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Watch The Label On Your Paper, As It Carrie* Hie Date Your Subscription Liaitea e Advertisers Will Find Our Col Homes Of Martin County. \ OLUME XLIV?NUMBER 69 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, iiigunt 2*K I')II. ESTABLISHED 1899 Prices Are Holding Firm On Williamston Tobacco Market Germans Continuing Bloody Campaign in The Leningrad Area Surrender uf Irun To Allies Bright Spot; Pressure Be ing Brought on Turkey Gaining only "scorched earth" and paying dearly with human life and property, the German barbarians are continuing their bloody cam paign on Leningrad, Russia's sec ond city. Last reports state that the invaders are within thirty miles of the city where old men, women and even children have been called to its defense. Losses of human life and property are astounding in size, and military observers hardly see how it is possible for the German machine to last much longer without a pause. That Germany is gaining little is evidenced by the Russian authori ties who have .officially announced the destruction of the Dnieper River dam which was recognized as one of the foremost engineering achieve ments in the world and which eost well over one hundred million dol lars Accompaning the announce ment of the dam's construction were reports telling of Russian successes from Finland's coast to the Black Sea. The Red Army was reported sweeping through German fortifies-1 tions on the central front west of Moscow and battling the Nazis sav agely with the aid of armed civilians at the approaches to Kiev, capital of the overrun Ukraine. Five German divisions were said to have been crushed with a loss of perhaps 3D,000 dead and wounded on the central front Massive German assaults on Len ingrad, Kiev, Odessa and various points of the Dnieper industrial re gion were said to have been hurled back. The communique, describing yes terday's action, told of "stubborn" battles raging along the entire 1, 800-miIe front On Tuesday, it was stated, 37 Ger man planes were destroyed instead Wednesday 41 Nazi planes were brought down in ail battles against In the Baltic the Russian air force was said to have sunk two more Ger man transport ships. Today's communique said that de tachments of the Kiev home guards, composed of armed civilians, had taken part in a "fierce rear guard action" and helped the Red Army defend the nearby town of "N" be fore it was finally seized by the' Germans, but at a terrific cost in lives and weapons. In the first assault on the town the Germans were hurled back after TT^ 500 Germans and 18 tanks had been "annihilated," it was stated A.picked division of "SS" storm -troops then attacked and were thrown back in a battle that raged for three days, with 500 or more German dead, it was said Cutting the vital Moscow-Lenin grad railroad in several places and disrupting traffic over the route, the Germans directed a heavy blow against the Russians, but in other quarters the Russians in cooperation with the British were scoring suc cesses The occupation of Iran, the little but strategic country, is going forward without opposition, military observers counting the occupation as a great blow to Hitler's expansion program. Turkey is now on an hot spot, so to speak Pressure is almost certain to be brought on her by Germany, and the Russo-Britain move into Iran is likely to cause the Turks to stop and think before lining up with the Axis. Japan is pausing today to study the strained relations with the United States. The cabinet is in session, and smoother relations are predicted, one report stating that an agreement had already been signed earlier today. Hitler and Mussolini are just wind ing up a five-day meeting which (Continued on page four) * Dies Soon After Tonsil Operation Clinton Jones, 17-year-old oounty colored boy, died in a Washington hospital Wednesday afternoon about two hours after undergoing a ton sil operation. Death was caused by a blood clot, a condition that could hardly be traced to the operation it self directly. His tonsils badly diseased. Jones who was said to have not been in the best of health, entered the hospital over the protest of his mother. He was accompanied by his father, and the operation was made possible by the county welfare department. He was getting along very well up until a short time before