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*tr Classifications
Are Announced for
Farmers In Count)
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Total of 1.609 Placed in th<
Preferred Classes By
Draft Authorities
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Completing the review of produc
tion records a short time ago, Martir
County Draft authorities are an
nouncing more “C” class farm regis
trants today.
The men, having successfully “ne
gotiated” the draft hump in 1943, ar<
soon to be asked to submit their 194*
plans. If their plans come up to ex
pectations, the farm registrants now
holding “C” classifications can wel
expect draft immunity for anothei
year.
“C” classifications not previously
announced follow:
Cross Roads Township
Archie Mobley, Jr., w; Louis Ward
Clark, w; Thad M. Roberson, w; Paul
McKeel, w; Joe Henry Bland, w; Ira
D. Everett, c; Dennis T. Roebuck, w;
Andrew E. Bullock, w; Dalton E,
Carraway, w; Louis T. Wynn, w;
William Beach, jr., w; T. C. Perry, w;
Leo Roberson, c; Constant Little, c;
Fedro Latham, c; Cecil Roberson,
w; Clarence Williams, c; William
Edward Wallace, c; James A. Stalls,
w; Joe Henry Lawrence, c; W. Ron
ald Clark, w; M. B. Barefoot, w; Ru
fus Crandall, c; L. Cleo Jackson, w;
J. Robert Bland, w; William Henry
Bridgers, c; S. T. Wynne, w; James
H. Taylor, w; A. O. Rouse, w; Lester
Bryant, w; W. Earl Mobley, w; Thur
man C. Wynne, w; S. T. Wynne, w;
William H. Little, c; Dahnie E. Mob
ley, w; Sam Austin, c; Julian Cran
dall, c; Alfonso Ewell, c; Reavie
Everett, t Dennis Little, c; William
H. Taylor, w; Johnnie Williams, w;
Hallie Bess, c; Leander A Purvis, c;
James Hubert Wobbleton, w; A. Z.
Clark, w; L. H. Jones, c; William J.
Clark, w; James Ervin Stalls, w;
Jesse Woolard, w; Silas Me. Leggett,
w; Nathan T. Wynne, w; Jesse B.
James, c; David L. Roberson, w;
Jesse Ben Rawls, w; Ernest W.
Wynn, w; R. H. Stalls, w; R. L.
Mobley, w; Simon Harrison, w; Jno.
L. Daniel, c; Roosevelt Crandall, c;
Alonza Black, c; Gaston James, w;
John H. Wynn, w; E. Z. Mobley, w;
Herbert Jackson, w; William H.
Leggett, w; J. J. Leggett, w; Johnnie
Mizelle, c; Harmon D. Rodgers, w;
Thurman K. Peaks, w; Bryant
Wynne, w; Vervin R. Peaks, w;
Vernon W. Phelps, w; Peter Little,
Jr., c; Sam H. Clark, w; L. Mills, Jr.,
w; Curtis R, Mobley, w; Claude
Clark, c; Rexie H. Modlin, w; C. B.
Gurganus, w; Alonza T. Revels, w;
Arthur B. Gurganus, w; George
Keel, w; G. W Wynn, w; W. C.
Wynn, w; John Wesley Rhodes, c;
J Ollie Keel, w; Leroy Clark, w;
L. A. Shaw, w; B. Paul Leggett, w;
Tommie S. Griffin, w; W. L. Ausbon,
w; Paul Dixon, w; Herman H. Wil
liams, w.
Oscar Ayers,"..w, W\\ 1 Btx/tn, c
Hopie Brooks, c W Leamor. Robei
son. w; J. Andrew Roberson, c; Er
nest Highsmith, c; John Samuei
Rogers, w; B. W. Williams, w; J. F.
Bailey, w; Willie Carraway, c; J.
Carl Bullock, w; R. L. Bailey, w;
Connie Ford, c; W. B. Roberson, w;
Arthur Lee Teel, c; Delmus Wil
liams, w; Joseph Outterbridge, c;
Herbert F. Leggett, w; Thomas R.
Harrison, w; J. Hyman Clark, w; G.
