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r I V MAKJC KTEST PAT DAT WAK BOND OAT «nr wmm—un *cum m = THE ENTERPRISE OVER TH£ TOR FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 62 If illiamston, Martin Courtly, \orth Carolina, Friday, Anguat 6. 194,'t. ESTABLISHED 1899 Allies Advancing On All Fronts; Course of - Italy AW Tjneertain .m Fall (<f Sicily lx Now Thoiighf To Bo a Mailer ol Only A Day or Two The capture of Catania by the Brit- i ish and the heavy pounding of the j Axis by Patton’s Army from the west have brought the prediction that all of Sicily will fall to the Al lies within a short time, possibly by Sunday. Following the fail of Ca tania and Paterno yesterday, the Axis started a retreat twoard Mes sina at the northeast tip of the island where the Germans and Italians are trying to make a dash to the toe of the Italian boot under the cover of darkness. The Germans are still offering some strong resistance in an effort to protect their retreat, but the fighting there is following about the same course as the last rout in North Africa. The evacuation of key Axis personnel was started yesterday, but it was a gambler’s chance for rhe en«|H*^ attempted the two-mile crossing tr> the mainland under the Allied air bombardment. Of the 100,000 Italian troops on the island, an estimated 95,000 have fallen or have been taken prisoner, and the remaining 5,000 are said to have re fused to fight more for their Ger man allies. And thus the drive started against Sicily on July 10, is now believed nearing a successful end, with Allies plans already com plete to follow through to Italy. Over in the Pacific area, the A mericans after a determined 35-day drive yesterday ousted the Japs at Munda airfield, but the enemy with drew its depleted defending forces I to new positions and the fight on New Georgia is not yet over. The success there is no little accomplish ment, however, and is one more step in the general Allied advance. While Hitler was busy licking his wounds in Sicily and at Hamburg, he felt the shock of a complete col lapse in Russia around Orel and Belgorod where his forces were lit erally thrown out. Possibly the re verses in Russia will prove mortal blows along with the defeat in Sicily and the bombing of German cities to Hitler in carrying the war to for eign territory. Hitler’s growing weakness is evidenced by the strengthening position of neutral territory. Sweden is “laying the law down” for Hitler, and German troop movements and material shipments are to be suspended across that na tion by agreement. The success of the Russian armies at Beigorod and Orel advances Gen eral Konstantin Konstantinovitch Rokossovsky to the front as one of the greatest strategists of the war. His feats have even surprised the Russians themselves. Only 38 years old, he is called the boy wonder of the Soviet Command. * Hardly had the Russians chalked up their successes at Orel and Bel gorod before Marshal Stalin called for a continued march on the final victory. The fight in Russia is a long way from completion, but the fall of Orel and Belgorod seriously aggravates the German positions there. Drives are now expected to ward Bryansk in the east, Smolensk in the direction of the Polish border and possibly a thrust will follow to ward Kiev in the southeast and also in the direction of the Polish border. (Continued on page four) -«, Uncle Meets Nephew In The South Pacific It is really a little ole world itilei all, even if some of the Martin Coun ty young men write back and tell how far they are away from home. Distances are not disputed, but when an uncle meets his nephew some where in the Southwest Pacific, and “bumps” into a fellow townsman on the streets of a big Australian City, why the ole globe cannot be so big after all. Some months ago, Sgt. William S. P-ro.l. .for.Mr surd. Mrs pienv Peel met his nephew, Dallas Peel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Peel, in the Soutnv/est r;!W Wfcy ;.t-d dinner '-V Vl— ^ I months later, the sergeant bumped | into Billy Watts, of the Marines, in j the Australian city. i Firemen Get Two Calls This Week The local volunteer fire company was called out twice this week, nei ther fires doing any material dam age. A trash barrel caught fire at the laundry on West Warren Street early last Tuesday evening and burned the weatherboarding near the boiler room. Some damage was done to a few supplies stored nearby. Yesterday afternoon, the volun teers were directed to Williams Street and found no fire. Returning to the station, they were later di rected to Reddick Street where a small fire starting from a trash pile threatened the home of Simon How ard. Bureau of Public Rotations U 9 War Department AMS PRISONERS—This hastily erected stockade serves as a temporary prison camp for Axis soldiers taken in the Italian invasion. Here are a few of the tens of thousands of the men from Hitler's and Mussolini’s armies. American military police are Corp, Alvin J. Brown, U’chman, Tenn., and Pvt. Russell Snyder, Scranton, Pa. Purple Heart Posthumously Awarded To Lt. Thos. Meeks Mr. and Mrs. L. M, Meeks, par ents of Lt. Thomas J. Meeks, Mar tin County young man who was re cently killed somewhere in the Euro pean War Area, received