4-H Club Members
Win Prizes At Fair
Entering exhibits at the recent
county fair, 24 Martin County 4-H
club girls earned $21.75 in premiums.
The exhibits were canned foods,
dresses, record and scrap books The
r>nze winners'
Mildred Ayers, first on records,
first on pears. $3.75;
Ruby Ayers, second prize on soup
mixture. 50 cents.
Ramona Ange, second on tomatoes
and second on scrap book, $1.00;
Elsie Biggs, second on record book.
$2.00;
Mae Cratt. second on dress. 50
cents;
Sophia Cratt, second on dress. 50
cents;
Lessie Edwards, three first prizes,
two second prizes on canned prod
ucts. $4 00:
Suzanne Griffin, second prize on
fig preserves. 50 cents;
Audrey Hardison. first prize on
soup mixture. 75 cents,
Susie Manning, second prize. 50
cents;
Lorena Napier, second prize on
fruit. 50 cents;
Noram Napier, second prize on
corn. 50 cents;
Fage Rogerson, second on a collec
tion of canned products. 75 cents:
Lorraine Smithwick^ first on slip.
$100;
Burnell White, first prize on soup
and beans; Lessie Edwards, first
prize on beet pickles, second prize
on watermelon rind, first prize on
bcrrieo; Norma Napier, first prize on
corn; Lessie Edwards, second on
corn: Audrey Hardison. first prize
on soup mixture; Ruby Ayers, sec
ond prize on fruit. Lorena Napier,
second prize on fruit, Ramona Ange,
second; Susie Manning, second prize
on fruit and beans; Suzanne Griffin,
second;
Vera Pearl Williams, first on rec
oid books, $3.00
Judge W.H. Coburn
Calls Fifteen Cases
In Recorders Court
(Continued from page one)
to the roads for eight months. Mor
an suggested to Louise Pate, young
girl, that he he allowed to hold her
; purse while she took a spin on the
tilt-o-whirl. Witnesses declared they
saw him extract a dollar from the
purse.
Frank Powell pleaded guilty in
the case charging him with trespass
ing and disorderly conduct, the court
suspending judgment upon payment
of the costs.
Charged with larceny, James H.
Brown was sentenced to the roads
for 60 days. He pleaded not guilty
of the charge
The case charging Ed Williams
i with assaulting a female was con
tinued until next Monday.
Schools Observe
Fire Prevention
Visits by Mayor Hassell, Fire Chief
Hall and James Herbert Ward on
last Thursday marked the formal ob
servance of Fire Prevention Week
in the local schools.
Brief assembly programs empha
sizing the importance of those at
school and at home contributing to
national defense by defending
'against fire were held at the gram -
mar and high schools. Fire preven
tion posters and leaflets were made
? available for the students by Bill
Carstarphen and Norman Harrison.
Fire drills held by Chief Hall at
the conclusion of the special assern
| blies cleared the grammar school of
j students and teachers in 75 seconds,
I while the high school was cleared in
58 seconds.
MEN'S SUITS
& TOPCOATS
SUITS
Miik*- your M-lorlion for
your iit'H -nil now from our
larp- clock. which conunU
of llio lalcct ctylcc. fabric*
ami fuhliioiiK. All colore
ami materials ami the *izc
to fit c\erv in.in correctly.
$19.95
To
$32.50
Topcoats
JL ST ARRIVED!
140 New Coats
Co\crl*. (iulx-rililK-H. Fleeces. audi
Army Twill* ? Any type mater
ial in the color y on prefer, and
of course the *tyle* are rifclit. Se
lect your coat today while our
Block is complete.
$19.95
To
$29.50
Pittman's
WILLI AM STON, N. C.
School Newspaper
Comes From Press
The- first number of Volume VII
of,the Green Wave Spotlight, month
ly publication of the students of the
Williamston High School, came from
the press this week, and was enthu
siastically received .by students and
members of the school community
Pr'"t'.d in booklet form 12x16, the
attractive student publication car
ries six pages of news and features.
