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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 3 Williamtton. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January*), I*) 12. ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge Robt. Coburn
Calls Twelve Cases
In The County Court
Defendant Charged with Slan
der Sentenced to Roads
For Six Months
In one of the shortest sessions he
has held so far. Judge Robert L. Co
burn called twelve cases in the coun
ty recorder's court last Monday.
Clearing the docket in record time,
Judge Coburn adjourned the tribun
al before the noon hour. Attorney
Paul D. Roberson, newly appointed
solicitor, prosecuted the docket. Rob
erson took over the duties of solici
tor when Attorney Don E. Johnson
resigned to accept a special defense
job down in Alabama, the appoint
ment having been made by the
county commissioners for the re
mainder of the current term.
Although the docket carried no
startling cases, quite a few specta
tors were present for the proceed
ings. An unusual case was the one
charging Charlie Johnson with slan
der. -Johnson was said to have tai
ed at random while in an intoxicated
condition, and at the "show-down"
in court he pleaded guilty, the court
sentencing him to the roads for a
term of six months.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, William Asa Taylor
was sentenced to the roads for
term of thirty days. The case was
tried at a previous session of the
court and had been continued under
prayer for judgment.
Charged with non-support, Oliver
Whaley was directed to pay $10 each
month during the next twelve for
the benefit of his wife and children.
He was also directed to pay the cost
of the action and reappear at the
end of the twelve months for further
judgment. Bond in the sum of $150
was required by the court.
Tried at a previous session of the
court and adjudged guilty, Richard
Bennett, charged with violating the
liquor laws, withdrew his appeal
from the former judgment and was
fined $25 and taxed with the case
costs.
In the case charging Stanley Ayers
and Robert Roberson with an as
sault with a deadly weapon, Ayers
was found not guilty. Ayers was ad
judged guilty and the court suspend
ed judgment upon payment of the
court costs.
Mark Parker, charged with violat
ing the motor vehicle laws, failed to
answer when called and papers were
issued for his arrest.
Facing the court on two counts
charging him with an assault with
a deadly weapon, Willie J. Dickens
had his case continued until next
Monday.
Charged with non-support, Bruce
Wiley pleaded guilty at the bar of
justice, and was directed to pay $8.50
a month during the next twelve
months for the benefit of his chil
dren. Bend was required in the sum
of $125.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, A. T.
Rose was fined $50, taxed with the
costs and had his license to operate
a car revoked for a period of one
year.
*
Phillip Browning
Passes In County
Phillip Browning, .well-known
merchant and popular resident of
the Dardens section of this county,
died at his home there at 3 o'clock
this morning following a long per
iod of declining health. He had been
confined to his bed for about one
month, but had not been very ac
tive in his business during the past
year.
The son of W. W. Browning, of
Plymouth, and the late Mrs. Cottie
Sallinger Browning, he was bom in
Washington County on October 26,
1M1. He spent most of his life there.
In February, 1923, he was married
to Miss Quennie Mizelle of this coun
ty, and three years ago located in
the Dardens section where he oper
ated a store. During his stay in this
county he made many friends and
was held in high esteem by all who
knew him. He was a member of the
Christian Hope Church in Washing
ton County for a number of years.
Besides his father and wife, he
leaves five children, Marvin, Mar
garet, Loretta, Louise and PhylUs,
all of the home, and two brothers,
Messrs. R. S. and M. D. Browning, of
Plymouth, and four sisters, Mrs. D
W. Ange and Mrs. George Waters, of
Plymouth; Mrs. Pete Reason, of Dar
dens, and Mrs. K. M. Lewis, of Bal
timore.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the home tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock by Rev. N. A. Taylor, of
Durham, and Rev. Robert Lee, of
Pinetown. Interment will follow in
the Sallinger Cemetery on the Long
Acre Road in Washington County.
At Leatt Ttco Boy$ Are
Ready For The Jape
" Writing to their father, Sam
Moore, this week, Tom and Clifton
Moore stated they were well and safe
and that they did not even want to
leave Hawaii. "They caught us asleep
on December 7th, but just let 'em
come back now," the boys said, in
that they were ready for
Property Listing Off To Slow
Start For 1942In The County
Starting their annual round-up this
week of real and personal properties
and all other taxable items, the Mar
tin County tax list-takers report lit
tle progress has been made to date.
Very few property owners have list
ed their holdings, but subjects of the
poll tax pnly and especially those
who were called before the courts
for not listing in previous years are
losing no time in getting their names
on the tax books, according to in
formation coming from County Tax
Supervisor C. D. Carstarphen.
