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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 41 IF'illiamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 23, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899
Ten Colored Youths
Leave Th is County
Thursday For Army
Draft Board To Claaaify More |
Repi*trant? at Meeting
Here Tonight
The volunteer list virtually ex
hausted, the first young colored men
to be drafted for army service offer
ed no objections to the call yester
day morning when they boarded a
bus with two volunteers for Fort
Bragg. If the eight draftees had a
care in the world, it was not to be
noticed in their acts or expressions.
In fact, the group showed every will
ingness to do the bidding of their
government in the name of defense
of country
Holding order No. 21, William De
grafrenread was the first colored
man to be drafted into service from
this county. He would have answer
ed the roll call last fall had there
been no volunteers to take his place,
but the patriotic lads aided him in
keeping out of the army for six or
seven months. Degraffenread is from
Chapel Hill. He came to this county
not so long ago to work in a lumber
plant at Jamesville.
Several sections of the county were
represented in the group of ten who
left yesterday morning for the army
fort. Their names are, Euphrates Eu
gene Singleton, Jamesville; George
Henry Forrest, Robersonville; Fran
cis Lucious Thomas, Hasaell; Louis
Embor Ruffin, Williamston; Isaac
Cornelius Sutton, Jamesville, Wor
ley James. Hardens; Thomas Ed
wards, and William nr>flmff??nrna H
of Chapel Hill; William Henry Bos
ton. Dardens, and Thomas Ryan, Wil
liamston. Sutton and Ryan were the
only two volunteers in the feroup.
The first Martin County colored
native to be drafted into service was
Francis Lucious Thomas, of Hassell
Next Tuesday, four white draftees
leave for Fort Bragg. Ten more white
youths are slated to leave oh June
3rd.
The county draft board, meeting
here tonight, will classify several
hundred registrants, and order med
ical examinations in preparation for
more quota assignments next month.
There are approximately 700 ques
tionnaires to be reviewed for the
classification of registrants in this
county. The distribution of question
naires has been delayed pending the
receipt of additional printed forms
from the government.
While the present draft machinery
continues to turn at a fairly rapid
speed, changes in the Selective Serv
ice Act are being considered. Accord
ing to reports, war department offi
cials favor a lowering of the draft
age to include men 18 years of age
up to and including those 25 years
old. It is understood that an act of
Congress will be necessary before
the present system can be changed,
meaning that it will be several weeks
or months before a change if any
will be made.
An unofficial check is not avail
able just at this time, but it is esti
mated that Martin County now has
around 400 men in the nation's arm
ed forces, including those young men
who volunteered their services.
Local High School
Band To Appear in
Concert Next Week
Special Program To He Held
Under Light* Here On
May 28th
Bringing to a close their first year
of training, members of the local
high school band will appear in a
public concert under lights at the
local ball park next Wednesday eve
ning at 8 o'clock. The Edenton band
was to have appeared in concert with
the local musicians, but Director
McCullers stated a few days ago that
on account of the uncertainty of
travel over the river fill, and be
cause a few of the band members
would be on vacation, it would not
be advisable to participate Director
Butler of the local band has rear
ranged the program and will offer
an hour of real entertainment for
the audience.
Members of the local band are:
Cornets: Frances Jarman, Court
ney Jenkins, Louise Griffin, Hugh
Horton, Jr., Billy Mercer, Alberta
Swain, Anne Lindsley, Lola Peele,
Lib Taylor, Betty Sue Clark, Betsy
Manning;
Clarinets: Jack Bailey, Fred Har
dison, John Whitley, Joe Wynne,
Anne Meador, Carrie Dell Wobble
ton, Hal Dickens, Zack Piephoff,
Jack Booker, Bruce Powell Roger
son;
Altos: James Carrow, John Goff,
Simon Perry, Reuben Williams;
Baritones: Eliza Daniel, Jimmie
Leggett, Susie Revels;
Trombones: Milton Moore, Billy
Peele, J. B. Taylor, Jr., Billy Waters;
Percussion: Frank Lilley, Benny
Weaver, Jimmy Mitchell, Marjorie
Grey Dunn, Mary Kate Swain, Bill
Griffin, Gilbert Woolard, Sammy
Taylor, Julian Mason, Tom Bran
don.
