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r PAT ?AT WAB ^4 BOND DAT tm mmm?iAvt mum THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 68 Williamiton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 20, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 Board Reclassifies Few Registrants in Meeting This Week ? Deferments Granted Workers On Farms Until the Late Fall With the manpower reserve dwindling rapidly, the Martin Coun ty Draft Board in a meeting lasting until well after midnight recogniz ed a few deferment claims Wednes day but maintained the 1-A rating for quite a few of the applicants. Deferment claims for farm labor were recognized in nearly every in stance if not in every one, but in very few cases were the deferments to continu after next December 1st. It is understood that farm occupa tional deferments will not be con sidered after the early part of De cember, meaning that those single men who plan to cultivate a crop next year will make the preparations at their own risk. It is possible, how ever, that a registrant who has not been called by next March will be allowed to continue his work. The status of farmers and nearly all oth ers, too, is not definite spid the pos sibilities mentioned here are not to I be understood as coming from offi-1 cial sources The reclassifications follow: Claude Lafayette Green, Jr., w, Rob-1 ersonville and Wake Forest, 1-A Clinton Hale, w, RFD 1, Palmyra, | deferred until Dec. 1, 1942. John Leman Keel, w, RFD 3, Wil-1 liamston, deferred until Dec 1st James Warren Jones, w, RFD 2. Wil liamston, deferred until Dec. 1. John Arnold Stalls, Jr., w, RFD 1, Oak City, deferred until Dec. 1st. | Carey Robert Leary, c, RFD 1, Jamesville, deferred until Dec. 1. Robert Darwin Slade, c, Williamston | and Norfolk,. 1-A Ewan Little, c, Williamston and Bal-1 timore, 1-A Joe Henry Gainer, c, RFD 3, Wil liamston, 1-A Bud Sporter Modica. c, Roberson ville, 1-A Willie Vance Williams, c, William-1 ston, 1-A Thurman Lee Little, c, RFD 1, Rob ersonville, 1-A Roy Long Harrell, w, Williamston | and Norfolk, 3-A Neal Cobttrn, c, RFD 1, Roberson ville, deferred until Dec. 1. Lewis Sherwood Davis, w, RFD 1,1 Jamesville, deferred until Dec. 1.1 Richard Austin Broadnax, c, Wil liamston and Seaboard, 1-A Willie Bess, c, Parmele, deferred un- | til December 1st Edgar Jarvis Gurganus, w, William- | ston, deferred until Feb. 1, 1943 Robert Herman Roberson, w, Rober-1 sonville, 4-F Luther Melvin Cratt, w, RFD 2 Wil-1 liamston, deferred until Dec 1st Kindrew Lee Lewis, w, Williamston | and Norfolk, 3-A v Rual Jester Williams, c, RFD 1, Hob good, deferred until Dec. 1. Junior Williams, c, RFD 2, William- | ston, deferred until Dec. 1. Russell Cotton, c. RFD 1 Hobgood, deferred until Dec. 1st William Linwood Harrell, w. RFD | (Continued on page six) Few Cases Heard In The County's Court In Session Monday ??? Little Activity Is Recognized As the Quietness Before The Storm Holding one of the shortest ses sions in recent weeks, the Martin County Recorder's Court called only six cases last Monday, court observ ers expressing the belief that the lit tle activity was the quietness before an expected storm. A very small crowd was present for the proceed ings, and the court completed its work in less than two hours. Two cases growing out of a street disturbance and displaying no true temperament of the people were set tled amicably when one was nol prossed and a suspended judgment was entered in the other one. Proceedings ir. the court: Pleading not guilty in the case charging him with assaulting a fe male, J. T. Briley was adjudged guil ty. He was sentenced to the roads for a term of sixty days, the court sus pending the term on the condition that the defendant pay the cost and $25 fines "? appealed and bond was required in the sum of $100. Charged with drunken driving, Carroll R. Bull, a traveler, failed to answer when called and his $100 cash bond was forfeited. The case charging Charlie Wil liams with larceny and receiving was nol prossed. Allie Wilkins and Hansy Hart were charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. Both pleaded not gullfJA The Hart defendant was ad judged not guilty and the other de fendant was declared guilty of a simple assault. Judgment of the court was suspended upon the pay ment of the court costs: With the consent of the private prosecution, the case charging David Holliday with assaulting a female was nol prossed. The case charging Thurman Ed mondson with an assault with a deadly weapon was also nol proeeed. More County Men Are Classified By Board PAYING