his death Jones, the son of Willie and Mary Jones who live near here on the Mc Caskey Road, was one of nine color ed youths from this county to have their tonsils removed in an especial ly arranged clinic in the hospital by the county welfare department. Strict Regulations Advanced In Marketing Excess Tobacco Strict regulations are being ad vanced in this county for the mar keting of excess tobacco, according to unofficial but reliable informa tion heard here today. Fortunately less than half a dozen farmers plant ed in excess of their allotments, but in those cases a strict watch is be ing set up. No names could be learn ed, but one case stands out in the list. The certain farmer has two farms. The supervisors reported an excess of about three acres of tobac co on one and plantings within the allotment on the other. The farmer's I wife has two farms and her plant ! ings are within the. allotments. White j cauls.?allowing unlimited market, ings, were withheld in all four cases, j It is understood that a committee will estimate the number of sticks of tobacco on three of the farms and allow the marketing of that pound age without penalty on three red cards. A penalty, estimated at about 45 per cent of the total, will bo ex acted for the marketing handled on the fourth red card. Planting tobacco without any al lotment. two farmers in the county will be required to pay a penalty on every pound of tobacco marketed by them. A third farmer will have to pay a penalty on about 45 per cent of his sales. Approximately 1,500 tobacco mar keting cards had been delivered up until late yesterday in this county. 4eaV4ng about 00 undertvcred. lt~TS~ believed that?Lho*e farmer*?were 1 late harvesting their crops and so j far have not had time .to gi t ready for market. Teachers Announced For County Schools LATE HARVESTING While a large majority of the farmers in this county have long since completed the task and ev en sold some or a large part of their crop, there are a few farm ers still harvesting the 1941 to bacco crop. In some rases, the farmers have cut the stalks, plowed the fields and made ready to sow them down in rye. Ordinarily farming on an ex act schedule, Karmrr Joe Ruber son, of near Williamatoh, is just making ready to harvrst his last barn. It is generally thought that he is bringing up the rear in the harvrst work this season. Farmer Killed By Bolt Of Lightning In County Monday Botly of Cliin-lie llux. 29, hound in Wood* Neur Oak City Tiicsduy Morning Charlie Hux, well-known county farmer, was instantly killed a short distance from his home near Oak City by a bolt of lightning late last Monday afternoon. The body was found early the following "morning by a searching party after -an all night search Mr. Hux was badly burned on one of his legs and his was apparently knocked about 20 feet from a big pine tree which was hit by the bolt. Late that afternoon Mr llux told his family that he was going to frighten the squirrels out of his corn field, explaining that the animals were eating his corn, and that he would be late getting back for the evening meal. When he failed to return about 9 o'clock, Mrs. Hux summoned neighbors and a search was started. [The party searched all through the night, finding his body early that morning. Some one saw where the lightning had ripped open a tall pine tree, and searching around it he found the body. Moving with nis parents from Norfolk a number of years ago, Mr Hux located in the Oak City com munity where he farmed. He mar ried Miss Margaret Williams, of near Gold Point, and she with four small children, Shirley, Marie, Jan ice and Peggy, survives. He also leaves his parents, Mr .and Mrs. L. W. Hux, of Oak City, and four broth res, Willard, Hunter and Robert Hux, all of Newport News, and Claude Hux, of Oak City, and three sisters, Misses Mary and Margaret Hux, of Oak City, and Mrs. Evelyn Dixon, of Newport News. Funeral services were held at the home of his parents Wednesday after noon at 4 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Lee, Scotland Neck Methodist minister. Interment followed jn the' Oak City cemetery. Education Board Work Completed Making preparations, financial and otherwise, in previous sessions for running the schools, the Martin County Board of Education will hold no meeting next Monday on the eve of the opening of the plants, the of fice