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VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 12
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Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday, February W,
ESTABLISHED 18‘>9
Police Here Explain
Action In Theft Case
Three Hen To Get
Hearing In Case
Friday Afternoon
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board Impressed With The
.Story ToJd By Officers
At Hearing Last INijdil
Going before the full member
ship of the town board of commis
sioners and the mayor members of
the local police department at a
formal hearing last nigh‘. satisfac
torily explained the action taken
by them when thieves hauled
away seventy-one bags of peanuts
from the Roanoke-Dixie Ware
house here on the morning of Jan
uary 25. The hearing was called
after a flood of criticism reached
the officials who declared after
all the evidence was in, that the
attacks were not justified. That
no arrests were directly made at
the time was recognized, but the
officials were convinced that, un
der the circumstances, the offic
ers handled the case well, that the
"law” was on the *job.
During the meantime, it was
learned that evidence is being
gathered in the case, that the State
Bureau of Investigation was lend
ing a helping hand and that the
developments to date were en
couraging. A hearing is to lit
held here Friday afternoon for
Julius Williams, Oscar Burnett
and William Henry Brown. Others
believed implicated in the case
have not been arrested.
Holding down the desk job on
the night of January 24, Officei
Emmett Hines explained that the
messages were coming in s . fast
over a walkie-talkie in the hinds
of Officer Arthur Perry that he
could not enter all of them in the
log, but that he kept a running ac
count of fhem. The time element
was carefully cheeked with Offi
cer Hines and it was verified by
other officers. It was explained,
however, that the walkie-talkie
was not clear at all times, and that
some of the messages had to be
relayed to the police car over the
department radio.
Officer Tom Chcsson. slating
that he and Officer Clavton Rog
ers were at the station when the
first call came in over the walkie
talkie from Officer Perry, stating
that a truck was moving into the
backlot between the Planters
Warehouse and the Evans stables,
and that it was going to th* Ro,-m
oke-Dixie Warehouse where two
men got out and directed the Inv
er in backing the machine through
the second door.
"We made a circle around the
back streets and went to the ware
house district, and were advised
by Officer Perry that three men
were leaving the warehouse, that
they had closed the door. We were
then back of the depot to keep out
of the light. Officer Rogers got
out and went up on the depot plat
form but he did not see the men
as they moved toward the rail
road. We thought that possibly
some of the Skinner Company's
men had been on a trip and were
returning the truck. Officer Perry
advising them that all was quiet
in the area.”
Continuing, Officei Chesson
said they left the area and drove
down Main Street, turning around
below the hill. "We were on the
way back when we spotted a
drunk and we stopped, picked her
up and jailed her. After that we
went back to the warehouse dis
trict and saw two men walking
on Washington Street between the
Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse and the
railroad and going in the direction
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Sailers Injuries
In Fall Iron Rooi
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B. Frank Clark suffered a brok
en left wrist and rib fractures
when he fell off a store roof in
Hamilton last week. Owner of the
building. Mr. Clark was working
on the roof when he slipped and
fell to the ground.
A native of this county, Mr.
Clark returned to Hamilton about
two years ago after retiring from
service in the Philadelphia store
of Wannamaker's. He is seventy
years old.
ROUND-UP
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The liquor supply, dried up
during the last week-end in
January when thirty-three
persons were arrested and
charged with violating liquor
laws, started running again
last week-end. There were
the usaui lights and other law
violations, many of which
which were traced to the
liqour traffic.
Five persons were jailed for
public drunkenness, one for
drunken driving, two for lar
’ eeny, and one each for break
ing and entering, non-support
and operating a motor vehicle
without a driver's license.
Five of the eleven jailed
were white, and the ages of
the group ranged from a low
of 17 to 5(» years.
Funeral Held For
J. Russell Peel
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Macedonia Christian
Church last Friday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock for John Russell Peel,
21, who died early Thursday
morning in a Durham hospital of
burns received in a gasoline can
explosion on his farm in Griffins
Township on Monday afternoon of
last week. His pastor, the Rev.
P. E. Cayton, conducted the rites,
assisted by the Rev W B. Har
rington, Baptist minister, and the
Rev. John L. Goff, pastor of the
local Christian church Interment
was in the Griffin family ceme
tery in Griffins Township.
More than two hundred cars
were in the procession from the
church to tin cemetery, and sev
eral hundred friends and acquain
tances were unable tu crowd into
th<‘ church <{n the service. One
of the largest floral offerings seen
at the progressive community
church in years, attested the high
esteem in which the young man
was held. He had been a leader in
his community, leaving a noble
impression with all who knew
him, and having completed a 13
year record of perfect attendance
upon the services of the church
where he was a member.
