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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 80 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 9, 1942. , ESTABLISHED 1899
County's Delinquent
Tax List Is Smallest
In Number Of Years
About 300 Unpaid Accounts
Out of 8,000, Represent
ing $4,430.92 Due
Martin County's delinquent tax
list, appearing today (or the tax year
of 1941, reached a new low point
in amount and numbers, the 318 past
due accounts amounting to $4,430.92
being recognized as the smallest in
a quarter of a century. Favored by
a good harvest and fair prices, the
property owners recognized their tax
obligations and moved to clear their
accounts from the books before the
delinquent list was released.
Starting out just twelve months
ago with a levy in excess of $200,000,
Tax Collector M. L. Peel has reason
to be pleased with the record to
date. That record reflects a steady
drive for the settlement of the ac
counts on his part, and, too, it re
flects an improved condition on the
financial front for hundreds of prop
erty owners.
nte size of the list can better be
appreciated when compared with the
one of about ten years ago. Back
during the depression there were
about 1,000 delinquent accounts rep
resenting unpaid tax accounts of
nearly $50,000.
Tax conditions started showing
some improvement in 1933 and 1934,
and last year the number of delin
quent tax accounts dropped to 491
from 696 the year before, the reduc
tion in unpaid accounts being about
$5,000.
The delinquent accounts being ad
vertised today will be offered for
sale at public auction on the first
Monday in next month. The county
commissioners have already an
nounced that publication and sale
next year will not be delayed but
will be handled about May. Quite a
few farmesr are looking ahead and
are paying their 1942 accounts now,
the collector stating that payments
are far greater this year than they
were during the corresponding per
iod in 1941.
A comparison of the delinquent
lists for 1941 and 1942 and the un
paid amounts for the two years fol
Number Advertised
1M1
1942
James ville
90
56
Williams
27
13
Griffins
7
6
Bear Grass
5
5
Williamston
133
75
Cross Roads
24
10
Robetsonville
103
83
Poplar Point
0
1
Hamilton
33
32
Goose Nest
69
37
401
318
Amounts Uncollected
1M1
Jemesville
? 856.19
$ 535.72
Williams
285.84
55.74
Griffins
39.99
70.93
Bear Grass
79.60
11.95
Wllliamston
2.335.88
1,439.23
Cross Roads
376.27
96.18
Robersonville
1,508.10
836.43
Poplar Point
0.00
2.56
Hamilton
1,139.05
713.84
Goose Nest
2,073.33
667.74
.1
*8,683 25
*4,430.92
Large Number Cases
On Recorders Court
Docket Last Monday
Cases Accumulate During the
Two Weeks Superior Court
Was in Session
s
Idle tor two weeks while the su
perior tribunal was scheduled to
have been in session, the Martin
County Recorder's Court had an ac
cumulation of cases on its docket for
trial ISst Monday. Seventeen cases
were called by Judge R. L. Coburn,
and the court was in session until
almost 1 o'clock that afternoon. A
comparatively small number of
spectators was present for the fol
lowing proceedings:
The case charging Harry Lanier
with bastardy was continued until
next Monday.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, Geo.
T. Gardner was fined )50, taxed with
the cost and had his driver's license
revoked for one year.
Luther Casper and Cecil B. Keel,
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly and drunken driving, enter
ed no plea. Casper was adjudged
guilty of being dnink and disorder
ly, the court suspending Judgment
in his case upon the payment of the
court costs and on condition that he
remain away from "Shade" Ed
mondson's home. Keel, adjudged
guilty of drunken driving, was fined
$50, taxed with the cost and had his
license revoked for one year.
The case charging Jesse James
Outterbridge with non-support was
continued until next Monday.
Charged with bastardy, Henry
Bussey was sentenced to the roads
for three months. The sentence eras
suspended on condition that the de
fendant pay $$ a month, beginning
November 1 and each month there
after for a period of one year for
the support of his child The defand
(Conttaued on-page six)
No Liquor Cases in Court For
First Time in Num berof Years
For the first time in years ? at
least fifteen?there were no alleged
liquor law violators to appear be
fore Judge I. M. Meek ins when he
convened the regular October term
of federal court in Washington this
week. Regularly in years passed. En
forcement Officer J. H. Roebuck
would pack his brief case with evi
dence and appear reguarly before
the court as prosecuting witness in
as many as thirty or forty cases when
the violations apparently had reach
ed a peak. This week, the officer re
mained at his post in this county do
ing his own knitting.
