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the enterprise is read by
OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 75
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday. September 2,'i. 1954
The enterprise is'SexiFW
OVER 3,300 MARTIN COt’NTT
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
ESTABLISHED 1899
Court Nears End
Of Trial Of Its
* Criminal Docket
Tribunal Set To Hear Civil
Cases In Second Week
Beginning Monday
a
Sitting in the first week of
two-week term, the Martin Coun
'V Superior Court is plugging
along ana will havt cleared a
greater part of its criminal doc
ket by late tomorrow, according
• 1,1 reports coming from the old
hall of justice about noon today.
Next Monday, with Judge Leo
Carr of Burlington scheduled to
continue on the bench, the court
will hear divorce cases and other
civil actions.
Criminal proceedings not pre
viously reported follow:
Much of Tuesday morning was
spent hearing the assault ease
brought against Elijah Manning.
. It was brought out that Manning
was attending a fish fry in the
home of Emma White on Wil
liamston’s Hunter Street last
March, that Clayton Wilkins was
stabbed in the back The jury ar
gued the case for several hours
before returning a verdict favor
ing the defendant.
1 he case in which Woodrow
Little was charged with forgery,
was remanded to the juvenile
court after the 13-year-old de
fendant had pleaded guilty.
Pleading guilty of the larceny
of an automobile, Lester Roberson j
was. sentenced to the roads fori
two and one-half years.
In the case in which W. H. Joy-!
ner was charged with issuing a
worthless check, the defendant1
pleaded guilty, and was senten. (
ed to the roads for sixty days, j
The sentence was suspended up !
on the payment of the court costs, I
it appealing that the cheek had
been paid.
Found guilty by jury, Benjamin i
Harrison Lewis was fined $100,'
plus costs, for drunken driving,
f He loses his operator's license fori
a year .
Charged with disposing of mort
gaged property, Alma Thurston j
was found guilty m a mater of j
minutes It was brought out that
she owed Ernest Rogers a $200!
0 grocery bill and had mortgaged a
cook stove and washing machine!
to secure the account. The stove
was disposed of. and the action
was started against her. It was!
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• Ruriian Club
Gels Charier
The newly formed Ruritan Clu!
of Williainston hold its first meet
ing Tuesday night at the Switch
where its charter was presented
to President D. W. Brady by the
Roanoke District Governor Ken
neth E. Stokes of Severn, N C.
The meeting was presided over
by Roanoke District Lt. Governor
V. B Hairr, of Jamesville, until
the club officers were elected. At
that time Mr Hairr introduced
Ruritan National Vice President,
Frank Keliam of Princess Anne,
Va., who made an inspirational in
stallation of the officers.
The elected officers for the first
year are: President, D. W. Brady:
Vice President, Henry Winslow;
Secretary, Kenneth Lindsley, Jr.;
Treasurer, J. H. McBrayer, Jr.:
and three Directors, H. F. Mc
Knight, Luther Peel, Jr., and Har
vey Baggett.
Following the installation of
officers" the Chartt.-i was present
ed and signed by the following
members present: D. W Brady,
Henry Winslow, Kenneth Linds
ley, Jr.. J. H. McBrayer, Jr., H. F.
McKi.ight. Luther Peel. Jr Hw
JB ‘ ■■...•l-Dj-l'
mus Bazemore, Charlie Gray Cor
ey, W Harrell Everett, Grady j
Godard, Edward L. Grady, i
Charles Hawley, L. L. Hodges,j
Claude Leggett, Rudolph Peele, j
Horace Ray, Ralph Taylor, and!
John Whitley. Those yet to sign
are: W. W. Gurganus, K. P. Linds
ley, Sr., Raymond Rawls, Haul;
Reddick, W T. Ross, and J W.
Snead
Other visitors at the meeting!
were Johnnie Sledge of Oak City,
Roapoke District Lt. Governor; A.
R. Thompson, past President of
Princess Anne Club; Edwin Linds
ley, member of the Princess Anne
Club.
* It was decided that the Wil
liamston Ruritan Club shall meet
the thud Tuesday of each month
at 7.00 p.ta., at the Switch.
