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MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BONO DAY] For Victory... Btry U. {.DEFENSE , BONDS STAMPS W'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 10. 1042. VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 20 ESTABLISHED 1899 Greater Demand For Tires And Tubes Is Reported In County Applications for Thirty-three Tires and Thirty-four Tubes Pending The rubber shortage is coming home fast to an ever-increasing num ber of Martin County motor vehicle operators, a report direct from the county rationing board yesterday stating that the demand for tires and tubes is increasing week after week and that more than enough applica tions were already on file to ex ! naust the entire March quota "And <o aggravate the situation, the de mands in the priority classifications are leaving those at the bottom in bad shape,' Herbert L. Roebuck, mlmber of the board points out. Doc tors whose applications demand first cohsideration have exhausted the weekly quotas for several weeks, making It necessary for the board to carry over applications filed by mail earners and others who hold "lower classifications. Car rationing was instituted in the H"s week for the first time, the board issuing a certificate of pur chase to the Town of Robersonville for an automobile to be used by the fire and police department, and one !? D'-. E"' E Pittman, of Oak City No other formal applications for au tomobiles were filed. ? i.TIJe,s, and ,ubes were rationed to the following this week: tubeWn ?f WilIiamston' on'' truck Dr. E T. Walker, of WilIiamston, four car tires and four tubes. W A. Perry, of Bear Grass, one tire (retread) for general farm haul ing. w H. Rogers, of Bear Grass, one truck tire (retread) for farm haul ing. Martin County Board of Educa tion, fifteen bus tires (retreads) Jesse Harrell, of Palmyra, two ob solete trailer tires and one tube for hauling farm produce. B. B. Taylor, Hamilton, two obso lete trailer tires and tubes for gen eral farm use. Eli Rodgers, Robersonville, two obsolete trailer tires and tubes for general farm use. Martin County Board of Educa tion, two bus tires and six bus tire tubes Martin County Transfer Company Robersonville, two truck tires and two tubes for general hauling " w Daibei,?Janit'svillr,?twtr truck tires and two tubes, for haul ing pulp Wood and farm produce W. E Dudley. WilIiamston, one truck tire and tube for hauling pro duce and fertilizer. Blade Rhodes and Co., Hamilton, two truck tires and two truck tubes for general hauling. Frank Fagan Carstarphen, Wil Iiamston. one truck tire and tube, for hauling fuel. The following applications were filed Monday and were left pending filed'* W'tb '' "'Here previously H. L. Davis, Jamesville, two truck tires and tubes; J. gf. Whitman. Rob ersonville, one truck tire and tube Johnson Milling Co., Robersonville,' three truck tires and three tubes; W B. Harrington, Griffins Township, two passenger tires and tubes; Roy Peel, WilIiamston, two truck tires and two truck tubes; Dr. J. T. Llew ellyn, four passenger car tires and tubes. The board now has applications for eighteen truck tires and fifteen truck tire tubes, fourteen car tires and 14 car tire tubes, and one trailer tire. (Continued on page six) Former Local Man Hurt In Explosion Hugh B Anderson, former local man, was painfully but not seriously injured in the explosion that jarred ? 1MB? portion of Johnston County early last Saturday morning. Re ports reaching here stated that the young man suffered no broken bones but that he was scratched from head to foot when he jumped out of a third story window and landed into a trash pile below. The young man was rooming in the Talton Hotel not far from the scene of the explosion. Several persons in the hotel were believed to have lost their lives when the roof caved in and the building caught fire. People in Smithfield, several miles away, were thrown from their beds and "??fly every window was broken in Selma about two miles from the scene of the explosion. Several per sons in Robersonville said they heard the explosion, one or two of them getting up to see if someone was try ing to break into their homes. A truck, loaded with thirty thous and pounds of munitions, and an au tomobile crashed at the road inter section near Selma about 1:15 that morning and caught fire. The driver of the car, Mrs Minnie Lewis, of Raleigh, was killed, but the driver of the truck was not hurt Four other persons, coming upon the scene la ter, were killed by the explosion. At least fifty people were injured, some critically. Sunday, the sightseers