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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 44 Williamiton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 2, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1899
County Is Allowed
Only Six New Car
Tires For Month
June Truck Tire Allotment
Is Increased Over That
For Past Month
Regulations for rationing new car
tires are being drawn tighter and
tighter, the rationing board in the
county announcing yesterday that
only six new car tires had been al
lotted for the month of June. The
truck tire allotment, however, has
been greatly increased and there'll
be forty new tires for distribution
to those who can establish classifi
cations. It is fairly apparent that the
trend is away from the passenger
car traffic and moving toward those
vehicles considered vitally essential
to the war effort or to those types of
business necessary to the war effort
or to those essential to the public
welfare.
Liberal allotments for recapped
tires were announced, but a certifi
cate for the purchase of a tire of this
type is not worth very much since
there are few or none to be had. The
high rationing authorities are pre
dicting a fairly high mortality rate
among tubes this hot weather for
they allotted the county 24 car tire
tubes and 48 truck tire tubes.
Applications for tires were reject
ed in the following three cases:
David Sidney Harper, Roberson
ville railroad worker, two recapped
car tires
Larry Bunting, Robersonville, far
mer and funeral director, four re
capped car tires.
Robert S. Gurganus, Williamston
public worker, one new car tire.
Obsolete tires were allotted as fol
lows:
Mrs. Minnie Wynne, Everetts, two
tires and two tubes for farm work.
J. D. Knox. Robersonville, two
tires and tubes for farm work.
The only two new car tires allot
ted went to Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, Pres
byterian minister.
Recapped tires were allotted for
automobiles to the following:
H R. Smith, Oak City, two tires
Ira Jones, Williamston, two tires
and tubes for farm use.
Mrs. George D. Grimes, RFD, Wil
liamston, two tires for farm use.
W. H. Britton, RFD 3, Williamston,
two tires for farm use.
D. E. Bunting, Oak City, was al
lotted a tube and a recapped tire for
a farm truck
New truck tires and tubes were
allotted to the following:
John A Manning, Williamston, one
tire and tube for general hauling.
J. B. Barnhill, Everetts, four tires
and four tubes for hauling ice, fish
and fuel
Harry B. Thompson, Williamston,
one tire and tube for hauling lum
ber
John W. Green, HFD, Williamston,
one tube for farm use.
Joe Bunting, of Palmyra, was al
lotted two new tires and tubes for a
farm tractor.
Applications for tires during the
past week and carried over for fu
ture considi ration were filed as fol
lows:
Robert James llardison, Williams
ton logger, three truck tires and three
tubes
G. H. Davenport, Dardcns farmer,
four car tires.
Roberson Slaughter House, Wil
liamston, two truck tires and two
tubes.
S. A. Ward, Hassell fire warden,
one car tire and tubes
Vernon Bunting, Williamston far
mer, two recapped car tires.
Charles R. Moore, Williamston,
two car tires and one tube mostly for
police work.
D Matthews, RF Dl, Palmyra, one
car tire and tube for farm use.
War Brings Change
In Liquor Business I
Kicked about as badly if not worse
than an unwanted redheaded step
child while the legal operators mire
down in wealth, the illicit liquor
manufacturer is making desperate
efforts to hang on for the duration.
The monthly report of ABC Officer
J. H. Roebuck points out the
use of molasses in making the illicit
spirits, and so if one hears of "light
ning" and no thunder he can rest
assured that monkey rum has staged
a comeback to remind the old dram
sters of World War I days. The sale
of molasses is being checked by of
ficers in an effort to block the man
ufacturing business and save the
respect of the dealers.
The first barrel of beer made out
of molasses in many years was pour
ed out a few days ago in the Hassell
area. That the sugar rationing pro
gram is hurting the business is sup
ported in a report coming from Bear
Grass a few days ago when another
barrel of the special type of beer was
poured out.
