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VOLUME \L1II?^[t MBKR 92 Williamiton, Martin County, North Carolina, Fritlay, November 15, IV-14). ESTABLISHED 1899
Thirty-Nine Civil
Cases Calendared
For Superior Court
Several Time-Worn Cages Are
Again Appearing on Spec
ial Term Calendar
Thirty-nine rases have been placed
on the calendar (or trial at the spec
ial term of the Martin County Super
ior Court convening Monday. No
vember 18. Judge William Hyslop
Sumner Burgwyn is scheduled to
preside over the term which is to
run for two weeks and handle only
civil cases.
Several time-worn cases again ap
pear on the docket, including the
$10,000 Mitchell damage suit against
Fire Chief G P. Hall. The plaintiff
was injured in an automobile-bicy
cle crash on Williamston's main
street a year ago last March. The
case of Watts against Boston is an
other familiar one on the calendar
and the Town of Williamston is still
working after a civil court fashion
to open an alley leading off Smith
wick Street
A list of cases and scheduled trial
dates follow:
Monday, November 18: Smithwick
versus Waters, Lindsley against Mi
zelle, Harrison Bros vs. Hopkins et
al. Rhodes versus Rhodes. Fertiliz
er Co. against Jenkins. Barrow vs.
Barrow and Lumber Co., Coltrain
versus Haywood Brothers, Fertiliz
er Co. against Honeycutt, Fertilizer
Co. vs. Hall, Fertilizer Co. against
Blackman. Town versus Cunning
ham, Griffin vs. Griffin. Fertilizer
Co. against Leggett.
Tuesday, November 19 Rhodes &
Co. vs Fertilizer Co., Bell against
Williams. Jefferson against Sales
Corporation, Lindsley vs. York, Fer
tilizer Co. versus Carter, James vs
Leggett, Brown against Andrews,
Latham against Purvis.
Wednesday, Nov. 20: Harrison vs.
Wynn, Fair Association against Fair
Company, Long vs. Clark, Long vs.
Clark, Adm ; Biggs against Insurance
Co.
Thursday, Nov. 21: Mitchell against
Hall.
Monday, Nov. 25: liaislip against |
Critcher, Haislip vs Critcher. Watts
versus Boston, Watts vs. Boston, i
Keys against Butler, Keel vs. Ayers. j
Williams against Guaranty Co.
Tuesday, Nov. 26: Loan Corp vs. ,
Mathias. Lee against Coburn, Fer- J
tilizer Co. versus Wallace, Griffin
against Roberson, Bennett versus
Thompson.
To Help Prepare
Questionnaires
With the first questionnaires go
ing out in this county this week, reg
istrants are turning to advisory com- j
mittce members and assistants for
help in filling in the questions prop
erly.
Any registrant may fill in his own
questionnaire, but if he desires aid |
he may turn to the advisory commit- |
tee and any of the assistants whose
names follow:
Williamston Township: Committee
Chairman W H. Cobum; Ouie Marie
Whedbee, Peel & Manning law of
fice; Sara Cone, courthouse; Mrs.
Jim Andrews, register of deeds of
fice; Mary E. Keel, cleric of superior
court's office; Lorene Weaver, coun
ty superintendent's office; Mildred
Heddrick, sheriffs office; Irene Tet
terton, Roanoke Chevrolet Co ; Hul
da Roberson, Williamston Motor Co.;
Ella Wynne Critcher, J Paul Simp
son Insurance office; Edith Stallings,
B. A. Critcher's law office; Trulah
Ward Page, Hugh G. Horton law of
fice; J. L. Hassell, mayor of William
ston; Ethel H Wynne, Branch Bank
ing and Trust Co.; R. W. Bondurant.
Standard Fertilizer Co.; D V. Clay
ton, Guaranty Bank and Trust Co.;
Bill Carstarphen, Harrison and Car
starphen office; W. H. Cobum, Co
bum and Coburn law office; Mrs.
D. G Modlin and Mary Carstarphen
Martin County Agricultural Build
ing. ,
Bear Grass Township: Prof. T. O.
