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THE ENTERPRISE
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FOR VICTORY
UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 102 William?ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 2.7, I*)12. ESTABLISHED 1899
Rationing Board In
Last Meeting Before
Christmas Holidays
Offices Will Be Closed Al
Noon Thursday Until
Next Monday
Meeting two days ahead of their
regular scheduel, members of the
Martin County Rationing Board on
Tuesday virtually cleared their
desks of all current applications and
other papers and made ready to
close the office at noon on Thurs
day, December 24, until next Mon
day. "Hie issuance of new B and C
gas books or the renewal of old ones
is frozen until further orders, and 1
there" was little left to be done by
closing time Tuesday afternoon. The
fuel oil rationin/~>>oard was just
about up with its work, and the
clerks were rapidly pounding out
certificates and clearing their desks
for a well-earned holiday.
Recapped tires were issued to the
following:
David R. Holliday, Jamesville,
four tires for farm.
Johnnie W. Wynne, RFD 2, Wil
liamston, two tires for farm.
C. D. Carstarphen, Williamston,
one tire for county tax work.
Johnnie T. Moore, RFD I, Pal
myra, two tires for farm
Everett and Williams, Roberson
ville, four tires, deliver groceries
and meat.
J. M. Perry, Robersonville, one
tire for ministerial work.
Dennis Moore, RFD 2, Williams
ton,' four tires for farm.
C. L. Brown, Williamston, three
tires for farm.
Second grade tires were allotted
as follows:
Jesse D. Hardison, RFD 1, James
ville, two tires and two tubes, for
farm.
Oliver Peel, RFD 1, Jamesville,
one tire for farm.
Lester Lee Sutton, Robersonville,
three tires for traveling to and from
work.
Grade III tires were allotted as
follows:
Will Roberson, RFD 1, Oak City,
one tire for farm.
M .M. Griffin, RFD 1, Jamesville,
three tires for farm.
Roberson Slaughter House, Wil
liamston, four tires, for meat deliv
eries.
J. R. Williams, Jamesville, two
(Continued on page six)
Russians Breaking
Through the Nazis
Lines In Ukraine
General Jon. Stilwell Predicts
End of War in Parifir Be
fore Another Year
Russia'! third winter offensive,
launched on an extensive scale last
week, is gaining momentum and roll
ing forward in several sectors to
day, late reports stating that the
Soviet forces had broken through
strong German defense lines in the
Ukraine and were exacting heavy
losses on the fleeing Nazis. Just
southwest of Stalingrad, the Ger
mans were offering a stronger de
fense, but even there the situation is
gloomy for Hitler and his hordes. It
all adds up to give Hitler his big
gest headache of the war. He can't
pull forces from one front for action
in another for fear that the weak
ened spot will offer an opening for
the fighting Russians. German losses
are running into big figures, and
with large forces fighting almost
between two Russian armies Hitler
is in a good way to lose upwards to
a million men in Russia within a
short time.
Over n Tunisia, big-scale devel
opments are apparently still pend
ing with both sides waiting for an
opportune moment to launch an all
out dive. The French are said to be
pushing on toward the sea in an ef
fort to make certain that Rommel
will not join over German forces,
but in other areas action in North
Africa is limited to patrol work and
air raids.
Rommel's Africa Corps is said to
be making another stand in his back
ward march before General Mont
gomrey's pursuing British 8th Army.
This time he is using natural bar
riers about 140 miles east of Tripoli
to slow down Montgomery's men.
Over in New Guinea the stubborn
Japs are ifghting to the last man
and are offering a stronger defense
in the Buna Mission area. However,
eacouraging news comes from there
in a statement of General Joseph
Stilwell to his men this week. The
General, talking about Christmas,
awuud his men that Christmas, IMS,
would see the war over in the Pa
Further Issuance of Gasoline
Ratiom Awaits New Orders
By direct order of State ration
ing authorities, the Martin County
Rationing Board Tuesday was di
rected to issue no new or renew no
"B" and "C" gasoline ration books.
Few details accompanied the order,
and it could "not be learned how long
the ban of those types of books would
continue in effect. The board was
merely instructed to issue no new
books or renew old ones of the B and
C classes until further orders are
received. It is quite possible that the
rationing system will be overhauled
from one end to the other, and many
are of the opinion that a general
tightening up of allotments will fol
low.