Last month was quiet on the illicit
liquor front, Officer J. H. Roebuck
stating that he and his assistants de
stroyed only two small liquor stills
and wrecked four partial plants,
pouring out only 790 gallons of beer.
The stills were of the oil drum type
and of only 30 gallon capacity each.
A little over seven gallons of liquor
was confiscated. Three persons were
arrested, ind the two convicted in
the courts were fined s total of $139.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
In a swooping victory in county and throughout the entire
district, Herbert C Bonner, of Washington, (left), returns to
Congress as First District Representative. Josiah W. Bailey
won by more than two to one over Dick Fountain to return
to the United States Senate for a third term.
Ask "X" Card Holders
To Report To Board
a.
higher
Homf from llughrNville, Mary
land, for the work end, Whit
Davis stated that tobacco prices
on the market there are ran*
?r<?und 30 cents a pound or
about five cents above the av
Vrl'MSir * ?ye"r a*? Fa?*rs
' pleased with their
sales, Mr. Davis explainin* that
most of the tobacco bein* offer
ed for sale at the present time
bein* of an inferior quality
Jack Hardison, also of Hoghes
ville, and Jimmie Taylor, of
nearby Laplatta, were also
home for the week-end
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Small Reduction In
School Tax Rate Is
Seen In New Budget
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Economics Departments To
Be Added To Farm Life
And Bear Gruss Schools
-*
iee?!lim!naury bUd?"' fi?Ure?. sub
ject to alight changes and final ap
proval by the board of county com
missioners, will support u slight re
duction in the school tax rate for
WtoL * k'r"1, " W"S learnt'd fol
s.arw ,me<'tln? the county
board of education here yesterday
Exact figures are not available at
S72StnnmC' mU! " 18 e,hmated that
$72,100 will be necessary for debt
service, capital outlay and current
expenses during the coming term
as compared with $72,280 for the
term recently ended Debt service
Dxed at $50,000 for the new fiscal
year ,s $5,000 greater than it was
for the year now nearing an end.
?2 0^Pfnr ,rtlay fU"d 18 Plat'ed ?'
$22,000 for the new year as compar
ed with $27,000 for the 1941-42 term
The current expense item of $37 000
remains virtually unchanged, The
school tax rate last year was 54 cents
n the $100 assessed property valu
?hL0.nh 'i1? aulhor|ties explaining
that, based on present figures, it will
be reduced by two and one-half cents
or to 51 1-2 cents. With the budget
remaining virtually jhe same as it
was for the 1941-42 fiscal year the!
reduction is apparently based on an
mereasc trr the piupeity vatars for
1942 over those for 1941.
A contract for re-roofing the high
(Continued on page aix)
Red Cross Kits For
Boys Entering Army
The local Red Cross Production
room is endeavoring to equip each
soldier and draftee from this coun
ty with a "Red Cross Kit "
The kit is made of khaki twill with
the emblem of the Red Cross on it
and all the work is being done by
the women of Williamston who sew
?ttneJWoman's Club on days spec
ially designated Tor Red Cross work
Each kit is fitted with the follow
ing: a comb, bath cloth, toothbrush,
toothpaste, shaving cream, cigarettes
matches, postal cards, pencil, nee
dle, pins, sewing thread, darning
cotton, scissors and a Gospel of St
John.
Thus far the local organization
tv 140 ot these kns Nine
ttoem have been distrib
uted and they now have on hand en
XZ ?rouP leavin? the coun
ty within the next few days.
Any young man volunteering his
services to hjg country is requested
tow" kit bet0Te leavin?
The local Red Cross makes only
one request . . If you .re rejected
you are asked to return the kit and
contents that haven't been used tc
the local draft board.