Hickman, Bear Grass school; A B
Ayers, Ruby Malone. Willie Brown,
Virginia Shindler, Mrs Russell
Rogers, Rogers Bros, store
Poplar Point Township: LeRoy
Taylor, Tayior farms; W. Mayo Har
diaon, Allen's Filling Station, Ham
ilton road
Mr. J. C. Smith, committee mem
ber: Oak City, Miss Martha Daniel
Johnson at the postoffice; Claude
Savage at the ABC store.
Hassell; N. B. Parker at the A.C.L.
station; George H. Leggett, at the
postoffice.
Hamilton: Wade E Everett, at
Johnson's store, W. J. Beacsh.
Gold Point: Harry H. Roberson, at
his store.
Robersonville: Allen Osborne and
Miss Pauline Jenkins in the tax col
lector's office; John L. Edmondson in
Nathan TRoberson's store.
Everetts: J. B. Barnhill, Jr., at
Barnhill's filling station, and Dick
Cherry at poll room or at John Cher
ry's store.
Committee member, Charles Dav
enport: Dardens, C. B. Fagan; James
ville, G. M. Anderson, O. G. Carson
and Ira L. Alexander; Williams,
Joshua U Col train and Charles L.
Daniel; Griffins, W. B. Harrington,
George C- Griffin and S. Oscar Peel.
First Peanuts Are Received
In Government Storage Here
Experiencing a weak market, pea
nut farmers in this section started
deliveries to government operated
warehouses here Wednesday after-!
noon, incomplete but reliable re- j
ports indicating that the open mar
ket immediately reflected added
strength and that independent buy
ers would become more active. It
was reliably learned that indepen
dent orders were received here soon
after the Growers' Peanut Coopera
tive went on the market.
Dillon Wynne. Williamston Town
ship farmer, was the first grower
to deliver his crop to the coopera
tive. The young farmer delivered 300
bags to the government organization
soon after arrangements were com
pleted for receiving peanuts at this
point
With a large crop of the goobers
awaiting buyers, it is generally pre
dicted that deliveries to the coopera
tive will be unusually heavy One \
report indicates that the organiza
tion will store about as many pea
nuts as were handled four years ago.
the first season the old Peanut Sta
bilization Cooperative was set up to
stabilize prices.
' J E Debnam. representing the co
operative. stated while here Wed
nesday that the organization was pre
pared to buy every pound of pea
nuts produced in the states of North
Carolina and Virginia, that its ware
houses would remain open just as
long as it was necessary to receive
the current crop. Unofficial reports
state that two million dollars was
turned over to the organization at
one time a few days ago. and that
there were ample funds with which
to handle the entire crop
The cooperative will function this
season just as it did during the past
three years, but all guess work as to
quality and weights will be elim
inated. it is understood
Draft Board Receives
First Questionnaires
UNION SERV ICE
Following a custom of lone
standing and one that has ad
vanced a strong religious bond
for the several religious groups
here, the evening church wor
ship program here will be cen
tered in the union service wel
coming Rev. B. T. Hurley to the
pastorate of the Methodist
Church. The local ministerial
group has formulated a tenta
tive program, and the members
of the several churches are in
vited to attend the welcoming
service in the Methodist Church.
I wo thousand fvlen
In This County Are
Given Blood Tests
Syphilli* Cane Finding Survey |
Declared Very Successful
By Health Officer
By DR. J. W WILLIAMS
Martin County Health Officer
Out of the 3200 registered we drew !
blood from 2005 We tried to carry |
the work as close to those interest
ed as possible. Oak City: Dr. Pitt
man was clinician and examined I
397 Robersonvtlle: Dr. V. A Ward
was clinician and examined 488.
Jamesville: Dr. Walker was clinician J
and examined 251 Williamston: Dr.
McAllister and Dr. Walker were clin
icians and examined 863
We tried to separate the races in
the clinics but the rush made it im
possible and it was an inspiring sight
to see white and black, rich and poor,
take their turn in doing what every
one sincerely believes was his part
in this, the second step in our pro- |
gram of national defense.
