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PAY DAY
BOND DAY
Far Vimry,
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BONDS
STAMPS
VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 35 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 1, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge Robt. Coburn
Calls Eleven Cases
In Recorders Court
?
Five Cases Charged Drunken
Auto Driving On Docket
Last Monday
Idle last week when the superior
tribunal was in session, the Martin
County Recorder's Court had a fair
ly large docket to consider when it
resumed activities last Monday fol
lowing the holiday. More than half
?of the eleven cnr-ce-ealled uy Judge
Robert L. Coburn charged the de
fendants with drunken or reckless
driving, and most of the others in
volved alleged infractions of the li
quor laws. Briefly stated, "liquor
was the cause of it all," almost.
The court, attracting a fairly large
crowd, was in session until 1 o'clock,
much time having been spent in the
trial of two cases. An afternoon ses
sion would have been necessary had
all the cases on the docket been
handled, but by continuing two of
them and reporting one defendant
short, the couri cleared its desk and
adjourned before lunch.
Proceedings in the court:
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, Mathew Cotton, veteran Oak
City liquor dealer, was sentenced
to the reads for a term of six months.
The roid sentence was suspended
upon the payment of a $75 fine and
court costs. Judge Coburn placed a
conditional judgment over the de
fendant's head when he warned him
not to engage in the liquor business
in any way, shape or form during
the next two years. If tried and con
victed in a liquor case during that
period, Cotton is to start serving the
six months road sentence.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of the cost in the case charg
ing Harry C. Jones with aiding and
abetting drunken driving. Jones
pleaded guilty in the case
Laverne Godard, charged with
drunken driving, failed to appear
for trial. Constable Clarence Wal
lace, Bondsman G. P Hall and C. S.
Baldree were in Norfolk Tuesday
night looking for the defendant in
the case, but they did not find him.
The defendant was granted a con
tinuance until next Monday in the
case chargnig Joseph Edward Boy
kin with drunken driving.
Charles Francis Geoffrion, plead
ing not guilty in the case charging
him with drunken driving, was ad
judged guilty at the close of a long
trial. He was fined $50, taxed with
the cost and had his operator's li
cense revoked for one year.
Charged with larceny and receiv
ing, Jake Brannon failed to answer
when called for trial and papers
were issued calling for his immedi
ate arrest.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving. James
Matthews was fined $50, taxed with
(Continued oil page six)
e
Reviews Operation
Of Bookmobile For
Past Seven Months
Nearly 30,000 Books Are
Cirrulatde in District
During Period
A report coming from the BHM
Regional Library Association after
having completed seven round trips
ifT each of the three counties furn
ishes very interesting figures.
During this period through April
3rd, the Bookmobile has traveled a
total of 6666 miles, 3,867 miles in
Beaufort, 1411 miles in Hyde, and
1388 miles in Martin. There are now
a total of 831 borrowers. This num
ber will be considerably increased
when school is out and the childrerf
are entered as borrowers. Just now
the teachers select the titles and dis
tribute them to the pupils. The bor
rowers listed by counties are as fol
lows: Beaufort 437; Hyde 166, and
228 in Martin. Books circulated by
counties are: Beaufort, 7,888, with an
addition through the schools of 4,
842. Total 12,730. In Hyde 3,189 plus
1107 in the schools, total 4,296. In
Martin 6,137 plus 4799 in the schools,
total 10,936. This makes a total cir
culation of 27,962 for the region.
This number of books circulated is
an addition to the books that have
been circulated through the seven
local libraries in the area. All books
not circulated by the bookmobile are
loaned to the libraries in the coun
ties where it has operated.
The counties have purchased and
own the following number of books:
Beaufort 601 volumes at a cost of
$693.32; Hyde 329 volumes costing
$333.49; Martin 837 volumes costing
81,019.43. There have been several
splendid gifts to the region of ex
cellent books which have been
equally divided among the coun
ties. The book cost has been an av
erage of $1.23 per volume which is
two cents below the averajk of the
Federal Government.
