THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3,009 MARTIN COUNT"
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 30
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B1
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT1
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1899
Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina* Thursday, April 12. 1951
Hear Twenty-nine
Cases In County
Recorder's Court
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Alleged Bootlegger* And
Other Defendants Pay
Fines Totaling 8515
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Alleged bootleggers met in
what is likely to be the first in
a series of conventions in Judge
R. T. Johnson's county court last
Monday, the crowd of defendants,
witnesses and friends overflowing
one section of the court room. It
was a sad day for more than one
alleged violator, several of them
grabbing at appeal straws to stay
road sentences for a while at
least. There was right much pock
et digging, too, the clerk report
ing fines levied in the amount of
$515.
The court was in session until
late afternoon hearing the twen
ty-nine cases.
Proceedings:
The case in which Kelly Carr
was charged with assaulting a
female was nol pressed or dis
missed.
Pleading guilty of operating a
motor vehicle without a driver's
license, Lonnie Everett was fined
$25, plus costs.
Sentenced to serve twelve
months on the roads for assault
ing a female, Walter Barnes ap
pealed to the higher court, and
was required to furnish bond in
the sum of $500 In a second case
against him, Barney was found
guilty of di unken driving and was
fined $100, plus costs. He appeal
ed and bond in the sum of $300
was required in that ease.
Charged with an assault with
a deadly weapon, Maggie Davis
was sentenced to jail for fuur
months, the court suspending the
road term for two years upon the
payment of the costs, a $25' fine
and the prosecuting witness’s $15
doctor's bill
Charged on two counts with
larceny and receiving, Pate Allen
Purvis entered a plea of nolo oon
tendre and was sentenced to the
roads for six months in each case,
the court suspending the road
terms and placing the defendant
on probation for two years. The
defendant is to pay the costs and
$37 40 for stolen goods. John A.
Bennett, a second defendant in
the case, was tound not guilty.
Robert Lee Manning, colored,
was tound not guilty .of drunken
driving
Manning Harrington, pleading
guilty of drunken driving, was"
fined $100, plus costs and lost his
driver’s license for a year.
James H. Kennedy, pleading
guilty of operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver’s license,
was fined $25 and taxed with the
costs.
Buck Godfrey and Henry Daw
son Lilley. pleading guilty of vio
lating the liquor laws, were each
fined $15, plus costs.
Clarence Swimpson was fined
$25 and taxed with the costs for
operating a motor vehicle with
out a driver's license.
Claude Roberson, colored, was
fined $25 and taxed with the costs
for violating the liquor laws.
Pleading guilty of non-support,
James Perry was sentenced to the
roads for six months, the court
suspending the road term upon
the payment of the costs and $5
a week for file support of his wife.
Pleading guilty, Dave Melton
was fined $25, plus costs, for op
eiatiug a irioioi vehicle without
a driver's license.
Charged with public drunken
ness, Geo. Ward was ordered plac
ed in a hospital for treatment.
Drunk and disorderly, Alice
Spence;' was sentenced to serve
thirty days in jail.
James E. Felton, pleading guil
ty of violating the liquoi laws,
wa» fined $50, plus costs.
Pleading not guilty, Ode Mor
gan was found guilty of violating
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Hen* Lay 'Lin Bin On
Funner Bennett's I’urm
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Hens on Fanner Leonard Ben
nett’s farm out in Bear G~ass
Township don’t mess around
when it comes to laying eggs.
The farmer displayed a whopper
here this week The choice hen
fruit, weighing one-quarter of a
pound, measured more than, six
inches one way and more than
eight inches the other way.
School Committees
Elected This Week
SPEAKER
Congressman Harold Cooley,
a nationally known figure and
representative of the State's
fourth congressional district,
will address the annual meet
ing of the Martin County
Farm Bureau in the Willlams
ton High School auditorium,
Friday evening of this week
at 5:00 o'clock.
W. Dave Nanning
Died Early Today
At Griffins Home
Funeral Friiiav Afternoon
For Well-Known Farm
er Anti Citizen
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William Dave Manning, retired
farmer and prominent citizen of
‘Griffins Township, died at his
hofne there this morning at 5:45
o’clock. He had been in declin
ing health for about five years,
spending most of that time in bed,
the victim of arthritis. His will to
live had pulled him through
m'any serious relapses, but years
of suffering had sapped his vital
ity and he never rallied from a
relapse suffered about a week ago.
