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VAT VAT WAS BOND BAT MW VMM?Jin Hum THE ENTERPRISE FOR VICTORY UMTEB STATES Ml BONOS-STAMPS VOLUME \LV?NUMBER 89 IViUiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 10, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 Turning Point Is Believed Reached In War On Hitler V ?? Allies Make Sweeping Drives In Africa While Russia Holds Against Enemv 1 With the Americans sweeping into North Africa, the British tracking down Rommel's forces near the Egyptian border and with the Rus sians holding firm over a 1,000-mile front, surely a turning point has been reached in the war. However, the struggle is not over and those who think the war is over will most as suredly have another thought before Hitler destroys himself and the Al lied armies march triumphantly into Berlin. Last week no one even had an idea when the struggle would end, but now many believe the end will pos sibly come in 1943. The activities of last week-end are so far reaching in their scope that their real meaning is not yet quite clear. Some say the successful inva sion of North Africa by the Ameri cans constitutes a second front while others say the move is only a pre liminary to the opening of a second front. Secretary of the Navy Knox said this morning that the North African campaign was shaping up as a second front. Believed to have sailed from Ire land, and direct from the United States thousands of Americans ga thered at Gibraltar in one of the greatest troop movements in his tory. Hie forces were reported at Gabraltar last week and big news was seen in the making at that time. But not until last Saturday night did the Americans, accompanied by the massive British fleet, pour into Northern Africa on two coasts. Events have been transpiring fast since that time. Marked successes, accompanied by only light casualties have been scored, and it will take a week, probably weeks ,to catch up with all the developments in detail. The move is designated to free the Mediterranean area and lop off about 12,000 miles in Allied shipping distances. In addition to that the move is expected to trap the retreat ing Germans now in Libya, a report early this afternoon stating that the Americans had moved more than 125 miles in that direction and east of Algiers. Warned of the Allied plans, the small countries of Spain and Portu gal are said to have been favorable to the move. Hitler is still talking through old Petain's mouth at Vichy, and opposition has been and is still being reported from that quarter. Algiers, the big city in French Mor occo, has been taken and Iran and Casablanca are about to yield, ac cording to last reports. Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, the man who has collaborated so close ly with the Germans, has been cap tured in Algiers and was said this afternoon to be talking with Amer ican generals with the possibility that he will swing to the Allies. Old Petain, (pack in Vichy, has taken charge of the Vichy forces and has ordered his men to resist. Ninety per cent of the French people are cele brating as a result of the invasion, but the time for a revolt there is not quite ripe. The United States, Cana da and Mexica have broken relations with Vichy but no declaration of war have followed. Over in Guadalcanal,- American forces outnumber the Japs around Henderson Airfield, and the enemy is being driven back. In New Guinea ,the Japs are about to lose their last strong foothold with the British and American forces forming a pincer movement against them. (Continued on pace fix) Q^n't Fool Doctors, County Draftee Says ??? Declaring he was trying to see how smart the Army doctors are ra ther than to escape the Army, An drew Cleveland Roberson, William ston colored draftee, is convinced that you can't fool them doctors. Or at least Roberson admits he couldn't tool them. "I told the man my eyes were bad," Roberson said. "That's too bad," the doctor told Roberson. "Well, here's a little glass," the doc tor explained, adding that if the draftee's eyes were bad he could not tell any difference when the glass was fitted to the eye. "I tried to hold my eye open, but pretty soon the tears started rolling out," Roberson said, adding that the doctor checked the paper with an "O. Keh." "I tried even harder to keep the other eye open, but pretty soon the tears start ed rolling down my cheek and he gave me an OO. Keh for that eye." Declaring, after the old 'possum fashion, that he could not hear very well, Roberson said the doctor placed a finger on his ear and started talk ing to him. "I didn't say a word. The doctor after taking his fnger away asked if I heard him, but I told him 'New, Sir'." According to Roberson, the doctor applied some little gadget to his ear, and when it started buzz ing so unexpectedly, "I jumped clear out of the chair." "You can't beat them doctors," the draftee declared. Nazi Prisoners Captured by Allies in Egypt A batch of German priionera, captured by the Allied forcee In their new Egyptian offensive, shown being marched to the rear lines under the escort of Scottish guards. The pile of rocks in the left foreground is a "trig mark" denoting an intersection point of lines on the Allied maps. Note the Scottish "Tams" on the prisoners' escorts. Thia is a radiophoto. (Centredl\tai) Further Delay In Plans For Receiving