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Watch The Label On Your Paper. As It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will rind Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1.800 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLI1I?NUMBER 89 ff'illiamtion, Martin County, North Carolina, Tueulay. November 5. 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899 Record-Breaking Vote Is Being Cast In Nation Today ??? Both Side* Claiming Victor* Before Voting Is Hardly Half Complete e Following one of the most bitter campaigns in recent political history, voting in the national elections was off to a hurried start this morning over the land, reports received early this afternoon pointing to one of the largest votes ever piled up in any election in this country. Hardly had the balloting been half completed before both sides issued V claims to victory. Ed Flynn. nation al chairman for the Democrats, pre dicted Roosevelt would carry 39 states and annex 427 of the 531 elec toral votes. Chairman Joe Martin for the Republicans, claimed that Will kie would get 324 of the 531 elector al votes. About the only certainly in to day's election is the solidarity of the South for Roosevelt. Early reports from the mid-west and New Eng land cast doubt on the outcome for Roosevelt. A small precinct in New Hampshire, casting and counting its vote before noon, gave Willkie 27 and Roosevelt 12 votes A small precinct in Michigan gave Willkie 13 and Roosevelt two votes. A western precinct in this State gave Roosevelt 24 votes and Willkie none Several small precincts in Montgom-1 ery County, Alabama, polled 660 votes for Roosevelt and five for Will-1 kie. Several precincts in Houston. Texas, gave Roosevelt 756 and Will kie 174 votes These early returns offer no con- j crete base to work on, but it is pos sible that the Michigan and New Hampshire vote, however small they ' may be, they carry some serious im plications Voting was progressing fairly slow in several of the precincts in this county at noon today, indicating that a big rush would likely follow by late afternoon or just before clos- I ing time. At 11:20 this morning, Rob ersonville precinct had cast 294 votes Everetts had placed 136 ballots in the box at noon. Williamston Pre cinct No. 1 chalked up a count just short of 400 at 1.30 this afternoon Williamston's No. 2 box had 440 votes at 2 o'clock. Voting is progressing; without incident in this county, the Republican strength being so negligi ble that a half-hearted argument . can't be advanced Unofficial reports state that Ken- , tucky is having its usual election . troubles. Several shootings were said to have taken place during the early hours, but details could not be > had immediately. Nazis Confiscating Property and Food Of French People Vandals Are ( iirling Away All Valuables As Indemnity Reserve Coming by a messenger to this country, a recent story appearing in the Congressional Record?teUs how the Germans are stripping the vanquished French of their proper ties as well as their food supplies. The story follows: Money is a good subject with which to introduce what is actual ly happening in France. What peo ple are using for money, what is its purchasing power, its' foreign ex change value, its probable future acrobatic? Money is the facet of public policy which most intimate ly touches the civilian. In occupied France we carry two kinds of currency in our jeans: JYench frans and occupation marks The occupation -mark is neither a Reichsmark nor a tourist mark, and is legal tender only in the occupied rone. It has no metal coverage and no worth other than the power of the military authority to impose its acceptance. Lumbering along with the army of occupation came printing presses on wheels. Notices upon the walls and the voice of the broadcaster inform ed merchants and hotel keepers that the two-toned brown notes, On stiff crackly paper, were to be accepted at the ratio of 1 mark to 20 franc The ambulant presses operate in the provincial cities, grinding out small denomination notes by the million A finance commissioner regulates their output, so that they shall not drown the market. With occupation marks, the mili tary who control France pay them selves the equivalent of 40 francs a day, which is exactly 50 times what French soldiers on active duty re ceive. With occupation marks, sup plies are purchased for the upkeep of the garrisons With these worth less notes, the shelves of stores are being stripped. Merchants of an tiques, Jewelry, kodaks, radios, lin en, and women's costumes, shoes, are obliged to keep their shops open for business, even though the stocks disappear and no replacements are in Sight. On an average, one store in three is empty, and stands with shutters closed. Butter, eggs, meat, grain are purchased in carload lots, before the stuff can arrive at the (Continued on page