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THE ENTERPRISE PAT ?AT WAS BOND BAT I IWf irof mmm?un toum OVER TNC TOP FOR VICTORY wanna mi BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 53 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friilay, July 3, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 Recorder's Court In First Afternoon Session In Months ??? Even Dozen Cases Are Called Last Monday by Judge R. L. Coburn Holding its first afternoon session in recent months, the Martin Coun ty Recorder's Court cleared an even dozen cases from its docket last Mon day. Presided over by Judge Robert L. Coburn and with Solicitor Paul D. Roberion prosecuting the docket, tne court attracted a fair-sized group of spectators during the morning ses sion. There were no sensational cases heard during the day, but the docket was probably more interesting than usual. Proceedings: The case charging William Henry Walston with carrying a concealed weapon, was nol prossed. A nol pros was also taken in the case charging C. B. Rogers with aiding and abet ting in carrying a concealed weapon. Adjudged guilty over his own plea of innocence, Columbus Ward had the case charging him with drunken driving continued under prayer for judgment. The case charging Harry Lanier with bastardy was continued until first Monday in October. Clifton McFonald Barr, charged with drunken drving, pleaded guil ty and was sentenced to the roads for a term of sixty days. The road term was suspended upon payment of a $50 fine and the court costs. His license was revoked for one year. The defendant appealed and bond in the sum of $75 was required. Sandy Lee was found not guilty in the case charging him with an as sault with a deadly weapon. Charged with aiding and abet ting in the larceny of gasoline from the Martin County Transfer Com pany, Chester Terry was sentenced to the roads for a term of twelve months. He appealed to the higher courts and bond was required in the sum of $200. Paul Edward Terry and Henry L. Manning, of Roberionville, charged with the actual theft, were sentenced to the roads for sixty days. The court suspended the road terms on condition that the defendants pay the costs and appear before the court on the first Monday in July, 1M4, and show they had been of good be havior during the two years. The two defendants alleged that they were stealing the gas for the other Terry. Charged with violating the liquor laws or manufacturing illicit rum, Jodie Peaks and Elmer Swain were (Continued on page six) > Tires Are Allotted By Ration Board From July Quota New Allotment Smaller Than . l T r i rwi wm Hoard was JLeu To tie5? lieve It Would Be Holding their first meeting on Thursday instead of Monday, the Martin County Rationing Board yes terday allotted tires and tubes from the July allotment. Hie new quota instead of being larger than the one for June as the board was led to expect by unofficial announcement, is actually smaller for new truck tires and recaps for cars and trucks. The auto tire quota was increased by one and new truck tires were re duced in number from 40 to ST. Hie allotment for recapped tires for cars was reduced from 44 to 28 and car tubes from 14 to 18. Hia number recapped tires was reduced from 58 to 43 and truck tire tubes from 48 to 41. Although the board will be liter ally "wrapped up" with the gas ra tioning business next Thursday, it duce din number from 40 to 37. The applications for sugar will not be considered on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week in the ra tioning board office. Tires were allotted yesterday follows: New Auto Tires D. C. Boone, Robersonville, min ister, two tires. Recapped Auto Tires J. V. Andrews, Robersonville, two tires tor farm use. John A. Griffin, RFD 1, Williams ton ,two tires tor farm use. C. H. Ange, RFD 1, Jamesville, tire and tube for farm use. New Truck Ttrau and Takes John A. Manning, Williamston, tire and tube for hauling lumber. Roberaon Slaughter House, Wil liamston, one tube, for meat deliv Joe H. Hollis, RFD 3, Williamston, three tires and tubes for logging. R. J. Hardison, RFD 1, Williams ton, three tires and three tubes for logging. E. G. Anderson, Robersonville, one tire and tube tor hauling fertiliser. H. A. Jenkins, Robersonville, one tire for farm. , J. Walter Gurganus, RFD 2, Wil liamston, two tires for farm use. Roberaon Slaughter House, Wil liamston, five tires tor meat deliver - The board left a nianbsr at at cations for later consideration. Committee To Map Drive For USO Funds HereThisEvening Meeting in the American Legion Hut here tonight at 8:30 o'clock a special committee will map plans for raising $1,100 in support of the