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Service Men Are Watching Progress Of Bond Drive In This County maki wrmmr FAT DAT WAK (,\[ X* BOND DAT m* jpbv»w«—uvi ioum THE ENTERPRISE S OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAR 8GHDS-STAMPS [■■IP fLTOISJi More Than Six Hundred Mem bers Attend; Short Ad dresses Feature Meet -9 More than 600 members— about half the number in this county — were present for the annual barbe cue dinner and meetmg of the Mar tin County Farm Bureau at the high school here last Friday eve ning Following the meal, some over one hundred of the members repair ed to the school auditorium for an impromptu program and an address by Hugh G. Horton. Elder A. B. Ay ers offered a prayer, and Mr. Ciias. L. Daniel, president of the county unit, briefly addressed the grouy. Prefacing his remarks with the dec laration that in his mind, "The Farm Bureau Federation is the greatest organization in the country outside the Church,” Mr. Daniel said, ‘‘if you really Knew what the Farm Bureau has meant to Martin Coun ty, the State of North Carolina and the Nation, we would be more ap preciative of its work. It can be proved by facts and figures that the organization has done much to bet ter conditions, not only for the far mers, but for all people in the agri cultural areas. It has sent telegrams, pleaded the cause of agriculture and done many, many other things for the farmer that we know nothing about." Reviewing briefly the history of the organization in this county, Mr. Daniel stated that we were slow to take hold, but gradually we began to realize the need and value of such an organization in fighting the bat tle for agriculture, and today there are 1,204 members representing the farmer, professions and interests of all in this area. It is an established fact that the work of the Martin County unit was instrumental in maintaining the organization in this State. “If we maintain a strong organi zation, it is my sincere belief that we will not experience the trying times of the early thirties. There may be tough times ahead, but if we continue to support our leaders, we are certain to be able to save our homes," the president concluded, urging the organization to push its membership to 1,300 memb£ s dur ing the drive tc get underway with in the next few days. Mr. D. V. Clayton, chairman of the Third War Loan drive in this coun ty, was introduced and ’vo made a stirring appeal to the Farm Bureau members and all farmers to support the all-important campaign. He urg ed them to dig a little deeper, to work a little harder. Delivering the main address of the evening, H. G. Horton, William- j ston attorney and strong candidate; for lieutenant governor, pointed out, the value of the Farm Bureau as a ; medium of exchange for ideas | (Continued on page six) “1 jjjjj wi i.uww.. uhwi ljjmjjwjj,.. J. t:STUiU5H£D imv Made AvaMSPbie For Farming* According to unofficial but reliable reports, 149 Italian war prisoners will be made available for harvest work on Martin County farms pos sibly within the next day or two. Re turning early this afternoon from a meeting in Tarboro with Army rep resentatives and farm leaders, Coun jty Agent Tom Brandor. explained that very little information could be released publicly, that farmers in terested in employing the war pris oners should apply to the agricul tural building. Just how the war prison labor will be handled could not be learned, but it is reasonable to believe that the men will be delivered to Williant ston each morning from the camp in Windsor for distribution to the figadAttMMP:<>Uii terms in this coun ty. It is possible that J he men will be diviwcflNt -rragroups of about eight or ten, that a guard will be as signed to each group. Farmers, after making arrangements at the county i agent's office, will call for the pris-1 Judge Walter Bone Addi esses Jurymen In Superior Court —»— Nine New Members Added to Grand Jury in This County Monday ♦ Leaving all other matters to the press and commentators for elabora tion, Judge Walter Bone, presiding over the two weeks term of the Mar tin County Superior Court yester day centered his remarks to the grand jury around strict judicinal procedure, made no mention of the crime trend and offered no solution to any problem. It was a unique charge in that it dealt with crime and the procedure for handling it. With eight grand jurymen, W. M. Myers, J. E. Bullock, Clifton Keel, Malgram Barefoot, L. J. Hardison, Ben H. James, Levin Ange and W. A Vanderford .retiring, the court recognized as their successors, J. W. Eubanks, Urbin Lilley, L A. Croom, A. L. Griffin, J. W. Hardy, Garland C. Tice, Wm. Samuel Rogers, Oscar Peel and Geo. James. These men were drawn for a year’s service. Grand jurymen Luther Hardison, Lester C. Roebuck, W. H. Dickens, Ir ving Roberson, Chas. Edwards, T. A. Gray, G. C. LilLy; J. J. William., and C. L. Nelson, Jr., returned to carry on and complete a year’s work. Judge Bone virtually ruled out any requests for exemption from jury service when he said that he realized these were busy days, that the members should perform their duties quickly as possible