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TAT DAT WAX BOND DAT mim-un tmm THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XI,VI—NUMBER 97 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 7, 1943. ESTABLISHED 1899 J amesville Y 01111 '' KilledliswVction in tlaK • era Alston W. Gurganus Fourteenth County Man Killed In War Believed To Be First Martin County Draftee To Make Supreme Sacrifice Alston Wesley Gurganus, James ville young man, was killed in ac tion in Italy on Sunday, November 14, according to a brief message re ceived from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Vera Gurganus, at her home in Jamesville last Friday. No details of the young man’s death were given in the telegraphic mes sage, but it was stated that, a letter would:follow..,He was tbi?, fourteenth Martin County man known to have made the supreme sacrifice while serving his country. As far as it could be learned here, he is the first draft ed man from this county to lose his life in the current war. While the young man did not vol unteer, he asked no deferment be cause of his essential work, and af ter telling his mother that he was ready and willing to go when his number was called, he left this coun ty on August 10, 1942. Following a short stay at Fort Bragg, he was transferred to a training camp in Georgia, later going to Camp Pick ett, Va., for a brief stop before sail ing for North Africa. He was not in the first invasion, but he fought in the invasion of Sicily and later mov ed with his company to Italy. His last letter to his mother was dated November 11, and reached its i destination just two days before the message stating he had been killed in action was received. In that let ter he stated that he was getting along very well, and expressed the hope that all was well at home. He referred to the day as being Armis tice Day, and although he did not mention lurking dangers or offer the | slightest complaint, it could be read between the lines that he was long ing for the war to end and for the opportunity to return home. The son of Mrs. Vera Gurganus and the late Seth Gurganus he was born in Beaufort County on Novem- j ber 28, 1919. Following the death of j his father, the family about six years : ago moved from Pungo to Jamesville where he worked for Gaines and Kirkman as lumber inspector and yard man until he was drafted just a little over a year ago. Besides his mother he leaves four brothers, Roy al G., Wilbur and Wade Gurganus, all of Jamesville, and Elbert Gurgan us, of Portsmouth, the latter having received an honorable discharge just a few months ago after serving about four years in the Army. “He was a good boy and thoughtful around home,’’ I.is broken-hearted mother said between »obs as the wails of a jute box and the yells of a thoughtless and boisterous crowd resounded in the humble little home from a “joint” just a few yards away. Prominent Citizen Dies At Her Home In Hassell Friday Funeral Services Held Sunday For Mrs. Joseph T. Haislip Mrs. Katie Archibald Staton Hai slip, well-known and highly respect ed citizen of this county, died at her home in Hassell last Friday night at 10:55 o’clock. She had been in de clining health since last March when she suffered a light stroke, but she was thought to be getting along very well until Saturday, November 29, when she suffered a heart attack, the end coming graduaiiy. The daughter of the late Archibald and Fannie Virginia Grimes Staton, Mrs. Haislip was born near Hamil ton on October 14, 1877. About for ty-six jreta ago -thu w«u» married tc Joseph T. Haislip, prominont citi?Pr* in civic and county affairs until his death about four years ago. Mrs. Haislip lived in Hamilton all her life and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. She was an ac tive and devoted member of the Has sell Christian Church for more than thirty years. She was devoted to her home and family and enjoyed a large circle of friends. - She is survived by five children, Mrs. C. L. Nelson, J. A. Haislip, and George S. Haislip, school principal, all of Hassell; Mrs. J. Roy Martin and Miss Hielma Haislip, both of Greenville, and Staton Haislip, of Newport News. She also leaves a V '1-brother, L. G. Bass, of Wilming ton. Funeral services were conducted last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home by Rev. J. M. Perry, Robersonville minister. Interment, was in the Hamilton Cemetery. Hie last rites were largely attend ed, expressing the high esteem in which Mrs. Haislip was held. WAR RECORDS -—__>\ Holding their second county wide meeting of the current term here tomorrow afternoon, Martin County teachers will be asked to