Music Organization
To Present Pageant
In Auditorium Here
Annual Christmas Program
Will Be Given Next
Sunday Night
The Williamston school music or
ganization, composed ot the high
school glee club of eighty voices and
the newly organized grammar school
glee club of ninety voices, will pre
sent the second annual Christmas
pageant^'The Nativity," in the high
school auditorium Sunday night. De
cember 14th, at 8:00 o'clock A spec
ial performance for school children
only will be given on the preceding
Friday Miss Kathryn Mewborn, pub
lic school music teacher, is directing
the production.
Scenes in the pageant are pattern
ed after the old mystery plays of the
middle ages and depict the coming
of the shepherds and the three kings
to worship the Christ-child
The action of the story will be car
ried on by the reader, Evelyn Grif
fin, and by the mixed choirs singing
traditional Christmas carols. The
program will open with a brass"
choir, composed of members from
the high school band
The chief characters are Reader,
Evelyn Griffin, crucifer. Jack Mob
ley; Mary, Mary Trulah Peele; Jo
seph, Conrad Getsinger; shepherds,
Benny Weaver, A1 Ward, Parker
Peele; angels. Mildred Thomas. Julia
Clyde Waters, Frances Jarman. Len
ora Melson, Anne Woolard, Lola
Peele; three kings. Julian Mason,
Eugene Andrews. Joseph Manning
children. Louise Corey, Harriet
Ward. Sara Manning, Betty Sue Gur
ganus, Betsy Horton and Harriet
Peele
Vocal and instrumental musicians,
other than the members of the two
choruses are: soloists. Mary O'Neal
Pope and Mary Trulah Peele; quar
tet, Albert Swain, Lenora Melson.
Hewett Andrews, Billy Peele; brass
sextet, Frances Jarman, Alberta
Swain, Louise Griffin, Hugh Horton,
Billy Peele and Howell Peele; pian
ists. Miss Grace Talton and Miss
Kathenne Bradley; violinist. Irving
Gurganus
Assisting Miss Mewborn in the de
tails of preparation are the follow
ing faculty members stage. Mrs. C
B Hassell. Miss Virginia Reynolds, I
Mr Robert Collard and Mr D N
Hue; costumes. Miss Madge Glizener
and Miss Mary Benson; programs.
Miss Mary Whitley; publicity Mrs
Sam Edwards and Miss Betty Ever
ett
Su|>erior Court In
Final Session Of
Term On Tuesday
(Continued from page one)
suspended sentence ]
The case charging Williams Owens
with aiding and abetting after the
fact in murder, was nol pressed
The old case charging Roosevelt'
Fagan with larceny was continued
again.
Charged with being drunk and dis
orderly, Alonzo Biggs was found not
guilty.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with an assault with a dead
ly weapon but not with intent to kill,
Alonzo Biggs was sentenced to the
roads for 18 months, the court sus
pending tin- sentence upon payment
of a $25 fine and the court costs and
guaranteeing his good behavior for
two years.
No true bill was found by the
grand jury in the case charging Joe }
Henry Spruitl with murder.
Based on two years of separation,
divorces were granted to four cou
pies, as follows: Gladys P. Cooper
against Clarence Cooper; S A Van
Landingham against Margaret Lu- |
cille VanLandingham; William Broa
die against Annie V. Broadie; and
Velmer Chance against Emma Lee
Knight Chance.
The case charging Charles H. Ay
ers with false pretense was contin
ued.
After working on the case against
John R. Bryant during a part of Mon
day afternoon and most of Tuesday
morning, the court directed the ver
dict and ordered the adjournment
-?
Fire Doet Slight Damage
To Mickey't Inn Oy$ter Bar
Fire starting from over-heated
timbers around the chimney caused
slight damage to the Mickey's Inn
oyster house last Sunday evening
at 8:45 o'clock The fire was con
fined to the attic and was brought
under control by employees at th?
plant with the aid of the local fire
department.