Members of the staff 11 elude:
Millie Biggs, editor in cr lef; Rich
ard Margolis, assistant editor; War
ren Pope, feature editor; Robert
Jones and Jimmie Leggett, sports
editors. Delia Jane Mobley, business
manager. Nancy Mercer, circulation
manager; and Luther Peele, ex
change editor.
Made possible by the advertise
ments of friends and the subscrip
tions of students and other interest
ed persons, the Green Wave Spot
light will appear eight times during
the school year, including the com
mencement number which is by cus
tom an annual feature carrying pic
tures of the graduating class and
numerous groups active in school
functions during the year.
P. T. A. Group To
Meet In Creswell
District Number nine, composed of
officers and delegates from Parent
Teacher associations in Bertie, Cam
den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates,
Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank, Per
quimans^ 1'yrrell, and Washington
counties, will gather in Creswell on
October 22 to delineate the place ot
the P.T.A. in national defense and
commodity welfare, to stress Jhe
place of childhood and youth in our
democracy, and to transact the dis
trict's organization business, accord
ing to Mrs. J. Mayon Parker, of
Ahoskie. district publicity chair
man
Ail local presidents will be recog
nized at the meeting which will fea
ture an address, "We Aid in Nation
al Defense," by Mrs. J. S. Blair, of
Elizabethtown, state president; a
symposium led by C. W. Phillips,
Greensboro, on "Our Community";
and a question hour and panel dis
cussion led by Mrs. E. N. Nowell,
Swannonoa, field worker of the or
ganization ?1?
Mrs. P F. Walston, Elizabeth City,
district director, will preside at the
meeting which will include a mid
day luncheon for delegates and of
ficers.
Collections Largest
Reported by County
In Quarter Century
(Continued from page one)
linquent accounts and the unpaid
amounts for the years 1939 and 1940,
follows, by townships:
Amounts Uncollected
Township
1939
1940
Jamesville
$ 1,126 57
$ 865.19
Williams
322.23
265.84
Gi iff ins
86 44
39 99
Beat (Iras.
361.00
79 60
W i l l lams ton
3.283.98
2.335 88
Cioss Roads
043 88
376.27
Kobersonv 'illo
2,387 52
1,508 10
Hamilton
1.828 68
1,139 05
Poplar Point
152.04
.00
Goose Nest
3,305 45
2,073.33
$13,497.74
$8,683 25
Number Advertised
township
Jul 1 ll"> \ ill*-"
1939
11 a
1940
fin
Willaims
11 u?
45
27
Griffins
12
7
Bear Grass
17
5
Willianvston
167
133
Cross Roads
34
24
Robersohville
133
103
Hamilton
52
33
Poplar Point
3
0
Goose Nest
114
69
696
491
Conservation Croup
To Meet In Asheville
Mr Clms H. Jenkins, prominent
fecal auto dealer, will leave Sunday
for Asheville where he will attend
a two-day meeting of the board
members of the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment. The meetings will be held
in the George Vanderbilt Hotel.
On his return trip to eastern Car
olina Mr. Jenkins will be accompan
ied by Governor and Mrs. Brough
ton Mr Broughton will speak at the
Atlantic District Fair in Ahoskie
next Thursday and from there he
will go to Edenton where he will
speak at the Peanut Festival on Fri
day Mr. Jenkins will entertain the
Governor and other prominent state
officials at a luncheon in Ahoskie
Thursday.
Battle Participant I
Tells of Harrowing
Ex|>erience In War
(Continued from page one)
States. A pipe-fitter by trade, Mr.
Oliver went to work at the plant of
the North Carolina Pulp Company
the lower part of this county, say
ing that he had seen enough action to
/last him the remainder of his life,
this week.
However, he says that if this coun
try is drawn into the war, and he
has to go back into the conflict, he
would reenlist in the United States
Navy, where he served as a gunner
on an aircraft tender for four years
before joining the Canadian forces.
He has had enough of the air force,
where he had so many thrills, nar
row escapes and witnessed scenes of
death and destruction me^d out by
the German and British airmen.
