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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 27 ff'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, i/iril ESTABLISHED 1899
Order Draft Boards
To Reclassify Many
Married Registrants j
Deferment (Cannot Be Claim-1
e<l Where Families Are
Self-Supporting
Under a ruling issued by the Se
lective Service System numbers of I
married men will be made subject |
to service in the armed forces with
in the near future in some counties
The now order calling for the
classification of married men whose
wives are self-supporting or who
may easily support themselves, is
prefaced by the following sentence
"Local boards should complete the
original classification and utilize all |
1-A men of the first and second reg
istrations before subjecting to call I
those registrants whose classifica- |
tions in 3-A are to be reviewed un
der the new ruling."
Apparently the new order is con
ditional, but is necessary to meet I
certain conditions in those counties |
where the 1-A classifications have
been or are about to be exhausted.
In this county, hardly 2,000 of the
aprpoximately 3,500 registrants in
the first two registrations have been
exhausted in calling for draftees.
All of the registrants in the first two
registrations have not yet received .
their questionnaires, indicating that |
It will not be necessarily immediate
ly to reclassify married men coming |
under the group signaled out in the
recent Selective Service order.
The ruling issued a few days ago |
reads as follows:
"It is felt that the time has come
when married men whose wives are |
self-supporting will have to be call
ed to military service. We do not |
feel however, that conditions exist
ing today warrant a 1-A classifica
tion of registrants who have chil
dren dependent upon them or whose
wives are pregnant. Local and ap
peal boards, therefore, should re
frain from a 1-A classification in |
such cases until further announce
ment from this headquarters.
"The criterion to be used in deter
mining dependency in . cases where
the wife works should be whether
the wife will suffer a material re
duction in the normal standard of
living.' It appears that such a crit
erion is too elastic and that the test '
which should be used is whether the :
wife is 'self-supporting.' If the wife j
does not work and has not worked i
for the past several years, and there
is not sufficient income from sources
other than earnings of her husband
for her support, then a true case of
dependency would seem to exist, and
a classification in Class 111-A would
be proper. If the wife has been work
ing but has given up such employ
ment within the past year, it is felt |
that the local board might properly |
investigate the prospects of the wife
again beginning to wuik. and if tin
local board is of the opinion that the
become self-supporting, the regis
trant should be advised of the re
(Continued on page six)
#
Indian Question Is
Still Hanging Fire
As Japs Go Forward
Discouraging Rrporln Heard
From Burma; Jap* With
in 75 Miles of Burma
?
Efforts to swing India into line
against the on-rushing Japs are
about to bog down completely and
at a most crucial time for the Al
lies. The Japs, overrunning the Brit
ish at Prome, are now within 70
miles of India's border and are not
so many miles from important oil
fields. Sir Stafford Cripps, special
British envoy to Delhi, and Gener
al Wavell held a conference in In
dia this morning and they are to
meet with leaders of the All-Indian
Congress this afternoon. Arguing
dominion status for India after the
war, Britain, in a last and desperate
effort, has empowered Cripps to
bargain anyway he possibly can to
swing India into line. It has been in
timated in some quarters that Pres
ident Roosevelt may be called upon
ot help save the situation.
British proposals for handling the
situation in India have been reject
ed by all conflicting groups in the
vast country. Even the forty-three
million untouchables have rejected
the offer, and the situation at noon
today was regarded as serious.
Much activity is being reported
from day to day on the Russian and
Philippine fronts. Russia continues
its counter-offensives, one Moscow
report stating that 25,000 Germans
haud been killed during the past 13
days. In Bataan, the American and
Filipino forces have halted an elev
en-day drive by a strong counter-at
tack. Hie main defense lines were
cut, but the gaps have been closed
and the defenders are today busy
with mopping up operations. The us
ual official communique did not
cqme through on schedule from Ba
taan today, but war department of
ficials said that the delay was not to
be taken as meaning that the situa
tion on the peninsula had changed.
Japan may be mopping up in Bur
ma at this time, but a tabulation of
(Continued on page tlx)
Red Cross Graduating First Aid Instructors Tonight
Struggling for two weeks with a compact but verv meaningful text and receiving special and expert
instruction from Professor Sam Howell, able first aid teacher sent to this county by the American Ked
Cross, members of the above group are hoping they'd be graduated bv the first aid instructors' school
closing this evening in the courthouse. Pictured abo c are, Professor llowell (with/the threatening fin
ger), Lois York, patient; and members of the closs.
