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VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 49 IFUliamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 18, 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899
Agriculture Voices
Opposition To Any
Tobacco Sur-Taxes
Commissioners of Agricul
ture Meet at Washing
ton Last Week
?
Speaking to a meeting of the As
sociation of Southern Commission
era of Agriculture in Washington
last week, C. C. Hanson, secretary
of the organization, discussed the
schedule of super-taxes levied on
tobacco in support of the national
defense program. It has been argued
that tobacco is not trying to shirk
its share of the defense cost, but it
cries out for justice along with oth
er commodities and industry.
Mr. Hanson's statement, offering
enlightening information on the to
bacco tax topic, follows:
"Many of our tobacco farmers to
day," Secretary Hanson declared,
' are already living on the border
line of poverty." If, instead of raising
the tax?the tobacco tax were low
ered by 16 2-3 per cent and the far
mer got this difference, it would
more than double the income of the
average tobacco planter and in that
way do much tp increase the pur
chasing power of our rural popula
tion in the tobacco country.
"How many of our city people
realize that a farmer receives less
than a penny for all the tobacco in
a package of cigarettes, and that the
present government tax upon that
1 cent worth of cigarette tobacco is
6 cents right now?" How many know
that while the tobacco grower only
receives an average of 16 cents a
pound for his tobacco, the Federal
tax on that single pound of tobac
co already amounts to $1.00 a pound.
"Is it any wonder that our tobac
co farmers are distressed?" he ask
ed. "A farmer raises about 1,000
pounds of tobacco per acre. He sells
it all for $159.00 and at the present
rate of taxes imposed oij/ cigarettes
the government collects approxi
mately $1,000 on that acre of tobac
co. This makes the taxes collected
by the government about six times
the value of the tobacco and about
fifty times the value of the land on
which the tobacco was produced."
Mr. Hanson then went on to (mint
out that the present Federal tax of
six cents per package on cigarettes,
plus the State sales taxes imposed,
would make the taxes about?eight
times as much as the farmer got
for the tobacco.
"If a wheat farmer," he said,
"wants to swap a bushel of 75 cents
wheat for 5 packages of 15 cent cig
arettes (containing less than five
cents worth of tobacco), he actually
has to pay Uncle Sam 30 cents and
in some instances, the State govern
ment 10 cents for the privilege of
swapping his bushel of wheat for
five cents worth of manufactured
ciggrpttc tnbacf?t 4?v4?n if hp, him
self, raised the tobacco in the cigar
ettes."
In conclusion, Mr. Hanson ask
ed, "What is the sense of the gov
ernment levying super-taxes upon
tobacco now, and then in a few
months when the farmers sell what
they can of their tobacco crop this
year at what they can get for it ?
the government has to place many
of the producers upon the rolls of
(Continued on page six)
Lee Brooks Hurt
In Auto Accident
Friday Afternoon
Wedding Scheduled for Last
Postponed
Lee Broolu, 32 years old, was bad
ly shocked and painfully bruised last
Friday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock
when his automobile crashed into
a bridge abutment at Collie Swamp
between Everetts and Roberson
ville on U. S. Highway No. 17. His
marriage to Miss Ruth Norton,
scheduled to have taken place the
following day, was necessarily post
poned, no second date for the event
having been announced.
Driving at a fairly moderate speed,
Brooks apparently dropped off to
sleep and the car swerved to the
right and made a direct hit on the
bridge, turning over once or twice.
A former employee of a cash regis
ter company, Brooks suffered no
broken bones or cuts, but he suffer
ed severe shock according to a re
port released from the Brown Com
munity Hospital where he was re
moved for treatment immediately
following the aocident. He was d
charged from the Institution Sun
day afternoon about 5 o'clock and
accompanied his sister, Mrs. Lewis
Loveland, and Mr. Loveland, to
their home in Durham where, it was
said, he will continue under a doc
tor's care for some time.
Making ready for his wedding the
following day, Brooks was to have
been returning to Williams ton from
Raleigh where he was said to have
purchased a ring and made financial
arrangements for a wedding trip.
He was reported to have been carry
ma l| 400 in cash in a brief case
which could not be found following
the wreck. The wedding ring and a
suit of clothes were also said to
have been missing.
The car was wrecked almost be
yond repair.
Company to Rebuild
Lumber Plant Here
DRAGGING
Hie Red Cross movement In
the Martin County chapter con
tinues to drag, a late report from
the chapter chairman, Harry
A. Bills, showing that a total
of only B146.2S had been con
tributed in behalf of suffering
humanity ?/??*?? the sea.
