THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME L1II—NUMBER 62
ESTABLISHED 1899
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 8, 1930
.County Schools Will
Open September 5-6
All But Four Of
Faculty Positions
Have Been Filled
Wliitr School* To Slart The
New Term On Wednes
day, September 6
In a short meeting held Mon
day, the Martin County Board of
Education fixed the dates for
opening the schools and adopted
^ a holiday schedule for the entire
term.
All colored schools will open
the new term on Tuesday, Sep
tember 5, and all white schools
will start the new session the fol
lowing day, Wednesday, Septem
ber 6, it was announced.
Two days are on the Thanks
giving holiday schedule. Christ
mas holidays are to begin at noon
on December 20, the schools to
reopen on January 2. Easter Mon
day is to be observed as a holi
day.
White teachers are to report
to their respective schools on
Monday, September 1. A county
wide teachers’ meeting is on the
calendar for Tuesday, September
5, the office of the county super
intendent announced.
0 All faculty positions in the col
ored schools were said to have
been filled, one report explain
ing that there were comparatively
few changes in the teacher per
sonnel.
Only four positions were to be
filled in the white schools as of
last Saturday, the superinten
dent’s office explaining that possi
bly one or more of them had been
g tilled since that time by the local
committees. Last Saturday there
was one opening to be filled in
of four schools, Farm Life,
Williamston, Robersonville and
Oak City. Ten days ago there were
two places va< ant in Williams
ton's elementary faculty, leaving
either a fourth or fifth grade
position to be filled. Farm Life
has an opening in its elementary
1 school. Robersonville was short a
high school science teacher, and
Oak City was looking for a high
school English instructor.
Unless good cause is shown,
teachers now under contract with
the school committees in this
county cannot have their resig
nations accepted.
In several of the white schools
there have been changes in the
faculty personnel, but despite the
numerous resignations officials
have found it less difficult to find
replacements and fill new posi
tions for the coming term than
;it any time since before the war,
it was learned.
Breaks Into Gulf
Service Station
* —
I 1,in wood (Dummy) Speight
was ant'Sted by local officers
early yesterday morning for al
legedly breaking mto the Gulf
Station on Washington ,Street
Sunday night. Speight denies the
charge, but damaging evidence is
being collected in the cast, ac
cording to one report.
The robber forced his way
iblough a broken window into
the wash pit anti then prized
^ open a door to the sales room.
Manager Opheus Price said that
he missed several cartons of cig
arettes.
Reserve Sugar
Cuba Purchased
The Agriculture Department
has announced that the United
% States has arranged to bug Cu
ll,i s rutile iescrve atuck of au
gur, 600,000 short tons. This will
give this country the largest
•stock of sugar in its history by
more than a naif million tons.
The total available for consump
tion in 1950 is 8,450,000 tons, as
compared with the peak con
sumption achieved last year of
* 7,500,000 tons.
! ROUND-UP
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Law violators had a big:
week-end in these parts last
week-end, the records show
ing that sixteen of them were
rounded up and temporarily
detained in the county Jail.
Apparently imbiding too free
ly of the spirits, twelve of the
sixteen were booked for pub
lic drunkenness, and one each
for issuing a bad check, care
less and reckless driving, lar
ceny and investigation.
Two were white and the
ages of the group ranged
from 18 to 49 years.
Entrenched Group
Working Against
Lobby Committee
Investigutor Only Seeking
Alt Answer To Simple
Question
Washington.—Get this straight
because it is important: Congress
man Frank Buchanan (Dcm„ Pa.),
chairman of the House Lobby in
vestigating committee, is trying to
do just one simple job, and it is
this:
Find ways to make big lobbyists
tell Congress and the American
people where they get their
money. In other words, reveal
who pays for lobbying and the
vast and vicious propaganda that
goes with it.
If Congress and the people
know those facts, Buchanan be
lieves, they can judge for them
selves whether a lobbyist is a
"wolf in sheep’s clothing.” A lob
byist can't pose as a friend of the
people if they know he is paid by
their enemies.
