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MAKE EVERT PAT DAT WAH u l\\ ^ BOND DAT STOP SMKDm—tAVt MILAMS THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOR FOR VICTORY Witt UNITED STATES WAS BONDS'SIAMPS VOLUME XLVI-—NUMBER 3 Williams Ion, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. January 8, 1943. ESTABLISHED 1899 ~ To BeTaken In Enforcing PiTTe K. G*i]iii»8 fa County To Hoad Regulatory Group in County Action on the price regulation front is to be expected in those cases <$) where willful violations are cited, according to a representative of the Office of Price Administration who was in the county this week investi gating records and reports filed by merchants and other business house operators. The Office of Price Administration has organized an Advisory Price Committee of local patriotic citizens who will give their time and services to render some aid to the general public in the vital matter of Price Ceilings. This committee is compos ed of Dr. W. R. Burrell, chairman; Manning uaiflWtoWVs. Ev erett The headquarters for this com mittee will be the office of the local War Price and Ration Board where they will meet periodically in their efforts to be of service. Mr. C. C. Martin, Chairman ui th * and Ration Board, has appointed Mrs. uladys Brewer to serve as price cler kto the Advisory Price Commit tee and the board. She will be on duty at all times when the local board is open and will gladly give you any information desired relat ing to the General Maximum Price Regulations and price ceiling mat ters in general. The Advisory Price Committee members are local citizens, doing a patriotic duty at the call of their country in its time of stress, and earnestly seek your support and co operation in their efforts to keep your cost of living down to the min imum. This committee is convinced that a proper understanding of the Price Control Act by the public and by the merchants, dealers, and suppliers of services embraced therein is the best guarantee of winning our gov ernment’s fight against inflationary rise in prices. The committee will, therefore, do all in its power to dis seminate information concerning the Price Control Act and regulations issued thereunder and to assist those coming within its provisions prompt ly to comply with the law'. To this end the committee immediately calls public attention to the following: The headquarters of this commit tee are located in the agricultural building in Williamston, where the price clerk is on duty throughout the day. Any member of the public having a complaint concerning any viola tion of the Price Control Act or reg ulations issued thereunder, or seek ing any information in regard to the laws or prices thereunder, should feel free to come to the office above mentioned and confer with the price dciX of the committee. It is the duty of all retail dealers and suppliers of services, embraced within the provisions of the Price Control Act, to acquaint themselves with the law and the General Max imum Price Regulations issued there under. The committee has available an adequate supply of printed pam phlets giving full information which may be obtained free at the office above mentioned. If any dealer or supplier of services is in doubt as to whether he falls within the provi sions of the law, or whether he has (Continued on page six) President’s Speech Widely Acclaimed President Roosevelt's message to the 78th Congress yesterday noon was widely claimed throughout most of the world, bitter enemies of the chief executive at home admitting it was a masterpiece. Others in var ious parts of the world declared it was Mr. Roosevelt’s greatest speech. A few persons dug up issues to crit icise, while some few others read foreign meanings into his words and attacked the President because he did not say this or that. The address was highlighted by the praise accorded the chief mili tary accomplishments by the .RuSs, sians in 1942, to the indomitable spir it of the Chinese, and to American service men for their valor and cour age. The President, while making no prophecies, intimated that the wjir would come to an end next year when he said that Allied forces would be marching toward Berlin and Tpkvo hv that time, tha* an increas ed tempo m air attacks could be ex pected. He released encouraging produc tion figures, figures that could give the Axis powers no comfort. In closing, he spoke assuringly of the future and with certainty of ad vances to be made in the present year. “Therefore,” he said, “let us—all of us—have confidence. Let us re double our efforts, “A tremendous, costly, long-en during task in peace as well as in war is still ahead of us. “But, as we face that continuing task, we may know that the state of this nation is good—the heart of this nation is sound—the spirit of this nation is strong—the faith of this nation is eternal.” PlanSTTo ForwardlFor F<ffTn -Alo is,County mg advanced, Mr. T. B. Slade, of the j county agent's office, announced yes- j terday afternoon. Next Monday morning. county j convmUh hi meet in the agri cultural building for a discussion of the preliminary plans.