Paving Contractors
Will Start Viork In
Early Part Of July
(Continued from page one)
ing possible the operation of eight
or ten trucks The elevating gradei.
after breaking down last Saturday
was to have been placed back in op
eration the early part of thisw'eek
but before one trouble was remedied
another was found The machine was
ready for operation at 9:30 this morn
mg. but no trucks were moving im
mediately to and from the grader
One report after another has declar
ed that the contractors could really
accomplish something with the ap
proach of summer Ideal weather
conditions have prevailed during the
past several weeks, and it is tin
same old story. There simply isn't
enough dirt being moved to complete
the fill by late fall, and the paving
contractor can't start his work until 1
the dirt contractoi^ have moved out
their equipment.
Ben H Martin. Easley. (S.C ) con
tractor, has been awarded the con
tract for paving the fill. The S3t>
989.50 bid is considered unusual 1>
high for paving a 22-foot road over-j
a 2.94 mile stretch, but the contiact *
was awarded in the hope of sj??t d
ing up the work on the road The
paving contractor is to start work
immediately after the dirt fill i:
completed Tin- contract calls for!
paving one-half the width of the
road at a time with the provision that
traffic will be maintained with as ,
little inconvenience as possible
According to the engineer, half .
of the road will possibly be ready ] \
for travel by the latter part of July ,
or the first week in August ,
It was learned that the paving {
contractors are expected to start
moving then equipment to the proj- j
ect the latter part of next month and i
make ready for starting work with
out delay.
Marked Shortage In
Irish Potato Crop Is !
Predicted In Section
(Continued from page one)
have themselves believed to relieve
the dust menace
Down in Georgia the drought is ;
said to be threatening the power ?
supply coming from hydro-electri< i
plants Restrictions on the use of |
power are being imposed, and opei 1
ators of steam plants are being or
dered by the government to supply t
surplus energy to the drought areas L
The system serving this section is I
said to be supplying another com- i
pany so that the second company I
may serve a third where vital de i >
fense work is in progress t
The situation is not critical-in this r
section, but if the dry weather con
tinues. consumers will possibly be t
asked to curtail the use of electrical' >
energy and confine its use to neves I
sities. >
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Million-Dollar Flying Boat for Britain
This mammoth four-engined Boeing flying boat was bought by Britain from Pan American Airways for
$1,000,000. The plane, painted buttleship gray and named the Bristol, is shown at La Guardia Airport,
New York. After the reconditioned ship is thoroughly tested, it will be used on Imperial trade routes.
Judge ^ .H.Coburn
(lulls Six Cases In
The ( .011111 \ Court
(Continued from page one)
sentenced to the roads for a term of I
four months, tin- sentence to begin
at the direction of the court at any
lime within the next year. Brooks
w as placed on probation on condi- ;
lion that he remain of good behav
ior. :T' ? j
f'o/thii I'uint Id Ide Seltonl
( Iused Sessions On Sunday
$
Last Sunday afternoon at 3:30 the
Poplar Point Vacation Bible School
'amc to a close This was by far the
argest school ever held at this point.
iCighty-three Were enrolled in the
ichool The average attendance was j
veil over 00. The perfect attendance
ecoi'd was high
The chapel was taxed to its scat j
ng capacity for the exercises. Many '
a ere compelled tc? stand at the back I
n order to share in the service. The !
?hutch school work of this chapel j
s to be improved during the sum
ner
'Pffieeri1 (.afiture Lar^e
Still In M illiains District
Raiding Williams Township last
Wednesday, Officers J. H Roebuck
md Bill llaislip captured a I SO-gal
on capacity copper still and poured
>ut 350 gallons of beer. Eight big ino
asses barrels and other equipment
vere destroyed. The still was one of
he largest captured in the county in
'of ont months ?
According to reports the alcoholic
ax unit of the Federal Government
vill dpeir and maintain a post here
>eginniilg the early part of next
nonth.
