Virgil L Priest Is
Killed Instantly in
Wreck Last Sunday
(Continued from page one)
Maple Street, Durham, to visit rela
tives, was detained and later releas
ed under a $1,000 bond A prelimi
nary hearing in the case will be held j
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock before
Justice J. L Hassell here.
Investigating the accident. Patrol
man Whit Saunders stated that
Sneed was struck by the Bryant car,
a 1940 Hudson sedan, and knocked a
distance of 25 feet. The man. knock
ed out of his shoes, skidded several
feet after landing in a small ditch
l>cside the highway. Sneed's neck
and hips were broken and part of his
head was knocked off.
Traveling toward Bethel Bryant,
accompanied by his son. Roy, and
Ernest Keel, both of Craddock. Va.,
said that Sneed was walking on the
left side of the highway. Continuing,
the driver said that he started to
pass another car, sounded his horn
and that Sneed looked back and step
ped to the right and into the path
of his car. The other car did not stop.
Bryant claimed, and there were no
witnesses except Bryant and his com
panions.
A foripal charge of manslaughter
and operating an automobile while
under the influence of liquor was
brought against Bryant.
Hardly had the patrolman finished
his first meal of the day before he
was called to an accident on the
Washington Bind at thr hnnif <>f thp
late Sylvester Webb not so far from
the Beaufort County line. LoRoy C.
Johnson, colored of Washington, and
two women had plunged into a canal
where the WPA forces are building
a new bridge. No one was hurt Dam
age to the car was estimated at $100
Johnson said that he was not driv
ing rapidly, but that the steering
gear locked and caused him to
plunge into the big ditch.
Property damage in the three Sun
day accidents was estimated at $ 1,
000 by Patrolman Saunders who ex
plained that while the Priest car was
wrecked beyond repair, some of the j
parts could be salvaged
Russians Say Nazis
Are Slowed Dow n In
Drive On 'doseow
(Continued from page one)
that the Germans had been driven i
back in several areas, and that the
Nazi drive had been blocked in oth
ers. But in still other areas, the Rus
sians admitted that the XGermans,
while slowed down, were still push
ing forward in an effort to encircle
the capital j
Rumors, not yet confirmed, xuix/
mated that tens of thousands T>f Brit- r
ish troops had landed in Russia to
keep supply routes open: It was of
ficially announced that large sup
plies of munitions weiv moving from '
Britain and the United States
Mussolini, all hut lost in this war.
broke out with a report today, de- >
ilaring tltat his-foteea had attacked a ;
British warship and damaged anoth |
L'T British ship in the Mediterran ;
?an Germany claimed that six Brit \
ish merchantships had been sunk by
mosquito boats Sunday.
No recent developments have been
eported in the Far East, but Japan
s declared to be watching the fight
n Russia with plans all ready for an
ittack on Siberia if Russia fails in
ts defense against Germany. In the
Philippines more men are being call
ed to the colors, making it appear
hat the mad rush for a show-down
n the Pacific continues.
In Washington, the opposition to
changes in the Neutrality Act are
laving their say today
Jurymen Drawn For
Two Weeks Term Of
The Superior Court
Judge Richard D. Dixon It
To Preside Over Term
Next Month
Thirty-six Martin County citizeni
were drawn by the board of com
missioners in their regular October
session for sen-ice as jurors in the
special term of superior court con
vening the third Monday in Novem
ber Eighteen of the group are to
report for duty on November 17th
the remaining 18 to report the fol
lowing Monday. Scheduled to run
for two weeks, the court will handle
civil cases only. The calendar oi
cases has not yet been prepared by
the Martin Bar Association.
Judge Richard Dillard Dixon, Gov
ernor J M Broughton's comparative
ly recent appointee ot the superioi
court bench, will preside over the
term, it was announced a few days
agu by the governor's office.
The names of the jurors and then
places of residence follow:
First Week
Jamesville Township: Wilharr
Watson Waters.
Williams Township: Wendell Grit
Griffins Township: N. T Daniel.
Bear Grass Township: Ben F. Peel
Williamston Township F. J. Mar
golis, Charles A. James, Coy J. Rob
erson C. G. Crockett, John A. Man
rung and W. I. Skinner.
Cross Roads Township: L G. lay
lor and John H Wynne.
?HiibeniMiiville Township: T, M
Tisdale, Jr.
Goose Nest Township: W R Ever
ett and Harry S. Peel.
Second Week
Jamesville Township: Grady C
Modlin, W M. Ange, J. Carl Griffir
and L D. Ange. ,
Griffins Township: Jay Coltrain
iir.iii.,mGtiui Township: T. R
Williamston Township:
White, John Wobbleton, W. H. Car
starphen and W H. Wynne.
