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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 33 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 21, IV42. ESTABLISHED 1899
Transplanting Of
New Tobacco Crop
Started In County
Farmers Plan To Take Advan
tage of 10 Percent In
crease in Quota
Starting well ahead of the season,
a few farmers in this county are
transplanting the new tobacco crop
this week, but the main work is de
pendent upon weather conditions,
blue mold and the size of the plants.
The advance settings were made and
are being made to "head off" blue
mold which is already attacking the
plants in many sections of the coun
ty. Farmer Sidney Beacham. of the
Bear Grass community, is under
stood to have been the first to trans
plant any of the new crop in this
county, the indirect report stating
that he started the work last Tues
day afternoon.
Scattered reports heard this week
state that the blue mold is rapidly
gaining a foothold, but That no ser
ious damage has yet resulted. Plants
are well advanced and in some cases
where early plantings are not want
ed the farmers are almost welcom
ing the blue mold attacks, or at least
they are not at all alarmed about
the presence of blue mold. In some
few cases farmers are pulling plants
from their beds and throwing them
away rather than transplant them
in the fields this early in the season.
With good weather and other fav
orable factors, farmers in the county
are expected to start transplanting
the crop on a fairly extensive scale
about the middle or latter part of
next week and approach a climax
the following week. Sometimes it is
almost June before the transplant
ing is completed in its entirety. The
transplanting schedule is very un
certain, farmers stating that weath
er conditions and the blue mold can
alter scheduled plans over night.
The growers in this county are
planning to. take advantage of the -
10 per cent increase in acreage al
lotments despite aggravated labor
conditions and the urgent call for
more food, feed crops and those pro
ducing oil.
In the State, tobacco farmers plan
to plant 560,400 acres this season as
compared with 505,400 acres last
year, or about 111 per cent of the
1941 crop. The estimated plantings
are well under the average for the
1930-39 period which was 647;070
acres. It will be remembered how
ever, that the depression period cur
tailed the crop and control figured
prominently in acreage reductions.
In the country na n whole, the
growers expect to plant a 1942 to
bacco crop of 1.446.200 acres, or an
increase of approximately 7 per cent
aly>ve the 1,350,500 acres harvested
last year. If present plans material
ize, this year's acreage will be 14
pre cent below the 10-year (1930-39)
?average of 1,678,200 acres. An indi
cated increase of 12 per cent in flue
cured acreage is mainly responsible
for the higher 1942 acreage of to
tal tobacco. The acreage of fire-cured
is expected to be increased 4 per cent
above 1941, while growers of air
cured types intend to plant a 1942
acreage 3 per cent above last year.
All cigar classes show a decrease in
the 1942 prospective acreage.
AAA marketing allotments, which
continue in effect on many of the
tobacco types, are practically un
changed from 1941 except for an in
crease of approximately 10 per cent
for flue-cured types This year grow
ers of flue-cured, fire-cured and air
cured types expect to plant an acre
age nearer their allotments. Prices
received by farmers for most of these
higher than a year earlier.
The 1942 total cigar tobacco acre
age is expected to be approximately
8 per cent below 1941 Growers of
cigar tobacco are still somewhat un
certain as to their 1942 acreage, since
available labor and materials are
expected to be influencing factors.
Twenty Seniors To
Return To School
Williamston high school students
devoted the first period yesterday
morning to arranging courses to be
studied during the 1942-43 school
term. Home room teachers held the
advance registration, advising stu
dents as to work required for grad
uation as well as the electives to be
included in the curriculum next
year.
The advance registration permits
completion of student schedules and
assignment to the various classes
prior to the opening of school.
Twenty members of this year's
graduating class signified their in
tention of returning for the twelfth
year of instruction which Is to be of
fered next year for the first itme
These students filled registration
forms, which are to be approved by
their parents, and returned to coun
ty and state school authorities.
