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PAT DAT WAS BOND DAT tnmm—un mum VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 43 THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY UNHID STATES WAR 80N0S-STAMPS William ston, Marlin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 28, 19 l'.l. ESTABLISHED 1899 Allies Continue Bi Air Offensive While ^JSwssiaJitarts Drive - Weaken Condition of China Dampens Outlook in the Far East bJD While it is believed in some quar ters that something hig will follow the Tunisian campaign, the Allies, for the present, are carrying on ail effective air war against Germany and Italy with Russia opening up an offensive in the Kuban sector to feature the land war. JPhe bomb victims in I.aly and rmany are about to crack, indi cating that the air attacks are ef fective. Big-lipped Mussolini re fers to the American airmen as bar barians, but Musso is the same guy who dropped poison gas on the help less Ethiopians and killed innocent Spanish Loyalists while an indiffer ent world looked on. Spain's Franco is urging the Allies to stop the air war, but he is the same skunk who killed and murdered his own people. I nthc Mediterranean area, the stepping stone to a possible invasion, is being bombed to a pu'tjd while vast land armies, made up of Americans, British, Greeks, Fighting French and others, are poised for action. Ap parently something is brewing, but invasion plans, if any. remain a se cret. In the air war, Allied lorces have this week stepped up to new heights of intensity the crippling bombard ment of the Axis arsenal simulta neously form North and South. Two more record raids have been staged as more than 1,000 planes join ed in a giant aerial pincers action that shook both sides of Hitler’s European “fortress”: From the South, more than 400 British and American planes pound ed 18 target areas stretching 700 miles from Greece to Sardinia. Two all-American attacks on Messina— Sicilian port which supplies the ap proaches to the Italian mainland— were described by Reuters as “the largest bombing operation yet seen in the mounting tempo of the Medi terranean war.’’ From the North, a force of British and Canadian bombers battered the German munitions center of Dussel dorf with more than five two-ton blockbusters a minute for nearly an hour. It was the largest raid ever j conducted under adverse weather conditions, demonstrating the vast improvement in precision bombing even through soup". The raid was described as “nearly as large" as the devastating attack on Dortmund, in which nearly 1,000 planes par ticipated. American fliers took port in 16 out i of the 18 raids over Greece, Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria. They were in action Wednesday and yesterday nearly every minutes of the time. (Continued on page six) Farm Machinery Is Rationed by Board Although they are issuing farm machinery in driblets, members of the Martin County Farm Machinery Rationing Board are keeping right up with the allotments. Applications are piling up, however, and a big rush is expected during the next few days when requests for pressure cookers are considered. Applications for the cookers should be in not la ter than June 5. Farm machines were recently ra tioned as follows: R. V. Bunting, Williamston, pea nut weeder. Luther Tyson, RFD 1, Roberson ville, peanut weeder. H ,H. Roberson, RFD 1, Rober sonviile, farm cooler for milk cans. D. G. Matthews, Hamilton, three 50 tooth section harrows. Coy J. Roberson, Williamston, mowing machine (horse drawn). M. B. Ward. RFD 2, Williamston. traction sprayer. W. H. Manning, Bethel, side de livery peanut rake. Bud James, Roberscnville, pota to and tobacco sprayer. Mack D. Leggett, RFD 2, William ston, walking cultivator. M E Hyman, RFD 1, Palmyra, section harrow. W. J. Johnson, RFD 1, Palmyra, section harrow. Mrs. J. M. Oakley, RFD 3, William ston, traction sprayer. A. S. Roberson, Robersonville, tractor. L. P. Lindsley, Williamston, rotary hoe. W. Harrell Everett, Williamston, traction sprayer. W. Harrell Everett, Williamston, lime spreader. Camp Leach Will ISot Be Operated This Season According to or. announcement made this week by the Rev. Stephen Gardner of St. Peter’s, Washington, no camps or conferences will be held at Camp Leach this summer. It is believed that the camp will continue closed as a result of the rationing program. Several local boys and girls were planning to attend the camp there this summer. More Martin Comity Group Includes 'Old Married Men, Bovs And a Few 'Farmers* -4 Ordered to Report for Induc tion. Jimmy Brown Asks for Transfer to St. Louis Literally scraping the bottom