Comity's Tire Allotment For
A priI Sma Iler 7 ha 11 In Ma rch
Running well over 1(H) short in I
filling tin- March demand, the Mar
tin County Tire Rationing Board is
heading into more difficult sledding
this month, according to C. C. Mar
tin, chairman of the board Quotas
for new tires, just announced, are
slightly smaller than they were in
March, but the rationing system is
fairly liberal m releasing re tread
jobs.
The April quota is offered in corn- ,
parison with the March allotment,
as follows:
April March
New car tires
14
16
Car retreads
00
Car tin l>es
24
13
New truck tire.N
32
30
Truck retreads
211
17
Truck tubes 30 44
Troubled vs ith a large number of
applications carried over from pre
vious meetings, the members of the
tire rationing board in this county
had hoped the new tire allotments
would be increased There are com
paratively few retread tires in this
county for sale, and, it is quite pos-1
sible that the tire shortage will bej
even more acute at the end of this '
month than it was last Warm wea
ther is at hand and the demand for
tires is quite likely to increase In
addition In tnat the government con
tracts have been awarded a pub
lic corner in the county for the
transportation of workers to de
fense areas and it is' understood the
carrier's tire needs will have to be
nn I' from the regular quota
Judge R.L (loluirn
Calls Kiglit Cases
In County's Court
Alleged liipior laiu Violator
Is Fim?<l 875 at Srs
sion Lu*l Moinlax
Attracting an unusually large Col
ored audience, th? Martin (Vainly'
Recorder's court last Monday, meet
ing fur tlw fitv.1 1 inu? in
was in session longer than usual '
handling the right cases called by j
Judge Robert L Coburn Nearly two
hours was 'spent on one case, the
private prosecution going into
lengthy detail with the questioning;
and disturbing the peace and quiet 1
of the court at times. The trial, con- I
tering around a whipping admin is- i
ten d a school boy, heard sharp
word exchanges between attorneys I
figuring in the case. -
Judge Coburn's announced stand
against the liquor traffic has been
altered little, and it is quite notice- ;
able that the liquor cases are not as '
numerous as they once were or be
fore the jurist explained that al- j
leged liquor law violators could ex
pect substantial fines or long road
terms
Proceedings in the court:
In the case charging him wrthbc- ]
ing drunk on the public highway, j
George Peel pleaded guilty, the court J
requiring payment of the cost and
continuing the case under prayer
for judgment for twelve months.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, pus Teel, Jr., pleaded guilty
of possessing just a sgiall amount of
illicit liquor. He was sentenced to
the roads for sixty days, the court
suspending the road term upon pay
ment of the cost of the case and a
$25 fine. ?
After spending nearly two hours
trying the case charging W. V. Or
mond, Biggs School principal, with
whipping Joe Walter Williams. 15
year-old school boy, the court found .
the school man not guilty. Heard to
have threatened the school man af
ter the trial, the boy's father, Chas.
Williams, was warned to refrain
from any such drastic action. The
(Continued on page six)
INVESTMENT
The Martin County Infantile
Paralysis Fund is investing Its
surplus cash in two $100 bonds.
Dr. E. T. Walker, chairman of
the fund, explaining that thr
money could be made availablr
upon short notice to meet any
emergency. There is no immed
iate need for thr surplus cash,
but should there be an epidemic
of paralysis or other emergency
needs to be met. the bonds could
be converted into cash, it was
explained. "There's no use for
the money to lie idle in the
bank," the custodian of the fund
was quoted as saying.
COMMISSIONKKS
Meeting in regular session
next Monday, the Martin Coun
ty commissioners will possibly
review the 1012 property valua
tions and consider a proposal to
advance the sale of real estate
for delinquent taxes.
There has been a fairly siz
able increase in the assessed
property valuations, hut definite
figures are not yet available, and
if is possible that the revipw will
he delayed. With tax collections
running considerably ahead of
those of a year ago, the commis
sioners will he asked, it is un
derstood, by tbe collector to
change the time of sale from
November possibly to June.
