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Watch The Label On Your Paper, Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. ENTERPRISE -A Advertisers Will Find Our Col umn* A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 58 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 22, 1941. J ESTABLISHED 1899 Mrs. Chloe Lanier Dies Suddenly In Louisiana Monday Body of Prominent Williams ton Native To Be4 Brought Here For Burial Mis. Chiof Biggs Lanier, greatly beloved Williamston native and a pioneer in education in this county and other parts of the State, died suddenly at the home of her daugh ter in Bandeville, La., last night. Few details of her death could be had here immediately. She had been in declining health for some time, but her condition was not consider ed serious and news of her death came as a decided shock to relatives and her many friends here this morn ing. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, but relatives were advised tills afternoon that the body will be brought here for bur ial. The daughter of the late Joseph and Fannie Crawford Biggs, she was born on the Biggs plantation, near Skewarkey, 75 years ago, next No vember Possessing unusual gifts and showing a keen interest in educa tion. Miss Chloe, as she was later to "" know n lie many huiniieds of pu Pils, started teaching in the schools of this county when a young girl. She taught with the later Elder Sylves ter llassell in the old Williamston Academy, and also taught at Dai dens and at Sandy Bulge over - Williams Township. ShwaW taught i? u privatl' school built by the late J W. Watts on the corner of Smith wick Street and Simmons Avenue here After many years of faithful service rendered in behalf of the youth in this county, she joined the Christ School faculty at Arden and continued her important role of shaping and molding the character "f youth, it was during her stay in western Carolina that she joined the Episcopal church Few people eontributid more to the advancement of her community and its people than Miss Chloe did in the role of school teacher She w as interested in the young people and their problems and while stern of character she held a sympathetic un derstanding for everyone While her body is now resting at peace far from -most of-her-km ami toved ones and friends, Miss Chloe still lives in the actions of those men and women here and over the nation who stud ied under her in the several schools, she was a remarkable character "lal -she never grew old even af | mark. She was interested in her friends, enjoyed their companionship ' and kept up with events at home and abroad She had no enemies, but I Judd a sympathetic -feehng -far all mankind Just a short time ago in discussing the war, she considered the suffering and horrors of war ahead of the reports on the progress of battle released by either side She was fully appreciative of the finer and basic ideals of life, and while she appeared gay no matter what ? he day brought forth her life was patterned after the plan of her Mak er. When a young woman or about 1B91 she married to Joseph Lanier who a short time later was elected sheriff of the county. He died a few years later One daughter, Mrs. A K. Silyernail, of Louisiana, survived the union Mrs. Lanier had made her home here most of her life, and was living with her cousin, Miss Anna Crawford, when she left five weeks ago to make an extended visit with her daughter and family in Louis iana. Work On Deep Well Is Nearly Completed Work on a fourth deep well- for the town's water system is almost complete, and plans are being made to start pumping from the new out let within the next few days. A large pump of the rotary type was placed in the well yesterday and motors foe pumping water out of the well and then forcing it into the town mains are being installed today The superintendent of the water department is making plans to con nect the new well to the town sys tem near the courthouse on East Main Street possibly next Sunday. It could not be learned today when water from the new well would ? be pumped into the mains for consump tion. Mail Carriers Will Sell Defense Stamp Thirty-two thousand rural mail carriers are now acting as agents 111 the sale of Defense Savings Stamps, postal officials have informed the Treasury Department. Demand foi the stamps in sparsely settled dis tricts