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* UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STA^PS
VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 55
Williams ton, Martin County, I\ortli Carolina, Tuesday, July 13, 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Allies Established
Firmly on Sicily in
. Second Major Drive
yreafest Combined Action of
Air, Land and Sea Forces
In All Historv
In one of the greatest combined
air, land and sea operations the
world has ever known, Allied forces
moved in on the strongly fortified
island of Sicily just off the toe of
the Italian boot last Saturday morn
-jng at 3 o’clock. Sicilian time, and
today the invaders are firmly estab
lished with their forces gradually
spreading out in what is described
as the first major invasion drive and
the second greatest action since the
fall of North Africa.
Detailed accounts of the operation
are yet to be had, but the Allied high
command has officially announced
that casualties were much smaller
than had been expected, that the
campaign is progressing favorably
and that success is assured.
Gathering a total of 2,000 ships—
the greatest single T)t(A ewe assem
bled by any' power or group of pow
ers—the Allies started moving across
the Mediterranean last Friday'. Brit
ish glider troops and American par
achutists, including possibly Billy
Biggs of Wiltiamston, preceded the
armada and dropped behind the en
emy lines to disrupt communications
and attack the 10,000-square-mile is
land outer defense. That they did an
able job is evidenced in the confus
ed resistance offered by the Italians
along the 100-mile bridgehead form
ed by American, Canadian and Brit
ish troops. After opening the inva
sion drive, the glider-borne troops
and paratroopers were followed
within three hours by the land arm
ies, including those of Generals
Montgomery. Alexander and Patton.
The invasion leaders and the ground
troops soon joined, and losses were
surprisingly small, one report stat
ing that three Allied soldiers march
ed 300 Italian prisoners back to con
centration centers One unofficial re
port claims that the invaders were
welcomed by the officials of one
town and that the Italians joined the
invaders and helped unload the
steady streams of supplies and equip
ment pouring into the island,
Landing a few miles west of Li
cata, the Allies have extended their
bridgehead around the southeastern
tip of the island to -include the im
portant port of Syracuse where Gen
eral Montgomery and his Britishers
have already started a drive toward
Messina almost 100 miles away and
just across the straits from Italy’s
boot toe.
While the invasion is progressing
quite successfully, a warning of
counterattacks has been heard. Al
ready the Americans have engaged
in fierce fighting off Gela where
they launched a drive to cut off the
southern tip of the island. The Brit
ish and Canadians have also encoun
tered some strong resistance in the
Syracuse area, but the main opposi
tion is expected only after the enemy
is certain of Allied strategy and
movements.
At least thirteen towns have been
taken, an da lanidngf.tC
taken, and a landing at and the cap
ture of Traponi on the west coast
have been reported. General Mont
gomery and his Britishers are now
launching a drive northward twoard
Augusta with Messina just off the
Italian boot toe as their objective.
While the land forces are mop
(Continued on page six)
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Seven Cases Before
Ration Board Panel
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Three cases charging viu&attak «A
the gas ration laws and four others
making n\ specific charges were be
fore the County War Price and
Rationing Board panels in the agri
cultural building last Friday eve
ning.
C. M. Anderson, charged with
speeding, was found not guilty, the
defendant explaining that he was
out of the state when the charge was
originated, that it was an apparent
—case of mistaken identify
The case charging Roland Hol
liday with speeding was continued.
Called before the board to ex
plain the exchange cf a 1T" gas
ticket Charlie James explained that
a former co-worker was home from
the Army, and needed a little gas,
that the soldier, a colored boy, had
been a good and loyal worker and
that he merely wanted to help him.
The case broke when Harris went
to the rationing board and asked for
a five-gallon allotment. When ask
ed for his tire inspection record, he
reached for his pocket book and the
loose “T” coupon dropped out be
fore a ration board employee. A
clcdii front u, the case was offered
and only a stiff warning was issued
but at one time it looked as il
someone would drink soup on the
jailhouse menu.
Four persons were called before
the board to have their tire record?
inspected. Action was dismissed ir
all four cases. The following were
called: John H. Best, RFD 1, Bethel
Lonnie Lee, of RFD 2, Williamston
John E. Bland, RFD 1, Roberson
ville, and Lester Bess, of RFD 1
Palmyra.