Oil Peanuts Here Plans (or receiving and storing oil peanuts in this county have again been delayed, reports from the gov ernment warehouses today stating that it could not be learned just when definite instructions would be issued for handling that portion of the crop Representatives at the lo cal receiving stations said they were ready to receive the crop just as soon as instructions were issued "We are expecting final instructions every day, but so far they have not been received," one representative said this morning. It is understood that the price dif ferential is being discussed by the department with the possibility that a slight increase in the oil peanut price will follow. However, no in crease has been promised as far as it could be learned here. Farmers are asked by the receiv ing stations not to deliver their oil stock until arrangements are com pleted for receiving them. "We are ready and have been ready, but we can't do a thing until we get defi nite instructions from the govern ment agency," a warehouseman ex plained. During the meantime, quite a few farmers are having much to say about the price differential. Some are declaring openly they'll not de liver a single bag to the govern However, a majority or well over 80 per cent are making plans to deliv er the oil peanuts in accordance with tentative contracts agreed to last spring. Some farmers are delivering oil peanuts to the open market, and since there is no provision for such sales, the growers are finding it nec essary to reclaim them for delivery to the government warehouses. ROUND-UP Arrests, after dropping week before last to what might be con sidered a normal figure, jumped up last week-end when local and county officers arrested and Jailed sixteen persons. Other ar rests were made, but bond was arranged before the Jail doors were banged shut on them. Twelve of the sixteen were booked for alleged public drunkenness, one for driving drunk, two for assaults with deadly weapons and one was Jailed for failing to comply with a Judgment of the court; namely, the payment of a fine. Four of the sixteen were white persons. Few Farmers Call For Winter Seeds Receiving 500 bags of Austrian winter peas and vetch for seed, the office of the county agent has de livered very few bags to farmers in this county, according to T. B. Slade, assistant to the agent. It is understood that quite a few farmers in the county have not met their soil building requirements and are almost certain to have their soil conservation payments reduced. The government has extended the time for seeding winter legumes and oth er grains until November 15th, and those farmers who need a few more soil-building units will find it to their advantage to call for some of the pea seed or vetch for immediate planting. No cash is needed to buy the seed, the assistant to the agent explaining that they may be obtain ed under a grant-of-aid and at a very reasonable price. In view of the afct that most assur edly there'll be no plentiful supply of nitrate of soda next season, many farmers are looking ahead and seed ing every possible acre to small grains of one kind or another. Farmers desiring a quantity of the winter peas and vetch are directed to contact the agent's office immediate ly IDLE TIRES Approximately 1M "Idle" Urea have been turned over to the lo cal Railway Expreaa agency here for delivery to the government. Agent V. D. Godwin said this morning. It la apparent that the delivery la lagging, and that a rush will follow Just before the deadline la reached en the ttnd of this month. So far, very few tlree of any value have been turned la, one report atatlag that hardly more than five per cent of the number will be of any service to any body other than far Jut. Increased Activity Reported on Ixjcal Peanut Mart Today Goober* Are Moving at Hate itf About 10,000 Bur* Daily at Present Time Hardly a week old, the current peanut marketing season today re ported activities approaching an all time record, conservative estimates placing the daily turn-over at ap proximately 10,000 bags. Receiving stations, while not blocked altogeth er, were crowded this morning when as many as fourteen farmers' and transport trucks lined up at a single station. Farmers are working long hours harvesting the crop, and rec ord pickings are being reported The quality of the crop is proving bet ter day by dpy and most of the grow ers are saving a large portion of the hay after it was feared that much of the crop had been ruined by heavy rains falling in October. Yields are exceeding expectations, scores of farmers stating that they are harvesting in excess of 20 bags to the acre. The price trend is holding firm at 7 1-4 cents with a few sales being re ported at $7.35 per hundred pounds. Arrangements for receiving oil peanuts have not yet been complet ed and today it could not be learned when the government warehouses would be opened The price differ ential and the method of dividing the crop are causing much confusion, and a few farmers are said to be talking about revolting. However, a majority of them are complaining none at all, and in one case the far mer stated he was ready to surren der every proportional pound and more to the government if it would help prosecute the war. Incidental ly, the man has three sons in the service and another is about to be called "We reared