Unit ed Service Organizations, Chairman John W. Hardy announced this week. The quota is nearly three times as large as the one assigned the county a little over a year ago, but when the amount is compared with the need it is small, after all. Brief ly stated, the raising of the quota means that the people of this coun ty will have agreed to contribute $2 for the entertainment and comfort of each of the approximately 800 Martin young men now in the arm ed service. It is no easy task to raise the amount, but it should not be difficult when one considers that more than that amount is spent in a single day for intoxicating bever ages or more than the amount ask ed for entertaining the young men from this county for a year. The people will be called upon for generous contributions, and it should be remembered that the com mittee members and the solicitors are working without pecuniary re ward or hope of any such reward. Chairman Hardy, promoted from the position of treasurer of the USO in this county, is calling the follow ing committee together: Jamesville Township, Mrs. Chas. Davenport and Mrs. Walter Brown; Williams Town ship, Chas. L. Daniel; Griffins Town shio. Mrs. J. Eason Lillev: Bear Grass Township, J. D. Wynne and R. L. Perrjr, Williamston Township, Dr. W. R. Burrell and heads of the civic organizations; Cross Roads Town ship, Mrs. V. G. Taylor, Mrs. J. B. Barnhill and Paul Bailey; Poplar Point Township, L. H. Taylor; Ham ilton Township, D. G. Matthews, Asa Johnson and L. R. Everett; Rober sonville Township, H. S. Everett, W. H. Gray and Paul D. Roberson, and Goose Nest Township, H. M. Ains ley and Joe H. Ayers. Kegister tor Gas In County Next Week WARNING ty are being warned by the ra tioning board authorities that sugar stamps held after certain periods will be declared void. If the retailer does not surrender the stamps within ten days af ter the designated rationing per iod he will lose that much buy ing power, the rationing author ities stating that no board can issue certificates on surrender of such (out-of-date) stamps to give him any relief. It was also pointed out that where one lost his ration book, a new one is not to be issued with in two months after application is made for replacement, that the consumer will have to do without sugar during that per iod. Army To Call Men According To Age Groups In Future All Men in Third Registration Will Wait Until First Croup Is Exhausted According to instructions receiv ed by the Martin County Draft Board this week from Selective Serv ice headquarters, no men will be drawn from the third registration age group until the supply of 1-A men in the firstage group (first and second registrations) is exhausted. Up until this week, the Selective Service had been filtering the third registration men into the first and second registration age groups. It so happened that none of the older boys from this county was called into service as two young men volun teered their services and filled the quota that was to have been filled by draft from the third registration a few weeks ago. Basing their action on the latest instructions, draft boards will ex haust the supply of 1-A men in the frist and second registrations, then turn to the 1-A men in the third reg istration for 1-A men, skipping the fourth or "grand-daddy" registra tion. Under these rules, the young men registering this week and who are 20 years of age will not be sub ject to call until all the 1-A men reg istered before them are cflled into the service, unless, of course, the regulations are changed. After th? supply of 1-A men is exhausted, then the draft board will start at the be ginning and go down the lines, call ing for single men with dependents, then for married men without chil dren, and lastly for married men (Continued on page six) EXHAUSTED The supply of certificates for the purchase of surplas or can ning sugar has been exhausted in the Martin County rationing hoard office here, and the em ployees heaved a sigh of relief. For several weeks, the board workers have been writing the certificates while sugar-eaters waited around in numbers some times as many as forty or fifty. The demand was far greater than was antinlpalsd. for nearly see certificates have already been issued, and it was first thought that that naaaber would take care of ail needs The mppiy of applications has been riplielMid and they will be prepared with the under standing that the certificates will be mailed later provided the ap plicant lepras a Will Register Here From 2 To 9 P. M. On July 9,10 and 11 IiiNtructioiio Not Quite Clear Fur Handling the New Card Sign-up a Martin County vehicle operators and other gasoline consumers