Drum Majorettes: ^nne Fowden,
head drum majorette; Delia Jane
Mobley, Mary Warren, Roae Leggett
Sylvia Green. ?
Crop Outlook in the County
Darkened by Adverse Weathei
Unfavorable weather during the
past few days has darkened the out
look for tobacco fanners in this
county, some of the growers declar
ing that the situation as it existed
yesterday wis becoming serious.
While there are a few bright spots
on the farm for some crops, the sit
uation. as a whole, is not at all en
couraging. one farmer was quoted
as saying yesterday.
Troubled by cold weather and the
prospects as of,March, farmers then
experienced an almost ideal season
for transplanting their tobacco crops
Perfect or near-perfect stands were
generally reported in late April and
in early May. Dry weather has since
reversed the picture, and in some
the plants died. Quite a few farm
ers are busy resetting their crops,
and the season for that work is get
ting late. In those cases where norm
al stands were reported, the crop is
growing very little, some of the far
mers believing that the plants will
harden and "button out" premature
ly. Favorable weather conditions
from now on will alter the outlook
considerably, but just now tobacco
farmers are disturbed over the crop
prospects.
A fairly good stand of cotton is
reported over the county as a whole.
The corn crop is doing well, and pea
nuts planted early m the season are
growing fairly rapidly. Late plant
ings. however, have not come up. and
instances, farmers are resetting the > in quite a few cases soybeans will
crops in their entirety. It is estimat- have to be replanted for a stand,
ed that on an average 20 per cent Gardens are drying up and even the
of the crop has been reset in the fruit trees are failing. The rain fall
county. One Bear Grass farmer, de- ing last Saturday night hardly laid
layed by blue mold, finished trans- the dust in some sections, but crops
planting his crop only last Saturday, are doing fairly well where a heav
Last reports state that nearly all of i ier fall was reported.
CHECK TAX DODGERS |
A final check tu round-up tax
dodgers in this county will be
effected next Monday when the
several list-takers meet with
Commissioner C. I). Carstarphen
for a study of a long list of sus
pects. Every effort is bring made
not to accuse any one unjustly,
but at the same time equally
strenuous efforts are being
made to run down the tax dodg
er, willful or otherwise.
Commissioner Carstarphen es
timates that there are between
750 and 1.000 persons in this
county who should have but
who did not list their holdings
or poll for 1941 taxation.
Lone Case Is Called
In County Court by
Judge W.H.Coburn
Grimr lloliduy (fivi'H Stiiiimrr
Slump Appruruiu'i* of
Final Bunkriiptcv ?
# 1
Experiencing a seasonal slump j
iuring the past several weeks, the
Vlartin County Recorder's Cotirt last
Monday appeared on the verge of
bankruptcy. Business was bad, the
rourt collecting hardly enough to
neet oyer-head expenses. As for
meeting the payroll, the court left
he officers holding the bag. I
Judge W H. Coburn, convening '
the tribunal promptly at 9:30 o'clock,
cleared the docket in about ten min
jtes and ordered an adjournment.
There have been very few times in
the history of the court that there
wasn't more than one case on the
docket. In one or two instances there
have |>een 3s few as two or three
cases on the docket, and in other in
stances there have been as many as
H or 32.
When the docket carries only one
case, it is fairly certain that crime
is taking an holiday in the county.
There were possibly a few fights
and assaults and while it is possible
that one or two of them will find
their way to the court for Judge Co
burn and Solicitor Don Johnson to
settle, most of those minor or trivial
cases will be cleared from the dockets
in the justice of the peace courts.
Booker T. Hill, charged with vio
lating the liquor laws, pleaded guil
ty and the court suspended judg
ment upon payment of the cost. Oth
?r than Hill and a few of his sym
pathizers there were few others in
.he court room for the session Mon
day morning.
t
Vital StatistiesFor
Griffins Township
???
