Few Cases Heard
In Mayor s Court
The (mall number of arrests in
the community last week-end was
reflected in the proceedings report
ed by Justice John L. Hassell's court
the early part of the week.
James Lloyd and Vance Brooks,
charged with public drunkenness,
were taxed with $7.50 case costs
each.
Charged with stealing a car from
R. E. Gurganus about a year ago,
Dallas Godard was bound over to
the higher court under bond in the
sum of $500. Godard denied the
charge, but probable cause was
found.
Paul Turner and Richard Gaskill,
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly, were sentenced to the roads
for thirty days, the court suspending
the sentences upon the payment of
the cost and on condition that they
surrender their liquor rationing
Library To Observe Lonfi
Holiday For Christmas
Closing on Thursday of this week,
the local public library will ob
serve a long holiday for Christmas.
The library will reopen next Mon
day, December 28.
BY THE THOUSANDS
s1
While possibly not as great
In number u they were a year
ago, Christmas cards have been
reaching the local post office by
the thousands each day since the
middle of the month. The rush
started back on the 14th when
4,560 cancellations were effect
ed. The peak was reached last
Friday when the number passed
the 10,060 mark. No cancella
tions were recorded for Sun
day, but on Monday, the count
stood at 9,460.
The count Is gradually de
creasing, but as the volume of
out-going mail drops, the incom
ing parcels and letters are in
creasing in number.
Jail It Empty For The
Firtt Time In Monthi
The Inst prisoner was released on
Tuesday and the Martin County jail
was empty for the first time in '
months, Jailer Roy Peel announced
with a ring of pride in his voice. He
is a bit shaky over what the holiday
will bring in the way of crime, how
ever, he is hoping for the best.
Billy Clark is home from Birm
ingham for the holidays
Know The AMERICAS
CHRISTMAS IN
LATIN AMERICA
By the Pan American Union
Christmas observances in our
neighboring American Republics, 20
of them, are almost as diverse as
the countries themselves, though a
measure of uniformity is provided
by the common religious background
brought over from the Old World.
Delightful traditions and customs
are present in each country, to give
a particular flavor to the day.
Several factors contribute to make
the celebration below the Rio
Grande quite different from the hol
iday in the United States. Poor old
Santa would have to go to the high
est peaks of the Andes, or to the
southern tip of South America, to
find snow for his sleigh, and there
wouldn't be many people in either
place. Besides. December is a sum
mer month in several of the coun
tries, and the others are near the
equator. And needless to say, Santa
Claus would have no chimney to
climb down in these warm climes.
North American school children
eagerly look forward to the week's
holiday at Christmas, but in many
countries of Latin America the Yule
season marks the beginning of the
long summer vacation, an attraction i
which rivals that of Christmas it-1
self
The religious significance of[
Christmas prevails in the southern
republics, and the season lasts from
December 25th ot the feast of the
Three Kings on January 6th. In fact,
the latter date often overshadows
Christmas Day in the exchange of
gifts, which are brought by the
Three Kngs and not by Santa Claus.
One of the most beautiful ceremon
ies is Misa de Gallo, or midnight
Mass, in stately old cathedrals and
in the humblest mountain chapel,
where the joyous chanting of boys'
voices resounds throughout the re
gion In many homes, reproductions
of the scene at Bethlehem occupy
entire rooms. Some are traditionally
magnificant and are open to the pub
lic.
Brazilian children hang their
Respected Citizen Diet
At Home Near Oak City
Minnie Smith, 63 years old and a
respected citizen, died at her home |
near Oak City last Sunday after
noon following long months of pa
tient suffering. She was a faithful
church member for a long number
of years. Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday afternoon at 1
o'clock and burial will follow in the
family cemetery.
She married Peter Smith and led
a useful life, spending the past quar
ter of a century in the same loca
tion. She leaves two daughters, Ger
trude Winberry, of New York, and
Nellie Smith, and six sons, Fred,
Joseph, Peter, Paul, Council and
Ben Smith, also a sister and a broth
er, 26 grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Four Bicycles Rationed
In County This Week
No general relaxation of ration
ing regulations was effective as had
been suggested in some quarters,
but the Martin County Rationing
Board reached down deep into its
sack and pulled out four certificates
for the purchase of four bicycles this
week. The bikes were rationed to the
following:
S. T. Brady, Robersonville RFD 2,
for traveling to and from school.
William Hopkins, RFD 2, James
ville, for traveling to and from
work. ..