It has been reported that the
local Junior Woman's Club will
establish headquarters on the
streets of Williamston not to
launch a canvass but to present
a direct appeal to the citizens.
The action of the club in taking
charge of the work is commend
able, to say the least.
Donations not previously ac
knowledged:
Mary Taylor | 2.00
V. O. Godwin l.M
Mrs. J. A. Eason 5.60
Mrs. Susan Taylor 1,60
Siloan Sunday School.. 2.00
Junior Woman's Club 10.00
Tuberculosis Clinic
Will Be Held In The
County Next Month
Dr. G. C. Godwin Scheduled
.To Make Examinations
At Three Outer*
Having already made considerable
progress, the Martin County Health
Department will continue its drive
against tuberculosis in this county
next month when Dr. G. C. Godwin,
tuberculosis specialist with the
State Sanatorium, will conduct a
series of clinics in three community
centers. The clinics are open to the
general public, and the health au
thorities are anxious that the people
will take advantage of the facilities.
Announcing the" clinics, Dr. J. W.
Williams, head of the county health
department, said:
"At these clinics he hopes to ex
amine every arrested case and every
rnntart of rases of tuberculosis in Ih?
county. Thirty-five or forty exami
nations will be made every day and
all persons interested in the disease
are invited to take advantage of the
opportunity by making appointment
dates through the health department.
Appointments must be made so that
program will run on schedule. The
nurses are now busy visiting homes
of contacts and cases."
"The tuberculosis death rate for
the United States is 52 per 100,000.
The rate for Martin County is 76
per 100,000. In other words, iy per
sons died from the disease last year
and before they died infected more
than a hundred
"The purpose of our clinic is to
learn just how much, if any damage,
was done to the people who have
been in contact with the diseases.
"The clinic is for all persons,
white or colored, over 13 years of
age.
"Appointments must be made. Ex
amination is tree. We are particu
larly interested in the young men
and women. There will not be an
other such opportunity for two
years."
The schedule for the clinics Is, as
follows:
Robersonville: Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, July 1, 2 and 3 in
the health department at 8:30, 12:00,
1:00 and 4:00 o'clock.
Oak City: Friday and Monday, July
5 and 8 in the white school building
during the same hours announced J
for the clinics at Robersonville.
Williamston: Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, July 9, 10, 11
and 12 at the same hours announced
for the clinics in Robersonville and
Oak City.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . ...
Motorists on Martin County
highways are having more than
twice as many wrecks this year
as they had last, but by some
strange turn of fate they are
holding down the figures in the
grim death column and cutting
the per unit property damage
?C"t'y r/w,lil?ntg~ln the cor
responding period a year ago
added $1,900 to the damage fig
ure and today the loss in the
first 24 weeks of 1939 is greater
than it is for the same number
of weeks in 1940.
While Martin motorists can
boast of their record as it relates
to fatal accidents and property
losses when compared with the
record for 1939, they have much
to do in making the highways
and streets safer.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
i InJ'd Killed Daaa'ge
1940 2 3 0 $ 650
1939 2 3 0 1900
Comparison To Data
1940 46 32 2 *6030
1939 21 17 6 6050
Work On Project Is
Started This Week
By Owner Saunders
Plant, Burnesl Week Ago, To
Be Running Again in
About 90 Days
The large sawmill of the Saunders
and Co* Lumber Company, destroy
ed by fire a week ago this afternoon,
will be replaced and the new unit
made ready for operation in about
ninety days, according to informa
tion gained from Mr. J McKimmon
Saunders, owner-manager, today. In
fact, work on replacing the mill has
been started already, the manage
ment deciding on a course of action
only last Friday
A replacement, slightly larger and
possibly more modern than the unit
that went up in smoke in the town's
most disastrous fire in more than a
dozen years, has been purchased and
is being loaded this week for im
mediate shipment. The burned de
bris is being removed from the mill
site, and it is understood that an or
der for lumber is being prepared.
Work on a new home for Mr. and
Mrs. George Harris to replace the
one destroyed in the fire last Tues
day has already been started, and
they are planning to have it ready
for occupancy within a very few
weeks. Plans are nearing comple
tion for the rebuilding of the Tex
aco service station operated by Mr.
Harris just across the street from
the lumber mill. Colfex Speller, the
colored man who lost his home in
the fire, is living with the neighbors
and has little assurance that he will
be able to rebuild. The man and his
wife are out scouting for odds in
Furniture and and a little cash from
j liberal people.
