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i m *ay 5 WAR Jk BOND BAY mmm—t&n mum THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOT FOR VICTORY UXHED STATES WAS BONDS’STAMPS VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 61 r: William t ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, in gust l.'i, > ESTABLISHED 1899 Sicilian Battle Is Believed Nearing \ ^ Glorioiisjfloud .iuscran* Nearing Outskirtn of Kharkov In Tilling Drive on Nazis Delayed b> a last-minute and ap parently fatal resistance, the battle for Sicily is now believed nearing a glorious conclusion. While the Ax is rearguard'is fighting a nerce'de layed action, the main forces are brushing aside their Italian com rades in a mad rush to clear off the island and paddle their way across the 2-mile Messina Straits for the Italian mainland. High-ranking per sonnel of the Axis moved out of Si cily some days ago, but yesterday the evacuation was started on a big scale. Late reports from the island indi cate that the Americans are driving on the last Axis stronghold at Ran dazzo where a stubborn resh-tance is being offered in an effort to give mote time for the evacuation at Messina. The delaying action was -upset for the second time when Am erican amphibious troops landed be hind the German lines at Cap D'Or lando, trapping many of the Ger man rearguard. The right wing oi the Nazi line was ensnarled b> the second Amer ican pincer movement initiated from the sea in three days, the left was slowly giving way under British pressure and the Germans’ central anchor at Randazzo had been brought under light artillery fire. A dispatch from Noland Norgaard, Associated Press staff correspondent who is attached to the British Eighth Army, said the German evacuation of the Messina bridgehead was in full swing, with at least 80 vessels ferrying men and equipment east ward across Messina strait night and day. Axis anti-aircraft guns were de clared massed in record strength in an effort to protect the vessels from Allied planes. The dispatch said the German high command, wishing to keep down the loss of equipment dur ing the movement had decreed that “the passport to Italy is a gun.” The retreat was described in a Berlin broadcast by Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, Nazi military commenta tor, as a “systematic new disengage ment movement by German and Ital ian troops.” ‘‘What matters.” Ludwig said, ‘‘is to prevent the enemy from extend ! mg his operations to objectives on : the mainland.” Striving for the knockout, Gen.! Dwight D, Eisenhower’s officers \ steadily threw in fresh units to re place battie-weary troops at the front in the fight against numerical ly weaker German detachments which could obtain no such respite. Russia still holds the spotlight in the ground fighting with its great drive on Kharkov where a quarter of a million Germans are being bot tled up. An iron trap is being sprung and the battle there wiii tioid a place along with those at Stalingrad and Orel. Possibly the prediction is a bit optimistic, hut some observers see the Germans backing up to c de fense line along tlie old Polish fron tier to the Biack Sea. The Germans are talking about a Russian offensive in the Smolensk sector, but the Russians have not mentioned any activity there. It is possible the Germans are trying to minimize the seriousness of the sit uation around the Ukrainian capital by talking about something some where else. Today, the Axis world is reeling and rocking under air homtaard A late report states that the num ber of Axis prisoners taken in Sicily now exceeds 130,000, and that the list was being increased steadily de spite the mass evacuation. (Continued on page six) -* Motorist Loses His ‘A’ And V Books .. • »..... Charged with excessive . driving, J. S. Crandall lost his “A” and “C” gasoline coupoii books as a result or a hearing held by tn*—Com,- • ty War Price mid Rationing Board panels last Friday evening. The man’s “A” book was revoked for a period of sixty days, and the “C” book held by him was ordered re turned to Cherry Point. Apparently the man had once worked there and w'as given the book by a special ra tioning board. In reporting the action of the pan el last Friday night, it was stated that Grover Nicholson lost his “A” book for sixty days and was direct ed to return his “C” book to Cher ry Point. The report was incorrect. The case was mixed with the one against Crandall, Mr. Nicholson ex plaining that he only had a B" book, that his rations were not dis continued. The correction is gladly made. Unusual rationing cases are being heard in this county, one report com ing from an unofficial source stat ing that some persons had entered the employ of the North Carolina Pulp Company, received liberal gas rations and then