caused the Post Office Depart ment to authorize the carriers to act as salesman: ? The stamps range in value from ten dents to five dollars. Purchasers are given albums in which they car be mounted. When filled, the albumi may be exchanged for Defense Sav ings Bonds Splendid Crop Conditions Are Reported In County By Agent | Despite dry weather conditions j earlier in the season and heavy rains during the past two or three weeks, crop conditions in Martin County were described as excellent at the present time by Farm Agent Tom Brandon. While there has been an excessive rainfall in some com munities, the crops are holding up well, the agent declared, adding that he had seen no tobacco that had been more than slightly damaged. As for corn, the agent declared that there wasn't a sorry stalk in all the county, but the agent overlooked one or two small patches where ap parently nothing more than a guiyio sack was shaken at the crop. The rains have slightly altered the harvesting schedule for tobacco far mers, but the work is now under way on an extensive scale. Most far mers are harvesting their third "pullings" this week, and the cures are almost perfect. The curings have color, texture and weight, the far mers admitting that they are not certain that the leaf lias just what the buyers want. The peanut crop is an unknown quantity, but the vines are thriving, and the sweet potato crop looks good Cotton is growing rapidly, and as far as it can be learned the boll weevil is not appearing in any great numbers. Commenting on the corn crop, the farm agent vows and declares^ttraf tht re'll have to be more barns built to properly house it. Reports from other counties in this section tell of an extensive dam age to tobacco. In Wilson where 12 inches of rain have fallen since June 1st. it is estimated that the tobacco crop has been cut by seven million pounds, and that the quality of the crop has been materially affected. Plans Completed For Aluminum Collection [ SHOKT VAC ATM )N Jailer Roy Heel had a mighty short vacation last week when for the first time in four years. Cleared of all prisoners at 1:14 last Wednesday, the jail receiv ed new recruits between the hours of 12 and 1 Saturday af ternoon. officers landing three drunks there in rapid succession. Before Sunday was spent, the number had been increased to eight. An inventory of the group showed there were four drunks, an alleged rogue, a disturber of the peace, a check flasher and an operator of a motor vehicle without license. Selective Service Act Ruling Would Stop Draft Dodging l)c|ieiidcnry Claim* Musi He Made in (mhkI Kitilli, Sup L purled hy Affidavit. j While hocusing no one and still favoring normal relations, the Se I lecti.ve Service Act authorities in a . recent ruling took definite action to rstd|> what may be termed "draft dodging". I In support of the ruling just re cently handed down by the Select ive Service Act, some startling cases | have been cited. In Charlotte a few weeks ago, a colored man married over night and to make a strong case for himself, "tTB went and borrowed a hahv th? ending in separation the next day or a few days after the ceremony have been reported, and it is to stop such action that the ruling was handed down It is also understood that young men who have shirked the responsibility of providing for even dependent mothers and fathers can't offer dependency as a claim for a lower classification when the action is taken at the last minute to support the claim. MaTTtod men and others having one or more dependents are placed in Class 3 A. the ruling covering the Classificatoin reading as follows: Provided, however, .that it is not advisable to defer any such regis trant if he acquired such status for the^trrpose of avoiding training and set vice, and, therefore, no registrant should be placed in Class 3 if he ac quired-such status after the day when he was required to be regis tered unless (1) he or his claimed dependent or dependents present to the local board written statements of the facts peculiarly within their knowledge. showing the history leading up to and the circumstances JAfltk-r which -such status was ac quit id, and (2) such facts show that the status of the registrant was ac quired in a manner consistent with the ordinary course of human af fairs and. was not acquired to pro vide the registrant with a basis for a claim for Ciass 3 deferment. If, in j any such case, neither the registrant nor his claimed dependent or de pendents has filed a statement as herein required. the local board shall, at least 10 days before it fi nally determines .the registrant's classification.