VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 45
Williamslon, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, June 8, 195i
ESTABLISHED 189*;
Plan Special Term
Of Superior Court
County Board In
Regular Session
Monday Morning
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Commissioners To Review
• Budgets In Meeting
Next Tuesday
Meeting in regular session Mon
day morning, the Martin County
commissioners handled routine
duties along with special requests
and recessed until next Tuesday
when they will plunge into bud
getary problems.
At the request of Attorney
Robt. L. Coburn, the commis
sioners made provision for hold
ing a special term of the Mar
tin County Superior Court in
July. The date had been tenta
tively set for July 5, but that
date will not be definite until a
judge is assigned and an agree
ment with attorneys can be reach
ed, it was said. July 5 is already
marked down as a holiday since
the Fourth falls on Sunday, mean
ing that if the term is set for that
week, no sessions are likely to be
held until Tuesday, July 6. The
term is being arranged to clear
from the docket the litigations
centered in the No. 3 Martin
County Drainage District, attor
neys declaring it will require a
week to hear the evidence and
handle the trial.
Carl Hodges, 32, of Cumber
land County was named assistant
Negro farm agent in this county.
Succeeding David L. Simmons, re
signed, Hodges is to enter upon
his new duties on June 16.
Albert L Smith of Goose Nest
was appointed constable for that
township, the young man having
^ been named chief of police for
Oak City a short time ago.
^J'lv.te ,y R|intinti reeejUJv_
nominated for constable of Hob'
ersonviiie Township, was appoii t
ed *o the position by the board
until December, following his
election.
| T'oon request a large
number of petitioners, the board
recommended for black topping
nine-tenths of a mile of road in
Jamesville Toyvnship, running
from Highway 64 near the Glas
gow farm to connect with the
Poplar Chapel-Angetown road,
it was pointed out that the road
icrves sixteen families.
Tax Supervisor, M, L. Peel
was authorized and directed to
proceed with the proper listing
of motor vehicles where discre
pancies in the lists are found.
Some gross irregularities, inten
tional or unintentional, are being
uncovered as tax office workers
check the lists against registra
tions. Several hundred apparent
discrepancies have already been
found, it was learned.'In quite a
few cases, the owners did not
even list their vehicles. In other
cases, the owners represented
(Continued on
Page Eight)
Jamesville Boy
Gels Promotion
Stewart Ralph Hardison, a na
tive of Jamesville and the son of
Mr and Mrs. Luther Hardison,
was recently named Regional Re
sidential Mortgage Supervisor of
the southern department of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United States.
Mr. Hardison was employed by
the Society as a Cashier trainee
' Tf-f..-terghr-i.-f 1 i-s- % ”7-,.
Duke University in. 1323. In 1930
he was transferred to the Home
Office in New York to fill a posi
tion in the Cashier's Department.
He joined the Mortgage Loan De
partment in 1934 as a field man in
Charlotte. During World War II
he served several years ?s a Lieu
tenant in the United States Navy,
and after his discharge he was
re-employed as Residential Moi t-1
gage Supervisor in Raleigh.
In his new position as Regional
Supervisor, Mr. Hardison will
continue to make his iieadquart- 1
rrs in Raleigh. He will have the
responsibility of improving the
service now rendered by the vari
ous supervisors' offices through
out the southern territory.
Mr. Hardison its married to the
former Miss Marietta Horner of
Henderson They have two child
ren.
I PRESIDENT J
A. J. Manning was install
ed president of the Boosters
at a meeting of the organiza
tion held in the Scout Hut
on South Smithwirk Street
here last Friday evening. He
succeeds W. M. Baker.
Jim Knox Died In
Hospital Monday
James H Knox, native of the!
Robersonville community, died in
the North Carolina Cancer In
stitute Hospital at Lumberton at j
1:00 o’clock Monday morning. He I
had been in poor health for sev-1
eral years, but continued fairly
active until a comparatively short j
time ago. He was a patient in
N. C. Memorial Hospital for
awhile and was transferred to
the Lumberton hospital bv ambu- '
lance last Sunday.