and con- j sistentiy with their importance and then return home. Declaring he was pleased to re (Continued on page six) More Martin County Men Called By Army 4 -» Eight Married Men Included In Group Leaving for Center ■■ ♦— Several of Group Called from Industrial Centers; Two Come From Farm -- Scraping the bottom of the barrel, the Martin County Draft Board this week routideo up only a few white men for possible military, service, est ever sent to an induction center from this county. It was the last round-up of inductees before fathers will be called in early October. While the available list of single and married men without children is now exhausted, other registrants in the two groups will become available from time to time or as rapidly as their deferments expire. Then there are those lads who are becoming 18 years of age. Quite a few of the se lectees leaving from month to month are boys in their teen ages. The September call includes eight married men. Most of the current call was answered by men from in dustry Only two lost their farm classifications and were included in the list. One of the group, Samuel John Andrew a, Jr., called to report for in duction was transferred to Troy. He taught school in this county at one time. The names of the men scheduled (Continued cn page six) ' FIFTY-CENT AVERAGE v. _/ Mr*. J. A, Corey of the Farm Life section sold a total of 543 pounds of tobacco on the local market Monday for an official average of exactly 50 cents. This was the first recorded average of 50 cents to be made on the Williamston market this sea son, but sales ranging from 45 to 50 cents are really numerous, aud the general price average is reaching new high levels nearly each, day — ... .. eaehers to Hold District Meet —*» Ahoskie—Mrs. Mayon Parker, of Ahoskie, director of district No. 9 of the North Carolina Congress of Par ents and Teachers, has announced that the annual meeting of the con ference will be held in Williamston on October 21st. Twelve counties in this section are in the district. They are Bertie, Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank, Per (|uuua:ii>, Tjiifcll tiiiu Iff abhiwftioii. District officers are, Mrs. Parker, director; Mrs. J. Carlton Cherry, as sistant director, of Ahoskie; Mrs. L. B. Evans, secretary, of Windsor, and Mrs. Raymond Tucker, treasurer, of l Hertford. Mrs. Alice Futrell, of Hertford, state second vice president, is the only state officer of the Congress in ! district No. 9. oners at a specified hour each morn ing and return them late that after noon.. It is understood that the war pris oners will be made available prin cipally for digging peanuts and pick ing cotton. According to one report efforts have been made to make some of them available for work in industry. The plan, while offered to relieve a reported fann labor shortage in this county, will have its obstacles. Many farmers are certain to need the labor at the same time. About the only solution to that problem will come when the men are assign ed according to the order in which applications for their services arc received. It has been reported that the Ital ians.are good workers, that they arc willing to work. Three camps, hous ing approximately 1,500 prisoners, are being established in Windsor, Scotland Neck and Tarboro fo. work in six counties. RECORD SALE ] Bone dry for several days with the exception of a little rum and some wine, the ABC store re ceived a small shipment of hard liquor for sale last Friday morn ing. Sales were slow for a short time after the store opened, but news of the shipment went like wild fire and within a very few minutes a line was forming. An hour later, twenty cases had been passed over the counter, the sale amounting to about $700 setting a new record in that per iod of time. Those leaving the store with their brown wrapped packages wore smiles, but those reporting late had long, dry faces. One man was quoted as saying that the government ought to divert grain from the war program and make more liquor. A small shipment is expected tomorrow, but delivery sched ules are often delayed. Enemy Flees Before Allies On Russian And Italian Fronts —•— Churchill hays Plot In Mak ing for Muss Invasion of The Continent -<*. There’s plenty of action on the war fronts in Italy and Russia today with the Germans leading a retreat and with the Allies giving them a merry chase. The Russian steam roll er is pusing ever closer to the Dnei per River where some observers still believe the enemy will offer a de fense The Nazi fortress at Smolensk has been flanked and the Germans are said to be making ready to evac uate Kiev, the great Ukrainian cen ter. The Americans are now within 12 miles of Naples, and they are setting their guns up for a bombardment. A late report today stated that the Germans were digging in before the city, however and were offering an increasing resistance. In the Pacific area, the Americans and Australians have their eyes on Rabaul in New Britain. They have bombed important bases in its ap proach after taking Lae in New Guinea. The Japs are pestering the boys on Guadalcanal, a report today stating that they had