$ Tuesday morning, January 12, Triple A com mitteemen and alternates in the var- j ious townships and districts are to j meet in the courtliou.se forma detail- I ed discussion of the plans advanced in support of all-out production of feed and food crops in the county this year. These plans fit into a nation wide program for marshalling agri culture to meet the impending crisis as a result of war. Allotments are being prepared for the basic crops in the agent’s office, j '---■ --s DIES OF WOUNDS j Wm. Thomas Sullivan, Martin County boy and the son of Mrs. Blanche Sullivan Jones, died of wounds received while in ac tion in the service of his coun try, relatives here were notified a few days ago. A seaman, first class, the young man is believed to have been mortally wounded somewhere in the Pacific. Several Are Fined i In County’s Court | For Driving Drunk | Judge Smith Clears Docket in Short Time in First Session of Year With a surprisingly small number 1 ot cases on the docket considering 1 the fact that no session had been held in two weeks or none since be fore the holidays, Judge J. Calvin Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Rober son finished their work in the county court last Monday in short order. The session was featured by the convic tion of several drunken drivers, the judge imposing $50 fines and placing the usual restrictions on the defend ants in each case. A very small crowd was in attend ance upon the session which was ended before the lunch hour Proceedings in the court: Charged with drunken driving, Henry Godard was sentenced to the roads for 90 days, the court suspend ing the sentence on condition that the defendant pay a fine of $50 and the court costs. His license was re voked for one year and his liquor ra tion book was ordered turned over to the Martin County ABC board fc.r its action on suspension. The case charging Lavcrne God ard with resisting arrest was contin ued for the defendant until Febru ary 1st. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with drunken driving, Da vid Taylor, Jr.. colored, was fined $50 and taxed with the costs. His driver’s license was revoked for one year and his liquor rationing book was ordered turned over to the coun ty ABC board. Charlie “Will” Phillips, charged the liquor lawSI* was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The case charging E. Rick Carson with assaulting a female was contin ued for the state until January 18. (Continued on page six) GAS REBATES Martin County farmers, en titled to tax rebates on gasoline used in tractors and for the op eration of other farm machin ery, must file their claims not la ter than next Wednesday, Jan uary 13th, according to Mr. G. H. Harrison, of the Harrison Oil Company here. Claims to tax re funds 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 Oil Company have willingly of fered to assist farmers in pre paring their claims. pm.- *»*r u-viifwfls n?**!' ters dates to oe ..nnounced. "he new 1943 goals will also be reviewed and it will be necessary for each far mer to subrmt his goal before allot ments can be released. This year is already recognized as a critical period in the history of,|his nation, and it is certain that every class and group will be called upon to do its utmost in steering the ship of state into a safe port. The mo bilization plan is b^ing advanced when many peanut ftrmers in the old belt are critical of the farm pro gram. However, peanut growers in the new areas are said to be ready! and more than willing to go over th* top with their goals, and to be frar^Jk about it, peanut farmers in the *iSd areas can easily be left out on a lynb if they don't watch out. p Limited Number Of Tires Are Allotted In County Tiffs" Week —«— Many Applications Art* Car ried Over for Considera tion at Later Meeting Virtually clearing its files of ap plications for automobile and truck tires last week, the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board this week exhausted its quota after issu ing a comparatively small number of tires. Learning that a liberal issuance of tires had been made at a previous meeting, motorists swarmed infitvith their applications, leaving the rub ber problem just about as compli cated as it was two weeks ago. Four new automobile tires were issued to .1 S Massenburg, commis sioner of paroles for the State of North Carolina, and two tubes were issued to John R. Coltrain, RFD 1, Williamston. No classification was es tablished for the tubt>s. New- truck tires were allotted to the following: Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co., Williamston, four tires and four tubes for hauling lumber. W. A. Manning, Jr., Williamston. one tire for transporting foods and farm products. R L. Stallings, RFD 1, Jamesville, two tires and two tubes for farm use. Four Grade II tires were allowed Hardy H. Smallwood, RFD 1, Wil liamston, for transporting defense worker. Grade III tires were allowed the following: J. J. Bennett, Everetts, two tires, no classification. J. C. Rawls, Williamston, two tires, no classification . 