Call Upon Number
To Substantiate
Claims On Friday
Likely That Some of Liberal
Larri* Will Be Cancelled
By Ha I ion inn Board
Sixty-four holders of "X" gasoline
rationing cards in this county are
being directed to appear before a
special meeting of the rationing
board in the old bank building next
to the Wnnloid Furnilurt .duu und
substantiate the -claims made in pro
curing the liberal cards. The action
is being taken at the direction of the
State gasoline rationing administra
tor. It is quite likely that a number
of the cards will be cancelled, the
I rationing administrator just recent
ly pointing out to the board that the
"X" gas rationing card is packed
with dynamite, that some card
|claims to the liberal cards could
hardly be substantiated. It was point
ed out that public officials were not
entitled to the liberal type of cards
| unless the- business they were en
| gaged in required excessive amounts
of gasoline.
No statement could be hud from
|the board, but rumor of violations
are being called to the attention of
the board.
Asked what action would be taken
if those X card holders fail to re-,
port after being notified, a mem
ber of the hoard said a second no
tice would lx? released, calling at
tention to the penalty provision car
ried on the application blank to
which the holder's name is affixed.
The "X" cards were studied at a
meeting of the board yesterday.
Quite a few were accepted at their
face value, but in most of the oth
(Continued on page six)
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Deputy Register Deeds
Resigns In This County
Mrs. Mary Andrews, efficient dep
uty register of deeds in this county,
has resigned after fifteen years of
faithful service to the general pub
lic. Her resignation, prompted by
the ever-increasing strain on one's
eyesight, was accepted with much
regret.
Mrs. Nettie Meador Modlin is suc
ceeding Mrs Andrews in the office.
First Fatal Road
Accident Of Year
In County Sunday
Another Person Hurt in Early
Sunday Morning Accident
Near Williamson
?t
The first fatal road accident
the county this year was reported
Sunday when John Henry Teel, 27
year-old colored man, was fatally
injured in a freak automobile wreck
on a comparatively little used road
in Bear Grass Township. Suffering
a broken neck. Teel died in the lo
cal hospital Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Just recently released from the
roads where he was serving a six
months sentence for non-support of
his wife and child, Teel was on his
way home between one and two
o'clock Sunday morning when the
automobile driven by Warner Au
gustus Bailey, Jr., young white man.
went out of control, ran into a ditch
on a sharp, sandy curve and turned
over on its side. Bailey, Johnnie
Gray Mayo and James Arthur Mayo,
other passengers in the car, were not
hurt, but Teel caught his neck under
the seat and broke it. The accident
was described as being of a freak
nature by Patrolman Whit Saunders,
the investigating officer stating that
it was possible Teel caught his neck
under the seat and that it was brok
en in trying to release him.
Bailey said he was driving be
tween 30 and 35 miles an hour when
the car struck sand in the road and
went out of control. Damage to the
car was estimated at about $75
Brought to the hospital by Farmer
Irving Terry, the victim was para
lyzed from his neck down.
Said to have prowled around the
town and visited the wine shops un
til a late hour, Teel caught a ride to
Bear Grass where he made arrange
ments with young Bailey to take him
home.
A short time before the fatal ac
cident. Teel WCtS on the Washington
highway, near the Stuton farm, with
Boley Rogers and several other col
ored men patching a tire. Elmer
Rogers, Boley's brother, was stand
ing on the road when Elbert Noah
Dawson, traveling toward Washing
ton, struck and broke Elmer's left
leg. Dawson, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Woodson Seitz, a
bride and groom of only a few hours,
was meeting another car and he told
Patrolman Saunders that the lights
(Continued on page six)
1
faculty Members
Resigning Posts
Causing directly or indirectly the
suspension of activities in eight lo
cal business houses, the war is now
breaking into the education field in
a big way At least, it is literally
tearing to pieces the local school
faculty line-up.
Professor Sam Kdwards has re
signed and will enter the service
next week Mrs. Kdwards has re
signed also and they plan to locate 111
Norfolk. Jack Butler tendered his
resignation as band director and
member of the faculty a short time
ago and will enter tin* service next
week It is quite likely that one and
possibly two other members of the
faculty will resign to enter the serv
ice.