Farmers Get Ready
For Cotton Voting
Cotton producers of Martin Coun
ty, all set to cast their ballots Satur
day in the referendum on marketing
| quotas, and the accompanying loan
j program, were being urged by AAA
i committeemen this week to acquaint
themselves with their nearest com
munity voting places, and to get to
the polls early Saturday.
Every farmer who produced cot-1
ton in 1941, regardless of whether!
he is a tenant, sharecropper, or land j
owner, may vote in the referendum
Quotas?and loans, which this sea
son were offered at 85 per cent Of i
parity to AAA coo per a tors?have
been in effect for the last four sea
sons During this period North Car
olina growers have witnessed a
I sharp increase of prices which, for
this season, was more than double
I the discouraging eight-cent average
of 1937, the last year in which there
j were no quotas North Carolina cot
! ton prices this year have been above
117 cents J
In an address to farmers last
week, Governor J. Melville Brough
ton, crediting the 85-percent-of-par
fty loan-program as being Mone-t?f
the main factors in the sharp i
crease of cotton prices in recent
months," reiterated the previous
warning of E Y Floyd, State execu
tive assistant of the AAA, that "no
loan program can be offered to far
mers during any marketing year for
which quotas have not been voted
in a referendum." The Governor ex
plained that "to make loans on an
uncontrolled surplus would be at
! unwise expenditure of public funds'
j The loan provides a method when
j by producers can hold their cotton
when prices are not satisfactory.
To be in effect, marketing quotas
i must be approved by more than two
thirds of the farmers voting in the
referendum. North Carolina growers
last year favored the use of market
ing quotas and? the accompanying
loans by an overwhelming majority
of more than 92 per cent.
Time To Forget All
Grievances, Jurist
Tells Grand Jurors
6
(Continued from page one)
to pass it on unimpaired to our chil
dren," Judge Stevens said.
The jurist offered some timely ad
vice when he said that it was time to
stop striking, time to stop talking and
act. that it is time for work. "We
need a rebaptizing, not by sprinkling
but by complete immersion in the
principles of democracy and in sup
port of those principles. If we don't
do that, we are going to see sad days
ahead. We art- certain to see hard
days It is time for Americans to be
Americans, and as a Congressman
told me, all those who are not Am
ericans should be loaded on a boat
and sent half way across the ocean.""
Judge Stevens said in his charge
which was marked by its earnestness
and determination.
The courtroom, a bit crowded but
having no record attendance, was
unusually quiet as the jurist talked
on one of the most serious situations
this country has found itself in dol
ing the past 23 years.
Constituting the first permanent
grand jury, the members of the jury
were all present with D. D. ^Coburn
as their foreman.
Post (lard Five Years In
Foming Here From Omaha
Mailed in Omaha on November 21.
1936. a postal card reached Mr. Ver
ner D. Godwin here last week. Vis
iting in Nebraska five years ago. Mr.
C. II. Godwin thought he would in
form his brother that he was well
"Received your card from Omaha
and was glad to learn you were get
ting along all right," Mr. Verner
Godwin told his brother the day af
ter the card reached here. The skep
tical feeling was only shattered af
ter the card was produced.
In perfect condition, the card was
clearly postmarked and addressed.
leaving one to guess where it had
been all these years.
Hohher Steals Pennies
From Store In Hamilton
Entering a rear window, a robber
stole about fifty pennies from Mer
chant Asa Johnson's store in Hamil
ton some time during last Saturday
night. No other items were missed.
Ultra-violet light rays have four
times as much energy as violet rays,
and eight times that of red light rays,
according to Better Vision Institute.
? VISIT ME AT ?
TheT exasStation
Carl LeeBeacham
I am note operating thit itation ami tcould appre
ciate my friendt calling in to tee me.
NEXT TO MOORE GROCERY COMPANY
Continue Drive For
Red Cross Members
In This Community
Total of 81414.35 of 81.100.