^JJj^jjog^if^the^latgJViIliam A.
and Martha Manning Knox, he
was bom in this county 0! years'
ago and spent his early life on
the farm. In the early thirties he i
local* j tn Hamilton he. ;■ he en
gaged in business,
later moving to Hamilton where
he tiad made his home for many
years, engaging in building work
and handling other tasks.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Mae D. Robinson;
two sons, J. W. Knox, Hamilton
merchant, and William Jesse
Knox of Fort Wayne, Indiana;
two daughters, Mrs. Zelbert Cox
'of Griftun aind Mrs. Mabel Dean
White of Norfolk; one brother,
W. R. Knox, of Clayton, and eight
grandchildren.
He was a member of the Hamil
ton Baptist Church for a long
time, and the funeral is being
conducted there this afternoon at
3:00 o’clock by the pastor, the
Rev. C. L. Gatlin. Interment will
be in the Hamilton Cemetery.
Funeral Sunday
For Mrs. Talion
I Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Suffolk Episcopal
j Church Sunday afternoon at ld:00
o’clock for Mrs. Mary Louise Cai -
starphen Tallon, Williamston na
tive, who died suddenly at her
home in the Virginia city last
Thursday morning. The rector,
the Rev. Mi Winslow, conducted
the rites. Interment was in the
Suffolk cemetery.
Among those from here who at
tended the funeral were, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Carstarphen, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank _ Carstarphen and
children, Bettie Fagan and
Frank, Jr., and Messrs. C. D. and
Sutton Carstarphen.
Asking Jaycees
To Answer Call
All ipembers of the local Junior j
J Chamber of Commerce are urged j
to be at. the playground bite,
Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’
clock Much work has already j
been accomplished on the worthy |
project and now is the time for
completion. Equipment is ready i
to be placed and unless the weeds i
are cleaned-up now all previous
work will have been to no avail.
Once again, the Jaycees are being
urged to finish this project and
give the kids of Williamston a
playground they can be proud of
Boosters Net In
; Annual Session"*
Friday Evening
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Jerry Albright Of Raleigh ■
Addressed Sixty Mem
bers of Organization
The Williamston Boosters, Ine.,
| met last Friday night at 7:30 in
j the Scout Hut on Smithwick
Street for Die 5th annual meeting.
Dinner was served by the Chris
tian Church women, with special
servings by a local dairy concern
j in observance of National Dairy
Month.
President W. M. Baker presid
! ed over the meeting, and after
j Wheeler Manning pronounced the
j invocation, the Melody Masters,
a MarVn County singing group
directed by Mrs. Ed L. Grady,
sang four songs.
The speaker for the evening was
a member of the staff of the North
Carolina Department of Conser
vation and Development, Mr.
Jerry Albright. Mr. Albright was
j formerly on the public relations
staff of radio station WNAO in
; Raleigh, and became associated
I with the Department of Conser
! vation a few years ago. He spoke
on the necessity for organization
in a community in order to cap
italize on the industrial expansion
' which is going on in the south at
I this time. Concerted effort, all
, out work on inducing desirable in
; dustry, are must for Community
growth. Speaking from a wealth
uf personal experience in negotia
j ating with industries in the "North
j who desire to relocate in the
South, Albright pointed out mat
sometimes work goes on for sev
eral years before the industry
finally decidcs«to move. A town’s
appearance to a prospect, as he
rides through, is very jjuporlant
in attracting outsiders. Quality of
the schools, recreational facilities
for the children, community out- ;
look, all these must be considered, i
Finally, a community must be
willing to help finance some part:
of the industrial program itself,;
1 i.ThuT.'l . .tt >'.I.K fl^naKt!.ne»*J.
lease to the industry, or for help
ing ptovide the necessary land
locations so vita! to the success
1 of the., operation. Mr Albright
paid tribute to the cooperation he
ha.- w CjYk, i i v.I','.
officials of the town of Williams
ton, and he offered, in closing, his
services as a representative of
the department of Conservation
and Development, in helping for
ward the progress of any plans
made here for raising money for
5 organization on which could use
j it as a means of negotiating with
industry for possible location
President Baker thanked Mr
Albright for his kindness in com
ing to speak to the group, and
then he introduced the directors
of the Williamston Boosters: Le
man Barnhill, Ben Courtley, Wil
liam Everett, George Corey, Jay
Griffin, D. R. Davis, Urbin Rog
ers, and the three newly elected
directors, Ernest Mears, Exum j
Ward, and James Bui luck
Appreciation was extended to
the retiring vice-president, R. E.