Births outnumber deaths three and
)ne-half to one in Griffins Township
last year, a review of vital statistics
for the district showing there were
21 births and six deaths during the
period. Ten of the 21 births were
among the white population. Four
jf the eleven colored births were
classed as illegitimate.
There are two unusual features
noticed in the vital statistics for the
district Although it is about an av
erage township. Griffins has about
the lowest birth rate in the county.
It has a correspondingly low death
rate, and strange as it may seem
there wasn't a single death reported
among the colored population there
last year The case is equaled in Bear
Grass where there were no deaths
reported among the colored popula
tion last year. There are compara
tively few colored families in Grif
fins. and yet the colored births out
numbered the whites by a margin
of one:
They live to a fairly ripe old age
in the district, the youngest penon
to die there last year being 39 years
of age. The average age for the sev
en who died during the period was
63 years, five of the persons being
64 years old or older. Various causes
for the deaths were given as follows:
tuberculosis, apoplexy, pneumonia,
Brights, asthma and cancer.
Martin Farmers To
Cooperate In Food
Plan For Defense
#
Mori- Tliun Three
Have Pledged ,To Plant
Ami Knlnr^r (?ur<h?ii*
? ,
That Martin County farmers can |
Fir cfcpcndod 'upon to cooperate in }
the food and feed for family living
campaign in connection with the Na
tional Defense Program is already
established as a fact, according^tc
a report coming from the agricultur
al building here this morning. More
than 300 farmers have already sign
ed special cards, declaring their will
ingness to participate in the pro
gram.
While the authorities behind the
program are not saying that there
will actually be a food shortage, it
is indeed evident that they are tak
ing every step possible and plead
ing for the nation to make ready for
any emergency that might present
itself. There are large stores of such
basic commodities as tobacco, but if
the hungry millions could get food
the supply would soon be exhaust
ed
Three hundred thousand enroll
ment cards have boon printed and
distributed to every North Carolina
farm family, together with a letter
of explanation from their county and
home agent. There is nothing com
pulsory or binding about signing the
cards. It is merely a statement of the
intention of the farm family to aid
in the National Defense Program.
Next fall farm families will be
graded, and those who have produc
ed at least 75 per cent of their food
and feed requirements for the year
will receive handkomely engraved
certificates signed by the Governor
The Extension Service has prepar
ed a guide to show the daily and an
nual food requirements for individ
uals and families as a part of the
campaign. One of the guides has been
placed in the hands of every family,
^^^rovide an adequate year
Food Guid<- shows
that "be produced on th
farm anmm^^Jor each person at
least: 73 gallomPVif milk; 26 pounds
:>f butter; 53 pounds (dressed weight)
r>f beef and veal; 75 pounds (dressed
weight) of pork and lard; 31 pounds
(dressed weight) of poultry; 30 doz
en eggs; 22 pounds of lamb*fish, and
game; 4 bushels of sweet or Irish
potatoes; 160 pounds of green and
yellow vegetables; 20 pounds of
dried beans arid peas and nuts; 2
bushels of tomatoes; 160 pounds of
other vegetables, such as beets, on
ions, and parsnips; 160 pounds of
fruits; 3 gallons of syrup or honey;
2 bushels of corn for meal and grits;
and 2 bushels of*wheat for flour and
cereal.
A careful check will be made on
participation in the program, and
those who fail to fill in and return
their cards will be visited by one of
the workers of the county council to
clear up any misunderstandings
about the campaign
Installing Paper
Making Equipment
???
It is understood that 11 of the 22
freight carloads of machinery be
ing brought to the plant of the North
Craolina Pulp Company in the lower
part of this county from the Cher
ry River Paper Company plant at
Richwood, W Va., have arrived and
are being unloaded. TTie equipment
includes a large paper machine
which was obtained when the Kieck
hefer Container Company, of which
the North Carolina Pulp Company
is a subsidiary, bought the West Vir
ginia plant about two years ago
Officials of the firm hope the re
mainder of the machinery will be
received and the machinery reassem
bled in time to begin operation of it
by the latter part of July The plant
at Richwood was closed down about
the first of May to dismantle and re
move the machinery?to this county.