will register on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week for ration cards, but definite instructions for handling the new sign-up are still not quite clear in the minds of the registrars. All details will likely be worked out in time for the registra tion which will be held in the seven centers in this county, as follows: Jamesville, V. B. Hairr, chief reg istrar, at the gymnasium. Farm Life, Manning and Gurkins' store, W. B. Harrington and Ray mond Gurkin, registrars. Bear Grass: School house, T. O. Hickman and Garland Whitley, chief registrars. Williamston: High school gymna sium, D. N. Hix and J. C. Manning, chief registrars. Robersonville: Grammar school building, Marvin M. Leggett and Jesse James, chief registrars. Hassell: School house, George Hai slip, chief registrar. Oak City: High school, H. M. Ains ley, chief registrar. I The hours for all the registration places could not be had today, but at Williamston and Bear Grass it was planned to keep the registration centers open from 2 o'clock until 9 o'clock on each of the three days. It is quite likely that the other regis trations will open around 9 a. m and close late in the afternoon. Only two types of cards, the basic "A" for pleasure cars and the "D" card for motorcycles, will be issued at the registration places, but it is planned to have application forms available for other types of cards with the possibility that there'll be sufficient volunteers on hand to help prepare or fill in the applica tions for other types of ratidning cards. Applications for cards other than "A" and "D" will be then sub mitted to the county rationing board for approval or rejoetion. With the exception of operators of ambulances, hearses, vehicles held for sale or resale, taxis, fleets of passenger cars owned and operated by one pqrson or firm and vehicles owned or leased by a federal, state, local or foreign government and those operators of trucks or machines eiBcntial to th? maintenance of the domestic economy, virtually all oth er vehicle operators will be eligible for the basic "A" card with the pos sibility that they can get a supple mental "B" card later. No attempt has been made to de termine the definite classifications, but those persons directly connect ed with the war effort and possi bly doctors will get liberal ration (Continued on page six) a Stores- Will Close Here Next Monday Falling on Saturday, July 4th will not be observed as a holiday, but a general business holiday wlil be in effect here next Monday. Virtually all business houses will suspend ac tivities, but industrial plants will continue operations. The county commissioners will meet as usual next Monday, but most of the other offices will close and no session of the county court will be held. No rural deliveries will be made tomorrow and to effect delivery, Hie Enterprise goes out today ahead of schedule. The shop force will observe next Monday as a holiday, and no edition will be issued early in the UNCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD Americas Freedom THE 29TH WEEK OF THE WAR President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill, in a joint statement on the results of their Waihinntnn nnnflimnn,?| irl thp gjL cussions covered "all the major problems of the war ... we have conducted our conference with the full knowledge of the power and re sourcefulness of our enemies . while exact plans for obvious reas ons, cannot be disclosed, it can be said that the coming operations will divert German strength from the attack on Russia." "Transportation of the fighting forces, together with the transporta tion of munitions of war and sup plies, still constitutes the major problem of the United Nations " the statement said. "While submarine warfare 011 the part of the Axis con tinues to take heavy toll of cargo ships . production of new tonnage is greatly increasing month by month (and) it us hoped that as a result of steps planned at this con ference the respective navies will further reduce the toll of merchant shipping." War Production The President reported American plants in May produced 4,000 air planes, more than 1,500 tanks, about 2.000 artillery and anti-tank guns (exclusive of anti-aircraft guns), more than 50,000 machine guns and 50,000 submachine guns. "We are well on our way towards achieving the rate of production which will bring US to our goals," the President said. This is no time, however, for the American people to get over confident, he suid, because there are plenty of serious production prob lems ahead, particularly those caus ed by raw materials shortages. War Production Chairman Nelson called on Americans to observe In dependence Day