Judge R.L Coburn Calls Eight Cases In County's Court (Continued from page one) warning went unheeded apparently 4or Williams was said to have waited for the professor at school that af ternoon and assaulted him. Pleading not guilty in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. Elbert Jones was adjudged guilty, the court suspend ing judgment upon payment of the cost. Similar actioir was taken by the court charging Clinton C Jones with the same offense. Willie Clifton Davis, charged with violating the liquor laws, was sen tenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the sentence upon payment of a $75 fine and the court costs. Davis pleaded guilty to the charge. The case charging Crawford How ard with violating the liquor laws was continued for tHe defendant until next Monday. Appearing before the court for further judgment in the case charg ing him with bastardy. James Lloyd Price was directed to pay into the court the sum of $8 a month during the next twelve months for the use and benefit of his illegitimate child. Bond was required in the sum of $100 and Price is to reappear before the court at the end of the twelve months for further judgment Indian Question Is Still Hanging Fire c r As Japs Go Forward (Continued from page one) its losses on the high seas is impress ive. To date, the Japs have lost 103 ships, including a battleship, an air craft carrier. In addition to those losses the Japs have had three air craft carriers damaged and pr&bably sunk The air war, quiet over England for many months, has broken out again. The Germans, raiding over Portsmouth and Dover, did consider able damage last night Men are busy digging men, women end children from the debris today, and no esti mate of the damage has been ad vanced At the same time, the Roy al Air Force continues its effective raids over Germany and occupied country. A big war factory in the Paris area was wiped out last night when a raid was made for the third successive night. With the labor-capital fight tem porarily pushed into the backgtouhd production talk is coming to the front again. Fisher, the body man. has just turned out its first all welded thirty-ton tank, and the com pany declares its operations are sev en months ahead of schedule Plans for the general mobilization of additional man- and woman power in this country are being stud ied in Washington. Some observers believe they will be released before this month is spent. A fairly heavy sales tax. the fan cy work of tlie National Association of Manufacturers, is almost certain of a riglit-nf-wny ! Special Red Cross First Aid Classes Closing In County (Continued from page one) portant work together." one mem of The school here said last eve ning. The names of those persons in the Jamesville class are: Mrs G M An derson. Mrs.-H. M Ayers. Mrs. G C Beard. Mrs. Edna Gray Blount. Mrs Edgar Brown, Mrs. W. L. Brown. Miss Louise Dail, Miss Rachel God win, V. N. Hairr. Mrs. Effie Waldo. Mrs. lone * Holliday. Miss Muriel Holliday. Raymond Kmss. Mrs Ed ward L. Martin, Miss Grace Martin. Miss Frances Nelson. "Miss LofsT Parks, Mrs Perl Sawyer, Mil Clar ence Sexton. Mrs. Herbert Sexton. Miss Sadie Rogers, Mrs Mary Spen cer, Mr. and Mrs. J. T U/./lr. Mrs Icelene Warrington. Miss Viola Wa ters, M L Armistead. Katie B Bunn, Costella Burton, John James. The names ol those in the Wil liamston class are Katherine Brad ley, H. O. Brannon. Mary Sugg Bran non, Jack Butler. Robert Collard. Clarine Duke, John Eagles, Eliza beth Eagles. Sam Edwards. Lillian Edwards. D W. Gaskill, Lillian Har rell, D N. Hix, Frances Humble. Mary Elizabeth Keel, Minerva F. Levin, F M Manning, Russell P. Martin, Lora E. Sleeper, V. J. Spi vey, Ethel B. Ward. Mary Whitley. Lois York, and Richard Broadnax, Doretha Chance, Mary Gray, Wil liam V. Ormond. Clara Owens. Noah W Slade and Nora Cherry Slade. Miaaes Duke and Bradley and Mrs Levin are also registered in Dr Walker's course. The Brannona and Miss Harrell are from the Bertie County Red Cross Chapter. Wind Colored students in the Red Cross classes, coming mainly from the various school faculties, are expect ed to hold classes of instruction with groups of their own race. Flaking Sanson Closes ZT Vntil May 19th Hook and line fishing in non-com mercial waters will be unlawful dur lag