■ABIfUT PAT BAT WAB BOND DAT iwp manm—un mum THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY with IJNJIFD STATES WAR Ids* stamps w?MBgR«iar BtrWv'*P—=2 vsnu^f' W iliiamaUm, Martin 'bounty, IS’ntfh Caumka, Tue»day\lfiarch ESTABLISHED !S99 ■mu* judge Hunt"barker Makes Conservative -Charge To rrnen ■ >* ultes Few Sire#** 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 1_ • _- * proposuig ,» new sys£Ci,» fjr r« ^'fesr i -P" • •- .**■ *fc:o ar*_ 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 > 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 —. — 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. -*—•— | Court Cancels Civil Calendar To Set A Record for Brevity ■■■■» - — 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 —— 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. 4 y-EWTyjr nnomiirww* ■'’Kcj'””' TOWN - FARM IN WART IMF fA weekly news digest from inr rural press section cvt i! tfie OWE dews bureau) 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. iV •>"' ..i.v,' A. ■ nfS'C tna.pcctii.in 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) —.. ... a, Jamesville Reports A Series Of Fires —•— 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 v---t 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. $7 «p8j k_7 SLOT ml ^ ■ \-4i Y*'* .■ • >m*fcr- •• x —»<»*«b!»ws«6*' ' ■■?•»» .. .. . <»- ■«> ?■ •«. jiyM.iiiSifr, _, 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) -» Report Two Fires Over the Week-end —*_— 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 r> — —-♦— j increased \elion I'rnlirlrti t»» Alf Major I roiiiH Btirinf: doming Month* -,4- . 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 |