Is there anything wrong about
that idea? Of course not. It's just
common sense. But, because Bur
chanan sticks to that idea, he is
being crucified by false and vici
ous propaganda from coast to
coast.
Several examples of this propa
ganda came to light this week.
One example was a big “ad” in the
Wall Street Journal,” and per
haps in other newspapers.
The "ad” bears the name of the
“National Economic Council,” rich
and reactionary lobby-propagan
da organization headed by Mcrvin
K Hart. This "council1 kept the
names of its financial supporters
tsecret until they were disclosed
by the Buchanan committee.
The "ad" is "signed” by some of
the rich men whose names were
I disclosed. One is Lament du Pont,
member of the fabulously wealthy
"Chemical Trust” family. The
others are mostly business men
| whose names are less well known
to the public—such as Thomas W
Phillips, Jr., of the T. W. Phillips
Gas and Oil Company, and Eugene
L. Carey, Wall Street lawyer and
director of the Butte Copper and
Zinc Company.
This "ad" charges the Buchan
jan committee with "smearing” the
supporters of Hart’s "council” anc
other big lobby and piopagandc
organizations, and with “hound
(Continued on Page Seven)
Minor Wrecks Ai
Street Corner
Two minor vehicle wrecks wert
reported at the intersection ol
Main and Haughton Streets dur
ing the week-end. Bruce Whit
field, local young man, sufferec
a bad cut on one arm, but othei
injuries were minor, according ti
unofficial reports. No damage es
timates could be had immediately
A motorcycle, driven by Johr
Hadley and with a sidecar ir
which Whitfield was riding, anc
a car driven by Mrs. Waltei
Wynne crashed at the spotlign
intersection late Saturday night
Two cars, one driven by Misi
| Frances Raynor and the other bj
| Mrs. Garland Wynne, crashed a
! the intersection at 8:30 o'clock
j Sunday night.
Report Big Rush
Is Now Underway
For Canned Goods
War In Korea Has Blu'oi
Lit! Off Canned Fruit
And Vegetable Prices
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San Francisco — War in Ko
rea has blown the lid off canned
fruit and vegetable prices.
They’re advancing all along the
line — from heavyweights like
corn and peaches to the aristo
crats of the pack like asparagus
and fruit cocktail. And canners
and distributors insist they see1
more boosts eoming.
Chain store buyers and big dis
tributors are buying up all the
tinned goods they can find. Some
of this year's packs — asparagus
and apricots, for instance — arc
already sold out. That’s quite a
different story from the past two
years when distributors have been
buying hand-to-mouth and pack
ers’ warehouses have been clog
ged. “A few weeks ago we were
begging for customers,” says one
big packer here.
Most canners, especially the
larger ones, have already began
allocating supplies to their reg
ular distributors.
“It's hysteria buying," com
ments one canner. "Its like every
thing else from soap to cigarettes.
Everybody is getting all he can
because he thinks he can’t get
it later. Some of the distributors
are afraid the Army will come
along and take a big chunk of
goods if they arc left in canners
warehouses.”
(In New York City a spokes
man for one big grocery chain
blames the canners themselves
for some of the "hysteria." He
says they've been confiding to
| distributors and chain store buy
! ers that Government men have
told them off the record Uncle
Sam may take anywhere from
twice as much to eight times as
much of certain canned goods
items as before.)
Procurement agents for the
armed forces won’t predict how
deeply they’ll dip into canners’
stocks. But thus far in 1950
they’ve already asked West Coast
packers to bid on almost as much
tinned goods as they ordered
during all 1949. In April, the
Quartermaster Procurement Divi
sion sought bids on some 915,000
I dozen cans of various fruits and
vegetables. A few days ago it
raised that total to about 2,000,000
dozen.
(Continued on page eight)
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New Registration
Is Not Necessary
Contrary to previous special
elections held here, no special
registration will be required for
the $200,000 water and sewer
bond election scheduled here for
Wednesday, September 20, ac
cording to a ruling released this
week.
The provisions for the regis
tration reads as follows:
The Registrar will be furnished
with the registration book used
at the last regular election held
in the Town of Williamston (be
ing the regular municipal election
held on April 11, 1949) and he
will revise the registration book
so that it will show an accurate
list of the electors previously reg
istered in the Town and still re
siding therein, without requiring
such electors to register anew.