nine children, and all of them have left us, but we tried to raise as many food and feed crops as possible and we are ready (Continued on page lix) ? Special Armistice Day Prayer Service The Church Wide Day will be ob served by a special service at the Episcopal Church on Wednesday af ternoon at 5:00 o'clock. TTiii day of prayer has been observed annually on Armistice Day for many years. With world conditions as they are today we should all take time from our busy Uvea to pray for our boys in the service of our country and for world peace. To those who cannot at tend the service prayer leaflets may be found on a table in the rear of the nave of the church. "Die church will be open all day with the hopes that they will be used by many. Marriages Set New Record in October For Year To Date Twt'lily-ieveii LieriiM> IhhikmI In Thin ( ounty Dur ing That Period The issuance of marriage licenses in this county reached a new high figure for the eurrent year last j month when Register J. Sam Get singer prepared the a 11-important credentials for twenty-seven cou ples as follows: Simon J Perry and Bcttie Hazel I Calloway, both of Jamesville. Hurry Keith Everett, of Roberson ville, and Sue White Brady, of Oak City. | Elbert Alphonsa Heath and Rosa Grace Lilley, both of Williamston. Hugh Morgan Gray, of Pitt Coun ty, and Isabelle Bullock, of Rober sonville. Alfred U. Leggett, Jr., of Rober sonville, and Myrtle Odell Mat thews, of Parmele. Samuel Abraham Ayers and Myr tle Clark Page, both of Williamston. Arthur Bullock and Naomi Scott, both of Oak City. Hugh Richard Crouch, of Wash ington, I). C., and Mrs. Lillian An drews, of RFD 1, Robersonville. Jesse B. Matthews and Lydia E. Rollinsuboth of Robersonville. John "Edward Larkin, of Camp Battle, New Bern, and Lowreader Modlin, of Williamston. Falc Elmo Bunn, Jr., of Zebulon.^ and Olena Belle Swain, of William ston. Colored Charlie Ormond and Mary Per kins, both of Williamston Columbus James Rodgers and Minnie Margaret Dempsey, both of Williamston. Theodore Roosevelt Jenkins and Minnie Rhodes, both of Roberson ville. Raymond Wynne, of Jamesville, and Mattie Boston, of Dardens. Harry Gorham and Kate Biggs, both of Williamston. Frank Bell, of Oak City, and Sar ah Williams, of Palmyra. Floyd Mills and Mary Moore, both of RFD 3, Williamston. Charlie Clark and Alease Slade, both of Williamston. Jesse James Outterbridge and Ad die Lawrence, both of RFD 3, Wil liamston. (Continued on page six) To Register This Week For Special Kerosene Quotas Registrations tor kerosene and fuel oil allotments for use In cook ing and lighting in homes and in stitutions and for farm tractors and other farm engines will be held in all the white and colored schools of the county on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of thia week, according to an announcement made this morning by C. C. Mar tin, chairman of the county ra tioning board, and J. C. Manning, superintendent of county schools. Registrations will be handled from three to six p. m. on lliurs day and Friday and from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturday. Those persons using oil for cooking and lighting their homes or in institutions or in farm tractors or other machines are urged to register during the specified hours on the mentioned diays. Consumers using oil for heating their homes either with a central heating plant or Individual oil stoves are not to register at the schools. They are to unite or call for special application forms and prepare them themselves. Kerosene and fuel oil dealers are registering today and tomorrow at the rationing board office In the agricultural building, but up until noon today very few dealers or distributors had registered War As It Relates To Home Front Is Reviewed for Week Kxpunsion of War Front ('.alio For Increase in Supply Of Materials As the military and economic forces of the United Nations begin to equal and in some respects to surpass those of the Axis, the war for freedom becomes more than ev er a problem of supply, a fight to speed the war goods we produce in to the hands of our naval and air fleets and land armies. We and our allies are beginning to master the many difficult problems connected with supply lines of immense length by adjusting our present shipping facilities to the demands of distant fighting fronts, and by steadily in creasing the number of new cargo ships. But to deliver the maximum amount of war materials and fight ing men to battle fronts within the minimum of time means that every inch of cargo space must be exam ined for its greatest war usefulness. Our good neighbors to the south are invaluable sources <5f raw ma terials. Tin comes from Bolivia, nib ber from Brazil, copper from Chile, rope fibes and a host of other need ed prducts from various parts of Latin Ameica. Because of Axis sub-1 marine activity and the needs of oth j er fronts we now have far fewer ves-1 sels for the Latin American trade than we had a year ago Therefore, although 14 Central and South Am erican republics supply the bulk of our coffee and have large surpluses on hand, we must limit the trans portation of coffee in favor of those other products vital to the war. Of course, wemust see to it that?WiT have an ample supply of coffee for our men in the armed services. But we civilians can make out on a ra tion of a pound of coffee