turned out in numbers, the estimated 200,000 blocking highways for miles and Judge Coburn Taking Action To Aid Conservation Of Sugar Judge Robert L. Coburn announc ed in open court this week a pro gram designed to conserve sugar for legitimate trade uses. While it may be a bit stringent and while it is pos sible that the burden will fall di rectly upon those who do not make the purchases, the program is quite likely to ease the sugar situation to some extent, at least. No test case has been before the court since the rationing of sugar was proposed, but it is quite likely that an illicit liquor plant operator will fare bad at the hands of the judge. At the present time, the court is centering its attention on the detail liquor business, the judge believing that if the retailer is forced out of business the manufacturer will soon close up. too. In the court this week. Judge Coburn announced that a re tailer of illicit liquor convicted in his court is to expect a minimuip fine of $100 or six months on the roads or both. The warning was placed in I effect immediately, for yesterday one defendant was sentenced to the roads for six months when he was, found guilty of possessing a lone quart of the illicit spirits. A second defendant, convicted of aiding and abetting the possession of the same quart of liquor, was fined $50 and taxed with the cost. The stand against the illicit liquor, be it for the conservation of sugar or for controlling the illicit liquor traffic, is the most stringent ever taken in this county, and the results will be losely noted by alleged law violators as well as by the law en forcement officers and others. Conservation District Proposed For County CANDIDATE W. Iverson Skinner, prominent Willlamston business man and tobacconist, formally announc in the North Carolina Legisla ture from this county, subject to the vemocraiic primary on May 30th. Julius I). Hanlisou Dies at Daughter s Home In Countyl Funeral for Aged Citizen und I Unusual Character Is Held Monday ? Julius D Hnrdisnn, uumbored among the county's oldest residents and an unusual and very likeable character, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W J. Gardner, in Williams Township Sunday after noon at 1:30 o'clock following a long period of declining health. A victim of rheumatism for many years, Mr Hardison was very active up until about two or three years ago, and even until a short time ago he was able to be up, attending to minor du ties around the home More recent ly, however, the ailment combined with the infirmities of age, forced him to his bed. The son of the late Lewis and Mar tha Gardner Hardison, he was born in this county 84 years ago, the thir tieth of next May. In early manhood he was married to Julia Anna Hop kins, of Jamesville Township, who died some fifteen years ago. As a child he experienced the hardships of the Civil War and of the recon struction days, and throughout his life he placed little value on mater ial things. He lived from day to day, separating the bad from the good and expressing his thankfulness for the good. Free to speak his mind and even though not discreet in his speech at all times, Mr. Hardison never held malice toward anyone. He was an unusual character and he had a large circle of friends who en joyed his dry wit and companion ship. He was at home in any and all places, for he firmly believed that all men were created equal. In times of misfortune and stress, he could (Continued on page six) SERVICE A memorial service will be held in the Parmele Methodist Church next Sunday afternoon at 2:M o'clock for Murry R. Car gUe, young son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Cargile, who lost his life on the United States Ship, Okla homa, at Pearl Harbor last De cember 7th. The general public is cordially invited to attend the service, the first of Its kind held in the county since the last war to pay a tribute to one who had paid the supreme sacrifice In the defense of Us country. Will Hold Hearing On Proposed Plans Next Friday Night County-Hide Referendum To Be Held Within the Next Fen Weeks a Martin County may bo made a unit of tho Soil Conservation Serv ice in the near future if plans, now in progress proceed as planned ac cording to County Agent T If Bran don. Organization of a district for tins county will culminate efforts begun several months ago in a movement sinrto^ hv Brandon and a group of local farmers. Steps in organizing the distriet must proceed as outlined by the State Districts Act passed in the General Assembly of North Car olina in 1937 Tho first step of or ganization has already lioen taken and