THE ENTERPRISE
OVER THE TOR
FOR VICTORY
wMi
UNITED STATES WAR
BQNDS'STAMPS
VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 31
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 16. 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
rl&rgefhfiiibei
Allotted In County
By Rationing Board
Supply of Grade III Tires Still
Inadequate To Meet the
Demand
Tha Martin County Rationing
* Board continued a fairly libera! pol
icy this week in handling requests
for car and truck tires jjnd tubes. A
large number of all typfes was allot
ted. especially o£ the Grade III type.
II is understood that the supply of
Grade III tires is not yet adequate
to meet the demand.
New auto and pick-up truck tires
and tubes were allotted to the fol
lowing:
W. Eruce Johnson, Robersonville,
one tube.
' J. Carl Griffin, Jamesville, four
tires and two tubes.
R. L. Ward Coal and Wood Co., two
tires and two tubes.
Mrs. Mary Harrison, RFD 1, Rob
► ersoftville, two thto-'WWWPIfebes.
Leslie J. Griffin, Williamston, one
tire and two tubes.
W. G. Peele, Wiiliamston, four
tires and four t aes.
Pete Mendenhui1, RFD 2 William
ficii, two tires.
LeRoy Griffin, RFD 1, Williams
ton, two tires.
New truck tires and tubes were
...allotted J^JUns-JaUow.isiii ■— -—.
J. H. James, Robersonville, two
tires and two tubes.
Willie D Boston, RFD 1, James
ville, one tube.
N. C. Everett, Robersonville, two
tires and two tubes.
Grade II tires and new tubes for
cars and trucks were allowed, as
follows:
J. Dawson Lilley, RFD 1, William
ston, one tire and tube.
J. D. Wynne, RFD 1, Roberson
ville, two tires and two tubes.
J. O. Manning, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
A. T. Perkins, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
G. P. Hughes, Williamston, two
tires.
J. T, Martin, RFD 1, Williamston,
two tires and two tubes.
B. B. Biggs. Everetts, two tires and
two tubes.
Jesse Bright, Williamston, two
tires.
D. Andrew Griffin, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, four tires
Third grade tires and new tubes
for cars and pick-up trucks were
allowed, as follows:
James Spruill, RFD 2. Roberson
^ ville, three tires; G. A. Wethering
ton, Robersonville, two tires' Wil
liam Stephenson, RFD, Roberson
ville, one tire: Will Little, Roberson
ville, two; John H. Lee, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, two; Tom Sessoms, RFD 1,
Robersonville, three; Noah Stancill,
RFD 2, Robersonville, four tires and
two tubes; Hugh Pitt, RFD 1, Bethel,
four; Watsie Latham, Williamston,
four tires and two tubes; Vernon II
Davis, RFD 1, Jamesville, one; Joe
Mizelle, Robersonville, two; R. B.
(Continued on page six)
'“P? e-EnsT?r ’S&ml'ttte
A nnounced By Local Pastors
The. WiUuuBSton Ministerial Asso
ciation makes the following an
nouncements ' It
be held during Passion Week. Serv
ices will be held earn morrrng at
! 10:00 in the Watta.Theater for a per
| lod of thirty minutes,
j Monday, Rev. Robert Cogswell of
(the Presbyterian Church, will sneak.
Tuesday, Hugh G. Horton, of Mem
orial Baptist Church, will speak.
Wednesday, Eibt t S. Peel, of the
Christian Church, will speak
Thursday, David N. Hix, of the
Methodist Church, will speak.
Friday, Rev. John L. Goff will
speak for the Episcopal Church.
Uniting in a series of evening serv
ices during this same period at 8:00
the services will be held in the fol
lowing churches led by the follow
ing ministers:
Monday, Presbyterian Church with
Dr. W. R. Burrell speaking.