every five weeks, and that's just what?after November 28th?we're going to have to do. This ration wiM go further and taste better if we observe a few sim ple rules?use fresh coffee, keep it in a tightly covered container in some cool place?use accurate meas urements?don't boil, but bring just short of the boiling point?and serve immediately. Raw Materials Front Bolstered The raw materials front of the United Nations?a front that, like the fighting front, stretches about the world?is strengthened by coop erative planning to secure maximum output of strategic materials, regu late the flow of supplies, and ex change information of mutual value. Where sources of needed products are insufficient or undeveloped, it is necessary to send experts, along with mining machinery . or other equipment, to increase the output. (Continued on page six) Believe Sam Jones Was Lost In River Reports from a preliminary inves tigation made by Jamesville Town ship Constable Clarence Wallace seem to indicate that the body re covered from the Roanoke- River at Jamesville on the 28th of last month was that of Sam Jones, colored em ployee of the Foreman-Slades Lum ber Company. The investigation just started reveals that Jones had been assigned to the watchman's post on the company's properties on Roan oke River about two miles above Jamesville during the few weeks when high water overflowed the stream. About ten days before the body was found, Jones was seen in Jamesville. The following pay day passed and the man did not call for his check. His cap was found near the river, and no trace of the man has been established since he was last seen in Jamesville buying pro visions. The belief that the man was kill ed and robbed has been advanced following reports that he carried about $200 in cash on his person. Jones came to this county from j Elizabeth City, and officers are try j ing to trace him back to his resi dence there. Large Number Men Report To Army The second largest contingent of Martin County colored men moved out of the county the early part of this week for final physical exami nation at an Army induction center Most of them are expected to return today and tomorrow for their sev en-day furloughs. Four of the group, estimated at some less than one hundred men, failed to report on time, and at a late hour two were still unaccount ed for. One reported late, and was given a priority rating in the next call, A second one who had been working in Elizabeth City came rolling in with a group of draftees from Pasquotank. His papers were altered quickly and he was instruct ed to meet the Martin County boys at the induction jpnter. The names of the two men who did not report at all are being turn ed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Liquor Sales Set New High Record In County DRAFT CALLS | / The Army will just about thin out the available man-power among the single men in this county next month, an unoffi cial report stating that the draft calls for December are among the largest ever received in the county. In the neighborhood of 100 colored men are being call ed. while the number of white men wanted ranges between 50 and 100. Exact figures could not be obtained, the draft board ex plaining that it was not at liber ty to release the size and dates of the call. The November call for white men will be answered mainly by those young men who were deferred a few months ago. They will leave before Thanksgiving, but will catch a turkey dinner at home while on furlough. It is understood that both Decem ber calls are to be answered be fore Christmas. Big Percentage Of Draftees From the County Is Rejected Twenly-fiv?? Young Colored Men Arrrpled by Army Jiml Kcri'iilly Culling fifty-five Martin County colored men recently for service, the Army induction center accepted 25 and rejected 23, six of the remain ing seven being transferred to oth er boards at the last minute. The seventh one, David Henry Close, failed to report last month, but he has reported to the induction cen ter since that time. While the percentage of rejectees is indeed large, the ratio to the num ber accepted is not as large as was expected according to previous rec ords. Of the twenty three men rejected, twenty were thrown out on account of physical disabilities. The other three were rejected on account of low literacy standards The educa tion qualifications of the group ap parently were the highest of any colored group to report to the in duction center since the first con tingent moved out of the county more than a year ago. The names of the men accepted are, Thomas Ryan, Ernest Andrews, Joseph James Land, Archie Moore, Wesley Anderson Ormond, Walter Lee Cooper, Ben Frank Wilson, Ev ernard Edward Williams, Richard Austin Broadnax; Robert Browni Henry Moore, Durwood Teel, Robert Lee Winbush, Harvey Lewis Modi ca, Roland Ebron, Judson Mack Whitfield, Horace Hodge, Marvin Vernon Taylor, Columbus Harrell, Andrew Cleveland Roberson, Nemi Moore, Aulander Brooks, Richard (Continued on page six) Few County Trucks Have Certificates It was estimated by a reliable au thority today that less than one half the trucks, busses and taxi cabs in this county are equipped with the required certificates of war neces sity, meaning that many of the ve hicles will be forced off the road on or soon after next Sunday. After go ing to much trouble to