Willie Waters, w; Daniel Wesley
Jones, w; Joe R. Beach, w; Horace
Andrews, c; Floyd Mills, c; Wheeler
Beach, w; Berry B. Wynne, w; Jesse
Balrna Beach, w, James Ear! Mizell,
(Continued on page six)
Young Woman Dies
After Short Illness
Miss Jessie Brown Williams, young
woman of Jamesville, died in the
local hospital yesterday morning at
7:30 c’clock following c short ill
ness, Suffering with a tooth infec
tion ,ear ache and malaria for sever
al days, Miss Williams received
treatment last Monday morning in a
Plymouth doctor’s office and enter
ed the, hospital here that night. Ap
parently blood poisoning had devel
oped and her condition was consid
ered critical at that time, and little
hope was held for her recovery.
The daughter of Fernando and
Connie Griffin Williams, she was
born in Griffins Township on May
30, 1917. When quite young she mov
ed with her parents to Jamesville
where she had since made her home.
Besides her parents she leaves
two sisters, Mrs. Laverne Stallings,
of Scotland Neck, and Mrs. Thig
pen Bell, of Jamesville, and three
brothers, Pvt. Wesley Williams, sta
tioned at Eglin Field, Fla., Pfc. Le
ft >y Williams who is stationed at
Punter Field, Ga., and who is re
covering from a hip injury after
three months in a hospital, and Har
old Williams, of Cape Charles, Va.
The last rites are being delayed
pending word from her brothers in
service. The funeral will be held at
the home in Jamesville by Rev. W.
B Harringto . and burial will follow
in the Primitive Baptist Church yard
there
Infantile Paralysis Drive Opens In County This Week
The tragic story of the recent epidemic of infanti'e paralysis when it hit Chicago is graphically
illustrated in this photo of a little victim and the chart showing the rise and fall of polio cases. Much
credit for lessening the loll of the epidemic-—the third worst in the recorded history of the disease in
the United States—goes to The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which is supported by the
dimes and dollars given by the American people. Many of the 1943’s more than 12,000 victims are still
patients looking toward the 1944 March of Dimes, January 14-31, for aid. (Photo (c) Chicago Times.)
Allot Record Tobacco Acreage
To Farmers InMartin County
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Tobacco acreage allotments for
1944 will be released to Martin Coun
ty farmers within the next few days,
possibly the latter part of next week,
according to information coming
from the office of the county agent
today. The allotment, reflecting
slightly more than a 2.1 per cent in
crease over the quota assigned last
year, is the largest this county has
ever had, and there is much doubt
if plantings will match or even ap
proximate the allowance.
Last year, the county was given
a quota of 11,180 acres and it is un
derstood that hardly more lhan 10,
000 acres were planted to the crop.
The allotment this year is right at
13,500 acres. It is certain that quite
a few farmers will absorb their in
dividual allotments, including the
Small Number Cases
Called in the County
Court Last Monday
Judge J. C. Smith Held The
Tribunal In Session Less
Than Forty Minutes
Calling only five cases, Judge J. C.
Smith held the county recorder’s
court i'!«n hai'dlv ;,. .ro than
thirty or forty in'intiics fast ?« why
The session was the shortest held
in many months. The proceedings
were witnessed by one of the small
est audiences seen in the court room
in months. At no time were there
more than half a dozen spectators in
the room, and the number soon
dwindled to three. Finally “Big”
Will Ebron decided the proceedings
were hardly worth staying for and
he quit the court room. Judge
Smith and Solicitor E. S. Peel wound
up the session’s business under the
eyes of no one but the litigants and
a few members of the bar.
Proceedings:
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without lights UiIHfig the
last blackout, Hoke Barnett failed to
appeal and the case was nol prossed
with leave. The action was taker,
when Barnett could not be found.
The defendant is subject to arrest,
however, and in that &&/>. -fee. .tsdiJ
be carried before the court.
The case charging Charlie Leggett
with operating a motor vehicle with
out a driver’s license was nol pross
ed, the defendant, according to one
report, having agreed to accept the
costs of damages resulting in a minor
accident with Needham Hyman's
car in the Oak City community re
cently.
'Pleading guilty of driving a motor
vehicle while his operator's license
was revoked. Charlie Purvis was
sentenced to the roads for thirty
days, the court suspending all of
them except the last two upon the
payment of a $10 fine and the court
costs. The court recommended that
the driver’s license held by the de
fendant at the time of his arrest be
revoked for a period of twelve
months.
Mark Gregory Wright, pleading
guilty in the case charging him with
speeding, was fined $10 and requir
ed to pay the costs of the case.