WORKERS —4
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Those barriers built more or
less by custom and dividing
man's work from that of the
woman’s have been broken down
in this section. Striking the lo
cal fertilizer plant a severe blow,
the manpower shortage has been
partly relieved by tbe introduc
af- cwhired -women 'wnrfcfrr
into the factory. Twenty-five of
them are employed there now,
and while they are not assigned
to the most difficult jobs they
are doing well with push trucks
and the task of sewing up sacks
of fertilizer.
The arrangement is fairly sat
isfactory, and had it not been
for the women workers the plant
would have fallen behind bad
ly in filling its orders. Appar
ently the manpower shortage is
offering the fertilizer manufac
turers a greater problem than
the shortage in vital materials.
Much Damage Done
To Crops By Frost
—•—
Freezing temperatures, hanging
around the middle twenties and cap
ped by a heavy frost, did consider
able damage to the fruit and field
crops in this section early yesterday
morning. No cash estimate on the
damage is be had, but farmers
questioned here later sn the day were
agreed that a greater part of the
fruit crop is lost, that considerable
damage was done to the
crop and to those plants just break
ing through the ground
There was plenty of ice in horse
and chicken water troughs, and
pumps froze.
Preliminary reports from the
strawberry and peach producing
areas were disheartening, the cold
snap coming after a 40 per cent dam
age had already been estimated fol
lowing previous frosts.
Tuesday, Methodist Church with
1 Rev. John L. Goff speaking.
WdSifanlay, Episcopal Church with
Rev. Lewis Schenck, of Edeuton,
: speaking.
Thursday. Baptist Church with
Rev. B T. Hurley speaking.
Friday, Christian Church witii Dr.
W R Burrell speaking.
Business op< rators. clerks, house
| wives and others are urged to sup
port these services during next
week The following committee of
the- local churches are cooperating in
urging the stores to work skeleton
crews so that as many folks as pos
sible may share in the morning serv
ices: Mr. N. C. Green, chairman; N.
PC. Harrison, Julian Anderson. Wheel
er Manning, Dillon Cobb, and David
Davis.
Tlie program for the Easter sun
rise service will be announced dur
ing the coming week.
Respite Effects Of
War Marriages Hold
Up In This County
Nineteen Certificates Issued
By Register of Deeds
- ‘XasnUontli
Even though an estimated thous
and or more young men have left the
county for the armed services, and
despite the vast changes in the do
mestic economy traceable directly or
indirectly to the war, Dan Cupid
managed to struggle along very suc
cessfully with his work. Last month,
Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger
issued nineteen marriage licenses in
this county, seven to white and
twelve to colored couples.
In March of last year there were
only sixteen licenses issued in the
county, twenty in March, 1941, thir
teen in March 1940, and only eleven
in the same month of 1939.
Licenses last month were issued
to the following:
White
John Edgar Seaton, of Staunton,
Va., and Lucy Elizabeth Williams,
of Williamston.
Lawrence Edwin Coltrain, of Wil
liamston RFD 1, and Mary Lou Rob
erson, of Everetts.
Paul Franklin Fisher and Mag
dalene Wynne, both of Williamston.
Charlie Frank Modlin, of James
ville, !>!*, Wash
ington, RFD !.
Floyd Ulysses Stalls, of Everetts,
and Nola Mae Beach, ot Williams
ton, RFD 3.
Johnnie Scott and Clfera Mae Har
dison, both ot Hamilton.
Louis Perry, of Williamston, and
Mary Lou Dail, of Hassell.
Colored
Walter Chance, of RFD 2, Jarrett,
Va., and Viola Mooring, of Roberson
ville.
Leander Winbush and Pearline
Goss, both of Williamston.
James Ollio Brown and Mary E.
Brown, both, of Williamston.
■"V*niie U. Johnson and Annie Beil
Goss, both of Williamston.
El wood Bellamy, of Hobgood and
Edgewood Arsenal, Md., and Aljur
ion Lanier, of Oak City.
Lawrence Payton, of Greenville,
and Greenville Armond Flying
School, Greenville, and Mary Jane
Carson, of Williamston.
