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Russians Continue
Sweepijfig Drive iii ’
Dnieper Bend Area
Allies Starting Rig Drive To
Crash “Little Rommel
Line” In Italy
Continuing their drive in the Dnie
per River Bend, the Russians have
the Germans reeling and rocking, the
observer optimists seeing in the drive
the possible downfall of Hitler. The
observers go on to explain that the
terrific bombing of German cities
has aggravated the plight of the Ger
mans and anything is to be expected.
The conservatives while admitting
that Hitler is squirming in the fire,
point out that there is a propaganda
angle to the news coming out of Ber
lin. They explain that the German
reverses are being played up in an
effort to cause a delay in ihe open
ing of a second front across the
Channel. They reason that a second
front is unnecessary if Hitler is so
near whipped.
The reports coming out of Ger
many are confusing, and the com
mentators are not helping to clari
fy the situation. One report tells how
the people ignore communiques re
leased by Hitler and Goebbels and
how they are longing for peace. An
other report declares that Hitlerism
is still strong in Germany, that mor
ale has not reached the. low ebb
where a break is to be expected. One
observer, leaning on the conserva
tive side, states that the Germans,
hearing about the arguments over
postwar peace plans in the United
States Senate and strikes and talk of
strikes, are all but convinced that
morale in this country is about to
break. While subjected to adversity
in battle and in the air, the German
people are eblieved to be ready and
willing in their desperation to carry
on the fight for a while longer, at
least.
On the Russian front ,the German
line from the Melitopol area to the
Sea of Azov has just about caved in
before Red Army drives, ranging
from 12 to 18 miles each day for th,3
past several days. Escape routes for
the Germans to the south have been
narrowed considerably during the
past two days, but it is fairly certain
that Hitler has pulled many of his
men from that area and that his
forces are now dashing toward new
defense lines near the Russian bord
er.
The big battle for Rome is about
to begin, according to late reports.
Allied bombing m Germany has
communications 30 miles north of
Naples and the land forces are push
ing ever onward against the “Little
Rommel Line”.
Mrs. Annie Harrell
Passes In Oak City
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Mrs. Annie Harrell, aged Oak City,
resident, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. H.Hopkins, there
at 6 o’clock Wednesday morning.
Seventy-six years of age, she had
been in declining health for some
time.
Born and reared in the Oak City
community, Mrs. Harrell was mar
ried in early womanhood to H. K.
Harrell who died about twenty years
ago. Discontinuing housekeeping
about five years ago, she had divid
ed her time with her children in
Raleigh and Oak City
She is survived by four sons. E.
Normals-HswlW: D-k City; Er-;
nest K. Harrell, of Camilla, Ga.; E.
L. and Francis S. Harrell, of Raleigh
and three daughters, Mrs. C. W.
Jennings, of Raleigh; Mrs. S. E.
Hines, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs.
J. H. Hopkins, of Oak City. She al
so leaves one brother, Hyman Har
rell, of Oak City.
Funeral sendees were conducted
yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock
from the home by Rev. J. P. Harris,
Baptist minister of Bethel. Interment
was in the Oak City Cemetery.
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Killer Released In
$1,000 Posted Bond
a
Robert Lee Andrews, Pitt County
colored fanner charged with assault
ing and fatally injuring Walter Wal
lace Bailey, young white boy, in
Robersonville on Wednesday night
of last week, was released in $1,000
bond by Mayor H. S. Everett at a
hearing held in Robersonville last
Tuesday evening.
Comparatively little evidence was
offered at the hearing, the court call
ing on three witnesses for the State.
No new angles to the trouble that
cost thi ynun-* Bear Grass boy his
life were brought out at the hearing,
according to reports reaching here.
Andrews was represented by At
torneys Hugh G. Horton and J. Cal
vin Smith. His bond was signed by
W. B. Everett for whom Andrews
farmed.
The case is being docketed for
trial during the one week of superior
court opening here on December 13.