4-H Girl and Her Prize Steer
C., a 4-H Club member, is ahown
with Bully Boy, champion beef Hereford she raised, after the steer
had won the grand prize at the Orangeburg, S. C., county show. Anne
then sold the 1,070-pound steer to a packing house for $535. The steer
is a prime example of the stock being raised in the Tidewater South,
where the industry is developing rapidly.
J. Walton MasseII
legion Post Names
OHieersTliisWeek
HarlMKiii' Dinner Mneli I n
jo)I'd l>\ Meinl?ei>lii|> in
11 ii I Mniulai \i^hl
'I
It
The elect ion ?'t officers featured !
the regular meeting of the John Wal
ton Masse 11 Post of the American Le* ;
gion in the Hut this week, the mem
bership enjoying a delicious barbe
que dinner and all trimmings pro-1
vided by Commander Joe R. Wins
low. who was re elected to head the
organization for the coming year
The roster follows:
Commander. Joe Winslow. Rober
sonville; Vice G+m Hnande r.?Ray
Goodmon. Williamston; Vice Com
mander. Joe Ayers. Oak City: Vice;
Commander. W. C. Wallace. James-,
ville; Adjutant and Finance Offi
cer. W E. Dunn; Williamston; Serv
ice Officer. Hugh Helton. Williams
ton; Guardianship Officer. H U
Peel, Williamston; Scrgeant-at-arnis.
Arthur Roberson, Williamston; Chap
lain. W. A Brown. Jamesville; His
torian. P. M Holliday, Jamesville, ,
Athletic Officer, Bill Gray. Rober- *
sonville; Child Welfare Officer.
Bob Taylor. Williamston; American
ism Officer. H L. Swain. Williams
ton; Graves Registration. Sam Get-1 n,
singer. Williamston; Employment Of m
ficer, Jo|^n A Ward. Williamston; k.
Boys State Officer. H. L. Swain;' r
Membership Chairman. Mack Wynn m
Robersonville; Publicity Officer. |v
Hugh Morton; Chairman Sons of Le ?
gion. Hugh Morton.
Delegates to State Convention: Joe p.
Wins low. H. L. Swain and J. D jj
Biggs Alternates: William Gray. J t
D Woolard and Hugh Morton. jn,
Trained in the ways of war. tin
Legion Post membership is takjng ^
an important part in the National '
Defense Program now being launch
ed on an extensive scale. The hut in
Williamston is generally recognized
as headquarters for advancing the I n
defense program. The last October Si
registration was held in the hut. and js*
it is likely that the July 1 registra- aj
tion will be held there Red Cross ti
production unit materials for the
Martin County chapter are to be
stored in the building. and next pi
Monday night the Murtin County un p<
it of the United Service Organiza 01
tions will be organized under the el
direction of R. H. Goodmon. county !
chairman At the meeting last M011
day night, the Legion forces pledged | w
their support to the organization le
movement in behalf of those men ' U
being called into active military i a
service. 1 19
Noted Writer Sails
John Erskine, noted American au
thor, sails on the Brazil from New
York for a visit in South America.
He will remain there for an indefi
nite time.
ear (irat? Vacation Hible
School <?'?*/* I ndcricay
On Tuesday, May 20th, at 3 p. m.,
10 Vacation Bible School at Bear
lass opened its doors to the ehil
vn of the community. Around 60
uldren art attending the school
id are being taught by the follow
ig teachers. Mrs. Pete Mendenhall,
Irs Knee/er Harrison. Mrs. Guy
eggett. Mrs. Johnny Wynne. Mrs
ossell Rogers. Miss Armanda Wynn.
[iss Doris Rogers, Miss Ruth Eve
n Terry. Miss I^ouise Strange and
T. Piephoff
The sessions are from four to 6:15
111 Volley ball is being played by
le girls and football by the boys,
he commencement is Friday eve
>ng.
ran villi* C.ounty'* Second
Milk Route l? Started
#
Granville County's second milk
>utc has been started through the
Hlthwestern part of the county,
lys W B. Jones, assistant farm
gent of the N. C. State College Ex
nsion Service.