Ample arrangements have been!
made for handling the work during
the month of January, and it has
been reliably learned that no exten
sion will be granted. Supervisor Car
starphen points out that delayed list-1
ings add to the expense of getting
property on the books, and it is cer- i
tain that this unnecessary expense
will be eliminated. Late listings,
while possible, will be handled by
adding a penalty to the late lister's
tax bill.
Those persons who for one reason
or another do not list in accordance i
with the law can well expect to be
called to answer in the courts just
as several hundred were called in
recent months to explain to the judge
why they failed to list a year ago.
The listings to date are hardly
large enough to base an estimate on
the trend in values It is fairly cer
tain that the automobile owner will)
still carry possibly more than his i
fair share of the burden, for re
ports state that values placed on
some cars by the little "Blue Book"
are higher than they were a year'
ago. and that reductions are small in I
other cases. ?
Plans Complete For
Rationing Car Tires
SPEAKER
Dr. Ralph McDonald, widely
known State educator and politi
cal figure, will address the Jan
uary meeting of the local par
ent-teacher association in the
high school auditorium here next
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock,
Mrs. Garland Woolard, president
of the association, announced to
day. The public is cordially in
vited and urged to hear Dr. Mc
Donald.
His address topic has not been
made public, but an interesting
and informative talk is to be ex
pected from the educator.
Forty-One Couples
Marry In County
During Past Month
IbMiaurc 1-hmI Month Ijirncsl
ing Past Three Years
Forty-one couples, 25 white and !
16 colored, were united in marriage 1
in this county last month. The issu
ance of marriage licenses in the of- |
fice of Register of Deeds J. Sam Get- i
singer for the month being the larg- I
est for any December in three years. 1
Licenses were issued to the fol
lowing couples:
White
Marshall David Wilson, of New
port News, and Susie Ward Ausbon,
of Robersonville R.F.D. 1.
James Lilley, of R.F.D. 1, William
slon, and Kathleen Rogerson, of Wil
liamston.
Thomas L. Speller and Anne Ruth
Moore, both of Williamston.
James Thomas Gardner and Doris
Elizabeth Barnes, both of Williams
ton.
Joseph Hardy Stroud and Flor
ence Pennwell, both of Palmyra.
Clyde Barber and Mildred Irene
Moore, both of Williamston.
J. A. Stalls, of Oak City, and Mary
Lida Revels, of Williamston.
Burtis C. Nelson and Reta Mae Co
burn, both of Robersonville.
John B. Roberson and Janie A
Gurganus, both of Williamston.
Irving Clyde Cullipher and Mabel
Wynne, both of Williamston.
James Craig Stallings, of Maccles
field, and Reba Roebuck Hathaway,
of Oak City.
Claude Elmer Jenkins, Jr., of Wil
liamston, and Emma Lou Manning,
of R.F.D. 1, Robersonville.
William Henry Gurganus, of R
F. D. 3, Williamston, and Cottie Mae
Price, of Plymouth.
William Dixon Jones and Carrie
Dell Cherry, both of Williamston.
'Ralph Clayton Mobley and Bettie
Louise Griffin, both of Williamston.
Horace Murdock Ayers, of Ever
etts, and Melba Grace Rogers, of
Williamston.
Nathaniel L. Coltrain, of R.F.D. 1,
Williamston, and Margaret Estelle
Harden, of Williamston.
Charles B. Wynne and Gladys Mae
Edwards, both of Williamston.
Lindsay Stroud, of Palmyra, and
(Continued on page six)
Marines
Coining from an undisclosed
post and traveling to an unan
nounced destination, hundreds
of D. 8. Marines passed through
here yesterday. The convoy,
made up of nearly every type of
truck and vehicle, was several
hours clearing this point. Most
of the trucks were of the open
type and hardly suitable for the
sub-frees ing temperatures (rip
ping this section. There was al
so a number of specially-mount
ed guns and extra large trucks.
The young men, some of whom
stopped here fer lunch, were
well clad, and did net seem to
mind the eold even though they
rode in the open vehicles.
First Applications
^ ill Be Considered
By Board Monday
Ithpectorn Named in VarioiiH
Part* of County By
Board Mrmher*
An organization for rationing auto
mobile and truck tires in this county
was perfected lust Wednesday when
the board, composed of Messrs. C. C
Martin, of Jamesville, chairman; J.