To Handle Late Registrations
!Tor Rations t)ti 'NtTverfTberS'th
Hampered by a shortage o' books,
the registration for basic “A" gap and
No. 4 food ration books failed to come
up to c^tctations in the county this
week. Plans are already underway
for completing the registration in
the county oftice of the War Price
and Rationing Board here beginning
Monday, November 8. All persons
who reported to their respective
school houses to register and encoun
tered the book shortage are asked to
report to the office in the agricultur
al building at Williamston on No
vember 8th or as soon thereafter as
possible. Those who failed to regis
ter for the rations are also directed
to report to the county office.
A hitch in the rationing develop
ed whe • a number of schools failed
to make their daily reports, a report
from the rationing board office stat
ing that it was impossible to follow
the registration and shift the book
surplus to those centers where a
shortage presented itself. More than
enough books were made available,
but apparently the population shift
ed or drifted from one district to an
other.
According to incomplete reports
covering the registration handled
during the first three days of this
week .approximately 1,000 vehicle
owners-operators applied for their
basic gas books, and slightly more
than 18,000 registered for the No. 4
food ration book.
No registrations will be held next
week because it will take the office
workers most of the period to check
the records and file the applications.
Those who did not register this week
are therefore directed to wait until
November 8 to apply for their ration
books
PEANUTS
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Even though heavy rains fall
ing earlier in the week delayed
threshing operations, peanut de
liveries have continued to hold
up on the local market, reach
ing a peak last Wednesday when
between seven and eight thous
and bags were handled. Deliver
ies are dwindling today, but
pickers, idle since the early part
of the week, are resuming oper
ations today and the goobers are
likely to start moving in an
even greater volume next week.
It is estimated that about 20
per cent of the crop in this area
has already been picked and
marketed. Prices are holding
firm at about $6.30 to $6.60 per
hundred pounds.
Native Of County
Dies At Her Home
Last Friday Night
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Was Member of One of Coun
ty’s Most Prominent
Families
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Robersonville, N. C., October 27.
— Mrs. Hattie M. Purvis dL-d at her
home late last Friday night follow
ing two heart attacks and a stroke
of paralysis. The first attack was
suffered at 3 o’clock and death oc
curred at 11:30 p. m. when the last
and fatal attack took place.
Mrs. Purvi* was the wife of E. D.
Purvis, prominent Martin County
farmer. She was 66 years old and
lived between Bethel ana Hassell.
Funeral services were held from the
home by Elder B. S. Cowan, of the
Primitive Church and Rev. J. M.
Perry of the local Christian Church,
at 3:30 last Sunday afternoon. In
terment was made in the local cem
etery.
She is survived by her husband,
two children, Mrs. Audry Purvis and
Dallas Purvis, of Martin County;
three brothers, Willie and Thomas,
of Robersonville, and Leland Rob
erson, of Florida.
Mrs. Purvis was born and reared
in one of the county’s most promi
nent families. She was the daughter
of the late David Roberson, Martin
County’s last surviving Confederate
soldier, and Julie Smith Roberson.
Brother Of Local
Man War Casualty
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Charles William Taylor, brother of
Mr. Herbert Taylor, has been report
ed missing by the War Department
since September 13, according to a
message received here late yester
day. It could not be learned where
the soldier was in action, and few
other details were offered in the
brief message- .
- - Pvt.- - Taylosy— 35 ye-arr- cM;-- had
been in foreign service about a year.
He returned to this country on a
special mission last. July, but was
back at his post in August, a letter
stating that he was getting along all
right at that time. Mr. Taylor was
employed in Roanoke Rapids before
entering the service.
Town Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday Night
“As far as I know there is no
special business scheduled for con
sideration when the local town com
missioners meet next Monday night,’
Mayor J. L. Hassell said today.
A report from the local Woman’s
Club is expected at that time, sug
gesting a name for the local ceme
tery, and it is possible one will b<
assigned to the cemetery. Known foi
m: ny years as the Baptist Cemetery
a new name for the site is consider
ed timely now that the town has tak
|en over the property for mainten
lance.
