Mrs. Wm. H. Perry
Passes At Dardens
Home On Monday
Fun?rml Service# Being Held
Al the Late Home This
Afternoon
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Mrs Fannie Robinson Perry, wife
of William H. Perry and highly re
spected citizen, died at her home in
Dardens Monday morning at 2:30
o'clock following an illness of sever
al months' duration. Taken ill last
October, Mrs. Perry underwent an
operation soon thereafter, and had
partially recovered her health. She
suffered a relapse several weeks
ago, spending the last three in bed.
She had undergone treatment in a
Washington hospital since her first
illness. S
The daughltV of Mrs. James Rob
inson Perry, and the late Jack Rob
inson, Mrs. Perry was born in Hali
fax County, near Palmyra, 47 years
ago last November 23. At the age of
18 she was married to Mr. Perry and
located in Hamilton where she lived
sixteen years before moving to Dar
dens. It was during her residence in
Hamilton that she joined the Metho
dist Church, later moving her mem
bership to the church at Dardens In
her home and adopted communities
she made many friends, and was rec
ognized as a good woman possessed
of a Christian-like character. She
was devoted to her family and held
the respect and admiration of all
who knew her.
Besides her husband she leaves
seven children, Mrs. Hosea Davis, of
New York; Mrj. Albert Coltrain, of
Williamston; Mrs. Ernest Hayes, of
Creswell, Irma. Bemice..- William
Herbert and Elbert Perry, ail ml
Dardens. She also leaves three sis
ters, Mrs. Lewis Thompson, of Pal
myra; Mrs. W. F. Ley, of Wyoming,
and Mrs. Jacob Vaughn, of Scotland
Neck, and three brothers. Messrs
Jack, Tim and Milton Robinson, all
of Palmyra.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the home this afternoon
by her pastor at 3:30 o'clock. Inter
ment will follow in the Dardens cem
etery.
Pleads For Greater
Safety 011 Highway
In Charge To Jury
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for he instructed the jury to investi
gate sanitary conditions in all the
schools, especially those for the col
ored. He instructed them to recom
mend better sanitary arrangements
whire needed. ' % vet
"Visit the jail and prison camp and
see that the prisoners are being well
fed and cared for," Judge Harris in
structed the jury. The judge ex
plained that generally poor people
are the ones who go to jail and pris
on, that those with money are able
to get out on bond. There's the Joe
Calcutt case to support his argu
ment. "A man is not guilty until the
court finds hitn guilty, and until lie
is tried and convicted he should re I
ceive every consideration possible." ]
The importance of the grand jury I
in the county governmental system
was stressed more than once by
Judge Harris. "Yoii are trustees of
the county, and there is no more im
portant committee you could be on,"
he said. He urged them to take ac
tion when certain conditions should
be remedied, "for you are the only,
ones who can do anything about it."
In conclusion he challenged the
jurymen to handle their duties in
secrecy and without fear or favor, to
do a good job that Martin County
might be a good place in which to
live.
Mr. R. L. Smith, of Robersonville,
was foreman of the grand jury, and
the body under his direction was not
long in reporting out its first true
bills. Other members of the jury
were: J. R. Simpson, David Holli
day, I. M. Margolis, J. W Peel, C.
R. Mobley. Albert Tyre, Henry D
Harrison, Jr., William R. Griffin,
Irving Bullock. Howard Coltrain, R
J. Langley, Elmer Evans, Robert L.
Mizelle, William D. Daniel, J. C.
Keel, W. P. Hams and Clifton Keel
The jury completed its routine
work and turned the list of delin
quent tax listers over to the court
yesterday, and completed its inspec
tions just before noon today.
New York Looks at a Messerschmitt
A Nazi Messerchmitt figrhter plane comes to New York, but it comes in a box car from Canada for exhibi
tion in connection with the benefit of Bundles for Britain. The plane is the famous 109 type, shot down
over Britain and sent to the U. S. at the request of Mrs. Winston Churchill, honorary sponsor of Bundles
for Britain.
Woman
Vico-Chairman
run frn. T-U
Grace CoodKur Goolidge
NORTHAMPTON, Mass June 00
(Special)?Orace Goodhue Coolldge,
widow of Prealednt Calvin Coolldge,
began her work thla week a< vice
chairman of the Fight for Freedom
Committee. Thla group, which has
national headquarter! at Cincinnati
and New York, aaka for Immediate
entry of the United States in the
war on Oermany.