TAXES Unable to buy new ears and precious few tires and little fas, Martin County farmers, as a whole, are paying their debts, clearing their tax accounts right up to date and are believed to be making ready to boost the purchase of war bonds. Approx imately 150 farmers paid their tax accounts since last Tuesday, and many more wiped out all outstanding debts with their first tobacco sales. Most of the tax accounts, it is admitted, were small, but it is estimated that twice as many farmers are pay ing their taxes now than there were in the corresponding per iod a year ago. It indicates a bas ic trend toward saving. But there is that element that can't pass the liquor store, and the sales there are booming. More Tires Issued By Ration Board In County Thursday Applications for Tires Con tinue to Pile lip Rapidly In Office of Board Martin County's tire allotment was exhausted for August by the war price and rationing board in regu lar session here yesterday. When the work was completed, there were still many applications, some of them regarded as vitally necessary, for consideration. But they were added to the rapidly increasing list of pend ing applications. Quite a few motorists have already learned that they had too much gas oline for their tires and they are turning to other means of transpor tation. New Car Tires New car tires and tubes were al lotted as follows: Reuben A Ed mondson, Hamilton, tire and tube for mail deliveries. W. B. Harrington, RFD 1, William ston, tire and tube for ministerial work. Cleopatra A. Tyner, Williamston, three car tire tubes for home agent work. Jasper James, Robersonviile, two car tire tubes for farm work. State of North Carolina Commis sion of Paroles, Williamston, two car tire tubes for supervisor of pa roles. B. C. Chesson, Robersonville, one car tire tube for farm. Recapped Car Tires Recapped truck and trailer tires the following: Cassia Samuel Graham, Williams ton, two tires and two tubes to go to and from work. Alton White, Oak City, two tires and tubes for farm J B Mallory, RFD 1, Palmyra, one tire for farm. G. H. Davenport, Dardens, four tires for farm work New Truck Tires John A. Manning, Williamston ,two tires and tubes for general hauling. John Gurkin, Williamston, two tires and two tubes for general haul ing. W. O. Abbitt, Williamston, two tires and two tubes for hauling grain and produce. Z Vance Price, RFD 1, Jamesville, two tires and two tubes for logging operations. Martin-Elliott Co., Williamston, two new tires and tubes and two re capped tires for wholesale grocery deliveries. Recapped Truck and Trailer Tires Recappe dtruck and trailer tires were allotted as follows: Arthur Modlin, Jamesville, two tires and tubes for farm trailer. Mrs. Zeno Beddard, RFD 3, Wil liamston, two tires for farm trailer. W. K. Roebuck, Robersonville, two tires for farm trailer. Daniel Louis Howell, Hobgood, one tire for farm. LeRoy Harrison, RFD 2, William ston, two tires for farmer-mechanic. L. S. Ausborn, Robersonville, four tires and two tubes for common car (Continued on page six) RATE INCREASE Effective on and after next Tuesday, subscription rates to The Enterprise will be increas ed within the county from $1,75 to R.N a year, and from $1.M to *1.25 for six months; outside the county from *2.25 to *2.5* for one year and from *125 to (1.50 for six months. The pub lishers will continue the rate of (1 a year for all service men re gardless of where they go throughout the world. New subscriptions and renew als will be taken at the old rate until next Tuesday. Increased coots, considerably ?the, the increase being ef 1 in the rate, makes the np I absolutely noeeasary. Classifications Are Brought Up to Date For All Registrants First One Hundred Young Men in Fifth Registration Are Classified Working until after midnight on Thursday morning. the Martin County Draft Board added to its potential manpower reserve by com pleting the classification of the third legistration and dipping into the fifth registration for about 128 twen ty-year-old youths The fourth reg istration. including those men 45 to 60 years of age. inclusive, are not subject to military service under the present laws. A fairly large number of 1-A men were added to the power reserve, and it is still believed that the draft board :n this county will not have to call up married men in filling quotas before Christmas It is quite apparent, however, that single men with dependents are in direct line to be called, but just how many and when any of them will be called cannot be determined. There are many factors that will either delay or hasten