According to the latest U. S. De
artment of Agriculture poultry re
>rt, the number of young chickens
i farms May 1 was 10 per cent larg
" than a year ago.
Cotton prices are on the march up
ard due to increase in the general
vel of commodity prices, the bet
?r demand for cotton goods, and to
possible higher loan rate for tke
4\ crop.
Food for Unocaipied France
At a Staten Island, N. Y., pier, flour is loaded into the hold of the
French liner Leopold, which will carry one of two cargoes for unoccu
pied France. The sending of more may depend on how these two
cargoes are dibtr.'^j| and utilised.
Nation (juarantees
The Safe Delivery
Of Aid To Britain
l'r?-?i<l?-iil I'li-utU for l'nil?'<l
Kfforl in Meeting S?-r
ioiiH Silualion
Championing the freedom of the j
seas and guaranteeing the safe de
livery of supplies to embattled Brit
ain. President Franklin I). Roosevelt
111 a 45-minute address to the world
Tuesday night proclaimed an un 1
limited national emergency and ap
prtth-d to the American?people for ?
a united support in meeting the si r ;
lous situation now facing this nation j
and the Democracies of the world, i
Explaining that the United States
is already extending aid to Britain
and assisting with a sea patrol, the
President declared that whatever j
steps are necessary to insure the safe j
dejivery of supplies to Britain they J
would be taken and he bluntly chal- i
lenged Hitler's drivAfor the domina- !
tion of the seas and the people of the ,
world \
In his proclamation. th?v President
said. "I call on all loyal citizens en
gaged in production for defense to |
give precedence to the needs of the j
nation to the end that a system of
government that makes private en- I
terprise possible may survive."
Then, in his proclamation, the '
President predicated the declaration
of a state of full emergency upon
statements that:
The objectives of the Axis hellig
erents "include overthrow through
out the world of existing democratic
older, and a world-wide domination i
of peoples and economies through '
the destruction of all resistance on '
land, sea and in the air."
"Indifference on the part of the
United States to the ever increasing j
menace would be perilous; and com
mon prudence requires that for the j
security of this nation and of this i
hemisphere, we should pass from I
peacetime authorizations of military
strength to such a ^asis as will en- j
able us to cope instantly and decis
i\f?%- with any attempt at hostile en- i
circTement of this hemisphere, or
the establishment of any base for ag
gression against it. as well as to re
pel the threat of predatory incursion .
by foreign agents into our territory
and society."
Consequently, he continued, he
was declaring the existence of an
emergency which requires that the
nation's "military, naval, air and
civil defenses be put on the basis of j
readiness to repel any and all acts i
or threats of aggression directed
toward any part of the Western Hem
isphere."
To further the general objective, j
he called upon manufacturers to give
precedence to the products that the
nation needs and "upon all our loyal
workmen as well as employers to
merge their lesser differences in the
larger effort to insure the survival
of the only kind of government
which ercognized the rights of la
bor or of capital."
The proclaimed "unlimited nation
al emergency" gives the President
power to close or commandeer radio
stations, demand preference for
troops and war materials on any
transportation system, take over
powerhouses, dams and other units
needed in the manufacture of muni
tions.
He is also empowered to:
Forbid Federal Reserve Banks to
flo business except under Treasury
regulations.
Investigate, regulate or prohibit
transactions in foreign exchange.
Place the Coast Guard under the
Navy. (Mr Roosevelt already has
transferred part of it to the Navy.)
Refuse clearance to vessels of a
belligerent country which discrimi
nates against American vessels or
citizens.
Empower the Federal Power Com
mission to require temporary con
nections or the transmission of elec
tric energy.
Require any vessel to leave the
United States waters or prohibit any
vessel from entering them.
Remove duties from imported food,
clothing and medical supplies needed
in emergency relief work.