The registrar will keep the reg
istration book open for the reg
istration of new electors on each
day (Sundays excepted) for the
period beginning Friday, the 1
day of September, 1950, and end
ing on Friday, the 8 day of Sep
tember, 1950. The book will be
kept open on each Saturday dur
ing such period from 9 o’clock
A. M. until 9 o’clock P. M., and
on other days during such period
from 9 oclock A. M. until 5 o'clock
P. M
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Lightning Firea Corn
lim it In County Thursday
Fire, started by lightning, des
troyed the corn barn of Farmer
Garland Tice in Griffins Town
ship last Thursday afternoon. A
smalt amount of feed was stored
. in the barn along with a few po
tatoes and other farm commodi
ties.
First Martin County Man
Wounded In Korean Battle
Cp], Bonnie E. Bland, Martin
Count' young man, was wounded
a short time ago in the Korean
War, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fernando Bland of Hassell, were
advised by the War Department
last Friday morning. It was the
first casualty report to be receiv
ed in this county since the Korean
War broke out on June 24.
The telegraphic message stated
that the young man was slightly
wounded but no date and few
other details were revealed. His
address will continue unchanged
for the present, but it is possible
that the victim was removed to a
base hospital either on Okinawa
or in Japan.
Cpl. Bland enlisted in the arm
i DELAYED
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Work on the second story
addition to the local high
school is being delayed by
shortages in various construc
tion materials.
The Hardison Construction
Company, contractors, have
placed tools and equipment
on the lot and some of the
lumber has been delivered,
hut brick and cement are not
yet available, it was explain
ed.
Father Oi County
Nan Dies At 95
Alfred Glass, father of Mr
Clyde Glass of Jamesvillc, died
late last Wednesday evening in a
Greensboro hospital where lie had
been a patient for three weeks
Mr. Glass was born in Ala
mance County 95 years ago and
located in Guilford County in
1901. He was a member of the
Hickory Grove Methodist Church
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday in the Hanes Chapel
and interment was in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Greensboro.
Surviving are five sons, M E
Glass of Koute 1, Jamestown,
with whom he made his home,
Clyde Glass of Jamesville, Eu
gene Glass of Farmington, N. H ,
Ross Glass of New Fields, N. H„
and Parker Glass, of A venal; two
daughters, Mrs. George M. Hold
en and Mrs. O. E. Hassell, both of
Greensboro; one sister, Miss
Nancy Glass of Greensboro; Hi
grandchildren, and several great
grandchildren
Home After Three
Years In Germany
AItfr a long .stay in Germany
Sgt. Jimmy Williams, accompani
ed by his wife and child, is spend
ing a 30-da.y furlough here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B
Williams. They left one of then
children with relatives in Vienna,
Mrs. Williams’ home.
The sergeant has two brothers
in service in Germany now, Sgt
Lyman (Boog) Williams, and Pfc
Reginald (Tom) Williams.
cd forces prior to the outbreak
of World War II, and saw consid
erable action in the European
theater, part time as a paratroop
er.
Comparatively few members of
the American armed forces had
been killed during the early part
of the war in Korea, but quite a
few were wounded or reported
missing, according to official in
formation released by the War De
pa rtment.
According to latest official re
ports, there have been 2,t>(>8
American casualties in the Ko
rean war, including 1U8 killed.
Other reports, coming from un
official sources, say that 6t>0 have
been killed, 2,975 wounded and
3,000 missing
Nan Being Held
In $2,500 Bond
Walter Wilkins, charged with
attempting to break into the 1) M
Roberson home here on West
Main Street the night of July 29.
is being held in the county jail
District Solicitor George Foun
tain completed a preliminary in
vestigation here last Thursday
but his findings were not disclos
ed. Unable to arrange bond, Wil
kins is likely to face a burglarly
charge when his case is called in
the Martin County Superior Court
on September It!
Attorney Clarence W Griffin
has been employed by the private
prosecution and he assisted Solici
tor Fountain in making the pre
liminary investigation here last
week.