the period beginning April 7th and ending May 19th. Game Warden ?ill Abbltt announced this week. The dates are inclusive, meaning that it will be unlawful to fish either on Aftfl Ttfc er May 19th. WAVE IN ACTION Thr Green Wave is scheduled to plav Scotland Neck here on Easter Mondav, April 6th. at 4 00 o'clock. This will be the last home tame until April 14, when the locals meet their tra ditional rivals from Hoberson viUe. Coach Sam Edwards will probably start Billy Peele on the mound with Thurman Per ry catching The 16th Week Of The War (Continued from page one) rector Landi.s said establishment of first-aid supply centers which du plicate equipment already existing m th<" QCD said an air raid siren th.it cMi'd "ffifn.ntly kirn- fin area if eight to 10 square miles will be in production soon and might cost as little as $1,500 Army Progress All U. S Army Air Stations, ex on the West Coast, will hold open house on Army Day, April 6th, Air Forces Commander Arnold said. Late model fightre planes and bombers will be placed on exhibit, and air force activities will be explained to visitors Congress completed action on legislation which will enable ap proximately 20.000 Americans in Canadian and British forces to re gain their citizenship to be transfer red to the U S Army The House passed and sent to-the Senate an $18 billion war appropri ation bill including $7 billion for 31.000 airplanes and their equip ment War Secretary Stirnson said the army plans to induct 175.000 Ne gro selectees this year lie said plas tic fuses will replace the standard aluminum fuses for trench mortars, thus freeing tons of aluminum and many machine tools for other pro duction Army Surgeon Magee list id many physical defects no longer considered a barrier for limited serv ices for officers of the Army Supply Arms and Services. The War Front The Army and Navy announced the Navy has been given full com mand over all anti-submarine ac tivities on both coasts, and Army ?air- units have been allocated to the Naval Commanders of sea frontiers Prices Maximum prices for gasoline and fuel oil in 17 Eastern States and the District of Columbia Were set by the OPA. To stimulate production of Pennsylvania crude oils, the of fice' authorized an increase of 25 Conts a barrel for all grades. OPA asked retail meat markets not to raise pork products prices above mid March levels. From April 1 to May 30 standard" newsprint prices cept those at certain strategic points will he frozen at the current price of $50 a ton, and a permanent price order will be issued before May 30. The OPA set retail price ceilings for new typewriters at March 5th lev els. and for radio receiving Sets, phonographs, domestic washing and ironing machines, domestic heating and rooking stoves?-nt?March?lOtli - levels Priorities and Allocations The WPB ordered manufacture of ill?'t'tne toasters. flat irons and oth er electrical appliances to cease af ter May 31. preparatory to convert ing the $60 million industry to war production. The board ordered pro duction of straight and safety raz ttrs and blades held to the 194P total of 2.400 million, about 600 million less than last year's output. The board also prohibited manufacture of metal household furniture after May 31st. curtailed manufacture of floor lamps and portable electric lamps, froze manufacturers' stocks of unit heaters and ventilators, re stricted tea * deliveries and sales to 50 per cent of arrtmmts delivered and sold in 1941. It also placed pig iron under a complete allocation system and curtailed use of iron and steel in metal office supplies The President signed the second war powers bill which provides criminal, penalties for priorities- vi olations and extends the President's property seizure powers. The WPB said a modified production require ments plan has been developed for firms with an annual volume of less than $100,000. To conserve crit ical materials, the WPB prohibited destruction of certain used rubber products and ordered simplification of plumbing fixtures. Agriculture Agriculture Secretary Wickard said farmers are making shifts in operations this year which ordinar ily Would require several years, but with normal weather conditions war time goals for several commodities probably will be exceeded. To in crease 1942 production