of the county superintendent said this morning. The county board is withdrawing from the scene, so to speak, and turning the all-important business over to the principals and teachers The principals will meet next Mon day morning and the teachers will meet.next Wednesday afternoon to make ready for the opening next Thursday morning Thirty-Three New Teachers S t^tt etf For the New Term Tlm-r I'onilioiiN ill llu> Counl) Facility Have Mot Yd Bin ?I1 Filldl ? With the teaching personnel about complete, plans are going forward for opening the schools in this coun ty on Thursday of next week, tin office of the county superintendent announcing that the three remain ing positions made vacant by resig nations in the faculties at Oak City. Bear Grass and Williamston would liki'.ly be filled by the latter p.nt of School officials, experiencing dif ficulty in executing contracts with | faculty personnel which includes about one new one out of every three teachers. The local faculty was made com plete today when Ronald Sladr. of Greenville, accepted the position of principal in the elementary school. The call of young men to the arm ed forces has resulted in many res ignations, but the school authorities have been able to fill the positions fax more satisfactorily than was first expected. The list of iL'atlit'is, thru hunit ud dresses and assigned grades or sub jects, follows: Wtfhamatoit D Nr-Htx, Williams liamston, science; Mrs. Lillian Ed wards, Williamston, English; Miss Doris Leach, LeGrange, English and French; Harvey Yates, Apex, math ematics; Jack Butler. Canandaigua, N. Y., history. George A. Roberts, Long Island, N. Y, history; Miss Madge Glazener, Chillecothe, Ohio, home economics; Miss Bettie Mayo Everett, Palmyra, commercial; Eu gene Collard. Carbondale, 111 , in dustrial arts; Mrs. C. B. Hassell, Wil liamston, and Miss Mary Whitley. Murfreesboro, seventh grade, Mrs Mildred G. Crawford, Williamston. sixth grade; Miss Emma Baker, Goldsboro, and Miss Kathleen Strickland, Rocky Mount, fifth grade; Miss Dorcas Knowles, Hert ford, and Miss Katherine Bradley, Enfield, fourth grade; Mrs. Lela B Bunting, and Miss Ruth Manning, Williamston, third grade; Miss Mary Benson, Benson, and Miss Estellc Crawford, Williamston, second grade. Mrs. Rebecca A. Crockett, Williams ton; Miss Grace Talton, Clayton, and Miss Clarine Duke, Jackson, first Tarboro, music. Miss Leach, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Collard, Miss Baker are ne\? members of the Williamston faculty. - Teachers elected in the Roberson viHe schools are: First grade, Miss Minnie Cochran, of Robersonville, and Miss Minnie Hobbs, of Magnolia, N. C ; Second grade, Miss Louise Dixon, Elm City; third* graded Miss Leona Moore, Robersonville; fourth grade, Miss Millie Roebuck, Rober sonville; fifth grade, Miss Mildred Hodges, Asheville; sixth grade, Miss Sarah Fulghum, Wilson; seventh grade and librarian, Mattie Lyons, Oxford; seventh grade and building principal, M M. Everett, Roberson ville. High school: History and boys' coach, Hassell Gurganus, Stokes; science, Ruth E. Moser, Bristol, Tenn.; home economics, Sarah F Ford, Nichols, S. C.; mathematics, Jo sephine Mahler, Four Oaks; mathe matics and girls' coach, Mrs. S. R. Brantley, Rocky Mount; Latin and librarian, Jesse Richardson. Kinston; commerce, ftelen Davis, Erifield, French and English, Prudence Baze more. Windsor, Spanish and English, Ada McCracken, Guilford; agricul ture, B T. Wigley, Sallis, Miss.; (Continued on page six) Details Of Plans For Diverting the 1941 Peanut Croj > Kxrew May lit4 Sold To Crusli ers at Current Oil Market l*rioe Plus Costs I According to an announcement by the Growers' Peanut Cooperative. Inc., this week diverting a part 01 j all of the 1941 peanut crop, farmers planting over their allotments may | sell the excess to the oil mills with j out penalty, leaving the allotted plantings to be sold on the open mar I keL or to I he cooperative \\ ithout .penalty The program-for 1941. it is under stood. is virtually the same as it was in 1940, but penalties provided in the referendum some months ago are to be considered in the marketing of excess production Prices paid for peanuts used in making oil are con siderably below- those paid for the goobers used by the edible trade. and it is possible that farmers?m tins county will choose to "hog down" their