According to reports coming from
the management, the big lumber
mill will be replaced to virtually its
iriginal form both as to plans and
iize. Just how long the rebuilding
will require is dependent upon the
-nnHition of the old mill foundation,
[f the heavy concrete blocks art1 nut
oadly damaged as a result of the
[ire, the replacement will go for
ward fairly rapidly. If the old foun
dations are to be torn away and new
jnes laid, the task will go into sev
eral extra weeks.
"We arc anxious to rush the work
to completion so that all our men
will be able to return to work," Mr.
Saunders said yesterday. He is em
ploying about fifty of his force of
B few more than a hundred men in
the rebuilding work, and it is un
derstood that regular advances are
being made to the others.
Steam has been raised in the old
boilers, a report stating that they
were not damaged by the fire The
targe dry kiln will be placed into
use for drying lumber to be used in
the rebuilding of the mill, and it
might be said that the mill was not
out of operation entirely for more
than a few days.
Employment Unit
Delivers Cheeks
The Williamston Employment
Service office, serving the area em
braced in Beaufort, Tyde, Tyrrell,
Washington and Martin Counties,
has delivered 27,676 checks for $161,
516.32 to unemployed or partially un
"mp'nyd """-trers in that, area in
the two years and five months of
benefit payments through May, fig
ures compiled in the central office
of the N. C. Unemployment Com
pensation Commission sfiOw.
The 48 white offices, with 10 col
ored branches in as many cities with
large colored populations, distribut
ed 2,186,856 checks for $14,154,197.59
in the same 29 months, in addition to
22,994 checks for $258,260 82 sent
from the Central UCC office to res
idents outside the State who had
previously accumulated reserves by
work in the State. April distributions
were 82,995 checks for $417,426.27,
as compared with May distributions
of 87,689 checks for $438,712.05, both
sets of figures including out-of-state
checks The April niit-nf-state checks
numbered 1,584 for $15,630.39 and
the May out-of-state checks reached
1,364 for $12496.50.
The Williamston Employment of
fice in the month of April delivered
1,213 checks for $7,173.00, as com
pared with the May distribution of
948 checks for $5,469, it is reported
by C. W. Bazemore, office manager.
The ten colored branch offices
serve colored claimants in their im
mediate area only, the 46 white of
fices serving white claimants in the
immediate area, in addition to both
white and colored claimants at
about 125 "service" points and now
about 175 "spot" points, through
itinerant service to these points. The
"service" points are regular weekly
points of call of a representative
from the local office for registering
unemployed workers, taking claims
hacks. The
and delivering checks. The "spot"
points are temporary points of call,
to mills or plants in the rural areas,
or in suburban areas, where it is
more convenient for representatives
of the employment office to visit the
Superior Court Is
Nearing Close Of
Brief Term Today
Lewd Case* in Number* Strik
ening To Member* of
Trial Jurymen
With only one criminal case to be
cleared from the docket and with a
virtual agreement that most of the
civil docket will be "skipped" for
the time being, the regular one
week mixed term of the Martin
County Superior Court is drawing
to a rapid close, reports coming from
the old hall of justice at noon to
day indicated.
Although there were few cases on
the docket, the nature of those cases
was of such a lewd and base nature,
that jurymen declared they ware
really sickening. The cases were of
such a common nature that any
thing smacking of sensationalism
was wiped out, and the testimony
was ruled as disgusting. Not only
did the cases prove that innocent mi
nors had fallen victims of a wild
life, but it was established in open
court that the father of a minor
daughter had violated the laws of
common decency
"If this country doesn't fall vic
tim to Hitler, it will have to change
its ways to prevent falling victim
to indecency and corruption," an
observer was quoted as saying.
Proceedings in the court:
Charged with abusing a female
and bastardy, James Roberson was
sentenced to the roads for a term of
twelve months, the court suspend
ing judgment upon condition that he
pay $8 a month until further notice
to Ernestine Knight, the prosecut
ing witness. The defendant is to pay
the case costs.
No true bill was found in the ease
charging W C. Bedwell with hit
and-run driving. ,He was charged
with striking a cart in which Mrs.
Jane Perry was riding several weeks
ago near Williams ton. The aged
wuman, apparently recovered from
injuries received * in the accident,
was. present for the case
Roosevelt Fagan, charged with
forgery, was sentenced to the roads
for a term of four months.
