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VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 83 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 17, 1941, ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge Coburn Bears
Down On Shoplifter
In Recorder's Court
Colored Boy Sentenced to the
Roads for 3 Months for
Interfering with Officer
s
Presiding over the regular session
of the Martin County Recorder's
Court last Monday, Judge W. H. Co
burn took a definite stand against
shoplifting even in its simplest form
and against those who would inter
fere with an officer while in the
performance of his duty. Charged
with pocketing a ten-cent bottle of
finger nail polish in a Williamston
dime store last Saturday evening, S.
L. Woolard, colored boy, was sen
tenced to the roads for three months.
Woolard pleaded not guilty, but the
store manager saw the law violation,
and the defendant got a bit tangled
up with his defense. Russell Moore,
Woolard's friend, told the arresting
officer that if Woolard was jailed, he
would have to lock him (Moore) up
too. Warned to stay away, Moore
followed the officer to the police sta
tion, and after making a threat or
two against the officer, he was jail
ed.
The court was not in session very
long and no large crowd was pres
ent to hear the proceedings.
The case against Linwood Wil
liams was nol prosaed when the
prosecuting witness told the court
that he could not say definitely who
cut him. Williams, young Jamesville
white man, was charged with as
saulting Will Knox with a pocket
knife in Williamston several weeks
ago.
The case charging W. K. Parker
with not listing property for taxa
tion was nol prossed.
Charged with larceny and receiv
ing and assaulting a female, Orlan
der Perkins pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to the roads for a term of
four months.
Willie J. Roberson was sentenced
to the roads for a period of sixty
days in the case charging him with
an assault with a deadly weapon.
In the case charging Hallis Peel
with non-support, the court allow
ed the big sum of $1.50 per week for
the support of the defendant's wife
and child. Peel is to reappear at the
end of six months for further judg
ment. Bond was required in the sum
of $75 to guarantee that the )1.50 is
paid each week. Peel was found guil
ty over his own plea of innocence.
Ed Williams was found not guil
ty in the case charging him with as
saulting a female.
Charged with drunken driving and
operating a car with improper li
cense, Jesse Whitley, colored, was
sentenced to the roads for a term of
three months on the drunken driv
ing charge. The road sentence was
suspended upon payment of a $50
fine and the court costs. His license
to operate a car was revoked for one
year. A nol pros was taken as to the
alleged operation of a car with im
proper licenses.
In the absence of Solicitor Don E.
? Johnson, Attorney W. Clarence Grif
fin prosecuted the docket. Solicitor
Johnson is studying at State College
for several months, and it could not
be learned immediately whether he
plans to resign, or return occasion
ally to handle the job or look to the
members of the county bar to car
ry on the work. As far as it could be
learned, the county commissioners
who fill the position by appointment
have not been advised of the solici
tor's plans.
Justice J. L Hassell
Handles Seven Cases
Following ? lull in activities dur
ing the past tew weeks, business
showed a marked gain in Justice J,
L. Hassell's court here this week. The
trial justice has handled seven cases
since Monday and has one or two
others on his docket for considera
tion, including the one charging John
Bryant with manslaughter.
Jesse Whitley, colored, had a tough
round with the law recently. Con
victed in the county court for drunk
en driving, he was fined $50. Justice
Haasell fined him $10, cost included,
for being drunk on the streets. Ac
companying him here Monday, Whit
ley's father-in-law was quoted as
saying, "Now you are something.
You spend 85 cents for a pint of li
quor to get into trouble, and then
have to spend $85 to get out of trou
ble."
J. H. Harrison, out-of-county man,
was taxed with $8.50 costs when he
appeared before the juatice on a
charge of public drunkenness.
Wheeler Martin, of Jamesville, was
fined $5 and taxed with the cost in
the case charging him with driving
a car without an operator's license.
Charged with speeding through
Everetts, Ned Grimes was fined $5
and Uxed with the costs.
Charged with being drunk and
down, Matthew Bond was sentenced
to the roads for 30 days, the court
suspending the sentence upon pay
ment of $7.50 costs.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
Baldy Rogers and Robert Lee were
fined and taxed with the costs
amounting to $10 each.
Probable cause appearing, the
case charging Alonza Biggs with an
assault with a deadly weapon, was
tent to the superior court for trial
with the defendant under bond in the
sum of $800.
