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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ RE OVER 3,m MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B; OVER 3,000 MARTIN COCNTT FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 24 William ston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 24, 1033 ESTABLISHED 189J Criminal Court In Its rinai -session Oi Term Thursday —-•*>— Eleven Case* Continued for One Reason Or Another Until June Term -a—— With only criminal cases sche duled, the Martin County Super ior Court ended the first of its two-week term rather unexpect edly last Thursday afternoon, leaving eleven cases on the docket for consideration at the June term. Court officials took leave of absence until Monday morning of this week when they returned to work on a short civil calendar which was considerably reduced when twenty of the forty-five cases placed there for trial were continue the first crack out of the box. Proceedings in the criminal court not previously reported fol low: The complicated case in which Roger Lovett was charged with operating a motor vehicle with an improper driver's license was fi nally settled. Lovett was invol ved in an accident. He was book ed for trial and later disappeared, claiming last week that he thought his employers was going to take care of the costs. He was later brought to justice, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the road term upon the payments of the costs. Charged with an assault with intent to kill, William Earl Bal lance pleaded not guilty. During the trial, he changed his plea and was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the road term upon the payment (Continued on page eight) •o Mrs. Leggett Died Al Her Home In Conniy Last Night • Funeral In Hamilton Bap tist Chureh Wednesday Afternoon at 3:00 Mrs. Catherine Coburn Allen Leggett, well-known resident of Poplar Point Township, died at her home there last night at 10:45 o’clock following a long period of declining health. Suffering with a heart condition, she was sick for about three yeais, and her condition had been serious since last November and critical during the past week. She was an inva •**'*■* lid for sear.e tim't- ..*“ Mrs. Leggett was born in Pop lar Point Township 77 years ago on February 12, 1876, the daugh ter of the late James and Susan Elizabeth Hurst Coburn. She lived in Poplar Point Township all her life where she wis held in high esteem as a kind neighbor and a thoughtful friend. She was first married on Janu ary 7, 1897, to Charles W. Allen. Following his death, she was mar ried to Jesse A. Leggtt on Sep tember 20, 1916. Surviving are a son, C. B. Allen mMmt ’’.e horns*, MKL..LV, Ange, of Jamesvilie: two half ' Sisters, "iSK:" irma Leggett “o?‘ Hopewell, Va., and Mrs. Beulah Rawls of Gold Point. Mrs. Leggett was a devoted member of the Hamilton Baptist Church most of her life, and the funeral will be held there Wed nesday afternoon at 3:00 O’clock by her pastor, the Rev. C. L. (Continued on page eight) ALLOTMENTS i -1 Peanut acreage allotments, reflecting a reduction of be tween nine and ten percent, will be mailed to growers in this county on Thursday of this week. Approximately 1,434 acres have been whacked off the al lotment in effect last year, leaving the growers in this county 15,640 acres for plant ing and harvest this year. It will be recalled that the edible type fo peanuts was in creased 1,572 acres last year, meaning that the farmers are losing not quite as much as they gained in 1952. The present allotment of 15,540 acres compared with a total of almost 28,000 acres planted to the crop in 1941. Librarians Hold District "Meetingin WOffitins Club *m Representing seventeen coun ties in thi.vpw;?- ol the State. JEi i tv_ five librarians. trustees ar^f'lib*' rary commission members held a district meeting in the Woman’s Club building here yesterday. Following the registration. Mrs. Henry C. Bourne, trustee of the North Carolina Library Associa tion of Tarboro, presided over the sessions which were featured by an address by Alex McMahon, as sistant director of the Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, and a talk by Miss Evelyn Day Mullen, field librarian for the Nonh Caro lina Library Commission. A panel discussion, centering around budgets and finances, dur ing the afternoon session, was led! by Miss Elizabeth House, director of the State Library Lore miss ion. j 'Raleigh. Miss House, a