1 Ervin Wooiard, RFD 1, William ston, two tires for farm use. R. J. Hardison, RFD 1, Williams ton, four tires and four tubes for farm use. S. C Bailey, RFD 2, Williamston, four tires, no classification. J. S. Holliday, RFD 1, Williamston, two tires and two lubes, no classifi cation. Willie Roebuck, RFD 1, Oak City, two tires and one tube for farm. J. Dawson Lilley, RFD 1, William ston, three tires, no classification. Russell Holliday, Williamston, one tire and one tube, no classification. Bruce W. Coltrain, RFD 1, Wil liamston, one tire for transporting defense worker. Certificates for recapped tires were issued to the following: Mrs. Lula W. Coburn, Parmele, four tires for farm and logging op erations. W. W. Tyson, Oak City, four tires for use in operating public garage. Love Williams, Oak City, one tire, for farm. (Continued on page six) Pressing Club Here Is Damaged By Fire Starting, near an extractor and fed by a cleaning fluid, fire damaged the AlpJmWRfcfc.- :)i rs pressing club <J$ Main Street here Wednesday after noon, the operators explaining that the extent of the damage could not be determined immediately or un til some of the machines are disman tled and examined. at the machine, Lougene Beil stated that he did not know how the fire started. “It flared up and almost set me a fire,” Bell was quot ed as saying. He was not smoking, and it is thought that friction start ed the fire. Smoke soon filled the building and the flames leaped to nearly all parts of the cleaning and pressing room. Persons on the streets rushed in and carried out many of the clothes, but a few in the back room could not be reached and they were damaged. Very little of the woodwork in the building burned, the volunteer firemen confining most of the fire to the spot where the machine was located. The ceiling was blistered and the floor was damaged when firemen cut holes in to get to the fire that broke out underneath. The loss, unofficially estimated at between $1,000 and $1,200, was cov ered by insurance. tfiugli Horton Dravvt } 4*iKn**i 4-^m ■•-■.?>'*1®. 1 OOi Loral Man Named Chairman Of llie Important Educa tion Committee -*_ _ Named to hcacLthe important edu cation committed and appointed a membr of several other important committees, including the finance group, Senator Hugh G Horton is holding a ranking position i« North C irolina’s 1943 session of t!^ Gener al Assembly. In addition to his chairmanship, the local man is a member of the following commit tees: finance, agriculture, courts and judicial districts, judiciary No. 2, commercial fisheries, ^codification, election laws, water commerce, un employment competition, trustees of the university^^opcwtkmj^md a total of thirteen including the edu cation committee chairmanship. The assignments, no doubt, will call for a great deal of work during thr ses sion opening in Raleigh this week, The committee on education is al most certain to hold an important place in the legislative mill this term since the time is considered ripe for adopting a uniform nine months school term. This assignment alone is likely to keep Mr. Horton busy, but lie’ll have to find time to work witli the other committees. It is be lieved by some that the finance groups will, with a huge cash sur plus on hand, find the sailing fairly easy this term. Certainly the task of getting the cash will not begin to compare with the one encountered back in the early thirties. Then there is the agriculture committee to be considered. Major problems are fac ing farmers, and no doubt the State program will call for more action this year than would ordinarily be the case. A recodification of the Stale laws is in the offing and that com mittee will haev more work than us ual. They are still working on the election laws, trying to make honest boys out of corrupt politicians and voters, and Mr. Horton will have a nominal handful handling his work on the election laws committee. Wa ter commerce is looming as a big factor in commerce during these ab normal times, and that committee is likely to require much of his time. Unemployment compensation has its problems, too, and some work on the committee will be necessary. Then there are the penal institutions, and work on this committee