, Recorder Supports Campaign
\ Against Vagrancy In County
$««?nbFs " procl«.fnat«*i*i
calling upon everyone to work or
else was supported by Re«:cr<k r C
Smith in the county court this week
when the first cases were placed on
the docket and tried by him. In tak
ing a definite stand for support of
the order. Judge Smith still recog
nized the rights of the working man,
and hesitated to go beyond the law.
It has been pointed out that the new
drive against idleness and indiffer
ence should be condemned, so should
unfair practices of management be
condemned. However, little trouble
is expected from that quarter, and
the drive in this county is to get ev
ery vagrant a job and to urge work
ers to hold to their jobs regularly.
There are cases where laborers
are being held to jobs that are lim
iting their production. In those cases,
the worker is at liberty to seek an
other.
One of the defendants facing
Judge Smith this week was Ben Ben
■ hr*ti "iTt* 7T< - ctj ."r or
42 hours a week on an average. Jurlgr
Snulh rilled that he was not guiltj
of vagrancy, and under the presen'
law that was the only verdict tht
jurist could render. In Bennett’s case
he would work extra hours one wee!
and remain idle two or three days
the next week. Judge Smith warn
ed against the practice, and it is
puite likely that the governor wil
exercise his emergency powers anc
rule it unlawful for a man to wort
only a few days each week, and wher
there is an apparent indifference he
shall be subject to prosecution
Briefly stated, the labor law is ir
an experimental stage just now.
In the second case, guilt was es
tablished and the defendant, Olivet
Bonds, was sentenced to the road'
for six months, the court suspending
judgment upon the payment of tin
costs and a $40 fine.
As a general rule, indifference tc
work and vagrancy are fast disap
pearing on a voluntary basis.
WITtritOYAL'n
While on a strictly fighting
mission, Tech. Cpi. Irvin Grif
fin, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Griffin, crashed through Un
diplomatic ranks and landed
right in the middle of English
royalty some few weeks ago.
Carrying on his work as a mem
ber of Uncle Sam’s armed forces
the young man along with other
American troops was reviewed
by England's King and Queen
in Scotland months ago. While
standing right next to royalty,
the young man noticed the pho
tographers were busy, but he
thought Kttle of it until he went
to one of the African cities some
time later. In the city he saw
his picture posted in prominent
places along with those of the
King and Queen.
Corporal Griffin has been
overseas quite a while, but his
friends back home hardly be
lieved he had been there long
enough to crash into such high
society.
Unusual Case Is Set
For Trial Monday
In County’s Court
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Milton Janies, Colored, Is T<
Be Bronchi Bodily Be
fore Judge Smith
Hiding behind his deformity, Mil
ton James, aged colored man ol
Jamesviile Township, lias defied of
ficers and the law on several occa
sions in recent months. He will have
an onportunity to carry that defi
ance into the court room next Mon
day for Judge J. C. Smith issued ar
order directing the high sheriff tc
get from one to forty men and brirq
the man in for trial. Arrangement:
for carrying out the order have no
yet been completed, but positive ac
tion is to be expected. Advised tha
it wasn’t likely that the man coult
be brought through the door of hi:
home on account of his enormou:
size the judge ordered that the doo
facing be removed.
The history of the case had its be
ginning some months ago when ABC
Officer J. H. Roebuck raided the in
valid’s home and found a quantity
of liquor. The officer talked with thi
old man and warned against thi
practice. A second raid was mad:
and liquor was found, and again thi
His defiance grew, and now thi
county judge has entered the pic
ture. It remains to be seen wha
course James will choose to follow
but after all the law has the uppe
hand, and it is possible that the oh
man will lose some of his property
During the recent raid, the offi
cers found 15 gallons of liquor ii
readiness for the Fourth of Jul;
trade. James stated that he paid $1
a gallon for the raw product, that h
sold it at 25 cents a drink, or abou
$15 a gallon.
