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VOLUME XL1V?NUMBER 85 Williamiton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 24, 1941, ESTABLISHED 1899
County Continuing
Its Drive Against
Tax Law Violators
Judge W. H. Coburn Calls 15
Cases in the Recorder's
Court Monday
Calling fifteen cases. Judge W. H.
Coburn held the county recorder's
court in session until almost one
o'clock applying the rules of justice
and meting out punishment at the
request of Acting Prosecutor Clar
ence W. Griffin who was carrying on
in the repeated absence of Solicitor
Don E. Johnson. The lengthy docket
attracted an unusually large crowd,
but the proceedings were not so
very important, after all.
While slowed down to a dragging
pace, the drive against alleged vio
lators of the tax laws is still being
continued by the county tax author
ities. More prosecutions are to be ex
pected just as soon as evidence is un
covered. Two defendants, D R.
Slaughter and James Finch, plead
ed guilty when they were charged
With failing to list their earthly be
longings for taxation. Judgment was
suspended upon the condition that
each defendant list his property, pay
his taxes up to date and pay the
court costs.
Charged with carrying a conceal
ed weapon, Ben Little pleaded guil
ty and was sentenced to the roads
for a term of four months. The sen
tence was suspended upon payment
of a $75 fine and the court costs.
Brownie Whitehurst, charged with
an attempted assault, pleaded guil
ty of simple assault. The plea was
accepted and the case was continued
under prayer for judgment.
Pleading not guilty, Alexander
Trick Jones Was adjudged guilty
in the case charging him with as
saulting another. He was fined $15
and taxed with the court costs.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Grover Dixon plead
ed guilty of simple assault. The plea
was accepted by Prosecutor Griffin,
and the defendant was fined $10
with the costs attached.
Adjudged guilty over his plea of
innocence, Condelay Dolberry was
fined $15 and taxed with the cost in
the case charging him with an as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, Tom
mie Sills was fined $50, taxed with
the court cost and had his operator's
license revoked for one year.
Lawrence Knight, charged with al
lowing his stock to run at large, was
adjudged not guilty.
Elmer Rodgers, pleading guilty in
the case charging drunken driving
was fined $50, taxed with the cost
and had his license to operate a mo
tor vehicle revoked for one year.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with an assault, L. L. Dav
enport was fined $20 and taxed with
the court cost.
Charged in four different cases
with violating the public health laws,
D. M. Roberson, through his coun
sel had the charge combined, and
pleaded guilty, the court continuing
the case under prayer for judgment
until next Monday.
The case charging Goldie Hyman
with seizing a tenant's crop was con
tinued one week.
Charged with drunken driving, T.
R O'Neal pleaded guilty and was
fined $50 and taxed with the cost.
His license to operate a motor ve
hicle was revoked for one year.
The case charging James Johnson
with trespassing was continued one
week.
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Corn Harvesting Is
Started In County
While iweet potato digging is the
order of the day in this county, a
few Martin farmers have started
harvesting what is believed by many
to be a record corn crop.
Harvesting by mechanical means
was introduced in the county a few
days ago by Farmers C. W. and J.
E. Copeland, Jr, and by Julian Mi
zelle. Taking the com from the stalk
on two rows at the time ,the machine
shucks and bags it in a single opera
tion. The two machines are the only
ones known to be in operation in
this county. The three farmers are
harvesting several hundred acres of
the grain this season.
Earlier in the season. County
Agent Tom Brandon "allowed" that
the 1941 crop would overrun the
cribs and barns. Preliminary re
ports indicate that the agent was
about right.
The harvesting is expected to< get
underway on a large scale the latter
part of next week or just as soon as
the sweet potato crop is placed in
the curing houses.
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T ico Cited To Court for
Speeding On Main Street
i
Charged with speeding on the
town's main street,"Lester Sylvester
White and R. B. Spruill appeared be
fore Mayor J. L Hassell this week
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment of the case costs amounting to
$5 for each defendant
White was said to have run by the
hospital at a rapid speed Tuesday
and Spruill drove a log truck or
West Main Street at about thirty
miles an hour.