Company A Of The
a!)lh Cn^inccrs To
Ylcet Here Today
Chilli, for Kilti-rtuiniii^ \ i-it
in>{ Solilirr* \niunm<Til
Bv I SO Offii iiil
?Wi 11 Icj oxA t x ti ? n * i vc p la ns have
been formally advanced, local peo
ple are niak ing .vvery 'offort t<>make
live stay u? the - members of ..Com?
pany A detachment, 3b|h Engineers,
pleasant and enjoyable, Rev. John
W Hardy, chairman of the USOen
tei tainment -committee, said this
morning.
Th< first members of the Com
pany moved in early this week and
established temporary headquarters
in the fairgrounds. Late this after
noon the company will be brought
up to full strength when the several
detachments converge here for a
banquet in the high school gymna
sium this evening and for inspection
and division tomorrow morning. The
approximately 120 men moving in
the early part of the week are here
for a scheduled stay of about six
weeks. The other members of the
company, about thirty in Wilson and
about twenty-five in Windsor, will
return to their posts late Sunday, it
was unofficially learned.
The ladies of the town are prepar
ing a steak supper for the combined
company in the gym this evening,
and the party will be confined more
or less to the engineers, it is under
stood.
The first centralized entertain
ment program is scheduled for to
morrow evening when a dance will
be held in the Legion Hut on Watts
Street from 8 30 to 11:30 o'clock.
Miss .Katherine Hardison is chair
man and she will be assisted by
members of the various civic clubs
and organizations and others.
A main recreation center for the
engineers will be opened in the Le
gion Hut next Monday with Mrs. E.
P. Cunningham and Miss Katherine
Hardison as official hostesses, it was
learned from the chairman, the Rev.
(Continued on page six)
Overdose Ouiiiine
Is Fatal To Infant
Asa J., foul tcen-moiVths-old sail of
Mr. and Mrs. A J. Manning, died in
a Greenville hospital shortly after
10 o'clock last night from an exces- j
sivi* dose of quinine.
Playing with his two older sis- |
U rs at il'ieir borne oti Williams
S%r< et between 6:30 and 7 o'clock last
evening, the Ijtil ? chi i in >nu way
got hold of a bottle of the sugar
coated quinine table ts and ate- ai
nunibei of them. It is not certain but
it is believed that the children took j
the bottle from the mantel and while
playing with it the lid came off and
he helped Himself. Returning to the j
X^oin, -Mrs Manning saw thy bottle
on tin- floor and picked it up and I
put i1 awav Many of the tablets were [
still then, and thinking the children I
had scattered a few around the floor j
she was not immediately alarmed r
The family had the evening meal,
the child showing no ill effects from |
the fatal dose After the meal he j
played with the children, but aboutj
8 o'clock lie started-jerking his head
and a doctor was summoned He
was given an emetic, but his condi
tion became worse rapidly and he
was removed to the hospital.
Besides his parents, the infant is
?survived by two sisters, Joyce and
Blanche
Funeral .?-rvic? s will be conducted
at the home of the child's gfandnio
j ther Mrs Blanche- Manning, on Sim
uion's Avemic tins afternoon at 5:15
I o'clock. -Rev. Jonh H doff, assisted
j by Rev. 'V Piephoff, will officiate
| and interment wjll follow m the lo
jcal cemetery.
Agwits Search For
Workers in (ounty
Scouringthe town's of this .section,
agents indirectly working for the
novel nmont, are igmiig workers for
jobs in defense areas. Given a trans
portation contract, tin! Martin Coun
ty Transfer Company, Hobersonville,
was reported to fiaye moved out be
tween CS an<T7u workers to-ttrrnra
riiYe base at Cherry Point yesterday.
Other calls for men at Camp Butner,
near Durham, are pending.
The workers, gathered up princi
pally" in the Everetts, Hobersonville
and Permele aiT??.s go and coine each
day. As far as it could be learned few
[ill the Workers ?o? hcihg recruiitfd
from the farms'.
Exprvns Parka#** tiivv*
Krai Mranin# Jo War
The reports from the far removed
battlefronts are read, but a small,
well-crated express package deliv
ered here today brought a more real
istic meaning of the war to those
who by chance noticed the names
of the sender and addressee.