Twelfth grade English, a new so
cial science course, along with elec
tives offered in Spanish, natural
science and the commercial sub
jects enable any senior returning for
study next year to choose a full pro
gram of work. , ,M
Commercial Registration For
Sugar Allotments Next Week
The commercial trade?wholesale
and retail dealers, operators of cafes
and boarding houses and processors
?will register at the six white high
schools in the county next Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 28 and 29, be
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p.
m. for May and June sugar allot
ments, Herbert L. Roebuck, sugar
rationing administrator, announces
following a special school of instruc
tion held in Windsor Tuesday. Indi
vidual consumers will not register
on those days, the administrator ex
plaining that the general public will
apply for their quotas on May 4, 5,
6 and 7th. Registrations for the com
mercial trade will be handled in the
white high schools at Jamesville,
Farm Life, Bear Grass, Williamston, |
Robersonville and Oak City under
the direction of the school principals.
Any one in the commercial group
failing to register on the designated
?
days will be forced to wait about two
weeks and appear before the county
rationing board in the county court
house on or after Monday, May 11.
In applying for allotments, re
tailers should submit a record of
sales of all meals, vegetables, gro
ceries. etc.. for the week ending to
morrow, and show receipts for su
gar bought during last November.
The wholesaler will aid the work if
he will prove the amounts of sugar
delivered and accepted during 1941
Messrs. N. K. Harrison. C. D. Car
starphen, Ben Courtney. Bill Spivey,
Reginald Simpson, Luther Peel, D.
V. Clayton. Jack Biggs and Bruce
Wynne will assist in handling the
registration for this district. Plans
for the registration of individuaj
consumers will be announced next
week.
No sugar sales will be made dur
ing the period beginning "April 27
and ending May 4th
Classify All Men In
Early Registrations
Kil l Kf) IN ACTION
John CJoldle I.eRRctt, young
Martin County man. was killed
In action at Prarl Harbor on last
December 7th, relatives in this
county were notified recently,
lie is the fourth Martin County
man to make the supreme sac
rifice for his country in the prea
- wit war.
Fourth County Man
Makes the Supreme
Sacrifice In War
John G. l <-?p'tl Wuh Killed in
Aetion al lYurl Marhor,
Recent Report Suva
John Goldie Leggett, Martin
County young man, was killed in
action during the attack on Pearl
Harbor last December 7th, relatives
in this county were recently noti
fied by the Navy Department
through Mrs, Leggett who is at her
home m Seattle, Washington. The
young man, the fourth one from this
county to nave made the supreme
sacrifice for his country, was believ
ed to have been lost in the attack,
but the Navy message announcing
his death was just recently received
by relatives in this county.
No details of the young man's
death, but it is almost certain that
he was on the U. S. S. Arizona when
the ship was blown up on that fate
ful morning and that he lost his life
in the attack. As far as it could be
learned no trace of the body has
been found. Young Leggett, volun
teering his services nearly five years
ago, had been a member of the
Arizona crew for about four years.
Completing one enlistment in the
Navy, fie" volunteered again last
September and at the time of his
death was a machinist's mate, first
class.
The son of the late Mr. Jesse Leg
gett and Mrs. Goldie Pierce Leggett,
he was born in this county 26 years
ago. When he was only about three
weeks old, his mother died and he
went to make his home with an aunt,
Mrs. Will Bland, near Williamston.
He attended the Williamston schools
and after completing two years in
the high school he located in Poplar
Point and started farming A few
years later he entered the Navy and
a little over a year ago married on
the West Coast. He with Mrs. Leg
gett visited here last fall, renewing
old friendships. Leaving his wife
in this county, the young man re
turned to his ship, and he was not
seen by Mrs. Leggett or relatives in
this county since that time. Mrs. Leg
gett later returned to her home in
Seattle.