A. Everett, of Palmyra, and Herbert
L. Roebuck, of Cross Roads, named
tire inspectors in various parts of
the county and immediately there
after placed application blanks in
the hands of the inspectors.
Names of the tire inspectors are:
Oak City E. V. Smith and James
A Raw Is;
Hassell: Robert H. Salsbury;
Williamston: A J Manning, W. E.
(Cotton) Davis, Jessup Harrison and
John Miller;
Will Dullotk;
Jamesville: G. M Anderson and
Wendell Hamilton;
Robersonville: Jimmie Bullock, J
E. Page, Walter Roberson and Louis
Johnson;
Gold Point: Harry Roberson;
Bear Grass: LeRoy Harrison.
The board also ruled that any pa
trolman in the county could handle
the inspection work.
Those persons eligible to buy new
tires and who need them are direct
ed to visit or call upon their respect
ive inspectors. Application blanks
now in the hands of the inspectors
will be prepared in accordance with
thi' inspector's findings The appli
cation is then to be placed before the
rationing board in the commission
ers' room in the court house on any
Monday between the hours of 10 a.
m. and 12 noon. The application will
then be considered, and if it is ap
proved the board will issue a cer
tificate of purchase permitting the
applicant to buy a new tire.
A list of those eligible to buy tires
has been mude public, but the boa;
points out that those car owners who
use "obsolete tire sizes" may buy
new tires if they are to be found
Many of the old model cars have odd
size wheels, and the owners in those
application with the board. The av
erage car owner will not be able to
buy new tires.
The application for authorization
to purchase new tires and tubes is
four pages long and is to be filled in
by the applicant and inspector for
the most part.
According to rules and regulations
set out in the application, the6e ve
hicles listed in the groups below may
be equipped with new rubber tires:
No certificate shall bo issued un
less the applicant for the certificate
certifies that the tire or tube for
which application is made is to be
mounted
(Continued on page six)
Memorial Service
For W. H. Coburn
i'ne Martin County Bar and cuurt
officials have set Monday, January
12th, as the day to hold memorial
services for the late W. Hubert Co
burn, former Judge of the Record
er's Court.
At the time of the Memorial serv
ices, which will be held at 10:30, the
Recorder's Cuurt will take a recess
and Judge Robert Coburn will va
cate the bench and B. A. Critcher,
president of the Martin County Bar,
will assume the chair and call the
bar to order. A resolution will be
offered and members of the bar will
make talks in honor and apprecia
tion of the life and service of the
deceased.
Relatives, friends and the. public
generally are invited to attend the
services at the hour above mention
ed. ? ??_?
Dnjft Board Finds
Reclassification of
Men Is Mean Task
Board in Session Nearly Four
Hour* Studying Claims
Of Dependency
Holding their first meeting tinder
war time conditions, members of the
Martin County Draft Board Wednes
dav evening read
of dependency in possibly more than
fifty cases. "It is a different story
from what it was before the Japs
struck." one member of the board
was quoted as saying
With the exception of five or six
cases, the board limited its work to
the reclassification of those men
placed in 1 -11 on account of their age
but who now that war has been de
clared revert back to their old class
ifications' unless new circumstances
call for changes. Tin- board studied
each case with minute care, and it
was almost midnight before the ap
proximately fifty claims were clos
ed and the ratings i?>U:ihli&h*.H Fi
nal action was delayed in some eases
until investigations can be made,
Chairman H. H Goodmon stating
that delays were preferred rather
than cause a hardship on some of the
selectees
James Dalburgh Kiddtck. of Ev
eretts. Raymond Robert Davis, of
R.F.D I. Jamesville. William War
ren Taylor, Ji . of Robeisonville, and
Lonnie Edmondson, <?f Oak City,
wen- placed in Class 1 A although
they had served three years in the
army previously.
Robert Theodore Taylor, white of
Williumston R.F.D 3, was continued
in Class I-A
Final classification was temporar
ily delayed in the following cases of
white men
Jamie Edwin Copeland. of Pal
myra; James Exodus Moore, of Rob
ersonville; Amgelo Gus Mandos, of
Williamston and Norfolk; Archie Ed
win Hardison, of RED 1, James
ville, and Richard Earle Hale, of R.