native of Robersonville, formerly headed the B-H-M Regional Library. Miss Margaret Monroe, repre senting the American Heritage Foundation of New York, also briefly addressed the group. The meeting, one of four being held in the State, discussed lib rary problems of all types, and was held at the request of he North Carolina Library Associa tion’s Trustee Section and the North Carolina Library Commis sion. The Institute of Govern ment sponsored the institute. ] ROUND-UP s- - - > Local and county officers staged a pretty big spring clean-up last week-end when they rounded up and jailed tw'elve alleged law violators, including one charged w'ith murder. Five were booked for public drunkenness, two for drunken driving, two for assault and one each for lar ceny and violating the motor vehicle laws. One of the twelve was white and ages of the group rafiged from 19 to 65 years. C. Frank Modlin Died In Hospital Sunday Evening Lust Rites For Jiiniesvill** Farmer In lii){^^ Funeral Home This Afternoon -• Charles Frank Modlin, retired Jamesville Township farmer, died in a Wilhamston hospital Sunday 1 evening at 0:00 o’clock. In declin ing health for about three years, he was removed to the hospital March 15 when his condition be came serious. The son of the late Alfred and Fannie Modlm, he was born neai Jamesville 69 years ago on July 9, 1883, and farmed and lived there all his life. He was a mem ber of the Cedar Branch Baptist Church for many years, and was an able farmer and a leading citi zen in his community He was first married in 1916 to Rebecca Roberson. Following her death in 1941, he was married to Minnie Phillips. S u i. v ■. > u,..g... be side.- -h w - v. •:. k are three sons, William Asa Mod lin, U. S. Navy stationed ir. Mem phis, Tennessee; Charles Alfred Modlin, U. S. Army stationed in Washington, D. C., and Lovick Modlin of Jamesville; one daugh ter, Mrs. Sarah Elizabth Perry of Washington, D. C ; six grandchild ren; one brother, Sylvester Mod lin, of Newport News; and a sis ter, Mrs Mamie* Long, of James ville. No children survive his se cond marriage. The last rites are being con ducted in the Biggs Funeral Home hemMrMK V -U *'r2In-Ftree-4, this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by his pastor, the Rev W R Har rington. Interment will be in the Modlin family cemetery, near the home. -j,—». Excuse Jurors In Superior Court Springtime and the longing to get busy on the farms prompted quite a few excuses from jurors in the Martin County Superior Court Monday when the tiibunal opened its second week for the trial of civil cases. Of course there were a few jurors armed with doctor's certificates and one or two offered other valid excus es. , Those excused were, Robert Adkins, Arthur Wallace Li Hey, H. E. Daniel, V. L. Roberson, J. H. Gray, Sr., L. D. Williams and William J. Morris. Evvrella Youth Gets Anuupolin A\tpointmcut -« Lang Martin, high school stud ent of Everetts, has received from Congressman Herbert Bonner an appointment to the Naval Acad emy at Annapolis, it was learned here this week. Funeral Saturday In Hassell Church For Mrs. Thomas - Hamilton Roidrnl l)iril On Thursday Following A Long Illness Funeral services were conduct ed in the Hassell Holiness Church Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock for Mrs. Mary Glendora Thomas who died at her home in Hamilton Thursday morning at 10:50 o’clock. The Rev. Mr. Murray, Holiness minister of Rocky Mount, conducted the rites. In terment was in the Hamilton Ce metery. Mrs. Thomas had been in de clining health for about ten months, and seriously ill for about fuor months, having under gone hospital treatment several times during that time. She was born in this county 49 years ago on November 14, 1903, the daughter of the late Dan and Mamie Wynne. Except for a few years spent in Virginia, she lived in this county all her life. In tarty womanhood she was married to Charlie Mobley of this county, and lived in Portsmouth. Following his death she was mar . led to Henry Thomas, later locat ing in Hamilton. She was a faith ful member of the Hassell Holi ness Church, attending its service as long as she was able to be out. Surviving besides her husband are two children by her first mar riage, Edward Earl Mobley of Everetts, and Mrs Howard Stroud (CiiiJWBRPWf P *gc Seven) Mrs. J. E. Terry ‘Passes In County Mis. Willie Jenkins Terry, (14, widow of the late J. E. Terry, died early last Friday morning near Grass at the home of her daugh ter Mrs. Bert Harrison, after several days of illness. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Rose of Sharon Free Will Baptist Church Sunday aft ernoon at 2:00 o’clock and inter ment was in the churchyard. The Rev. Charlie Hamilton, pastor, conducted the services. - Mi s.'-re. ryrffiuftmgfft iKTTSB? George and bailie Whitehurst Jenkins, was born and rearer^tuir Leggett's Cross Roads, and had spent most of her life in that community. Surviving are two sons, Grover Lee and Garland Terry of New port News: three daughters, Mrs. John Mack Terry and Mrs. W. C. Keatts of Newport Uews, and Mrs. Bert Harrison of the home; a step-son, J C. Terry of Newport News; a slep-flaughter, Mrs. W A. Roberson of Williamston; two sisters, Mrs. John L. Webb of Everetts, and Mrs. Lucy White hurst of Williamston; and two brothers, Staneill Jenkins of Rob ersonville and Plum Jenkins of Bear Grass Township. 1 MEETING v_._ In a special meeting yes terday morning, the local town commissioners ordered work started immediately on the Elm, Pearl and Syca more Street area, and called lor bids on a new truck and for curbing and guttering Smithwick Street. It is proposed to rent spe cial equipment for laying the several thousand feet of storm sewer pipe. Handle Few Civil ! <€asfcs"Rfsl-iky In Superior Court IVphW C «*rs Cimliimrd anti Compromises Reach ed in Several Others Before striking a snag during the afternoon session, the Martin County Superior Court in the first day of its second week Monday cleared eight cases from the civil calendar. But the machinery was speeded up for the current term, at least, when twenty cases were continued the first thing that morning. No big cases of outstanding in terest are on the calendar and very few persons are attending the court this week. Judge Jos. W. Parker of Wind sor is again on the bench after presiding over the criminal pro ceedings last week. The divorce cases of Jones a gainst Jones, Walker against Wal ker, Savage against Savage, Rog ers against Rogers and Ayers a gainst Ayers were continued, and a voluntary non-suit was taken by the plaintiff in the divorce ac tion brought by Jesse Mayo An drews against Viola Andrews. Based on grounds of two years' separation, divorces were granted Beatrice Best from Hudson Best, Annie Bell Roberson from LeRoy Roberson, Murray E. Hyman from Frances C, Hyman and Francos Rogers from Elmer Rogers, In the Roberson case the court held that the defendant Was not a fit or suitable person to rear his chil dren, and the two offspring of the union were placed in the custody of the mother. An order, directing more de fendants be made parties to the ease, was issued in the action brought by F. C. Stallings against J. W. Wells and others. The case (Continued on Page Eight) Jim. D. Harrison Wm• ■■WVVWvll Died In Hospital Thursday Night —$— LhhI Rite* (!oml tie toil In llie UigpH Funeral Home Sunday Afternoon -<*. John Dennis Harrison, 54, died in a Washington hospital last Thursday night at 10:50 o’clock following six months of declining health. He had been critically ill for about a month, spending much of that lime in the hospital for treatment. He was born in Edgecombe County near Tarboro August 4, 1808, the son of James Eli and Henmietta Swain Harrison. After spending his early life there he moved with his family near Wil liamston, engaging in the building trades and operating on the local peanut market for a number of years. He lived in or near Wil liamston most of his life, spend ing two years in Wilson where he was engaged in business. He was first married to Hat Uj" Elizabeth Andrews who rlice* ptfout 21 years ,ii I near Detroit.’ His second ..mar riage v. as to Mrs. Lola Ambers Gurganus, and following her death he was married to Bettie Leggett who died May 17, 1951. (Continued on Page Eight) Chapter Meets Its ibi-Cms Blood Quota On Friday Several Gave Theii^Kyj&lli Pint Of Blooillnfwo^" Year Period * Despite a low preliminary sign up. the Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross met its 150-pint quota when the blood mobile visited here last Friday. The goal was considered in seri ous doubt about three o'clock that afternoon, but last-minute appeals brought in the drop-ins and the 150-pint quota was met with four pints to spare. Again the chap ter, comprising Jamesville, Wil liams, Griffins, Bear Grass and Williamston Townships, came through to maintain a perfect re cord. The old-liners, those