assist the truck owners with the registration of trucks, the office of the County USDA War Transportation Board is now receiving many calls for help. A county-wide registration was held week before last and less than 150 ruck operators reported to the reg istration centers during the three day period. Quite a few individuals prepared their own registrations, and it is understood that quite a few cer tificates have been received in the county. It isn't likely that the government will send investigators to this coun ty to check up on the registration, but it is certain that the rationing board has been instructed to issue no gas or tire rations unless the truck operator presents his certificate of war necessity. TRUCKERS Advised that many truck op erators had not applied for their Certificates of War Necessity, the Office of Defense Trans portation has opened branch of fices in North Carolina to help handle the last-minute rush. Martin County truck owners who have not yet applied for the certificates are advised to apply direct to the Office of Defense Transportation In Raleiph and not to Detroit. Any truck operator who did not receive an application form is directed to contact either the county or state office and apply for the certificate at I Total of $1,041,841 Spent For Liquor Since Stores Open l-ust Quurler Sales Are The Largest on Record for Any Other Period Legal liquor sales in this county for the quarter ending last Septem ber 30 broke all records, the total exceeding by approximately $15,000 the previous high record recorded in the fourth quarter of last year. The official audit just released places the third quarter sales at $80,357.25, the unusually large business push ing the total of all legal sales since the stores were opened in July, 1935, to $1,041,841.15 The previous high sales record, $85,754 75, was report ed in the fourth quarter of last year. Compared with the third quarter figures for last year, the sales for the months of July, August and Sep tember. 1942. were almost double in sue. No other field of business has ex perienced such a wild growth as the liquor traffic did in those three months, and -according to unofficial reports liquor store patronage is in creasing Additions have been made to the store personnel, and a bottle a-day rationing program was order ed by the State ABC Board, the or der being one uf tlie few tangible? aets to be accredited to the State Board from this distance. Tobacco marketing sent the sales volume up, and it has been main tamed by those groups having com paratively small incomes. For in stance, many sales are traceable to those families who were not so long ago on relief but who are now tak ing in anywhere from $25 to $100 a week. As far as it can be learned, the latter group is spending a "shocking" amount of money for li quor and very little for bonds and investing little for a rainy day. To get a better idea of the amount spent for liquor, one can compare the total with the county tax levy. The money spent for liquor in the three months would almost pay one half of the 1941 tax bill. Sales last quarter in the Williams ton and Jamesville stores were more thun double those of a year ago as the figures below'will show. Rober sonville almost doubled its sales, and Oak City, while doing a big business, fell below the average gain for the county Sales for the third quarters in 1941 and 1942 are compared as follows, by stores: 1941 1942 Williamston $20,329 00 $41,517.30 Robersonville 12,354 85 24,160.35 Oak City 4,194 60 7,072.85 Jamesville 3,732 45 7,606.75 $40,601.90 $80,357.25 Profits piled up in the quarter, too, but from the $23,177 89 net fig ure the State of North Carolina takes $6,892.12 in sales taxes. Deduct $1.648 58 for law enforcement and $14,837 19 out of $80,357 25 spent for liquor is left to be divided among the various governmental agencies for the hard-pressed and starving tax payers. A comparative review of the prof its, by stores, for the 1941 and 1942 third quarters follows: (Continued on page six) 1 G. R. Raw Is Passes In Roanoke Rapids ??? Gordon Russell Rawls, a native of this county and a prominent Roan oke Rapids business man, died at his home there last Sunday after noon at 1 o'clock following a long illness. In failing health for almost a year, Mr. Rawls had spent about six months of that time in the hos pital. The son of Mr and Mrs. C. C. Rawls, of Hassell, Mr Rawls was born in the county town 37 years ago and spent most of his life there About twelve years ago he moved to Roanoke Rapids and successfully engaged in the furniture business and was prominent in civic affairs as a Rotarian and a member of 'he Roanoke Rapids Building and Loan committee. He married Miss Miss ouri Etheridge, formerly of this county, and she with four children. Roy Martin, Gene^Mald, Joanna and Gloria Rawls, ^Viyes. He alao leaves his parents ami three broth ers, Johnnie M. Rawls, of Williams ton; W. H. Rawls, of Raleigh, and C C. Rawls, Jr., a member of the Unit ed States Marine Corps with head quarters at Parris Island, S. C., and three sisters, Mrs. L. D. Rook, of Richmond; Mrs. Otto Reynolds, of Baltimore, and Miss Pattie Earle Rawls, of the home. Mr. Rawls was highly regarded as a business man and citixan in his adopted community. Funeral services were at the home yesterday 4:30 o'clock and in the Roanoke Rapids <