six) Pla ns Go Fo rwa rd fo r A11 n ua I Red Cross Call In the County Preliminary arrangements for con- j ducting the annual Red Cross mem-! bership campaign in the Martin County chapter were announced complete by Chairman Harry A. Biggs today. District chairmen have been appointed as follows: Mrs. Jos eph A Eason. Williamston; Mr. J F. Jordan. Dardens; Mrs. Hugh Dan iel. Griffins Township; Mrs Charles Davenport, Jamesviile; H. D. Harri son. Jr.. at Herman Rogerson's store. Bear Grass. These chairmen will name workers to carry the roll call into all parts of their respective dis tricts. Coming just a little over two months following the flood disaster in this and other sections of North Carolina, the Red Cross call is al most certain to receive a record sup- j port in the chapter this season. The! organization, drawing from its na-1 tional fund, spent nearly $100,000 in North Carolina aiding those who ex perienced losses in and during the flood. While quite a few lost their homes and most of their earthly pos sessions, the disaster in this State was small compared with the suffering and losses being experienced by mil lion who anxiously and hopefully look to the organization for relief. And without that relief many ore certain to die of want and hunger. Possibly at no other time in history have there been more pleas, pathetic and worthy in their every case, than today. The Red Cross answered the call when this and other counties needed aid. Support the Red Cross now that it might extend aid to other needy humans in other sections and lands The call will open in this chapter next Monday and continue through Thanksgiving. Commissioners Delay 1939 Tax Settlement Government Will Receive Peanuts I" County Soon The Growers Peanut Cooper alive. Incorporated, an o??i ISmIL .UP t0 *dmin"(" ?hr 1940 peanut surplus removal pro gram in Virginia, North cX ' Sou"> Carolina and Ten nesnee announces that it plans to begin opening warehouses for the purchase of peanuts under this program not later than Thursday of this week. f?rT^.r,CeS 10 be Paid *rowers I ... J Peanuts by this organ the 00 r 0,6 Vir*inia ?rea are gL"?" 84 "I4*?" und" the 1939 program. Present plans are to open around forty ware houses to act as receiving agent o"ina and**Wr|rtnia^ " Marriage License Issuance Ls Below Normal In October Sixteen MurriaK.H In County During the Cant .Month Despite all the talk about the pos sibility of war effecting climaxes to love affairs, the number of mar- ! nages in this county continues slight ly below the average for the past num?ar " " ,rue that the mnrn^f / marriages in the past month is five greater than the num mon,heTed f"r ,he corresponding TZ h ye8r ag? but on an aver age the register nf deeds in thi.' county has issued 22 marriage ]H Mmses each October during the past ten year pc^ QnJy ^ ^ epjjt bers during that period has the num ber of marriage licenses fallen below the issuBnce reported last month. In October, 1931, there were 12 mar riages and in October of last year ?d'm This" elOVen marriages record ed in this county. Without the war possfbly"th Under normal conditions possibly the number of marriaves would have been smaller mdmag<-3 Licenses were issued to the fol j"Sam r?'" by R"glSUr of Oceds niontir GeU,n?t>r in the county last White Reuben Fernando Bland, of Rob of EX/ '? "nd E"8 Gray Br?w^ Zeno Dempsey Whitehurst, of of fSb a"d Mag8"' Dalp ?nwns, -John Ashley Hardiaon and Mary (Continued from page one) Woman Badly Cut By An Ex-Convict Pattie Spruill, local colored wo man, was almost cut to death by Andrew Lloyd, a former suitor at last SaTord" N"ntl B,ggs Street here last Saturday night. Using a sham knife or a razor, Lioyd slashed the w"sh* i rat "lmo,t 'r?m car to tnL 1 8t c?ns'derable blood be PP 'lje could reach a doctor for medical attention. She was said yes weakness a'nd (mm weakness and shock and expressed 'car of her attacker. "He ITiifing me " ,h *"d to ,lni*h by po'ice e W?ma" Wa" 1u?ted Lloyd just out of a prison road in*"? IfX? hC h"d ""nP'cted serv three-year sentence for an at ff.H ?1 W,lter Durganus In ? ^ arrested early today i" " ''ttcr writun to the womZ, wu smT.a1* h" re'ease. Uoyd was said to have threatened her Personal Property To Be Confiscated For Past Due Taxes S. II. (?riiii4kH To Aaaigt Work During Thirty-Day Kxtcn*ion ? Accepting settlement for the 1939 tax collections, the Martin County commissioners in regular session here1* yesterday immediately order ed the books returned to the sheriff collector with instructions for him to force collection of a considerable portion of the $8,000 still due in per sonal property taxes. At the same time the 1940 books were turned over to the sheriff and nearly 8,000 notices are being sent out, advising property owners their taxes for the new-year are now due. The action to "bear down" on those owners whose taxes on personal properties had not been