LATEST ARMY ADDITIONS
Receiving fifteen Martin County men last week, the Army accept
ed an even doien and in the number are listed some of the county's
most promising youths. They are. first row, left to right, Archie Ben
jamin Griffin, William Nathan Cherry, Robert Thomas Pritchett,
Robert Asa Edmondson, Jr., and Craven Baker Roebuck; second
row, Dave Dickerson, James McKlmmon Saunders, Jr., with head
bowed, George Wiley Keel, Irving Clifford Griffin, Kelly B. Cowey;
third row, Jesse David Heath, Jesse Dennis Wynne, Cyril Harrison
Respass, Wood row Bullock Sugg and Earl Woodley Griffin. Edmond
son, Respass and Pritchett, the latter a volunteer, were rejected.
Registration Revealed
Cold Facts First Year
NO SHORTAGE
There may be a shortage along
the Eastern Seaboard, bat this
section Is virtually assured an
ample supply of gasoline for the
next few weeks. It Is fairly ap
parent however, that the bulk
distribution of the fuel has un
dergone changes and that the
business is not being handled on
a leisurely schedule.
A big oil barge Is unloading at
a local dock approximately 130,
000 gallons of gasoline today.
The shipment is one of the larg
est ever handled here at one
time, It Is believed. The barge
tanker was brought, in by an old
sea trawler, one report stating
that the boat was used as a
submarine chaser or tender In
the last war. Grounded for two
days In Albemarle Sound this
week, the boats docked here last
night
Start Drive Monday
In Martin District
For Scout Movement
Five Towns Asked To Raise
Tolul of $687.34 For
Section's Youths
*
Beginning next Monday, a
special committee composed of R. H.
Goodmon, chairman. Wheeler Mar
tin, Hal Dickens. D. V. Clayton and
Garland Woolard, will start a drive
for the Boy Scout movement in this
district. Five towns, Robersonville,
Everetts, Jamesville, Windsor and
Williamston, are asked to raise a to
tal of $687.34 or more as its share of
the cost of financing the East Caro
lina Council. While they are to make
the drive personally in Williamston
^he canvassers are asking others in
the four remaining towns to head the
drive in their respective communi
ties.
While Scouting activities have
reached a fairly low point in this
county, there is still much interest
in the movement, and the prospects
are bright for a strong organization
of the youth in this district. As chair
man of the fund campaign, R. H.
Goodmon stated that a survey shows
that nine out of every twelve boys
in this county would like to b? a Boy
Scout, that with the aid of the citi
zens of this section, many of the
youngsters may have Scouting. Mr.
Goodmon, declaring that America's
future lies in its youth, continued:
"Scouting trains American youth
the American way. The story of
Scout training is being told today by
11,000,000 Scouts and Scout trained
citizens dating back to February,
(Continued on page four)
\loii/a Biggs Jailed
For A$aulting Man
Charged with assaulting Tom Out
terbridge with Intent to kill, Akmza
Biggs, colored, was arrested here thia
week and placed under bond in the
sum of $500 by Justice J. L. Hassell
at a hearing last Wednesday morn
ing. Unable to raise the amount.
Biggs is resting in jail.
Waiving examination at the hear
ing. Biggs said nothing and the pros
ecution offered the testimony of only
two witnesses. Very little evidence
was brought out, but when it was
declared that Biggs attacked the man
first with a pistol, then with a shot
gun and then threaened to beat him
over the head after shooting him
down, Justice Hassell decided to
hold the man for trial in the super
ior court.
The attack took place near Ske
warkey the early part of last June.
Biggs evaded arrest until this week
when Officer John Roebuck picked
him up.
3,228 Men In This
County Registered
Year Ago Thursday
More Than 6(H) Rejected Ac
count of Illiteracy or
Physical Defects
A year ago yesterday, 3,228 young
Martin County men along with mil
lions of others "throughout the na
tion registered for possible military
service in accordance with the terms
of the Selective Service Act. The an
niversary, while possibly well re
membered by the registrants them
selves, is attracting unusual atten
tion because of the startling facts
revealed during the first year of the
draft.
Starting out with 3,228 men at the
close of the registration day, Octo
ber 16. 1940, the draft board in this
county now has 3.493 registrants on
its list, 1,832 white and 1,661 color
ed The original number was boost
ed by late registrations including the
one especially calling for young men
becoming 21 years of age between
October 16 of last year and July 1,
this year.
