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VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 58
Williamston, Martin County, IS’orth Carolina, Friday, July 23, 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Boy Loses
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Jos. Kelly Harrell Is
Fatally Hurt When
Barn Top Blows Off
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Wind and Hail Damage Done
~To fVops"irTSeveral
Parts of County
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Joseph Kelly Harrell, fourteen
years old, was fatally hurt and con
siderable damage was done to prop
erty and field crops north of Oak
City late yesterday afternoon when
a strong wind or a little tornado and
hail swept over a fairly large terri
tory in that area. Some hail and
wind damage was reported near
Robersonville and in the Bear Trap
section of Bear Grass Township, but
the storm apparently was centered
in that area surrounded by Ham;!
ton, Oak Cit and Palmyra
plete details could not be had im
mediately hut the damage accord
ing to preliminary reports will run
into a fairly large amount.
The youth, seeing the anuroach
ing sturm, '.'Pl.t to a tobacco bum to
close the ventilators in the top. He
had hardly reached there when the
storm struck and blew the top of the
barn off and carried him to a nearby
field. His injuries could not be de
termined immediately, but he died
before medical aid could reach him.
The barn top was blown 250 feet
away from the barn and partly
wrecked. The youth, blown in the
same direction, was found in a pile
of tobacco that had already been
cured. It was thought by his parents
that he was safe under the shelter,
but when he failed to return to the
house they went to look for him. He
had been in the rain for some few
minutes and was unconscious. He
died ten or fifteen minutes later, one
report stated.
As far as it could he- learned no
great damage was done to other
buildings in that section, but out in
Bear Grass Township, the wind lift
ed Farmer Wheeler Rogerson’s to
bacco barn off its foundation and
damaged his car shelter.
Light .and. power .sendee m Oak
City was -interrupted, and -had not
been restored in its entirety shortly
before noori today.
Accompanying (he high wind that
blew down trees of fairly large size,
a heavy rain and hai! storm struck,
damgaing crops on the farms of J T
Moore, Smith Brothers, A P. Hy
man, J. A. Johnson, W. J. Johnson,
VVUUUiiUCU Uli oiA ;
Allied Blitzkrieg Is
Sweeping Westward
On Sicilian Island
Ore! Defense* On Russian
Front Crumbling Before
Mighty Red Army
Employing blitzkrieg tactics, Al
lied forces on Sicily are sweeping out
in nearly every direction to knock
the foundation from under the is
land’s defense offered by about sev
en Axis divisions, including picked
Italian and crack German troops. The
fall of the island is expected in due
time, but iust how long the opposi
tion will be continued by the bat
tered defenders is a matter of spec
ulation. Late reports place the Am
ericans in the extreme northwestern
part of the island and in possession
of Palermo which was taken early
yesterday. The American Seventh
Army has equalled everything Hit
ler could offer in the way of a blitz
and today less than one-fifth of the
island remains in the hands of the
enemy.
General Montgomery, battling 40,
000 picked German troops at Cata
nia, is said to have by-passed the
base, leaving the* defenders little
to hope for except assault frorr
three sides. A late report stated tha
an entire Italian division had sur
rendered .that tne number of pi is
diYeis rail'llie into .the hoiidb 1 -bn
Allies now exceeds 60.000.
Resistance has crumbled over al
the island except one or two area
where the Germans are apparentl;
fighting a delaying action to givi
more time for an evacuation at Mes
sina.
Italian fighting spirit sank almos
to zero, with fresh bunches of pns
oners telling how their office rs wer
attempting to escape in borrowed ci
vilian clothes. The oft.en-resuseitat
ed 10th Bersaglieri regiment wa
wiped out of the action for the tlrlr
time, it was disclosed, when it sur
rendered at Agrigeiito without fii
ing a shot.
The communique of headquarter
lagged more than 24 hours behin
as Gen. Patton’s vanguard race
through difficult but poorly-defenc
ed mountain country toward Palei
mo and swept on toward Marsala an
Trapani.
Large civil and military stores fe
into Allied hands in the capture £
(Continued on page six)
His Life In
A marked decrease in activi
ties on the crime front is reflect
ed in the jail turn-key records
and reports from Justice J. L.
Hassell's court during the past
few
f*""" Only one person has "been jail-*
ed recently, and just two eases
have been heard by Justice Has
sell this week. Henry A. Bunch
was taxed with §5.50 costs for
the improper operation of a car,
and Matthew Ward, charged
with disorderly conduct, was
taxed with S6.05 costs.