paid was taken after hours of deliberation, and was entered in the minutes at 8:00 o'clock last night. S. Harcum Grimes was named to assist the sheriff-col lector in round ing up the several hundred accounts which are limited to $2 poll taxes in possibly 90 per cent of the cases. The order calls for a close collection of the accounts held against person al property, and it is possible that the collector and his assistant will start confiscating automobiles and other types of "loose" property im mediately. The board did not order the direct confiscation of property, but the authorities made it quite clear that the accounts were past due and that they were to be collect ed, meaning that some property will have to be confiscated. An accurate report on the 1939 tax collections could not be had im mediately. It is understood, howev er that?xxiaJ?estate?collections are several hundred dollars ahead of those of a year ago, but that the $8,000 unpaid personal property tax is approximately $1,000 greater than it was last December when settle ment was effected. Possibly an addi tional $1,000 would have been col lected had the date of settlement been delayed until the first of next month, but there was no tobacco marketing holiday, and an extension was considered unnecessary for the taxpayers. Chairman John E. Pope, one of the oldest members on the board in point of service, stated that the ses sion was one of the longest he had ; ever attended. Opening it at 9:30 o'clock, the session was adjourned at 8:15 last evening, the board mem bers taking a short afternoon re cess. Very little official work was done (Continued from page one) Alleged Rapist Is Given Prison Term Johnnie Whitehurst. young Beth el white man, was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of six years by Judge C Everett Thompson in the Pitt County Superior Court last night for an alleged assault with in tent to rape a young Martin County girl. Whitehurst is alleged to havi attacked Miss Geraldine Coburn member of a well-known family in this county, several months ago. The alleged attack was said to have tak en place along a little used road just acroas the Martin-Pitt boundary Notice of appeal was filed by the defense attorneys, but the nature of the grounds for appealing to the high court was not immediately made public:-? The Jury received the caae at five o'clock, aftor Judge Thompson had delivered a 4S-minute charge. The jury deliberated an hour, recessed for supper, and deliberated an hour and a half longer before reaching the verdict. The Jury recommended mercy. ^ ill. Hopkins Dies At Roeky Mount Sunday Afternoon lli? Death Van Stwoiid iii lh< Family Within Pant TVn Duvtt William Harmon Hopkins. Martin County native, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs Theo Mobley. in Rocky Mount Sunday afternoon at - 30 o clock. his death being the see ond in the family within the past ' Un days. His little granddaughter B ulah F-aye was fatally injured in1 ai'lomobde accident near here ! work before last Mr. Hopkins, a highly respected citi/en and a resident of this eountv I up until about a month ago when he ! w < nt t? visit his daughter in Hockv 'for m.'r t'l dwl,MmK health | " a y,:ir Following the it? h wife, the former Miss ['. | J* C.illii\va\. xm spring, his t'halth failed him rapidly, the end ?mwnu gradually * , The *""1 of the late William Har "on and Bet tie Lee Hopkins, he was Orn! J ",unty "2 years ago Orphaned at a tender age. he was reared by the late Dr J K Smith of'wiMiams T' "tand Williams Tow nship where he spent | most of h,s Hfe farm,^ life until he had made Ins home with II- children in this eounty and in Rocky Mount He was an active Ridd ed B"P,ist Church at circfo VraT' enjoyed a wide munitv in! " ,''r""Kh"u' h? r""> > 111 was the last member of his immediate family j Five children. Mrs. Theo Mobley I of Rocky Mount; Mrs H L Daniel '?f Williamstiin; Howard Herman ^ I ftTf'Wn8TP: "opkins. Bear Grass Township, and Wil ham Lee Hopkins, of Bertie County survive him. y< Funeral services were conducted a tin home of his son in Williams a in cel' vi. r!,Tday afternoon at |*. ? clock by bis pastor. Rev W H Harrington Interment was I family plot ,u.ar the home John Wesley York Dies In Hospital Here Early Today Funeral fur Kelirr.l Farmer V Home of Sisier Tumor row Afternoon John Wesley York, retired farm ino' h?sPital tins morn I i d c'"ck '''Rowing a long per "d of declining health. He entered Ind |!m'ls ""'y yt'slpr'lay morning, and little hope was held at that time for hi* recovery. The win of the lab- John and Mary | bom d(Vt !"' wus '"""n Battle Ldgecombe County, (il years' ??" next month. When a young man ' I" moved with his parents to this county where his father was a pion tobacco farmer They located near Williamston some over forty years ago, and be farmed all of bis "ntl1 ,I1S health failed him. He Church.member *h" M""",d"? Hi