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UNITED STATES WAR
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VOLUME XLM—NUMBER 57
W illiamston, Martin Comity, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 20, 19 Cl, ,
ESTABLISHED 1899
Farm Group Supports
Tobacco Control Plan
secretary Outlines
Necessity of Quota
System For Future
Tobacco Farmers Income Has
JnmptMl !e»t, 35
Million Dollars
By R. FLAKE SHAW, Secretary
North Carolina Farm Bureau
In 1932 .the tobacco farmers were
all broke. We had no program. In
1933 an attempt was made to pro
duce and market tobacco in an or
derly manner. Since that time, ex
cept for one year (1939), we have
had some wind of a tobacco program
supported by quotas either on acres
or pounds and price support In a
ten-year period, the income of to
bacco growers was advanced from
approximately 35 million to 309 mil
lion dollars. Statistics will also
that similar gains were mad
in food and feed crops and living
conditions were improved in a like
manner throughout the tobacco pro
ducing states, much of Which was
made possible by the extra income
from this crop.
In compliance with the request of
many of the leading tobacco farm
ers who pioneered with the quota
provisions of the law when it was
an unpopular issue and had to be
sold and proved to many of our
leaders, Congress has seen fit to
grant a special privilege to this
group by the passage of a Joint
Resolution No. 144. The responsi- >
bility rests with the tobacco grow- I
er to reaffirm his faith in the quota
provisions of the tobacco act. This
is considered the most important
referendum ever held, since the gov
ernment has forced abandonment of
quotas on all other crops except to
bacco, and unless a large percent of
our tobacco growers, go out and ex
press their approval in this referen
dum, in my opinion, Congress next
year will fail to give us the privilege
of voting for quotas for 1945.
The Food and Feed Program is
Item No. 1 in our defense program.
J realize that the tobacco farmers of
North Carolina are as patriotic as
any other grutip in the nation, but
if we sell our 1943 tobacco crop for
an average of 40 cents per pound and
quotas at the same time are taken
off of tobacco for 1944, there will be
a large number of our farmers who
will transfer from food and feed
production into the wholesale pro
duction ox flue-cured tobacco. An
other contributing factor to this
switch has been the collapse in price
of most perishable food crops in the
State this year.
Price support means to the tobac
co farmers exactly what the Mini
mum Wage and Hour Law means to
the laboring man. We know now’
that regardless of what happens to
the war or anything else, the 1943!
tobacco crop cannot sell for less
than 90 percent of parity. This
guarantee perhaps will not mean
iuch to us this year, but w’ithin a
short time after the end of this war,
it will very likely be the economic
salvation of the tobacco farmers in
this section. Price support by the
Government on flue-cured tobacco is
absolutely contingent upon control
led production and the very day that
we suspend quotas we automatically
waive our right as producers to ask
the Government to guarantee our
price.
The purpose of quotas on flue-cur
ed tobacco is to limit the production
to its proper relationship to the de
mand and to avoid huge surpluses
that will hang over the heads of the
farmers and necessitate heavy ex
penditures on the part of the manu
facturers in the form of processing,
storage, insurance and interest on
their investments. Quotas at the
same time guarantee a fair income to
the farmer for his labor year in and
year out. Quotas are democratic in
that all producers of the commodity
affected are entitled to an equal
vote regardless of whether he pro
duces 1-2 acre -or 100 acres. -We:
realize that in order for quoias to
be effective we must have the over- ^
whelming approval oi the producers.
Therefore, we require a two ;
majority Ixdore quotas are declared
law. Tobacco quotas are not lnono
polistic because we have altvays
made ample provision for adjust
ments, elimination of inequality,
and even permit two per cent an
nually to go to new growers of flue
cure tobacco, thereby showing that
the people who have built the in
dustry and developed the trade are
not selfish in the process of its
(Continued on page six)
Lightning And Heavy
Rain Reported Sunday
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A rain storm, accompanied by
lightning and some wind, was re
ported in the Oak City area Sunday
aflernoon. General rains were re
ported, but they were fairly light in
most sections.
Some corn was blown down, and
lightning “knocked” the lights out
in parts of Oak City late that after
noon.