of i the barrel, the Martin County Draft | Board pulled out a mixture of man ! power—"old” married men, youths, | and “non-essential" farmers—to fill partially, at least, the current draft quota assigned this county. The cur rent round-up today leaves a mere handful of white men eligible to answer the sizable call expected in early June, it is understood. It is indeed evident that the draft is now knocking at the doer of married men with children. In fact, married men with children are ropreaen the group leaving for the induction center, one report stating that the status of one father did not bar him from the draft and that occupational j deferment was not requested. Scheduled to report for induction today, James Roberson Brown, sec ond baseman for the Cardinals, ask ed that he be transferred to St. Louis. It could not be learned when he will report for induction, but the ball player will leave with the next group reporting for induction from St. Louis. Four other men, sched i uled to report with the Martin Coun ty contingent were transferred as follows: James Whitaker West to White Oak, Fla., Robert Leslie Smith to Richmond, and Jno. Arthur Wynne to Portsmouth, and Roy Fel ton Tate, to Anderson, S. C. Thirty-six of the group answering the current call are youths who reg istered last June 30 or later. Quite a few of them were deferred until they could complete the recent high school term. Twenty-two farm boys, ruled “non-essential" by the County War Board, are also included in the list. The remainder of the list is made up principally of married men left over for one cause or another from the first round-up over a month ago. The names of those white men from this county answering the cur rent call are, as follows: Roy Staton Hardison, RFD 1. Wil iiamston. Horace Adam Ray, Wilhamston and New River. Charles Brantley Martin. James ville and Pantego. Ernest Johnson, Williamston ar 1 Norfolk. Harvey Glenworth Currie, James ville. William Carey Valentine, Wil liamston and Suffolk William Burl Dickenson, RFD 2, Williamston, and RFD 1, Jamesville. Bernard Enright Spencer, James villc and Richmond. Roy Willis McClees, Williamston. Joseph Henry Everett, Williams ton and Norfolk. Charlie Crofton Sexton, Jr., RFD 1, Jamesville and Norfolk. Henry Leamon Taylor, RFD 2, Williamston and Newport News. Richard Dillard Elliott, Jr. Wil liamston. Willie Buck Williams, RFD 1, Wil liamston. William Carl Hardison, RFD 2, Williamston. Charles Alton Peel, Williamston. Arthur Monroe Benton, Oak City (Continued on page six) Municipal Swimming Pool Opens Here Next Monday Williamston’s municipal swimming pool will open the season next Mon day morning at 10 o’clock, Managers Ruth Manning and Velma H. Coburn announcing that preparations for the opening had been completed. The pool has been painted and the filter machines tested for successful opera tion. Other improvements have been | mede. The pool will open each week day j at 10 a. m., close at 12 noon, reopen ■ at 2 for fou- hours, and after closing | at 0 one-half hours re opens until 9:30 o’clock. On Sunday the pool will be kept open from 2 to 7 o’clock. Season tickets, $3.50 to $5.00. are now on sale. COMMENCEMENT v__ The Daily Vacation Bible School will conclude its two weeks session with commence ment exercises at the Baptist Church this evening, Friday, May 28th, at eight o’clock. The public is cordially invited to at tend. The school has oeen well at tended. Much credit is due to the ; faithful and efficient service of the workers and teachers who have made the school such a I great success. The school is be lieved to have established an at tendance record, and more in terest was shown in itr work this year than ever before. CH( ROt WORfvKR v___ 1 sj.Tdmt of Lumbrrlon, who is succeeding Miss Laura Hilliard as educa tional director and pastor’s as sistant of the Memorial Baptist Church, will enter upon her new duties here next Tuesday. Number Of Soldiers Seeking Discharges From The Services —•— nirecl Order Forlml* Draft From Initiating H(M|iiests For Dismissal Seeing their neighbors’ son defer red under the ruling placing all es sential farm workers in preferred classifications, numbers of farmers are working to have their sons dis charged from the armed services. Certain agencies have been literal ly swamped with appeals and claims from anxious parents and some few soldiers have appealed direct to the agencies. The requests have become so numerous that a new plan was de clared necessary for handling them. The soldier who has a valid claim for a discharge will go to his com manding officer. The soldier is di I rected to write to his county war hoard and