t'JIly hnillbood he was niamKT to Miss Annie Bernard who sur vives him. He leaves noTb.Idren Besides his widow he ,s survived by three sisters, Mrs J M Oakley With Whom h,- made his home near hi re on the Hamilton Road, and Mrs. W^ 11 Bunting anil Mrs D C Bryan, both of Portsmouth. A broth ;r. Dr. H B York, died here about twelve years ago Funeral services will be conduct ed tomorrow afternoon at the, home at 3 o clock by Rev. J, H. Smith, Bap list minister, in the absence of Rev b J. Starnes, pastor of the Metho dist church Burial will be in the family plot in the local cemetery. County Committee In Regular Meeting The Martin County Agricultural Conservation Associatmn committee I n. 4 in regular session here yester- j day_with its new chairman. Farmer C- C. Frosty" Martin, of James villc, In charge It was the first; meeting of the recently-elected 1 county committee Other members ' present were J. F Crisp, chairman of the old committee, and Roy T Griffin, of Williamston. After acquainting themselves with their new work, the members of the committee made a detailed study of I Ihe farm program for 1941. An in vestigation of a "red" tobacco card was investigated, one report stat ing that the non-cooperating farm er was destroyed surplus tobacco The committee will meet each first Monday in the future Three Fined For Public Orunkennetg By Juttice -Public drunkenness broke out again on_an -appreciable scale here last Saturday night when three per sons were arrested and a number of others missed the hoosegow by half a drink. Toby Barber, J T. Per ry and Lemuel Outterbridge, charg ed with public drunkenness, were carried before Justice J L. Hassell and fined $6.50 including costs First Questionnaires to Be Mailed INext Fridav Volunteers Likely To Delay Call Of Men in the County Official Order !\tniilicrs Vi ill Re Routed at Courtlioiiw - On Tlitirwlay The machinery for the classifies tion of registrants under the Select ive Service Act will start turning in this county on Friday of this week when the first fifty questionnaires are placed in the mails An addition al fifty questionnaires will be placed i in the mail Saturday No question naires will be mailed on Sunday but on succeeding days the forms will be entered in the mails at the rate of j fifty each day. Receiving the master list carrying j the national lottery order numbers Monday morning, the Martin County [Draft Board immediately started numbering its cards, and the master | list, showing both serial and order numbers will be posted Thursday in j tluk courthouse. The questionnaires will be mailed in the order of "ol der" numbers. Farmer Malgram j Barefoot receiving the first one. Meeting in session here last Fri day evening, members of the draft board, advisory committee and as sistants received instructions for ex 1 tending aid to the registrants in tlv preparation of the answers to the qucsiohnairos. All members of the ! board, advisory committee and thir ty-two assistants attended the school The advisory committee and assist ants will offer aid. only when the registrants ask for assistance. The registrant is asked to fill in the an swers himself, but if he desires aid he may go to members of the advis ory committee or to the assistants who are to be found in nearly i*v ery community over the county. The questionnaires are to be re turned to the draft board at William | ston five days after they are mailed The first batch of the questionnaires scheduled to be mailed Friday must be returned the following Wednes day or postmarked that day. The sec J ond batch of fifty to be mailed Sat urday must be returned by the fol lowing Thursday and so on. Time extensions for preparing the answers and filling in the questionnaires will be granted after a strict ruling by the national board Delays will be considered when there is sickness, or the distance is too great for the registrant to receive, fill in and re turn the form in five days, or where it requires more than five days to get the necessary affidavits. When a registrant asks an extension, he must return the questionnaire with in the specified time of five days and have extension permission marked on tin- questionnaire. A registrant who fails to get his questionnaire back into the hands of the draft board before the five day period expires is subject to fine and imprisonment: No official communication has been received by the draft board in tins county, ~~fruI Chairman ft if! Goodmon is of the opinion that vol unteer enlistments will more than offset the first quota calls Mr. Good mon stated this morning that he is ' of the opinion that the "county will: get credit for those men enlisting in the service since registration day I Six county young men have entered the service since that day, and in ad dition to that number six young men have asked that they be allowed to enter the service for one year's train- j ing ahead of those who are subject i to first call Briefly stated, it appears that this county will get credits equal to twelve men. A definite quota has not yet been i assigned the county, but the first call : will be for six or seven men, it is estimated. The second group of unofficial or ' der numbers, running from 501 to ! 