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Do Your Pari By Supporting 4th War Bond Drive Now Underway PAT DAT WAK BOND DAT —un mum THE ENTERPRISE OVIK THC TOK FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 7 Williamsion, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 25, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1L99 “C” Classifications Are Announced for Farmers In County ..»— Total of 1,609 Placed in the Preferred Classes By Draft Authorities —_» Completing the review of produc tion records a short time ago, Martin County Draft authorities are an nouncing more “C” class farm regis trants today. The men, having successfully "ne gotiated” the draft hump in 1943, are soon to be asked to submit their 1944 plans. If their plans come up to ex pectations, the farm registrants now holding “C” classifications can well expect draft immunity for another year. “C” classifications not previously announced follow: Hamilton Township L. M. Purvis, w; George Barfield, c; Jesse Barfield, c; Peter Spruill, c; John H. Taylor, c; John D. Swimp son, c; W. Alton White, w; Charlie Boney, c; David Thompson, c; Willie D. Perry, c; Walter R. Higgs, c; Geo, Calvin Roebuck, w; Richard Warren Ward, c; Larry M. Roebuc. w; Joseph Brown Wynne, w; Jas. Allie Brown, c; Edward Bennett, c; Raymond Pur vis, c; Augustus Hopkins, c; Zar Brinkley, c; John Wesley Dunn, c; Lieutenant Carr, c; Herbert Purvis, c; Floyd Melton, c; Robert Staton, c; Willie B. Carr, c; Mayo Simmons, c; Leroy Brown, c; Louis H. Perry, w; Griffin Williams, c; P. H. Brown, w; James C, Overton, c; James Henry Williams, e; Julius Cherry, c; Clif ton, Worsley, c; P. C. Edmondson, Jr,, w; Arthur Bullock, w; Peter Col lins, c; Henry Mclnberg, c; Thomas Wiggins, c; Dennis Briley, w; Clin ton White Johnson, w; William Gor don Purvis, w; Jerro James, Jr., c; Oscar Jones, c; James Glenn Wil liams, c; William J. Etheridge, w; Claude Sherman, c; Vernon Andrews, c; Jesse B. Knight, c; Charlie Bussey, c; Walter Barfield, c; L. L. Etheridge, w; George Wynne, Jr,, c; Henry Wiggins, c; James Ev erett, c; Fred Hudson, c; Aaron Council, c; Cleve Lawrence, c; Roy Carmack, c; Columbus Martin, c; N. P. Turner, w; Wheeler Latham, Jr., c; Daniel A. Knox, w; Elwood Ayers, w; George lay ton Everett, w; M. R. Wilson, c; Jesse B. Dail, w; Jno. David Etheridge, w; W. R. Daven port, w; Richard Smallwood, c; Char lie Mack Bullock, w; Earnest Staton, c; Jasper Harris, c; D. L. Harrell, w; James F. Murphy, c; Leroy McNeal, c; J. E. Bland, w; Matthew Keel, c; Irvin Wynne, w! Charlie Price, Jr,, c; Norman Council, c; Lawrence D. Teel, c; Johnnie Johnson, w; Lester Brown, c; McKinley Powell, c; Col umbus Brown, c; Paul Brown, w; Russell Knox, w; George P. Rober son, w; Gurtha Parker, c; D. V. Pur vis, w; Ollie A. Gainor, c; Frank D. Cherry, c; Grover Jones, c; Arthur Lee Brown, c; Roland Chesson Ray- j nor. w; Frank Moore, c; Wilnsti Hooker, c; C. B. Burroughs, w; James Henry Speight, c; James Arthur Chance, c; Alonza Sheppard, c; John O. Wors ley, c; Willie B. Edmondson, w; Rob ert Lee Pierce, w; Hilton Jones, w; Johnie A. Wynne, w; W. E. Purvis, w; Ben R. Brown, c; E. K. Edmond son, w; George E. Brown ,c; Joe Lee Dunn, c; Riley Williams, c; Ernest Lawrence, c; Bryant McKinley Wig gins, c; Willie Wiggins, c; Frank Roberson, c; James Roberson, c; Mark Duggins. c Dewey G. Adam?, w; Spencer Hyman, c; William Brody, c; Lee Roy Perkins, c; William Higgs, c; W. Harvey W'illiams, w; Dock Gray, c; Grover 'Ll*‘KJiO'x,’‘wf Everett, w; Alton A. McLawhorn, w; Clifton Turner, w; William B. Pow ell, c; Robert S. Coltrain, w; B C. Chesson, w; Major Latham, c; Jeff (Continued on page four) -— « - First tounty Mule Clinics Successful • The first in a series of horse and mule clinics scheduled in this coun during January and February, proved very successful in several sec tions last week, according to Assist ant County Agent L. L. McLendon. Eight animals were treated during the early part of the week but when the veterinarians reached Poplar Point last Friday, owners had deliv ed 62 mules to the clinic point. Special requests have been made by a number of farmers to have the veterinarians visit their individual farms. Agent McLendon explains that it will be impossible to rear range the schedule, that possibly private clinics can be scheduled af ter the present schedule is complete but any action in this connection will be up to the individuals and the veterinarians. No clinics are