their calls. If all the 1-A men, or even a goodly portion of the 1-A men, pass their examinations, it is quite possible that not even single men with dependents will be called before Christmas. If a large portion of the neyt few groups of selectees fail to pass their tests and the size of the calls is increased, then the youngsters will do well to get their business affairs straightened out and make ready for a call. The draft board is not guarantee ing that single men with dependents or married men will not be called immediately. It is fairly apparent that there is a reserve of 1-A men, but just now it is impossible1 to tell how many will ask deferment or how many will be rejected for physical or other reasons. It is quite likely that many will make deferment claims. Very few of the- question naires examined at the last meeting were accompanied by affidavits proving dependency even though de pendency was set out in the ques tionnaire. The board in those cases placed the registrants in the 1-A classification, and it is quite likely they will properly prepare their de ferment claims and present them to the board. The board handled nearly 800 classifications at its last meeting, but for the present only those registrants placed in 1-A are being listed for publication. If a registrant whose order number is above 10,736 does not see his name in the published list it is fairly certain that he has been grouped in a lower classification, possibly in 3-A or 3-B or even in 4-F or 4-D The following list of names are those of third group registrants whose order numbers are above 10, 736 and who were placed in the 1-A classification: Marcellus Franklin Hopkins, c, Jamosville Clyde. Donald Anderson, w, William ston Moses McKinley Hill, c, Jamosville Delbert Martin, Whitaker, w, HFD 1, Jamosville John Carter Jones, w, 1329 Poindex ter St., South Norfolk Theado Staton, c, Oak City Joseph Lawrence Corey, w, RFD 1, Williamston Mayo Simmons, RFD 1, Bethel James Anthony Bagley, c, William ston Alvin Darphy Windley, c, Jamosville Willie B. Jackson, c, Robersonville, care Roy Peel, Williamston Clarence Earl Taylor, w, RFD 3, Wil liamston Clarence Earl Taylor, w, RFD 3, Wil liamston Alfred Wilson, RFD 3, Williamston Burley Gilbert Nelson, w, RFD 2, Robersonville Jesse Glynn Moore, c, Robersonville William Edgar Cross, w, Oak City Willie Baven, c, Williamston Charles Daughtry Carstarphen, w, Williamston Dan Beaurguard Parker, w, Rober sonville Thelbert C. Whitley, w, RFD 2, Rob ersonville (Continued on page tlx) ? Checking Purchases Of Car Use Stamps A few of those automobile owners who dared to evade the law and not purchase the first federal car use stamp and who suggested that oth ers who purchased them were little more than suckers are being called upon to explain why they did not comply with the law. Coming here yesterday, a deputy collector of internal revenue, round ed up a number of owners who had not purchased the windshield stamps. The alleged violators are being no tified to report to the local post of fice and show cause for failing to comply with the law before prosecu tion is started UNCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD America's Freedom THE 37Til WEEK OF THE WAR War Production Chairman Nelson announced the War Production Board is relating every project in the war program to secure the "max imum impact on the enemy now." Combat planes, particularly bomb ers, are at the top of this new list, Mr. Nelson said. Chairman Nelson reported the U. S. is now producing munitions three and a half times the rate in Novem ber 1941, the month before Pearl Harbor. July production, he said, was 16 per cent above June produe ton. but 7 per cent short of produc tion forecasts made at the beginning of July. "The big job ahead of us right now is to bring our program in to balance and make sure that we use our materials and facilities as wisely as possible." he said. "This means that we must redouble our efforts, particularly on the low spots if we are to make,our goals by the year's end." Craft production, increased 11 per cent in July over June out-put Mr Nelson said. Although combat plane production rose 6 per cent it was not up to expectations. He also re ported: Overall ordnance production in July increased 26 per cent over June output, and was very close to schedules; production of medium tanks was 35 per cent greater than in the previous month and consid erably ahead of schedules; light tanks up 15 per cent also were ahead of schedules; anti-aircraft guns ex ceeded schedules by "a wide mar gin"; merchant ships were up 6 