The value of the B and C coupons,
reduced to three gallons and now on
a parity with the A coupon, will re
main unchanged for the present, at
least No general freezing order for
A, B and C books is anticipated im
mediately, but all indications point
I to the elimination of all unnecessary
driving and a possible reduction in
I "necessary" travel.
Accompanying the order freezing
the issuance of new B and C books
and the renewal of old ones in that
class were instructions for the de
j livery by filling stations of all B and
i C coupons received in exchange for
four gallons of gasoline not later
than Wednesday, December 23. Re
ceiving the 4-gallon B and C cou
pons from their retailers, the dis
i tributors are to surrender the cou
pons to the rationing authorities by
December 28. It could not be learn
ed if the B and C coupons surren
1 dered after that time would be rec
ognized as having a four-gallon
value, but the dates were mentioned
as dead lines for clearing the four
gallon value B and C coupons.
NO EDITION
In keeping with a long-estab
lished custom and one that is
highly prized by the members
of the force, The Enterprise
Publishing Company will not is
sue an edition the early part of
neat week. The shop Is being
closed upon the completion of
this edition, and according to
present plans publications will
be resumed the latter part of
next week. Come what may, the
"gang" will buckle down for an
other year at that time.
But before signing off for the
holidays, the force in this the
last edition of the year expresses
every hope to everyone for a
pleasant and thoughtful Christ
mas season.
Personal Property
Will Be Listed At
Two-Thirds Value
Property Listings Are To Get
Underway the Early Part
Of Next Month
Meeting in the courthouse this
week, Martin County tax list-takers
fixed a schedule of values for per
sonal properties and made plans for
taking the lists beginning the early
part of next month. Some of the list
takers will start the work on Satur
day, January 2nd, and all are sched
uled to complete the work by the
end of the month.
Real estate values will remain un
changed except in those cases where
improvements were made or losses
are proved as a result of fire or oth
er agencies.
Personal property as a whole will
be placed on the 1943 books at two
thirds of its actual value or 66 and
2-3 cents on the dollar. This figure,
it was pointed out, is in line with
the schedule of values placed on real
holdings. If a merchant has a $10,000
stock it will be litsed on the tax
books for $6,666. The same schedule
will apply to furniture and fixtures.
Listing values for individual items
were announced by Tax Supervisor
C. D. Carstarphen at the close of
the meeting as follows: Peanuts, $5
a bag; cotton, 12 cents a pound; live
hogs, 8 cents a pound; meat, 15 cents
a pound; live cattle, 7 cents a pound;
calves, 10 cents a pound; ^chickens.
50 cents each; lumber, $25 per 1,000
board feet; logs, $15 per 1,000 feet;
mules, $300 and down; horses, $150
and down, and milk cows, $100 and
down.
Tne tax picture lor 1943 is not
very encouraging. While the list may
possibly hold its own, the tax au
thorities are frank to admit that
some losses are almost certain. They
point out that general store inven
tories are at a low point. There are
few new automobiles, and hundred;
of young men who have had their
names on the tax books in past years
are now in the service and will not
be subject to the usual assessments
Peanut stocks, in most cases, are
smaller than they were a year ago
and those grown in 1942 and still in
the hands of the producers are not
subject to taxation in 1943.
All of the list-takers were present
for the meeting except one and he
was frozen out. Only two change;
were made in the personnel. F. C
Stalling! succeeds J. Linwood
Knowles in Jamesville Township,
and Chas. L. Daniel succeeds Ver
non Griffin over in Williams. The
names of the others are: Tom Rob
erson. Griffins Township; Roasell
Rogers, Bear Grass; John R. Peel,
Williamston; W. L. Ausbon, Cross
Roads; H. S. Everett, Robersonville;
Leroy Taylor, Poplar*Point; LeRoy
Everett, Hamilton, and J. A. Raw Is,
Goose Nest
Declare* Plan ff 'ai For
Entertainment Of Gueit
?
Harold Wenham, one of several
young British sailors being enter
tained here during the holidays, is
a guest in the Carstarphen home.