Peele, who along with Wheeler ;
Manning and John Henry Ed
wards, has served on the board
for the past three years.
The ne*v president of the boos
ters, to serve for the coming year,!
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Outlines Profit
- Sharing Program
J B. Simpson, executive secre
tary of the profit sharing and re
! tirement -ornmittec for Belk
Stores, outlined the provisions of j
tho prAiftr'JT), to, “T!ployee<; of the !
j local store yesterday, and drliv- !
, ered the first check to William T. !
Purvis, the first to retire here. |
Mr. Simpson explained that the
plan was established in 1942 at J
the direction of the Idte Wm. Hen
ry Belk, that the fund now totals
$5,800,000 in the 336 stores operat
ed by the organization in fourteen
states. Contributions to the fund,
it was pointed out, are made by
the stores only, and each one
maintains a separate trust fund.
The contributions are extended
to the participating employees on
the basis of the annual compensa
tion received by the employee,
and disbursements are made to
those who retire or otherwise
serve their connections with the
organization, The organization,
Mr. Simpson said, is paying out
between $150,000 and $200,000 an
nually in special benefits.
I CiviclmprovementCouncil
hPimts Big Clean-Up Drive
Advanced by the Jaycees with
j the support of all civic organi
zations and hundreds of indivi
duals, a Civic Improvement
Council was organized at a meet
! ing of club representatives and
I others held at the Switch last
Thursday noon. Keen interest in
; the council and its proposed work 1
1 was shown at the organizational
| meeting and "the fur is expected
I to fly", beginning sometime in
| July, it was said.
Elbert S. Peel, Jr., president of
thf Jaycees, was named to head
the organization, and six special
committees and numerous indi
viduals are to participate in ad
vancing the projects. On the proj
ects committee are W M. Tetter
ton, Exum Ward and Mrs. Her
bert Taylor; the'sanitation proj
ects committee is composed of
W. B. Gaylord, Dr. Sam Graham
and Mrs M. M. Levin; city co
ordination committee is made up
of Dick Bender and Mrs. W.H.
Abernathy; property owners com
mittee is composed of Hugh B.
Wyatt, N. C, Green and Mayor
Robt. H. Cowen; prize committee
includes Fletcher Thomas and
Mrs Herbert Whitley; and on
the publicity committee arc Ed
Grady. Chas. Gaylord and F. M.
Manning.
Proposing a far-reaching, town
wide clean-up and paint-up cam
paign, the council is holding a
special meeting on Thursday of
this week to oil up plans for the
project. During the meantime, the
council is appealing to all—men,
women and children—to get be
hind the movement and make it
the most effective one ever ad
vanced in the town.
BOM) VOTE
J
Supported by the women
of the town, the proposed
street improvement program
last Friday received one of
the largest majority votes
ever given a similar project
in the town. Of the 306 votes
cast, 352 of them favored the
program. Eleven voiced op
position and three ballots
w'ere spoiled.
While interest in the proj
ect stemmed from those citi
zens living on dirt streets,
people with paved through
fare joined hands with them
to push the proposal over the
top.
The vote last Friday sup
ports a $225,000 project to
be financed hy advanced pay
ments, short-term notes and
finally bonds.
Call For Bids On
—ffewffigfcSeksfli
Meeting in special session Inst
'Saturday night, the Mai tin Cuun
ty Roard of Education no tin re
commendation of the State Boat'd
of Education, called fui^ScP^)?
the construction of a quarter-mil
lion-doilar high school in Rober
sonville. The bids are to h open
ed on Monday, June fH. the pian.s
have been completed and the
money appropriated, mostly from
State funds, it was learned.
The plans call for setfen class
rooms, a science room, library,
ship, home economics rooms,
kitchen, and gymtorium.
At the special meeting, the
board prepared plans for expan
sion program for plants over the
county. The proposed program is
to be submitted to the county
commissioners in a special meet
ing to be held next Tuesday.