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CANNING SUGAR
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Requests to the Martin Coun
ty Ration Board for additional
‘ sugar for home canning will re
I ceive very little consideration if
' sugar previously obtained for
s I canning was not used accord
ing to rules and rfigolations, _...
Mr. K. B. Roberts, district
food rationing officer, in a tet
ter to the board in the county
this week, explained the regu
lation applicable to sugar for
canning. “The regulations," he
wrote, "provide that sugar must
be used on the basis of four
quarts of finished fruit to one
pound of sugar. This figure,
j while small, is verified by the
Extension department of North
Carolina. We have checked
j this with persons who have done
j considerable home canning and
they s\v it is ample to prepare
canned fruit with no danger of
s^.i!^^_J^^!so ample as far
j as svvecxenmff needs are con
I cerned.
Stacey S. Cox Passes
Suddenly Last Night
Stacey Steadman Cox, master
mechanic and cabinet maker, died
suddenly in a Robersonville doctor’s
office about 11 o’clock last night, the
apparent victim of a heart attack
suffered just a short time previous
I ly. Stricken with paralysis in Jan
uary, 1941, he had been in feeble
health since that time, and had com
plained with asthma for about a
month.
The son of the late Wm. Edward
and Elizabeth Holliday Cox, he was
born in Onslow County on April 26,
1887. When just a lad his parents
died and he went to Kinston to make
his home, later moving to Halifax
County and still later he moved to
Martin, locating in Hamilton where
he was connected with the Myers
Buggy Shop. While there he married
Miss Mary Elizabeth Thomas and
moved to Williamston about 32
years ago to go with the old Martin
County Buggy Company. When mo
tor traffic moved in, Mr. Cox open
ed and operated an antique furniture
shopf his art and craftsmanship gain
ing for him a place along with the
master mechanics. Following his
stroke in 1941, he had retired from
his active work, but was able to be
up and about most of the time.
Besides his wife he leaves a |
daughter, Mrs. Bennie Griffin, of
Robersonville ,and two-sons, Edward
and Ernest Cox, of Williarrtston, and
two brothers, N. D. Cox, of Roanoke
Rapids, and Thomas E. Cox, of Ports
mouth.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the home on West Main Street
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock by
Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor of the lo
cal Baptist Church of which he was
a member for many years. Interment
will follow in the local cemetery.
dons dub Announce*
Officers For ISetv Year
In a recent meeting, the members
of the local Lions Club elected the
following officers for the 1943 44
club year:
Asa J. Manning, president; John
W. Manning, vice president; D. V.
Clayton, treasurer; W. M. Manning,
secretary; Dr. A. J. Osteen, lion
tamer; Eugene Rice, tail twister; W.
J. Miller and F. E. Weston, one-year
directors; K. P. Lindsley and J. Hoy
Overby, two-year directors; Dr E
T Walker, the retiring president, ex
officio director.
Having entered upon their new
duties, the recently-elected officers,
with the help of the membership,
plan to promote a general advance
ment program for the club and the
community.
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Three Percent Discount
For Meurchimis' Sale* Tax
The sales tax law as passed by the
1943 Genera! Assembly provides a
three percent discount to merchants
on taxes due after July 1, 1943 ac
cording to J. Roy Overby, deputy
commissioner whose headquarters
are in Williamston.
In claiming this discount the mer
chant should file his monthly re
port and claim the discount at the
time the report is filed. The com
missioner may deny a taxpayer the
benefits of this discount for failure
to pay the full tax when due, as well
as in cases of fraud, evasion and fail
ure to keep accurate and clear rec
ords as provided in Section 406 of
the Revenue Act of 1939, as amend
ed through 1941.
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Lions du bTo Hold IS etc
Attendance Contest Here
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The local Lions Club will hold its
regular dinner meeting Thursday
evening of this week at the Woman’s
club at 7 o’clock. This meeting will
mark the beginning of the new at
tendance contest, and all membersi
are urged to be present.
School Authorities
Fill Seven Faculty
flfflSbns in CoillHf
r FitiTri
Nineteen More Teachers
Needed in Schools
The teacher shortage in this coun
ty, aggravated by a flood ot recent
resignations, was partly relieved last
week-end when seven positions were
filled. School authorities, despite
nineteen vacancies now existing, are
more hopeful following the last
that there is seine doubt if ail the
positions can be filled in time to
start the new term in September
with a full teaching force.
