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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 2 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 6, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899
Emergency Canvass
For The Red Cross
Now Totals $2,881.00
Chairman Spivey Says Drive
Is Virtually Complete in
The Entire Chapter
Called upon (or $2,000, citizens,
white and colored, in the five town
ships comprising the Martin County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
went uvei the top in a very definite
way. Chairman Spivey announcing
late yesterday that a total of $2,
881.46 had been collected for the em
ergency war relief fund.
Possibly no other call for funds
will be received immediately, but the
local chapter is making ready to car
ry on Its production -work m the sew
ing room in the Woman's Club build
ing. Increased support for the proj
ect is needed there.
Announcing that all reports on the
recent canvass are in with the ex
ception of possibly one or two strag
gling ones, Chairman Spivey again
extends hearty thanks to those whrr
aided the work either by canvassing
or contributing or both. Mr. Spivey
stated that willing workers were
found in all five of the townships of
Jamesville, Williams, Griffins, Bear
Grass and Williamston, that Mrs. Ca
mille Fleming Turner, Mrs. Walter
Brown and Mrs. C. A. Askew ably
handled the drive in Jamesville, that
Bolton Cowen, Lorene Weaver and
Mildred Hedrick volunteered their
services in preparing the copied lists
In announcing the list of workers
among the colored citizens, Chair
man Spivey stated that W. V. Or
mond, Cleopatra Andrews Tyner,
Mary S. Gray and E J. Hayes head
ed the committee, that in addition
to others, Mary D. Smith, Ethel Al
exander, Sallie Jordan and Bertie
Mae Brown turned in collections.
Up until the last report, a total of
$2 ,741.70 had been turned in to Treas
urer Herman Bowen. Since that time
additional collections, boosting the
total to $2,881.46, were reported as
follows:
Jamesvllle ? White
P. C. Barber, $1; W. J Holliday, $1;
C. A. Askew, 50c; Mrs. C A Askew,
50c; P. J. Modlin, $3; Sam Goddard,
$1; C. W. Mizelle, $1; Ona Pearl Stall
lings. $1; R. L Stallings, $2; Mrs. E
W. Gardner, $1; R G. Sexton, $1;
Luther Hardison, $2; L C. Brown, $1;
J. A Gardner, $1; P M Holliday, $1;
Daniel Hardison, $1; Tony Cooper,
$1, W. L. Bmwii. $5; E. H Angr, $iT
Watson Walters, $1; Delma Wallace,
$1; P C Blount, Jr., $1; C G Gur
kin, $1; Proceeds from dance, $15.50;
Dick Rogers, 25c. W. 11 Moore, $1;
J. H. Dickerson, 50c; J W. Martin,
$1; H. G Modlin, $1; Sam Modlin,
25c; R C. Barber, $1; C W Moore,
$1; L. C. Gardner, $1; Ben Peel, $1;
Charlie Russell, 25c; Fred Calloway,
$1; E N. Hardison, $1; L. M Brown,
$1; F. C Stallings, $3; H M Holliday,
$1; Lee Holliday, 25c; W. F. Holliday,
$1; G. L. Cooper, $1; Archie Hardi
son, $1; L P. Holliday, $1; Mrs B.
F. Lilley. $1, W C. Wallace, $1; G
M. Anderson, $1; Clyde Modlin, )1;
Joe Mizelle, 50c; Titus Martin, $1.
Williamston?White
Rose's 5, 10 and 25c Store, $5, Al
bert Perry, 25c; S. D. Crisp, $1.
Bear Grass?White
W. W. Whitehurst, $1.
Williamston?Colored
Poplar Point School, $2.35; W H
Manson, $1; Lucky Hooker, 50c; Irene
Bryant, $1; Mary S. Gray, $4; Maud
Alexander. $9.15; Mattie Ormond,
$4 .06; Tom Ryan, 25c; Cherry John
son, 25c; Walterine Bell, 25c; May
Lozzie, 25c; A Friend, 25c; Thad
Newsom, 50c; Rev. Chas. Stokes, $1;
May Purvis, $1; Willie Butts, 50c;
Caesar Purvis, 50c; Lucy Melton, 25c;
Bettie Lee Williams, 25c; Other Do
nations, $1.50; Bessye Mclntyre, 25c;
Horace Davis, 256; Carol Jenkins,
25c; William Hicks, 25c; Norman
Hodges, 10c; Robert Turner, 15c;
Leonard Britton, 25c; Willie Plion
izy, 10c; James Slade, 25c; Rev A. R.
