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VOLUME XLV1—NUMBER 41
IFilUamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, May 21, 1913,
ESTABLISHED 1899
Discussion Held By
Farm Security Here
Wednesday Evening
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ins Maximum Production
For War Program
Meeting in the courthouse here last
Wednesday evening, representatives
of the Farm Security Administra
tion and interested citizens discuss
ed the work of the organization, the
group expressing the opinion that
the program in this county is ap
proaching a maximum production.
It is fairly apparent that most of
the 221 famiiy clients included in the
FSA group have advanced mater
ially during the past two years, that,
possibly their program is above the’
average for the county.
Opening the meeting, J. C. Eu
banks, of the County FSA organiza
tion, explained that he was anxious
to get the opinions of others, that
the FSA was trying to fit its pro- j
gram into that of the county as near-1
ly as possible. “For instance, the
Farm Security clients had 1.15 cows
per family last year,” Mr. Eubanks
explained. “Will it be advisable to
hold 10 that level or push ahead for
a surplus?” he asked. It was the
opinion of the group that production
should be held to home needs until
such time when milk routes are es
tablished. Assistant County Agent
McLendon was of the opinion that
milk production for market would
hardly fit into the farm schedule
now followed in this county, but he
explained that possibly it could be
developed but not by the FSA clients
alone. Possibly the number of hens
can be increased, Mrs. Vanoy Smith,
representing the farm women, de
claring that she had never known a
chicken to starve to death on a farm
yet.
Mrs. Emelyne Griffin, reviewing
the summary of FSA activities in the
county, stated that the 221 families
in the program owned 254 cows, that
113,373 gallons of milk were pro
duced last year, and that the goal
this year was 130,390 gallons. There
are 43 heifers on the FSA farms, 16,
876 hens with an egg production of
90,168 dozen in 1942. Last year there
were 585 brood sows, and 1,933 pigs
the equivalent of 250 pounds each.
The clients raised 55 beef yearlings,
had 185 acres in garden, canned 98,
229 quarts of vegetables. The group
raised 1,348 acres of peanuts and
sold livestock valued at $23,339.81
during last year.
Plans for the future call for gen
eral increases in all lines of endeav
or, but it was the opinion of the
round-table group that maximum
production had just' about been
reached in most fields, that any big
increases would hardly prove prof
itable.
There are, on an average, 6.1 per
sons in each of the .221 FSA families,
or 1,348 persons.
♦ .
Regional Library
Group In Meeting
The BHM Regional Library Asso
ciation held its regular board meet
ing Friday in the Washington li
brary. Miss Elizabeth House was
again chosen as the librarian. Rev.
John L. Goff, of Williamston, was
re-elected chairman; Mr. Charlie D.
Gray, of Robersonville, was re-elect
ed treasurer; Mrs. J. B. Ross, of
Washington, was re-elected secre
tary, The new year begins on July
1st.
It was reported that the State Li
brary Commission had granted to
the participating libraries an addi
tional sum to each county of $290.11.
This sum will enable the Associa
tion to finish the year within the
budget that had been set up. It was
also reported that the Bookmobile
would circulate between 80,000 and
100,000 books during the year. The
complete report cannot be made un
til the end of June. The region has
now purchased a total of 4,461 books.
Of this number Beaufort has 1408,
Hyde 1142 and Martin 1909. The re
gion now has a total of 1667 regis
tered borrowers.
The board of directors voted en
thusiastically for the continuation
of the region conditioned by the ap
propriations from the three par
ticipating counties.
The 1943-1944 budget*-*9"-’ set up
and approved. The meeting adjourn
ed until its next regular meeting on
fhe 11th of June.
Cars-Bike Allotted
By Ration Board
Four automobiles and one bicycle
were allotted in this county recent
ly by the War Price and Rationing
Board, the action about exhausting
the current car quota.
Cars were rationed to the follow
ing:
Dr. E. T. Walker, Williamston.
