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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 37 William tton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 8, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge Robt. Coburn
Has Court Without
Single Liquor Case
????
Few Cases of Any Kind on the
Recorder's Docket
Last Monday
Literally laying the law down
some weeks ago to all liquor law vio
lators who happened to face the
bench, Judge Robert L. Coburn held
his first session of the county record
er's court last Monday withput be
ing troubled with the trial of an al
legde liquor-law violator. After
learning about the sugar rationing
system, the recorder warned the li
quor law violators that he would do
all in his power to keep sugar out
of {heir hands, to preserve it for the
legal trade. It was an indirect ap
proach to a touchy rationing subject,
but the judge reasoned that by
"bearing down" on the retailer the
demand for the spirits would be de
creased with a resulting decrease in
the demand for sugar for manufac
ture.
Substantial fines, ranging in some
cases up to $75, and road setnences
of six months may not have reliev
ed the bad situation altogether but
it is fairly certain they carried
weight and made the dealers in the
illicit business sit up and take no
tice.
While there was not a single li
quor law violation on the docket last
Monday, there were few cases of oth
er types, the shortage in defense sub
ject indicating that the usual sum
mer slump in the court's business
had made its appearance this year a
bit earlier than usual. The court was
in session less than an hour, and
there were only a few spectators
present to hear the proceedings.
There, were four cases on the docket,
the court continuing one of the four
and passing judgment in only one
other one.
The case charging Elmer Gray
with non-support was nol prossed.
Charged with non-support, Robert
T. Sparrow entered no plea, the
court adjudging him guilty after
hearing the evidence. The defendant I
was directed to pay $40 a month for
the benefit of his three children for
one year. The court specified that
the payments were to be made semi
monthly on the first and fifteenth
and that the first payment should be
made not later than May 11th. Bond
in the sum of $200 was required.
In the case charging A. J. Hardi
son with the larceny of an automo
bile, the court found probably cause
of guilt and bound the defendant
over to the superior court for trial
under a $200 bond. Unable to raise
that amount, Hardison was returned
to jail for trial next month.
Two Dozen Marriage
Licenses Issued In
County Last Month
Issuance I .urges! On Record
In This County For the
Month of April
Forgetting all about war and un
certainty, Dan Cupid forged ahead
to establiah a new record in this
county last month. Register of Deeds
J. Sam Getsinger stating that 24
couples were married during the
period. The largest issuance report
ed for any previous April was 20
Licenses were evenly distributed,
twelve going to white and twelve go
ing to colored couples, as follows:
White
Joseph Daniel Jones and Estelle
Williams, both of Williamston.
Edward Franklin Black and Louise
Briley, both of Williamston.
Ben Delmers Harrison and Sarah
Lucy Byers, both of Adrian, Mich.
Benjamin Barber, of Williamston.
and Charlie Elizabeth Mendenhall,
of R.F.D. No. 2, Washington.
Maurice Mobley and Hilda Myrt
Bennett, both of Oak City.
Wilbur Melton Gurganus and Bes
sie Beacham, both of Jamesville.
Leroy Bradley and Gladys Vir
ginia Brown, both of Hobgood.
Benjamin Franklin Grimes, of U.
S. S. 29, and Ruth S. Hurley, of Wil
liamston.
Wiley Thomas Bullock, of R.F.D.
1, Robersonville, and Eula Mae Gur
ganus, of R.F.D. 2, Williamston.
Oatie Roosevelt Wolfe and Eloise
Brown, both of Plymouth.
James A. Roebuck and Doris J.
Everett, both of Robersonville.
Arthur Sherrod Hyman, of Oak
City .and Anita Veitte Andrews, of
Robersonville.
Colored
Richard G. Speller and Willie Mac
Cooper, both of Windsor.
Noah Bryant and Mary Wiggins,
both of Palmyra.
Tiller James and Mittie James,
both of Jamesville.
Wheeler Latham, of Williamston,
and Queen Anne Armstrong, of
Robersonville.
Eddie Sanders Clem mom and Del
la Ruth Godard, both of R.F.D. 3,
Washington.
Jonah Knight, of Rocky Mount,
and Lula Clemmons, of Williams
ton.
Kelford Council and Martha Eliz
abeth Mooring, both of R.F.D. 1,
Bethel.
(Continued on page six)
Board Classifies Men
In Third Registration
GAS RATIONING
Definite plans have not yet
been completed, but it is under
stood that car owners will regis
ter at the various schools in this
county next Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, May It, IS
and 14th, for gasoline rationing
cards. Rationing or purchase by
card will go into effect either
on the ISth or 16th.