-iialify. the registrant, this subparagraph and place a copy of such notice in the registrant's cover sheet. ? Chrittian Sunday School Plant Picnic Tomorroic 4 The local Christian Sunday school will hold its annual picnic at Albe marle Beach tomorrow afternoon The tiampui Utjuirrommrtte, O. H. Harrison, chairman, is asking all those car owners who plan to at tend to drive by the church not later than 1 o'clock and offer available seats to those without means of transportation. * Local Scouts Vi ill Canvass Town tor crap I omorrow County-*' isle Orftuniwilioii for Collection of S?tuj? 1* IVrferU'il Completing an effective organiza ' ' Bruce c tain over the week-end. I. Wynne, chairman, stated today that the drive for scrap aluminum was iff to a splnedid start in nearly cv ? . > ....in o i.\ 11 1 11 ft 1 lit' Oil III cl . ery part of the county, and that he y 1 . . .. I ......,zl VJL Ittl the 11 y I s - . was more than pleased with prospects. Making a tour of the en lire county last week end. the scrap aluminum collection chairman stat ed that he found a willing coopera tion in every quarter, and was quite confident that the organization would get results z The county organization is head erl tiy Mrs Catmltr firming Turner m Jan,CSV,lie. Rev. W B, Hamng Ion in Griffins, Professor 1 O Hick man in Bear Grass. Mayor John 1, Uassell in Williamston, Mis. J B. Ayers in Cross Roads Mayor I S Everett m Rohersonville. MrUH; Everett in Hamilton. Mrs Paul Ed mondson in Uassell and Prof elisor H M Ainsley in Oak City To aupple meiit the county organization. Mis. rucni in*- tiiuiiij s'.o 1 ura E Sleeper, home agent, u calh lug upmTTiSr^rat members to Join nig upon nei i.iu?# - II,thrive by aiding the? work in their respective communities and delive r me any collections they may make t? the designated chairman. Those appointed to assist the work art Mrs C 11 Ange in Ange Town, Mr. w S Gurganus in Bear Grass, Mrs C 1. Daniel in Williams, Mrs J E SmUbwnk 111 Jrimesvilli' Mrs.-L-Ea .SOTI I alley in Griffins, Mrs Janie Holliday at Poplar Chapel. Mrs Joh" Dixi.il in Parmele. Mrs E I Smith Goose Nest and Mrs Lynwood Johnson at Gold Point. The drive is to continue through Tuesday of next week, hut the coun ty chairman is_ anxious to compleU hairman ia ?*..?. - . the task as early as P?^lb|e and the tasK as eui iy ? have all the pots and pans piled and (Continued on page six) ?" ' Third Of A Billion Ix'iit In Six Months v?? ___ Forty-two per cent of the banks North Carolina made more than i5 000 loans totaling $336,000,000 to usiness firms and individual uoughout the State during the sec nd half of 1940, according to the zmi-annual survey of bank lending etivity made by the Research Coun of the American Bankers Asso iation. The ABA loan survey was par -ipated in by 80 North Carolina mks. or 42 per cent of the 191 banks These 80 banks reported that they ,ade between July 1 and December I, 1940i , .... 118,514 new loans totaling $1 06 007; 132,944 renewals of loans to lling $215,993,442; 3,901 new mort gc loans totaling $5,393,944 The survey showed that business rms in the State used only half of ie "confirmed open lines of cred r -the larger centers of the State re orted that they carried on their ooks $15,042,200 in "open hnes ol redit" offered to and kept available or regular borrowers fua. use as leeded by them. Of tljj^mount %!, 177,062, or 47 per cent, was used The average number of new loani nade per bank during thesncmonths jeriod under review was-Wl and ihe average size of loan was $868. The average number of toara re newed per bank was 1,662 and Jh? average renewal was for $1,623. The average number of new morT gage loans made per bank was ? and the average new mortgage mads was for $1,S8S This Week In Defense The War Department asked Con gress for legislation to retain the Na tional Guard, Reserves and Selectees for the duration of the emergency. President Roosevelt told his press conference that unless Congress acts the Army faces serious disintegra tion. The President said no violation of contract or faith would be entailed in such extension of service, because | the