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PAT BAT WAS \[ BOND DAT iror mnmt?un toum THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY & UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 98 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December II, 19-12. ESTABLISHED 1899 Big Number Of Low Grade Tires Issued By Rationing Board No New Car Tirets and Few Truck Tires Allowed By Board This Week Having very few new or Grade I tires for rationnig, the Martin Coun ty Rationing Board was very libwal in issuing Grade 2 and 3 tires at its regular meeting here yesterday. No new automobile tires were made available, and only ten new truck tires and five truck tire tubes were allotted. Purchasers are warned by dealers that the low-grade tires cannot be expected to hold up and give the service of a new Grade A tire. It is possible to drive them thousands of miles, but they must bo kept proper ly inflated, driven at a slow speed and handled carefully. New truck tires were issued to the following: C. G. Rogerson, RFD 2, Williams ton, four tires for hauling logs and lumber. John A. Manning, Williamston, two tires and one tube for hauling farm produce. John W. Gurkin, Williamston, two truck tire tubes for hauling peanuts. Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co., Williamston, four tires and two tubes for hauling lumber. Grade II tires were rationed to the following: John T. Williams, RFD 2, William ston, two grade II tires and one re capped tire for defense worker. Eva M Evant, Williamston, four tires and three tubes for govern ment employee. Grade III tires were issued to the following for use either on cars or pick-up trucks: Howard Coltrain, RFD 1, William ston, two tires for farm work and transporting defense worker. Chas. G. Forbes, Robersonville, four tires for farm. Chas. H. Ange, Jamesville, two tires for farm, H. T. Roberson, Williamston, two tires for farm. Chas. Rawls, Williamston, three tires for defense worker. Robert Lee Manning, RFD 2, Wil liamston, two tires for farm. G. H Forbes, RFD 3, Williamston, two tires for farm. J M. Highsmith, Robersonville, two tires for farm. Elmer C. Stevenson, Hamilton, four tires for farm. J. S. Whitman, Robersonville, two tires to haul workers. Tires formerly issued for pick-up trucks came out of the regular truck tire allotment. Now they are charg ed against the passenger car allot ments since they are the same size. Certificates for recapping service were issued as follows: Wallace Olinthus Andrews, Rober sonville, one tire for minister. J. O. Stokes, Hamilton, two tires to ride to and from work. Johnnie Bland, Hamilton, four tires for farm. S. E. Taylor, RFD 3, Williamston, (Continued on page foui) # Estimate More Than 5,000 In This County Register For Liquor New Customers Recognized At Counters When Stores Were Reopened An estimated 5,000 Martin Coun ty persons registered under the li quor rationing system this week, ac cording to reliable reports gained here this morning. County ABC of ficials could not be contacted, but store managers in two of the towns where the legal brands are offered for sale were of the opinion that the registration would reach and possi bly pass that figure. Rushed with ap plications during the early part of the week, ABC officials ordered the registration continued through to day in most of the stores when it was apparent that the?task could not be handled in the allotted time. Reg istrations after today will be handl ed by the County Board. It could not be learned definitely, but it is possible that the applications receiv ed after today will be considered on ly during regular meetings of the board once each month. A fairly accurate check made here this morning indicated that the reg istration in the Williams ton store had passed the 5,000 mark. James ville reported approximately 500 registered there. Final figures are likely to show a greater total in these two stores and also a larger total than the one estimated for the county. The liquor rationing registration was accepted in full stride, reports declaring that there was no trouble experienced and that the registrants were happy over it. Some stood in the rain and waited their turn with out murmur or complaint. Gasoline and tire rationing kept few away, and the meaning of the entire liquor rationing business was grasped in one gulp from the highest to the most ignorant. Women, including the white, crowded into the lines and accounted for a fairly sizable por trom page ana) Delivery Of Kerosene Rations Gets Underway in the County The distribution of ration coupons for the purchase of kerosene used in lighting and cooking and for various mechanical uses on the farm and around the home got underway in seven white county schools this af ternoon. Approximately 6,000 of the coupon sheets were made ready by rationing board employees and vol unteers who worked day and night during recent week*. That some er rors