Designed to curtail if not elim
inate altogether pleasure or
unnecessary riding, the ration
ing plan is not expected to af
fect business or necessary trav
el very much. Possibly two or
three gallons of gas will be made
available each week for non
essential users. There will be
enough gas for employed per
sons to get to and from their
work.
Registration For
Gas Rationing To
Be Held May 12th
Gallonage To Be Allowed Un
der System Will Be Re
vealed Mav 15tli
Gasoline ration cards and applica
tion forms are being printed and
will be distributed to school registra
tion sites throughout North Carolina
before May 12, when registration be
gins, according to Theodore S. John
son, State Rationing Administrator.
It is expected that approximately
10,000,000 automobile owners in
North Carolina and 16 other eastern
states will apply for ration cards.
Five different ration cards have
been prepared, and owners of mo
tor vehicles and inboard motorboats
will receive at registration time the
type of card for which they qualify.
TTie cards are designated "A", "B-l",
"B-2", "B-3" and "X" cards. They
are intended to last users until July
1st.
No application form will have to
be filled in to obtain the "A", or bas
ic allotment, card. Across the bottom
are seven squares, each good for one
"unit" of gasoline. The gallonage
value of each "unit" will be an
nounced before May 15. The holder
of an "A" card may use up his units
as fast as he likes, but he will not be
eligible for another after this is
gone.
.The "B" cards resemble the "A"
cards except for the number of unit
"squares. The "B-l" card has 11 unifif
the "B-2" card has 15 units; and the
"B-3" eard has 19 units. The value
of these units may differ from that
of the "A" unit.
In applying for a "B" card, a con
sumer must present the registration
card of the vehicle for which gaso
line is needed and must file an ap
plication form. The information on
his application card should show
why he needs more gasoline than he
could obtain with an "A" card.
The applicant for an "X" card must
(Continued on page six)
t
First Heavy Rain
In Months, Falls
The first heavy rain in weeks, if
not months, fell in this section last
night, the weather station on Roan
oke River here reporting 1.09 inches
during last night. Reports in the up
per part of the county state that con
siderable rain had fallen there last
week followed by a large amount
last evening.
Accompanied by hail in some sec
tions, the storm was packed with
thunder and lightning. No direct
strikes by lightning were recorded
but some hail damage was reported
in the Oak City and Hamilton sec
tions, especially between the two
towns.
During the month of April 1.34
inches of rain fell in this immediate
section. Nine-hundreths of one inch
of rain fell last week-end, followed
by the 1.09 last evening.
JUNK FROM FRANCE
Willie K. Parker, local salvage
dealer, la acquiring a remark
able reputation in the collection
of scrap to whip the Jap. A 6,000
pound, eight cylinder engine
used in controlling observation
balloons In the last World War.
was delivered to his place of
business here this week. The
Imported engine, virtually worn
out, was not delivered direct, to
be sure, bat It goes to show that
the United States did import a
little bit of scrap Iron while It
was exporting a world of scrap
to the Japs.
The engine, formerly In use
at New Bern after the last war,
was brought here from Plym
outh, and is being broken np for
indirect delivery back to the
old countries.
Men In Third Group
Will Help Fill The
County's June Quota
\\ illinm?toii Man With No. 13
I* Firet Called OtherMen
Are Reclassified
Receiving instructions ordering
drastic changes in the selective serv
ice system as they relate to depen
dency and age, the Martin County
Draft Board went into action last
night to fill the county's June draft
quota. Several men who registered
last February are to be included in
the next group to leave this county,
but it is not expected that more than
two or three selectees will be chosen
from the third registration list.
Up until this week, the draft board ,
with a fairly large surplus of man- ]
power in the first and second regis
trations in the 1-A classification,
was under the impression that no
third registration men would be call-1
ed until the manpower in the first
two groups had been exhausted. The
recent instructions order the infil
tration of the older men into the list
for immediate call. Proportions have
not been definitely determined, but
it now appears that every time
twelve men are called fronv the first
two registration groups, one will be
called from the third registration
list. On that basis at least two and
possibly three meti in the third reg
istration list will be called possibly
the early part of June.
The instructions this week are be
lieved to mark the turning point in
the draft as far as dependency is
concerned. Men married prior to last
December h in tins county are still
being grouped in 3-A. Men with de
pendents are also grouped in 3-A,
but a new classification has been
created to include those men with
dependents and who hold jobs vital
to the war effort or civilian defense.