Plans now underway include 'he
purchase of books for Martin CoU ?
ty that will run the total number o.
volumes owned by the county to
1,000 volumes. This will represent
an investment in books of more than
the $1200 appropriated by the coun
(Continued on page six)
Tobacco TransplantingNears
Climax In County This Week
Getting underway on a small scale I
a few days ago despite a long dry
season, tobacco transplanting claim
ed immediate attention on Martin
County farmes following a rain Wed
nesday and is now believed nearing
a climax. While the work is fairly
general, there are a few sections in
the county where it will hardly get
underway before the middle or lat
ter part of next week. Reports com
ing from over the county now indi
cate that a large portion of the crop
?possibly 80 per cent ? will have
been transplanted by next Tuesday,
weather conditions permitting. The
rain Wednesday, breaking a long
dry spell in the county was not very
general, breaking a long dry spell
in the county was not very general,
some sections, including Farm Life
and a small area in the Palmyra
community, reporting hardly enough
rain to lay the dust.
Hardly before the rain stopped fall
ing, numbers of farmers were mak
ing ready to continue or start trans
planting and before late afternoon
[numbers of machines were seen in
operation. The plants were ready and
weather conditions were quite fav
orable. and the transplanting work
was started almost at once Few
transplanters were idle for the bor
rowers and the demand for new ma
chines exhausted the supply before
nightfall.
So far the blue mold, while re
ported in some beds, has done very
little damage and it is generally be
lieved that the plant disease will not
affect the transplanting work in the
county. Nearly all farmers have suf
ficient plants and in those cases
where the supply is short there will
be plenty to spare on nearby farms.
Intensive War Bond
Drive Being Planned
REGISTRATION
Not to b? confused with draft
or rationing programs, the reg
istration of citisens for the com
ing political primary will get
underway in the thirteen pre
cincts in this county tomorrow.
All those persons who register
ed two years ago do not have to
register again, but any new com
ers to the county and those who
have moved from one precinct
to another within the county and
those who recently became of
age will have to register if they
wish to participate in the May
30th primary.
The books will be open in Wil
liamston in the office of Harri
son and Carstarphen in the Geo.
Reynolds Hotel Building for Pre
cinct No. Z and at the Roanoke
Chevrolet Company office on
Washington Street for Pfeclnct
No. 1. The books will be open
during the next three Saturdays.
Finals Program In
The Local Schools
Announced By Hix
Rev. John Hardy To Preach
Commencement Sermon
Sunday Morntiifc
Forma) eieoroiacs?marking the
close of the Williamston High School
will begin next Sunday morning at
11 o'clock when Rev John Hardy,
Rector of the Church of the Ad
vent, delivers the commencement
sermon in the high school auditor
ium. High school music groups will
render special music at the annual
commencement event, which will be
a union worship service for the var
ious churches in the community.
The graduating exercises will be
held on Wednesday evening. May 6,
at 8:30, and will include brief
speeches by three members of the
graduating class, instead of the us
ual address by a visiting speaker.
The final exercises will be of a pa
triotic nature and will be marked
by special music by the senior class.
Forty-one seniors will be awarded
their diplomas.
Sunday morning's program fol- j
lows in detail:
Processional, "God of Our Fath
ers"; Invocation; Hymn, "America";
Scripture Reading; Prayer; "The
tori's Prayer", Malotte, by the girls
trio; "Lift Thine Eyes," from the
Elijah, Mendelssohn, by the girls
chorus; "The Cherubim Song," Bort
niansky, by the mixed chorus; Com
mencement Sermon, "Let us lay
aside every weight . . . and let us run
with patience the race that is act be
fore us." Hebrew 12:1; Hymn, "Dear
Lord and Father of Mankind"; Ben
ediction; Recessional.
Commencement exercises are the
order of the day in the county, but
they are hardly attracting as much
attention this year as they have in
years past. Gold Point is leading the
procession today, and the last in the
series will be held next week.
PARACHUTISTS
Several parachutists, their na
tionality not determined but be
lieved to be foreign, were said to
have floated to earth from an
unidentified aircraft in this part
of the State about noon today.
No details could be had, but it
was learned that hlfhway pa
trolmen moved through here in
creat haste, reportedly for the
area where the men were said to
have landed.
It is quite possible that a
friendly craft met with trouble
and the erew bailed out with
"xif parachutes. The report,
St-readlnr like wildfire, was ren
erally discredited as far as the
Must Buy $24,500.00
Bonds Every Month
Until War Is Ended
Must Mure Than Double Pur
chaws If America Is To
Win World War II
?
"The residents of Martin County
must buy $24,500 worth of Bonds
and Stamps in May; and every
month from May on if America is
going to win this war.