(Continued on page six)
Draft Board Places
9 Of 2.1) Men In
1-A Classification
1 i
I
Dcluy CluHHificatioiiH in Few
Claw* IVmling: Furtlirr
InvHligftont
The status of the approximately
3,400 men registering in the first
and second draft registrations
this county lias been determined,
the draft board last Tuesday night
completing that task with the ex
ception of a few cases that are be
ing delayed pending investigation
of claims advanced in the ques
tionnaires.
As usual, most of the registrants
were placed in either 1-A or 3-A, the
first group including unmarried men
[ or men married after last December
7th, and the 3-A group including
I married men or other men with de
pendents. These classifications are
subject to some alteration, but the
registrant must show good cause be
fore any change* can be effected.
I last Friday night the board class
ified 26H men _und placed 70 in-the
I 1-A classification. Last Tuesday
I and placed 79 in the 1-A group,
boosting the total number of regis
trants, including both white and
I colored, to a figure slightly in ex
| cess of 500 In filling past quotas, the
board has exhausted 1,875 order
numbers, leaving 1,525, or approxi
mately that many, order numbers to
draw from in filling future draft
quotas before reaching into the third
or last February registration group
for manpower.
In handling its work last Tuesday
night, the county draft board placed
79 men in 1 -A, 143 in 3-A, one in 2-B,
2 in 1-C, 1 in 4-F, leaving four class
ifications pending at least. Three
young men whose order numbers
were in the group had already vol
unteered and - entered the service,
and possibly a fourth one hud vol
unteered, but the board had not been
advised of suck action and natural
ly he was placed in the 1-A group.
Those men placed in 1-C had enlist
ed in the armed forces and are sub
ject to call wthin the next few days
One registrant was classified as a
placed before the Federal Bureau of
Investigation The one registrant
placed in 1-B was given six months
deferment at the request of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
Classifications effected by the
board this week are, as follows:
3052?Classification pending
3053?Matthew Gainer, c, 1-A
3054?Garland Bullock, w, 3-A
3055?K. O. Rogers, w, 1-A
3056?Harmon Peel, c, 1-A
3057?Perlie Benjamin Ayers, w,
T^A ~
3056?Nathan Worsley Johnson, w,
3-A
3059?Edom James, c, 3-A
3060?Jasper Ellis, w, 1-A
3061?Dennis Earl Hardy, w, 3-A
3062?Willie Benjamin Everett, w,
3-A
3063?John Finner Bonds, w, 3-A
3064?Leroy Fearrington, c, 3-A
3065?Sam Coffield, c, 3-A
3066?King Thadius Woolard, c, 3-A
S-3066?Oscar Lawrence James, c,
1-A
3067?Francis Baldwin Worsley, w,
3-A
3068?William David Fields, c, 1-A
3069? Welton Daniel Biggs, c, 1-A
3070?Turner Roosevelt Howell, c,
3-A
3071?Mayo Andrews, c, 1-A
3072?David Ramsey Davis, w, 3-A
3073?Joseph Redden Tyre, w, 3-A
3074?Ferdinand Clarence Stalling*.
Jr., w, 1-A
3075?Homer Gee, c, 3-A
(Continued on page six)
UNCLE
SAM
BATTLING TO UPHOLD
Americas
Freedom
THE 19TII WEEK OF TIIE WAR
War Production Chairman Nel
son, speaking in New York City, said
the United Nations have now out
stripped the Axis in war production
Because-of the accumulated reserves
of the enemy, however, "we have not
yet won the battle of production,"
he said. Vice President Wallace said
by July of this year, the U. S. will
be producing more war material
than any other nation1 in the history
of live world
The WPB said as of April 1 the
Government had di^bpr^ert pyiri'
than $23 billion on the war effort.
