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judge Hunt"barker
Makes Conservative
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Importance of Grand
g^ury System
Making no mention of law enforce
ment in time of war and comment
ing in no way on the war and the
need for greater respect for observ
ance of all iaws, Judge R. Hunt Par
ker, presiding over the abbreviated
term of the Martin County Superior
Court, Monday addressed a clear
sounding but conservative charge to
the grand jury.
Briefly outlining the duties to the
nine new members who were sworn
in Monday while the old members
watched and listened, Judge Parker
explained how the juries got their
names. In 1056 England was con
quered by the Norman French, and
for 500 years Norman French lan
guage was used in the court. Tfc
French wd?87*5SRJf?!Pineana large,
and the French word, “Petit” means
small, consequently that is why one
is now called the grand jury and the
oth££. *he petit jury, the first hav
ing 18 members and the second hav
ing twelve.
The jurist pointed out that in ac
cepting the oath, a juryman swears
he will present any violation, be it
as a result of observation or on the
evidence offered by reliable sources.
Admitting that some people violate
the law almost constantly and that
no one will dare indict them on ac
count of politics or wealth and the
violator is allowed to go scot free,
the jurist, in a stem voice, declared
that the violator could be brought
to justice by a courageous grand
jury. “If any one has violated the
law and he is not indicted, it is your
duty to bring him in,” Judge Parker
instructed the jurymen, warning
them to ignore trivialities. “But if
you fail to indict when serious crimes
are committed, you bring disrepute
upon law ana onng contempt on
yourselves,” he said, and continued:
“No man is too rich to be brought in
to court if he has violated the law,
and you should remember that law
abiding citizens merit your protec
tion. You will be respected only as
you embody justice,”
Warning against the violation of
the law requiring aii motorists to
stop at least fifty feet away when
a school bus is receiving or discharg
ing little children, Judge Parker
pointed out the danger of the prac
tice, and instructed the jurymen to
check up on the patrolmen and see
how many violators of the particu
lar law had been apprehended dur
ing the past year and to see if the
patrolmen are patrolling the high
ways when the busses are moving.
“In another county I sentenced two
white men and a Chinaman to pris
on for violating the school bus law.
If they had observed that law, three
little children would be breathing
the same air as we are breathing to
day.”
The jurist also instructed the jury
men to call in the school superinten
dent and see if every bus driver had
been trained and in qualified to op
erate iitiiool busses. "V*e should re
member that the automobile laws
were designed and passed to protect
life and limb of the traveling pub
lic,” he said.
The jurymen were directed to ex
amine all justice of the peace re
ports and make certain that fines,
forfeitures and bonds had been ac
counted for. If any justice of the
peace failed to report, the judge di
rected the foreman to issue sub
poena and have them appear before
the body and explain why no re
port was filed.
Jail visits by the jurymen were
ordered, the judge explaining the
value of makng such visits. “Prior to
Charles II, the executive had the
power to jail a person and keep him
there until he rotted. The writ of
habeas corpus was provided, giving
to man a great privilege and a great
right. A judge who refuses to sign
a writ of habeas corpus is subject to
a fine of $2,500. Even with the pow
er of the writ, some men could not
get a hearing, and visits to the jail
by the grand jury were order d- We
do not recognize the importance and
historical origin of such laws, and
take them for granted, but today in
Europe, Africa and Asia executives
aer allowing men to lie and rot in
prisons without the right of present
ing their cases.
“Examine all public buildings and
property owned by the county, and
call State patrolmen in to examine
school busses. Go to your school
buildings and examine them and
check up on the water suoply and
sanitary conditions, and if changes
are needed, make recommendations
to the court,” the judge instructed
the jurymen.
Apparently disturbed by the in
creasing morale lapse among the
youth of the land, Judge Parker told
the jurymen to call in the sheriff,
deputies and other officers and check
up on filling stations operating dance
halls and see if they were being run
in a decent and legal manner.
“In too many cases the road-side
cabins and filling staton dance halls
are beng operated as places for pros
titution and gambling and drinking,
and they are a stench in the nostrils
of decent people. High school kids
(Continued on peg* six)
harm
Be Determined, by Committees
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proposuig ,» new sys£Ci,» fjr r«
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tioning gas to operators of farm mo
tor vehicles, including cars, cars with
trailers and tractors. Instead of hav
ing a Detroit accountancy office de
termine the amount of gas a former
shall have^ the OPA is proposing to
have the Triple A committees in the
various communities help with the
rati oping.
