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f PAT DAT WAR ^ BON© ©AT nt* tmms—iAu mum THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY Kith 'yXlfa UNITED STATES WAR 80N0S* STAMPS VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 9 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. January 29. /9/.1. ESTABLISHED 1899 fig Number Of New lissHtewnl Most of the Allotment* Caine From Lower Grade Tires* This Week Holding their regular weekly ^■meeting in the county agricultural j», building this week, members of the Mart in Price .ant^Way^ji tioning Board virtually depleted cur rent quotas of new truck tires and continued to draw heavily from stocks of lower grade tires. New truck tires and tubes were issued to the following: Roberson Slaughter House, Wil liamston, three tires and four tubes for distribution of foods. Lindsley Ice Co., Williamston, one tire and tube for delivery of foods. Lindsley Ice Co., Williamston, four tires and four tubes for ice deliver ies. Lindsley^o^Ca^JT^|mston, five ij T)- - Williams ton, three tubes hauling It.mlY i. Tilmon Coltram, Williamston, two tires and two tubes for general hauling. Martin-Elliott Co., Williamston, four tires and four tubes for whole sale grocery deliveries. Carl Brown, Jamesville, two new tires for hauling lumber. John W. Gurkin, Williamston, two tires and two tubes for hauling farm products. Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co., Williamston, ten truck tire tubes for hauling lumber. Three recapped truck tires were made available to Slade, Rhodes Co., Hamilton, for hauling fertilizer, pea nuts, cart wheels, wagons, farm pro duce, etc. New automobile tires and tubes were allotted to the following: Kelly L. Rawls, Robersonville, one tire, rural mail carrier. Lizzie Matthews, RFD 2, Rober sonville, one tube for farm. S. C. Bailey, RFD 2, Williamston, two tubes fur farm. Dr. V. A. Ward, Robersonville, two tires and two tubes. P. E. Getsinger, RFD 1, Jamesville, ial and farm work. •» J. R. P. Griffin, RFD 1, Williams ton. two tubes for farm. G. H. Forbes, RFD 3, Williamston two tubes for farm Grade two tires and new tubes . were allowed th< followim.' m Maurice E. Roberson, RFD 1, Wil liamston, five tires and four tubes for defense work. R. S. Price, RFD 2, Williamston two tires and two tubes for defense work. Arthur Modlin, RFD 1, Jamesville two tires and two tubes for farm. Robfeit 3. Guiganus, RFD 3, Wil liamston, three tires and three tube: for defense work. Certificates for recaping tire: were issued to the following: Willis Williams, RFD 3,-Williams ton, one tire, no classification. Viola Waters, Jamesville, one tire no classification. Mrs. John H. Roberson, Roberson ville, two tires for farm. Mrs. Dora C Rawls, Robersonville five tires, no classification. W. B. Rogerson, RFD 1, William ston, three tires for farm. Andrew J. Otcen, Williamstor one tire for veterinary work. Marie Johnson, Robersonville, tw (Continued on page six) Tax Office Reports Record Collection! -* Starting out with a levy of $213 252 46 last fall, the Martin Count Tax Office today reported less tha $50,000 of that amount remains Ur collected. The collections set a ne< record in the county’s tax annal Collector M. Luther Peel explainin that they are nearly four month ahead of schedule compared wit the collections for the tax year 194 About the middle of May last ye£ approximately $50,000 of the 1941 r< mained uncollected. Possibly thei is a reason for-the-advanced collei tions for the 1942 tax year, the cou: ty commissioners having served n< tice that delinquent tax accoun would be advertised for sale in Ms $ ## thi# yea# Heretofore the delii quent accounts were advertised ar sold as late as November. Moving to save the penalty goii into effect February 2, numbers property owners are settling the tax accounts at the present time. Cc lections have been running well i to the thousands of dollars daily f the past few days, and it is possib T that the delinquent list will not 1 as large this year as it was last evi though the schedule is being advan ed by several months. 4 In addition to the 1942 tax colit tions, the tax office has been roun ing up the cash due for the yes 1940 and 1941. For 1940, the offi has reduced the land sales from $' 800 to $1,525, and the insolvent 1 for that year has been reduced frr $5 800 to $2,320. And in addition that record, the tax office report that only $6,300, representing la sales and insolvent accounts, out a total levy of $205,902 for 1941 i REPORTED MISSING BY NAVY Captain Don C. Godwin, Williamston native, was reported missing last Saturday by the IT. S. Navy Department alter the Pan-American passenger plane on which he was traveling from Honolulu to San Francisco with other high-ranking naval officers was overdue fur two days. Captain Godwin was on his way home for shore duty after a year's battle action in the Pacific, and was scheduled for promotion. No information other than that stating the plane was heard over San Francisco last Thursday has been received, relatives said here this morning More Martin County Men Called By Army SOIL CHECKS The first of the 1942 soil con servation checks are being dis I trihuted to « .derating farmers in. (he county, acidfdiug to a te IKirt corning from the county agent's office today. Represent ing 66 applications, 106 of the checks amounting to a total of $3,641.18 have been mailed di rect to the cooperating farmers in this county. lTp limit late Thursday, 1,223 applications for Uie 1942 pay ments had been filed for Martin county farmers, leaving about 375 applications now pending. In most of the latter cases, the farmers failed to turn in their marketing allotment cards and peanut picker reports, or the ap plications were not signed by all the tenants working under the contracts. 