Williamston Peanut
Factory Damaged by
iFire Tuesday Night
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I Fourth Story Ceiling Charred
And Much Stoek And
| Machines Damaged
Fire of undetermined origin threat
iened the large plant of the William
Iston Peanut Company here at 9:20
I last Tuesday night, members of the
volunteer department stating that
| the fire barely missed being one of
the most serious in years. When dis
covered the fire was burning through
the weathc, boarding of the fourth
floor near the roof on the southwest
corner out of the immediate reach
of the sprinkler system within the
plant. Tlie fourth floor was filled
with smoke and could not be reach
ed from the inside, but the fire on
the outside was brought under con
trol when firemen pulled a line of
hose to the second story roof and di
rected a stream of water to the spot
for a few minutes. Spreading on the
inside, the fire soon started the
sprinkler system to work, but not
until considerable damage had been
done to machinery, the fourth room
ceiling and stock. When one of the
elevator belts burned in two it car
ried the fire down the elevator shaft
to the first floor and within a few
minutes time n was burning from
top to bottom. Ripping off a few
boards on the second floor, fir* men
were able to direct a stream of wa
ter first down the shaft and then
to the top to bring the fire under
control Peanut hulls in the blower
! system smouldered all night and un
i til 11 o'cioc- Wednesday morning
when workmen tore into the pipes
and wet them.
No official estimate on the loss
could be had immediately, but it is
fairly certain that the damage will
run well into the thousands of dol
lars. It was learned that about 200
bags of farmers’ stock peanuts were
either ruined or damaged, that sev
eral thousand pounds of shelled
goods were also damaged. Workmen
started cleaning up the plant yes
terday, but it could not be learned
how long it would take to make the
necessary repairs and- reopen the
plant. One report stated that neces
sary repairs could hardly be com
pleted within a week or two, but
possibly temporary repairs could be
made and make it possible to reopen
the plant and handle the remainder
of the old crop within a short time.
Closed down for several weeks
when the available supply of pea
nuts was exhausted, the plant had
resumed operations just a few days
(Continued on page six)
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!)irector of C Hi! ian
Defense Will Speak
Mr. R. L. McMillian, Stale Direc
tor Office of Civilian Defense, will
be the chief speaker at the court
house in this county Thursday eve
ning at 8:30 o’clock.
Mr. McMillian comes to share ir
the awarding of' the inrigiTia of ai
meinners of the local Civilian ‘
fense Corps. This will he the firs'
! award made to this corps.
: In order to qualify., of th<
groups, such as auxiliary police, file
[ men, bob squad, air rt id warden:
; and others have to take from ter
r to twenty hours of First Aid, threi
, to five hours of tire defense, fivi
. hours of gas defense, three to fivi
hours of general and five hours o
t drill. The rescue squad has to taki
more hours than most other func
, j tioning groups.
’ i Most members of the Williamstoi
.! group had completed their basi
s i training except fcr the gas man;
i months ago, and since it was requir
* | ed of all members of the defens
. | corps, no one could be certified. Re
i cently, Dr. H. M. Taylor, State Ga
s 1 Consultant, gave the necessar;
j I training, thus a portion of the corp
j will receive the insignia and othe
. ■ members may get theirs as soon a
! the gas training is available,
j i The general public is urged to b
| present to hear the leader in Stat
II | civilian defense. Mr. McMilliai
f: while in towm, will address the K
L |wants club that evening at 6.30 o
clock.
Tenth Man From The County
Ma kes The Supreme Sacrifice
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r \ rrr ana sun oi i\lr. rtlic
Mrs. L. M. Meeks of near Roberson
ville, has been reported by the War
Department as killed in action some- j
where in the European War Area.
The parents of the young twenty
two year old navigator were noti-!
fied in June that he had been miss-'
ing since June 13th.
A former school teacher, Lt. Meeks
was a member of a Flving Fortress
t; c ,riT«'3? gtaSTRa^u fiTffiTnT’!
Army Air Corps Navigation School
at Hondo, Texas.
Lt. Meeks is the tenth man from
Martin County to be killed in action
or died in the service of his country.