It is understood that about 30 fam
ilies, members of which have been
engaged in operation of the equip
ment being moved, will arrive with
in the next few weeks.
Need For United
Service Group Is
Stressed At Meet
Martin (loiinty A*kr?l t?? Rai*e
0350 For support of the
Inited Program
Combining into the United Service
Organizations for National Defense,
tin agencies of the Young Men's
Christian Associations. National
Catholic Community Service. Salva
tion Army. Young Women's Christ
ian Association, the Jewish Welfare
Board and the National Travelers
Aid Association are launching an ex
tensive drive in an effort to handle
a big problem resulting from the en
campment of more than one and
mo-half million men The govern
ment can handle the situation on
[he military reservations, but trou
ble is looming off the reservations,
ind a united effort is being made to
remedy that situation. There have
been few times in history when a
drong morale was more necessary
than now. It is for building up and
maintaining that morale, that the
government is appealing to the Unit
ed Service Organizations to step in
and help, to create acceptable cen
ters of entertainment and training
for the youth of the land when on
leave from the military reservation.
In this connection. Chief of Staff
General George C. Marshall said
i few days ago. "If you could see my
iaily mail . from women all over
the country who have boys in this
Army, you would realize bow vastly
important it is that we do something
[his thing on the military reserva
tion. but we very urgently need your
assistance . . to help matters off the
eservation."
Deplorable conditions have been
reported off tin- reservations in many
sections, and it is to improve these
conditions that the several organi
sations have been united into one
group to tackle the problem.
Martin County has nearly 400 men
n the armed forces It is to provide
raining and wholesome entertain
meht off the reservations for these
400 men and the million and half
ither members of the armed forces
that a nation-wide drive to handle
he problems, to assist service men
uid supplement the morale of fight
ing men is being launched.
Martin County is being asked to
raise $350 between now and June 15
:o support the program. North Caro
lina's quota is $124,500 and that for
he nation is $10,765,000.
Ray H. Goodmon, chairman of the
(Continued on page six)
Norton Unpledged
For Committeeman
While apparently leaning toward
the Hoey camp, Attorney Hugh G.
Horton, member of the State Dem
>cratic Executive Committee, has
lot pledged his vote in the hot race
.or National Committeeman. "I am
?c7tng to the meeting tonight at eight
/clock feeling free to vote for eith
t Mr Hoey or Mr. Reynolds, und
he facts as they are revealed there
vill determine my vote," Mr Hur
on declared this morning before
eaving for Raleigh about noon
The Hoey ring in this district is
-laiming a solid vote, but the claims
ire apparently unfounded according
6 reports coming from the common
/oters. Possibly Hoey holds an ad
/antage as a hang over from .the old
Shringhaus clique, and he will pos
sibly get a majority of the executive
?ommitteemen's votes in this dis
rict.
In this county a preliminary sur
/ey made at random and admittedly
>n a small scale, the county wa.^ more
han three-to-one against Hoey, the
ither fourth confessing no great in
Lerest in the contest.
The office of National Committee
Tian of the Democratic Party appar
ently is more important than many
xdieve judging from the fight be
ween Clyde Hoey and Dick Rey
loldsf The old political ghost from
he Hoey-McDonald gubernatorial
?ampaign is riding again, but this
ime it has met with stubborn op
position offered by Mr Reynolds
he man who supported and work
d for President Roosevelt's re-elec
ion last November, while Mr Hoey
emaintd at home with his state po
itical knitting and did nothing.
Dick Reynolds is not to be confus
d with olio Bob Reynolds. They are
lot related.
COMPLIANCE
i
j
Starting their annual check
of Martin County farms to de
termine compliance under the
farm program, eight supervisors
or surveyors felt the heat of a
mid-summer and angry sun this
week. Other supervisors will be
added to the list in early June,
County Supervisor D. N. Hlx
stating that efforts will be made
to complete the check by early
August.
Farmers are asked to cooper
ate with the supervisors by ac
companying them on the field
trips and by definitely deter
mining the plan of operation,
meaning to what extent each
tenant shares, If any, in the crop.