No true bill was found in the case
charging Tobe Rogers with bas-'
tardy. It was reported that the col
ored mother appeared in court with
a baby leaning well luwaid the white
side.
Curtis Mobley, colored man charg
ed with breaking and entering,
pleaded guilty of forcible trespass
and was sentenced to the roads for
sixty days Judge Q. K Nimocks,
presiding, suspended the judgment
for a period of three years upon the
pledged good behavior of the defen
dant.
Guy Rollins, charged with secret
assault with intent to kill, pleaded
guilty of an assault with a deadly
weapon The plea wax accepted by
Solicitor Donnell Gilliam, and the
defendant was sentenced to the
roads for a term of twelve months.
John Robert Lawrence, the victim
of the attack, did not appear in
court to prosecute the case.
Charged with Incest, Rex White
head was sentenced to the State's
Prison for a term of five years.
The case charging Worth Mobley
with an assault was nolprossed.
(Continued on page six)
Dillon Padgett
Dies In County
Dillon Padgett, retired country
merchant and a citizen of James
ville Township, died in the Martin
rnnnty homo, nfgf yilliamstfin, last
Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock fol
lowing a lung period of declining
health. Tuberculosis was given as
the cause of his death:
Padgett, handicapped by physical
disabilities, tried to carry on despite
ill health, but last April he was forc
ed to give up his duties and enter
the county home for treatment, the
end coming gradually. He was al
most 46 years old.
He was devoted to his family ar.d
shared liberally of his little means
with his brother, Willie, who had his
bladder shot out and who died sev
eral months ago after remaining
helpless for many months.
His widow, the former Miss Sallie
Hardison, survives with five chil
dren, Molly, Emir;!, Sarah. Sallie
and Elsie, the youngest being only
one year old. He also leaves two sis
ters, Mrs. Vera Williams, of Dardens,
and Mrs. Calcia Starks, of Norfolk.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon from the home
near Jamesville, by Daniel Hardi
son Interment was in the family
cemetery, near the home.
Christian Endeavor
To Hold Convention
The Martin County Chriatian En
deavor Convention will be held in
the Macedonia church on Saturday
of thia week at 10:30 o'clock, it was
announced this week.
Rev. L. B. Scarboro, of Rocky
Mount, jWill address the morning
session, and Rev. Robert Jarman, of
Kinston, will appear on the after
noon program.
Young people from all of the
churches in the county are urged to
attend. A basket picnic will be serv
ed.
German Hordes Continue Their
March of Slaughter As Hitler
And Mussolini Talk Peace Plan
Jurymen Urged To
Make Closer Cheek
On I^aw Violations
Judge Q. K. Nimook* Outline*
Grand Jury Untie* in
Brief Gharge
Speaking to the Martin County
Grand Jury in session here yester
day, Judge Q K Nimocks again
urged the jurymen to make a clos
er check on alleged law violations
and present any charges to the so
licitor. Finding a small docket
awaiting the attention of the court,
the Fayetteville jurist made only a
brief charge in outlining the duties
of the jury and ordering an inspec
tion of all accounts held by admin
istrators. executors and guardians.
No inspection of public properties
was ordered, the jurist explaining
that a thorough job had been han
dled by the March jury and that it
was' hardly necessary to go over
' the work at this time
Following a brief outline of the
jury duties. Judge Nimocks urged
the jurymen to report any law vio
lations known to them to the court
"It is your solemn and sworn duty
to make presentment of any and all
violations of the criminal laws com
ing to your knowledge," the jurist
declared. Continuing, he said. "Com
ing from all parts of the county as
you do, it is highly probable that
you know about some conditions
that should be remedied, but you
fail to act because of fear. There is
also a tendency to hesitate to cite
any apparent violation because there
is a general opinion that officers
are paid to ..enforce the laws, that it
is none of your business " Judge
Nimocks made it quite plain thai it
was the duty of the juryman to| re
port any and all crimes coming to
niB knowledge, that there is no need
for fear since the jurymen are sworn
to secrecy. "I do not have to tell
you what a member of your body
has done if he mentions anything
outside of the grand jury room in
violation of his oath," the jurist said,
itnimating that he was subject to
prosecution in the courts.
"There has. been much money
squandered and unwisely spent be
cause of improper safeguards
against such practices," Judge Nim
ocks said in ordering the jurymen
to make a complete investigation of
all guardians', administrators' and
executors' accounts.