Robert J. Bryant, RF"D 2, Rober
sonville, for farm.
John D. Etheridge, Jr., Oak City,
to ride to and from school.
Cotton (winnings Almost
Equal Those Of Year Ago
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After trailing those of a year ago
by a substantial margin since the
opening of the season, cotton gin
nings for 1942 during the past few
weeks have made marked gains to
almost equal those for 1941 in this
county. Filing his last ginning re
port just a short time Defore he left
for the Army, Special Agent Ver
non Griffin stated that ginnings this
year up to the first of this month to
taled 4,682 bales as compared with
4,949 bales ginned in the correspond
ing period of 1941.
Fourteen Bags Of Peanuts
Stolen From Truck Here
Fourteen bags of peanuts were
stolen from a truck at a local pea
nut warehouse early Tuesday eve
ning Police are working on the case.
stockings on their beds, since they
have no fireplaces, so that Papa Noel
may fill them with presents. In some
sections, they place their shoes out
side the bedroom door with a note
inside, but the greater capacity of
Btockngs probably dooms this older
custom. Such typical mid-summer
outdoor festivities as fireworks,
boating and picnics amuse the grown
ups.
Argentines stroll to Mlsa de Gallo
in the warm summer air to celebrate
"Navidad," but there is no Santa
Claus or Christmas tree to gladden
the hearts of children. In Ecuador
and Venezuela the Christmas season
is "Pascua," and San Nicolas (good
old St. Nick) puts presents on Ven
ezuelan children's beds and in their
stockngs in Ecuador. A typical Yule
dish in Venezuela is meat or chick
en pie covered with banana leaves.
Christmas in Mexico has an espec
ial charm and follows a tradition
handed down through the centuries.
Called the Posadas, from the Span
ish word meaning an inn or lodging
place, it is based on the hardships
experienced by the Holy Famly in
finding shelter, and extends over a
period of days. Various rooms of the
house are decorated, the most at
tractive being the parlor or living
room where an altar is erected with
a representation of the Nativity. A
procession with lighted candles, led
by the children, passes through the
different rooms of the house and
patio, asking shelter only to meet
with rebuff, until finally admtted
amid great rejoicing into the main
room.
The religious aspect of Christmas
represented by the Posada is trans
formed on Christmas Day into a joy
ous celebration featured by the pina
ta, an earthenware jar, gaily decor
ated, which is filled with candy, nuts
and fruits and suspended in the cen
ter of a patio, or courtyard. Blind
folded children armed with sticks
take turns trying to break the pina
ta. When one succeeds, all scramble
for the liberated "goodies," amidst
the laughter characteristic of light
hearted youngsters.
Rationing Board In
Last Meeting Before
Christmas Holidays
(Continued from page one)
tires for farm.
A. S. Hardy, RFD 1, Palmyra, one
tire for farm.
H. W. Modlin, Jamesville, two tires
for farm.
Chester Taylor, RFD 2, Williams
ton, two tires and two tubes for
farm.
W. W. Walters, Jamesville, four
tires and three tubes.
Walter A. Burnett, Oak City, one
tube for farm.
Floyd Whitfield, RFD 3, William
stora two tubes for hauling logwoods
wort|frs.
Rayher Bros, RFD 3, Williamston,
four new car tires and one tube for
hauling defense workers.
New truck tires were issued to the
following:
John James, Jamesville, one new
truck tire for hauling pulpwood.
Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co.,
Williamston, four tires and one tube
for hauling lumber.
J. T. Matthews, RFD 1, Palmyra,
two tires and one tube, for farm.
J. B. Whitfield, Oak City, two tires
and one tube for farm.
John A. Manning, Williamston,
two tires for farm.
Service? Next Sunday
In Everett? Church
Rev. J. M. Perry will preach at
Everetts Christian Church next Sun
day at 11 o'clock and at 7:30 p. m.
All members and friends are urged
to be present at the 11 o'clock wor
ship service, for communion, fellow
ship, the morning message, and to
help and be helped. Public is cor
dially invited. ,
?
Production of oil cake and meal
in 1942-43 is now expected to be
about 2,500,000 tons larger than the
1941-42 production of 4,600,000 tons.
Pete Egan,- of the U. S. Navy, Key
West, Fla, is spending the holidays
here with his grandmother, Mrs.
Walter Halberstadt.
Mrs. Audrey Carter is spending
the holidays in Chapel Hill.