Judge Meekins was quoted as say
ing that the sugar rationing system
had had a marked effect in reduc
ing the illegal manufacture. No re
port could be had for all the other
counties in the eastern division, but
apparently there were very few li
quor cases before the court this
week.
Only one case from this county
was on the docket. John Williams,
43-year-old Goose Nest colored man,
was carried before the court for al
legedly refusing to register for pos
sible military service. Judge Meekins
studied the case and while it carried
serious implcations and a possible
long prison term and a heavy fine,
he reasoned that it was more through
ignorance than anything else that
the man had not registered. After
passing by several opportunities to
register, Williams signed up with
out delay at the draft board office
here yesterday afternoon in the pres
ence of U. S. Marshal Ford Worthy.
Williams had a mad look on his face
as he left the draft board office a
free man after being confined to jail
since last August.
Two Lose Lives This
Week In This County
CONTROL BOARD
While anxious to do their bit
on the home front to Insure vic
tory on the war front, Messrs.
W. R. Burrell and J. C. Manning,
both of Wllllamston, and H. 8.
Everett, of Robersonville, were
a bit reluctant In accepting ap
pointments as members of the
Martin County Price Control
Board. Their duties have not
been definitely determined, but
the three men. It is understood,
will serve as policemen over Il
legitimate prices and black mar
ket activities. It is likely they
will hear complaints from any
consumer, and take drastic ac
tion in checking inflationary
price trends on the home mar
kets.
Large Number Tires
Allotted In County
By Rationing Board
Application*) for Forty-three
Tires Carried Over Since
Previous Meeting
After spending much time discuss- |
ing the need for a more rigid gas ra
tioning with District Administrator
Leach, the county ratoning board
got around to its applications for
tires late yesterday afternoon. A to
tal of 54 tires, mostly recaps was al
lotted .the board carrying over ap
plications from the current list for
43 additional tires.
Increasing the county's October
quota of recap tires from 24 to 48,
the head rationing authorities appar
ently can be expected to curtail new
tire quotas in the future.
Only one new auto tire was allot
ted yesterday and that went to Dr.
V. A. Ward, of Robersonville.
Retread automobile tires were is
sued to the following:
Mrs. Watt Daniel Burton, William
ston, two tires and four tubes for use
as county health nurse.
John Hyman Roberson, RFD, Wil
liamston, one tire for farm.
J. L. Williams, RFD 1, Roberson
ville, two tires for farm.
W. C. Windley, Williamston, three
tires for buying peanuts.
W. R. Banks, Williamston, two tires
for taxi.
J. J. Whitley, Robersonville, two
tires for hauling farm produce.
New truck tires and tubes were
granted the following:
Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co.,
Williamston, three tires and three
tubes for hauling lumber.
R. L. Ward Coal and Wood Yard,
Williamston, two tires and two tubes,
for hauling fuel and scrap iron.
Williamston Parts and Metal Co.,
Williamston, one tire and tube for
hauling scrap metal.
John Gurkin, Williamston RFD 1,
two tires and two tubes for tuiuling
lumber.
Retread truck tires were allotted,
as follows:
Robert James Hardison, R1'T> 1,
Williamston, five tires for hiiuling
(Continued on page six)
GAS REBATES
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Martin County farmer*, entitl
ed to tax rebate* on gasoline
used la tractors and for the oy
eratton of other farm machin
ery, must file their claims not
later than next Tuesday, Octo- '
her ltth, according to Mr. O. H.
narrtosu, of the Hrirrtson Oil
Csmpuny here. Claims to tux
refunds en all rmsollne used hy
farmers during the months of
July, August and September will
he rsnstdsred hy the State De
partment of Inouc.
The efflees of the Hanlsou
OH Csmpuny hare wtlltngty of
Number of Highway
Fatalities Pushed To
Four For This Year
Lilllr Girl Fatally Injured iu
Fall front ('.art; Man Kill
ed Riding Motoreyele
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Two untimely accidents claimed
the lives ot two more ^persons in
Martin County this week, boosting
the highway death toll list tor the
year to date to four and the number
of fatal accidents to more than one
half dozen. Vehicles were involved
in most of the fatal accidents report
ed in the county so far this year, but
only four of them were on the high
ways,
Minnie Frances L<eggctt, eleven
years old, died in a Greenville hos
pital last night at 7:50 o'clock from
injuries when she fell from a horse
drawn cart near her home last Tues
day afternoon about 5 o'clock. Rid
ing with several other children, the
little girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Staton Leggett, of near Hassell,
was pushed out of the cart when the
handles of a pair of hole diggers got
caught in the wheel, causing the dig
gers to fly up and strike her. It is
not known if the blow from the dig
gers fractured her skull, or whether
she was hurt in the fall or run over
by the cart wheel. She was said to
have spoken a few words, but never
fully regained consciousness. Receiv
ing first aid treatment in the Rober
sonville clinic, she was carried on to
the hospital in Greenville
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by three brothers and three
sisters.
