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VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 39 If'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friilay, May lb, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899
Widowed Mother Is
Allowed $3 A Week
For Death Of Son
Attorney'* Fee, ^ itnewtes Fee
And Undertaker** Bill To
Come Out of Allowance
The handsome sum of $3 a week
was the value placed upon the life
of a human being by Judge E V.
Parker in u United States Employees'
Compensation Court held here yes
terday morning, the amount being
subject to a $75 attorney's fee. wit
nesses fees and an undertaker s bill
in the sum of $95 The cost of an au
topsy performed by experts and de
fense witnesses' fees are not charge- j
able to the widowed mother's week
ly pittance.
The amount is the maximum al
lowed by statute, it is understood
The case was based on the acci
dental drowning of Eddie Moore. 2#
year-old Negro at the Foieman
Blades lumber mill at Jamesville on
last January 20. His bady was found
on March 30. His employees notified
insurance company representatives,
and pathologists were called in to
make an autopsy. The cost of the
autopsy was not revealed. Insurance
lawyers followed the case up. mak
ing visits here and in the county to
gather evidence in building up a de
fense.
At the hearing yesterday it was
established by the drowned man's
mother. Lena Moore Northern, that
he had given her five or six dollars
each Week, helped led and cloth,
three minor children, and was rec
ognized as head of the home for the
widowed mother "and three minor
children. The identity of the body
was established by Coroner S. R
Biggs and other witnesses The claim
of dependency was supported by the
testimony offered by several wit
nesses for the plaintiff.
That the son apparently did not
do all it was possible for him to do
for his mother and brothers was es
tablished by the defense It was
pointed out that Moore had an old
worn-out car. that he purchased 10
to 15 gallons of gasoline about ev
ery two weeks, and bought cool
drinks, cakes and the like, and that
he spent from $40 to $50 a year for
dress-up clothes. The defense built
its case around that evidence.
While no claim of dependency was
advanced for the children, it was
clearly pointed out in the evidence
I hat the three youths were depend
ent upon their mother or someone
Judge Parker, acting as arbiter,
approved the fee of the plaintiff's at
torney at $75. and allowed $200 for
burial expenses. While it is not like
ly that the plaintiff's witnesses will
file for fees, they are entitled to some
remuneration if they di mand it.
If the plaintiff, Lena Moore
Northern, lives long enough she will
have drawn $7,500 from the insur
ance company at the rate of $3 each
week less the attorney's fee and $95
burial expense If she dies next week
the payments stop. The plaintiff is
now 53 years old. and if the debt cre
ated by the death of her own flesh
and blood is paid in full she will
have to live to the ripe old age of 103
years?and they seldom live that
long in these parts.
? ?
Men of Many Races
Are At Fort Bragg
Men from every one of the forty
eight states and of many races may
be found among the 53,400 soldiers
now stationed at Fort Bragg Last
Friday 10 Chinese Selective Service
trainees from New Yorks China
town district were added to this cos
mopolitan group They were recent
ly inducted in the Army and sent
here from the Recruit Reception
Center at Fort Dix, N. J. Eight of the
Chinese trainees were formerly laun
drymen and two were waiters in
Chinese restaurants The majority of
them speak no English but a Chinese
has been assigned to act as interpret
er for the group. Following six weeks
of basic military training with the
?7th Q M Battalion, the newly in
ducted laundrymen will be assigned
to duty in Fort Bragg s new $500 -
000 Post Laundry now under con
struction, which is scheduled to be
opened by the Quartermaster soon
The new trainees are Privates Moy
Foo. Horn G. Horn, Hung K. Lee.
Foong Leong. Wah C Moy, Fong W
Chin, Yip H Kow, Shirk Yuen Lee.
Law Lok and Joe Yee.
Cotton Stalks Bring
Money To Farmers
Toledo. Ohio. ? National Cotton
Week. May 16-24. will be a period of
celebration for cotton farmera in
Sunflower county, Misaisxippi. A
company in Toledo haa just aigned
contracts for 11,000 tens of cotton
stalks to be uard in the manufacture
of cellulose.