1 000, appears on another page of I (Continued on page six) James W. Col train Dies At Home Here James W. Coltrain. 80-year-old local man. died at his home on Pine Street here Sunday morning at 8 o'clock following a long period of declining health Suffering a stroke j of paralysis about three months ago the retired farmer had been confin- j ed to his bed since that time. He was born in this county, the , son of the late John and Emma Leg gett Coltrain. He was a member of I Christian Church at Robersonville1 for many years. Funeral services were conducted at the home yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Revs. John L. Goff and Z. T. Piephoff. Interment was in the Aushorn cemetery in Cross1 Roads Township. Mr. Coltrain lived at the" county , home for a number of years, but had made his home with Mrs. Mag gie Daniel here for some time. The last member of his immediate fam ily, he was considerate and thought ful of others and was apologetic in his helplessness. SherifTs Sale Of Tfixes 11 elf I in i he (?imnlY } esierila v Offering (lie smallest iiiimtier of delinquent tax accounts sub jected to the auction block in this county in a number of years. Sheriff-Collector Charlie B. Roe huck yesterday went about the work unmolested and virtually unnoticed. The list was read and sold in quirk order. An occasion al traveler into the courthouse sto|?|ied every now and then to bear the sherirr reading to him self and bidding in the prnper ty for the county. Not a single individual bid was received. The county is now the owner of the accounts which will be turned over to the roun tv attorney for collection or fore closure if payment is not effect ed within a certain time. Following the auction yester day, the sheriff slated that lie believed the number of delin quents would lie materially re I duced during the next tliirtv or sixty days. The sale yesterday was the first on record to receive no in l dividual bids. It is estimated that 99 per cent of the delinquent ac counts will be paid before final foreclosure proceedings are in i stituted. I ? , . Democrats W imj Up Campaign Willi Big Rally At Kvm'ttsj <?> I'arly la ii.l. rs Dec lure Titer,. Is More I tiler,-si in lies TIiiiii in Years Democratic Party Rallies, after I reaching a .low point in the political ! scheme in this county, staged a strong 1 comeback this year, party leaders de daring that a marked interest had j been shown ill the impromptu pro | grams held m nearly every mmmun | it.v in the county during the past ten | days. The loyal Democrats, including I nominees and several others inter ested in democracy, brought a whirl wind campaign to a close with a big rally in Kveretts last night Possibly one of the largest crowds to attend a community political meeting in years was present, the crowd includ ing a number of ladies prominent in party circles Farm Iafe Democrats wen pies- ! | out in comparatively small numbers at the rally held there last Friday evening, "but we bad a good meet I ing and we can depend upon a j good-si zed and a favorable vote i | there,' one -of the canvassers said. A full house was reported over in 1 Williams Township for the rally uUicre-Kiitnrdav nicht Itm th.. hniisr i is small I oday the canvassers have cause to he well pleased with their work. ! preliminary reports from a number j of voting precincts pointing to a record-size vote in the making There was no scheduled opposition I on the county ticket, and little on the other ballots, hut the party lead- j ers, throwing off any lethargy that might let democracy lapse into a state (if doubt, continued their work i with the accepted task of getting out I a confidence vote especially fur the national democratic ticket. Reports that a lew colored citizens I had held meetings in support of Wen dell Willkie for President are ap parently without foundation. It was j reliably learned, however, that Jac k Everett, lodge man and society lead- j er, had addressed a large congrega- i ?turn m the Corner Stone Baptist Church, Warren Street, in the inter est of Mr Roosevelt's re-election. ? Local Negro Loses Life In Logwoods Willie Thompson. 