Movement Started fori
County-Wide Library'
State Funds Will Be
Made Available For
Library Units Soon
*
| I'ri-Counlv Set-lip Future-el In
K<'|*r?'H4>nlaliveH in Meet
AI KiiIh thoiiv ill<
?
?| Assured State aid, representative
citizens Imm the various sections of
Martin County meeting in Roberson
ville Wednesday afternoon launched
a vigorous movement for the crea
tion of a county-wide library service
as a part of a possible tri-county or
two-county set-up. Meeting with the
group of more than fifteen leading
citizens of the county. Miss Marjorie
Heal, of the North Carolina Library !
Commission, explained the State-aid
library program and discussed a pos
sible set-up for this and adjoining
counties. The program was heartily
approved, and during the next few
days plans will be advanced in an
effort to perfect a set-up possibly
with one or two adjoining counties.
the proposed program which is
.certain to make available library
books to citizens in every nook and
corner of the county, is dependent
upon county cooperation. The little
band of leaders, supported by inter
cmu ..?r
'1 the ten townships, will appear be
r, .. * ? "I'Ft ai uc
I lore the county commissioners at
their next meeting and discuss the
proposed library program A com
paratively small appropriation will
be necessary to match the State aid
and place the plan into effect |>ur
?ng the meantime plans of a more
l,ss defm lie pattern for a pro
posed set-up will be pr,.pared and
laid before the authorities
It was pointed out at the meeting
n Robersonville Wednesday after
n t,la! ,h<> library service will ?>??
made available, to every section of
the county, that the distribution of
ooks Will be effected common
iowmsh,;r,M "v,ry ,,n-,,r
Those who hayvmade a study of
c proposed plan are convinced that
erne' ru "" '""P
rate he worth-while movement
which will cos, a, the most notour
live cents per capita
Commenting on the proposed Stat,,
?m' program. Miss Heal a. W(,?.
say ay '""I the wing to
The I<141 General Assembly do
tenan! f ''s,i1'll,llsll""nt and main
gr I m rt # u! libn'r''s an bit,
gral purt of the educational program
of a great state. K m
Public library service in North
Carolina has been very uneven the
!~ of no county has been s'uffi
I ant fo, books, trained service, and
In extension of facilities to all the
P'i'P.e ery section needs addi
amal money The Stat,. Aid Fund
shall supplement local funds and
Th. N* nzi""' publir 'ibraries.
Hie North Carolina Library Com
missi,Hoard was ,barged by the
,41 General Assembly with the ad
ministration of a I'ubbe Library
?Service Fund of $100,000 a year to
improve*, stimulate, increase, and
equalize public library service,
throughout all sections of the Stale I
At a meeting on March 31, 1941 |
he Library Commission Board a<
cordingly adopted plans for alloca
tion of th,. fund, taking into consul J
ration local needs, ares grid popu
lation to be served, local interest I
and other factors. ?'
Whereas, the improvement anil in
ereas,. of public library service rests
t r'citv I""1 *""" P^'hcipation.
or the a n .COU"ty "PPfupiistions
or the amounts voted for public li
brary purposes shall be to, or, equit
loca'i ''i'Cr'"SIS "V?r such funds al
ine ated e,r voted for library se rvice
during the year 1940-41
Library service depends upon the
"h'hty. the training, the- experience
and the Wide knowledge of th?- li
brunan. It is recommended that in
regions and countie s participating in
! StaU; A"' program, the extern
(Continued on page six) "
?
(county (jlroup Will
Attend Institute
???
County officers and authorities in
cluding also Sergeant L. L Jackson
of the Highway Patrol and possibly
one or two membe rs of the local po
le departments are planning to7o
to Chape Hill tomorrow in searfh
of biMik laming' The Institute of
Government is conducting a two
day institute for the interpretation
Of the laws of the. 1941 General As
sembly and the National Congress
particularly affecting cltie-s ami
?owns, counties and the State of
Nui th Carolinir. ?