Since the Preeldeot'i death in
USt, Mrs. Coolldge haa lived In
quiet retirement. However, nation
al officers of the Committee, which
Include Blahop Henry Wlae Hobeon
of Cincinnati as. Chairman and
Senator Carter Glaaa aa honorary
chairman, Induoed her to Join them
In farthering the alms of the Fight
for Freedom Committee.
"I Joined In the crusade for out
American freedom. "Mrs. Coolldge
said, at her home here, "because
with thousands of other Americans
1 have become convinced that
Hitler Is a direct and Immediate
threat to oar Independence. At a
time like the present, none of us
can afford the luxury of being In
doubt about It"
Once Teacher of Deaf
Before she met the late Presi
dent, lira. Coolldge, then Grace
Goodhue, attended.and vfas gradu
ated from the University of Ver
mont For three years prior to her
marriage. In 1906, she was a
teacher at the Clarke School for
the Deaf bare. She Is a trustee of
Meroersburg Academy, and has
been active here, and during her
term as First Lady, In many charit
able organisations and In young
people's groups
Farmer Meek* He ports An
llnusnal EfCH If Hi* Nest
Gathering his eggs early yesterday
norning, Farmer J. S Ifeeka found J
jne enclosed in an unusual shell,
rhe egg was of about usual size and
shape, but the shell had marked
cringles in it and resembled a cor- 1
rugated box cover. The egg was dis
played here.
Mrs. C. L. Wilson, of Roberson
/ille, was here yesterday, visiting
friends.
Messrs. Lon Hassell and Ted Jack
son returned home Sunday from
\sheville where they have been lo
?ated for several weeks.
Mrs. Joe Mizelle, of Jamesville.
hopped in town Tuesday.
Cash income from American farm
marketings and Government pay
ments in April amounted to $709,
>00,000. as compared with $627,000,*
>00 in the same month a year ago.
His Son's In the Navy, Now
Congressman Burton B. Hare of South Carolina presents hia son, John,
with a reserve ensign's commission as 400 members graduate at the U. S.
Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School in New York. Rear Admiral
Adolphua Andrews, commandant of the Third Naval District, smiles
his approval.
Hoop Rolling Winner
Ann Satherlmnd, of Now Bedford, Mom., holds the bridal bouquet,
reward for winning the annual hoop rolling contest at Wellesley.
According to tradition the Senior winning the contest will be the first
bride in her class. Her wedding to Thomas Prince Riley, of Brunswick,
Me., has already been set for June 17, so there's something to tradition.
Grand Jury Returns
1.225 Names To The
Courts For Action
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through taxation.
According to a review of the list
submitted to the grand jury for con
sideration "yesterday there are 323
automobiles not on the tax books. It
was also found that approximately
718 of those men registering under
the selective service act have not
listed their property or poll for tax
ation, and it is aiso apparent that
182 persons who actually participat
ed in the last primary and general
elections do not have their names
on the tax books.
G. & H. BUILDERS SlPPIYYgr
Building Material*
K
WIL1JAMSTON, N. C.
J urn- 17, 1941.
MR. TOBACCO FARMER: V
If you are going to need tobacco flue* or flue repair* for the coming sea
ton, it will be to your advantage to plarr your order now. Steel sheets, from
which flue* are made, have been placed on the Government priority list, and
the future purchases, if allowed at all, will he at un extremely high price. The
price has ^ready advanced fl.91 per hundred since we purchased our sheets.
This is not an effort to pressure, or scare anyone into purchasing flues; it
a statement of facts, and an attempt to save our customers money, if
G. & H. BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.
Takes Goodwill South
Robert Gallagher, of the Madison
Square Boys Club, in New York,
will visit South America as goodwill
ambassador of the American Boys
Clubs. His visit will repay the visit
to this country of Robert Andrade,
who represented the boys of Sooth
America.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
A pocket-size frame for holding
"transparencies" (the film of color
photos) so that you can get a good,
illuminated look at them without
using projector and screen?a tiny
battery lights up the view at the
touch of a button . . . Among things
to listen for are "theme-song" tunes
in commercial truck horns, tootling
the first bars of popular or classic
melodies?une line alone now has
no less than 150 difference recogniz
able themes, mainly of tunes which
have some symbolic connection with
the business of the tootling truck ...