The Jamesville committee made
some progress last evening when Ot
is C. Freeman was elected to suc
ceed P. B. Britton who resigned to
accept a position in the Northamp
ton schools. Mr. Freeman, a grad
uate of Western Carolina Teachers’
College, taught at Jonesboro and
served as principal of the New land
school in Pasquotank and the Dover
school in Craven County. Mrs. Free
man. formerly of Rocky Mount, was
also elected to the Jamesville facul
ty, and she will succeed Miss
Parks, resigned. The elections leave
tlrrVe places, second ard fifth grades
and mathematics ii. the high school,
to be filled there, it wire learned.
There are four openings in the
Farm Life school, first and second
and sixth and seventh grades, home
economics and English and French.
It is admittedly doubtful if elections
will follow immediately.
Mrs. Ethlyn Jackson, of Atlanta,
Ga., has been named first grade
teacher in the Bear Grass school to
succeed Mrs. Ben Courtney, resign
ed. Mrs. Jackson has taught in the
schools of Florida and Georgia for
sixteen or more years, and is a very
capable teacher. Four positions,
third, fourth, fifth and seventh
grades, are yet to be filled. A con
tract has been mailed for a seventh
grade teacher, and an appointment
is expected for the fourth grade po
sition, hut teachers for the other two
positions are not immediately avail
able. I
Three contracts have been closed
with teachers for positions in the
j Williamston school. Miss Lamina
Baker, of Washington, is succeeding
Miss Clarine Duke as first, grade
teacher. A graduate of East Carolina
j Teachers’ College, Greenville, she
has taught in the schools at Knight
dale and Apex for the past eight
years. Her sister, Miss Evelyn Bak
er, is succeeding Mrs. Bill Forrest,
as commercial teacher. Also a grad
uate of East Carolina Teachers’ Col
lege, she comes here from the Apex
school. Miss Flora Bethune, of Linn
hello.i, lias been named to succeed
Miss Emma Hall Baker as fourth
grade teacher. Two positions remain
vacant, one in the first and the oth
er in the English department. The
first is virtually filled and applica
tions for the remaining position are
being considered by Principal Hix,
it was learned.
The three positions now vacant in
the Everetts school will bo filled
shortly, it is understood.
The Robersonville faculty is com
plete. No changes are being made at
Gold Point, Hassell and Hamilton.
Miss Frances Hemby, an honor
student at A. C. College where she
was graduated this year, is succeed
ing Miss Lucy Pat Meads, of Weeks
ville, in the English and French de
partment at Oak City. Miss Meads
resigned to enlist in the Waves.
Three positions, home economics,
fourth and sixth grades, are yet to
be filled there.
Vacation Travel On
“A” Card Explained
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Recent information released by
gas rationing administrators lias
been a bit confusing to motorists in
this area. It has been pointed out that
the information applies only in the
critical area in which the pleasure
driving ban is effective. Since the
pleasure driving ban is not effect
ive in this area, persons are allowed
to drive in this area without restric
tions on vacation or other purposes
to' the "ex"eri't in at their A' i atioiw
will allow such travel. No supple
mental rations are to be issued for
vacation travel under any eircum
stances..
It was also pointed out that if a
person uses ail his “A” card gas to
travel to the beach, he is not entitled
to extra rations to drive on personal
matters such as shopping, attending
church, visiting and so on. It means
that the motorist has 360 miles of
travel allotted him for four months,
that he may use it in any way he
wishes. However, there is some doubt
if he is at liberty to drive for pleas
ure in the restricted areas or in
those areas where ple»ure driving
is under ban.
County Girl Instructor
In Army Kadio Telephone
Aux. Effie Sparrow, a member of
the Woman’s Army Corps who re
turned to the county for a brief visit
with her mother, Mrs. Sallie Griffin
Stone, states that she is finding her
duties very interesting. Stationed at
Orlando, Florida, she is an instructor
in radio telephone in the Army Air
Force School of Applied Tactics.