W rr.cd -t ka*t— kv case might b
turned over to the federal author!
ties and that he would be subject t
a term in the federal prison at A1
(Continued on page six)
GAS REBATES
Martin County farmers, en
'^•‘.Mto tax rebates on gasoline
useuSufavors and for the op
eration of off*- machin
ery, must file their not
later than Wednesday, July 14,
according to Mr. fi. H. Harri
son, of the Harrison Oil Com
pany here. £Iaims to tax refunds
on all gasoline used by farmers
during the months of April,
May and June will be consider
ed by the State Department of
Revenue.
The offices of the Harrison
Oil Company have willingly of
fered to assist farmers in pre
paring their claims.
Eleven-Ont Cut In
Special Road Tax
For This Township
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Twenty-one Cent Reduction I*
Certain For District
For 1943-44
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It turns out now that the 10-cent
county tax rate reduction effected
by the commissioners last Thursday
is hardly half the relief Williamston
Township taxpayers will get when
they get ready to pay their 1943 44
tax accounts. And possibly the ten
cent reduction represents only a
third of the relief town of Wiliiam
$ton taxpayers will get. And the re
duction comes, so to speak, on a sil
ver platter without the prodding of
any taxpayers’ league or high-pow
ered organization which often goes
into action with poverty and finan
cial reverses threaten.
While tire county as a whole will
have to be satisfied with the flat ten
cent reduction in the county-wide
rate, Williamston Township proper
ty owners can knock off another 11
cents from their tax bills. This re
duction is traceable to that aged
township road bond debt. Last yeai
a 15-cent special township roau bond
rate was in effect. This year, the au
thorities figure that a rate of font
cents on the $100 assessed propertj
valuation will wipe the slate clean
No official word has come from tht
town commissioners, but a reduc
fion in the town tax rate is reason
ably possible, one official estimat
ing that a 10-cent reduction is to bt
expected. Should the estimate prove
correct, then town property owners
can slice 21 cents from their com
bined tax rates.
Back in 1912, July of that year tc
be exact, Williamston Township vot
ed and floated a $20,000 bond issue
for “good roads.” Six months latei
on January 1, a $10,000 issue wat
floated and a year later a second
$10,000 issue was saddled on the tax
payers. The rate ranged from 3f
cents down to 15 cents last year anc
four cents this year. The first issue
—the one for $20,000—was maturec
in 1941 after the taxpayers had paic
the $20,000 plus $34,800 in interest
The second issue was retired in 193'
after the principal and $11,000 in in
terest had been paid. The remaining
issue was to have been retired the
first of this year, but bad collection!
and a depression back in the earlj
thirties upset the schedule, and a 4
cent rate was deemed necessary
When the four-cent rate is appliec
and the money is in hand, the last o
the “good roads” debt will have beer
retired, but not until the taxpayer;
will have paid a total of $102,300 ir
principal and interest for the “gooc
roads” experiment.
(Continued on page six)
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\ Navy Recruiter To
H Be Here -Two-Day*
Seventeen-year-old men nov
- have an opporunity to enlist in th
) United States Navy—not tomorrov
- or next month—but today! D. E
' Taylor, Navy Recruiter, will be ii
Williamston at the post office o
July 14 and 15 to aid all seventee.
year- old men in making applica
I tion for enlistment in the Navy.
^ Navy trade schools have bee
opened wide to the 17-year-ol
youngsters, in order that a larg
group of young potential petty ol
ficers will be available soon. Neve
before in the history of the Nav
have opporu allies for the younge
men been so great, and a nation
'jS.'ide drive has been inaugurated t,
I obtain thousands of youngsters fc
| the training schools.
There are 55 different Navy trade
from which the youngsters ma
choose, and they range from med
cal training to carpentry. An effoi
is being made to place the younf
sters in the fields they prefer, on th
theory that they will do bette
work in the type of trade they lik
best.
I
TOWN - FARM
IN WARTIME
Maternity Care For
Servicemen's Wives
More than three-fourths of the
states have received approval by the
Children’s Bureau, Department of*
Labor, of programs for medical and
hospital maternitv care of
men in the fmuylowest pay grades of
the armed ser' ices. The programs
also include medical care for babies.
A serviceman’s wife may make ap
plication for complete medical care
during pregnancy and childbirth,
and for six weeks after childbirth.
