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\OLUME X LI 11?NUMBER 87 W illiamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. October 2V, IVUt. ESTABLISHED 1899
Democratic Rallies
Are Creating Much
Interest In County
Campaign To Continue Right
Up To Election Day in
Voting Preeinets
While opposition party leaders are
jeering and sneering at the Presi
dent and trying to belittle his ad
ministration over a nation-wide
front, Martin County Democratic
party leaders and nominees are out
in a campaign extolling the cause of
democracy in the various voting pre
cincts. Already the campaign has
been carried into two precincts, Has
sell and Hamilton, and first reports
maintain that the people in those
areas have not forgotten the trou
blous and trying times of the early
thirties and they are proving that the
political bunk offered by Willkie and
Company is not good for them and
this nation.
While the Democrats are without
opposition In the county, they are
making every effort to get out one
of the largest votes ever recorded in
the several precincts
Thirty faithful memoers of the
party greeted the campaigners at
Hassell last Saturday evening, and
direct reports from the session stat
ed that the old flag of Democracy is
still flying high there. The speakers
were well received and J. Lawrence's
Peel's poetry made quite a hit. "Ev
ery one was enthusiastic about the
entire ticket from constable to Pres- I
ident, and every one pledged him
self to work unceasingly to get out
a record vote for Franklin D Roose
velt whose admiration has meant so
much for this county and section."
Executive Committee Chairman E.
S. Peel reported.
Last evening the campaigners took
their stand in Hamilton where half
hundred loyal party men were on
hand to offer their cooperation in
upholding the cause of Democracy
and in getting out a large vote next
Tuesday. Hamilton was one of four
precincts in the county to cast a
solid vote for Mr. Roosevelt in 1936
party leaders believe the feat will ]
be repeated this year.
Short, peppy talks feature the
programs which are necessarily Itm- j
ited. In the campaigning group are
party leaders and nominees, includ
ing E. S. Peel, chairman of the Mar
tin County Democratic Executive
Committee; John L. Hassell, mayor
of Williamston and an old war horse
in the cause of the Democratic par- j
ty; H. G. Horton, senatorial nominee.
Clarence Griffin, house nominee; R
H. Smith, nominee for treasurer; J
Sam Getsinger, register of deeds
nominee; C. D Carstarphen, nomi- j
nee for county commissioner, and
Charles H. Manning, atturney. Oth
ers will join the party as the cam
paign progresses right up until the
night before election.
A cordial invitation is extended
the general public, especially the
ladies, to attend the meetings. The
following schedule will be observ
ed: Bear Grass. Tuesday. October 29;
Jamesville, Wednesday, October 30,
Oak City, Thursday, October 31;
Farm Life, Friday, November 1; Wil
liams, Saturday. November 2, and
Everetts, Monday, November 4th.
Each of the meetings will be held
promptly at 8 o'clock in the various
school houses except in Williams
Township where Democrnrv's praises
will be heard in the little township
house across the way from "Grady
Godard's filling station.
Late Registration
Cards Are Received
Late registrations (or selective
service were reported at noon today
by the Martin County Draft Board,
Chairman Goodmon explaining that
the registration cards were filled in
on time but were late reaching here.
Names of late regsitrants and their
numbers follow:
32S8 John Walter Moore, col.. Wil
liamston R.F.D. 3.
3239 John Henry Taylor, col., Rob
eraonville.
3280 Billy John Davis, white, Hassell.
2181 Jeffrey Benjamin Spruill, col.,
Robersonville.
3282 Lester Lathan Whitaker, white,
Robersonville Route 1.
3283 John Bill Leggett, white, Wil
liamston Route 2.
3284 Raymond Tebo Whitaker, white,
Williamston Route 3
3263 Andrew Lloyd, col., Williams
ton.
3368 Jeremiah Fulford, white, Wil
liamston 3.
3287 Lonnie Edmondson, white. Oak
City
3288 Dennis Robus Coltrain, white,
Williamston.