He was an only child and is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Rosa
Griffin Peel, who is recovering
from critical injuries received in
an automobile accident last Nov
ember. His father, Hebei Peel,
died more than a year ago.
Dies Of Injuries
Received In Fall
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Shirley Katherine Bailey, six
months old, died in a Greenville
hospital last Thursday evening at
6:30 o’clock of injuries received in
a fall at her home in Cross Roads
Township Wednesday afternoon.
The child rolled off a couch and
struck its head on the floor. At
first the injury was not thought to
he serious, hut her condition be
ame worse and she was removed
to the hospital.
Surviving are her parents,
Charlie H. and Shirley Fay Taylor
Bailey; a sister, Mary Ann Bailey,
and grandparents, Mr. and Mis.
C. C. Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Syl
vester Taylor.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Everetts Baptist Church
Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
by the pastor, the Rev. C. L. Gat
ling. Interment was in Wood
lawn Cemetery at Wiliiamston.
Mayor Proclaims
Day Of Prayer
In a proclamation issued today
Williamston’s mayor, Robert H.
Cowen, set aside Friday, February
20, as “World Day of Prayer” and
urged citizens here and in sur
rounding communities to observe
the day.
A guided worship hour will be
held at the Presbyterian Church
and the Cornerstone Baptist
Church at 4 o'clock on that day
and Mr. Cowen issued an invita
tion to all citizens to attend the
services.
He suggested that those unable
to attend pause at their work for
a minute of prayer at 4 o'clock
Eight Wrecks On
Streets-Highways
In Martin County
Four Persons Hurt \i*d V
Mule killed III Tile
Veeideut Series
At least four persons were in
jured. two of them painfully but
none believed seriously, in a series
of eight motor vehicle accidents
on the streets and highways in this
county during the past few days.
Property damage, not including
the loss of a mule and two hogs,
approximated $2,050, according to
incomplete reports reaching here.
Loose stock on the highways ac
counted for two of the accidents.
Damage was limited to about
$250 and no one was injured in a
two-car crash on Highway 17 at
the Griffins Road intersection
near Old Mill Inn last Thursday
morning. Driving south on 17,
Jesse S. Rogerson started to make
a left turn into the Griffins road
with his 1950 Dodge pick-up just
as Warren W. Grube of Bethle
hem, Pennsylvania, started to pass
in his 1952 Buiek. The vehicles
crashed, causing about $50 dam
age to the truck and about $200
to the car, according to a report
released by Patrolman J. O. Ar
thur who made the investigation.
One person was slightly injured
in a series of three motor vehicle
accidents on Williamstun streets
Saturday afternoon and evening,
police officers said following their
investigations.
Henry Corey, about 11:10 o’clock
that afternoon, was driving his
1950 Plymouth north on Haughton
Street when the Rev. J. W. Berry,
driving toward the main street,
started to make a left turn into
Church Street in his 1951 Chevro
let. Corey's car struck the right
lender of thi- Berry car. Officer
Moore estimated the damage to
Corey’s car at $75 and that to the
Chevrolet at $40. No one was in
jured, the officer said.
At 5:45 o'clock, Charles Vance
Dnubeck, of ftFD 11, Williamstoh,
was driving west on Church Street
and was in collision with a 1951
Mercury driven by Walter Wesley
Brown, also of RFD 3, Williams
ton, at the Church-Haughton in
tersection. The Mercury struck
tlu right-hand door of Doubek’s
1952 Willys. causing about $200
damage to Doubek’s car. Damage
to Bi o -ury was estimated
at $100 u> ers Tom Chesson
and Arthur Perry who made the
investigat ion.
Meeting about 0:30 o’clock on
Wist Main Street near Brown's
Community Hospital a 194H Chev
rolet driven by John Lei1 Law
j-e.nce of WiHuunston and a truck
j trailer driven by John Grcnsby of
Tarboro, sideswiped each other.
| James Leary, a hitch-hiker riding
1 m the ti uek, suffered a minor nose
injury, Officei Chas. Moore said
following the investigation. Dam
age to Lawrence's Chevrolet was
estimated at $300. the officer stat
ing that part of its left side was
ripped away and battered. Dam
age to the truck was estimated at
about $10
| Driving on Highway 125 be
tween Hamilton and Oak City last
Wednesday. J. O Stokes of Hamil
ton "an over and killed two hogs
belonging to Isaac Purvis and
Farmer Collins. Damage to his
j 1950 Chevrolet pick-up was esti
(ConPnued on page eight)
Suffers IIetui Injury
In Full At ller lluine
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Mrs. E. Russ Froneberger suff
ered a five-stitch gash in her
head in a fall at her home on
Halifax Street here last Sunday
night. Losing consciousness, Mrs.
