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WAS SONS DAY —un »oum THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 27 OVER THE TOR FOR VICTORY witt UNITED STATES WAR BONBS-sWS Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 2, 1943. ESTABLISHED 1899 Liberal Allotment ■«' TisgJTijjbps Made By Ration Board 1 ■#> . Grade III Tires, fJWIggfy Re caps, Now Available at Lo cal Stations and Stores -»—_ Tire rations, covering all types in cluding tubes were advanced after a liberal fashion by the Martin Coun ty Rationing Board this week. The allotment of tire tubes for passenger I cars and pick-up trucks was unus- I • -ually large compared with past ra tions. Grade III tires, or mostly recaps, including vulcanized tires, are now available in limited quantities in lo cal stores and at filling stations. Automobile tire tubes were al lowed the following: Mary V. Walter, Williamston, one. f Izell Brown, RFD 3, Williamston, John H. Wynn, Everetts, two. D. T. James, Robersonville, two. Gladys Weaver, RFD, Roberson ville, one. G. G. Harris, Williamston, four. H. D. Nelson, RFD. Robcssffftx’ille, three. > Geo. Daniel, RFD 1, Williamston. four. C. B. Holliday, RFD 1, Williams ton. two. J. M. Saunders, Williamston, one. Jesse Dee, RFD 3, Williamston, one. T. H. Brown, RFD 1, Jamesville, two. James E. Leathers, RFD 1, Hob good, two. John Q. Andrews, Parmele, one. Dennis Holliday, Oak City, two. Robert Fleming, RFD 3, William ston, four. Kader Simpson, RFD 1, Williams ton, three. James Rodgers, RFD 2, Williams ton, one. Simon J. Barber, RFD 1, James ville, one. Daniel G. Griffin, RFD 2, William stcn, four. Clinton Reaves, RFD 3, Williams ton, two. Lewis Lee, RFD 3, Williamston, two. Sallie Roberson, RFD 1, Williams ton, one. David Griffin, Jamesville, three. C. D. Bullock, RFD 3, Williamston, two. John Robert Jones, RFD 3, Wil liamston, one. Horton Modlin, RFD 1, Jamesville, four O. S. Green Williamston. two. Eddie W. Brown, RFD 2, William ston, two. Coy Griffin, RFD 1, Williamston, one. Carlton Reason, RFD 1, James ville, one. W. M. Simpson, Williamston, one. Verble Jones, RFD 1, Williamston, two. James Rodgers, RFD, Roberson ville, one. t! ti c h d E w t< ti ti h (Continued on page six) NAZI GENERAL AFTER SURRENDER FLANKED BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, General von Daniel, one of the 23 Nazi general* captured in the battle of Stalingrad, walks up a snowy path on his way to captivity far behind the fighting lines. Behind him are many of his vanquished troops. (News of the Day, from ftitcrr.ation&!j PRISONER Reported missing in action in North Africa since about the middle of last February, Marvin Melvin Whitfield, young Martin County man, is now being held a prisoner by the Italians, ac cording to a special message re ceived by relatives here yester day from the War Department. No particulars were given in the brief message addressed to his mother, Mrs. Pearl Whitfield, but it is presumed that he is now somewhere in Italy. Prior to the message announc ing him missing in action, young Whitfield was last heard from just before the enemy made a dent into the American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia. Students To Debate Next Monday Night Members of the debating team o! le local high school will contest foi te KwaMMOMW^ters medal in « intest scheduled to be held in the igh school auditorium next Mon ay night at 8:30. John L. Goff, Jr., J. D. Woolard, ill Peele, and Richard Margolis iil contest for the medal which is i be awarded this year fui the first me. Principal L. W. Anderson and :achers from the Rubersonville igh School will serve as judges. The public is invited to be pres it. Education Board To Name Committeemen Believed Very Few Changes To Be Made In Local Committees Teachet Shortage Looming as Big Problem for School Authorities ♦ The appointment of district school committees and sub-committees will be effected by the Martin County Board of Education in regular ses sion here next Monday. According to reliable information very few changes will be made in the district groups. As far as it could be learn ed no formal resignations have been submitted for consideration and no petitions for a change in the com mittee personnel have been submit ted to the board’s office. While there is much interest in school affairs, apparently it has been overshadowed by other problems as far as the general public is concern ed. In dttier words, the patrons for the mf|Lpart, at least, are appar ently willing to leave the operation of the schools up to the committee men and officials. That is no easy I task just now when all indications' point to an aggravated teacher short age for the coming term. The teach er turnover is expected to be high throughout the country next year, and in some states hundreds of schools have already closed on ac count of teacher shortages. It is be lieved that many teachers will enter I upon other duties this summer and hold to their new jobs after the schools