We trust that the work will mean ]
a successful and almost complete
case finding survey of the evidence
of the disease in this age group of
miles in Martin County. We will
learn just who has the disease and
offer them a chance to become phys
ically fit, not only to be able to take
their part in the national defense
plans provided they are called but
to take their place in life's program
far from the disease that maims, im
poverishes and kills.
Farm Bureau Drive
Advancing Rapidly
The drive to increase the mem
bership in the Martin County farm
Bureau is progressing rapidly, ac
cording to information coming from
the secretary, John I Eagles, here
this morning. The drive, centered at
first in the several towns of the
county, is now being pushed in the
rural communities and the farmers
are responding splendidly, the sec
retary says.
Starting a canvass in his commun
ity a day or two ago, one farmer
signed up 25 farmers and called for
another book of receipts. Other en- j
couraging reports are coming in. and
a tight race is anticipated between
the four membership teams before
the campaign is brought to a close
on Friday evening of next week.
The losers of the membership
drive will be called upon to pay for
their own suppers and those of the
winners, too. The turkey dinner will
be paid for out of the canvassers'
pockets.
Realizing that the peanut situation
was rapidly growing serious up un
til a day or two ago and realizing
tKat there1! mUch wbfk 16 Be done
if the peanut is to be saved another
year, Martin farmers are rallying in
support of the Farm Bureau, know -
ing full well that it has been a po
tent factor in upholding the rights
of the peanut growers in recent
years through the stabilization co
operative and that it will continue
to work for them if anything like a
reasonable support is made avail
able.
One-Third Of Forms
Sent In So Far Not
Correctly Answered
(iluNHifirulion Work To I'ro
SlouK ill Accoril
iiiK'c with Draft ('.all
Two hundred Martin County reg
istrants have learned or will have
learned before today is spent that
the current peace-time draft is of
fering a complicated set of compli
cations in the form of selective serv
ice questionnaires. Most of the reg
istrants whose order numbers fall in
the lower brackets are throwing up
their own hands and turning to the
advisory committee members and
their assistants for help in preparing
the questions. ,
Yesterday, the draft board per
sonnel itself was about to be con
vinced that the questionnaire is a
complicated thing Nine of the first
30 questionnaires returned to the
board were improperly prepared,
Board Chairman R H. Goodmon ex
plaining that only a minor question
was left out in each of the nine
forms. Several failed to state wheth
er they had or did not have a court
record. One registrant claimed de
pendants, but failed to list those
dependants?an important item in
anyone's questionnaire. One or two
stated tlwy had dependants, hut
failed to suggest how much support
they were given those depi ndants
In the case of a married man with
children, he merely has to answer
that he is giving them all their sup
port, or where the support is shared,
he merely specifies the amount. One
did not list his employer's name One
or two failed to sign the affidavits
The board chairman pointed out
that no member of thr hoard t an
supply the answer to any question
even though he knows the answer.
The registrant must fill it in him
self or have an assistant fill it in.
The nine improperly answered
questionnaires are being returned
to the registrants with instructions
to get them back within five days
from the date of the second mailing.
Deliberate refusal to answer the
questions will subject the registrant
to arrest and penalties upon convic
tion.
John Lawton House, young Has
sell white man, was the first regis
trant to get his questionnaire back
to the board. Receiving the eight
pages of questions last Tuesday
morning, the young man had them
answered and the questionnaire back
before nightfall. Registrant Malgram
Barefoot, the holder of Order No.
1, returned his questionnaire yes
terday afternoon packed with valid
calims to deferment.
Registrants are beginning to wan
(Continued on page six)
+
Wounded Man Jailed
Here F or An Affray
James Pippen, 23-year-old color
ed farmer of Bear Grass, who was
dangerously stabbed or cut in a
fight here last Saturday night, was
placed in the county jail yesterday
and later carried before Justice J
L. Hassell for trial in a case charg
ing him with an affray
Walking in a slightly bent posi
tion, Pippen did not complain about
his wound which was described as
serious last Saturday night by an at
tending physician v ?
In the mayor's court he was fined
$5 and taxed with costs m the sum
of HM. Edgar and Leon Goss, two
other defendants in the case, were
each fined $5 and taxed with the
costs.