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TOWN - FARM
IN WARTIME
RATION REMINDER
Gasoline—“A" book coupons No.
t 7, good for four gallons each outside
, East coast shortage area, must last
e through Septembei 21. Within the
g shortage area “A” book coupons No.
e 6. good for three gallons each, are
t valid July 22. “B" and “C” coupons
twelve of the Northeastern states of
3 the shortage area. “B" md “C" cou
r pons good for three gallons in the
remaining five states of the Eastern
5 shortage area.
| Sugar—Stamp No. 13 good for 5
pounds through August 15. Stamp
( Nos. 15 and 16 are good through Oc
tober 31 for 5 pounds each for home
canning purposes. Housewives may
, apply to their local ration boards for
■ more if necessary,
j Coffee -Stamp No 22 (1 lb.) good
! through August 11.
Fuel Od -Period 5 coupons valid
. in all zones through Sept. 30. Per
iod 1 coupons in new fuel od rations
!■ *'1 Itritli iiiiimJ are good for
ton gallons each.
Sh.«es—Stamp No. 18 (1 pair) is
valid through October 31.
Meat, etc. Red stamps P, Q, and
Pi good through July 31.
Processed Foods- Blue stamps N,
P, and Q remain valid through Au- j
gust 7th.
Marvin Jones’ Crop Report
War Food Administratoi Marvin
Jones said recently that, on the av
erage, farmers are meeting this
year’s production goals for field
crops. Earlier reports indicated that
livestock and livestock products also
will reach production goals. Mr.
Jones said: "Wo will have enough
food in this country —given at least
average weather for the rest of the
year—to give civilians adequate
and healthful diets, in addition to
meeting military and other essen
tial wartime requirements This does
not mean, of course, that there is
any better chance than appeared
earlier for having all the food that
civilians would like to buy, or that
civilian supplies for some individual
items will not be far below the de
mand.
"For some important crops—-in
cluding rice, oats, flaxseed, and po
tatoes, estimated 1943 acreage is well
above the year’s goals.
“Acreage ot corn, hay, barley,"
grain sorghums, cotton and tobacco
is about at the goals. Acreage of
sweet potato! dry field beans, pea
nuts and sugar beets is below 1943 j
goals."
Soldiers’ Life Insurance
Soldi! r- .it homo or abroad—are
reminded that less than three weeks
remain in which they can get Nation
al Service Life Insurance without a
physical i xamination. Until August
11), 1943, even application will be
accepted regardless of the* individ
ual's medical condition. After Au
gust 10 a rigid physical examination
will be reouiri d,
Program < > Avoid Clothes
11 ilioning
A program h make clothes ration
ing unnecessary, recently announc
ed by Donald IVT. Nelson, chairman
of WPB, contains these six points:
(1) increased traduction, (2) order
ly and adequate distribution, (3)
more "volume” merchandise, (4) al
location of materials to essential
needs. (5; increased imports of bur
lap, and (fl) proper care of cloth
ing by consumers. There is an ade
quate supply of textiles to meet ci
vilian needs, the WPB has deter
mined.
Farmers Will Get Gasoline
‘‘Farmers are entitled to first call
in receiving motor fuel when they
present valid 'IT, ‘R’ or bulk cou
pons rtf rationehecks which are is
sued pursuBn^o Ration Order 5-C
lof the Office of Price Administra
tion. Dealers (whether retail or
wholesale) must accord them this
privilege This means, that if neces
sary, the dealer shall not deliver
any motor fuel for any non agricul
tural or non-military use until these
preferred demands iiave been “sat
isfied” -statement by Acting Petrol
eum Administrator for War Ralph
K. Davies.
• E_iry Bradacts Sup*plies
Civilians will get 8 of every 10
pound" of butter produced in the
vear which began July 1 the War
Food Administration has announc
ed. The Armed forces will get 1 1-2
pounds, arid the Russian Army will
get 1-2 pound. Civilians will also
get 5 1-2 of every 10 pounds of
cheese, and 4 1-3 cases of evaporated
milk out of every 10.
Dry Beans for Civilians
Civilians will get more dry beans
and peas this year than they con
sumed in 1942, said the WFA in an
nouncing allocations of these foods.