carry through their pu pils an appeal for the preserva tion of war records. Other than the appeal and panel discussions no business is scheduled for con sideration at the meeting. Possibly enough material has already been assembled by the collector of war records in this county to fill a fairly sizable book, but personal letters are needed if details are to be add ed. Every person is urged to preserve every card and letter from the servicemen, and those messages the owners will sur render should be forwarded to F. M. Manning, collector of rec ords at the Enterprise office. The letters, after sorting, will be for warded to the State Historical Commission, Raleigh, where they will be included among the war records from this county. Man Is Arrested Late Sunday For Alleged Robbery at Everetts Kelly Salsbury Charged with “Borrowing” Mule and Raiding Store Kelly LeRoy Salsbury, young col ored man, was arrested late Sunday night by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, Dep uty Roy Peel and Officer Roberson, of Everetts, for the alleged robbery of Merchant Harry Hardy’s store early that morning. Salsbury, pos sessing a court record for alleged robbery a few years ago, vigorously denied the charge, but the officers are said to have worked up some strong evidence against him. Making his home with a sister on the Bailey farm, not so very far from Everetts, Salsbury left last Saturday night about 12 o’clock, explaining to the family that he was going to Ev eretts to “break ’em at a pool game.” He returned to 5 o’clock Sunday morning. Notified at 8 o’clock of the robbery ] Sheriff Roebuck started an investi-: gation. Advised that a bag of chick- ! en feed was among the goods stolen, j the officer trailed the robbery by bits of scattered feed along the highway to a point this side of Beav er Dam bridge. The feed supply ap parently was about exhausted at that point, but the officer continued on the trail by the imprints made by a wire on the cart wheel. Back in the woods, about a quarter of a mile from the highway, he found the j loot, including over $100 worth of cigarettes, a quantity of flour, sugar, j (Continued on page six) ROUND-UP The round-up of alleged law violators approached a new high record here last week-end when eleven persons were arrested and jailed. New liquor rations had just been released and of ficers, observing the heavy vol ume of sale3, anticipated trou ble. Nine of the eleven were arrest ed and jailed for being drunk and disorderly, and one each for drunken driving and alleged rob bery. Four of the group were white, and the ages ranged from six teen and seventeen to fifty-five years. About twenty motorists, charg ed with driving in excess of fif ty miles an hour, were stopped r ear here Sunday night. ! Closer Unity Is Seen !For War Following M^e t i rtg "Iff Teheran | o Conference Plans Certain To Be Revealed in News Before Cong The ail-important conferences held by Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek and later by Roose velt, Churchill and Staiin have been ended, and while the reports from Cairo and Teheran created no sen sational excitement, observers saw in the meetings the foundation for a greater unity and well-laid plans for the promotion of the war. Lengthy dispatches have been re leased officially, but it is believed by many that the important plans laid by the two conferences will be revealed only in future develop ments on the battle fronts. Some believe that plans were ad vanced at Teheran for a three-way offensive—east, west and south—to eliminate Germany, but the confer ence stressed unity of purpose, one report quoting" the"' Big Three as follows: “We came here with hope and determination. We leave here friends in fact, in spirit and in pur pose.” The text also stated, “From these friendly conferences we look with confidence to the day when all the peoples of the world may live free lives untouched -‘cry •ifytmraty-] and according to their varying de sires and their own consciences.” As an after climax to the first two big conferences, a third meeting was held, Churchill, Roosevelt this time talking over the situation with Presi dent Ismet Inonu of Turkey. Observ ers were quick to see the loan of Turkish airports and the use of the Dardanelles. Other observers see Turkey coming in as an actual com batant with an accepted role in a possible invasion of the Balkans. That some action is expected in that area is evidenced by the moving in of added German motorized divis ions toward the Turkish border and more German fighting men into Yugoslavia. With Hitler’s hope for a negotiat ed peace shattered by the confer ences, attention