Smith, 25c; Rev. Geo. McNair, 25c;
George Gorham, 10c; Linda Newell,
25c;Wheeler Latham, 25c; Gilford
Slade, $1; Mary D. Smith, $2.65; Bar
thema Bennett, 25c; John Respass,
50c; Tom Moye, 25c; Lizzie Harris,
25c: Eva Spruill, 25c; Delie Stokes,
25c; Edmond Slade, 25c; George Dav
enport, 50c; Joe Ballance, 25c; No
vella Bonds, 25c; Eva B. Everett,
25c; Ruth Page, 25c; Noah Purvis,
25c; Effie Everett, 25c; Henry Ever
ett, 25c; Robert Everett, 5c; Dona
tions, $2 20; Australia Gorharn, 50c;
Raneom Green, 25c; Bill Gorham,
(Continued on page six)
Education Board
In Regular Meet
Holding a "routine" meeting here
yesterday, the Martin County Board
of Education discussed very little
business and adjourned within a
short time.
Mr. John Mobley, whose daughter
was fatally injured in an accident
on the Everetts school grounds last
September, appeared before the
board and discussed the tragedy. It
is possible that the board will send
a committee before the county com
missioners at their next meeting to
discuss the possibility of awarding
damages or expenses resulting from
the accident. In discussing the death
of his little girl, Mr. Mobley stress
ed the need for getting injured chtl
dren to doctors without delay.
Advance Tentative Plans For
Rationing OfTi resin County
Appointed by Governor Broughton
last week, the Martin County tire ra
tioning board meeting in the agri
cultural building Monday morning
perfected its organization by elect
ing C. C. "Frosty" Martin, of James
ville, chairman, and making tenta
tive plans for handling its work.
Messrs J. A Everett, of Palmyra,
and Herbert 1- Roebuck of CfOSS
Roads, members were also present '
for the meeting.
While definite plans for handling
the rationing work and setting up an
office will not be formulated until
tomorrow morning, the board did
name Patrolman Whit Saunders tem
porary inspector, and arranged to
have Cferk oT Court L,. tl. Wynne
receive the applications for the pres
ent.
The board will start functioning i
next Monday, January 12th. and will
be guided by official interpretations
of the tire rationing regulations is
sued by the Office of Price Admin
istration in Washington
Cars eligible for tires under the
rationing act are ambulances, fire
trucks, trucks used to repair tele
graph lines, trucks used to deliver
coal to both the manufacturer and
private consumers, trucks of whole
sale grocers used to make deliveries
to retailers, and trucks used by news
papers to make deliveries of news
papers in wholesale lots to newsdeal
ers.
Trucks used for the delivery of
single papers in homes in rural areas,
passenger cars used by wholesale
grocers to make deliveries or to so
licit sales, passenger cars used by
irawling purchasers of scrap irnn.
cars used to deliver telegrams in rur
al areas, passenger cars used to re
pair telegraph lines, and hearses are
not eligible for tires.
Seconds of new tires and tubes are
classified as tires. Even if the pur
chaser has made part or full pay
ment on tires, he can't get them.
Tires now owned and in ~po??ession
of a fleet operator can be transfer
red from one of his garages to an
other or from truck to tuck. Tire
dealers may not exchange white wall
tires owned by them for black wall
tires owned by automobile dealers.
The local board has no discretion
In t'XTTTedirrg -tbe- - .?f eligible
classes, but this can be done only
through Leon Henderson, Office of
Price Administration in Washington,
D. C. Bicycle tires are not included
within the scope of rationing regu
lations.
Draft Board To Plan
For New Registration
SAFE
Albert Bennett, a member of
the crew of the Ul-fated U. 8.
Destroyer, "Downes," is alive
and safe, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Bennett, of Goose
Nest Township, were advised a
few days ago. The boat was one
of several sunk by the Japs at
Pearl Harbor.
Local Board Town
Commissioners In
Meet Last Evening
DitM'iisM Plant* for Blarkout
and Testa; Delay Appoint
ment of Commissioner
Working with a bare majority, the
town board of commissioners held
an uneventful session in starting the
new calendar year here last evening.
Other than hurriedly approving cur
rent .bills, the board took no official
action in any of the problems found
in its calendar, but brief discussions
were centered around several top
ics.
Having given it little thought, the
appointment of a commissioner to
succeed M L. Peel, resigned, was de
layed, the three members, Messrs. N.