The War Farin' Transportation
Committee is mating with repre
sentatives here this afternoon for a
study of the new plan, but it could
not be learned when the system
would replace the old.
It is understood that application
blanks will be placed in the hands |
ot the community committeemen and j
they will be asked to receive and
consider the requests. They will re |
; reconcile hi* 'itfflfcJsKfflRSSut
aBd.
afecr ,u aoout the
average for the district. Briefly si a*
led, the OPA figures that the farm
j ers’ gas needs rather than his wants
i can be more accurately determined
j within the community than they
could be by an agency far removed
i The applications will then be re
] viewed by the county transportation
j committee and later deliver to the
I rationing Veerd action.
| Members of the transportation com
I niittee in this county are: Messrs.
; Jesse Crisp, chairman: Carl Griffin,
j Clayton House, Sherwooc Roberson
and John A. Manning. It is not cer
tain that the last named committee
man will serve since he has attend
ed no meetings to date. Alternates on
the committee are, W. O. Griffin,
Will W. Taylor, of Robersonville, Bill
Beach and Joshua L. Coltrain.
j Superior Court Ends
Regular Term Today
ROUND-UP
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I-ocal and county officers
worked over time rounding up
twelve drunks last week-end or
the largest number to wake up
and find themselves in Jail in
some weeks. Three others, charg
ed with drunken driving or
gambling, were rounded up
earlier in the week.
Three of the fifteen persons
arrested were white, the ages of
most of the group ranging from
twenty to thirty years.
Leaders Will Carry
Food Conservation
Plan To All People
—
Special School for Leaders to
Be Followed by Meetings
For General Public
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Under the sponsorship of the Of
fice of Civilian Defense all Home
Economists in North Carolina have
volunteered their services to teach
all families—urban and rural—how
to conserve the foods produced un
der the Food for Freedom program,
so that no one in North Carolina will
go hungry during the winter of 1943
1944.
In organising this program Mrs.
Stella R. Cusick of the Farm Secur
ity Administration, Miss Catherine
T. Dennis of Vocational Home Eco
nomics and Miss Ruth Current of Ex
tension met with Dr. John Fox Ken
drick of O C.D., who is state chair
man of the ,iuiiil.uh i_vjiiii.vAtt.ee, and
worked out plans for (1) a work
shop on the state level at which home
economists on the state and district
levels met together to work out plans
for reaching the last family on the
last row in the whole state, (2) work
ed out plans for these Home Econo
mists to give demonstrations in ev
ery county in the state, first to the
paid Home Economists in the coun
ty and then to all of the sector lead
ers in the towns of the county.
In this two-day meeting plans are
to be worked out so that trained
Home Economics workers, paid and
volunteer, will give demonstrations
in every zone in towns and every
rural community, so that leaders
thus trained can reach every family
in every county.
This is the first time in the history
of the state that all organizations
have worked together to put over
a coordinated program of food con
servation that will reach every fam
ily in the state with uniform infor
mation. So impressive was this pro
gram that Washington not only sent
representatives to the state meeting,
but also asked that a copy of the
plans for the meeting be sent to them
to be distributed to every state in
America.
On March 19 and 20, Miss Maybe!
Lacey, district supervisor of Voca
(Continued on page six)
TAX REVIEW
Sitting a* a board of equaliza
tion and review, the Martin
County commissioners were In
session a greater part of Mon
day hearing appeals for lower
valuations in their county tax
listings. The list could not be had
immediately, but most of the
appeals were entered by those
who had had their timberlands
burned or on which much tim
ber had been cut and removed to
the mills.
It is generally believed that
the coimgissioners headed off a
flood of complaints when they
ordered a blanket reduction cf
29 per cent in al automobile tax
values a short time ago.
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| Court Cancels Civil
Calendar To Set A
Record for Brevity
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Small Crowds Present to Hear
Inconsequential Cases
During Two Days
-e
Cancelling the civil calendar in
its entirety and with few and in
consequential cases on the criminal
docket, the Martin County Superior
Court, scheduled to run for two
weeks, completed the term at noon
today to set a new record for brev
ity. There have been shorter terms,
to be sure, but as far as the record
shows it was the first time that the
court folded up a March term and
quit in less than two days.
Small crowds were present for the
'which, fur
part, were of an inconsequential na
ture.