quit, carrying their gas books with them. More Registrants Are JPlaeed-JUi .l‘€lGrpi)l REDUCTION According to unofficial in formation, a fairly sizable reduc tion in the local town tax rate is to be expected for the current fiscal year. It was suggested a short time ago that the rate could be cut by ten cents. Stilt later reports indicate that the f reduction will possibly range up i , to 20 cents on the $100 assessed property valuation. The commissioners are to re view the proposed budget fig ures at a special meeting to be held early next week, it is un derstood. Decline In Quality Of Cotton Reaching Serious Proportion] -« Bolter (.'are iu Picking and !Iofi4iiif Bciitj* l r“(<S On National Seale Memphis, Tenn,—(Special > Pres idents of state, regional and nation al cotton organizations will meet in Memphis on August 16, to launch an intensive program to relieve criti cal shortages in the supply of high grade cotton for war purposes. Officials representing all six branches of the industry in fifteen states have been called in by Oscar Johnston, president of the National | Cotton Council, in response to an ap- i peal by War Food Administrator Marvin Jones for cooperation in ob-' taining a greater percentage of high grade cotton from the 1943 crop. “The decline in grade is startling,” said Mr. Jones in a letter received by Mr. Johnston this morning. “The average grade of the last two cot ton crops was the lowest on record. “Use of lower grades in many cases would not only reduce pro duction but affect the quality of vi tal war goods. We should do all we can to prevent that. “Staple length and variety are im portant factors in the general prob lem of quality, but nothing can bo done'about these factors this season '! It is possible, however, to do some thing about improving the grade of this year’s crop." Mr. Jones pointed out that the supply of strict middling and bol'er ! grades amounted to 37.7 per cent of the total crop for the five years pre ceding 1932. In the next five years it was 26.7 per cent, and by 1939 had dropped to 17 7. During the 1940-41 season it went to 13 8 per cent, the next year to 116, and last year to an all-time low of 8.5 per cent. “It is going to take superhuman ! effort to reverse such a trend during ' a year when labor is short, both ir; j the field and at the gin,” said Mr ! Johnston, “but we are going to make just that sort of effort. The Army depends upon the cotton crop for more than eleven thousand differ ent products of lint alone, not in cluding the chemical products of linters, the food products of cotton seed oil, and the tremendous amounts of livestock feed derived from rrfeal and hulls. The entire industry will respond immediately and whole heartedly to Mr. Jones’ request. Al ready our preparations for active co (Continued on page six) Services Accepted Fifteen County Men Fifteen Martin County men call ed to the induction center last month were accepted by the armed services, eleven by the Army and four by the Navy. It is understood that I eighteen others were rejected, one I ‘..'rv'.ffifevd report coming from theI men themselves . stating that six-1 teen were ruled out on account of j physical unfitness, one on account; (,'{■ j.--v mental -,i literacy standards,; and olio on account of limited serv- j ice occupational standards. About two dozen young white men reported to the induction center from this county earlier this week, but no report has been received. It is understood that the men or most of them returned early yesterday morning and that those who were accepted are spending their three weeks’ furlough at home. The names of the white men ac cepted out of the July call from the county follow: Accepted by the Army: Ernest Ross Froneberger, Joseph Hubbard (Buck) Saunders, Bernice Lelon Rogerson, Herman Andrew Dixon, Walter Thomas Mendenhall, Asa Joneth Taylor, Harry Mac Wynne, Van Ralph Taylor, Ned Purvis Ev erett, William Oscar Donald, Jr., and Henry Reddick Warren. Accepted by the Navy: Willie Si mon Roebuck, Dallas Ward Coltrain, Delbert Junior Davis, and Joseph | Fernanda Davenport. These men are scheduled to return for active service next week. Rate Thirty Out Of I Ninety-Nine In The iNon-Essential Class —.»— Sr-irra? fiegiidranL- in l-ist jtjUve '‘Grown Oul” of Hb-' Cl—ifigpitow . 