Long a complete waate, the cotton
stalks will afford the Missiaaippi
farmera an added income of $80,000.
Farmera are paid $7.80 a ton for bal
ed atalks delivered to gina. The av
erage stalk yield per acre in Sun
flower County is two tons, with the
coat of gathering and hauling run
ning about $3 per ton.
Marti?i Red C?'oss Expected
To Go Into Production Soon
The Martin County chapter of the
American Red Cross is expected to
launch its production unit "very
soon," according to Field Represen
tative Leo Wilhelm who made a
brief stop here this week Stating
that orders for millions of yards of
cloth and material had taxed the j
mills to capacity, Mr. Wilhelm ex
plained that the distribution of goods
is being stepped up and that all pro
duction of goods is being stepped up
and that all production units would
be equipped within the near future.
Mrs. A. R. Dunning, chairman of
the production unit in this chapter,
states that she and her forces are
ready for action.
Charged wth multitudinous duties
the Red Cross is rapidly speeding up
its machinery for handling ever-in
creasing needs of the Army and
those relating to war itself. Follow
ing a survey made several months
ago of the capacity of established
firms to meet estimated needs, the
Red Cross immediately s*?t up equip
ment for making forty million band
ages. Mr Wilhelm said, adding that
the task will have been completed
by next September. It is admitted
that many of the bandages are be
ing stored in this country just in
caae we are drawn into war
Commenting on the aid offered by
the Red Cross. Mr. Wilhelm said that
up until just a short time ago, 810
Consignments had moved out in 367
boats, that out of that number only
11 of the ships had been sunk. The
transportation, recognized as fairly
safe under existing conditions, is be
coming acute, however, the Red
Cross representative explaining that
material offered by his -organization
was taken only to fill out cargoes
mainly made up of arms and muni
tion*.
County Liquor Sales
Showing Large Gain
MAYOR LEADS
j
Following the issuance of his
own proclamation. Mayor J. L.
Hassell started the clean-up
ween movement by dragging- out -
his shovel and rake and clean
ing up around his main street of
fice. He made a neat job of it.
but there is some evidence that
he piled the trash back of the
office out of sight of the public.
The clean-up movement is
gaining momentum, and bring
ing out new recruits. The Julius
Peels with Mr. Peel pushing the
lawn mower, have whitewashed
the trees around their Smith
wick Street home and brighten
ed the neighborhood. In other
afteas there's a lot of trash wait
ing to be moved.
Judge W.H. Coburn
(la I Is Seven Cases
In Recorders Court
InrrfaiMMl Activity On Farm*
Reflected in DccrcaHe in
Court Action*
Busily engaged l>y rushing work
on the farms, the rural population
for the most part left the smart town
set to hold the spotlight in the coun
ty court last Monday. The summer
slump in court activities is already
manifested in the reduced number
of cases scheduled for trail in the
county tribunal, and an additional
increase is to be expected as the
nights grow shorter and farm work
calls for more time and energy. The
town population can be depended
upon, however, to keep the court go
ing
The docket before Judge W. II. Co
burn last Monday was virtually with
out interest. Calling seven cases at
9:30, the court completed its work in
a very short time.
Proceedings of the court:
Samuel Williams, charged with
bastardy, was back in court for a re
hearing in his cases. It was reported
to the court that the defendant had
paid the case costs after he had been
transferred to the roads to serve a
sentence. Voiding the old judgment,
Judge Coburn sentenced Williams to
the roads for a term of two months.
Notice of appeal was given, and bond
in the sum of $200 was required.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with violating the liquor
laws, Wheeler Lynch was fined $10
and taxed with the costs of the case.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, Williams Crews and Ora Ward
pleaded -guitt-y of possessing illicit
liquor. The plea was accepted, and
the court suspended judgment upon
payment of the case costs.
James Walston, charged with
drunken driving, was sentenced to
the roads for a term of two months.
His license to operate a motor ve
hicle was revoked for one year.
