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VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 51 Williamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tueuiay, June 25, I1W. ESTABLISHED 1899
$2,500 Damage Suit
Filed In Superior
Court Last Friday
Mrs. Nannie J. Haislip Asks
That Amount of Loral
Grocery Store
A civil suit, asking $2,500 damages,
was filed in the Martin County Su
perior Court last Friday afternoon
by Mrs. Nannie J. Haislip against
the D. Pender Grocery Company, the
plaintiff alleging she was made
desperately ill after eating meat said
to have been spoiled and sold by the
defendant through its agent, Man
ager Barber.
The complaint, filed by Attorneys
Peel and Manning, reads, in part:
"That on the 13th day of June,
1M0, at or about 11:30 a. m. the
plaintiff purchased from the defen
dant at its Main Street store in
Williamston, N. C., one pound of
bologna sausage, and that same was
delivered to the plaintiff wrapped
in paper and sealed with paper tape.
That said article was purchased
from the defendant's manager, Bar
ber, at its Main Street store in Wil
liamston, N. C.
"That the plaintiff immediately
proceeded to her home between Oak
City and Hassells, N. C. That in a
few minutes after the purchase the
plaintiff and her family prepared
sandwiches for themselves with said
meat. That after the plaintiff had
eaten two of said sandwiches pre
pared from said meat, she ascer
tained that said meat was spoiled
with said maggots.
"That by reason of the presence of
said maggots in said meat and the
plaintiff eating same, plaintiff be
came violently sick a short while
afterwards and vomited. That her
stomach was disordered for several
days, and that she was unable to
eat for several days, and that she
had to see doctors and has suffered
both physically and mentally as a
result of eating said meat which
was spoiled and which was alive
and which was alive with said mag
gots : *??...
"That plaintiff is advised and be
lieves and so avers that the defend
ant negligently and unlawfully fail
ed to use due care, vigilance and
caution in the inspection of said
meat, and that the defendant un
lawfully and negligently sold to
the plaintiff for consumption as food
meat which was spoiled and which
was alive and working with said
maggots .and that defendant knew
or by the exercise of due care and
inspection should have known the
condition of slid meat, and that the
negligence and carelessness of the
defendant in failing to inspect said
meat and in selling to the plaintiff
said meat which was spoiled prox
imately resulted in the injury and
damage to the plaintiff as afore
said.
"That the plaintiff is advised and
(Continued on page six)
Red Cross Adds $80
To Its Relief Fund
Taken over by members of the
Junior Woman's Club, the Red Cross
drive met with much progress here
was raised for suffering humanity
during the period, boosting the grand
total to $151.89. Despite the progress
made in the drive for funds during
recent days, the Martin Couhty chap
ter of the organization is almost $150
behind in raising its initial quota.
List of contributions not previous
ly acknowledged:
Previously reported $171.08
Ernest Etheridge
Betsy and Hugh tiorton, Jr.
A. J. Manning
R. L Coburn
Mrs. Paul Jones
John Pope
Mrs. Ernest Etheridge
Hugh Horton
Allen Griffin
Exum Ward
Mrs. Francis Msnn'Pg
Bill Simmons
David Modlin
H. O. Peele
Josephine Harrison
Jim Manning .
David Davis, Jr.
Dean Speight
Van Taylor
Welfare Dept.
? * ? m _
le W; uu w lis
John W. Hardy
Economy Auto Supply
A Friend
L. T. Fowden, Jr.
Mrs. N. C. Green
Oliver Gilbert
Mrs. C. H. Godwin
Mrr Trulah Jonas
BUI Harrison -
Mrs. Don Matthews
Mrs. Hattie Harrison
Curley Rhodes
Mrs. J. E. Moore
Mrs. J. H. Moore .
Paul Simpson
Mrs C. T Roberson
A and P Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bunting
R. S. Critcher
P. T. Edmondson .
Edward Corey
$L-4.-Pasix.
Mrs. W H. Booker
Mrs. Titus Critcher _..
Mrs. Mary Andrews
Anonymous (white it col.)
$151.89
77 mely Quest ions a ndA nswers
On the Tobacco Referendum
Timely questions and answers hav
ing to do with the tobacco referen
dum to be held on Saturday. July
20, are submitted for consideration
by Martin County farmers, as fol
lows:
What are important facts in the
present flue-cured situation?