being held, but the schedule will be continued next week and on into February, as fol lows: Bear Grass, January 31; Cross Roads, February 1; Gold Point, Feb ruary 2; E. V. Smith’s store, Febru ary 3; Oak City, February 4; Rober son ville, February 7; Williamston, February 6, and Hassell on Febru ary 9th. Young County Aviator Safe After Harrowing Experience A U S. 15th Air Force Base in Italy —Maj, Robert W. Neal of Muskegon, Mich., leader of the first Flying Fortress squadron to complete 200 missions in this theater, was heart broken when he returned from to day’s record-breaking flight—an at tack on the Ceprano bridge a few miles northwest of Cassino. He had last seen his operations of ficer diving down ahead of a trail of smoke, and he reported him miss ing. But Major Neal soon was a very happy man. The operations officer himself — Capt. Charles L. Daniels, of William ston, N. C., came running across the field from his scarred bomber to greet Neal. A burst of flak had severed the oil line of Daniel’s plane shortly before he reached the target. The right wing soon was ablaze. Other crews in the formation watched intently as the flames crept back over the wing, knowing that if the fire reached the bombs the ex plosion might sweep them all out of the sky. With the wing afire, and all alone, Daniels made his run over the tar CAPT. C. L. DANIELS, JR. get and let the bombs fly. Then, more alone than ever, he put the ship into a dive in an effort to put out the flames. It worked, and Daniels took a shortcut to beat the other planes home. Citizens Working To Reach War Bond Goal . <fr- '* Bear Grass Planning To Complete Drive In Early February —•— Cross Roads Plans Rally; Lo cal Committee in Meet ing Last Friday -• Encouraging reports were heard from nearly every section of the county today as the fourteen billion dollar nation-wide bond drive enter ed its second week. The first reports, while not complete and a bit scat tered, show that Martin citizens are plugging away at the $729,000 quota assigned this county. It is now quite certain that the drive is well into its second one hundred thousand dol lars, one issuing agency reporting nearly $50,000 in bond sales during the past few days. The sales range from a few hundred dollars in sever al townships in the county to nearly fifty per cent complete in others. Bear Grass, holding the spotlight in the last bond drive by increasing if* sales from $25,000 to $33,000, Jast night accepted the challenge and; mode ready to complete the drive in early February. A greater and more determined interest in handling work on the home front has seldom been expressed, the group agreeing to see every family in that district. On Wednesday night of next week, a big bond rally will be held in the school there, Principal T. O. Hick man announcing last evening that a worth while and entertaining pro gram would be planned and that he looked for a packed house. The can vass will follow the rally. Principal Hickman appealed to the canvassers, and H A. Bowen, chaimun, and D. V. Clayton, Williamston Township Thurman, briefly addressed the group. “We can still lose this war if we don’t put all we have into it,’’ Mr. Hickman said. The following group accepted the challenge and they will buy bonds and ask others to buy bonds: Miss Velma Bailey, Mrs. G A. Peele, Mi*. Ralph Mobley, Mrs. Nathan Rogers, Mrs. Ella Wynn, Mrs. Kneezer Harrison, Mrs. LeRoy Har rison, Wheeler Rogers, A. B. Ayers, W. A. Brown, T. L. Roberson, E. C. Harrison, Ralph Mobley, Calvin Ay ers, Hildreth Rogerson, Mrs. Hil dreth Rogerson, Miss Ruth Hazel Harris, Jos. S. Griffin, Russell Grif fin, Sidney Beachara, M^and Mrs. Pete idonqefinaii. l ->.w others who will assist the drive in Bear Grass, but they could not be iv^oimiiueu un iuuw ROUND-UP While business picked up on the civilian crime front last week-end, all was quiet on the local military front when three powerful military police rode in to town for the first time to sup plement the local police force. The military police made no ar rests, but several were warned against certain practices, it was said. Local police rounded up and jailed five persons during the period, four, including a colored woman, for alleged drunkenness and one on a larceny count. One of the five was white and the ages of the group ranged from 21 to 44 years. WARNING v __ A direct order issued to mem bers of the North Carolina High way Patrol this week warns mo torists against the use of