a petition signed hy more than land oWner"~ -T"iyr"rnTr ''nnntsC was submitted to the State Soil Con servation Committee on January 111, 1013 Tim in ii' i lop will be a county-wide referendum to be held in the near future E. B Garrett, State Coordinator, and E. 11 Meacham, Soil Conserva tion Specialist of State College, vis ited the county last week and after conferring with Mr. Brandon it was decided to make every effort possi ble to establish a Soil Conservation District in Martin County, "Briefly speaking," Brandon says, "a Soil Conservation District is a land unit generally a major water shed in which the farmers have or ganized themselves into a legally constituted, cooperative association, whereby tliev m"" have some tech-, meal assistance in helping solve their own erosion and farm prob lems." Brundon said yesterday that there is now a good likelihood that this district work will be secured for the county. Establishment of a district here would give the county one and possibly two additional men to aid in. carrying out conservation work such as terracing, crop rotations, cover crops, pastures, forestry work, farm management and other steps for the conservation of water, soil and its resources The-needTor-such work in the county and the demand for assist ance in making complete farm pli^is has greatly increased, Brandon says. Although the topography of this county lends itself well to intensive farming the ravage of erosion takes a heavy annual loss. Most people think of erosion in the form of gul lies, but this is only one form in which the damage is done. Areas where slight sheet erosion has not already caused the loss of approxiV mately one-third of the fertile tiip soil total 9,000,284 acres or 28 8 p/r cent of the land area in North Caro lina. (Continued on page six) \o Clew Found In Soda Shop Robbery "Cocal police were without the first clew to the robbery of the Soda Shop on Main Street here last Thursday night or Friday morning. While sus picion is centered on several per sons, no arrest has been made, and police stated they could not com ment on the case. Tearing two bars from a rotten window sill in the back of the build ing, the robber easily gained an en trance. Reaching a partition door he carved a hole through a beaver board transom and headed for the cash register. He got between nine and ten dollars in cash and took a few receipts from the register, but as far as the proprietor, John Hatton Gurganus, could determine no items were taken from the stock Before leaving the building, the robber en tered the City Beauty Parlor but nothing was missed by the owner. Shortages Are Now Being Felt On The Home Store Shelf ?*? [ IlH-reuMing Ntnesaity ?f llom,. Sacrifire* In Bcroininv More Ap|>areiil " ? # Thf increasing necessity for Home Front sacrifice is apparent from scores of WPB and Office of Price Administration orders new and old. orders which add lip to less for ev erybody. WPB and OPA are filled with "less men" because we must have more and more for our armed forces and our allies. For a long while shortages, ex cept in tires and automobiles, were just something to talk about The output of one product after anoth er might be curtailed or cut off at the source, at the factory, but there was Still plenty of Stock 011 the re tailer's shelves and in the dealers salesrooms. Now these shortages arc working their way down. Men's clothing, for instance The Army and Navy need more and more new wool. So under the new plan worked out with the textile manufacturing industry, after March 30th trousers will be cufflesi. suit coats will be about an inch shorter, there'll be no patch pockets, pleats, lucks, bellows, gussets And 110 vests for double-breasted suits It might have been worse But to the war pro duction side, it means a credit of some 40.000,000 pounds of wool sav ed. On the up-side of production, lalair organizations in the copper mining industry have offered full coopera tion. according to Sidney Hillman, WPB s Labor Director, to increase the,output fo highly necessary metal from these mines by going on a con tinuous-operation. seven-day week and by establishing joint labor-man agcment production committees. Because a lot has happened on the motor vehicle front, little of it es pecially cheering to the average cit izen. it is pleasant to record that we've a new medium tank in mass production in the Midwest The M 4's -armament wall be?more nsefuPtie-' ause of new wrinkles in design That's one of the ways our steel and rubber goes to make 45.000 tanks tins year. It's easy to under stand why WPB prohibits manufac ture of medium trucks ufter