Alfonza Jones and Maggie Fran
ces Parker, both of Oak City.
William Smith and Mary Bell Dan
iel, both of Williamston.
Cornelius Thomerson and Elsie
Mae Keel, both of Parmele.
Johnnie Spruill and Nettie Morris,
both of Oak City.
William Oscar Roberson and Alice
Lee Wiggins, both of Williamston.
Moses Copper and Bernice Mae
Crandell, both of RFD 2, Roberson
ville.
The issuance is off to a slow start
this month, the bureau announces.
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Call For Increases
In Peanuts-Potatoes
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Running about 2,000 acres short
of their peanut goal and about 750
acres short in sweet potatoes, Martin
County farmers are again being ask
ed to boost the production of the
crops as much as possible. With
prices for peanuts—edible and for
oil—fixed at a minimum of about
seven cents a pound and with sweet
potatoes selling for around $4 a bush
el on the nerthern markets at the
present time, the production of the
two crops has the appearance of a
paying proposition.
It has been pointed out that two
acres planted to either peanuts or
potatoes will equal one production
unit toward a “C” classification in
the draft. It is possible for quite a
fCW fuluii.iu to OUi 11 t.iUi i.ld>>i,if lid
tion by either adding a few acres oi
peanuts or potatoes.
The office of the county agent is
making a second survey of planned
plantings to the two crops, and the
farmers are asked to revise theii
acreage upward if humanly possible
i and report their intentions to the
| agent’s office on the cards sent tc
j them a few days ago.
Large Number CswHty
Men Rejected by Army
Thirty Men Out Of
r About One Hundred
Accepted This Week
Eighteen Will Report to Army
Next Week and 13 Will
Co into the Navy
Out of approximately one hundred
and one Martin County men report
ing to an Atjny induction center last
Tuesday, about 67 were rejected, 18
were accepted by the Army and 12
were picked for the Navy, accord
ing to incomplete and unofficial in
formation passed around by the
“boys” themselves following their
return late Tuesday night, Wednes
day night and yesterday The induc
tion or rejection of about four oth
er men is pending more detailed
physical examinations, it was learn
ed.
The names of the men accepted by
the Navy are ,as follows:
Jarties Brasco Warren, of RFD 2,
Williamston; Joseph Jackson Ed
mondson, Williamston; John Warren
(Jack) Bailey, Williamston; James
David White, Williamston; Cecil
Ross Bullock, Robersonville; John
Haywood Rogers, Jr., RFD 3, Wil
liamston; Robert Franklin Gurgan
, US, Williamston; Melvin Odell Crisp,
* Oak City; Elmer Rupert Chesson, Jr.,
RFD 3, Williamston; Rupert Cowen,
Williamston; John Ivey Eagles, WU
liamston, ana tioger driielter, i'll,
■4 Williamston.
The names of the men accepted
by the Army are, William B. Wynn,
Ellis E. Chesson, William B. Lilley,
James R. Bullock, Harry Stubbs
Peel, James W. Bedwell, Joseph Paul
Simpscn, James W. (Skillet) Long.
Robert. Edwin (Flip) Peel Alonza
(Continued or. page six)
Former County Man
Passes 1 n Hospital
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Rossie Bazemore, about 35 years
of age, died in a Kinston hospital
early yesterday morning. Formerly
of Robersonville, the young man had
been a patient in the hospital for
about twenty-mne years. Experienc
ing bad health for years, he became
suddenly worse Wednesday.
The young man's family lived in
this county for a number of years,
but they moved away following the
death of his grandmother a few
years ago. A sister, Mrs. Mary How
ard, of Wilson, survives.
Funeral services are being con
ducted today and interment will fol
Icw in Lenoir County.
Ralph McDonald To
Ruh For Governor
—•—
The first state-wide political con
test was developed yesterday when
Dr. Ralph McDonald, educator, an
nounced his candidacy for governor.