Miss Dorcas Knowles, fourth grade
teacher, has resigned to accept a
position in the Farmville school fac
ulty
Miss Madge Glazener, home eco
nomics teacher, is going to the Hugh
Morson faculty in Haleigh after com
pleting her work here the middle of
this month.
The situation will be reviewed and
studied hv the local committee at a
special meeting the latter part of this
week.
WINNERS IN COUNTY RACE
J. Calvin Smith, of Koborsonville, (left), chalked up a victory
in the last Saturday primary over S. 11. Grimes to yam the seat
of judge of the county court. In the second contest for a coun
ty office, Clarence W Griffin won over W 1 Skinner to return
to the legislature as the county's representative
Mrs. Mo I lie ^. Ross
Passes In Hospital
Here hist Sat urday I
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Hud llren An Invalid for Loup
Number of Years; has! ?
Hites On Sunday
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Mrs. Mollie Whitfield Ross, high
ly respected citizen of the Hasscll
community, died in the local hospi
tal last Saturday morning at 7:30
o'clock. Suffering a stroke nearly
thirty years ago, Mrs. Ross had been
a semi-invalid since that time up
untjl about three weeks ago when
she felt in trying to raise herself
from the bed and^iroke her hip. She
wair removed"to the hospital where
her weakened condition made it im
possible for her to respond to treat
ment. Hie end came gradually, death
being attributed to complications.
The daughter of Hen Whitfield, of
this county, and the late Julia Cox
Whitfield, of Beaufort County, Mrs
Ross was born 111 this county in
1883. When a young woman she was
married to C. L. Bunting in 1900
Following his death she was mar
ried to Mr. B. 11. Ross. She was a
patient sufferer during the long
years of her illness. She was a mem
ber of the Christian Church at Gold
Point for a Jong number of years.
Besides her father and husband,
she leaves by her first marriage, two
sons, Roland C. Bunting, of Norfolk,
and P. U, Bunting, of Williamston,
and by her second marriage, one
daughter, Miss Margaret Ross, of
the hbme, and four sons, Willie
Ross, of Norfolk; Garland Ross, of
Ahoskie; B. H. Ross, Jr., U. S Army,
and Marvin Ross, of the home. She
[also leaves a sister, Mrs. J. S. Grif
fin, of Norfolk, and two brothers,
Messrs. J B and Chas Whitfield,
both of Oak City. Her son, Willie,
| was painfully injured by a hit-and
run driver near the hospital while
I he was on a visit to his mother about
two weeks ago.
Funeral services were conducted
from the late home last Sunday af
ternoon by Rev. J M Perry, Rober
sonvilie minister. Burial was in the
' Bunting family cemetery, near Rob
ersonville.
Ihm iiHH l*ri<e (rilin^n
In (wrevnvillv Tonight
A representative of the Office of
Price Administration will discuss
price regulations or ceilings at a
special meeting in the city hall, in
Greenville, this evening at seven
o'clock, it has been announced. Mer
ehants and other interested parties in
this county are invited to attend.
CKMKTKHV
Williamston's proposed ceme
tery improvement project, pend
ing all these many years, has
moved nearer a reality at last,
the regular meeting of the town
board of commissioners learn
ing last night that rights to all
the property on the north side
of the present cemetery had
been obtained up to Gurganus
Street. The last title was trans
ferred just recently when Julia
Ormond sold her lots for $1,000
and agreed to move away her
home and the old big tenant
house by next October 1st. Oth
er property rights were pur
chased for $900.
The commissioners had a very
dull meeting last night, t|?e only
other business" being centered
around the WPA janitor's sal
gram. The janitor gets a dollar
raise, and plans for the drive on
rats will be discussed with an
exterminating firm.