Monday the order of the Purple Heart, A merica’s oldest decoration which is awarded men who have been wounded or posthumously to those who died in battle. The award or decorations reads, as follows: “The United States of America. “To All Who Shall See These Pres ents, Greeting: “This is to certify that the Presi dent of the United States of a pur suant to authority vested in him by Congress, has awarded the Purple Heart established by General Wash ington at Newburgh, N. Y., August 7, 1782, to Second Lieutenant Thom as J. Meeks for military merit and for wounds received in action result ing in his death, June 13, 1943. “Given under my hand in the City of Washington. “This the 20th day of July, 1943. “ROBERT P PATTERSON, “Acting Secretary of War.” Lieutenant Meeks, a former school teacher, was co-pilot of a Flying Fortress, and is thought to have been killed in occupied Fiance or in Ger many. He is the tenth Martin Coun ty man to sacrifice his life in the present war. ELEVEN SHORT With it full complement of teachers for all the colored school faculties and for the white schools at Williamston, Rober sonville, Gold Point and Hassell, the office of superintendent an nounced this week that there were only eleven openings to be filled. The positions to be fill eu are in iamesviile, Farm Life, Bear Grass, Everetts, Oak City and Hamilton. It is possible that several teachers will have to be drafted, the authorities express ing the hope that all positions could be filled in time for the opening on September 1st. Judge J. C. Smith Calls Nine Cases In County’s Court Long Road Sentences Impos ed in Larceny and As sanlt Cases Monday Before a very small audience, Judge J. C. Smith called nine cases and cleared the docket in less than two hours last Monday. In the ab sence of the appointed solicitor, At torney Clarence W. Griffin handled the prosecution and scored 100 per cent effective in the work. The proceedings were featured by long road sentences imposed in two easts, one for larceny anfl.JiiP other for an assault with a deadly weapon. Dallas Whitley, young colored man, who entered the Terry home in Bear Grass Township a short time ago while the family was away and stole a watch, ring and bracelet, pleaded guilty of larceny and was sentenced to the roads for twelve months. James Alexander who drew back a cart round and threatened to hit Farmer J. R Fisher and later threat ened him with a snotgur., pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for eiguteen months. Charged with assaulting William Cfreft’.ar.d Fi >W<i.w ith3‘SBsU ly weapon, N. S. Nichols pleaded not guilty. He was adjudged guilty of assaulting William Crew and was sentenced to the roads for six months. The sentence was suspended for one year on condition that the defendant pay a fine of $25 and the costs and be regularly employed dur ing the period of suspension. George Ben Manning. Roberson ville white man and the first to be carried into the court on a vagrancy charge in recent weeks, pleaded not guilty. The case was continued until August 16 with the defendant under bond in the sum of $75. Fleading guilty of drunken driv ing. A. Williams was directed to pay a $50 fine and the costs. His driver’s license was revoked for one year. R. B. Spruill, charged with exceed ing the 35-miie speed limit, pleaded guilty and war fined $15 and taxed with the case costs. The court or dered that no operator’s license be issued the defendant within the next thirty days. (Continued on page four) Jurymen Are Drawn For Regular Term of The Superior Court Juilp* Willin’ Hour Sclirilnlt-il To I*resi<le iii-^'iinin^ September 20 Jurymen were drawn by the coun ty commissioners at their last regu lar session for duty during the regu lar two-weeks term of Martin Coun ty Superior Court convening on Mon day, September 20. Judge Walter Bone, of Nashville, is scheduled to preside. The visit will be the first for Judge Bone to this county as the court’s presiding officer in five years. Court Clerk 1 B. Wynne points out that few criminal cases have been placed on ihe docket for trial so far, but it is quite possible that a fairly sizable number will find then way there before the court opens the term for the trial of both criminal and civil actions. The civil calendar has not. been drawn at this time, but it is understood that a number of cases will be called for trial upon the completion of the trial of crimi nal cases. Forty-five men are being called for service during the two weeks, 27 for the first and 1H for the second. Their names follow by townships: First Week Jamesville: C. G. Gurkin and A L. Griffin. Williams: Jasper Jones. Griffins: Garland C Tice, S. Oscar Peel and Urbin Lilley. Bear Grass: Kneezer Harrison. Wmiamston: J. H. Forbes, William Samuel Rogers, J. C. Eubanks, R. G Harrison, Jr., H. D. Taylor ,S. C. Ray and C. F. Perry. Cross Roads: Oscar Ayers and V. G. Taylor. Robersonville: Geo. James, J H Roberson, Jr, L. A. Croom, R. T. Purvis, Jr. Hamilton: C. S. Johnson, W. E. Puivis, E. D. i ui via, Jr., J. V*. Eu banks, J. B. Everett and W. E. Da vis. — Second Week (Continued on page four) TOBACCO PRICES v* Offering fair quality lead and in moderate quantities, tobacco farmers in South Carolina and along the border yesterday re ceived an average of about $42 per hundred pounds on the 1943 opening sales Prices for the inferior quality or trashy grades ranged from 10 to 30 cents, and the top-quality leaf hit a high at 49 cents The main price range was from 37 to 45 cents. Prices, for the most part, were acceptable and reminded many of the “wild” days back in 1919, but farmers were puzzled to understand the narrow mar gin separating the prices for the inferior quality grades from those of the best quality. ^%nar?c?ma in WAC MOTHER OF SIX children nnd pr«nd mother of six more. Mrs Margaret Conklin of Susarwille, Cat, pol ishes her shoes on arrival with ■ WAC contingent in England. Her oldest child is a daughter. 