others who are acquaint ed with conditions surrou..Jing his case. The case is reviewed and the findings are turned over to the sol dier’s commanding officer who in turn hands them over to a special officer. After the case is reviewed by the Army, the papers are sent to Selective Service Headquarters in the State from which the applicant was inducted. After a review there, they are sent to the respective coun ty or local draft hoard where toe facts are studied just as if the appli cant were being classified for in- ■ duction. i." tlu facts merit a lower or j “C"' classification, the board so ad- | vises State headquarters ,and the j case is then referred to the special | Army officer who inis final jurisdic tion in all such cases. Several Martin County men have been discharged from the services, some of them because they were ov er 38 years of age, and others be cause of health. As far as it could be learned, not one has been discharg ed for occupational reasons. It is believed that once a man has been accepted into the service, lie stands little chance of being discharged on occupational grounds except in ex treme cases, and even in those cases the procedure,!.0 slow and detailed. It waS' ciearly pointed out that draft board officials cannot under the law, initiate any claims to a dis charge for anyone. The draft offi cials are forbidden to write for, rtc ommend or in any way support a claim to a discharge. The board is directed to act in the case only after the application for discharge has been turned over to it by State Head quarters of the Selective Service System. [Prefers Charges In Assault Case Action was instituted in the coun ty court this week following a ruth less attack on a member of the Mar tin County Rationing Board panel in Oak City last Sunday. The full meaning of the warrant indicting Dennis Bunting, Goose Nest Town ship farmer, for striking Board Mem ber Jesse Crisp, could not be learn S ed immediately. In some instances i where citizens are volunteering their j services in support of various gov jernment programs, the federal laws jjiovide penalties carrying fines up to $10,000 and minimum prison terms of five years. It could not. be learned when the case would be called before Judge Smith in the county court, but pend ing other developments it will hard-! ly reach the courts next week. The victim, while still carrying •! signs of the attack, is improving rap- : i idly and is able to continue his work. 1 Thirty-One New Car Tires Are Allotted *Bv J. c Rationing Board Tiro Band in Session Until Vfter !Vfid night Tuesday Thirty-one new cur and pick-up truck tires and six new truck tires were allotted to applicants in the county this week by the rationing board tire panel, the issuance leav ing only a few tires for rationing during the remainder of this month. Sitting as a board of inquiry earl ier in the evening, tire tire and gas panels were in session until early Tuesday morning clearing the ap plications. Quite a few requests were carried over for consideration at a later meeting, and a few re quests were denied in accordance with special regulations and instruc tions. New car and pick-up tires and tubes were rationed to the following: W. G. Peel, Williamston, one tire and one tube. M. E. Smith, Robersonvilie, two tires and two tubes. R L. Bryant, RFD 1, Oak City, one t're and one tuber a B, W. Taylor, RFD 2, Williamston, two tires ande one tube. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany, by J. H. Gray, Robersonvilie, one tire and one tube. Mrs. H J. Haislip, Oak City, one tire. W. I. Skinner and Co., Williams ton, one tire. Leroy Harrison, RFD 2, William ston, two tires. E. G. Anderson, Robersonvilie, one tire. H. B. Bowen, Robersonvilie, one tire. Mrs. John H. Roberson, RFD 1, Rob ersonvilie, two tires. James Frazer, RFD 1, Jamesville, two tires. Roland Griffin, RFD !, Williams ton, one tire. J. R. Jones, RFD 2, Williamston, one tire. John Andrews, RFD, Roberson vilie, two tires. Bessie Malone, RFD 2, Williams ton, one tire. T. O. Hickman, RFD 2, Williams ton and Aulander, one tire. H. M. Peel, Hamilton, one tire. Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co., Williamston ,one tire. T. L. Roberson, RFD 2, Williams ton, one tire. T. J. Harris, RFD 2, Williamston, one tire. Jim Davis, RFD 1, Robersonvilie, one tire. S. D. Perry, RFD 3, Williamston, one tire. J. H. Mooring, RFD I, Hobgood, one tire. J. R. Winsiow, Robersonvilie, one tube. Henderson Norfleet, RFD 3, Wil liamston, two tubes. J. H. Bland, RFD 1, Oak City, two tubes. J. LeRoy Griffin, RFD 1, William j ston, two tubes. Joe Bunting, RFD I, Palmyra, two j tubes. Baptists Will Hold Ordination Service —*— Cyrus W. Bazemore, native of Ber tie and for several years a resident of Williamston, will be ordained in the Baptist Church here Sunday eve ning at 8 o’clock, Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor, announced this morning. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, the young preacher has just recently completed a year’s study in the seminary at Louisville, and has accepted the pastorate of two churches at Urbana and Saluda in ; Virginia. He will leave shortly after ; the ordination service to enter upon ' his new duties on Sunday, June 6th, I Completing his studies at the Uni versity, Mr. Bazemore taught journ alism in the Asheville High School and later accepted the editorship of the Windsor paper before going with the United States Employment Serv ice. It was while he managed the lo cal office of the employment serv ice that he and Mrs Bazemore made their home here. Pastors and delegates from four teen churches are expected to attend the ordination service, and the pub lic is invited. WARNINGS Approximately half dozen draft registrants in this county were recently warned to transfer from their old jobs to those in essential industry or report for induction. It Is understood that several have already abandon ed their “non-essential" jobs and reported for others granting them immunity from the draft for the present. Men in “non-essential” work arc subject to immediate call ev en though they are married and have children. June 1 is the dead line for making the change. Very few registrants in this county are listed in the “non-es sential" group which includes bell boys, liquor and wine store employees, antique furniture workers, jewelry store clerks 1 and so on. Stabilization Plan Virtually ‘Freezes'*All Workers To Jobs I According rn information received | here this week, ail workers hi es I sential occupations have- been vir j tuaTTJ^ ' frozen" to their tasks under |a region wide plan for employment I stabilization. Under the plan, as out- i I lined before a meeting of the Mar- | tin County War Board Iasi Wednes day night by C. M. Tavlor. of the II. I S. Employment Sen ice, a man can- | not change jobs without first get- j ting a certiicatv of release or a state-1 nent of availability from his form- j er employer or from the employ ment service office m Plymouth While there are provisions for job shifts, those provisions must he met in detail. The employment stabiliza tion plan does not give the employ-; er the right to exploit the worker-' nor does it give the worker the privilege of shifting from one job to another in the search of higher \ pay. Labor pirating by employers is I ruled out. and the status quo will be maintained. No employer shall hire 01 solicit | any worker whose most recent ent-o ployment was in an essential aetiv jjl^gfllgggbgUCh p((b '.jiti-im :',i of availability from his most recent employer or a refer- j rai card from the United States Em ployment Service of the War Man power Commission. The referral cards vvher. thus used in lieu of state ments ef availability shall be stamp ed, “This shall serve as a statement of availability." Employers shall re tain and file statements of availabil ity or referral curds so stamped and shall make them available for in spection upon request by a repre sentative of the War Manpower Commission. hbout the only way for a worker to.' change jobs is to get a statement ;<v lil.fhility from his last employ s'. when he is either discharged or aid off for an indefinite period or 'or 7 . days or more, or when the b vorker can prove that his present oh does not utilize him at his high st -Skill, or there are other competi ng personal reasons for a change I n/employment. Employers and employees will ■ md it advisable to recognize the is- i uanre of statements of release and ivailability before hiring or leav- ( Farmers Will Measure Own Lands This Year; LICENSES v Beginning next week, High way Safety Examiner McLeod will issue drivers' licenses only on Wednesday instead of each Monday and Thursday after noon. The patrol office, located on the second floor of the City Hall, will be open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. to receive applications for drivers’ licenses, it was an nounced. The one-day schedule was adopted to conserve travel, it was explained. Baptists Take Load In tlie Local Field of Religious Education --- !