The sun of the late Jim and
Della Daniel Manning, he was
born in Griffins Township 63
years ago on January 31, U!8t),
living and farming there all his
life. A good neighbor and thought
ful friend, he was a leader in his
community down through the
years, holding membership in the
Piney Groye Baptist Church and
lending a helping hand to all
worthy causes.
In early manhood he was mar
ried to Miss Mary Tice who died
in 1912. One son, Julius Manning,
of Griffins Township survives
that union. His second marriage
was to Miss Arbelle Jones in 1914.
Surviving are, Mrs. Manning,
eight sons, Leslie Manning of Ply
mouth, Bobby Manning, Army
Air Corps, stationed in Washing
ton, D C.; Dalmaf Gray, Ervin,
Thurman, Darrell, Buck and Jacy
Manning, all of Griffins Town
ship; four daughters, Mrs. Del
mus Holloman of Raleigh, Mrs.
John Trueft of Sanford, Mrs.
Ma-y Lilley of Griffins, and Miss
Bcttic Itidl 2tithe home;
two brothers, Ben R., and Ste
phen, of Griftins, and eight grand
children
A son, William James Manning,
was killed in action in Germany
on April 11, 1945.
Funeral services will be con
ducted in the Piney Grove church
Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
by his pastor, Rev. W B Har
rington The body will be earned
to the church one hour before
the service. Interment will be in
the Ti*e Community Cemetery in
Griffins Township.
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Plan Physicals
For Guardsmen
Members of the Martin County
National Guard will be given phy
sical examinations here Sunday,
according to unofficial informa
tion released here today. Army
doctors will come here to give the
tests, it was reported.
Several members of the focal
unit, going on active duty last
week, have already passed their
ptijaiedb1, it Was pointed uui.
Howard Gaylord
Meets with Board
As New Member
J. C. .Manning Kf-Hodwl
Siipriintrmlrnt For
Two-Year Tc*rni
Meeting in special session this
week, the Martin County board of
Education named the various lo
1 cal school committees, ami re
elected J. C. Manning superinten
dent of schools, all for two-year
terms. Howard Gaylord, recently
appointed a member of the board,
'was present for his first meeting,
succeeding F C. Holliday Mr.
j Gaylord and Messrs Ernest Ed
j mondson and Get). C. Griffin were
iccently appointed by the legis
lature, Gaylord and Edmondson
for four-year terms and Griffin
for a two year term. The other
two members of the .board,
Messrs. J. D. Woolard, chairman,
and Cecil Powell, have two more
years to serve before their terms
expire. All members were pre
sent for the meeting.
The superintendent's re-elec
tion was by unanimous vote, fol
lowing the nomination by Mem
ber Griffin and a second by Mem
ber Gayord.
Quite a few changes were made
m the local committee personnel.
Some of the old committeemen
resigned, while others were ap
parently replaced by men who
had children in school. Only one
woman is included in the com
mittee member list
Two new members, C. A As
kew and Mrs Wendell Griffin are
joining Elmer Modlin on the
Jumesvillc committee.
B. F Lilley and Lester Griffin,
old members, are welcoming Os
car Roberson as a new member of
the Farm Life committee.
Bear Grass retains it's old com
mittee in its entirety, Kneezer
and E. C. Harrison and Chesley
Jones.
The Williamston committee re
mains unchanged with R. L. Co
burn, R. H. Goodmon, C. B.
Clark, Sr., Marvin Britton and W.
I. Skinner as its members.
The Robersonville committee
! has three new members, Charlie
j G. Forbes, Eugene Roberson and
I Oscar Ayers. Old members are,
! S. L. Roberson and Dr. J M. Kil
patrick.
Four new members, N. W.
Worsley, Henry Early, Sidney
, Mallory and Clayton House are
on the Oak City committee. El
mer R. Edmondson is the old
member of the group
Sub-Committee
Oscar Ayers is the new member
with Garland Forbes and Alton
Keel on the Everetts committee.
