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VOLUME XLVI—NITMBER 46
THE ENTERPRISE
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. June ft. 1913.
OVER THE TOR
FOR VICTORY
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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS'STAMPS
ESTABLISHED 1899
Three Hundred And Eighty-Two
Farm Jtegistrants Are Placed In
Over Five Hundred
Cases Reviewed By
County Draft Board
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One Hundred and Forty-Two
Cases Turned over to War
Board for Final Check
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Continuing the task of handl’ng
farm registrant classifications, the
Martin County Draft Board in a re
cent meeting reviewed five hundred
and twenty-four cases. Of the num
ber, 382 were found to have suffi
cient production units to support
claims to “C” classifications. The re- !
maimng 142 cases were turned over j
to the County War Board for a final j
check. ' is fairly certain that 75 or !
80 pc r cent of those registrants whose !
cases are now before the War Boaid
will be able to qualify for the covet
ed classification. Most of the num
ber had almost enough production
units to qualify, it was found
According to unoificial estimates, j
about 92 per cent of the farm regis- j
trants in this county are qualifying
for the “C” classifications. Included
in the remaining eight per cent are
married men with children who are
not, as yet, subject to call, meaning
that the Army can expect few re
cruits from the farms in the future.
It is understood that the War
Board has already started reviewing
the 142 cases submitted last week by
the draft authorities. In the last
group of 198 cases, the War Board
ruled that 163 of the registrants were
essential to the farm program.
According to the findings of the
Draft Board the following farm reg
istrants are qualified for “C” classi
fication^:
Mark Andrews, Jr , John Davis i
Barnes, Valley Andrews. Robert An- j
drews, E. G. Anderson, Henry B Al- j
len, J. B. Siggs, John Best, Jr., Sid- j
ney Beacham, Earl Beach, Earl Bry
ant, Roosevelt Brown, Pete Brown,
Coy Briley, Toba Bowen, Raymond
Bowen, Malachi Bonds, Jesse V. J.
Peel, Charlie Bussey, Lewis Albert
Bullock, Arthur Bullock. Albert Bul
lock, Sr., Albert Bullock, Jr„ A. Z
Clark', Somuri' 6lark. Archie T Col
train, R. C. Cultram, Arthur Cotton,i
Charlie Butler, Burton Gray, Wil
liam Goddard, Henry Godard, W. M.
Godard, Noah Gardner, Hubert
Charlie Gardner, Harvey E. Gard
ner, Fred Gardner, Warren Farmer,
John Thomas Farmer, Lester L. Ev
erett, Charlie Edmondson, F. Z. Da
vis, Sug Davis, Cleo Daniel, Charlie
P. Cullipher, Marvin S. Cowan, Joe
Cowen, Tom Earl Hale, Jesse Lee
Hale, Willie Hadley, William Leroy
Hadley, C. L. Hadley, William A.
Gurganus, R. C. Gurganus, Irving
Gurganus. Mark Griffin, Luther Earl
Griffin, Jasper C. Griffin, James
Marion Griffin, D. Andrev. Griffin,
Thade Monroe Hopkins, Nathaniel
Hopkins,
Merlin Hollis, Ralph Holliday,
Dennis Holliday, Earnest Harrison,
John T. Harris, Jasper Harris, Gar
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Appoint E. S. Peel
County Prosecutor
Elbert S Peel was appointed by
the county commissioners to fill the
position of county solicitor made va
cant by the resignation of Attorney
Paul D. Roberson who was called to
the Army a few days ago. In making
the appointment, the commissioners
gave Attorney Roberson a leave of
absence, meaning that should he re
turn before December of next year
the job would be open to him. A sim
ilar leave of absence was granted
Attorney Don E. Johnson, but the
term expired and the war continues.
There was no contest for the job.
and Peel’s nomination offered by
Commissioner Joshua L. Coltrain
drew a quick seco^^ the appoint
ment following msnoit order. The
oath of office was immediately ad
ministered and the new prosecutor
started his work within a matter of
only a few minutes.
The appointment was necessarily
delayed until a quorum could be
had, and Judge J. C. Smith patient
ly waited along with the court liti
gants and spectators upstairs.
Stove Dealers Invited
To Meet Here Tomorrow
All dealers in coal and wood stoves
in the county and surrounding ter
ritory are invited to meet in the
county courthouse tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o’clock when new regula
tions for rationing stoves will be re
viewed by representatives from the
State office.
The meeting will also discuss new
rationing regulations for fuel oils, it
was announced.