Ervin Gets Seal
In U. S. Senate
While the people held ;i knock
down and drag-out scrap to pul
a man in nomination for the
United States Senate, Governor
Win. B. Umstead quietly picked
Sam Ervin, Jr., associate justice
of the North Carolina Supreme
Court, to fill the position made
vacant in the august body by the
death of Clyde It. Hoey a short
time ago. The appointment came
as a surprise, and for the most
part was well received. It is fair
ly certain that the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee will
concur in the action and nominate
Mr. Ervin, a Morganton man, for
r the* po.'-'iimrr • * -■ .
i The appointment holds unto
the November election when the
people, in all likelihood, will sup
l port the appointment and nomina-1
j tion at the polls.
Special County
Taxes Are Due
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Special county taxes, including
beer and wine and privilege, are1
now due Retailers handling beer !
and wine are violating the law if
they have not procured their spt
cial permits, it was pointed out.
Up until this week, approxi
mately $850 had been collected in
special taxes, according to a re
port released by the sheriff’s of
fice where the special taxes are
collected
Hattie Everett
Died In Tarboro
Hospital Sunday
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Fmu'ral IIHil at llonir N«*ar
Palmyra Monday Aft
ernoon at 3:30
Miss Hattie Victoria Everett,
member of a family long promin
ent in public affairs in eastern
North Carolina, died in a Tarboro
hospital early Sunday morning.
She had been a patient in the
I hospital during much of the time j
following an automobile accident
near Hassell more than a month
ago. Taken worse and suffering
an attack late last Friday she
returned to the hospital Saturday. 1
The daughter of the late Justus
and Elizabeth Purvis Everett, she
whs born at the old Everett home,
| "Swamplawn" between Hamilton
i and Palmyra eighty years ago and
spoilt all her life there.
i W *1.11 tl'ihfciV
from Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina,
Greensboro she taught sehool in
this and other round 's in this
j section of the State for several
Ivvilowing the death
| mother in 1900 she left the pro
I fessiop to head the household, hut
she continued active in various
Holds of endeavor right on down
through the years. She was prom
inent in home demonstration
work from its beginning, and ac
tive in community and religious,
affairs, taking a leading part in !
many projects. She was a mem
j her of the Episcopal church in
Hamilton and the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy.
Surviving are two sister, Miss
Margaret Everett and Mrs D. B.
Harrison of the home, and three
brothers, It. O. Everett, Durham
attorney, and B. B. Everett of
Palmyra and W. Robt. Everett of
Nashville.
Funeral services were conduct- 1
i ed at the home Monday afternoon
at 3:110 o’clock by the Itev. Thus
Hustings, rector of thd Church of
the Advent and St. Martin’s in
Hamilton, assisted by the Rev.
Sidney Matthews, Episcopal min
ister of Winton, and the Rev. Rob
ert E, Davis, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church in Scotland1
Neck. Interment was in the Pur
vis family cemetery at Spring
Green, near Hamilton.
Report On Cancer
Fund Campaign
Sponsored by the Wnirmn's i
Club, thf cancer fund drive is
Hist ij.hout complete . in .t.h'i 4^^
mediate area, according to a re
port released this week by Mrs.
R H. Goodman and Mis M M
Levin, co-chairmen.
A total of $826.40 has been rais
ed and reported, and a few can
vassers are yet to report, it was
explained.
The drive is being advanced by ,
others in various parts of the
county, but no reports have bern.
made public
Jamenville Club Will
Spounor Defame ( la.me*
Beginning Thursday evening of
this week, the Jamesvilk Wu
man’s Club will sponsor a series
of classes in civilian defense. The
classes will b< held in the school
auditorium there. G. P. Hall, Wil
liamston fire chief, will be the
m.'ructor, it was announced.
Eli R. Edmondson
ftiod At His Home
In County Monday
Funeral For Prominent Cit-i
i/.en Being Held Near 1
Hassell Today
Elit> Roseoe Edmondson, promi- !
i nent county citizen and a leader |
in education and religious work ■
| for many years, died at his home
I near Hassell Monday morning at
5:00 o'clock. He had been in de
clining health for several years, 1
but he was fairly active until
about ten days ago when he suf- !
fered a stroke after attending
Sunday School in Hassell His
condition had been critical since '
that time, but he maintained his
usual smile and was conscious al
most until the last.
The son of the late James Ros
coe and Mary Hurst Edmondson
he was born in oplar Point Town
ship 85 years ago on September
25, 18(18. After spending his early
life there he located in the Has
sell community where he com
pleted his schooling and launched
a successful farming career. He
helped build the Weldon-Kinston
rail line, and engaged in timbering I
a few years in addition to his farm '
operations.