along with that necessary on the others will cer tainly keep Mr. Horton working night and day during the current session of the assembly. Improving Slowly Following Accident William Bowen, young county whiteman is improving slowly at his home in Bear Grass Township, from injuries received while bird hunting in Williams Township the early part of lost week. Late reports stated that he was suffering a great deal and that his condition was slill bad, for the most part. The load of shot, accidentally fired by a friend and companion, Dallas Purvis, struck Mr. Bowen in the face, one shot piercing the right eye ball and blotting out his sight in that eye. Another shoi pierced his lip and Mr. Bowen spat that one out. Sever al others glazed the right side of his face and a few went through his cap. The men, using No. 9 shot, were bird hunting. Officers Wreck Lit/nor Plant In County Tuesday Raiding in Rear Grass Township last Tuesday, Officer J. H. Roebuck, assisted by ABC officers from Pitt and Beaufort counties and federal agents, wrecked a small liquor plant in Bear Grass Township. The kettle had been moved beyond the reach of the officers, but they found and poured out two barrels of molasses beer and wrecked the manufacturing equipment. Mu 11 fj, w APPEALS I Comparatively tew appeals have been filed so far by Mar tin County truckers who allege their gas allotments are not suf ficient to maintain their normal operations. Farmers and other truck owners may get the appeal application forms from the of fice of the county agent. Farm ers will prepare the appeals and return them to the agent's office either by mail or in person. The appeals will be reviewed by the county war transportation com mittee and then they will be sent to Raleigh for final action. Op erators of non-farm trucks may get their appeal forms from the agent’s office either by mail or in person. These truckers are to prepare the appeals and mail them to W. Stewart, O. D. T., care Chamber of Commerce, Washington, North Carolina. It is understood that the ap peals must be in by January 31 instead of the tenth as was prev iously announced. neWTrmmt I ugh ugure in tins county last month, hut even then tile purchases were below expecta tion. According to fairly complete reports- n reived this week, Martin County people invested a total of $200,143.25 in war and victory bonds. It was pointed out that the sale would possibly have been a few thousand dollars larger but for the diet that one or two institutions ex-] haustod their supply of bonds and j could not get more in time to include them in the December sales. While this county was buying over $200,000 in bonds the country invest ed more than twelve billions in vic tory bonds. They had been asked to invest at least ten billion in the se- j curities by the Treasury Depart j -nunty wew record* d I by the several post offices and insti j tutions as follows: Jamesville, post | office, $337.50; Williamston, post of Lfiee, .$8 381 25; Guaranty Bank,'$,32. 668.75; Branch Banking and Trust Company, $81,980.75, and the Martin County Suildmg and Loan Associa tion, $4:500; Robersonville, post of fice, $9,056.25, and Guaranty Bank, $43,213.75. <o It has been pointed out that SWe have just started to finance the war, that where many were investing 10 pe< cent of their salaries in bonds, they are now being urged to invest 20 per cent. As long as the war lasts and possibly after it ends it will be necessary for everyone to invest ev ery possible penny in war and vic tory bonds. Last Warning Issued To Draft DdfctnquenIs Fifty-Eight Listed As Delinquents By (-ounty Draft Board - Vigorous Action Is Expected Vgainst Delinquents After February 1 A last warning to Martin County draft delinquents was issued this week by Selective Service officials, urging them to comply with draft rules and regulations or suffer the consequences. While cases of delin quency have been turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for action and others haw already been carried into the courts from this county, it is understood that a more vigorous system for handling the de linquencies will be placed into effect on or about the first of next month and drastic action is to be expected. The Martin County Draft Board lists fifty-eight men in its registra tions as being delinquent. While it is certain that some few of the men are trying to dodge the draft, it is equally as certain that some of those who are classed as delinquents know no beUei or have carelessly over looked the rules and regulations re quiring them to leave their forward ing addresses and the like. Of the 58 listed delinquents in this county on ly nine of them are white. The list below is published in the hope that relatives or friends having knowledge of the whereabouts of ll. •fivlinquents will