C. Green, V D. Godwin and G. H.
Harrison, stating that they would
wait until a later meeting to round
out the bgard membership.
Going before the board, Mr B. S.
Courtney stated he was of the opin
lon that his new paving taxes were
too high Apparently there was some
misunderstanding as to the distri
(Continued on page six)
POTATOES
Farmers are unable to under
stand the weakness surround
ing the sweet potato market this
season. While food prices in the
retail outlets continue to climb,
sweet potato prices are holdinx
to a low figure, and it is under
stood that comparatively few
sales have been made.
A new buyer, the Corbett
Company, is entering the mar
ket in this section, and It is be
lieved that the price will reflect
added strength. No official quo
tations have boon released, but
according to reports fanners
have been offered 75 coats a
bushel when dumped into tracks
and SI i
Will Register Men
From 20 To 44 In
County February
Kr^ixtrutioii for Tlione lie
Ineen 18-21, ami 15-61
To Be Kr^i-lrrrd l ain
Tentative plans for registering all
men in Martin County between the
ages of 20 and 44, inclusive, will be
formulated by the draft board at a
special meeting here tomorrow night
The registration has been scheduled
for Monday, February 16th. At the
meeting tomorrow night, the draft
board will reclassify an men now in
the 1-H class or those men who were
deferred because they were, 28 years
or older.
It is now believed that the Febru
ary 16 registration will be held in
accordance with plans governing'the
registration held back in October,
1040, meaning that places of regis
tration will be set up in the various
districts and that volunteers will
handle the work. Other details for
perfecting the registration machin
ery will be studied by the draft
board in the meeting tomorrow
Called to register on February 16,
all men between the ages of 20 and
44 will be made subject to active mil
itary duty. The order, issued under
the amended Selective Service Act,
will create a new reservoir of 10,
000,OOo men from which fighting
forces can be drawn for the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps.
Inductions will be covered by the
rapidity with which the draftees can
be equipped and housed.
The revised Selective Service Act
requires the registration of men be
tween the ages of 18 and 64, inclu
sive. It subjects only those who have
passed their 20th birthday, but not
yet reached 45 to active service.
Those between 18 and 19 and 45 and
64, inclusive, are liable-for noncom
batant work They will be registered
later.
Not all eligibles between 20 and
44, inclusive, will be required to reg
ister under todayt order.
The 17,500,000 men between the
ages of 21 and 35 who registered on
the first call issued on October 16,
1940, and on the second registration
on July 1, 1941, are exempt.
Men whose 45th birthday falls on
registration day need not report.
Youth who reached the age of 20
after December 31, 1941, are exempt.
So are officers and enlisted men of
the armed forces, cadets of the mili
tary and naval academies, members
of the federally recognized active
National Guard, the various reserve
corps and diplomatic?rcprcaento
tives.
The President's order enrolls not
only the men of the United States,
but eligibles in the territories of
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
*?He niiri the mnvp was essential to
-^insure, victory, final and complflkY
over the enemies of the United
States."
County Mimionary Ih
Detained By Ja/Kinege
Miss Laura Clark, of Hamilton, is
one of four Episcopal missionaries
who are being detained by the Japan
ese in Wuhu, China, it was learned
here recently A China missionary for
years. Miss Clark, sister-in-law of
the Rev. Mr. Jordan, former Episco
pal rector here, and sister of Messrs
Henry and Irving Clark, of Scotland
Neck, visited in the county a few
years ago. She is the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Clark
No word has been received by rel
atives in this section in recent weeks,
as far as it could be learned here.
This Week In
Defense
Twenty-six nations, including the
U. S., Britain. Russia and China,
signed an agreement pledging their
military and economic resources in
a finish fight against the Axis and
banning any separate peace. The na
tions also subscribed to "a common
program of purposes and principles"
embodied in the Roosevelt-Churchill
Atlantic Charter."
The signatories of the~decTaTCrtioTr
include Australia. Belgium, Canada,
Costa Rica, Cuba. Czechoslovakia,
the Dominion Republic, Salvador,
Greece, Guatemala, Haitt. Hondur
as. India, Luxemburg, the Nether
lands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nor
way. Panama, Poland. South Africa
cixid Jugtjftlctv t?4. The di'iluUitiwii
it said, be " adhered to by other na
tions which are, or which may be.
rendering material assistance and
contributions to the struggle for vic
tory over Hitler ism."