County Authorities
Hold Their Regular
Meeting 05 Monday
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V, J. Spm-y Ki'+lfcli'il ll?'tt<l
Of llu- Martin County
V It. (!. Itonril
Uneventful sessions marked t
regular meeting 61 the Martin Got
ty commissioners here yesterday, t
group receiving very few visitors a
no complaints during the day
In o joint meeting of the ('our
Boards of Health, Education a
Commissioners, V. J. Spivey was i
elected chairman of the Mar
County Alcoholic Beverages Contl
Board and supervisor of the coin
system by unanimous vote upon t
nomination hy J L. llassell and
second by Commissioner Joshua
Coltrain. Only one other Candida
Urbin Rogers, filed for the positn
The appointment of Lawrence I
man as a member of the ABC hot
by the commissioners some f
months ago was ratified by the jo
meeting Mr Spivey, head of 1
system m the county since it was
tablished in July, 1935, was re-ele
ed for a three-year term, the cha
rnanship and supervisor's job c
rying a monthly salary of $125
The county welfare budget for I
new
" ? ,1 ' HI YY U.1?nil hi I I v I'll
proved. A hurried review ot tin
ures reveals a slight increase of <
$500 over the 1941-42 figures,
increases in salaries were all(
(Continued on page six)
County Native Dies
In West Virginia
Mrs. Sallie Corey Moore, a native
of Griffins Township, this county,
died at her home in Bluefield, W.
Va., the early part of last week, the
end coming suddenly and unex
pectedly. She was found in an un
conscious condition at the entrance
?of her homo 4n-tho Mulberry apart
ments, and died a short time later,
the victim of a heart attack. Funer
al services were conducted there
last Monday by her pastor, Rev. W
P Eastwood, Method*-* minister,
and burial was in Monte Vista Cem
etery.
The daughter of the late Ed Cor
ey and wife, Mrs. Moore was bom
in this county 52 years ago Wher
a young woman, she taught school
near Jamesville, later attending ti
milliner's school in Baltimore. About
a quarter of a century ago she lo
cated in West Virginia where sh<
opened and successfully operated i
millinery shop. She married C. H
Moore in West Virginia and he sur
vives. She also leaves two sisters
Mrs. W. R. Roebuck, of near Wil
liamston, and Mrs. Lenora Perkin
son, of Baltimore, and a brother, Mr
A. Corey, of Jamesville.
How They Voted In Martin County
Contrary to many predictions, a large portion of the Martin County electorate found time
to visit the polls and participate in the primary last Saturday. A post-mortem of the election
is virtually useless, but it can be said that the contest was held without bitterness for the most
part, that possibly with the exception of the U. S. senatorial race the voters merely express
ed support for candidates of their own choice, voicing no opposition to others in the con
test. The following table, based on official figures, shows the vote in this county, by precincts:
DD E/'IILJ/VPG
ruEvi iivro
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston 1
Williamston 2
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Gold Point
Poplar Point ,
Hamilton
Hassell
Goose Nest
TOTALS
House of Rep.
Judge
U. S. Senate
Congrevsman
Senate
Rep.
CA
85
30
6
61
148
253
45
274
26
46
71
14
53
1112
&
5
o
219
76
287
175
196
273
157
197
72
58
70
77
143
2000
8
i
?
161
39
97
35
184
371
36
41
65
40
40
36
133
1278
1
?5
134
68
147
186
145
139
158
439
38
62
93
56
70
1735
V
I
122
:n
54
29
109
217
47
242
37
31
60
8
53
1041
1
I
151
65
174
167
205
281
146
197
61
63
75
86
134
1803
191
80
194
179
289
451
135
402
97
92
127
69
142
2448
e
I
s
112
23
84
54
44
68
74
76
7
14
16
25
67
664
5
5
8
3
6
11
3
8,
0
1
2
0
4
50
a
3
5
l
o
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RAF In Devastating
Attacks on Germany
In Past Two Nights
Main Action of War Is Still
Centenie On Russia's
Eastern Front
The Allied war of the air reached
a new high pitch during the past two
nights when . devastating attacks
were directed by tens of hundreds of
British and American bombers
against German industrial centers
Saturday night, 1,250 planes went ov
?r Cologne, leaving the German in
dustrial center the most completely
wrecked spot op earth, an estimated
20,000 persons killed and more than
50.000 wounded. Last night the raid
ers swept the invasion coast of
-France and centered on the?great
Krupp works it Kdsen, leaving
wreck, ruin and fires. The air at
tacks are going forward on an
around-the-clock schedule.