Froneberger, a teacher in the local
schools, could not recall just how
she fell, but it is thought she
slipped on a rug.
She was removea to a local
hospital for treatment and fur
ther examination, last report stat
ing that she was getting along
very well.
Truck Hums On lligliuay
ISo. 125 ISear ITilliamston
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A large truck, used for hauling
logs and pulp wood, burned on
Highway 125 between Williams
ton and Hamilton Monday after
noon.
Believed to have started in a
brake lining, the fire ignited the
large gas tank, and the driver
jumped out, leaving the truck to
run into a ditch and wreck itself.
The driver was not injured.
Raise $4,300 So Far In
County For Polio Fund
Martin-Cecifdy t ilTi’tiis may still;
give to the Mr. re*' Pinw>s-dvi«a)
airhough -thr1 ntftnmtfr-campaign '■
ended January 31. W Marvin Bak
er, co-chairman of the campaign j
declared today.
Pointing out that only $4,300 has
boon turned in for the 1953 drive,
Mr. Baker said the county still
lacks $1,684 of reaching its $5,984
quota. He expressed hope that
thsoe who had received letters of
appeal would respond as soon as
possible. He urged every person
who had not donated to do so.
"It seems a shame," he said, "for
Martin County to fall down in its
... t"'. -.vaM|
worthwhile (s:n2.-««--VVf.f''-" air- -vs
receiving indirect aid front the
National Polio Foundation as a re
sult of their research and we nev
er know when we may need to
call for funds to fight an epidemic
in our own county."
"Polio is no respecter of age. sc.
eial position, or sex," he added,
therefore each of us should feel a
personal responsibility in seeing
that Martin County meet; its 1953
goal. If you haven't done v iur
share, it isn't too late."
FARM SCHOOLS
Two special schools for far
mers have been scheduled in
this county, the ofice of the
farm agent announced this
week.
The first of the schools
will be held in the Farm Life
. school auditorium on Wed
nesday evening of next week
at 8:00 o’clock when special
ists from State College are to
discuss sweet potatoes. The
second school will be held on
Thursday of next week, Feb
ruary 18, at 2:00 o'clock in the
courthouse, and will deal with
peanuts.
The public is invited and
farmers arc urged to attend.
Ownership Group
Mel Last Friday
Thu Martin County Farm Own
ership Borrowers of the Farmers
Home Administration held their
annual meeting iti the courthouse
last Friday. The morning was
spent with the annual business
summaries, while the afternoon
was devoted entirely to visual
aids.
In the morning program, county
averages of production and in
cotTfP Were given, which allowed
each individual family to place it
self according to these averages as
' to whether it is below average, av
j erage, or above average. Also was
discussed additional income on
these farms, better records, and
disease and insect control meas
ures in crops.
Mr. John H. Harris, extension
; horticultural specialist, from State
[ College, used part of the afternoon
| in showing slides of actual farm
1 and home improvements. Mr.
j Harris discussed at length lawn
I development and listed in order
| his choice of lawn grasses as fol
lows: centjpede. carpet. Bermuda
and fescue. He also elaborated on
(the use of shrubbery and shade
j around the- home. A demonstra
tion was given on making cuttings
of shrubbery, how to root these
cuttings, and also the care of the
shrubbery after it is rooted.
The film "Wildlife in North
Carolina," produced by the Wild
life Resources Commission, was
shown and well received.
Marion C. Holland, state field
representative of the- Farmers
Home Administration, attended
the meeting, A picnic lunch was
served which was enjoyed by the
families plus a few invited guests.
Found Dead In
Her Home Here
Louvenia Horner Gray, aged
colored woman, was found dead
in her home here on North Syca
more Street la.st Thursday after
noon, the apparent victim of a
heart attack.
Living there alone, she got up
early that morning and started to
make a fire. When she did not
make an appearance in the neigh
borhood later in the day. neigh
bors investigated and found her
lying on the floor beside the stove
dead. Investigating the death,
Coroner W. W. Biggs said that she
fell on and knocked the stove
pipe down, but had not started a
file. The house was locked from
the inside and there was no sign
of foul play, the curoner said.
