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YOL. TWENTY-FOUR FABMYILLE* PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1984 NUMBER FORTY-THREE
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T. ____ _
Dick Roycroft is Killed
As Cops Chase Rum Cat
R. G. (Dick) Roycroft, known as
"The King of the Bootleggers," was
instantly killed here Tuesday night
when his liquor-laden car collided
with another nachine as officers were
chasing him through town. Roycroft,
formerly of Raleigh, lately centered
his operations in Durham.
Roycroft, at the wheel of an alleg
edly. stolen car, was thrown to the
pavement as his machine swerved
into a telephone pole following the
collision at the intersection of Wilson
and George streets. His head was
badly crushed.
Roycroft's machine, a Ford V-8 se
dan, was laden with 16 cases of liquor.
The car's lights were not burning,
officers said, Roycroft having turned
them out in attemping to elude the
police.
Chief J. L. Taylor and officer Fields
of Farmville, were chasing Roycroft
at break-neck speed through local
streets when the bootlegger's car and
one driven by William . White, of
Greenville, crashed at the intersection
of George and Wilson streets. White
was painfully hurt but his injuries
were not considered serious.
White was on his way to Wilson j
to meet a train. Roycroft was head-1
ed in the general direction of Kin
ston. The crash occurred at 7:00
p. m.
Officers Tuesday night had not
established the identity of the man
said to have escaped from the Roy
croft car.
Police here had been noticfied that
a stolen car was headed in this di-|
rection from Greenville. They |
"jumped" Roycroft on the edge of j
town and had chased him for sev- j
eral blocks when the crash occurred, j
Moving to Raleigh from Durham
several years ago, Roycroft'built up
a liquor business in the Capitol City
which earned for him the title,
"King of Bootleggers." He was con
stantly in trouble with officers, but
always managed to get off in the)
city and State courts with fines and
suspended sentences.
Federal officers caught him in a
general roundup of bootlegers in
Raleigh about three years ago and
he was sentenced to IS months in
the Atlanta prison. He was released
a year ago.
- Upon his return he set up head
quarters,'again in Durham and offi
cers there had been experiencing
difficulties in attempting to break up
his activities.
Roycroft is a member of a well
known Durham family.
The body of the former Bootlegger
King was embalmed and prepared for
burial by local undertakers and car
ried to his home in Durham about
2:30 Wednesday morning accom
panied by two cars of reported rela
tives and friends who arrived here
after midnight from Durham.
Miss Dorothy Allison was furnish
bail by the Durham friends, who
took her home, though professing to
have had no previous acquaintance
with her. The young lady, held on
charges of aiding and abetting in the
transportation and sale of liquor, was
released under bond of $100 to ap
pear before Mayor Lewis on March
17/ v- ;? ? -
Apparently uninjured but suiierwg
considerably from nervous shock,
Miss Allison denied the presence of
another man in the car, telling Chief
J. L. Taylor and Sheriff Whitehurst
that Ac accompanied Roycroft to the
Chocowinity section in the afternoon,
[ where he investigated a wreck in
[ volving a Negro employee, and where
the cargo of 96 gallons was loaded,
and several hoarse were spent at a
filling station in that vicinity before
starting the fatal journey homeward.
Excitement reignai here for several
[ hoars succeeding the wreck which in
volved an e lectin: light pole and re
sulted in the power being turned off
the streets. Hundreds of people visit
ed the acwe made ghastly in the
moonlight by the Mood and brains of
the deed mac, which mingling with |
[ the spilt.whiskey, ran down the gut-1
[ ters of the street
I ROYCBQFT ARRESTED 54
I : TIMES IN HOME COUNT?!
Royeraft, Durham rum-runner who
night* has a long police record here
aad-fh the time of his death, faced I
I sanlt and battery with s deadly weap
on, fie was 26 yean of age, and was
a native of Granville county. During
tk*<past eight years, several of which
I ware speaEt in Raleigh, he was arrest
ed hi times here on various charges,)
meat, of them from fifTw'*1 selling !
Bflftnft returned to Durhaini
Be leaves Ma. young widow, twel
Hyrns^n ' . \ ?* '? -v.y
mmw h \ aVi'ug t?. ? Tinsif' - ? I
they have not learned
Roycroft was acquitted only last
Friday of a liquor law charge
brought by Durham city officers.