Shipped from Pearl Harbor, the
small box contained what is believ
ed to be the personal effects of Aus
tin Randolph Jackson, Jamesville
youth, who recently lost his life in
the service of his country. The pack
TTge was addressed to his mother,
Mrs. Ora Lee Burnette
KM ICY TUBES |
/
The Red Cross is in urgent
need of old shaving cream and
toothpaste tubes. This organi
zation has been giving kits, eon
taining these items to each draf
tee when he left for ramp. Be
cause of the new ruling that an
old tube must he made avail
able in exchange for a new tube
of toothpaste or shaving rrram,
the Red Cross is asking for con
tributions of old tubrs in order
that new ones might be given to
the soldiers. A box. marked for
the Red Cross will be placed in
Davis Pharmacy, and those who
have old shaving cream or tooth
paste tubes are urged to contrib
ute them so that this good work
may be continued.
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
Americas
Freedom
TIIF itiTII WEKK OF THE WAR
President Roosevelt announced the
creation of a Pacific war council
which will sit in Washington, tvpre
souring Australia, Now Zealand, the
Netherlands. Canada, China. Britain
and the United States. The first
meeting was held this week at the
White House Mr. Roosevelt -aid, It
is imperative that all of th? United
Nations now actively engaged in the
Pacific conflict consider together
matters of policy relating to our
joint war effort." He said the coun
cil "will be m intimate contact with
a .similar body in liondon."
Production and Conversion
The President authorized the War
and Navy Departments and the Mar
itime Commission to guarantee to
make direct loans to small businesses
seeking to engage in war production.
Any Federal Reserve Bank may
serve as agent for the departments
concerned Loans, discounts, ad
vances and commitments may be ar
ranged with private banks. The War
Production Board reported organi
zation of a Bureau of Finance with
35 representatives located in WPB
Field Offices to help contractors and
subcontractors in solving financial
problems arising in connection with
war orders
The Federal Reserve Board said
?-'feel producticn "Was at 98 per cent
of capacity in third week of March
W; v .-Production Chairman Nelson
said more than 11)0 war plants have
already organized management la
bia production drives.
The President approved a plan by
Attorney Gehcral Biddle to defer
Federal ant i-trust action which
would "interfere" with the output of
guns, tanks, planes and ships.
Rationing
The CPA said county clerks
throughout the "country now have
180 million sugar rationing books
which will he transferred to schools
for registration of commercial su
gar users April 28 and 29. and of in
dividual consumers May 4th through
May 7th The Office released for ra
tinning beginning April 13th more
than 100,000 new typewriters now
in the hands of distributors,, whole
salers and dealers.
April quotas for tires provide 102,
000 new tires and 470,000 recapped
tiles for essential passenger cars and
motorcycles, 275,000 pew tires and
250.00 recapped for trucks, and a
limited numbei of recapped tires for
war workers, tax-icahs. farmers,
sali snien and L'overninent agencies.
The OPA released for rationing sev
era I -classes nf 'higher priced cars
and those ordered by state and lo
cal agencies during 1941. The Office
of pi l\ use Transportation will ra
tion ambulance;. hearse, and sta
tion wagons.
Civilian Defense
The President .signed a bill provid
ing Federal insurance for homes,
factories and farms damaged by
enemy action Civilian Defense l)i
(Continued on page six)
-i
Local Debaters To
(;o To Chapel Hill
Lor Filial Contests
Win Deeihioih 0\er ('re^m-ll
Vtiil Columbia in I'rrlimi
narv Coiitchtrt YoKtenlu)
??
For the first time in many years
debating teams representing the
Wilhamston High School in the Uni
versity-sponsored debating contests
were victories in classes with their
opponents, both affirmative and
negative teams winning decisions in
the annual debates held yesterday
in Creswell-and Columbia.
The affirmative team of Bill Peole
and Richard Margolis received a
two to one decision from the judges
in theri encounter with Columbia
High at Creswell; the decision for
the negative team of Emma Belle
Ward and J I). Woolard, Jr., was
unanimous in their debate with Cres
well at Columbia. The query discuss
ed this year was,?Resolved, "That a
Union of Western Hemisphere Na
tions Should Be Established." Three
of the debaters, Bill PeCle, Richard
Margolis, and J. D. Woolard, Jr., are
juniors and the fourth member of the
team, Emma Belle Ward, is a senior
Members of the debating teams as
well as local students are enthusias
tic over the fine victories achieved
in State-wide contest. The
youthful debaters and their coach,
Miss Doris Lead), are being com
mended for their splendid work.