Available for hospitals, or anyone
bedfast, are bent "soda straws" made
of plastic to make supine sipping
easier . . . Another new plastics item
is colored furniture casters, avail
able in bright pastels for striking
decorative effect or in wood colors
from dark walnut to modem "blond"
woods, to match the pieces they sup
port .
This Week In
Defense
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ed on agreement* with foreign goy-l
emmenU on the "term* and ev>mli-1
tioni of the aid they receive.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE ? Civilian
Defense Director LaGuardia stated
organization of medical groups, aux
iliary police and fire units, sanitation
and first aid squads are the neces
sary basis for adequate home de
fense. He said panic is to be avoid
ed under all circumstances and it
will be necessary to educate the pub
lic to the absolute necessity of obey
ing Instructions.
Mr LaGuardia said firemen and
policemen from 40 eastern cities will
be trained in combating poison gas
and incendiary and high explosive
bombs in 17, two-week courses at
Edgewood Arsenal, Md., under the
direction of the Army Chemical
Warfare Service. Trainees will re
turn home and instruct fellow towns-1
men.
OPM announced it will soon begin
a nation-wide campaign to collect
scrap aluminum from civilians. A
test drive in Richmond, Va., and at
Madison, Wis., it was said, produced
enough of the metal to build 16 pur
suit planes or two and one-half
bombers.
OIL? Defense Petroleum Coordi
nator Ickes told a press conference
that curbs on petroleum consumption
along the Atlantic coast appear in
evitable but the degree of restriction
would depend on public cooperation
in conserving oil and gasoline. He
said the American Automobile As
sociation has pledged a campaign to
cut down consumption of gasoline by
motorists bv slower driving, elimi
nation of hasty ??getaways" in traf
fic, and proper engine adjustments.
He said Bureau of Standards tests
showed a car which gets 18 miles to
the gallon at 30 m.p.h. will get only
8.6 miles to the gallon at 80.
POWER ? The Federal Power
Commission reported "many areas
of the country are now . . . facing
power shortages . . . Unless orders
are placed immediately for large
amounts of additional capacity for
1943, serious shortages will devel
op . ? "?
OPM Director General Knudsen
announced OPM has formally ap
proved the St. Lawrence Waterway
and Power Project "as part of the
all-out defense effort." ?
COAL?The Office of the Birafn
inous Coal Consumers' Counsel an
nounced a campaign?endorsed by
defense consumer, price ai^d trans
portation officials?to promote buy
ing and storing of next winter's coal
this summer to lighten the load that
movement of crops and defense ma
terials will place upon the transport
I system beginning next fall. The Of
' fice warned consumers against "pan
icky" buying at high prices and said
the supply of bituminous coal is am
ple for all needs. i
PRICES? Administrator Hender-1
son, of the Office of Price Adminis
tration and Civilian Supply, ar
ranged with the industries concern
ed to prevent unjustified price in
creases in coffee, plywood, paper
board, crude oil, gasoline and auto
mobiles. Mr Henderson told certain
auto firms to withdraw recently an
| nounced price rises because they
"are inconsistent with the favorable
earning position of the indUBtry."
PRIORITIES?OPM placed borax
and boric acid, aluminum scrap, zinc,
copper, and synthetic rubber under
full priority control. OPACS an
nounced programs to allocate suffi-.
jcient quantities of these materials |
I for essential civilian needs.
Vice President Wallace, speaking
in Washington, said the democratic
way is for each citizen to put off
non-essential purchases until after
the emergency so that more mater
ial will be available for defense. ?
Expect Show-Down
Between Russia And
Hitler Before Long
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end in night (or American-German
relations. The United States closed
the consulates because they were
engaging in activities detrimental to
this country. Hie German diplomats
will be expelled from this country.
The State Department is studying
reports on the sii\king of the Robin
Moor and a strong protest will like
ly be delivered to Germany.
On this side of the Atlantic, action
is being increased for stepping up
defense. The Aluminum Company of
America is being called to answer
reports claiming it has been recal
ictrant in supporting the defense
movement.
