OPM Will Simplify Preference Rating Simplification of methods by which manufacturers get preference rating for all materials they need? for defense and civilian production alike?is seen as OPM's next step. It's called a changeover from "prior ities" to "allocations," the difference being that concerns will get blanket ratings covering all materials for a three-months period, instead of get ting a variety of different ratings for different jobs in the same shop. New application forms will require sworn statements as to inventories and amounts of materials used in past three-months periods, as well as all over expected needs. It's expected the new system will aid the govern ment in measuring the "total supply" situation in any given material much more accurately than before. It's a natural result of the recent trend toward letting industries produce as much as they can with the materials that can be spared, instead of order Happenings In The School At Everetts A P.T.A. meeting will be held in the Everetts school auditorium Mon day night, December 1, 1941. A play will be given by the sixth grade, "A Lunch for Santa." A square dance will be held in the auditorium of Everetts school Satur day. Nov. 29, from 8 to 11:30. The pupils of Everetts school are now playing basketball. We have our courts painted and have our balls ready for a winter of basketball. EVERETTS BAPTIST Services will be held in the Ever etts Baptist Church Sunday, Novem ber 30th, at 11 a. m. No services will be held on the first Stmday in De cember as scheduled. All members are urged to attend and the public is invited. ing mandatory curtailments in unit production. 3 MOTORISTS B RIDE 41 W_ MILLION { MILES DAILY ON THESE OILS !*?iu [""cii, N. C. GREEN, Agent Local Happenings In The Enterprise Forty Years Ago NOVEMBER 29, 1901. County commissioners meet Mon day. The spoke and handle mill is now in operation. Mr. C. D. Carstarphen has decid ed not to build until Spring. The schools and all business houses were closed Thanksgiving Day. A new firm in town. The William ston Land and Improvement Co. You may look for sbme very mark ed improvements in our post office soon. Judge Smith killed a pig today that was not 12 months old and weighed 410 pounds How is that for a pifi? Bids are being received for build ing the warehouse and it is likely The Enterprise will be ablelo say in its next issue who has received "the contract. Owing to rush of job work and one of the boys being sick the paper is later than usual but we hope our readers will bear with us this week. Will do better next week. Our Williamston boys at Oal$ Ridge are having quite a time in the football game. The O. R I. is hav ing things its way in that line, win ning from everything it meets. O. K. Cowing and Co.. at Bear Grass, will sell goods at greatly re duced prices for the next 30 days as the firm will !?e under new manage ment next year. The talk on every hand now is to upon the streets through the "Sim mon's Field" lots for buildings are very scarce and unless these streets are opened, those wanting lots will have to go in the country to get them. The old sheds and walks in front of J. A. Mizell and Co.'s and W. M Wilson's have been torn down and new sheds are being erected. The street looks better without any sheds at all. Williamston is forging ahead, and why not do without these "old time" ideas and have a town that looks like something? What's the matter with canvas awnings and brick sidewalks? ? S. J. Peel, of Petersburg. Va., is in town. 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The presumption was, that he could with more ease and satisfaction, settle with the insurance companies, with no damaged, jungled salvages to bo ther with, than if he had. And which course, in after years, 1 have known others to follow with satisfaction; though it seemed a little beyond most Williamston folk at that time. As I have said, the fire started up toward the Hassell Grove. Mr. Wil liam Slade's store stood next to the grove. Kenneth Eoberson was his chief clerk, and I reckon lamp-chim ney cleaner. (He had no bottles as did I.) Kenneth occupied a sleeping room on the second floor. At an early stage of the fire, someone asked? Where is Kenneth? The store is on fire, and 1 bet he's still asleep. 1 think an outside staircase ran to his room, and up th^y went, 'rousing Kenneth to a half-awake condition, and having to pull him from the room and smoke,, as he persisted in putting on both collar and cravat be fore making his exit. Many other snatches of comedy occurred to re lieve the fire's harrowing strain, as 1 afterward heard, but cannot now recall sufficient to relate. But next day. the real "circus" began. Seem ingly the whole county came in to what had been its town, finding naught else but ashes, smoke, jum ble-piles of what-not, with "tipsy' overlords of the wares standing guard, and in tangled tongue-lan guage, telling what-all happened last night, or was sure to happen because of last night. I could not enjoy the show as much ;?s I would have liked, as I was kept pretty busy among the drug-boxes finding bottles and packages of var ious medicines for both Dr. Hassell and Dr. Burbank. with which to al levtate the sufferings of the sore-in heart and pocket, emanating from thi happenings of the night, plus the di does of the day following. And the strain continued until ?i mounting weariness settled on all