Roycroft, who was tried in the
Durham recorder's court, demanded
a jury trial and a six-man jury voted
to free him. He was charged with
having had five gallons of whiskey
in his possession on February 14.
Policemen S. F. Ray and G. C.
Leary, who arrested him, testified
that Roycroft and another man drove
up to the Roycroft home late on the
night of February 14 and that each
of them got out of the car with a
case of whiskey. Roycroft managed
to get into the house with his case,
the officers said, and slammed the
door but the other man ran behind
the house and dropped his case.
A search warrant was issued for
Roycroft's home, but officers found
only empty fruit jars and drinking
glasses.
The defense, conducted by R. P.
Reads, local attorney, contended that
officers did not know that Roycroft
had whiskey in the case which he
| carried into the house. The defense
[contention was that the case might
j have been filled with wood.
Eastern Counties
Suffer Heaviest
Cot ofC. W. A.
Twelve Thousand Work
ers To Be Cut Prom
Civil Works Payroll
Raleigh, Feb. 27. ? Agricultural
counties of eastern North Carolina
suffered heaviest cut of civil works
force today when Mrs. Thos. O'Berry,
state C. W. A. administrator, releas
ed the county reductions to be placed
in effect Thursday night.
With 12,000 workers to be cut off,
the allotments ranged from indus
trial city reductions of 5 per cent
through agricultural counties with
industrial cities cut 15 per cent to
agricultural counties sliced as high
as 36 per cent.
Reductions included: Beaufort
county 185; Pitt 282; Wilson 97;
Goldsboro 16.
Ken Introduces Bill
Levying Toll. Tax
Designed To Insure Suc
cess Of Administra
tion's Reduction Cam
paign
Washington, March 1.?Represent
ative Kerr, Democrat, Noxrth Caro
lina, introduced today a bill designed
to insure success of the administra
tion's tobacco acreage reduction cam
paign by technically levying a tax on
all tobacco sold, but actgplly^ollect
ing it only from non-co-operators in
the voluntary reduction plan.
The bill would place an ad valorem
tax of 25 per cent of the market
value on all tobacco sold. Fanners
who co-operated in the acreage re
duction campaign, however, would be
allowed to sell their poundage allot*
ment without payment of the tax.
Under the acreage reduction cam
paign, the poundage allotment of
each farmer is fixed on the basis of
the productivity of the land under
contract.
Farmers co-operating would be is
sued marketing certificates showing
the number of pounds to be sold
without payment of the tax.
Ninety-eight precent of the burley
tobacco growers, of Haywood County
have signed the adjustment contracts.
Homestead Pirn
Talked at Meeting
Eastern . C h amber
Names Committee To
Obtain Facts On Pro
ject For This Area
Greenville, Mar. 1.?Representatives
from ten counties met in Greenville
yesterday at-the call of the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce to
study the: matter of securing an ap
propriation for several subsistence
; homestead projects for Eastern Caro
lina. This was the second of similar
meetings held recently for the pur
pose of making an investigation aa
to what may be done along this line
for the East
President Guy Elliott of Kinston,
of the sectional organization, presid
ed and opened , the meeting with a
statement as to the plans already in
the making for carrying forward this
project Others taking part in the
discussion were: Judge R. A. Nunn
of New Bern; Mrs. Marshall Wil
liams, Faison; W. C. Manning, WiT
liamston; E. S. Askew, Windsor; P.
S. Carr, Clinton; E. H. Liverman,
Plymouth; E. G. Flanagan, Green
ville; F. W. Hargett, Jacksonville; J.
B. Aycock, Fremont; J. H. Canady,
Kinston; R. A. Fountain, Fountain;
T. A. Brooks, Bath, and Secretary N.
G. Bartlett The sentiment expressed
by all the speakers was for the for
mation of plans for making an effort
to secure one or more of these pro
jects for the East.
*
ine ionowing ivaviuuuiui nwc
passed: First, that a sub-committee
be selected comprised of one from
each county, to handle the details
of the plans. Second, that this
committee secure from each county
the available tracts of land for such
a project and list these with the
secretary of the Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce. Third, that
immediately after these available
tracts are in hand that the com
mittee arrange a conference in
Washington with the proper author
ities to lay before the government
Eastern Carolina's offerings, with a
view of having some of them se
lected for immediate use. Fourth,
that the entire district of 46 coun
ties be divided up into districts ac
cording to types of soil, nature of
crops grown and the like, so that
each district may have a special com
mittee to-handle its own project.