Troops are moving out of the
North American aircraft plant
where normal operations are now
being maintained. A final vote is
scheduled tomorrow in the San
Francisco shipyard strike. *
All oil shipments to other coun
tries are likely to be stopped on the
East coast to prevent an acute short
age, action having already been tak
en to stop a big shipment to Japan.
Trantfer Company Seek*
Operating Franc hite Here
The Stailings Transfer Company
is appealing to the commission in
Raleigh today for a franchise al
lowing the operation of its trucks
in Williamston. The company's
trucks are operating through here at
the present time, but they do not
serve this immediate territory. Sev
eral local people, including Mean*.
Dean Speight and George Harris,
Jr, were called to testify at the
hearing before the commission.
Prances Dearstyne, of Albany, N. Y.,'
examines the new type lamp devel
oped for blackout lighting: should
war come to America. The lamp
gives off both visible and invisible
light. The invisible ultraviolet ray
light is made visible by fluorescent
paint on signs or roadways for use
by motorists and pedestrians.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Motorists on Martin County
highways wont about the
ghastly business of threatening
life, injuring limb and wrecking
property. The number of injur
ed so far this year was boosted
to 31 or just one below the fig
ure for the first 24 weeks, of last
ynar '
increased by more JK&n three
times in the brief perfSfi.
While many of the 31 injured
to date are out and going their
way, some of them will carry
;ars and effects of the ac
during the remainder of
It would seem that
ing results brought to
iention of motorists day
afer day would promote a great
er safety on our highways. The
facts indicate that we are still
in a mad rush, that life and
limb and costly property are
secondary in our mad rush to
get no where fast and to do
nothing in particular when we
get there.
The following tabulations of-'
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
24th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
r941 2 3 0 $10,100
1940 2 3 0 690
Comparison To Date
1941 43 31 2 $15,022
1940 46 32 2 6,030
Spends Week-end Mere
Mr. Sidney Jackson, of New York
City, spent the week-end here with
his sister, Mrs. Oscar Peele.
STENCIL SHEETS FOR SALE. EN
terprise Pub. Co. a25-tf
Criminal Docket Is
Cleared By Superior
Court In Single Day
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drinking
Simon Jenkins, charged with vio
lating the liquor laws, was found
guilty by the jury and was sentenc
ed to the roads for 12 months, the
judge suspending the sentence for
two years on good behavior and with
the understanding that the defend
ant's home may be searched at any
time without a warrant Jenkins was
convicted by a spoonful of liquor
in a jug and strong circumstantial
evidence, the defense hinting that
the evidence was "smelly".
The only other criminal case to
reach the jury was the one charg
ing Perlie D. Godard with drunken
driving. Found guilty, he was sen
tenced to the roads for six months,
judgment being suspended upon pay
ment of a $50 fine and the case cost.
His license was revoked for one
year.
The case charging Fred Jones with
false pretense was nol prossed.
Henry Ellison, charged with drunk
en driving, failed to appear and pa^
pers were issued for his arrest.
Divorces, all based on two years
of separation, were granted to, W.
H. Taft against Rachel Taft. Grace
Bradham Green against Clarence
Green, and to Floyd D. Wynne
against Eva L. Wynne. All were
white couples.
Wants
CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
qr money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. m2S-tf
TEXACO SERVICE STATION FOR
rent on highway in Everetts, good
location for the party who is willing
to work. Can make a living and some
money there if you will carry a stock
and stay on the job. Harrison Oil
Company. jl0-4t
TEXACO SERVICE STATION FOR
rent on highway in Bethel, good
location for the party who is willing
to work. Can make a living and some
money there if you will carry a stock
and stay on the job. Harrison Oil
Company. ? jl0-4t
WANTED ?REGULAR ROOMERS
Mep preferred. Hot water. Tele
phone 19-W. . jl7-2t
FOR SALE: PORTO RICO POTATO
plants. $1.00 per thousand. See C.
F. Harris,-J. G, Staton's Kelvin Grove
Farm, near Williamston, N. C. Tele
phone 2932. jl7-2t
ANYONE DESIRING TO MAKE
up subjects failed in high school,
call Mrs. Wheeler Manning, 217-J:
DON'T FORGET BETTY GAY,
Claudette and their friend will
arrive in Williamston within a few
weeks. j!7-3t
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