reverts immediately to the fighting fronts. The American Fifth Army is push ing forward on the western end of the line in Ltaly, taking Mt. Camino where isolated German troops are being mopped up. On the eastern end of the line, the British Eighth Army has offset recent setbacks and is pushing forward again. In Russia ,the Red Army has scor ed additional gains in White Russia and important victories have been reported for the Russians in the Dnieper bend. The Russian weather is proving bad for the Germans a gain, late reports stating that half frozen Germans were being taken (Continued on page six) -*— Numerous Cases Of Influenza Locally ... — While it has not reached the epi demic stage, influenza is said to be spreading rapidly in this commun ity, No over-all estimate on the num ber of cases could be had today, but one physician reported two dozen cases in a single day, another report ed more than a dozen. Reports could not be had from other sources, in cluding those where no doctor was consulted. For the most part, the sickness is not very' severe. The victims ordi narily are running fairly high tem peratures, and most of them suffer ed with “splitting” headaches while some are troubled with nausea. The victims are confined for only a few days, but doctors are warning ev eryone to remain in at least, two days after the fever “goes off.” The appearance of the sickness is not considered alarming at this time, but some doctors are not very op timistic over the outlook. “It can reach serious proportions,” one physi cian pointed out late last night in expressing his opinion. According to one report, there were 403 influen za deaths in England last week. First Government Checks Are Received By County Farmers -• The first Triple A checks earned under the government 1943 soil con servation program were delivered to Martin County farmers this week, it was learned from Miss Mary Car starphen, clerk in the county agent’s office. A total of 145 checks, repre senting 97 farm contracts end amounting to $5,066.61, had been re ceh ed up until late Monday, it was stated. According to reports coming from some of the farmers who received checks, the payments were larger than they had expected, some run ning as high as $150 each. Very few of the checks were drawn for less tnan 3>iU. There are approximately 1,650 farm contracts in force in the county, and based on the first re port received, the farmers will re ceive approximately $75,000 under the 1943 soil conservation program. For the first time, incentive pay ments are being paid for the in creased production of Irish potatoes, the consideration running as high as $20 an acre in those cases where goals were established and met. Most of the payments were based on soil building practices and allotments for icotleu and tobacco production. According to Miss Carstarphen, ap proximately 500 applications for the special payments have been forward ed to the Raleigh office and another 300 are being processed and made ready for delivery to the State of fice, leaving about 800 contracts to be handled. In many of those cases the farmers have delayed filing their 1 applications. Some have not report-' ed their soil building practices, add ing to the delay. It is proposed to send the contracts for Jamesville, Robersonville and Oak City for the committeemen to canvass the farm ers possibly beginning next week. TOWN - FARM .. IN WARTIME (A we*My new? digest fv >m tbe rural press section of the OWI news bureau) I Farmers’ Tax Deadline Dee. 15 Farmers are required to tile deo larations of estimated 1943 income and Victory tax and make a payment by December 15th. Farmers who elected to make d'Xdarations Septem ber 15th when most other persons made them, will need only to make an installment payment December 15. Persons who made declarations September 15 and wish to amend them or those who made no declara tions but since have had a change in income to require them, also should file by December 15. Per sons with tax installments due on that date will receive bills from the local Collector of Internal Revenue. Reduce Meat Point Value The entire list of rationed beef items has been cut two or three ra tion points, making the most meat available to civilians since ration ing began late lest Ms: Many pork cuts remain at the reduced value set by OPA in mid-November, and point values of iamb, mutton and practi cally all veal remain unchanged. This means an increase of approxi mately 30 per cent in the housewife’s meat ration for December as com pared with the ration set at the be. 