Quota llah Been Reported
I p To Present Time
Falling far below the chapter's $1.- !
100 membership goal, sponsors of the
Red Cross Annual Roll Call are plan- i
rung to make one more drive for
members. No official report has been
filed by Harry Biggs, chairman, and
it could not be learned if the cam
paign had been extended to some of
the communities in the chapter. Mrs.
J. A. Eason, chairman of the roll call
in Williamston, yesterday reported
a total of $343.35 had been raised in
town, memberships and contribu
tions in Jamesville and Bear Grass
boosting the total to $404.35. It is
possibh that others have reported,
but have not been made public by
Biggs
Members not formerly acknowl
edged are as follows:
Bolton Cowerj. Grace Manning,
Mrs Georgi Hutchinson, Elva Grace
Barnhill. Mr.- Thessie Barnhill. Her
man Bowen. Mrs. Herman Bowen,
Kev. Z T Piephoff, Mrs. Jack Book
er, Mrs Sam Zemon, Mrs. Mamie G
Taylor, Mis Oswald Stalls. Mrs. Reg
Simpson. John Tulloss, Asa Craw
ford. Mrs D. L liayman, Mrs. Fran
cis Manning Mr Frank Margolis,
C C. Parker, K B. Crawford, Mrs.
Baysden Mrs L. P Holliday, W. C
Garrlmr. M J?Norton, Mi'ti. Myrtle
Harris John W Gurkin, Clarence
Revels. C. R Mobley, Mrs. Wheeler
Martin, Mrs. Ple^y Peele, Mrs. J. T.
Barnhill. Mrs L B Harrison, Mrs.
W H Harrison, Mrs John Hardy,
Mrs Joel Muse, Mrs A H Brown,
Mrs. L P. Lindsley, Mrs John Man
ning. Mrs F. IJ Barnes, Mrs. C. G.
Crockett, Mrs P. B. Cone, Mrs. B. T.
Hurley, Mrs J M Saunders, Mrs.
Albert Perry, Mis. Leslie Fowden,
Herman Marsh. Betty M Everett,
Mrs. P. H. Brown, Mrs. D. R Davis,
Mrs Titus Critchor, Titus Critcher,
Kathryh Mewborn, Mrs. Julius Peel.
Mrs. Elbert Peel donated $5.00.
Contributions, ranging from a few
cents to almost a dollar, were made
by the following: Mrs. Charles Sice
loff, Mrs Clyde Manning, Mrs. J. D.
Bald roe. Mrs W. C. Manning, Mrs.
Paul Dillon, M.rs. D. C. McLawhorn,
Mrs. George Whitehurst, Paul T. Ed
mondson. J G Hoggard, J B Holli
day, N P. Roberson, Jake Causey,
Effie Perry, Pete Kabo, J. R. Hop
kins, Mrs E: V Smith. Mrs. Clyde
Silver!borne, Dennis Mizelle, Ben
ny Cooper, Mrs. Arthur Lilley, Mrs.
L. D. Gardner. Leslie Roberson, Hu
bert Modlin. Henry Beach, C M.
Barb* r, Mrs. Knee/.er Harrison,
Chester Edwards, J H. Holliday,
Kexi Modlin. Clyde Cooper, Elmer
Mizelle. J. 'J' Holliday. L. R. Moeks,
Delma Modlin, V U. Bunting, Ju
das Roberson. Luther Cratt and Mrs.
-C C. Puidur
Texas Minister To
Preach In County
On Wednesday night. December
10th. at 7 30 o'clock, Rev. J. Thomas.
Brown will preached at the Mace
donia Church. Rev. Brown spent
more than a year in the Macedonia
community earlier in his life. He has
spent his life in the ministry. For the
past 22 years he has been in Tex- i
as. He is now visiting his niece, Mrs. ,
Hoyt Cowan. He is hoping to remain j
in North Carolina.