Hamilton’s sub-committee in
cludes, Roy Beach, a new mem
ber, and Henry S. Johnson, Jr.,
and Clayton House.
The Hassell committee has all
! new members: C. B. Burroughs,
H. R. Purvis and Elmer R. Ed
mondson.
J. D Woolard was re-eleeted
| chairman of the county board.
Funeral Thursday
Tor Mrs. Roebuck
Mrs Andrew Roebuck, 68, died
Tuesday night at 10:30 o’clock at
i her home in Robersonville after
I several weeks of critical illness.
She was the daughter of the late
Nancy Holliday and J. A Britton.
Funeral services will be held
from the Robersonville Christian
Church Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock by the Rev. J. M. Perry,
Christian minister, assisted by the
Rev. R. E. Ferguson, Methodist
minister. Burial will be in the
Robersonville cemetery.
Surviving besides her husband
are two sons, Brodice Roebuck of
! Statesville, N. C., and Roger Roe
buck of Norfolk, Va; two bro
thers, Frank Britton of Dardens
and Luther Britton of Williams
ton; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie
Rawls of Raleigh and Mrs S. W
Manning of Williamston; and two
I grandchildren.
Asking Bids For
Twenly-iwo Niles
Of Conniy Roads
Mileage Largest For This
Comity oil Records Open
Bids On April 21
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Bids for the construction of
22.2 miles of black-top roads in
Martin County have been called
for, and are to be opened by the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission in Raleigh on April
24.
The projects embrace the larg
est mileage on record at any one
letting in this county.
The largest project, taking
slightly more than one-third the
total mileages, is the surfacing of
the road from Highway IV at
Corey’s Cross Roads through
Bear Crass to a point near Eve
j retts. The original project cm
' braced the route from Corey’s
^ Cross Roads through Bear Grass
16 Everetts and from Everetts to
Spring Green „and then from
Gold Point to Hassell, to Oak
City, and from a point on High
way 125 at Conoho Church to the
River Road or the route from
Hamilton to Palmyra. Work is
nearing completion on the pro
ject between Everetts and the
River Road. The J. S. Hill Con
struction Company is slated to
complete the grading and drain
age work on the other end of the
route in time for the pavers.
The second project in the pro
posed letting is 2.4 miles of road
from Roberson vi lie to a point
west of the town and generally
known as the Claude Green Road.
The third and second longest
project is the Loop or Poplar
Point Road, leaving Highway 125
at Nicholson’s station and contin
> uing on around and back to High
way 125 at the Sherrod Farm near
Ha milton.
A fourth project is centered in
the town of Hassell. About one
half mile long, the road forms a
loop, intersecting the road front
Gold Point at one plac'e and the
Hassell-Butler Bridge Road at
one point.
Another paving project is on
the road leaving Highway 125,
near the J. S. Ayers farm, and
running about two miles toward
Hassgll to connect with the Gold
Point-Oak City Road
The small gap in the Hasseil
Butler’s Bridge Road, connecting
Highway 125, is to be paved. The
unpaved portion there is about
one-half mile.
Divorce Cases To
Be Tried Nonday
In Superior Court
All Kiplit Action* IIummI On
Two-Year Separation
Ground*
Eight divorce cases, all based
on two-year separation grounds,
have been scheduled for trial next
Monday when the Martin County
Superior Court opens a two-week
term for the trial of civil cases
only. Judge Henry A Grady,
emergency judge, is slated to pre
side over the first week •( the
term, and Judge W I. Halstead of
South Mills is to preside over the
second week
It: her ease against Charles
Curtis, Hazel Dorman Curtis says
they were married September 9,
1943, and separated July 31, 1948,
that one child was born of the
union.
Mary Lou Edwards in her case
against Johnnie Edwards says
they were married April 22, 1948,
and separated January 8, 1849,
that one child was born of the
union.
In the case of Martha Pye
against Lester Pye, the plaintiff
states they wen married in Nor
folk in 1945 and separated in
March, 1946, that a son born of
the union is in her care and re
ceives no support from the de
fendant. She is asking permanent
custody of the child.