Bear Grass Is First
To Go Over Top in
United Fund Drive
Drive Completed Wednesday
Is S27.69 in Kxeess of
$500 Quota
Perfecting their canvass the latter
part of last week, sixteen Bear Grass
citizens launched the United War
Fund Drive in their township last
Monday morning and by late Wed
nesday the task was complete with
their quota raised and more. Rally
ing behind their workers, the citizens
of that township raised the $500 quo
ta and exceeded it by $27.69. Mrs.
H. U. Peel, leader, stated that the
people participated willingly and
liberally in the drive, and the fol
lowing list clearly indicates that
nearly everyone had a part. Contri
butions by colored citizens are being
handled separately and will be ac
knowledged later.
Mr. E. Slade Peel, one of the town
ship’s oldest residents, started the
drive off with a $10 donation. There
was very little begging necessary,
the people realizing that they were
acting in the name of humanity and
for the welfare of their own friends
and kin serving them in the armed
forces.
The success of the drive is to be
credited to Mrs. Peel and the follow
ing canvassers^ Lewis Bullock, Mar
tha L. Mendenhall, J. R. Rogers, H.
G. Harrison, E. C. Harrison, Mrs.
Ralph Mobley, Mrs, W M Harrison,
Mrs. Roy Ward, Mrs. J. T. Harris,
Mrs. Arthur Peaks, Mrs. Noah ltog
erson, Mrs. Pete Mendenhall, Mrs.
Leslie W. Bailey, Mrs. Kneezer Har
rison and Professor T O. Hickman.
Donations are acknowledged, as
follows
E. Slade Peele, $10; Mrs. J. L. Hol
liday, $8.70; Mrs. Leslie W. Bailey,
$1; Mrs. W .O. Peele, $10; Mrs. Ralph
Holliday, $3; Macedonia Sunday
School, $12.50; W. S. Revels, $2; Mrs.
Clyde Revels, $2; Mrs. Carl Lee
Beacham, $2.50; Mrs. Claude L. Had
ley, $1; H. C. Green, $1; Mrs. R. L.
Perry, $10; Mrs. Weeks Rogers, $1;
Mrs. Pearlie Rogers, $1; Mrs. Wil
liam Rogers, $1.50; Mrs. Minnie
Ward, $1; Mrs. L. C. Bennett, $1.25;
L. C. Bennett, $4.27; W. P. Hadley,
$1; Clayton Revels, $2.50; Mrs. J. S.
Holliday, $3; H. U. Peele, $5; Elder
A. B. Ayers, $5; Leroy Harrison, $3;
Mrs. Leroy Harrison, $1; E. C. Harri
son, LeVi fl«JfTiatitl, * , V*. ii.
Taylor, $2; H. D. Harrison Store, $1;
B. O. Cowin, $2, Mrs. J. A. Hardison,
75c; W. A Brown, $1; Charlie Hoell,
Jr., $1; H. D. Harrison, $1; Irvin Ter
ry, $1; Noah Gardner, $3; J. R. Cher
ry, $1; Edmond Harris, $2; Buck E.
Rogers, $1; J. R. Rogers, $5; H. G.
Harrison, $5; C. U. Rogers, $5, Les
ter Terry, $2; W. W. Whitehurst, $1;
A. C. Harrison, $1; Charlie Rogers,
$!; Bert Wynn, $2; Cortez Bowen,
50c; Murphy Whitaker, 15c; Mrs. Gil
bert Rogerson, $!; Roy Harrison, SI;
I Pete Mendenhall, $1.25; Lemuel Har
jtisnn, 25c; Mrs. Bessie Cowan. $1.25;
iWnlie VVh'itehui'strSCcTHeffRTGur
ganus, $1; Mrs. J. D. Wynne, $4; Bud
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Heavy Demand For
Boots And Shoes
A heavy demand for shoes in ex
cess of allotted rations is being re
ported by the Martin County War
Price and Rationing Board.