Judgment was suspended upon the
Miss Betty Lou Edwards of Wil
liamston was the week-end guest of
Miss Maxine Stevenson.
Local Young Man Given
First Lieutenant's Rating
J. D. Bown, son of Mrs. J. M. Bow
en, of Williamston, has been promot
ed to first lieutenant at Fort Sills,
Okls.
increase, but it is believed by many
that total plantings will fall consid
erably below the new allotment.
While the quota has been greatly
increased, draft registrants are a bit
hesitant about accepting the increase
for fear they will lose their “C” class
ifications. Selective Service has rul
ed that one crop can count for more
than iifty per cent of the production
units upon which deferments are
based. The draft regulations also rec
ognize no production units when
more than three-fourths of them are
based on any two crops. The “C” reg
istrant, however, may plant as much
tobacco as he wishes tc as long as
he is within his allotment, but he
will get no credit for deferment for
those plantings in excess of three
acres.
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DRIVE
Success for the annual drive
against infantile paralysis, was
predicted today by Chairman L.
B. Wynne following a trip into
several sections of tile county
yesterday.
Appealing directly to nearly
200 citizens ,the drive chairman
stated that contributions were
beginning to pour in. While the
amounts are not large, they
proimse to help carry th" county,
ever ihc top. Coin collectors
liavr fcr.cn placed lfi atom, fiil
ing stations ami other places in
the county and ihe school chil
dren are making ready to handle
a direct canvass throughtout the
county in support of the drive
to raise $547, the county's quota.
Seaman Writes Of
Christmas Dinner
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Just recently returned from a trip
tu England. Seaman First Class Hoy
Hudson, Ma-tin County young man,
submits a short note and a rather
lengthy Christmas Day dinner menu,
explaining that when he comes home
on leave “it won’t be just to get
something to eat.”
- “I jus,t arrived in the States from
JSTigistTidr Seaman Hudson wrote
under a recent date. “I was at sea
both Christmas and New Year’s.
"When I received my mail there
was an edition of The Enterprise
dated December 21 which contained
cartoons showing how the boys on
the fighting fronts were spending
Christmas. The one that concerned
me most was the one showing the
fellows preparing for action in the
North Atlantic.
“On the contrary to the picture,
we spent a very peaceful Christmas.
I know that many of the fellows
were not quite so lucky as I was.
They couldn’t sit down and enjoy a
Christmas dinner like I did because
of being on constant alert for the
enemy.
“I hope the men that spent their
Christmas at sea will be home with
their families for Christmas, 1944.”
The seaman enclosed the following
Christmas dinner menu:
“Fruit cocktail, Waldorf salad,
hearts of celery and mixed olives,
cream of chicken soup roast turkey,
oyster dressing, bake^i Virginia
ham, pineapple sauce, roast chicken,
roast goose, giblet gravy, cranberry
sauce, mashed potatoes, candied
yams, cream English peas, stewed
corn, asparagus tips and hot roils.”
For dessert: “Plum pudding, hard
sauce, hot mince pie, pumpkin pie,
fruit cake, sponge cake, candy, mix
ed nuts, grapes, apples, oranges and
nears, and cooffee and tea.”
j Former County Man
Passes In Lenox, Ga.
After A Long Illness
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Funeral Services Saturday for
K. W. Garrett At His
Home in Georgia
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E. W. Garrett, for many years a
leading tobacco farmer of this sec
tion, died at his home in Lenox, Ga.,
last Thursday noon following a long
period of declining health. He was
about eighty years of age and had re
tired from active farming in 1942.
Funeral services were conducted at
his late home Saturday afternoon
and interment followed on the home
farm.
A native of Granville County, Mr.
Garrett moved to Martin back in the
nineties and pioneered in tobacco
culture. He located on the farm of
tlie late J. L. Woolard in Bear Grass
Township and during his first year
in the county he supervised the
planting, cultivation and curing of
about twenty small crops. He used
Mr. Woolard’s horse and buggy to
make his scheduled trips to each crop
during the season. Most of the crops
were located in Griffins Township,
but a few were in Bear Grass. lie
was one of the early pioneers in to
bacco culture to come to this coun
ty, and many of the older farmers
here now recall how thorough and
diligent he was in handling his work.
The venture, despite low prices in
tlie early days, was very successful,
td.J w>•«»*s. oil** r s< clionsJ
were years m finding out about to |
banco, Marlin County farmers gain- !
ed in a very short time.