Louise Bowen Lee, suing Er
nest Lee for divorce, says they
were married July 1, 1936 and
separated in April, 1946, that four
children were born of the union.
One of the children is living with
thi defendant’s father and three
are living with hej and without
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County's Eighth Annual Stock
Show Under Way Mere Today
Cooley To Speak
To Farm Bureau
Friday Afternoon
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Fxpcclin*: l.arjjr (Crowds
For Stock Sale U’nl Bur
bceue Tomorrow
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Animals, including fourteen
prize steers and more than two
hundred top hogs, started moving
early this morning for the open
ing of Martin County's eighth an
nual Fat Stock Show here in the
Roanoke-Dixie warehouse. All
the steels vvt ie in place by 10.00
o'clock and the last of the hogs
are to be on exhibit by fi:00
o’clock this evening. The steers
are being judged this afternoon at
i.:30 o'clock by E K Jiarriek,
State College animal nutritionist,
assisted by J. R Franck, assist
ant farm agent ol Beaufort Coun
ty. They will also judge the hogs,
beginning at 11:30 tomorrow
morning.
Many buyers have been invited
to attend the sale, beginning at
1:00 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Prices for steers in other shows
have been averaging around forty
cents a pound, with the prices for
hogs ranging about one cent above
the market.
Tomorrow is the lug day. All
animals will be sold beginning at
1:00 o’clock, and the Martin Coun
ty Farm Bureau will open its
program at the high school at 4:30
o'clock, climaxed by an address
by Congressman Harold Cooley
and the annual barbecue. More
than two thousand are expected
for the* program at the high
school.
Congressman Cooley, chairman
of the House Agriculture Com
mittee, will be accompanied here
b.v Congressman Herbert Bonnei
The subject of Congressman
Cooley’s address will be "Tragic
Mistakes and Wise DecisionsIn
troduetory to the main theme of
his address, Mr. Cooley will dis
cuss briefly the Farm Program in
relation to the national einer
geney, and will substantiate by
facts and figures his contention
that farm prices are not responsi
ble for high food costs, a fact
which he has been determinedly
proving of late through press re
leases and magazine and farm
journal articles In this cornier
tion Mr Cooley will explain, in
Layman terms, the principal of
(arm parity prices, and through
the medium of official statistics
horn the U. S. Department of Ag
rieulture, will demonstrate that,
with a few minor exceptions, the
great majority of agricultural
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Armstrong Is New
Manager of WIAM
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Mr Rufus Armstrong, known to
thousands of radio listeners as
Lncle Rufus , has been appoint
ed manager <>( the Martin County
Broadcasting Company’s station,
WIAM, here it was announced this
morning by the owners, Messrs.
J: H: Giay, C’has. Gray and Hen
ry A. Johnson.
He is succeeding Kobt. L. Eas
ily who is being recalled by has
firm, Mason and Dixon Engineer
ing Company, in Washington, D.
C. The owners said they accepted
Mr. Easley’s resignation effective
today. Mr. Easley is telling his
friends here goodbye today and
plans to leave late this afternoon
to resume his duties with the
Washington firm. He handled all
the engineering for the station
here and managed it since its op
ening last month.
Mr. Armstrong, a native of New
Bern, was with Radio Station
WRRF, Washington, for more
than five years, and comes to his
new post after nearly three years
with Station WHED in Washing
ton. He is a showman of note,
handling a number of produc
tions after being on the stage.
For the present he will commute,
but he plan;-: t.. bring Mis Arm
strong and then seven-month-old
son here later.
Test Regional Blood Bank
In Recent Emergency Here
The Tidewater Regional Blood |
Bank, maintained by the Ameri
ean Red Cross, is eredited with ,
triumphing over death in an
emergency here a few days ago.
Entering a loeal hospital, a pa
tient was wheeled direetel.v to
the operating room for emergency
surgery. Two pints of blood held
in readiness were given the pa
tient immediately and an emer
geney call was made to the cen
ter in Norfolk It was too late for
a plane to make the trip before
dark, and Virginia's highway pa
ired picked up the life-saving
blood and delivered it to a mern-j
her of the North Carolina patrol ]
at the border. The additional!
blood was being given the patient
in less than an hour and a half
lifter the call was matle ami the
patient was able to walk out of
the hospital a few days later
Approximately forty pints of
blood have been used loeully
since arrangements were made for
this chapter to participate in the
Red Cross blood bank program.