"I understand the law is being ad
hered to in Martin County, but I
direct you men to make sure," the
jurist said in ordering the jurymen
to see that no minors were being
held in the common jail with sea
soned criminals
In the list of grand jury dui}ea
outlined by Judge Nimocks, he
mentioned the handling of bills of
indictments, how twelve of the body
of eighteen men must pass on a bill
and that every witness must be
amined before a bill could be turn
ed in as a true one.
Concluding his thirty-minute
charge, Judge Nimocks urged the
jurymen to diligently enter upon
their work and investigate all mat
ters called to their attention.
Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain, of Wil
liams Township, was named fore
man of the body. The names of oth
er members are: W. O. Peel, R. S.
Pruce, Jr., Julian Fagan, Kader
Xilley, P. M. Matthews, S W , Mar
shall, S. A. Perry. Hugh Daniel, Har
vey Medford, Frank Carstarphen,
^Ollie Keel, George A. Oglesby, J.
D. Hawls, Russell Turner, L. W7
James, Joseph G Corey and W.
Berkley Rogers
For the first time in many courts
no one asked to be relieved of jury
duty
Two Are Hurt In
Car Wreck Sunday I
Harry Stubbs, Jr., was badly cut
on his left arm and suffered a slight
head injury and Miss Mary Kather
W hpnilll was bruised nil hi'l
head when their car went out of con
trol and turned over twice un "dead
man's curve" near Colli* Swamp be
tween Everetts and Robersonville
about 10:30 o'clock Sunday night
Miss Spruill, driver of the Olds
mobile, was said to have lost con
trol of the machine when it ran off
the hard surface unto the wet
shoulder. j
The accident victims were car
ried to their home in Windsor where
tjieir injuries were treated.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $350
a
Drought Broken Ini'l.ounty
By Shntreri Early Tinlay
Intermittent showers falling gen
erally over the county early this
morning and again m the early af
ternoon have given what farmers
call a "good season" for crops. "It's
too wet to plow out home, but we
could stand a little more rain," Far
mer Joshua Coltrain said today.
LIBRARY HOURS
During the summer months
the library hours will be from
9-12 in the morning and 7-8 at
night. All patrons are requested
to notice this change of sched
ule.
Plans are going forward for
moving the librarv from the Le
gion Hut on Watts Street to the
town hall, but no definite ac
tion has been taken in that di
rection so far
Graham Advocates
Immediate Aid To
Victims Of Hitler
University Man Sees Urgent
Need for Uxtemling Aid
To The Allies
By DR. FRANK P. GRAHAM
President, t'ni. of North Carolina
We favor immediate material aid
to the Allies with equipment and
supplies because the democracies,
with all their own injustices, frus
trations and failures give the world's
people, including the German peo
ple. more hope of the opportunity to
struggle for peace, freedom, democ
racy and humane religion as the ba
sis of them all The dictators ex
pressly despise democracy, magnify
the philosophy of force, and glorify
war as an instrument of totalitarian
powerrAlthough we realize that the
case for the dictators is not all black
and that the case for the democracies
is not all white, yet, in these times,
when freedom and democracy are
half the world, we vigorously join
the President of the United States in
voicing the sympathies ??f Ami'in
with the Allied peoples struggling
to save the freedom to struggle for
freedom
The dictators have made clear to
all the world the primary essentials
of freedom by striking down those
institutions and ideas which stood
across the way of their ruthless
march to-tota+tttmtm power. Mark up
as our democratic necessities the
democratic inst itut uuis winch tt
dictators struck down; the decent
freedom ol the church, legislative
assembly, labor union, business en
terprise, press, radio, school and uni
versity.
Let us resolutely go ahead in our
present emergency with plans for
adequate national defense, not only
as protection against potential en
emies without but also as protection
against alarms, fears and some
times hysteria within. National hys
teria can cause us to tear down the,
very freedom and democracy which
are now the chief justification of
more adequate defenses of America
in a disorganized world of lawless
'force ;itid ruthless dictators One of
our main jobs is to be the strong
hold of freedom and democracy as
the basis for the reconstruction of
n stricken workf-America must hold
the line for democracy in America
and send the equipment and sup
plies immediately most needed by
Great Britain and Frande, holding
the line for democracy in Europe,
fateful with the hopes of the peo
ples of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Den
mark, Norway, Holland and Bel
(Continued on page six)
And The Barber
Kept On Shaving
The Court Judge
"Will you five me a quirk
shave " a midd.-c-agrd man ask
ed Barber Bob Taylor In Pete
Hall's barber shop yesterday
morning the customer explain
in* he had to be in court at 10
o'clock.