A native of Granville County,
she came to this section years ago,
making her home on Sycamore
Street for a long time. Her age
could not be definitely establish
ed, but if is believed she was
about 100 yea^s or older.
The funeral was conducted in
the Shiloh Baptist Church here
Sunday afternoon and interment
was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Quarlei Concert
Draws Big Crowd
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In spite of rainy, blustery
weather, Williamston citizens and
out-of-town guests filled the high
school auditorium Saturday night
to give an enthusiastic response
to the Song Masters, a new male
quartet making its first tour of the
United States and Canada under
the management of the Commun
ity Concert Association.
Presenting a wide variety of
songs from a sixteenth century
madrigal to current hit tunes, the
quartet had something to please
every listener, hut their presenta
tion of two spirituals “Steal
Away" and "Old Ark’s A-mover
in' " and their medley of songs
from the Broadway play “The
King and 1" were given the great
est applause.
Schubert’s tragic ballad, "The
Ei Iking" in which the tenors, John
Pottcrsson and Jack Prigmore, in
terpreted the feverish child; the
bass, Ivar Ivarson, the father; and
4he baritone, Joseph Frederic, the
King of Elves gave the audience
opportunity to note that each of
tin artists is distinctive in his own
right as well as in ensemble sing
ing.
With selections from Gilbert
'and Sullivan's “H. M. S. Pinafore"
the quartet members put into’play
their individual stage personali
ties and their performance
brought much laughter. Children
who occupied almost all of the
first eight rows in the house par
ticularly enjoyed the mimicry and
facial expressions of the quartet.
The cheerful, easy-going man
ner of the four men was a pleas
ant aspect of their performance
and their patience and tact with a
long line of young listeners and
autograph seekers after the pro
gram endeared them to many in
the audience.
Miss Helen Kaprielian, tin; at
tractive bjjynetlc accompanist,
lacked the poise nod stage person
ality of the more seasoned sing
ers, but her youth compared with
the quartet's broader experience
plains the difference in their
manner. Her beauty and excellent
playing easily made up for her
somewhat shy appearance on
stage.
For her solo performance, Miss
Kaprielian presented presented
three selections from Debussy and
an encore, “Perpetual Motion.”
The memory of this well-re
ceived performance should be a
selling-point for local Community
Concert directors when they begin
soliciting memberships for next
year’s series.
Local Musicians
Rale At E. C. C.
Four members ui the Green
Wave Band of Williamston High
i School took part in the Eastern
Division of the State Band Clinic
at East Carolina College, Green
ville, last week-end and one of
them was rated excellent. All re
ceived good positions in the clinic
hand for its concert.
The clinic was directed by Prof,
Norval Church of Teachers’ Col
lege, Columbia University, New'
York.
Participating from the Wil
liamston band were Mary Lib
Britton, cornet; Joyce Ann Cowan,
alto clarinet; Lee- Handy, alto sax
ophone; and Bobby Coburn, clari
net. Miss Cow'an won the "Excel
lent'’ rating.
Director Jack Butler of Wil
liamston and a number of Wil
liamston people attended sessions
of the clinic and the clinic band
concert as well as a concert by the
East Carolina College band which
has a number of Williamston band
graduates on its roster.
Boy Scouts Stage
Birthday Program
In Martin County
\ urict\ Of t\\eiit* Set Vs
| Observunee of National
Week ('ontiniie*
With a variety of events plan
ned. Martin County's Boy Scouts
arc joining others throughout the
nation this week in the observ
ance of the forty-third birthday
of the organization.
The theme of national Buy
Scout week being observed by
84.300 Cub Packs, Boy Scout
Troops and Explorer Units in
the United States is “Forward on
Liberty's Team". This is the
name of the Scouts' three-year
program which seeks to produce
a greater functioning manpower
and provide a higher quality pro
gram for Boy Scouts.
The week's celebrations are
stressing "The Scout Family" and
Cub Scouts, sponsored here by
the Church of the Advent, are
planning a Blue and Gold ban
quet Friday night, February 20.
with all the family participating
The fathers will serve the supper
and the mothers, fathers and
Cubs will do the decorating and
make the favors. There are five
dens in Cub Pack 29 with a total
of 45 boys.
Plans for the Williamston
Scout Troops 27 and 29, spon
sored bv the Lions and Kiwatiis
Clubs, include at least one hike
Bynum Smith and Hack Gaylord
are in charge of the two troops.
The Jamesvillo Boy Scout troop,
sponsored by the Ruritan Club
with Howard Gaylord as master,
recently held a board of review
and this week is working on plans
for a Court of Honor.