The emergency last week was the
first big test and the program
met it without a hitch.
Learning about the emergency
and how successfully it was met,
V. J Spivey, one of the recruiters
for the program, said that it was
worth all the trouble, time and
expense to know that possibly
some one's life had been saved
by it and that the service is avail
able to every person in the Martin
County Red Cross Chapter
F our teen Men Leave
For Final Induetion
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Seventy-Five Men
To Go For Exams
Monday, April 23
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Only Five Men llein^ Called
For Final Indnelion
(hi May 22ml
Fourteen Martin County men,
nine colored and five white, left
yesterday morning for final in
duction into the army at Fort
Bragg The group included one
volunteer, one delinquent and
twelve draftees
j The original call was foi twen
ty-five men, hut was reduced
about two weeks ago. Nexl month,
five men (from the county are to
report for final induction. On
Monday, April 23, 75 county men
are to report for their pre-induc
tion tests No instructions have
been received as to the number
of men likely to report for the
| pro induction tests in May
The names of those leaving yes
terday foi final induction
While
Carl Bradford Gardner, KFD 1,
Williamston
Hubert Joseph l'erry KKO, Wil
liamston.
Winslow Morton (hitcher, Wil
liamston.
Harry Otto Jarman, Jr, Wil
: liamston.
Whitfield Evans Mallory, Eve
| retts.
Colored
William Frank Bell, Williams
ton
Clarence Bogie Gainer, Hl’l) 1,
Hobersonville
Monroe Wilson Spruill, KFD J,
Williamston.
Zeb Rollins, Jr , KFD 2, Hob
erson vd le
Columbus Roberson, KFD 1,
Jamesville
James Felton Brown, KFD 2,
Williamston f
Sylvester James, KI D I, Janu s
viile.
Arthur I,on Taylor, KFD 1, Oak
City.
William Robert Little, KFD 1,
Hobersonville
Car-Truck Crash
Near Jamesville
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No one was hurt and property
damage, estimated at $150 result
ed, when a ear and truck crashed
about two miles from Jamesville
on Highway 171 Tuesday after
noon at i 15 o’clock
It L. Stallings, started to make
a left turn into his driveway about
the time Harry McMullan, Jr,
Washington attorney, started to
pass The ear struck the Chevro
let truck in the side, according
to Patrolmaq M F" Powers who
riiuiic lb< Viacshgale-n Damage
lo McMullan s Dodge convertible |
I coupe was estimated at $125.
KLKCTIOIN
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llallols arc being printed
ami ulhcr arrangements have
been completed lor holding
Williamston's third biennial
municipal election next Mon
day.
The |h> I Is will be opened
in the town hall at <i:30
o’clock that morning and re
main open until 6:30 that eve
ning. Candidate K. II. Cowen
has been declared the nomi
neec lor mayor, and the pri
mary will nominate five out
of six candidates for places
on the boaril of town com
missioners. The candidates
are. Mrs. Martha Ward, Le
man Itarnhill, K If. Worrell.
Ilavid Moore, W. O. (iriffin
and N. ('. Green.
Stabilization Of
Prices Explained
At Meeting Here
I Vice (liarls Mu>d l(r I'ilril
Willi Kah ili Offi« «*
Ity April .'tO
More Ilian one hundred mer
chants, must el them hopelessly
con fused, heard Mrs Nina Shaw
of Raleigh discuss rules and reg
ulations released by the federal
Office of Price Stabilization in
a meeting held in the couny
courthouse here last night Al
though admittedly confused, sev
eral of the business men declared
that the system isn't really as
complicated at it appeared to be.
It was agreed that the system
will fake considciable time, but
that il the job r- earnestly lacKicd
there’ll be little lor most mer
chants to worry about m the fu
ture
Mi.. Shaw explained that price
charts, showing prices as of Feb
ruary 24, 1951, should he m the
state office at Raleigh not later
than April 90 She also explain
ed that a merchant may elect to
stay under thi general ceiling
price regulation. It was pointed
out, however, that to stay under
the general ceiling price regula
tion, the merchant will ..not be al
lowed to advance his sale prices
even il the prices ol new goods
are increased. In other words, il
a merchant elects to stay under
the general ceiling price regula
tion and he is selling a pair of
socks for a quarter, he will have
to hold to that price even if the
wholesale cost goes lo 24 cents a
pair.
