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Only Five More Days For This County To Go Over Bond Quota Top MAM W1KT PAT DAT WA» CV ■©w® ©at wm Mwm-Mn k*jm THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOR FOR VICTORY wit* UNITED STATES WAN 90NGS-STAMPS ■jmxaKM# l 76— Williamsfcsw, Mosiln County, 3tiX?tL£‘irofina, Fri,],Q. September 24. IWl.'i. ISHED 1899 In The County Nearing Quota Of $918,000.00 Bear Grass, Poplar Point and Hamilton First Over The Top Other Districts Have Passed Their Coals, But Reports Are Incomplete -J£aslr goal of $9Third War Loan Drive^m^^^^mnounemg the splendid progress made in the drive so far, County Chairman D. V. Clay ton pleaded with the canvassers and all citizens not to slacken the traces until the job is well done and more. This morning, a total of $769,095.00 had been raised in the county, ac cording to incomplete reports. The figure includes $76,000 in bonds pur chased by the State and allotted to the county and $30,000 purchased by the county itself. The $76,000 and $30,000 have been combined and are represented in the various totals for the several townships, each sharing in the $106,000 in exact proportion to its assigned quota. Chairman Clayton, cheered by a super successful bond rally in Ham ilton last night, was indeed optimis tic this morning when he made a last-minute report on the success of the drive. “There’s much work to be done yet, but we are now satisfied that Martin County can and will de liver the goods and measure up to every expectation, just as it has done in the past,” he said. A review of the report shows three tow'nships—Bear Grass, Poplar Point and Hamilton—over the ton with Bear Grass still leading in marginal petcentage. The report is based on actual accountings made by the dis trict chairmen with Mr. Clayton. It was pointed out that several other townships, including Goose Nest, Griffins and possibly others, have passed their goals, but the account ings had not been completed when | the report was released this morn- i (Continued on page" six; Superior Gotift-fo County Has Recess Until Next Monday Twenty Minutes Following Trial of Criminals The Martin County Superior Court, opening a two weeks’ session last Monday morning with Judge Walter Bone on the bench, complet ed the trial of criminal cases about noon Tuesday and after handling six of twelve divorces on the calendar iri about twenty minutes went into a recess early that afternoon until next Monday morning. The court, scheduled to hear both criminal and civil cases, attracted very little attention from the gen eral public during the short time it was ill session this week, and it is indeed likely that it will attract even less attention next Monday when the first of a few civil cases are called. It is generally believed that the court will work a couple of days and fold its tent until about the middle of November when a “special” term will be held for the trial of civil cases only. Proceedings: Of the six divorces granted, only two went to white couples. Five of the six were granted on the grounds of two years of separation and one waj^haged on alleged a"c!TflT?ly. Not *' Tiw"i-ourt di vorce mill was thrown into high gear and came near making or did make a record in turning out so many separ ation decrees in so short a time. Based on two years’ separation, divorces were granted to the fol lowing: Leon Sykes against Annie Sykes, . colored couple. William Brown Winbush against Clavon Andrews Winbush, colored couple. Johnnie James against Gladys Bailey James, white couple. Booker T. Staton against Annie Mae Staton, colored couple. B. A. Rorburk "gainst Irene W Roebuck, white couple. The divorce granted Nora James in her case against John Thomas James, Jr,, was based on adultery. The litigants in this case are colored. Several divorces were delayed for one reason or another for consider ation during future terms, but one or two will likely be placed in the court hopper for action next week. LABOR BOARD The special War Labor Mo bilization Board for this coun ty will look into the vagrancy situation on Thursday afternoon of next week when its members meet to review the first cases called to their attention. The meeting will be held in the courthouse at 3 o’clock that af ternoon, Chairman Hugh G. K—would not be learned defi nitely how many cases will be reviewed at the meeting, but several are pending, the chair man pointing out that quite a few had already been cleared through voluntary action on the part of the alleged vagrancy law violators. County Grand Jury Submits Quarterly Report This Week --fS Body Completes Its Work Karly in Term and Re cesses until December After making two minor recom mendations, the Martin County Grand Jury in its quarterly report to the September superior court went on to praise the various public agen cies and declare their operation in perfect