Just recently the board received
56 applications for boots in one
week. Fifty-three of the applications
were approved, two were rejected
and one was carried over for later
consideration.
Th*rty-eight applications for shoes
were handled by the board recently.
Sixteen applications were approved
and twenty-two were rejected.
Last Friday night, the board issued
to Roberson’s Slaughter House a cer
tificate for the purchase of an auto
mobile.
Mir tin County Men
For Active Service
Most of Group Reporting in
October Were Married
Men with Children
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Inducted into the service the early
part of this month, about a dozen
Martin County men recently return
ed to the centers for active duty.
About half the group left last week
for naval training stations, one re
port stating that at least two were
transferred to a base on the Great
Lakes for their “boot’’ training. Com
pleting their three-weeks furloughs,
the army men have just reported
for active duty.
The following men were accept
ed by the Navy: Verner Dalmond
Godwin, Carl McLaine Mobley, Ben
nie Burrel Griffin. William Lewis
Patterson, Dallas Marion Taylor and
Arthur Gray Bennett.
The following men were accepted
by the Army: John Anderson War
ren, Joseph Guilford Stocks. James
Ellis Wynne, Vernon Carlyle Lang
ley, III, Tyree Bryan Tyson and
Newton D. Roberson.
Several of the group are married
and have children. The group of fa
thers is the first to leave this coun
ty for active duty in the armed
forces.
It is understood that about twen
ty-nine men in the October call were
rejected, mostly on account of physi
cal defects. Two men, Joseph Wil
liam Hardison, of RFD 3, William
ston, and Cecil Edgar Williams, RFD
1, Robersonville and Williamston,
were reported delinquent. Williams,
failing to get his induction notice in
time, reported later and is sched
uled to answer the call in November.
Hardison was reported still delin
quent this week.
Four men were transferred to
other boards for induction. They
were, Basil Brodnax Castellow to
Clinton; Joseph Robert Barrett to
North Wilkesboro; I other Shaw
Ward to Washington, N. C., and
Richard Earl O’Mary to Greenville.
The next call for white men, sched
uled for the latter part of Novem
ber, is not expected to be as large as
the one received in October.
Youth Dies On Way
To Doctor’s Office
Uluse C. Bonds, 16 years old, died
in an automobile in front of a doc
tor’s office here yesterday afternoon
at 12:15 o’clock. He had been in de
clining health for more than a year,
spending the past three months in
bed. Last Tuesday he was carried to
a Durham hospital for an operation,
but he was too weak to stand the
shock and he was returned home.
Yesterday about noon his mother
| and brother were bringing him to a
doctor for treatment from their home
on the Riddick farm, a short distance
off Highway 17, near here. They had
hardly more than reach'd the hard
surfaced road before he had a hem
orrhage and died just as the car stop
ped in front of the doctor’s office.
The son of John and Ella Bonds,
he was born near Wdliamston on
April 12, 1927. He attended the local
schools for a few years and spent
most of his time on the farm.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by live brothers, John Fenner, Earl,
Mervin and U. A. Bonds, all of Wii
liamston, Pvt. Cevil Bradford Bonds,
of the U. S. Marines and now station
ed at San Diego, and three sisters,
Mis. Olfitk, oi L. *■, ■ l l.m I Mrs'.
Ella Moore and Miss Virginia Dare
Bonds, both of Williamston.
Funeral services will be; conduct
ed tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
in the home apd interment will fol
low in the Skewarkey Primitive
Baptist Church Cemetery. Elder B
S. Cowin will conduct the lust rites.
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IMPROVING IN HOSPITAL
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Entering a Durham hospital al
most a month ago for eye trouble,
Mrs. James A Leggett is showing
slow but fairly steady improv-eme-rA.
It is now t. rtain that she will retain
her sight in one eye, 'aiTd th./T"me
prospects are good for recovering
the sight in the other eye. Mrs. Leg
gett got some kind of plant poison in
her eyes several weeks ago impair
ing her sight.