Funeral arrangements were not
completed immediately, but inter
ment will follow in the Mobley cem
etery in Bear Grass Township.
Bonnie Latham, 27-year-old Beth
el man, was fatally injured and Al
ton Carson, also of Bethel, was bad
ly shocked when their motorcycle
crashed into an automobile driven
by Jack Palmer, colored, near Par
mele on U. S. Highway 64 last night
at 9:30 o'clock. Latham, suffering a
skull fracture and other injuries,
died en route to a Tarboro hospital.
(Continued on page six)
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Renewed Activities
In Red Cross Rooms
Renewed activity waa reported in
the two Red Cross rooms here this
week following the receipt of ma
terial for the surgical dressings room
over the Western Auto Store and
100 pounds of khaki wool for the
sewing room in the Woman's Club
building. General calls for volunteer
workers are being issued, and Mrs.
N. C. Green, chairman of the sew
ing room, and Mrs. Tom Barnhill,
chairman of the other project, ex
plain that the work can be easily
handled if the women of the com
munity respond willingly.
Mrs. Green announces that suffi
cient khaki wool is on hand now to
make 66 Army sleeveless sweaters
and 66 army mufflers. There is al
so a quantity of blue wool on hand
for making sailors' watch caps, and
100 pounds of wool to be made into
sweaters for suffering refugees. Any
one having Red Cross knitting nee
dles not in use is urged to return
them to the sewing room.
Within a short time a shipment of
finished knitted articles for the men
in the service will be made, and Mrs.
Green is urging those who have
completed articles on hand to turn
them in next Tuesday
It has been suggested in some
quarters that the Red Cross articles
are not going into proper channels.
Such statements are unfounded and
are traceable to sabotage efforts.
Mrs. Green explained that hundreds
of letters had been received from
men in the service and from help
less and needy refugees, express
sincere appreciation for the articles
made by the Red Cross.
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
Americcts
Freedom
THE 43RD WEEK OF THE WAR
Following passage by Congress of
the second price control act, Pres
ident Roosevelt ordered ceilings
placed over wages, salaries, profits,
farm prices and rents, and appoint
ed supreme court Justice James F.
Byrnes as Director of Economic Sta
bilization with the job of developing
a National Economic policy.
Justice Byrnes resigned from the
court to accept the new position. He
will have authority over all govern
ment agencies in the economic field
and will be assisted by a fourteen
man economic stabilization board
composed of eight agency hepds and
six private citizens.
Maximum Prices and Rents
Immediately following the Presi
dent's executive order, Price Ad
ministrator Henderson imposed em
ergency 60-day price ceilings on
virtually all exempt food items,
bringing 90 per cent of the family
food budget under rigid control.
Previously only 60 per cent was con
trolled. Under control for the first
time are butter, cheese, evaporated
and condensed milk, eggs, poultry,
flour, dry onions, potatoes, fresh and
canned fruits and juices, dry edible
beans, cornmeal and mutton. Food
retailers, wholesalers, manufactur
ers and processors are affected. Each
dealer's price is frozen at the high
est level he charged in the five days
Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 inclusive. The per
manent ceilings later may entail
some price reductions, Mr. Hender- j
son said.
Administrator Henderson also
completed new orders freezing all
uncontrolled urban and rural rents
at levels of last March 1. He an
nounced the Office of Price Admin
istration would amend existing reg
ulations to prevent eviction of ten
ants resulting from sales of rental
property, a practice which he said
in many cases has become a device
to avoid the effect of rent control.
Previously rent control was limited
to approximately 400 designated de
fense rental areas.
Stabilization of Wages
The President's order had the ef
fect of freezing all wage rates for
the time being until the National
War Labor Board has a chance to
act in individual cases. Wage rates
may not be changed?up or down?
without the approval of the NWLB.