made another ineffective air attack there. The big news on the war aside from the actual fighting front was reveal ed today by Prime Minister Church ill in a speech to the House of Com mons. He reaffirmed that a plot is in the making for a mass invasion of the continent, that the time is coJSfl Uw? but. '..Allied leaders i 'think fffne'is TiPe " ." The Prime Minister also stated that the German U-boat took its worst licking of the war during the past four months when not a single Al lied ship was sunk in the North At lantic by a sub. He admitted, howev er, that they were becoming more active, and as he spoke word was re ceived that an Allied convoy was under attack. Churchill told of a closer unity be tween Britain, Russia and the Unit (Continued on page six) -- Brother Of Local CAlizen Japanese Prisoner Of War Rudolph Smithwick, Windsor young man and brother of Mrs. Charles Thomas, of Church Street, Williamston, is being held prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines, according to information received a day or two ago directly from him. He was taken prisoner when Corregi dor fell, it was learned. •La-s-es -Ggiuffkted ’ In Superior Court —©— Two Defendants Are Sentenc ed to Prison for 6-8 Years In Robbery Case — »—-— The trial of criminal cases was completed in the Martin County Su perior Court here this morning and a recess for the remainder of the week was indicated in late reports coming from the old hall of justice. It could not be learned immediately, but possibly a few divorce cases w'ould be heard before the court re cesses until next Monday when the trial of civil cases is scheduled. The session, opening yesterday with Judge Walter Bone of Nash ville on the bench, has been an un eventful one. The proceedings failed to attract anything like a capacity audience and little interest was shown in the trials. Levester Archie and Ernest Jones, two colored men who assaulted and robbed Lacy Steele, white man near Uh pulp mill in the lower part of this county last July, were each sen tenced to the roads for a term of not less than six and not more than eight years. The defense denied all charges and apparently crowded its testi mony with one falsehood after an other. The jury had the case hardly ten minutes. Charged with robbery, Moses Wil liams pleaded guilty of the larceny of property valued at more than $50. He was sentenced to the roads for six months, the court suspending the sentence upon the payment of the court costs and guaranteed behav ior. Arthur Council, colored man charged with running down and in juring Mrs. Mamie Taylor in Pop lar Point on the 24th of last month, p’eaded guilty of hit-and-run driv ing. Sentence was delayed in the case, one report stating that possi bly the road sentence which he is certain to get will be shortened if the defendant accepts certain finan cial obligations. LeRoy Andrews, Geo. Willie Collier, Zeno Council and William Taylor, riding with Ar thur Council, were charged with aidiiig and abetting in an assault with a deadly weapon and hit-and run driving. They were released when the court directed a verdict of not ,;uilty at the conclusion of the state’s evidence. It was later learned that prayer for judgment had been continued until the December term in the case against Arthur Council. Bond was required in t!,v sum of $500. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, Columbus Daniel pleaded guilty of assaulting another with a deadly weapon. The plea was accepted and he was sentenced to the roads for hx months. The case charging Cortez Rogers (Continued on page six) -« Aged Citizen Dies In County Monday ——-•— Mrs. Mary Jane Rawls, ninety years of age, died at the home of her son in Poplar Point Township last evening at 6:30 o’clock following a brief illness. Death was attributable to the infirmities of age, although she had been unusually active up un til a short time ago. A native of Bertie County, Mrs. Rawls moved to this county about a month ago to make her home with her son, W. E. Rawls. She was the daughter of the late David Rawls and wife. She was a faithful member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Hertford County for many years and was highly respected in her home and adopted communities. Besides her son with whom she made her home recently, she is sur vived by a daughter, Mrs. J. J. Out land, of Suffolk, and W. C Rawls, of .aewr Aulander. Funeral—'services will he conduct.-. r*ry< uL-imr -«m: lander, tomoriijw afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and interment will follow in the family cemetery, near the home. -« S. G. Bunting Hurt Critically In Wreck 1 — &.