Selective; Service Act had pro vided for such extension of service by Congress in the event of a nation al emergency. The War Department announced initial deliveries of the A 24, a new dive?bomber tha* can outperform those used by other nations. The department said rifles and sub-ma chine guns are now being produced at a daily rate of 1,500, compared with 289 one yearago Under Secre tary Patterson issued a statement of Army progress showing expendi tures increased six-fold in the past fiscal year Lend-Lease Aid President Roosevelt sent Lend Lease Administrator Hopkins to London for a new survey of British needs, and assigned two Army geh orals to speed the flow of munitions and food to Britain The Surplus Marketing Administration purchas ed 30,000,000 pounds of tobacco, 2, 544,000 bushels of corn and 75,000 bales of cotton for shipment abroad tlw 1 t iwl-l eas.- program Civilian Supply The OPACS announced a program to give preference over other civil ian needs to repair and maintenance parts for privately-owned automo biles, trucks, trailers, tractors, house hold refrigerators, stoves, ranges and water heaters, plumbing fixtures, and furnaces, hospital equipment, surgi cal intruments and eye-glass frames and parts. Ships The Maritime Commission said expansion of the merchant ship building program requested from the Congress would provide 566 new ships by the end of 1943. Although only one of the 312 emergency cargo ships was scheduled for delivery this year, at least 10 will be in-oper ation by December 31, the Commis sion said The fastest ship construc tion during the last war was seven months and 24 days, the Com in is ion said, hut it now hopes to reduce the time to 4 1-2 to 5 months, with two ships completed every days?tn 1943. The Maritime Commission took ti Ikiiii-Jii-mnrr Danish vessels and to four Italian vessels under provisions of tin- Ship Requisitioning Act and the Coast Guard seized 15 other Itul ian ships and one German ship to be put into st'rvice as sotm as sirbotagp P damage is repaired. President Roosevelt signed legis lation giving hini power to grant de fense materials priority in merchant shipping space and loading facili ties. Aluminum Collection OPM Conservation Chief McCon nel announced housewives' donations I alummum--wme-tihartttg?thv collection campaign July 21 -29 should permit construction of more than 2, 000 additional fighting planes He said tests indicated a minimum of 15.000,000 net pounds usable in de fense manufacture will be collected in the national (tniTvpaign. Civilian Defense Director LaGuardia said State Procurement offices of the Treasury Department will - direct shipment of collected material from concentration points in each State to the nearest selected smelter. Price Administrator Henderson said additional supplies of waste pa per and cardboard are needed for packing articles produced by de fense industries and urged that waste paper be saved by the house holder for collection by waste paper dealers. Prices ? Labor Secretary Perkins announc ed retail food prices increased 1.7 per cent during the last two weeks of-Jime, in~additiorr~lo 10 per cent (Continued on page six) ? 9 Small Amount Given To Ambulance Fund The drive for funds to fill the $200 quota allotted to Martin County as its part on the purchase of an ambu lance airplane fot war-torn England, is not progressing satisfactorily, El bert S. Peel, county chairman, said yesterday. Reports released yester day showed that only $36.50 had been utrned over to the county treasurer, - T"x a ?. ix y. viayton. "Citizens should be glad and con sider it a privilege to contribute to this worthy cause," Mr. Peel said. "It costs the British government ap proximately $85,000 to train a crew for a bombing plane. This ambulance airplane costs only $75,000 and you can readily see the necessity of mak ing as many rescues as possible with this type plane," he added Any individual in the county wumng to make a coniribulioiTmay see or mail it to Mr. D. V Clayton, or Dr. John D. Biggs, Williamston. Mrs. Charles Davenport, of James ville, and Mr. Joe Winslow, of Rob ersonville, members of the commit tee, will also accept donations. County Farmers To Vote This Week On Leaf Grading Plan Martin County farmers and other County farmers and the growers art | patrons of the Williamston and Rob- 'asked to voice their own opinion jrsonville