Billy John Davis registered out
in Diss ton, Oregon. Dennis Coltrain
registered in Philadelphia. Lonnie
Edmondson registered in Idaho. The
other registrations were in North
Carolina.
The list as announced by the
board chairman at noon today in
cluded 3,288 registrations.
e
Special Service In The
Church Of Advent Friday
Friday, November 1st, being All
Saints Day, there will be a celebra
tion of the Holy Communion at the
Church of the Advent at 10 o'clock.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend this service.
Draft Registration and
County SeriallNl umbers
Marked Shortage
I n Sweet Potato
Crop Now Certain
Late reports from the field
point to a marked shortage in
the county's sweet potato crop,
some farmers stating that there
will be hardly more than half of
a normal crop of the tubers har
vested in the county this season.
The harvesting work has possi
bly passed its peak in the coun
ty, and in some instances farm
ers reasoned that the production
was so limited that harvesting
was only an added expense and
stopped the work.
Early reports pointed to a re
duction in yields, but not until
digging got underway the latter
part of last week that the reduc
tion was found to be far more
extensive than was first predict
ed.
Last year the county harvest
ed nearly 250,000 bushels of
sweet potatoes or about 75.000
bushels more than the average
for the three previous years.
Outside estimates place the pro
duction this year at about 150,
000 bushels.
Early plantings are produc
ing fairly good yields, and some
farmers are reporting a produc
tion above normal, but in most
cases the crop is short especially
in those cases where plantings
were late.
Association Meeting
At Smith wick Creek
By ELDER S. B. DENNY
The second annual service of the
Eastern North Carolina was held
with the Smith wicks Church on Oc
tober 26th and 27th This meeting
was largely attended and much en
joyed by all who were present.
The service was opened by their
much beloved and high-esteemed
pastor, Elder P. E. Getsinger, follow
ed by a beautiful discourse by El
der E. C Oaks, Leasburg, N. C.
After an intermission of one hour,
the members and friends met in the
church. After prayer by Brother
Herman Edwards, of Galax, Va., the
meeting was called to order, and El
der S. B. Denny, pastor of the Wilson
Primitive Baptist Church, was un
animously elected moderator, and
Elder O. S. Young, of Angier, was
chosen clerk. Every church in the
correspondence was represented and
seated including the visitors from
the sister churches and associations.
The church at Rose Bay, Swan
quarter, petitioned to become a
member of the correspondence, and
said petition was granted.
Sunday morning the congregation
met at 10:30 and after a lovely song
service of thirty minutes the service
was opened by Elder J. B Lee, pas
tor of Juniper Church, Four Oaks.
Elder C. W. Miller,?of the Ketoi'tan
Association of Arlington, Va., deliv
ered a most powerful discourse and
many hearts were made to rejoice
in God, their Savior.
Elder Miller was followed by El
der R. P. Vass, of Woodlawn, Va.,
who came laden with the good things
from the Master's table. We have
never witnessed more love, harmony
and sweet fellowship than was man
ifested in this meeting. The weath
er was fine, the order could not have
been better, and the hospitality was
equal to anything we have ever seen
in the 30 years we have been visit
ing unions and associations.
The next fifth Sunday meeting in
March will be held with Juniper
Church, Johnston County, and the
fifth Sunday meeting in June will
be held with Great Swamp Church,
Greenville, and the next annual
meeting wiH be held with Rose Bay
Church, Hyde County, on the sec
ond Saturday and Sunday in Octo
ber. 1941.
May all of us be favored with
many more such meetings, and may
we be enabled to emulate the exam
ples of our forefathers, and walk
in such a manner as to show that we
have been led by the divine hand of
God
Alleged Tobacco Thief
Placed Under $300 Bond
Bob Smallwood, wanted in con
nection with a aeries of tobacco
thefts in this county, surrendered
yesterday to county officers. He was
later released under bond in the sum
of $300.