excess plantings rather than offer them to the -crushers. Quota peanuts, or those produced within the fanner's allotment may hi- offered for sale on the open mar ket or to thi' cooperative The farm '11 nig In thr fi inprrat i vc wil| 1h' paid the oil null price plus the difference required to bring it up to the announced schedule which is based on $90 a ton for Spanish No. 1. and ranges up to $94 per ton for U S. No. 1, Class A Virginias The av erage base price for the crop gener ally grown m this section will he right at $89 a ton or almost 4 1 2 cents per pound. The price schedule announced by the peanut cooperative is about $25 a ton higher than the one in effect- last year. It is possible that all excess pea nuts acquired by a designated agen cy cannot be resold immediately. 11 the required prices paid the pro ducers are more than the amount received by the agencies when the peanuts are sold. Federal payments are provided to reimburse the agen cies. Quota peanuts purchased by the cooperating agencies likely will be warehoused until demand from the edible trade can be determined, while non-quota peanuts probably will be sold to crushing nulls as soon as they are acquired. No Federal payments will be made for quota or non-quota peanuts resold in the edi j ble trade, or for any purpose other than for crushing for oil Fwelve Children In TonsiH Irnie Twelve Martin County w hth?ebtf? Mien are TiavTng tln-ir U.nvtlv n-mm? cd in a Washington hospital today. Seven other white children under went similar operations there last week, and nine colored youths were operated on Wednesday, one of the latter group dying about two hours following his operation. The clinics, arranged and financed I in part or all by the county welfare department, an- limited to children who are unable to pay the surgeon'.-, fee and hospital bill They remain in the hospital overnight, and in near ly all cases the children have been getting along all right. No clinips providing special fees have been held in the county fol lowing the death of Dr. Chas J. Sawyer about a year ago. Local doc tors in recent months, however, have | handled a number of cases, includ ing Master Buddy Hodgers, son of Skipper and Mrs. Frank Rodgers AnnounceM (han^c In Local Library Hour* ^ Observing next Monday ? Labor Day?as an holiday, ihe local public library will adhere to a new sched ule of hours, Mrs J. C. Cooke, librar lanjn charge, announced today. The library will not open during the morning hours, hut will be open from 2 to 5:30 p. m. and from 7 to 8 30 p. m. The new schedule will con tinue in effect until the closing of tbe schools next spring KKI) CROSS j Directors of the Martin Coun ty Chapter Red Cross Produc tion Unit are renewing their call for volunteer workers for keeping the hall open and assist ing in the knitting and sewing. "Many have already responded, hut there is a great need for others to participate in the proj ect," Mrs. A. K. Dunning, chair man of the unit, announced to day. Urge quantities of wool and sewing material have been re ceived, and any one who can and will participate in the fr^gd ly needed work is asked to call at the Woman's Club Hall on Tuesday or Friday between the hours of It a. m. and 5 p. m. More Than Three-Quarters Of A Million Pounds Are Sold For An Average Rigid At Thirty Cents Pavers Making Fair Progress On Roanoke River Fill Project While no official announcement J has boon roloasod, observers visiting ' the Roanoke River fill today esti ninliii that tin1 paving piujm now underway there would hardly be j completed before late October or possibly early November. Only fair progress is being reported in the face ! of various obstacles. It is possible with the limited equipment to pave only 1.200 feet a day when at least j 1,500 had been anticipated. The maximum, as far as it could be learned, has been reached only one day since the actual paving work was started last Saturday. The com pany has only 1,500 feet of forms.) and this morning the mixer was idle | until after 9 o'clock while workmen were setting forms just a few feet | away At least two interruptions, j one lasting nearly seven hours; have delayed the work during the first week >?4'~m>er'atiOMS 't'tie'TTrhrdiile nf~1 activities is gradually being adjust j ed. however. and some believe max j iiiuim production will be possible in 1 ?the. future.