Rev. Gower Croswell, Jr., new
Presbyterian minister, Williamston.
Mrs. S. W. Flemnig, public health
nurse, Janesville.
Dr. A. J. Osteen, veterinarian.
The bicycle was allotted to Clay
ton A. Hoard, FFD 3, Williamston,
for riding to and from his work and
running-errands for the famliy.
Warn Vagrants To Go
To Work or Go To Jail
BIBLE SCHOOL
]
t The enrollment of pupils at
. tending the first week of the
’ Union Vacation Bible School has
exceeded that of last year. One
' hundred and eighty children
have enrolled thus far, and the
attendance in aH the depart
ments is above the average in
; Regularity. The shortage at
workers has been overcome to
a great extent by the fine spir
it in which they have given
themselves to the work. The in
dications are that this year's
school will be the best of all. The
school will continue throughout
next week, culminating in the
commencement next Friday eve
ning.
Allies Experiment
With Air Power as
Prelude to Victory
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Admiral Yamamoto, the Bruie
Behind Japan's Barbaric
Action, Is Killed
Completing the African phase of
the war, the Allies are, according to
many observers, experimenting with
the possibility of knocking Italy and
Germany out of the war with air
power. Stern warnings have been
directed to Italy, while a realistic
move has already been made against
Germany. Speaking before a joint
session of Congress Wednesday,
Prime Minister Churchill declared
that the air program was well worth
advancing so long as it did not ex
clude plans for invasion, the British
er apparently meaning that all
preparations for a land invasion
should be continued in the event the
air program does not get the desired
results. Other than the increased air
activity, there has been no outward
sign to reveal future strategy of the
Allies when it comes to launching an
offensive against Germany.
Italy, a bit fidgety just now, is
hinting that it would be interested
to know what peace terms could be
had. Developments there would seem
to indicate that the Allies will in
vade Mussolini's country after a
political fashion rather than with
fighting forces. Possibly a few bomb
ings will be included m the program,
giving Musso an opportunity to
choose between old and new ruins
for Rome.
Germany has been tasting the air
blitz for months, but real doses
were administered early this week
when the Eder and Mohne dams
were blasted and vast destruction
resulted. Berlin was bombed again
last night. Fifty key Nazi cities are
marked for destruction, arid possibly
when that program is completed,
plans for future prosecution of the
war will be revealed.
Jimmy Doolittle and his fliers are
busy working out of North Africa
against Sicily and Sardinia, the ac
tion tightening the rope around old
Mussolini.
On the other fronts, American
forces have just about cleaned out
the Japs on Attu island in the Aleu
tions. The capture of that base places
the Americans 2005 miles from Tokyo
and endangers the Japs’ foothold in
the North Pacific. The 10-day battle
is believed to have entered its final
round last night, and the Japs face
death or unconditional surrender.
American casualties were relatively
light while some of the Jap garrisons
were wiped out to the last man.
Admiral Yamamoto, the Jap
brute who ranks next to Tojo and
who. as- far back as 1&2I helped set
the stage for the sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor, was killed in action
last month, Tokyo announced this
morning. The collapse of the Jap
offensive in the South Pacific some
weeks ago hay have caused the old
boy to commit suicide, it is believed
by some. While his death will be
felt, the Japs can be expected to con
tinue their barbaric work through
out the Pacific area. Other than in
durms- '/.-.here the British have Been
forced to yield their iasi foothold,
(Continued on page six)
SOLDIER IMPROVING
V.
Suffering a severe leg in
jury, presumably while in ac
tion somewhere in the South
west Pacific, Captain Roscoe
Everett is recovering in a hos
pital somewhere in Australia,
according to information receiv
ed by the young man parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Everett, in
Robersonville earlier this week
While details are lacking, it is
understood that the young man
was so badly hurt that doctors
first considered it necessary to
remove the limb, but the young
man protested and even though
gangrene threatened to devel
op his condition is improving
and apparently he will save his
leg.