of pack-can ned tomatoes and peas for military use, the War Department told can ners it will pay higher prices for the pack of those agreeing to guarantee fixed minimum prices to the grow er. The Agriculture Department said it will continue to support market prices for designated types of 1941 crop dry edible beans. Aliens and Disloyal Citiiens Attorney General Biddle reported the Justice Department will start proceedings in 30 or 40 cases, and later in "hundreds more" to denat uralize disloyal foreign-born citizens particularly members of the Ger man-American Bund. The War Re location authority said the first large Kale relocation of 20.000 alien and citizen Japanese resident* from West Coast military areaa will be established oh the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Parker, Ariz. ? Mrs. A. Hasaell and granddaugh ter. Mia* Martha MacKenzie, of Hal ifax, are spending the week-end here with Mrs. C. D. Carstarphen. ONCE STAY-AT-HOMES, NOW GO-ALONGS Representative of thousands of handicapped children are these two youngsters, whose problems ol adjustment to life and work are the concern of the citizens now putting on the annual Raster seal sale lor crippled children. The seal sale will close Raster Day. Seals are available from the society's headquarters at the Martin County Wel fare Office. I | RAINFALL Vw Following one of the driest years on reeord. the rainfall for the first three months of 1942 is (limbing but continues slightly below normal, the gain coming last month when the largest pre ci pit at ion on record for March was recorded. So far this year. 8.58 inches of rain have fallen as compared with 7.95 inches rec orded in the corresponding per iod last year. The weather station on Roan oke River here reported 5.60 inches of rain for the month of March compared w ith 3.59 inches for March. 1941. (lompaiiN \ 01 The 'llltli Engineers To Meet Here Today (Continued from page one) M-e-. Hardy. iVupU ul the luwn ;iixi being asked to deliver current muga /iries and other reading material and J games to the but and visit there. Writing>tabli*s. a piiigpong table and u radio are being installed ihele. Rev Hardy pointed out that no centra I l/.ed agency will be set up for (lie entertainment of the indiv idual | soldiers, hut that he is certain the VAvtmg Jivn will appreciate individ ual invitations to meals, church serv-1 ices and to other events. The people of Williamston are glad ot welcome' Lieutenants Waitt | and Moore, their wives and their men. and it is hoped the visitors will | find their stay here pleasant and ei j oy able Order Draft Boards To Reclassify Many Married Registrants (Continued from page one) vised policy and informed that his case will be considered anew in the | near future. This will give the wife an opportunity to find employment | and become self-supporting Condi tions today do not justify deferment | of a married man simply because he has a wife. Even though they may have been married for a number of years, if the wife is self-supporting now or can become self-supporting ivithin a reasonable time, and chil iren are hot involved, the continued classification of the husband in III-A | would not be justified. "We do not believe that present conditions warrant that a wife and child should be forced to return to her father's home to receive the nec essary support What we did have reference to was dependents other than a wife and child, such as a fam ily in which there are two or more sons, one of whom claims to be the sole support of his parents or other relatives, whereas the other son or sons could assume such support and do share an equal mhral responsi bility to provide such support " Announce Revival In The Local Holiness Church Beginning Sunday, Rev. Jerome ] Hodges will conduct a series of re vival services in the local Pentecost aT Holiness Church, the pastor, Kev C. G. Crocker, announced today. Rev. Mr Hodges, tor twenty years superintendent ot the North Caro lina Conference, is an able minis ter and the public is cordially in vited to hear him. Services will be held each evening at 8 o'clock dur ing next week. Preliminary Plans Do Not Measure I p To )\ar Needs ? * (Continued from page one) pledged m?mii after the government asked for increases. The second row of figures were