Mr. Garrett liked his adopted coun
ty and soon married Miss Alice Per
ry. He bought a farm and located
near Williamst.on. In January, 1925,
he sold his holdings in this county
and moved to Georgia where he had
since lived. He did not locate there,
however, until he had visited Iowa
and considered making his home in
that section of the country.
Mr. Garrett is remembered here
as a dependable and highly respect
able citizen. He made many friends
in this section.
Besides ins wife he leaves two
sons, Earl K. Garrett, of Lenox, Ga,,
and Carl Garrett, of Williamston,
and a brother in Ohio.
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Plan Drive Against
Youth Delinquency
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A meaningful drive against juven
ile delinquency is expected to fol
low a public meeting in the colored
high school here Sunday afternoon
when the problem will be discussed
by lawmakers and officials end lead
era.
Senator Hugh G. Horton will de
liver f.e main address, and Judge
L. Bruce Wynne will review statis
tics relating to delinquency among
youth. No detailed review on juven
ile delinquency here is to be had at
this time, but it is apparent that
there has been a material increase
in wayward practices chargeable to
the youth of the land in recent
months and years.
The senior choir of Shrtoh Baptist
Church and glee club will appear on
the program along with others. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
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Lone Case Is Heard By
Justice J. L. Hassell
Justice J. L. Hassell handled only
one case in his court here this week
other than a hearing involving a
manslaughter and reckless driving
charge. Ben Clemmons, charged
with being drunk and disorderly,
was taxed with $8.50 costs in the
court this week.
Berlin Raided Last
Night for Eleventh
Time in 2 Months
Russian Northern Offensive
Gaining; Rome Water Sup
ply Damaged or Cut Off
Operating over Berlin for the elev
enth time in two months. Allied four
engine bombers last night are believ
ed to have dealt the Nazi capital its
heaviest blow of the war. No details
of the raid were released immediate
ly, but early reports indicate that it
was a powerful one. The RAF lost
thirty-five big bombers, according to
the first official check. Prior to the
raid last night, the Allies had un
loaded 14,000 long tens of bombs on
Berlin, and large areas of the city
that once had a population of nearly
five million have been deserted. The
destruction so far has cost the Al
lies 273 bombers and about 3,500 air
men.
Mosquito bombers are again
pounding western Germany today,
and over in Italy, the American air
men have been making progress in
connection with the drive on Rome.
An unofficial report this morning
stated that the Rome area had been
effectively bombed, that the Eternal
City’s water supply had been damag
ed or partly paralyzed.
The big news on the land fronts
centers in Northern Russia where the
Red Armies under Generals Govorov
and Meretskov are throwing the
Germans back from Leningrad, the
city that had suffered siege for two
years. Attacking along a 110-mile
front, the Russians have taken Nov
gorod and are pressing the enemy
hard below Leningrad. Further to
the South, Bagramian’s army is driv
ing forward toward Latvia to com
plete the Baltic front offensive plans.
The potentialities of the drive are
great, and while much has been ac
complished, the Russians are driving
to cut off a quarter of a million Ger
mans in the Leningrad area.
In Italy, the Americans are feel
ing out the defenses of Cassino while
the British have crossed the Garig
liano River in three places, enlarging
their bridgeheads and driving on to
take the important town of Mintur
no.
News from the Pacific, while hard
ly reflecting the hard fighting there,
reveals many activities on a number
of fronts. A British submarine, slip
ping to within 700 miles of Malaya,
successfully attacked Jap shipping a
few days ago, the attack ranking
among the daring ones in that part
of the world to date. In the New Brit
ain and New Guinea area, American
airmen are still having good hunting,
General MacArthur’s headquarters
announcing today that 33 Jap planes
and three enemy supply ships had
been sunk during the past few days
to increases the total losses tins week
to a high figure for the Japs.
American casualties, including
about 32,31(1 killed, total slightly
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Wiu Secretary ,‘jtjmson announces- !
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Bruce Whitley Has
Part In Exercises
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Pfc. Franklin Bruce Whitley,
former Enterprise employee, par
ticipated in the exercises marking
the completion of six gigantic air
dromes in England recently, accord
ing to a special dispatch coming from
Headquarters, Europen Theater of
Operations, and released this week
hy the War Department Whitley
was one of about 100 men, represent
ing 2(i of the 48 states, to participate
in the exercises.