Aerial Photo Of Martin Farm Home
Making his first flight over this county, an aerial photographer for Zekan-Robbins, photo
giapheis of Hailan, Iowa, made about fifty pictures of unindentified farm homes a short time
ago. And, intentionally or unintentionally, the aerial photographer made it a hit difficult to estab
lish the identity of some of his pictures. The above aerial photo, the ninth in the series shows a
rear vuw ot some farm home.' The scene looks a bit familiar, but the publishers are calling on
then readers to identity it. The oriental pictures may he had at the newspaper office at cost The
picture last week. No. ft in the series, was identified us that of the Green farm op,-rated by Mr
Wde.t Wooiard on Highway 17 about six or seven miles from Williamston. The identification was
made by Mrs Lorraine Wooiard and Mr. William Gurganus.
Grand Jury Files
1A Routine Report
In Court Tuesday
Attention Of Jurymen (lull
ed To Inerease of I’ie
eolos ujjjd Kish Fries
Swamped with bills of indict
i mentis and charged with many du
• ties, the Martin fCounty Gram
( Jury, It G. Harrison, Jr., foreman
could not complete its work ii
one day. but the tasks were hand
led and the rep i t was filed 11
1 open court Tuesday.
' The report, for the most part
i was of a routine nature, but ii
was learned that the jurymen’;
j attention had been called to the
increased "planting” of piccolos
in private homes and fish fry
t events where liquor is sold free
j Iv and crime flourishes.
It could not be learned if the
i complaint reached the grand jury.
! but individual citizens were said
! to have considered advancing a
j report to the jurymen, alleging
j a "cover-up” of crime by some of
i fleers and others in this county.
The routine report follows, as
addressed to Judge Leo Carr, pre
j siding:
We, the Grand Jury of Martin
I County, for the above mentioned
l term of Superior Court, submit
j to you our report as follows:
All Bills of Indictment were
passed upon by us.
The Reports of Justice of the
P« ace were cheeked and found fil
ed with the Clerk of the Court
| and all fines paid to the County
I Treasurer.
We found the Jail in excellent
| condition with 1 white male in
J mate and 4 colored male inmates.
We inspected the County Home
and T B Ward. We found 12 in
mates in the County Home.—6
white females*—2 white males and
4 colored males Iri the T B Ward
we found 11 patients 4 colored
females and 7 colored males We
also found the entire building be
(Continued un Page Five)
Science Show In
. Theli&y Sch&d
Previews of Progress, a dra
matic, non-teehnical science show
sponsored by General Motors, will
be shown in Wiliiamston on Sep
ten her 28, at 10:00 and 10:50 o’-'
clock, in the local high school and
under the euspieces of the school.
There will be no admission
charge, and the public is invited.
Witnessed by millions of Am
ericans, Previews of Progress will
graphically present many of the
most recent developments in i
scientific research, which will j
contribute to a more enjoyable
and comfortable life in the years
to come.
The purpose of the presenta
tion is to portray the story of
progress through engineering and
science.
f
INQUEST
j
Coroner W. W. Higgs will
luilil a formal inquest tomor
row evening at 8:00 o’clock in
the courthouse following the
death of William Ambrose
Maye, 10 months old. in an
automobile accident at the
intersection of Highway 04
and the new truck route near
the armory last Saturday
morning.
As far as it could be learn
ed no witnesses to the accid
dent have been louud. but
(he drivers of Ihe two cars,
James LeKoy Williams, and
William Maye, will be ques
tioned along with the investi
gating officers.
County Oificial
Talks To Rotary
Club On Tuesday
Ht‘vir«s Dili in- Anil Civcn
Interesting Fur I n
About County
Addressing a regular meeting of
tin1 local Rotary Club at the
j Switch last Tuesday noon, Reg
| ister of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger
briefly reviewed the duties of his
office and offered some interest
ing facts about the county.
Elected to the office thirty
years ago, Mr Getsinger said that
the duties were varied, and, at
times, rushing While the office
records papers of just about all
types except wills, there are many
other duties connected with the
post, Mr. Getsinger explained
(Continued From Page Seven)
Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagley
Installment 13
In thus, the 13th installment of
Mr. Bagley's diary, the treasurer j
makes about the Inst entries in
*Ulf- Mat wv: ■V>*v;.,y Volunteer
Fund.
Tin following entries show ad
ditions to the fund:
j W E. Everett, .subscription,
SIC "To this sum rwce'ved from
H«>.» II Hr ..uVcii.i i . marie
to flee black men uku workc-d on*
| fortifications. $126.70; Received
I of Judge Asa Biggs for 44 yards
I of blue jeans left on hand, $5.50;
Joseph Giiffin for account. $1;*
[Joel Smithwick, subscription,!