Tuesday afternoon when Miss Car
starphen bundled the charming
young fellow up and turned him ov
er to Farm Agent Tom Brandon,
several young ladies immediately
charged Miss Carstarphen with send
ing him to the country to get him
out of circulation. Questioned later,
the gracious hostess said it was mere
ly a plan to entertain her house
guest.
GREETINGS
In these days when conditions
try men's souls and when sor
row is so general in its scope,
there is nothing more appropri
ate than the little messages or
greetings extended by the var
ious business firms and others in
this edition of The Enterprise.
Coming from those who so
earnestly wish to express the
best returns of the season, the
greetings are offered as a tonic
to build stronger men's souls
and prove in their humble way
that the Christ Spirit still holds
over things material and stress.
So, from Tiny Tim's Christmas
observation of long ago: "God
Bless lis Everyone."
Several Are Hurt
In Falls On Ice
Several persons were hurt, some
of them quite painfully but believ
ed not seriously, on the slipper ice
here last Monday. As far as it could
be learned no bones were broken,
but some of the victims were so
badly bruised that they continued in
bed today.
Mrs. John S. Cook was painfully
hurt when she fell' in the main
street. Unable to walk after her fall
she was carried to her home in an
ambulance and continues in bed.
Mrs. Elbert Sherman suffered a
bad bruise on her head in a fall, but
she is able to be out.
Julius S. Peel fell on the main
street and hurriedly crawled out of
the path of an approaching car.
Gus Rigas slipped, his feet go
ing up and his head landing on the
ice, on main street.
Mail First Applications For
Soil Conservation Payments
The first applications filed in this
county for soil conservation pay
ments under the 1942 AAA program
have been mailed to Raleigh for con
sideration. There were about 223
applications in the first batch to be
forwarded to Raleigh, Miss Mary
Carstarphen, clerk in the county
agent's.office, explaining that there
were about twelve others in the of
fice to be signed and forwarded to
Raleigh and Washington for the
special payments. Farmers are ask
led to call by the agent's office at
their convenience and sign their
applications. Work sheets for the
1943 crop year are about ready and
they may be signed at the same
time.
I Cooperatingf with the 1941 AAA
program, Martin County farmers the
early part of this year received in
excess of a quarter million dollars
in soil conservation and parity pay
ments. Parity payments, it is believ
ed. will be negligible this year, but
it is estimated that the soil conser
vation payments will approximate
$100,000, including allowances for
soil building practices.
Extensive plans for?an all-out war
farm program are believed in the
making for 1943. Nation-wide meet
ings are being tentatively scheduled
for about the middle of January, and
it is likely that farmers wlil be urg
ed to go all the way in supporting
the war and a sound phace with food
and feed in vast quantities. Just how
the new program will work is not
known just at this time, but it is be
i heved that the government will
| work with the one who is willing to
work with the government, and that
those who choose individual plans
, will be turned loose to shift for
I themselves.
Holiday Season Marked lly
Absence Of Decorations
The holiday season in this little
community is marked by the ab
sence of van-colored lights and gen
eral Christinas decorations Out of
respect for those who fight our war
on the fronts and those who are oth
erwise separated from homes and
loved ones, local people have, possi
bly more than ever before, turned
the lights on in their hearts and are
shedding a glow from their souls.
Occasionally the lights from an in
door tree shine through th<' win
dows to remind one that this is
Christmas.
CI1FKR FUND
The annual Christmas Cheer
I uiwl attracted strong support
this week when the Woolard
Furniture Company extended a
$100 donation to carry a bit of
cheer into needy homes and to
supply clothes for less fortunate
tots. The donation, one of the
largest recorded in charity an
nals here, plus a $5 cash contri
bution by the Woman's Club
boosts the total Cheer Fund to
$187.50.
Treasurer John W. Hardy is
of the opinion that the amount
on hand will amply care for the
needy cases on file with the
Cheer Fund committee. No gen
eral distribution of toys and di
rect aid is planned, but special
cases are to receive attention.