* S. G. Bunting, brother of Vernon Bunting, of Williamston, was believ ed to have been critically hurt last Saturday night when his car turned over near Greenville. Removed to a hospital, Bunting, a resident of Beth el, was said to have lemained un conscious for quite a wiiilp. tew details of the accident could be learned here, but one report in dicated that the car left the highway on a curve, traveled about 100 yards and then went into a spin. One of two Marines riding with Bunting was hurt about the back and head. He was removed to a Greenville hospital. The other Ma rine was not badly hurt. Bond Quota Has Been Raised In The County Up To Present Time First Christmas Parcels Are Moving To the Boys Overseas The first of the 1943 Christmas parcels for Martin County boys serv ing overseas started moving out of the local post offices last week, and the movement is gradually gaining momentum. The handling of the mil lions of package is a huge task, but the government is urging the people back home to remember the boys in the service, here and abroad. To effect a fair distribution, no family may mail more than one package per week be tween now and October 15 to any one service man, but it is possible for several person:? to mail packages to one service man. Possibly fifty packages have al ready been mailed- in the local post office for foreign delivery, and the business is gradually increasing. It NO DAMAGE i ---- Slow rains, falling in this sec tion yesterday afternoon, last night and this afternoon, hardly damaged the peanut crop now being harvested, farmers, ques tioned here this morning declar ed. Continued rains, they point ed out, will possibly result in damage, but so far the rains have only curtailed the harvest ing program, it was said. Their activities in the field in terrupted, many farmers are ex pected to turn their attention to tobacco grading again, and in creased tobacco deliveries to the markets are expected to follow in due time. W. Matthew Wilson Dies In Washington Hospital On Friday -m-. Funeral Services Are Held in Funeral Home Here Lust Sunday Afternoon -<*— Funeral services were conducted from the Biggs Funeral Home heie Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock for William Matthew Wilson who died in a Washington hospital last Fri day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. John L. Goff, his pastor, conducted the last rites. Interment was in the fam ily plot in the local cemetery. In feeble health for several months Mr. Wilson was removed to the hos pital on September 10. Hardening of the arteries and complications re sulted in his death. The son of the late William Hen ry and Sarah Hasty Wilson, he was born near Everts 69 y>_ars ago. Af ter spending msM-ai ly boyhood there he moved to Williamston with his parents and lived on a farm near here. He was married to Miss Essie Ray, and one son, William Wilson, of Washington, D. C , survives the union. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Ed Powell, of Greenville, and Mrs. Albert T. Perry, of Williams ton. Following his marriage he locat ed in Norfolk where he was en gaged in the insurance business for a number of years. He returned to Williamston some time ago and made his home with his brother, Marshall D. Wilson, until he died a year ago last July, Since then he jhad made his home most of the time iifdh his sistfit Mrs*.Perry, cm.fjfcUs'iK ► if^i> ^-*■* • ■ . He was a member of the Christian Church here for many years, hav ing joined when he was a youth. His father was instrumental in the building and construction of the church. A bit hard of hearing, he seldom attended the services in re cent years. He led a quiet life, over looking the shortcomings of others and holding malice toward no one. ..4 County Youth Volunteers For Service In The Navy William Biggs Cox, young white man of RFD 1, Oak City, volunteer ed lor service in the United biale Navy a few days ago while Recruit er Dallas Taylor was in the county. His acceptance is subject to physi cal examinations in New Bern and Raleigh this week. Two other Martin County youths enlisted for Navy service last week, but their acceptance is being delay ed pending the receipt of their par ents’ consent. will possibly reach a peak during the first week of next month. October 15 is the dead line for mailing packages to army men ov erseas. Packages for men in other branches of the service outside the country may be mailed as late as No ^^B^rquesVa irom the service men for packages are necessary during the “holiday" mailing period, but senders are directed to write “Christ mas Package” on the wrappers. Senders will help guarantee deliv trty by limiting their packages to five pounds in weight and by wrapping them securely. The post office also points out that domestic mailing for the holiday sea son must get underway during the latter part of November if delivery is to be guaranteed. | Forty-Seven Tires Allotted In County By Ration Board ■ — <*> Certificate Holders Are Still To Find Adequate Supply Of Grade III Tires Advised by quite a few holders of Grade III tire certificates that the ration sheets were worth little more than continental paper, the Martin County Rationing Board last Friday night issued only one certificate for a low-grade tire. It is reported that the certificate holders cannot find an adequate supply of that typo of tire However, a few have been found here and there. Possibly there are quite a few of the low-grade or used tires, but there is much difficulty m getting them into trade channels. A 'dealer in this county states that on ly so many are to be had at a time, but when they are bought and re