tobacco markets have to and deliver tht>_bGllots to the coun iate shown very little interest in the ty agent's office not later than Sat ? >. ... ? V v. ..I .J ?? ......... ,.V*l obacco inspection or leaf grading urday of this week or mail them eferendum to be held on Thursday,. Friday and Saturday of this week, and it is now believed that a small /ote will be east. While the farmers, is a rule, are showing little interest 11 the referendum, reports indicate ;hat those farmers participating in the referendum will vote for the grading system, authorities on the iubject declaring that the farmer las all to gain and nothing to lose f the grading plan is adopted The grading service is provided without to the Tobacco Division A. M. S., P. O. Box 54t), Raleigh Ballots must be postmarked not later than Saturday night. Any farmer who patronized either of the two markets last year is entitled to participate in the ref erendum. It he did not receive a ballot by mail, he can procure one and vote at the office of the county agent the latter part of this week Local warehousemen are leaving the decision entirely up to the farm er, a spokesman for the group ex ?ost to the farmer and offers the ; plaining that it would be perfectly armer a grade to go by. it has been ! agreeable w ith them to abide by the jointed out. wishes of the farmer. Quite a few Approximately 1.000 ballots have markets have the grading system al jeen placed in the hands of Martin | ready. Iwenty-four County i Souths Leaving For Army Tomorrow l?roup Include* Young Man Who Registered in Re? eent Registration $ The largest group of selectees and olunteers to leave this county since he Selective Set'vice Aci was made ,aw-4asl-yoar will depart fromlhis joint tomorrow morning Twenty - [our young white men are included in the group receiving instructions to report for service. Two others, Geo. Lee Koberson, of Williamston, and Albert Earl Roberson, of Route 1, Williamston, have already entered the service and are now stationed yith the Army Air Corps in Miss ?uri. A third one, William Herbert Vlizelle, of Williamston 2, has been ieferred. It is possible that Willis Robert Crandall will not leave with he group as he is holding down a lefertse job in connection with the Vavy Yard at Portsmouth Up un il late yesterday 110 appeal had been eceived. and if none is perfected by ate this afternoon he is to report for luty. Crandall reported for service ionic time ago, but was rejected oil ng has been issued in his and sum ar cases, and he is now answering lis second calL Caught in the second registration ui July 1, Charlie Horace Whitaker, >f Williamston RF?D. 2, decided to volunteer his services. He is the first lew registrant to leave the county, ind is entering the service even be ore his order number is officially letermined It is believed that he you Id not have been subject Rr rath ~ yithin the next few months The names of the boys scheduled ,0 leave tomorrow for Fort Bragg ire: Vernon Wa^ji Bryant, Densel Ar ington Simpson and Charlie Horace Whitaker .all volunteers; Randolph Jhandler, Willis Robert Crandall. lal Carrish Parrish, William Leon ud Jones, Luther Hugh Hardison, foseph Alexander Martin, Benjamin Sverett Manning, IJixie Dawse Rob ?rson, Wesley Williams, George Wil ion Moore, William Henry Gurkin, fixum Louis Ward, Jr., Thomas Gor don Roberson, Robert Lee Dickerson, Lester Bryant Edmondson, Charlie Liaston Curtis, Marvin Kelly White mrst, Willie B Glisson, Grady Bur agh Hardy, Noah Henry Gurganus, duel Johnson Turner. Distribute Surplus Foods in the State An average of more than three 50 ar trainloads of surplus commodi ties flowed into North Carolina each month of the fiscal year closed in June with total shipments from the Federal government being sent in 1,891 cars, A. E Langston, state di rector of commodity distribution, announced. A total of 80,013,246 pound* -U Foodstuffs worth $4,102,224 at retail prices was given to needy and un jernourished North Carolinians along with 747,189 household articles worth $063,424 School lunch rooms giving free meals during the scholastic season to needy and undernourished grad ed school pupils received 15,382,207 pounds of food valued at $1,004,638. General cases were distributed 54, 231,039 pounds worth $3,097,585. Both the Surplus Marketing Ad ministration and the Works Projects Administration contributed