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REPORT PLANTINGS
All Martin County farmers
who have sowed winter legumes
including vetch, winter peas and
crimson clover or left soybeans
solid on their lands, are asked to
report their acreages planted
and pounds of seed sown to the
county agent’s office by card or
in person. The names of tenants
who are to participate in the
special payments should be list
I ed also.
In addition to the $1.50 per
I acre for ^ceding the legumes, the
farmer as a result of his soil
building practices will receive a
special payment.
Two T o wnsh ips Reac ii
Quotas In Fund Drive
REOPEN MONDAY
NDAY ]
Closed by governmental pro
clamation at the end of sales last
Tuesday, the Williamston To- |
bacco market along with others
in this and the Middle and Old
belts will reopen next Monday
morning, according to an official
announcement coming from the
office of Governor Broughton
early this afternoon.
It was poined out that allot
ments to buying companies had
not and would not be decreased,
and it was suggested that high
er prices were to be expected for
the inferior grades when the
markets reopen. If there is no
price increase, a second holiday
is likely to follow, it was point
ed out.
Some tobacco is already on lo
cal warehouse floors (or sale j
next Monday, and a good sale
is in prospect. It is admitted that
prices have held up unusually
well here during the entire year.
Sentenced To Roads
For Operating Auto
Without A License
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Jud^e J. C. Smith Handles An
Even Dozen Cases in His
Court Monday
The operation of motor vehicles
without drivers’ licenses was frown
ed upon by Judge J. C. Smith in the
county court last Monday when he
sentenced a defendant charged with
violating the particular law to the
roads for a period of thirty days.
Judge Smith called an even dozen
cases during the session lasting from
9:30 to about 11:40 that morning. A
fair-sized crowd was present for the
proceedings, many of the group at
tending to hear the trial of a case
charging two colored women with as
saults.
The proceedings:
Having complied with a former
judgment- in full, John D. Swimpson,
charged with non-support, was di
rected to pay $75 for the benefit of
his child and reappear on the first
Monday in January, 1945 for further
judgment.
Charged with assaulting another
woman with an assault with u dead
ly weapon, Carenza McIntyre was
fined $5 and taxed with the cost.
Charged with an assault, Willie
Elizabeth Rogers was adjudged not
guilty
The ease charging Alex Williams
with violating the liquor laws was
continued for the defendant until
next Monday.
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with an assault with
a deadly weapon, Alfred Layton was
found guilty of simple assault and
was sentenced to the roads for a
period of thirty days. In a second
case, Layton was charged with oper
ating a motor vehicle with a driver’s
license. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to the roads for thirty
days, the sentence to begin at the
expiration of the first.
Mervin Williams, charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon, was
found guilty over hi sown plea of
"fritfo’cence ahff was iifiHi
quired to pay the costs.
The case charging Jesse Lee An
drews with an assault with a deadly
weapon was continued until next
Monday.
Curtis Overton, charged with
speeding, was fined $15 and taxed
with the court costs.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without a driver’s license,
Billie Cullipher was fined $5 and
required to pay the costs. He plead
ed guilty to the charge,
William Madrey was fined $15 and
taxed with the costs in the case
charging him with speeding.
Guilfor Purvis, Sr., charged with
operating a motor vehicle without
a driver’s license was fiend $10 and
required to pay the case costs.
Five Defendants In
Mayor’s Court Here
The supply of legal liquor is un
certain, hut the number of persons
carried before Justice J. L. Hassell
for alleged drunkenness remains
about the same week after week.
Once in a long while, Justice Has
sell reports few activities in his
court, but for the past several
months there have been on an aver
age about half dozen cases heard by
hirn each week following the week
end round-ups.
John Bryant, J. D. Davenport, Les
ter Bland, Robert Coburn, colored
and Elmer Swain, charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly were each
taxed with the trial costs of $8 50.