She may also apply for medical care
for her child (o extend throughout
the child’s first year of life. To get
such care, all that the wife needs to
do is lo fill out simple forms, which,
if her own doctor is unable to furn
ish copies, she can get from the
State health department.
Co ops Can Replace Stocks
Farmers’ cooperatives and any
other dealers who sell farm supplies,
at cost or at a markup <>f not more
than three per cent, are permitted
to replenish stocks on farmers’ cer
tificates on a dollar-for-dollar bas
ts, under a recent amendment of
Priorities Regulation No 10 Prev
iously. the dealer could use the far
mer’s certificate to get supplies only
up to 75 per cent of his sales. The
amendment enables fanners’ coop
eratives which sell approximately
at cost t.o make full replacement of
their stock.
Can’t Send Recordings Overseas
Discs or recordings containing per
sonal messages cannot be sent to sol
diers stationed outside the continent
al limits of the U. S.. the War De
partment has announced. There is
no objection to sending discs of per
sonal messages within the continent
al United States.
Grower Prices for Berries
Grower prices for seven types of
berries canned or frozen in 1943 have
been announced by WFA. Processors
will pay growers the following
prices (cents per pound): red rasp
berries, 15; black raspberries, 13;
youngberries, boysenberries, logan
berries, and blackberrie.s 12; goose
berries, 8. Ceiling prices for frozen
strawberries have been established
on the basic of a grower price of 12
cents a pound for stemmed berries.
For all other berries each processor
will pay 3 cents per pound more than
the average price he paid under the
OPA price regulations for the 1942
pack. The highest price processors
may pay for red sour pitted cherries
j is 8 1-2 ca nt, per pound.
Vacation Trip for Motorists
Motorists in the Northeastern gas
oline restricted area may use their
“A” rations, beginning July 15, for
one round tlip to a summer home or
oilier vacation place, in the absence
\vsuuurmea tin jJHge six;
Wheeler Martin Named
To Attorney Committee
Wheeler Martin, secretary of the
Martin County Building and Loan
Association, received word today of
his appointment as a member of the
1943 Attorney’s Committee of the
United States Savings and Loan
League. This group is composed of
44 lawyers for savings and loan
associations chosen from all parts
of the country.
The chief function of the commit
tee is to act as a clearing house for
matters of particular interest to the
attorneys in savings and loan as
sociations. They will also advise
with the staff of the United States
Savings and Loan League on the
Legal Bulletin which is published
periodically by trie national organ
ization.
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Former fjoeal Hoy Out
Of llos/tital In Africa
Injured or suffering some trouble
with his back, Wheeler (Duke) Mar
tin Ward has been in a hospital
somewhere in Africa. A recent let
ter stated that his condition was
much improved and that hc..:i y.?,ah!fi
i Reports from across the pond
t state that three Martin County
young men, Oscar Anderson, Jr.,
Fred Taylor and Garner House,
i had arranged a meeting in Lon
1 don. No details of the meeting
3 could be had immediately.
On several occasions, Martin
r County boys have met in the
/ most unusual places. Billy Watts
r and Tom Skinner met in a hos
pital down in Australia. O. S.
o Winhorne and John Bland, Jr.
r met in Noth Africa. S. E. Perry
and Atwood Gurganus, too far
s away to get home, spent their
y furloughs together somewhere
in the Pacific. Billy Biggs was
t walking down the streets of an
African city and bumped into
e “Pug” Price. And there isn’t
r the first word about any one of
p: them trying to borrow money
from the other.
to be out
j
It’s a little world, after all.
One Hundred Tires
|AHotted In (ounty
| Li si SurJiities Forty-seven Car
Ami Pick-up Truck Tires
Of Firs! Grade
One hundred and two tires were
issued by the Martin County War
Price and Rationing Board at its
regular meeting in the agricultural
building last Friday night. Forty
’> veu Cbcjck* ’i tires, ■ thirty-throe
Grade III tires and twenty-two
truck tires were issued.
Passenger ear and pick-up truck
tiles and tubes, Grade I, were is
sued to the following:
11. A. Johnson, Roberosnville, two
tires and two tubes.
George James, Parmele, two tires
and one tube.
Claude Nelson, Oak City, one tire
and one tube.
R R. Thompson, RFD 1, Palmyra,
one tiro.