old mo tor vehicle tags on and after next Tuesday. Arrests are to be expected in those cases where new tags are not displayed. It was also pointed out that it will be unlawful to display the old tags on the front of the ve hicle even if the 1944 plate has been attached to the rear. The old tags must be removed, it was explained. Fifth Army Landing South Of Rome Big Surprise For Enemy ♦— Increased Air Action Report ed in Several Sectors of Pacific Theater .Tumping' into the icy -wait is -»f the Mediterranean, the American Fifth Army waded ashore a few mi:es south of Rome just before dawn last Saturday morning to take the enemy by surprise and score the greatest victory of recent weeks in the Ital ians campaign The full meaning of the offensive is yet to be revealed, but it has great potentialities, ob servers declare. The bulk of the forces and equipment has been plac ed ashore in that strip of territory from the Tiber River near Ostialido to Nettuno.^ The Americans have driven in as many as twelve" and fourteen miles in some sectors, and now have the Appian Way, one of the main north-south routes out of Rome, under bombardment. While there has been no sign of a counter attack by the Germans, Allied gen erals warn that a counter thrust is to be expected. It is believed, howev er, that the Fifth Army is prepared to meet what the enemy can muster over the broken transportation sys tems. Only two lives were said to have been lost in the initial landings which are designed to relieve pres sure on the Allies along the Rapido River at Cassino where reverses were experienced by the Americans over the week-end. In Russia, th Red Armies are still pushing tne Germans further from j Leningrad, scoring a big advantage when they cut the rail line leading westward into Estonia. Large-scale slaughter of the enemy has been re ported in that area in recent days. Over in the Pacific area, Allied airmen have stole the show for the present, at least. More than sixty Jap planes have been shot down ov er Wewak and Rabaul in two days. -« School Attendance At A High Peak In The County An incomplete report from the ofirce of the superintendent late yes terday stated that attendance fig ures in the school were at an almost new high peak for the 1943-44 term. The figures, coming mostly from the smaller schools, ranged from 95 per cent to 100 per cent in one instance, Gold Point. It is gathered from the report that tne amount of sickness has dropped off considerably since the break in baa weather. J. Tillman Coltrain |Catches First 1944 Herring in Roanoke .—9— Successful Search for Coun ty's Smokehouse Is Good News in Ration World • —■ Tillman Coltrain, young James ville white man, caught the first 1944 herring in the Roanoke there yester day, the catch offering the first au thentic proof that spring can't be so far away. Taking advtange of the break in the weather, the young man netted two herring, but the second one escaped as he was taking him in his boat. It was pointed out that while the fisherman netting herring yesterday, he was caught himself in Uncle Sam’s draft net today. It was just before he was about to be call ed to the Army a year ago for his first examination that the young man went down and dipped out the first 1943 model herring at January on January 26. The catch this year is two days ahead of the one in 1943, but for fish without a calendar the two-day variation in time is not to be considered. Unless he gets his second rejection slip, the young man will have to do his season’s fishing during the 21 days following his re turn from the induction center. The size of the first herring taken from the Roanoke this year was not disclosed, but there is little doubt that the one made for some ‘‘good eating.” No large catch was reported by the fishery last season, but as fast as they Were caught the fish moved to market, many families unlocking their smokehouses for the first time to lay in their basic meat supply. Fish are not on the rationed list and there was a steady demand for her ring throughout the season. Mr. C. C. Fleming, operator of the fisheries at Camp Point and James ville, for a number of years plans to operate only one plant this coming season. Unable to got sufficient labor (Continued on page four) Addresses Parents And Teachers Here — ■ •— Tracing the trend of thought in the minds of the people of the con quered and unconquered nations, State Representative Clarence Grif fin gave an instructive and