$100, William H. Harrell, remain-1
der of subscription, $25; C. B.
Hassell for blank bonds, $10; A
C. Williams, remainder of note.
$15.50; D. L. Browns, note for
subscription, $25; W A. Mat-1
thews, note for subscription, $25; ‘
Handley Coburn, note on stlb-1
script ion, $10; J. A Page, note on
subscription, $25; Kinchen Nel
son, note on subscription, $5. A i
$50 item, turned into the fund, j
is credited to no one.
The items above were record
ed during the period from August
26, 1861, to January 14, 1862. The!
following entry appears at the
bottom of page 112 of the diary:
"Hv (his sum carried to County
Trustees Book to balance, it be
ing i:. for rdi on <.!>'• Tens,
tees at the Court at July term,
1861, as a credit, $602.(ill
The Volunteer Fund stood at
that time of balance at $11,830 40.
Most of it had been raised by puh
lu s-: j ipViOo I' a . ,;{, . ,'
’paymg^oi''' iii ' !. '"'f’ffS •bui'TOlT
meal and peas.
On Page 113, Mi Bagley en
ters just about the last ot the
bookkeeping entries under the
Volunteer Fund heading. Between
January 14, 1862, and the fol
lowing March 23. tin fund re
ceived on subscriptions and notes
almost $400, as follows: J It. Ni l
>oin, $5; McBilbra nobason, $25;
George O Robinson, $50; Orman
Giay. $25; William Albert Itoba- ■
son, $25; Willis Manning, $10;
M G. W Nelson, $10; Jos B. E.
Andrews, $100; R. D Matthews,'
$25; H. P. Gibson, $50, A Bur
rough, $50. The following ac
counts were also received: Peter
G. Fyster, $8.60; 11 P Gibson,
$80, all adding up to $463.00,
■ hicb amount was turned over
I tu the county Trustees
Martin Volunteers
| In addition to the several hund
| red Martin County men who vol
' 'Vi iwW rais
j ed in this county, quite a tew
I Martin men volunteered and went
to wai with companies formed in
! surrounding counties. Mr. Bag
I ley lists the names of those vol
unteering vvtfh otymt ■, com
i v.
company captain, and branch of
service as follows:
Samuel A. Whitley, Daniel D.
Whitley, McG Whitley, Braey
Robason and William Huff vol
unteered m the infantry in Pitt
County under Captain Singletary.
.John H. Hyman, .McG Hyman, j
Net dhain Hyman, M. W. Hyman,
Jackson I,owe, William P Jones, |
Theodon Ilyin.m and II B Sals j
bury volunteered m the cavalry j
in the same county but under
Captain Whitaker
E. G. A. Gotten, M. A. Gotten, i
William W. Marriner and Jesse B.;
Robason volunteered in the in
fantry in Edgecombe County un
der Captain Bridges. G. A. Curry
volunteered in the infantry un-j
der Captain Battle in Edgecombe |
j Tin- following nl.su volunteered in
, Edgecombe in the infantry but
! under Captain Jinkins: J H. D.
Nelson, William It. Nelson Jos
i p| White. Thomas Nelson,( Geo.
RoebLicK John I’m vis, W. F.
Hoard, M. B. ijta/ls, Henry Nel
son one Wright Nelson. Henry
Slade is also listed as an infan
try volunteer in Edgecombe
Count;, under Captain Lloyd,
er in Halifax in the infantry un
der Captain Bell, and Thomas E.
Darden, who was later to become
vice president ol the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company,
volunteered over in Beaufort
County under Captain Satterth
waite. The diary lists hint in the
cavalry with a question mark,
making it unci rtain whether Dar-i
den served in the cavalry nr j
some other branch of the service.
By the name of Jesse B, Roba-1
son is tin word “died" in paren
thesis.
Most of those volunteering in
Edgecombe County were in the
J3rrl Regiment
(In the next installment, No.
14, Mi Baglcy reports on the fight
along the North Carolina coast).
Parents - Teachers
Meet On Monday
To Open New Year
1N*‘W Committed.