27, and her youngest, % sub, a U S Army sergeant. (VBternational) Vagrancy Law Now Mas Biting IVeth Exercising war emergency pow ers placed at his disposal by the last State Legislator'- Governor J. M Broughton this wei k put biting teeth into the vagrancy inw. And the first bite is being temporarily delayed until official notification is given special committees and the various law enforcement officers in the 100 counties. Under the new law, everyone must work or go to jail or else offer an acceptable reason why he should not be carried into the courts The em ergency law is not directed against the “poor devil” only, but it also is directed against any and all per sons who seem to thrive on idleness or who live as leeches upon the sweat flowing from another’s brow Heretofore, a person who owned property or had a fixed income could .v>' .4bdared a vagrant if he was a member of that extensive organ ization commonly known as the “United Sons of Rest.” The new iaw says everyone must work, the gover nor apparently reasoning that if mil lions of men can go figlil and other millions can stick faithfully to their tasks, then the idlers, vagrants and professional laborers can find some thing to do. According to unofficial informa tion received, .nerc. the person who is not regularly engaged and that means a reasonable number ot hours • bcfoi < a .■ peevefi 11-a*irni 11» ■ Vi* rection of the law. He will then be given so many hours, a minimum of 24, to find a job and stick to it. If he fails to report for work, he will then be subjected to prosecution in the’ courts. Tours The Country While In The Army Joe Peel, son of Mi. and Mrs. Pleny Pee), lias dune quite a bit of traveling during the ten months he has beer, in the Army. An accurate j mileage account is not available, but | ail told he is believed to have come land gone to the tune of about 12,000 ! miles during that time. He first reported to Fort Bragg. From there he went to Miami, then j to Chicago, then to Fort Myers, then j to Sab Lake City, then to Pueblo, I Colorado, and then to Salina, Kan | sas. During the meantime he man I aged to arrange a trip of his own and come home for a few days. Announce Rules For Mailing Parcels To Soldiers Overseas tnah -ff, , , , ages destined for service men over seas have just recently been an nounced by the Post Office Depart ment. To insu e delivery by Christ mas, the folks back home will have to start shopping within the next everal weeks, the department stat ing that packages may be mailed be tween September 15 and October 15 to men in the Army, and as lain as November 1 to others. While no re quest from the service man for a package is necessary, the rules re quire that only one package be mail ed during any one week by any one person to a single addressee. Packages this year will be limit ed in weight to five pounds, and the articles must be packed in wooden, metal, solid fiber board or corrugat ed board. These boxes, it is report ed, are available at many of the stores and may be purchased for a No Christmas stickers or markings are to be placed on the outside of lii' ~ .ekuge, and addresses, lnoiuU ing the service man’s serial number, must be typewritten, printed or leg ibly written. Packages cannot be insured, the rule making it quite clear that it is hardly advisable to send articles of any great value. Matches, lighter fluids, poisons or any article or item that could possibly damage the mail or perishable goods cannot be sent. In the regulations, it was pointed out that the men are well supplied with food and clothing, that it is unnec essary to send such items. For men in the Army, Christmas packages must be mailed between September 15 and October 15, and for those men m the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard serving ov erseas the packages may be mailed as late as November 1st Garner House Tells Of His Experiences In The British Isles —$— : Spruill i'n)<*_•,al>!< In Fomlon with Fri'd Tay lor, Williaiuston Hov Sgt Garner House, Robersonville young man, writing to his parents back home, tells of a few experiences in London and Scotland, and tells of his meeting with Fred Taylor, local boy, in London, Excerpts of his re cent letters to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester House, us the yappeared this week in the Robersonville Her ald, follow: Here I am back at work after ten of the most enjoyable days anyone could have under these conditions. 