The War Front
The Navy said it had evacuated
Cavite and the Arniv announced Ja
panese troops entered Manila which
earlier in the week had been declar
ed an open city by General MacAr
thur, commanding the U S. Forces
in the Far East. Before entry of the
Japanese, American and Philippine
troops were withdrawn and all de
fense installations removed or de
stroyed.
General MacArthur earlier report
ed the enemy had "mercilessly
bombed" churches, hospitals, con
vents, schools and other civilian in
stallations in Manila after it was de
clared an open city, whereas they
had only attempted bombing mili
tary installations previously. The
President sent a message to the Phil
ippine Islands pledging that their
"freedom shall he redeemed and
their "freedom shall be redeemed
and their independence established
and protected " During the week,
the Navy reported sinking two ad
ditional enemy ships and said three
U. S. destroyers were attacked, but
only slightly damaged.
Production For War
OPM reported $7tt,212,OUUjmu has
been authorized for war purposes.
The President told a press confer
enee that although present spending
is at the rate of 27 per cent of the
estimated 1942 national income of
$109,000,000,000 production will be
stepped up so that by next July 1
the nation will be spending at the
rate?of?$60,000.000,000?n?year or
half the national income.
Asked about reports that Cana
dian, British and U S. production
would be pooled", resulting virtually
in the end of the Lend-Lease pro
gram as such, the President said that
military resources have been pool
ed since the "Japanese attack. The
matter of repayment would be ad
justed, lie said, and would largely de
pend on where the articles sent oth
er nations were used
Ships
The Mant line Commission said'the
ship-a-day goal in lauchings of new
ships has been reached and by the
second quarter of 1942 delivery
(Continued on page six)
President Delivers
Message On State
Of Union Today
(iullh for (fifguntic Production
Kffort During Next Two
Yearn for Victory
Addressing a joint session oi the
United States Congress early this af
ternoon in which he reviewed the
state of the Union, President Frank
lin Roosevelt declared that he was
proud to say the spirit of our people
had never been higher than it was
today, that we are knitted more
Closely together and that that unity
will be sustained until our security
is established.
In his address lasting almost 45
minutes, the Chief Executive told
about the programs followed by Ja
pan during the past fifty years, and
how Hitler and Mussolini had col
laborated to dominate the world To
meet that danger, 26 nations have
already joined together, and from
now on it will not be an isolated war,
for Hit* day of destroying nations one
by one is gone." Wo will strike the
common^enemy wherever we can do
hirff the most damage," the President
said, adding that American forces
could be expected to take part in the
Far Fast in tbi- Rritish Isles fin thn
nn4 mother places.
To accomplish victory much read
justment will be necessary, the Pres
ident declaring that it can be done
and that it will he done. American
production, accortiing to the Chief
Executive, will go into high gear this
year, not next, and will increase air
plihe output to 80,000, or 10,000 more
than the set goal. In 1943 plane pro
duction will reach 125,000 planes.
Tank production in 1942 will total
45,000 units and 75,000 in 1943. Anti
aircraft guns will be manufactured
this year in the number of 20,000 and
55,000 next year Eight million tons
of merchant shipping will be launch
ed this year, and next year it will be
ten million tons. The figures for oth
er war efforts will be similar. "These
(Continued on page six)
Martin County People Asked To
Colleet Serap Metal Urgently
Needed In Defense Of Country
Pla ns ( lo Foivard nil
Presidential Ball Indounty
l)i K. T Walker and VV I Skin
mil' will survi- as co-chairmen for
the committee for the celebration of
tin* President's Birthday held for the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paral.VSlS Thi> tMimmitt.'O rt?pmK
thai plans are almost complete nr!
Martin County Miss Berniee Ever- j
ett will act as City Chairman for
Robersonville.
District chairmen are as follows
and they have been asked to serve in
their respective localities: IV N. Hix
in Williamston. L. W. Anderson 111
Robersonville, I). W Gaskill in Ev-'
eretts, Mrs Annie P Roberson in
Gold Point, 11 M Ainsley in Oak
City, J Howard Bunn in Hamilton, !
George S. Haislip in Hassell, J T
Uzzle m Jamesville. R P. Martin in 1
Farm Life, T. O Hickman in Bear
Grass, and E J Hayes, colored, in
Williamston.