Charged with non-support, John
L. Webb pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to the roads for a period of
(Continued on page four)
Total Of $7l<)..m20
Is Spent For Spirits
Since Stores Opened
l-a*t Quartrr Sale* Ar?* N?*urly
(Iri'ali'r Tlnm
Five Y?'arit \j{?>
Liquor salt's in the four county
stores during January. February and
March of this year were the largest
for any first quarter since whiskey
was legalized back in 1935. the sales
last quarter topping those for the
corresponding period in 1936 by
nearly $10,000. according to figures
making up the quarterly audit just
recently released by Greathouse and
Butler, certified public accountants
The first quarter sales in 1940 were
more than $6,000 greater than they
were in the corresponding period of
1939, nnd now the 1941 first quarter
adds another increase of $3,405.50.
While sales were increased last
quarter by nearly $10,000 over those
for the first quarter in 1936, profits
jumped from $5,100.24 for the months
of January, February and March,
1936, to $9,089 93 for the correspond
ing months in this year.
A break-down of the audit for the
first quarter in 1940 and the one for
1941 shows the following sales, by
stores:
1940 1941
Wilhamston $16,303.85 $18,193.00
Robersonville 9,331 15 8,286.05
Oak City 3,364 35 4,513.20
Jamesville ^ 2,719.90 4,132.50
$31,719.25 $35,124.75
Robersonville was the only store
reporting a decrease in sales, the
drop there being very noticeable.
Net profits were reported as fol
lows, by stores: Wilhamston, $5,
002.39; Robersonvillilf, $1,932-06; Oak
City, $1,137.62; Jamesville, $1,017 86
The division of profits was effected,
as follows: Town, of Williamston,
$639.09; Town df Robersonville,
$219.93; Town of Oak City, $141.27;
Town of Jamesvilie, $121.74; Martin
County general fund, $4,488.15; re
serve for law enforcement, $623.35;
State of North Carolina, $2,856 40
Total sales reported by the stores
since their opening in July, 1935, are
$719,323.20 and total profits stand at
$171,586.40
Showing a gross profit last quar
ter of $12,218.54, the Martin County
Alcoholic Beverages Control Board
had an operating expense of $3.
399.46, as follows: salaries and wages,
$1,966.70; rent, $29100; supplies,
$4.30; heat, water and light, $126.42.
repairs, $9.25; unclassified, $26.05;
administrative and general expenses,
$975.74 Expenses were reported, by
stores, as follows: Williamston, $1,
SCOUTS TO MEET
Encouraged by recent action
taken by adult leaders, local Boy
Scouts will meet in the Legion
Hut here next Tuesday evening
at I o'clock, it was announced
today by Scoutmaster Horace
Hay. AH Scouts are urged to at
tend the meeting.
Reliable reports state that a
renewed interest In the move
ment on the part of fathers and
the general public, the seou
ranks In this district can be ma
terially increased. The reorgaa
Iration of the movement la ex
pasted at a meeting of se
leaden and others here week af
ter next
(Continued on page four)
April Was Month
Of Diseases Here
Public health in Martin County
last month was attacked by nearly
all of the communicable diseases of
a minor nature. There were 73 cases
of contagious diseases reported to
the health office, and it is fairly cer
tain that hardly half of the actual
cases were reported. According to
one report, there were three kinds
of measles ? German- measles, red
measles and walking measles, the
children continuing to run at large
with the latter kind
Following is a review of the cases
Five chickenpox, two in James
ville^and^three in Williamston; one
man measles, 22 in Williamston. four
in Jamesville, 12 in Robersonville, 2
in Oak City, and one in Hamilton;
measles, 19 in Robersonville, one each
in Hassell and Parmele. Most of the
measles cases were among the white
population. There was one scarlet
fever case in Robersonville, and 14
whooping rough cases, nine in Wil
liamston, four in Robersonville, and
one in Gold Point.
Higher Loans For
r
Major Crops Given
Approval by House
>1 eatture ^ ouhl Give Farmers
(loot Price for Product*
Including Tobacco
The fall market price outlook was
brightened considerably this week
when the National House of Repre
sentatives approved higher loans for
major farm crops, including tobac
co. in addition to approving higher
loans, the House also provided "stiff"
penalties in those cases where pro
duction exceeded marketing quotas.