I Seventeen Cases On
|Docket In County’s
Court Last Monday
•
Speeders Have A Tough Day
When Their Cases Are
Heard by Judge Smith
AlLiwing there is little excuse for
unemployment among the able-bod
ied, Judge J. Calvin Smith issued a
stern warning to all vagrants in the
county recorder's court last Mon
day. And tne warning was supported
by action then and there in two
eases. Much has been said about va
grancy from the days when Robt.
L. Coburn presided over the court.
A few persons were carried before
Judge Coburn, but the evidence in
their cases was hardly sufficient to
warrant a conviction, and the loaf
ing continued in “recognized circles.”
But the law is about to overtake the
“united sons si rest” and now it is
go to wor kor go to jail.
The jurist may have had no part
in formulating the laws, but he is
proving beyond a doubt that he is
having a part, and a major vine, too,
in enforcing the laws—all the laws.
Comparatively few persons were
present for the regular session of the
court this week, but Judge Smith
and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson work
ed well into the lunch hour clearing
the seventeen cases from the docket.
Proceedings:
Charged with drunken driving,
Jeff F. Wilson- pleaded not guilty.
Adjudged guilty, he was fined $50,
taxed with the cost and had his li
cense revoked for one year. Notice
of appeal to the higher courts was
given and bond in the sum of $100
was required, the court ruling that
his driver’s license should be sus
pended during the appeal period.
The case charging R. G. Vaughn
with speeding was continued.
Pleading guilty in the ease charg
ing him with speeding, Linwood
Baker was fined $10, taxed with the
cost and had his driver’s license re
voked for thirty days.
Charged with carrying a conceal
ed weapon, Leslie Simpson was
found not guilty
Solon Jackson, charged with as
saulting L. R. Meeks with a dead
ly weapon in a Robersonville wine
store, was sentenced to the roads for
nine mont#- The sentence w as sus
pended upov. the payment of $20
fine and costs, and on condition that
he pay Meeks’ medical bill within
six months, surrender h;s ABC ra
tion book, remain of good behavior
and engage in gainful employment
for one year,
Walter Freeman was sentenced to
the roads lor six months for the al
leged theft of a boat on Roanoke
River.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with operating a motor ve
hide without license, Moses Cher
ry was fined $10 arid taxed with the
cost. The court ordered that no
driver’s license be issued the defend
ant during the next twelve months.
The case charging Hardy Williams
with an assault was continued for
the defendant until next Monday.
Charged with violating the 35
mile speed law, Dennis Clayton
Mobley was fined $10, taxed with the
cost and had hi? driver’s license re
voked for thirty days. ,
The case charging Elbert Which
ard with trespassing was continued
for the defendant until June 21.
Pleading guilty of operating a mo
tor vehicle without a driver’s license,
Gus Rollins was fined $50 and taxed
with the cost. No driver’s license is
to be issued him during the next 12
(Continued on page six)
Navy Recruiter Will
Be Here Three Days
It'll be too late to volunteer for
the Navy when you’ve passed your
18th birthday ... If you're 17 years
old, in good health and can obtain
consent .of your parents’, you
shnpM see D. R TS’yibr, N'avy ’Re
cruiter in Williamston at the post
office on May 22-24-25. He’ll have
full information on how you can vol
unteer for service with the Navy , .
the only branch of the armed forces
where you learn while you earn.
You’ll have the advantage of going
to one of the Navy’s 51 big trade
schools where you can study for a
petty officer rating. See your Navy
Recruiter.
Firemen Are Called Out
Here Tuesday Afternoon
Starting either from a spark or de
fective flue, fire burned a fairly
large hole in the kitchen roof of the
John Respass home on West Church
Street here last Tuesday afternoon.
Volunteer firemen were called, but
Respass and his neighbors had the
fire under control within a few min
utes. The damage was negligible.