were made is admitted, but in many cases, the applications did not carry the proper name of the appli cant, and in a few cases "Martin County" was given as the address of the applicant. In those cases, the ap plicants will find it necessary to call at the ratinoing board office next week to get their kerosene rations. It will also be necessary for those who do not get their coupons this afternoon or tomorrow morning to go to the rationing board for their allotments. i Those persons using kerosene or ifuel oil for heating, that is in cen tral heating plants and "space" heat ers, wiil not cail at the schools at all for their rations. They will report directly to the board office possibly next Wednesday or Thursday. So few people have volunteered to as sist the work that it has been impos sible to get the allotments ready. The distribution of allotments for kerosene purchases underway today and tomorrow morning is being ef fected in the schools at Jamesville, Williamston. Everetts. Roberson ville, Hassell, Oak City and Hamil ton. All consumers are warned, and the warning is final, to observe the expiration date of the allotment and use their allowance accordingly Some of the coupons are to last a year, others for three months and some wil expire the ast of this month. There'll be no supplemental rations allowed. REI) CROSS With the able help of faithful volunteers in three communi ties?Jamesville. Bear Grass and Williamston?the Martin Coun ty Chapter this week completed another surgical dressings proj ect, Mrs. Tom Barnhill, chief su pervisor of the work here, stat ing that 9,000 4x4, 30,000 2x2 and 7,200 4x8 bandages or dressings were prepared for use in treat ing wounds of American service men on the battlefronts. Hardly had the last project been completed before a new and larger assignment had been made. Definite figures could not be had immediately, but it is es timated that around 100,000 ban dages are waiting to be made In the chapter. During the past week only 23 women reported for service in the local bandage room, but in Bear Grass and Jamesville, the volunteers are said to have turn ed out in numbers and worked faithfully. Much has been ac complished, but the task is not yet done, and every one is urged to take a part in handling the new project. New Judge Has Busy Day In The County's Court Last Monday Returning To Bench, Judge Smith Impresses Defend ants and Spectators Holding his first term of the Mar tin County Ri-oorder's Court since his election in November, Judge J. Calvin Smith last Monday impress ed defendants and spectators with his forthrightness and determined action to mete out justice to fit the crime and retain respect for his tri bunal. Judge Smith presided over the first term of the court back in 1919, serving on the bench for more than seven years. His absence of 16 years from the bench did not take away his individualistic technique, and the old gentleman felt very much at home when he called his first case Monday morning after a short de lay. The court was in session until fair ly late in the afternoon clearing the larger-than-usual number of cases that had accumulated during the two weeks the superior tribunal was in special session. A sizable crowd was present for the proceedings which were featured by the imposition of a $100 fine in two cases against the same defendant. Judge Smith hardly more than starts his new term before the su perior court comes along next Mon day and interrupts his work. But he is due back on the bench the follow ing Monday with plenty more of the same medicine he prescribed last Monday. Proceedings in the court: Charged with larceny and receiv ing. Jasper Peterson was adjudged guilty over his own plea of innocence and was sentenced to the roads for sixty days. He appealed and his bond was fixed in the sum of $150. In the case charging Joseph Clark, (Continued on page four) Eight Defendants Before The Mayor Charged with being drunk and down, or drunk and disorderly, eight persons appeared before Jus tice J. L. Hassell in his court this week. Charged with being drunk and down, James Purvis was found guil ty and was taxed with $8.50 costs. Russell Perry, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was charged $7 50 costs. Charged with disorderly conduct, Simon Howard, Ben Lee Tyner, Tank Bennett, Louis Harris, Sylvester Scott and James Walston were tax ed with the costs in the sum of $8.50 each. Major Offensives Are Still Pending On African Fronts Fi?'rr?* Fipliling ('oiilinuo in Kiikhiu l)<?