order. The report: We have passed on all bills of in dictment presented to us. We visited the clerk of court’s of fice, and found it to be in excellent condition, with guardian and admin istrators accounts in good shape. We found the register of deeds of fice in excellent order and all bonds in order. The sheriff’s office and the county tax collector’s office were both check ed and ail records found in order. We visited" the comity prison farm and the county home and found both in excellent condition; however, it is tHe oplnicri’oYThe "g’rlHfu jury that due '.o the enormous amount of work and the various duties of the keeper j of the county home that an assist- | ant be furnished to assist him it; his i duties. The keeper of the home is I performing at this time duties that ■ TVmfT otnmon u. We visited the jail in the town of Robersonvilie, and recommend that same be given a thorough cleaning. We visited the county jail and found four violators lodged there (3 colored and 1 white). The jail was found in a very clean and well kept (Continued on page six) Gets Honorable Discharge After Three Years Service After spending two years, eight months and ten days in the United States Army, Pfc. Hildreth Roger son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Rogerson, of near Williamston, was recently given an honorable dis charge. According to his discharge papers, the young man had never been AWOL, had broken no regulations and his character was marked ex cellent. The discharge was granted on account of asthma. After a week’s stay with his peo ple in the county, he and Mrs. Rog erson will leave this week-end for Charlotte wiiere they will make their home. War Dead YflerBeing Missing for a Year L. Dan Roebuck, Jr. Was Crew Member Of Ill-Fated Quincy —*— Yunus' Man's Death Presum ed to Have Oeeurred Aug. 9, Secretary Says - -<3>-— Lemuel Daniel Roebuck, Jr., young son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Roebuck of near Hamilton, was officially listed among the war dead a few days ago by Navy Secretary Frank Knox in a personal letter to the you -non'* —Hc--» bcheviM^^^LL' the twelfth Martin make the supreme sacrifice during the current struggle. Besides his parents he is survived by four brothers, two of whom are now in the service of their country', and four sisters. Their names are: Craven B., L. M., Dallas and Reuben Roebuck. Sarah, Stella, Reba and Madeline Roebuck. About four years ago when he was 20 years of age, he enlisted in the Navy. His last visit home was in May of last year, and his parting words to his father were, “I am ready and willing to do my duty, and I am going to do it to the very best of my ability for my country.” The letter received just a few days ago by Mr. Roebuck from Sec retary Knox reviews the young man's case as follows: “After a full review of all avail able information, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that your son, Lemuel Daniel Roebuck, Jr., Storekeeper third class, USN, is de ceased, having been reported ‘miss ing in action’ on August 9, 1942, be ing a member of the crew and serv ing aboard the U. S. S. Quincy when that vessel was sunk as a result of enemy action during the Battle of Savo Island. “In accordance with section 5 of Public Law 490, 17,0 Congress, as amended, your son’s death is pre sumed to have occurred on August 10, 1943, which is the day following !he day of expiration of an absence :>f twelve months. “I extend to you my sincere sym pathy in your great loss and hope you may find c.Qmfprt in the knowl edge thai your son gave his life for Pis country, upholding the highest trad;tif>n-s ■ of—tho The ..fey shares in your sense of bereavement and will feel the loss of his service. “Sincerely yours, "Frank Knox.” The youth was popular in his Pome community and had manv tcim Vi rtftnrrri fciswthijj:* rlremeiiGet lwo Calls This Week -« Local firemen were calltjd out twice in two days this week. Late Monday night they were called to Charlie Spruill’s home on the Ham ilton Road when a fire started in his :orn barn and destroyed the barn and an old model car. The firemen kept it from spreading to a big wood pile and to the dwelling house by placing the pumper on the banks of Mill Branch and running a line of lose to the house. No estimate on the damage could be had, but it is not believed that the loss will ex (♦d $500. No corn was in the barn. Wednesday morning about 8 a’clock the firemen were called to Mayo Matthews’ barbecue pit just back of the Sinclair service station in the warehouse district. A pig on the pit caught fire and smoked up the place, but no damage was done to :he building. With the advent of cooler weather, in increase in the number of fires is expected by the department. rssu&JAtarnin&Tol'hose Who. __ __ _ mmmm Failed To List For Taxation -* Following the regular meeting of the Martin County Grand Jury