\Jiss Mildred Jriniiu^ Will Succeed Miss Hilliard \s Fdtictilion Oirrefor Taking the lead some time ago in promoting work in the field of re- 1 ligious education in this section, lo cal Baptists announce the appoint ment. of Miss Mildred Jennings, of Lumberton, to succeed Miss Laura Mae Hilliard as director of religious education and assistant to Dr Wil iiam Richard Burrell, pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church Miss Jem. Rings enter:; upon her new duties here next Tuesday. Since the work was started here a little over a year ago, much has ! been accomplished in the religious education field within the church and it has proved of value to mem bers of other denominations. A graduate of Lumberton High School and Mars Hill College, Miss Jennings earned u degree at the Wo man’s Missionary Union Training School, Louisville, Ky During her vacations she worked in several churches, including her own, major irig in young people’s work. She comes here highly recommended and ably qualified to carry on the splen did work started and handling by •Me Hilliard. Of M... J •_/.:;!«£. , her home town paper had the following to say: “She has lived a life of con secration to her work, and is an out standing personality. Her radiant dis position and friendly spirit has won for her the confidence and love of those with whom she has served.’’ It is certain that she will meet with a | (Continued on page .-.ixJ Third Jamcsville Boy Gets \\ i»<is ..—<»— Marvin Woodrow Corey, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Corey, of James ville, received his wings in the Army Air Corps at Waco, Texas, last Mon day, and now holds a second lieu tenant’s commission in the service. Corey, 2d years old, entered the serv ice last August, and trained for a bomber pilot. He is the third young' Jamesville man to get his wings. The other tv o, James Walters, receiving ; his more than a year ago, is now in ! action in the Southwest Pacific, and j Luther Hugh Hardison is now an instruction in the Air Corps in Mir sissippi. It cou'd not be learned where the new pilot will be stationed. He has a broth t, “Shorty’* Corey, in the Coast Guard service with headquar ters at Virginia Beach for the pres ent. It is believed that the county now j has about fifteen pilots in the serv- j ice. Supervisors Are To Handle Compliance In Number Of Cases I'arnuTK Art* to Measure Tht*ir Fields anti Report To Their Committeemen Compliance checks handled in past years by supervisors hired by the Triple A will be made this year by the farmers themselves, A P. Hassell, AAA representative m this area, told a meeting of community committeemen here yesterday morn mg. In other words, each farmer will be placed on his honor and he will lie asked to report any increase or variations in his plantings. A cer tain persentage of the measurements ; will be checked by AAA representa ; lives, not to check the truthfulness j of the farmer but rather to check the correctness of the statements. The farmer is not asked to meas ure all his fields, but he must meas ure accurately those acres planted cither to cotton, tobacco, peanuts, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes and soy beans for harvest Each patch is 1 to be measured separately, and the j measurements are to be reported for i ach patch with a rough sketch ac companying the measurements. It I was pointed out, however, that it 1 will not be necessary for the farmer ! to shew Hie dimensions of the fields or patches on the penciled sketches or rough maps. UnUiss the measurements are prop erly handled and reported to the committeemen in the farmer’s re spective district, no cards for the marketing of tobacco and cotton will In- issued and no farm payments will be made. The responsibility of handl ing the compliance checks or actual ly measuring the fields and report ing to the committeemen rests en tirely with the farm operator. Farmers in this county are being asked to measure the fields planted to the designated crops and report their figures to the community com mitteemen by June 12 in some cases and by June 19 in other cases. Ar rangenients for receiving this in formation will be announced early, (Continued on page six) Likes iir Corps anil The Enterprise Fine Asking that his mailing address be changed, Pfc. Latham N. Leggett said in a letter this week, “I really enjoy the paper because it is always nice to hear from home-folks. Upon entering A-M school, I received my ] .first pmaetion. After finishing! here 1. will contimi^,. mv course in aerial gunnery in which I hope to get my wings. I like the Air Corps fine.” The young county man’s address is 305th T. S. S. Box 243, Keesler Field, Miss. c ESSENTIAL ___ Reviewing sixty-three cases here last Wednesday evening, the Martin County War Board found that fifty out. of sixty three farmer registrants were entitled to “C" classifications. While final classification rests with