Both teams from the local school
are now eligible to participate in the
finals of tin- contest to be held in
Chapel Hill April 17 under Dr. K
R. Rankin, and will make the trip
provided transportation can be se
cured.
It was about eightten years age
that the local schools participated in
the debates at Chapel Hill. The de
baters were accompanied by Mrs.
Joyner, their teacher.
Martin County Farms
Figure In War Effort
\ Kl?l ( M ION ItOVRI) |
V ^
Holding i regular meeting
here next Monday, the Martin
County lioard ot Education is
expected to formulate "plans for
adding a twelfth grade to the
school system in this county.
Tentative {dans w-ere- ?liseussed
by the hoard members at a spec
ial meeting held recently.
According to one report, some
members of the board are not
in favor of interrupting the pres
cut graduation schedule for the
seniors or juniors, but suggest
delaying the graduation one year
for the rising ninth grade, (irad
nates this year and next will be
offered extra courses of instruc
tion should they care to return
voluntarily. A poll of the pa
trons is being taken and the re
sults will possibly determine fu
ture action of the board in pro
viding the extra work.
Special Red dross
First \id ("lasses
(Hosing In County
r
Li^hty-fivc (laiulitlaleii in Line
Lor Diplomas in Three
Different ('.lasses
First aid schools, conducted under
the supervision .of and by the Atner
I ican Ked Cross, arc holding their
| graduation exercises in the county
j this week and next. The exercises
j are quite informal in that final ex
aminations will hold the program
jspot^Tght
| The first of-the schools, and in
cidentally the first of the type eV
11 held in tins county, was opened
several wo ks ago in the Woman's
Club by Dr K T Walker, Williams
| ton physician Classes wi re eon
j dueled "for an hour and a half two
evenings each week The doctor held
I his last class of instruction Wednes
day evening and the candidates for
the standard first aid course cei
1 tificates will be subjected to a
I gruelling ? xanvin'htioil next Wednes
I day
| Twenty-eight persons are in line
j for graduation, I)r. Walker stating
that the attendance has lieen almost
' perfect, that the pupils showed a
i< al interest hi the course The i
| names of those completing the!
J course .of instruction offered volun !
jtanly and without compensation by
?Hi?Wa 11u? i, an1 Mary Jane Sauh- '
dels, Susan C Hardy. Josephine H
llnldmg mi Feii. II iModlin, Etta j
C Sharp* F.vi lyn F Daniels, Juan 1
ita II Coltiam Sarah C Simpson,
Kthelyn F, Simpson, Elizabeth C
Weston. Anrn* B Dunn, Minerva K
Lev in, Cat l ie Dell Cunningham, Ev
elyn T (ioodrnori, Grace C. Lupton, j
Mary O Worrell. Thelma II Peel, I
Maude C Thorpe. Verda M Walker. |
Blanche Harrison, Jerry Mumble,
Clanne Duke, Katherine Bradley.
Estelle Crawford, Helen Whitehead,
Audrey 1. Williams, Mary W Tuy- I
lot and Trulah W Page.
The second and third schools were
opened at Jamesville on Monday af
-ternoon of last week, and in the I
county courthouse here that eve-j
rung. Sam Howell, special rep resell- '
tative of the American Ked Cross
and a trained first aid instructor, is i
holding his final classcjr this after
noon and tohight His classes were
irranged by the. -Red Cross qsdcct
iallyto equip instructors who, upon
tTie successful completion of the
nurse, will be subject to call. It was,
more or less, agreed that those who
took the training and passed the
course were to teach the standard
course to any group of persons de
siring then services. Well .realizing
that what has happened in London,
m Chungking and other places in
the war zones, millions of Americans
are taking the first aid courses in
preparation for any eventuality that
might follow Those taking the in
Itructor'H course, not forgetting to
point out to the last, "if they pass,"
have expressed already a willingness
to head up a series of classes any
where in the county. "Possibly there
won't be a lot of teaching done, hut
we'll certainly try to learn the im
(Continued on page six)
Special Deputy Carlylr l.ang
ley, assisted by Deputy Rill Hal
slip, has started rounding up
vrnrreal disease victims delin
quent in their attendance upon
the various clinics held weekly
in the county. The work was
started yesterday in cooperation
with the federal government.