3 5 f 1 v g h t, r e y i d >g )f ir 1 t >r le >e ;n e d r? ce I, ist m to ed id of e Judge Calvin Smith Calls Five Cases In The C\ mty’s Court -0 DefciKiant Loses Licenses for Driving Traetor While He Was Intoxicated Hundreds have been convicted for drunken driving, but for the first time last Monday a defendant was carried into the Martin County Rec order’s Court for driving a tractor while he was in an intoxicated con dition. The fellow, Walter Sermon, 23-year-old Wilmington colored man, pleaded not guilty, but the evidence weighed against him and he was sen tenced to the roads for a term ol four months. Judge Smith suspended the road term on condition that the defendant p&y a $50 fine and costs His license to operate a motor ve hicle was revoked for one year. Ser mon would have lost his liquor ra tion book, but he did not have il with him and since he was from oui of the county, the matter was drop ped. Sermon, driving the tractoi from Plymouth to Whitakers wher< his employer is carrying on logginj operations, cut a wide streak up ant down Williamston’s main street ant was weaving up the highway nea the State Highway Patrol radio sta tion when Patrolman Whit Saun ders stopped him. Judge J. Calvin Smith called onl; five cases in the court last Monday but the tribunal was in session un til almost noon clearing the dockel Only a small-size crowd was presen for the proceedings. Charged with drunken driving Lawrence Lilley was fined $50, tax ed with the cost and had his licens revoked for one year. Judge Smit also ordered the defendant to sui render his liquor ration book. Lille pleaded not guilty in the ease. Prayer tor judgment was contin (Continued on Base six) Include No Karmen In Group To Leave "Soon* For Service -—-®— No Call* from Navy or Mu' rine Corps Have Been Re ceived in This County -»- • Hardly before one group reachec lire induction center, Uncle San called more Martin County wind men for bus Army, Marion Cobb draft board clerk, stating today tha another contingent of boys is sched uled to report tor possible military service “soon”. No official repor lias been received from the indue tion center where a goodly numbe of young white men from this coun ty reported recently, telling hov many were accepted or how man; were rejected. Other than the two or three vol unteering their services, no farmer are included in the group of youni men scheduled to leave this count; week after next. It was explainei that the drafting of young men fron the farms is being delayed until def inite instructions are received ii handling any deferment claims file by the farmer registrants. It is fair ly certain, however, that in thos cases where claims for defermen are not filed at once the registrar will be subject to induction call! that once he is calied no defermen claim will be recognized. The February call for Army re cruus irom this county is somewha smaller than the average of pas calls. However, neither the Navy o the Marine Corps lias placed a ca’ for men, and there is some doubt i a February call will be received fror either of them. Names of the men scheduled t answer the February Army call an their addresses follow Tofik Michael, of Williamston an •Richmond. Joseph Tiiiman Coltrain, James ville. James Dennis Bunting, William! ton and Ahoskie. Joseph Lollie Barnhill, Everetts. William Victor Andrews, RFD : Williamston. ; James Julian Jackson, William! 1 ton. 1 James Hope Ayers, Oak City ar • Youngstown, N. Y. John David Bryan, Robersonvill Melvin Dudley Bennett, RFD Williamston and Buckroe Beach, V r Erwin Clyde Cullipher, RFD , Williamston. James Henry Warren, Jr., Robe . sonviiie. t Andrew Edmondson Bullock, RF 3, Williamston. , Richard Eari Bland, Oak City. William Adrian Roberson, Robe 2 sonviiie. i Joseph William Hardison, RFD - Williamston. y Jesse Thomas Mocre, Williamstc Edgar Martin L. Whaley, RFD - Oak City and Pineotps. (Continued on page six) War As It Relates ; '"Reviewed for \\ eekj Every Move al (lie Batllefronl Reflects Some Effort Or Saerifiee At Home M ® As the Ufreted Nations pet on with this tola! war, every move at the fronts reflects some effort or sacri fice at home. And every improve HHs t cTi \ tii chance to transfer a little more of our abundant material strength to points where it will help fight our battles*„ jj, £ 8S SiSISSMttMi's® 1*8 A new railway, of vital importance to the United Nations, has been built for 120 miles across the scorching deserts of Iraq. It was built