The following sub-committee was
selected: Beaufort, T. A. Brooks;
Craven, G. W. Ipock; Duplin, A. L.
Cavanaugh; Sampson, C. S. Royall;
Washington, E. H. Liverman; Mar
tin, W. C. Manning; Wayne, J. B.
Aycock; Pitt, J. E. Winslow; Ons
low, F. W. Hargett; Lenoir, T. A.
Turner; Carteret, Claude Wheatley;
Jones, C. F. Pollock; Greene, J. F.
Mawborn. This committee will
meet at the call of the president.
Those land owners who have
tracts of land should list these tracts
with the county member or send it
direct to N. G. Bartlett, secretary,
Kinston. .
N. C. Schools Would Get
Most Under George Bill
(By J. C. BaskervilL)
Raleigh, Feb. 27.?North Carolina
would get much more Federal money
for assisting the public schools of
the state, or about $1,500,000, if the
hill introduced by Senator George
of Georgia had been or should be
passed, according to Dr. A T. Allen,
State Superintendent of ItobHc In
struction, said today. This bill,
however, has been temporarily with
drawn by Senator George- as a re
sult of the arrangement whereby -the
Emergency Relief Administration
agreed to set aside $50,000,000 for
the relief of puhik schools \n? the
various states. The George bill would
have provided for the appropriation
of $50,000,000 for the same purpose
but would have distributed it on a
different basis, according to Dr.
Allen.
> While the George Bill has not
been completely withdrawn and is
still pending in the- asbate, present
indications are that' it will not be
passed at this session, Dr. Allen said
their school populations, or the num
ber of children of school age, be
tween 6 years and 20 years of age,
to the total population," Dr. Allen
said. "If this money had been dis
tributed on this basis, North Carolina
would- have gotten approximately
?1,500,000, since about 29 per cent
of the state's total population
falls into the school age category.
In fact, only two other states, South
Carolina and! Mississippi, have a
greater proportion of* its total popu
lation, or about 30 per emit, of
school age than North Carolina. So
we would have gotten a substantial
slice of this money. We could also
have used it to supplement teachers'
salaries and for other school need*"
But under the terms so far set up
by the Emergency Belief Administra
tion, North Carolina will get little,
if any, of the $50,000,000 it N*
set aside, since under these regula
tions it can be use* only to;,->op?n
schools In states where they have
slosed?and none have doaed^Jn
only for needy end unemployed
i 1 'flllljJiiMMi fil B A.V- -
Senate Adds $55,
; 000,000 to Sup
ply Bill; Voterans
29,000 Veterans Whose
Disabilities Were Pre
sumed To Be of Service
Origin, Are Restored
To Rolls
Washington, Feb. 27.?With ad
ministration forces apparently sub
mitting, the senate today added
another estimated annual $55,000,
000 for world war veterans to the
independent offices bill.
Without opposition or a record
vote it adopted the Stewer-McCarran
amendment restoring to the rolls
29,000 veterans whose dieabilities
were presumed to be of service orgin
but who were taken off by the econ
omy law of a year ago.'
The amendment gives the veterans
the full former rates and puts the
burden of proof on the government
to show the disabilities were not of
service orgin.
The proposal also restores the full
former rates for service connected
disabilities v*.th $100 a month for
total pennanet (liabilities.
Held Under Bond
In Aeto Accident
Dave Braswell Held Un
der $2,500 Bond Pend
ing Outcome of Injur
ies Sustained by 6-Year
Old School Girl Struck
by His Car Late Tues
day Afternoon
Dave Braswell, cafe proprietor of
Wilson, was held under $2,500 bond
by Pitt County authorities pending
outcome of serious injuries sustained
by Geraldine Baldree, 6 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bal
dree, of near Farmville, who was
struck by Mr. Braswell's car late
Tuesday afternoon as she stepped (
off a school bus. The accident occur
red about two miles from Farmville
on the Wilson highway, near the home
of the child's parents.
The little girl is in a Greenville 1
hospital in critical condition having
suffered fractures of both legs and !
other injuries when struck by the
Braswell car while stepping .off the 1
school bus. Her condition was re
ported as unchanged by Pitt County 1
authorities this morning.