F. D. 1, Palmyra. Similar delay was
reported in the following colored
cases Charles Henry Daniel, of
Jamesville; Charlie Bellamy, of Rob
crsonville; Samuel Watts, of Wil
liamston; William Frank Everett, of
Williamston, and William Augustus
Cherry, of Robcrsonville
Other reclassifications are as fol
lows;
White
L_A Will?Martin Cherry. of Wil
liamston R.F.D. 1
3-A Robert Edwin Peel of Wil
liamston R.F.D. 1
3-A John Jarvis Perkins, of Rob
crsonville R.F.D. 1
1 A Marvin Melvin Hardison of
Williamston R F.I) 1
3 A Jas. Elliott Baiiihill of Rob
efsoRville
1 A William Lambert, .of Wj
lliamston
1 A Asa Robert Harris of Wil
liamston It F.D. 2
1 A Merlin Carson, of Parmele
I A Paul .Wayne Henderson of
Williamston
3-A Johnnie Vincent Andrews of
Robcrsonville R.F.D. 2
3-A Kelly Stuart Hunting of Oak
City
1-A Jesse Alton Harris of Wil
(Continucd on page six)
Largo Number Of
Draftees Report
For Fxaniinations
MoVfllU'lllH AiXll iil'hliMillion
Arc Kc|il Secret hy the
Draft Hoard Clerk*
Their movements and destinations
kept secret, large numbers of color
ed selectees left the county this
week for physical examinations at
army medical centers I! was unof
ficially learned ttiat a bus load from
this county reported to the medical
center at New Bern. Reports on the
examinations have not been receiv
ed, and the number of men rejected,
if any, has not been learned. The
special bus, carrying the men away,
returned late Wednesday afternoon.
Unofficial reports state that pos
sibly six of the number instructed to
report here failed to show up at the
appointed?hour. Thr?schedule was
delayed half an hour, and a lone
straggler caught the bus just as it
was getting ready to leave. Five oth
ers wirfed in various excuses, one
stating that his money was short
and that he could not report before
Friday. Another politely informed
the draft board that he was married
ajid could not report. Another ex
plained that he was late in receiving
his instructions to report and could
not get here in time A sixth one has
not been heard from at all.
Delinquent notices have been
matled to all of the six men, aiid
their cases will be placed in the
hands of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. it is understood
Those men passing the physical
examination will be subject to im
mediate call to the army. Heretofore,
selectees have been sent to the army
induction centers where they were
rated as civilians until they passed
the physical examinations. When the
call is 'received to report, the se
lectee will be recognized as a mem
bar ot the armed forces.
Tentative Plans Made By Draft
Board For New Registration To
Be Held In Nation February 16
Io Open Seed And Feed Loan
Office In County Next Week
Plans for advancing seed and feed
Loans 4**- farmers in the county this
year have heen completed, and W
B. Watts will open an office in the
igricuttural building next Monday.
Applications. Mi Watts said, will be
received each day between the hours
>f a. m. and noon and between 1
rind 5 p. m. for an indefinite period.
Approximately 100 loans were
made bv the seed-feed loan office
in this county last year. Mr. Watts
stating that t very loan had been re
ined
thiit thr advances will be slightly
increased -over those~of a year -agov
but basic amounts colli d not be i
learned Last year. the office ad
vanced $12.50 per acre for tobacco, j
$4.50 tor peanuts. $t> for cotton. $4 '
for grain crops and $20 an acre for
truck
Fanners, who have no other means
of financing then farming opefa
tions. ma> fill' their applications
with the office at .thgjrconvenience
and designate the time they would
Fill I-Scale Attack
On Philippines and
Malaya Anticipated
Siiccism's Keported in Sea
War When American Snh
Sink.- Four Jap Ship*
While tins country . is -still talk
ing about potential production and
while" squabbles continue over bus
mess as usual schedules and despite
temporary reverses m sea warfare
Japan is believed to he making ready
for a lull scale attack on the Philip
pines and Malaya There is much
mxicty over the possibility that lien
ral Douglas MacArthur and Ins out
numbered forces will face the full
Drunt of the attack
Extensive Jap qaval forces wuv
Weil curlier this week off Davao, and
the movement is believed toward
the Philippines. It was said that
there were at least 24 warships and
twelve troopships in the unit, and
it is possible that the force will stri.ke
hlu Philippines or tin Indies.
In its first, communique for days
the Navy said
?A Japanese .transport aitd?rrrrrr
largo-vessels, about Id,(Kit) tons each,
had been sunk by a submarine of
the. Asiatic fleet.
The warship toll exacted in the
memorable fight Marines put up on
Wake Island was Increased to seven.
A report, written"December 20th
I wo days before the Japanese over
whelmed the defenders added a
Jestroyer and a gunboat to the cru.is
?r, submarine and three destroyers
reported earlier.