who had given from one to eight pints on previous visits of the bloodmobile, were supported by thirty-two new recruits. The mobile unit will make its next visit here in June. No quota has been assigned as yet. The names of those donating blood last Friday include: Mrs. Ruth Wheeler, R. W. New ell, Mrs. Harrell Everett, Buddy Wier, Emmett Mims, Mrs. Carrie Leggett, Clyde Manning, Theron Gurganus, Ben Hopkins, Mrs. Roy Gurganus, Billy Bob Peel, E. S. Peel, Jr , J C. Colt rain, James E. Bulluck, J. Kelly Gay, Rev. John L. Goff, Mrs. Willford Griffin, W. E. Dunn, Jr., Reuben Wil liams, Roger Roberts, V. J. Spi vey, Elmer Griffin, B. L. Ward, Cecil B. Whitehurst, Caddie Rob ertson. Wendell Peele, Clarence j Bailey, Larry Bullock, Jr., Mrs. Hubert Biggs, Mrs. Cecil Bullock, W. R. Bender, Eula Leggett, Betty Lou Jackson, Jimmy Rogerson, Hugh B, Griffin, R. J. Hardison, Mrs. Susie Myers, Joseph Man ning, Miss Susie Manning, Miss Mary Ann Manning, J. P. Lilley, Lola C Bonds, Cecil Rrnwn, Mrs j Edna Bondurant, Garland'Wynne; Zadie Elizabeth Pate, Mrs. Hugh Spruill, Oscar Tice, Woodrow Holliday, L. T. Fowdcn, Lester Bryant, William M. Tetterton, Ju lius Williams, M. K Herrington, Ed Rowland, Arthur Simpson, Leroy Smith, J. W. Snead, CMabon Summerlin, W. L. Manning, Jr., W. Worth Mobley, Wheeler Man tling, James E. Midgett, Jim Man ning, P. T. Roane, Clayton Rev els, Luther Strickland, Howard Coltrain, Mrs. Lillian C. Johnson, W. T. Crawford, Dalmus D. Baze more, Vance Lee Clark Mis. Jot Roebuck, Mrs. William Gurganus, (Continued on Page Eight) j | CAMPURKKCHANGE ] On account of the uncer tainty of the weather this week-end, officials have changed the location for the Boy Scout Camporee. In stead of being held in Bear Grass as planned, the camp will be set up on the Boy Scout hut side in Plymouth. Field Scout Director Jerry Ashwill explained that the accost ,m>datm«*AS3!J5't louth are ample to eare for the boys ; in case of weather. All Boy Scouts in this county and district are in vited to attend the pre eamporee on March 27, 28 and 29. Bureau Members Re-elects Officers For Another Year Meeting in the agriculture building last Friday night, mem ber.- of the Martin County Farm Bureau re-elected officers and di rectors and went on to record op position to the plan of the State organization to go into the insur ance business or any other form of business. Plans were also made for the annual meeting of the organiza tion to be held in conjunction with the annual fat livestock show on Friday, April 10. R. Flake Shaw, executive secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bu reau, has been tendered an invi tation to address the meeting. President Chas. L. Daniel nam ed the following committee to handle arrangements for the an nual meeting and barbecue: John ny Gurkin, Mayo Hardison, lieu bon Everett, Carl Griffin, T B. Brandon, Sam T. Everett, Sidney Mallory and Wilbur Barrett. The committee will woi k out the de tails and make a public announce ment before the event which is to be held at 4:30 o’clock in Wil liamston on the afternoon of Apiil 10. The officers and directors for the new Farm Bureau year in clude: Chas. L. Daniel, president; Sam T. Everett, vice president; Mayo Hardison, secretary and treasurer; George Oglesby of Hamilton, Henry Early of Goose Nest, S. T. Everett of Roberson vilie, Mayo Hardison of Poplar Point, G. H. Forbes of Cross Roads, H U. Peele of Hear Grass D. V. Clayton of Williamston, J. Carl Griffin' of Jamesvillie, C. L. Daniel ot Williams, ard Geo. C. Griffin of Griffins, directors. Hearing In Murder JV' Trfjr*. -» — l_,ase 1 his Afternoon Refuses To Leave Home of Neighbor, Nan Fatally Shot —»— RiifiiH Taylor l)io«l In The Hospital Sunday Night At 9:00 O’clock Rufus Taylor, 50-yoar-old col ored man, was shot and fatally injured by CJyde Tyner in the Tyner home near Williamrton Sunday evening at 6:00 o'clock. Said to have refused to leave after Tyner ordered him from his home, Taylor died in a local hospital three hours later. Sheriff M. W. Holloman said the attack followed a day-long drinking bout and climaxed illicit activities reported in and around the home for months. However, it was declared Tyner, 65, was not drinking at the time. Taylor’s stomach was ripped open by a load of small shot fired at a range of about ten feet from a 12-gauge gun. His intestines, falling from their socket, were punctured in numerous places. Sheriff Holloman said that just about all if