'ginning of November. Keep Draft Board Informed A farm worker who fails to keep his local Selective Service Board in formed of a change of address or oc cupation may be reclc, ;ified or pos sibly inducted into the armed forces. Only the Selective Service Board with whom the individual has regis tered has authority to grant him a temporary release for non-farm work which will protect his deferred class ification. Coal Production and Prices The highest weekly production record in more than 10 years was established by the U. S. bituminous coal mines during the first full week of operation under the new wage contract between the government and the miners, according to Harold L. Ickes, Solid Fuels Administrator for War. Production for the week ended November 20 was estimated at 12, 700,000 tons. Bituminous coal price ceilings were raised an average of 17 cents a net ton to compensate op (Continued on page six) -® Gives Facts About Use of Gasoline in Waging World War —$— Summary of Report* Prepar ed by Office of War Information American motorists have mumbled and grumbled, lied and cheated about gasoline rationing, knowing little about the necessity for cutting down or out the pleasure trip and unncc essary driving. Few facts could be revealed, but now a comprehensive report prepaied by the Office of War Information and giving a few facts, is being released by the Office of Price Administration. The third installment follows: The main problem of wartime pe troleum transportation is that you can’t load an ocean-going tanker alongside the refinery at an inland point like Tulsa, Okla., or Wichita Falls, Texas. Gasoline must be transported to a seaport where an ocean-going tank er is loaded and sent on its mission overseas. For that reason, the heaviest drains on wartime gasoline stocks have been made in the regions east of the Rockies because of their nearness to gulf and Atlantic ports. Before the war, 95 per cent of the east's gasoline came around Florida in tankers which carry between 60, 000 and 154,000 barrels per trip. On an average a tanker left a gulf port every 100 minutes. The Axis knew this. As soon as war broke out, the Axis concentrated submarine attacks on coast wise tankers arid sank many of them. The rest of the tanker fleet had to be di verted to supply the European and Pacific theaters. It was up to tiie government io im (Continued on page six) cows r j Purchased by the three dair ies — Edge wood, Taylor’s and Grimes’ a solid carload of Hol stein cows was unloaded here yesterday, one of the dairymen estimating that the dairy addi tions will add approximately 60 gallons of milk to the county s daily supply. The cows were purchased in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and were accompanied by a specialist in the car. They were just about one week reaching here. It is encouraging to note that Martin County dairymen despite the fact that they are operating at or below cost are trying to do all in their power to maintain and increase the milk supply. Eighty Tires Issued In Eiumh B\ Board Last Tndav NitiTit Over Half «< TIm-? Released \$ ere of tin* Inferior Cra *e Type Eighty tires (if all types were is sued to applicants in this county last Friday night by the War Price and Rationing Board, most of the tires being oi the interior type. Grade I tires for cars and pick-up trucks and tubes wore isseud to the following: F. C. Stallings, RFD 1, Jamesville, two tires and two tubes. V. G. Taylor, EFB 3, Williamston, one tire. Dalmer G. Manning, RFD 1, Wil liamstun, two tires. John I,. Hassell, Oak City, one tire. Asa R. Harris. RFD 2, Williams ton, one tire. C. U. Rogers, Williamston, one tire. Arthur Modlin, Jamesville, two tires and two tubes. Mrs, Mamie G Taylor, RFD Z, Wih liamston, one tire. Joshua L. Coltrain, RFD 1, Wil liamston, one tire and one tube. M. II. Ange, Jamesville, two tubes. W. E. Dunn, Williamston, one tire and one tube. W. R. Banks, Williamston, two fires and two tubes. W. I. Skrnner~aficTC(j'.;’Williams-' ton, one tire and one tube. Woolard Hardware Co., Williams ton, two tires and two tubes. Truck tires and tubes were ration ed to the following: Town of Robersonville, two tires and three tubes. State Highway Patrol, Williams ton, four tires. John A. Manning, Williamston, four tires and four tubes. E. L. Glover, RFD 1, Oak City, one tire. Vance L. Peel, RFD 1, Oak City, Williamston, one tire. D. W. Etheridge, RFD 1, Bethel, four tires and two tubes. Zeb V. Price, RFD 1, Jamesville, one tire and one tube. Grade 111 tires and tubes were is sued to the following: Alex Roberson, Parmele, one tire. David II. Mizelle, RFD 1, James ville, two tires and one tube. Andrew Haislip, Robersonville, two tires and two tubes. A. E. Downs, Hassell, one