Since December ", 1941, the following
county men have been reported kill
ed or lost in the service of their
country:
Murray Cargile, of Parmele. John
Goldie Leggett, of Poplar Point:
Dennis Robert Coltrain, of William
ston; Austin Randolph Jackson, of
Jamesville; William Freeman Hai
slip, IT, of near Oak City: William
Thomas Sullivan, of Williamston;
Do:, iId Clark Godwin, of Wil'hi^o
► jsKl
LT. THOMAS .1. MEEKS
ton; Roland Moore, of Wiliiamston,
RFD 3; Louis Thomas Holliday, ot
UtAici sonvilio.
Add Second Story To
Community Hospital
To Start Work On
14-Room Addition
Early Next Week
Contract Calls for Completion
Of Project In About
Eight Weeks
Outgrowing its capacity twice
within two years, the Brown Com
munity Hospital will be enlarged a
second time within the next few
weeks, Dr. Victor E. Brown, tin- own
er-operator, stating yesterday that
the contract had been let and that
the contractor, F. B. Birmingham,
will start construction work possi
bly next Tuesday with the expecta
tion of completing tin- project in
eight or ten weeks.
The plans call for a second story
and extensive alterations in the ap
pearance of the present structure.
The hip roof wall be replaced and
a large porch with high columns will
he attached. Providing twelve pri
vale rooms arid two fol utility put*
poses, the addition will boost the
hospital’s capacity to thirty-five
beds.
F’or months, activities in the hos
pitai-have been more or less limited
because the accommodations were
not adequate to meet the needs of
the community. Dr. Brown worked |
and worried with building permits j
;>nd material shortages to meet the I
increasing demand ^r hospital at
tention and medical care on the home
front.
Four years ago, next Monday, the
hospital received its first patient,
Mrs. Chas. Edwards. Since that time
it has averaged about eighteen pa
tients each day, the number of op
erations running into the hundreds.
A year ago last March, the hospital
was enlarged to accommodate about
25 bed patients.
While the new construction work
will somewhat interrupt normal ac
tivities, Dr. Brown states that the
institution will remain open, that
by doubling up some of the work,
he and his staff of nurses will be
able to carry on very effectively.
Recognized as a valuable asset to
the community and section, the hos
pitai has, as its building record well
proves, enjoyed a rapid growth. It
has proved of great worth to many,
and especially have the ; iek in the
outlying areas found it convenient
fContinued on page six)
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11 ruck load or Hogs
Wrecked IN ear Here
('f iling to sleep last i*ues
UOOUt 11 1 v i ’Ct Jn | i_J ' J l'g t _
: ton Currie, colored, ran a largo truck
i and trailer off the highway a short
■ distance south of the Old Mill Inn
i on U. S. 17, the vehicle turning over
■ and spilling 74 sizable hogs and oth
f er cargo items in Farmer John
t Green’s peanut patch. Currie and a
■ companion were slightly bruised, but
two hogs were killed and a third
i came out of the wreck with a brok
; en leg.
r Highway Patrolman W. E Saun
ders and neighbors took part in the
? I hog round-up catching twenty-five
- that night and the remainder Wed
3 nesday morning. The round-up was
r not completed until $5U worth ot
s Farmer Green’s peanuts had been
r trampled on one side of the road
s and about a $15 damage had been
done to Farmer Bob Lee Perry’s pea
e nuts on the other side of the road,
e Some damage was done to 68 new
u automobile batteries ar.d nine drums
- of white lead, the patrolman esti
- mating the over-all damage at about
$300.
nyy mgnt
Wajhin.'* ■
WAR RELIEF QUOTA |
Assigned a fairly sizable quo
ta this week, Martin County is
being earnestly urged to raise
$9,591 as its part in the drive
to raise 125 million dollars for
the United War Relief Fund.
The drive, scheduled to get un
derway in October, is to be
headed by l„ Ifruce Wynne,
chairman. After the chairman
insisted the goal was mighty
high, a representative of the fund
explained that Edgecombe and
I'itt had $58,000 quotas.
The drive covers virtually all
phases of war relief, including
09 million dollars for the ITSO,
four million for Seamen’s relief,
two million for aid to war pris
oners, ten nullion for Russian
war relief, ten million for China
relief, and about II million dol
lars for relief in the occupied
countries and other worthy
causes.
W hile the total amount looks
large, it can be raised if each
man, woman and child in the
county contributes only about
57 cents on an average.
Judgr I. C. Smith
Tries Three Cases
In Court Monday
Heavy Kims 1 min Two
Cases Charging: Lii|iior
Caw Violations
Cooperating \ ith officers against
offenders of the liquor law, Judge
J. C. Smith placed heavy fines on
violators in the county recorder’s
court this week. Only three cases
were tried by Solicitor Elbert Peel
and two of those cases charged vio
lation of the liquor laws.