More ll^fti half of the 22,200,000 hun
dred pound bags of beans will go
to civilians, who will also gut 1,624,
OCu bags of dry peas—more than
were eaten in 1942, and 76,000 bags
more than the 1935-39 average ci
vilian consumption.
Canned Vegetables and Fruits
Nearly 70 per cent of the canned
vegetables, and 53 per cent of the
canned fruits and juices available
in the next 12 months will go to feed
civilians. These quantities, allocat
ed by the WFA for the 12 months
(Continued on page six)
, Report a Growing Opposition
| To Tobacco Control in South
when they see and feel it, that they
will turn out in large numbers and
support the quota system m the to
bacco referendum, next Saturday,
But reports reaching here directly
and indirectly from Georgia and j
South Carolina clearly indicate that
the opposition to the plan is growing'
by leaps and bounds.
Anderson and Gray, Martin Cuun-|
- -inrni Georgia,'
wired this week: "Farmers of Geor- 1
,ga that we have contacted for past
few days very displeased . . Hun
dreds of them will vote against the
program.” Similar reports are com
ing out of South Carolina. And there
is an apparent indifference right
here in this belt. It. Flake Shaw,
North Carolina Farm Bureau secre
tary. Extension leaders, State De
partment of Agriculture leaders and
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year, perhaps, but for future years.
Martin County farmers will vote
on Saturday ot this wc*ek between
the hours of 7 o'clock a. m and 6
o'clock p. m at eleven places as fol
lows: Jamesviile, Williams, Griffins,
Bear Grass, Williamston, Everetts,
Rohe:so, viHe, Gold Point, Hassell,
.ilton and Oak City. Poplar
I Point farmers will vote m the agri
! cultural building weJUisJHrunston. The
voting places will be located as near
as possible to the regular precinct
polls. Regular community commit
teemen will conduct the referendum
in the various districts. Farmers who
are short of gas or who have no way
of their own to ride to the voting
places are urged to catch a ride with
someone else, ride a bicycle, walk or
by any and all means participate in
the referendum.
Man Is Fined $500 for
Liquor Law *¥foialion
BOARD HOI KS
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Beginning next Monday, July
25 the Martin County War Price
and Rationing Board office will
be closed each Monday, Tuesday
and Saturday afternoon. The
employees will continue their
work during those afternoons,
but their attention will be cen
tered on reports and record fil
ing. It will be impossible to
keep the office open to the pub
lic during those afternoons if
the records and other work are
to be properly handled with the
present force, it was explained.
The general public is asked to
note the change in the office
hours and act accordingly when
planning a trip to the hoard.
The offices open each morning
at 8 o'clock, close at noon for
one hour, and reopen at I until
5 p. m. except on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Stf. S^k Dan Peele
| Writes from Pacific
Writing from the far Pacific area,
Stf. Sgt. Dan Peele, popular Mar
tin County young man and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Peele, states
that he is feeling fine, sends greet
ings to all tiie folks back home and
adds, "I’ll lie home when it is over.”
Dan said in his letter under date
of July 1), "I want to wide and tell
you how much I enjoy The Enter
prise. I always >ok forward to it,
and even if it is a little oid before it
reaches me there’s still a lot of news
in it for me, and things 1 like to
know It helps me to keep up with
a lot ot the boys too and tiow they
are doing.
“I read Jimmy Watts’ letter and I
greatly enjoyed it. But tell him that
is nothing compared will) what 1
saw one time. I guess it’s pretty
rough where he is though. Sammy
Taylor wrote a good letter, too, and
all of them are enjoyed.”
Before leaving home in April,
194!, Dan was asked if he was going
to join tiie mule division. Not know
ing much about the Army, he asked
just what he was supposed to do.
When advised tnat he would be re
quired to lead a mule 15 miles a
;i;.y jf he : ignod up fov -Jiu’Diaw
lie readily allowed that that would
be a promotion for him since he had
been following the mule all his
life. But tiie young man comes a
long now and says that even follow
ing a mule was the real life com
pared with what lie is now doing. In
his own words, lie said, “Remember
what I said about following that
jackass before I left home Well,
that was tiie real life. There’s noth
ing fiettc r and P should know for 1
have done a lift I •’<if pi’Viof.ealfy ev
erything now.”