- barring bad weather 1 Traffic moving over the till is in I a snarl at times and other than in structions received from a flagman at each end it COhies and goes as best it can One of the contractor's water wagons tolled down the side of the till Wednesday but the driven es caped unhurt This morning, the: paver was near iing the second new bridge "on the eastern end of the fill, and there Is sonui dbubTTTlhe workers will reach the creek bridge by late tomorrow Boanl Classifies 612 Registrants Tuesday More Than a Fourth Of Number Subject To Military Service i ifi> -one " V^iugf KegihlranU The Martin County Draft Board, meeting hero last Tuesday' evening, increased its reserve of man power subject to quota assignments in the future Six hundred and twelve reg istrants were classified by Messrs It II Cioodmon, J II Ayeis and Jesse Ward Mole than half or 312 were placed m Class 3-A. 142 in Class 1 A. -ax in 2 A, 4 in 2 B, 55 in 4 F. Fifty tine wa ir exempted on account of their ages There were 344 white ami 268 colored registrants classified The classifications Ovei Age Williamston white Richard Hannibal Godwin, Arthui Andrew Diem, Clarence Edward Hi iltorr .lohti?Thomas Llewellyn. Aidis Lion?Bfrugg Paul Wayne Henderson, Osmer Scull Winborne, Charlie Thurman Clark, Williamston R F.I) f white Chester Brown Rev (Is, Howard Franklin Griffin; Wil liamston it F.I). 2 white Jesse Alton Harris, Williamston It F I) 3 white Gentry Wood row Mills. David S Page, Cedric Booth Burroughs, Jas. David Gurganus, Vance Elliott Ben nett, James Edward Moore; Rober sonville white:" Jeffrey Lawrence Taylor William Clarence Taylor; Robeisonville R.F.I). 1 white: Lester l athan Whitaker, Robeisonville R F I). 2 white Johnnie Vincent An drews; Bethel R F.D 1 white: James Elliott Purvis; Hamilton white: Wil lie Whit Davis, Everetts white: Dav id John Cherry, Palmyra white: Ja mie Edwin Copeland, Merlin Carson; Jamesville white William Watson Walters; Jamesville R.F.D. 1 white John Edwin Manning, Oak City white: Kelly Stuart Bunting; and Ralph Elliott Taylor, Williamston R F.D. 2 white. Over Age Colored Williamston: King David Carson, Leon Elbert Pur rington, Moses Hopkins, Solomon | Roo*ev< li Green. Willie Clifton Dav is, Wesley Anderson Ormond, Sam ucl C. Stokes leroy f.lovd, William ston R.F.D I Willie 1) Hanon Ca tanch; Williamston R.F.D. 3: James I Tee Evans; Jamesville: John Frank| Green, Charles Henry Daniel; James ville R.F.D. 1 Felton Keys, Jesse | Roosevelt Whitaker; Robersonville: William Augustus Cherry, Charlie Bellamy, Lorenzra Salsbury; Hamil ton: Fred Jouner; Dardens: Charlie Williams; Hohgood R.F.D 1: Ralph Allen Keys. 1-A?WhiU Williamston: William | Archie Mohley Jack Floyd Butler, Joseph David Thrower, Jr., Hubert Thomas Cooke, Ernest Speight Mears, John Ashley Manning, Jr., John Cecil Miller, Marion Hudson Hoyle, Jr., James Frederick Sum merlin, John Fleming Thigpen; JVil liamston R.F.D. 1 Albert Wilson | Lilley, Hugh Berkley Griffin, Law rence Lillvy, Julius Edward Gpr ganus, Verbil Wilson Jones, Mack Daniel Coltrain, Noah Rhodes Hardi son, Julius' Edward Gurganus, Wil liam Harcom Capps, Jesse Robert Griffin, Jesse Davis Heath; William ston R.F.D 2: Russell Leonidas Grif fin, Milford Warren Harrison. Rus I (Continued on page four) I IMITI D IIOI.II>\> I .?bor Day, one of the nation's IiIk holidays, will go virtually unnoticed here next Monday. The postottiec and one or two other firms w ill suspend opera (ions for the day. hut the lobar <o market hunks :nwl funeral business will huld-to. its regular schedule. However, the day will have a meat meaning for work ers in th?? Knrili i i>nip Company plant in the lower part of the county. Representative Herbert Homier is addressing the many workers there and a big holiday is anticipated. \\ .11. ( <ilmI II Calls Ten Cases In The Countv Court lriliini.il I* in Srwiim Morr I'lnni Two lliiuniAiltwmji; One ki l Lant Mon<la\ ? Holding it.s regular we? kly session on the eve of the tobacco opening, the Martin County Itecoiiler*s Court reported an increase in its business, the average number of eases jump ing from seven to ten. No unusual charges w ere included in the cases on the docket, but Judge W II. Co burn was more than two hours wind ing lip the business of the day. A large crowd was on hand for tin proceedings. The case charging J K Bullock I With passing a worthless check, was i hi I prossed Charged with marly cutting her husband to death, Ethel Gilmore, Jamesville colored woman, was sen tenced to jail for a term of six months to he assigned to the county Inline when she is to Work under the supervision of Superintendent John W Bland. The case charging Ed Williams with assaulting a female was contin ued until next Monday. ? """ . ' Judgment wua suspi nded upon tin (Continued on page four) ?? ?