H> I’i-ohIciiI Jiinio tinI
liH'k. \rr \niiomi<«‘<i
Wi11 janiston's ptirents and teu
! cht-rs will hold their first as
| soeiatiorud meeting in the high
school auditorium next Monday
evening at 7:45 o’clock, it was
announced by James Bullock, the
new president. A large attend
ance upon the meeting by the
Other officers of the association
for the current year are. J. Don
Skinner, vice president; Miss Ve*l
na Collins; secretary; and Mrs.
W T Ross, treasurer.
Committees for the- new year
were- announced by the- president
this week, as follows:
, Program: Mrs. Ben Courtney,
Chairman; Mrs. Harrell Everett,,
Mrs. W C. Manning, Jr., Mrs.
living Margolin, Mrs. Selma
Bunting, Miss Mary W. Foy.
Membership: Mrs. Iverson Skin
pe r, Chairman, Mrs. Lucille Cow
ell, Mrs. V. J. Spivey, Mrs. Ray
mond Gurkin, Mrs I) R. Davis.
Finance: Mrs. Joseph Griffin,
Chairman; Mi William Kverett, I
Mrs. J. Shep Holiday, Mis. Joel
| Muse, Mrs. R D. Elliott, Mrs. H. F. j
j McKnight
| High School Lunch Room: Mrs !
H. A. Bowen, Chairman; Mrs.'
| risen, Mrs. B. F. Lille-y, Mrs.,
j Bruce Chesson, Mrs J. C. Gurkin, |
'Mrs. Don Skinner, Mrs. Edna \
[ Bondurant.
Lunchroom Grammar School
Mrs. Re-g Simpson, Chairman;
I (Continued mi Page Eight)
Nominating Farm
Committee Groups
| In Martin County
—<#>— -
! New Plan Makes II Ineou
! venient For Some Farm
ers To PartiriAate
i _._ 1
Martin Conunty fanners will
j meet •next week in various dis
j triets to nominate candidates for
• pi... w. on tin Aft: seultu:al Sta
1 bili/ation Conservation com
munity committees and delegates
to the county convention.
The names of the nominees will
he printed and the ballots are to
be mailed on October 7 to the
farmers who are to make their
i selections and mail the ballots
back to the county office not la
ter than October 15 or deliver
I them to the office not later than
j October 18. The ballots are to be
though truants are eligible to vote
in the election, they'll find it ne
| eessary to report to the county
office and call for the ballots in
person. Intentionally or uninten
tionally, tenant farmers are all
; but barred from participating in
i the elections. Heretofore, the elee
| tions were held in the several
communities where all farmers
found it convenient to east their
All farmers, however, will find
it convenient to participate in
the nominating conventions to be
held next week, and large crowds
are urged to attend and partici
pate.
The nominating conventions are
being arranged by Messrs. T. 0.
Hrandun, S. T. Everett, H. F. Me
Knight, J. C. Eubanks, at the
I direction ol the U. S. Department
[of Agriculure.
All the nominating conventions
are to be held at 7:30 o’clock
p. m., exVept the one for James
viIU- No. 2 district, which will lie
held at 8:15 o’clock immediately
following a meeting of District I
The schedule of meetings, place
(Continued From Page Six)
James B. Peele
Heads Auio Group
Washington, D C. Announce
ment of the appoint of Mr. James
Hailey I’eel, manager, Chas. il
Jenkins and Co , of Williamston,
as NADA Area Cha> man for Mar
tin County was made today bv
Mr Charles C. Freed, President
of the National Automobile Deal
ers Association.
Mi'. Peele was singled out for
this honor in appreciation of his
efforts, both locally and state
wide, in behalf of automobile
dealers and the motoring pubilc
As an NADA Area Chairman,
Mi. Peele will provide close liai
son between NADA in Washing
ton, D. C., and Martin County’s
flew car and truck dealers. He will
serve to coordinate local dealer
action for programs and activities
developed by NADA or by his.
State automobile dealers associa
tion.
Mr Peele has been in the au
tomobile business for 20 years.