JameBville Parentt And
Teachert In Regular Meet
The Jamesville P.T.A. held its
regular meeting in the school audi
torium Friday evening, October 11.
The children of the elementary de
partment presented a short pro
gram.
Mr. D. N. Hix, principal of the Wil
liamston school, gave an interesting
and beneficial talk on what a par
eat-teacher association can mean to
a school.
Order Numbers Are
To Be Added After
I National Drawings
| 3257 Young Men Are Subject
To Selective Service in
Martin Countv
?
Martin County's master registra
tion list was announced virtually
complete early today by R H. Good
mon. chairman of the draft board,
the receipt of late registration cards
from other counties and states boost
ing the total count to 3.257 in this
county. "It is likely we will receive
a few more cards from distant states,
but it is our opinion that the regis
tration in the county is now within
ten or twelve numbers of the ab
solute maximum
The registration list carrying the
names after a numerical fashion was
posted at the courthouse last week
end, the registrants crowding and
jamming the place in an effort to
get their serial numbers. There were
no fights?the boys agreeing to wait
for such overt acts?but there was
much pushing and crowding until
one group was advised the list would
be published today by addresses and
in alphabetical order.
Death has already cheated the
draft in at least one instance in this
county, a young registrant dying in
Robersonville last week. But that
call is one that all will answer, soon
er or later. The young man's answer
to the call of his country was among
the last acts of his life His registra
tion number, "44" will be removed
j from the active registration list to
I await others. The number will not
I be used again. Several other num
bers, including those of young men
who have volunteered in the aorv
ice, will be removed from the draft
list. James Artliur Wynne, drawing
serial number "1" has enlisted along
with quite a few others.
As a public service, this paper has
rearranged the registration list to
show the names of registrants by
postoffices, rural free delivery routes
and by races It is quite possbile and
likely that there are some errors,
i Some of them are traceable to the
original registration, some were pos
sibly made in copying the master list
from the registration cards and some
in the rearrangement by the print
ers. The list, while virtually correct,
is not offered as officiul.
The list, starting below and con
tinuing on pages six and seven, gives
the names of the registrants and
their serial numbers. The names and
numbers are listed in alphabetical
order, by races, under the registrants'
postoffice addresses Those names
listed under postoffices out of the
county are those of registrants liv
ing within the county. It was sur
prising to check the list and learn
how many men did not know their
postoffice addresses. In those in
stances where registrants said they
lived R F I) No. 2 or 3 HMiell,
Ilumilton,?tbnr names wer. placed
under the Hassell or Hamilton post
office, respectively, there being no
regular R F D routes out of those
towns.
It should be remembered that the
numbers appearing at the end of the
names are konwn as serial numbers
and make up what is known as the
main registration list. Order num
bers are now being drawn in Wash
ington. If John Doe has serial num
ber "10" and that number is drawn
first, then John Doe is slated to re
ceive the first questionnaire and
will be subject to the first call, pro
vided he has no concrete grounds for
deferment.
Late reports state that numbers
of men have traveled quite a dis
tance to get their serial numbers. It
is not necessary for them to do so
The draft board will contact the
men by direct mail
The registration list:
Hardens?White
Paul Woodrow Allen
James Pennell Bland
Benjamin A. Daniel
Grady H. Davenport
Irvin R. Davenport
Daniel L. Pagan
Dallas Murry Harden
Marion T. Hardison
Henry A. Hardison
Robert W Harden
William Roy Harden
Charles Amos Hough
Joseph E. Hardison
James L. Knowles
Joseph E. Mizell
Robert T. Pritchett
Benjamin F. Reason
Carlton L. Reason
James Elmer Stalls
Joseph C. Williams
Herbert S Williams
Kenneth F. Woolard
Hardens?Colored
Aulander Brooks
Robert Butts
Robert Clark
Booker T. Hill
Bernard Moore
Nehemiah Moore
Sam Moore
Queen Moore
Sylvester Moore
Triomas Moore
Richard W. Moore
Charles Henry Peel
Julian Smith
Charlie Williams
(Continued on pafe sis)
Name Assistants To
Assist In Filling
In Questionnaires
Advisory Group and Number
Of Aftftiataiit* Pledge
Cooperation
Machinery for handling the next
step in connection with the selective
service act has been set up, the ad
visory committee and a number of
assistants now standing by for in
structions in assisting registrants in
filling in their questionnaires.