No official report could be
had. but it was reliably learned
that approximately 69 victims
of the disease were delinquent
in their treatments at^pne of the
four clinics, that there are about
38 draftees who have escaped
army service because they were
unfit physically and who are to
be rounded up for treatment.
Preliminary Plans
Do Not Measure
1 ,> To War Needs
???
Half of IVaiiul Vrreap- \?t<1
cd l? IMi il^rd; F<-u Farm
?t? Have Knn-lii Bond
That Martin County farmers are
figuring m tl" war effort is certain,
but that they are not figuring in that
effort in an all-out way is equally
certain, according to an official sur
vey recently made by farm leaders.
Possibly there are good reasons for
the sluggish response to the call for
increased production and the request
to purchase bonds and more bonds
for the prosecution of the war, but
the facts clearly indicate that the
seriousness ^4?the situation facing
this nation has not been, brought
home to a majority of the people.
Asked to plant 11.000 acres of pea
nuts for oil purposes, Martin Coun
ty farmers agreed to plant 5.279 1
acres. Asked to plant approximately
5,000 acres of soy beans for oil, Mar
tin County farmers tentatively
agreed to plant 6,523.7 acres. Out of
1.364 farmers contacted, 413 stated
they had delivered or sold scrap
iron. Out of the same number 268
stated they had bought war bonds
or savings stamps. To offset.the poor
record surrounding the purchase of
bonds and stamps, 836 farmers stat
ed they planned to buy bonds, but
372 others declared they had no in
tention of purchasing bonds or
stamps
These are the cold facts, and .while
they are traceable to the farmers, it
can be said with almost absolute
certainty that t he farmer's record -
supporting the war effort is better
than that for other groups
Asked to meet, with and discuss
the war effort program, many farm
ers did not even have tithe to re
port. riol to mention participation.
For instance'out of 144 farmers in
Williamston Township, only 44 were
contacted and in some of those cases
the committeemen had to run them
down for a statement of their plans
in cooperation with the war pro
gram. Out of the approximately 1,
619 farmers in the county the com
mitteemen contacted 1.420 in the re
cent survey
The table below reflects the co
operation pledged to the war effort
by Martin County farmers. The first
column of figures, expressed in acre
ages, represented peanut production
(Continued on page six)
More Martin Men
(>el IVison Terms
In Court Tuesday
SriilriHT* in^ Sev
enteen Vrurn Imposed l?\
Jml^e I. M. Meekill*
Handling a docket crowded with
eases charging defendants with vio
lating the liquor laws, the federal
court in Washington was late Tues
day afternoon completing "its work
Several Martin County men were
given terms in prison last Monday
by Judge 1 M Meekins. and the
WOrk was continued -Tuesday morn
ing and afternoon
R. K Brink ley and Albright No
bles kehaiged with transporting ll
licit bquor, were ''placed on proba
tion for eighteen months, the court
ordering their ear, a 38 model, con
fiscated and sold.
John James and his son, John, Jr..
charged with possession and sale,
were each sentenced to Atlanta for
eighteen months.
Michael Boston, charged with pos
session and sale, was sentenced to
prison for a term of eighteen
months.
After failing to answer when call
ed for trial Monday, N. S. Godard,
charged with, possession and sale,
appe&red in court Tuesday after
noon. "Things looked bad Monday
and I got scared and left," Godard
was said to have told the judge. He
was sentenced to Atlanta for eigh
teen months. His house boat, valued
in excess of $2,000, was ordered con
fiscated and sold.
Willis Pierce, charged with pos
session of material for the purpose
<?f manufacture and with manufac
turing. was sentenced to Atlanta for
eighteen months Pierce had just re
turned from the prison last August
where he served time for alleged vi
olation of the liquor laws. It is the
opinion of some of the officers that
Pierce rather than tell on others and
make enemies of them accepted the
blame and took the "rap", so to
speak The man was employed in
cutting pulp wood in the area where
the liquor still was found and cap
tured and he just happened to be
around when the officers made the
raid. "I made my mistake when T
went to the still," Pierce was quoted
as saying. %
Fifteen defendants from this coun
ty faced Judge Meekins during the
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