not all of the load of shot struck the man who died on the operating table while doc tors worked feverishly to close the wounds. After firing the fatal shot which was witnessed by Tyner's daugh ter, Cl.vtie, Tyner carried the gun to his mother’s home, a few hun dred yards away, and returned to his home. The victim, left on the couch where he was sitting when shot, was removed to the hospital about 45 minutes later, after someone walked to the Beacham home, and Bud Beacham notified officers Sheriff Holloman, inves ttltnttng the case, ordered the man removed to the hospital by ambu lance after he reached the Tyner home. Tyner, remaining at home after returning from his mother's, sur rendered to Sheriff Holloman. Tyner told the sheriff that he shot Taylor, that he (Tyner) had ■ (Continued on Page Eight) Glee Club Earns Excellent Rating Participating in the district mVv' i 'S'■ Last C L*1 • : College, Greenville, last Thurs day, the Williamston High School Glee Club, under the direction of I Miss Mary Wallace Foye, earned a rating of excellent, and iceeived many favorable comments. The group sang two numbers, “1 Have Twelfth Oxen”, and “Je sus Walked the Lonesome Val ley”, Those making the trip with their instructor^include: Victor Brown, Wade Hunting, Hetty Sue Clark, Joan Carol Col train, Philip Coltrain, June Corey, I ‘- VCCr *S' / 1V ttiVlJfo*****ti''P* pher, Eddie Daniels, Hetty Lott Uiuttvy, Leila Mai Goff, Susie Griffin, Carole Gurganus, Nancy Gorkin, Lee Handy, Jeane Hardi son, Ann Holliday, Jean Hollo man, Jean Howard, Mary Louise Jones, Gerel Lamb, Ed Laughing house, Janice Manning, Mary Ann Manning, Turner Manning, Jo Ann MeLawhorn, Jean Mobley, Doug Peele, Frank Peele, Marie Peelc, Virginia Price, Sallie Rob erson, Peggy Savage, Katherine Spruill, Betty Stubbs, Bennie Taylor, Gloria Taylor, Jane Whit aker, Pattie Williams, Polly Wil liams, and Miss Foye. FIFTY-SEVEN / There are fifty-seven young musicians in (he Williamston High School Concert Hand which gives its annual spring concert in the High School auditorium on Thursday eve ning at 8:15 p. m. Last Nigiit Director Herbert Carter of the East Carolina College Hand, helped Director Jack F. Butler to smooth out some of the rough spots in the concert program and one ot band’s finest concerts was predicted by the visiting di rector. | NATlOiS VL t;iAIUJ j Plans for reorganizing Bat tery C, 150th AAA Gun Bn., will be advanced at a meeting to be held in the American Legion hut here Thursday evening of this week at 8:00 o'clock, it was announced to day. Any young man inter ested in joining the unit is in vited to attend the meeting. Those young men who left here with the unit and have since been released from ac tive duty but not discharged from the National Guard, are required to be present, it was explained. The last of the guardsmen returned home late yesterday from Port Bragg after being on active duty almost two years. Funeral Saturday For Mrs. Holliday Near Williamston Promiiu'iil Fount) (iti/en IM«mI Friday Following Tw«-Monlli llluos -» Funeral services were conduct ed at the home near Macedonia in this county last Saturday after noon at 3:00 o'clock for Mrs. Mary Ida (Mamie) Holliday who died there last Friday morning at 1:’ 30 o'clock. Her pastor, the Rev. P. E. Cay ton, assisted by the Rev. D. W. Arnold and the Rev M. L Am brose conducted the rites and in terment was in the Holliday Fam ily Cemetery near the home. Mrs. Holliday had been in de clining health for about , two months, but she was critically ill I for only a week. The daughter of the late John II. and Malinda Griffin Leggett, she was born in Beaufort County 71 years ago on August 10, 1881. Following her marriage in 1808 to Joseph H. Holliday she made her home in this county. Mr. Holli day died January 32, 1945. She was a member of the Ma cedonia church for half a century, and figured prominently in its service and progress down through the years. Placing a high value on life's finer ideals, she was a devoted wife and thought ful mother, always wilingly lend ing,.'