Presiding over the abbreviated
term. Judge R. Hunt Parker ran it
after a strictly business fashion. Ex
cuses offered by jurors were ignor
ed in all hut two cases, Messrs. J. E.
Pope and Garland Woolard gaining
immunity. Woolard was in Florida.
Proceedings:
Entering a plea of nolo contendre,
George Daniel Lynch, charged with
bastardy, was placed on probation
for a period of five years and was
directed to pay the costs and $1 a
week to Delzora Spruill for the care
of his child during the next five
years.
John Lee Freeman, charged with
breaking end entering and larceny,
failed to answer when called and
papers were issued for his arrest.
The case charging Walter Bailey,
of Bear Grass, with false pretense,
was thrown out of court.
Rosa Lee Collier, charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon, was
given a six months sentence, the
court suspending the term on con
dition that she remain law abiding
for two years, pay the costs and a
$25 fine.
The case charging Semour Briley
with seduction was continued for a
bill of indictment.
The case charging Semour Briley
with seduction was continued for a
bill of indictment.
The case charging Charlie Razor
with an assault was nol prossed.
Charged with seduction, James Ar
thur Scott was sentenced to the roads
for six months, the court suspending
the sentence on condition that he re
main on probation for five years and
pay $3 a week during that period to
(Continued on page six)
Mrs. A. F. Taylor
Passes Near Here
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Mrs. Sudie Rogerson Taylor, re
spected county citizen, died at her
home near Williamston last Sunday
afternoon at 2:15 o’clock Jiter an ill
ness of only a few days. SBe had been
in declining health for some time,
but was able to be up and was fair
ly active in her home until last Fri
day.
The daughter of the late Reuben
and Sallie Rogerson, she was bom
in Bear Grass 72 years ago last De
cember 31. When a young woman
she was married to Alonza F. Tay
lor, locating a short time later in
Williamston Township. Neighborly
and friendly she was held in high
esteem by all who knew her.
No children were born to the un
ion. Two brothers, Gray Rogerson,
of El Dorado, Arkansas, and James
B. Rogerson, of Gurdon, Arkansas,
survive.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home yesterday afternoon at
3 o'clock by Eiders B. S. Cowin and
A. B. Ayers. Interment was in the
Peele Cemetery in Bear Grass Town
ship.
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Ration Calendar
Gasoline—“A” book Coupon No.
4 expires March 21.
Sugar—Coupon No. 12, 5 lbs. valid
March 16. Must last through the end
of May, or 11 weeks.
Coffee—Stamp No. 25. 1 lb., ex
pires March 21.
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deadline March 31.
Fuel Oil—Period 4 Coupons ex
pire April 6 in zones C and D. Apr.il
12 in zone B, April 17 in zone A. Per
iod 5 coupons are now valid in all
zones.
Beef Price Viola tors Go to Jail
"The prison terms of up to seven
months in jail with accompanying
fines ranging to $5,300 meted out to
13 individual violators of OPA price
ceilings on beef at. thev^i^esjd^^
el today is only the^star^o^our
broudened campaign to wipe out the
Black Market in meat in this coun
try,” price administrator Prentiss M.
Brown said on March 9th in com
mentin'.' on the settter.ses and fines
handed out by federal Judge God
dard in United States District Court
in New York City.
Prices of Fresh Vegetables
Regional OPA offices may adjust
the maximum price of any seller of
fresh lettuce, spinach, carrots, green
peas, snap beans, tomatoes, and cab
bage when the ceiling price is likely
to disrupt normal distribution, the
OPA has ruled.
Seeds Not Rationed
Peas, beans and lentils when
bought exclusively for use as seed
arc exempt from the processed foods
rationing program and do not re
quire the surrender of either point
stamps or ration -ertifieates, accord
ing to OPA.
Substitute Coal or Wood
Fuel oil users who would be en
titled to receive auxiliary rations of
100 gallons or more for heating pur
poses will not be issued such rations
if they can obtain the extra heat
from coal or wood stoves, OPA an
nounced recently. This order ap
plies to private home owners, apart
ment house and cold-water flat op
erators, industrial plants heated by
11* a i i otitc'T’s wi
heat. To prevent hardship, the order
provides for certain exceptions.
Certificates to Farmers
Farm families who have enlisted
in the huge 1943 food production pro
gram will be awarded a certificate
of farm war service, signed by Sec
retary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard. in recognition of their war
work. It will be presented by coun
ty USDA boards as soon as possible.