He will be pleased to meet his old
friends in the community.
P. T. A. Meeting
Here Is Postponed
The December meeting of the Wil
liamston Parent-Teacher Association
has been postponed until next month
according to information coming
from Mrs. Garland Woolard. presi
dent, today.?
Plans had been made for an eve
ning meeting this week with Dr.
Ralph MacDonald, of Chapel Hill,
as the principal speaker, but Dr.
MacDonald wrote last week that
the pressure of public forums in
which he is now busily engaged pre
vent his appearing here before Jan
uary.
Definite plans for the next meet
ing will be announced by the pro
gram committee immediately after
the Christmas holidays.
Bear Cra&s Man Is
Hurt In Accident
G.dvin Cowan. 43-year-old Bear
Grass citizen, suffered a broken leg
and painful cuts about the face last
Friday afternoon when he was
struck by a car driven by Miss Sarah
Lillian Taylor in front of Brown's
service station 111 Rear Grass. Mr
Cowan, a bit hard of hearing, was
said to have walked into the street
Miss Taylor, driving at a slow speed,
swerved her car, the side knocking
him clear of the machine. He was
thrown into the air with his feet up.
witnesses to the accident were quot
ed as saying.
Removed to the Brown Commun
ity hospital here for treatment, Mr
Cowan is getting along very well.
Mrs. H. B. Barber, of Jamesville,
shopped here today.
^ s
Miss Ethel Barber has returned to
Washington City after spending a
week in Jamesville with her moth
er, Mrs. H. B. Barber. She was ac
companied horn* for a week's stay by
her brother, James.
She's Ship's Surgeon
Dr. Nina Pudovkina and her arm.
Volodia, 9, arrive at Seattle aboard
the Soviet ice-breaker, Kratrn. Dr.
Pudovkina is ship'? surgeon aboard
the ship, which will break a path
in the ice-choked Bering Sea thia
Spring for transportation of I
lend cargoes.
Three Thousand Are
Killed and Wounded
In Hawaiian Attack
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or islands. Japan claimed today to
have captured 200 merchant ships"
belonging to the United States, Brit
ain and other countries lining up
with the United States in the titan
ic struggle.
Speaking from the Philippines,
which were also attacked but where
no great damage was done, a com
mentator stated that Japan was
claiming a lot, but that he would
like to look in Uncle Sam's bag,
meaning that he was certain many
Japanese ships had been bagged.
An investigation of the attack is
being asked in the United States
Senate, some senators believing the
defenders were not at their posts as
they should Jfrave been.
Before th? hours of the balmy
Sabbath day were spent, the chal
lenge of Japan was being met by
formal declarations of war. Several
of the Latin American countries is
sued formal declarations, others
pledged full cooperation against the
mad sawed-off yellow creatures.
Canada declared war that evening
followed by the United States and
Britain yesterday. The President ad
dressed a joint session of the Con
gress at 12:30 yesterday. Twenty-one
minutes later the Senate voted 82 to
0 for a declaration of war. The House
voted fifteen later for -war, only one
dissenting vote being cast against it.
Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, cast
that vote and cried. President Roosc
velt signed the declaration about 4
o'clock.
Even before people in this coun
try could accept the tragic news
4rom the Pacific possessions, reports
were coming in from our own West
Coast telling of three air raids last
night in the San Francisco area. No
bombs were dropped, but sixty
planes, believed to have been those
of the enemy, flew over to the Gold
en Gate and faded into the night.
They were flying so high, the search
lights could not pick them up Some
schools were closed on the coast as I
a precautionary measure, and black
outs were general in that area.
Late reports from the Pacific war
area state:
Thirty-seven members of the Air
Corps were killed on Hickman Field
in Hawaii.
Unconfirmed reports claim that
American planes have attacked To
kyo, Formosa and other points in
Japan proper. No damage estimates
were released.
A Japanese aircraft carrier is be
lieved to have been sunk north of
Manilla in a naval engagement.