Several counties in this section of
the State are to be represented at
the meeting.
PASTOR
Ordained at a special service
ie. the Presbyterian church here 1
last Sunday evening. Rev Gow
er Croswell will serve the local
church and Poplar Point mis
sion. The newly-ordained minis
ter succeeds Rev. Z. T. Piephoff,
who is now a chaplain in the
armed services.
Invasion Plans Are
Held Secret As Air
Fighting; Continues
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Italians Claim Allien Fail In
Attempt To Invade Small
Mediterranean Inland
While increased activity is already
underway on the Russian front in
the vicinity of Leningrad and a pos
sible march toward Moscow is brew
ing along with plans for an invasion
of the continent, the main news from
the war fronts comes from the air
over Italian targets in the Mediter
ranean area and over the giant Rus
sian Gorki, S’?1)1
miles east of Moscow. !
Increased opposition is being ex
perienced by the Allied airmen as
they continue their task of pulver
izing Pantelleria for a possible in
vasion. One report stated that 800 ,
Axis planes tried to stem the assaults
but were beaten back.
British, American and South Afri
can fliers, using eight types of planes
bombed Pantelleria, stepping stone!
to Sicily, Saturday night and all i
day Sunday. The Americans shot j
down eight enemy fighters and prob- !
ably bagged a ninth from some 50
which attempted to intercept them.
(The London radio said Pentelleria
now has been bombed 118 times in
three weeks. It was shelled five times
last week by British warships.
The Italian communique said Pan
telleria was subjected to repeated
attacks during which pursuit planes
and anti-aircraft guns downed seven
enemy planes.)
The newest victories ran to 483 the
number of Axis planes destroyed
aground or in the air in the 20 days
of the big pre-invasion Allied air and
sea offensive while Allied losses
have been only 56.
According to unconfirmed claims,
five hundred British commandos
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Only One Case In
Ration Board Court
Explaining that he did not realize
he was driving in excess of the es
tablished limit, W. W. Taylor was
dismissed with a warning by the
rationing board sitting as a board of
inquiry here last evening.
The case was the oniy one sched
uled at the meeting, but according
to one report quite a few other.; are
in the making. It is understood that
an even dozen motorists were cited
for speeding in the county over the
week-end. Most of them, however,
were from the war industrial areas
and their cases will be referred to ra
tion boards in their respective coun
ties after being aired in the record
er’s court in this county.
( RECORD INCOME
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The Martin County Record
er’s Court broke all financial
records for May this year when
it collected in fines and costs a
total of $1,097.95. Collections
were approximately 100 per cent
of the total fines and costs im
posed by Judge J. C. Smith, the
outstanding balance being well
secured. The money has been
• turned over to the county treas
urer.
Grants Continuance
|Of Assault Case In
The County’s Court
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D. K. Bunting Plead* Guilty
of Assaulting J. F. Crisp
Of Ration Panel
Prayer for judgment was contin
ued for two weeks by Judge J. C.
Smivh after D. E. Bunting, Oak City
man charged with assaulting Jesse
F. Crisp, ration board panel mem
ber, pleaded guilty to the charge in
the county court yesterday morning.
The continuance, granted after the
j state had offered its evidence, was
| based on a last minute change in the
| defendant's lawyers and on condi
tion bi.irtWWKe'i'iSe wih accept the
evidence offered by the state with
out contradiction 11 is understood
that the witnesses for the State will
not find it necessary to return to
court when the trial of the last half
of the case is held in June 21.
Declaring that ho was anxious that
justice be made available to every
one, Judge Smith recognized the un
expected change in the defense line
up. Attorney E. S. Peel, employed by
the defendant, withdrew from the
case follwonig his appointment to
the solicitorship, and Attorney H. L.
Coburn, taking his place, explained
that he had not had time to review
the case.
Evidence, offered under oath, and
admitted by the defense supports
preliminary reports heard about the
unprovoked assault upon the ration
board member in Oak City on April
23. Mr. Crisp, called to the stand by
the state, reiterated his account of
the attack, telling how he went to
Hardy’s service station that morning
for a shoe shine, how without warn
ing he was caught in the collar while
sitting down and was mauled by the
heavy-set assailant. When asked if
he knew why the attack was made
upon him, Mr. Crisp said he did not
know until afterwards, that Bunt
ing said, “You know why I did it, you
g— d— s— of a b—. You reported
rne to the rationing board.” Mr.