Booker T Bradley, arrested in
Edenton last Tuesday by local offi
cers for stabbing Pippen. was bound
over to the recorder's court for trial
under a $100 bond.
Thirty-Nine Years
Ago .4* Recorded
In The Enterprise
MAY It. IM1.
The Fan-American Exposition was
opened at Buffalo May 1. 1901.
The Hillyer's Wonder Co gave an
i ?xcellent entertainment at the Hall
last Friday evening.
During the storm Tuesday. Mrs
' Buleman received a severe shock
from lightning and was unconscious
for half an hour. She is all right
again, we are glad to say.
Town elections throughout the
county were held this week. Some
towns held their election on Mon
day. We have not received any in
formation from but one outside town,
Conoho. and that will be found else
where in this issue.
Rev. Mr. Sutton commenced a
series of meetings at the M E.
Church Sunday morning At the
night service. Mr Brick house, of
Norfolk, well known to the people
of this section, conducted the serv
ice Mr. Rosenberg, of Baltimore, a
very popular singer of that city, at
the night service sang "The Holy
I City." It was a treat to hear this
beautiful anthem, it was weft ren
dered and Mr. Rosenberg's singing
( has been highly complimented.
The election in Williamston was
a very quiet one. When the polls
opened Tuesday morning there was
only one ticket in the field and that
was as follows: For Mayor. J. L.
Ewell; For Commissioners. Will Kob
11 rtson, Sr . C. D. Carstarphen. C. W.
' Keith. T. C. Cook. Latham Throw
ei About eight o'clock Dr. John D.
Biggs was put up against J I. Ewell
! for Mayor. There was not a large
vote polled. J L. Ewell was elected
by a majority of 15 over Mr. Biggs.
G W Blount left Tuesday for
New York
Mr George W Newell was in Ev
cretts Tuesday.
Mi' Thigpen. of Conetoe, was in
i town Monday evening
Mr. Kenny Staton, of Parmele,
I was in town Monday.
Mr J W Anderson was in Ever
etts one day last week.
Miss Fannie Ellison went to Far
mele Tuesday morning.
Mr. John I) Biggs went to Elm
City Tuesday morning
Mr. Herbert Pope returned from
i Greensboro Tuesday evening
Chief of Police J T. Smith, of
Greenville, was in town Tuesday.
Messrs. B. E. Dillahunt and W 11
I Biggs spent Sunday in Tarboro.
I Will Powell, of Palmyra, was a
! visitor in town the first of the week.
Mr B E. Dillahunt spent Tuesday
in Parmele putting in phones.
Mr. W E. Stubbs and Miss Hattie
Harrejl spent Sunday in Jamesville
Mr. S. F. Williams, purser on the
Steamer Wagner, was home Sunday
visiting lus parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Carstarphen re
turned last Thursday evening from
their bridal tour. An elaborate re
Cepjjon was tendered by them that
evening to the entire bridal party
School manimt Med In
Kobcrsonvillc Thursday
The Martin County Schoolmasters
Club will meet at the Robersonville
High School next Thursday night in
the second of a series of meetings
arranged for the present school year.
The oi gam/.ation or school men meets
monthly to discuss school problems
and is headed by James T. Uzzle, of
Jamesville.
To tihlretm Young Tro/tle'it
League, llcar (,rasn, Snmlay
?
Jimmie Taylor will address the
Young People's League in Bear
Grass Sunday evening at (i o'clock,
| it was announced today.
I^Hig Dry SfH'll Is
lirokrn II y llravy
Rains This Work
Thr long dry spell, gripping
Ihis section during a greatrr part
of the time since the August
floods, was broken this week
when heavy rains started falling
Tuesday. A small rainfall was
recorded by Hugh Spruill at the
river station here on November
2, but no dent in the dust was
made until Tuesday evening and
night when more than an inch
of rain fell at this point. From
Tuesday until today, nearly three
inches of rain had fallen here.
The rain during Tuesday night
and Wednesday was greater than
that for the entire period of Sep
tember and October, the pre
ripitation in the latter month
being just two points over half
an inch.