Ills dealership handles Buick
Dldsmobile, Pontiac, Cadillac and
CMC' Trucks, on Washington St
Plans Going Forward For
Annual Fair October25th
Flans are rapidly going forwarc
lor the annual Martin Count}
Agricultural Fair to be held hen
during the week beginning Oc
tober 5, Chairman Fletcher Tho
mas announced today
The premium list, offering
greater cash premiums than even
before, is being prepared, and all
but eight spaces in the exhibit
hciii ii,iK bt en taken by comn-K i
cial exhibitors, it was announced
Sponsored, by the local Kiwa
nis and Lions Clubs, the fair is
booking special entertainment
features this year, including a unit
of Grand Ole Opra out of Nash
ville, Tennessee, and the Sun
shine Boys. The latter group has
made several appearances in this
county during the past two years.
! Thr entertainment committee is
’ also arranging two amateur night
■ programs, and amateur entertain
■ ors wishing to participate i.i the
programs are directed to contact
the fair management.
Extensive arrangements are
■ being made to promote the gen
eral exhibits this year. The cash
premiums have been increased bv
about fifteen percent and «r>oeia!
plans are being made for a larg
er livestock show. Chairman Tho
mas explained.
Proceeds of the fair are expect
ed to clear outstanding obliga
tions against the Boy Scout hut
on South Smithwick Street, and
there has been some talk about
promoting a library project in the
future.
Tobacco Prices At A
New High Peak Here
MOVING
v__
The local National Guard
unit, Battery C, AAA Gun
Bn„ is moving into its new
home at the corner of High
way <»4 and the new truck
route, during the week-end, it
was announced by Captain K.
S. Peel, ,Jr.
Guadsmen will start mov
ing the equipment Sunday af
ternoon about 2:00 o’clock to
the new $100,000.00 armory,
and complete the task Mon
day evening during a regular
meting of the unit.
The formal opening of the
armory is tentatively sche
duled for the latter part of
October when dignitaries are
expected to take part in a spe
cial program. .
Twenly-One Cases
On Civil Calendar
In Superior Court
t- *
Jinlur Loo Carr Soliodulod
To tloar Si/.ahlo Aooi
(It'iil Damage Suiln
Twenty-one eases, in addition
to fourteen divorce actions, have
been placed on the civil calendar
for trial in the Martin County I
Superior Court when Judge Leo
Carr returns to preside over the
second period in a two-week term.
In six cases, growing out of
automobile accidents, defendants
are asking $72,041.12 damages.
Sarah Lee Smith, by her gen
eral guardian, Lela Cl. Smith, is
suing II O. Warren, owner of a
car driven by his daughter, Het
ty Lou Warren, for $1)1,442.110. The
plaintiff was riding with Miss
Warren on Highway 301 near Fay
etteville September 5, 1 953, when
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I
Sales Are Near
8,000,000 Pounds
On Local Market
Sales This War Ahniil The
Saint* \s In (!ni*ri's|Miinl
iiijj Period Last Year
Tobacco prices pushed on to a
| new hi«h peak on the Williams
ton Tobacco Market yesterday
j w hen 347,328 pounds were sold
j h'l' $201,012, a resulting average
of $57,117 per hundred pounds. Thi
previous high was recorded on
Monday of this week when an
I average of $57.18 per hundred
pounds \\ as recorder.
With a near-capacity sale on
1 its floors today, the market here
r- pushing toward the eight mil
lion-pound mark, with the cor
tainty that the total for the sea
son will have passed the eight
million figure tomorrow with
ease.
Up until this morning, the mar
ket here had sold 7,503,990 pounds
for $4,078,033, an average of $54.35
per hundred pounds
Prices continue to hold firm on
the market here, the small price
fluctuation from day to day be
ing traceable mostly to the quali
ty of tobacco that is offered for
sale.
During the corresponding period
last year, the market here had
sold 7,408,852 pounds for an av
erage $57.04. The price average up
to September 22, last year, holds
an advantage of about $3 per
hundred pounds ovci the figure
for the corresponding period this
year.
According to spot reports, about
sixty percent or possibly a little
more of the current crop in this
section has been marketed alrea- j
dy. In some sections at least 75
pcrcnt of the crop has moved to.
market, but in other communities!
marketing is not quite so far ad- ;
vancetl.
Plans Completed
For Band Drive
i
Plans wi iv completed this week
for the annuiil fund drive for the
Williainston High School Band
and canvasser.- art working in a
lew arte*:’ ioda> to liia'kV'tW*tWlP
assign’d them by Co-Chairmen
A J Manning and Marvin Brit
ton.