To date 2,427 of the registrants
have been classified, and in those
classifications and m?the physical
examination records are found the
startling facts.
Fifty men, 30 white and 20 color
ed, were physically disqualified for
such ruasons as missing limbs, eyes
and so on. Seventy-two men, 29
white and 43 colored, were rejected
by the local examining board on ac
count of other physical defects.
These men, in most cases, are sub
ject to limited military training, and
it may be that they will be called in
for free treatment and regular serv
ice in the Army later on. Doctors at
the induction centers rejected 49
men, 19 white and 30 colored on ac
count of physical defects, making a
total in this classification of 172
men. Only 410 men have been given
physical examinations in this coun
ty so far, the number of physically
unfit falling a little under 50 per
cent of the total examined
While 172 men were being ruled
out on account of physical defects,
illiteracy bobbed up to remove 452
men out of the 2,427 classified so
far Of the 452 illiterates?men with
four years or less of schooling?372
were colored and 80 were white.
More than 600 of the 1,661 colored
registrants and more than 100 of the
1,832 white registrants signed their
registrationc ards with a cross mark.
Of the 3,493 men registered, 1,904
are under 28 years of age, leaving
1,589 to escape, temporarily at least,
possible service in the Army.
(Continued on page four)
Commission Awards
Pole Line Damages
Appointed by the court to assess
damages, if any, caused by a power
line right-of-way, a special commis
sion composed of Messrs. Woodrow
Tice, Stephen Manning and Garland
Coltrain, last Wednesday allowed
Jim Staton 170. It is understood that
the amount allowed by the commis
sion was less than the private offer
made the defendant in the action by
the Virginia Electric & Power Com
pany.
The State Highway and Public
Works Commission is calling for a
100-foot right-of-way on the Wash
ington Road, and the power com
pany was ordered to move its pole
line. Unable to get a right-of-way
through private negotiations, the
company turned to the court. As far
as it could be learned the defendant
has not appealed from the commis
sion's findings.
It is understood that the telephone
line on the other side of the Wash
ington Road is to be moved, but as
far as it could be learned here no
action has been taken by the com
pany to move its lines.
Peel Is Resigning
Place On Board of
Town Commission
Mrs. Fannie C. Sluton Seek
ing Place On Loral Town
Governing Board
M. Luther Peel stated yesterday
he would tender his resignation as
a member of the local town board of
commissioners to avoid a conflict
with his recent appointment as full
time tax collector for Martin County.
Under the State Constiution, Attor
ney General Harry McMullan ruled
that one could not hold an elective
office and fill a second public posi
tion by appointment. There have
been times when a public official
held both an appointive and an elec
tive office, but according to a ruling
coming from the office of the attor
ney general this week, the practice
was and is contrary to the spirit of
the constitution.
Empowered by law to name a suc
cessor, the four remaining town com
missioners are not expected to take
any act ion liefore the next regular
meeting of the board on November
3rd. It is expected that Mr. Peel will
tender his resignation at that meet
ing, and it is possible that the nam
ing of his successor will be delay
ed until the regular meeting in De
cember.
Mr. Peel was elected last May for
a two-year term, and his successor
will be named to serve until the
first Monday in July, 1943.
Not certain that Mr. Peel would be
required to resign following his ac
ceptance of the full-time tax col
lecotr's place, very few names have
been mentioned in connection with
the position on the board. Mrs. Fan
nie C. Staton announced publicly
that she would be a candidate for the
place. Her name will be considered
along with those of any other candi
dates, a member of the board was
quoted as saying yesterday. One or
two other names have been mention
ed in connection with the position,
but not publicly. It is understood that
the hoard, workiti# to maintain a fair
geographical location of its mem
bership, will first consider candi
dacies filed by citizens in Mr. Peel's
section of the town.
Members on the board receive $10
for each regular meeting, the posi
tions of clerk and treasurer provid
ing a slightly larger remuneration.
Army Isn't So Bad,
Selectee Declares
"The Army isn't so bad, and we
??"' "II having a good time so far,"J
Irvtn Clifford Griffin, local young
man who left with fourteen other J
Martin County youths for service in
the armed forces, said in a letter re
ceived here yesterday.
While there is a bit of homesick
ness noticed between the lines of the
letter, the selectee offered no com
plaint and declared that the food iB
much better than he expected and
that they get plenty to eat. Meals are
served, the private said, at 6:30 in
the morning, 11:30 a. m, and 5 in the
afternoon.