No questionnaire forms have been
received in this county but as soon
as the proper forms are delivered to
the draft board a meeting of the ad
visory committee and assistants will
be called.
The committee and assistants have
pledged their cooperation in helping
registrants in filling in the answers
to the questions each registrants will
be asked However, any registrant
may prepare his answers and fill 111
the forms without the assistance of
the committee of its assistants. The
committee and assistants are serv
ing without I KI N
Committee Member Charles Dav
enport announces the following as
sistants: Hardens: C. B. Fagan;
Jamesvillo. G. M Anderson, O. G.
Carson and Ira L. Alexander; Wil
liams, Joshua L. Coltrain and Chas.
L. Daniel; Griffins, W B Harring
ton, George C Griffin and S Oscar
Peel.
Committee Chairman W H Co
burn announces the following as
sistants:
Williamston Township: Ollie Marie
Whedbee, Peel & Manning law of
fice; Sara Cope, courthouse; Mrs.
Jim Andrews, register of deeds of
fice; Mary E. Keel, clerk of superior
court's office; Lorene Weaver, coun
ty superitnendent's office; Mildred
Heddrick. sheriff's office; Irene Tet
terton, Roanoke Chevrolet Co.; Hul
da Roberson, Williamston Motor Co.;
Ella Wynne Critcher, J. Paul Simp
son Insurance office; Edith Stallings,
B A Critcher's law office; Trulah
Ward Page, Hugh G. Horton law of
fiee: J I, Hassell. mayor of William
ston; Ethel H. Wynne, Branch Bank
ing and Trust Co.; R. W. BonduraTit,
Standard Fertilizer Co.; D. V. Clay
ton, Guaranty Bank and Trust Co.;
Bill Carstarphen, Harrison and Car
starphen office; W H Coburn, Co
burn and Coburn law office; Mrs.
I) G Modlin and Mary Carstarphen,
Martin County Agricultural Build
ing
Bear Grass Township: Prof T O.
Hickman, Bear Grass school; A. B.
Ayers. Ruby Malone, Willie Brown.
Virginia Shindler, Mlrs Russell
Rogers, Rogers Bros, store.
Poplar Point Township: LeRoy
Taylor, Taylor farms; W Mayo Har
dison, Allen's Filling station, Ham
ilton road
Mr. J. C. Smith announces the fol
lowing assistants:
Oak City: Miss Martha Daniel
Johnson at the post office; Claude
Savage at the ABC store.
Hassell: N. B. Parker at the ACL.
station; George H. Leggett, at the
postoffice.
Hamilton: Wade E. Everett, at
Johnson's store; W J. Beach.
Gold Point: Harry H Roberson, at
his store.
Rohorsonvilie: Allen Osborne and
MTiui Pauline Jenkins in the tax col
lector's office; John L. Edmondson in
Nathan Roberson's store.
Everetts: J. B. Barnhill, Jr., at
Barnhill's filling station, and Dick
Cherry at pool room or at John Cher
ry's store.
County Gets Credit
On Its Draft Quota
Martin County is almost certain to
get credit for three men on its draft
quota, Board Chairman R. It. Good
mon announcing today that two
young draftees had volunteered yes
terday and that little Pete Fowden
went with the National Guard sev
eral weeks ago. A fourth draftee
wanted to volunteer but his accept
ance is pending. The young man is
married, but it was not stated wheth
er he preferred war to married fife.
He could not register without the
consent of his wife. It is possible that
she will help him enter the service.