With the situation in the Philip
pines obvious growing more oini
nous by tin hour the War Depart
ment passed it usual night com
nuniqui
The morning report gave every
indication that the Japanese were
nganixing their growing forces for
i great effort to wipe out General
Mac Arthur's American Filipino
irrny
Enemy reinforcements, MacArthur
reported to the War Department,
,vere being brought up to the front
lines, still somewhere north and
>thcr indications of preparations for
i large scale general attack
One such indication was an al>
ience of aerial activity save for
searching observation planes keep
ng close watch on the battle-weary
tefenders Bomber and fighter
darn s presumably were being read
ed for the assault.
Late reports state that help on an
?xtensive scale must he made avail
ible immediately if Singapore is to
x saved As the yellow Japs con
tinue their land drives in strategic
?enters, the Jap navy boasts the mas
cry of the entire Pacific. Its adrnir
ils say they are ready to meet the
Combined British and American
r I eels and even suggest that such a
meeting would shorten the war
Jap fliers are not doing so well ov
?r Burma, a report today stating that
53 Jap planes had been shot down
(Continued on page six)
Killing Station Is
Damaged By Fire
Fire, believed U> have originated
when the stove pipe fell, did danu
ige estimated at $500 to t{ie Central
Service Station here Wednesday
morning at 7 o'clock. The, fin- was
ii.scovered by Mr. C. A. AskeW who
went into the station about 6:55
to check his watch with the West
rrt Union clock under IHe station
iriveway _ v
Mr Askew said he saw a flame "as
high as my head," and he went to
Find someone to turn in the alarm.
H?- came back" to the station a few
minutes later and saw no flames, but
smoke was coming from the inside.
The big plate glass in the front of
Ihe station was broken, the stair
way turned and the interior of the
room badly smoked.
Firemen, using a small truok tank
hose, put the fire cut.
Kill UN I IKKS
I'hat this country is backing
"l> to set oil the right track was
I il it her evidenced this week
when dealers were instructed to
ship hack to the factories a por
tion ol their automobile tire
stocks The tires, it is under
stood, will he used to r<|uip some
id the .'011,0(10 automobiles the
manufacturers are turning out
this month.
It IS estimated that there are
I about 500 car tires in Williams
ton. but it could not be learned
how many are to be shipped to
j the auto manufacturers. A limit
I'll number will be held here to
meet the demand approved by
the county tire rationing hoard
luuliciil (illative In
War Predicted l>\
Doc Howard (ione
Whoi^ Mini Only Klitfilih- One
< 'til nf I if 'Pi, Leave
t'<n Arniy Vi'siprility?
I lion In n young Martin County
W lute im n w.re bitterly "disappoint
|C'I S. t. fit.iy morning when tliey
deported In the draft board here and
I' ai 'ml tbev Were not eligible to en
Id He a run ol boces at least, not
}> t i d teen men were instructed to
'''"'it tlie trip to the induction
"?'ib i d Port Bragg, but only one,
Howard Cone, was eligible to make
the trip
Bob Wt dnesday evening, the
i "tody droit board was instructed to
end (in men to the induction center
w liose M ioiogieal tests were more
''bo, inn, |\ days old All of the men
bad bad Ibeir physical examinations
longer than that exeept young Cone,
and for a while it looked as if be
was going to make the trip alone in a
ispedal bo.* I'lio order instructing
jibe draft hoard riot to send men
I Whose blood tests were more than
j !'u days old rami* too late to advise
j the fourteen young men not to re
I""'?iiiul?"ley I 'UIHI ? in yesterday
morning all parked and ready to go
j A few bad spilled teats in telling
i friend good bye the evening before
| All in all il was a disappointed group
|"f yoimc linn hut none u-ns beard
to argue for permission to accom
pitii.v ( one to tfic ( atrip.
Just when the youo^ men will re
? i\e ,i second call to report Could
not lie l.arned It may be a day or
two i.i d may l>. weeks before they
gi I instructions from the draft offl
i nils.
Similar ordei.s, instructing the
diaft hoards in counties to the east
ol this oia* not to send 'men whose
h Is weie mole than 1)1) days old, ap
parently Wi le received because less
than do/1 11 young, men moved
through line en route lo the foil yrs
h I day morning Ordinarily from fif
ty to one bundled move through hire
m answering a single draft call
Advised 111iff be tiad been seleet
id lo n-pn M id M.ulin County as
Hie lone scout, young *]>or" ('one
said, "Give me about ninety days'
(ruining and you'll see a radical
change in this war." The young man
(Continued on page six)
Martin County farmers, entitl
ed to tax rrhates on gasoline
used in tractors and for the op
eration of other farm machin
ery, must file their claims not
later than next Thursday, Jan
uary 15th, according to Mr. G.