delayed tebruary -quotas, are viimplvti'd, why lutiuiinig program?has been in stituted for all new trucks, truck tractors and trailers. Incidentally, vrl'A siiesses tiial a civilian consuni er who applies to .WPB for a priority rating to purchase a new lire or tube is just wasting his tune- the deci sion is up to his local rationing board Among. (lie developments last week which affect most of us, 111 one way or anothei OPA's action 111 (Continued on page six) $ Local People Si?;? I |> For First \i<l Course In County ?4.? Sam S. Howell, Kril Cm** I'ieltl l{e|?re*enlative, To Comlnel CIiimhc* Numbers of local people are sign ing up for special first aid courses to be offered in this county by Sam S. Howell, Red Cross field representa tive, beginning March 23rd. There are still openings for others and any one interested in the special train ing is directed to contact the office of the county "superintendent of schools. The vital role the Red Cross is playing in training the public for civ il defense was pointed out today by J. C. Manning, chairman of the Mar tin County chapter, in announcing the series of classes in first aid to be sponsored by the local chapter "We feel that our local chapter will be performing a distinct and much-needed service to the commun ity and to civilian defense by train ^ ing everyone in the rudiments of first aid," the chairman said. "While the classes we are now holding for defense workers and groups of civil defense volunteers are essentially the same as those the Red Cross has been giving for years in an effort to cut down on fatalities and lasting in juries in automobile, home and in dustrial accidents, they do teach en rollees what to do for victims of bel ligerent aetioni 'At Red Cross National Headquar ters in Washington reports are re ceived daily recounting instances in which first aid training is saving lives and preventing accidents and permanent injuries," Manning con tinued. "In our own state and coun ty we also know of many instances where knowledge of first aid meant the difference between life and death." Despite the threatened curtailment i of automobiles for private usfc, auto mobile accidents show no evidence of decreasing either in number of seriousness, he pointed out. The Red Cross has been working hand in hand with local officials throughout the country in efforts to control traffic fatalities and crippling accidents, and the national organization has in corporated this accident prevention work in its year-round program. | Extensive Collection Of Waste Materials Planned In County An all-out collection of waste ma-1 terials. including scrap iron, metals, rubber and waste paper, was discuss- | ed by the recently appointed salvage committee for this county in a meet ing at the agricultural building last Friday evening. A definite program for advancing a more extensive col lection is to be form u taxed at a meet - ing of a sub-committee to be held in Mayor J. L llasseU's office to night at 7:30 o'clock. Changes in the committee are being ordered. V J i Spivey. chairman of the group, stat . ing that the new set-up would be! more inclusive, making it possible to 1 carry the program to every nook and 1 corner in the county. During the meantime, the collec tion of scrap iron and metals is gain ing momentum in the county.-one of j the Williams-ton dealers reporting , deliveries in excess of 50.000 pounds in a single day last week. "We have 1 hardly begun to clean up the uld scrap in the county.' Hoy Waul and J W K. Parker, scrap iron dealers in Wrllianiston. said this week Over a million and a quarter pounds of the material have already been moved out of the' county since January 1st. and there is Kvice that amount to be found m th?; by ways and around the [ barns. TTie dealers declare The Wilhaniston Parts and Metal Company *?iv West Maui Street is ! making ready to receive waste pa- j pel's by Saturday of this week. Man- j a per llarkec^tuUi i g. that .e-gen^rabj pnee of .15 cents per 100 pounds had : been established Waste pap. r in cludes old hooks, magazines, news paper, cardboard boxes and the like, but butcher and wax papers are not acceptable and .ill deliveries must be dry It is understood that 'plans will be considered Whereby it will be possible to handle collections in other parts of the comity i iilu i through sub dealers or organizations Reclassify Number 01 Registrants In County Serial Numbers Are Assigned To Recent County Registrants Order Number* To lle Drier inined In National Draw ing Next Tuesday Draft machinery in l^artin Couji ty is beginning tu turn 111 high year after^ii reported lull during the past few months Meeting here last eve ning. the draft board reclassified a number of registrants, shuffled cards and assigned serial numbers in those men registering ui the February 161 registration I lie fu st ten serial numbers were assigned as follows T I Jay I) I.eggett. H F I) 2. Wil liamston. V T 2?Risldin l.uelvn Loggett, It P Ii ?