The first men were placed in that
grouping last night, but the total
was unusually small. The list in
cludes a few farmers and one or two
others who are in responsible posi
tions.
In addition to its regular classifi
cation work with the third registra
tion, the board reclassified a few men
in the first and second registration
groups, as follows:
2,103?Daniel C. Sharpe, w, William
ston, 1-A
2,804- William Close Burnett, c, Oak
Ctiy RFD 1, 2 A
3.139 -Torn llenry Ward. w. Ruber
sunville RFD 1, 3-A
2,872- Lewis Hubert Page, w, Wit
liamston RFD 3, 3-A
2,602?John Ben Hardison, w, Wil
liamston RFD 1, 1-A
3,040?Eddie Price, w, Williamston,
3-A
3.147 Garland Burrel Whitley, w,
Williamston RFD 3, pending
3,122?Joe Billy Harringotn, Pal
myra RFD 1, 3-A
The following men in the third
registration group were classified
for the first itme, the 1-A classifica
tions being effected subject to physi
cal examination and appeals:
10.001?Noah Dawson Gurganus, w.
Williamston RFD 3, 3-A
10.002?Hilery Howard Holliday, w,
Jamesville RFD 1, 3-B
P.003?John Clinton Merritt, w,
Jamesville RFD 1, 3-A
10,004?William?Robert?Glover,?ytr
Williamston, 3-B
10.003?George Keel, w, Williams
ton RFD 3, 3-A
10.006?Vernon Jerome Spivey, w,
Williamston, 3-A
10.007?William Noah Perry, w,
Jamesville RFD 1, 3-A
10.008?James Briley, c, Parmcle,
3-A
10.009?James Haulsey Hardison, w,
Williamston RFD 1, 3-B
10.010?Caesar Purvis, Jr., c, Wil
liamston, 3-A
10.011?Ernest Edward Little, c, Rob
ersonville, 3-A
(Continued on page six)
?
Young County Man
Air Corps Graduate
Sheppard Field, Texas?Pvt. Eli
Rogers, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli
Rogers, of RFD 3, Williamston, N.
C., has been graduated from the
world's largest Air Corps Techni
cal School at Sheppard Field, Tex
as, where he has been attending
classes for the past several months.
Attached to the 312th Technical
School Squadron while in the school
here, he was graduated April 25th.
Prior to enlistment he attended Wil
liamston high school.
Having undergone intensive train
ing designed to give him a complete
working knowledge of the battle
birds, he is now qualifeid as one of
the eight specialists necessary to
keep one plane in the air. Graduates
of this technical course are eligible
to be shipped to any tactical unit
maintained by the Air Corps.
Young Rogers was recently trans
ferred from Texas to a New Jersey
field fof further training.
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
America's
Freedom
THE 21ST WEEK OF THE WAR
Price Administrator Henderson is
sued a general price regulation plac
ing rigid government controls over
retail and wholesale prices for the
duration of the war.
Beginning May 11. manufacturer
and wholesale prices may not ex
ceed highest March 1942 levels for
each individual seller. Beginning
May 18. retail prices may not ex
ceed highest levels charged by each
seller during March. Beginning July
1. no one may charge more for serv
ices sold at retail in connection with
a commodity than he charged dur
ing March. All retailers, manufac
turers, wholesalers and sellers of
services must preserve for pricing
purposes existing sales records made
during March. Every retail store as
of May 18 must display publicly the
ceiling prices for "cost-of-living"
commodities. \
Agricultural commodities are* ex
cluded from the order. Various oth
er items which do not conform with
the price control act's definition of a
"commodity" are exempt also.
President Roosevelt said the cost
of living has advanced about 15 per
cent since the Autumn of 1939, and
"we must now act to keep it from
soaring another 80 per cent or 90 per
cent during the next year or two?
to hold it to somewhere near the
present level." The President said,
"The only effective course of action
is a simultaneous attack on all of the
factors which increase the cost of
living . prices, profits, wages,
taxes and debts."
Rationing
The Office of Price Administration
said five different gasoline ration
cards will be distributed during reg
istration in 17 Eastern States and the
District of Columbia May 12-14. One
card will )>e for non-essential users
and the other four will designate
varying degrees of essential users.
Commercial and government users
of gasoline will be exempt from the
card rationing plan, OPA said, and
such vehicles need not be register
ed if they are plainly marked.