Superior Court Judge Wilson War
lick, of Newton, announced his can
didacy for the office a few days ago.
McDonald’s announcement was well
received in this county where he
polled a large majority over Clyde
Hoey for Governor in 1938, and he
enters the new contest with the good
will of tho people of this sootier!
It is expected that Gregg Cherry,
of Gastonia, will also enter the race,
but he has filed no formal announce
ment.
O. Max Gardner and R. R. Rey
nolds are gunning for the U. S. Sen
atorial nomination, and present in
dications point to a lively time on
j the political front during the com
ing months.
ifttnwrof
Recalls Harrow in"
T ornado E xperienee
—$—
Top of Arthur .An'^e ifr.no> I*.
Found Two Miles Away in
Washington Conntv
• .——«.—.— *
Still carry u/g the cuts and bruises
lio received. Farther Arthur Ange,
of Jamesviile Township, yesterday
while visiting here recalled the har
rowing experiences gained by him
and other members of his family dur
ing a tornado that struck his home
and farm early/last Monday evening.
"Most of our earthly goods were
wrecked and scattered for miles
around, but vve are indeed fortunate
to come through the ordeal with our
lives and without serious injury,”
Mr. Ange said.
The farmer's face was well spotted
with plasters covering slight but
painful cuts and bruises. All mem
bers of the family are able to be up
except his Ange,
who contmu(’mO?ctw!ih severe
bruises on her arm and Side.
“The storm approached so rapidly
that we did not have time to run,"
Mr. Ange said, explaining that the
fell f« !lj. floor in the living
room and rode out the storm. The
top, ripped off, was found over in
Washington County or aoout two
miles away. Most of the standing tim
Aes'S’ -weet- -r
scattered over a wide area. The floor
and a few of the sills were moved
quite a few feet away, the farmer
and his family having been buried
in the debris.
Window weights were found in the
field, and members of the Jamesviile
agriculture class and neighbors and
other friends, numbering forty-five
or more, spent the greater part of a
day and a half clearing the farmer’s
field of broken timbers, trees and
dead chickens. A small building, one
of the oldest on the farm and hous
ing the farmer’s fertilizer, was left
almost undisturbed. Eighteen chick
ens were found dead and every eat
on the plantation was killed. Resi
dents just out of the storm path said
they saw a goodly number of chick
ens flying just ahead of the storm.
Pine trees as large as a tiour bar
rel were popped just as if they were
no more than a pencil, according to
Farmer Levin Ange, who witnessed
the storm at a distance. “It sounded
as if a freight train was rumbling by
at a terrific speed,” Mr. Ange said.
On the farm of Mi . Leman Ange,
nearby, the storm blew down sever
(Continued on page four)
Few Cases Handled
By Superior Court
So Far This Term
—«—
juii^c K. I). Dixon To Snrceetl
Clawson Williams
Noxt Monday
After doing little or next to noth
ing during I he first 'Imr days of <hc
special ‘,.o
County Superior Court went into a
recess Wednesday about noun. The
court will reopen next Monday
morning with Judge Richard D. Dix
on, of Edenton, scheduled to succeed
Judge Clawson Williams, of San
ford. on the bench.
Members of the bar last Monday
morning began to squirm when 11
o’clock came and Judge Dixon had
not arrived. They did not know that
an exchange had been effected witti
Judge Williams, and he caught the
group slightly off balance. No di
vorce cases were on the calendar and
Judge Williams ruled that they could
not be tried as the bar members had
planned until properly calendared.
The court was then slow in getting
started. A few cases were cleared,
however, during a session of less
than one hour. Tuesday, the court
did little more, and when the recess
was ordered Wednesday, only two
cases had been carried to the jury
and one of them was a divorce ac
tion the trial of which required only
a few minutes More time was spent
arguing for continuances than was
consumed in trying the cases.