The special release continues:
“The United States Army’s hard
driving aviation engineers recently
■iiiVeih-d fax gigantic airdromes
which they turned over to the
American Air Force in England in
one day.
“Four of the six airdromes are
heavy bomber bases. The other two
are advance repair depots, one for
fighters, the other for bombers. They
were officially handed over to the
American Air Force on a day which
was highlighted by separate, cere
monies at each airdrome.
“Estimated cost of the six ‘spring
boards’ to Euiope was 40 million
dollars. The fields cover an area of
more than 25 miles square. All were
built by American soldier engineers
with British materials.
“High ranking American and
British Army officials appeared at
the ceremonies which were featured
by reviews of engineer troops and
the highly mechanized equipment
they are now using to construct air
dromes in England.
"Among those appearing on the
reviewing stands were Lt. General
Jacob L. Dovers, commanding gen
eral of the United States forces in
the European Theater of Operations;
Brigadire General C. R. Moore,
Chief Engineer of the European
Theater of Operations, and Philip
Reed, American lend-lease adminis
trator.”
The only other North Carolina
boy to participate in the exercises
besfdes Pfc. Whitley was Pfc. Delmar
Scott, of Reese.
Nearly $100,000 Sold
In Bond Drive To Date
TIME IS SHORT
Time for listing property for
taxation is fast running out,
and county officials are again
warning that no extension will
he granted for handling the task.
I*ate listing is possible, but in
every case it will carry a penal
ty, the authorities also pointing
out that refusal to list for taxa
tion subjects one to prosecution
in the courts.
Several townships report their
lists almost complete, while in
others the work is dragging.
Hardly half of the listings has
been effected here and only sev
en more days remain for handl
ing the work. The list-takers are
at their designated posts in ev
ery township and property own
ers arc reminded that a last
minute rush is to be expected.
Seventy-Eight Tires
Allotted In County
By Rationing Board
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Issuance Is Largest Made III
This County During
Keeent Weeks
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The Martin County Rationing
Board struck a fairly liberal note
last Friday evening when a total of
seventy-eight tires, thirty-two grade
I’s for cars and pick-up trucks, one
for a tractor, ten for trucks and
thirty-five Grade Ill’s were released.
Grade I tires and tubes for cars
and pick-up trucks were rationed as
follows:
J. It. Leggett, Williamston, one tire
II. Ralph Peel, Jamesville, two
tires.
P. T. Wynne, Williamston, one tire
and one tube.
J. E. Andrews, Williamston, one
tire.
Minton Reach, Oak City, one tire
and one tube.
M. W. Hissed, RFD 1, Jamesville,
two tires and two tubes.
W. R. Banks, Williamston, three
tires and three tubes.
G. F. Godard, RFD 1, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
L. H. Lilley, RFD 1, Jamesville,
one tire and one tube.
Mildred H. Everett, Hamilton, one
tire and one tube.
C. II Ange, Jamesville, one tire
and one tube.
Charlie Kincaid, RFD 1, Oak City,
one lire.
B. S. Harrison, Williamston, one
tile and ej},e pjbe
R V’ Bunting, Williamston, one
tire arid one tube.
James Robert Wynne, Roberson
ville, two tires and two tubes.
H M Pee], Hamilton, one tire.
J. T. Harris, RFD 2, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
W. W. Walters, Jamesville, one tire
W. M. Gardner, RFD 1, Jamesville,
one tire and one tube.
I. L. Smith, Robersonville, two
tires and two tubes.
Urnee Bunting, RFD 2, Williams- i
ton, one tire and one tube.
Williamston Package Manufactur
ing Company, two tubes.
Town of Williamston, two tubes.
Lclnnd Coburn, Robersonville, one
tube.
One tractor tire and tube were is
sued to Alton Grimes, Robersonville.
Truck tires and tubes were issued
to the following:
C. L, Wilson, Robersonville, one
Lire. I
F. A. Whitfield, RFD 3, William- 1
ston, two tires and one tube. i
John W. Gurkin, Williamston, I
three tires and three tubes. i
G. W Barrett, Oak City, two tires ;
and two tubes. i
R. S. Edmondson, Hobgood, one i
tire and one tube. I
J. O. Manning, Wdliamston, two i
I ires.