The local campaign will be han
dled by the committee with the co
operatipn of the Woman's Club and
the .Junior Woman's Club These or
ganizations contributed largely to
the sueo-ss of tlii1 campaign last
year
Present plans call for the usual
"March of Dimes" program to be fol
lowed bv a Birthday Ball on the
niglit of President Roosevelt's birth
day, January 30th In addition, plans
are being made*, for entertainments
with various county school organi
zations participating
Last year Martin County made its
host showing since the President's
birthday celebration was inaugurat
ed and the committee in charge has
high hope's of even greater success
on the sixtieth "Diamond Jubilee" I
birthday of our great leader, Frank
tin 1) Roosevelt.
Paul I). Robersou Is
Named Court Solicitor
Johnson Resigns To
Take Defense Job In
Tallwlo^a, Alabama
4.011 ill\ 4 in Vil
lain Sr**ion II.nulling
Koutinr I In I
Prompted by do ft'* use and war it
self, changes common in business i
personnel are now following in the
county's governmental set up While
business may bo having somr riit'fr |
culty .in filling positions made vacant
by Army cases, the Martin County j
commissioners had no trouble in fill 1
ing the position of county solicitor at
their regular meeting here yester j
day.
Called to a defense project in Tal- j
ledega, Alabama, Don E. Johnson, i
for almost two terms county prose
t utor, tendered his resignation to the
commissioners at their regular meet j
ing Paul I). Koberson, well-known
county attorney of. Kobersonville,
was named to fill the post for tin
unexpired term. The appointment :
was by unanimous vote. The new ap
pointee entered upon his duties at
the regular session of the county
court Monday.
The first change in the Martin j
County Alcoholic Beverages Control j
Board personnel since it was named |
in 1935 was noted in the minutes of
the commissioners' meeting at the ]
regular session Monday when Board
Member J. F. Crisp resigned and
Lawrence Uyman was appointed
subject to the approval of the coun
ty boards of education and health.
At long last Jamesvillc has an of
ficial officer of the law. With a his
lory nearly a yard long, the position
vacant for many months, was filled
by tin- board Monday when W Oar
ence Wallace was named constable
to complete the term. Bond was post
ed in the sum of $500
In session until late afternoon, the
commissioners handled a varied cal
endar, including increasing routine
duties. Tax relief orders were grant
ed the Branch Banking and Trust
Company, agent, for taxes listed in
error on 35 acres of land in James
yille Township, and to the World War
Veterans' Loan Fund amounting to
$40 on the Leggett property in Wil
liamston. The property has escaped
taxation since it was in the* hands of
the agency. Mack Mitchell was re
lieved of the payment of poll taxes
in Hamilton Township on account of
physical disabilities
The board invested $10,500 of sink
ing fund money in United States
Treasury bonds at 2 12 per cent in
terest, and passed an order for in
vesting $00,000 or less trfcurrmt
funds in similar bonds.
The 1942 tax liM-iMkiTS, named by
(Continued on page six)
I.ocul Voting Men Will
Enter Army Air Service
Messrs. Dick Miller and Lawrence
?- l.indslcy, Jr., have la-eft tentatlve
ly accepted for service in the Army
Air Corps. The two young men, vol
unteering their services, passed the
preliminary physical examinations
in Norfolk last Friday.
Volunteering for service in the
Navy Air Corps, another local young
man, E P. Cunningham, Jr , was re
ject, d on account of a minor physi
cal defect The young man plans to
undergo an operation within the next
few weeks and re-apply for admis
sion in the service, it was learnad,
SOLUTION
V ?
Paul l>. Itobeison, county at
torncy, was apiminted by tbc
county commissioners !>londay
to fill tbe position of county sol
icitor which post was vacated
by Attorney Don K Johnson.
Japs Arc Pushing
Nearer Singapore
In Pacific Pig III
I riling It I oh n Xpiiiinl I'urific
llitrl?nri?ti? Ity Ili?- Am
erican \ir Force
Despite heavy losses suffered on
land and sea and in the air, the, yel
low Jap.- are pushing nearer the all?
important base of Singapore, late re
ports declaring that the Pacific bar
harians were gradually establishing
an bases clo er to the strategic al
lied base Despite recent Japanese
gains on the Malaya Peninsula, the
allied forces re stated their confi
dence in protecting Singapore, but it
was admitted that the province (rf
St langor was being threatened by
the Japs who had landed detach
ments of troops in coves along the
Malayan west coast. Over the week
end, the Japs had landed forces at
^arawak to aggravate the situation
i in Borneo.