let them knOW that they are not in good standing and that they should act to correct their status with the draft board. It is possible that some of the delin quents are listed in error, but as far as the draft board records show the tbiiow'ing men are delinquent as ut .January 5, 1943: Euphrates Eugene Singleton, c, Jamesville Columbus James, c, Robersonville John Robert Lawrence, c, RFD 1, Oak City William Henry George, c, William sl.un George Barfield, c, RFD 3 Wil liamston Armand Lee Ward, c, Parmele George Spencer Jones, c, RFD 1, llobgood Vernon Lee Staton, c, Everetts Lavughn Carraway, c, Roberson ville Alexis Lawrence Thigpen, w, Wil liamston Augustus Lee Rogers, c, RFD 2, Williamston William Jones, c, Oak City Willie Buck Williams, w, RFD 1, Williamston Ronald Doniel, c, RFD 2, Rober sonville George Woollard, c, RFD 1, Wil (Continued on pag!_ six) I Small Home Burns pin County Monday Believed to have started from a falling spark on the roof, fire de stroyed the small country home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brown, about five miles from Hamilton on the River Road, early last Monday afternoon during a strong windstorm. Mrs. Brown, about 65 years of age, was home with several of her small grandchildren and Mr. Brown was working with his sons at a peanut picker about a mile away. Carrying the little tots from the house, Mrs. Brown went back into the house to save as many articles as possible. The two- and three year-old children followed her back into the house and by the time she carried them out again the fire had gained so much headway that she could not enter the building and all the contents were lost. Her sons, seeing the fire, ran almost a mile across fields but when they reached the scene they could do nothing to stop ihe fire. About $200 in insurance was car ried on the property. V. MAIL DELAYS Carelessness in addressing and affixing postage to soldiers’ mail is delaying deliveries in thous ands of cases, according to reli able information coming from postal authorities. It is understood that much of the mail going to service men is assorted by companies for deliv ery direct to the addressees. Since the mail is not distributed by a regular post office, there is no system available for collect ing any postage that might be due. Where the sender's name appears on the envelope, it is re turned. When there is no return address on the envelope, the let ter is sent to the dead letter of fice where the sender is notified. Delays run into weeks when greater care in addressing and affixing postage would expedite the delivery of the soldier’s mail. Two Japanese Troop Ships Are Sunk OH New Guineas Coast -<s> Russian Forres Foul inning Relentless Drive On Toward Rostov In what some observers believe to | ^"•been the .<i<i<<rt- move in annth 1 er concentrated attack in the South Pacific, tlie Japs met with apparent defeat when they tried this week to Ket reinforcements to their men in New Guinea. At least two large troop transports were sunk ii|d other;; wc71*“ damaged, along with the tie struction of 2< Jap plant's, as a tt 11 ship convoy moved toward the New Guinea coast. Sighting the convoy, American airmen unloaded 135 tons of bombs on the enemy and are said to have driven back the remnants in a 24-hour engagement starting last Wednesday A late report states the battle is still raging. Reports state that the Japs are amassing another large fleet at Rabaul, New Britain, and another great sea engagement in the Southwest Pacific is believed in the offing. Allied spokesmen say they are ready, but according to Navy Secretary Knox the concen tration of Jap ships in that area has not reached any sizable proportions. Apparently all is not quiet in that part of the world, hut few details of any action there are available. On the land fronts, the Russian forces are busily and steadily chas ing the Germans on several fronts and continuing their relentless drive on toward Rostov. Germany, at last, has admitted that its armies are re treating from the Caucasus Late re ports from Moscow state that the Russian forces have swarmed through 65 or more populated towns and e '-wer Don valley and were within GO miles of >;,<_■ im portant key center of Rostov. Re treating from the Caucasus front, the Germans were said to be murdering civilians and burning property he fContinued on page six) FIRST A. M. Hasty, popular young Robersonville man, is under stood to be the first Martin County married man to enlist in the United States Army and earn a commission under the vol untary enlistment program for officer’s training. Others have earned commissions, but Mr. Hasty was not in line for immed iate call when he enlisted and that feature makes him first in his class. Mr. Hasty was commissioned a second lieutenant last December 23rd, and