Grover Moore and Ellis Crofton
Wynne volunteered yesterday.
BIG SALE
Contrary to reports claiming
that the crop had Just about
been sold in Its entirety, the Wil
liamston market yesterday had
one of its largest and most sat
isfactory sales of the past sever
al days.
Nearly 176,004 pounds were
sold for an average sllfhtly be
low 19 cents a pound, an average
that was retarded hifti consid
ering the quality of the offer
ings. Comparatively light sales
were reported by the market to
day, and It is generally agreed
that hardly one out of ten farm
ers has any tobacco left for
sale.
No definite closing date for
the markets has been determin
ed. but It la possible' that sales
will be suspended possibly the
last of next week or early In the
following week.
Democratic Call to Arms Heard
Over the Nation At Noon Today:
Malgram Barefoot First Called
Pa rty Leaders A re .-1 ppea ling
For A Record Vote In County
While it is fairly certain that Mar- (
I tip County will gp democratic in
big way. party leaders are appeal
ing to and urging all citizens to par
ticipate in the elect 101 next Tuesday.
Briefly stated, the size of the Vote
| cast will reflect the popularity of1
Franklin Hoosevelt in Martin Coun
ty.
? Present indications point to a close'
presidential election at best, and it !
is possible that .1 strong vote will In
needed in this section to offset the j
contrary vote in other sections.
Four years ago. Martin County cit
izens polled one of the largest votes '
in the history of the county, 4.477 of
the 4.5HK votes going to Mr House
volt- It can be said here and now that !
that record will be hard to beat, but 1
party leaders are now working and
urging the voters to deliver the cre
dentials in a big way. Four precincts, I
Williams. Griffins, Hamilton and
Popular Point, were solid in their '
Match Is Applied To
Balkan Powder Ke,r
Bv The Axis Group
Crerrr Offering Sold,- Kijslit
As Rurburiaii llortlo
Start Southward
Hitler's and Mussolini's barbarian
hordes are now knocking at the dt>or
of about ~fTie last fret* little country
in Europe; the w;n machine of Mus
SQlini having moved un CJieece e uly
Monday to mark a shift in the scene
of struggle Outnumbered and fight
ing at odds, the determined Greeks
were said to have stood their ground
and inflicted heavy losses among the
first invading Italians. There was 110
sign early today of capitulation hy
the stalwart defenders of Greece
Britain moved in to offer tin- little
country all possible aid. but unless
| Turkey comes 111 there is not much
I hope for the brave defenders.
With hardly more than 100.000
| armed men, a few more than 100
planes and a limited number of old
ships, the Greeks are fighting a
strong machine. Mussolini says he
will devour Greece in three weeks,
| but it is apparent that he will have
j to fight to got control there.
A state of confusion and unrer
j tainty still grips the Balkan situa
I tion. Turkey remains undecided Rus
I sia is not talking, and it now appears
1 that the Axis combination will first
take Greece, then the Dardaru lies
I and continue into Syria and the Suez
Canal During the meantime Spain
lis to give a __xight'-of^way?to Nazi
troops across its lands for an attack
on Gibraltar.
It is now apparent that the match
has been applied to the Balkan pow
der keg, that war and death are now
out of control and that the end is not
in sight. The struggle has reached
that stage where Turkey and Rus
sia will write important words into
world history for centuries to come
If Russia will give Turkey the ad
vance signal, the Greeks can expect
aid. If Russia denies German's claim
to the Dardanelles, a turning point
of far-reaching consequence will
have come in the war. Just now the
Balkan situation offers a dark pic
ture not only for Europe but also
for the world.
Air warfare continues on a small
er scale over England, but the Brit
ish apparently are expanding their
activities. The Skoda munitions fac
tory in Czechoslovakia, one of the
largest in Europe, has been bombed
by the R.A.F.
Gives Figures On
Church Attendance
By REV. S. J. STARNES
Pastor, Methodist Church
The following figures represent
the attendance at the various Wil
liamston churches last Sunday.