The Senate passed the bill Wed
nesday by a vote of 75 to 2. The Pres
ident's signature is now needed to
make the bill become law
Agriculture department officials
had estimated that the higher loans
would increase food costs to con
sumers by 10 to 20 per cent, but Ed
ward A O'Neal. American Farm
Bureau president. denied these
contentions. He said that "the in
creased cost to the consumer would
be of very little consequence" and
estimah'd that pork would go up 5
per cent, bread one-sixth cent a loaf
und cotton 16 to 1.8 per cent.
Bv a roll call vote ot 275 to 63, the
House approved and sent to the
senate a compromise bill to require
the government to make loans of 85
per cent of parity on the five crops.
Farm members said that if a
farmer chose to put his crop in the
new loan program at 85 per cent of
parity, his Soil conservation benefits
nd cash parity payments would re
Ull lh an approximate yield ol full
parity a goal which has not been
reached in many years.
(Parity prices are those which
would give farmers purchasing pow
in terms of other commodities,
equal to that of 1909-1914.)
The legislation would require loans
is follows. Wheat, 96 22 cents a
bushel, corn, 69.87 cents; cotton, 13.49
cents a pound; flue-cured tobacco,
19 cents a pound- rice, $1.96. Cur
rent market prices are approximate
ly as follows wheat, $1; corn, 77
cents; cotton, 12.30 cents.
With prices rising and certain to
rise still more when the price-peg
ging loan program becomes effective
as the crops .jire mwketed?predic
tions were made in the House that
small quantities of all commodities
actually would be placed in the loan
because they could move more eas
ily in the markets.
Although it was assumed in both
the Senate and House that President
Roosevelt would sign the new leg
(Continued on page four)
? -
Nation Will Observe
(lotion Week In I5i^
Way Starting Today
lni|M?rluiil Movement Huh A
Mrnniiifi For Million- in
The United Slute*
??i?
Starting the observance of cotton
week in a big way today, the nation
an economic meaning for millions
an economic meaning for millions
<?f people especially in the South Ad
vanced by the National Cotton Coun
cil, the movement is drawing sup
port frum tens of thousands of re
tailers throughout the land. In Wil
liamston and Martin County, mer
chants are cooperating in the move
ment by offering special bargains in
cotton goods.
Indications arc that Cotton Week
this year will he the greatest single
cotton merchandising event ever
staged. At no time in the past have
we seen such enthusiastic and
whole-hearted response from both
individuals and organizations as is
manifest this year.
Or iginated fourteen years ago, Na
tional Cotton week is sponsored by
the Cotton-Textile Institute, the Na
tional Cotton Council, and the Cot
ton Consumption Council. It is es
timated that approximately 150,000
retail stores will participate in the
1941 event.
Grocers as well as drygoods firms,
ready-to-wear shops, and drug stores
an- cooperating in local Cotton Week
plans. It is pointed out that grocery
stores stock such cottonseed food pro
ducts as shortening, margarine, sal
ad dressings and mayonnaise. Many
staph- groceries are packed in cotton
bags.
National Cotton Week is not de
signed wholly to aid the ten million
persons directly dependent upon cot
ton for a living, but to aid the direct
consumer as well. At no other time
in the year will so many cotton ar
ticles be available at such attractive
prices.
COMMENCEMENT
The Union Daily Vacation Bi
frl# School, cloHiiif ft two wfflt'j'
courae today, will hold it* com
mencement program in the Bap
tint Church tonight at X o'clock.
Musical number*. Scripture
vrrws from memory and read
ing* will feature the program. It
was announced. Handicraft,
made by the student lads, will
be displayed.
The public I* cordially invited
to attend the program.