Sweet Potato Digging Is Now
Underway In Martin County
Sweet 'tater diggin' time is rolling
around again in Martin County,
scattered reports from the diggers
themselves offering little prospect
for hardly half of a normal crop. The
dry weather nipped the crop during
its maturity, and the dry-hard land
is turning out tubers of rather long
lengths and in all sizes and shapes.
The crop is "spotted." the reports
declaring that production is varying
from a mere 50 bushels in some
fields to as high as a little over 200
in fields in other sections of the
county. Farmer Linwood Knowles
hardly 70 bushels per acre. James
Harrington says they are gathering
hardly 100 bushels to the acre in the
Farm Life community of Griffins
Township. Mrs. Johnny Gurkin, re
porting for her husband, states they
are digging a little over 200 bushels
to the acre on their farm near Wil
TOBACCO MARKET
While the number of custom
ers could almost be counted on
one's finiers and toes on the lo
cal market this moralnf. fairly
heavy sales are anticipated for
next Monday. Light sales are
quite likely next Tuesday when
the market closes for the sea
The approximately 10,000
pounds offered for sale today
sold about as usual with the top
trades commanding as much as
43 cents a pound.
Warehousemen firmly believe
that the closing of the market
next Tuesday will not inconven
ience any of their patrons, that
what little tobacco yet unsold
can be marketed by that time.
Prominent Citizen
Of County Dies At
Home In Hamilton
Funeral Service Held Wed
nesday Afternoon at 3:30
For Thurston Pippen
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30 in "the
Hamilton Baptist Church for Thurs
ton F Pippen, prominent county cit
izen, who died at the home of his
daughter there early Tuesday after
noon. Rev J. P. Qul'ey, of Alexan
dria, Va., a former pastor, and Rev.
W O. Andrews, pastor of the church,
conducted the last rites Interment
was in the family plot in the Ham
ilton Cemetery.
Mr. Pippen, 79 years old the 30th
of last March, had been in declining
health for several years, but was able
to be up until last Saturday when
he had a chill. His condition grew ,
worse rapidly and the end was not
unexpected. j
A son of the late J J and Mary t (
I Pippen, he was born in Edgecombe
County where he spent his early boy
hood. When a young man he moved
to Hamilton to accept employment
in the store of the late R. H Sals
bury. He later entered the mercan
I tile business for himself, retiring
some few years ago on account of
his advanced years and declining
I health. ,.
Mr Pippen, a highly respected cit
izen and a leader in his community
for many years, was a' faithful mem
Iber of the Hamilton Baptist Churctr
for more than half a century.
On January 3, 1893, he was mar
ried to Miss Mary Virginia Glad
stone, of Hamilton, who died about
I twelve years ago. Nine children were
born to the union, six of whom pre
ceded him to the grave. He is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs. D. G.
Matthews and Mrs. C. Perkins, with
whom he made his home, and Mrs
Iw. W. Haislip, of Williamston. He
I ilso leaves seven grandchildren, Miss
I Dorothy Perkins and C. D. Perkins,
Jr both of Portsmouth; Miss Vir
ginia Perkins, of Raleigh; Miss Hil
da Perkins, Miss Eleanor Pippen and
Ernest F Pippen, all of Hamilton,
and Don Matthews, Jr., a Wake For
est College student.
Legion Post Wipes
Out All Its Debts
Making a fair profit in the opera
tion of the county fair this year, the
John Walton Hassell Post of the Am
erican Legion announced through lU
commander, Joseph R. Winslow at
a supper meeting of the member
ship in the Legion Hut Wednesday
evening that all of the Post's debts
had beerl' wiped out. It was also in
timated that the organization is now
operating with a bank balance.