In connection with its Malayan
drive, the Japs made fantastic
claims in the Philippines. According
to their i < poi tii. rnori?than 350 Am ?
erican planes have been destroyed,
leaving a mere handful in operation.
(Continued on page six)
MO KXKMI'TIOM
Dependency, gained by mar
riage on or after the Ktb of last
month, will not he recognized
by the I'nited States Army, ac
cording to a special ruling re
ceived from draft headquarters
by the county draft board this
week. It is possible, however,
that dependency acquired pri
or to that time and usually refer
red to as a "shot gun wedding"
will possibly be recognized as
grounds for deferment, accord
ing to instructions accompany
ing the ruling.
The ruling does not affect
those young men who marry,
and who have dependents al
Blast Furnaces Vrc
Closed By Sliortajjii
In Basic Materials
(>o\rniniriit Representative
Say * I nifinl Mo\emriit
NX ill Kelie\e Situation
closing down blast furnaces'in sev
local parts of the country, defense
leaders are again calling upon the
people for unified action This time
they art being asked to collect every
available piece of scrap iron and de
ll Vl' l* it tlw. ? ?
Mapping plans with the office of
| the county agent for a concerted
drive into every nook and corner in
the county. Dave Weaver of the
State College Extension Service, this
1 week described the need for old
scrap iron as serious Mr Weaver
came into the county just after it had
been announced that some furnaces
bad been closed down in Ohio and
Pennsylvania because there was no
scrap iron for "seasoning" purposes.
??Advised that many farmers in this
couilty would deliver their old scrap
metal and donate it to the govern
ment. Mr Weaver said that was not
expected He pointed out that some
of the aluminum collected and con
tributed m the name of defense was
so long in reaching its destination,
he thought it advisable and no more
than right to handle through regular
licensed.dealers who have the equip
ment for handling and shipping the
metal. Some of it will have to be
broken up and graded if it is to be
made ready immediately for the
furnaces whose stocks are now de
pleted.
Mr Wfiivi r also piunletT out that
it ho nulls are jotting .1 profit on the
! goods turned out by them, and that
it is no more than fair for the far
mer to 'get enough fin the metal to
pay the delivery charge to the deal
jers. Mr Wi avei pointed out that
I scrap iron prices are being controlled
r*uui--Uui4-4ta^-deaU-i r. utt?not making
fabulous profits in handling it
The government representative
I while in the county declared that the
I seriousness of the problem is center
led m the shortage of the material. It
; is not so important how it gets there,
| hut it is important'that the material
I gets to those points w here it is need
I his is no time to hold back.and
wonder why we shipped so much
scrap to the Japs; or why our "able"
industrialists should let a situation
as serums as this one explode in our
tan The task at hand is to get all
I snap iron to county dealers No def
inite date for-handling the collec
tion has been mentioned, hut don't
delay in moving every old valueless
piece of scrap iron to the dealers.
The follow ing information was re
leased by Mr Weaver during his vis
it in this county:
Background
All metals are needed in defense
program
Iron and steel are i xtrgmely vital.
Scrap iron and steel is not only
to metals for defense but is absolute
ly necessary in the present method
of manufacturing new steel.
There are many tons (if scrap iron
and steel on the 'fauns of N. C. ac
cumulatcd through the years in the
discarded farm machinery," tractors,
gas engines, automobiles, fence wire,
etc ??
Scrap metal, like most commodi
ties is graded and classified. Some
grades are worth more than others.
Farm scrap generally falls into a
group known as No. 2 Heavy Melting
Steel Scrap. A price ceiling of 77c
per 100 pounds, delivered at Atlan
ta (la . and varying prices for deliv
i i v at other points has been fixed by
OPM. From this price the cost of pre
paring (that is sorting, cutting and
handling) and shipping must be de
ducted In N C. farmers should re
ceive 40c to 55c per 100 pounds for
farm scrap not including sheet metal.
p metal denier* are licensed
by the state and arc located in about
half the counties There are also per
sons who buy junk in most towns and
so-called peddlers who go from farm
(Continued on page six)
*
hit Bootlegging Is
Reported In County
According to unofficial reports
heard here this week, the bootleg
ging nf atrtomobrlr "tires is- under
way in the county No proof has been
offered to support the reports, but
several filling station operators were
heard to say that they had placed
numbers of new tires on rims during
the past few days.
As far as it could be learned no
applications for tires have been filed'
with the rationing board in this
county. It has been pointed out that
there is little use for the "average"
car operator to apply for permliehm
to buy a new Ure. ?