*|>itc Kxtrrinc Weather Conditions A major Allied offensive, design ed to throw Hitler and all his hordes out of Africa, is, according to mil itary observers, taking shape rapid ly, and far-reaching developments an- expected momentarily. During the meantime hard fighting contin ues in and around the Tunis area, and increased action is already un derway in the El Agheila section where the British 8th Army is pit ted against the Germans. Few definite reports have come from the several battlefronts during recent hours, but fierce fighting con tinues on the Russian fronts despite extreme weather conditions. In the Stalingrad area, the Russians are gradually pushing the Germans back and on the central front, the Rus sians are consolidating recent but small gains despite repealed Ger man counterattacks. The Germans are still falling by the thousands along the eastern front, and it is now estimated that 6,000,000 of the Nazis have been knocked out since June, 1941. The number of German cas ualties in Russia alone during that lime is greater than the German losses in any three years of World War I on all fronts. Despite the en ormous losses, Hitler and his new chief of staff are sending fresh trixips to the slaughter. It is believ ed, however, that he had withdrawn a part of his air force from Russia and shifted it to the Africa scene of action where it is estimated the Ger mans have more than 2,000 planes in action. The Allies and Germans are pour ing reinforcements as rapidly as possible for what appears will be a big show-down in North Africa. Lit tle has been said about comparative airpower, and there is some doubt if the Allies have yet built up their strength to compete and surpass that of the enemy. Land fighting has been underway for nearly a week in the Tebourba with short lulls. A German tank drive 20 miles southwest of Tebourba has been checked by Am erican tanks, a report stating today that the drive was a costly one to the Nazis while only a few Ameri can tanks were lost. The Americans are gradually regaining their posi tions. A daring venture was made by daring British paratroopers yes terday when they landed behind German lines about ten miles out of Tunis and blasted supply lines and important junctions. The British are softening up the Germans at El Agheila in Libya and the enemy is all jittery waiting for an expected all-out blow. Allied leaders declared today that the operations now underway in Africa are only a foretaste of what will be directed against the Ger mans in due time. (Continued on page four) Christmas Pageant Here Sunday Night Choruses of the Williamston gram mar and high schools will unite in the presentation of their annual Christmas pageant in the high school auditorium next Sunday evening at 8;15. Over two hundred voices will sing in the student production, which has as its theme the promise of peace for a war-torn world. Scenes of the Nativity will be pre sented from the main stage from which the boys choir of unchanged voices will sing. A small stage to the right of the auditorium will be used to portray the present day American scene of a mother telling her small children of the meaning of Christ mas. Two readers, Conrad Getsinger and Nancy Mercer, will give the nar rative. Well-known hymns and carols of many lands will be heard during the third annual presentation of the Christmas pageant. U1SCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD Americas Freedom THE $2ND WEEK OF THE WAR The OWI announced that the U. S. in the year of 1942 will have pro duced approximately 49,000 planes, 32,000 tanks and self-propelled u?* tillery. 17,000 anti-aircraft guns larg er than 20-MM., 8,200,000 tons of merchant shipping, thousands of an ti-aircraft machine guns, and thous ands of scout cars and half- and full track carriers. Munitions and war construction were "above the most optimistic estimate of our produc tion possibilities a year ago," and food production?a large proportion of which was meat, milk, eggs, and soy beans?was 12 per cent above the previous year Expenditures for the year for munitions and war construction will total $47,000,000,000. In the first 10 months of 1942, more than $13,000, 000,000 were collected in taxes and [more than $33,000,000,000 through I the sale of bonds and other govern Iment obligations. Approximately 17, 500,000 people are now employed in I war work?compared to 7,000,000 a I year ago?but in 1943 an additional 5.000,000 will be needed for war I work and for the armed forces. By March 15, 1942, the cost of living had l risen 15 per cent over the end of 1939, but price regulation, instituted in April, held down the increases in I those prices subject to control to 6-10 of one per cent as of October I 15th. Report on Pearl Harbor The Navy Department announced , that all of the eight battleships in I Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. were hit, seven of them temporarily | disabled and one, the Arizona, per manently and totally lost. Those re ported damaged had returned to the I fleet, while others critically damag ed are being repaired and will soon be ready for battle action. Of the j 202 U. S. naval aircraft based at Pearl Harbor, 150 were permanent ly or temporarily disabled. Army j i)lanes destroyed totaled 97. As a re-* suit of the Japanese attack, 2,343 of ficers and enlisted men of the