The board may adjust Wages "to cor
rect maladjustments or inequalities,
to eliminate substandards of living,
to correct gross inequities, or to aid
in the effective prosecution of the
war."
Salaries in excess of $5,000 u year
may not be increased without the ap
proval of stabilization Director
Byrnes unless an individual h;is been
assigned to more difficult or more
responsible work Director Byrnes
was given power to place a $25,000
limit on salaries after taxes but with
(Continued on page /tlx)
William B. Rogers
Passes In County
Mr. William B. Rogers, well-known
Bear Grass Township farmer, died
at his home there last Tuesday night
at 9:30 o'clock. Pneumonia, follow
ing a stroke of paralysis suffered on
Thursday of last week, was given as
the immediate cause of his death.
He was fairly active and attended
to his farm duties until he was strick
en a week ago, the end coming grad
ually.
The son of the late Bryant Rogers
and wife, he was born in Beaufort
County 65 years ago. When a young
man he was married to Miss Lucy
V. Coltrain and she with one son, Al
ton, survives. Mr. Rogers moved to
this county 25 years ago, making his
home during most of that time in
Bear Grass Township where he was
highly regarded as a neighbor and
friend. He was a successful farmer
and a member of the Macedonia
church for a number of years.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home yesterday afternoon at
3 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. Dennis
Warren Davis. Interment was in the
Taylor cemetery, a few miles from
the home in Bear Grass Township.
HIGH AS EVKR II
Tobacco prices on the local
market were described "as high
as ever" with all grades In de
mand. Observing a very Infer
ior quality pile of tobacco, a far
mer was anxious to know what
It would sell for because be was
not certain It was worth tying
up. When it sold for twelve and
one-half cents he went running
out of the warehouse, yelling
back that if any one wanted to
find him he would be In his
paekhouse tying sorry tobacco.
Appswxlmately 2*6,00* pounds
of leaf are on the ffoprs today
with the average holding above
4* cents a pound despite large
quantities of Inferior quality to
Scrap Drive Making
Progress In County
Hundred Thousand
Pounds Collected In J
The Past Four Days
Preliminary Total* Reported
By Little School Tot* are
Really Surpri*ing
Little children may lead them in
some cases, but down here in Martin
County it is a case where the little
children are pushing 'em to make a
grand start in the all-out state-wide
scrap metal drive. Preliminary re
ports coming from the schools are
encouraging and even surprising to
those who have been in the scrap
drive business these past months.
The greater part of 109,323 pounds
of scrap metal was collected by the
ten white schools during the first
four days of the ^urrent drive. "And
iiii.4 4 1-1.1 UmlinninrT " 4Wn 1l44lii
we're just the* beginning," the little
folks in nearly every one of the
schools were quoted as saying.
Breaking down the commercial side
of the scrap drive and tearing
through barriers of apathy and in
difference to the country's urgent
call for scrap, the school youngsters
are striking home with their interest
and efforts and are accomplishing
startling results. Those young folks
are hard to guess, but the way they
have started out in their task they'll
get a million pounds and possibly
more. It should be remembered that
they'll have to get well over two
and one-half million pounds to equal
the record already established out
in Nebraska.
Following a canvass of the county
yesterday, Salvage Campaign Chair
man V. J. Spivey reported the fol
lowing collections by schools and
dealers:
TumoetOll.. o onn
Farm Life
Bear Grass
Everetts
Hobersonville
Hassell
Oak City
Gold Point
Hamilton
Williamston
Dealers
Total
2,000
6,000
4,000
22,000
2,500
8,973
1,000
3,000
38,000
19,550
109,323
Officers Capture
Still In County
After a long period of compara
tively little activity, County ABC
Officer J H Roebuck and Deputy
Roy Peel made an impressive blow
against the illicit liquor traffic down
in the Free Union section of James
ville Township Wednesday morn
ing when they captured a 100-gallon
capacity copper kettle and poured
out six barrels of beer. The still was
cold, but the plant hud been in op
eration the night before. Fairly cer
tain that the beer was not made of
sugar, the officers stated apparently
that it was made with a mixture of
molasses and honey.
Anticipating a visit from the offi
cers, the operators moved the kettle
from the plant. Following a smutty
trail and tracking the operators, the
officers found the still more than a
quarter of a mile from the plant.