In the case of Farmville-Wood
ward Lumber Company against F
B. Birmingham, the plaintiff was al
lowed a judgment in the sum of
$563.39 with interest as of date.
W. Garland Perry was granted a
divorce in his case against Alice
Hodges Perry. The action was based
on two years of separation.
The case of Lee Hopkins against
Mildred Purvis was settled by agree
ment out of court.
The case of Ben Biggs against the
Wilson Estate administrators and
others was referred to Clarence Gi if
fin, esquire, for a detailed hearing
The referee, empowered to summon
witnesses, is to report his findings to
the next term of court.
The case of Mrs. Dare Brown.
Thomas Brown and S. L. Ellis
against J. S. Godard were console
dated and continued for trial next
Tuesday, the plaintiffs having ap
pealed to the court for fire damages
alleged to have resulted by the neg
ligence of the defendant’s agents.
A fairly complete calendar has
been prepared for next week, and
the court is expected to at least earn
. .tis.Msss,— - - ■
Ftftf eTrm?m Ifeartf
By Draft Board Here Last Night
«■ -\tm
Final Report On Red Cross
Drive Released For County
According to fairly complete be
unofficial reports, Matiin County
chanters — Martin
citizens in the two
County/ and Robersonvillo- contrib
uted a total of $7,500.17 to the Am
erican Red jfvoss War Fund cam
paign recently ended. j
The total in the Martin.'chapter
was swelled to a figure in excess of
$5,000 this wuok when the Watts
Theater reported $t26.50 in volun
tary contributions made by its pa
trons. Assigned a quota of $3,900, the
Martin chapter raised $5,038.52. The
Robcrsonvilk chanter, witti a quota
of $1,700, raised $2,461 65. It is pos
sible tiiai a few late donations are
not included in the figures, but the
report, reflecting an able work on
the campaign leaders and a willing
cooperation on the part of - c-'u
Bitter Fighting Is
North
Tunisia At Present
Flying Fortresses Attacking
Another Jap Convoy in
Southwest Pacific
While little land activity has been
reported by the British Eighth Army
and General Patton’s Americans
since the push through Sousse was
announced earlier this week, the
British First Army is locked in mort
al combat with the enemy a little
further north and about thirty miles
west of Tunis. The fighting there is
bitter, late dispatches stating that
the two forces were in hand-to-hand
combat, and that the gains of each
were being bitterly contested. After
taking the hill top of Djebel Ang, the
British were later forced to with
draw.
Evacuation by Hitler’s men is now
recognized as an impossibility, and
the indications point to an all-out
fight in the Tunis-Bizerte areas.
Montgomery’s Eighth Army, while
making some advances on the coastal
"wd (hiring the past few yofawfci
expected to launch another strong
push soon. During the meantime, the
other British Army, the Americans
anii the French are pounding the en
emy from the west.
Figuring prominently in the Tuni
sian fighting, Allied airmen have
softened the way for the ground
forces and have knocked out nearly
I 5(H) Axis planes since the 20th oi last
month.
A report received today stated
that the Britishers, using pack mules
to scale the hills, recaptured the po
sitions last night, and had establish
ed themselves for a straight drive
TtVw'aid Tunis
In the Pacific, Kiska was bombed
by the Americans ten times in a sin
gle day this week. Today, American
Flying Fortresses, holding to low
levels, are attacking the remnants
of a Japanese convoy off the north
east coast of New Guinea. Several
ships of the convoy had already been
accounted for early today, and the
attack was still in progress. General
MacArthur, commanding the South
Pacific war, has been assured Chat
sufficient planes and equipment to
hold the Japs at bay would be made
available to him. That the Pacific
war aims are a bit muddled is evi
denced in statements coming from
there and those heard in Washing
ton. It is apparent that MacArthur
is anxious to start an offensive
against the Japs, that he is not any
too well pleased with defensive ac
(Continued on page six)
Plane Tears Down
Rural Power Line
Flying low in the Spring Olden
section late Wednesday afternoon a
bi-motor airplane ripped into and
tore down ari electric power line
without crashing to earth. It was
first thought by some in that area
that the plane crashed, but witnesses
right at the scene stated that the ship
picked up altitude and flew away
after barely missing the tops of some
trees a short distance away.