Cross Roads Township: J. Marion
Griffin and Gaston James.
Robersonville Township: Willie B
Everett, Walter E. Roberson and
Irving Coburn.
Poplar Point Township: S E. Tay
Goose Nest Township: John Dan
iel, Jr., Hackney High and W J
Keel.
Blue-eyed Soldiers
Best Marksmen
Blue eyed soldiers generally make
better rifle shots than men with dark
, ves. reports the Better Vision In
stitute Just why here should be a
connection between color of eyes and
shooting ability is not known.
Blue eyes often are indicative of
daring, adventuresome souls, con
tinues the Institute. Two-thirds of
the Marines enlisted un the Pacific
coast, a recent investigation discloses,
are blue-eyed. About three-quarters
of the commercial air pilots have
grey or blue eyes, and in the Army
and Navy flying corps hght-hued
eyes are said to predominate
Fir em eiL l.alletl lo Fire
If Lumber I'lmit Today
Sparks from a Burning shaving
bin threatened the G and 11 mill and
lumber yard of the H B. Thompson
Lumber Company just off the James
ville Road here early this afternoon.
Till' volunteer fire department was
called but the fire was checked be
fore it reached the mill or the large
piles of lumber on the yard Sawdust
around the null was burning rapid
ly and smoke and sparks were drift
ing over the lumber and toward the
main building of the supply com
pany some distance away.
A second call was received from
the null at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
HUMAN THINNING 1
The bloody business of thin
nine out human brines on the
hichways in this section of the
State continued unabated over
the week-end. Incomplete re
ports show that at least eieht
persons were killed on the hieh
ways in this and nearby coun
ties durine the period, a ninth
youne man La kin c his life after
being jailed in Greenville on a
hit-and-run charge.
Making a preliminary count
this morning. Patrolman Whit
Saundrrs said that two were
killed in Beaufort, two in Mar
tin, two in Edgecombe, one in
Northampton and one in Lenoir
County The slaughter on the
highways was overshadowed
only by an unconfirmed report
of a brutal crime in an eastern
Carolina town.
Miss House Rev iews
Library Activities iu
County And State
(Continued from page one)
ceiving State aid for libraries, with
19 more about ready to oualify
Fourteen can do nothing about it
this year. The counties for which
appropriations have been made and
are not qualified this year, the sums
set aside for that purpose will be re
allocated and distributed among the
active groups next spring In 1921
fhOre were only rrx -emmttw m our
State that gave, as much as $1,000
for library service. Figures were not
available as to just how many are
doing so now, but there are several
times that number At the present
time there is one book for every
three persons in the State.
The 500 or more registered librar
ians and library workers at the con
vention were privileged to hear
many outstanding authorities in li
brary and educational fields. Among
them was Esther Johnson from New
York Branch Library, who spoke on
the subject, "Variation of an Amer
ican Theme." She discussed many
types of books. Miss Ruth Sawyer,
the well known author of "Roller
Skates." was a luncheon speaker.
Miss Sawyer delighted her audience
with her attractive stories. Mr. Har
old Brighton, Louisville Public Li
brary, spoke on "Spearheads and
Supply Lines." Mr. Brigham said,
"All progress is made possible by
supply lines. Ours are: 1. State Aid;
2. Citizen's Movement; 3. Local
Boards; 4 Interested Citizens. "Why
stop education when young folks
graduate from high school?" said Mr.
Brigham. "The public library is the
answer to this problem." Further,
public library furnishes the stimuli
to get people to read, to live and to
think right, continued the speaker.
Other speakers were Miss Julia
Amis, State director of WPA library
srrvicc, and Miss Marjone Beal, di
rector and secretary, North Carolina
Library Commission. Miss Beal em
phasized the fact that the first unit
set up under the State aid plan was
the BUM Regional Library Asso
ciation (Beaufort, Hyde and Martin
Counties) and it was the first to give
complete Boukinubitc^service to the
participating counties the first
month of its life. The interested
workers and the boards of county
commissioners came in for a good
word from this able library leader.
In Martin County the Bookmobile
circulated 429 books during the
week. Many folks were heard to say,
"We not only have new titles but we
have new books." Not more than
two-thirds of the first book order
had been received when the first
county tour was made. With the re
cent funds from county and state
more than three times as many books
will be ordered and as fast as they
come m will be made ready for cir
culation.
This Week In
Defense
(Continued from page one)
and local cooperation to remedy con- j
ditions which have resulted in 50 !
per cent of men of army age being 1
physically unfit for military service. 1
The Federal Government would pay I
for medical and dental treatment of j
those men certified by local boards
as subject to health improvement.