Mr, Braswell told investigating of
ficers that he did not recognize the
machine as a school bus until he was 1
almost upon it. He was arrested by '<
Pitt County officers on charges of i
assault with a deadly weapon towit '
an automobile and was released from i
custody Tuesday night by Sheriff
Whitehurst, of Greenville, after $2,- :
500 bond was posted \
i
General Find
Revenues Are
$4,2G0,006llore
i
Three Per Gent Sales'
Tax Accounts For $3,
786,260 of Increase
Raleigh, Feb. 28.?General fund
revenues of the state of North Caro
lina were $4,200,000 more the first
eight months of the fiscal year than
they were in the same period of 1932
83 the state revenue department re
ported today.
The 8 per cent general sales tax
accounted for $3,786,260.79 of the in
crease the beer tax added another
$223,042.96 and miscellaneous in
creases made the balance.
The highway fpnd revenues for the
first eight months showed a gain of
$2466-000 over the same period last ?
year. (
February general fund collections
were $1,282,128 & compared with
$718,068.60 in February 1933.
For eight months the general fund
collections aggregated $12,181,964
this year and $7,964,129 last year.
Highway funds receipts in Febru
ary were $1,604,827.03 compared with
$1,465,469.80 last year for the. month.
, Totals for eight months in the
highway fund were $16,482,459 this
Expose Insurance
Swindle In Wilson
^mmmmrnrnm .
Local Authorities Con
tinue Investigation In
to Operations of Gang
of Alleged Insurance
Swindlers
Wilson, Feb. 28.?What is. termed
an automobile protection. insurance
swindle has been exposed here in the
past few days with arrests of two
men, one of whom jumped a $260
bond and is said to have fled from
the state.
The men, classed aa smooth and
convincing talkers, have been travel
ing Green, Wilson and Wayne
counties in the company < with two
other men selling memberships in
the Carolina Motorist '<? Protection
Association, Inc., of Winston-Salem
offering protection and liability to
automobile owners and drivers.
? ? *
Memberships in the association
were fixed at $24.60 annually and
$29.50 for two years and membership
blanks stated only two year member
ships could be purchased at the pres^
ent time. To date officers have "learn
ed the names of about two=dosen Wil
son County citixens who purchased,
and paid for from one to three such
membership policies for automobiles
owned and operated by members ?of
their families. Some even purchased
life insurance policies ottered in con>
nection with the memberships at $3
each,
Officers are still busily engaged se-1
curing names of persons who bought j
the memberships a list of whom will
be presented to a deputy commis
sioner of the Insurance Department
of North Carolina who will be here in J
a few days to launeh an intensive in
vestigation into the operations of the I
men and their asociation.
M. Sykes, who gave his home as
Winston-Salem, was-arrested-here in!
connection with the alleged swindle
and was later released under $250
bond furnished by R. H. Drake, of
this city. Sykes failed to put in an
appearance before Magistrate A, J.l
Hines for preliminary hearing and!
the bond was called out, his bonds-]
man being given until tomorrow!
morning to pay the bond. Sykes is!
said, according to information receiv
ed by local authorities, to have fled]
from the state. 'j
Tom ColIinB, another of the alleged
quartet of salesmen, operating in Wil- J
son County, is being held in the cotm- j
ty jail on charge of larceny of van
overcoat When apprehended CoiUns
bad in his possession a-folder .con
taining a number of the association's j
membership policies -and he vara* im
mediately connected with the insur-j
ance case,
Officers said the men had a'certf-i
ficate alleged to have been issuredj
by the State Insurance Department
and signed by Stacq Wade as Insur-1
ance Commissioner. The aUeged-cer>-j
tificate was dated "August 22, 1983" I
and Stacy Wade has not acted aaJh-j
surance Commissioner of the state j
for a'period of about five years.
The insurance department is plan
ning to make an intensive investiga-j
tion into the company and ita sales
men as it is reported the -salesmen
are selling the memberships claiming!
Lhem to be liability insurance when!
at best all they are only "protection
policies" which guarantee legal-ax-j
pense in connection with traffic viola- J
lions, towing service not to exceed]
and other minor services to motor
ists including posting of bands ^ for]
accidents, and traffic law violations,]
etc. v --?
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WALTER L GAY LAID TO REST
?
