WEAKX EVCRY PAT DAT $ WAR BONlUil. L*t cv;a THE TOP FOR VICTORY with UNITED STATES WAR j bm&im 1 * i VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 11 triL - - ---- , ^— Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 5, 1943. ESTABLISHED 1899 _ Jurymen WDr^yn For MonJi TVrm Of . Called To Serve For Twelve Months i * Forty-five Marlin County citizens have been called for jury service du^Sfc the March term of the Mar tin County Superior court conven ing the i6ih of mat rnWT??i. Nine of the group will be chosen for a year's duty as grand jurymen, succeeding nine who are completing the long term. Judge R. Hunt Parker, of Roanoke Rapids, is scheduled to preside over >iie term scheduled to last for two •Weeks and handle both criminal and civil cases. It will be Judge Parker’s first visit to the county in several years. Drawn for service the first week or for service as grand jurymen are the following: Jamesville Township G C X. 11 ley, and Luther Hardison. Williams Township: Irving Rober son. Township; W. G. Hard;-' Bear Grass Township: W. O feel. Russell L. Griffin and Cortez Bowen. Williamston Township: G. G. Wool ard, G. H. Harrison, John E. Pope. Raymond D. Taylor, J. G. Barnhill, Charlie Edwards. T. A Gray, James E. Griffin, Roger Critcher, Jr., E. E. Cox and W H, Dickens. Cross Roads Township: B. W. Wil liams and J. B. Barnhlil. Robersonville Township: Lester C. Roebuck and J. J. Williams. Hamilton Township: J. A. Haislip, D. W. Etheridge and C. L. Nelson, Jr. Goose Nest Township: C. H. Leg gett and J. E. Copeland, Jr. Second Week Williams Township: Lillian R. Long. Bear Grass Township: Claudius Rawls. Williamston Township: H. S Rob erson, John G. Corey, J. W. Garris, M. S. Moore, J. A. Roberson, W J. Woolard and R. D. Elliott. Cross Roads Township: Willie L. Ausbon and W. B. Everett. Robersonville Township: J. H. Gray. J. P. House and F. F Pollard. Cherry. Hamilton Township: Dallas Pur vis and W. L. Hollis. Goose Nest Township: L. L. Keel. i Three Cases Heard By Judge Smith In The County Court —*—i Defendant Is Sentenced to Hoads for Loup: Term for Resisting Arrest With only three cases on the dock et, Judge J. C. Smith held one of his shortest sessions of his current term in the county recorder’s court last Monday. The court was in session1 less than forty-nve minutes and there were only eight spectators in the hall, including big Will Eborn, the colored character who wanders up and down the streets of Wiiliam ston. Judge Smith, who with the cooper ation of his prosecuting attorney, is I running a good court, found it nec essary to talk to a member of the bar when the said member advised the jurist he was wrong. The judge took a definite stand against general drunkenness and dis orderly conduct during the session ♦hen he sentenced Laverne Godard to the roads for twelve months. The youthful defendant was also charged with resisting arrest. The sentence was suspended if and when the de fendant is inducted into the Army, the suspension to remain in effect for and during staffe time as he re mains in the armed services. Outfitting his wife with new clothes and placing a sparkling red hat atop of her head, John Sam Moore won his case in a walk. He was charged with non-support, but the maneuvers carefully executed just a short time before apparently supported in part or entirely the nol pros taken by the court. Charged with trespassing and dis posing of mortgaged property, Wal ter Bailey wa*',adjudged not guil ty. -* Former Local Man Dies In Richmond —»— Mark Dawes, native of Nash Coun ty and for a number of years a res ident of Williamston, died at his home in Richmond last Sunday. Suf fering a stroke of paralysis he fell while leaving a lodge hall in the Vir ginia city a few days before Christ mas. His condition had been serious since that time. Moving to Williamston about 1900, he married Miss Elizabeth Rogerson and moved to Richmond about ten years later. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, Irvin W. and Raymond L. Dawes. He also leaves one sister and two brothers. Funeral services were conducted a,, j interment was in Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond. IBig.Rahu&on Injure Quota \ForCurrent-Month In County F. ikniin» ■>; quota* >.it tobruary have bet .: i-.a terially decreased in this county. Un less the allowance is altered, vehicle operators will have to depend on fifteen new automobile tires, 26 grade II. 75 grade III, 95 recaps and, 8-1 tubes. Truckers will be allotted 56 ncvjtffcires, 56 recaps and 41 tubes. \ • W ol Ftvv-.