Farm Income
A preliminary review of the date
available on farm income and ex
penditures during 1942 indicates that
the net return to farm operatois for
their labor, capital investment, and
management and for other unpaid
family labor, was about 10,200 mil
(Continued on page six)
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Jamesville Reports
A Series Of Fires
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Two small colored homes have
been burned and other threatened
in Jamesville during the past ten
days or two weeks. The home of
John Daniel Williams was burned
a short time ago.
Last Sunday night about 10 o’clock
fire, starting from a defective flue,
damaged the home of Annie Hop
kins slightly. Two hours later the
house caught fire a second time and
burned down, one report stating that
only a phonograph and a few other
articles wpre saved. The home of
Emma Gray, standing near the Hop
kins home on St. Johns Street, caught
fire, but volunteers put it out.
As far as it could be learned here,
the Williams loss was covered by in
surance, but none was carried on the
Hopkins ho*ne.
nut guilty
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Called before the rationing
board of inquiry for alleged
pleasure driving, Farmer An
drew Haislip offered a plausible
explanation, and the board dis
missed the case. Mr. Haislip stat
ed that his boy was home on fur
lough from the Army the latter
part of February, that the youth
asked for the car to visit an aunt
in Tarboro. At 12:30 o’clock Sun
day morning, February 28, the
car was parked near a dance
hall in Tarboro, and a represen
tative of the OPA took the li
cense number down and the
complaint just reached the board
in the county last week.
In dismissing the case at the
hearing Monday night, it was
understood that the use of the
car would be closely guarded in
the future.
Several other cases are pend
ing before the board, all of them
reaching the office too late for
the proper notice to be given, di
recting the defendants to appear
in both pleasure and speeding
cases.
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Veto or Blanket Farm
Deferment Bill WitfDFT<»Late
1 To Save Married Men From Draft
Red (toss Reports
Increased Receipts
^~!n County Chapter
Indications Arc That Chapter
Will Exceed $3900 Quota
By Nearly $1,000
Late reports received by Chairman
V. J. Spivey continue to boost the
total amount raised in the Martin
County Chapter for the
Red Cross War Fund. Present imti
cations point to a substantial gain
over the original quota of $3,900, the
fund chairman stating that the ex
cess will approximate $1,000 when
all reports are counted. The dm n>
date stands at $4,081.00 and u few
canvassers have not yet completed
their territory and filed reports.
_Combined with. the Roberson villc
Chapter which embraces Roberson
ville, Cross Roads, Poplar Point,
Hamilton and Goose Nest Townships,
the county will raise approximately
$6,700, it is estimated.
Sizable donations from the Mace
donia church school and others have
been received, the late reports show ■
ing an excellent work by the colored
citizens who have already exceeded
their quota by $262.71. All contri
butions will be publicly acknowledg
ed as rapidly as possible.
The campaign in the chapter to
date is reflected in the following fig
ures:
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williumston
Macedonia
Colored Citizens
Quota
$ 300
100
250
300
2550
400
Amount
$ 502.67
101.76
296.72
343.90
2748.24
25.00
662.71
$3900 $4681.00
WiHiamsTownship
Working iri‘a^^Teuy' nJraT"corr!
munity, canvassers in Williams
Township went over the top with
their drive under the leadership of
Mrs. R. J. Hardison. It wasn’t so
much the amount given, but the spir
it that supported the drive there
that counts.
Julius Andrews, 1.00; Mis. Julius
Andrews, 1.00; Sam Andrews, 1.00;
Prank Hopkins, 1.00; Woodrow Hol
liday, 1.00; Bob Jones, 1.00; Mrs.
Charlie Daniel, 1.00; Billie Gurgan
us, 1.00; Joe Johnson, 1.00; N. S.
Cherry, 1.00; Mrs. Mary Cherry, 1.00;
Mr. and Mrs. Lillian Long, 1.00; Mrs.
Charlie Pate, 50c; Mrs. A W. Hardi
son, 50c; Wilford Hardison, 1.00, No
ah Roberson, 1.00; Charlie Pate, 50c;
Will Manning, 25c; Mrs. Annie Rob
erson, 1.00; Mrs. Lee Hardison, 1.00;
Charlie Daniel, 2.00; Mrs. Chailie
Daniel, t8r; Ssm. Andrews, 10c; Mrs.
R. J. Hardison, 1.00; Arthur Wil
liams, 1.00; Mrs. Lucy Smithwick,
50c; Mrs. S J. Tetterton, 25e; Mrs.