Grade HI tires and lubes were is- <
sued to the following:
C L. Green, Robersonville, one
tire and tube. I
Hubert C. Smith, Williamston, two
tires and two tubes. <
Clarence Bowen, Williamston, one !
tire and one tube. ;
Orange Peel, Williamston RFD, <
ane tire and one tube. r
James Rodgers, RFD 2, W’illiams
Lon, one tire. <
William Fleming, RFD 2, Rober- ]
sonville, two tires. r
M. E. Roberson, Robersonville, 1
two tires. (
Mrs. Lizzie Matthews, RFD 2, Rob- !
(Continued on page six) !
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\ umber Influenza Caaea i
Decrease In Thia Area 1
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After reaching a peak early this
month, the number of influenza cases <
in this area is definitely decreasing, i
doctors reporting very few new cases 1
in recent days. <
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Reporting Increased
Activity In Support
Of Drive In County
Williamston School Children
Prepare Effective Bond
Display for Window
Opening only last Tuesday, the
Fourth War Bond Drive to raise
$729,000 in this county is nearing its
first $100,000, County Chairman Her
man A. Bowen announced early to
day. Only scattered reports had been
received from over the county, and
it is quite possible that the sales to
date are even greater than the re
port indicates. Most of the reports
came from this section of the coun
ty, but it is understood that Mr. S.
L Roberson, co-chairman of the
drive, and chairmen in the other
townships are making progress.
Sales in Williamston this morning
were pushing $40,000, and Chairman
Clayton and his workers have not
yet launched their canvass. They are
meeting in the Guaranty Bank this
evening at 8 o’clock to make final
Plans for an all-out canvass, it was
announced earlier in the week.
Jamesville is pushing forward rap
idly to gain a commanding position
in the early stages of the drive, ac
cording to indirect reports heard here
yesterday. Approximately $4,000 in
bond sales had been credited to the
township by a local bank up until
late yesterday.
The drive in Gold Point was about
one third complete this morning, and
C hairman Mayo Hardison and his
assistants, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor,
and Mr, V. G. Taylor, had hardly
started their canvass at that time.
According to incomplete reports.
Cross Roads has raised between one
fourth and one-third of its quota al
ready, but Chairman Paul Bailey de
clares that every individual in his
district will have to have a part in
the drive if the goal is to be reach
ed.
Bear Grass reported several hun
dred dollars in bond sales.
No other districts had been heard
from other than that active organi
zations had been perfected and that
the outlook for the drive was encour
aging.
The local schools came out this
week with an impressive display in
the old Economy Auto store windows
next to Clark’s Pharmacy. The art
work, carrying meaningful mes
sages, is worth reviewing, and the
attention of the public is called to
the display.
It was reported this morning that
Rose’s stores in Robersonville and
Williamston and Invested $500 each
n b-.nds, crediting the purchases to
the two districts equally. It is be
ieved that other similar businesses
ind organizations will make and
'•edit bond purchases to the county.
Out in Bear Grass, Professor T. O.
rlickman has named an able corps of
issistants who are to formulate plans
'or an all-out canvass when they
neet in the school house there next
Monday night at 8 o’clock. The
lames of the assistants are: J. R.
togers, Sidney Beacham, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Harrison, B. L. Perry,
(Continued on page six)
young County Man
Writes From Prison
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After hearing nothing directly
loin him for several months, rela- "
ives here received a letter a few
lays ago from Marvin Melvin Whit
ield, young Martin County man,
vho was reported missing on Febru
iry 14, last year. Almost two
nonths after he was taken prisoner
n North Africa, he was reported
■eld prisoners by the Italians. About
he middle of last November, he
vas reported missing again,,,but no
letam. Could be had. The letter was
vritten before he was reported miss
ng the second time, and it is not
mown where the young man is now.
Tin' letter recently received by his
ister, Mrs. Kelly Davenport, of Wil
iamston, was dated August 9, 1943,
rnd was written in an Italian prison
amp somewhere in Italy. It reads,
n part:
"I really do hope this finds all
)• K. As for me, I’m well as ever.
haven’t received any mail from
iny one, but hope to soon. I really
lope I receive some real soon be
ause I want to know everything.
}o tell all hello and to be pood. I
inly wish I could see all ot the
amily.
When I get back nome I’m goin;;
o change my way of living and that’s
he truth if I ever told it. Tel) all
o pray for me and for my return.
Ve have church services' here in
amp most every day and I think it
s really nice. Don’t worry over
ne Give my love to all, and may
Jod bless you all.”
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