Highway Authorities
Inspect River Road
Contractors Plan
To Use Additional
K(|ui|>iueiit On Fill
!N?>i I'a|iitIiiI Tlmi Itiiiiir ft ill
lie 0|M'iU'il To Traffic llc
forc Next l iir-ilax
I
It was reliably learned here this
week that the contractors building
the dirt fill across the Roanoke Riv
er low grounds at this point are
planning to place additional equip
ment into use on the project next j
week According to the report, the j
company will place in operation a
mechanical shovel in addition to the
elevating grader now in use, that
possibly 20 or 25 and possibjy more
trucks would be running next week
High-ranking highway officials,
including Commissioner Carroll Wil
son. of Roanoke Rapids; Chief En
gineer W. Vance Baise. of Raleigh
and District Engineer J. C. Gardner,
of Tarboro, inspected the project |
this week and expressed a keen and
kindly interest in having the road
completed as early as possible. It
was explained by the officials, how
ever, that the contractors were well
within the time limit, that much had
btrn done. Loral people, learning of
the official visits, were much im- |
pressed with the interest shown in j
the project by Mi Wilson and the
high-ranking engineers, and they
were assured that everything possi- |
hie would be done to rush the proj
ect to completion
It has been pointed out that the
work on the fill has progressed as
rapidly as possible by the local j
forces of the contracting firm with j
the available equipment. Reports '
stating that certain conditions neces
sitated a change in the date for com
pleting the project from 90 to 150
working days have not been explain
ed in detail. The original time limit
has expired and an extension was
granted possibly because the dirt
requirements were found to be
greater than those originally esti
mated
The contracting organization was
disrupted temporarily, at least, lust 1
Wednesday when Superintendent
Bob Rice broke his leg while work
ing around a machine used in dyna
miting the fill Arlington Gupton,
time- and bookkeeper and who was
supposed to leave this week to vol
unteer his services in the Army, is j
acting in Mr. Rice's place. Reports I
state that the superintendent is get !
ting along very well in his apart |
ment in the home of Mr. and Mrs I
Jesse Melson on East Main Street.
With added equipment scheduled
to be placed in operation next week,
it is believed work on the project
can be completed within the next
three or four weeks. Bids for sur
facing the road will be received by
the commission in Raleigh next
Thursday, reports stating that the
surfacing work will be started soon
after the dirt fill is completed.
Encountering many difficulties,
experts will hardly complete the dy
namiting of the fill before next
Tuesday, meaning that all traffic
over the route will be blocked until
then Up until this morning approx
imately 300 feet of the fill had been
dynamited, leaving about 350 feet
to he handled before the route can
be reopened 24 hours daily to limit
ed traffic. It was first estimated that
the special work designed to settle
the dirt in a soft spot and make a
solid foundation for the roal, could
be completed in about four days.
No official statement has been re"
leased, but it is understood that plans
are going forward for widening the
bridge and draw span across the riv
er here. Preliminary surveys have
been made, and details are being de
termined by the commission at its
office in Raleigh. The contractors are
building up the approaches today
and traffic will likely start moving
over the first of the four new bridges
on the route within the next few
days.
Small Crowd Hoars
Singing Class Hero
*
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class, making its annual visit and
offering a very entertaining pro
gram, was heard by a very small
number in the high school auditor
ium here last Tuesday night. Other
than a dozen or two adults, the au
dience was made up principally of
children No admission was asked, I
and the free-will offering amounted
to only $20. Skewarkey Lodge Mas
ons, sponsoring the visit of the little
singers, added $60 to the public of
Associate Manager S. F Haul and
Mrs. Sadie T. Hutchinson who has
had a prominent part in training the
youthful singers and moulding the
character of hundreds of little or
phaned tots over a long period of
years, accompanied the class here
this week.
The program, well prepared and
! precisely executed, was greatly en
joyed by both old and young.
("has. ||. Jenkins, popular
head of (he ("has. II. Jenkiits
.Motor Company here and in oth
cr towns in this section of east
em Carolina, was recently ap
pointed to membership on the
Hoard of the North Carolina l)e
partnient of Conservation and
development.