Chairman Nelson asked all prime
contractors to establish sub-contract-'
ing departments, and to make sub
contracting needs known to the
nearest WPB field office. He also
asked that workers' vacations be
staggered, and overtime and em
ployment of substitutes be increas
ed so vacations will not disrupt war
production. The board listed the first
500 plants to set up voluntarily la
bor-management committees and j
launch production drives
Manpower Mobilization
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt was made chairman of a
nine-man war manpower commis
sion set up by the President to "bring
about the most effective mobiliza
tion and the maximum use of the
nation's manpower." Mr McNutt said
the commission will establish a la
bor priorities system to allocate
manpower on a voluntary basis. If j
this system fails, he said he would
ask for authority to assign men and
women to specific jobs. He report
ed an additional 10 million workers
will be needed in"war production
this year, many of whom will have
to be obtained through recruiting of
women, young people and retired
workers. '
The President proclaimed the
week of May 3 as National Employ
ment Week and asked employers to
train and employ women and older
men as a means of avoiding a labor
shortage The President's committee
en i,hi employment practice order-,
ed in companies holding large war
contracts to cease discriminating
against -workers because of race or
religion.
The War Front
War iSecrctary Stlmson lold a
I tress con ft ti ? r ice t he IJ. S. Army is i
almost ready for thcoffensivc. Army
common upu-.s reported 13 Australia
based Aiiicman bombeis, in a 4,000- 1
mile round trip raid on Japanese in
stallations in the Philippines, sank
foili ene my ships, damaged four j
others and Paused widespread dam
age. The Army and Navy withheld
comment on reports that American
bombers had raided Tokyo, Yoko
hama, Kobe and other Japanese cities
and inflicted extensive property
damage.
(ion. MacArthur named the mem
bers of his staff assisting him as head
of the United Nations southwest Pa
cific command. Gen. Wainwright
said Corregidor Island could and
would hold out. He said art estimat
ed 00,000 American and Filipino com
batant and non-combatant troops on
Bataan are now in the handsdh^the
enemy. Eight United Nations ships
were reported sunk by enemy sub
marines in the Atlantic.
Foreign Relations
lease aid amounted to more than $3
billion by the end of March. War
supplies sent ToRussia in March
were two and a half -times as -groat
as those sent in February. President
Roosevelt notified Ambassador to
Vichy Leahy to return to this coun
try for instructions, because of the
domination of the new government
of France by the pro-German Laval
The Statu Depai tnu'iit?said tlnee
American ships scheduled to carry
food and clothing to France and
North Africa are being held here
pending clarification of the Vichy
(Continued on page six)
ADDRESS TOPIC __
W R. Ogg, ranking officer in
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration, will discuss the sub
ject, "The Farmers' Part in
Winning the War." in his ad
dress to the annual meeting of
the Martin County Farm Bureau
in the high school here following
a barbecue supper in the gym
nasium.
In his address, Mr. Ogg will
discuss some of the difficulties
to be overcome in winning the
war, the program and activities
of organized farmers through
the Farm Bureau to properly
safeguard agriculture, and to
promote the war effort.
The address will be a timely
one and should be heard by all
members of the county organi
zation. A large crowd Is expect
ed.
Board Passes Resolution Urging
Adoption ol Ninth School Month
OliSim IN<; ANMVEKSAin
Superior Court In
Final Session Of
Term Wednesday
Tribunal W urki'il Only liiri't'
Duyn hill ing Spcciul Term
For Trial of Ci\il Ca*rs
After railing (iff the fust, the Mar
tin County Supe rior Court worked
only three days of tin* second of a
two weeks term created by special
legislative act for civil cases and
folded its tent and adjourned Wed
nesday afternoon. Tin- court remov
ed a fe w cases from the docket un
der the direction of Judge R I) I)ix
on, of Edentpn, but the- files are now
alx?ut as crowded with pending li
tigations as th'ey were before tin
term was opened. Few cases were
scheduled for trial for one reason or
another
The sessions this week went by
virtually unnoticed by the general
public. One or two cases attracted
fairly large hurrfbers oTlitigants and
witnesses, but at times the bar mem
bcrs and court attendants far out
numbered the audience.