Waive or modify the monthly al
lotment of federal appropriation.
Order the National Guard and the
Army and Navy reserves to active
duty (this already has been done.)
Suspend the law prohibiting more
than eight hours' work in a day by
persons engaged on government con
tract (this has been done in some in
Sees After 29 Years
Holding an armful of flowers which
can imo for die iirnl t>iitie M
Eliza Barnard, of Burlington, Vt.
has only her dark glasses to remind
her of her recent blindness. She
lost her sight 29 years ago when
she was three months old, and has
just recovered it following a 12th
cataract operation.
Foreign labor, war prisoners
civilians from occupied territories
engaged in German agriculture w
recently reported by the Reich St
tistical Bureau at 1,391.000
*
anc
ies
was
,y,
A spineless okra more pleasant tc
handle and more desirable for can
ners has been developed by a Soutl
Carolina horticulturist while a mem
ber of tli*1" Oklahoma Experiment Sta
tion staff.
Stances).
Suspend the rules covering trans
mission of radio and wire communi
cations
Close certain, places to the public
laws.
At quire land for military purposes
(much of this already* has beer
done).
Germans Continuing
Costlv Campaign In
Mediterranean Area
(Continued from page one)
have lost his life in Crete. Three
more ships were said to have been
sunk, and on the high seas the Ger
mans claim 700,000 tons of British
dipping went to the bottom so far
in this month.
Japan is believed about ready to
strike in the South Seas with her
eyes on the Dutch East Indies.
In this country, the Congress is
revealing a yellow streak a yard
wide. Warm friends of Barbarian
Hitler would not offer a vote of con
fidence in support of President
Roosevelt's speech, the non-interven
tionists pushing politics to the front
1 as Democracy totters throughout the
world. The crowd who would with
i hold that vote of confidence includes
many of those who tried to block the
i New Deal in its power expansion
program and who even at this late
i hour don't realize the seriousness of
in 8h0,000-kilowatt shortage in elec
trical energy. They are the same
crowd w ho ran a zinc smelter out
of Washington because he wanted to
expand production capacity. New
! Dealers pleaded for the expansion,
{ hut the domineering industrialists
i disgustingly .said that a modern
smelter would place competition at
a <1 >sadvantage. They are the same
j clou d w ho defeated a New Deal plan
for adding 300 locomotives to the
nation's rolling stock. Today a ser
ious shortage of oil and materials is
looming big because of inadequate
transportation facilities.
President Roosevelt has warned
th?- nation, and has done all in his
power to have the nation prepare for
what is coming. But the Lindberghs,
thi Wheelers and the old guard par
tisans are doubling their efforts to
I put Hitler and his damnable pro
i yam on the necks of freedom-loving
I men, women and children.
Keicular Meeting Chamber
Of Commerce I'oxt/toned
?
The regular monthly meeting of
the local chamber of commerce di
1 rectors, scheduled for tonight, has
I been postponed. Secretary R. H.
; Smith stilting that the session would
1 , be held within the next two weeks.
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> Hay Should Be ( ared To
I*reserve I.eaves And Color
e
Hay should be cured so as to pre
serve the leaves and the natural
green color. Likewise, damage from
dew. rain and mold should be avoid
ed. Hay should not be left long on
the ground after cutting, but raked
- , into small windows when the leaves
begin to wilt. This is usually after
three to four hours of bright sun
- shine. Windrows of heavy crops
should be turned over again with the
: i rake later in the afternoon. The side
5 excellent implements for stirring and
i hastening the curing of heavy hay
I I'lups.
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Cold-mist' Freshener
Glass Shelves, and
New
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Something entirely new in refrigeration! In arid it ion
to the High-Speed Freezer there's a separate set of cool
ing coils concealed in the walla. The giant Cold-mist
Freshener with glass doors gives super-moist storage for
vegetables, left-overs and other foods?guards precious
vitamins and keeps foods fresher. No need to cover
dishes! See these new and different 1941 J *
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