'iCTeotirtg-fn «*m AgrtabltunU MfF ing last Wednesday evening, the' Martin County War Board review ed the cases for ninety-nine farm registrants. Sixty-nine were ruled es sential and thirty were rated non essential under the farm production unii plan. Several of the group had literally “outgrown" the draft sta tus, but since their cases were filed before they became 45 years of age, the board went ahead with its class ifications. The War Board has just about completed the classification of far mers, but the cases of youths reach ing eighteen years of age will be re viewed from time to time There are quite a few registrants working on farms where no production pJaTnR have been tiled. In those cases the draft board is sending out notices, and unless action is taken immed iately those farm registrants will be subjected to induction. The following men have been ruled essential under the farm pro duction plan: Jasper Scott, w, RFD 1. Roberson ville. Lemual Harrison, w, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Roosevelt Hassell, col, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Milton Eugene Jackson, w, RFD 2, Robersonville. Manuel Moore, e, Robersonville. Zeb Rawlins, c, Robersonville. Laley Purvis, c, RFD 3, Williams ton. Vance Whitfield, c, RFD 2, Wil liamston. George Salsbury, c, RFD, Rober sonville. Ernest Bellamy, e, RED 1, Hob good. Perlie James Howell, c, RFD 3, Williamston. Robert Edward Lee, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Hardie Maurice Gardner, w, RFD 3 Wiiiiionston Boston Chesterfield Gainer,<, RFD 3, Williamston. Perce 11 Keel, c, RFD 2, Roberson ville, William Augustus Cherry, c, Rob ersonville. William Henry Lloyd, c, William ston. William Luther Jones, w, RFD 2, Williamston. Dennis Oriel Weaver, w, RFD 2, Robersonville. James Edward Coffield, c, Wil liamston. Floyd Allen Lanier, c, RFD 1, Wil liamston. William T Williams, c, Williams ton. Russell Cotton, c, RFD I, Hob good. Noah Haislip, w, RFD 1, Roberson ville. Noah Woolard Leggett, w, RF'D 2, Williamston. Raymond Williams, Jr., w, RFD 1, Williamston. Thad Newsome, c, RF'D, William ston. Javin Dillon Leggett, w, RF'D 1, Robersonville. Wheeler Ben Latham, c, RF’D 3, Williamston. Jesse Jenkins, c, Hamilton. Charlie James w RFD 2 Rober sonville. Frank Lester Rogers, w, RF’D 3, Williamston. James Roy Moore, c, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Grover Cleveland Nicholson, w, RFD 3, Williamston. G. Luther Taylor, w, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Thomas Martin Whitaker, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Marion Franklin Hodges, w, RFD 3, Washington. Roy Harrison, w. RFD 2, William s ton. (Continued an page sixi -« Nine Openings In School Faculties —%— The number of positions still va cant in the county school faculties was placed at nine today with a con tract pending in a third case. Pros pects for executing contracts for all the remaining positions are not very bright iust now The office of county superinten dent of schools announced today that Miss Nell Breeze, a graduate of Elon College, had been employed to teach home economics in the Farm Life School. Mi s. Eula Xibler, of Highland Springs, Va., has been appointed to teach the sixth grade in the Oak City school. Mrs. Kibler, a graduate of Lynchburg College, has had con siderable teaching experience. She succeeds Miss Alice Blanchard, re signed. ceiliini; ! mm**' p Jill Admitting there should be a fltierenlial between Georgia awi ’'fight belt ybty, or A vmAJte-r umlfe t lowering the (filing for Geor gia to 38 cents and raising the one in this belt to 44 cents a pound. If die price averages around 44 cents, the meaning of the OPA order will clarify it ■ self, but just now it is apparent that the order is meaningless. The OPA says that the niar 'keting of ungraded tobacco is not to average inorfc“*tiian 38 cents a pound, that the reduc tion for that type will allow an for Ihe graded type. It ton Thong*«*« Georgia n*p k about all marketed. In theory. It could he placed into practice now. Four Cases Called By Judge Smith fn The County Cot Mi Session Lust YIoihI.iv f-> One Of the Shortest Held in Recent Months After experiencing a big business in nearly every one of its sessions during the past several months, the Martin County Recorder's Court re ported a big slump m its activities last Monday when only four cases were called for trial. A short ses sion resulted when Judge Smith granted continuances in seventy live parent of the cases. Clerk of! Court L. 11. Wynne referred to the | session as one of the shortest held in recent months. Opening at 9:30 o’clock that morning, the court com pleted its work and adjourned with in thirty minutes. There was little interest attached to the few cases on the docket, and the spectators were few. At one ' time there were only two white j spectators in the audience, and the colored persons present for the pro ceedings numbered less than a dozen. Proceedings: Charged with drunken driving, Stanley Ayers asked for a contin uance of his case until next Mon day. The request was granted A continuance was also allowed in the case charging James Willis Wil Hams with bastardy. The -trial was set for trial the first Monday in February of next year. Charged with gambling, R. B. Spruill, Guilford