He was married about 1892 to
Miss Susan Powell who died in
February, 1936.
• Mr. Edmondson figured promi
nently in the march of progress
in his adopted community and
county. He championed the cause
of education down through the
years, serving as a member of his
school committee term in and
term out. He was one of the or
ganizers of the Hassell Christian
Church, and was a member of the
church for about sixty years, serv
ing it in various capacities and
lending it a liberal and willing
support. He was made an honor
ary elder about a year ago.
Possessed of a jolly nature, he
played the role of friend to ever
I body, helping those in need and
I encouraging others along (tie way
j ties, lie was interested in good
1 held the-greater promise in sup
i port mg good government, lie put
i -I great deal out of life, leaving a
noble heritage for the enrichment
i of his county and its people.
Surviving are five sons, Messrs,
i Paul C. Edmondson, Sr., Dewey
K. Edmondson, Elniei R. Edmond- i
son, Ernest C. Edmondson and I
'Elio K. Edmondson, all of the I
home community; one sister, Mrs,!
Ella Lawrence, of Whitaker, and
six grandchildren.
The funeral is being conducted
at the late home this afternoon at
TOO o'clock by his pastor, the Rev.
II. C Hilliard, Sr. Interment will!
he m the Robersonvilie Cemetery !
te-re/Jadif&tuJL.
government, and was active in
supporting those candidates who
he got
Denied Bond In
Rape Case Here
Charged with raping his nine
year-old niece, William Augus
tus Wiggins, 21-year-old Negro,
was denied bond at a preliminary
hearing held by Justice Chas. fl.
Mobley here last evening. Tin
case is being docketed for trial
in superior court next week
The crime is alleged to have
been committed at the girl’s home
here on May 28, but it was only
last Saturday that the accused’s
father and grandfather of the
victim swore out a warrant
against Ins son.
A doctor's report stated the
child had been injured.
Al the preliminary hearing last
night the victim, apparently un
' i priiievr a . .'eiOj-cd lu.u.'oxv,!
accusing another of th< attack.
Evidence offered al the time the
warrar^t was procured was accept
ed and it was supported by testi
mony of other witnesses at the
hearing last night, Justic Mob
ley said.
I nOUND-IJl*
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Six persons were rounded
up and temporarily detained
in the county jail during the
paid week-end. One of the six
was booked for rape. Three
others were charged with
public drunkenness, and two
with violating t he liquor
laws.
Five of the six were color
ed, and the ages of the group
ranged from 21 to 58 years.
Asking For Bids On
Street Paving Here
GRADUATED
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Jinimv Leggett, popular
son ol Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Leggett of Williamston.
was- graduated with the de
gree of doctor of dental sur
North Carolina, Chapel llill,
yesterday. I)r. Leggett was
one of the first to be graduat
ed from the School of Dentis
try. He plans to continue his
studies in the University and
serve as a part-time instruc
tor.
Fire Damages
Home Saturday
Fill’ starting between the ceil
ing and attie floor, apparently
from defective wiring, damaged
the Stinette home on West Main
Street at 1:40 o'clock last Satm
day aftcui.- n. No official esti
mate could be had immediately,
but the loss will range between
j $1,500 and $2,000, it is believed.
j lutiveiy small area, but stifling
I smoke filled the attn and dam
aged much furniture and other
; articles stored there Mirrow:-.
■ fored from the
spot where theMuc was located,
were badly (‘racked, and uphols
Mery in chairs was literally cook
ed by the smoke.
1 lie tire was just before spread
ing to all the attic when volun
teer firemen reached the home.
Ripping away part of the ceiling
in one room, the fire fighters
brought the blaze under control
with a small hose line.
Mr. W 'J’. Stinette, owner of
the home, said he discovered
smoke in the house, but could not
locate the fire until tar from
electric wiring dropped on his
arm as he passed through one of
j the rooms.