According to Fire Chief G. P. Hall
the flue had been condemned for
some time.
SHORT
f
For the first time since the
Selective Service System was
inaugurated .this county is cer
tain to fail considerably below
calf fa-answered within the near
future. There have been tiz&ts
when th< quotas were not met in
their entirety, but in those cases
the quota was '.nissed because ?
few of the draftees failed to re
port. Now, the county is appar
ently running short of manpow
er eligible for the draft under
the present rules and regula
tions.
The current call for white men
is understood to be about as large
if not slightly larger than the
one received in April. There is
some doubt if the call will he
more than three-fourths answer
ed. Most of the group scheduled
to answer the current month call
are those who were deferred for
one reason or another.
Thirty-two New Car
Tires Are Allotted
By Rationing Board
Nine New Truck Tires Ration*
ed Rut No Other Types
Allotted This Week
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Exhausting the supply of thud
grade tires earlier In the month, the
Martin County Rationing Board this
week dug into the first grade stocks
and issued thirty-two new auto and
pick-up tires and nine new truck
tires. Most of the certificates of the
Grade III tires are still being held
by the owners who, so far, have been
unable to find those types in this
part of the country except in limited
numbers. Small deliveries of new
tires are being received from time
to time, but it is believed that the
rations will soon exceed the actual
supply.
Rubber Czar Jeffers was quoted as
saying a few days ago that the syn
thetic process would meet the needs
of the armed forces, but not a single
one would be made available to the
civilian user just yet.
New truck tires and tubes were
allotted as follows:
W. T. Hurst, Robersonville, two
tires.
L. T Carrow, Williamston, one
tire.
G. H. Manning, Oak City, two tires
Fernando F. Pollard, Bethel, one
tube.
Martin County Transfer Company,
Robersonville, four tires and four
tubes.
L. A. Croom, Robersonville, one
tube.
R. A Critcher and Brother. Wil
liamston, one tire and one tube.
New passenger car and pick-up
tires and tubes were rationed as fol
lows:
J. T. Harris, RFD 2, Williamston,
one tire.
L. B Williams, Robersonville, two
tires.
H. L. Daniel, Williamston, two
tires.
William Bowen RFD 2, Williams
ton, one tire.
Bennie Reaves, Williamston, one
tire.
Marion Evan«, RFD 2, Roberson
ville, one tire.
Jasper Everett, Robersonville, one
tire.
S. T. Wynne, RFD 1, Roberson
ville, one tire.
Lewis Taylor, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one tire.
Wiley B. Rogerson, Robersonville,
two tires.
J. C. Eubanks, Williamston, one
tire.
V. L. Roberson, Robersonville, one
tire.
Mrs. Hattie Johnson, Oak City,
one tube.
Ed James, Estate, Robersonville,
one tube.
B.' Andfew Griffin, RFD i, Wil
liamston, two tubes.
Oils Ray Boyd, Pinetown, one tube
R. Sears, Williamston, one tire and
one tube.
Fannie Swinson, Hamilton, one
tire and one tube.
Kader Lilley, Williamston, two
tires and one tube.
J. F. Manning, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
Moore Grocery Co., Wiftam.ston,
r and one. fjjfefv-: • " ...
L. A. Weaver, RFD 2, Roberson
ville, one tire and one tube.
J. B. Whitfield, RFD 1, Ilobgood,
one tire and one tube.
L. A. Croom, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
(Continued on page six)
PRICE INCREASE
In a telegram received yester
day, Herbert C. Bonner, First
District Representative, advised
the Enterprise that Economics
Stabilizer Byrnes had rccom
mended a 30-cent increase per
hundred pounds on white pota
toes.
If the recommendation is
recognized, and it is likely that
it will be, the price of Irish po
tatoes this season will be $2.70
per hundred pounds to the
grower. That is $2.70 per hun
dred is the ceiling price.