Supply and Price
1939 supply, including stocks, in
United States. 2,106 million pounds,
20 per cent above previous record.
1939 price per pound, 14.8 cents.
Previous 5-year average 22 9 cents
1939 United States crop, 1.160 mil
lion pounds. 34 per cent above prev
ious record.
Estimated current world consump*
tion U. S. flue-cured. 775 million
pounds Near previous record.
Probable United States stocks.
1940.' 1.423 million pounds. 30 per
cent above previous record
The hugh 1939 surplus of around
400 million pounds will continue to
depress prices until eliminated. Even
before the European war started last
September, average prices to grow
ers had already fallen 8 cents per
pound below the average of the pre
vious five years.
?With consumption at present lev
els. with" allotments equal to those
for 1940, and with normal yields per
acre, it will require three mqre years
to eliminate the 1939 surplus.
Accidents Cost Three
Lives in This County
Negro Boy Drowns
In Sweet Water
Creek Near Here
Dean Jone* While, Twelve
Years Old, Took Chanee
And Lost His Life
t
Dean Jones White, twelve-year
old local colored boy. was drowned
in Sweet Water Creek, near here,
yesterday shortly before noon, the
untimely death being the first re
ported from drowning in the coun
ty this year.
Going to the creek, about two
miles from here, the youth, accom
panied by Willie Burke Carter,
plunged into deep water from a
concrete pillar that 'once supported
lhkaM hihway hridj^.^ from
the dive, the boy immediately sank
again. Carter, just a young boy him
self, tried to save his companion but
failed. "I tried to catch hold of him,
but he was struggling and fighting
so hard that I lost my grip," Carter
was quoted as saving.
Bill Brown, the little Red Cap
who works at the bus station, went
down to see the boys swim and
reached there just in time to see the
boy drown. He returned to town im
mediately for help, but it was about
half an hour later before the body
was recovered. It was picked up vir
tually in the same spot where the
boy disappeared.
According to Coroner S. R. Biggs,
who investigated the drowning and
Seemed an inquesi unnecessary, the
Carter boy advised White not to
jump off the concrete block into the
deep water. White, declaring he
could swim a little, took a chance
and lost his life.
The victim was the son of Lucy
White.,
The drowning was the first re^~
ported in the county so far this
summer season, and was the second
reported in the creek during the
past two years.
By Half-Inch Rain Today
The crop situation, reported to
have reached a serious point yester
day, was brightened today when
slightly more than one-half inch of
rain fell generally over the section.
Yesterday, farmers were greatly
disheartened over the crop prospects.
Tobacco, in many /cases hardly large
enough to cultivate, was beginning
and crops in gener
al were showing little progress f6r
the season. Granville wilt is said to
be appearing in some crops in the
county.
Issues A Call For
More Apartments
And Homes Here
Billie Clark, local chamber of
commerce secretary, la issuing
an urgent call for apartmenla,
homea and roona for rent, the
commerce official stating today
that at leaat three families and
ten or more single workers were
waiting to move here. "So far
we have been unable to place
half of the number, and we are
expecting additional calls with
in the next few days," Clark
Receiving the calls for apart
ments and rooms, the commerce
secretary is appealing to local
people who have apartments or
for rent to contact him
He is anxious to
compile a directory of every
apartment and room for rent.
With > complete directory, the
secretary can do an effective
work in locating newcomers.
Yesterday, the secretary was
busy looking for an available
office for a contracting firm. As
far aa it could be learned at neon
today sellable quarters for fee
firm had not been found, but
the secretary explained that
possibly some arrangements
could be effected to house the
firm's offices.
"Empty" Guns Take
Lives Of Two Bovs
In Past Week-end
Third Youth Drown* in Creek
Near Here At Noon
Yesterday
?
"Unloaded" guns and swimming
last week-end offered an effective
competition to the automobile in
piling up the accidental death toll
in this county, Coroner S. R. Biggs,
reporting three accidental deaths
during the period. The careless use
of firearms cost the lives of two Ne
gro youths and swimming claimed
a 12-year-old boy in Sweet Water
Creek yesterday shortly before
Troon:
William T Brown, 11-year-old
colored boy. died in a Washington
hospital early last evening from a
bullet, wound in his stomach. The
boy was accidentally shot by Far
mer Hurras Ward's son at the Ward
home on Highway No. 17 in Bear
Grass Township Sunday. The victim
was carried to the hospital that day
Reported to officers last night, the
shooting had not been investigated
up until noon today, but according
to reports coming indirectly from
witnesses, it was "accidental."