Arousing great interest among
spectators was the case of aged Mil
ton James, colored man and prop
erty owner of the Free Union sec
tion of Jamesville Towns!dp, who
was brought on a stretcher into
court. James was indicted on three
accounts for having illegal whiskey
in his possession for sale, and it
was brought out in court that though
he has been warned by officers not
to sell whiskey, had persisted, using
the fact that he was an invalid as
his protection from the jurisdiction
of the courts. He paid a fine of $500
and costs.
Crawford Howard pleaded guilty
kr* having forty buttles 01 home
brew in hi.-; possession ami he was
..elite:.ced to ten days in jail and i<
mured to pay a tine of $100 and
costa ■ ■ . .
The only other case calud for
trial during the session was the one
against Stanley Lee MacNeal who
was found guilty of simple assault
and sentenced to the roads for 3(J
days.
Judge Smith continued the other
cases on the calendar under prayer
for judgment.
The session lasted hardly mort
than one and one-half hours and t
fairly sizable crowd was present for
the proceedings.
Officers Wreck Liqmtr
Still Wednesday Marnini
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i Raiding in the Great Blanch sec
tion of Robersonvilie Township las’
Wednesday morning, ABC Officer J
H. Roebuck and his assistant, Depu
: Ly Roy Peel, wrecked an old liquoi
still. The plant had not been in op
eration recently and there was nr
| beer and little equipment on hand
| They wrecked the still, a gas drum
and two fermenters.
Seventy-One Tires
And Two Cars Are
.^VI lotted Bv
Vhont Half of the Tire
For Cars ami Pieh
Up Trucks
The Martin County War Price and
Ration Board approved applications
for two cars at their regular meeting
on Friday night. Miss Marian Stall
ings, of Jamesville, was issued a car
ics in Beaufort County. E. T Smith,
of Palmyra, farmer and merchant,
was issued a permit for the purchase
of a car for use in his work.
Thirty nine Grade I passenger and
pick-up tires were allotted by the
board, eight truck tires and twenty
four Grade III tires, making a total
of seventy-one tires.
The following Grade I passenger
tires and tubes were issued:
R. C. Griffin. Williamston one
tire.
Overton James, RFD 1. Williams
ton, one tire and one tube.
B s Courtney. Williamston, one
tire.
Dr. V A .War-1 Floh<': ju./.W
tire.
A. C. Boyce, RFD 2. Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
J H Harrell, Williamston, one tire
Jasper J. Bennett, Everetts, one
tire and one tube.
G C. James, RFD 1, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
W. R. Banks, Williamston, two
tires.
E. D. Chandler, Robersonvllle, one
tire and one tube.
G. G. Bailey. Everetts, one lire and
one tube.
Roberson Slaughter House, Wil
liamston, one tire and one tube.
Willie Evans, RFD, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
Clem Carr, RFD 2. Robersonvllle,
one tire.
W M. Cross, RFD 2, Robersonvllle,
one tire.
Daniel Moses, RFD 2, Williamston,
one tire.
M D. Davis, Williamston, one (ire.
George Hopkins, RFD 1. Jamesville,
one tire and one tube.
Raleigh L Terry. RFD 1, Rober
sonville, one tire.
Howard Coltrain, RFD I, William
ston, one tire.
Foy Hogerson, Robersonvllle, one
tire.
K. A. Jenkins-, Hobtirsonvivie,"four
tubes,
Claudius Hardison, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, one tube.
H. G. Harrison, RFD 2 Williams
ton, one tire.
J N. Hopkins, RFD 1, Williams
ton, one tire.
Lester I Everett, Robersonville,
one tire.
W B. Rogerson, Robersonville, one
tire.
Sallie Roberson, RFD 1, Williams
ton, one tire.
Claud Keel, Robersonville, one
tire.
Larry Bunting. Robersonville, one
tire.
D B Latham, RFD 1, Palmyra,
one tire.
W. I. Pollard, Robersonvllle, one
tire.
S II Roebuck, Robersonville, one
tire.
P. C. Edmondson, Hassell, two
tires and two tubes.
George A. Halslip, Hassell, one
tire.
Home Mission Committee, William
ston, one tire,
A R. White, Williamston, one lire
R. O Purvis, RFD, Bethel, one
tire.