Motor vehicles in essential serv
ices may not have new tires ifr re
capped ones will serve their pur
pose. the agency said
War Strategy
The President in a radio address
said American warships are in com
bat in tlu* Arctic, Mediterranean and
in the North and South Pacific. Am
erican troops are aLstations in South
America. Greenland, Iceland, the
-Britistv -Isles, -the? Middle- East, and
the Far East, the continent of Aus
tralia and many islands of the Pa
cific. American planes manned by
Americans are flying in actual com
bat TJVeT-?!!! the oreans and all the
continents, he said, and flying fort
resses will soon be fighting for the
liberation of Europe. Australia, New
Zealand and much other territory
(Continued on page six)
Baptist Director
For Young People
Miss Laura M Milliard, of Cary,
who graduates this week from the
Training School iif llii.1 Baptist Wo
man's Missionary Union in Louis
ville, Ky., and who has been cn
gaged by the Memorial church as
director of all educational and train
ing work of the church, will arrive
in the city in a few days and will as
sume her duties about the 18th of
this month.
Miss Hilliard is a graduate of Mer
edith College, and taught school in
Leaksville, for some time before en
tering the training school. She comes
most highly recommended and will
add much to the religious life of the
community.
Varied talents are declared,
but as a whole most of those
Martin County men returning
their occupational questionnaires
to date are experts principally In
the field of agriculture or are
common laborers. So far, 549
questionnaires have been mail
ed to those men registering last
February It. Approximately 700
others are being made ready and
will be placed in the mails the
early part of next week. Very
few of the registrants are delin
quent in preparing and return
ing the questionnaires, it was
learned. Only 300 draft ques
tionnaires have been sent to
those men registering last Feb
ruary 16th.
Those men registering Just re
cently or on April 27, will be
given serial order numbers week
after next. It is fairly certain
that no order numbers will be
assigned, the draft board stat
ing that it had not received in
structions ordering the distribu
tion of occupational question
naires to those men.
Big Registration For
Sugar In This County
About 15,000 Apply
For Ration Cards
In First Two Days
Thrt'o Hundred and Fifly
-iVmr itrgiummis Denied
Rooks in That Period
The registration for sugar ration
ing stamps in Martin County was
announced virtually complete by
Mrs P. C. Blount, county rationing
board secretary, this morning, the
announcement being based on in
complete but representative reports
filed by most of the district regis
trars following the c,lose of the reg
istration places late yesterday. Some
of the registrars were late getting
in their reports and a complete pic
ture of the registration even for the
first day could not be had early to
day. but it was estimated that 6,871
white and 7.734 colored persons, or
a total of at least 14,605, were regis
tered during the first two days.
While a complete picture of su
gar hoarding cannot be gained from
tin* registration figures, it was fair
ly grneral but not at all extensive
among the white population. During
the first two days of the registration
th? registrars: withheld 345 ration
ing books from the white registrants
and 14 from the colored registrants.
No complete report could be had as
to the number of stamps that were
removed from the books by the reg
istrars during the first two days, but
in Williamston 386 stamps were lift
ed from the books during the first
three days.
The figures below for the first two
days only, show the tot?rl white reg
istration by districts, number of ra
tioning books issued and the num
ber of rationing books withheld on
account of excessive supplies of su-1
gar ??n hand:
White Schools
Ration- Books j
in* With
Registrants Books held |
Jann'svillt'
1005
950
55
?Farm L.ife
26H
254
14
Bear Grass
042
585
57
Williamstun
1028
1895
33
Everetts
523
459
04
Robersonvillc
1058
1005
53
Gold Point
121
101
20
Hassell
233
224
9
Hamilton
487
481
6
Oak City
800
572
34
11871
6526
345
Mncomplete.
The figures below show the total
colored registration for the first two
days only, by districts. The number
ralriomng-books issued is not list-'
ed because only fourteen were with
held, six in Dardens, four in Gold
Point and four irt the White Oak
Springs district The registration
follows.
Colored Schools
Registrants
Everetts 440
Poplar Point 169
Cross Roads 210
Oak City 411
Whichard-James 288
Dardens 375
Roberson villi? 632
Gold Point 351
Salsbury 385
Jamesvilte 238
Williams-Lower 327
?WuiiIjkI.s
283 1
Hamilton
W
tiurrouglis-ilill
I'll
?Jones .