"These are not mere estimates, not
guesses, not 'wouldn't-it-be-nice-to
do' figures, but the absolute mini
mum required for Victory.
"The nation's quota is $1,000,000,
000 a month We've got to do our
part."
This announcement was made to
day by C D, Carstarphen, chairman
of War Savings Committee of Mar
tin County, immediately after being
notified by Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau that the establishment
of quotas for the nation, "placed an
added responsibility on every Am
erican citizen."
"We have been telling Treasury
officials: 'Lad us know how much you
want us to do, and the citizens . our
districts will do it. Set a figure, and
we will beat it," Mr. Carstarphen
sftid, -? -
"We now know what is expected
of us as patriotic Citizens in the waF
effort. I exoect the citizens of Mer
tin County to meet this challenge to
their loyalty to the men on our fight
ing fronts. Not only will we equal
our quota, we will go over the top
every month, throughout the dura
tion."
County quotas throughout the Un- j
ited States will be based on the av-1
eruge sales since inauguration of the
Bond Campaign May 1, 1942, Chair
man Carstarphen explained.
"The total sales throughout the
country have averaged $440,000,000
per month. For the present, this will
be regarded as 44 per cent of quota.
The national goal is $1,000,000,000
per month," Mr. Carstarphen said?
"we must also regard our past rec
ord as only 44 per cent adequate.
Our quota will gradually be stepped
up during May aqsf June. From July
callc
on, we will be called upon to meet
a quota double the amount of our
previous sales. We can do it. We
will."
The first step in planning for the
War Bond and Stamp Week cam
paign. which . will be observed
throughout the county and nation
(Continued on page six)
Commercial Trade
Sugar Registration
Completing the commercial trade
sugar registration last Tuesday and
Wednesday, rationing authorities in
the county are now making arrange
ments for registering individual con
sumers the first four days of next
week., Material is being delivered to
all the grammar schools, both white
and colored, in the county today.
This week 139 retailers and 43
wholesalers, cafe and boarding house
operators, heads of institutions, pro
cessors and a few others signed up
for sugar allotments in the six high
schools. A preliminary survey shows
that quite a few retailers were den
ied books because of excessive in
ventories, and reports state that in
some sections unusually heavy sales
were made to individuals just be
fore sales were suspended
Registrations were recorded in the
six high schools as follows:
Jamesville
Farm Life
Retailers
18
3
Others
4
0
Bear Grass
Williamston
Robersonville
. 9
48
36 ?
0
31
8
Oak City
27
0
139
43
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
America9s
Freedom
THE 20TI1 WEEK OF THE WAR
President Roosevelt sent to Con
gress a seven-point program of war
time economic controls including
heavy-taxation, general rationing of
all scarce commodities and stabiliza
tion of wages. He proposed that the
net income of any individual be
limited to $25,000 a year, after pay
ment of taxes. The President de
scribed the program as one of "equal
ity of privilege" for all Americans
in bearing the burdens of total war.
Mr Roosevelt said two points of
the program require legislation, im
posing heavy taxation to keep prof
its at a low level and stabilizing
farm prices. The other five points
proposed by the President, ade
-quatelj- covered by existing legista
tion, call for general price ceilings
on commodities and rents, wage sta
bilization at present levels, increas
ed savings through purchase of war
bonds, rationing of all essential com
modities of which there are scarci
ties, and further curtailment of cred
it and installment buying
Production and Conversion
The President told his press con
ference the War Production pro
gram, launched in January, is work
ing out extremely well. He said the
announced goals might even be ex
panded. The steel plate shortage has
retarded the shipbuilding program,
he said, but on the whole there is
no very great slowdown in ship pro
duction.
The WPB ordered the cotton tex
tile industry to convert specified per
centages of its looms to war produc
tion within 60 days, in order to in
crease output of materials for sand
bags, camouflage cloth, agricultural
bags, etc. The Board said the uuto
mobile industry during February
produced almost 27 per cent as much
war materials as it did during all of
1941. A total of 600 plants in 32 states
reported formation of voluntary la
bor-management committees
Rationing
The Office of Price Administration
issued instructions for the sugar ra
tioning program, calling for regis
tration of consumers at elementary
schools May 4th through May 7th
Retail sugar sales l>anned through
out the nation for a week, will be
resumed May 5th when rationing
goes into effect. Consumers may pur
chase one pound of sugar with each
of the first four stamps in the war
ration books. These stamps cover ap
proximately two-week periods from
May 5th to June 27lh.
