
two runs in their half on a home
run tyy Bill Thrower, an error and
a single by Ed Rowland. They
added two more in the fourth and
scored what proved to be the win
ning marker in the sixth on two
! walks and a single.
The Baptists made a last inning
rally but fell short of catching the
strong Methodist team.
Bill Thrower led the winners
: with three hits for three trips to
the plate. Joe Davenport had two
for two for the losers,
j- Cs-wu-ld Stalks w as Che1 winning
pitcher. "Mayor” Bob Cowen the
] loser.
Score by innings: R H E
I Baptists 010 001 2—4 12 2
Methodists 020 201 x—5 8 0
Second Game
Scoring ten runs in the last in
ning to overcome a nine run lead
the Episcoterians defeated the
Christians softballers 11 to 10
Thursday night in what proved to
be a very exciting softball game.
The way things started it look
ed as if the Christians had the
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| game all sewed up as they scored
i civ in he third, added four in the
fourth, and three in the fifth.
They scored two more in the sev
enth while all the Episcoterians ^
could do was make one lone run
in the third until the fatal seventh
inning. They had four hits, three
walks and two errors which added j
up to ten runs and enough to give I
them a .500 average for the young j
season as they lost to the Method- I
ists the first game.
Outstanding for the winners
was ‘'Preacher” Jim Lowry who I
stole home with the tying run. j
Score by innings: R H E
Christians 001 430 2 —10 10 2'
Episcoter’ 001 000 (10)—11 9 3
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PLAN COMPLETE CLEAN UP
AT SKEWARKEY FRIDAY
A final effort to complete the
clean-up job started some time ago
on the grounds of Skewarkey
Church will be made on Friday
morning of this week, beginning
at 8:00 o’clock, it was announced
yesterday by John Henry Edwards
who is leading the clean-up force.
Volunteers are greatly needed and
any help given will be sincerely
appreciated, Mr. Edwards said.
The historical old church has re
cently been repainted and a new
roof installed. It's improved ap
pearance enhances the entrance of
highway 17 to the town.
In Colerain Sunday ’"""HrR)
Mr. and Mis. P. O. Holloman
and daughter, Patsy, visited Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Holloman in Cole
rain Sunday.
Visit In Cross Rasds "T
Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Wynne
visited Mrs. Wynne’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bailey, in Cross
Roads Sunday. , , v
Announce Birth of Sun "
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Carson of
Robersonville announce the birth
of a son on Tuesday, May 17, in
Brown's Community Hospital.
Mrs. Carson is the former Miss
Mary Warren of Williamston,
NOTICE OF RE SALE
North Carolina, Martin County.
In the Matter of Sam Williams,
Cleo Bell Rhodes, and Catherine
Gurganus, Ex-parte
Under and by virtue of an order!
of resale made by L. B. Wynne,'
Clerk of Superior Court of Martin
County, on the 12th day of May,'
1949, the undersigned commis
sioner will on Friday the 27th day,
of May, 1949, offer for re-sale to
the highest - bidder for cash in
front of the courthouse door at 12
o’clock noon the following de
scribed tract or parcel of land.
Bounded on the South by the
house and lot belonging to Oscar
Hagan and others, bounded on the 1
East by the Alexander Jones pro-!
perty, bounded on the North by
Jack Daniel and on the West by
the Mobley property. For a more
perfect description see Deed e
corded in Book A-3, page 376.
This the 12th day of May, 1949.
Chas. H. Manning,
Commissioner.
mv 17-24
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Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in that cer
tain deed of trust executed to the
undersigned Trustee by E. C. Ste
venson and wife, Melena Steven
son, dated December 20, 1946, and
of record in the Register of Deeds
Office in Book H-4, page 505, to
secure a note of even elate there
with, and the stipulations in said
Deed of Trust not having been
complied with, and at the request
of the holder of said note, the un
dersigned Trustee will, on Mon
day, June 6, 1949, at 12 o'clock,
Moon, in front of the Courthouse
door Martin County, offer for sale
to the highest bidder, for cash the
following described tracts of land:
First Tract: All our interest in
and to a tract of land in Roberson- ■
ville Township, near Roberson
yjile, N. C„ beginning in the cen
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and described in detail in the Fifth
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Second Tract: A certain tract or j
parcel of land lying or being in
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more or less, and composed of
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joining the lands of Mrs. W, T
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and Watson Sherrod on the East,
the lands of Watson Sherrod and
Conoho Creek on the South, and
the Waldo estate and
Henry Johnson on the West. Said
land being more particularly de- j
scribed by a plat whereof made by
David Cox, Surveyor, on the 23rd
day of January, 1941. which said
map is recorded in Plat Book-,
page-, Martin County Registry
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part hereof and incorporated
therein.
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