He enlisted in the Royal Canadian
An Force in October, 1939. and after
only 14 days of training at Halifax.
Nova Scotia, was sent by ship to
Scapa Flow, the large British naval
base in the north of Scotland. From
there he went to Dover and later to
Depthford, a suburb of London. In
the early spring of 1940, he took part
in the battle at Dunkirk, and has a
vivid picture, both from the air and
from the ground, of this tremendous
operation, where the British lost 35,
000 men w hile engaged in evacuating
the entire expeditionary force from
the European continent. In addi
tion to the tremendous loss of life,
the British lost practically every
piece of equipment of their, land
forces, and Oliver says about one-,
third of all the British planes were
lost there also.
Oliver said the English had about
450 airplanes based at Dunkirk, and
that when he awoke one morning,
when the German panzer divisions
were pressing the British back on
Dunkirk, there were 400 German
planes roaring over them, flying low
to strafe the ground forces and bomb
ing ships and airfields. He said the
British airplanes were unable to get
off the ground at first"; due to the
large number of Germans in the
air.
tsrnisn warsmps at sea nearby
were very little help, because they
were unable to use their big guns at
such close range due to their own
soldiers being scattered. He said the
British planes could only take to
the air at intervals after the Ger
mans had completed a dive and were
ascending to again dive on the help
less men below.
Oliver said that for 21 hours it
was a scene of wildest confusion.
Ships making an effort to take on
soldiers would back right up to
the beach until they grounded so
that men could swim out and climb
abroad. While small vessels were
being usyd to ferry men out to the
waiting transports, thousands of
men jumped into the sea and at
tempted to swim to the waiting
ships. Many were drowned and oth-.j
ers were killed by machine gun fire I
from the low-flying German planes :
Operators of the British motorized 1
units would send their vehicles, in
cluding trucks, tanks, motorcycles
into the water until the engines
choked down.
During his term of service with the
Canadians, Oliver said he managed
to come unscuthed through every
one of ubout 25 active air battles in
which he was engaged only to have
his plane crash into the Channel due
to a dead motor while he was re
turning from patrol and while en
gaged in comparatively safe con
voy duty.
Asked if he had ever shot down an
enemv plane. Mil?Oliver said he
really didn't know, but that he had
fired his machine gun at German
airmen until the barrel was nearly
red hot. If he didn't bring down a
German ship, he said, it wasn't his
fault, because he had done his best.
Commenting on the morale of the
British people. Mr. Oliver said he
believed it was about at the break
ing point when the Germans aban
doned the intense and regular air
taids over England this year. He at
tributed the lull in bombing activity
to the German war with Russia, and
he believes that if Russia is sub
dued the British will not be able to
withstand a Nazi invasion.
Asked about the relative value and
standing of various airplanes, he
said the American-built planes were
the best of any of the countries in-,
volved. The Messerschmidts of the
Germans, he said, were superior to
English planes, but American bomb
ers, pursuits and observation types,
he declared, were superior to all of
the others. "Yea," he said, "those
Germans and English have aerial
torpedoes, bomb sights, dive bomb
ers, panzer divisions and everything
else that the United States invented
and developed. With a country full
of spies and fifth columnists, they
are stealing this country blind right
under the noses of government agen
cies and officials."
Oliver said people "over there'
felt that if the United States is go
Coast Guard Calling
For Additional Men
The increased tempo in the na
tion's defense program is increasing
the need for more men to man the
program The Army is filling , its
ranks with the aid of the Selective
Service Act, but the other branches
of the armed service are calling for
volunteers. The Navv is reporting
success with its call in North Curu
lina. and possibly more volunteers
are reporting for service in that
branch of the service than in any
other.
The Marines had a recruiting of
ficer'stationed here for a couple of
days this week and they picked up
one or two recruits.
Claud E. Simmons, U. S, Coast
Guard recruiting officer, was here
for a brief call this week also invit
ing young men between the ages of
18 and 31 to enter that branch of the
service. Mr. Simmons explained that
the Coast Guard has an unlimited
quota just now and that young men
wishing to enter the service may
write to the Recruiting Office, Room
238, Post Office Building. Norfolk,
Va.. for details.