Plans are underway to improve the
property, the program including a
cement walk to the front door of the
hut. ? M ..
. Showing its appreciation Jor the
11 cooperation in handling the 1M1 fair,
the Post directorate served a sump
tuous squirrel stew to the Poet mem
ben and to a number of special
guests.
liamston. Tom Lawrence Roberson
is digging around 200 bushels out
in Bear Grass. Agriculturist Hal Ev
erett will hardly get 100 bushels per
acre from his large field up in Pop
lar Point. Reports from other sec
tions are not very encouraging, and
on an average the county will har
vest hardly half of a normal crop or
not more than 100 bushels per acre
this year. The quality ranges from
poor to fair.
Based on 1,200 acres, the crop in
the county this year will approxi
mate 120,000 bushels, Tom Brandon
estimates.
may seem, the crop
has grown a great deal during the
past two weeks, some farmers de
clare.
A few sales have been reported
between 90 cents and $1.00 a bushel
in the field. Most farmers, figuring
there is a short crop, are awaiting a
higher market.
Williamston Peanut
Company Starts Its
Plant On Wednesday
Added Machinery To Inereaw
Production Over That
Of Pn*t Sea ho ii
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Idle hardly long enough for work
men to overhaul the machinery and
make improvements during the past
few weeks, the large plant of the
Williamston Peanut Company re
sumed operations here yesterday af
ternoon. the management explain
ing that the mill may be closed down
a few days to make adjustments to
new machinery installed just re
cently.
The call of the whistle Wednes
day afternoon brought old hands on
the run to the plant. Purchases of
farmers' stock were rapidly filling
the receiving room, and workmen
found it necessary to climb over
many bags of peanuts to get to their
stations. It is quite evident that the
crop is beginning to move in increas
ing volume, and that, it is very like
ly the mill will maintain a regular
schedule for months to come with
night shifts in operation a part of
the time.
All told._the plant was in operation
about sixteen months last season, the
extra time being provided through
night shifts. The last of the old
crop was run through the mill last
August, and a few foreign peanuts
were cleaned last month
The management explained yes
terday that a new machine,' costly
and intricate, had been installed and
that production could be materially
increased. Last season, the mill
shelled and packed No. 1 peanuts on
the day shift, and at night ran the
No. 2's back through the machines
and packed them for shipment. The
new machines make it possible to
sell, clean and pack the No. l's and
No 2's at the same time.
It is possible that the new machine
wHI reduce extra work periods, but
the plant will employ about the
same number of workers as it did
last season. There are fourteen men
and about 35 women on the payroll
at the present time.
With prices to growers ranging
from 4 1 2 to 5 cents, peanuts are
moving into the plant almost stead
ily. The first shipments of shelled
peanuts are scheduled to start mov
(Continued on page six)
This Week In
Defense
I 1
Subcontracting
The OPM Contract Distribution
Division announced large defense
orders will be withheld from firms
refusing to farm out a sizable part
!of the work. The announcement said
I small business must be mobilized
quickly because more than 60 per
cent of all industrial workers are
employed by firms having less than
500 workers each.
The War Department reported a
105 mm. howitzer was successfully
built from parts made by a refriger
ator firm, an oil-well supplies man.
ufacturer and a railroad car builder
none of whose employees had prior
cannon producing experience. The
Navy reported as an example of its
subcontracting policy that 75 small
shops in New York State are work
ing on parts for naval gun mounts.
Agriculture
The Agriculture Department re
ported the farm labor supply at 64
per cent of normal and 25 per cent
below last veal, ill id said farmers
have been able to keep their hired
men from taking industrial jobs only
by sharply increasing wage rates.
The Agriculture Department an
nounced national prospects for all
crops improved about two per cent
during September, indicating one of
the largest total farm yields on rec
ord Tin- Department said fanners do
not need priority orders to purchase
farm machinery except special
classes, because ratings are assigned
to manufacturers and warehousemen
who supply farmers.