Herbt rt Sexton. Jamesville, one
lire.
J. II Hopkins. Oak City, one tube.
Henry D Harrison, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
I he l >11..wing truck tires were is
sued :
Henry C Griffin, Williamston, two
tires and two tubes.
Tilmon Coltrain, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
Van G, Taylor, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one tire.
(Continued on page six)
Cheeking The Sale
01' “Oil” Peanuts
No official report could be bad
but it was reliably 'learned that ;
representative of the State AAA of
fine in Raleigh was in the counts
this week checking the sale of “oil’
peanuts.
Receiving warehouses have beer
closed in this section, the limited de
livery of “oil’’ peanuts making i
too costly to k< ep the houses open
Those farmers who were able t(
hold hteir peanuts off the marke
may sell them on the open market
but the rales are subject to a penal
ty of around three cents a pound.
Farmers are urged to sell thei
peanuts before the new crop is har
vested, one report stating that ii
cases of delayed sales longer thai
that time the growers will forfei
their claims to all soil conservatioi
and benefit payments.
Some few sales have been mad:
on the open market where the grow
iers went ahead and paid the penalty
| but it is understood that a few far
mers arc still holding their “oil
peanuts.
Draft Boar
After what has seemed to be
a long, long time to many A
card holders, gasoline coupons
No. 6 in A books became valid
yesterday. However, the 8 cou
pons in the book must last for
* lhe next four 'ImonthV’Viiuter '
present regulations, which means
that there is mighty httle driv
ing in sight for them. Coupon
No. 5 expired Wednesday and
is no longer valid.
Each of the eight coupons is
good for three gallons of gas,
but since there are 17 weeks in
the next four months, this
means that A-card holders can
only use slightly less than 1 1-2
gallons a week. When originally
issued in July of last year, each
A coupon was good for 4 gallons
of gas and each series of eight
tickets had to last only two
months. Maybe some time those
will return again.
i.ites Advantages
Of Tobacco Quota
System To Farmer
I’riiT Avorag** KU'veu Outs
111 Five Years Prior to
1934, lleilriek Says
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Raleigh— The fact that tobacco
grown in this State during the pa.st
eight years has averaged for this
period more than 24 cents per
pound must be attributed largely to
the painstaking efforts now being
employed by the farmers in the pro
duction ami handling of this crop
lor market, according to W P. Hed
rick, tobacco marketing specialist
with the State Department of Agri
culture.
“Although because of the whims
of the weather it is too early to pro
phesy what the quality of our leaf
will be this season, we do know that
for several years now it has shown
general improvement from veal' to
year,” said Hedrick, He added that
tobacco producers are now taking a
more scientific viewpoint in the care
of their product.
By reducing the acreage, the gov
ernment has forced the farmer to
devote more attention to the yield
per acre and to the condition of Ids
tobacco when it Is placed on the
warehouse floor.
"Hit-or-miss methods are disap
pearing,” says Hedrick.
In 1929, the average acre of tobac
co in North Carolina yielded «85
pounds. But in 1934- when AAA be
gan operations—the yield per acre
jumped to 847 pounds.
During the past five years Tar
Hcc^tobacco farmers have pulled
i from the soil devoted to this crop
nearly 1,000 pounds per acre. This
has been accomplished by the better
preparation of the land, the use of
more fertilizer, and the closer spac
ing of the rows and the plants.
As a result of this attention to
greater yield, North Carolina pro
duced more tobacco last year, for in
stance, than in 1932 when the acre
age was unlimited.
Despite the increased yields and
high production figures, however,
there lias been a great demand for
tobacco, Hedrick explains and fol
lows this with this comparison of
figures: the average price of tobac
co in the five years prior to 1934 was
less than 11 cents per pound as
against the more than 24 cents per
(Continued on page six)
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Native of County
Passes in Hospital
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Mrs. Annie Burroughs Satterwlute,
native of this county, duel so/m time
during last Monday night in a Ral
eigh hospital where she had been
a patient for thirty-four years She
naii been tu dec lifting p'.vy
for two or more years, and had not
spoken for nearly eighteen years.
The daugl ter of the late William
and Barbara Manning Burroughs,
she was born near Williamston 61
years ago, the 27th of next month
She was very popular in her early
girlhood, and in 1903 married Reu
ben Satterwhite, Granville County
man who had moved to Martin ti
i take part in the movement intro
: ducing tobacco culture to the farm
, ers of this section. He died in 190f
• and a short time later she enterec
the hospital for treatment.