Leaving here Wednesday of last
week, the young men were given
physical examinations the following
morning, Griffin stating that two or
three of the group were a bit disap
pointed when they measured up to
the physical standards. That after
noon nine of the fifteen were induct
ed. Friday morning three of the re
maining six were sent home. Two of
the last three were inducted that af
ternoon, and it war beginning to
appear that Griffin would not be
accepted and would not be rejected.
Monday morning they signed him
up, but at that time he had not been
issued regulation clothing, Griffin
said, "I didn't bring an extra shirt
so I had to wear one since last Wed
nesday. It is blacker than the pro
verbial pot and smells worse than the
pulp mill does in Williamston when
the east wind is blowing. None of the
other boys had an extra one I could
borrow and I could not buy one on
the post."
Continuing, Private Griffin said,
"We are not on the main post yet.
We are in a new section that was
probably built by Martin County far
mers. We are almost men without a
country since we can't leave the post
until we are transferred to some
training center. This will be within
a very short time Our lieutenant
said it was very doubtful that we
would be stationed within a thousand
miles of home. He said they want to
get us a long way from home to
wean us or get us away from our
mother's coattails."
"Private Pete's" letter sounded a
sour note when he said, "It is very
likely that none of us will get home
before Christmas, if we get there
then."
He continued, "We haven't heard
from home since we left, and we
can't give addresses until we are
placed in a permanent post. Some of
us are in financial difficulties, but
there is nothing we can do about it.
Soma, one also stole a little change
from Archie Griffin. I am sleeping
with my pocketbook. I have heard of
boys working their way through
college, but I think we have the first
one working his way through the
Army. Jesse Heath is shining shoes.
He has been all around the post
drumming business."
First Peanuts From The New
Crop Are Sold Here Tuesday
Even before the open market an
nounced its price schedules and with
part of the crop still in the ground,
new peanuts started moving to lo
cal warehouses and cleaners here
this week, marking the opening of
this county's second biggest market
ing season Early diggings and har
vesting are advancing the market
ing season a few days ahead of a
normal schedule, but the movements
have been comparatively light to
date.
Sales have been so light that a
definite price figure can hardly be
announced. The first three crops to
move sold for $4.75 to $4.BO. No. 1
bunch sold for four and three-quar
ters, and jumbos sold for 4.90 cents.
Very few buyers have gone on the
market so far, and the sales report
ed so far were handled, more or less,
to determine the quality of the new
crop. Reports from the fields state
that pickers are now being operated
| in large numbers, and that the crop
will likely start moving in volume
I within the next, two or three weeks
if price schedules are acceptable to
the growers Reliable reports seem
to indicate that a majority of the
growers are going to withhold their
crops from the market until the
price reaches 5 cents or a point even
higher than that. All peanut market
ing cards have not been prepared,
but the office of the county agent
will have them ready within the
next few days. Any farmer who
plans to sell his crop immediately
may get his peanut marketing card
by calling in person at the office of
the county agent.
The quality of the crop is said to
be about normal, and while the
quantity will not measure up to the
record established last year it is de
scribed as being about on an average
with the yields over a period of
years. It is estimated that production
will average around 11 bags per acre
this year.
First sales reported on the local
market last season carried a price of
3 1-4 cents, and were made on Oc
tober 17th.
Later reports state that one lot of
.extra_ good gonhors _was sold for
five cents.
Fall Crops In County
Damaged By Dry Spell
Most Small Streams
In County Dried Up;
Farmers Haul Water
Few Cover Crop* Are Seeded
In County Ah Kenult of
Dry Seanou
Without rain .since August 20th,
this section is now in the throes of
its most serious drought on record
While the damage is possibly great
er than it appears to be, the section
is fortunate in that the dry spell did
not come during the main crop sea
son.
Full gardens and winter cover
crops have been virtually wiped out
and preliminary reports state that
the sweet potato crop has been great
ly curtailed by the extended dry
weather As harvesting progresses,
reports state that the peanut crop
was not damaged as much as many
expected a few weeks ago. Farmer
Will Taylor said this week that he
could gather hurdly enough food
from his garden for a single meal
Few farmers attempted to sow win
ter cover crops, and fields and gar
dens in this section will have a bar
ren appearance this winter, no doubt.
The dry weather has aggravated the
forest fire program, and losses are
believed to have reached a new high
for the season of the year.