open next fall. Husband in duction are almost certain to aggra vate the shortage. It is in the face of these conditions that the commit tees and other school officials will battle in electing teachers for the | 1943-44 term. (Continued on page six) ON FREE LIST Wire fencing; has been remov ed from the rationing list, and all a farmer has to do now to get a roll or more is to find it, a message from the OPA today stating that fencing had been placed on the “free list” and that no certificate was necessary in making purchases in the future. Many requests for wire fenc ing have been filed with the county farm machinery ration ing board here during the past few weeks. Hamilton Man Injured In Unusual Accident Monday Mr. Henry S. Johnson, Sr , well known was painfully but believed not seriously hurt in an unusual accident at Hamilton last Monday afternoon. Mr. Johnson was holding a young mule hitched to a cart while an employee was unload ing com. The mule became frighten ed and went out of control and turn ed the cart and corn over on Mr. Johnson. His face was cut and he was bruised on the neck, one report stating that he was almost suffo cated before he could be removed from the wreck. - ♦ Lieutenant Goodmon Gets Assignment In Air Corps Completing an extensive training period at Atlanta and later at Jack sonville, Ray H. Goodmon, U. S. No vy Air Corps lieutenant, is spending an 18-day furlough here with his parents before reporting for a new assignment- at 'Corpus Chri.su,- Tex as. The young man, making his first visit home since early last Septem ber, will be an instructor upon re porting to his new post. )! Dependents of Men i Missing In Action Entitled to Relief Insurance Payments and Costs Of Other Serviees Are Authorized Payments to dependents of mili tary or civilian personnel, officially reported missing, missing in action, captured or interned, are authorized by law, it has been announced by Headquarters, Fourth Service Com mand. These payments may be by con tinuation of previously made allot ments, by increases in such allot, ■ merits, or by making new allotments, deductions to be made from the pay which accrues to the credit of the missing person, according to the reg ulation. Increased or additional allotments may not exceed the amount required for the reasonable support of de pendents and in no case may they, j with other deductions from pay, ex ' eee.d the base and longevity pay.In, he j credited to the absent person. ! It is pointed out that other relief j authorizations in this law include payments of insurance premiums by [allotments from pay and provision j for transportation of dependents and effects of persons killed, injured or missing, as a result of military op erations. The above regulation is in addi tion to Form 625, covering family al lowance payments made to depend ents of enlisted men in the four lowest grades. However, increased allotments may be made to these de pendents to cover an emergency or to supplement a family allowance Whict; I Emphasis is made of 'he import ance of soldiers in these grades mak ing family allowance applications (Form 625), since this allowance con tinues if the soldier is later report ed missing, captured or interned. Should a soldier in these four grades have no family allowance in effect and is reported missing, a depend ent needing support should apply for the family allowance and may also make application for an addi tional allotment from the soldier’s pay, if the family allowance can be proved insufficient. Dependents finding it necessary to make application for family allow ances or for additional allotments and services, are advised to contact the nearest Red Cross chapter, which will assist in preparing such appli cations, or to write directly to the Dependency Allotment Section, Al lowance and Allotment Branch, A. U. O. Building, “Y”, 2uth and B Sts., N.E., Washington, D. C., with a full statement of the circumstances. Since many married men are be ing called into service, more inquir ies are being received about allow ances. -% Miniature Liquor Plant Is Wrecked • Judging from a catch made in the Hassell community of Hamilton Township last Wednesday, the illicit manufacture of liquor is on the way out in this county. ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and Constable Edmond Early picked up a “pint size” plant and poured out about 30 gallons of poor quality beer. The still was made out of a five-gallon molasses buck et and was equipped with a small copper cap. The beer was stored in a mullet tub and a pig foot keg. the officers estimating that the capacity output from the plant would hardly supply a confirmed sot’s demand. A second plant, built after a crude fashion with an oil drum for a ket tle,_was_ destroyed along with two Barrels ofTTeer'Tn the same sec!S8!f Wednesday. Yesterday, the ABC of ficer and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked a partial plant and poured out one | barrel of beer in that section. Accept Twenty