clothing or household articles to the depart ment's distribution program and (he total value of all articles and food was set by Langston at $4,765,648. Foods distributed consisted of fruits, eggs, milk products, meat pro ducts, vegetables, grain products and shelled pecans and were sent from area warehouses twice a month to county welfare departments to be given to the needy in the respective localities - Langston said the record rood dis tribution did not include surplus pro ducts obtained through retail store# by means of the stamp plan in Wake, Durham, New Hanover and Meck lenburg, Gaston, Guilford, Bun combe, Nash and Wayne counties. (OMH.h.TK With favorable weather, the Roanoke River dirt fill contract ors will complete the project oil Friday of this week, a represen tative of the Kiker and Yount firm said yesterday. Work on the fill proper was completed last week, and workmen are now filling in places washed by re cent rains. A few truckers are still hauling dirt today, but they are expected to finish possibly The road is in good shape with the exception of one yr two places where the dirt is still too wet for machining. Paving Contractor It II Mar tin is continuing preparations to start his work the latter part of next week or the week follow ing. Earlier Opening Of Schools In County Is Being Proposed Few Position* in the \ urioiia School Farullie* Kcniaiii Vacant Now Although vacation days ai more than half spent, plans are be ing con.sideirii foj reopening the schools in this county, for another term And arrangements for the new school year are virtually com pletc, according to a report Coming j from Hie office oh County Supet in tendent J. C Manning here yester day In accordance with suggestions | coming from the State School Com mission, the opening oi-44a m j in this county on Wednesday. Sep teifiber 3rd. is being proposed Last | year the schools wi re opened on the first Thursday in September The opening date mentioned is tentative ! and may be changed at the direction of tin- county board of education The county is- losing three colored teachers in the elementary schools and gaining two in The colored hlgh schools, one at Williamston and one at Parmele. The number of white teachers remains unchanged at 1U0, 31 in the high schools and 69 in the elementary departments There will be 89 colored teachers in the county compared with 90 last year. As far as it could be determined J today, there are only tvyo positions vacant in the school faculties, and j both of those are in Williamston j One of those positions in the manual i arts department has been offered to I an applicant, but acceptance has not ! yet been received The othei posi- j tion to be filled is that of principal j of the local elementary school Miss Emma Baker, of Goldsbort has been appointed to succeed Miss Frances Fowler, resigned, as fifth | grade teacher here Mis's Baker, graduate of the Woman's College of I pn. I Tn i mnv it y i.f North ftirnlina | taught several years in the Mt Olive schools. Other faculty appointments have | been ahnnuhred, as follows Miss Kathleen Evans, of Murfrees ment, Oak City. This is Miss Evans' first year in the profession Miss Frances Ford Nichols, of South Carolina, has accepted the po sition of home economics teacher, and B. T. Wigley, of Mississippi, as teacher of vocational agriculture, in ! the Robersonville schools James vi lie appointments, Miss Grace Rogers, of Bear Grass, first grade; Miss Edith Melvin, of Mt Airy, third grade, Miss Fiances Nel son, of Vanceboro, fifth grade, Miss Louise Dail, of Edenton, seventh i grade, and V. B. Hairr, of Roseboro, Miss Rebecca Pitt man. of Scotland Neck, is succeeding Miss Mary Gor ham as teacher of the Oak City fifth grade, Miss Gorham having resigned to aceept a position in a bank Miss Marjorie Dew will teach the seventh grade in the Oak City school. > County Chrintian Emleavor To Meet In HoberBonville ? Saturday, July~2?ttr, at 11 o'clock the Martin County Christian En deavor will meet in Robersonville at the Christian Church. Everyone is invited to attend, enjoy a day of fellowship and to carry a picnic lunch. Russia Makes Ready For Counter Attack On German Invaders Startling (.luini* Made by Ber lin But German* Vre Still In Old l'o*ition* -a Despite startling cfatms made by Berlin, Russia is still very much in the war. and if rumors coming out of the Soviet