-st ing allowed four new tires during the current month For some the tire shortage is of fering a serious situation, but in some cases the applicants for tire rations are still riding high, wide and handsome. Once they have been armed with rations from the liberal allotments advanced last month, quite a few vehicle owners are ex plaining that they can operate fori another six, ten or even twelve1 The wholesale tire rationing bus iness last month has not solved the problem by any means. It is now ap parent that the supply has been ex hausted and that even with a certifi cate of purchase many vehicle oper “torsainl! not be able to find the tires. Apparently realizing that the . .cl the mands. authorities have ruled that the life of the certificates will be ex tended if and when they are placed in the hands of tire dealers. If the certificate is held by the applicant, it will become void within at) days, it was officially announced. It is pos sible that the demand for grade III tires will be met by the introduction of "idle" tires taken from owners throughout the nation several months ago. ( AT A GLANCE ] *----J> According to vfflriti informa •••wr owing from the county ra tioning board, the following of fers at a glance a picture of ra tioning coupon values and dates: No. 11 stamp is good for three pounds of sugar until March 16. No. 28 coupon is good for one pound of coffee until midnight, February 7th. No. 25 stamp in War Ration Book One will be valid on February 8th, but the one pound of coffee received in exchange for No. 25 stamp is to last for six weeks instead of five or until March 21st. No. 3 fuel oil coupons are good for nine gallons until February 19th, and the No. 4 fuel oil cou pons in effect this week are good for the same amount until March 20 th. More Thousands Of Germans Trapped In The West Caucasus -$> feists**!^J.Vmfe ctl 21I Source of Sub marine IVIenare fr Wtule mystery continues to sur round activities flffjio Southwest Pa cific and lines are being drawn more tightly in the Tunisian struggle, the Russians continue to offer the big war news of the day with smashing attack still advancing at strate gic points along the 1,800 mile east ern front The major development of the past few days took plate with the capture of Kushehevka and another railroad junction at Staro-Mmskaya, catling ut'i the last hope of escape and trapping an estimated 100,000 Germans in the West Caucasus. The Red Army is now within 30 miles of Rostov and if it continues moving northwest along the Salsk railroad and occupies Butaisk, last stop on Ihe railroad into Rostov, the Russians will have the city within range for a deadly bombardment. It has been estimated that the Germans have 250,000 men in and about Rostov. It is too soon to know whether they will at tempt to hold the Don River port, oi whether they will attempt to with draw to prevent another Stalingrad there. The Red armies are advancing powerful drives all along the front. One is driving not far from Novor ossisk apparently in an effort to cut off the enemy at Krasnodar while an (Continued on page four) -® Grady Davenport Gets Navy Rating —»—— Lawrence, Kas. — Grady Hoyle Davenport, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hoyle Davenport, of James ville, was graduated from toe U. S. Naval Training School for machin ists on the campus of the University of Kansas here today with the rat ing of fireman, third class. He now awaits assignment to active duty with the fleet or at a Naval shore station where he will serve as an as sistant to a machinist’s mate. A class of 199 men were graduat ed today, after completing a 16 weeks course which included train ing in the operation and repair of main and auxiliary engines, drain age and distilling plants, evaporators, pumps, and other mechanical equip ment carried aboard a modern war ship. The Bluejacket is eligible for pro motion to a petty officer rating of machinist’s mate, third class, upon passing a qualifying examination. -® I\eiv Bicycles Are Allotted By County Rationing Board -« Five new bicycles were allotted by the Martin County Rationing Board this week to the following: Willie Howard Daniels, of Rober sonville; David Stalls, of RFD 1, Rob ersonville; Bernice L. Rogerson, of ;RFD 2, Williamston; Shelton Eli Bailey , of IL. Gardner, of RFD l, Williamston. i GamU Griffin Is Fatally Injured in Accident Tuesday —$— Another Person Hurl When