<*>
Titanic Battle For
Moscow IsNearing
\ Serious Climax
(Continued from page one)
tion and increased aid for those who
are sacrificing their lives and prop
erty to stop the mad beast. President
R065?VP!i; in a~messageno -Congress -
yesterday, urged that the neutrality
act be chariged and to allow the arm
ing of merchantmen and a greater
freedom of the seas. "It is time for
this country to stop playing into Hit
ler's hands and unshackle our own,"
President Roosevelt said. A growing
support of the President's foreign
policy is reported, and some who
have been sleeping so long are pow
convinced that if Hitler can over
run Russia he can subdue this coun
try in successive steps and possibly
by a trip across the ever-narrowing
Atlantic.
More pressure is being brought
against Japan by Germany, and the
Far Eastern situation is gradually
becoming worse.
President Roosevelt said today
that plans^re-bcnrg made To rehabi
litate those selectees who were ruled
ineligible for military duty on ac
count of physical disabilities.
With Russia pleading for aid, this
country drags along, its production
threatened by strikes, delayed while
more pleasure goods are produced
and while recalcitrant capital holds
out for profits ranging up to 247
per cent.
fix l.fMl I humility In
November l? llolitlay
The date for the nation's observ
ance of Thanksgiving was virtually
frxed~ as The last Thursday in No
vember by the National House of
Representatives this week when a
bill was passed by live body making
that day a legal holiday. The pro
posed law now govs to
for action.
Thanksgj
idential
will still be
ecutive to procl
miy day he tm
will fall on the lrfirmffoday !n
vember.
Mrs. It fn jam in Courtney's
Mother Dies In Hospital
?
Mrs. W D Haywood, mother of
Mrs. Benjamin Courtney, of William -
ston, du d in the Moore County hos
pital Wednesday morning following
an illness of several weeks
Mrs Haywood, 66 years old,
leaves besides hey daughter here, her
husband, two sons, W Floyd and Co
hen Haywood, and three daughters,
Mrs. Pearl Thompson, of Candor;
Miss Nan Haywood, of High Point,
and Miss Dorothy Haywood, of Gar
Imt. '? - - ? "
Funeral services were held at Can
dor in the Baptist Church yester
day afternoon by her pastor, the
Kev Mr Hancock.
ing to be of any real help, they will
have to send an expeditionary force,
and he added that he believed that
would be about the only thtng That
could save England. Reports reach
ing the men in the thick of the fight
is that the Germans have about twice
as many planes and fighting men as
the British have, despite the help
that the United States and other
friendly countries can send them.
The Germans are believed to have
^superiority on the land, in the air
and under the seas, while the Brit
ish lead only on the surface of the
ocean
APARTMENT FOR RENT ? ON
ground floor, West Main Street.
Ideal for small family. $22.50 per
month. See C. H. Godwin. Eastern
Bont and Mtge Co., Williamston.
Wants
FOR SALE ? NO. 2 IRISH POTA
toes, $1.00 per hundred pounds.
Van Taylor, Everetts. ol0-2t
THREE FRONT ROOMS FOR RENT
?Furnished. Available November
1st. See Mrs. Neil James, Everetts.
FOR SALE CHEAP: WINTER PEAS,
vetch, crimson clover. Llndsley
Ice Co. ol0-3t
FOR SALE: ABBRL'ZZI RYE. WIN
ter rye, seed oats, Lindsley Ice Co.
ol0-3t
FOR RENT: THREE ROOM APART -
ment, first floor. West Main Street.
J W. Green
WISHES TO LEASE L'NIMPROV
ed farm: Wants to lease 2-horse
farm for cash rent with fairly good
cotton, peanut and tobacco allotment.
C. S. VanLandingham. Williamston
Route 3. o!0-2t
WANT TO GRADE TOBACCO FOR
someone. Experienced. Will eith
er grade at home or off where want
ed. Will grade for $1.50 per 100 lbs.