Liquor Rations Are
(lulled In By Judge
j. C. Smith Monday
No Si'hhioii of lilt* Kccorilcr'a
Court Will Be Held Un
til January till
The State law offers a guarantee
a lost drunken driving after one
is convicted in the courts, und now
Judge J Calvin Smith comes along
and is doing everything in his pow
er to help those convicted in his
court of public drunkenness to wulk
soberly. At the regular session of the
recorder's court this week, the judge
culled in liquor ration books where
Solicitor Paul I). Robcrson scored |
convictions. The books will be turn
ed over to the County ABC Board for
fmal disposition. Appearing in court
without his book, one defendant was
released under the promise that he
would deliver up his Isiok and meet
other terms of the judgment.
No session of the court will be held
next Monday, it was announced, but
the Christmas "rush" will be cleared
up at the regular session to be held
on Monday, Junuury 4th.
Proceedings in the court this
week:
Daniel Ryan, charged with larceny I
and receiving, was sentenced to the
roads for sixty days. He pleaded I
guilty to the charge.
The case charging Henry Godard
with drunken driving was continued
until January 4 under prayer for
judgment after the young man plead
ed guilty.
Medrick Daniel, charged with
irunken driving, was fined $30, tax-,
?d with the costs und had his driv
?r's license and liquor ration book
revoked.
Dave O. Bowfen was found not
guilty in the case charging him with
issuulting a female.
The case charging Laverne God
ird with being drunk and disorder
y was continued under prayer for
udgment until January 4
In a second case against him, God
ird was charged with being drunk
>nd disorderly and resisting arrest.
I*he action was continued until Jan
jury 4th with the defendant under
xind in the sum of $200.
James Purvis, charged with re
ceiving stolen property, was sen-1
enced to the roads for sixty days.
The rase charging Julius Braddy
with being drunk and disorderly was
continued until the next session on
lanuary 4.
Arten B Tyson was fined $30, tax-1
?d with the costs and had his driv
er's license revoked for one year in I
he case charging him with drunk
iri driving. -
Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, local Presby
erian minister has been commis
lioned as a chaplain In the Army,
ind will report on January SOth for
luty.
Half Of Last Group
Of White Draftees
Sent Baek By Army
T?'Ii ViVrc Kiiniiiiatcil H.-foro
Tliey 1^-fl Home On Ac
count of "Old" Age
Twenty-four or more than half of
the last group of young white men
i to leave this county, were reject
ed, the draft board here was offi
cially notified this week.
| Twenty-one of the men accepted
; were placed in 1-A and one was tak
en for limited military service only.
| Angelo Cus Mandos, scheduled to
report for service with the group, is
| Confined to a hospital, it was learn
ed.
j The names of the men accepted
and who are now in the service are,
| as follows: ? ?-?i?
John William Bellflower, Jr. .Ver
non Wilson Griffin, William Vernon
Wynne, John Bennett Roberson,
Spencer Raynor, Ernest Edward
Brown, Charlie Edward Flanagan,
Bennie Walton Cooper, Lenwood
Stanley Weathersbee, Henry Lee
Cherry, Roy Ix'ggett, Colon Perry,
John Carter Jones, Walter Glen
Davis, John Foster Vanlandingham,
Edward Spruill Brown, Rodger Ben
jamin Riddick, Alton Lorenzo
Croom, Fenner Toppins Waters, Del
bert Leggett, Clyde Odell Cowey
and Clinton Augustus Ayers. Cow
ey and Ayers went as volunteers.
The names of the men rejected
ari\ as follows:
Lin wood Mayo Purvis, Claud
Woodrow Hux, Marvin Melvin Har
dison, Ralph Clayton Mobley, K. O.
Rogers, James Samuel Meeks, Plum
Jenkins, Geo. Asa Roberson, Dillon
Cobb Wynne, une Bland, Clinton
Hale .Erving Robert Wynne, James
Warren Jones, Clarence Rudolph
Edmondson, James Robert Bullock,
Clarence Earl Taylor, William Bruce
Whitehurst, James Henry Perry,
William Edgar Cross, Collin Spen
cer Hale, Douglas Desmond Taylor,
James Devenwood Knox, Jr., Rob
ert Roberson and Thomas Mclver
Vanlandingham.
Ten men, instructed to report to
an Army induction center, were rul
ed out just as they were ready to
board a bus at the draft boar3 of
fice. They were found to be over 38
years of ago.