Walter L. Gay, . 48, a prosperous
fanner of the Walstonburg section,
of Greene county, ww burled Wed
nesday at the family burial grounds,
services being conducted byRev. C.
B Mashburn, pastor of the local Chrsi
tian Church, With'the Pamrvilk Ma
sonic LOdge, of Which' he Was a mem
ber, assisting.
? Mr.-Gay, well known, particalarly
in the political life of Greene county,
was Btncjcen witu a secona Rroie 01
paralysis 'here late Tuesday after
noon,-while in* the aet-ofstarting his
car to return home, and was found in
an \mcdnscious condition by p*wers
by. who carried him-' home, death oc
curring in a short'time.
He is survivedby nine sisters, Mrs.
A J. McKeel, Mrs. W. M. Handiaon,
Mrs. Wyatt Parker, Mrs.' Rnpert Pip
pin, Mrs. Richard Pippin, Mrs. Jarvis
Holloman, Misses Stella, Susue and
'Virginia Gay; five brothers, Bryant,
J. E., AiH., Bsrl and Richard Gay, all
of Greene county
Active pall bearers were: Carl
ffttkn. Sam Jenkins, R. A. Joyner, J.
Y. Monk,. William and E. C. Bynuro.
Honorary; J. T. Bundy, George W.
Davis, D. E. Ogiesby, 0. G. Spell and
Arch Darden.
bill Japan And
Russia Protest
Flight of Planes
Japan Sends Protest De
manding Plights of So-;
viet Places Oyer Man
. eburia and Korea Be
Stopped
Moscow, Feb. 28.?The Soviet gov
ernment today charged that Japanese
military* planes--, again have flown
over Soviet' territory near the Man
chukuali frontier.
They lodged a formal protest with
Ambassodor Ota of Japan on the
matter,, saying- a v-'iew" Japanese
planes penetrated lfr- kilometers in
to foviefr territory iir~tha region of
Fogrankhnaya ? and Iman several
days ago.
Tokio, ? Feb.- 28v-;-The' Japanese for
eign offica isenhn. sharpprotest today
to Moacowv derranriing.ihat flights of
Soviet, planes over Manchuria and
Korea be stopped.
.fWe t consider sudtiincidents high
ly, dangerous," , a . spokesman of the
Japanese foreign office said. "It is
always dangerous for children to
play-with fire." ]
The protest was sent by Foreign ]
Minister Koki Hirota to lAmbassa- ,
dor Ota at Moscow for presentation
to the Soviet government. With it,
said a foreign office spokesman, went i
avdemand cfof . guarantees against ;
any further flights by-Jlussian planes \
over Manchurian. or-Korean territory. '
1 The filing of^the 'protest followed 1
reports.* from; Shaking - (Changshun)
Manehuiwo of -:two-.. instances in i
' * ?* V r?,
which, (the. reports. said) Russians i
fired upon Japanese planes. <
M. L.. FSager of . Lincoln County is .
finding a.ready sals .-for-the 85,000
pounds of lespedeza seed, which he :
haraatechlastfall.
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Johnson Upholds
Program to Revise Codes
i - ti -I, - 1
IV. R. A. Administrator!
Beats Assembled Crit
ics To Guns by Sudden
ly Unfolding Program j
For Revising Existing)
Codes
Washington, Feb. 27.?Hugh S.J
Johnson beat N. R. A.'s assembled
?ritics to the guns today by -audtj
leniy .unfolding a twelve point pro
gram for revising existing codes. I
Before the hundreds invited to J
?omplain could voice a saigle criti
cism the N. R, A. administrator to* I
aounced a wide, code revision would!
be effected ft possible by sweeping!
presidential mandate. I
Individual industries Johnson told
the ep?ring session, of histoid
day for criticism'' would be aUosred!
modifications only If - justification]
can be shown on public hearings. ;$j
Code revision, he added, will be
flowed by a Mgger and better Bluej
ness.
"We- are. going on aa we have be
gun,'.' he said in a/paragraph aimed
at N. R, A.'s* enemies. "These meet- ,
inga are the. first move^ in a closing
up ofourranks for a-, new forward
movement by N. R. A."
y "Chance or circumstance may stop ;
it, ktt&yottimn net? {going to stop it
or evan-nuketitMHtor"
The twelve corrections which
Johnson's already* gathered data has
shown to 4>e necessary were:
A more tuniform . and. equitable
rules of price stabilisation where
necessary to preventetrt throat com
petition with < farther , insurance
against prices outstripping purchas
ing power.