iVain Crashes into Farm 'I'rarlor -# Carroll Griffin, young Martin County farmer, was fatally injur ed and William Manning, young colored t>oy, was painfully hurt when a pair of horses ran away and crash ed into the tractor on which the two men were riding on a farm in the Smithwicks Creek community of Griffins Township last Tuesday just before sunset. Griffin, 28 years old, had his left leg broken at the ankle and the right was broken near the hip. Miraculously escaping from the path of the tractor, the 19-year-old colored boy was not hurt seriously when one of the Horses stepped on his leg. He is getting along very well. The accident, one of the most un usual ever reported in the county, took place in an open field. Mr Grif fin with his brother .1 T Griffin u, dim ,TIT manning hoy, nan men preparing a tobacco bed and the there were on their way to the house, the Manning boy driving and Mr, Griffin riding on the tractor. The young-hoy was dnving the team of horses hitched to a farm wa gon. The tractor was about. 178 yards ahead of the horses when the wa gon, running across a shallow ditch, struck the horses’ legs and caused the animals to jump and run. The driver, standing to the back of the wagon, was thrown out. The horses dashed ahead in a direct line toward the tractor Looking straight ahead and unable to hear the approaching team on account of the noise of the tractor, neither Griffin nor Manning ■sensed any danger until the horses were upon them. When the animals reached the tractor, one pulled to the right and the other to the left and each one tore into a wheel on the machine. Two spurs were driven in to one of the horses and he died with in a short lime, the other one was badly hurt but he is expected to re cover. The tongue of the wagon barely missed Griffin. He was thrown to the ground and the wagon passed without running over him. Manning was thrown into the path of the trac tor wheel but he rolled and scrambl (Continued on page four) Making Seed-Feed Loans In County Applications for emergency crop loans (seed-feed loans) are now be ing received in this county by C. D. Carstarphen in the sheriff’s office, Williamston. Farmers who are in need of funds for crop production purposes, or for the purchase or poduction of feed for livestock, and who have been Un able to obtain adequate financing from other sources, including a pro duction credit association, should see Mr, Carstarphen. Loans approved now may include funds for immediate disbursal to meet early spring needs, such as, the preparation of land, the purchase of fertilizer, or the planting of the early food or feed crops advocated by the Extension Service and the local County War Boards of the Depart ment of Agriculture. Funds to meet later crop production expenses may be disbursed as needed. Emergency crop loans are made to farmers, either owners or tenants, who own or can make arrangements to obtain land to fam, who own or have the use of woikstock and equip ment with w'hich to farm, and who can give a first lien on the crops to be financed as security. Loans to fi nance the purchase or production of feed for livestock are also available under the same general terms and conditions, except a first mortgage on the stock to be fed is required as security. The interest rate on both crop and feed loans is 4 per cent par annum and interest is charged only the actual tiro* \Yjt uied \ by the borrower. Nearly Sixjluiuirfcl Tires Are Allotted fiv nation my rnwaf ^ JwtTT'V if? Be Experienced in Large Number of Cases Nearly six hundred automobile and truck tires wt»|§ allotted in this county during the past few days, but the tire situations not as bright as ’*’•<’ . e would “fSPR1 it appear. Ther% is an admitted pos sibility that tl*e orders cannot be filled immediately with the added possibility that some of them will never be filled. The life of the cer tificates’is ^pfy thirty days, Put their value may \c maintained if placed in the hands of the dealers along with bona fide orders for tires. It is now quite evident that the "idle" tires taken off of cars some months ago will be placed in use and in filling the demand created by the wholesale rationing of a few days ago The rationing board in this cou^ ty almost caught up with the de-1 tnand for tires this week, but new j ii is now estimated that 15 requests j foi about 150 tires are now pending, including quite a few filed bv “A” gas rationing tire holders. The re quests filed by “A" card holders were