materialize. Hitler ere long is going to run into one of the greatest counter attacks the world has ever known. Reports state that Russia is mobilizing one of the most extensive armies ever known just hack of Moscow and when it is loos ed. Hitler is certain to wish he had never turned his face toward the East. While Russia continues to offer a strong resistance about 230 miles West of "Moscow, reports would in dicate that she is gathering- an .ex tensive array of mechanized equip ment and millions of men in prepar ation for meeting the German bar barians some where tii lhe Moscow area Few details on the proposed counter drive have been released, but it is a p pan'lit that such a move ment is well underway since Ger many elauns she has been bombing troop concentrations just back of Moscow Tlita the Russians an- in a precar ipus position is not to be doubted, but there are many things to be con sidered along with the claims com ing out of Berlin. Smolensk was cap liiit'd?weeks ago,?according to the German claims Steady progress was reported on the march to Moscow two Weeks ago. according to more German claims. Late reports, vir tually substantiated by German re ports. state that fighting is still go ing on m Smolensk and that the German hordes are still 230 miles out of Moscow It is fairly apparent that German claims are running ahead of the vic tories. ? ? Willi m arly nine, million men still locked in mortal combat, the strug gle in Russia today is likely tq offer a turning point in the war Aside from the Russo-Gi rman bat tle, England continues it air war'on Germany While the rate of destruc tion is being ti pped up. witnesses returning to this country state that up until a short time ago out* had to hunt for evidence <>f damage in Berlin. Famine is moving across the conquered countries. and little Greece is in a precarious condition. While - those t?rook 'soldiers who fought the Italians so effectively in Albania arc on the streets begging for food, the Greek people arc said to lie StiH clieei ing the RAF planes as they pa.-.. o\ci to bomb Greek ports and Ikim held by the Ger mans In .in .hi i .ml last night l hi many Ttmiiis~tu have done great damage to Moscow, one report stating that the damage was far greater than -that dealt to Coventry last fall Rus sian authorities stated that a lew German planes broke through, arid that while, much damage was done, it was not ucai as extensive as that described by Germany. The "V" campaign, started in Eng land and designed to cause conquer2 ed countries to rise lip against Hitler, is progressing rapidly, and sabotage work is being reported on a wide front A mill my was reported in Nor way and in Yugoslavia an extensive plot was advanced, the German bar: Italians rounding up and killing af ter brutal methods a large number of Russians and Jews Japan is reported to he moving troops toward Siberia, and a march on Indo China is expected before the week is spent In this country, President Roose velt yesterday told Congress that the nation is in greater peril now than a year ago. and it is fairly evi dent that longer training periods for selectees'will he approved. A for ward step in the defense program was taken yesterday when the Sen ate approved a bill permitting the seizure of property- deemed neces sary in prosecuting the defense work. Fourth Of Latest Rejected Three of the last 'colored selectee to leave this county for Service 11 the Army were rejected by doctor at Fort Jackson last week All thre ?>f them were ruled physically un fit Even though three were reject ed. a greater percentage of the grou] was accepted than has been the cas in past months. More than fifty pe cent of one group was rejected som> time ago. " Rhoden Purvis and William Hen rv Wiggins, both of Williamston. am George Spencer Jones, of Hobgooti K F 1). 1, were rejected. Strange as it may seem, some o those rejected are making efforts t get into the service. One of the thre men returning last week has alread; visited his doctor in an effort to cor rect the physical ailment and gaii admission to the army. A voluntee rejected some time ago, recent 1; went before the board and triad i | volunteer a STCUTld time. In contra with those cases comes recent won from "Lightning", colored porter a the Geo. Reynolds Hotel before h volunteered, stating that "slaver; won't nothing compared to arm; maneuvers."