Prices
The Bureau of Labor Statistics in
dex of 900 wholesale prices remain
ed unchanged during the week end
ed October 11th although in the past
year average wholesale prices have
risen 17.3 per cent and are the high
est since early 1930. Price Adminis
trator Henderson notified tire man
ufacturers he "would not object" to
advances in consumer list prices on
lire and tubes to not more than nine
per cent above June 16 levels. He
also announced an investigation of
[crude oil prices because of suggest
ed price increases.
Priorities
Priorities Director Neison extend
ed priority assistance to virtually all
industrial plants needing mainten
ance and repair parts The order was
in line.with SPAB policy of keeping
all industrial machines in good run
ning order Mr. Nelson suspended
until March 31, 1941, the aluminum
operations of the Central Pattern and
Foundry Co., Chicago, because it al
legedly diverted aluminum to non
defense uses such as the manufac
ture of slot machines. Mr. Nelson al
so imposed rigid controls on certain
(Continued on page six)
KXTKNSION
Krcognizin gthe delay caused
by dry weather, the Department
of Agriculture has extended the
time for seeding Austrian win
ter peas and vetrh, County
Agent T. H. Brandon announced
today. However, for a farmer to
earn his soil building payments,
he must purchase the seed and
have them on his farm on or be
fore October 31st. An extension
of time for seeding small grain
has also been granted, the agent
announcing that the winter peas
or vetch must be seeded by No
vember 30th and that small
grains must be sown on or be
fore December 15th.
Chas. Sntallwood Recalls Boyhood Days In
Williamston More Than Half Century Ago
There U no recollection what Mr
Weathersbce's words were on com
ing to the door. Mr. Previous infer
ences were just surmises, but I do
recall his being in the parlor, and
being entertained by some of the
grown-ups, with our crowd scatter
ed away and back to normal.
When was the courtship? When
was the marriage?my childish mind
did not record, but Aunt Sammie and
Mr. Weathersbee were married, and
lived in Williamston. Then there
came a day when "Nannie" hurried
over there?Aunt Sammie was nigh
unto death, or already dead; the rec
ord is not with me. But she and Mr
Weathersbee kept house long enough
for right much visiting between the
families; and there it was that my
oldest sister, Portia-Bonner, met that
never-to-be-forgotten George Llew
ellyn Whitley.
"Such a man?" "None could paint
him?" Drive an ox-cart today, be
spattered with rivermud to his chir.
?Dye his sandy hair and beard
black as a crow's back, and drive a
high-stepper to a tojS-buggy tomor
row. If he ever went to church, un
less it might have been Smithwick's
Creek, my memory is weak. If he
ever uttered an oath, my ears never
heard it. If he took a toddy, it was
social, not drunken. If he ever re
fused a man his hand, it was to ac
knowledge, not camouflage his
stand. He would trust a friend to
the last ditch. He would go the last
ditch for a friend. If a dirty dollar
had ever touched his fingers, hia fin
By CIIARIKS S,MALI.WOOD
gers would have burned off without |
grasping it. His hobbies were raccoon
hunting, telling humorous tales of
his four years in the Confederate
service, and growing hundred pound
watermelons. He welcomed you to
his bosom when such was mutually
congelial. He never trespassed into
your world when to do so was un
congenial. Such was the man my
sister, Portia-Bonner, met at the
home of Aunt Sammie, and married
at Smallwood Place and which mar
riage was among my earliest remem
berances. It was a then-popular home
wedding, with all the guests at one
long bountifully ladened table, after
the ceremony in the parlor. The
Whitley Place, just north of Wil
liamston became their home, and
which was my haven-of-delight to
visit. During one of these early visits,
Mr. Whitley traded with me to cut
down some weeds in the yard, pay
ing me with one of the few 15-cent
"shin-plasters" ever to be mine.
My first visit there was in com
pany with "Nannie," when so young
that walking down to the cemetery
to put flowers on Aunt Sammie's
grave is my only memory of the
trip.