Crisp explain'd to Ihr court that he
had not reported Mi. Bunting to the,
rationing board, and tins evidence
was supported by that offered by j
Mr. C. C. Martin, chairman of the
County War Price and Rationing
Board.
On cross examination, Mr. Crisp
was asked if he had not tried to hire
the defendant’s farm labor. The wit
ness explained that he had thought
a hit hard of Bunting for trying to
hire labor away from him, that he
had not tried to hire Bunting’s labor.
Officer Wiley Craft, of the Oak
City police force, heard Bunting say,
“I’ve stood it long as I can and I’ve
got to give it to you.” The officer
hurried to the men and pulled Bunt
ing away from the attack victim. He
also stated that he heard Bunting
cursing Mr. Crisp the next day. Sev
eral other witnesses were called, but
their testimony corroborated that of
fered by those before them.
Judge Smith was of the opinion
that the trial could be comp'eted, but
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Number Of Mules
Die In Heat Wave
The heat wave striking this section
last week proved costly to farm ani
mals, incomplete reports stating that
a dozen or more mules and one cow
died from the heat between Thurs
day and Saturday. No human beings
are believed to have succumbed to
the oppressive heat, but human en
deavor was slowed down consider
ably.
According to scattered reports, the
following farmers lost mules last
Friday and Saturday: W Jackson
Holliday, C. C. Fleming, Sylvester
and Dawson Lilley, Andrew Clark,
Herbert Manning, Henry Pa#l, V. G.
Taylor, Wheeler Staton, Paul Dol
berry and a few others whose names
could not be learned immediately.
Farmer John A. Manning lost a cow.
One report stated that between 25
and 30 mules died over in Pitt Coun
ty, that the toll among work animals
in other counties was also heavy
Accident Victim Gets
Up Ready For A Fiftht
Accidentally run down by a bi
cycle on the Washington Hoad Sat
urday night, Thurman James got up
and fell to fighting Nelson Mason,
the rider ot the bike. Nelson tried to
explain that he was blinded by the
lights of a car and that he did not
see James. The fight was soon end
ed after a few ineffectual licks had
been passed.
The minor accident was the only
one reported in the county during
the week, according to Patrolman
Whit Saunders.
TOWN ■ FARM
IN WARTIME
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RATION REMINDER
Blue Stamps
(For processed foods): Blue
Stamps K, L, M, continue good
through July 7.
Coffee
Stamp No. 24 (1 lb.) is good
through June 30.
Red Stamps
(For meats, etc.): Red Stamps J.
K, L, good through June 30.
Fuel Oil
Period 5 coupons valid in all zones
until September 30.
Shoes
No. 17 Stamp in War Ration Book
One good for one paid through June
15th. Stamp No. 18 (1 pair) will be
come valid June 16.
How To Get Farm Supplies
In a move to help farmers secure
badly needed supplies of
commodities, tire Was Prorf.^WBI
Board has cut red tape, and now
makes it possible for farmers to ob
tain over 110 scirrr items simply by
giving their dealer a simple form
certifying that the supplies desired
are needed for operation of a farm.
The order is in line with WPB's
j program to extend all possible aid to
farmers, and while it does not mean
that a farmer will be able to secure
everything he might want, it does
mean that he stands a far better
chance than he has had recently, for
manufacturers have been instructed
to get into dealers hands as soon as
possible all stocks of the commodi
ties named.
Whenever a farmer orders farm
supplies on the list from a dealer
who has them in stock, the dealer
must fill the order if the farmer gives
him a signed certificate as follows:
“I certify to the War Production
Board that I am a farmer and that
the supplies covered by this order
are needed now and will lx- used for
the operation of a farm.”
However, if a farmer wants to use
a certificate to buy more than $25
worth at one time of any item on the
list, he must first get his certificate
approved in writing by (lie County
Farm Rationing Committee. WPB
(Continued on page six)
Jas. Staton Godard
Passes In Hospital
James Staton Godard, young far
mer-timberman, died in the local
hospital early Sunday afternoon fol
lowing an illness of only a few days.
Taken sick rather suddenly at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. K. B. Brown,
on Hassell Street, he became worse
and was removed to the hospital on
Saturday afternoon, hardly regain
ing consciousness after he was ad
mitted there. Believed to have been
a victim of malaria, he is reported
to have developed rheumatic fever
which resulted in his deatn.
The son of Opheus and Ida Man
ning Godard, he was born in Wil
liams Township 30 years ago last
September. He farmed during his
early youth, but had engaged in
logging operations in recent years.