The OPS representative ex
plained that the original regula
tion had been amended to include
musical instruments and supplies,
chinaware, jewelry and allied
items. They are to be listed as of
Marih 91
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Thirty-One Civil
Cases on Calendar
In Superior Court
S«‘v«tuI Si/.ahli* Damage
Suit* To Be Tried During
The Two-Week Term
Thirty-oik' rases, including
eight divorce actions, have been
placed on the calendar for trial
during the two-week special term
of Martin County Superior Court
opening next Monday. The list
includes several sizable damage
suits and claims.
Judge Henry A. Grady of New
Bern, returning to the county for
the first time in about twelve
years, is to preside over the first
week of the term, and Judge W.
1 Halstead is to preside the second
week. No criminal cases will be
considered during the term.
Cases on the calendar include
the following:
Janies Clic. iy ■ suing Floyd A.
'Whitfield for $3,733 damages al
leged to have resulted in a mule
and cart automobile accident on
Highway 125 between Williams
ton and Hamilton last August 19.
, The plaintiff is asking $23 cart
and $100 mule damages, $108 med
ical bill and $3,500 for personal
injuries. In a counter-suit, the
defendant is asking $271 damages
alleged to have resulted to his
i car.
Melvin Godard, in his suit
against Leslie Godard, is asking
$995.98 alleged due him for goods
and services rendered in April
and May, 1948.
C. E Moore is asking $295.18
alleged due on account in his suit
against J. B Andrews.
Claiming he bought a mule sup
posed to have been free of mort
gage and that he later lost the
j animal to the owner of the mort
1 gage, Charlie Duggar is suing Joe
11. Mizelle to recover $200.
W W, Griffin is suing Lindsley
Ire Company for $400 alleged due
under a sales contract.
Harrison Oil Company, in its
suit against J. D Harrison, Jr., is
asking $551.95 alleged due on ac
: count.
W K. Everett is asking $2,000
damages alleged to have resulted
when the defendant, William Ev
eiett, stai ted ,i tire that spread
to the plaintiff's timber.
| Claiming that she was entitled
1o $1,000 for earing for Johnnie
Jones during fourteen months
prior to August, 1950, Lucy Bry
ant is suing the administrator, F.
B. Harrell.
Dixie Peanut Company is ask
ing $385 (13 of W H Meeks for
damages alleged to have resulted
to the plaintiff’s peanuts while be
ing transported by the defendant,
Jack .Daniels is suing Harry
Jones for $88.24 alleged due on
account.
Simon D Moore is asking $301
alleged due under contract. The
defendant, A T Whitley, Sr„ de
I nies the claim, and in a counter
suit asks $80 house rent of the
plaintiff.
In the ease of J. T. Heath
against Arthur Simpson, the
plaintiff is asking $252.91 alleged
due under a farm contract. The
defendant, in a counter-claim,
,isks $500 for alleged bodily in ■
juries.
In the ease ol W. L. Hollis
| against Dorothy Taylor, the plain
, tilt claims $517.(iti under a farm
! contract.
i D (i Matthews is asking $100
foi property allegedly held by
Grant Spruill illegally
Hie case of Mamie C. Campbell
against W A. Campbell and exe
cutors of the estate of Henry D.
Peel is again on the calendar after
i having been scheduled for trial
i several times previously. In her
[complaint, the plaintiff says they
were married May 20, 1933, and
allegedly abandoned l>v the dc
fondant March 28, 1938. The pat -
ties, it is pointed out, entered into
a contract whereby the defendant
was to give plaintiff custody of
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ILL IN NEW VORK
Julc Purvis, native of this coun
ty and former local resident, con
tinues critically ill in New York’s
Roosevelt Hospital. Visiting in
the city, Mr. Purvis suffered a
heart attack while attendin'' a,,
how in Radio City Monday eve
| ntng.