No serious water shortagr re
sulted here during thr dry sea
son, but some sections limited
the use of water to human con
sumption. The dry season offer
ed ideal condition for the fall
harvest, but despite thr favor
able weather quite a few farm
ers have not yet completed the
harvesting of all their crops.
At the beginning of this
month, 32.23 inches of rain had
fallen here during 1940 as com
pared with 50.11 Inches record
ed in the first ten months of
1939.
Youth Admits Daring
Robberies To Officers
Arnold Wallace Is
Arrested Tuesday
By Night Officer
?
MokI of (>ood<<i Stolen from
I.oral Stores and Miimmiiii
\r#? Kecovered
Arnold Wallace, daring youth who '
declares ho is out to establish a new j
crime record, was arrested in a rail- '
road box ear here late last Tuesday
night by Night Officer John Hoe
buck, and is being held in the coun
j ty jail for trial in connection with
j a series of bold robberies here last
Saturday morning Arrested white
asleep, the sixteen-year--old youth
( has admitted the robberies, but den
J ios trying tc? fire the local gram
mar school building Most of the
stolen goods, including two costly
rifles, a pistol and about 5.000 cart
ridges and atront~ eleven dollars in
cash have been recovered Three old I
swords, stolen by the youth from
the Hug House Museum in Washing
ton last Friday night, were also re
covered by police.
Talking freely about the daring
robberies, young Wallace stated that
he broke into the Woolard Hardware
Store first About 1 30 o'clock Satur
day morning after he had already
forced the door open a man, later
identified as N S Godard, came
along and questioned him. but God
jard did not detect anything wrong
| Wallace, withdrawing from his work j
lor a moment, was looking at some
skates in the show window at the
time. "Do you want a pair of those
.skates', he aslyed me," Wallace said.
I told him I did and he went on.
and you know he nuver knew what
I had done."
The youth hid the bullets and one
of the stolen swords under a mor
tar box back of the theater. He later
skipped to his home on the old
Greenville Road, just a short dis
1 Lance off U. S. Highway 64. Mem
I bcrs of the family surrendered the
J stolen rifles and about two thousand
additional shells.
Completing his work in the hard
ware store, Wallace turned to the
Western Union office where he sue
cessfully robbed the safe more than
a year ago. Unable to force an en
trance there, he broke into Davis'
Pharmacy where he stole about $34
in cash, two or three cigarette light
ers and* a few other articles. The
lighters were recovered
Going from the drug store, the
wayward boy broke into tin* Purol
station a few doors away and stole
some change ^
Completing the robbery at the sta
tion, he was about ready to quit for
i the night, and he went to the gram
mar school where he forced an en
trance and spent tin rest of tin
night, and where he is thought to
haye attempted to burn the build
ing. A small place in the floor was
burned, but Wallace denies the
charge.
Before starting his daring esca
pade here, the boy admitted break
ing inln a museum in Washington
early last Friday night and steal
ing three old swords.
Working on clues gained from fin
ger-printing, officers were on tin
young boy's trail soon after the rob
beries were discovered. He was said
to have been seen slipping around
from place to place and his mother
never did see him The combined
forces of the town and county law
enforcement departments were af
ter him, and when Officer Roebuck
picked up' his trail he found hun
sleeping in a box ear. The hoy had
his hand on the trigger of a loaded
pistol stolen from the hardware
store. The officer snatched the gun
frorn the boy's hand and jailed him
after a lengthy questioning at the
police station.
"They'll write a book about me
some day." Wallace is said to have
(Continued on page six)
Mention Local Man
To Head Teachers
The Martin County Schoolmasters' !
club, meeting in monthly session
at Robersonville last evening, ad
vanced the name of James C. Man
ning for the presidency of the North j
eastern District Teachers Associa
tion. Considerable work has already
been done by the principals in this |
county to gain support of the nearly
2-000 teachers meeting in Greenville
today for the candidacy of the school
head in this county.
Prominent leaders in the educa
tion field are addressing the annual
meeting of the association in Green-1
ville today, including Dr. E T. M< '
\|Hwain,~nf North western-4JniverHtyt
Dr. L R Meadows, president of East I
Carolina Teachers College, and oth
ers.