Then came some years of contin
ued visiting between the two fam
ilies, with added age "ajftl under
standings. My father had a big en
closed carriage with glass windows
in the doors, and a trunk-shelf be
hind which lowered or fastened up.
He had one buck-board horse, but
no pair, so wo drove a couple of plow
mules to the fine carriage; our favor
ites being named "Top" and "Mollie"
and so well did they know the way
to Williamston that a duck would
feel second-hand at looking for wa
ter
Next in our family was my sec
ond sister Sallie, who was named for
our grandmother "Nannie", though
she carried the name "Sallie," and
not the nickname "Nannie," and who
was now a young lady making visits
to Sister Portia; as did Sister Portia
to Aunt Sammie, and with the same
results, for there she met a William
ston man named Samuel Romulus
Biggs His hair was red, his eyes were
blue; had ruddy face, and red beard
too?not sandy, like George Llew
ellyn's, it was red, be-gosh, and stay
ed red, long as he stayed. He court
ed not a change of hue as did Mr.
Whitley, but courted Sister Sallie
instead, and Sister Sallie said amen
to his courting, and they were mar
ried; and after boarding with Mr.
and Mrs Walter Hassell for a while,
took up housekeeping in Mr. Woath
eribee's old home on Smithwick
Street, just back of the C. B. Has
sell big store which faced Main
Street, corner of Smithwick; and
there it was. during the early HMO's,
when about 14 years of age. the writ
er was invited to come over, live
with Sister Sallie and Mr. Biggs, go
to school to Miss Sue Williams at
the Williamston Academy, and help
(Continued on paga four)
Change to New Water Supply
This Week Is Little Noticed
Pumping more than a million and
half gallons of water from the new
deep well into the mains from the
station near the county courthouse
this week, Superintendent Bob Man
ning stated that the change from the
old wells to the new one had hardly
been detected. A few persons were
quoted as saying they detected a
slight brackish taste, and others de
clared that the taste was entirely dif
ferent. The real facts are that the
water coming from the new well is
better than that pumped from the
old wells. The State Laboratory
-w-horo repeated tests have been made
during the past ten days reports that
the analysis of the water from the
new well is actually better than the
properties of the water taken from
the old station.
While the new $15,000 well has not
been formally accepted by the town
authorities, it is operating perfectly.
Entirely automatic, the pumping sta
tion takes the water from the 500
foot well, places it in a 4.50l)-gallon
capacity reservoir and then puts it
into the mains when needed, keeping
the water level in the standpipe at
the old station at a designated point.
The water level will vary according
to demand, but under normal condi
tions the new station this week furn
ished an ample supply of water to
meet current needs and in low-de
mand periods builded the reserve to
capacity.
While the large reservoir at the
old station is kept full in case of an
emergencyi no water has been pump
ed from the old wells into the mains
this week Many towns and thous
ands of farmers are reporting water
shortages, but the town now has the
largest supply in its history In use
almost a quarter of a century, the
old wells were about to give out
when the new one was placed in pro
duction this week
Farmers Given Pari
In Defense Program
Program Calls For
Large Increase In
Peanut-Bean Acres
Plan* Will Be AnnotiitrcMl in
(lotinty at Community
Meet Next Month
$
Plans for an all-out defense by
agriculture will be laid before Mar
tin County farmers in a series of
community meetings to be held some
time during next month, accoYding
to reports coming direct from the
United States Department of Agri
culture Secretary Claude Wickard
through the office of the county
agent this week.
Only preliminary plans have been
discussed, but marked changes are
being talked and it is likely that
some crops will be greatly increased.