See me at my home or write me at
once. Mrs. Zena Beddard. Been
grading for 15 years. Route 3 Wil
liamston.
WANTED?YOU TO KNOW THAT
you can have your office machin
ery made to work like new. Type
writers and adding machines a spec
ialty. Call H. T. Hyman, 118 E. Main
Street. City.
DOG LOST: POINTER TPPPT. 7
months old. Lost near colored cem
etery Tuesday, October 7th. Jack
Gray, 812 W. Main St. City.
LET US DTE TOUB SUMMER
shoes, colors guaranteed. Willard
Shoe Shop. s23 tf
PUROL SERVICE STATION STOCK
and fixtures for sale. Located in
Bear Grass. Average selling 1000
gallons gas per week. Good proposi
tion for right man See or write A.
C. Harrison, route 2. Williamaton.
s26-61
WANTED ?SALESMAN TO SELL
city used cars. Apply to L N.
James Auto Co., Bethel, N. C.
o7-St
CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
or money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. m23-tf
ZIPPERS REPAIRED OR RE
placed in leather coats. Willard
Shoe Shop. s23 tf
RADIO
REPAIRING
Bring us your Radio
for Repairs. All work
guaranteed. Reason
able Charges.
Western Auto Store
W. J. Miller, Owner
Attention?FREE!
I Ladies' Yellow Gold Dinner King
(Value 832.50)
1 Ladies yellow gold Delniark Wateh
(Value* 819.05)
I Gents' Yellow Gold Delniark Wateh
(Value* 819.95)
1 Underwood Electric Shaver
(Value $15.00) &
ANY PERSON MAKING A PURCHASE OF
$1.00 OR MORE
At lliiri More from now until Drrrmbfr 20th will
be allowed to regiitter for a eliance at above ar
tiele* to he ^i>eii awav at K:(KI I*. M. on
Dec. 20th, 1941
Watch Repairing -
J.L.Peele Jewelry Co.
WASHINGTON STREET BOWEN BUILDING
NOTICE!
RELATIVE TO THE
N. C. Sales Tax
hi Times Past We Have
Keen Iaix In Collecting
The 3% Sales Tax
.>o*. however, aw operating expense* have
greatly increased, we find it
IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAR THE
EXPENSE OF THIS TAX
We Are Obliged To
COLLECT THE SALES TAX
On Every Sole! ??
CLARK'S PHARMACY
DAVIS PHARMACY
PEOPLES DRUG STORE
THE SODA SHOP
GRAB-ALL SODA SHOP
J. C. LEGGETTS
POPEYE, THE RECRUITING OFFICER, GETS AIR-CONDITIONED I
tr SA WANTS ^
to c*et ahead,
TH" NAW ,
teaches MA 1
TO AMOUMT I
^TO SUMTW/
I'D LIKE ID BE
AN AVIATIOkl
MECHANIC,
IF POSSIBLE
h)
WELL ru. BE HORkl-SPOONED
A'COURSE, ITS POSSIBLE.1.1 '
-TH'WAWW GIVES VA
TH' MOST COMPLETE '
IKlSTRUCXTOoS IN
ANV ONE OP SOME
FORTV-ODOj
SKILLED r<
TRADES J ).
um\
JOtWIMU.1
-ME
FOR THE
OUTDOOR
LIFE/ .
I'M AM AwiATion
MECHANIC, NOW.
WELL, BLOW ME DOWN.1
WA CERTINGLV GETTING
'PLEKI'VCFRESH AIR! 1
ttfW HAW
You're flying high in the Navy
You live like o king! Free meals. Free
medical and dental care. No rent to
pay. And you get regular raises in* pay.
What a life for a man who's young and
ambitious I You get travel and adven
ture and you learn a skilled trade that
puts you in line for big pay jobs when
you get out of the Navy.
If you are 17 or over, get a free copy
of the illustrated booklet, "UFE IN THP
U. S. NAVY," from the Navy Editor of
this paper.
SERVE WOUR COUNTRV.'
BUILD VOUR FUTURE
fcET IN THE N/WV NOW!
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