Selectice Service announced that
starting January 1st all registrants
will be given only one physical ex
am?by the Army. At present reg
istrants are examined by local board
doctors and then by Army physi
cians and cannot tell until the final
exam if they will be accepted.
Air
OPM announced 1,914 military air
craft were delivered during Septem
ber?a new monthly record. The
War Department announced it will |
allow Army aviation cadets 30 hours I
credit for _ flight training prior to
enlistment thereby cutting in half
the flying time necessary in the
Army to win wings
Nursing
The Red Cross announced a pro
gram to instruct 500,000 American
housewives in home nursing in the
next year Courses will take six
weeks of class work and practical
experience. Miss Olvia Peterson, di
rector of public health nursing for
Minnesota, will conduct the pro
gram.
Labor
The President, in a message to the
AFL convention in Seattle, said the
time has come when Federal med
iation mftddirary "musr be used
before any recourse is taken to a
srtike or lockout." He said organiza
tional rivalries and jurisdictional
conflicts must be discarded for the
duration. Labor Secretary Perkins
told the meeting "it is of extreme im
portance that trade-unions develop
in the near future a pattern of self
imposed discipline." She said the
closed shop, closed memberships and
high dues should be "restudied with
a view to the public welfare" and to
provide for those who "are not join
ers by nature."
Labor Safety
Navy Secretary Knox told the 30th
National Safety Congress in Chica
go a killed or injured worker is as
much loss to defense as a wounded |
Soldier because "we have no time to
train replacement workers." He said j
time lost through injuries last year
would have built 45 battleships, 75,
000 fighter planes or 15.000 heavy
bombers.
Production
OPM Director Knudsen, speaking j
in New York, said despite tremen- '
dous increases in British and Amer
ican production the Nazis will con- j
tinue to hold their lead in certain j
important war items "for a long time
unless we step up our present pace."
OPM Chief Statistician May said in 1
a New York radio speech that the
U. S. is devoting only 15 per cent of
its resources to defense while Canada
and Great Britain ate devoting 50
per cent?close to the absolute max- 1
imum. Mr. May said to pitt U. S pro
duction on a plane with Britain's
means drastic diversion of materials,
man-power and facilities from civil- j
Assisting Miss House in the region- !
al set-up are The following persons j
made possible for this service j
through the WPA forces, who have j
given every possible aid to this j
work: From Martin County, Miss I
Bern ice Ward, library clerk; from!
Hyde County. Miss Edna Gibbs, li- j
brary clerk; Beaufort County, Mrs.
Kavanaugh. library clerk, and Mr 1
M. S. Mann, bookmobile driver; as
sisting in the office are Mrs. Minnie
Branton and Mrs. Pattie Willis.
A composite picture of the three
county service will be available to 1
the boards of county commissioners '
and the public as soon as statistics
are all in. The bookmobile has 112
slops m the three counties at present
and mere will be added as needed
Carload Of Heir Model
Chevrolet* Are Unloaded
A carload of the new model Chev
rolets is being unloaded here today,
Manager J. H. Edwards of the Roan
oke Chevrolet Company, stating that
he did not know when another ship
ment would reach here.
Offered in several different colors,
the new cars are the latest in trans
portation, Mr Edwards declared.
lan to military uses. He said, for ex
ample auto production would have
to be cut from 50,000 to 1,000 cars a
week.
Foreign Trade
President Roosevelt told the 28th
National Foreign Trade Convention
in New York that equality of treat
ment and mutual benefit to all na
tions could be the only basis for post
war commercial relations if peace
is to be enduring. Under Secretary
of State Welles told the convention
that trade agreements similar to
those made before the war by the U.
S would be one of the post-war ec
onomic tools Under Secretary of
Commerce Ctiatfield-Taylor told the
group "we must not repeat the mis
take of Versailles, of stressing terri
torial and political adjustments and
asking little provision for the basis
of sound trade and economic recon
struction." He said England and the
U S. must set the trade pattern be
cause only they have the productive
facilities, natural resources and cap
ital necessary for world economic
order
Helping South America
Speaking in Boston, Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs Rockefeller
said the U. S. "has practically taken
up the slack left in the trade of the
9.(1 Ki'ljublics due to their loss of the
continental Euiopean markets," by
increasing import purchases from
$450 000.000 to nearly a billion dol
lars a year lie said the $700,000,000
made available to South America for
loans is being used by Latin coun
tries to build up industries and agri
culture "worth fighting for." He
said actually only $37,000,000 is cur
rently not repaid and that not all
funds available were borrowed.
WantS
WANTED: WOOD CUTTERS. $1.50
per cord, with transportation. R
I. Ward Coal and Wood Co oI4-2t
Ft IK SALE: ELECTRIC WASHING
machine in good running condi
tion Price $15 cash Write P. O. Box
544. ol4'2t
FOR SALE - NO. 2 IRISH POTA
toes, $1.00 per hundred pounds.