> w.l|nltTiSl,)ii T ,t William Asa Taylor It F I) J, Oak City. ?T-l ' "II I T I Ii ! II ji 11, 2. Robersonvillt' I 5 -Jantes Bryant Thomas, ion Watts St.. Williamston. T 6 Alva Stilton la-ggett. Hanoi ton I V Haul Dave Manning, Kverctts. T H Joe Mike Mitchell, 114 Smith wiek,St., Williamston T II William Pear lie Moore, It F : D J, Williamston. T 1)1 Andrew Mobley, Hamilton The first ten registrants lo get ser ial numbers were white Iteelassifirationsp. luitidleil by the hoard at Its inoetiiig last night be cause of changes of deferment status by?registrants'?speeial r<..|o..si were announced, as follows Jesse Seotl, Oak City I A ? 'has B. Piftmaii, Oak City I A Daniel Coble Sharpe, of William: ton and Greenville 2-A, wliieli gives lorn a 60-day deferment. Jos Cleophus Revels, It F.I) I, Williamston.?1-A Jesse Alton Harris, It F D 2. Wil liamston?1 A Woodrriw Wilson Braird, William ston?1-A Warren Ray Allen, It F.D 3, Wil liamston | A ?David John Cherry F"eri l|.; :t A Jeffrey Lawrence Taylor, Ruber? sonville?I A Burke Felix Peed, Williamston 1-A Hubert Thomas Cooke, Williams ton?1-A Wlut Cofficld Purvis, of William ston and New River?1-A William Thomas Crawford, Wil liamston? 1-A Geo. Hyman Harrison, Jr., Wrl liamston?1-A. Thomas Frederick Grimes, R.F.D. (Continued on page six) ? ? Slight Fire Damage At Peanut Factory ?t? Thought to have been started by a spark, fire slightly damaged the top floor ceiling in the Williamston Pi unut Company plant yi ulerduy nf ternoon about 4 o'clock. No one was on the fourth floor of the plant at the time and when the automatic fire alarm sounded the fire could not be discovered immediately When work men went to the top floor, the sprink I ler system had the fire out. but much i water was turned loose in the top story before control valves could be closod. No general alarm was sound ed The fire, confined between two rkfters, charred about fifteen feet of the ceiling before the automatic sprinkler system responded. Commenting on the fire. Chief G. P. Hall was certain the sprinkler sys tem saved the building, that it would have been next to impossible for lo cal volunteer firemen to effectively fight a fire in the tall building dur ing the strong wind that was sweep ing out of the west at the time. W VKKHOl SI M \\ A?strong??warehouse personnel line up for the Wil liamston market this coming mmmih is in tin1 making J m ward Corey, above, has entered into a partnership with .Messrs. I.eman Itarnhill and Joe Move for the operation of the New Farmers Warehouse. Thirteen Marriage Licenses Issued In (oiiiiIn in February Issuance S?inn? lii Normal Vflrr llrarliiiifc I.oh I'oinl In l'rc\ioiiH Monlli Apparently i mivi i inri from the shock caused by a Selective Service order ruiiiig out marriages after De cember 7tb as a basis for deferment, j Dan Cupid partially regained his] cquilibrum last month when the | number of marriage licenses again j iipproaclied normal It is now appar- 1 cut that while' storms, troubles and i war may slow "Id Dan down, they won't vti.n him, for lost month he 'worked among a few young men I who are making re ady to enter thej aimed yefvicos .shortly It is indeetrj iVident that Cupid isn't working for i place of vantage in combaiting the , draft law or dodging duty to one's; country. Thirteen licenses were issued, six , to white and seven to colored cou- ; pies, in this county last month by Reg isle r of -Deeds- J. Sam Cletsingcr, | as follows: White ?Joseph?Mardiw.n?and Ruby Lee Padgett, both of Jamesville Leslie* David Coltrain and Lillian i (Continued on page six) i si: IHSCKKTIOIN In bundling up their ulil pa pern and waste materials for sale -to scrap ilealem, Martin County citizens are earnestly urged to use marked diseretion and re serve those papers that earry a high potential value. For in stance, any old Martin County papers dating hark as far as IftOO or before and even a few of later date will sell for a hundred times more than the established waste material price. The enterprise Is in the market for old papers dat ing hack forty years or more, hut please note that they must he Martin County papers includ ing early editions of The Enter prise .the Martin County Sun, the Williamston Echo. East Car olinian and others. When cleaning out the attic, one is urged to make certain about the value of old papers and manuscripts before selling them for junk. Disturbing Reports I'or \llies (.oming From I lie War Front >IIIC,,,M.? K< IIOII<<I |,y VllHT i<';m SuliiuariiK- Fleet in I ar Ka?l Water. "i;I;"??!"