concerned. and had relief through forced slumbers some days, or nights hence. Before leaving for Baltimore, Mr Biggs had arranged with "Uncle' Ben Spruill, a colored man living on m the county, to come in on a cer tain day and scour the drug ston floor and shelves. The "certain day' fell on the one immediately pieced ing the night of the fire. Well. "Uncle" Ben came, he scour yd. and he wet everything to such ar extent that, when he came in nexl day with all the rest of the county he said- He jest knowcd he would find that drug store wont burnt cause it was so wet, and hcah it wus all in ashes jest lak he aint done nothin to it; and he reckon dat wa ter wont as.wet as4t look lak it was. Some years later, old Ben movec to Beaufort County and lived on one of my father's farms, adjoining an either one Upon which I was batch ing, and entering into, not the druj business, but the drug ged business instead. And there, "Uncle" Ben and I ofteh re-talked our big fire. AfU r the merchants hart moved in to what few unhurried and unoccu pied store buildifigS\there were north of Smithwu k Street, they began put ting up shacks, usually on the back end of their burned lots, intending to bujld better in front at an oppor tune time. Mr. Biggs soon returned, in re sponse to information; cancelled all purchases of Christmas goods; moved his salvaged drug stock into Mrs Clements office-building down Mair Street, ordered shortages, to fill ir same; built a grocery-shack on th( back end of the drug store lot, anc put men in full charge of the latter arid where I held forth as full man ager, clerk, and office-boy combined The fire had transformed me intc a good-sized, big-little man-mer chant. School was continued, hut ] rwmfId locknrpduring those hours and have open-store lie fore school jopen-store after school, and well in to the night; closing as Mr. Bigg! stopped by aftrr closing his druf department?then for an oyster sup per and to bed to dream of an earlj opening next morning, once, when he heard someone try Petty thievishness became a litth prevalent over town,--and Mr. Bigg! arranged with colored George Whit ley to sleep in the grocery ston nights; 80 he and his big part bul dog would appear before closinj time, and things would be turned ov er to him. Nothing ever happened bu ing to enter, but the growl of his dog caused a get-away before he could get to them. George finally became Mr. Biggs' right-hand helper about the lots in after years, and after Mr. Biggs' death, the boys kept him on, even un to old age beyond a capacity to serve, providing him against want so long as he lived. What if "Uncle Sam", bolstered by those of his "children" who prove the "money-gatherers," did the same for all who toil without gathering, but grow old into want and privation? Had we all been created with a fig gering brain like J. P. Morgan's, none would have been poor, nor would there have been any to hew the wood. Or if all had been created with a heart like Will Rogers, none would want in vain. As may be surmised, there was no fire-fighting equipment in William ston at the time of the big fire. A bueket-brigade was the only thing which could have, been resorted to baffle the blaze, and no doubt com monsense told all there was no use of any such endeavor, but to salvage all possible, which was followed. Buildings were mostly of heart pine, and some well ablaze before discovered afire. Each individual, or family, had its private waterworks in the form of a well at the back porch or in the yard, provided sometimes with a pump, often only a bucket and chain. An occasional cistern may have been in vogue. And thus. Williamston had lived many years basking in the sunshine of protection called good luck. -Therefore wherrgood luck chang ed to a fiery spark. Williamston went but not to stay gone, for pluck suc ceeded luck. Hint Williamston moved on from ashes and water wells, some of. which progress will be opportune for me to mention later. The next Spring, after the fire, Mr. Biggs began building a two-story brick building on the front of the drug store lot. and all of us were bus ily interested. His first-born, Warren, was then |a little fellow just toddling ground in early pants, and he seemed to be one of the most interested, and the building operations acquainted him with the looks and usages of nails. The whole burnt district was liter ally covered with burnt, rusty nails; and Warren attained the habit, and I might say mania, for gathering in those rusty nails. He would load his little pockets to overflowing, and often would make little heaps pre paratory to future acquisition. The men-folks soon noticed, and got to asking him if he had any rusty nails?, to which he would reply Yeah, want some, I can get summore. And the appelation?"Those Rusty Nails," clung to him for quite a while. Mr. Bill Ray was one of William- I ston's wi ll known citizens. To me, he | was an outstanding citizen, possess ed of a rarity, and I hereby beg your I indulgence in my mention of Mr. | Bill Ray and his foot feat. (To be continued) EXECUTOR'S NOTICE iNortn Carolina. Martin County Having qualified as executor of the estate of John J Manning, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned within one year from the date of this notice or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate payment. This the 26th day of Nov.. 1941. 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