1 don’t know when 1 have ever en joyed a vacation more. 1 sure did hate to come back to camp last night. Everything worked out just fine and 1 met Fred Taylor in London for the week end. He had two days oil' so f spent the 4th and 5th with him. 1 never realized it was the 4th, everything was so quiet here. I never knew Fred very well, but 1 had heard what a swell person he was. Well, he proved to be every thing 1 had heard about him and some more. 1 have never enjoyed being with any one so much. I don’t think. Just to sit down and talk with some one once more that knew the same people that you know and to talk about the things we used to do was a pleasure. He had us a room reserved in one of the best hotels in London, so we had a quiet and nice time to our selves. We went to a show Sunday evening and Monday evening we went to see a stage show which was real good. Fred had to catch his ♦rain back to camp late that eve ning. 1 hated to see him go, foi it was the first time 1 had seen any one I knew from back home in so long. The friend that I went to Scotland with came up Monday night and we caught the first train out Tues day morning. We arrived in Edin burgh in time for supper, and that night we went out and saw a bit of the town. Two other boys from the off ce went up the same day but took a different train. The four of us were together most of the time. Wednesday we got out and did the town. It is really a beautiful city. It is more like our cities than any thing 1 have seen over here. The oeople there are very nice. They seem hi be much more friendly than the English. I like them much bet ter and I think they are a lot ahead of the English. Their stores are modern, they act and dress much nicer and they have plenty of good looking girls. As a whole, they are much finer looking than are the English. Thursday, we visited a town up Lake Lomond. That is really a beautiful lake. I have a bunch of cards 1 will send you later showing you the scenery. We also went to Ijasgow and from (here we took a tr-a-k> -that sery-ied- a-little town d t)to lower end of the lake where we'pJuight a steamer. The iaki is . i fa j jo|Vi' and there is a high range of moss (Continued on page four) TOBACCO CARDS Their preparation almost com pleted, approximately 1,600 to bacco marketing cards will be placed in the mails for delivery directly to tobacco farmers in this county about the 17th of this month, according to plans for the distribution announced by the office of the county agent. Approximately thirty farmers will not get their marketing cards because they have not reported their field measure ments. Those few farmers who planted in excess of their allot ments will call directly to the agent’s office where they will be given red marketing cards af ter certain conditions are met, it was learned. r i j V MEETINGS 1 j Members of the Peanut Grow ers Cooperative from the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee are scheduled to hold their annual n>r ting in the Martin Count.* courthouse on Thursday, August ■IT, at Si o’clock, it was announc ed this week by W. Robert Rv erett. a director of the organiza tion. The meeting will elect of fleers for the coming year and discuss a general business pro gram. While the membership runs into big numbers and is lo eated in four states, no large representation is expected at the meeting. During the meantime a dis trict meeting will be held here on the I2th when a director for fourteen counties in this section of the State will be elected. Countv Young Man Cited For Gallantry In African Invasion Navy and Marine Corps Medal Awarded Kohl. W. Har den l*y {’resident The Navy and Marine Corps Med al has been awarded by the Presi dent to Robert W Harden, Seaman second class. United States Naval Reserve, of RFD 1, Jamesville, for “heroic conduct” during the assault on and occupation of French Moroc co in November, 1942, it was official ly announced this week by the Sixth Naval District Headquarters, at Charleston, S. C. Seaman Harden is credited with “gallantly” assisting in rescuing men from the water after a landing boat with troops capsized during tne in vaxion of North Africa in early No vember of last year. Few details* of the young man’s daring heroism are mentioned in the citation, but it is understood that he endangered his own life more than once to save the lives of others. The citation, signed by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, for the President, relates the action as fol lows: “For heroic conduct while attach ed to a U. S. ship during the assault on and the occupation of French Morocco from November 8 to 11, 1942. When a boat loaded with troops capsized near Fedaia on the morning of November 9, Harden vol untarily- the danger ously high surf and gallantly assist ed in rescuing men struggling in the water. His cool and daring courage was in keeping with the highest tra ditions of the United States Naval Service.” 