In the first raid, 44 bombers v^bre
lost. Last night 34 of the 1,036 planes
taking part in the raids failed to re
turn.
More reserves are pouring in for
air action and equipment is piling
up to reach new high proportions.
The Allied air force is now going in
to action tti a big way. leaving some
to believe that plans for creating a
| second front have been virtually
completed and that other action is
to be expected.
On land attention still centers on
the eastern front where blitzkrieg
plans are believed in the making
Hitler's hopes are bound up in the
Russian fields and a pincers drive to
the Caucasus through Turkey and
the Crimea is still considered a pos
sibihty. Reports from Russia today
state-that the Germans have been
driven back around Leningrad and
[that no great activity is underway
m the Kharkov area, but it is admit
ted that the fierce fighting in recent
weeks on the Russian front is hardly
more than a sample of what is in the
jffing An assault on the entire east
ern front timed with a drive possi
bly through Turkey*about the latter
part of this month or early July is
predicted by some militarists.
Allied aid, traveling in a large con
voy, reached Russia today following
a fiv^-day running battle with Ger
j man planes and surface craft. Six
ships were said to have been lost,
the report disputing the German
claim that eighteen had been sent
to the bottom.
The tide of battle has turned in
favor of the British in Libya, a re
port today slating that nearly hair
of a strong attacking German tank
force had been wiped out, that. Gen
eral Rommel's extensive plans for an
all-out drive had met w ith failure
Australia's Prime Minister Curtin
today challenged the Japs to try an
invasion of his country The chal
lenge would indicate that Australia
has had its defenses greatly strength
nod While the challenge was being
lung at the Japs, three midget sub
marines entered Sydney harbor and
sunk a small bbut, killing nineteen
>ersons. The Jap subs were lost in
the attack.
In the Far Fast, China is still be
ing hammered and beaten by the in
vading Japs, huT the defenders are
till offering a srtong resistance
Two more ships have been sunk in
the Atlantic, pushing the total to
und 251) Out of a crew of 42, 39
were reported lost in a sinking in the
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico is today formally at war
with Germany, but no untoward ac
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I^arge Primary Vote
(last In This County
Without malice or excessive per
suasion, a largo portion of the Mar-"
tin County oloctorato took timo out
last Saturday to participate in the
ifff-year political primary, tin. sire
of the vote exceeding many esti
mates and trailing by hardly 500 the
record total chalked up two years
jgo. The vote had been estimated
anywhere from 1.800 to .1,560, J. C
Manning's guess of 3,200 being near
est the total.
The following table shows the vote
ast in 1940 and the one cast in the
thirteen county precincts last Satur
day
Jumesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Wilhamston. 1
Williamston, 2
Cross Hoads
Robersonville
Gold Point
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Massed
Goose Nest
Nineteen of the 1940 votes were in
the Republican column, the last Sat
urday vote setting a new low record
in the total count for the opposition
party. Several of the precincts did
not record a singe Republican vote.
There were only six absentee
votes cast in the county, the service
me napparently being too busy with
their duties to take time out to vote.
Four of the votes were cast in Wil
liamston and one each in Rob*Hon
ville and Bear Gram.
1940
1942
396
317
150
107
293
293
255
242
492
348
590
536
262
215
477
492
122
105
156
107
156
145
106
95
250
213
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3705
3215