Registration for gasoline_ration
cards will be held in elementary
Schools i IV 17 A thin tic Coastal states
and the District of Columbia May 12,
13 and 14 Gasoline rationing will
go into effect in these states May 15,
OPA said. The amount of the ration
will be determined by the petroleum
supply situation at the time of reg
istration.
War Bonds and Finances
The Treasury reported its drive
for war bond purchases with at
least 10 per cent of the total nation
al income will begin today. The
drive will have quotas of $600 mil
lion for May, $800 million for June,
and $1 billion for July. It will be
conducted through State and Coun
ty campaigns, the payroll savings
plan and volunteer minute men.
Bureau of the Budget Director Smith
announced increases in- proposed
war expenditure for fiscal 1943
from $56 billion to $70 billion. He
estimated war expenditures Would
reach a rate of $5 billion a month by
September.
The War Front
The President told his press con
ference he had been advised official?
ly of the internment of an American
plane and its crew in Siberian Rus
sia?apparently one of the planes
(Continued on page six)
Local Stores Will
Observe Half-Day
Holiflay Schedule
Beginning next May 6 most
local stores and business houses
will observe Wednesday Vfter
nqpn as a holiday, the schedule
to continue in effect during the
months of May, June, July and
a part of August. Action, call
ing for the half holiday sched
ule, was taken at a meeting of
the chamber of commerce a few
days ago and becomes effective
about a month earlier than us
ual.
It has been pointed out that
patrons are limiting their shop
ping to fewer days In the week
on account of rationing pro
grams, and that employees and
many business men too will have
more time to devote to their vic
tory gardens.
The cooperation on the part
of patrons is earnestly solicited,
the promoters explaining that a
slight revision of shopping plans
will inconvenience no one but
will aid others.
Cosumers to Register
For Sugar Next Week
First Registrations
^ i 11 Be Held In
County on Monday
Applicants W ill Be Asked To
Answer Few Very-Sinn
pie Qui'stioii!*
Applicants for sugar rationing
books today were cautioned by H.
L. Roebuck, chairman of the Mar
tin County rationing board, to come
prepared with full information when
they register at elementary schools
or other designated places in their
vicinity May 4, 5, 6, and 7, Registra
tions in Williamston will be handl
ed at the high school gymnasium be
tween the hours of U) a. ro. and ?
tween the hours of 10 a. nv and 7
P m. except on Monday when the
registration will continue until 8
P m.
Institutional and industrial users
of sugar registered April 28 and
29th at high schools in their com
munities.
Only one member of each family
may register for the family unit, but
he or she must have with them data
regarding the other members of the
family. Ration books will not be is
sued until all the data are furnished
it was made clear The registrant
must be 18 years old or older.
Here is the information which
should be furnished at the time of
registration:
1 A list of the members of the
family and their exact names.
2 An exact description of each
member of the family unit?height
weight, color of eyes, color or hair
age and sex
3. Tile exact relationship of each
member of the family unit to the
person who is registering for the
family unit.
4 14 !s necessary to know to the
pound just how much sugar is in
possession of the household. The
amount of sugar will be divides! by
the number of people in the family
unit and stamps will be torn out by
the register for all sugar ,n excess
th?iW#? P"u,nds 'K'r Person. If more
than four stamps have to be remov
ed issuance of the book will be with
held until later.
HiA ,ff.T''y Unit llas 1)000 defined by
?is -i /r'"' f P"r'' Administration
as a group of two or more inriivid
hv n?T'St!;,g per"ons " are
?g together the same house
marriage.''1 ^
Otimlri "ld'v",ual may have two
pounds Of .nigra nn hand and the
amount will not be charged against
lhani'?nlng boofe if fie has^^^r
than two pounds but not over six
Pounds, four stamps will he removed
front hia book, if he has more than
six pounds on hand, he will not re
ceive a rationing book. Right there
is the serious part of the rationing
suga^Tf h'r P"rS"n Wh? h"ards
?sugar If he receives no book, it is
' Wi" not bu able h, buy
other necessities if and when the ra
Honing program is extended Only
he first four stamps in the ration
ing program have a definite value
for a definite article. It ,s qUJte pos.
des ? ,aa th" f,ft" S,am" W1" he
designated as a coffee or tea stamp
or one calling for ,he purchaseTf
almost any ,tem The first f?ur
?stamps may be used during designat
ed P'Tiods for sugar as follows: the
first stamp will be valid for the pur
w"c.of ?JU' P*jund of sugar between
May 5 and 18 and not thereafter the
mend stamEjjetwcejy May J7 jnd_
30, stamp No. 3 between May 31 and
June 13, and stamp No. 4 will cover
the period from June 14 to 27th The
stamps must be used during the des
ignated periods or else they will be
rendered useless.