Under their new director, Clyde
Wad" the yoimtiste;are busy
; io idjinCu^ too!
ball half-time allow here next
wet k at the Littleton game and it ,
ha- become apparent that some '
$800.00 worth of new uniforms are
needed to'keep the band in the:
class to which it is accustomed. [
Some new instruments are also1
needed and repairs to others are
being made creating a demand on
tin band funds that will be heavy
this year. While no official goal
has been set, Co Chairman A J.
Mantling said today it will take
at hast $2500.00 to meet obliga
tions already undertaken. The
band is to attend the Duke-Ten
nessee game on Oetober 2 with
details to be announced the first
of next week.
Tag day will be Friday, October
1
Fourteen Divorce
i Cases Calendared
In Superior Court
< tin* Plaintiff Seeks to Have
Marriage Declare*! Ille
gal Ami Void
Fourteen divorce actions have
been calendared for trial in the
i Martin County Superior Court
tu( ...., i, ,f September “’7
; 'ehen Judge Leo Carr of Burling*
j ,lin returns for the second of a
j two-week term of the tribunal.
' All of the first week, beginning
' next Monday, has been set aside
. for the trial of criminal cases.
I Thirteen of the divorce actions
> are based on grounds of two years
"I separation. In the fourteenth
case, the plaintiff is asking the
court to declare her marriage il
j legal and void, alleging that at
the time of the proposed marriage
the defendant was already mar
■ ried and the father of a child. In
her complaint against Ernest Carl
| Finley, the plaintiff, Helen Gir
vin Finley says marriage was pro
posed on October 3, 1953, that at
the time the defendant was al
ready married to another woman
unknown to the plaintiff, that the
defendant had one child and that
he misled the plaintiff in becom
ing married to him.
Other divorce cases, all based
on two-year separation grounds,
follow:
In her action against James Ed
ward Blackwell, Lilly Blackwell
says they were married June 18,
1335, and separated January 15,
11131), that no children were born
of the union.
Janie Mae Stokes, suing Charles
Henry Stokes, says they were
married October 1, 11)48, and sep
arated 25 days later on October 28,
11)48, that no children were borij
of the union.
In Hie case of Cora McNair IY<
gese against Lucius Pegese, Sr.,
the plaintiff points out they went
married October 25. 193C, and
separated August 15. 1959 The
two children born of the union
are \\ ith and are being supported
by the plaintiff who is asking
their permanent custody.
Lilli'. Hand Freeman, in her
ease against Walter Freeman,
says they were married Decem
ber 24, 11945, and separated mid
dle if June, 1951, and that no
children were born of the union.
Suing Win Doughty for divorce,
Mary Doughty says they were
married in 1935 and separated De
cember 29, 1950, that the three
children born of the union are in
the custody of and supported by
the plaintiff.
Helen Louise Roberson Kirk
man, m her ease against Wil'iain
Rosevelt Kirkman of Nash County
says the> were married October
20, 1934, and separated in Sep
tember, 1947. She points out that
(Continued on Page Eight)
-£
Youth Jailed On
Burglarly Charge
David L. Higgs, 17-year-old col
I in i (I boy, is being held in the
county jail without privilege of
bond for the confessed burglarly
of the Pete Johnson home near
Robei sonville last Saturday night.
Up until yesterday Higgs denied
I the charge, but officers confront
ed hun with damaging evidence
and he told all about the crime.
Hanging around a piccolo joint
known as Hell’s place in Rober
sonville Township. Higgs left
WT.i'i-r uMBi in' ;0:00 o’clock
and went to the Johnson home,
i Peeping m a window, he found
i a baby sitter and withdrew, tak
ing a stand in the hog lot until
Mr and Mrs. Johnson Returned
Ir.i... . fi ait 10:30 he enter. 0 the
home through a uooi , went u» tm* -■
bedroom where the Johnsons were
sleeping and took a pair of trous
ers off a chair. The pants were
found the next morning and $30
missing from the pockets.
Suspicion centered on Higgs
when it was learned he had been
without money earlier in the eve
ning at Bell’s place, and that late
Saturday night hr appeared to be
well stocked
Deputy Dennis Roberson, mak
ing the investigation, matched the
prints of Higgs’ shoes with those
found at the Johnson window. At
a preliminary hearing this week, ,
probably cause of guilt was found
in the capital ease and Higgs was
denied bond by Justice of the
Peace W. M Tetterton.