tire and me tube. Herbert Lassiter, RFD 1, William ston, one tire and one tube. C. P. Hopkins, RFD 3, Williams ton, one tire and one tube. Lawrence E. Coltrain, RFD 1, Wil liamston, one tire. D. B. Latham, RFD 1, Palmyra, me tire and one tube. W. T. Hyman, Robersonville, two tires and two tubes. A. T. Perkins, Robersonville, three (Continued on page six) Town Board Holds Short Session Here --— With very little business before them, the local town commission ers were in session only a short time last evening. Commissioner G. H. Harrison, confined to his home with influenza, missed his first meeting in many months. No action was taken on the appli cation filed by Hoyt Holliday for a place on the night police force. G. H. Harrison was named to rep resent the town along with Mayor J. L. Hassell and county officials at a meeting to be held in Elizabeth City on December 15 in connection with the location of airports. It was pointed out that there are no plans for the location of an airport in this immediate section, that the delega tion will only attend the meeting as interested representatives of the town and county. The board adopted a resolution ex pressing its grateful appreciation to the Town of Washington for the use of a fire truck and driver for several days while the truck here was out of operation. Mayor Hassell was ask ed to forward the resolution to the Washington officials and to the Washington Daily News for publica tion. Name Committeemen ‘r'l rw-h—i■» —it CAPTAIN v Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, former lo- j cal Presbyterian minister, was recently promoted to the rank of captain. He is stationed with the Army on the west coast. Comity Authorities Plan For New Year At Meeting Monday Perfect Organization, Name C. D. Carstarplirn Tax Supervisor • Entering the second year of their current term, the Martin County Commissioners in session here yes terday perfected their organization, reviewed the last fiscal year audit, named a tax. supervisor for 1044 and handled routine matters. Board Chairman It. L. Perry was re-elected, E. S. Peel was reappoint ed county attorney and John W. Bland was named superintendent of the county home, all succeeding themselves. Bonds for the various officers were inspected and approv ed. Commissioner C. D. Carstarphen was appointed to succeed himself as tax supervisor for the year 1944. He will name his list-takers during the next few days and discuss with them at a meeting to be held on Decem ber 20 plans for handling the work. The board discussed possible values for a few items, tentatively suggest ing that peanuts be listed at $5 a bag. Before the listing work is start ed on January 4, the commissioners will discuss values to be placed on motor vehicles. Last year, the Au tomobile Blue Book was used as a guide to start with, but the commis sioners thought Ihnt the values were too high and a twenty per cent re duction was ordered. Much work had to be done in making the change, and precaution was taken yesterday to avoid the unnecessary work for an (Continued on page six) LIQUOR BOOKS Approximately one out of ev ery four, or 5,981 persons in Mar tin County possesses a liquor ra tion book, according- to a review of the registration recently han dled in WiiHamston and Itober scnville. More than two-thirds of the registrations, or 4,15<i, were handled in Williamston, and it was estimated that sixty per cent of the registrants were col ored citizens. Between 30 and 35 per cent of the total registrants were wo men, and of that number ten per cent were white. It is conservatively estimated that the number of persons reg istering for liquor boons is at least 1,000 greater than the num ber of electors on the registra tion books at this time. Practice Blackout Scheduled Thursday by Army in District In accordance with instructions from the Eastern Defense Command and the Fourth Service Command, a practice air raid drill for this area will be held Thursday night begin ning around 9:30 o’clock. It was pointed out that the drill is being called for the primary pur pose of testing complete mobilization of Civilian Protection forces with in the shortest period of time and on short notice. Therefore, the yellow and first blue signals will be omit ted. Heretofore, a blue signal — a long two-minute blast of the tire si ren—called for all lights to be turn ed out, but pedestrians were allow ed to walk the streets and traffic was continued with dim lights. The instructions for the test Thursday night call for a red signal at the start, meaning that pedestrians are to seek shelter, motor traffic is to be stopped, and all lights out. The first