Mei Approximately Thirty - F»v< Men Rejected This W. ek By Army Doctors Twenty Martin County white met out of approximately fifty-five re porting to an armed services indue tion center last Monday were ac cepted for military service, accord mg to an unofficial report brought back by some of the youths. Tht group was made up principally oi teen-age youths, and the apparent ly large number of rejectees v;a; shocking even to those who passed the induction examinations. “It was pathetic, one of the local boys de clared, explaining that there were many m*m from various parts of the State who could neither read not ► write, that the rejections on treoWflfl of ignorance were numerous. Causes for rejection could not be learned, hut between low literacy standards and physical defects the group was thinned out almost to a frazzle. According to one report, several of those passing the induction ex aminations were rated for limiied military service only. The percent age of rejections for the group was about the lowest ever reported among a white contingent moving out of this county for the induction cen ter. It was generally believed that since the group was made up prin cipally of youths most of the num ber would be accepted. Names of the rejectees could not be had, and the various service as signments could not be learned. Names of the men accepted, ac cording to an unofficial report, fol low: James H. Girvin, Wallace R. Bul lock, Henry W. Hoell, Staton R. Wil liams, John E. Pope, Jr., James W. Watts, Jr., Alva R. Roberson, James M. Barclift, Walter E. Everett, Wil liam C. Wynne, James R. Roebuck, Garland B. Wynne, Henry T. Dan iel, Arthur Anderson, Johnnie M. Whitaker, Marvin B. Manning, Sid ney R. Lewis, Edgar J. Gurganus, Oriander S. (Jack) Green, William D. Jones, Sr. It is possible that five or six oth er Martin County youths were ac cepted by other service branches, but their names cannot be learned until the official audit is received. l-AHied-Amies Make Junction As Rommel Goes Farther North Terrible Pounding of Sardin ia Add* to KoiuiimTs ( lares and Woph in Tunisia With the joint American arid Brit ish Armies closing in on his rear, the British First Army, American and Fighting French picking on him fiorn the west and north and with the Al lied air forces pound mg him over head and ahead ot him, Inc cha des ert fox, Marshal Rommel is moving north in Tunisia, his cause lost arid his fate sealed. But the fighting there is not over as yet, and Rommel’s next move can only be guessed. Evacua tion was talked at one time, but the Allied air forces have pounded his landing places, wrecked a protect ing air arm and destroyed a large number of ships. Present indications point to a last ditch fight in and around the Tunis-Bizerte areas and to a one-man Dunkerque. The old fox, his trails blasted in Africa, is expected to flee Africa and take charge of the Axis defenses in Italy, leaving his friend, Gen. Jutrgen Von Arnim to fight it out with the com bined Allied forces. Some observers are of the opinion that the African situation will not be cleared up un til the latter part of May or early June, that much bitter fighting lies ahead in Tunisia. Other than Rommel’s retreat and the Allied chase, no marked develop ments have been reported in the land scrap in Tunisia, but American bombers moved in to make the big (Continued on page sixl NO SEINE FISHING ] y_s Hardly before the season got underway, seine fishing in the Roanoke at Jamesville was halt ed by high water. Reports today stated that operations could hardly be resumed before next Monday. During the meantime, fisher men, operating on a small scale and with drift and dip nets, are reporting large catches. In some cases the catches have been so la«ge that the drift nets sagged and sunk guider the heavy load. Reaching a crest here of 10 feet and 10 inches last Friday, the river has been on a stand for Si week, dropping just one inch during that time. The < sstream has started, falling in i 'vVeldon, but it is holding to flood stage here, causing some to doubt if normal fishing oper- 1 atioos can be resumed before 1 about the middle of next week. < jFew Martin County Men OuaJifv For Classifications UndbacrNew Tarm Production Unit Program Varied Business Calendar To Get A ttention Of Town Board A varied business calendar is be ing prepared for consideration at the hands of the town commission ers when thej meet in regular ses sion here next Monday night. In volving politics, thi' cemetery, po lice, mosquitoes and taxes in addi tion to routine business matters, the calendar is the most extensive one premimifor consideration »vv 11 tKe ^^W^^WRany months. While all's quiet on the town’s political front just now, the board will, in accordance with charter pro visions, set a convention date, name a registrar and judges r - the May 4 election. The long struggle enlarge and improve the cemetery here is now in its final stages, Mayor J. L. Has sell announcing today that the board would likely