'The young man, son of Mi and Mrs. Ephraim Washington (Doc) Harden, of RFD 1, Jamesville, is one of three brothers in the nation’s arm ed service. He is one of,'at least five Martin i County "young men known to have received service aWaids or citations | ent war. Tobacco Harvesting Is Almost Complete After getting off to a comparative ly slow start early in the season, to bacco harvesting is nearing an end in this county, reports from various parts of the county stating that some farmers have already pulled their “tips”, that quite a few others will complete the task today and tomor row, and that the big majority will wind up the liuivest next week. A few will hardly finish the work be fore week after next. No record quality crop is being produced in the county this year, but in this section many farmers say it is better than it was last season. Gen eral reports point to a light crop, but there has been a fatgly general de mand for additional sticks, the ac tion indicating that some farmers underestimated their crops. S^t. Irvin C. Griffin Pictures Conditions On P P I* are Near liic fiyiijiuy I-, Not Vs (ioo«l Ah Some K('(iOtts Picture 9t To Be Recently reported to the rank of Tech. Sergeant, Irvin C. Griffin, lo cal young man, gives his own ver sion of the fare received in the act ual combat areas. The letter, writ ten a short time before the Sicilian campaign was launched, explains that there was no complaint, that tk. facts were offered for the record. Under date of June 27, the letter just received here, reads as follows: It is too hot to even write but there is nothing else to do to pass the time so I'll scribble a few lines. We are bivouaced out in an open valley now and it gels plenty hot at times with no shade anywhere Since the campaign ended here we have been taking it a little easy. A few days after the battle was over we went down to the beach for a week and have been going back fur a day or two now and then since. We have a movie almost •••very night. We have an open air theater since •the show is held on the side of a hill. I have been to Tunis, Bizerte and Ferryville within the past few weeks. Tunis is ; nice town but the wai has ruined it as fur as a business center. About all you can get there is wine. I searched the town looking for souvenirs but was unable to find a thing. The city wasn’t hurt so bad ly from bombings since the docks are a lew miles from the main part of town. That is a lot more than you can say for Bizerte for (he Allied air force really did a job there. I don’t think there are a dozen buildings there that haven't been damaged. It doesn’t seem that many of the bombs missed their targets either for it is very seldom that you see a bomb crater in a vacant lot or in the street. The civilians hud evacuated long before the bombings became so intense and I am sure if some of the people in the United States were forced to leave their homes and re turn later to see them in ruins there wouldn't be so much fussing about a raise in pay or the rationing. Although a large percentage of the population of Tunis is Italian, they don’t seem to be so unhappy about the Allies taking over. The children seem to think the American soldier is a walking confectionary for you can’t pass one that isn’t crying for chewing gum. bon-bons or cigarettes. A kid of five or six will often walk up and ask for a cigarette for papa. Speaking of candy and the like, we haven’t been getting too much of that ourselves. We have had the grand total of one American candy bar issued in rations since leaving Scotland in mid-October. The Army has stories printed that we get plen ty of this and for .our folks not to send us any. This may be true for the boys 1000 miles from the front but it sure isn’t true for fighting men. For an example of this, I received seventeen cartons of cigarettes from Chiistmas ijiitU April and with what I have received in rations I am still out. I gave some of them to other boys, but 1 smoked most of them myself. At present I am rolling my own. I was smoking English cigar ettes until we got some canned to (Continued on page four) -$ Former County Man Dies In Washington Lemuel E. Jones, native of this county, died at his home in Washing ton early last Wednesday afternoon fallowing a long illness. .. The son of Mrs. Barbara Jones and the late W W Jones, he was born in Griffins Township on March 9, 1898 He served as a master mechan ic for tin Wise Granite Company of New York. He also operated a garage in Jumesville for several years. In 1918, he was married to Miss Euua Tunnell, of Swan Quarter, and she with a daughter, Mrs. Leona fenes Krusic, of Bend, Oregon, sur vives.- ..- . — S'uiViC liig aim' ai e“' five sisters’ Mrs. Lewis Manning, -- Mrs. Dave Man|dnt» of Oriftina Township; (rtn^Wjor Gatxfner, of Jamesville; Mrs. Lawrence Ellis, of lamesville; Mrs. Alex Hardison, of Rocky Mount, and one brother, Ira, of Griffins Township. A number of nieces and nephews also survive. The deceased was a member of the Christian Church and a former member of the Woodmen of the World. Funeral services were held from the home yesterday afternoon at 2:30 with the Rev. S. F. Freeman, of Little Rock, Ark., officiating. Burial was in the Tice Cemetery in this county. Gregg Cherry Will Speak To Legion Here Monday Gregg Cherry, former state com mander of the American Legier. and candidate for Governor of the State of North Carolina, will speak to the members of the local Legion Post here Monday night at the Legion Hut. At this meeting the installation of officers vviil take place following a barbecue supper.
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