Martin (jouniy teachers are well"I
represented at the meeting.
A number of teachers left early j
today for the morning session. The
white schools closed at noon today
that all teachers might have an op
portunity to attend the afternoon
and evening sessions.
I
/
22 (Mr OF 50
I nofficial reports from Wash
ington County state that the Se
lective Draft Hoard there is
drawing heavy from the early
order numbers. The board is said
to have placed in Classification
No. I. |S out ol the tirst S? men
to Krt questionnaires. It was es
timated at one time that hardly
more than one out of six regis
trants would he eligible for serv
ice. The neighboring county
board found few men who were
entitled to deferment on account
of job classifications. Most of
the registrants fell into Croup
III classification .with two he
ing listed in the No. I classifica
tion.
The Martin County Draft
Hoard will meet next week to
handle its first classification
work.
Crop Yields AIk)\c
First Estimates In
Eastern Carolina
| Tobacco 10 IVrccnl Greater
Tlinn Frciliclcil; Swccl
Potato Crop Smaller
General Prospective yields for
most crops increased during Octo
ber as favorable weather continued
for picking and ginning cotton, har
vesting of peanuts, corn and other
crops. Yields of soybeans, cow peas,.
and sweet potatoes, however, are
turning out to In* less than Were
I earlier, anticipated. The cotton yield
now estimated at 434 pounds per
acre over the October I estimate and
the 1940 total production is null
cated at only one per cent under the
record 1937 crop. With over three'
fourths of the flue-cured tobacco
W'Up Htjid, .It is*ilow evident that the\
yieid this year is much higher than
growers earlier expected The yield
per acre is now estimated to be a I
most equal to last year's record aver
age
Tobacco North Carolina's tobacco .
crop, now indicated at 474.813,009
pounds, is approximately to per cent
larger than estimated earlier in the'
season. Good stands, more leaves per
plant than usual, and ample labor
? and facilities for handling the re
duced acreage, partially offset the i
crop losses from unfavorable weath
er during the growing season The
! 1940 crop, however, is still 42 pel
[cent Under the 81 t,675;00Q pounds
| record crop made last year and I
I per cciiTOTKtrr the 10 yeui C1929 38 >
average production of 498,101', 000
' pounds The November 1 report
I placed the yield per acre .it 931
pounds compared with 939 pounds
| harvested in 1939
Peanuts North Carolina's peanut
crop is now estimated at 304,750,000
pounds, which is 5 per cent more
than last year's production and only
1 oer cent below the record 1937 j
crop. The prospective yield per acn
is 10 pound.1 more than the 1939 av
erage and 102 pounds above tin- 10
year (1929-1938) average Although
the year has been generally dry in
most parts of the State, there has
been a good season in the peanut
ana since mid August it is largely
the Aug list-Sep tern be i soil condi
tions Which determine the peanut
crop. October weather continued
ideal for harvesting.
(C ntinued on page six)
I rial Justice lias
Fairly Busy Week
Trial Justice John L Hasaell has
had a fairly busy week clearing the
jail of inmates placed there follow
ing a little crime wave that struck
with the force <4 a tornado during
certain hours last Saturday night*
and Sunday in Williamston's fast be
coming famous beer garden row on
Washington Street
The most serious of the cases was
cleared from the docket yesterday
when Edgar and Leon Goss and
James Pippen were fined, and Book
er T. Bradley was hound over to the
county court for trial
Facing the court on a non-support i
charge, Elmer Gray, Jamesville col-f
ored man, was placed under a $100
bond for his appearance in the coun
ty court the first Monday in Decem
ber. Gray is said to have left the
court, returned home and took his
wife's clothes and rings from her
Another warrant, charging him with
assaulting a female, has been issued
for his arrest.
Charged with public drunkenness, ?
J. A. Phi I pott was discharged by
the court upon the payment of $5.50
costs of the case.
James H Mason, bylveater Scott j
and Robert Slade, charged with cre
ating a disturbance in a Washington
Street beer garden last Saturday
night, were sentenced to the roads
for thirty days. The judgment was
suspended upon payment of the costs
of the case.