not recognized, but yet they were not officially rejected, meaning they may or may not be granted. Recently the board rationed 500 grade III tires, 75 recaps, eight new car tires and about fourteen tubes. New automobile tires and tubes were allotted to the following: Kelly L Rawls, Robersonville mail car rier, two tires; W. S. Hunt, State Highway Patrol, two tires and two tubes; Dr. E. E. Pittman, Oak City, three new tires, two tubes and two recapped tires; Rev. Dennis Warren Davis, one new tire, one recapped tire and one tube; Dr. Jesse E. Ward, Robersonville, two new lubes. Certificates for recapping truck tires were issued to the following: Highway Commission, !) tires and one tube. One new tire and tube were allot ted to W. S. Revels for farm mach inery. Certificates for recapping auto tires were issued to the following in mission, 2: Frank Weathersbee, 3: J. T. Barnhill, Jr., I; J. E. Boykin, 1; Alpha Cleaners, 2; R. H. Taylor, 1; J. D. Etheridge, 2; F. T. Waters, 4: Rev John W. Hardy, 2; Glenn Da vis, 4; Mary W Taylor, 3; P. C. Ed mondson, 2; W. D. Jones, 2; Herbert Lillie, 2, Wheeler Staton, 1; J E Johnson, 2; James Herbert Brown, Jr., 4; Javin Leggett, 2; Paul Brown, 1; Charlie Clinton Bailey, 1. Recaps and grade III tires were allotted as follows: C. M. Edmond son, 4, Noah Boston, 2; Nora R. Ches ry, 3, Elwood Ayers, 2; Ira Jones, 2; Mrs. Fred Chosson, 3; Walter Spel ler, 4, Theodore Warren, 4: R. E Taylor, 5; Mrs. John Edmonds, 3; Adrow Smith, 3; J. E. Copeland, Jr., 3; Norman Bowen, 3; Hyman Wool ard, 2; George F. Lee, 3: M. G. Wa (Continued on page three) -$ Propose Increase In Pay For Jurors Convinced Ihut $2 a day is mighty little pay for good citizens who quit their work to serve as jurymen in the Martin County courts, Represen tative Clarence W. Griffin proposes in a bill he is introducing in the House this week to increase the rate of pay to $3 a day plus the usual fee of live cents a mile for travel. The proposal has the support of not only those who are called for service but it also has the support of others who recognize the rate of pay as being absurdly low. The bill provides no mileage for tales jurymen, or those citizens who are more or less forced into service on the spot. It is generally agreed that even with the increase, the rate of pay is too small for the man who stops his work to help administei law and order. [ JOINT SESSIONS 1 Beginning next Monda>, the fuel oil rationing board will meet at the same time the tire and gas rationing board is in session. By meeting on the same day, the boards will make it possible for those persons hav ing business with both to han dle it in one trip. It is fairly apparent that many persons are making numerous trips to the board and actually wasting gasoline. Possibly in some cases trips are made in er ror, but in other instances trips are made to beg for something the beggars are not really entitl ed to or because some do not think about cooperating and fail to observe the office hours. Then there are those who over look the main purpose of the ra tioning system and think they should have every request grant ed when they could make their rations last by saving a Little [ limit and ous trips to the rationing board. Warning Causes Mam I ersons n orkm« u s ^on - Essential jobs Are Subject Tri Call ' Gt‘( Wfrr jol.s of e»t Killing Issued !if \|;m power (ioinmis^loii The latest ruling issped by the Manpower Commission, warning all persons working in non-essential in dustry to get war jobs or tight, is apparently getting results. The first day after the ruling was announced fifteen young men reported to the Williamston employment office and made bids for war defense jobs, and others were giving the order serious consideration, it was learned. In most cases, the motive to escape the draft is fairly apparent, the ap plicants for essential jobs seriously would exempt them from the draft. Most of them were not very particu lar about the type of job just so long as it had deferment value. While most of the applicants ex pressed interest in the new bargo project now getting underway in Washington, several expressed in terest in farm jobs. It is possible that a few will go to the farms, but the ruling is a natural one for defense industry. The Manpower commission in its latest ostler lists t>5 non-essential occupations. If the order relieves the manpower shortage, no other changes are to be expected. If the order does not relieve the situation to any great extent