Similar xchixils have been of
marked value to officers and county
and town officials, and reports state
that this county will be represented
tomorrow on the Hill. As far as it
could be learned early today, Messrs
Joe H and C. B Roebuck, L. B.
Wynne, Robert L. Perry and C. D.
Carstarphen will represent the var
ious county departments.
( II M'l.VIN
Martin County has a woll-balanc
ed representation in Uncle Sam's
arn\ed forces, including possibly 400
men in the various branches of the
service. Up until recently, however,
the county had no representative in
the Army's religious training group.
Rev It T Cox, former Oak City
young man and son of the late Mr.
4ud?M-i*.?lt>MH>.. .C.ox, c sol ving
chaplain at Camp Croft, S C . and
holds the rank of lieutenant. A bro
ther of Mrs. R A. Haislip, of this
county, the young man was graduat
ed by Phillips College. Oklahoma,
and earned liis master of arts de
gree at Drake University. He held a
successful pastorate in Virginia be
fore volunteering his services.
Jehovahs Witness
Jailed On T Vespass
Charge In W indsor
???
!No \ i-il Milllr Ill-re Keeelillx
ll> l{e|iri>H?>iilali\i>H of
Special Krli^iun- Seel
?J S. tiufflier', member of a relig
ions sect known as "Jehovah's Wit
masses," was arrestee! in Windsor
Wednesday on a charge of trespass.
Maintaining his innocence, Huffie r,
a Norfolk man, refused to pay the
$ti costs of the trial held before Man
istrate IV T IVrry. and lie was or
deled jailed to await trial in Bertie
County's general court on June 2
No fine was assessed against the
man, and reports state that he made
no effort to raise the $25 appeal hond
| Another report stated that it was
j fairly apparent that the Witness was
inviting persecution, just or unjust,
I whichever" it might - be. *~
Riltlner, traveling with a woman
I Witness, went to the home of Nov
ill Freo Surratt, Methodist minister,
in Windsor thai morning Offering
I to sell the minister certain kinds of
none was needed, the rpinister fur
ther explaining that he laid more |
than he could read already. Huffner
was said to have started arguing.
Tlie minister kindly asked him to
leave the home. Huffner continued
the argument, and the minister gen
11V escorted him to the yard Wln;n _
Huffner failed to leave the yard, the
police were called They arrested
him for heing a public nuisance and
called him before Magistrate Berry.
Direct reports from Windsor clear
| ly indicated that the minister and
the town authorities-.wanted no trou
hie with a member of the unique re
ligious sect, and they acted only af
ter the man virtually invited prose
cution in the courts. Members of the
rVligious organization have been ar
rested in several eastern Carolina
towns during recent months for a I
leged violation of the law as it rf\
lates to the distribution of pamph
lets and nther?printcd papers. Sever
al have been detained for making
themselves public nuisances Their
rights have been upheld by the high
er courts, hut the ease in Windsor
apparently has a little different an
(Continued on page six)
Bids Hi wived For
Paving River Fill
Bids for paving the Roanoke Riv
er fill at this point were received
by the State Highway and Public
Works Commission in Raleigh yeg>
terday, a contract being delayed
pending thy completion of a study
of the low hid by the authorities to
day. While the bid is subject to re
jection. it is generally believed that
II Will be iUTCpied &h<J colitTueT
terms entered into today.
Ben H. Martin, Qf Eusley, S. C.,
was the low bidder on the 2.94 mile*
paving project. The proposed con
tract calls for a price of $86,980.50.
Details in connection with the pro
posed contract have not been made
public. It isn't likely that the paving
work will be started before some
time in July.