U. S services were killed, 1,272 wounded, and 960 arc still reported as miss- j ing The Navy estimates that 105 en emy planes took part in the attack, and that the enemy lost 28 aircraft and 3 submarines of 45 tons each. j The War Front Navy Secretary Knox told a press J conference that Japanese troops on Guadalcanal may Ik1 running short of supplies. The enemy's attempt to land supplies and reinforcements on ] the night of November 30 was a com plete failure, he said. At that time a U. S. naval task force intercepted and engaged Japanese troop trans-1 ports and one cargo ship?at a loss of (Continued on page seven) Work Of Missing Youth Recognized The work of Wilmer Thomas Glover, young son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Glover, of near Oak City, was recognized in a special citation made by Rear Admiral Frederick C Sher man of the United States Navy this week. The citation reads, "For meritor ious conduct in line of duty as a member of the crew of a torpedo plane, U. S. S. Lexington, in action against Japanese forces in the Coral Sea on May 7 and 8, 1942, he (Wil mer Thomas Glover) participated in two successful torpedo attacks against enemy carriers." Young Glover is still listed as "missing," the latest report received some time ago stating that his plane was forced down just off a small island in the Pacific. While Christmas is thirteen days away, It is already too late to mail Christmas cards and packages for guaranteed deliv ery by that time, according to a statement coming from postal authorities. Ordinarily enough cars to make a train 125 miles long are brought into service to handle the tremendous increase in the mail volume at Christmas but those cars are being used to haul service men, arms and equipment and will not be made available to the postal service this Christmas. It is humanly impossible to handle the task without delay. Late mailing will mean post-Christmas deliveries. Many government depart ments have placed a ban on Christmas cards, and millions of patriotic citisens are exchang ing greetings verbally with their neighbors instead of sending cards The extra money ordinar ily spent for cards and stamps, will do a lot of good if invested in savings stamps and bonds. If America ever had a good rea son and a recognised excuse to skip the monotonous card busi ness, it has It this year. Youths Will Collect Clothes A ml 7 oysforNeedyTomorrow Williamston high school boys in cooperating with the Christmas -Cheer committee?wttt canvass the town for old toys and clothing to morrow morning. Housewives arc urged to donate clothing which may be of service to others, particularly children's clothing, and toys which can be mended and distributed to j needy children. The boys will begin the canvass of the town Saturday morning at 9:30 and persons donating collections to ?he annual Christmas movement are i urged to place the boxes or bundles on their front porches in order to facilitate the pick-up service. The toys will be repaired by mem- ! bers of the Christmas Cheer Com- I mittee, and made ready for delivery to the homes of needy persons on the day before Christmas. The Christmas Cheer Movement has been a community project led by the Kiwanus Club for many years. Hundreds of bundles have been car ried into needy homes during that period. The hearts of many children have been gladdened by the gifts which have come from the kind hearted contributors to the cheer fund While the need this year is not as great as in the past, there will be homes and children with little hap piness during the Christmas season unless those who are able contribute! of their abundance l ire Inspection To Go Into Effect Tomorrow Many Applications For Basic Rations Have Errors In'Em re lu*|MM'lion Kcconl* \rc Ileitis Muilr Hrndy For Mailing Today A close tab on the use of automo bile tires will be made possible be ginning tomorrow When a new in spection system is inaugurated, ac cording to information coming from the county rationing board office to day. The tilt records and inspection reports are based on applications fil ed for "Basic Mileage Ration Book A or D" some time ago. Motorists will remember the applications by the provisions requiring the listing of tire serial numbers and other per tinent information. Approximately 2,000 of the tire records are being placed in the mails for delivery to car owners in the county tomorrow. Several hundred other ones are being held in the ra tioning board office until various types of errors are corrected. In those cases where the applications were improperly prepared, the own ers are being advised to report to the rationing board office at their earl iest convenience to adjust the appar ent errors. Some of the applicants made a big mess in preparing the applications. In copying the numbers from one section of the application | to another, the individuals made mistakes, some left off their State license numbers, others