Suing L>. M. Ruber son for dam - t
ages alleged to have resulted from 1
an alleged assault back in July, !941,'
Margaret Whitaker, former young
employee of the plaintiff, was award
ed $200 actual and $300 punitive '
damages. The complaint, alleging
that the plaintiff, suing by her next
friend, J. J. Whitaker, slapped hor-j
when she went to his place of busi !
ness to get her wages, was denied, j
At the trial it was brought out that '
the defendant was attacked by an
other employee of the firm. The jury
deliberated the evidence about 20
minutes before .. reaching a verdict
In its judgment the court ordered
that execution was to be issued
against the property of the defend
ant and if it was returned unsatis
fied in whole or in part, execution
was to issue against the person of
the defendant. An appeal to the high
er courts was noted, the court allow
ing the defense 60 days to serve the
case on appeal. The ap)>eal bond was
fixed at $75 and stay bond was re
quired in the sum of $500.
Claiming the defendant's train
fired approximately 17 acres of
woodsland on October 23, 1941, Mat
tir Davis sued the?Atlantic Count
Line Railroad Company for $425
damages. She was awarded a judg
ment in the sum of $300, the court
directing the defendant to pay the
case costs. An appeal was noted and
bond in the sum of $75 wus required
In the case of E. M. Gordv against
Kate B. York, the court ordered an
old deed of trust, lost some years
ago, cancelled, proof of payment hav
ing been established.
The Church of the Advent is ob
serving; the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of the occupancy of its build
ing with a fitting program Sun
day. Rev. Morrison Bethea. belov
ed rector of the church for a num
ber of years and who preacheddhe
consecration sermon on April Hi,
1917. is returning from Keidsville
to preach the special anniversary
sermon. A special leaflet, recalling
briefly the early history of the
church hut dealing?with those
events transpiring during the last
quarter century, is being issued in
connection with the anniversary
observance. The church building,
donated by .Mrs. James <i. Staton,
is picture above. The accompany
ing picture is that of Rev. John
W. Hardy, rector, who has been
serving the church since 1938.
V
REGISTRATION
The fourth draft registration
ul World War 11 will be held
throughout the nation next
Monday, Ai?rrl ?7tb, between the
hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m.
Btacrs of?registration will?be
maintained in the same places
as previously maintained in this
county with a new registration
point to be opened in llassell.
Volunteers, serving in past
registrations, have volunteered
their services in handling the
registration next Monday. All
men between the ages of 45 and
(it inclusive must register next
.Monday, excepting those who
registered previously.
Mrs. C. T. Modi in
Dies In Washington
Hospital Thursday
I'iiiii* ral Sit* iri'n W ill lit' tli'lil ]
\l I.iil?' Ilium1 Toilnv
Near Jiimrx\ illi;
Mrs Rebecca Koberson Modlin,
highly?respected?citizen of the
Jamesville community, died in a
Washington hospital yesterday af
ternoon at 12:30 o'clock following a
long illness. A victim of diabetes for
more than two years, she was re
moved to the hospital two weeks
ago The disease with complications
caused her death.
The daughter of Asa and Sallie
Koberson, Mrs. Modlin was born in
Jamesville Township on March 10,
1903 Shi* was married to Mr. C
Frank Modlin 2ti years ago, and
had lived in her native community
all her life. She was a devoted mem
ber of the Baptist Church at Cedar
Branch for a number of years, and
was held in high esteem by all who
knew her. She was patient in her
suffering, and was thoughtful of
others and their welfare.
Attached to her loved ones and
friends, Mrs Modlin spent most of
her time in her home and commun
ity.
She leaves four children, Chas. F
Modlin, of Washington City, and
Asa Modlin, <>f Norfolk; Elizabeth
and Lovick Modlin. both of James
ville She also leaves three sisters,]
Mrs. Hoy Moore, of the Jamesville
Community, and Mrs. G. C. Lilley
and Mrs. Naomi Gardner, both of
Hardens.