About eight years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Elizabeth Moore and
she with a daughter, Peggy, sur
vives. He is also survived by his
mother, one brother, Neal Godard,
and two sisters, Mrs. J. D. Peaks, of
Everetts, and Mrs. Woodrow Bland,
of Norfolk.
Funeral services are being con
ducted from the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Roland Hudson, in Williams
Township, this afternoon at 5 o’clock
by Rev. W. B. Harrington. Interment j
will follow in the Godard CYhietery, j
near the old family home in Wil- j
liairis Township.
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Attention In t'.onrl
Farmer Roy Edmondson attracted
much attention in the county court
this week. Going into the old hall
of justice as an innocent spectator,
he had a pair of shoes that squeak
ed tenibly. The man tried to tip toe
across the room, but the shoes seem !
ed to squeak that much louder. Anx
ious not to break up lu -4h«. proceed
ings, Mr. Edmondson took a seat as
quickly as he could.
EXPLAINED
The two explosions rooking a
large area in this State and Vir
ginia early on Tuesday morning
of last week were explained yes
terday when the Navy announc
ed that an ammunition ship col
lided wi*h a big oil tanker off
the coast of North Carolina.
Eighty-three men lost their lives
on the spot, and others were so
badly injured that they were not
expected to live. Sixty-five of
the 68 men on the ammunition
ship were killed, according to
the announcement.
Meeting the tanker, the car
go ship was said to have ram
i med the side of the tanker, caus
ing two explosions.
County Health Budget
For New Year Pending
el fare Department
Budget Approved la
The Sum Of $42,552.
Commissioners in Con*' Ses
sion Vlominv Studying Vitr
iols Hiiiliift, Cslimates
With very little business schedul
ed, the county commissioners re
mained in session until late Monday
afternoon studying budget estimates
for the various departments. Rou
tine duties were handled in fairly
quick order, the highlight of the
meeting coming when the authori
ties delayed approval of the health
department’s proposed budget fig
ure for the 1943 44 fiscal year.
^Tall'-d to ordci by Chairman R. L
P^Ty.v, the board cleared its calen
dar of routine matters during the
early morning Attorney Paul D.
Roberson, county solicitor, was giv
en a leave of absence while he is in
the service, and Elbert S, Peel, coun
ty attorney, was appointed to com
plete the unexpired term. Various
reports submitted by the department
heads were heard. Adjustments in
property values listed in error were
effected for J M Highsmith, the
board reducing the value of a house
and lot on Academy Street in Rob
ersonville from $675 to $600 and on
a house and lot on Second Street, the
value was reduced from $600 to $45n
Relief orders were granted Dixie
Roberson, Roborsonville, $2 poll tax;
Booker Hill, Jamcsvillc, $2 poll tax,
and O. S. Winborne, Williamston,
$5.41 personal property.
The county welfare budget, call
ing for a total of $42,552.62 was ap
proved. The total for the new fiscal
year lias been reduced by more than
$1,000 from last year’s figures and
includes the sizable contributions ad
vanced by the state and federal gov
ernments.
A comparison of the budget fig
ures for the old year and for the new
fiscal period follow: :
Administfation:
Superintendent
Case Worker
Case Worker
Case Worker
Stenographer
Clerk
Tra veY
Supplies
Telephone
County Home
Sanatorium
Hospitalization
Miscellaneous
Old Age Pensions
Dependent Children
Aid To Blind
General Relief
Drugs
Burial Expenses
1942
$ 1,920
1,440
1,260
475
(196
900
341
74
5,556
4,941
3,830
95
7,125
3,243
605
1,570
272
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1943
$ 1,980
1.500
1,320
000 I
900 j
960
1,000 '
315
85
4.500
5,000
3.500
150
6,901
3,402
710
1.500
300
100
$43,871 $42,552
These figures do not include cents
The budget estimate explained that
there were 12 inmates in the county
home with the .cost averaging $1.26
per day. The average per person cost
for the 10 patients in the sanatorium
was figured at $1.35 a day.
No explanation for the delay in
handling the board of health budget
could be had immediately, but it is
understood that the cost of private
(Continued on page six)
One Slightly Hurt
In Truck Accident
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One person was slightly hurt and |
considerable damage was done at
fi:15 o’clock this morning when a
large truck and trailer plowed into
the r< ai of a pick-up truck driven
by Farmer C. F. Harris uj. the Wash
ington Hoad, near the Staton farm.