Flames Scattered
By Water In Barn
Over-heating, poor construc
tion, falling leaves and possibly
combustion have started fires m
tobacco barns, but water almost
started one in Farmer Archie
Coltrain’s barn out. in Griffins
last week-end.
A big rain fell and the watet
flowed into the barn, scattering
oil and flames about the barn
The farmer, battling the elements
and a tough situation, found the
trouble before the scattered
flames fired the structure. He cut
off supply and dipped oil and
water out of the barn.
] RKACHKS SI‘(>1
Their schedule altered a
few hours at the last minute,
members of the local National
(iuard unit left here last Sat
urday afternoon for Camp
Stewart, Georgia. Traveling
by special bus, the group din
ed at the "Switch” and con
tinued to Itocky Mount where
they hoarded a pullman for
j the (Georgia camp. Indirect
reports say they reached there
all right. The guardsmen
will he in camp about fifteen
! days.
Record 'Tobacco Barn Fire
Loss In County This Year
Martin County tanners have re
ported what is believed to be ;
record tobacco barn fire loss thi.
scason, and quite a few growers
have not yet completed the har
vest. Through last Saturday, fif
teen barns had been destroyer
by fire in this county us comparer,
with about a dozen last season
Among the late losses wen
those1 reported by Mis. Mania
Griffin on Thursday in Griffin;
Township, Elwood Brown n
Jamesville and C. I’. Culhpher or
the Ballard farm in Populai
Point, both last Saturday. A1
three of the burns were equippec
with oil curers
A sixteenth barn was burner
Monday afternoon. It w'as locator
near White’s filling station on tin
Roebuck farm on Higvvay I2f
'and belonged to the V. G. Tayioi
estate. Williamston’s fire depart
ment was called and helped keef
the fire from spreading to riearbj
buildings.
| No official .survey of the lo.s.se:
has been made, but n was report
| ed that about three-fourths of the
| harps were insured, but that tiu
insurance would lull fai slior
: in offsetting the losses. It was re
j ported that several of the des
troyed barns were equipped will
I a certain type of curer, but tin
type was not disclosed
Preliminary reports state tine
eleven of the barns were equip
ped with oil burners, and twi
each with wood burning furnaeei
and coal stokers.
According to several farmers
the fires in some of tin barn:
started with apparently a gas de
vcloped, causing an explosioi
when high heat was being main
tamed.
It is estimated that most of thi
barns carried a value of abou1
$1,000, including equipment, bu
exclusive of the tobacco. As many
as 000 sticks of tobacco were los
in some of the barns.
County Board In
A Short Meeting
Monday Morning
< omplaiiitn Kerenc<I \hmit
!\’r{»lerte«l Koatls In
Certain Arras
Holding <i short regular session
Monday, the Martin County Com
missioners had very little new
business on their calendar, and
after handling routine matters
they closed up shop and went
home.
Appearing before the meeting,
L. D. Lanier declared that a road
near Williams Lower School had
not been worked but about twice
in the past year. The board di
rected the clerk to contact High
way Commissioner H. G. Shelton
and explain that complaints about
road neglect had been received
and plead for better attention.
Much has been said about road
projects m this county, but com
paratively little has been accom
plished so far, one report declared.
The board directed the trea
surer to invest $i!,000 in accumu
lated sinking funds and $2,000 in
accumulated capital reserve fund
in Martin County Building and
Loan Association stock.
Tax relief orders, based 01
double listings, death and errors
I were issued as follows: James
jville Township, Farmville-Wood
j ward Lumber Company, $81.79
A. E. Sawyer, $4 04; T. J. Blount
! $8.02; Williams Township, Ulysse:
i Cherry, $2; Williamston Town
ship, F. A. Whitfield, $3.88
George llice, $9.24, Louise (tyrant
' $1.54; W II. Harrell, $7; Johr
Simmons, $2; Cross Roads Town
[ship, John B. Leggett, $2; Rob
‘WKonville Township, Mary Win1
lield Heirs, $1.54; Amanda Jen
kins, $4.(12; Burly G Nelson, $4.00
Hamilton Township, Era and H. J
Haislip, $15.05; Zeke Roberson
$2.38; Mills Ayers, $7.80; Goosi
Nest Township: E E. Pittman
$2.98; J B Harrington, $4 35 I
was also disclosed that $7 dog ta:
had been listed iri error, makinj
a total of $171.80.