H Harrison of the Harrison Oil
Company here. Claims to tax
refunds on all gasoline used by
farmers during the months of
October, November and Decem
ber will be considered by the
State Department of Revenue.
The offices of the Harrison OU
Company have willingly offend
to assist farmers in preparing
their claims.
l our Registration
r
Centers To Be Set
I p In This County
\ iiliitilvrr* Vt ill Itr \*ki*<l To
\i<l in 11 ii in 11 i n^e I liiril
Itrgi-lratioii
Ti ntativi plans for handling tho
new draft registration on Monday,
February Kith, wore advanced by
the members (.t the. Martin County
Draft Board in a meeting held here
last Wednesday everting.
Details for handling the third draft
mmuall be worked out from
mi.iv u? Liiiu- or as rapiqiy as defi
nite instructions arc received from
the Selective "Service Act authori
ties During the meantime, the draft
I board officials last Wednesday eve
jmng agreed to establish only four
1 centers for handling the registration,
I Chairman R. II. Goodmon .stating
that the work could be handled more
advantageously in four places than
I in each of the twelve voting pre
leincts. Travel to and from the four
I centers that day should be of suf
j ficient volume to provide transpor
tation for those without cars, mem
bers of the board reasoned.
Registrations will be effected at
i Jahiesvillc, Wilhamston. Roberson
1 ville and Oak City. All persons be
tween 120 and 44 years of age, yi:
elusive, excepting those who have
already registered for possible mil
l itary service, are to register at their
' nearest center
The draft hoard is calling for vol
j untecrs who can handle typewriters.
; It is quiti' likely that some of the
j school teachers ami pupils m several
| schools w ill Iw asked to aid in han
Idling the work In Wilhamston, it
is believed that a sufficient number
of stenographers. secretaries and
others will he available to handle the
work without delay. Those who will
volunteer then services are asked to
notify R II Goodmon m Williams
ton, I)i Jesse Ward in Roberson
vdlv, or Mi J 11 Ajm i... in Oak City.
A special school of instruction will
be held possibly in the county court
house on the evening of February 12,
and the volunteers will l.?e expected
to attend. It is estimated that the
services of around 100 volunteers
I w ill be necessary to handle the reg
istration and handle it without do
J '"V,
The estimate of tin- number ex
pected to register ori February 16th
varies, but- it is certain that it will
; fall under the figure of 3,200 report
I ed in the Octolier, 15>4(>, registration,
Some believe tin registration in the
county will hardlyexceed 2,000. A
fair-sized nuinbei will come from
the 20 year old group, but the age
group from 21. to slightly more than
30 years, has already registered, leav
ing Those beTween 30 and 44 years of
age to sign up for possible military
I rge Farmers To
Anticipate Needs
??
Certain that priority ratings will
apply to farm machinery and equip
ment, 1.inner loadofs aiv again urg
ing .ill M.ntin County farmers to
anticipate their needs and place their
"iiliis now for articles and ncces
ary equipment for repairs. As soon
as present stocks are depleted, it is
understood that additional pur
chases, may be made only with bon
afide orders coming direct from the
farniei If those orders are not plac
ed now, they cannot and will not, au
thorities say, be filled next spring
and early summer.
Fair sized stocks of farm equip
m? nt were on hand in the county,
and unofficial but reliable reports
:declare that over-buying is under
way "Where some farmers ordinar
ly bought half dozen plow points,
they are buying two dozen now," a
unity merchant was quoted as say
mg ieccut 1>. Those fanners are uv
ei-estimating their needs and are
ertainly aggravating a serious sit
uatiorq
At a meeting of hardware and ma
lunrry dealers and other merchants
in the agricultural building here
I'uesdii.v evening, Farm Agent Tom'
Brandon explained that orders for
farm equipment and repairs may be
filled only on written order placed
now by tin- farmer. He also urged
the farmers to support the drive for
scrap iron and metals. It has been
stated that a shortage in the scrap
may iltfay the nation's war effort.
Local scrap iron dealers state that
deliveries are increasing, but they
If 'are house Corporation
/unci Annual Dividend
A six per cent annual dividend
was declared by the Roanoke Tobac
co Warehouse Company, Incorporat
ed. at a meeting of its stockholders
in the courthouse here last Wednes
day eve