per cent and "nearly on schedule for the month"; deliveries of major naval combat vessels were ahead of those in June and "considerably ahead of forecasts." . The War Front Gen. MacArthur's headquarters in Australia reported allied fighter pi lots using new battle tactics shot down at least 13 Japanese planes, and probably 15 or more, out of an enemy fleet of 47 which attacked Darwin. No allied planes were lost. The Navy reported the Marines' hold on at least three of the Solomon Is lands is now well established When 700 Japanese counter-attacked on one of the islands 670 were killed and the other 30 taken prisoners, Pa (Continued on page six) Oak City School Ready For Term The* Oak City high school will be gin its 1942-43 session on Thursday, September 3rd. There will be no formal exercises on the opening day. Teachers on the faculty this year are: High school, Miss Lucy Pat Meads, English and librarian; Miss Helen Whitehead, home economics and general science; Mrs. Evelyn Jones, French and history; Mrs Gale Lucas, English, history and director of the glee club; John L. Hassell, agriculture and science; science and math, (to be supplied); H M Ains ley, principal and math; commercial subjects (to be supplied) Elementary grades: Mrs. N W Johnson, Miss Ruby Lucas, Miss Re becca Pittman, Miss Carthiene Hoe 11, Miss Hattic Bee Evans, Miss Alice Blanchard and Miss Mildred Man ning Three new teachers will be added to the high school and three new teachers in the grades. When the list is complete the Oak City school will have six new teachers on. the facul ty for the year 1942-43 Mrs. Lillian Kennedy, of Claxton, Ga., is the new matron for the teacherage. While it is expected that the enrollment may not reach the opening of last year, however, a good attendance is prom ised Unusual Accident Claims Boys Life Jeremiah Leggett, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John W Leggett, was fatally injured in an unusual ac cident near his home in Cross Roads Township Wednesday afternoon. The little fellow, well liked by his play mates in his home community, died in a Washington hospital yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Funeral services are being con ducted in the Cross Roads church this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Perry. Burial will follow in the Wynne cemetery, near the church. According to reports reaching here the lad was riding his bicycle and holding to the rear of a truck on the highway. Apparently traveling at a fairly rapid speed, the lad turned the truck loose, lost control of his bicycle and fell, injuring himself internally. He was carried to the Ward clinic in Robersonville for treatment, the doctors there advising his removal to the hospital. Besides his parents, he is survived by the following bfothers and sis ters, Willie Faye, Julia Mae, Mattie L. and John W. Leggett, Jr., all of the home. Tobacco Prices Reported Some Stronger Here As Market Nears End Of Its Fourth Selling Day Civilian 1 )efe use Group Ma k es Ready For Blackout Tonight Some time tonight, possibly for a thirty-minute period between the hours of 8 and one o'clock, the Wil liamston Air Raid Warning District will be blacked out. The civilian de fense group, headed by Chairman 11. G. Horton and Commander John L. Goff. wardens, watchers, auxiliary firemen and members of the fire de partment, met in the control center at the fire station and discussed a, course of action similar to one that j will be followed in the event of a real alarm. When the five blasts of the siren | are sounded the following air raid i wardens will, according to definite' instructions, see that every light is out in their respective districts: G A Harris. Bennie Baldree, Tommie Bland. Richmond Johnson. Percy Brown. Jack Fitzgerald, T. B. Bran don. Victor Roberson. Walter John son. N S. Riddick. Fleming Allen. Sam Williams and H O. Jarman. These men are clothed with author ity to order all lights out. and the cooperation of all the people is ask ed. particularly are those people on the streets urged to seek the nearest shelter and refrain from striking matches and smoking cigarettes, pipes or cigars I One long blast of the siren will be I recognized as the all-clear signal. Call More County Men For Service In Army Draft Board Unable To Fill Its Assigned Quota In September IlliliM-tiun Onlcrs IIiim- Keen Si-iil To Number of White Men in County Hardly hud the August contingent | moved out befmv more Martin Coun ty white, men were notified to report I for service in the nation's armed | forces. The September call has al ready been