name a keeper at the meeting next Monday night. Two applications for the job have already been filed and any others will be considered. The position made vacant on the police force by the sudden resigna tion of J. H. Allsbrooks will get con sideration. ,-J^ans for advertising delinquent town taxes ill-May f, will also be considered, one report stating that the authorities are in clined to follow the county tax schedule which calls for the tax ad vertising and sale in May and June, | respectively. | Coming forth during recent warm days, mosquitoes have already warn ed the authorities to prepare for a concentrated attack this summer. Many local citizens are urging dras tic action for the control of the pests. Board Rejects Mosl Deferment Claims At Recent Meeting Classification lYiuliug in Few Cases; Status of Others Likely To Change -i-« Completing their work on the far mer-registrant classifications Iasi Tuesday night, members of the Mar tin County Draft Board reviewed thirteen claims for deferment. Oul of that number only two were grant ed deferment and they were foi short periods or until the registrants could complete their school work. A few additional claims for defer ment have been received since the meeting and they will be considered when the board holds another ses sion, possibly some time next week or the week following- The dead I>i» iJtimimfiimmmt ferment claims has been reached for the April draft call. All married men without children or those who have a child and did not report the change in status to the board, and those who filed no claim for deferment or made no appeal to the district board are almost cer tain to get a notice within a very short time, instructing them to re port for induction about the middle of April. 11 is understood that the April call will just about exhaust the group of non-farm registrants who are mar ried and without children. That means that the draft is staring mar ried men with children in the face in this county However, it'is possi ble that larmer-registrants who do not qualify for “C” classifications under the production unit system will be called in to fill the gap. Briefly stated, it is a race between the fathers and farmers who can hold on the longest. And then it is possible that the May call wdl ho small and that it can be filled with men whose deferments will have expired in late April or early May, or it may be that the call will go un answered in its entirety. Reclassifications handled in the non-farm registrant group by the board last Tuesday night are, as fol lows: Andrew Clabon Summerlin, w, Williamston, 1-A Jack Duberry Frank, w, William ston and Camp Davis, 1-A Charles Brantley Martin, w, Jamesville and Pantego, 2 A (defer red until May 1st) Roy Willis McClees, w, Williams ton, 1-A Russel! Everett Williams, w, Rob ersonville, 1-A Roy Fountain Harrell, w, William ston and Norfolk, 1-A Rufus Daling Cherry, w, Williams (Continued on page six) Allsbrooks Resigns j From Police Force -m J. H. (Ricks.) Allsbrooks, lor about ■sixteen years a member of the local police force, resigned last Tuesday night, the resignation, although ex pected in some quarters for a num ber of weeks, came as a surprise. The resignation, said to have come vol intarily, was submitted without pre irninary notice, and did not rnen ion his plans for the future. He parked his clothes and left here Wednesday presumably for Newport News to accept employ ment in the ship yards. Applications for the vacated post pn the force will be considered by the. town . authorities at their regu lar meeting next Monday night. One application ha3 already been filed, it was learned today. During the mean time other members of the force are jarrying on the work. VOLUNTEERS Lieutenant O. B. Taylor, re cruiting officer, will review young women interested in joining the Woman’s Auxiliary Army Corps at the post office in Williamston on Thursday of next week. It could not be learn ed immediately how long the lieutenant would be here, but it was pointed out that she would he glad to offer interested w'o men information about the WAACS. The recruiting officer is the first scheduled to visit William stou in the interest of WAAC re cruiting service. Ten Cases Tried In J. P.’s Court Here -- Justice John L. Hassell handled 'en coses in hi.