Van Taylor, Everetts. ol0-2t
FOR SALE CHEAP: WINTER PEAS,
vetch, criptson" clover. 1 uidsley
Ice Co. ol?-3t
FOR SALE: ABBUl Z/.l RYE. WIN
ter rye, seed oats, Lindsh y Ice Co.
oR)-3t
WISHES TO LEASE IMMPROV
ed farm: Wants to h , 2-horse
farm for ca.-h rent with fauly good
cotton, peanut and tobacco ah- tment.
?C S VanLandi'igham. Wo ' mston
Route 3.
LET US DYE YOUR SUMMER
shoes, colors guaranteed. Willard
Shoe Shop. "
PUROI. 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, Williamston.
s26-6t
WANTED ?SALESMAN TO SELL
city used cars. Apply to L. N.
James Auto Co., Bethel, N. C.
o7-3t
CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
or money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. m23tf
ZIPPERS REPAIRED OR RE
placed in leather coats. Willard
Shoe Shop. s23 tf
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT FOR
MRS. CHLOE BIGGS LANIER
Whereas God. in His infinite wis
dom has seen fit to take unto Him
self in Paradise the soul of His
faithful servant and our beloved
friend and co-worker, Chloe Biggs
Lanier,
We. the members of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Church of the Ad
vent, Williamston, at our regular fall
meeting, October 6th, 1941, wish to
express our great sorrow for the loss
individually and cooperately which
has come to us.
Chloe Lanier was ever ready with
her trained mind and generous heart
to serve in every way her Master.
Be it resolved that a copy of this
resolution be spread upon the min
utes of the Auxiliary, a copy sent
her family and a copy printed in the
Mission Herald and also the Enter
prise.
Respectfully submitted,
Fannie Chase Staton
Annie Fagan Biggs
Nannie Smith Saunders.
NOTICE OF SALE
Nurth Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
County of Martin vs. Mrs. J. W. Dav
is.
Under and by virtue of an order of
sale and judgment made by L. B
Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court
of Martin County, on the 13th day
of October. 1941. the undersigned
commissioner, will on Friday, the
14th day of November. 1941. at
twelve o'clock noon, in front of the
courthouse door in the town of Wil
laimston, expose to public sale, for
cash, the following described tract
or parcel of land, to wit:
A tract of land in Jamesville
Township lying along the waters of
Welch's Creek, being commonly
ing land, containing 48 acres, more
or less.
This the 13th day of October, 1941
ELBERT S PEEL.
ol4-4t k Commissioner.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Martin County. Iu
The Superior Court.
County of Martin vs. Johnson G.
Modlin, et als.
\Jnder and by virtue of an order of
sale and judgment made by L. B.
Wynne. Clerk of the Superior Court
of Martin County, on the 13th day
of October, 1941, the 'undersigned
commissioner, will on Friday, the
14th day of November, 1941, at
twelve o'clock noon, in front of the
ourthouse door in the town of Wil
aimston, expose to public sale, for
ash, the following described tract
ir parcel of land, to wit:
A tract of land in Martin County
Kjunded on the North by the Main
load, on the East by C W. Mizell, on
he South by H. M Holliday and N.
Modlin, and on the West by the
ands of the late S. L. Wallace, ren
aming (50) fifty acres, more or less
This the 13th day of October, 1941
ELBERT S. PEEL.
? 14 - 4t Commissioner.
NOTICE OF SALE
4orth Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court,
bounty of Martin vs. Jasper John
son and others.
Under and by virtue of an order of
ale and judgment made by L. B.
Vynne, Clerk of the Superior Court
>f Martin County, on the 13th day
if October, 1941, the undersigned
:ommissioner, will on Friday, the
4th day of November, 1941, at
welve o'clock noon, in front of the
.ourthouse door in the town of Wil
aimston. expose to public sale, for
?ash, the following described tract
ir parcel of land, to wit:
Bounded on the North by the lands
>f J L Everett, on the East by the
ands of Z. D. F White and R S. Ev
rrett, on the South by the lands of
r. L. House and L H. Worthington,
ind on the West by the lands of Ar
hur Johnson, containing 140 acres,
nore or less, and commonly known
is the W. L. Johnson home place,
md being the identical lands as de
scribed in the last will and testament
if W. L Johnson, and being the lands
described in the deed of trust for the
renefit of the N C. Joint Stock Land
Bank and recorded in Book X-2 at
aage 285, and described in deed of
trust recorded in Book S-3 at page
115, and described in deed of trust
recorded in Book E-3 at page 135.
This the 13th day of October, 1941.
ELBERT S. PEEL
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