he with Mrs. Hasty, the former Miss Gladys Everett, are now at home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the present. Pleasure Drivins Is WSawaas^egg \ inlators \r*' ^ Their “A”, Halion ’ibjt'cl'! o Lose “B" or “C” Cards Reflecting a far more serious shortage in gasoline and fuel oil than many would allow themselves be lieve, orders were issued in Wash ington this week ruling out all pleas ure driving in seventeen eastern states and lowering fuel oil rations by 25 per cent in some cases. The uder was accompanied by the warn ing that violations will subject the owner to the loss of his rations in either the “A", “B” or “C ' class. The order banning all pleasure driving and calling for a more con ■'orvidwc^useof gas and oil bv ev eoniing from some oil distributors in inis immediate section stating that last deliveries were hardly one-third their normal size. Pleasure driving lias been defined in general terms, but it will be up to the individual to prove beyond a ioubt that his driving is not in that : lass if he should be questioned. Un iler those conditions, marginal driv ing is to be questioned, but it has been ruled that driving to and from church is not fun. The business of driving several blocks to get to one’s work two or three blocks away is be ing questioned, but as far as it could be learned from ration authorities the practice has not been ruled out. "Any person who can’t walk one or two blocks to his work is not worth much alter he gets there,” an observ er in Washington declared last night @ in appealing for a greater conserva tion of gas. No direct instructions have been received bv officers here and in the county, but it has been reliably learn ed that they will be called upon to check up and report pleasure driv ing. The OPA is understood to have its own checkers scattered from New York to Florida, and action under the order is to be expected. A report from local police states that not more than two cars were seen on the streets last night that could possibly have been on pleas ure missions. The number early last night was thin as compared with parkings on evenings earlier in the week and today there are plenty of parking spaces on the streets, indi cating that more people are waking up to the serious situation surround ing the gasoline siinjilv Quite a few people braved the rain and walked lo amusement centers here last eve ning and one young married couple made it to the pictures on one bi cycle. The Ol'A set forth this list of pur poses for which "A", "B” or "C” ra tion books may or may not be used: 1— May be used for family nr per ! sonal necessity... !' :"mg for which adequate alternative means of trans portation are available. 2— May be used for occupational driving, or driving by naval or mili tary personnel under transfer orders or on leave or furlough for the pur pose of visiting relatives or making (Continued on page six) -® Governor Sounds A Progressive Note p A progressive note was sounded by Governor J. M. Broughton in his address to the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly in Raleigh yesterday noon when he recommended war legislation, a post-war program, a nine-months school term, increased salaries for state employees, the elimination of shocking conditions existing in the State’s institutions for the insane, and a $15,000,000 bond is sue for the promotion of a road building program after the war. He asked certain powers for him self and the Council of State in han dling any emergencies resulting from the war. Financial recommendations, for the most part, will await the budget message next week, but the governor did recommend that taxes not be increased and that $20,000,000 of the treasury surplus be set up as a Jg St v.3X rcrrrvi In connection with the recommen dation for a ninth school month, which he would make optional dur ing the war, the governor said, “we are financially able to take this progressive step.’’ Nothing was said about lifting the sales tux or lowering taxes. Other general recommendations included: a Negro Training School tor Girls; strengthening the election !aws, as recommended by the State Board of Elections; stricter laws con cerning the sale of wines: appropri ations for the State Planning Com mission, which has never functioned; requirements that all licensing boards turn in ali funds to the State Treasurer and operate under the Budget Bureau; giving the Commis sioner of Agriculture and the Com missioner of Labor the same salar ies as members of the Council of State and making them members of that body. During the early sessions of the legislature, a few local bills were introduced, reports from the assem bly indicating that the body will get down to work and end the session in six or eight weeks.
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