impress ive talk to the Williamston parents and teachers at their monthly meet ing in the grammar school building of the Williamston school on Janu ary 18. Emphasizing the fact that each na tion has had a dominant idea that at times lias been deteriorating, he brought to his audience the pacifi cism of England, the. industrialism uf Russia, the indifference to prob lem of state by France, the wiB to dominate by Germany, the rnimicing of the German theory of the master race by Japan, and the love for lux ury by the people of America. Expressing a hope for world peace in the future, the speaker conclud ed with the thought that the results of the present world struggle will bring a peace worthy of the fight ing now being carried on. Miss Ann Golden, member of the Williamston high school faculty, sang, “Ave Maria.” Mrs. Meyer Lev in, president, presided. -^--S*---t—** Pecans, Stolen Before Christmas, Recovered -» Approximately three bushels of pecans, stolen from Messrs. Ollie Nelson and W. J. Hodges here before Christmas, were recovered over the week-end by local officers. Hu; ing ' garden of Mrs. Fannie Crawford, just off of Acad emy Street, Chas. Siceloff, Jr., stum bled over the pecans buried under some leaves and grass. He reported the find to officers and the owners were notified. Apparently the thieves got frightened and realized that the pecans were too hot to handle. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . For the second successive week, motorists traveled Mar tin County highways without a single reported accident. During the first week, there was one ac cident and one resulting death. But even with the perfect score for two weeks, the wreckord does not compare very favorably with the figures for the corre sponding period in 1943. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 3rd Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam’ge 1944 0 0 0 $ 000 1943 1 2 0 300 Comparison To Date 1 0 1 2 3 1 1944 1943 500 500 | Paralysis Fund Drive Makes Rapid Progress in the County --m, The drive to raise $534 or more in support of the nation-wide fight against infantile paralysis is prog ressing rapidly in this county, Chair man L. Bruce Wynne announced to day. Nearly $200 has already been collected and reported following the issuance of direct appeals to a lib eral-hearted people. The chairman mailed nearly 200 letters dire-tly to citizens in the county, and answers had been received from about one fourth of the number up until late yesterday, the donations ranging up to $10. The amount will be mater ially increased as more replies arc received, the chairman confidently said yesterday. The march of dimes is getting un der way in the schools of the county this week, and it is believed that the approximately 7,000 children will materially boost the fund. The chair- i man has delivered nearly 3,000 c>f the coin holders to the schools in con nection with the march of dimes. On Saturday of this week, public solicitations will be made in James Ville, Williamston, Robarsonville, Hamilton and Oak City, and the peo ple arc asked to liberally support the canvassers. Lapel tags will be offer ed. Last year this county, under the chairmanship of Mr. W. Iverson Skinner, raised almost $700 in sup port of the nation-wide fight against infantile paralysis, and while the quota is not as large this year as it was last, the new chairman is anx ious to meet and pass the current as signment. No sizable amounts are being asked of any one, but every one is asked to contribute something. Chairman Wynne hopes to com plete the drive by late Saturday of i this week. More Martin County Men Called By Arm) '•$> — ■ "4» Include No Married Men In Small Group Leaving Here Today —•— Few Farmers Deelared Non Fsseul ial Last IVIonlli Leave for Camp -® Answering one of the smallest draft calls received m recent months, about fourteen Martin County men are leaving this week for an Army induction center. The group is the last to leave the county before a new system is inaugurated for ban tiling medical examinations. It could not be learned how many will be called from this county for examinations at the induction cen ter next month. It is understood that goodly numbers are being called in some counties. In the group leaving the county this week there are no married men, at least none was married on or be fore December 7, 1941. Two of the men volunteered, and two or three lost their “C” classifications when the authorities