Tax Collector M L. Peel re
ported all but $13,783.21 of the
($313,188.18 levy for 1949 collect
ed. There is an balance unpaid ol
$8,056.19 from the levy of $2114,
1204.02 for 1948. All but $4,176 21
of the 1947 levy of $235,086.08 ha;
been collected. The new tax books
for 1950 are being piepared and
should be in the hands of the col
lector within the next few days,
| possibly the early part of next
j jveek if not before.
The North Carolina State I)e
! partment of Agrieullun submit
I ted a cheek in the amount ot
j $2()i 80 as incentive pay foi the
1950 farm census in the county
The amount, the commissioner
ruled will he distributed to the
several list-takers, asi follows:
Jamesville, $33.90; Williams,
$14.50; Griffins, $21.30; Williams
ton, $20.50; Cross Ruuds, $15;
Robersbnville, $31.90; Populai
Point, $6.90; Hamilton, $16.30;
and Goose Nest, $27.50. The rec
ord shows that 2,068 farm reports
submitted and accepted.
Making a final report to the
board, Dr W. F. Coppage stated
that 4,262 dogs were vaccinated
in the county during the recent
anti-rabies drive, that 400 stray
(8 gs, mostly inferior breeds, were
disposed of during the drive. The
service cost $3,196.50, the amount
including $395.95 paid an inspcc
tor who made a county-widi
cheek on the drive.
The small house, built on East
Main Street in Williamston thir
ty years ago for the captain ol
prisoners on the Roanoke Rivei
bridge and causeway project, was
sold Monday to Johnny Rawls
for $5,025
Treasurer II. 11. Smith report
ed that the county had approxi
mately $03,490 in cash and some
more than $250,000 in reserves
and bonds.
Tltrrr Mur rio fir Li crime*
Issued In f'fii* Count)
Three marriage license were is
sued m this county last week end
to the following:
Arehie Hertford Padgett and
Inez Ange, both of Jainesvdle
David E. Sawyer of Shiloh, N. C.,
and Jean Holliday of Jamesville;
and to David A. Kirkland of Scot
land Neek and Georgia L. Harri
son of Wilhamston.
Ask Registrants To
Cheek Draft Status
ROOM LIST
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Advance inquiries about
room and apartments for to
bacconists and their families
are being received, and ur
I gent appeals are being direct
ed to the townspeople to co
operate in providing housing
for those who will be on the
market during the next sev
eral months.
Al Sweatt of the Williams
ton Boosters has been named
to prepare a list of rooms
and other living quarters, and
anyone having a room or
apartment is asked to con
tact Mr. Sweatt immediately,
phone 3123 or at the office in
Guaranty Bank Building.
U. S. Army And
The People Must
Learn War Lesson
This Nation lias Nol raid
TrrribU* Toll As llavo
Ollu-r Louiitries
Washington, D. C. Moth the
public and our armed forces have
reflected an immaturity in re
cent weeks which was only the
natural result of a quick conver
sion from war-time to peace-time
activity in the United States. The
truth is that the United States
has never sufferer the all-out hu
man efforts and costs, of a great
war since independence was
won, and excepting the internal
war of 1800. Thus it is easy for
us to be immature about wars.
We have not paid the terrible
toll, as have Germany or France,
and we are as not as deadly ser
ious about preparing for war, in
peacetime, as some of these Eu
ropean countries are, including
Russia Another factor is that we
have usually had someone to
I hold tiie line for us, until we were
I ready to fight So, after the last
1 war ended, we turned all our of
j forts toward converting our coun
| try and industry to a peace-time
footing.
Our mental attitude toward
wars is almost on a parallel with
our physical preparedness The
first reaction of the average
American, when our troops were
suddenly committed in Korea,
was that the Americans would
show them. Pentagon spokes
men talked of two and three divi
sions being ample to handle the
Reds Others spoke glibly about
our drive back to the 38th paral
lel, some saying at various times
it was only a matter of days off.