Single Gift Boosts
Total By $2,000 In
Williamston Drive
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County Chairman !N. C. Green
Greatly Pleased With
Drive To Date
That Martin County would reach
and pass its $10,481.00 United War
Fund goal was almost certain today
as encouraging reports were receiv
ed from nearly every township in
District No. 1 and when Rev. J. M.
Perry, chairman of District No. 2,
stated that the drive was gaining
momentum in his five townships.
N. C. Green, county-wide chair
man of ihe United War Fund, dr
dared he was greatly pleased with
the success of the drive to date, and
felt certain that the goal would be
reached and passed by every dis
trict. He expressed his appreciation
to all those who are giving of their
time and means in advancing the
drive.
According to preliminary reports,
some small areas are not coming up
to expectations, and in some few
instances the work of canvassers has
been rebuffed, but in the main the
drive is receiving a more extensive
and more liberal support than any
other drive ever launched in this
county.
To date, a total of $5,755.89 has
been raised in this district, and on
ly one of the reports was complete.
Jamesville early yesterday reported
more than $200 raised and the can
vass is gaining strength there. No
report has been received from Wil
liams, the canvass leader, Mrs. R. J.
Hardison, explaining that she had
been sick, that others were working
but had made no report. Griffins,
with more than $300 already in hand,
is expected to reach its goal late to
day or over the week-end. The
$527.09 reported by Bear Grass and
the $4,728.00 reported by Williams
ton boosts the total to almost $0,000
in the five townships of the No. 1
district to date.
Assigned a $500 quota, Bear Grass
i was the first to complete its drive,
Mrs. 11. U. Peel announcing Wed
nesday evening that $527 09 had been
contributed. The report is the only
one announced complete, but other
encouraging ones are in the making.
Williamston with a quota of $4,
221.00, yesterday reported $4,728.00,
and Canvass Chairmen V. J. Spivey
and .1 C Manning estimated that the
amount would be boosted to possibly
$5,500 and even more when a com
plete report is filed. Wiliiamsloii
Township scored when the special
gifts committee— G. H. Harrison,
Wheeler Martin, John D. Biggs, J D.
Woolard, Leman Barnhill, Iverson
Skinner and Garland Woolard —
raised $4,010.00. Never before have
local people responded so liberally
and willingly as they did to the call
of suffering humanity through the
United War Fund. These special do
nations are in most cases large, and
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Three Persons Hurt
In Wreck Near Here
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Three persons were hurt, two bad
ly, when the car in which they were
riding went out of control and turn
ed over on the Washington Highway
near here last Wednesday night
about 9:30 o’clock Storney Leon
Rogers, colored driver of the car, es
caped unhurt and ran from the scene
of the accident, leaving his injured
passengers to their own fate. He re
ported with his father to officers yes
terday morning.
John Ester Hassell received a 20
stitch gash in his head Pvt Bradford
Hodges, home from his camp near
Fredericksburg, Va., to attend the
funeral of his father, suffered a frac
ture of both bones in his left leg, and
Elbert Hodges received minor cuts
and bruises.
The car, a 1937 model, was damag
ed to the extent of about $300, Patrol
man Whit Saunders estimated.
Traveling south on the highway,
Rogers, apparently driving too fast,
lost control of the car on the curve
at the Staton farm. The machine
traveled about 100 yards after leav
ing the hard surface.
County Commissioners
To Hold Meeting Monday
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Very little business has been
scheduled for consideration by the
county commissioners when they
meet in regular session here next
Monday morning, Clerk to the Board
J. Sarr. Getsinger said yesterday. The
1 officials will draw a jury for the reg
ular term of superior court conven
i ing the second Monday in Decern
ber.
Release \ (TifitTonal
( 'lassifknations-^ or -
County Registrants
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Nearly Every One of the Men
Are Engaged in War
Industry
Reviewing thirty-six additional
cases, tile Martin County Draft
Board continued every one of the
registrants in their old classifica
tions, meaning that the men are be
ing deferred in most cases for at
least six months. With some few ex
ceptions the men are engaged in war
industry and arc rated as holding es
sential or critical jobs.