Planes, flying over the West Coast
and believed to have been those of
the enemjr; were thought to have
been serviced by a Jap carrier lurk
ing off the California coast.
Japanese troops have effected a
landing in the Philippines 80 miles
from Manilla.
Defenders at other points in the
Pacific were said to be holding the
invade^ at bay early today.
Pupils Contribute
To The Red Cro
Williamston students contributed
a total of $22 90 to the American Jun
ior Red Cross during a drive for
funds conducted in the local schools
last week. Elementary school stu
dents contributed a total of $13.40,
while high school students gave
$9.50. Home room 8-2 headed the list
with donations of $2.00
Each of the twenty-two home
rooms in the elementary and high
schools reported membership in the
American Junior Red Cross
Drink? Pint Of Wine
'And Land$ In The Jail
Consuming a pint of wine and
starting out on a joy ride. Dennie
Ray Harrell, colored employee of
the White and Gregory Lumber
Company. Windsor, landed in the
Martin County jail here last Friday
afternoon. Driving the company's
truck, Harrell almost ran into Pa
trolman Saunders on the river bridge
here.
Arrested by the patrolman, Har
rell declared he had consumed noth
ing but a pint of wine. He was re
leased under bond and will face trial
in the county court here neat Mon
day.
Describes Japanese
Attack As The Most
Dastardly Yet Made
(Continued from page one)
are now turning out one ship a day
I believe we will be turning out two
a day. Where we have been turning
out 25,000 airplanes annually, we will
soon be turning out 50,000, yes, 50,
000 planes.
' Some may not agree with Presi
dent Roosevelt, and although I can
not understand why anyone should
not like him, I say to them that when
Congress declared a state of war ex
isted then Mr. Roosevelt became
Commander-in-chief of all of us, and
the finest way for one to lick him
self is to disobey his commander.
The way to victory is to ohey the
commander.
The former Legion head pleaded
for support of our armed forces.
Give them guns and supplies and
support sufficient to whip ten Ja
pans. Let the boys know you are be
hind them," he said.
The closing minutes of Mr. Stevens
address were centered around Amer
here with those in France under
normal conditions, the speaker said,
"I saw French women, wrinkled and
bent with age, walking up and down
the muddy roads in sleet and snow '
picking up little sticks for fuel. Here j
in this country we own acres of trees
and if we live in town we have tons
of coal piled away in our basements.
The food and other things we throw
away would feed and care for the en
tire European populace tomorrow. If
1 were president of these United
States I would ask the Congress for
an appropriation to send at least one
member of each household to France
to live as the people there live. I
would not give them a pocketful of
?money to visit the clubs and night
clubs, but I would have them live as
the French live, ^hen they got back
to this country, you would hear noth
ing about the isms, other than gen
uine Americanism.
"I have been to Europe three times.
Once I went as a soldier and twice
as a civilian since the war. The most
glorious part of each trip came as
our ship passed the Statue of Liber
ty in New York harbor. I was inspir
ed by the torch that was held high, i
God pity the contemptible one who
does not express pride and feel an
inspiration when his native land is
mentioned.