A. L. Oakley, Robersonville, one
tire.
!l A. Haistip, Hamilton, two tires.
Arch Mobley, Everetts, two tires
so.d a-.u. tube.
J R Williams, Jamesville, one tire
II. M Ayers, Everetts, one tire.
J. O. Keel, RFD 3, Williamston,
one tire.
Lester Terry, RFD 2, Williamston,
one tire.
Elmer N. Modlin, RFD 1, James
ville, one tire.
Dallas Mizelle, Williamston, one
tire.
H. Brinkley Lilley, Williamston,
one tire.
W. B. Daniel, Williamston, one
tire.
Mrs. H. L. Hopkins, RFD 1, Oak
City, one tire.
Sam Godard, Jamesville, two tires.
J. B. Whitfield, RFD 1, Hobgood,
one tire.
Evan Perry, Jamesville, one tire.
R. A. Criteher, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
V. G. Taylor, Everetts, one tire.
Noah R. Cherry, Williamston, one
tire.
J. M. Saunders, Williamston, one
tire.
T. H. Wynn, RFD 3, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
Frank Hopkins, RFD 1, Williams
ton, one tire.
Mrs. John B. Roberson, Williams
ton, one tire and one tube.
Jesse T. Price, Williamston, one
tile and one tube.
John Henry Mizelle, RFD 3, Wil
liamston, two tires.
W. C. Bailey, Williamston, one lire
Mrs. Alice B. Tyson, RFD 1, Hob
good, oik' tire.
Jesse M Matthews, Williamston,
one tire.
Charlie Whichard, Williamston,
two tires.
L. A. Croom, Robersonville, one
tire.
C. T Gaines, Jamesville, one tire
and one tube.
J. J. Bennett, Everetts, one tire
and one tube.
Ha^ry G. Jones, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
Hillard Mutthewson RED 2, Rob
ersonville, one tire and one tube.
F. S. Scott, RFD 1, Oak City, one
tire and one tube.
W. B. Peel, Williamston, one tire.
H. G. Harrison, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one tube.
Larry Bunting, Robersonville, one
tube.
John Eber Manning, Williamston
and Athens, Ga., one tube.
Alonza Revels, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one tube.
Town of Williamston, one tire and
one tube.
Lindsley Ice Co., Williamston, ont
tube.
W. I. Skinner Co., Williamston
one tire.
Ralph Peel, RFD 1, Jamesville
one tube.
The following received truck tires
Railway Express Agency, Wii
liamston, five recapped tries.
B. F. Lilley, RFD 1, Williamston
two recapped tires.
ft. L. Chance, RFD 1. Bethel, twe
tires.
John W. Gurkin, Williamston, twe
tires and two tubes.
Warner Bailey, RFD 2, Williams
.r>> ns*e Jjt.), .
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Home Brew Making
A Belated Returr
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Hardly recognized as anythini
more than a fad and finally disap
pearing for a long period, home brev
is making its belated return possi
bly to offset beerless Sundays.
Crawford Howard, local colorei
man and a recognized artist whci
it comes to concocting home-mad'
spirits, was trapped in his home 01
Washington Street last Saturda;
moi niii^ by Officers Roebuck arn
Roebuck, of the ABC enforcemen
bureau anjj the town police. Th
trapped victim hud forty buttles u
the brew in various types of bottle
or possibly a brand to suit the mos
exacting taste. It was the seconi
time that Howard had bumped heai
on into the law with a mixture o
brew.
Given a preliminary hearing be
fore Justice J. L. Hassell, the defend
ar.t is scheduled for trial in Judg
Smith’s county court next Monday.
|More Registrar ts Are
iPiflggd Jn "CL* Groiipa—.
U\ VS ET SIDE
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Following a fairly dry season
in June, the heavens have open
ed up during the current month
to threaten crops with repeated
downpours. During the first
thirteen days in July rain has
lalien on eleven of them, but file
wet season is not as serious as
some believe it to be. However,
there are certain sections and
even small communities where
excessive rains have fallen and
the crops are soaked. Tobacco is
flopping in some of the fields
and the crop, it is admitted, has
been damaged in some areas, es
pecially in Beaufort, Nash and
Wilson counties. Ever in the up
per part of this county and be
tween here and Jamesville, the
crops are believed to have been
damaged.