Withholding complaint following
one of the most bountiful harvests
in recent years, farmers are acting
to meet the situation the best way
they can. Those farmers having only J
shallow wells are hauling water
from springs and their neighbors'
deep wells to water their stock and
hi some cases for home consumption.
More wells have been Cleaned out
this year than in any other period,
but even then the efforts to relieve
the situation have failed in many
cases. Quite a few farmers are haul
ing water from the town water sys
tem here, while others are carrying
water in buckets from the back of
their fields to their homes.
Reports statu that it is possible to
walk across Sweet Water Creek in
certain places in Williams Town
ship on dry land, and according to
one claim, the Hardison Mill pond
is dusty. Most of the small streams
have dried up. leaving large numbers
of fish to die. The old Roanoke,
(Continued on page four)
Delinquent Tax List
Larger Than In 1939
That prosperity in eastern Carolina
and Martin County is not shared by
all is quite evident in Williamston's
town delinquent tax list which
makes the first of four public ap
pearances today.
After dwindling in two successive
years, the list changed its course up
ward and shows $4,564.34 in 1640
real estate taxes uncollected as com
pared with $3,860.07 for the tax year
of 1936 and $4,312.70 for the tax year
of 1938
The names of 46 white and 90 col
ored property owners appear in the
list. While the amount of unpaid
real estate taxes was showing an in
crease, the number of delinquents
declined slightly.
A comparison of the number of ac
counts unpaid and the amounts due
for the tax years of 193$ and 1040 fol
lows, by races:
White 47 $2,753.81
Colored 101 1,106 26
Total for 1939 148 $3,860.07
White 46 $3,618.84
Colored 90 948.80
Total for 1940 136 $4,864.34
INCREASE
Following the opening of the
river fill to two-way traffic
early last Wednesday, travel ov
er the route is steadily increas
ing, one report stating that twice
as many vehicles are using the
route now than did a short time
**o.
Twenty-two feet wide and
having graded curves, the new
4 1-3 mile stretch of concrete
invites speed, and observers de
clare that travelers are losing
little time in crossing the
bridges and swamps.
Washed away on August 20
of last year, the road with the
exception of a few weeks, has
been open to limited traffic all
the time. Work on the shoulders
is progressing rapidly and guard
rails will he installed shortly,
but this will not interrupt traf
fic, engineers state.
Kiwanians Observe
Ladies Ni^ht H< 're
Thursday Evening
Wiule Marr, of Elizulx'tli City,
In IiitereHting \<l<lr<?H8
To lairgr Group
Speaking to the Kiwanis Clul> here
last night, Wade Marr, prominent
after-dinner speaker of Elizabeth
City, said, 4,I had rather live 'it' than
attempt to define that indefinable
something Kiwanis'."
"Kiwanis creates genuine fellow
ship and through its membership
provides a better place in which to
live. It is a common enterprise de
voted to the best interests and wel
fare of all the people," Mr. Marr
said. "In Kiwanis we discover or feel
something in that fellowship and
friendship-that is everlasting. All
trivial matters, all tension, is rfle
gated to the background as we sit
around the Kiwanis table and enjoy
la freedom and ease few people of
other countries know."
The jpeaker said that our Democ
racy is being tested as never before
"It is being tested because we have
never made sacrifices for the things
that are ours." He didn't say so, but
intimated in so many words, that we
might yet be called on to give and
sacrifice to maintain our Democracy.
"We must eliminate our prejudices.
No individual can hold a prejudice
if he will come in contact with the
object of the prejudice "Kiwanis,"
and the speaker referred to it not as
a civic club but an institution of
(Continued on page four)
Governor Addresses
Ahoskie Negro Fair
Mr. Charlc? H. Jenkins, local auto
dealer, entertained Governor and
Mr? Broughton and a number of
friends from Williamston and oth
er lections of eastern Carolina, at a
luncheon in Ahoskie Thursday af
ternoon.
Governor Broughton spoke at the
Ahoskie Negro fair, the only Negro
fair in the South operated exclu
sively by members of the colored
race Being a member of the board
of Conservation and Development
of North Carolina and a friend of
the Governor, Mr. Jenkins accom
panied Governor and Mrs. Brough
ton to this section of the State. Af
ter the luncheon in Ahoskie, Gover
nor and Mrs. Broughton and Mr.