The National House of Representa
tives this week proposed a law that
would make the draft of all single
men and married men without chil
dren demandatory nefore any more
fathers are called. The passage of
the law by both the House and Sen
ate would in all probability upset the
classifications just' announced.
Most of the men whose cases were
just recently reviewed by the board
in this county were left in 2-A or 2-B
classifications, meaning they hold es
sentia! or critical jobs. The elassifi
< ations follow:
Ervin Warren Moore, w, 2-B
James Elton Smith, w, 2-B
Raymond Robert Davis, w, 2-B
E lever Smith Roberson, w, 2-B
Herbert Elvernon Rogerson, w, 2-B
Whitney Everett Saunders, w, 2-A
Theron Lynch, c, 2-B
James Ernest Keel, w, 2-B
Charlie Collins, c, 2-B
James Cecil Lilley, w, 2-B
Loumus Council, c, 2-B
Walter Edmond Barr, w, 2-B
Richard Winfred Hoffier, c, 2-B
Stonewall Jackson Dixion, w, 2-B
Jimmy Clari Wynn, w, 2-B
Marrion Brodice Roebuck, w, 2-B
Haywood Edward Powell, c, 2-B
Ashley Daniel Wynn, w, 2-B
Elbert Lee Sherman, w, 2-A
Lester Highsmith, c, 2-B
Lester I,unford Harrell, Jr., w, 2-B
Paul Purvis Ward, w, 2-A
Park Jefferson Hardison, w. 2-B
John Fleming Thigpen, w, 2-B
Titus Maurive Martin, w, 2-A
Stephen Earl Gardner, w, 2-A
Emmett Lawrence Brown, w, 2-B
James Cl.vd. Holland, w, 2-B
Joseph Benjamin Keel, w, 2-B
William Worth Mnbiey, w, 2-B
Alexander Staton Haislip, w, 2-B
Colon Dewey Cavcnaugh, w, 2-A
John Edward Boone, w, 2-B
Garland Mahary Taylor, c, 2-B
Rothel Sidney Doggert, c, 2-B
William Taylor Everett, w, 2-II
Prisoners Of War
In Industrial Work
The acute labor shortage existing
here was again partially relieved
yesterday when Italian prisoners of
war reported for work at the plant
of the Williarnston Package Manu
facturing Company. More than a
dozen of the prisoners readily ad
justed themselves to their newly as
signed tasks and were said to have
greatly aided the manufacture of
food containers the first day they
were on the job.
Unable to master a cant hook us
ed in moving logs, one of the pris
oners laid the hook aside and did a
good job with his bare hands. Other
prisoners are said to have loaded a
car of baskets in about one-third the
time ordinarily required.
It is quite likely that more pris
oners will be employed at the plant.
fhi' pi (..oners a< t rr-'iivv4r.'Vg the o.”
hor shortage in several plants in this
section at the present time and a few
are still aiding in handling the fall
harvest. Farmer Major Gardner has
a number working with him in his
five-acre sweet potato patch, some
less than 75 are employed at the
plant of the Standard Fertilizer Com
pany, and it is understood that oth
ers will enter other types of indus
try including pulp manufacture and
work in the woods.
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(Post Office Income
Sets A New Record
Post offiec receipts here reached
a new high record for the third quar
ter, according to Assistant Postmast
er F. Earl Wynne. The income for the
three months period ending last
September 30 was placed at $6,679.36,
a gain of $584,72 over the receipts for
the corresponding period in 1942.
Increases have been reported for
each quarter without interruption
for the past two or three years.
During the recent period, money
orders were issued in the amount of
$55,333.10, a large portion of which
was returned by mail order houses
because the orders could not be fill
ed. In the corresponding three
months last year, the money orders
sold amounted to $46,383.94. While
the office was selling money orders
in the sum of $52,333.10 last quarter
it cashed money orders in the amount
of $22,920.30 as compared with $19,
877.04 cashed in the corresponding
three months of last year,