it is considered quite likely that the list will be expanded to include many other jobs. It was clearly explained in the or der that those persons in non-essen tial industry cannot hide behind their dependents, meaning that a married bartender with children is in line for the draft if he does not change his job and enter some war defense job. The list at non-essenUtdjobs is ap to this SiAiioo oiiTy in a small number of cases, hut the jobs are grouped for one to determine his position, as follows: Manufacturing -Curtains, draper ies bedspreads, pleating, stitching, tucking, embroidering, trimmings, stamped art goods, art needlework, cut glass, beveled glass, etched glass, cutware, glass novelties, Mosaic glass, stained glass, leaded glass, or namented glass, decorated glass, jew elers’ fixings and materials, jewel ry, lapidary work, ornamental gold, silver leaf and foil (non-indus*: !a 1), silverware, plated ware (non-indus trial), costume jewelry and novelties, decorative feathers and plumes, ar tificial flowers, frames, mirror and picture, greeting cards, picture post cards, jewelry eases, signs and ad vertising plays. Wholesale and retail trade-— An tique.-., beer, wines and liquors, cus tom tailors and turners, candy, con fectionery and nuts, florists, jewelry, novelties, tobacco. Service—Automobile rental serv ice, dance schools, music schools, theatrical schools, art studios and schools, gambling, interior decorat ing, night clubs, parking lots, pho tographic studios, Turkish baths, massage parlors, clothing rental, porter service, social escort services. All the following occupations are non-deferable, regardless of the ac tivity in which they may be found— Bar cashier, bar boy, bartenders, hath house attendants, beauty operators, bellboys, bootblacks, bus boys, but lers, charmen and cleaners, cosme ticians, custom tailors, custom fur riers, dancing teachers, dishwashers, doormen and starters, elevator oper ators (passenger and freight, exclud ing industrial freight elevators re lated to production), elevator start (Continued on page four) Insistent Violator Problem for Officer Milton James, aged colored man fit tin Free Union section of James ville Township, is offering ABC Of ficer J H. Roebuck one big problem to solve. James, owner of about a three horse farm, is an invalid and he in sists on selling liquor. Hiding behind his infirmities, the alleged violator has openly defied the law. Catching him with a quantity of illegal liquor, Officer Roebuck some time ago warn ed th< old codger against the prac tice. This week the officer raided the old man’s home again and found about one-half gallon of illegal li quor there along with six empty gal lon jugs, eight one-half gallon jars, and a five-gallon demijohn, all fresh ly emptied. Yesterday, the officer swore out a warrant for the man, and the problem was created. It is fairly ap parent that James will have to be moved on a stretcher. Before furth ei action is taken, the law will await rwmierfro m the courts direr removal from to the court on a stretcher. L hnhmhUu ivwmmMmirampa/v ***M\>*m *j*r* IMPORT VINT J Vehitf^ owners-operators go | -Jbr befqpe the rationing hoard in the interest of gas or tire rations are ui Red to carry their tire in - section sheets with the tire ser ial numbers on them. Quite it tew'* persons have appeared before the board without the inspection records and found it necessary to make a second trip. The attention of the public is aRain called to the hours observ ed by the rationiiiR board office. OpenittR each morninR at 8 o'clock, the office closes each afternoon at 5 with an hour off at lunch. ICaeh Tuesday, Friday and Saturday afternoon, the of fice is closed to the public while the employees handle reports. Extra trips wilt be made unnec essary if these hours arc noted by the general public. Raymond I). Taylor Passes Suddenly In Hospital Yesterday Tiutri'iil Services Are Being Coutliicleil for laical Man This Afternoon Raymond D. Taylor, well-known and popular local young man, died in the local hospital yesterday morn ing at 5:45 o’clock following a brief illness. A victim of asthma and com plications, he had been in declining health Mr some time. His Condition I became worse last Tuesday and he entered the hospital the following morning. He got up and walked around in his room for a few min utes late Wednesday afternoon to relieve his asthma. Returning to his bed a short time later he became un conscious and death came gradual