Always anxious to relieve
one**- anxiety, Barber Taylor not
knowing his customer, assured
him lt_ would be perfectly all
rifht if he did not ret there
rifht on the dot and went on to
explain, "the judfe is always
late fettinf here Monday morn
laf."
"But I happen to be that
judfe," Ills Honor Q. K. Nlm
orks explained and the barber
kept on shevIn* but with a
quickened pace. Barber Phelpa
stated that Taylor sluf lather
like unto a brick mason sllnfln*
mortar.
It was apparent that Barber
Taylor had talked too much, that
he had become excited and when
the Judfe handed him a fS bill
he forfot to offer him but M
cent* In change.
But the barber was rifht when
he said the judfe la always lata
on Monday morning for at the
time the shave was started the
Western Union clock recorded
the time at IliU,
Defeat Of Franee
Shifts Attention
To British Shores
l)i*|M>*itioii of French Navy
t iicertuin in Fact* of Bit
ter Peace Acceptance
Experiencing another costly blow
in the surrender of France on Sun
day at the hands of a barbarian of
the first water and a traitor that
would make Benedict Arnold appear
j eligible for the role of a saint, the
Allied Cause today grimly awaits
the pleasure of Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini m drawing up
peace terms for the prostrate French
people
It is necessary to try to end the
fighting," Marshall Henri Petain,
the 84-ycar:old hero of the Battle
of Verdun in the World War, told
the French people m a broadcast
soon after he succeeded Premier
Reynaud. resigned. "I made contact
with the adversary asking him as
soldier-to-soldier to seek with me
the means to stop the fight," the
saddened 84 year-old man told his
people yesterday.
But today late reports stated that
the German barbarian hordes con
tinued their march of slaughter and
destruction deep into the south of
France, leaving the German swas>
tika flying over Paris, Versailles
and the Eiffel Tower, France's half
billion dollar hope of security, is
gone and the rich industrial centers
of Fiance art' in the hands of the in
vaders.
Still later bulletins, based on ru
mors and without official confirma
turn, state thatHitler's peace terms
.were so strong that the first answer
offered by the Fernch was a contin
uation of the fight, that French lead
' ers and French people preferred to
continue the fight unto death rather
than submit to terms of bondage
Proposed hv Hitler. the world's
scoundrel and enemy to mankind.
With France all but prostrate at
the feet of the Teutonic barbarians,
interest shifted to the shores sur
rounding the tiny British Isles. Hit
ler says he will bring English peo
ple to their knees within six weeks
ufter starting his attack in that sec
tion. Prime Minister Churchill in an
address thus morning stated that
England would continue the fight
even though France has been forced
from her side as an ally.
The momentous question before
the Allied Cause and the world to
day centers around the French
navy. Will Hitler get it? Will the
French seamen revolt and join the
British sea forces'.' Will England cap
ture it and maintain a small hope
for victory by keeping the fleet out
of German hands? They are the
questions that are being asked. It is
apparent that Hitler is demanding
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(llmrcli Attendance
Picture Here Not At
All Complimentary
Vt illiiiniHloii Man i fc>l* Little
liilcrctl in Support of
TtfTTTHurrTieti
By REV. S. J. STARNES
Pastor, Methodist Church
With wiirlii conditions as they are
today Christian people should re
double their efforts and reconsecrate
their lives to exalt God and to make
Christian principles basic in all life.
Williamston still has no ground for
boasting when it comes to the inter
est it manifests in its churches. No
finer citizenship ran be found any
where when it comes to the ordi
nary matters of friendship and con
geniality, but there seems to be a
distressing lack of interest in the re
ligious life of the community as ex
pressed in church attendance.
II IS said that Nero
Rome burned. In a community of
4.1X10 people, 386 were found in all
six of the?churches last Sunday
morning, 104 in the evening serv
ices, 18 in young people's meetings,
and 463 in all the Sunday schools.
Many of these were people who at
tend both church services as well
as Sunday school, so the percentage
is miserably low for such a fine com
munity. There are many very loyal
people, but so many others who are
irregular, and some others who nev
er go to church, until the picture is
not complimentary.
The figures for the various
churches are as follows:
Church
S.8. V P A.M. FM
Baptist 123 67
Christian 106 80
Episcopalian II IT
Holinesa 125 ,100 ?
Methodist 88 II 49 M
Presbyterian 22 23
Totals 463 II 386 194