A more effective rale to prevent
sales below cost of production.
^Uynl^ia ^jwprod^urs in
the prevailing southern wage differ
f ~ m
tions 'to protect the small fellows.
An improved method to secure
compliance.
A method for financing code ad
Mhiiabetion without rackettering.
Elimination of inconsistent or con
flicting provisions in codes.
Adequate labor and consumer re
presentation in an advisory capacity
on rode authorities.
Uniform government representa
tion on the authorities.
~ Wider use within code groups of.
Mechanism for settling labor dis
rates. '
Other needs for collection exist,
he said, but these are the headline
reforms. He promised that any
thing else developed by the criticism
session would be considered along
with the twelve points in next weeks
?WMnhly of code authorities.
?
Thomas Dixon To Deliver
Great Lecture "This Coun -
try of Ours^ Here Mar. 13
- Thomas Dixon, distinguished auth
or and orator, has just made a Con
tinental Tour speaking as a special
representative of the National Re
covery Administration, translating in
to ternu*of zinging conviction and
inspiration the fundamental meaning
of the NRA program. For the past
four months he has held thousands
spellbound by his matchless eloquence
teaching near heights of power in his
long career as an orator.
He closed his Tour in Boston, Mas
sachusetts with a speech before the
combined Rotary Clubs of the district
that created a profound sensation and
placed him at the head of the list of
a thousand chosen speakers for the
Administration. Everywhere he has
pleaded for faith in our future based
on the glorious story of America's
past. Everywhere the response has
been electric.
The Living Voice
No power has yet taken the place
of the living voice in swaying the
minds of men. The printed page may
be stored powder, but the human per
sonality applies the spark that brings
the explosion.
Col. C. 0. Sherrill, Chairman of
Ohio Board of NRA.. Former City
Manager of Cincinnati, says: "No
man in this * country is better
qualified to arouse enthusiasm for
the President's program of recovery
than is Thomas Dixon. I recently
heard, him deliver an address in Cin
cinnati which was one of the most
moving and powerful appeals to
which I ever listened."
, Farmvilte citizens, whose spirit of
patriotism has been recently stirred
and proven, and who are ever eager
co learn more about their country,
and particularly the Roosevelt pro
gram, are to have the opportunity of
hearing this noted lecturer in the
High School auditorium on Tuesday
evening, March 13, at 8:00 o'clock.
Admission 50c for adults and 15c for
children.
Proceeds will be used on the swim
ming pool, according to Mayor John
B. Lewis, who acted as chairman of
a committee meeting composed of the
heads of the various organizations of
the town on Thursday evening, at
which time plans for sponsoring the
lecture were made.
Farmville is .very fortunate in be
ing included in the Thomas Dixon
tour, and extends a cordial welcome
to everybody in the surrounding
towns and communities to join with
its citizens in making his appear
ance here a splendid success by the
manifestation of a spirit of real in
terest and patriotism.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. LAVENIA C. SERMONS
Last rites for Mrs. Lavenia Caro
lina'Sermons, 76, wife of the late
William Sermons, were held from the
home of her son, Will Sermons, near
here, on Wednesday afternoon at 8:00
Q&ock; with Revs. R. F. Httman, of
Ayden and J. C Moye, of Snow Hill,
Free Will Baptist ministers, in
charge. Interment was made in the
family burial grounds near Bethany
Church in the Ayden section, of
which she had been a faithful and
loyal member since girlhood.
j A sufferer from heart trouble for
several months, Mrs. Sermons had a
severe attack a week previous to her
death, which occurred at midnight,
Monday.
- She is survived by six daughters,
Mm J. R. Avery, Mrs. C. A. Cash,
Mrs. R. J. Wainwright, Mm W. R.
Hinson, Mm J. B. JDavis, Mm J. M.
Jeyner; two sons, Will and Eddie
Sermons, all of the Farmville com
munity, twenty-three grandchildren
and several great grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs, Cornelia Sermons, Fort
Barnwell, and Mrs. Mary Smith, Bear
Greek, Chatham County, and a broth
er, Vergil Skinner of Georgia.
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