Locally it is getting on the wet
! side, hut the amount of rain fall
iuR'UPfr ii% fess than it is in oth
er sections. In May, 4.G4 inches
of rain fell here, followed by 4.19
inches in June. So far this month
3.71 inches of rain have been
recorded at this point.
Seaman S. E. Perry
Writes from Island
Station In Pacific
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Declares Service Men at Horn*
Having Swell Time ami
Don’t Know It
Writing under the date of June 21
from the Southwest Pacific, S. E
Perry, seaman first class, points ou
that things are quite different wher
pressed into foreign service. His let
ter to The Enterprise follows:
“I have seen lots of letters that tin
men from around home have sen
in explaining how much they reall;
enjoyed The Enterprise, so I an
sending you a letter to let you knov
just how much I enjoy it. I am liki
one of the fellows that wrote you i
while back, there's not hut one thin/
wrong with it, and that is we don’
get it but twice a week. One doesn’
really know how much news Iron
home means to him until once hi
gets away.
“The Enterprise reall, does hel|
take a lot of lonesome and b!u<
hours off of one’s mind. I look for i
just us hard as I do moil from home
I hear my friends that are in th
Army speaking about how it help
them. Well, you just wait until the;
cross that big "pond" as I did and
lot more of my friends and then the;
will really enjoy The Enterprise
lot more.
‘‘Some of the boys I have reai
about were speaking of how the;
(hey had to work. Well, I can’t tel
anything about my work or what
am doing, hut I will say this pal, a
long as you are in the good old U. £
A. you have got it swell, but afte
you cross you will know that w
have got a war. I haven’t seen
street light or any kind of ligh
burning since I pulled out. of por
All of our work or writing an
such things, you have to do it in day
light, or else you don’t do it. It wi
really seem funny to come horn
once more and see street lights, car
and such things travelling up an
down (he streets. But I will sa
this for my friends. I hope that a
of them won’t have to cross, for :
is much better back in the State
than it is across, so pals, just kee
up the good woj k m training an
maybe after this war Martin Count
will be equal with any in the cour
try that are serving with Uncle San
‘‘Since I have been here on th
island, one of my best friends froi
back home came over and paid m
a visit, and we really had one swe
1 time. He was Atwood Gurganus.
hadn't seen him in two years i
more, or at least I hadn’t seen hil
since he entered the Army in 194
arid it had been so <—jg had «e nit
n’t know each other when we fir:
‘ met, but after a few seconds vt
) recognized each other. He stay*
over five days with me, and wc tall
(Continued on page six)
MARKET CLOSES
t r
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The local Irish potato market
I closed a hectic season last Sat
i urday, dealers describing it as
one of the most unusual since
i the depression.
Starting out firm taring the
! first few dajs, the ' market
l slumped a short time later and
• the government moved in and
l maintained a “floor” price of
$2.25 per hundred less grading
I and bagging fees amounting to
1 30 cents. Only a year ago. the
I price fell below $1 per hundred
f on some markets.
During the season just ended,
the local market handled fifty
three carloads or possibly three
■ or four tiifWs the expected vol
ume.
j Over Four Hundred
i Martin Farmers Get
Preferred Ratings
| (’laasif iration of Farmers Is
Umiii ( .oirTpiete iiT~I Iiis
(’omit) for Draft
Many Martin County farmers are
in the registration lists, but few are
being called for military service, ac
cording to a recent report coming
from the draft board. The latest
report released by the draft author
ities shows that 421 more farmers
in this county have qualified for “C"
classifications in the draft. The list
of names of those failing to qualify
for a “C" classification could not be
had immediately, but the current
number will run hardly more than
; forty or forty fi: :* was learned.
The names below are those of rog
{istrants who qualified for “C” clar.
isification under the crop unit pro
duction plan:
i Louis. E, Ruffin. Andrew Purvis
j William C. Slade. Joe H. Purvis,
■5 Leon Brown, James D. Bullock, El
mer H. Swain, Robert 1, Bryant,
Charlie M. Bullock, Ranson White
hurst, William H. Whitfield, LeRoy
McNeal, Elnor Smith, Cleo Ebron,
James A. Bowen, Ben L. Stevenson,
William R. Kirkman, Johnny Wil
, liams, Henry Keel, Millard J. Hol
liday, Elsworth Andrews, Grover A.