No children survive the union, bu
• she leaves three sisters, Mrs. W. F
i Allen and Mrs. I. L. Peed, of neai
i Williamston, and Mrs. A. L. Hardy
t of Bear Grass.
i Funeral services were eonductec
at the Biggs Funeral Home on Wes
i Main Street here yesterday after
- noon at 4 o’clock by Rev. Thoma
, House, Robersonville Methodist min
- ister and pastor of Vernon Church
’ Burial was in the Burroughs Ceme
tery near the old family home.
d Officials
Determents Refused
In Nine Of The 21
Cases Under Review
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I-A Rating: i> J’i'i'yJJJwjjJjj,
Kami Clan Is Ki!<‘<! by
Registrant
Holding their first meeting in
some time, Martin County Diaft
Board officials last night reviewed
twenty-one cases, and considered
several appeals that had been filed
by parents who would have their
sons discharged from the Army.
Nine of the registrants up for re
classification were placed in the l-A
group, deferments, ranging from
three to six months, having been
granted in the otheis RegWtaiNtoa
whose ages range from eighteen to
iwotity-fivt^yjars him little ' •
of g> uuq^flnfmuied determents in
vital industry jobs after the first
deferment expires, it was pointed
out. At least two of the nine placed
in the ! A chi- 'if: cation last night
were single men in that age group
who had been granted previous de
ferments. One of the nine who could
possibly qualify for a farm classifi
cation had no farm plan to support
such a classification and he was
placed in the l-A group. It was re
ported at the meeting that there are
possibly 300 farm registrants in the
county who do not have farm plans
available to support their claims for
“C" or farm classifications. These
men are now subject to reclassifica
tion and call. During the past sev
eral months action in such cases was
delayed until they could be reviewed
by the draft authorities and the
County War Board. That work is
nearing completion ,and the draft
officials are now looking squarely
at those farm registrants who have
not filed required farm information
to the proper authorities m the coun
ty agent’s office.
In those eases where the parents
are living to have their sons dis
charged from the Army, the County
Draft Board has very little power to
acj. The board canon! jnslilote ac
tion m support of a discharge, and
even after the case has been inves
tigated, the only thing the board can
do is to review the case just us if the
registrant was coming up for class
ification the first time. If the board
finds that, a 2 A or a “C” classifica
tion could be effected, it makes the
notation, but final action is up to
the Army authorities. It has been
pointed out that only extreme cases
(Continued on page six)
Community Coiling
Prices for Most Food
Items Now in Force
-$
Said By (iroct'rynieii To Be
About Samr as Those Now
In Effect Here
Community ceiling prices for prac
ticlaly all food items sold in county
grocery stores became effective last
week, it was announced by W. R.
Burrell, chairman of the ceiling
price panei of the local War Price
and Rationing Board. Schedules are
being furnished all retailers show
ing the prices in dollars and cents,
and each store is required to display
the entire schedule at a convenient
pi.-itvwivr.' U can be easily consult
ed by consumers.
More than 300 items are enumerat
ed in the new price list, which ap
plies to stores in practically all coun
ties of eastern North Carolina. The
list as furnished gives the highest
prices at which all classes 1 and 2
stores may sell the specified items.
Class 3 and 4 stores are not covered
in the list which became effective
last week, but -there are few county
stores included in these two groups.
Group 1 stores at e independent re
tail stores with annual gross sales of
j less than $30,000. Ctaas 2 stores are
! independent stores with annual sales
in excess of $50,000 but less than
$250,000. Class 3 includes chain
stores with gross sales of less than
$250,000. It is provided that farmers
shall be considered class 1 retailers.
It was stated by leading grocers
here that the community price ceil
ings set up in the new schedules are
substantially the same as prices now
prevailing. Some items are a little
higher and others are a little lower
but it is reported that most prevail
ing prices are in line with the sched
ules.
Most of the items quoted are the
! same for both class 1 and 2 stores,
although ill a few Cases class 1 stoles
may charge 1 cent more than class
2 stores. A few examples of the new
ceiling prices are cited below:
Chase & Sanborn, Lord Calvert
and Luzianne Coffee are all quoted
at 33 cents pound: Maxwell House, 35
cents. Jewel and Wesson oil are 34
cents pint, 63 cents quart Practical
ly all grades salmon in tin contain
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