<u; I, |",11 , I. ||,nn <?f (he mkowsTTT J-jva, Uu' evaluation of RanT II,.' continued attacks on ship ping II. Amh-i?-an. waters, and the tinnM. i ,,| 4n French warships to l.i'Mnaii:- .,r, coming from the W...U.O wai fronts'(inlay However TTl" >X'Port^appeiir~t<) - "" not really as dark as ; would hav < thorn Tt?- cvacua " II Hangi...,, II,o capital of Bur ma officially admitted, but the tndonunubie Dutch say their forces iU.iKin Dutch and 5.IKII) American ami Hiitish soldie. can be expect id to hold out to tie last man It is jidmitt.xf-ttgp no official u ?rd has ?'von heard hom Java since last ?' ?' h ? rid The transfer of 40 French "?'"hins by the V? by regime to the t.CI man, ua, mporleil by Russian 'US despatches yesterday The Uml ??d states and Britain are investieat 'IIK the report, but no off,rial com mon has been offered m either of lor two couiitru's The Russian report dated that the snips were under construction at the line I" 'Since fell, and g.icx on to sav that included among the transferred s ops were a nun,be, of submarines, KIHtn i " Ot.rn.'rii. nu and an t?? All agreement ?'-'tween Why and the Hermans for jtradual tran.sf. i ?( a large part of ??' Henri, navy to th* Hermans was claimed 1 "8?-" Aided by the Burnusc. the Japs pushing west of Rangoon and making It difficult for the British to establish new lines Completing their s '? Jhvil. th. Japs arc now push '''H.-LLj 1 ?''< y dir<TfM>ns^?ffar. r jn. ilia, toward Australia and a hack glance t,, the Philippines Failing in us attempt to defeat Hem rat Doug ':,s ^' "'Arthur or, Balaam one Jap general e. ,111 III it led snienle. and now ? K-nvral ,.| tl,.- Singapore sweep 1 vntg sent aft,a Ma,-Arthur whoso men with bloodshot eyes caused by mck of sleep stand whh guns in ?laud heady h,i ., new and more pow - v""1 a at,It. I'd Moresby in New Huini., seam 350 nnles from Aus ?'"hiv I . M J?'l? I??i*i*?\s .He moving into I hat .li t ,i U''"lr "" " " I' ll, s III, t? scorch more of the earth, the" con servative group m London, a pi - ntly acting at the comiiiand of dust,aalists wI u n piopntics "I' fiddling ovc inde pendence lor II,. more than four hundred million people t|,at vast 'ourdry The Mohammedans are lo revolt and the more than ? wo hundred million Hindus are de manding nothing less than complete independence hcfuiv they lake up against the Japs A statement "a promised today hut mi'action 1 ' spec-toil unlit Parliament meets again, possibly tomorrow or possi My uvt'k.s | coin now " J.iimm claim-, it has captured I"'1 oners since the war be gnu. anil stories of atrocity are fol '"""'g It has been proved that < I line.' have hci ,, committed against women, and Anthony Kden announc '?'I today that an official report from ? long Kong staled that fifteen offi " is and men had been bound and "set as living targets in bayonet pi actict? lor the Jap heathens. Kojlownig the leceipt of reports ili , ribing the atn? ipus crimes, the Hi Hi: h House of Commons rose up in anger to demand an explanation d'" lie -pool -bowing Hie British we" making the war, and why extini Infant profits were accruing to the industrialist* ;?ppar in 03'ntinn, .J ori page six) Sii"ar Hationiiifir j P Ciistwiihn Named VVJnJe di finite instructions am .<ii| being awaited, plans f,,r handling he sugar rationing program in this county are being advanced Herbert '? ??'?ebuck, of Cross Roads Town ship, has been named custodian for the county, and it is understood the rationing program will be adminis t'l'.l under his supervision and di rect ion. Mr Roebuck is a member of the county rationing hoard, and while he dot's not want his latest assien iini i.i i? I,, 11 it, d it u.i tin pail m 'he war effort Incidentally, the new job carries no remuneration. 11,.- sugar rationing stamps, sup posed to have been placed in the mails last week, have not yet ar rived It is understood that the reg istration for sugar allotmrnt books | will be held the last week in this month. Awaiting the institution of Hie ra Hunhig system, local people with 1 some few exceptions, of course, are ' already cooperating in the conserva tion of the sweet tooth food. Pur chases in many cases are based on eight ounces per person per week and It is understood that no hard ships are resulting. Most of the storaa are cooperating, but there are some cases where sales ranging as high as 100 pounds per person are betas