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 --— 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. -<* Call For Increases In Peanuts-Potatoes —*— 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 —# 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 . 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)! TM \< \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. --- 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 « 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