Young Ward, the Brown boy and
a companion hud been shooting birds
Sunday with a rifle. Going to the
Ward home, the Ward boy went into
the house and- -got a pistol. He re
moved what he thought was all of
the bullets, and while pranking with
the weapon it fired, the bullet pierc
ing Brown's wrist and continuing
into his stomach.
An orphan, the Brown child had
taken up in the community and was
being cared for by Mr. Ward and
otners mere.
Parmele Negro Boy
Fatally Shot Sunday
The wild and wouly gun games
as played in the movies was brought
into real life at Parmele early last
Sunday evening when Harry Short,
16-year-old colored boy, shot and
fatally injured Thomas I.ittle, his
14-year-old playmate. The entire
load of shot from a standard-size
gun tore into the boy's stomach and
he died junt an he reached a Turboro
hospital.
Late Sunday afternoon Short, Lit
tle and another playmate, N. S. Bul
lock, had been playing cowboy
games on the streets of Parmele. As
night approached, the Short youth
had the other two to his home for
a peanut supper After finishing the
meal, the three boys started into the
main part of the house, the Little
boy twirling a toy pistol on his fin
ger. The conversation, according to
a story told officers, centered on
guns and marksmanship. Short
reached for his father's gun, took
aim and fired upon his playmate.
"I didn't know the gun was load
ed," Bullock quoted Short as say
ing.
One report reaching here stated
that the boys were playing a Hitler
game. Investigating the case, offi
cers said they were satisfied that the
shooting was not intentional, that
it was the result of a prank. Short
was taken into custody by Chief
S1 * ?^ .^g I 1 a, it, aS m\ IL, a
vrray, or nuDrr?onviiic^ tnax mgni
and placed in the county jail yes
terday morning. He will be given a
preliminary hearing before Justice
H. S. Everett in Robersonville on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock*
'??
Army Convoy Passes
Through Here Today
A United States Army convoy
rolled through the town's main
street at 1 55 this afternoon on its
way south, presumably with Texas
is its final destination. Carrying
comparatively few men, the convoy
was made up of 107 trucks and
special cars.
A second convoy is scheduled to
travel through here tomorrow af
ternoon at the same hour.
Defeat Of Control
Plan May Mean Big
Price Differential
Can Expert 15-16 Cent Price
Average With Program
In Effect
If marketing quotas are approved
for the 1M1 flue-cured tobacco crop
this year's crop should bring about
15 cents per pound, if quotas are
rejected in the referendum to be
held July 20, tobacco may average
as low as 3 cents per pound this
year.
Those are the predictions of farm
leaders, made at a conference of
growers. bunkers, warehousemen
and merchants held in Raleigh. J. B.
Hutson. assistant administrator uf
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration and the best informed man
on tobacco in the U. S Department
of Agriculture, said that if quotas
are approved on a three-year basis,
the Federal government can almost
promise that prices this year will
be maintained at a 15 to 16-cent lev
el^
Dr. I. O. Schaub, director of the
State College Extension Service,
said that without quotas, prices may
drop as low as 5 cents per pound.
"This is not a threat," says E. Y.
Floyd, AAA executive officer of
State College. "Growers know of
the importance of the export mar
ket. When the British buyers were
withdrawn from the market last
year, the warehouses were closed.
The Federal government stepped in
and financed the purchase of imper
ial grades Despite this support, the
prices dropped to an average of 14.8
cents, 8 cents per pound below the
average for the previous five years
Without this support, there is no
telling how low prices would have
gone
"The Federal government cannot
make loans or give other financial
support to the tobacco market with
out assurances that the supply will
be kept in line with the demand;
that the record crop of 1,160 million
pounds grown last year will not be
repeated.?