forgot toj sign their names, and others listed ; more than five tires. These applica tions are being hekl fn the office un til the errors can be corrected It is understood that immediate in spection is not mandatory, that the first inspection for tin* months of December and January can be made within a reasonable time. It was pointed out, however, that the tire record must be kept with the auto mobile at all times, beginning and after tomorrow. It is unlawful to op erate a car unless the tire record is either on the person of the operator or attached to the car. The following men have been ap pointed to handle the inspections in this county: Oak City, K V Smith and James $ Raw Is, Hassell, Robert H. Salsbury; Hamilton, Frank Stokes and LeRoy Everett,\ Williamston, A J Manning, John Henry Edwards I. Jessup Harrison and John Miller; Everetts, Will Bullock; Roberson ville, Jimmie Bullock, J. E. Page, Walter Roberson and Louis John son; Gold Point, Harry Roberson; Bear Grass, LeRoy Harrison; Farm I Life, Raymond Gurkin, and James- I ville, G. M. Anderson and Wendell Hamilton. It is understood that the inspectors will determine if the tires are being abused, if there is faulty wear, check (Continued on page four) Draft Registration Off To Slow Start The registration of 18-year-old youths for possible military service is off to a slow start in this county, the county draft hoard office stating that only three subjects had signed up shortly before noon today Constant Little, colored of Wil liamston RFD 3, was the first in the group to register. He was followed oy Melton Morris Evans, colored, of Williamston RFD 2 Levi Ephran Owens, of Jamesville RFD 1, was the first white boy to register today. Those youths who were born in the months of July and August, 1924, have until next. Friday to register. Beginning on that day, youths who were born in September and Octo ber, 1924, will register They will have one week to get their names in the array's potential manpower pot. During one week beginning Decem ber 26, those boys who were born in November and December, 1924, will register The registration is being handled in the draft board office in William ston on the second floor of the Martin County Bank floor of the oliL k BujMi^l KKFFKKNDUM | V J Martin County farmers will vote tomorrow to continue or eliminate cotton quotas. A light vote is expected, but many be lieve it will be a favorable one. The cotton farmers will vote at the regular polling places ex cept in Williamstoii, (.riftins and Poplar Point Townships. The farmers in these three townships will vote in the agricultural building in Williamstoii. Voting will get underway at 9 <*?a. in. and continue until ti o'clock p. ni. All Martin County cotton farmers are urged to participate in the referendum. Patriotic Service League Will Stress Auto Conservation Joint llt'iiry Ktlwurilw "Sained To llt'iol Orpmizution ill Tliin Coiiniiiinilv Formation of a Williamston chap- I tor of the nation Victory Servici League, a national alliance of motor ists, was announced here today by J. 11. Edwards, secretary and treas urer of the Koanoke Chevrolet Co., which will serve as local headquar ters of the new organization. Mr. Ed wards has just returned from Ral eigh, where he was formally induct ed as Williamston chairman of the VSL The Victory Service League, ac cording to Mr. Edwards, has been founded as a patriotic organization of car and truck operators who are pledging themselves to car conser vation in the interests of maintain ing America's civilian transportation system. In addition, the league will pro vide motorists with a correlating agency through which they can par ticipate in any nationally-sponsor ed activity designed to further the country's war effort, Mr. Edwards said. The purpose is to assure conserva tion of passenger cars and trucks and will bring to the nation a full reali zation that the motorist must protect I his equipment to get Hie most eco nomical mileage and to prolong the driving life of the car or truck he is now using in his country's service. "Automotive transportation is Am I erica's vital life-line," Mr. Edwards , jsaid. "The 27,000,000 passenger cars and the 5,000,000 trucks now operat ing in this country constitute a great source of mobility in the hands of the general public. How that essen tial mobility is conserved has a very direct bearing on the war program It is the aim of the VSL to foster sane, sensible conservation of trans portation. 