entirely by the Indian Army, with Indian sur veyors. railroad engineers and la bor, but it v. ill carry British and American Lend-Lease war weapons and supplies to the Russians rolling back the Nazis in a powerful winter This is a good example both of mutual aid among the United Na i ions, variety of world routes taken by Lend-Lease supplies to reach their destinations. Although the greater part of recipro cal aid given by our allies under Lend-Lease agreements has been in services performed and military fa cilities and supplies provided for our forces abroad—naval, land and air —the greatest benefit of all has been the fight which our allies are wag ing against our enemies. To Ship Vast Food Supplies For the benefit of our armed forces and the Lend-Lease countries, mil lions of tons of food—the bulk of it for American troops—must be ship ped within the coming year to North Africa, England, the Middle East, Russia, Alaska and other battlefronts of the United Nations. To all these places not much can be sent in tho way of fresh fruits, vegetables, fresh meats and other fresh foods. Instead, the fighting foods must be sent — especially canned, dehydrated and dried—in the processed forms that American ingenuity lias devised. In order to make sure that our fighting men will get what food they need and that everyone at home gets ned foods reserved tor civilians, w* must resort to the “point” system ol rationing. Fighting men need more food than they did in civilian life, while we al 'Koine, with access to fresh food litSP kefs, have much less need of the can ned goods. Anyone v.hu finds ht can’t buy as much of his favoritt canned food as he would like should remember what these supplies ineai (Continued on page six) -- Farm Mobil ization j Nearly Completed I 1 t 1 1 j t t t t t r 1 f l a } i l, i d e. 3, a. 3, r D 3, n. 1, The mobilization program advanc ed on the agricultural front for all out food and feed production ir Martin County this year is nearinj completion today, according to un official but reliable informatioi gained here this morning. In some of the districts, the sign up under the program is virtually complete, others stating that tin work is from 75 to HO per cent com plete. For the most part, the program i receiving a splendid report through out the county. In those cases when the farmers were a bit slow at firs in tackling the tremendous job, the; are reconsidering and annminein; plans for an all-out productioi schedule. Incentive bonuses, amount ing to $30 an acre for peanuts plant ed in excess of 90 per cent of the goa and under 120 per cent of the goa and corresponding allowances In certain other crops. It could not be learned how thos farmers whp have not signed one o the 1943 crop plans will get thei work sheets handled. The crop plan are already several days overdue and are to be turned in to the agent office tomorrow. Notice of 1913 ero allotments are being delayed pend ing the execution of the plans, it wa learned. r CAIJ, FOR CARDS v The rationing board is again calling for those sugar ration ing cards left behind by Martin County who have and who are entering the armed services. It is estimated that hardly more than 20 out of every 100 men en tering the service from this county have surrendered their sugar cards to the rationing board. Only patriotic appeals have been addressed to the relatives of the men in the service, urging them to mail the cards or deliv er them to the rationing board office, not to the draft board. The appeals have gone unnotic ed for the most part in the past, and it is now reliably learned that some action to get the cards in will be taken within a short time. Parents whose sons have entered the service will do the right thing and possibly save themselves some embarrassment by sorrenderinr the cards now. Expecting Board To Determine aBis 6 ilM ^aMgw— x_rasters. _ At Special Meeting Monday Night Name Permanent Committee J£or County “ Women at lUar" Following i district meeting held in the county courthouse last week at which time a greater support of the “Women at Wat'’ program was urged, Mrs. Paul D. Roberson, Mar tin County chairman of the Women’s Division, War Savings Staff, an nounced the appointment of a per manent committee to bolster the war effort on the home front in this coun ty. The committee, charged with the duty of serving for the duration, is (►'".posed of the follewing mem bers: Williamston; Mrs. Nat Johnson, Oak City; Mrs. Clayton House, Hamilton; Mrs. A. P. Barnhill, Everetts; Mrs. George Haistip, Hassell; Mrs. Glenn Norman, chairman; Mrs. Arthur Will Enter the Army Following Eventful Church Work Here -» Rev. /. T. I'iephoff To Knroll In (1iu|ilaiiiti' School at llnrvnnl College -ft, Resigning following nearly four teen years of eventful service in the county’s religious field, Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, local Presbyterian minis ter, enters the Army next Monday The parson leaves tomorrow for his new assignment and his second en listment during war. During Febru ary mail will reach him at Chaplains School, Harvard University, Cam I'lidae Mils*. - - «l* ■ * The