ly as a result of pneumonia. The J11 ,, JP< TVi V J lor an^UicTi^flenry It Taylor, he | was born near Williamston 44 years ago the tenth of next month. After finishing the community school, he attended school here, and later com jplelcd business courses in a Raleigh College. Returning to Williamston In worked in the Crawford insurance office for several years before go ing to Miami where lie was employ cd in a bank for nearly four years. Returning home, he entered the em ploy of the Harrison Wholesale Com pany and was, associated with that firm for nearly fifteen years. He later opened and ope rated a pool room on Washington Street He never married, but maintained a home here for his aged mother Mr. Taylor was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church here for a number of years and bis pastor, Hr. W. R Burrell, will conduct the last rites this afternoon at S 301 o'clock from the home. Interment will follow' in the family cemetery on the old home farm, near here. Besides his mother, he is survived by three brothers, Herman Taylor, of Williamston, Dr. Cecil Taylor, of Baton Rouge, La., and Harry Taylor, of Norfolk, and four sisters, Mrs. A R. Smith, of Atlanta; Mrs. W O Mc Cluskey and Misses Virginia and Vivian Taylor, all of Greensboro. Finishes Training At Primary School -♦>.—— Goodfellow Field, Texas.— Avia tion Cadet Marvin W. Corey, 26, of Jamesville, recently graduated from primary school at Ballinger, Texas, has begun the third, and hext-to-last stage of his flight training. At Goodfellow Field, Army Air Forces Basic Flying School, San An gelo, Texas, Aviation Cadet Corey has stepped up to a fast, 450 horse power, stream-lined, iow-wing BT13A in which he is learning pre cision flying hv instrument, forma tion, acrobatics and tactics to be used in combat against the Axis. After nine weeks at Goodfellow Field, which has produced many of the A.A.F.’s combat heroes, Aviation Cadet Corey and his classmates of 43E will be ready for the finishing touches of advanced school. Then they’ll be flying officers eligible for action in the war zones. Aviation Cadet Corey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Corey, James ville. He graduated from Jamesville High school in 1934 and later at tended Campbell College. -a>-—. M’ew Auto Ih Allotted To Alleged Speed Violator -odw in In \ ir^inin \ hiqn4 ton lleiiiott’ry for High Hanking Naval Officer —”*- jjf >s£ Funeral services for rapfgftn Iff#" C Godwin, native of Williamston who los1 his life along with other high ranking naval officers in a "*■* ci abocd* : milo3 north • • •• — of San Francisco on the morning of January 21, will be held ift Fort Meyers Chapel next Tuesday after noon at 3 o’clock, relatives and friends were notified h<4£ late yes terday. Mrs. Godwin and other members of the funeral party are ex pected to reach Washington from the West Coast next Monday The serv ice will be held in the Virginia cha pel with full military honors and in terment will follow in Arlington Cerntery. Besides his w.fe, the former Miss-**®* ilase. Mae Kenney, of Washington and Connecticut, he leaves a daugh ter, Mrs. Donnie Bingle, of Wash ington City, and four brothers. "" 1 has H., and Vi rnei U-Gou-*-""**** u in, oi Williamston; Lewis Godwin, of Farniville, and Dr. Grover c! Godwin, of Roanoke, Va. Captain Godwin entered the Na vy as an ensign out of Annapolis in Hill and returned to the Academy as a professor about 11)37 for several terms. He also taught in the Univer sity of Southern California and was promoted to the captaincy in 1939. He was a lieutenant commander in the the submarine service during .World Wai 1 Mr Godwin lived through the Pearl Harbor attack and-after seeing mucn action in the South Pa cific was on his way to the States for shore duty and another promo tion. His brothers, Messrs. Chas. H. Godwin and Verner L). Godwin, and nephew, Chas. H Godwin, Jr., and Julius S. Peel will go from here for the service. They wilt be joined by two other brothers, Messrs. Lewis Godwin, of Farmville, and Dr. G. C. Godwin, of Roanoke, Va ---- Carroll Lee Griffin twLs^es Hospital Early This Morning J p -9 !■ tiiKiii! ! o r W <■ 11 - Known Young Farmer Will Be Held Saturday at 2:30 Funeral services will be held at the home of Ins parents in Griffins Township Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o clock for Carroll Lee Griffin, well known young county farmer who died in a Washington hospital at 3:15 o-clock this morning of injuries re \"