No Time Limit Fixed Yet for
Applying for Canning Sugar
it has btvn fixed for getting sugar
for preserving jams and jellies and
fruits. Possibly a time limit will be
fixed later in the season, but until
the amount of fruit can be more ac
curately determined it will be diffi
cult for the applicant to even esti
mate his needs. With this in mind, the
rationing board in this county is
hardly expected to make canning su
gar available until later in the s(L
son. Howevei, it is possible Tor any
one who desires to make strawber
ry jam now to apply for and got a
certain amount of sugar. Each’per
son will be allowed five pounds of
sugar for canning jams and jellies,
but that amount will be all that he
can get for that purpose.
According to instructions coming
from the State OPA office, absolute
ly no sugar will be allowed for can
ning vegetables. However, sugat
fir■ Vj'if mm*
earn Tear uu.ni;-, 01 true tea; a;:
applicant estimates lie will can dur
; i:if> the season. Applications for su
gar to be used in canning fruits will
! likely be received at various points
| convenient to the people throughout
the county. However, plans for re
ceiving the applications at the com
munity centers have not been com
pleted. but the people will be noti
fied in ample time for them 10 ap
ply for and get their regular canning
sugar for use this coming season.
While the plan has not been offi
cially announced, it is fairly certain
that each person planning to can
any fruit this year will be allowed
to purchase as many as ten pounds
without making formal application,
that it will be issued from Ration
Book No. 1. Those persons needing
in excess of that amount will in all
probability have to file formal ap
plication to the rationing authorities
at a time to be announced.
Louis Holliday Dies In
Japanese Prison Camp
Young County Man
Reported Missing
About A Year Ago
P
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Had Been Prisoner Since the
Sinking of His Ship in
Manila Bay Area
Louis Thomas Holliday, the ninth
Martin County man to sacrifice his
life for his country since Pearl Har
bor, died in a Japanese prison, Ho
ten Camp, on the Philippine Islands
on or about the third of this month,
according to a message received by
his sister, Mrs. Lillian Holliday Bak
er, in Robersonville the early part
of this week. The message, signed
by Rear Admiral Jacobs, reads as
follows:
My Dear Mrs. Baker:
On March 4. 1043, the Navy De
partment informed you that it was
in receipt of an official cablegram
from the International Red Cross in
Tokyo, stating that your brother,
Louis Thomas Holliday, Machinist’s
Mate fust, class, U. S. Navy, was be
ing held as a prisoner of war in the
Philippine Islands.
It is now the sad duty of this bur
eau to inform you that it is in re
ceipt of a further cablegram from
the same source dated May 3, 1943,
stating that your brother died in Ho
ten Camp of acute enteritis (inflam
mation of the intestines). The date of
your brother’s death was not given.
In the absence of further informa
tion the Secretary of the Navy has
ruled that the date of your brother’s
death will be set as the date of the
cablegram, May 3, 1943.
The bureau deeply regrets its in
ability to supply further information
concerning your brother's death.
The place of burial, type of ceremony
and medical attention administered
are all details denied a place in the
necessarily terse reports forwarded
by the International Red Cross. It
was only after prolonged negotiation
that the International Red Cross was
able to obtain the few facts that are
now obtained from the Japanese.
Should additional information be
come available at some future date
(Continued on page six)
Decreased Sclied u! e
*’B” License Taxes
Business operators, doubtful that
a time would ever come, will pay
smaller schedule “B" license taxes
to the State and political subdivisions
this year, Deputy Collector Roy Ov
erby points out.
The last General Assembly reduc
ed a number of privilege licenses,
and business operators are being
asked to check the list and pay ac
cordingly It is understood teMH*
wmjmRt ‘Ttadts^jj^r lafcTe
business operators vvnose activities
come under the schedule “B" tax
program.