Raise Total Of $70
Here In Movement
For Cancer (out ml
l.ilu-riil Ho|><iiin<' (.ixcii Cuill
|>:ii^cn llnuillt'il liy Junior
\\ oiiiiiii'h 4 lull
Under the sponsorship of the jun
ior Woman's Club, with Mrs A II
Brown as chairman, the woman's
field army of the American Socio
ty for the Cont rol of Caiiirr collect
ed a total of $79 Hi in Wilhamston
last month
Enlistments officer wno aided
Mrs Brown were Mesdanies .1 C
Cooke, I) H Davis, Hoke Koherson,
W K. (Ilover, Urhin Rogers. Bob
ert E. Manning. A. .1 Manning, Jr .
E. Thayer Walker. C. H. Godwin,
Jr . George Whitehtirst and J M
Ward and Misses Edna Barnhill,
Sara Cone. Rebecca Knight Mary
Taylor and Mary Whitley
Contributions of $1.00 wen given
by Mesdames Joel Musi', .J A Eason,
N C Green. J I) Biggs. Wheelei
Martin, S. (' Griffin, J. E King, C
B. Clark, Ji . George Harrison, Al
la- Roberson and C C Parker, Ah
hit II Brown, Ered Wise. David N
Ifix, E Thayer Walker, Charlie
Bowers, I) R. Davis, Ray Goodmon,
Kim Saunders, Paul Simpson, Gar
land Coltram, Garland Woolard, Pete
Fpwden; Misses Rebecca Knight,
Mary W Taylor and Lora Sleeper;
Economy Auto, Clark's Pharmacy,'
Enterprise, B. S Courtney, Muigolis
Bros. E and W Grocery, Martin-El
liott, Farmers Supply, Williamsto'u
Motor, Roanoke Chevrolet, Dixie
Motors and Chas. II Jenkins.
Other contributions were given by
Mesdiimes W R. Glover, Lawrence
Lmdsley, W. C. Manning, Jr., Whit
Saunders, C. () Moore, Julian liar
lc II. S. R. Woolford, Kim-Saunders.
Earl Wynne, John Cooke, Mary An
drews, P B Cone, I. B. Wynne, E
S Pi'el, C B Clark. I) R Davis, C
A Harrison, Sadie Peele, Johnny En
right, John A. Manning, W II Co
burn, W E Warren, Bill Harrison,
J W. Hardy, J L Swain, Edwin Tra
hey, Hoke Roberson, Francis Man
ning, Claude Legged, Dewey Hay
man. B W Nash, W L Howell.
Frank Margolis, Titus Criteher, J
Sam Getsinger, C. H. Godwin, Jr.,
Ed Stevenson, J. W. Williams, H. O
Peele, H. R. Williams, Edwin Hold
ing, M B. Dunn, Sam Edwards, C
11. Godwin, Asa Crawford, Vernon
Bunting, Daisy Pope, Frank Weston,
Noah Hardison, Jack Daniel, Robert
Manning, Leonu Roberson, Velma
Bailey, Brewer, W M Baker, Mar
ion Cobb, Joe Glenn, Jessup Harri
son, David Modlin, Jack Gray. L G.
Taylor. W II Williams. N E Bow
en, Eloisc Bennett, J V. Champion,
Dean Speight, Lin wood Pate, D. M
Roberson, Louise Coker, Frank
Weaver. H. M Bunas, W J Smith;
Misses Jane Freeman, Sura Cone,
(Continued on page four)
liANK HOLIDAY
/
Thr two local hanks will oh
serve neat Tuesday, May 20th, as
an holiday in commemoration of
the signing of the Declaration
of Independence in Mecklen
hure
Beginning the following day.
Wednesday. May 21st, the bank
ing institution along with others
in the Slate will curtail their
business hours, remaining open
from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. including
Saturdays. The cooperation of
the public Is cordially solicited
in helping the Institutions com
ply with the wage-hour regula
tions.