reviewed their farm production records last December and found they did not come up to expectations. Most of the men are in the “old age” draft group, and quite a few of them have already visited the induction center. They were re jected upon their first trips, and it is possible they, will now be retain ed tor limited military service. A fi.ft‘:tnth Martin-County man, Julian riosea Kagan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Fagan of RFD 1, James villi', volunteered some weeks ago and he entered the service on Janu ary 1 at Fort Bragg. He asked for service in the Army Air Corps. Charlie Mayo Moore, of RFD 1, Jamesville, volunteered for service in the Navy this month and he will leave with the group this week. Leggett Roebuck, the young man who stated he preferred the Army over the farm, is included in the group answering the current month call. Young Roebuck advised the draft board on November 1 that he was quitting lie farm. The next day he got his 1 A classification and a few days later lie was instructed to report to the induction center. On November 24 he underwent the ex amination and did not pass on ac count of defective vision. He is now being called bid; for limited mili tary service. The names and addresses of the other young men leaving this week are: Latham Ervin Riand, RFD i, Rob erson ville. Ernest Cornelius Jones, Williams ton. Wilham Dawson Raynor. Oak City Lem, (Continued on page four) APPLICATIONS __, That the limited supply of some automobiles types is caus ing a bit of concern in rationing circles is evidenced by recent changes in plans for handling applications for new automo biles. Heretofore, the local boards either passed or reject ed the applications. Now, they have to be approved by the local board subject to final approval by the State office. Compara tively few applications have been received in the county late ly, those needing new cars ap parently having learned that the machines are hard to find even after certificates of pur chase have been made available. An application submitted by Paul Edmondson, of Hassell, was approved by the county board last Friday night. The request is now before the State office. Harry Myrt Stubbs Dies At His Home In Washinton City —•— Body Is Returned To Native Home Today; Date for Last Rites Pending Harry Mvrt Numbs. native ot wu liamr-ton and lor number of yean a practicing attorney at the local bar died suddenly at his rooming house in Washington, D. C., some time dur ing last Friday night. Complete de tails surrounding his death could not be had here immediately, but re ports state that his body was found the following morning, that death was caused by a congested heart at tack, according to the findings by a coroner's inquest. The body is be ing returned here today, but com .plete funeral arrangements are be ing delayed pending the receipt of word from his son, Lt. Harry Stubbs, who is serving with the Army Air Corps some where in the North Pa cific theater. The son of the late Harry W. and Carrie Sitterson Stubbs, he was born in Williamston on June 21, 1891. He attended the local schools, Carolina and later Woke Forest College and practiced law here for a number of years, later going to Washington City where he supervised or headed a mis sion for the care of suffering human ity. Mr. Stubbs Was widely known throughout this section. In his youth i e was a great ball player and was active in various affairs of the town and community. He mcS ious financial difficulties at times, but lived a moral life, never yielding to the common faults of man. Oth ers would get mad with him, but he held no malice or ill will against any one, and his willingness and desire to help the less fortunate finally car ried him to the mission in Washing (Contmued on page four) -—• Missionary Coming To Local Church Friday -• Rev. W. H. Turner, Holines! Church missionary to Shanghai, foi a number of years and who was re patriated on the Gripsholm som< months ago, will visit the Pentecost ul Holiness Church here Friday nighi at 7:45 o’clock, it was announced to day by the pastor, Rev H M. Pope, The missionary was a prisoner o: the Japs for many months, and it i: expected that he will recall some o: his experiences while interned. The public is cordially invited t< heai Mr. Turner. FARM PLANS Approximately HO per cent of the farmers in this county have completed their farm plans for 1944, according to a report on the “sign-up” in the various districts