"The Federal government will
support this year's market it quo
tas are approved in the referendum
on July 20, it will be in a position
111 give mavimllin SUUnort if IhrCt'
year quotas are approved '
Man Dangerously
Cuts His Own Arm
Luther Taylor, young Norfolk Nr
gro, almost cut himself to death near
the station of the Norfolk Southern
Bus TrrmiPf' ll"" Sunday cvcr,
ning about 8:30 o'clock, one report
stating that he would have bled to
death in a short time if he had not
been run down and carried to a doc
tor
Details leading up to the cutting
are not very clear Tnvlnr m""'1"""
that someone attacked and cut him,
but witnesses state that he started
to slice a colored woman's throat,
missed and sliced himself The
sharp knife or razor blade entered
the arm near the elbow and plowed
a deep furrow to the wrist. Said to
have been aiHiking, layiof stun
ed to run down the street. He was
stopped by Sanitarian Ia-onard who
started to carry him to a doctor He
broke loose and was overhauled by
Carlyle Hall near the post office.
The man was so weak then that he
could offer very little resistance and
went to the office of Dr. V. E Brown
who took twelve stitches in the arm
to close the wound. Taylor was jailed
for an investigation.
? It was said that the Nuifolk No
gro came here that morning and
tried to get Beatrice Purvis to re
turn to Norfolk with him, that she
refused and' he attacked her but
missed when he swung his knife or
razor blade at her throat.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Following a costly week to
property, motorists on Martin
County highways shifted their
attack to human beings, but no
deaths were scored andonly one
of three persons falling victim
of this motorized and fast-trav
eling age was badly hurt.
The number of accidents is
fast becoming frighCenihg. Dur
ing the first 25 weeks of the
current year there have been an
average of two accidents each
week, or more than twice as
many as there were in the cor
responding period, a year ago.
It is true that the death toll is
smaller, but the number of in
jured is almost twice as great,
and if the accident count con
tinues to increase serious con
sequences are to be expected.
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.
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ga
1940 3 3 0 $ 35
1939 2 5 0 750
Comparison To Data
1940 49 35 2 36055
1939 23 22 6 6800
Crushing France, Germany Now
Making Ready for A New Phase
Of War Against the British Isles
Robert D. GurganiLs,
Well-known Citizen,
Pa sses In Hospital!
Funeral Service* Arc llnn^
H(M Al 11?1111?- Hero This
A fir i noon
Robert Daniel Gurganus. wel
known local citizen, died in a Rocky j
Mount hospital yesterday morning
at 8 o'clock following an illness of |
only two weeks' duration Suffer
ing a kidney ailment on June 10. he
entered a hospital on Monday of last j
week and immediately underwent |
an emergency operation The opera
tion was successful, but diabetes ap- j
peared and pneumonia resulted
Death, while attributable to pneu
monia. was caused by a complica
tion of ailments His condition was |
regarded as critical about the middle
of last week, and last Saturday little
hope was held for his recovery.
He entered the hospital last week
where his wife had been a patient
for almost two months. While her
condition is slightly improved, it is
not expected that she will be able
to attend the last rites this after
noon.
Mr. Gurganus. the son of the late
Simon Daniel and Mahala Coltrain j
Gurganus. was born near Williams
ton 50 years ago last October. After
spending his early life on the farm
he moved to Williamston and was!
engaged by the old Blount Manufac
turing Company for a number of
years or until he went with the State
Highway Commission as a worker
on the Roanoke River bridge. He
later served as a member of the lo
cal police force, resigning that joh
to go with a local building supply
firm. During recent months he was
employed oh the North Carolina
Pulp Company police force in the
lower part of this county Mr Gur
ganus was recognized as an able
cabinet maker and mechanic
On October 6, 1912, he was mar
ried to Miss Emma Mae Wynne, of
this county. She survives with nine
children, William Leslie, James Ar
thur Gurganus. Mrs. Carl Wynne,
Misses Daisy Lucille and Janie Ade
laide Gurganus, all of Williamston;
Mrs. Stanley Austin, of Windsor,
Robert Franklin, Joseph Saunders
and Jesse Daniel Gurganus, all of
Williamston. He also leave- two hro
thers, Messrs. W' D. Gurganus, of
Williams Township, and J J. Gur
ganus, of Williamston.
Possessing an unpretentious man
ner, Mr. Gurganus was a devoted
husband and father, one who valued
the simple yet fnu i thing: in lif>
He was a member of the Christian
-Ghureh hero -for a long number of
years.
Funeral services are being con
ducted from the late home on North
Haughton Street this afternoon at
3 o'clock by his pastor, Rev John L
Goff, assisted by Rev. J II. Smith
Interment will follow in the local
cemetery
3*
Church Attendance
Pointing Downward
?