\\ ar Takes Serious
Turn In Near East
For Creat Britain
IIomt hrcin li <'iillalioration
Willi (o'riiiai)) Dishearten
ing to Denioerutie \\ orlil
While thi Rudolf Hess escapade
still has no default meaning. cer
tuinly as I sir .1 the general public
can K jiii, tin war is rapidly taking
a i-iious turn in t!u- Ni ai Kast Ger
man infthratimi into ?$yrEr and Iraq
i> going lot ward tapidly to threat
en Britain's oil supply there, and
France, beaten into submission and
betrayed apparently by some of her
leaders, is collaborating with Ger
many in the move Turk< y has been
warned bv Hitler tliat it is time to
line up with Germany, and if is pos
sible that Russia's Stalm is moving
closer to the Axis A sad late of af
tans exist in tin war torn Countries
where the issue- aiv fa t being
drawn to .1 head
Xdi'uu a I I m Ian .uiti Bnti h. i.
I?elievt-il to have led Franc. into
Germany s grip this week following
a conference vv 1111 Hitler Working
foi closei collaboration. Hitler pos
sibly will release .between one and
one hall to two million F'rench pri.s
oners of war ami reduce the cost of
the (!crmun occupation of F'rance to
.? few million dollars a day F'rance
lias been paying at the rate of about
two billion dollars a year to Ger
many* for police services <? i about
as much in ten weeks a - Germany
paid for tin F'reneh- occupation of
!Germany following the first world
rrrm?li is inn known, tmt :r> a result
jof the conference the F'rench Nay
?remnants may go to Germany and
Weygand s fiU.Utio soldiers in Syria
may aid the Germans mi their drive
against Iraq F'rench planes are said
to have escorted German bombers to
Iraq yesterday The British HAF' has
been instructed to attack the move
nient, and m 'In country'. Piesident
Roosevelt, appealing to the French
people, has taken steps to prevent
sabotage on F'rench ships, including
the Noiinandie
11 it lor yesterday ttdd his people
that th?-y could expect startling de
vclopments soon, but what Hitler
w ill tell them remains a guarded se
cut
There has been little activity in
the an during recent days, and then
is a lull on the general war front as
f;u as actual fighting is concerned.
1 he visit, of Rudolf Hess, high
ranking German official, to Britain
continues to border on the uiyster
inns side of event ; chronicled in this
baffling war F'.ngland's Labor Lead
ei It. van declares that Hitler knew
of Hess trip hrfoi.hand. that Hess
was not (o he trusted It is possible
that I less Weill t" F'ngland with a
peace feeler and lliel Willi ail UCC1
dent Other still declare that all's
not well in ah- Germans and Hess
was tiering lot his llle. It is how
genei ally admitted that Hess will
tell no vital German secrets that will
matt nails aid Britain
New developments are believed to
be in the making in connection with
Hie Hes.s ca-e, late reports stating
that one of his associates in Germany
had been arrested by the Gestapo
and that possibly a round up of nth
ei s would follow The ai rest was
ileuled by the Germans, hut a later
report indicated that all wa not
well inside the Nn/i domain
Late reports state that the British
are taking the offensive on several
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Four Volunteers
Leave For Armv
Four county young men, volun
teering their services, left this morn
ing for posts in the Army ut Fort
Bragg. They were Thomas Whitting
ton Crockett. Albert Karl Lewis. Bil
ly John Davis and Hubert Dossy
Griffin. The group was one of the
first made up entirely of volunteers
to leave here in recent weeks.
Next Thursday ten colored boys
leave for Fort Bragg. Quotas here
tofore have been, filled by colored
hoys who volunteered their services,
hut the draft hoard hue! to dig into
the regular draft list To get eight of
the ten men Isaac Cornelius Sutton
and Thomas Ryan volunteered. Wil
liam Degraffenread is the first col
ored man in the county to be draft
ed. The names of tin- other draftees
scheduled to leave next week are,
Francis I.ucious Thomas, Louis Em
hnr Ruffin, Euphrates Eugene Single
ton. William Henry Boston, Thomas
Edward, Werley James and George
Henry Forrest.
?
Progress Is Made
(>11 Street Projects
?? .,
Preliminary work for surfacing
several local streets is progressing
rapidly this week, one report stat
ing that the foundations will to
made reudy for the rock and tar sur
face by the latter part of next weak.
It is now expected that the street
project will be completed by the
early pMt of June.
Preliminary work on a deep well
was started Wednesday by the Lane
Atlantic Company. Drilling opera
tions will get underway about the
middle of next week.