WANTED: FARM HAND FOR IMS,
to work in bees and on farm. See
r write J. D. Bowen, Main Street.
Williamston. d25-4t
LAST CALL
A last call was issued this
week by the Martin County War
Rationing Board advising all
persons who have not yet ap
plied for their No. 1 War or su
gar rationing stamp book to do
so at their earliest convenience.
Approximately 14,000 persons
registered last spring for the su
gar stamps, leaving several
thousand without the special ra
tion coupons. Those who already
have their sugar-coffee ration
stamps should note that they do
not have to regitser again. The
No. 1 books. It is understood,
will be exchanged for an all
purpose ration book some time
next month.
Registrations, scheduled to end
January IS. are being handled
in the rationing board office at
the convenience of the regis
trants.
Red Cross Will Help
Santa Claus Handle
Work in Many Lands
(Continued from page one)
England, 2,000 to Ireland, 1,500 to
Greenland, a large number to Alas
ka and the remainder to Central and
South America. This has been an an
nual project of the Junior Red Cioss
since the first World War, its scope
increasing with the years.
In the great military centers ov
er seas, such as Great Britain and
Australia, tons of supplies, such as
candies, tobacco, cigarettes and small
toilet articles, will remind American
servicemen that they are not for
gotten. Arrangements have been
made to insure even men in the bat
tle zones their Christmas presents.
Thus from "pole to pole," Ameri
can Red Cross workers in the field
are reminding service men that they
still rate top priority in the hearts
of the folks back home.
Wants
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of expressing
our sincere appreciation for the acts
of kindness done and the expressions
of sympathy offered during the re
cent illness and death of Mrs. Mary
Whitley. The friendly and helpful
acts will long be remembered by
each of us.
W. C. Whitley and Family.
WE CAN SELL VACUUM CLEAN
ers now. "Hiey are not frozen. Buy
now, don't wait Woo lard Furniture
Company. dll-8t
FOB QUICK, QUALITY DBY
cleaning service, bring your clothes
to Pittman's. One day service on any
garment. Suits, coats and dreaaea, H
cents, cash and carry. 89c delivered
Pittman's Cleaners. fS-tf I
FOR SALE ? FRESH EGGS AND
frying-size chickens. Available at
all times. V. G. Taylor's (arm, Wil
liamston RFD S. - nS-tf
AMERICA NEEDS NURSES ?
Rocky Mount Sanitarium, Inc.,
Training School of Nursing. Fully
accredited. High school graduates of
an accredited school. Age 18 and oy
er. No tuition. Next class, February
10, 1943. For information write the
Directress of Nurses, Rocky Mount
Sanitarium, Inc. Rocky Mount, N. C.
d4-8t
FOR SALE: TWO GOOD MULES
and milk cow with first calf. Al
so 75 bales of hay. Thurman Wynne,
near Everetts.
In our firm resolve to
dedieate our services to
you, for this year and
many more, we take this
occasion to express our
warmest ({reelings for a
very Merry Christmas.
HARRISON &
CARSTARPHEN
fOl H HEARTIEST W ISHES for a joyous Yuletide
Season abounding in health and happiness.
Paul Auto Supply
We hope this Christ
mat it merry and the
coming year bright
for you and yourt!
MODERN
Beauty Shoppe
May our land be for
ever free, and the skies
onee more be blue, is
our wish for peace at
Christmas, may it soon
come true.
Victory Beauty Shoppe
iSeiuenS?
V/
May this Christmas
Season guide us safe
ly into the harbor of
Victory with peace as
our anchor.
N. C. Green, Agent
SINCLAIR REFINING CO.
In the apirit of Chriat
maa which happily can
not be eraaed from the
heart a of men, we wiah
to expreaa our apprecia
tion for your friendli
neaa and good will.
Davis Pharmacy
May joy and wisdom
hope and cheer, fill
your home and hearts
on Christmas and all
the year!
J. E. POPE
FIRE INSURANCE
To you and yours at this Christmas season, we would extend our
most sincere wishes for happiness?happiness that lasts not mere
ly through the holiday season but that will continue throughout the
year 1943. May this be your very merriest Christmas.
CENTRAL CAFE
It will be almost the same Merry Christmas enjoyed so often in the
past. The seent of good things . . . and though there may be an
empty plaee at the table it will be with pride and not sadness that
we think of those far away from home. To countless wishes for
a Merry Christmas, may we add ours!
Branch Banking & Trust Co.