this year by work ing for their freedoms, because "we at home dare not have a July fourth holiday in war production." Mr Nelson said the U. S. War Produc tion program will call for $220 bil lion worth of war goods, of which $140 billion must be bought at the average rate of $6 billion a month during this year and next, compar ed with the current rate of $3.8 bil lion a month. The FBI arrested eight specially trained Nazi saboteurs landed by German submarines at Long Island, N. Y., and at Ponte Ve dra Beach, Fla A number of "con tact men" for the saboteurs were al so arrested. Rationing The OPA announced that plans for permanent gasoline rationing for the East, effective July 22, provide aii passenger car owners are entitled to A books based on 2,880 miles of driv ing a year and containing six pages of eight eouporiii eaeh i nch coupon worth four gallons. Application for supplemental rations may be filed when motorists register for A books on July 9, 10 and 11. In.order to qual ify for supplemental B or C books, A motorists must prove occupational driving is in excess of 1,800 miles a year and that he has formed a car sharing club. S-l and ,8-2 books for trucks, taxis, ambulances and gov ernment vehicles will contain 96 and 384 coupons, respectively, each coupon good for five gallons. Filling stations may give prefer ence to defense workers, trucks and ambulances, after posting notices to (Continued on page six) A direct appeal was received from Eastern Headquarters this week asking the Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross to make 36,000 surgical dressings for the United States Army. The challenge is being considered today ,and if a unit ed support can be had not from a few but from hundreds of wo men the task will be undertak en. A representative is to at tend a special training school In Kinston next week to learn how to make the seven types of bandages, and work will get un derway on or about August 1. It is no small underatking, a district representative of the Red Cross stating Wednesday evening that 200 working hours each week between August 1st snd Jsnuary 1st would be re quired to handle the task. Hie Army will supply most of the materials. While earnest prayers go up to the Almighty in the hope that the bandages will never be needed, the Army apparently considers it better to be prepar ed than to experience an emer gency unprepared. The challenge has been stat ed. WUI the women of this chap ter sacrifice pleasures awl par te meet ItT Fifth Draft Registration Is Slightly Under Expectations Martin County's fifth draft reg stration, marking the completion of ts manpower directory, fell slight y short of expectations. A complete eport on the registration shows that '81 young men, 274 white and 307 olored, signed up for possible mil tary service at the eight registra ion centers last Tuesday. Draft au horities withheld comment, but ap >arently there are some low figures n the registration. In proportion to he total, the registration in Wil iamston is apparently on the low ide. It is possible that a number of 'oung men were out of the county corking m defease plants or ir&vel ng last Tuesday and registered in ither areas. Their cards are expect ?d to reach the board in this coun y not later than the 20th of this nonth. Seven young men whose lomes are in other areas registered in this county as follows: one each from Beaufort, Halifax and Balti more and four from Pitt County. Those registrants under 20 years of age are not subject to military service under the present draft laws, and those men 20 years old and who registered this week are not subject to call right away, it is understood. The following figures show the registration by centers and race with White Col. Tot. Jamesville 29 32 61 Farm Life 14 10 24 Bear Grass 32 0 41 Williamston 86 06 182 Everetts 20 8 28 Robersonville 40 85 131 Hamilton 16 25 41 Oak City 31 42 73 274 307 ______ 581 More County Men Get Calls From The Army \ not her July Call To Be Answered by White Men Later Firxl July ('oiiliiigful About Largml To I.??uve Couu ty At One Tiim ? More Martin County men are be ing called to report at designated induction centers wtihin the next few days for possible service with LJncle Sam's forces. The call is one ?f the largest received at any one line, and will be followed by an other later in the month when an ?ven larger number of white men vill be ordered to report for possi )le military service. In addition to a designated num ber, two men have been transfer red from other counties and are to icconipany the contingent from this ?ounty to the induction center. The names of the colored men be ng notified to report "soon" follow: Jim Schooner, of Williamston, ransferred from Halifax County. James Albert Brown, of William Ion, transferred from Vance Coun y Calvin Sharp, RFI) 1, Oak City. Johnnie Peel, KFD 2, Williams on. Arthur Webb, Williamston and Newport News. Collsie Lynch, KFD 3, Williams on. Tommie Cooper, Robersonville md Norfolk. George Moore, Robersonville. Willie B Teel, RFI) 1, Robcrson dlle. Hillard Knight. Oak Citv Jasper Andrews, Robersonville. John Matthews Williams, RFD 3, Williamston. George Washington Hayes, Wil lamston. Edgar Goss, Williamston and Nor olk. John D. McCloud, RFD 2, Rober Kinville. Lee Goss, RFD 3, Williamston. John Arthur Rice, RFD 3, Wil iamston. Henry Woolard, RFD 1, Williams on. William Albert Duggins, RFD 1, Jamesville. Silas Askew, RFD 3, Williamston. Harvey Lee Manning, RFD 2, Rob jrtionville. ? Herbert Godard, RFD 1, William don. Lorenza Salsbury, Robersonville. Clarence Lee Purrington, William ?ton. Ernest Jones, RFD 1, Hobgood. Moses Spruill, RFD 1, Oak City. Augustine Bellamy, Williamston. Geo. Frank Green, Jamesville. ? Walter Jones, Robersonville. Arthur Mac Woolard, RFD 1, Wil iamston Llewellyn Keys, RFD 1, James /ille. Isaac Herman Nelson, RFD 2, itobersonville. Calvin Best, Jr., Robersonville. Lewis Edward Belcher, RFD 1, Williamston Johnnie Harris, RFD Hassell. James Walston, Williamston. Clinton Smith, Williamston. * Hold First Union Service on Sunday Convinced one church will hold ill the faithfuls and leave much oom for any others, the William don Ministerial Association has icheduled its first union service of the summer. Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, Presbyterian minister, will occupy the pulpit in the Baptist Church on Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock, and ?nembers of all denominations and ithers, too, are invited to attend the tervice. Services will be held in the dif ferent churches each Sunday eve ning with a change in ministers. *nte ichedule for the summer season will tie announced shortly. SOME QUOTA As their part of the task in fi nancing the war, Martin Coun ty people have been called on to buy war bonds to the tune of $90,600 in July. The new quota, a large one it is admitted, is well over twice as big as the one for June, but if Martin County peo ple are to play their part and prove their patriotism they will meet the assigned obligation and more. It would seem that each person in the county could and would invest on an average of a little more than $3 this month in the name of the Four Free doms. No complete report on the June sales is yet available, but some reports indicate that the bond quota was not met for that period. Prominent Citizen Dies At His Home In Robersonville Funeral Service This After noon at l.alc Homo For Villi. J. I.itlle Funeral services are being con ducted at the home this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Robersonville for Wil ham Joseph Little, prominent and highly respected county citizen, who died there yesterday morning at 'f:3U o clock. Mis pastor, Rev. W. O Andrews, of the Robersonville Rap tist Church, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Phillips, Bethel minister, will con duct the last rites. Interment will follow in the Robersonville Ceme tery. A victim of failing health Mr. Lit tle had been a patient sufferer for nearly ten years, the last eighteen months of which he had spent in bed. Death was attributed to a cere bral hemorrhage. The son of the late I H. and Delia Gainor Little, he was born in Pitt County 73 years ago He spent a greatyr part of his life and married Miss Azella Mavo pf p-uh-i n, laaa Moving to this county in 1015 he located in Robersonville and suc cessfully operated one of this sec tion's largest mercantile establish ments in partnership with the late J. H. Roberson until failing health forced him into virtual retirement. Since that time and as long as his health would Permit he snnpnrised his farming interests, always main taining a keen interest in public af fairs and in the welfare of his fel lowman. A southern gentleman of the old school, Mr. Little was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was a member of the Baptist church for a long number of years, and was de voted to its work and liberal in Its support. Mr. Little was an able lead er, setting worthy examples for oth ers to follow by his unselfish and up right walk through life. He is survived by two children, Mrs. F. L. Blount, of Bethel, and Mr Mayo Little, of Robersonville; a brother, Mr George R. Little, of Elizabeth City, and a sister, Mrs N C. Everett, of Robersonville. SAILOR As far as available records show, Willie Clinton Parker is the first Martin County