the Draft Board, it is reas onably certain that the findings of the War Board will be ap proved. The Draft Board is expected to meet here next Tuesday night and review those cases along j with a few others preparatory to making final classifications. Judge Calvin Smith Calls Twelve Cases l our Vases ('harping Speed ing Vre Heard at Session Last Monday Attracting a larger crowd than usual, the Martin County Recorder’s Court was in session until 12:15 o’ clock last Monday clearing its docket of an even dozen cases. Four of the twelve cases charged violation of the 35-mile speed law. Judge Smith took another crack at vagr/ncy when he sentenced one defendant to ! the roads for a thirty-day stretch Proceedings: f Charged with violating the 35 mile speed limit law, R. G. Vaughn was fined $15 and taxed with the costs. Charged with ari assault. Hardy Williams pleaded guilty of assault ing a female and was fined $10 and taxed with the court costs. Charged with keeping an. open well, Napoleon Green was adjudged t?ot guilty. Charged with hit nnd-run driving, C. C. Fleming was found not guilty, ■*h ' tat..- tivu-i ant was not driving, and that it was not certain that it was the defend ant's truck that hit the car belong ing to the defendant. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging “Little Bud" Pittman, alias David Mayo, with an assault with a deadly weapon. Pleading not guilty in the case charging his with exceeding the 35 mile state speed limit, C. J, Hinson was adjudged guilty, the court sus pending judgment upon payment of the case costs. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with drunken driving, J. C. RutTin, Jr., was fined $50, taxed with the cost and had his license revoked for one year. Charged with violating the health laws, Arthur Morgan and Charlie Boney were each sentenced to the roads for thirty days. The sentence was suspended upon the payment of the court costs and on the further condition that they meet certain health requirements and remain regularly employed during the next six months. Hiram Waller Ford, charged with drunken driving, was fined $50, taxed with the cost and had his driv er’s license suspended for one year.— J T. Briley, charged with vagran cy, was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. It was later reported that the sentence was suspended up on the payment of a fine. Kh Wilson was lined $5, taxed with the cost and had l.is operator’s license revoked for sixty days in the case charging his with exceeding tiie 35-mile speed limit. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case charging William Steele Winsette with speeding. --- Rural Churches To Mold Bible Schools Bible schools will be held at the Roberson’s Chapel for two weeks beginning May 31 and running through June 11. Classes will be held from 2:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. The Bible school for the Bear Grass church will be held week beginning June 1-1 and will run through June 25. The hours of this school will be announced later. Both of the above schools will be in charge of Mr R E. Cogswell. Mr. Cogswell is a native of Memphis, Tenn., and is a member of the rising Middle Class at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. He has been assisting in the supply work in the Presbyterian churches in this sec tion since last March and will be here this summer in charge of the work at Roberson’s Chapel and Bear Grass churches. He is brother to Jim Cogswell, also a student at the Sem inary, wiio is assisting Dr. Boyd at the Greenville Presbyterian Church this summer. Bible school at the Poplar Point Chapel will be held from May 31 un til June 11, from 9:00 to 12 00. Gow er Crossweli, pastor of the William ston Presbyterian Church, will be in charge. Evening services are to be held at the Poplar Point Chapel at [ &:?« .iwa Sundays in each month for the re jmainder of the summer and it is j hoped that it will be possible to con jtinue them through the winter. Ev erybody, especially those living in I the vicinity of the chapel, are cor jdially invited to join in these serv | ices. Due to the difficulty of the times and the need for every available per son about the home there has been some difficulty in arranging for workers for these schools, for that reason lists of workers are not yet complete and cannot be published at this time. 11a.sham! Applies To The Courts For A Divorce -« Basing his claim on two years of separation, Booker T. Staton this i week instituted in the Martin Coun ty Superior Court proceedings for a ! divorce from Annie Mae Staton. The [suit was the second one to be filed 1 in the superior court this month.