214
Williamston
1524
White Oak Springs
365
Bear Grass v
129
Biggs
2664
Parmele
362
?Smithwick
49
Bowers 210
7734
Contrary to the belief of some, the
registrars volunteered their services
wtihout reward or hope of reward.
1
Mail Schedules Are
Changed This Week
With the removal of the passenger
train operating between Kinston and
Rocky Mount, changes followed in
the local mail schedules this week,
the post office announces.
The following schedules for out
going mail are now in effect, mean
ing that mail must be in the office
by the designated time if distribu
tion is to be made without delay. The
first mail leaves in the mornings at
8:IS o'clock, followed by another at
11:30 a. m. and another at 3:30 p. m.,
another at 6 p. m. and still another at
7:00 p. m. Incoming mail is received
at 8 a. m , 1 p. m., 4:30 p. m. and 8
p. m , the post office stating that un
der normal conditions the mail
should be in the lock boxes by the
time designated. Deliveries to the
rural communities arc scheduled to
get underway at 8 a. m.
Given precedence over every
thing, including mail and passenger
trains, troop movements often force
delays in mail and passenger serv
ice, causing deliveries to be as much
as twelve to twenty-four hours late.
CHURCH SCHEDULE
At thr regular meeting of the
Wllllamston Ministerial Asso
ciation last Monday it was or
dered that all thr evening meet
ings of thr churches be chang
ed from 8:00 o'clock to 8:30
o'clock, and that the Wednes
day evening Prayer meetings be
ehangrd to Thursday evening,
8:30. The reason for the change
of hours of the evening services
is obvious, and thr reason for
changing Prayer meeting from
Wrdnesday evening to Thursday
evening is because of the Wed
nesday afternoon holiday ob
served by the merchants, at
which time many of thr people
go out of town and could not get
back in time for Prayer meet
ing.
Timely Program Is
j r
Feature in School
Closing Wednesday
?
"Anierieun Freedom" Theme
Slresse?l Ah 10 Young
IVople Firadiiate
? ?
Featured by a colorful and appro
priate program, the school year for
the youth of the Williamston com
munity was brought to a formal
close last Wednesday evening in the
high school auditorium as diplomas
were awarded to forty graduates.
Marked by patriotic songs, including
the pledge to the flag, and three
splendid addresses, the theme of the
student program. "American Free
dom", struck a responsive note in
the minds of the large assembly of
parents and school patrons. Many
who were present for the program
remarked that it was the finest grad
uating exercise they had ever had
the pleasure of attending.
Madelyn Taylor expressed greet
ings for the class and outlined the
program for the evening: Catherine
Turner spoke on "Freedoms We
Guard"; Joseph Gurganus spoke on
"America At War"; and Evelyn Grif
fin, class valedictorian, spoke on"
"Today's Challenge to Youth."
A fitting climax to the speeches
was reached when Elbert S Peel,
representing the Martin County Vic
tory Bond Committee, briefly re
viewed the course of man's fight for
freedom, discussed the i-vents "f tbe
present war, and called upon every
man, woman, and ch'1'1 to join In
the war effort by purchasing bonds
Special awards were presented as
follows: y
W. C. Manning Cup, Class Vale
dictorian, Evelyn Griffin; Sara Man
ning Home Economics Cup, Mary
Trulah Pecle; Goodmon Athletic
Trophy, Jack Sullivan; Woman's
Club Cup, Kathryn Mewborn for the
glee club, Junior Woman's Club Cup,
7th grade, Louise Griffin.
Young Men To Enter
Nations Air Force
Three young local men, John E.
Pope, Jr., Ray II. Ouodinuii, Ji., and
Whit Purviyr, jr. left yesterday for
Allanla lu enter the Navy Air Corps.
Volunteering their services, the
young men previously passed their
entrance examinations, but it could
not be learned definitely when they
would enter actual service or where
there would be stationed.
The fathers of young Goodmon
and Purvis saw action in the last
World's War.
Z Hardy Rose, Jr., who recently
volunteered for service in the Army
Air Corps is already on the payroll
and is spending a few days here
pending the receipt of instructions
to report for duty.
It is now estimated that this coun
ty has approximately 50 men in one
branch or another in the air service,
I operating in various parts of the
world. It was recently learned that
Raleigh Harrington, son of Rev. and
Mrs. W. B. Harrington, was recent
j ly in South America flying ranking
diplomats and associating with roy
alty.
SINGERS
Made up of youthful and well
trained ilntera, the Oxford Or
phanage Singing class will make
Its annual appearance In the
Willlamston High School audi
torium next Tuesday evening at
8:30 o'clock. The youngsters, di
rected by Miss DeRotha Hughes,
are under the management of H.