minister s resignation was re luctantly accepted by the local church membership last Sunday. His successor has not been named, anc fly certain that the regulai sGiTume of services will be inter rupted to some extent .until the po sition is filled. Mrs. Z. T. Piephoff director of religious education foi the denomination in the county foi the past year, will continue in thi: work for the present, il was learn ed. On February 10, 1929, Rev. Z. T Piephoff was invited to pleach 11 the Woman's Club hall for the li charter members of the Williamstoi . Presbyterian Church, and at Bea Grass-that night in the school house The Presbyterian Mission work wa offered to him at that time. As a senior in Union Theulogicu ' Seminary in Rirhmond. he acceptec ' the call to iviuiun County and ar rived on May 17th to begin his activi 1 pastorate At that time the work consisted o ’ three services each Sunday. Sunda; school and preaching services in th Woman’s Club for the 24 Presbyter ians of the town and county and mission preaching set vice in th schoolhouse at Bear Glass. A lot at the corner of Main am . Watts Streets was bought, upoi which to build a church. This churcl ' was begun iri the fall of 1929 and tin ’ ished in the spring of 1930. One yea 1 later the church at Bear Grass wa built. Still another year later, a mis . sion having been started in a tenan 1 house at Roberson’s Chapel, the pres ’ ent Roberson’s Chapel Presbyteria 1 Church was built. The followin year local Presbyterians and thei . friends throughout the Southlan , bought the residence of Dave Rot ‘ erson on Warren street, and it wa 3 converted into the manse. In th ; meantime a mission had been begu 3 on the old Balia-d farm on the Harr 3 ilton Road and in the followin spring the Poplar Point Mission Cue s pel was built Each year additior and improvements have been mad to these buildings to take care of th ‘l ever increasing attendance, mem be i I ship, and program of these churche ' During his more than 13 years in th county Parson Piephoff has recei\ ed into the membership of thes churches between four and five hur dred persons, most of them on pri fession of faith. Between thirty and thirty-fiv daily vacation Bible schools ha\ been held throughout the count Evangelistic meetings have been he] at all points each year with a nun ber of outstanding Presbyterian mil which are now in service. A community house, built at Bei Grass, has served the public scho as class rooms, the Red Cross, pa i-nt-teacher association, public I brary, canning classes and Sund; school quarters. The latest addition to the physic equipment of the Presbyterii church in the county was the ere tion and completion of two ne Sunday school rooms at Poplar Poi which are riw in service. The Presbyterians under the dirt tion of Parson Piephoff were t (Continued on page ftix) Johnson and Mrs. Irving Smith, Rob ^ ersonville. Miss Lora Sleeper, vice chairman of the county, is expect ed to name members for Jamesville and Farm Life. Commenting on the part these wo men have been assigned, Mrs. Rob erson explained that they are ex pected to promote the sale of war bonds and war savings stamps for the duration of the war, that with them iitj|I^i;i«r(i bond and ] stamp anticipated. In | complete reports from the several .handling agencies in the county in |rWSff^*i1uTr'tiie bond q"-ha I ready been over-subscribed for the month of January, and it is no more than right to give the ladies some if not all the credit for the splendid showing. f VOLUNTEERS t \ i i I I l I 1 r t i r i s e 1 g s e c e e e e r. d i i ir >1 r i >y a) m c w nt fi le Volunteering for service in the United States Army, -Rev. Z* T. Piephoff leaves tomorrow for i amfoidfec, Ma^., iv* t,wVr* '* lUP"1 Chaplains’ School next Monday. President Winging His Way Home Aftei Historic* Conference —*— War Murlihir Uolliis^ Forwari Ah OliM'rvern St*t* Invasion of Continent “Soon” -<*. President Roosevelt, adding to lii growing list of tradition breaker: is thought to be winging his wa home by now following history mak ing confer*net in Africa and visit in Liberia and Brazil. The Chit Executive, the first to fly and th first to leave the country durin war, was reported in conference wit Brazilian authorities yesterday. Now that the drama of the Pres; dent’s unexpected visit to Africa ha lost much of its surprise value, th world is patiently waiting for tim to unravel tin' far-reaching even! that must have been scheduled b President Roosevelt and Prime Mir ister Churchill at their Casablanc conference ending last Sunda; Working in harmony with Russi and China even though neither c those two countries had repre*. nti tives present at the conference Roosevelt and Churchill are believe to have reached important decision While the conference possibly, as fa as the public is concerned just nov cleared up to some extent, at leas the political muddle in French Alt ca and boosted morale throughoi the conquered nations as well ; among our own fighting men, 11' big news of the conference, it is b. lieved, has not been released. On! time and events will reveal the plat advanced at the historic meeting, oi