-, court this week, nine of the number charging the defend ants with being drunk and direr ■ derlv. The tenth case charged Odes- I sa Cordon with simple assault She I was taxed with $7.50 costs. In the other cases charging the de fendants with disorderly conduct, the following costs were levied: Leroy Long, $7.50; Aled Smith, $8.50; Joe James, $7.50; Willie Nor i fleet, $8.50; Tom Jones, $8.50, Jeff Slade, $8.50; David James, $0.50; Bill Win hush, $7.50, and Pete Cherry, $8.50. More Than Hundred Registrants Rated 11-A By Draft Board Married Men without Chil dren Can Kxpeet Induc tion Motioes Soon Meeting in joint session here the early part of this week, the Martin County War and Draft Boards found ieu untied for farm classifications under the new farm production unit program. Handling 137 cases, the authorities placed H)3 m the 1-A group, twenty in the “C" lists and delayed classi fication in fourteen cases until more detailed information could be had. The classification work was based on information in the 1943 farm plans filed by farmers a Little over two months-agor and it is possible that the status of some of the registrants has changed since that time, enabl ing the registrant to qualify for a new classification. In those cases where the registrant has not quali fied he has thirty days from the date of his classification notice to alter his farm schedule or residence and meet the production unit require ments. It is possible for a farmer to move to a new location and procure enough additional units to support a claim for a “C” classification, or he may add to his crops and meet the requirements. No big increase in to bacco is permissible, but the county is about 1,800 acres short of its pea nut goal, and increased plantings to that crop are permissible. The War Board is charged with the duty of aiding farmers in reaching their re quired production units, but the task must be completed within thirty days of the time the classification no tice is dated. It is bad, no doubt, but those far mers who are unable to qualify un der the production unit plan will be subject (o cal! soon after the expira tion of the thirty days allowed them to alter their status. Last year, the d raft, hoard granted merits, allowing fanners who had started their crops to finish them It is understood that no such defer ments are possible under B ■ ‘ present law. A farmer either qualifies for a “C” classification or he doesn’t; if he doesn't qualify, then he can look for a call !o report within a very short time after the thirty days of grace have expired It should be remembered that all the men listed in i-A below will (Continued on pagt six) Sentenced -4S* Roads On Gambling Charge COMMISSION KKS I v--—__j Very little business is on the calendar for consideration by the Marlin County Commission ers at their regular monthly meeting here next Monday. The possibility of placing a ban on beer and wine sales on Sunday will likely be discussed, but as far as it could be learned no formal petition has been pre pared for submission to the board. Some complaints have been heard about beer and wine sales on Sundays, hut. they have not taken definite form, it is un derstood. Isabella Hcnnett Dies In Poplar Point Conun unity -—46» Isabella Bennett, a resident of the j Poplar Point community, died sud denly at the home of her son, M. K Bennett, at nine o’clock Tuesday morning, while eating breakfast. Her death was preceded by a severe heart attack the previous evening. The deceased, who was 49 years old, was very influential in her com munity. As mother of her church she spent the greater portion of her life rendering aid and service to others. She had continued her chos en duties in spite of failing health for the past two months. Funeral services are to be held at Poplar Point Baptist Church at two o’clock Friday afternoon. Firemen Called To Crass Fire Off Grace Street -« Volunteer firemen were called at 1:45 o’clock this afternoon when a grass fire iust off Grace Street threatened the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Taylor. The fire was soon brought under control and no dam age resulted. Judge Calvin Smith Calls Fdteen Cases In Recorders Court Crowil Present for Long est Session of Court Held In Recent Months Frowning on the practice for years and years, Judge J. Calvin Smith bore down on gambling last Monday when lie dished out a six months road sentence and indirect ly proclaimed that there was more of the .same kind of medicine on hand lor those who would dare seek some thing for nothing. Hallie Andrews, Robersonville colored man, was sen tenced to the roads for six months i when he appeared before His Honor tor alleged gambling. It is quite cer | tain that other factors surrounding the case supported the sentence. An drews had Oney Hopkins and Walter Jones out to his house for a friendly ‘ skin game.” Something went wrong and Jones hit Hopkins. The cgse broke into the courts, Jones drew nine months and Hopkins drew six ty days on the roads when they ap peared for trial three weeks ago. Idle for two weeks while the “big” court was supposed to have been in session, the lower tribunal found a heavy docket to be cleared last Mon day. Judge Smith called fifteen eases for trial but several of them were continued when officers were called to testify in cWs aCMMiartta federal courts. The court was in ses sion until 1 ;40 p. m., and it is possi ble that a greater part of the day would have been necessary for the trial of all the cases. The crowd at tending the session was the largest seen in the court room in many months. Other proceedings: (Continued on page six)
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