Our troops too were cocky and
in many instances they have
proved poor soldiers, especially
for the type warfare they are
waging. It is not the fault of the
green troops. They are doing bet
ter than green troops from any
other country, in similar circum
stances, would do. Hut an army
must be trained. They meaning
the foot soldiers — must know
what discipline in battle means.
Ours have not had training and
are now geting it the hard wijy
It is easy to sit behind a desk
and criticize, even for those who
were m the last war, and if all
(Continued on page eight)
Oliers Service
In Emergencies
Contrary to reports, possibly
the result of misunderstanding,
the Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph Company makes every ef
fort to serve ils patrons in enter
gencics, according to the com
pany's officials.
‘It is not only out policy but
also our wifth to render every
service possible to our patrons
and especially in times of enter
gencics," the official explained.
Special emergencies arise fair
ly often as a result of fire and
when someone is in need of tbe
police, and the company advises
that subscribers may secure as
sistance on emergency culls by
dialing “operator" or “O” on the
telephone.
No Call For Men
Been Received by
Board In County
K«*fiistranls In l-V <iroup
WiiihIh- From County
In Numbers
Advised that they are subject
to cull within a short time unless
their dralt status has changed
i and the board has been notified
of those changes if any, 1-A reg
istrants in this county are aet
j mg quickly to give the “low
! down" in all ds details. Nesfrly
200 1-A registrants have been no
tified in this county already, and
letters, advisings they have mar
ried since registering, or have
other dependents, are coming
in rapidly No personal visit to
the draft board office is necessary
lor the registrant’s new draft sta
tus must be in writing and in
proper form. A registrant who
holds a class 1-A rating has five
days m which to advise the board
of any change in his draft status,
warranting deferment.
Up until this morning no cal!
lor iih'ii had been received in this
county However, Board Chair
man Eugene Rice said he was ex
pecting one momentarily. The of
ficial would not comment on the
potential size of the call
Virtually inactive since last
March, the county draft board
is expected to meet within the.
next few days. During the mean*
time, tlie chairman and clerk.
Mi'- Henrv Handy, arc studying
the records compiled for the
county during the period the
draft activities were earned on in
j the district office in Elizabeth
i City.
j The board lias been advised
I that pre-inductees from thn and
i other counties in eastern North
1 Carolina will report to Raleigh
for their physical examinations.
Those passing the preliminary
tests will be allowed 21 days to
straighten up their affairs and re
port for induction
A fairly comprehensive list for
deferment has been prepared and
when those with physical defects
arc ruled out there’ll be few left
for active service, it is believed
Of course the deferment list can
be narrowed by order, and phvsi
1 eal requirements can be relaxed,
but just now there are eompaia
j tively few eligible ones for the
draft, and unofficial reports in
j dtc.'tc that fifty percent and, on
some eases, sixty percent of those
I reporting for examinations arc be
ing rejected for one cause or an
other
r Unless additional instructions
arc received, the draft board in
j this county at its next meeting
I will work on classification, bring
ing the manpower pool up to date.
Charge Nan With
Snatching Purse
David Black, colored man, was
bound over to the superior court
by Justi.e It I' Johnson last Sat
urday tor allegedly snatching a
purse from Nellie Gray lingers
in a local theatre Unable to ar
range bond in the sum of $500,
Black was placed m jail
Black walked into the theatre,
, accosted the girl and ran into the
men's restroom with the pocket
■ book. The manager was called but
Black refused to surrender the
I pocketbonk and the $4.14 in cash.
He was arrested a short tune later
by local officers and the pocket
book and money was recovered.
i Charge Nan With
Deadly Assault
Tom Taylor, colored man, was
charged at a formal hearing be
i fore Justice It T Johnson here
last night with assaulting Ted
Scott, also colored, with a deadly
weapon. Scott was shot in' the
side, but was able to out immedi
ately after receiving treatment.
At the hearing, Taylor pleaded
self defense. Bond fixed in the * .i
| sum of $200 and the ease was sent
| to the higher courts.
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