servers believe. While heavy fighting continues c the Russian fronts and in Tunisi the war, for the present at least, apparently swinging to the politic side. Trailing the Roosevelt-Churcl ill conference in CasaDlanca, Hitli is scheduled to take the air tomo row to mark the tenth anniversary his rise in Germany. Expected to r view his reign of terror and damn lion, old Hitler will likely harp i the submarine warfare and offer e planations for his defeat in Russ: The observers, declaring that Hill will have a hard time explaining his people the losses in Russia, poi nut that he will possibly say th Russia is spending itself now, ill the German hordes will recover t lost ground and march on to victc next spring and summer. Hitl purging himself of intuition a turning the command hack to i generals, will not speak himself, fc (Continued on page six) Farmers ^ ho Have m. Deferment Claims ... f Asked To Act Now Non Hillings Almost Certain® "* To Place Married Men in The Draft Tine Soou Recent manpower rulings corning from Selective Service headquar ters have greatly disturbed draft schedules in this and other agricul j tural counties, but some semblance | of order is expected t» gv«w out of | the # confusion when the Martin County Draft Board members meet in special session here next Monday of farmers in accord ance with directives just received. Just what the new rulings will do to the draft schedule in this county cannot be determined with complete ! accuracy until the board holds its i meeting, but 3-A single men with dependents and 3-A married men without children can expect orders instructing them to report for physi cal examinations within a compar atively short time. And to aggravate the situation some observers see the possibility of married men with chil dren being called in due time. All this change is not expected over night, but if the new rulings and the directives thereon mean anything at all there’ll be a lot of folks going to the army and they won’t be farmers. Surely, a few farmers will be snag ged, but the burden of the draft with in a short time now is quite likely to rest heavily upon the heads of that large group of 3-A registrants. To carry out the meaning of the new manpower rulings, the draft board must first have certain in formation. A short questionnaire has been prepared and fanners, includ M0M — liter thev call qualify tor deierment under the new and much more liber al regulations are directed to call or -write- for one of the questionnaires. | They are also asked to prepare the information and return it to the draft board immediately. Where no _ j claim is filed for deferment, the reg l istrant is subject to call possibly in j March. Some few farmers have already been given 2-C (single men) and 3-C (married men) classifications, and it is believed that a goodly num ber of other farmers will qualify for deferment under the new regula tions. Draft hoard authorities aie i already pointing out that once a far mer is placed in either 2-C or 3-C he cannot change his status without subjecting himself to immediate draft regardless of his marital or de pendency status It is possible for a farmer to go from one farm or an other, but tl lie quits farming he is , then subject to be drafted. The new regulations while direct ed at tiie farmer will, in till probabil ity, have a disturbing effect on the status of 3-A registrants. Single men now in the 3-A classification, that is men who have dependents, are al most staring the draft in the face. Married men in the 3-A classification s (Continued on page six) Spring Can’t Be Very Far Behind Guided by nature rather than by any man-made calendar, herrings are making their way up the Roan oke again, this time just about eight days ahead of their first visit a year ago. The first fish was taken from the stream at Jamesville last Friday by Tillman Coltrain who, maintain ing tin tradition of his father, her alds the approach of spring It is agreed that after the first herring is taken from tire river, spring can’t , ho so voy far behind. Surely, there’ll i he more cold days and-the winter months will seem to wear themselves out ever so slowly, but one can still mark it down that the sunny days will follow the herring in a compar atively short time. Following up his first catch with a drift net last Friday, the young fisherman--and, by the way he'll have to do his fishing early because Uncle Sam is about to get him in the draft net—dipped twenty of the isospondylous fish from the river last Tuesday. The fish were of fair size and highly delectable. The appearance of the herring this season is very likely to solve the meat rationing problem to some ex tent. at least, just as it has solved the smokehouse problem for thous ands of families in years gone by. While many packed their smoke houses with choice meats, muny oth ers eageriy looked to the spring run of herrings to let their basic meat supplies. The main fishing season in the Roanoke is about six weeks nr more away, but the catches between now and then will be sufficient to stave off hunger for many.
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