Russia Apparently
To Join The Axis
In New Order Map
?
Italian Nan liMii'ii and (irerk
IhiUter Hope
For Britain
to n ht?IIV
ily on the European War front with
hopeful reports coming from the
eombat zones ami dislieurtening
news coming from the diplomatic
centers.
England, it is certain, lias dealt a
death blow to Italy's navy, and vir
tually established an undisputed
claim to the Mediterranean On the
other hand. Russia is apparently lin
ing up with the Axis powers by vir
tually agreeing to? a "new order
map" for Europe and Asia Detail
ed facts and information arc lacking
on the last count, but it is a foregone
conclusion that while Russia will not
actually enter the war against Brit
ain she is about to cast her lot with
Hitler and Ins gang Russia's foreign
Commissar. Molotoff. ?concluded a
series of conferences with Hitler and
his tribe in Berlin yesterday, the
only official reports received from
the meetings stating that there ex
isted a genuine friendship and mut
ual understanding The outcome of
the meetings and the change in the
war program are yet to be learned
It is apparent that Turkey is not fig
uring to any great extent in the new
order as yet. but efforts to woo that
nation from Britain are certain to be
made From this angle, the war out
look is a bit disheartening And then
there is the Far- East situation. A
threatening cloud is again seen on the
horizon there, and it may be a mat
ter of only a short time before Japan
starts a drive for Dutch Indies. Far
reaching results are to be expected
to follow such a drive
Encouraging news is coming from
several sections for the British cause
The Italian seaport, Taranta, was
?successfully attacked earlier in the
Week, the British air force wrecking
about half of the Italian navy.
Greece-, is proving itself master
over the Italians, reports stating that
30,000 of Mussolini's best soldiers
have been lost in the Italo-Greek en
counters.
Thporur iToni the Vichy govern
merit state that all is not well in
France, that Retain has entered a
vigorous protest to Germany against
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Work Oil River Fill
Delayed l>\ Weather
Work, after getting underway on
an organized scale earlier in the
week, lias been delayed on the Roan
oke Kiver fill project at this point.
Heavy rains, falling Wednesday and
yesterday, limited the repair activi
ties to an almost minimum and to
day only the bridge forces are op
crating on a normal schedule
Traffic, while continuing over the
route, was reduced to a minimum
yesterday, but the busses continued
to run over the road and travel is
being restored to normal with the
return of fair weather and sunshine
today
Traffic regulations are being 111
creased by the cohUaClW and PVtwy
effort is being made to limit travel
to motorists living in Windsor and
Williamston and surrounding com
munities
Volunteers Delay
Draft For Others
While no official word has been
received, it is quite likely that the
draft will not force any young Mar
tin County into military service be
fore next year. Additional volun
teers are being reported by the
county draft board from day to day,
and it is fairly certain that the first
calls in filling the quota of 147 men
ran be answered by volunteers.
Hardly more than four or five men
are subject to first service call which
will come between November 2K and
jhe middle of December.
At the present time, four volun
teers have actually signed up for a
one-year training period. They are
Kills Clifton Wynne. Leslie Worth
Pierce, Paul Cleveland VanLanding
ham and J A. Roebuck. Two others,
Grover Raymond Moore and Grady
B Hardy, have volunteered, but they
have not signed the proper forms
which were received only a day or
two ago. Another who offered to
volunteer is in the first group sub
ject to call, and regardless of his
offer to volunteer it is apparent that
he won't he here for long
There is still some doubt if the
county will get credit for those
young men who volunteered for
service since the registration. Among
those who have volunteered in this
county since October 16 for regular
Kvrvice are, Clarence Lao Taylor.
Harvey Lee Stalls, William LeRoy
Taylor, Bennic Daniel, James A.
Wynne, Jr., and Charles Bowen
Then there are the two lads from this
county who signed up with the Na
tional Guard. It would appear that
this county is entitled to fourteen
credits. However, it may be poasible
that these credits or some of them
will be applied at the tail end of the
list rather than to the first.