Luther Taylor, 25c; Luther Taylor,
50c; Earl Taylor, 50e; Dennis Bar
ber, 1,00; W. W. Griffin, 5.00; R. J
Hardison, 2.00; C. M. Barber, 50c; Mr
and Mrs Will Gurkin, 1 00: Mrs G,
C. James, 25c; J. A. Gardner, 1.00;
Mrs. Ernie Gardner, 25c; Mrs. Har
dy Gardner, 25c; Mrs. Mary Rober
son, 25e; Wendell Modlln, 10c; Joe
A. Hardison, 10c; Willie Mayo Gard
ner, 10c; Emma Gardner, 10c; Ran
nel Gardner, 10c; Chester Gardner,
5c; Peggy Gardner, 5c; Mrs. Neal
Godard, 50c; Tommie Roberson, 25c;
Ade Roberson, 25c; Leroy Godard,
10c; Pete Coltrain, 10c; Mrs. Mary
Parrisher, 10c; Mrs. Sudie Moore,
1.00; Asa Moore, 25c; James Moore,
(Continued on page three)
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Report Two Fires
Over the Week-end
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Two fires, both potentially serious,
were reported here over the week
I end However, both were checked in
their early stages and very little
damage resulted.
Starting from an over-heated mo
tor, fire burned a wooden safety
crate, searched a few baskets and
was about to spread to the big dry
kiln loaded with baskets at the Wil
liamston Package Manufacturing
Company plant near the river last
Friday evening when employees dis
covered it and brought it under con
trol just as the fire-fighting appara
tus was carried to the scene by vol
unteers. The damage was estimated
at $50.
Apparently catching from the
plant’s smokestack, fire burned a
small hole in the east side of the
WilJiamston Peanut Company fac
tory yesterday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock. Catching near the eaves of
the four-story structure, the fire
burned a hole through the weather
boarding before it was discovered.
Operations were stopped and em
ployees brought the fire under con
trol with extinguishers. The fire com
pany was called but its services were
not necessary.
I
CAPTAIN
Raleigh T. Harrington, young
son of Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Har
rington of this county, was re
cently promoted to the rank of
captain in the Army Air Corps.
The young man, now in foreign
service, is the third Martin
County man to attain that rank
during the current war, Wheeler
Martin, Jr., and Carl Edward
Norman having earned the com
mission some time ago. Young
Martin is now a major in the air
corps. Captain Harrington has
been on special assignment for
some time, his work keeping him
in close association with rank
ing officials, and on one trip he
was in the company of the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor
War Becomes More
, Realistic As TklX.
fiue I urns Again
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j increased \elion I'rnlirlrti t»»
Alf Major I roiiiH Btirinf:
doming Month*
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I With a slight turn for the worse in !
Russi-i and with increased action ex j
pelted on nearly all of the major;
fronts during the corning months,
the war is rapidly becoming more
.reali fip hack home, not forgetting
the plight facing married men with
out children in this county.
Two powerful armies, both in
tact, are moving in Russia today, one
travelling toward the heart of Rus
sia and the other toward the common
enemy. The movements are like un
to powerful trains going in opposite
directions with the space between
them being reduced to a dangerous
margin.
Kharkov, the great Russian indus
trial center in the Donets Basin, has
again fallen into the hands of the
Germans after a 30-day period of
freedom. The Germans apparently
still have their hopes attached to
the promised lands in the Baku oil
fields, and to support their hopes
they are throwing fresh troops by
the hundred thousands and tanks by
the thousands into the fight. Parallel
ing the German activity, the Rus
sians are driving to recapture Smo
lensk, an important objective, but
one that will hardly offset the loss
suffered at Kharkov. The Russians
are also driving forward in the south
around Rostov, and despite Khar
kov they are not pessimistic.
With the situation in Russia ad
mittedly growing worse and with
French patriots going into action by
the tens of thousands under recog
nized military leaders, some observ
ers are predicting increased action
on other fronts ere long. What that
action will be, few possibly know.
Tlie Germans are rumored to be
making preparations to block inva
sion attempts by instituting fake
wrinkles such as commando raids
and possible use of gas.
Late reports state that the Rus
sians have checked the German on
(Continued on page six)
MISSING
Very few errors have been de
fected so far, but it is under
stood that some few of the No. 2
War Ration books are short of
one sheet of coupons.
Owners of the books are ask
ed to check the pages and sec
that they are all there and to re
port any missing pages at once.