Brown and Harry Lanier were each fined $10 and tax ed with the cost. The case found its way into the courts when the de fendants allegedly entered into an argument over a small sum of cash. A fight was said to have followed (Continued on page six) FIRST LO\l) I j While few or no farmers in this county have carried tobac co hundreds of miles away to the border markets, a few farm ers across the river moved a bit; truck load of the golden leaf through here this wceR. It was the first load from the current crop to move through here. There are some few farmers in this county who haven’t enough gasoline to move their tobacco to the nearest market, and it is hard for them to understand how others can travel several hundred miles to the market. The farmer has a right self his tobacco wherever he chooses but there is little excuse for hauling tobacco hundreds of miles. It is little different from the case reported earlier in the summer when gas transport trucks hauled gasoline to the coast ports and then turned around and hauled it hack in land. Mobilization Board To Special Group Will Lead Drive Against! Vagrancy In County! Chin* for Enforcing Knierfsen oy Law Will Be Outlined In Special Meeting --si ■ to totfitottwa nd loyal ty having fttjfcd to the dwirr fd results, plans are now being fonn ulated in the State for an all-out drive against vagrancy and idleness. A special committee, subject to ap pointment by Governor J. M. Brougluon, inis been named in this i county and will be known as the Martin County Mobilization Board. Headed by Hugh G. Horton, chair man, -the board consists of T. 15. Brandon, county agent, Mary W i Taylor, superintendent of public welfare; H. S. Everett, Roberson-1 ville mayor; H. S. Johnson, Jr., Ham-! itton merchant; J C. Kirkman, Jamesville lumber man; A B. Ay ers, Bear Grass farmer; K 1, Perry.! county commissioner, and Olivet'! Carter, Negro farm agent. The board is expected to hold its i first meeting within the next few j days, possibly the latter part of next! week at the latest. While the mo bilization work will be in the hands of the newly named board, the spec ial township committees named in a meeting held in the county court house on July 5 will continue their functions and are expected to work in close cooperation with the Mb bilization Board. The names of those in the support ing committees are: Jamesville: Clarence Wallace, Wendell Hamilton, J. C. Kirkman, Dennis Coburn and Billie James. Williams: I. J. and R .1 Hardison, and Clinton Jones. Griffins: Marvin Leggett, Frank Lilley, Howard Coltruin and William Peel. Bear Grass: Ross dl Rogers, W. M. Harrison and Ben Mason. Williamston: John W Gurkin, Dean Speight, Ernest Etheridge, W. V. Ormond and E. J. Hayes. Cross Roads: J. S. Ayers, Sr., Dil lon Peel, Lon Everett. Rohen-op.-iilli,.- V. L. Roberson, W. !! Gray, Oha.s R. Gray, Oliver Car ter and Dink Knight. Poplar Point: Mayo Hardison, Roy Taylor and Janies Cherry. Hamilton: Geo. Oglesby, D. R. Ed mondson, Grover Haislip and R. T. Chance. Goose Nest: W. E. Early, J. If. Ay ers, E. V. Smith and J. C. Williams. Briefly stated, Governor Brough ton, realizing the urgent need for the full utilization of manpower and wo manpower, too, appealed to everyone to enter into gainful employment. The appeal was based on a patriotic response, leaving only vagrants sub ject to prosecution in the “courts Fully aware of the failure of that appeal in many cases, the resulting indifference to the needs of the day, the Governor exercised his War Em ergency powers, and now it is work or tell it to the judge. Following is a brief review of the labor mobilization law as it relates to the work of the county mobiliza tion board: Section 2 reads: That it shall be the duty of each county committee to make plans for the inventory, mo bilization, conservation, distribution, and use of labor in such county nec essary nv useful in the prosecution of the war. Section 3 reads: That each county committee shall specifically formu late plans for ascertaining the names and addresses of all male persons be tween the ages of eighteen and fifty five years who are not gainfully em ployed and who are not in the armed forces of the United States or iri the Maritime Service, and who are phys ically able to work. I Continued on p.jge six) Registrant’s Transfer Frotn Farm Changes Draft Status j After hearing urgent appeals lust spring for “C” classifications, the Martin County War Board is now re-, ceivnig urgent requests for trans fers from the farm to other lines of business. Possibly transfers are in order in some cases, and will prove beneficial to both the registrant and his prospective employment, But all farm registrants holding “C” classi fications are being warned that a transfer is subject to change their status in the Selective