revised after a sec ond urgent pit a was directed by the government to the farmers urging them to increaes their production. The figures follow by townships: Jamesvilh 3323 644 3 Williams 1357 141.4 Griffins 83 7 129 7 Bear Cjrass 250.0 313 4 Williamston 127 9 162.7 Cross Knads 372.3 521.1 Robersonvilh- 699 2 917.9 poplar Point 58.0 78 0 Hamilton 589 4 808.5 Goose Nest 754 5 1218.8 Miscellaneous 209.2 343.3 3613 1 5279.1 These acreages are in addition to t.host planted to peanuts for the edi ble trade The government has fixed a minimum price of 3 J-2 cents ir pound for the oil peanuts. The following figures offer a dif n i. m story i??r soy Deans, ihe flrsi row showing the preliminary! pledges ami the second row show^l ing the i< vised acreage plans Jamrsv lilt 438.3 560.9 Williams 120.0 116.6 Griffins 167 9 21.5 I Brar Grass 3(13 9 332.2 Williamston 421.0 483.5 Cross Roads 494 7 512.5 Roborsonville 943 5 1199 5 1 Poplar Point 98 0 122.5 Hamilton 1140.0 1222.7 Goost1 rsit si 1519 6 1645.3 1 Misri llanoous 294 5 306.5 5941 5 65237 1 Tht following tabulations show the number of farmers who had sold serap iron and who had not, and the number of those farmers who had bought war bonds or stamps and who had not Scraplron Bonds-St'ps j Yes No Yes No Jamesvilh* r2?1-46 25? 191 Williams 14 66 8 72 Griffins 28 96 40 10J_ Bear Grass 31 94 9 116 Williamston 30 26 16 40 Cross Hoads 67 39 16 87 Robersonvilh 32 205 55 173 Poplar Point 10 7 7 10 Hamilton 24 82 34 68 Goose Nest 75 110 36 153 Miscellaneous 29 78 22 85 413 951 268 1096 More Martin Men Get Prison Terms In Court Tuesday| a (Continued from page ofie) two days. Twelve were found guil ty and three were found not guilty. Nine were sentenced to the federal] prison m Atlanta for 168 months and | one was sentenced to Chillicothe. correctional institution, for three years, the sentences aggregating 17 years. Two of the defendants ad judged guilty were placed on proba tion. ? Prtnrler* Dig lip And St*?al Plant* From Yard | a? Findihg the family away one day recentljV prowlers en tend the yard of Mr and Mrs. Hugh Daniel in 4*riffms Township and dug up and carried away several plants. It was pointed out that the thieves over looked a small lilac bush growing nearby, the owner adding that he hoped-it would not be troubled. Officers Capture Big Liquor Still Apparently well prepared to com bat a reported sugar shortage and caring little about the fate of those who face Judge Meekins in feder al court this week, illicit Uquor man ufacturers contiinue their operations in thjs county. They are not troubl ed with wages and hours and over time. It is all-out production in their business. The business is facing one big problem, however, and so far the operators have been unable to solve it. ABC Officer J H. Roebuck is Uit bottleneck for the business. Raiding in the Free Union section of Jamesville Township last Wed nesday morning, the officer found a plant with preparations about complete for operation. He with drew and planned a raid for late that mght. Accompanied by visiting of ficers, James M. Ward and John L. Taylor, Pitt County ABC officers, and his assistant, Roy Peel, the coun t> uffici'i led tiie leluin raid.?The manufacturing plant was running full blast, but the operators were on the alert and took a lead to safe ty. Officer Roy Perl ran one of the operators out of his boots and the other two operators, moving with the speed of foxes, cleared thick un derbrush to gain safety. The 100-gal lon capacity copper kettle was con fiscated, the officers pouring out nine gallons of liquor and about 400 gallons of beer. Between "the"two raids in the low er part of the county, the officers moved into the Hassell area that af ternoon and wrecked a fully-equip ped plant and |>oured out 250 gal lons of beer. Native 01 County Dies In Virginia Mrs Pattic Martin Wynn, native of tins county, dud at the home of her nephew, J L. Bond, 111 Ports mouth, last Saturday noon follow ing an illness of only a few weeks' duration. The daughter of the late Edward and Nancy Briggs Martin, Mrs. Wynn was born 111 this county "1 years ago. She married John Hen ry Wynn and lived in Cross Roads Township until about ten years ago when she moved to Hamilton to make her home About a month ago she went to the Virginia city to vis it