The Bear Grass troop, also spoil
sored by the Ruritan Club, is hold
ing patrol hikes and will attend
church services Sunday.
The colored Scout troop, spon
sored by the colored Elks club, re
cently was reorganized with 40
members and Willie Whitfield,
Sr., as master. They are planning
a gathering tonight with Howard
Hunter, district Scout executive
as speaker.
Plans for Boy Scout troops in
Robersonville, sponsored by the
Rotary club and the troops in Oak
City, Hamilton, and Hassell, spon
sored by Ruritan clubs, are not
complete but they are expected to
follow the pattern set by other
troops in attending church Feb
ruary 15 and practicing events lor
a Council Camporcc to be held In
Tarboro April 18, 17 and 18.
Troops in this area also are wo k
ing on plans for a district camp
uree to be held in Bear Grass
sona tina ot iVCTuofith.
Slightly Hurt In
Shot Gun Accident
Jimmy Spruill, sun of Mr and
Mrs. Hugh Spruill, was slightly
wounded in a shot gun accident at
the Hoanokt' River bridge last
Sunday afternoon.
Engaging in target practice with
his brother, Billy, the young man
fired one barrel of the double-bar
reled gun, and the weapon ex
ploded, throwing one shot into his
right arm. A large hole was
blown into the barrel near the
stock end.
Treated in a local hospital, the
lad was able to return to his home,
apparently worrying more about
the damage lone to the gun than
about his injury.
Korean Veterans
Told Of Deadline
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Veterans of the Korean conflict
were reminded again this week
thgt March 1 is the deadline fur
beginning on-the-farm training.
After that date, they must wait
until October to enroll in the
program.
Sponsored by the Ve terans’ Ad
ministration through the coopera
tion of the State Department of
Public Instruction, the classes are
open to any Korean veteran in
Martin County. The course con
sists of night classes at the James
vill- and Oak City schools as well
as on-the-farm instruction John
Hassell is in charge of training at
Oak City and V. B. iiairr directs
the courses at Jamesville.
Application blanks may be ob
tained from Edgar Gurganus, vet
eran service officer for Martin
County.
Liquor Law Yiolators
In Recorder's Court
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LAST w vknim;
While the work is utmost
completed in most of the
townships there arc a few
owners who have not listed
| their property holdings or poll
for taxation for 1953. In a
last and solemn warning issn
i ed this week. County Tax
Supervisor ,\1. I,. Peel ex
plained that indictments can
be expected shortly. It was
also pointed out that late list
ings are subject to penalties.
One or two of the tow nships
reported listings more than '•<)
percent complete this week,
while in others hardly ninety
percent have had their names
placed on the hooks.
Charge Han With
Entering Store
Coming here from Pinctops
iibuut tliioi' months ago to work
m the log woods, Roosovolt Ed
wards, 19-year-old colored man,
was arrested last Thursday aftei
noon and eliai gcd \\ ith trespassing
and larceny He forced his wav
into Walter Johnson's little com
munity store on West Church
Street about noon that day and
walked wav with about $1 m
change. He was picked up a lew
minutes later by Offieoi C'has. R
Moore.
Edwards was also charged with
the theft of a $3 electric drop cord
from the sweet potato house on
Washington Street earlici that
morning.
Given a preliminary hearing be
fore Justice Chas. R. Mobley, the
| man was booked for trial in tin
I county court Unable to arrange
a SHIO bond in each case, Edwards
i was placed m jail
No formal charges were
brought, but Edwards is believed
to have figured in the robbery of
Hortons Cleaneis on Sycamore
i Street earliei in the week With
an accomplice, Edwards is also bc
! lieved to have stolen a small
- amount ol change from Professor
Hill’s store on Sycamore Street
| Neither Hill nor Horton would
prefer charges against the man
j after they learned he was to face
trial in two other cases
Kiwanis Chooses
1953 Commiilees
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Tlu appointment m| commit!..,
and the aiiui.iti.in of a budget for
I i053 weir Iratuies mI tin Kiwanis
| Club meeting lu lcl .it 111. Woman's
! Club Thursday night, February 5
Each member ol the club has
i been assigned tu one or more of
j till Committees by the club presi
dent, Vernon Hunting, and the
chairmen include the following:
W. I! Bender, boys and girls
work, J. (' Manning, undei privi
leged child; Henry Griffin, agri
culture and conservation, N. C
Green, public and business affans
I Sam (letsinger, church affairs;
Paul Simpson and Bob Newell, at
tendance and membership; J B
Bell and Billy Biggs, finance; W
li. Glover, house anil recreation;
Hugh Wyatt, inter-club relations;
I), li Davis, Kiwanis education
and fellowship; John Hatton Our
ganus, program and music, Wen
dell Peele, public relations; and
B.yiium Smith. Little League man
agei.