When the plane passed over Ham
ilton, the observation post filed a
rod flash” message with the filter
'■enter and was said to have stated
‘hat the plane was apparently hav
ing trouble with its engines, that
they were cutting on and off.
Two colored men, working in a
tieid and almost in the path of the
olane, said they saw the ship tear in -
to the power lines and snap them in
•wo, that they (the men) fell flat to
the freshly plowed ground and saw
no more of the plane until it had
passed over them.
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company forces were almost two
hours repairing the damage to the
tributors, is believed to be just
about complete.
The campaign was uniformly sup
ported throughout tlie county. While
it is possible that some communities
had excessive goals assigned them
not one failed to meet the challengi ,
and as far as goals are concerned the
drive was an overw helming success
The per capita contribution amounts
to about 29 cents for the county, as
a whole.
While final reports from both
chapters were a bit late, both of
them exceeded their quotas early in
the Their chairmen, B.
L. Stokes and J. M. Perry for Rober
sonvilje, and J. C Manning and V.
J. Spivey for the Martin chapter, are
to be commended for their leader
ship and untiring efforts advanced in
behalf of the humstto catw
[ CONVENTION 1
With little or no expressed op
position, the town convention to
night is expected to be a quiet
and short event. However, some
thing may develop to add inter
est to the biennial affair at the
last minute. While it is generally
understood that all the commis
sioners and the mayor are candi
dates to succeed themselves, on
ly Mayor Hassell and Commis
sioner Roy T. Griffin have for
mally announced their candi
dacies. Present members of the
board are, Messrs. V. I>. God
win, N. C. Green, L. P. Linds
ley, G. II. Harrison and Roy T.
Griffin.
The convention to be held in
the courthouse tonight at eight
o'clock will nominate five com
missioners and a mayor subject
to the regular election to he held
on May 4th.
To Keep Insurance
Office Open Here
Leaving tor Port Bragg next Tuck
where lie .ill be inducted into
the I' S. Armv M/ I Paul Simp
ion, local representative of the Se
curity Life and Trust Company, has
definitely decided to keep open his
local office and keep intact the good
will and offer every consideration
Ihe policy holders and friends of the
Security Life and Trust Company.
Mr. Simpson has ably represented,
thus agency for the past several years
md for the duration Mrs Simpson
will be in charge of the office ren
Ici ing any service possible to trie
company’s patrons.
Essential Industry Is
Forcing "'Draft Into
Secondary Position
Kaon < !a»if ieniion- (iaitied
l ii111 Mcctin)! T<t Be
H«>M \< \i Tuesday
Working un;.il after midnight, the
Martin County Draft Board in ses
sion here last evening handled ap
proximately fifty claims for defer
ment, the task forcing the officials
to delay the classification of farm
registrants until next Tuesday.