Funeral services are being con
ducted from the late home this af
ternoon at 3:00 o'clock by her pas
tor, Rev. W. B. Harrington. Inter
ment will follow in the family cem
etery, near the home.
Teachers Re-elected
B\ Local Committee
hi Special M< 'ctinjr
?i?
Scvcriil Men IVuelier* Siibjccl
Id \rim (.all; Mrs. (xavt
foril Kr.i^n-.
Advancing plans for operating the
local schools next term- members of
the local committee Hi a special
| meeting held in the high .school
i building Wednesday evening re
elected the faculty members, discuss
| ed other problems and passed a ros
|olution urging the adoption of a
ninth-month term. Boa id members
I l(. I.. Cobui n, K It Good mo n and C
IV Clark were present.
Provisions for a ninth month for
j the Williamston schools were dis
[cussed at length, the Committee
members pointing out that it was
I becoming more difficult each year
? to retain or employ new teachers for
an eight-months school The resolu
tion-passed by the local committee
this week will tie placed before the
county board of education at its next
; meeting where it will be considered.
If the proposal is favorably, received
by members of that group, it will be
recommended and a petition for a
special election will he in order It
is well understood that the proposal
has a strong support among the pa
trons as well as among educators
and others interested m education
| Details, of the plan aS'TEey relate-.
| to cost have not been definitely-de
I tcrmined. as far as it could be learn
ed, but it is hoped that action can
be taken in time to provide the ex
ten month during the tinning tcim
Disposed to grant every possible
consideration to the tnen teachers
who may he called into tin armed
service of the country within the
next few months; hoard members
discussed their status at considerable
length. He appointment was made
in these cases, and the applicants in
structed to determine their draft
status and report the facts to the
school board as soon as possible af
ter the close of sidiOiiL dLa^r-4^>e<'4-^
?d that Harvey H Yates ami J. H
Mason will enter the service during
ing the summer. Jack K. Butler al
ready has ah application pending
W't I utile U S Navy ;hk| -aJ?t-he same
tune holds a temporary deferment
with?the Selective. Service Board.
The resignation of Mrs Mildred
Tnlloy C'rnwfoid. sixth grade teach
; er for the past five years, was?ac~~
| cepted, and a resolution passed ex
pressing appreciation for her per
J iod of service. Other faculty mem
bers were re appointed.
i no establishment of the twelfth
year of instruction in the local
schools was approved. Classes will
he graduated this year and in 1943,
with the twelfth year optional for
the present senior and junior classes,
Students in the ninth grade and be
low, in accordance with the general
county plan, will be required to
I progress through the twelfth grade
before being awarded diplomas.
Reports coming from the several
school districts indicate that com
paratively few changes are being
made in the faculties for the coming
term, that few teachers were resign
ing and that re-elections were being
effected in moid'nines. Seveml teach
ers in the county are said to be plan
ning to ritin at the end of tlie Our
rent term.
Creation ()t A Pifew
War Front Planned
Said to have agreed'on plans for
carrying the war to Adolf Hitler and
his common hordes, England and the
United States are believed making
ready to open a second front with
in the near future. Rumors declare
that action on a second front is to be
expected about the latter part of
next week. I
j The situation for the Allies looks
very favorable on most of the fronts
but in Burma the Japs are continuing
to drive toward Mandalay, late re
ports stating the invaders are with
in 140 miles of the city made fam
ous by Kipling.
"We are over the hump in Aus
tralia," General MacArthur said this
week, but no official communique
has been issued by Washington dur
ing the past two days in connection
with the fighting on the far-flung
battle fronts.
I Germany now says her 16th army
has broken out of the trap she den
ied the approximately 100.000 men
were in. Not as many came out as
went in, however. Russia is scoring
successes all along the front, moving
with telling effectiveness in the Cri
mea within the past few hours.
Japan is still guessing about the
recent air raid on Tokyo and sever
al other cities, and the Japs are still
worrying over what is yet to be car
ried home to them.