A large number of colored draf
tees are leaving the county "soon"
and the next group of white men are
scheduled to leave for the induction
center the latter part of next month.
Red Cross Will Help
Santa Clans Handle
Work in Many Lands
Will < lurry Holiday (Hirer To
Servirenieii ami Toln
Ovrrura*
Washington, I). C? Despite the
roll of war drums, Uncle Sam and
Santa Claus have joined hands to
hnng holiday cheer to American
sorvicement at home and abroad and
children of distant lands.
With the American Red Cross act
ing as the distributing medium, con
tents of the immense Christinas sock
have been flowing overseas in a
steady stream for months.
Preparations for the observance inj
hospitals at Army and Navy bases
at home and foreign stations were
planned last summer when most peo
ple were more concerned with the
heat than with Christmas.
Santa's chief worry, finding troop
concentrations known only by an
A P. O. number, was solved by mil
itary authorities who provided space
un freighters and government trans
ports moving war supplies up to
the fronts.
In addition to these shipments are
Ihe offerings of the American Jun
ior Red Cross, loaded in many ships'
holds and now moving across seas
as another expression of America's
goodwill.
The first concern of the Ameri
can Red Cross field workers at
Christmas time is the welfare of sol
diers and sailors in service hospi
tals. Elaborate programs have been
planned to supplement the generous
celebration Uncle Sam provides for
his warriors. Christmas carols will
echo through hospital wards, recrea
tion halls will resound with gayety,
whenever possible traditional holi
day greenery will abound, but
whether the halls are decked with
holly, Spanish moss, or palm fronds,
the Christmas spirit will be present
Children of Alaska and Iceland,
England, Greenland and Central and
South America will receive attract
ive boxes of toys assembled by mem
bers of the Junior Red Croea
throughout the United States. Fifty
thousand have been consigned to
(Continued en peg* tlx)
(EJfriaimaa Jfeare
In A World At War
A message by the Rt. Rev. H. St. George Tucker, I).I).
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men." Those words express the Divine purpose of
the event which we celebrate on Christmas day. Nearly twen
ty centuries after this purpose was proclaimed, war of the
most dreadful kind is being waged in practically every sec
tion of the earth. Shall we say then, that the task of bringing
peace on earth was too great even for God?
That question might be answered by saying that the peace
conferred through Christ is an inward state of mind which
enables one to remain calm and undisturbed amid the ex
ternal tempests and conflicts that bring distress and agony
to the outer man. Christ recognized the importance of being
able to face calmly the dangers and the turmoil of earthly ex
perience because of the assurance that "underneath are the
everlasting arms."
We cannot, however, assume that when our Lord said,
"Blessed are the peacemakers," He had in mind only the in
ner peace of His individual followers. He bade us pray for
the coming of God's Kingdom on earth. Peace in the soul if
the individual is to be transmitted to the outer environment.
The mission of the Christ who was born on Christmas was
not to'provide an escape from earth's turmoil and tragedy.
He came to transform the kingdoms of this world; kingdoms
where sin and selfishness lead to conflict and agony, into the
Kingdom of God. He came to bring that peace which is the
fruit of righteousness. ?
The Christmas promise was not simply peace. Peace in a
world of sin would indeed have been a task beyond the pow
er, and contrary to the wisdom of God. The assurance con
tained in the song of the heavenly Host is "On earth peace,
good will," or, a better transition perhaps, "Peace to men of
good will." Christmas means the coming into oiiV human life
of One who purposes to fulfill the conditions upon which alone
a righteous and beneficial peace is possible. No true peace is
possible for those who are slaves of sin. Christ is the Prince
of Peace because first of all He is our Saviour, our Redeem
er. He does not force His gifts upon us. His method of saving
is beautifully described in the Book of the Revelation: "Be
hold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will jjome in to him, and will sup with
him, and he with me." To those who respond to His offer and
open the door of their hearts to Him, He gives power to be
come sons of God.* Pt*-.
Peace on earth is possible only where earth's children have
been born again as God's children.
The significance of Christmas in wartime is therefore an
invitation to listen amidst the world's clamors for the Sav
iour's knock upon the doors of ouMiearts with {he assurance
that if we open them to Him, He will qualify us to receive the
citation: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be call
ed the children of God."