Service Sys tem and that they will be subject to immediate induction. Men, thirty eight years old or over might pos sibly transer from the farm without! altering materially their draft sta tus, but those in the in-37 group, in clusive, are gambling with their own fate as far as the Army is concern ed, it is being specifically pointed out! and in no uncertain terms. No official expression could be had from the War Board, but it is, understood that some of the mem- i bers are greatly puzzled to under stand how some youngsters who were so important to the farm food pro gram last Spring can now quit the farm for other employment at this time. It is reasoned by some, accord ing to one report, that if a youngs ter can quit the farm about the time the tobacco is harvested, he was hardly needed there in the first place. The War Boaid, it is understood, cannot refuse a request for a trans fer from the farm to non-essential industry, but the action subjects the registrant’s case to reclassification. In the light of the warning, it is quite possible that there’ll be no large number ot transfers in this county, and it is quite possible that attendance upon some of the schools will be affected. Instead of the older brother leaving the farm, he v ill prefer to stay there and let his younger brotehr and sister go to school. I CONVICTION The first conviction in this county for a violation of black out regulations was recorded In justice J, L. Hassell in his court here a few days ago. R. J. Dug gan, the defendant, was fined $5 and taxed with the costs of the case. According to the complaint, Duggan failed to turn out his Mr lights when requested to do M h? Ml air raid warden during , in this dis A second mac ihdhi to Utf, one brought against Duggan to pending in the local court. Jus tice Hassell said. Bonner To Address Meeting of Peanut Growers Next Week (Inmers from North Carolina And V irginia Expected t«> Be Present Herbert C. Bonner, Congressman from this, the First District, and R Flake Shaw, secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, have accept ed invitations to speak before peanut growers of the North Carolina-Vii ■ ginia belt at a two-state meeting to be held at Murfreesboro at 10 o' clock next Tuesday morning, to complete plans to protest ceiling prices on the 1943 crop. The meet ing will be held in the large high school auditorium, one block off the town’s main street on High Street. Many Virginia notables have ac cepted invitations to appear on the program. Among these will be Secretary of Agriculture Walker, President of the Virginia Farm Bu reau Holsinger, and Congressman Wynder R. Harris of Norfolk Plans for the two-state meeting were fomulated in local meetings held in several counties of the two states and a large representation of growers from all counties in the en tire peanut producing area is ex- \ pected. The movement against unfair pea nut ceilings for the North Carolina Virginia belt got underway several weeks ago when growers and agri culture leaders rose up in protest and made plans for organized pres sure. Under the present set-up, oil peanuts which are grown principal ly ni the states to the south, may bring as much per pound as the premium quality Virginias and Jumbos, which are grown principal ly in North Carolina and Virginia. The movement, sponsored by the p<\inul growers, is similar to the one advanced by the tobacco growers of the bright leaf belt, who are pro testing ceilings on superior grades of tobacco being placed on a ceiling level with ungraded tobacco of the Georgia-Florida belt. A twin-state delegation will he appointed at the meeting to go to Washington to work with congress men and insist on a higher ceiling prices for the crop in tiiis belt. -% Alleged Robbers Under $1,000 Bond -V* Levester Archie, impudent stran ger who wandered into this section from Charlotte, and Ernest Jones, formerly of Pitt County, were or dered field in default of $1,000 bonds by Justice J. L. Hassell here last evening when the two colored men were arraigned for allegedly at tacking and robbing Lacey Steele, North Carolina Pulp Company em ployee, m ar the plont in the lower par-v-ef-thk county-on tin- morning of July 30. Both men pleaded not guilty and asked the state's witnesses a few sr reyelant questions. The victim of the attack stated that he saw the two men near the gate as he left the plant that morning that he was walking toward home on the railroad when the two men accosted him near the creek. Archie, according to Mr. Steele’s testimony, pulled a razor on him and told him to raise his hands. Jones reached in Steele’s pocket and took his $31 check. “They marched me down the railroad with Archie’s razor resting against my neck. One of them grab bed my coffee bottle and knocked me unconscious,” Steele