The reduction is applicable to au
to dealers, beauty shop operators,
bottling works, graphophone dealers,
ice cream manufacturers and deal
ers, amusement places, pressing
clubs, soda fountains, tourist homes,
distributors of motor fuels and oth
ers.
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Former Lttcal Resident
dels Promotion In Navy
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Geo. C. Mahler, Virginia Electric
and Power Company engineer in its
offices here for some time prior to
his enlistment in the United States
Naval Reserve, has been promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant, junior
grade, friends here learned this
week.
Entering the service about a year
ago, the young man studied in bos
ton and is now ' completing special
courses of instruction in San Diego.
UNANIMOUS
While most of them halve
been participating in the plan
for some time, Virginia Electric
and Power Company employees
throughout this entire district,
are now investing ten per cent
or more of their salaries in war
bonds. The last of the fairly
large group of employees sub
scribed to the plan voluntarily a
few days ago, it was learned.
As far as it could be learned,
the VEP employees are the first
to sign up as an entire group in
this section to have ten per cent
of their pay diverted for the pur
chase of war bonds.
Mrs. W. H. Roebuck
Passed Away Friday
Mrs. W. H. Roebuck died at her
home near Robersonville last Friday
after an extended illness. Mrs. Roe
buck, G2 years old, was a native of
the Rear Glass community but for
the past 30 years made her home near
here. Her first Tiusband, I. Rob
erson, died ill 1920.
Funeral services were held at the
home Saturday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock. Rev. J. M. Perry ,of the lo
cal Christian Church, conducted the
last rites. Interment was In the Roe
buck family cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, W. H.
Roebuck; four sons, Thurman,
George and Williie Roberson, of Rob
ersonville, and Robert Roberson, of
Bethel; two daughters, Mrs. Mabel
Warren, of Williamston, and Mrs.
Rosa Parisher, of Portsmouth. Also
surviving are one brother, John Dan
iel Biggs, of Williamston, and four
sisters, Mrs. Fannie Leggett and Mrs.
Ida Gurganus, of Robersonville, Mrs.
Mamie Rogerson, of Bear Grass, and
Mrs. Alice Everett, of Norfolk.
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County Youth Is
Promoted in Army
Chicago—A post as one of the un
sung heroes of the ground crew
aboard an aircraft carrier or at an
aviation base awaits George H. Man
ning, 21, son of Mrs. J. It. Manning,
Jamesville, N. C., who was promot
ed to the rating of aviation machin
ist,s mate, third rUs; upon gradua
tion from the Naval An Technical
Training Center at Navy Pier here
last week.
He was included in a class of 145
Bluejackets graduated as aviation
machinist's mates and aviation met
alsmiths. Machinist's mates learn to
repair airplane engines, while metal
srniths work on the metalwork of
the aircraft.
He earned selection to the school
upon mak;ng iuV'.Y scores in a .■nj-i.-v
of aptitude vest.-, t:;. t"! (f(ff^^|5re
cruit training.
Meeting in called session here
last Wednesday night, the Mar
tin County ‘War Hoard reviewed
seventy-nine farm work sheets.
No official report could be had,
but it was learned from a re
liable source that sixty of the
seventy-nine farm registrants
were listed as being essential and
entitled to “C” classifications in
the draft group. The sixty rec
ords along with those of nineteen
others who were rated as non
essential will go to the draft
board for final classification
within a short time.
It is fairly certain that none
of the nineteen can be made
ready for the current month
draft call or the call expected in
early June.
Bookmobile Starts
Tour of the County
Beginning Monday
I Number of New hook* Bring
| Mach* Available to \cbilts
And Children
Bookmobile service in Martin
County wiil begin its summer sched
ule Monday, May 24. Since the
schools have closed ,the bookmobile
will be in the county only four days
each-month. Special attention is call
ed to the change in hours and dates
for the various slops Tne a,ops
normally made on Friday haveioeen
moved up to Wednesday. :
Among the new books available
are many for children as well as
adults. The fast-selling book by Mr.