F, Paul.
No admission fee will be charg
ed, but a free-will offering will
be asked. The public Is cordial
ly Invited and urged to hear the
little folks in their songs, dances
and recitation*.
While here the little folks will
be entertained In private I
Allies Score Great
Victory Over Japs
In Pacific Ocean
1
At Ix?u*t 1 7 Jap Ships. Includ
ing Aircraft I nit. Sent
To Ocean Bottom
Moving southward in what was
believed to have been the first inva
sion attempt of Australia, a mighty
Japanese fleet encountered serious
opposition at the hands of the Allies
in th.? fW:tl S??:i twlu'wn thf Hn
brides and Queensland, Australia.
Started five days ago, the running
sea battle is still in progress with
no definite report yet to be had on
the outcome.
Preliminary reports coming from
the battle area declare that the Al
lies have scored a major victory over
the yellow hordes from Tokyo. An
unofficial count places the Japs' ship
losses at seventeen with numbers
of others damaged, some extensive
ly, and still others possibly sunk. The
Jap losses include two aircraft car
riers, two destroyers, four cruisers
and auxiliary vessels. Apparently,
the main attack was handled by the
Allied Air Force, No report on Am
erican ship losses has been released
by the United States government, but
it was said that three Allied planes
had been lost in the greatest naval
engagement in recent months and
one of the greatest of the war. The
Japs claimed that five Allied ships,
including two American plane car
riers, had been sunk.
Since Pearl Harbor, 247 Jap ships
have been sunk or damaged in the
Pacific, including 49 warships defi
nitely sunk. An additional 44 have
been damaged and 14 others possi
bly sunk,, making a grand total of
107 enemy wareraft that has been
put out of commission for varying
periods or for all time
In addition to the losses in the
Coral Sea or in the vicinity of the
Solomon Islands, the Japs have had
at least three ships sunk in the Far
East by roving American submar
ines.
Following the fall of Corregidor,
the Japs were believed to have
started their drive toward Australia
Dispatches from the battle zone
emphasized that while Allied pilots
for Weeks have been hammering
Japanese bases along the invasion
arc north of Australia, they have
not prevented the enemy from
bringing up replacements and it
was reported that both warships and
troop transports were being massed
in the Rabaul area.
There was no doubt that those
raids had slowed down the Japanese
and put back for weeks an offensive
in the Australian zone. However, the
fall of Corregidor releases many
planes and men for service else
where, it was said, and the Japanese
now probably have decided they
must strike s<><>rv or face prtigresstvr
ly heavy attacks by the growing Al
Just what effect the* battle will
have on the Jap program is yet to be
seen, hut-Australia s ~ Prime Minls
ter Curtin stated today that an in
vasion attempt was to be expected.
A late report for New Delhi this
morning stated that the Japs had
(Continued on page six)
Petit Jurymen Are
Selected For Next
Court Term in June
Jtul|(i' J. Paul Friraellf Will
Preaiile Over Session
Itegimiiiig J ii in- 15
Eighteen Martin County citizens
were druwh for petit jury service in
the superior court by the commis
sioners in their regular monthly ses
sion last first Monday. Considerable
attention was given to the task be
cause a portion of the potential jury
strength is now serving in the army
or is scattered all over the country
engaged in defense or war work.
Quite a few names were removed
from the box for the duration when
it was definitely determined that the
owners could not be conveniently
reachedT
Nine men had been recruited for
grand jury service last March and
it was not necessary to summon new
recruits for the June term.
The regular term will open for the
trial of both criminal and civil cases
during one week beginning the 15th
of June with Judge J. Paul Frizzelle
of Snow Hill on the bench. Compar
atively few cases have been placed
on the criminal docket up until this
time. .
Names of the citizens drawn for
jury service follow:
Jamesville Township: Willie H.
Modlin.
Griffins Township: Elbert Rober
son, John R. Coltrain, S. E. Man
ning, George C. Griffin, William S.
Hardison.
Bear Grass Township: Clyde Rev
els, Dennis L. Peel, Lester Bailey
and Redden Leggett.
Williamston Township: W. Ira
Harrison, Marvin Peed and John
Daniel Biggs.
Robcrsonville Township: M. E.
Roberson and A. D. Cherry.
Hamilton Township: O. W. Ayers.
Goose Nest Township: B. A. Long
and C. T Fleming.