Kation Hoard Panel
Pending In This County
The ease charging Rowland Holli
day with speeding is still pending
before the rationing board panel in
this county. Calling the case last
Friday night, the board learned that
the defendant received his "C” gas
book in Edenton and his “A” book j
in Burlington. The case was turned
over to the State office for assign
ment.
Waive Preliminary Hearing
In Assunlt Cuse Monday
Columbus Daniel, colored, charg
ed with seriously assaulting Griffin
Taylor, white, with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, waived his rights
to a preliminary hearing here yes
terday and Justice J. L. Hassell sent
the case to the superior court. Bond
was required in the sum of $250, but
i the amount was not raised immed
iately
Bring Invalid Into
Court on Stretcher
For Trial Monday
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Milton Janies {'.hand's His At
titude When He Fares
Judge Smith
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A strong defiance of law and or
der was broken in the county court
here yesterday when Judge J. C.
Smith fined Milton James, aged col
ored man of Jamesville Township,
$500 and taxed him with the case
costs for three alleged violations of
the liquor laws. The case attracted
much attention when members of a
house-wrecking and moving crew,
headed by “Farmer” Harry Jones
called for James in an ambulance. A
victim of rheumatism, James, 07
years old, has not been on his feet
in three years, but according to re
ports he has been able to carry on
a flourishing liquor business while
lla't of his back.
Brought bodily into the court be
fore Judge J. C. Smith, the defend
ant immediately pleaded guilty of
violating the liquor laws on three
different counts. Back in November,
1942, officers searched his home and
found six gallons of liquor. They
pleaded with the old man, urging
him to discontinue the illicit busi
ness. About two months later, the
officers again raided the home and
found one-half gallon of liquor They
! pleaded with him a second time, de
laying criminal action in the courts
on account of his physical condition.
On the third of this month, the of
ficers returned to the home and
found three gallons of liquor (fiat
morning and twelve more gallons
on a second visit later the same day.
James laughed at the officers and
declared he would continue to sell
liquor and defied the officers to do
anything about it. Asked to sign a
bond, he refused. Asked to give a
cash bond, he again refused. “The
judge knows where I am and he can
come and get me,” James was quot
ed as saying.
Without counsel, James had little
to say, but he willingly answered all
questions, explained that he paid
about $10 a gallon for raw, white
liquor and sold it for 25 cents a
drink or about $12 a gallon. He
cleared other members of the fam
ily and accepted full blame for the
illicit business. His defiance of law
and order was present ir. the begin
ning to some extent, James admit
ting that he had told officers he was
ready to go to Atlanta where they
would place him in a rolling chair,
havte someone to roll him around and
provide him with food and comfort.
Asked if he was able to pay a fine,
James said “not right now.”
Judge Smith, maintaining a stern
attitude tempered only with-justice,
/n.icchea Janies’ reported defiance.
“You own your farm?” he asked. Ad
vised that there was a small mortg
age on the propeshf fudge Smith
James that he wou 1 -ive to
get busy if the farm was to be saved,
that between the mortgage and a
fine backed by an execution order
something would have to be done.
Turning to the clerk, Judge Smith
said, Mr. Clerk, enter in the records
on the first count a fine of $200 and
cost; on the second, a fine of $150 and
cost and in the third a fine of $250
ami cost. Docket the judgment and
let execution issue immediately.”
The court later vacated part of the
$600 fine by agreeing to settle for
j $50u in cash before night.
James had just about repented.
He denied he said he was going to
keep on selling liquor, mumbling
I something about that he could al
ways quit doing anything that was
wrong.
Judge Smith warned the defend
ant that future violations would be
turned over to the federal courts.