Running about fifteen miles an
hour, Harris was driving toward Wil
liamston when the large truck plow
ed into his light truck. Geo. An
thony and Joe Henry Anderson were
riding in the small truck. Realizing
what was about to happen, Andcr
son bailed out of the truck and 1
caper! injur,v Unable to get out An
thony was slightly hurt.
Weldon Radcliff, colored man of
Newport News, was driving the large
fish truck, and he and Mr. Harris
were not hurt. Radcliff was charged
with reckless driving. Damage to
the pick-up truck was estimated at
$300 by Patrolman Saunders. It is
believed repairs to the big truck
will cost around $200.
Infant Dies On Its If ay
Tn Doetor's Office Here
Experiencing iil health during
most of its life of five months, Lu
ther Staton Rogers, son of Mr. Ben
and Lula Mae Gardner Rogers, died
while h; was being brought to a
doctor’s office here last Saturday
morning.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon in the Community
Church on the Hamilton Road by El
der Wm. E. Grimes, and interment
was in the cemetery here.
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The sale of delinquent tax ac
counts by the county in front
of the courthouse door Monday
attracted few spectators and on
l.v two or three individual bid
ders. Three pieces of property
were bought in subject to action
by the owners within a specified
time, the remaining parcels go
ing to the county for possible
foreclosure.
The sale was one of the small
est held in front of the court
house hv the county in many
years. Tax Collector M. Luther
Peel stating that there were on
ly 245 delinquent accounts, rep
resenting unpaid taxes in the
sum of $3,719.98. There were ap
proximately 8,000 accounts to
start with representing a total
tax levy of well over $200,000
Bonn I Perfects Its
Reorganization In
Meeting Last Might
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I)<-|>artmrnl Heads l inliaii”
ed; Shifts Made in I'uh
lie Personnel
Holding its first meeting of the
current term, the new board of
town commissioners, composed sol
idly of old members, perfected its
organization last night for the com
ing two years. The reorganization
left the line-up exactly the same as
far as the departmental heads are
concerned and effected two shifts in
the police department personnel.
Four board members, Messrs. L.
P. Lindsley, Roy T. Griffin, G. H.
Harrison and N C. Green, wen
sworn in by Mayor J. L. Hassell. The
f'ifth member, Mr. V. 1). Godwin, was
not present.
Commissioner L. P. Lindsley was
elected mayor pro tern, succeeding
himself in that position. Incidentally,
he has never practiced the duties of
the office because the first string
mayor has yet to Be absent. "G. Vi.
Harrison was re-elected clerk and
N C. Green continues as town treas
u'cr. R. I,. Coburn was appointed
town idioiiity and Mis L, U. James
was named municipal accountant
R. K. Manning was reappointed sup
erintendent of the water and street
departments.
Mueli discussion was centered en
the police department, the board
making a few changes, but leaving
final action pending in one case. W
B. Daniel was reappointed chief of
police. Night Officer John Roebuck
was shifted to the day force, and
Chas. R. Moore was shifted from
the day force to night duty. While
the chief's salary was left at $35 per
week, the hoard increased Officer
Roebuck’s from $30 to $35; Nigtit Of
ficer John Gurganus* from $30 to
$32.50, and Officer Moore’s from $25
to $30 a week. It is considered like
ly that the board will abolish the all
time telephone desk job and look to
the regular police force members to
handle the air raid warning calls, or
later employ a full-time man for the
task, plus some police duty.
Several applications for jobs on
the police force were considered, in
cluding those submitted by Peyton
H. Squires, of Jacksonville; Jesse B.
Shea] in, of Halifax; Emmett Hines
(Continued on page six)
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Anti-Typhoid Drive
Includes Thousands
With 750(1 people having taken the
typhoid immunizations, regular elin
ie appointments will continue at Wil
liamston on Saturday mornings, Rob
ersonville on Wednesday mornings,
Oak City on Friday mornings, and
Jamesville on Monday mornings, ac
cording to an announcement by Dr.
John W Williams
The only two renu ‘-nir special
appointments sehedulecPWe at Ed
wards Filling Station on the Hamil
ton Road from 2 to 4 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon, and at No. 90 Filling
Station ori the Jamesville Road from
2 to 4 o’clock Friday afternoon.
Anywhere that a hundred or more
people can meet special schedules
will he arranged for the typhoid im
munizations, says Dr. Williams.