this week, a renewed warning is being issued to all property owners ar.d others who have not listed their holdings or poll for general taxa tion for 1943. By a special order of the court coming following a rec ommendation received from the grand jury more than two years ago. tax authorities clamped down on non-tax listers Some were carried into the courts and prosecuted, and others were required to list their properties and poll, pay fixed pen alties and all taxes up to date. It is now pointed out that non listers who do not get their names on the books between now and the next term of the superior court in December will be made subject to indictment and prosecution in the \ :ourts. It was also pointed out that the late listers will be required to Day the fixed penalty—$1 or twenty per eent of the tax, whichever is the larger—and taxes to date. Several lundred names were placed on the tax books about two years ago, and penalties and costs ran into fairly sizable figures. According to County rax Supervisor C. D. Carstarphen t is now estimated there are about ion nr ISO persons m the county de linquent in their tax listing, A care ful check of tax records and em ployment lists wlil be made between now and next December and if the aon-listers take no action by that time, indictment will follow. It is also understood that quite a few suits are now pending in the courts for the final sale of lands to satisfy old tax claims. L. DAN ROEBUCK, JR. ! WILMER THOS. GLOVER Great Bond Rallies Are Held This Week In Three Districts Kitrm Raises $3.1263; (.roHK Hoails, $10,649; Hamiitim,15583^ “ The all-out drive to raise $918,000 during the Third War Loan drive in this county reached a feverish cli ri-jax this week .when three*, groa^ bond ralli ■veti.ng. no in Ever-I Farm Life Wednesday evening and still another at Hamilton last night. Honest-to-goodness patriotism has seldom been expressed in more glow ing terms than at the three rallies. To be sure, bond purchases represent an individual investment and a good one, too, but patriotism was unmis takably expressed when one citizen after another virtually agreed to forego the purchase of worldly goods and little children volunteered to save more <y vrieir cand^uielads and invest just about thes*WW^Pbrks in bonds After getting off to a slow start, the citizens of Cross Roads mater ially boosted the drive in their dis trict Tuesday evening when they met for a program in the Everetts School auditorium. A free movie was shown and Elbert S. Peel and D. V. Clayton briefly addressed the large group. In answer to an appeal by Paul Bailey, chairman of the drive in the district, Auctioneer Henry A. Johnson took over and the bidding reached a peak when $1,500 was of fered for a sack of flour. A pint of jelly brought $300, and when the prizes were exnausted, Elbert Peel offered a handkerchief from his nand that brought $93.75. When the program, wan. ,<iOiu lucked, i < -.of *r:«", <eht Eg; v •. by recognized securities. A record sale of “E” bonds was be lieved to have been established in the county Wednesday night when more than 300 persons gathered for a program and rally in the Farm Life School auditorium. Following a patriotic program offered by the school pupils, Attorney Hugh G. Horton briefly addressed the large (Continued on page six) 1 STILL FIGHTING | Even though he has been miss ing for more than a year and presumed dead these past few months, Seaman Wiimer Thomas Glover is still fighting. In person the young man did a hero’s role in the Pacific fight, and now the insurance he carr'ed on his life is going for war bonds. Wilmer Thos. Glover Is Given Up For Lost By Navy Personnel -■<» Navy Chief of Personnel Rates Young Man with Heroes In Pacific Fight Wilmer Thomas Glover, young son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Glover of near Oak City, has been given up for lost, according to information released a few weeks ago by Randall Jacobs, Rear Admiral. U. S. Navy, Chief of ****'» GtUI- ji.. > - encouraging message would follow, relatives asked that the contents of the Rear Admiral’s letter be with held for a while. Out of deference to those wishes, no public mention was made that the young man had been officially listed among the war dead, that he presumably had made the supreme sacrifice. Besides his parents, the young man leaves one brother, Ellsworth Glov er, of Beaufort County, five sisters, Mrs. Howard Tatum and Mrs. Joe Williams, of South Norfolk; Mrs. Ernest Lawrence and Mrs. Fletcher Welch of the home, and Mrs. Paul Rider, of Dothan, Ala., and a half sister, Mrs. J. P. Faithful, of Scot land Neck. The young man’s mother was the former Miss Bessie Hyman of this county and his father, a vet eran of the Spanish-American War, came to this county years ago from Northampton. He enlisted in the Navy when on ly seventeen years of age. A short time after he