relatives and was taken ilL She was a member of the Presbyterian church in this county. Funeral services were conducted in Portsmouth Monday afternoon by Rev W W White, Presbyterian minister Interment was in Ever green Memorial Park, Portsmouth She is survived by two daugh ters. Mrs. Milton BrinSon, of Salis bury. and Mrs Emma Bland, of Robersonville, and a son, J. c. Wynne, of Portsmouth. ire Damages Home Yesterday At Noon Apparently started by sparks pouring from a defective flue, fire did considerable damage to the home of Lcla Graham, colored, on the Washington Road, next to the "iliHMl lllgh School, here yesterday! u? n"?,n- The fire burned partly through a partition and had gained some headway on the roof when it was discovered. Workers from the rarmville-Woodward Lumber Com pany plant and teachers from the school went into action and by the lime the fire-fighting equipment was carried to the scene, the neigh bors had a large portion of the roof ripped off, the furniture to the last piece ill the yard and the fire wi ll Liiidei control.? No estimate on the damage could be had immediately. Loral Colored Man It Had ly Hart In Accident Walter Brown, local colored man was critically hurt when he feli from a log truck belonging to Critch ** Brothers near Stokes Wednesday morning. He was said to have suf fered multiple laceration* and his thigh was broken in three places After receiving treatment here he was removed to a Washington hos pital. Brown was said to have dropped off to sleep and fell from the truck as it rounded a curve. blected Stale Treasurer At Home Demonstration Meet At the annual session of the State federation of Negro Home Demon stration Councils. Raleigh. March 30th, Madgelene W Grimes, Oak City Club woman, was elected state treasurer. Nominations were based upon work accomplished through lo cal county councils of Home Demon stration Clubs. The theme of the , ate meeting was, "All Out For Victory." Miss Ruth Current, State Home Demonstration Agent, Raleigh, con ducted the installation ceremony. Other women attending with the Negro home agent were Norine Hy man. Oak City; Julia Gay, Rober sonville, and Rev Jule Talor, Wil liamston R.F.D. 3. ? Over 30,000,000 Chicks H ill Be Started This Year ^ T Parrish, extension poultry man. estimates that 30,000,000 chicks wrB be stalled m North Carolina this year. From 24 to 26 million are expected to come from incubators and the remainder from mother hens. The incubator hatch last year was around 20,000,000, but since the Government's call for more eggs, hatcherymen have substantially in creased their capacity. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . The decreased volume of traf fic is now being reflected in the accident wreckord or else mo torists on Martin County high way are exercising more care in their driving. There were three minor accidents in the county last week. No one was painfully hurt and no lives were lost, the property damage hold ing to the high but yet fairly reasonable figure of $300. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 13th Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1942 3 0-0 $ 300 1941 1 1 0 100 Comparison To Date 1942 24 9 II $3685 1941 27 17 2 1844 COORDINATOR W. Iverson Skinner, local man, was named this week coordina tor of the various defense agen ties in Martin County. The job, calling for a closer cooperation of the civilian defense work in cluding that handled by spot ters, wardens, auxiliary police and firemen, bomb demolition squads and so on, is regarded as one of the most important in the civilian defense effort. Mr. Skinner has accepted the appointment and is expected to contact the various department al heads during the near future. Green Wave Loses Pair This Week Williamston High School dropped two baseball games this week, to Roberson ville on Tuesday by a score of 12 to 9. and to Washington on Thursday 6-0. In the Robersonville game the scoring began early with Williams ton scoring three and Robersonville four in the first inning. Williamston took the lead in the second inning by scoring five runs to Roberson ! ville's three, but scored only one run the rest of the game with Rober sonville tallying five more. Warren Nicholson started on the mound for Williamston hut was re lieved in the third