said. In a dazed condition, Mr. Steele did not immediately identify the two men but later he did identify them and recalled the happenings that were supported by evidence coming from other witnesses. Witness Blount said he met the two men at the gate of the plant, that Mr. Steele was seen near them at the time. “One walked as if he was drunk,” the witness said. Sheriff J. K, Reid, who arrested the two men, told how he took a ra zor off Archie. Bookmobile to Make Regular Schedules , -.. _ Book* I’uri’hatH**! Ki’cently ^ ith Stall'- \i«f Boms* To Be Available A comparison of annual reports shows an increase of 33 percent in the use of the free hook service dur ing the past twelve months. Circu lation of non-fiction and tee!..‘deal books is up fifty percent. The de mand for books on "how to do’’ and current world events is greater than at any time during the past two years. The new books include "Complete Book of Home Canning," (including preserving, pickling, dehydration, and jelly-making), by Demetria nationally known expert on the subject. “The Wright Srothars” ia the fust authentic story of the pioneers of aviation. This biography Is the on« authorized by Orville Wright. Head ers will find it American right to the core. AiiwUu'i^TOffTClnTTrig buoK is an autobiography revealing the “hi larius, lusty story of Louise Peirson’s long swim upstream in pursuit of happiness”. “Roughly Speaking” i* as readable as entertaining Letter fans will delight in Mar garet Buell Wilder's "Since You Went Away ” Here she has a collec tion of letters to a soldier from his wife. Through them one meets the entire Wilder family. Letters make it again in Yes, Ma'am! This little book contains the personal papers of a WAAC private, Aux. Elizabeth R. Pollock. All Waac enthusiasts will enjoy this inside story of the ladies in khaki. Those readers who enjoyed Dr. Joseph Klausner’s Jesus of Naza reth a few years ago will want to read his most recent book, From Jesus to Paul, which covers the per iod from the death of Jesus to the end of Paul’s career. This edition is translated by Dr Stinespring, of Duke University. The Doolittle Raid over Tokyo is most vividly described by Captain Ted Lawson, who piloted one of the planes in the raid. His account in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo has been classified as one of the greatest stor ies of "American bravery and in genuity” ever written. Miracles in Hellas by Betty Wa son gives the story of Greece under Axis occupation and the people Who take part in it. At last it is out- a book entirely about our loneliest American out post—the Aleutians. Corey Ford gives us the first eye-witness account of what has been taking place there in his Short Cut to Tokyo. These and many others will be ready for circulation to the people of this county next week. Monday, August Hi- 10:00, Ed ward’s Service Station; 11:00, Ham ilton bank; 1:00, Oak City (Barrett’s Drug Store); 2:30, Smith’s Store (Palmyra Road). Tuesday, August 17 9:15, Ever etts (Ayers Store); 10:15, Cross Roads Church; 11:00, Parmele; 12:00, Edmonson’s Service Station (Has sell Highway); 1:00, Hassell; 2:00, Gold Point; 3:00, Robersonville. Wednesday, August 18- - 9:30, Dar dens (Jordan’s store); 10:25. Brown ings Store; 11:15, Ange Town; 12:00, Poplar Chapel Church; 1:00, James ville (Brown’s). Thursday, August 19—0:30, Farm Life (Manning and Gurkin store); 10:45, Smithwick’s Creek (Mrs. Grif fin’s home); 11:30, Corey’s Cross Road; 12:45, Bear Grass (Terry Bros, store). Despite gas rationing and tire shortages', the bookmobile has man aged to maintain a fauK regular op erating schedule in the region, but operations have been curtailed to some extent in a few instances. Dozen Cases Heard By Justice Hassell j _#_v- "■■■ The little crime wave that struck '.his community ia-t week end was leared up (his week when art even lu/eji defendants wa re cart ted be ore Ju.dite ' J:"L. Ha.-.»t*il l'"t hear ings and trial. Proceedings: Charged with larceny and receiv 'ng, Ernest Shepard was bound ov ■r to the county court under bond in the sum of $100. Linwood Speight, charged with breaking and entering, was sent to the superior court under bond in the sum of $100. Clara Little, charged with disor lei ly conduct, was taxed with $7.50 costs. Clyde Scott was required to pay $8.50 costs in the case charging him with disorderly conduct Noah Frazier was fined $3 50 and taxed with the costs. Charged with trespassing, Eddie Hardy was taxed $0.50 costs. Charged with disorderly conduct, five defendants were charged with court costs, as follows. Sarah Reid, $6.50; Oliver Field, $6.50; Fannie Scott and Lilley Berry, $10.50 each, and Will Stilley, $9.50. R J Duggan was fined $5 and taxed with the cost for alleged vio lation of regulations during the re cent blackout.