It was unofficially learned that
James raised about $170 in cash and
(Continued on page six)
! Late Reports State
Sicilian Defenders *
in -rill, hctrrat
| iUTVilarist* l’(M‘|uu'«ny for \fc ar
With Japan To Last Until
TJie Year 1949
As the second week of fighting in
Sicily nears a close, Allied forces on
land, sea and in the air have many
accomplishments to add to their
noble war records, late reports stat
ing that the island defenders were
1® Kvr.*5*»’» toMaMMvt , ' inav
Not all the fighting is over over
there by any means, but the Axis
forces are having the land bombed
from under their feet and the com
plete fall of Sicily is believed now
to be a matter of time There are
growing signs of mutiny among the
Italian soldiers, one report declar
ing that they are surrendering m or
ganized groups. American forces
have driven past Enna in central
ic!iy. and the invaders now hold a
stable portion of the island. General
Montgomery s men have driven into
Catania and are less than 65 miles
from Messina, important, base just
across from the Italian mainland.
Mu so! ' I v'f ; '
in some time, and unrest is growing
m Italy which the Allies could now
invade with telling power, it is be
lieved. The Italian fleet is bottled
up. its destruction having been staid
possi: !y with the idea that it might
rail into Allied hands, sooner or la
ter. The Allies have the sky to
themselves, they have control of the
sea m that area and there is ade
quate shipping. Only time will re
veal the plans. *
The air attack on Rome yesterday
was like a thunderbolt. The Vatican
was said to be disgusted with the
laid, but important war movements
and equipment were wrecked, saving
lives of Americans, Canadians and
British over in Sicily. Jimmy Doolit
tle was congratulated today, but it
could not be learned if he h'd the
500 planes over the big target. Five
Allied planes out of 500 were lost,
In Russia, the Red Army is clos
ing a trap around Orel, and its re
sults are expected to equal those of
Stalingrad. Fighting is progressing
all along the 1,800-mile front, espec
ially in the South. Germany is ad
mitting to its people that the strength
of the Russians had been grossly un
derestimated. An alleged attempt to
negotiate a peace with Russia is said
to have failed, the* Russians making
fools out of the peace negotiators.
Good news also comes out of the
I acific, hut observers here offer a
long and dark picture of the war with
Japan Military observers stated to
day that tin1 Pacific war will likely
last until 1!)4!1. At any rate, prepara
tions are,being made on that esti
j mate. Navy Secretary Knox today
said that complacency resulting from
the good war news was unwarranted
in the face of what was yet to be
accomplished.
The war news from the Pacific
stated that the Americans were on
the outskirts of Munda on New Geor
gia island In the north Pacific, Am
jerican bombers have again pounded
the Japanese ' Pearl Harbor," about
763 miles from Attu. Possibly the
most encouraging bit of news from
the Pacific is that telling of the in
creasing strength of Allied airpower.
Recent raids on Japanese shipping in
the Solomons area were made by as
many as 200 planes. This number,
: while small compared with the raids
in the European theater, is large
when it is remembered that the
scrap was carried on by the Ameri
cans with as few as a half dozen
planes at times.
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Urges Support for Canning
Project In Oak City School
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Club members and patrons and
friends of the canning project, it is
tune to can if we expect to save veg
etables during this rainy period.
Please notify Miss Hattie Everett,
Palmyra, just what you can do and
how many vegetables you can do
nate lor the school lunch room in
Oak City. This will, at least, be a
small part for us during this war
period in helping out those who can
not help themselves. The following
have made a beginning in canning:
Mrs J. A. Rawls, 8 quails of-pickles;
Mrs-'. J -H. llep-kin.-i, S quarts of
beans; Mrs. H M Ainsley, 6 quarts
of pickles; and Mrs L J. Davenport,
6 quarts of beans. It seems that six
quail.-, han’t been selected a.v" first "•
donation. We understand others
will be ready this week and Miss
Everett will be glad to get in touch
with you and arrangements will be
made for the distribution of jars.—
H. M. Ainsley, principal.
Colored Man Charged
With Selling Liquor
Willie Clifton Davis, colored, was
formally charged with selling liquor
in a warrant this week after Offi
cers Joe and C. B., and John RoebucK
and Roy Peel raided his home on
Washington Street last Saturday af -
ternoon.
When the raid struck, an alleged
customer had just laid 50 cents on
the table and was taking a drink.
Another potential customer was in
line. Davis was said to have counter
ed with a claim declaring he was giv
ing the man a drink, that the fifty
cents was waiting to be changed as
just a matter of friendly accommo
dation.