Unless the eirors are detected
and corrected immediately, the
owner will have to accept the
loss. The No. 2 books are sup
posed to hav't two sheets of blue
and two sheets of red stamps, or
a total of eight pages when
counted as pages In a regular
book.
County Is More War
Conscious As Draft,
{Wi\b* -Married Men *
Kush on lo Bring; Status
of Registrant* Up To Date;
Many Return to Farm
Little less than a temporary
breakdown rf the Selective Service
system can save a goodly number of
Martin County married men with
!out childi i: hom the draft m uus ■***
| county next month, according to an
! unofficial interpretation of the cold
; facts as they exist today, Laws, rules
and regulations are in a high state of
uncertainty in Washington at this
: time as the Congress renews its de
! bate today on the blanket deferment
I of all formers regardless of produc
tivity. The Bankhead bill has alrea
| <iy passed the Senate and now goes
i to the House, hut the passage of the
| bill there is almost certain to face
presidential veto, meaning that a
person wearing a pair of overalls
will, in the final analysis, not be
eligible for deferment. The veto, pre
dicted by Washington observers, will
hardly come in time to save the sit
uation for married men without chil
dren in this county next month. Even
if the old selective service system
continues in effect, married men in
this county will hardly have more
than a few weeks’ grace, for the
supply of single ! A men is about
exhausted. Possibly the county
draft board could have rounded up
enough teen-age boys and marginal
farmers to meet the April and May
culls, but the June call would have
to be answered by the married men.
finding it necessary to make
preparations well in advance for
meeting a call, the county draft
board is proceeding with its plans to
fill the April call mostly with mar
| t ied men in the first registration and
I about a dozen in later ones arc be—
j mg called up for their physical ex
ami”ations in WiUiamStUii OiTThuxs*
;Ate*-*MLFriday of this week. ..It is
! estimated that there are about 750
i married men in the county
i children Approximately 500 oi that
J number live on farms and are auto
! inatically deferred for at least thir
j ty days.
Quite a few irj the list instructed
to report had children born prior to
last September li, but failed to ad
vise the draft board of any change
in their draft status. Most of them
are rushing to the draft board to
clarify the records. If they notify the
board in time, they will not be re
quired to take the physical examina
tion, but if they wait until Thurs
day or Friday, they will be too late
I and will be called upon to take the
I test.
Unofficial reports state that quite
a few town workers are returning to
the farm, that others are looking for
places to go to on the farm. In view
of the possibility of a veto of a bill
to place all farmers under a blan
ket deferment, those who return to
the farm should make certain that
they can qualify as producers and
not as draft evaders. The nation, as
a whole, is ready to see farmers de
ferred, but the reverberations will
reach to high heaven if married
men are called upon to leave their
homes and families while single men
don a pair of overalls and make a
poor pretense at farming.
The call for married men to re
port for physical examinations is
really making this little county war
conscious, and many embarrassing
questions are being asked. They are
wondering if it makes sense for a
single man to stay home to raise
tobacco and not enough food and
feed to sustain himself and his stock,
not to mention the urgent need for
raising food to feed others.
The following white married men
are to report for physical examina
tions this week unless they can prove
their draft status has changed:
Jamesville: James William Long,
Edgar Daniel Brown, Charles Armon
Askew, Edward Earl Brown, Samuei
Henry Holliday, James Benjamin
Holliday, Franklin, Burras Ange,
Robert Clarence Sexton, Bernard
Enright Spencer, Harvey Glenworth
Currie, Edward Lee Martin.
Jamesville, RFD 1: Kenneth Fred
erick Woolard, Cushion Howard Bar
ber. William Edward Moore, Charlie
Crofton Sexton, Jr., Robert Lee Dick
erson.
Williamston: Lawrence Thomas
Scott, Ernest Tilgliman, John Regi
nald Simpson, Julius Thomas Barn
hill, Jr., Johnny Maryland Rawla,
Kenneth Donald Worrell, Alonza
Edward Bland, Joseph Paul Simpson,
Eddie Price, Samuel Howard Rober
son, Tilmon Ray Collrain, Joe Durl
Glenn, Henry Erving Griffin, Roger
Anson Critcher, Mack Landy Rob
erson, Rupert Earl Cowan, Dillon
Simpson Cobb, Lewis Hubert Page,
Charles Alton Peele, Andrew Clabon
Summerlin, William Lambert, Chas.
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