by Hilly Peele. They struck out eight men. while yielding no bases on halls. In the Washington game, Jack Sullivan's excellent pitching was ov ershadowed by an unusual number of errors by his teammates and their usual inability to hit. He struck out 12 men and yielded only one base on balls. Dawson pitched a no-hit game for Washington but struck out only six and gave 11 walks. Hodges, with two for three, led the Washington hit ters. t'ARI) OF THANKS We wish to take this opportunity to thank our many friends who were so kind to our mother and wife dur ing her recent illness and death. Es pecially to Dr. Brown and his nurses?at the?Biimn Community Hospital W. H. Moore und Fumily.? WANTED?50 to 100 Goo.l FEEDER PIGS. J. S. WHITLEY It illiamtlon Supply Co. Candidate Makes Public Statement To the People of Martin County: As I ask my friends of Martin County to allow me a second term as their representative, I do so with deep appreciation of their loyalty and support in the past. I have al ways felt that it was unwise to be a member of our State Legislative body unless one could serve at least two terms. It is elementary that with more experience, one is better able to serve the people whom he repre sents. During the 1941 session of the General Assembly, which was my first experience as a member of our State legislature, I tried to support those measures which I felt were for the best interest of the people of my county. I was one of the few mem bers who opposed increasing the salaries of several of our State de partment heads from $6000 to $6600 p?r year. I supported every piece of legislation which 1 thought would be to the best interest of our farmers, n< 11 'H m th?- art to reduce the cost for license on farm trucks. I support ed the retirement act for State em ployees. just as I supported the pro vision for a 12th grade in our high schools. As a member of the appro priations < ommittee, I voted for in creased appropriations for the State Blind Commission in order to pro vide eye operations for. the handi capped children who are unable to pay their own expenses. 1 felt then as I do now, that it was a good in vestment for our state to spend mon ey to remove the cloud of darkness from some of the poor blind chil dren of North Carolina. These were some of the things which 1 supported that touched the welfare of our entire citizenship. I am personally acquainted with a number of those who will be mem bers of the next General Assembly, and I feel that with increased exper ience and acquaintance with the membership, I can better serve the people of Martin County. It will Ik- impossible for me to see all of the people of Martin County personally since there is a tire short age I assure the citizenship of Mar tin County that their support will be appreciated and that if they will give me th i ir confidence and nominate me tlieir representative for a second term, I will always be faithful to their trust ?Clarence W Grfifin.? Political Advertising. Wants FOR KENT: TWO-ROOM APART ment with bath. Apply Mrs. Theo Roberson. a3-ch FOR RENT ? BUILDING ON Haughton Street Extended, ideal for Garage or Machine Shop. Reas onable rent Eastern Bond and Mort gage Co.. Inc. a3-2t-ch GROUND YELLOW CORN MEAL for feed purposes. $2.20 per hun dred. Supply limited. Apply Abbitt's Mill, Williamston. a3-3t-ch FEATHERS WANTED ? WE BUY geese, duck, turkey, chicken feath ers. Goose and turkey quills. Good prices. Write for same. Preston E. Cayton, Edenton, N. C. . mSO-tf FOR RENT LARGE STORE AND apartments in "Tar Heel Building. Hot and cold water and steam heat included in rental prices. Apply Mrs. Jim Staton. m24-5t FOR QUICK, QUALITY DBY cleaning service, bring your clothes to Pittman's. One day service on any garment. Suits, coats and dresees, 55 cents; cash and carry. 65c delivered. Pittman's Cleaners. f3-tf WANTED ?WOODCUTTER. R. L. Ward Coal rmd Wood Company. m31-2t-ch "JFe're Facing the Future With Security ... because we have a monthly income from Dads Security Policy that will take care of us always." The sooner you plan their future, the better their future wiO be. Security Life and Trust Company Your Security Representative LESLIE FOWDEN AGENCY J. PAUL GARLAND SIMPSON COLTRAIN WILUAMSTON, N. C.

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