sounded to youfig men scattered throughout the county, and they'll he leaving soon for the Army induction centers. No official figures were released, j hut it is understood that the draft ' hoard is falling one third short and I possibly more m filling the assign ed quota for September. It is also understood that at least three ?if the number listed below have already joined either the Navy or the Army. James Elheridgc Smithwick and Na . than Thomas Edmondson have join- j i-d the Navy and Dennis O. Holliday 1 is reported to have enlisted in the i Army In the group scheduled to leave' soon art' one or more men who have 1 already been rejected, but being ! placed in IB they are being recalled j possibly for limited military serv- j ice. In the group is a veteran of the lust j war The names of the men scheduled \ to report "soon" are: Joseph Carnegia Ross, Oak City Bm Ollie Coburn, Robersonville James Harold "Griffin, RFD 1, Wil ' hamston Augusta Edson Moore, RFI) 1, Wil liamston Joseph David Thrower, Jr., Wil liamston Asa Robert Harris, RFI) 2, Wil hamston Gilbert Earl Coburn, Roberson ville Larry Clifton James, Roberson ville Whichard Ryland Marshall, Norfolk | James Lloyd Price, RFD 1, James ville Tommie Lawrence Whitley, RFD | 2, Wilfaimston Oscar Hightower Peele, Jr., Oak | City and Portsmouth Benjamin Franklin Reason, Dar dens James Elmer Stalls, RFD .1, Rob- | ersonville James Earl Cassell. RFI) 1, Wil liamston Mayo Peele, RFD 3, Wil hamston Horace Leslie Rodgt rs, RFI) 3, Wil liamston James Daniel Nicholson, RFI) 3, Williamston Learn on Lloyd Ward, RFI) 2, Rob (Continued on page atx) ? First Fire Alarm In| Months Heard Here The (all fire season, coming a bit earlier than usual, was officially opened last Wednesday night at 10 o'clock when the chilly weather call ed for fires in the homes for the first time in months Soot in the chim ney in the home of Mrs. Janie Knox on Beech Street caught fire, and smoke leaked throughout the bricks and spurks poured out the top of the chimney. No damage was done, but the fire department, answering the call, maintained a 20-minute watch to see that the woodwork did not catch. . It was the first call received by the volunteer firemen here in more than two months, the last call having been entered in the records as of June 19. MKKTINGS Pinal plans for opening the county schools next Thursday, September 3rd, will be discuss ed at a meeting of the various principals in the office of the su perintendent here next [Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The an nouncement of faculty personnel ap|H?intments is expected at that time. On Wednesday of next week, the colored school principals will meet at 9 o'clock to complete plans for opening their schools the following morning. Increased Tempo In Fi^htiii" On Allied P P War Front Reported Halll.- Mow Kafiinp: in South Cacifir May lie Turning Point in War ??? While Hitler continues his big push toward the important indus trial city of Stalingrad and toward more oil fields in the Caucasus, the tempo of fighting is apparently in creasing on other Allied fronts. Some observers even suggest thai the mighty battle off the Solomons, now recognized 111 its third phase, may j prove to tie a turning point 111 the Pacific War. \ Despite renewed activity in many far-flung battle areas, the center of the war is still in the Stalingrad area. Tin- defenders, while slowly yield ing to Hitler's mighty army of near ly a million men and thousands of tanks, are said to have stiffened their resistance as aged men, women and little children make ready for a siege. To the northwest on the Kali |nin front, the Russians have staged meaningful drive of their own, cracking the old winter lines held by the Germans and recapturing hun dreds of small towns and villages in that area. In addition to their drive around Kalinin and their noble stand against the Germans on the Stalin grad front, the Russians have found time this week to bomb Berlin "from the air. The drive toward the Grozny oil fields in the Caucasus continues, hut the gains have not been great dur ing the past few days. The defend ers have fallen hack to new defense positions and are exacting heavy losses Ixith before Stalingrad and in the Caucasus. After being battered for fourteen months by the Germans, the Rus sians have about nine-tenths-of their army intact. Far-reaching action is being ro portcd in the southwest Pacific, ob (Continued on page six) DRIVING L? IJCKNSKS State Highway Safety Kxam iner Mcleod announced yester day that minors reporting for drivers' licenses or learning per mits must be accompanied by their fathers who must sign for the sixteen- and seventeen-ybar olds. In rase the father Is dead, the mother or the applicant's guardian may sign the applica tion. Those youthful applicants calling for licenses must have a car of their own to take the practical driving test. Drivers' licenses are issued only on Thursday afternoon in this county between the hours of 1:00 and 4:30 In the court house. More Than ">00.000 Pounds Bring About A .'