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Open Registration
Books For Election
Books for the registration of citi
zens desirous of participating in the
general election on Tuesday, Novem
ber 3, will be opened in the county's
thirteen precincts tomorrow. New
names will be received at that time
and on the two succeeding Satur
days, the fourth Saturday having
been set aside for a challenge of the
registrations. Those citizens who par
ticipated in a primary or election
during or since 1940 will not fnd it
necessary to register again to vote in
the general election, provided they
have not changed their places of res
idence.
With one or two exceptions, the
personnel for handling the election
on November 3 will be the same as
it was last May. Registrar R. R.
Rawls, of Goose Nest, is now in the
Army, and his brother, J. A. Rawls,
has been named in his place. A res
ignation in Jamesville precinct is
pending, according to Mr. Sylvester
Peel, chairman of the county board
of elections.
Absentee voting is possible in the
coming election, but much red tape
has to be cut to get the ballot in the
box. Those citizens elegible to cast
an absentee ballot are directed to
contact their respective registrar or
the county elections chairman for an
application.
All indications point to a listleu
election in this county. There are no
contests for county officers, and only
one or two candidates on th^ State
ticket have opposition. It is possible
that the proposed amendments to
the constitution will create more in
terest than the regular ticket will
in the general election.
WARNING
District Gas Administrator
Leach, visiting the county ra
tioning board here yesterday, is
sued a warning against lax meth
ods and violations in handling
gasoline rationing coupons. It
was pointed out that a few in
dividual hooks had been stolen
in this county, that the thieves
are able to use the coupons be
cause station operators do not
bother to check the books with
the type of car and for owner
ship. Such and similar cases in
volve the filling station operator
as much as they do the person
using a stolen book or using an
S book to fill a tank in a car
bearing an A sticker.
Mr. I.earh said that no filling
station operator should fill a
tank unless the proper sticker
appears on the windshield. It
was learned here yesterday that
fifteen enforcement officers are
sweeping over the State, that
they are expected to cover this
section in due time to check re
ported violations and investi
gate the program in general.
German Hordes Still
Pounding Important
City Of Stalingrad
German* Fir*t Reported To
Be Withdrawing from
Attack 011 Gitv
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Despite earlier reports that Hitler
was withdrawing from the costly
frontal attack on the important city
of Stalingrad, late dispatches declare
there is no sign of any let-up in the
fighting there, that the German
hordes are continuing their offen
sive and that the toll of life and
equipment continues to mount to
horrifying figures. An early after
noon report stated that 2,000 Ger
mans sacrifice their lives in an ef
fort to overrun two streets in the
once-important industrial center.
While the late reports would seem
to contradict the first, it is fairly cer
tain that Hitler and his co-killers are
disturbed over the failure of their
hordes to capture the city. Over a
week ago, Hitler ordered the cap
ture of the city, but that fortress,
manned by men and women who pre
fer death to surrender, continues to
hold. While the defenders continue
to hold their own before and in the
city itself, the Russians are making
small but steady gains northwest of
the city, two strategic points having
been recaptured in a flanking move
ment.
There is a plausible possibility that
Hitler will bow to General von
Bock's plans and by-pass Stalingrad
for a plunge into the Caucasus. Ger
man forces, supported by reinforce
ments, are making some gains in
their drive toward the Grozny oil
fields and a major break-through in
that area would open a route to the
Caspian Sea.
If Hitler decides to withdraw from
Stalingrad as he was quoted over
DNB. official German radio, where
will be strike next? is a question the
Allied commands are now pondering
over. It is fairly certain that he will
bolster his drive toward the Middle
East in an effort to meet Rommel's
forces in Africa. But Rommel, suf
fering heavy losses under Allied air
attacks, can hardly move at the pres
ent time. It is possible that Hitler
will draw some of his forces back to
the west to plague the Allies in that
area. When Hitler announced last
night that he was continuing his
frontal attack on Stalingrad, that he
would finish the job with heavy ar
tillery and dive bombers, he caused
some confusion, but behind it all it
I is apparent that the murderer has
suffered a major set-bark at the
hands of the valiant Russians in and
around Stalingrad.
The American air force is being
heard from in a big way today. More
than 100 strong and escorted for the
first time by American fighters aid
ed by the RAF, American bombers
are working over Lille, important
French industrial center near the
Belgium border. No report on the
raid, described as the greatest ever
(Continued on page ilz)
DISTRICT MEET
Closing their office in the agri
cultural building here all day
next Tuesday, members of the
county rationing board and em
ployees will attend a meeting of
state and district rationing au
thorities in Greenville next
Tuesday, Mr. H. L. Roebuck, a
member of the local board, an
nounced this morning.