Chure
Baptist
Christian
Episco-pal
Holiness
Methodist
Presbyterian
7 packer* To del Sproinl
Month Salarie? Tomorrow
The approximately 200 Mar^n
County teachers and other scbdol
employees will receive their"second
TOW.
month salaries tomor rbw. Checks
are being drawn in the office of the
superintendent today. The salary
schedule will make available slight
ly more than $21,000 to the teachers
?nd other school employees.
support of Mr. Roosevelt four years
ago. Will he hold his strength there? j
Will he add to his strength in other
precincts? The voters hold the an-!
swers to the questions, and party
leaders are hopeful that the answers
will come in certain and definite
terms.
A review of the 1936 presidential
vote follows, by precincts:
Precinct Roosevelt Landon
Jamosville 443 ? 14]
Williams 203
Griffins 387
Bear Grass 318
Williamston 1060
Cross Roads 341
Robersonvillo 695
Gold Point 139
Poplar Point 177
Hamilton 216
Hassell 142
Goose Nest 350
TOTALS 4477
NOT NKCKSSUO
Quite a few of those men who
registered for selective service
at the direction of the govern
ment are of opinion that they
must learn their registration ser
ial number. It is not necessary
for the registrant to voluntarily
get his serial number, lie will
he notified by direct mall as to
what he is to do. Naturally, it
will he interesting for the regis
trant to learn his serial number,
hut it Ls not necevsary for him to
is. \
The registration was serially
numbered to make what is
known as the "master list" from
which order numbers will he de
termined.
Welfare Hoard In
Monthly Meeting
The Martin County Welfare hoard
held its monthly meeting in the of
fices of the Welfare Department at
the court house last Thursday The
meeting was called to order hy the
chairman. Rev K C. Shoe, of Rob
ersonville, who then asked for a re
port on the present status and the
quota* Cm () A A , ADC and Aid to
the Blind Since there were a few
vacancies in each division. new
cases were presented and approved
as follows six for O A A , two for
A DC. involving 10 children and
one Aid to Blind case.
A review of the eye clinic, the
home visiis, ihe-county home and the
recent State Wide Meeting for the
county welfare hoard members
which was held in Raleigh was pre
sented to the hoard
Miss Nell Johnston, field repre
sentative from the Stall- Board of
Charities, made a brief talk to the
hoard on the subject, of "The Coun
ty Welfare Board and the Commun
ity " ' '
Those present for the meeting in
addition to Miss Johnson were Rev.
K. C. Shoe, Mrs Wheeler Martin, Mr
W Robert Everett and all members
of the county welfare department
staff
Work Is Underway
On The River Fill
Repair work and the construction
of four bridges on the Roanoke Riv
er fill got underway yesterday when
construction forces started clearing
a right-of-way for. widening the
fill and when workmen started
building temporary bridges for
handling traffic during the construc
tion of the concrete structures
R. L. Rice, superintendent for the
Kiker and Yount* Contracting firm,
stated yesterday that most of this
week would be spent in clearing a
1 right-of-way for the enlarged fill.
TTbgJitt^Mcks are now in operation,
: and a number of others along with
modern shovels and pans will be
placed in operation within a week
or ten days The company just re
ently purchased u number of new
(machines of modern design and ac
cording to Mr. Rice the project can
completed within the allotted 75
orking days.
Eon Enforcement Amende*
Report A Quiet Week-end
Little activity-was reported on the
crime front in this county during
the past week-end, the combined law
enforcement agencies making only
four arrests during the period. Three
of the four persons were listed as
habitual drunkards and were pick
ed up on Willikmston streets.