Jenkins left for Edenton where they
are attending the Peanut Festival
today
American ^ arship
Attacked Today in
The North Atlantic
?p?
Russians Make Ready For a
Lml-Dilcll Stand at Mow
row Vfiainsl Ittvuilor*
Tilt' United States warship Kear
ney." was torpedoed in the Atlantic
35h miles south of Iceland this morn
ing by a submarine, the Navy De
partment auuouticmg at noon that
the slop, badly damaged, was limp
ing into port under its own power.
The nationality of the attacker was
not announced immediately, but It
was generally believed that the at
tacker was a roving Geri lan submar
ine The attack took place in the
same waters where the United States
Destroyer "Greer" dodged a sub
marine attack several weeks ago and
where United States ships are well
within the neutrality zone. Accord
mg til unofficial bulreliable reports,
"?s ? e :
other American ships were ordered
to the scene of the attack with di
rections to run down and destroy
the attacker No lives were lost and
i. .'iil-illlH' |,r..li.,.lli HU IHipilllS lll'l
one was injured.
Reverberations were instantaneous
ill the Nation's capital. Senator Claud
Pepper, of Florida, asked for swift
revenge, and called for two sinkings
of German ships for every one of
ours that was attacked or sunk. "A
few more of these attacks, and we
will bo forced to clean out the At
lantic," Secretary of the Navy Knox
was quoted as saying
The isolationists, headed by Sen
ator Gerald 1' Nye, blurted out that
the attack was to be expected.
Tire formation of a new Japanese
cabinet is in the making with the
blessings of the army already upon
it. The old army general is seeking
the navy's support, and if that is
granted, a middle-of-the-road group
will take over Japan's destiny. The
old general, reports slate, will have
no dictation from Germany, but it
is possible that the shake-up.is noth
ing more than a frame-up to hold
the United States at bay until the op
portune time to strike comas A
member of our house of representa
tives'said today that it was time to
quit soft pedaling with Japan and
lake action.
On thi' Russian front, terrific
fighting continues with the German
invaders gradually closing in on
Moscow, late reports stating that.the
Nazis are now w ithin forty miles of
the Soviet capital. While the Rus- ?
sums are experiencing a terrible
pounding with the numtx i of kill
ed, wounded and captured running
into the millions, all is not going
well with till' Germans Vast num
bers of the invading hordes are be
ing killed and wounded and the ad
vance is being made at vast cost in
equipment and supplies
Moscow, the reports continue, is
being evacuated preparatory to a
last-ditch stand against the barbar
ian invaders Till' capital is being
transferred to Kazan, 451) miles east
of Moscow, where Russian leaders
will continue to direct the fight. Am
erican representatives in Russia
were said to have moved yesterday
and a few Russian leaders are said
to have already gone ahead to make
ready for setting up the government
in its new location
Reports from the front tell of mass
slaughter unequalled in all military
history. Their lines breached and
bleeding by an apparently ever-in
creasing invasion strength, the Rus
sians continue to fight on the ap
proaches to Moscow One report in
timated thaXJjliL-Scixicl.-forces-were ?
still "alive and struggling" against
the German assault jvhich is being
implemented with everything the -
Nazi army and arsenal can produce
A communique early today sum
med up the situation in this man
?(CuillinueiTon page four)
7.270 Names On The
County's Tax Books
As a result <?1 the quadrennial
property revaluation this year, the
number of names on the county tax
books has been greatly reduced. In
years past it was the custom to bring
forward the .names of everyone, and
ajLiL. result .the-book* carried the
names of many who were either
dead or who had moved their places
of residence. Last year there were
nearly 8,000 names on the book. This
year there are only 7,270 names on
the new tax books. A list of the num
bers of taxpayers follows, by town
| ships.? ?r
Township
White
Col.
Tot.
Jamesvflle
525
334
859
Williams
221
117
338
Griffins
340
96
436
Bear Grass
375
93
468
Williamston
1080
620
1700
Cross Roads
311
127
438
Robersonville
833
523
1356
Poplar Point
161
61
222
Hamilton
335
319
654
Goose Nest
423
376
799
7170
The 7,270 property owners, includ
ing those who owe poll tax only, art
receiving this week pink slips no
tifying them that their taxes in the
sum of $205,459.84 are due and pay
able for the year 1941 The average
taxpayer in the county will pay
$28.26 aa his part in maintaining the
county government, its institutions
and agencies.