George Nicely, manager ol Col
onial Oil Company, and Tom Dav
is, manager of Ledel Brothers Dc
partment Store, were inducted in
to club membership by Mi Davis.
The Rev. John Goff installed
"Buddy" Fussell as the high school
senior "Kiwanian of the Month.”
Miss Jean Mobley was recogniz
ed as the club pianist loi 1953.
In a short message, Mr. Bunting
priased the gioup for their 1952
achievements and expressed his
confidence in tin club's ability to
continue as a positive force in the
community during 1953.
I’roimiled To Sergeant
It (htli Hnlge School
John Walton Lilley was recent
ly promoted to the tank of ser
geant first class at Oak Ridge
Institute Si t. Lilley is the son of
Mrs J. Eason Lilley ol' near Wii
liamston and the late Mr. Lilley.
Small Fines And
Suspended Terms
On Roads Imposed
Hanllnek Tale* Steal \tten
lion Of f otarl I,al«* Mon
da) \f ter iiooii
Hold mg their .second conven
tion m less than a year, thirty or
more alleged bootleggers, their
customers and interested friends
plus a few disinterested specta
tors packed the Martin County
courthouse Monday when an
ugly picture of the illicit liquor
business gone wild in this county
was painted for Judge H. O.
Peele
Pven while the cases were
pending trial, officers declared
that the illicit liquor traffic was
flourishing in certain areas after
it had recovered from the shock,
received the previous week-end
when the alleged liquor law vio
lator.- were rounded up for trial.
The traffic was said to have been
heavy at certain spots in Parmele
and Robersonville, the reports de
claring that an air of suspicion
slil hovered over and around the
"blind tiger" joints in and near
Williainston
Pinal judgments were not en
tered in all the eases immediately;
in fact, several eases were con
tinued, two others are going to
the superior court where the de
fendants can get jury trials.
Pleas of guilty were entered in
thirteen cases and three were noi
prossed or dismissed. In nine
cases the defendants were adjudg
ed guilty immediately after all
the evidence was heard, and in
nineteen other actions the court
reserved its decision until late in
the afternoon
L Unable to clem the docket in
one day, the court will hold .1
second session to accommodate
the bootleggers next Monday, it
I was announced.
[explaining that no more trials
would be held that day, the court,
after withholding judgments and
keeping the defendants in sus
pense all day, started meting out
road terms and imposing fines
about 5:30 o'clock * Tales of woe
featured that part of the proceed
ings foi the day. Speaking for
one defendant, an attorney ex
plained that that his client had
nine children, that her husband
was sickly and that she was crip
pled b\ polio years ago The de
fi ridant declared she had to do
something to make a living, and
then climaxed her story by tell
ing Judge Peele she did not know
where she got the liquor Jud
ment was not pronounced immed
iately
Then there was another de
fendant who explained that she
had seven children, the youngest
just three years old and the old
est son only fourteen, and that
one of the seven was paralyzed.
All kinds of stories were heard,
anct, no doubt, the judgments in
some cuj s had a stinging effect,
decided to call it a day.
(Continued on page eight)
Kenneth E. Frank
Dies In Hospital
Funeral services were conducted
j.it tiic homo m the 400 block of
I West Main Street here Sunday at'
jterrioon at 2:140 o’clock for Ken
neth Earl Frank, two years old,
who died in a Greenville hospital
last Friday afternoon. The Rev.
jC 1- Gatling, pastor of the Ham
ilton Baptist Church, conducted
I the rites Interment was in the
Ilamilton Cemetery.
The son of Donald C. and Ola
j Coffield Frank, he was born in
this countv near Palmyra on Dc
| cumber 0. 1950, and moved to Wil
| liamstun from Scotland Neck two
j weeks ago when his father was
| transferred to the local Colonial
! Store.
Taken suddenly ill last Thurs
day. he was removed immediate
ly to the hospital and died of an
i infection.
Surviving besides the parents
j are « brother, Billy Frank, of the
| home, and his grandparents, Mr.
land Mrs Earl W. Frank of Port
iiand, Maine, and Mr. and Mrs.
j William A. Coffield of Palmyra.