color ed youth to volunteer for serv ice in the United States Navy. The county draft board was no tified here yesterday that the young man reported for service a few days ago, possibly as a mess attendant. Parker, before entering the service, lived near Oak Citr. British Feverishly J Rush Equipment To Armies in Egypt Sevastopol Still Hanging On By Thread In Face Of Fresh German Troops After suffering serious reverse! I first at Tobruk and then within th? I border of Egypt, Britain aided bj her allies are feverishly rushing re ! inforecments in an effort tl"'n I tide of battle and save the land ol I the Pharaohs from Hitler's savage men. Up until yesterday, the de I fenders had reported 50,000 men lost j and targe quantities of supplies fall' I en into the hands of the Germans | but the roads were lined with long (columns of reinforcements from Al exandria toward a 35-mile long front about 60 miles west of th< great Egyptian port. Marshal Rommel, the daring Ger man general, is gambling everything on an all-out and sweeping victor} a total defeat. The outlook, ac cording to last reports, state that th< situation is grave for the defenders that the British are contemplating wrecking the vital Suez Canal anc burning over $95,000,000 dollar, 'worth of long staple Egyptian cottoi at Alexandria. It is a desperate sit uation as the invaders push towarc the Nile delta. Gaining a vote o confidence in the British House o Commons yesterday. Prime Minis tor Winston Churchill admitted tha the fall of Tobruk was not expect ed, that Matruh was also expectec to stand. He also admitted that 23( Allied tanks had been lost in the bat tie up to that time. While the situation in Egypt i grave, the situation at Sevastopo was even more grave last night. Thi Russians denied that the port ha< fallen, but did admit that the invad ers were inching forward and tha street fighting was being continue< in the city. At Kursk, the Germans lost 7,001 men in the fighting yesterday bu despite the cost they continued t< push forward. According to Berlin (Germany has had 1,350,000 casual ties in its Russian campaign so far but other estimates place the num ber well in excess of three millioi men. The Chinese late yesterday wen still holding a portion of a railroac vital to the Japanese invasion. Th< Chinese said that the Japs were mov ing up strong forces and much equip ment apparently for an attack oi Russian Sibcriu. More ships have been sunk off th< Atlantic Coast, the" late sinking; boosting the total to 349 since las (Continued on page six) County Youn^ Man Tolls Of Ireland In Recent Letters IM, IrvnTGrifTin Cuii'l Ge l.iiougli SIit|i During Short Nights Pvt Irvin C. Griffin, in a recen letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs S Claude Griffin, says he is get ting along all right as a member a the American Expeditionary Forci in Ireland, but explains that thi nights are so short that he can't ge enough sleep. Since the young mai was horn and reared on a farm, it i readily understood why he can' sleep during the daylight hours. I has been suggested that he contac Mike and Pat and have them fix hin up According to the ?thin most of the Mike and Pat storie originate, the two men were .ferv ently working night and day .for thi war effort. Saturday night came anc they decided to paint the window; black so the early sun Sunday morn ing would not trouble them Report ing back for work, Pat and Miki said they were extremely sorry thai were fifteen minutes late. "I am no worrying over the fifteen minutes,' the foreman boss said "What 1 wan to know is where were you two Mon day and Tuesday." According to the young count] man, the days are really long ii Northern Ireland "It doesn't get darl until about 12 o'clock and begins t< turn light about 3 45." Explaining that he could not tel much on account of the censorship the young army man did say tha he had a nice trip across the oceai even though he did get a little bi sick. "It is the prettiest country have ever seen," he said, referrin) to Ireland. "It reminds nie a lot o the mountains in western Nortl Carolina. There are lots of flowen and shrubs, and I want to see all a this country I can when I get thi lime and money," Private Griffii added, explaining that he had no been paid off in four months, bu that pay day was at hand and tha he expected a big time. In a second letter written a littli over a month ago, young Griffin, in directly intimating that mail wai highly prised, urged that letters b< sent air mail. He went on to say "There is quite a difference in owi camp and the ones in the States, hope it won't be long before I cat tell you abeut conditions here, bu IfAnii snss?? ? -x?