last Friday and Saturday. One or two districts virtually com pleted the task, hut in William ston the work lagged, one report stating that some farmers found the office too crowded and left without filling in the work plan sheet. All those farmers who did not prepare a farm plan are ask ed to report to the office of the county agent. A hurried review of the work sheets indicates tint the farmers, or most of them, are planning tc plant a maximum tobacco acre i age this year. Sixty - Eight Tires Allotted in County By Rationing Board —«— Chairman C. C. Marlin Re turn* to Post Following long Period of Illness Sixty-eight tires—ten new ones for trucks, twenty-seven Grade I’s for cars and pick-up trucks and thirty-one Grade Ill’s—were issued by the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board last Friday eve ning. C. C. Martin, popular chairman of the board, returned to his post of duty last week after a long illness. Mr. Martin had been out since last October, his illness being the result of too much work in the office and on his farm near Jamesville. Mem bers of the board and of the several panels were glad to have him back at the head of the table. During his absence, Board Member Herbert L. Roebuck ably handled the duties. Truck tires and tubes were allot ted to the following: Jesse B. Everett, Hamilton, one tire and one tube. Farmville-Woodward Lumber Co., Williamston, four tires and four tubes. Rogerson Brothers, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. Albert Gurkin, RFD 1, two tires and one tube. Carroll Griffin, RFD 1, Williams ton, two tires and tubes. Grade I tires and tubes for cars and pick-up trucks were issued to the following: Jack Smith, RFD 1, Oak City, one tire. Herbert S. Whitley, U. S, Army, one tire. M. E. Hyman, RFD 1, Palmyra, one tire. 1). V. Clayton, Williamston, two tires and one tube. V. J. Spivey, Williamston, one tire and one tube. Jasper Everett, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. A. S Hardy, RFD 1, Oak City, one tire and one tube. H. W. Leggett, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. State Highway Patrol, Williamston, two tires and two tubes. 11. G. Norman, Robersonville, one tire. II. M. Ayers, Everetts, one tire and one tube. Garfield Mobley, RFD 1, Jamcs ville, one tire and one tube. B. L. Johnson, Oak City, one tire. C. U. Rogers, Williamston, two tires and two tubes. J. Dawson Lilley, RFD 1, William ston, two tires and two tubes. R. H. Taylor, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. M. E. Smith, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. G. D. Ross, Everetts, two tires and one tube. Harvey ^Warren, RnbcrscnvHle, one tire. Paul Leggett, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. D. V. Purvis, RFD 1, Bethel, two tires and two tubes. Grade III tires and tubes were is sued, as follows: John E. Manning, RFD 1, William ston, two tubes. W. 11. Davis, Jamesville, one tube. Dr. C. L. Hutchison, Williamston, one tube. Gladys Pierce, Jamesville, one tube. William A. Cherry, Robersonville, one- tiibe. • Itoj Martin, RFD 3, Williamston, (continued on page four) -* Colored Boy Admits Several Thefts Here -—*— Charles Edward Purvis, 12 years old, was arrested here last Saturday and formally charged with a series of thefts. The youth, deserted by his mother and having no knowledge of his father, admitted the theft of a wrist watch from Mrs. Bill Sessoms last week, a diamond several weeks ago. and $.1.in cash and perfume and powder. The little fellow also mitted stealing a pair of shoes from Officer J. H. Roebuck and a jar of preserves from the II. H. Cowen pan try before Christmas. He consistent ly denied the theft of a watch from Eddie Watts Brown, but one report stated that the boy had tried to sell it to several parties. Living with his “Aunt Sissie” on Pearl Street, the child said he had not been going to school, that he vis ited various homes and begged for something to eat, some times carry ing in a little wood. The temptation was great when he saw articles ly ing around while he was carrying in wood, and he soon started taking advantage of those who befriended him. He sold the watch to Johnnie Beacham for $1.10 and the diamond to C. B. Rogers for 50 cents. The watch has been recovered and Rog ers willingly agreed to retrieve the diamond from his sister who is in school. Nothing has been done with the less-fortunate little fellow.
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