Wilke heads the list of non-fiction.
One World gives the author’s im
pression of the places and the peo
ple from Washington around the
globe and back again.
Many questions are asked about
the islands of the Pacific. Ocean Out
[xists gives the answer and many
fascinating facts about the people,
their life, and their islands. The il
lustrations for this book are photo
graphs by Armstrong Sperry, % .^ai
Harold L. lekes has written of his
autobiography, 1 shall by my own
hand be revealed in alt the glory of
America’s No. 1 Curmudgeon or Sour
Puss. I want the account to be an in
spiration to all of those who may
aspire to grouse their way through
life.”
Free Men of America or the Role
of the New World in the Coming
Era is the timely book of the Mexi
can Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
Its basic theme is the union of the
Americas.
For a bit of Irish wit, the reader
will enjoy “Preacher’s Kid" by Ladd
Haystead. It reveals the simple boy
hood of a young chap who as a
preacher's kid was always at a dis
advantage.
A few of the other now books are:
“George Washington Carver” by
Holt; “Why Men Fly” by Chapin;
“We Cannot Escape History” by
Whitaker; “Successful Women” by
Tavces, “Sweet Beulah Land” by
Harris, “Evergreen House” by Hauck
“Citizen Torn Paine” by Fust and
“Perilous Journey” by Sublette.
The schedule follows;
Edwards’ Service Station, 10:00;
Hamilton Bank, 11:00; Oak City
(Barrett’s Drug Store) 1:00; Smith’s
Store, 2:30.
Tuesday, May 25—Everett’s Ayers
Store), 9:15; Cross Roads Church,
10:15; Parmeie, 11:00; Ilassell, 12:30,
Gold Point, 1:30: Uobr rsonvilie, 2:30.
Wednesday, May 26—Dardens (At
Jordan’s Store), 9:30; Browning's
Store, 10:25; Angetown, 11:15; Pop
lar Chapel Church, 12:00; Jamesville,
(Brown’s Store), 1:00.
Thursday, May 27—Farm Life at
Manning and Gurkin’s Store, 9:30;
Smithwicks Creek (Mrs. Griffin’s
home), 10:45; Corey’s Cross Roads,
11:30; Bear Grass (Terry Brothers’
Store) 12:45.
File Applications
For Ration Books
Hardly before the distribution of
several thousand applications for
Ration Book No. 3 had been complet
ed, the applicants started filling in
the forms and mailing the cards to
the office in Charlotte. The distribu
tion of the cards was handled in a
single day from the local post office
yesterday, and any one who did not
get a card at that time <nay apply for
one at the post office.
Applicants are again urged to ex
‘rci.se care in filling in the forms,
ri'.e task is very simple, but an un
ifficial report indicates that among
the first cards prepared and made
ready for mailing two out of three
were filled in incorrectly. Names of
rhe ftmiily-'V, ere- listed on berth sides
if the card when the space on one
side was sufficient to car for them.
Some failed to sign their names to
She applications, and some reversed
the position of their given and sir
lames.
The cards are not supposed to be
nailed before June 1, but they must
'-c tn the mails before midnight
June 10 Th ■ first applicants remov
'd the narrow stub at the top of the
must ca;»y a* three-cent postage
stamp The books will be mailed di
rect from the Charlotte office be
tween June 10 and early August.
Town Plans Sale Of
Delinquent Taxes
Preparatory to public sale on the
second Monday in June, the town
today is advertising its delinquent
tax list. About the same size as it
was last year, the current delinquent
list carries the names of 104 proper
ty owners. 31 white and 73 colored.
Taxes due and unpaid amount to
$3,390, the figure representing about
one-twelfth of the 1942 levy. The
list was unexpectedly boosted by
one large account, its payment ap
parently having been delaying pend
ing the settlement of a ciaim for ad
justment. Of the $3,390.00. $2,733.22
is due from white property owners.