'The national slogan of the VSL," Mr Edwards added, "is 'Save the Wheels that Serve America.' That slogan must be translated into act uality and the VSL affords an ex-1 cellent medium for so doing. VSL members, Mr Edwards said, (Continued on page four) Observers Meet At Bear Grass Tonight A meeting of ground observers or airplane spotters and other interest ed citizens will be held under the di rection of civilian defense officials ?in the Bear Grass school audtorium tonight, Director of Observation Posts J Paul Simpson announced this m6rning Representatives of the U. S. Army will attend along with county civilian defense officials, and two special pictures will be shown. The public is invited to attend. Financed by public subscription and sponsored by a strong coopera tive effort, the observation post in Bear Grass is now housed in a new building near the Presbyterian Church. The building, while not yet ully equipped, cost approximately fw ^ Small Docket F or Trial In Superior Court Next Monday Several Cum-h Continued from Previous Se*?ioiin; Little Interest in Docket With a very small number of cases on the docket, the regular term of the Martin County Superior Court, convening here next Monday, is ex-, pected to handle most or all of its work the first day, Clerk L. B. Wynne guessed today following a re view of the docket. Several of the cases are being brought over from past sessions, and the docket carries few cases of general interest to the public. Judge Ft. D. Dixon, of Eden ton. is scheduled to return to pre side over the short term. Cases slated for trial include the following: The old case, charging Roosevelt Fagan with larceny, is still.on the docket, having been brought over from the June, 1941, session. Fagan was arrested and sentenced to pris on in Beaufort County for highway robbery before he could be tried in this county. It is understood that he is still serving on the roads. Henry Ellison, charged with drunken driving, failed to show up for trial in June, 1941, and the case has been continued from time to time since then. The case charging Harry Davis with aiding and abetting in forgery and with false pretense, were con tinued at a previous term. Chester Terry, charged with aid ing and abetting in larceny, failed to answer when called and a prev ious term, and the case continues on the docket for trial. The ease charging James Arthur Scott vvtih seduction, was continued. Appealing from a judgment in the county court Jasper Peterson is slat ed to face trial next Monday on u larceny and receiving count. (Icorge Daniel Lynch, charged with bastardy, goes into the court ? on an appeal from a judgment hand ed down in the lower tribunal, and Hal Chance, facing a similar charge, w;as bound over by a justice of the peace. Jack Palmer, charged with hit-and run driving, is to face trial next week. Palmer was driving the car that figured in a crash with a motor cycle near Parmele last October, re sulting in the death of Bonner La tham and serious injury to Alton Carson. S T Hunter, charged with forg ery, is also facing trial. Lenon Kornegay, said to be from Lenoir County, is fac ing trial for al legedly practicing medicine without license in this communty last June and July. In a warrant, Mary Smith, charges that Kornegay "did unlaw fully practic^ medicine without a li cense and did obtain money under false pretense and false tokens from defendant with intent to cheat and defraud, hinder and delay and de feat the rights of defendant in the sum of $20." Kornegay was released (Continued^Tfi page four) Big Portion Peanut (Irop in the County lias Been Marketed * Price Range Point* I |?\wir<l Ah Kern (loiii|M?lition Ah nrrth Itnrlf Here One of the best crop years enjoy - led by Martin County peanut grow ers in a quarter of a century is rap idly drawing to a close, reliable es timates showing that possibly 85 per cent of the crop has already been harvested, recent rains interrupting the harvesting work and lessening activities on the market. Quite a few of the goobers, picked before the re- s cent rains, are now moving to mar ket, but the marketing climax was reached some days ago when deliver ies approximated 15,000 bags daily at this point. No official report could be had, but according to the best estimates avail able, approximately 300,000 bags of the goobers have been handled on the local market so far this season. The figure does not include deliver ies to government storage houses for conversion into oil. Martin County, despite dry weath er last summer and heavy rains dur ing the early part of the harvesting season, produced a record crop of peanuts. It is estimated that the pea nut market here, including deliver ies coming from nearby counties, will pay out between two andope half and three million dollars this season Oil deliveries, estimated at about 17,000 bags to date, represent a small portion of the crop, and it is agreed that the price differential will not make or break many of the farmers. The deliveries to govern ment storage have been fairly heavy up until a few days ago, the agents declaring that the farmers are not fussing and fuming as they once did about the price differentia of about 3 1-2 cents. After getting off to a late start, farmers centered all their attention on the harvesting and marketing of the crop, and the season is expected to bq the shortest on record. (Continued on page tour)