Wynn, James O. Bullock, Raymond
, Williams, Lester Bland, Norman
Council, Haywood Whitaker, Virgil
Manning, Arthur Spruill, John If.
Taylor, Jim Haislip, Roland Har
rison, Coleman C. Cross, Nunnie M
i Haislip, Darrie Slade, Luther L.
Whitfield, Rudolph Golf, LeRoy
Brown, Tom Oulterbridge, Samuel
L. Purvis, Thomas J. Sessom, Willie
Ampey, William Bess, Robert L.
Evans, Wiliiarn R. Johnson, Israel
■ Jenkins, Roan Stancil, John H.
: Brown, William Clemons, Judious
■ Roberson, Noah D. Griffin, Joseph L.
i Wynn, John H. Rogers, Felfton
Whitfield, Joseph R. Fisher, Jesse L
■ Williams. Johnnie Scott, Charles A.
i Hough, Hubert L. Roberson, Joseph
; B. Wynne.
Singleton 1. Moore, Matthew H.
j Peel, LeRoy Rodgers, Willie N. Rob
i erson, Loicn/.ra Saisbury, Robert L.
> Cochran, Leslie 11 Robinson, John
A. Mizell, Wilmer Biggs, Edward
> Rawls, Willie H. Modlin, John A.
> Stokes, Lonnie Whitfield, Vergil U.
t Bunting, Charlie Evans, Samuel H.
. Roebuck, James Brown, Will Ruber
; son, Homer B. Bowen, Irvin D. Col
t train, Johnnie T. Moore, John D.
r Williams, Walter Williams, Rufus
i Gainor, Berlin Briley, Willie W. Wii
r liams, Alonza Dempsey, James J.
i hitley, Tom E. Perkins, Hardy Wil
liams, Aubrey L. Oakley, John
1 Wobleton, George E. Thomas, Robt.
r T McClaren, Sr, Paul A. Johnson,
1 Walter M. Oakley, Starling Bell,
I Briscoe Davis, 'FcTfn*'Sta2i.s, George
s Richardson, John M Andrews, Wil
. ham L. Lassiter, John S. Moore,
r Booker T. Staton, Dennis R. Barber,
1 Lewis T. Winberry, John II. Coburn,
i John R. Nelson, William E. Early,
t Frank Johnson, Mack D. Leggett,
. Charlie II Ballard, Henry Little,
1 William A. Haislip, Johnnie L. Grif
I (Continued on page six)
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\ Business Brisk On
> Crime Front Here
S -*
p Business was brisk on the crime
i front li hji a short white lost
Y Saturday night. A review of the
- jail turn key book shows that five
i. persons, four white and one colored,
s were arrested and jailed for public
n drunkenness.
c The flare-up in the round-up came
II about 11 o’clock that night when a
I young soldier went crazy on a dozen
r bottles of beer in front of a main
n street cafe. Pedestrians, disturbed
i, by the young man’s cursing and
i-! throats, called psiis*. Officer Chas.
it: Moore counselled the young man,
e l and patiently reasoned with him,
d i hut the advice was rejected. The
; j two soon thereafter locked horns
~ and the officer’s shirt was partly
ripped off. The man was floored
~ and jailed a few minutes later, but
J'' not until a showcase had been brok
er.. Beer-soaked sympathizers cir
culated unfounded reports and
boasted what they would do behind
the officer’s back. No black jack or
weapons were used on the young
man, but his forehead was slightly
scratched by a fingernail. It was
rumored that the officer hit the boy
over the head several times with a
blackjack. It was officially learned
that the officer never removed his
blackjack from its holder.
When released in a oobci condi
tion Sunday, the soldier expressed
his regrets, begged the officer’s par
don and the money offered to re
place the torn shirt was refused,
i While there were five arrests,
several fights were said to have es
caped attention in the round-up, and
some few drunks staggered out of
the path of the officer’s and managed
1 to avoid arrest.