Family units do not include cooks,
maids or others who arc not blood
(Continued on page six)
>
Officers Arrest
Alleged Robber
Harry Wilson, young colored man,
was arrested last Tuesday evening
and formally charged with the rob
bery of the Gulf Filling Station on
Washington Street some time dur
ing the early hours of last Sunday
morning when the alleged theft of a
$39 radio from the home of his cous
in, Fannie Wilson, on South Elm
Street Sunday night.
A lead in the case was established
when Wilson allegedly gave Lin
wood Speight, deaf mute, a check
stolen from the filling station cash
register and asked him to get it
cashed Wilson was also reported to
hjvr exchanged u" number of half
dollars, quarters, dimes and nickels
for paper money at Paul Jones' fill
ing station about 4 o'clock Sunday
morning. The stolen radio was found
hid in the attic of the Wilson home
by Officer J. H. Allsbrooks who
made the arrest and brought the
charges against Wilson.
A hearing in the case has been
tentatively planned for tonight be
fore Justice J. L. Hassell.
CHAIRMAN ]|
j I
Recently appointed chairman
of the War Bond and Savings
Stamps drive, C. I). Carstarphen
last night mapped plans with a
number of his assistants to di
rect an intensive campaign for
support of the war effort.
Chinese ^ ill Fijjfht
To Finish Despite
Reverses In Burma
Fifty-ri^lit Jap Planes Shot
Down in New Guinea;
RAF Idle
M
China's leaders this morning as
sured the other United Nations that
she would continue to fight to a fin
ish despite serious reverses suffer
ed by the AiiicsTn the toss of Lashitr,
a strategic point in the Burma Road.
Employing modern blitzkrieg meth
ods, the Japs swept over 175 miles
during tin- past five days to capture
the important point, virtually win
the battle of Burma and endanger
the British- defenders. The situation
is regarded as critical in that part
of the world where the British
forces have withdrawn another 80
miles in an effort to reform their
lines about 25 miles from Mandalay.
The sizable city was found in flames,
I the defenders haying destroyed large
stores of war materials destined for
| use in China against the Japs. It was
I another case where the advance
work of fifth columnists had paved
'the way for an invasion, nnd nppar
ntly the important victory was won
r side.
There are those who still maintain !
that supplies will continue to China,
but how, it was not explained.
About the only bright spots in the
war developments during the past
two days are found in Russia and in
the Pacific area. In Russia a tank
brigade fighting on the Kalinin front
has destroyed 168 Axis tanks and an
hilated more than 14,000 officers and
men in fierce fighting, it was offi
cially reported early today by the
Moscow radio.
The radio, broadcasting a supple
ment to the regular midnight com
munique reported no substantial
changes on the long battle line, said
the single tank brigade also destroy
ed 29 planes, many trucks, machine
guns, mortars and armored cars.
It declared that 13,000 officers and
men were annihilated in the earlier
fighting and that in the last few
days tanks broke through to the Ger
man rear and killed about 1,000 more
troops
The Kalinin front, scene of some
of the bloodiest fighting of the en
tire war, with the Russians reporting
German casualties in the thousands
at frequent intervals, is northwest of
Moscow.
Earlier the Moscow radio broad
cast reports that tin * Red Army
fighting on an unspecified sector of
the central front, just below the
Kalinin area, had sent German
troops reeling back tp the west after
many hours of hand-to-hand fight
ing
In the Pacific area, MacArthur's
American and Canadian fliers
(Continued on page six)
SIZABLE GAIN
Reliable estimates based on a
fairly complete review, point to
a rain of slightly more than
three-quarters of a million dol
lars In assessed property values
in the county this year over the
listings for 1941. Gains, varying
from a few thousand dollars In
some townships to about $400,
000 in others, have been report
ed in nine of the ten districts.
The listings in Jamesville will
be checked tomorrow and the
1942 list for the county will be
made complete at that time, Tax
Supervisor C. D. Carstarphen
said today. Most of the gain was
traceable to personal property
holdings, It was learned.