No comment could be had
from the board member, but It
is understood that the authori
ties will discuss a more rigid
system for fas rationing and dis
cuss plans for handling fupl ell
allotments.
Several Schools In
County Are Pushing
Campaign For Scrap
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County-wide Collection Gain
iiif; Impetus Pointing to
('.lean Sweep Next Week
Going wholeheartedly into-the
campaign to collect every piece of
old scrap iron and metal, school
children and others, too, are expect
ed to make a clean sweep on a coun
ty-wide basis this week-end. Al
though some of the schools are not
operating just now and other chil
dren are as busy as they can be with
the farm harvest work, all the young
folks are pushing the campaign.
Individual reports are encourag
ing and they point to a successful
campaign extending to every nook
and corner in the county.
Principal D. N Hix and his scrap
pers are leading the county just now
with a collection of 38,000 pounds
piled in the two school yards during
the past few days. Miss Edith Brad
ley's sixth grade is leading at pres
ent with 4,800 pounds, and Mrs. John
Eagles' sixth grade is second with
3,700 pounds. Over in the primary
department, Mrs. Carroll Crockett's
little first graders are making quite
a showing with some over 2.000
pounds of scrap on the yard heap.
In Jamesville the school children
have brought in a total of 2300
pounds. They expect to increase this
amount by a large margin over the
week-end. Mrs. W. B. Gaylord, who
owns a large number of cannon balls
made during the Civil War said yes
terday she would make her contri
bution over the week-end, and Mrs.
Annie Glasgow, who owns an old
cotton gin, stated that she was go
ing to contribute the entire gin to
the salvage program.
Farm Life school children have
only collected 2000 pounds but they
expect to get busy over the week
end and put into operation several
trucks hauling scrap metal, Princi
pal Tommie Gaylord said yesterday.
Due to the illness of Principal T.
O. Hickman and because Rossell Rog
ers was busy on the local tobacco
market Bear Grass was delayed in
getting its campaign started. Howev
er, they have collected 6000 pounds
and expect to pass this figure by a
large score next week.
The Everetts school, working un
der the direction of Chairman D. W.
Gaskill, has collected 4000 pounds of
scrap iron and metal. Clarence and
Earl Forbes will contribute next
week a large steam boiler which will
increase the tonnage there consider
ably.
Robersonville school children,
working with Principal L. W. An
derson and Principal Marvin Ever
ett, have donated and sold approxi
mately 11 tons and they expect to
double this amount within the next
few days.
The Hassell school and community
have collected around 2500 pounds
and George Haislip, principal of the
school there, said yesterday they ex
pected to enter the. campaign with
full force next week. No trailers
were available in the community
for the hauling of the scrap and
(Continued on page six)
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Secretary Declares
Attack On Farm
Bureau Unfounded
SpcukK to Directors and Mem
bernhip Committer Here
Wednesday Evening
"This is no time to quibble about
smalt matters, but for the sake of
fairness the records should be kept
straight," R. Flake Shaw, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau, declared in defense
of the organization at a meeting of
the Martin County unit directors
and membership committee at the
American Legion hut here last Wed
nesday evening. The Farm Bureau
official strongly declared that the
farmer's patriotism was beyond ques
tion, that the farmer had done his
part and could be expected to con
tinue to do his part in peace or war.
"The farmer is only asking that he
be treated fairly," Mr. Shaw added,
expressing some wonder as to why
the public feels as it does about the
farmer.
Continuing Mr. Shaw said, "Re
viewing the record, one can find no
reason to apologize for the stand tak
en by the Farm Bureau. When defi
nite facts support your case, and
your case is just and fair, there is
no cause for an apology. It is possi
ble," Mr.. Shaw frankly admitted,
"that the farm bloc stepped a bit too
rapidly to the front," but he quick
ly branded most of the criticism di
rected against it during the recent
parity price fight in Congress as be
ing unfair and unjustified.
"The Farm Bureau has accomplish
ed much for the farmer and for the
country, too. It has given the nation
the ever-normal granary, and when
it disagrees with the Prerident on
agricultural matters, the organiza
tion does not mean that it Isn't going
to do its part.
"Two years ago, the Fsrm Bureau
passed a resolution in its
meeting at Baltimore,
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