paired and recapped the cost is great er than the ceiling price. However, a few dealers have been handling as many of the tin's as they could get to accommodate their customers. During the meantime, motorists are demanding the board to change their low-grade certificates for a Grade I tire, but the exchange cannot be of fected. The lone Grade ill tire cer tificate was issued to Henry Rober son. Thirty Grade I tires for ears and (Continued on page six! ' $ - Three Districts In Excess of Quota So Far In Campaign Hard W «»rk and Sacrifices Are Necessary To Reach Goal, Chairman Declares -* Martin County citizens will have to make more sacrifices and the can vassers will have to work still hard er if the $918,000 Third War Loan -1 uota is to be reached, Chairman D. V. Clayton said this morning after announcing that a total of $535,389.50 had been raised and reported. While this amount figures hardly more than 13 per cent of the actual goal, the war loan chairman estimated that an reported sales will push the total to about sixty per cent of the goal. “Three districts, Bear Grass, Pop ular Point and Goose Nest, are al ready over the top,” Mr. Clayton laid, “and the drive is progressing very favorable in all the other dis tricts with possibly one or two ex ceptions.” It was pointed out that the drive is late getting started in several districts, but plans for a whirlwind rally are already laid and it is certain that goals in each of them will be more than subscribed. With a quota of $25,000, Bear Grass according to the latest report, has sold right at $69,000 in bonds, and the work continues. Complete de tails of the sale could not be learned immediately, but it is fairly appar ent that tlie average number of per sons participating in the campaign there will rank right at the top and that the per capita purchase will hardly be equalled by any other dis trict in the county. However, all the reports are not in, and until they are received final recognition of Mar lin County people's patriotism can not ho determined. Poplar Point early today was $1, 250 above its quota of $10,000, and Oak Ciiv .exceeded its $25,000 goal last week-end. The work is being continued in each of the three dis tricts even though the quotas have been 111, U‘Y l r u at Hi^"[TTi ~S t ■ V 1. iC i*"‘Thr“ expressed hope of United States Treasury officials that one out of every three persons in the nation would participate in the current cam paign even if the purchase was lim ited to a $25 bond. Announcing the total reported to date Chairman Clayton stated that it could not be broken down by town ships until the several distribut ing agencies reported. It is under stood that Williamston has handled (Continued on page six) Tobacco Prices Reach INew High Figure Here WEEK-END KOUMU1* ) V___j Despite a shortage of liquor in both the legal and RFD brands, public drunkenness is holding up in this section. Of eight persons arrested and jailed here over the week-end, seven were book d for public drunkenness. Yhe other one was charged with larceny and receiving. Three of the eight persons ar rested and jailed were white, the ages of the group ranging from 17 to 5& years. e Sewing Clinic Will Open On Thursday -* A sewing clinic under the direc tion of Miss Ruth Britt, of the local home economics department, will be opened on Thursday afternoon, Sep tember 23, at 3:30 o’clock in the clothing laboratory of the local school. Classes will be held on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30 o’clock and on Tuesday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 o’clock for a per iod ot several weeks. Purpose of this clinic for the wo men of the town and community is to aid in the conservation of mater ials during a war period, especially in the saving of wool. Persons de siring to attend are to bring suits that have been discarded by men now in the armed services, or any clothing to which renovation is needed. | Many Grades Higher Than They Were In First World’s War --» Salt's Slightly in Excess of Five Million Pounds On Market for Season -» With prices for the common grades much higher and those for the better ! grades going oeyorid the 50-cent i murk, ■>verages . .vi.'. Wi! HarrisTnn Tuhiliarsnmi^rtixJi terday reached a new high figure for the season. Prices today are equally as strong as they were during the previous two sale days, and farmers are jubilant over their sales. Price averages are ranging slight ly above 44 cents a pound, and indi ' vidual averages have been reported as high as fifty cents a pound. Individual farmers declare there is no room for complaint. Fanner Major Gardner said this morning that tobacco is selling good. “I mean good, and that’s no lie,” he added. Grade for grade, tobacco is selling just as high if not higher than it die' dux mb a.id i ibiit after ttic World’s War, other farmers com mented. Sales on the local market are now in excess of five million pounds, and capacity sales are being held each day. While (he market has not clear ed its block since the three and one . half hour selling period was adopted, j sales are running unusually smooth. i (Continued on page aix)