It is fairly certain that allotments
for some of the basic crops, such as
lobacco, win remain unchanged and
that the production schedule for a
balanced agriculture will be main-1
tained. The big change will center
around the peanut and soy bean
crops, reports stating that marked
shortages in oils are expected and
that thousands of additional acres
will have to be planted to peanuts
and soy beans if the defense program
is to go forward without interrup
tion The new plans apparently sup
plement the live-at-home program
and the growing of feed and food
for local consumption. It has been
proposed to increase the peanut acre
age in this county by 11.000 acres
and to plant 700 additional acres in
I soy beans. A four per cent increase |
I in milk production m this county
is wanted, and 11 per cent more eggs
jare wanted.
Talking with state agricultural
leaders, representatives of the farm
[agents' office in this county are said
to have suggested that 11,000 addi
tional acres in peanuts would reaU
ly upset the farm balance. They are
of the opinion that the surplus pea
nut acreage should not be increased
by more than 7,000 acres, that it
(Continued on page six)
IM.VM IS
With tlir price still ranging
between tour anil one-half to
five cents a pound, peanuts are
moving to the market here in
fairly large numbers, the deliv
cries, now estimated at 7,000
bags daily, having doubled since
the first of the week. Even
though the deliveries are in
creasing in volume, a majority
of the farmers are holding their
crops off the market in the hope
that the price will be stabilised
at five cents or more a pound.
As the tobacco marketing sea
son draws to a close, the peanut
Is moving in to claim attention
here.
Bookmobile Makes
JSecoml Run in I bis
County Next Week
(Jciicriil Public I" Invilcil To
11 hi- Service* of l.ibriirv
\ssoeiatioil
-Thr^?Beuufoi'i-Hy<tc Martin K?1
gionul l.ibrary Bookmobile wil
make Us second run in tliis county
next week in accordance with a
slightly changed schedule. All the
people of Martin County are mv ted
to borrow Isioks from the hook tiuikj
when the second tour of the count
gets underway next week.
The bookmobile completed its first |
trip through the region October HI
The distribution of stops is us fob
lows Beaufort. 57. llyTl, HI Martini
2B; making a total of 116 stops for
the region. During the first month |
the bookmobile registered .12!) bur
rowers and circulated 1290 in
the three counties These figures m
elude public stops, public library un
tts. and schools. - ??
The greatest need 1ft present is
more books. The Wa.-Sjulligtnn, Wil
liamston. Swan Quarter, and Dakel
Banding Public Libraries have been
most liberal with their loans forj
bookmobile use Many books have'
Ix-en iiuiTuwcd -from the N C Bel
brary Commission. These, however, I
must be returned soon. The region I
is eager to make sufficient purchase I
of new huoks to supply the demands I
of the bookmobile patronage.
Orders have been placed at inter-1
vals since August 15 At present some
of the orders of that date have not I
been filled completely Not quite
three-fourths of the books ordered 1
have been received to date The new
honks are processed and made ready
(Continued on page six)
I'lan Observance 01
Navy Day In Nation
While extensive plans are being!
made for the observance of Navy
Day trhoughout the Nation next |
Monday, no program has been Plan
ned in this immediate section, butl
the day perhaps carries u greater
meaning than at any time in years
past. It is generally believed that
this section has a greater representa-j
lion in the United States Navy ut
the present time han ever before,
and that fact centers attention Of
local people on Navy Day. I
Enliament ceremonies will be
held in Raleigh where Governor
iBroughton and Ambassador Joseph-1
I us Daniels will deliver special ad
dresses, and large numbers of young
men from both North and South Car
olina are planning to enter the serv
ice at that time.