J. Latham Thrower
Dies Late Thursday
At His Home Here
Fmierul Services Thin After
noon at 1 o'Clork from
Home of Daughter
Jesse Latham Thrower, well
known citizen and a retired build
ing contractor, died at his home on
Watts Street here yesterday after
noon at 5:30 o'clock following a short
Iness. Mr Thrower underwent a
major operation about eighteen
months ago and while he was able
to be up and about he had been in
feeble health since that time. Suffer
ing an attack of pneumonia the early
part of this week, he grew worse rap
idly and the end was not unexpect
ed.
The son of the late John Walton
and Caroline Powell Thrower, he
was born in Halifax County 81 years
ago the 7th of last January. Wherra~
little fellow he moved to this county
with his parents and located in Wil
joTnecl?his father in the contracting
business, and engaged in that trade
until forced into virtual retirement
by advanced years and failing health
Numerous homes and business houses
stand in the town today as a monu
ment to his handiwork and honest
toil. Mr. Thrower was a member of
the old school, valuinjfcfrankness and
recognizing and respecmig the mean
ing of one's word.
About fifty years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Matilda Gibson, mem
| ber of a prominent Martin County
family. They observed their golden
wedding anniversary only a few
| months ago in the quietness of their
I home in the presence of their chil
dren and grandchildren and a few
friends. Besides his wife he leaves
two sons, Messrs. John Henry Throw
er, of Littleton, and Joe David
Thrower, of Williamston and two
daughters. Mrs Maurife, MuwP'
and Nflrs J. RoberriSW-frwIi- oT"
| Williamston, and the following
| grandchildren, M. S. Moore, Jr. Dor
Jothy and Mary Carolyn Leggett. J.
H. Thrower, Jr., W. L. Thrower. J.
| W. ThroWer. Bertha Bobbins Throw -
!or and Joe David Thrower, Jr.. and a
niece, Miss Clyde Hassell. of Wil
liamston.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the home of his daughter,
j Mrs. M. S. Moore, on Simmons Ave
nue this afternoon at 4 o'clock by
Rev. B T Hurley, Methodist minis
tor, assisted by Rev. John W. Har
dy, rector of the Church of the Ad
vent. Interment will follow in the
local cemetery.
Army Rejects Large
Percentage County
Draftees R e c e 11 tlv
p? ' ? - ? r
Nine Wliitf* and Three (iolor
ed Voting ^h'li Physically
llnfit For S?*r\ ice
Nine white and three colored
young men from this county were
classed as physically? unfit for mili
tary service by the United States
Army examining hoard at an induc
tion center recently, according to an
official notice received by the coun
ty draft board a few days ago. Nine
of twenty-three white men and
three of thirteen colored men re
porting for service at the induction
center recently were rejected, the
three colored draftees having been
rejected after they had been exam
ined by an Army board at a medical
center about two months prior to
their scheduled induction. Nearly 40
per cent of the white selectees were
rejected, and the 23 per cent reject
ed among the colored selectees pos
sihly-WQiild_have been far greater
had theie been no previous exam
TnaTion. The?white selectees?had
previously been subjected to minor
physical examination.
Three main causes were given for
the rejections, hernia, vision and il
literacy. Five of the youhg white
men had hernia, clearly indicating
that they had been over-taxed in
their work. Several of the group
were from the farms of the county.
Three of the group of twelve re
jectees had poor vision, and three
others were illiterate. One of the
smaller group had contracted a cer
tain disease between the time he was
first examined and his scheduled in
duction. The case has been reported
to health authorities.
Most of the ailments can be cor
rected, but there is some doubt if
correction will be effected in time
to fit all the young men for military
service in this war. There is doubt
in most of the cases if the victims
will be able to finance proper treat
ment.
The names of those recently re
jected for military service are, white
?William Dawson Raynor, Grover
? Alton Wynne. Herbert Roger White,
of Williamston RFD 3; John Edwin
Manning, Willie Mayo Ange and
Del wood Eugene Jackson, of James*
ville RFD 1; Jim Scott, of Hamilton;
Claude Bryant Cherry, of Williams
ton RFD 1; and Hugh John Holltngs
worth, of Williamston and Fort Mills,
S. C.; colored?William Hooker,
Robersonville; Walter Pierce, James
ville, and Walter Frank Daniel,
Williamston RFD 2.