By REV. J. W. HARDY, Rector
Church of the Advent
Sunday definitely -pruytd that the
Church attendance is not regulated
by the weather. Sunday morning
was nice and cool, yet there was lit
tie difference in the number at
Church. In fact, there were fewer
than the previous Sunday. The min
isters of Williamston welcome any
suggestions that wiH help the at
tendance at service.
There is a total enrollment of 740
in the Sunday schools of Williams
ton, of that number 420 were pres
ent last Sunday There is a total of
1031 in Church membership in the
six churches in town and there were
504 at the two services Several
of these, no doubt, attended both
morning and evening vices At
tend your Church and Sunday School
and make your attendance grow.
The attendance at the various
services last Sunday IS as foHrms: ?
* Clmrah
* nurcfi
8.8. Y.P. A.M. PM
Baptist 94 H 106 24
Methodin Stl ? 36 34
Christian 115 9 85 44
Preabyterian 21 32
Holiness 112 50
Episcopal 19 43
Total 420 30 352 152
Prev. Sun. 463 18 386 104
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr and Mrs. Charles Bowers an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
Monday, June 24 Mother and
daughter are getting along nicely In
[a Washington hospital
E. L. Sherman, of the local radio
station, is having his tonsils remov
ed in s Durham hospital today. He
ia expected to return to hia position
here Saturday.
M\SS MKKTINC
A maw meeting of farmers,
business men and others will
hear a dlwiiKKiun of the '"hai-re
situation as it exists today and
of the marketing outlook next
fall when K. Y. Hoyd. Triple-A
executive, appears in the Mar
tin County courthouse at eight
o'clock on the evening of July
t. Bruce Suggs. of Greenville!
will advance the position of the
warehousemen as it relates to a
planned pro* ram for the crop
during the next three years.
This is the first of a series of
meetings planned in this coun
t.v to publicize the tobacco ref
erendum to be held on July 20.
Everyone is invited and urged to
attend the meeting which will
launch the rampaign in this
county for a control program.
Lewis (y. (vodani
Dies Suddenly In
W illiams District
Kuiieral Service* lle|<| \|
Home Sunday Uterinum
Vl I oilnrk
Lewis Gotlie Godard, well-known
Williams Township citizen and a
successful farmer, died at his home
there Saturday morning at 8 25
o rlock following an illness of short
duration. Mr Godard suffered a
stroke of paralysis Thursday night.
lapsed in to unconsciousness and
.dcycr rallied After listening to a
rndto program nt the tilling .station
operand near his home by his ne
phew, Giady Godard. lie stalled
home dtxmr l):3U o'clock to rcliiv
As he _ left tin station aic .iie saw
tiiin advance with an uncertain step
Thinking possibly ne wash I Icellhg
well, his brother and one or two oth
ers followed him into the house and
found lum kneeling beside the bed
in a semi-conscious condition and
unable to move When some one
suggested that a doctor lie summon
cd. he said that the services of a
physician were not necessary. They
were his last words, the end coming
gradually and peaceably Saturday
morning
"h1 G?<d?nd had hrrd high?blood
pressure for some lime, but Ins con
dition was not considered serious
until just before the end
I he son of the late George and
Salhe Williams Godard, he was born
in Williams Township 54 years ago
Hi nuci r numml. Iml with ln.i bio
titer. Golden Godard, he huilt a home
and lived there all his life Kxpress
ing a genuine brothel lv lave h,r each
other, the two men grew up together
and it was said that they were not
separated for more than a night or
''"I..,,, "a. I fully J ....
more
Mr. Godartl was a successful far
mcr anil a dependable citizen. His
word was as readily acrrptrd as his
bond, and he was willing and ready
to accommodate his fcllowmun re
gardless of color of one's station in
life He possessed a quiet character
and earnestly sought the other fel
low's viewpoint and outlook on life.
He is survived by one sister. Mrs
Hoy Hudson, of Wilmington, and
IWu luidhers, Messrs Golden and
G cover Godard. both of Williams
Township ?
?Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock
from the late home by Rev W 11
Harrington, county Baptist minister,
interment was in the family Ccme
| tery, near the old family home.
Gruiul Jury Gets
Results lu Drive
To Arrest Drunks
Issuing afl^order last wrfk for
a concerted drive by all police
officers, sheriff and deputies
and patrolmen against public
drunkennes*. the Martin Coun
ty grand jury apparently got
quick action. According to the
jail records there were eight
arrests "effected during the past
week-end. six of the victims go
ing to jail bring rhargrd with
drunkenness.