^ , i-r^yr-Tr-...... .. County Board ViiH Meet Next Monday There isn't a single business mat ter on the calendar for discussion b the Martin County Commissioners ;j their scheduled monthly meetih here next Monday, according to * Sam Getsinger, clerk to the boarc It is one of the few times in a Ion period thih the calendar carried n special items three days before th meeting. Of course the hoard will hear rc ports and more reports from the sev eral departmental heads, and eve Though they are heard with attentiv ears, rt ran be frankly said that th reports, to a large extent, are mear frig less and almost worthless. The board clerk did admit the pos sibility that some one would go bt fore I he commissioners in the intei est of some road project or a ta matter or two. Just now it woul appear the commissioners can aftc handling the routine duties end the session in a short time and repair 1 their homes. Block Is Cleared and Heav\ Sales Looked For llere Next W eek ? ?n >'.;< ? win j,?i Moid up. '?"ii V\ ill It,, tttsr in - ? I.trtiit-r- Say ? K"u" "in i1 first wi'fk of the ",nt st ;,s,"i KHla>. tlu- Williamsion I'obaceo Mai ki t lias." without ex " plum. Iiail lis 111.,,si successful sales "II Hs history More farmers have "?en pleased .,nd fewer dissatisfied : haii ever hafme for any four days [". M'"'nIS an old tobacconist said oil 1 11 -.1 the noon hour to j c?a.V At the elose of today's sale, the in." ket will have sold well over "'Ice quarters of tm||10? puupdf. l"t "ii average right at ,'fu cents, late j leports stating that prices are hold I " "7 r."'" Aim some added strength? |iio ed fo, some grades The report i Id not he verified immediately l"i' d was reliably learned that ad ditional orders were being handed i ' 's this morning in "" 'nig them to expand then pUr i fuses Another report stated that I'll" orders were bemg lined up , alien the bettei grades of tobacco oe ottered on the market here N" '<??. t'ut ,t ,s believed ? Hi hiimi' <|ii;iMtq^. 111|{ pMccj; will i I" hold firm and that the ' nd lor The better grades will be tipw.nl Many piles were sold yes h Id ay and fo.day at forty cents and " ' '""I competition rs possibly leeahle among all buy ? ' "'.in eai her in the week ^ "1 1lb-?mm lu I aCoiaged , ll.,,1 "i,K" ""'hiding right much ilamag,-d leal and a fairly large of "'l ing of tip, fc y1' ?..-.-nld off late v,,s 'day alternoon, and all floors will " 1 ' "I' d today, making possible the "iiiiptioir ol a regulai selling Indole beg,mnng next Monday ""'"""V well pleased with i "S"! ' ""''i' is a genuine I'lJ" 1 "l'?""?ni prevailing gener I Average aieordmg to grade, | been posted by government I ! '*** ">??? offered lielow in : 'I'd quota >.ti' \ h ,ir,,?.?, . (iriidt* Ifesinpti,,,, g ;ti ? ? , l emon Leal I Woo t 39.0U "J 101 Orange I,eaf " 0U 'j'""1 36.01) l,'!w '!10? 24.00 16 00 Red'Leaf 1150 u75 Green l eaf (Orange Side. r"W 14 75 Uoo Orange Smoking Leaf 37 00 34 00 , ;"u 28 , 2150 l emon Cutters 40 00 ___ , 39.00 . ;"W 38.00 Orange ( utters Fair la. 39.00 38.00 I-enion lugs Kn'.e" :]?uo 28.00 Good f ??" 270,1 Fan 3800 2500 Oranxe ! 30 00 '700 h file ' - Good Fair 37.00 35.00 26.00 23.00 i.nw 18.50 tfl.OO 9.75 (Continued on page four) i lfl" ?ccrs Two Men At Still ? .u'ly Wedn" ,Ja"u"'ivi,lt' Township Itiy Wednesday evening. Countv Offuers J H Hochuck and Roy M and federal Agent Felix O'ReiUey captured an 80-gallon copper stiU and arrested .wo men, Joe^d Wil im'a ll"' * ",flcers poured out 800 gallons Of beer The operators j wvic just firing ?p the whe|) he officers reached them and they had had no tune to turn out even a fill of the finished product. Given a preliminary hearing here before U s Comnnssioner Waller Halber stadt. Joe James was placed under dcr a" i^d Wl",am Jam<* a $500 bond for their appear ance at the next term of K court in Washington. Earlier that day, the ofUMrw wrecked a cheap plant in ~ Grass Township, not far Beaufort County line.