>()- Out Average _ n Sali-s \nli<-ipate<l Next \\ ci'? \? Farmers Start (.ratling Diroct reports supported by far hums' statements, clearly indicate that prices on the local tobacco mar ket opened much stronger this morn ing. but it was pointed out that the inferior grades were hardly as strong as they were on opening day last Tuesday. There is an apparently stronger demand for the better qual ity grades, and those farmers with good tobacco are averaging in excess of forty dollars a hundred right along, some averages having been reported above 45 cents a pound. The first 4.260 pounds sold this morning averaged right at 35 cents a pound despite increased offerings of the inferior tobacco types. A few com plaints are being heard, but farmers, as a whole, are pleased with their sales and declare that prices are fair when The quality is considered. With approximately 175.000 pounds on the floors today, the selling organ izations will complete their task by or slightly before quitting time at 3:30 o'clock, making ready for what many expect will be larger sales next week. Having just completed their harvest, quite a few farmers have not had time to start grading and sorting the crop. They are begin ning that work now while others are increasing the activity as rapidly as possible. To date, the market has sold ap proximately half million pounds with the average price ranging be tween 35 and 36 cents a pound. Many new patrons, including quite a number not so far way. are being seen on the market here this season. While tire and gasoline rationing may be having its effect, the farmers explain that they are getting sales equally as good and at less expense on the Williamston market as they can get on distant markets and at the same time save their tires and gas. The outlook for the market here this season, based on the activities during this week, is bright, and de spite a light crop present indications point to an increase in the sales this year over those of last season. Grade for grade, the local market is more than holding its own, reliable reports declare; arid farthers are coming here in ever increasing, numbers. By glancing over the warehouse floors, one can tell in what sections rains fell and did not fall during last June and July, the tobacco reflect ing a marked variation in quality. Williamston Native Passes Suddenly In \ Norfolk Hospital I' iincrol Servires \re Held for Mr*. Annie lllyile Waldie Ye^lerduv Afternoon '-?9 Mrs. Robert W. Waldie, the for mer Miss Annie Clyde Gurganus of Williamston, died suddenly in a Norfolk hospital Tuesday afternoon. Taken ill last Sunday, Mrs. Waldie was removed to the hospital that day and died just as she was under going an emergency operation. The daughter of the late Eli and Sally Mob ley Gurganus, Mrs. Waldie was born in Williamston 39 years ago the second of last month. She at tended the local schools and follow ing the death of her father she moved to Norfolk to make her home with a sister. Several years ago she was married to Mr. Waldie and made her home at Chesapeake Beach, near Norfolk. She was a faithful employ ee in the offices of the Addington Beaman Lumber Company offices, Norfolk, for twelve years. Business in the company offices was suspend ed and stores and other business houses in her home town were clos ed during the funeral yesterday af ternoon. Mrs. Waldie is well remembered in Williamston where she spent her early life. Thoughtful of others, she readily made many friends, and was held in high esteem. Besides her husband she leaves one sister, Mrs. M. G. James, pf Nor folk. and two brothers, Messrs. L. H. Gurganus, of Williamston, and D. E. Gurganus, of Norfolk. She was a member of the Metho dist Church for a number of years and her pastor, the Rev. Percy D. White of the Haygood Methodist Church, conducted the last rites at the Derry Funeral Chapel in Nor folk yesterday afternoon at 2:90 o'clock. Burial was In Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. The high esteem in which Mrs. Waldie was held was evidenced by the large floral offer ing and the unusually large attend ance upon the funeral