.uKdpmv hand to. her ueigh^ bors and friends. Surviving are two sons, Joseph S. Holliday and Ralph Holliday of the home community; two daughters, Miss Mary Evelyn Hol liday of the home and Mrs. Le lie Bailey of Columbus, Ga. five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. B O. Cowin of Bear Grass; a broth er, John M Leggett of Suffolk; three half-bi otin i s. Redden L Leggett of Williamston, Ira De wey Leggett of Bear Grass, and Marvin Leggett of Farm Life; four half sisters, Mrs, J. O. Man Manning of Jamesville, Mrs M.. Hop (Jri II in ol (iis'- f* 'tali- 'ii ' Mrs. 11 U. Peel*: of Bear Grass Township. Peanut Group To Meet In Edenton Meeting in Edenton today, rep resentatives of the North Caro lina Peanut Growers Association, a recently formed organization, is discussing with the cleaners and others plans for advancing the cause of the lowly goober. Details of the program could not be learn ed immediately. Sidney Mallory, representing this county, stated that it was hoped the committee could com plete the organization work soon and to handle plans for advanc ing the marketing and consump tion of peanuts. A bill is now pending in the State Legislature, empowering the organization to tax peanuts at tile rate of one eent a bag or a bout 15 cents an acre to finance a program designed to promote the interests of the peanut grow ers in this State. Much interest is being shown in the association sinces its pre liminary organization ala recent1 meeting held in Scotland Neck. Properly Damage «i!eB?y»!fl Wreck On Main Street !No Onr Injured In Three <.;« \.« uintflffTronr Of Post Office One nf the most destructive mo tor vehicle accidents here in many months was reported in front oi the post office on East Main Street last Friday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. No one was injured, fortunately, but police, investigat ing the wreck, estimated the loss at between $1,500 and $2,000. Mrs. Homer Barnhill, driving a one-day-old Pontiac with less than fifty miles recorded on the speedometer, had parked the car in front of the post office and en tered the building, leaving her two daughters, nine-month-old Vickie, and Little Miss Sandy, five year sold, in the automobile. Bessie B. Porter, teacher in the Hayes School here, was backing her 1050 Chevrolet from the curb at the post office and it was hit by a 1047 Buick convertible, driv en by James Earl Purvis, Negro farmer of the Spring Green sec tion, who was traveling east on the street. The Chevrolet was knocked around, its left side striking the curb. The Buick then struck the rear of the parked Pontiac and knocked it over the curb, across the sidewalk and into the post office flag pole. The Pontiac, it was explained, was in reverse gear, and the rear wheels skid ded the distance. Chief John Roebuck said the fContinued on Page Eight) Mrs. Alpha Peele Died Early Today At Dardens Home Funeral Will He Conducted Wednesday Afternoon In Maple Grove Church Mis. Alpha Cutler Peele died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Holliday, at Dardens this morning at 1:15 o’clock. Although she had been in feeble health for sometime, she was getting along very well untij a short time ago w hen she suffered an attack of influenza. She was reported im provt d Iasi week, but had a re lap., o.id'ji, VCPWi.icd. The daughter of the late Daniel and Finnifred Elizabeth Cutler, she was born near Pinetown in Beaufort County, and in early woiuaiiTiOod \\*l??*^VicuT£ea to " Henry B Peeh who died about twenty-two years ago. Born on February 1, 11172, she was 81 years old. Following her marriage she made her home in this county, living the life of a good neigh bor and friend to all. She was devoted to her family, and her character was marked for its gentleness and understanding. Mrs. Peele was a faithful mem ber of the church at Maple Grove in Griffins Township where she made her home for years. More |rPK'<®Pr lie had (rlauehtei Dardens: in James ville Tuwtiaiiip. Surviving are six sons, Daniel, Hoy and Ben Peele, all of Wil liamston. Abram Peele of New Bern, and Ralph and Tommie Lee Peele, both of Jamesville; one naughti r, Mrs Holliday, with (Continued on Page Eight) | FRIGHTENED ) ^-/ A hit tired after hearing a slow-mution civil trial, ears of the jury in the superior court Monday afternoon came to life when Judge Jos. W. Parker dismissed the jurymen for the day. After warning them not to discuss the ease and so on, the jurist instructed them to he back the following morn ing at 5:30 o'clock. While certain the time element was wrong, the judge is the judge and nothing was said by the jury. A member of the bar, realizing that no court had been convened and none likely ever would be at that hour,, called the judge's at tention to the hour, and a cor rection was effected imme diately.
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