Nome were found "passed out"
?long the highways and other*
were found on local streets.
Commenting on the drive against
drunkenness, a citizen said yes
terday that several of the habl
tuats did not fall into the hands
of the law. If the grand Jury
meant what it said, and it is be
lieved it meant Just what it or
dered, then a second round-up
is to be expected at regular In
tervals.
Prior to the round-up last
week-end, only one arreat had
been made in the county during
the preceding ten days
Ownership Of The
French Heel !\ot
Italian* Start hiupty Vfareh
i >f N ietorx into French
Territory
While the German and Italian
masses and French traitors and fifth
columnists are celebrating the down
fall of the great nation of France.
Hitler will not tackle this part of
for a blitzkfeig on the British Isles
and incidentally to shape up an eco
nomic attack against Die United
States, observers believing now that
Hitler will ont tackle this part of
the world with military force until
his fifth columnists in Washington
and throughout the nation have lull
ed the Union to sleep
Reports maintain that the French
fleet is now in the hands of the Brit
ish. that honorable Frenchmen will
continue the fight at Britain's side
despite Prime Minister Henri Petain
and his phoney government. Other
observers, recognizing Hitler's might
on every front, believe the French
fleet or a sizable portion of it will
fall into German hands, that Hitler
is preparing his own navy to prey
up'Mi England both as t?? military
force and economic bloCade A be
ginning has been made, but the real
attack on the British Isles is await
ing the preparations in tuning up
conquered France and its equipment
that will be used in the bloody blitz
krieg on England
The German barbarian is still
building equipment for the attack.
but m this country we are shouting
to high heaven about the Sale of
eminent in the dof? i so of its mil
lions of people and m behalf, of civ
ihzation.
Hit I r says he will wipe England
t il the map In three weeks after the
| attack is launch 1 on a big scale
The final death warrant for France
. I wis been signed. Hitler taking a
I greater part of the nation in his
| peace plan signed late last Satur
I day, and Mussolini taking the re
j nunnder in his "honorable" peace
-f4em?s signed early today. The terms
i of the Italian peace have not been
revealed, but France is now recog
nized us a puppet state under the
protectorate of Dago MUssdlini ami
Barbarian Hitler, That the former
ally of England will be used in pros
ecuting the war is certain, ,Primo
Minister Petain, pro-German and
pro Italian, having advised Britain
to mind her own business.
As the Nazis celebrate the crush
! iug defe.u of Fiance at tin?hand.* of
German armies, fifth columnists and
traitors, the United States continues
its rabble with fresh attacks eman
ating from Philadelphia, forgetting
all about the consequences that we,
as a nation, will reap as a result of
(?he i.tpe of Franco and th.. expoet?
ed downfall of England
Unconfirmed reports at noon to
day indicated that the French fleet
had fallen ihto the hands of the Ger
mans. It is generally understood that
before an armistice was signed, pro
Nazis were placed in charge of the
main part of the fleet by the Petain
government possibly at the direction
of Hitler. With the French fleet in
German hands the Axis powers now
have a sea bower virtually equal
that of Great Britain, the German
grmtp- having a--tonnage of F.341,782
as compared with 1,361,294 for Great
-Britain. Numerically, the Axis pow
(Continued on page six)
Migrant Worker Is
Offering Problem
Occupied with our cvery-day tasks
and with most of our attention di
rected to the news coming from the
war fronts, we have not noticed one
of the problems confronting the
South and certain sections of the
IJ is estimated thai more than uiie
thousand migrant workers haye
passed through Williamston during
reeent?weeks Traveling?in?high-?
priced?broken-down can,?Uie itii
grunts are known to have operated
on a starvation scale, one report
sources of many of the units are nec
essary to finance a travel schedule,
leaving the workers with a diet of
bread and water.
Following the potato and straw
berry marketing activities along the
coast, the workers have traveled in
such numbers that employment was
not immediately available to all of
them, and wages were not sufficient
to finance a decent standard of liv
ing and a travel schedule.
Last week police were on the trail
of one group, unofficial reports stat
ing thai a farmer in a lower North
Carolina county had mined S peck
or two of Irish potatoes. Delayed in
Williamston about an hour, the
group was released when the charges
could not be substantiated.
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