R M. Best, of the Navy's recruit
ing service, is in Wil 1mmston this
pfternoon, and it is possible that
local youths between the ages of
17 and 30 will inquire after the op
.portunities being offered by the
Navy Department
Nazis Repulsed At
Moscow But Gain
In Industrial Area
< Murks Fi'i'Mc r)e
\riiviiipH on Home
From \?H
J While the Russians are continuing
i fairly sueei -sful but frightful tug
"f war at the gates of their capital,
tl" Germans are reporting gradual
gains in the rich Donets- basin to the
south. The Germans have been re
pulsed in certain areas on the Mos
cow front, but fresh German P.,- .
munian and Italian troops have been
thrown into-the drive against the
rich industrial area and are making
some progress against the far-out
numbered Russians there No new
developments on the Eastern Front
have been reported, but it is begin
" l" ;,||| ear that the Germans are
discounting the importance of the
Moscow drive and playing up the
1 "Pets ha. Ill campaign as the one
with a meaning ft has been pointed
"Ul. however,-II,,,l lllllei udll hUVO?
a hard time explaining to his people
why Ins forces, including two mil
lion men. thousands of tanks and
ahout three-fourths of the German
oo fo.ee, have not taken Moscow
the Germans admit that the go
mg toward Moscow is hard, and
while Moscow has a 50 50 chance of
holdingout against the invaders,
?some observers are betting 20 to 1
that the Germans will not take the
Soviet capital this winter There is
an apparent shift to the south, mean
ing that It Is likely Rritisli forces
will see action along side the Red
Army to stem tin- attack toward the
Caucasus m the southeast
Late reports on Friday's activities
in tin- war areas are possibly more
encouraging than earlier ' ones.
Smashing German attacks all along
the front, the Russians in the late
report state that the outlook is far
brighter than it was a few days ago.
Even tile Germans are admitting re
verses, but they explain that rain
and sleet are causing the delayed
progress Russian generals, removed
from active command at the front,
are training new armies and milk
ing ready for more Germans
An unconfirmed report today stat
ed that tin- Free French had attacked
French Somaliland w iih success,
meaning thai action on other fronts
has not bogged down
Fifty more innocent French hos
Igaes have been put TB ctcatTi Til an
inhuman and savage move to re
v. nge llie death of a German offi
cer After appealing to tin- French
and uiping them not to treat the
Germans will, contempt and without
saying anything about tin savage
'"it by the Unmans, old Marshal
I'etain today asked the German au
thorities to Stay the death of Kg) ad
ditional hostages while the search
of the killeis is continued
Secretary Knox of the F S Navy
stale d today that if Japan continues
t" Inllow ils present course a col
li ion ?nil the Japanese could be
< xpccU't! within 24 hours.
'lent It evclt today declar
ed that immediate step, would be
?aken to double the output of tanks
Ibe President endorsed the cundi
daey ol I.aGuardia. fur mayor of
New York
On the strike front, the executive
"idi-i I,., .-Inkers to cither work or
light wa about to la- invoked this
morning m an American Federation
>! Labor jurisdictional strike ~
Even a an apparent golden oppor
tunity slips by to jolt Hitler oil an
other front or place material aid at
the disposal ol the embattled Rus
sians, greater confusion seems to
yirtound our defense activities in
n,|,ab|'' i. ports?
(Continued on page six)
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iruaraiiiN naiiK 10
Hold Open House
Moving into thtor modernized
home over the week-end, officers
and employees of tin' Guaranty Bank
and Trust Company will keep open
house -next Monday night beginning
at 8 o'clock. A cordial invitation is
xtended the public to attend the
event which will be informal, Cash
i?r 1) V Clayton announced thil
morning
Officials of the parent bank and
cashiers from the several branches
including local employees will be
present and they will assist with the
entertainment program which will
include refreshments.
Purchasing the three-story build
ing on Main Street some months ago,
the Guaranty Company has had it
renovated and modernized. The bank
will be in its new home and ready for
bus mess at the usual hour next Mon
day' morning
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Insurance Men To Meet
In Greenivlle Thursday
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A district meeting of the State Life
Insurance Underwriters Association
will be held in Greenville next
Thursday, Jake Hadley, president of
the Pitt association, announcing that
all life insurance agents are cordial
ly invited to attend Reservations
should be made with Mr. Hadley at
once for the dinner meeting to be
held at 6:30 that evening. A special
program has been planned for the
meeting. \