39-year-old lo cal colored man, was fatally in jured while working in the logwoods about two miles below Hill's FYr ry on the Roanoke River yesterday afternoon at 3 40 o'clock. Taken from ' the woods 1,1 Bertie County, the man ! was ferried across the river and died J on the way to a local doctor's office. Thompson was advised of (he dan- I ger and started to move. Witnesses stated that his foot became entangl ed in some vines and he fell, the tree striking and cracking his skull1 Coroner S. R Biggs investigated the accident and ruled that an in quest was unnecessary. A native of Wilson, Thompson came here from Kenly about four ?years ajrrr and enter,d the employ of Saunders aMd Cox. He married Dorothy Huff and was recognized as a good workman. Thompson had registered for the draft, his death being the second among the registrant* in this cbunty since October 10. ?? Budget Approved By Commissioners In -Meeting Today l.illlo tlniiige Kt-riHiiiiM'iiiltMl lit Town l.\|i?'iuliluri-i Kor Nf? \ t-iir Me<*tii>K ,n ilelayed srs.sion here this iiuittiiiig m lu ju'ciiM'k, William ston's t??w n 'intnimissiuiiers tentative ly Uitn|>t? ?t the 1040 41 budget and handled sexerul miiu*r Ou-iii**ss mat tors,, a few of which fell into the routine class The new budget, catling for a $2.00 tax rate, is based on a valua tion of $1,700,000 and remains vir tually unchanged as far as total fig ures are concerned from last year's financial schedule. Reductions were effected in the expenditures for sev eral of the departments, and a $3. 000 item was included in the new budget for the proposed remodeling ut the town hail tn addition to th?* si 1.200 expected from the general lax levy, the budget anticipates about $18,840 from other- sources to boost the total revenue to $03,040 for the 1940-41 year. Most of the add ed income is expected in the form of water : 'iir ? The $3.000 remodel" ing item was partially offset by re duct ions in other departments and also by u "nice" increase in proper >Xy-: \ iUiu"s as compared with the list ings fur the year 1939-40 The new budget was tentatively adopted without much discussion, the treasurer pointing out that a de crease in the rate is possible next year if no further expansion pro grams are launched The prediction was partly based on expected in creases in assessed property values. Permits for opening wine pack age stores here were denied, the hoard pointing out that the county ABC stores are already handling wines, and that the revenue from that source would he greater for the town than the $19 wine store li cense. One of the permits was ask ed by L. E. Raskin. Tarboro man. Sidewalk paving on the east side of Elm Street was postponed by or der of the hoard, but work on curb and gutter is now underway on that street. The meeting, scheduled to have been held last night, was postponed until this morning so Mayor lias sell could continue his work with the Democratic Party canvassers in their campaign of the county. Balkan Situation Is Aggravated By Italian Bombing 9 Serious \ r ?? Thought Likely Health Of llalian Allark Till Balkan situation, already rec ogni/ed as serious, was iiKdmvstcd today when Italian plain s flew into Yugoslavia and bundled two towns, a noon-day report stating that ser ious repercussions are likely to fol low A lielghbol of Greece. Yugo slavia is now under pressure to grunt eertain Axis demands. It is consider ed possible iri some quarters that the demands will he denied since the bundling h'Ot< ptnrr and (hat the? Serbs and others making up the lit tle nation will go to the direct uid of Greece The war in Greece is behaving us a see saw. the Greeks making mark ed gains in one section and the Ital ians claiming big gains in another. It is quite apparent that the little country lias had the best of tin- fight ing to date, hut future possible de velopments are causing concern for the Greeks An Italian stronghold in Albania is being shelled by the Greeks and 20,1)1111 Italian soldiers are said to hgvc been trapped. As Greece fights bravely against heavy odds, Great Britain today stat ed that plans had been completed for a heavier attack from the air on Italy. The RAF now is operating a large number of its big bombers out of Greek bases, hardly 400 miles re moved from Italy. Warfare on the sea is taking a serious turn for English shipping Added Nazi and Italian submarines are operating in the Atlantic, the Italians claiming 24,000 tons of Brit ish shipping as their work for yes terday There is apparent disappointment among the Axis partners at this time The plan to include Erance in the New Order is not progressing as Hitler had hoped., Mussolini appar ently acted without Hitler's approv al when he attacked Greece. The next order will possibly be a drive through Spain and against Gibral tar I.oral Man tn jit red In Tarhnro Anlo Accident Grant Allen, employee of the F. B. Birmingham Cqptracting Com pany. was badly injured in an auto accident near Tarboro last Satur day night about 10 o'clock. Struck by u speeding car. the man was bad ly cut on the hip. had a finger almost torn off -end suffered other injttrtaa. Fourteen stitches were necessary to close the hip wound. He is recover ing in a Tarboro hospital. The hit-and-run driver was ar rested in Greenville a short time af ter the accident and was placed un der a $900 bond.