Essential industry, especially
those directly cottnected'viU^^j'
war effort" and pifflPWWrare,
is supporting most of the claims for
deferment, and in accordance with
direct instructions from the Man
power Commission the board last
night recognized about 80 per cent
industry's claim n the nation’s man
power is making it quite difficult
for the Selective Service System to
meet the demands of the armed serv
ices With an expected liberalization
of the draft requirements when it
comes to calling "necessary” or real
dirt farmers, it is quite possible that
future calls will hardly he answer
ed in their entirety and that the
draft will move ever closer to mar
ried men with children. No marked
changes in the draft laws have been
made as yet, hut the board discuss
ed at length the farm manpower
problem at its meeting and in keep
ing with the wishes of the manpow
er commission and with the farm
needs, the board has expressed its
willingness to do everything possi
ble to save essential workers for the
farm. It should be noted, however,
that the board is strongly opposed
to any plan that will support a “C”
classification where production is
: mad" the secondary factor
Several of the deferments granted
last evening were renewed. A re
view of the classification work fol
lows:
Harold Brinkley Lilley, w, Wil
liamston and Elizabeth City. 1-A
Samuel John Andrews, Jr, w,
Jamesville and Mt. Gilead, 1-A
Brad Thomas Bagley, c, Williams
ton, 2-A (deferred until June 1st)
! N:\vin Howard, Jr, c. Williamston,
(2 A (deferred fl months)
Dennis Harris Leggett, w, Wil
j Uamslori, 2-A, (deferred 8 months)
Nathaniel Augustus Mobley, e, Wil
liamston, 3 A
James Evan Lilley, w, RED 1, Wil
liamston and Norfolk, 2-A, (deferred
11 months)
Joseph Roberson, c, Williamston,
2 A (deferred fi months)
Joseph Henry Everett, w, Wil
liamston and Norfolk, 1A
James Ernest Keel, w RED 1, Rob
(Continued on page six)
/
tiffin! Sales In Conn
Total Nearly *400,000
Sgt. Reddick Home
From Frozen North
—■->,—
After spending some time in the
frozen nortii, Sergeant Wiiliarn
Louis Reddick, colored youth, is
spending a two weeks furlough with
relatives in this community. He had
oeen home only a short time before
he married Norma Jones, hut she
does not plan to accompany him on
his return trip.
Stationed at Fairbanks, Alaska,
Reddick has been working on the Al
can Highway. Ask»Jd how they man
aged to work in the cold weather,
the sergeant explained that they
[withdrew to their huts when the
mercury tumbled to twenty degrees
below zero.
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Dealers Must Lower
Excess In v entorittfc
According to an announcement
made by the Office of Price Admin
istration this week, a few retail and
wholesale dealers in processed foods
have excess inventories. It was
nointed out that in those cases the
dealers will not be allowed to buy
any processed foods until “their ex
cess has been paid off."
Apparently the dealer will not be
denied the right to make any pur
chases, the order reading, “It is now
permitted for both the wholesaler
and retailer to use twenty-five pe-’
cent of the number of points receiv
ed during March for the sale or
transfer of processed foods for the
purpose of buying needed stocks
now. All over the 25 per cent must
he turned in to the local rationing
board.
Those dealers affected by the or
der should check their cases with the
rationing board by surrendering a
yir'in njytorfaifiawtottaMMswww
! County Fxceeds Its
Quota By $71,164
In First Four Days
-*
Semi-final* ami Inroni|>lt‘te
|{«'|H)rts List Total Sales at
g399,964.00 To Date
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Reporting on Martin County’s par
ticipation in the nation’s 13 billion
dollar war bond drive, Chairman D.
I V. Clayton said yesterday that near
I ly $400,00000 in sales had been re
| ported to him, that the original quo
ta iiad Iaready been over-subscribed
I by $71,104 since the campaign got
underway last Monday Aided by all
the bankers in the county, other fi
nancial institutions, special district
chairmen and solicitors, the chair
men for ihe county declared that the
drive was a phenomenal success, that
few or none others had ever equal
led it in size.
Appointed by Chairman Clayton,
Messrs. H. A. Bowen, Williamston;
D. R. Everett, Robersonville; Chas.
Davenport, Jamesville; Nat Johnson,
Oak City; George Haislip, Hassell,
; and H. S. Johnson, Jr., Hamilton, did
I an able work in lining up the drive
| in their respective communities.
Their work was ably supported by
j Mrs. Paul D. Roberson who effect
j ively organized the drive among the
, women in several parts of the coun
ty.
According to incomplete reports,
$399,964.00 worth of bonds had been
purchased up until yesterday after
noon by districts and political divi
sions as follows:
Williamston $171,614.00
Robersonville 80,050.00
Hamilton 13,000.00
Oak City 9,200.00