Draft Is Regarded
As A (?reat Move
For Nations Peace
National Drawing in Wa*hiti?
ton W ill llanlly lie Cimi
plrtrd ill I.) Honrs
The democartic call to arms was
heard thimrgtunit the length and
breadth of the nation today at noon
as the first numbers of registrants
were drawn for the budding up of .
the greatest peace time army in Am
erican history. Following an address
to the nation by President Franklin
D Roosevelt. Secretary of War Stim
son drew the first number from the
gold fish bowl. The number, "158"
struck home in every draft board
| area in the nation, the first call go
ing to Malgrum Barefoot in this
county
It was an-exciting time in Wash
ington and one of those present for
the drawing. Mrs. Mildred Bell,
heard her son's number called. She
uttered a scream, but a few minutes
later she said that she was willing
for her son to serve his country Mr.
Bell said that he was glad to have a
son physically able to serve his coun
try in the present crisis, and wished
that he had more to offer Harry
Robert Bell was 21 in August He
is single and without dependents; he
is as good as in the army now.
In his address to the nation, Pres
ident Roosevelt stated that the gov
ernment was mindful of its responsi
bility to all men. that those who are
called to the service of their country
are to profit by their One year of
service. The motive behind the draft
-y?thought?h-??t4+c?
ment is for maintaining the peace of
America. "The one- purpose is to de
fend a freedom we have come to
enjoy, and the call to arms is being
answered for that purpose only," the
President said in Iris talk just prior
to the drawing **f the first number
"The task for all is to keep peace,"
I he concluded.
The serial number, "158", belong
ing to Malgrum Barefoot, young
white married farmer of Williams
ton R.F.D No. 3. was called first,
and he gets what is known as Order
No. 1
The next number called was "192"
and that means that every registrant
in every county or draft board
throughout the United*'States will
i get Order No 2 In this county the
serial number "192" belongs to Hur
j se.l Clyde Miller, young white man
who manages Lilley's Laundry in
? Willinmsfon Mr Millet is a single
; man.
Martin County's registration list
has no numbers in excess of 3,268,
and the next several drawings did
not affect any registrants in this
.county. The number "105" was the
nineteenth one ca 11 < -d, and that num
1 her belongs lo Hubert A Sallei'fleld,
Williamston chain store manager
and man led man
The drawing, handled by men
high in government service, was off
to a slow start, and will last for
about 15 hours or until about 3 or
4 o'clock tomorrow morning. Up
until 2:30 o'clock this afternoon eight
numbers belonging to registrants in
this county had been drawn. The
names of the last five and their ser
ial numbers are as follows
Wesley Edward Baker, of Hamil
ton, 2441; James Epps Bullock, 2563,
of Williamston; Chester Felton Dav
is, 188, of Williamston, R.F.D. No. 2;
James Dalburgh Riddick, 120, of
Williamston; Wiley Nobles Craft,
2914, of Oak City; Bert Lee Rober
son, 2070, of Jamesville, R.F.D. 1.
All of the above are white. The first
colored man drawn S Jodie Oaynor,
I of Williamston. His serial number
is 2451 Cluy Randolph Waters, 2748
of Jamesville, was the next man call
ed. The names of others whose num
bers were drawn are, Lance Dutton
Hardy, 2698, white, of Williamston
Route 2, Walter Freeman, 846, col
ored of Williamston; Joseph Carl
Williams, 2764,. white of Hardens;
Jesse LaFayette Bunch, 2470, white,
of Palmyra.
It does not necessarily mean that
the men whose numbers appear here
and others to be drawn will be call
ed into service. On an average 10
per cent will be called, and hardly
more than five out of each 100 will
actually see service. Questionnaires
will be mailed according to order
numbers, the first questionnaire go
ing to Registrant Barefoot. He is a
married man and will likely be elig
ible for No. 3 classification. Hershel
Miller will receive the second ques
tionnaire and on down the line.
Questionnaire forms have not yet
been received by the board in this
county, und the registrants will
hardly be contacted within the next
several days. The questionnairee will
be mailed at the rate of 50 a day af
ter they are received, meaning that
it will take three weeks or more be
fore the distribution is effected in
its entirety.
Order numbers will be published
as rapidly as possible, and they will
be followed by classifications.