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While there was a slight in
crease on the crime front com
paratively few arrests were
made by officers here last week
end. Five persons were detained
and jailed for alleged violations
involving public drunkenness
and larceny and receiving. Three
drunks were jailed and two
were booked for alleged thefts.
Two of the five were white,
the ages of the group ranging
from 19 to 51 years of age.
Presbyterians Hold
Ordination Service
Here Sunday INi^ht
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J)r, IVtor MiirshdLt I’rmbf*
Strong Sermon i* Gower
Groswel! I* Ordained
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Recently called to the pastorate
oi the local Presbyterian church.
Gower Croswell, of Atlanta, was
ordained at a special service held
here last Sunday evening, the Rev.
D. Peter Marshall, formerly at At
lanta and now pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Washington City, delivering the
ordination sermon before a large
congregation made up of members of
the town’s several churches. The
service was also attended by special
representatives of the Albemarle
Presbytery, including Rev. Hugh
Powell, Rev. C. C. Crawford, Rev.
11. N. McDiarmid, Mr. R. E. Cogs
well and Mr. J I,. Gossard.
Dr. Marshall preached the com
mencement sermon that morning at
Woman's College of the University
>1 North Carolina Greensboro, and
as he was the pastor of Mr, Cros
wel! at Atlanta just before he (Mr.
CroswelD entered the Seminary,
Richmond, he gladly accepted the in
vitation to participate in the ordi
nation service. Rev. Crosswell was
just recently graduated at the Semi
nary.
Dr Marshall's sermon. ‘God’s
Trumpeters”, follows:
1 remember reading in a book en
titled “Rough Justice" how a little
boy heard the story of Christ and the
Cross for the first time. The little
boy watched the preacher mount
the pulpit steps and give out a piece
of news a piece of terrible news.
The little boy felt that the minister
had mentioned it because there
were so many people all there at
once, and perhaps they might help.
There was something they might do.
It was a rending tale of some kind
and brave Man ferociously hurt a
long time ago, nailed to a cross and
hoisted up above the heads of a jeer
ing crowd when He had done noth
ing worthy of death. And, although
the pain of the nails was terrible,
still there was a greater pain even
yet, because theie was something not
done which He wanted them all to
do. The little boy wept, the tears
rolled down his cheeks. But he no
ticed that nobody else seemed mov
ed. No body else was crying. The
priy.ir sivniv'.!■ Re be strangely tr-n*
uml. Even whim they came out of
the church they walked away as if
nothing had happened.
People still walk away from
church as if nothing he. happened1
In tlu twinkling of an eye attention
can be switched from the message
from the pulpit to almost anything.
Hear the average congregation
stream from the sanctuary and 1 is
ten to the conversation for a dem
onstration of the fact that nothing
has happened. No Pres have been
kindled in their hearts. Their eyes
betray the sad fact that they have
seen no beckoning fingers. No vision
of the fluttering banners of Christ
bemuses them. No breath-catching
truth has burst in upon the jaded
heart. No whispers of God have
some rustling among the echoes.
They carry away no lilting refrains.
They set; no visions. They are no
(Continued on page six)
James "Pat” Baker
Passes In Hospital
James “Pat" Baker, for several
years a patient in a Raleigh hospital,
died there yesterday morning at C
o’clock. He had been in declining
health for five or six years, spending
much of that time in the hospital.
The son of Mr Will T Baker and
Mrs, Sudie Waters Baker, he was
born in Williarr.ston thirty-six years
ago. He married Miss Vergie White,
of Bertie County, and she survives
with two children, Frances White
and Jerry Patrick Baker. He also
leaves his parents and three sisters,
Mrs. Aris Green, Mrs. W. G. Miller
and Mrs. Ben Andrews, all of Wil
liamston.
Suffering a slight stroke of paralys
is some over five years ago, the
young man is believed to have suf
fered a second one Sunday causing
his death u short time later.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from tne home of his parents on
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
by Rev. B. T. Hurley. Interment will
follow in the family plot in the local
cemetery.
Tenant Farmer Takes
Toll From Bean Planter
In addition to his regular remun
eration, Oscar Bunn added to his in
come by taking soy beans from the
planter’s hopper at the end of the
row on Farmer Cannie Roebuck’s
farm in Cross Roads Township last
Saturday His actions bpcame sus
picious when the man went to the
barn teal often for more seed. Upon
investigation, it was learned that he
had exacted a toll of one bag of
beans, that he had aiso made severe
al successful trips to the chicken
house.
He was arrested along with Book
er T. Mizelle and charged with the
thefts.