Firemen were culled out again
Sunday afternoon shortly after
'3:00 o'clock when a grass fire
along the Coast Line tracks was
about to spread to the Williams,
ton Peanut Company properties
just off Washington Street
Name Abernathy
Lions President
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At a recent meeting nf the Wil
j liamston Lions Club, W II
! (Shag) Abernathy was elected
president to succeed Fletcher
Thomas. Other officers elected
for the coming year were, J I)
Page, 1st vice president; Clyde
i Griffin, 2nd vice president; J W.
Snead, 2nd vice president: Joe
! Griffin, Treasurer; Irving Mar
gob.. Lion Tamer; Charles Gay '
lord, Tail Twister D V Clayton
and W. A. Williams were elected
to the Board of Directors. Incom
ing president Abernathy appoint
ed Larry Hodges secretary.
The Board of Directors of the
Lions Club unanimously endorsed'
the newly organized civic im
■ provement council. The board
i also approved a motion to co-1
operate with the Kiwanis Club
1 in staging the Marlin County
fair this fall. No date has been
act for the event The purchase
i of six additional gum machines!
j was approved by the board. These
j dispensers will be placed at hea
vy traffic points around the
town. The proceeds from these
machines are used in the Lions')
Blind work.
The new club officers are to be I
I installed at the first meeting in j
July
To Open Bids On
$225,000 Project
The Last Oi June
town Hoard In Long Meet
ing I-isi Night Handl
ing Business
Supported by an overwhelm
ing majority in the bond election
last Friday. Williamston’s town
commissioners in a long meeting
last night called for bids on a
$225,000 paving program. To be
opened on June 30, the bids call
for 40,000 lineal feet of curb and
gutter, 25,000 cubic yards of ex
cavation, 500 cubic yards of se
lect material, 78,000 square yards
of two-inch asphalt surface and
1,500 tons of course aggragate
base course
Plans completed for handling
the program, the town officials
delved into a calendar loaded
with varied problems.
Commissioner David Moore,
acting for the town, bought prop
erty at Woodlawn Cemetery for
$3,240 with the view of estab
lishing a new entrance to the ce
metery from llaughton at or near
the Liberty Street interesection.
Jesse Rogers, local contractor,
petitioned the town to open a
30-toot street across the prop
erty between Elm and Riddick
Streets, beginning at the end of
West Academy Since thirty-foot
streets are not acceptable, the
mayor and street superintendent
were instructed to investigate the
possibility of obtaining a 40-foot
street across the property.
Appearing before the board,
the Messrs. Smothers Brothers
and King Rogers asked for water
to their new warehouse on the
new truck route around the town.
• agreed^ to^ installasix
jneh line, the warehouse owners
10 pay for the project with the
understanding that they are to be
it i nr bur d :f -ind '-.hr. the prop
t i l; incorporated as a part of the
■ Hiwn. * «
Owners of the property on
North Smitiiwick Street just back
"f the Sinclair Service Station
offered it for sale to the town for
a new lire station at a little less
than $200 per foot, or $12,000 for
05 feet frontage.
Answering a plea for help in
making the National Guard
Armory rcad\ fui occupancy, the
hoard agreed to hook up the wat
I 01 lines, and help with the sewer
system installation and landscap
ing.
1 he town was asked to coop
erate in a town-wide clean-up
campaign to be launched next
month. I he mayor was instructed
to address an appeal to the own
c ul the old Wells-Oates com
pany site near the river and to
“PPoal to owners to place bids on
all garbage pails.
Sewer line connections are tu
be made on the Jamesville road
and a section of Washington
Street for new customers.
The ofliejals read with disgust
a rental charge proposed by the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company for laying sewer lines
along and under its tracks in
town. The company maintained
that $22.50 annual rent is neces
sary to offset bookkeeping, etc.
It is a right Lug rental compared
with the $12.50 the company paid
tor a 30-foot right of way some
years ago.
At the present time, the town
has $24,164.39 in the banks, in
cluding $4,536.33 m the sewer
(Continued on Page Eight;
Special Honor
For Local Girl
Mrs. Elizabeth Chadwick Muse
Tornquist. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joel Muse of WilliamstOll,
received special honors at the
Duke University commencement
in Durham yesterday. She was
graduated Magna Cum Laude, and
was one of twelve to gain the
special honor.
She was an Angier B. Duke
scholar during her four years at
Duke, and participated in various
literary societies. Awarded a Ful
bright Scholarship, she leaves
next October lor a year of study
in Fiance.