Assessed Property
Valuations Show
Increase in (.ounty
(>ain Stau-?l al Half Million
Hollar- ^ illi JawaviH*'
To?n?bif I nr< |>orl?-<l
Assessi it |>f4?i??-rt \ values in Mar
tin County continue upw ard a more
township It t taki lenort theii
listings A cheek <?l nine townships
.lain esy lilt- indcpoi ted shows a
M.,m in m.U.. . of $52t!.3?fi over those
uf 19411 The ya"! does not include
any K.un that miftlil he reported by
the col |M>rat inns whose values art'
determined with one or two excep
tions hv the utility commission
Kvrry one of the inly townships
re|xirting ?? far show gams, in real
property value Only two town
ships Cross lto.nl- and Griffins, re
,.oiled lo- ? their 1" noniil prop
elt\ Ii.-t11if "lid in each ease the
,,, ,, al \ alio no.I. than offset
the lo- in pelaon.il pioiwllt values
Cross Roads getting, III W illi a gain
of <a.;t101 Personal properly values
in Cross Roads dropped from $121.
927 uf 1940 to $95,448 tliis year, a
n suiting docr? .ise ??f $26 479 Heal
property values jumped from $446,
450 t.> $478,738. ;t resulting gain of
$32,288 The nam was reduced to
$5,809 after the personal property
loss scv>is deducted.
In Griffins Township, personal
property values dropped from $155.
585 to $1 hr>,174. a decrease of $10,
411 Heal property values jumped
from $398 850 to $439,255. a Ham of
$45.405 and an inerease in ? ??nihim>f*?
v idu. s of $35,094
The seven other townships report
ing had gains in personal property
values ranging from $377 in Bear
Grass to $78,816 in Williamson Heal
property values reflected gains in
all of the nine townships, ranging
from $5,186 in Poplar Point to $217.
014 in Williainston
The following tabulation shows
the gains, br losses in both personal
and real property values for the
William
Griffins
Bear Grass
Wdliamston
Cross Roads
Rohei sonydle
Popular. Point
Hamilton
(loose Nest
Totals
* IVnotes decrease'.
These figures are subject to Cor
red it hi and slight changes
Wliile there has been an increase
in ihi listings hu i? |"'0? d. the
v.iiii in values i hardly U|> I" 14''" y
, i ;il i xpeclutron II Iim bt > ii I'.iiiil
, ,| ..tit, ln'W'1 v. r. that iiiimy mequali
lies were eliminutcd ln the listings.
the ii valuation was ordered
mure for the purpose "f eliminating
those inequalities than to hood the
total values.
A eompnrisoii of values by town
slop- will he prepaied liv County
T.x Supervisor S. H. Grimes just as
soeft- as all the li itn arc strhmrtted
and a study can be mad''
Personal
Heal
$ 3,352
5 22.489
19,411*
45.405
377
18.411
78.816
217.014
26.479*
32.288
18 243
74.403
1.522
5.186
1.145
41,451
24.654
14,509
$128.119
$471,147
Baltic f.oiitimies
On Terrific Scale
In Mediterranean
Hitler Sacrificing Unman Life
In Greiil Siiimher*; Hrit
i*li Suffer Sen Lohhi'm
The battle of the Mediterranean
continues to ru^e with increasing
ferocity, late reports from the little
islam! of Crete stating that Hitler is
sacrificing human life 111 great num
bers and that British men of war
have suffered heavy damage.
Launching an attack to capture the
island of Crete where tin- Greek
government fled for safety, the
Germans since last Monday have
poured thousands of soldiers into the
island by plane, gliders and boats.
The invaders were killed in numbers
and many were captured, but two
key points have been taken and it is
certain that Britain has a tough fight
on her hands. Other islands are be
ing taken, and the whole Mediter
ranean picture looks dark for the
Knglish. \
The British have been driven from
the air and the Stuka dive/t>ombers
are raining death and destruction on
the opposition, the GerrftaHjr claim
ing today that four British cruisers
and several destroyers had been
sunk in the battle. On the other
hand, Britain's navy has dealt death
and destruction to Nazi attempts to
cross the approximately 80 miles of
sea from Greece to the island in
boats. The crowded boats were
blasted to bits. *
In France the unfavorable situa
tion is being aggravated by increas
ed German pressure. Britain has sent
stiff wariimga Lo Lin: French rat lead
its, advising them that unoccupied
France would be bombed if contin
ued collaboration in the manufac
ture of, munitions for Germany is
continued. The United States has
voiced its disgust with the Vichy
regime and German stooges parad
ing as French leaders.
According to the terms of the
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