was reported missing, j an unofficial report was heard tell ing that his ship was seen to have gone down near a small island, but months have passed and nothing more was ever heard from him. Listing him among the heroes of the Pacific fight, Admiral Jacobs’ tells how the youth was commend ed by his commanding officer in the following letter addressed to the lad’s father: "As you no doubt realize more than a year has elapsed since your son, Wilmer Thomas Glover, Aviation Ordnanceman second class. United States Navy, was placed in the miss ing status. He was a member of Tor- j pedo "Squaclron Two, attached to the’j aircraft carrier, U. S. S. Lexington, during the Coral, Sea. battle. ^ “On the 7th day of May, 1942* *the*|" VT-2 squadron was represented in the attack group which sank the RYUKAKU off Louisiade, Archipel ago. The planes of this squadron at Board Allots Eight Pea Pickers —•— Meeting in special session here this week, the United States Department of Agriculture War Board for Mar the purchase of eight new peanut teh purchase of eight new peanut pickers, as follows: L. G. Taylor, C. M. Hurst, Minton Beach, F. C. Stall ings, C. L. Green, W. SkRevels^J. E. King and 'w cT'PeeT,*Tf,,IW?!i derstood that there are three or four more pickers available for distribu tion in this county. A permit for the construction of a small county home was issued to R. D. Jones, and permission was granted S, Kogerson to make a con nection with a rural power line. J. C. Johnson, Oak City; John Had ley and S. B. Lilley, Williamston, were given permission to substitute rubber tires for steel wheels on their tractors. Upward \\ ith Average Well Over *45 Today TOGETHER The weather man and the cal endar maker were working in close harmony at 6:12 o’clock last evening when they ushered out good ole summer time and turn ed in Falk For a while it looked as if the calendar-maker was a little ahead of the game, but before the night was spent, the weather man went into action and the tntrevhrf dfapped SoWn "thiiTthe “• fifties. Some shivered it out ra ther than get up between 1 o’elock and day to get a blan ket. The weaklier change was so marked that some complained Fall had already given over to Winter. Germans Retreating In Haste As Allies Increase Offensive —.. Germans Flying Out of Corsi ca, Jumping at Smolensk, Swimming from Kuban It’s fulL flight toward points near er home for the Germans today on battle fronts in Russia, Corsica and Italy, late reports stating that the enemy is flying out of Corsica, heel ing it with all his might out of the Smolensk area, jumping in Italy and swimming out of tne Kuban sector. It is a mass flight today, but some observers believe general mud will soon relieve the plight of the Nazis for six or eight weeks or until the Russians can resume their task of hurling the enemy out of their land on frozen ground. In the Smolensk area, the Russian* have virtually surrounded the area, and a general General retreat is be lieved in the making. It is also con sidered likely that the German line eli-the-way -to 4he- iograd »v«:v will fade away with the fall of Smo lensk. The retreat in some areas along "lie Eastern iTulVTiiaVe leached -the*' proportions of a rout, and the Ger man'-; are paying with enormous losses in manpower and equipment. A strong drive is being amassed just ebout ten miles south of Kiev and there is sometalk about the possi hUn^harTBHWrvitaiis wiii'itot stop w • :. ,JP5.WJJH trong line o't defense for the Go mans. ^l In Italy, the Allies are moving in for a final drive on Naples, but op (Continued on page six) -• Local \ounn Man Ordnance Officer In 9th Air Force An announcement trickling out of a United States Air Force Bomber Station somewhere in England and cleared by the U. S Army censor in Washington City states that First Lieutenant Oscar S. Anderson is now an Ordnance Officer of an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress group where his department has charge of the bombs “that will enrich the soil of occupied Europe by blasting the Nazis out of it.” The note offered no details, but in a personal letter received a short time ago, the young man was report ed to have told about a trip to 1 Lon don. War Prisoners Start Work On Farms In-County ThisJWujk fseuevecl to be the first tc appear in this c< untry since Martin soldiers wi re held by the Federals back in the struggle between the States, Ital ian prisoners of war started working on farms in this area last Wednes day. The first assignment was made on the Copeland farm in the upper part of the county that day, and it is understood they are still engaged in the harvesting of peanuts there. Today, prisoners from the Windsor camp are working on the farms of John Gurkin, Malcolm Barefoot, W. B. Daniel and Paul Dixon, mostly in the Williamston area. tew reports have been received from the farms where the prisoners