"We have heard about Germany's
new order. It would be new to us all
right because we would pine away
under it. We would not be meeting i
here tonight. On Sunday morning we |
might lie abed, but we have the
right to go to church and worship j
according to the dictates of.our con
science. Our forefathers shed their
blood for that right, and we should
be willing to shed blood, if neces
sary to maintain that right and pass
it on to our children and to our chil
dren's children. The schools are open
for our children to compete. We are
great only by comparison
"In the great wheat fields the op
erator runs his tractor. In Pittsburgh
the worker makes the machines of
steel. Along some creek bank a lazy
fisherman sleeps. In thousands of
other ways, America acts. Banded
all together, ,it is Americanism. Am
erica is only one of two citadels left
standing What more can any man
give for this way of life and his
friends than his own life?" Mr. Stev
ens asked, pointing to the picture of
Mr. Hassell for whom the legion post
in this~counly was named. "This
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
War jumped into the picture
over the week-end, but it will
have to gain momentum rapidly
if it will compare with the high
way accident blitzkrieg in this
county. Last week, including the
week-end, three more wrecks
were reported in the county,
jumping the number to 96. In
shouting against the horror of
war, we should also save a
breath or two against the hor
rors pf highway accidents.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
49th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1941 3 1 0 $ 75
1940 2 3 0 100
Comparison To Date
1941 96 55 6 $22,020
1940 88 59 5 $10,76f
Sale Of Licenses
Advances Slowly
The sale of 1942 State automobile,
truck and trailer licenses is advanc
ing slowly, R. H. Smith, Carolina
Motor Club License Bureau manager,
said this morning. Sales are being
made without any delay now, but
unless car and truck owners take
advantage of the opportunity now,
thev are pertain tn ho inrlnH^H in
the rush later on in the month. Very
' few local people have purchased
' their tags, Mr. Smith said.
Up until this morning the bureau,
located in the offices of the Cham
her of Commerce in the Moore Groc
ery Company building on Washing
ton Street, had sold 484 automobile
land 93 truck and trailer licenses. No
farmers' truck licenses had been sold
up until this morning. Mr. Smith stat
ing that those particular kind of
plates had just been delivered.
man and other men died to keep sa- J
cred and perpetuate these things?
the ideas, the hopes, the simplicity of
America."
In conclusion, the jurist paid a
glowing tribute to the American
flag which has never met with de
feat, "and with the help of God we
will see it to victory now."
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE
OF DISSOLUTION
State_of North Carolina.
I)t partment of State,
j To all to whom these presents may 1
come greetings:
Whereas, it appears to my satisfac
tion by duly authenticed record of
the proceedings for the voluntary
dissolution to all by the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders de
posited my office that the Sals
bury Supply Company, a corpora
! tion of this state, whose principal of
fice situated in the city of Hassell, in
i the County of Martin, State of North
Carolina, has complied with the re
|quirements of chapter 22, consolidat
I ed statues, entitled "Corporations"
j preliminary to the issuing of this
Certificate of Dissolution.
Now. therefore, I, Thad Eure, Sec
retary of State, of the State of North
Carolina, do hereby certify that the
said corporation did on the 3rd day
of December, file in my office, a
duly executed and attested consent
in writing to the dissolution of said
corporation, executed by all the
stockholders, thereof which said con
sent and the record of the proceed
i iiu s aforesaid are now on file in my
said office as provided by law.
In testimony whereof I have here
to set my hand and affixed my offi
cial seal at Raleigh, this 3rd day of
December.
THAD EURE,
d9-4t Sec. of State.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our deepest ap
preciation to our friends and neigh
bors for the kindness and sympathy
rendered us during our recent sor
row. We also wish to express our
thanks for the floral offerings.
Mrs. A. L. Raynor and Family.
Wants
APARTMENT FOR RENT: FURN
ished or unfurnished. Mrs. Sallie
Halberstadt, Church Street, William
ston. d9-2t
FOUND ? SUM OF MONEY ON
streets of Williamston. Finder may
have same by identifying amount.
Mrs. Robert Harrell. Modern Beauty
Shop. Williamston.
dS-8t
STOVE WANTED: WOULD LIKE
to buy a second-hand wood stove.
Need not be in good repair. Mrs. Joe
Cowan, Main Street, Williamston, N.
C. d9-2t
CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
or money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. m23-tf
WILL PAY STRAIGHT SALARY
$35.00 per week, man or woman
with auto sell Eureka Poultry Mix
ture to farmers. Eureka Mfg. Co.,
East St. Louis, 111.
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REPAIRING
liring us your Kuilio
for Repaint. All work
guaranteed. Reason
able Charges.
Western Auto Store
W. J. Miller, Owner
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