signal will be followed in about fifteen minutes by the blue, meaning that pedestrians may walk the streets and traffic may proceed with dim lights, but no electric lights are to be turned on in houses or other buildings until the all-clear signal is given about 10:10 p. m. This is an Army-crdered practice test and will be limited to the Eliza beth City, Williamston, Washington and Wilmington warning districts. The Williamston district includes part of Bertie and all of Martin, Washington and Tyrrell counties. Local people are asked to cooper ate with the wardens who do not wish to cite anyone for failure to observe the rules. Few Changes Made In Personnel For The Coming Year Small Oowils Present in Most Of the Meetings Hehl I-ast Week Community and county commit teemen for administering the Triple A program during the coming year in this county were named in a ser ies of meetings held throughout the county last week, the election of a county committeeman at a conven tion held in the agricultural build ing last Saturday morning climax ing the series of farm elections. The twelve community meetings for the most part were poorly attend ed, the numbers ranging from about half a dozen in the Williamston-Pop lar Point district to 05 in Boar Grass. The attendance upon the Williams ton-Poplar Point meeting was so small that a postponement was con sidered necessary and a last-minute election was held Saturday _ morn;_ ihg shortly before the county con vention was convened. Very few changes were made in the personnel for the district, and only one change was made in the county committee. Farmer C. G. Gur kin, of Jamesville, was elected to succeed Mr. C. C. Martin who was forced to retire on account of ill ness. Discussing the tentative farm pro gram for 1944, leaders found that most farmers were not greatly inter ested in the plan calling for a 20 per cent increase in their tobacco plant ings, especially was this true in those cases where the farmers were ir. the “C” draft classifications and more than half of their production units were based on tobacco Names of the community commit teemen for the coming year are, as follows: Williamston-Poplar Point Town ships: R. T. Griffin, M. L. Peel and Mayo Hardison. Robersonville Township, No. 1: R. S. Everett, S. T. Everett and J. R. Daniel. Robersonville Township, No. 2: C. E. Keel, H. If. Roberson and Fred Taylor. Williams Township: R. J. Hardi son, C. L. Daniel and Walter L. Gardner. Jamesville Township, No. 1: W. C. Ange, E. N. Modlin and L. R. Gard ner. Jamesville Township, No. 2: A. L. Modlin, H. A. Sexton, J. Carl Grif fin. Hamilton Township: D. R. Ed mondson, W. E. Purvis and W. J. (Continued on page six) ---—— Mrs. Hermit Heath Passes At Her Home Early This Morning -<*. Services Will lit* Conducted In Williams Township at .‘l O’Clock Wednesday Mrs. Ada Irene Heath died at her home in Williams Township at 12:25 o’clock this morning following a long period of declining health. About live years ago, Mrs. Heath suffered a light stroke and that was followed nearly two years ago by another. She partially recovered to the extent that she was aide to be up and attend to a few duties around her home. Al most a month ago, she suffered a third stroke, and her condition had been critical since that time. Mem bers of the family were called to her bedside a few days ago, a son, Pfc. Jesse Heath, stationed with the Army in Bermuda, reaching home just two hour, before the end. She suf fered much durirj her long illness but seldom complained. The daughter of the late John Rob evt and KU/.wbeth Pitt Leggett, she was born in this county on Decem ber 5, 1890. She was married to John Hermit Heath in 1909 and located in Williams Township. Mr. Heath died five years ago. A devoted mother, she was faithful in her home and held membership in the Primitive Baptist Church at Skewarkey, ren dering a neighborly service willing ly to a friend in need. She is survived by six sons, Ray mond Heath, of Williamston; John T. Heath, of the home; Pfc. Jesse Heath, stationed in Bermuda; Elbert Heath, of Griffins Township; Bennett and Dulen Heath, of the home; and four daughters, Mrs. Grady Modlin, Mrs. Octaves Barber, both of James ville, and Mrs. L. C. Moore and Miss Jerelene Heath, both of the home. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Otis Lilley, of Petersburg, and a half brother, Luther G. Leggett of this county. Funeral services will be conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clocK by her pastor, Elder B. S. Cowin, at the home. Interment will follow in the family cemetery on the home farm.
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