of war are now working, but it was stated that the men were willing workers and were readily adapting themselves to their newly accepted tasks. It is understood that about 74 per cent of the men were farmers before Mussolini yanked them up i and sent them to North Africa to! be’csijwjfiied. Some of the"oiii'Js®5A?' bankers', business and professional men, singers arid so on. Comparative ly few of the group speak English, however, but farmers are having no great difficulty in showing them how to handle peanut harvesting. If the farmer shakes a bunch of peanuts three times, the prisoner shakes a bunch about the same number of times. A price of 10 cents a stack, regard less of size, has been fixed for har vesting peanuts. Farmers in this section who plan to apply for the labor will possibly find it advisable to cooperate with their neighbors end go direct to Windsor and sign the contracts. Farmers in the upper part of the county will go to Scot land Neck. It is also understood that :>nce the contracts are properly han dled, the prisoners will be delivered direct to the fields, that the farmer aas to furnish nothing, not even drinking water. f — Individual Sales Are Re|)orted As High As $56 On Local Market Nearly Six Million Pounds Have Been Sold; Two thirds of Crop Gone -q The- price trend on Williamston’s swing upward with individual sales ranging up to $56 per hundred pounds and th“ over-all average breaking over $45 for the first time this season. Old-time farmers who have followed the markets through one war and so far during the cur rent struggle state that prices for some grades are the highest they had ever seen. During the first hour and a half of the selling period this morning, sel dom was a pile sold under 40 cents, and it was conservatively estimated that the average for the entire sale will go well over the 45-cent mark. Farmers are really jubilant over the prices paid for all types, and even if the superior quality grades are not selling for 75 and 80 cents they are fairly well convinced that with high prices for the poorer quality grades and prices in the high forties and fif ties that possibly everyone is bene fitted. Reports state that some crops already have been sold for as much as $550 with a few going as high as $600 and $650 per acre. To date, the local market has sold right at five and three-quarter mil lion pounds, and capacity sales are being maintained. The first sale will be cleared today, but it is hardly like ly that the second sale floors will be reached. However, it is quite possi ble for tobacco delivered late today and tomorrow and possibly early Monday to be sold Monday. It is now estimated that between sixty-six and two-thirds and seventy per cent of the crop in this immed iate section has been sold already. A (Continued on page six) .. =--S-.. • -ft-.--: Services Accepted Several Men From Countv This Week !* 5.' t • i vt* I ii«! 114*1 i«»it (Center ■Several Martin County boys were accepted for military services at an Army induction center this week, according to an unofficial but reli able report received here yesterday. It was stated that Geo. B. Ful mer, former Rohersonville young man, John Arnold Ward, Jr., of Wil liamston; Wallace Orlando Rober son, of Robersonville, and Henry Herman Rawls, of RFD 1, Rober sonvilk, were accepted by the Army. Cecil Brawford Bonds, of RFD 2, Williamston, and Sam Lathenhouse Whichard, of RFD 3, Williamston, were accepted by the Marines, the unofficial report stated. Guilford VanBuren Flowers, former store manager of Williamston, and Joseph Howard Thigpen, young Williams ton boy, were held over for further examinations, according to the latest unofficial information that could be had. It was said that Irven Frester Keel, Lloyd Cleveland Morris and Horace Dee Dixon were rejected. The report explained that Ward and Roberson were accepted for lim ited military service, meaning possi bly that they will be received as specialists. It that they foi’ .itt'W Sy-vvic iMiifia accepted Ariir,/* report at the °nd of a 21-day fur lough. Bonds and Whichard are ex pected to report for active duty with the Marines the early part of next week, it is understood. Reporting on their trip to the in duction center this week, John Ward, Jr., declared that they were well received there, that Pfc. Jim Manning, Pfc. Paul Roberson and Pfc. C. B. Martin were the most gra cious and obliging reception commit tee. ‘‘Why, they even delivered our bed clothing and nursed our every care and woe,” John said. “They are a fir," group of boy? '<11 right ” he added. The Martin County boys made a record in that a larger percentage of their group was accepted than is or dinarily the case. One unofficial re port stated that nearly 400 men were rejected and forty were accepted at one induction in a single day recent ly.
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