OVER YME TOR FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAR mmmn THE FAY VAT WAE ~|— SOM© ©AT i—saw mum VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 12 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 11, 1914, ESTABLISHED 1899 Using Big Bombers To Check t he Enemy Hh? Anzio Spe&rf^ad Drives In Rrssia and Pacific Theater Meeting With Marked Success Battered by strong German at tacks and pounded bv enemy aitil lery fire, defenders of the Allied in vasion spearhead at Anzio are ef fectively fighting back, and are be lieved to be more than holding their own. But it is admitted that the enemy is exerting powerful pressure in that sector apparently in an effort to force the Allies to upset their time table for the continental in vasion. At the sjne time, the Allies apparently have weakened the in vasion defense of the enemy by pull ing strong forces from France. The beachhead fighting was fea tured yesterday by the introduction of heavy four-motored bombers in the defense of the area. Good re sults were said to have been obtain ed, one report stating that enemy gun positions were wiped out. The beachhead situation continues a bit critical for the Allies, and it is now believed that nothing short of a diversionary action will save the day. The enemy is thought to be gaining in the race to bring up ad ditional men and supplies. Around Cassino to the south, the Allies day before yesterday hurled massive forces against the defenses, but late reports state that the Germ ans are doggedly holding on to that position. American casualties since the Salerno landing in Italy on Septem ber 9 were listed this week at 25, 665, including 3,707 killed, 16,510 wounded and 5,448 missing by Un dersecretary of War Robert P. Pat terson. On the Russian front, the Germ ans are still reeling and rocking un der Red Army pressure, late reports stating that the Russians had trap ped another 100,000 men and are already busy annihilating them. Following the fall of Nikopol, the Russians are now closing in on Krivoi Rog, great Iron center in the Southern Ukraine. To the north, the Redy Army is closing in on Luga, the last major stronghold on the Leningrad-Pskov railway in enemy hands. A five months long and terrific drive has been brought to a close in New Guinea where the Australians yesterday joined American forces to gain complete control of Huon Peninsula. An entire Jap division was wiped out, and now the joined forces are looking toward Madang. Mopping-up operations continue in the Marshalls, and important moves are certain to be directed from there in the future. Air activities continue without let up over France and yesterday, Am erican bombers were over Bruns wick w'ith telling effect. Eighty-four Geiman planes were knocked out of the air yesterday, but twenty-nine Allied bombers and eight fighters did not return to Al escort ac counted i'tlli 55 bt ■ record for a single day. A transport plane, carrying 24 persons, including eleven of the military forces, crashed in the Mis sissippi about midnight last night, and it is believed that all aboard perished. In Washington, the defeat of the subsidy program was considered al most certain in the Senate this aft ernoon. A veto is expected, and it is likely a compromise will be ef fected. Test Blackout Is Very Successful —.#—;— The test blackout here last Tues day night was rated one of the most successful held in this district, ac cording to incomplete reports com ing from the operations center. All lights here with one exception were out in record time following the sounding of the first signal, and wardens manned their posts quick ly and efficiently. Assistant Director of Civilian De fense Director Martin was here from the state office in Raleigh to ob S< r Vc irpStK:nw.'jf.i -kt* *r have fc©-£>s>JrK"y well pleased with the work of the organization at this point. It was stated that one or two outlying districts could not be reached in the territory, but nearly all the calls were handled in record time. Sgt. Lewis O. Price, representing the Army, checked the work of the wardens and fire watchers and he praised highly the work of the or ganization, and commented very fav orably on the cooperation extended by the citizens. A similar test is tentatively sched uled for the early part of May in this district, it is understood. Local» Divide Double Bill With Scotland Neck Here Playing the girls and boys from .Scotland Neck’s Brawley high school here a few nighis ago, the colored high school basketball teams divided the double bill with the visitors, the girls losing 22 to 9, and the boys winning 26 to 20. Native Of County Loses Life In Air Battle Over Germany Sergeant William Ross, a native of Rbbersonviiie, was killed In ac tion over Germany on November 23, 1943, according to information reaching relatives in this county a few days ago. The young mas war first reported missing in action soon fter his plane was forced down or shot out of the a - in Germany, but only recently was his death an nounced by the War Department. No details of his death were releas ed. The young man could have been shot and killed or he may have been fatally injured in crash behind the enemy lines. The son of the late William A. and Hester Mooring Ross, he was born in Robersonville in 1916. At an early age, he and his sister, the former Miss Virginia Ross, entered the Ken nedy Home, Baptist orphanage near Kinston. Following their gradua tion there he and his sister, Mrs. Virginia Ross Fogleman, went to Burlington to live and where his sister is now making her home.’ Sergeant Ross nad many relatives in this county and he visited his great-uncle, Mr. J. C. Ross, in Rob ersonville at least twice each year 'until he entered the service. He was a young man of sterling qualities arid bore a fine refutation in the town of Burlington. He completed his mechanical training at the Boo ing Flying Fortress School in April of last year, and then changed to aerial gunnery, receiving his train ing at Wendover Field, Utah, and Amarillo, Texas. Just prior to being transferred to a station overseas, he was located in Seattle, and was in England hardly more than two months before he was killed. Young Ross is the fourteenth Mar tin County native to make the su preme sacrifice for his country. Two other young men, residents of this county at one time but natives of other sections, have lost their lives in the current war. Draft Deals Fathers A Heavy Blow In County PEANUT MEETING Anxious to promote a fair pea nut program and one that is acceptable to all growers, mill ers, shelters and consumers. Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner conferred with J. B. Hutson of the Commodity Credit Corp oration recently and arranged for a peanut meeting to be held in Washington on February 17. “I particularly want a large group of growers to be present so that a thorough understand ing can be had before the 1944 program is put into effect,” Con gressman Bonner said yesterday in announcing the meeting and inviting Martin County to send representatives for the discus sions. It could not be learned who or how many would attend the meeting, but those farmers who criticised the two-price plan and then objected to the one-price program last year are invited to attend the meeting along with any others. Infantile Paralysis Drive About Ended The annual infantile paralysis fund drive was announced just about complete today by Chairman L. B. Wynne, a last report showing that a total of $1,154.92 had been donated directly in this county. Some dona tions were sent direct to Washing ton and they will be credited to the i vy '*> T-A’’.. *• — . A report on the drive was filed for Jamesville by Principal J. W. King as follows: Grade 1, Mrs. Alexander, teach er, $4; Grade 2, Mrs. Manning, teach er, $2.40; Grade 2, Mrs. Shaw, teach er, $6.20; Grade 3, Miss Waters, teacher, $6; Grade 4, Mrs. Woolard, teacher, $11; Grade 4, Mrs. Holli day, teacher, $2.20; Grade 5, Miss Rippon, teacher, $1.70; Grade 6, Miss Godwin, teacher, $6; Grade 7, Miss Bail, teacher, $4; Grade 8, Mrs. Lee son, teacher, $5.50; Grade 9, Miss Jenkins, teacher, $6.70; Grade 11, Mrs. Ange, teacher, $3.50; Grade 12, Mr. Holliday, teacher, $4.10; coin con tainers, $3.34; sale of lapel symbols, $13.36. Federal Tax Man Will Be Here Five Days Next ff tele A deputy collector of the Federal Revenue Department will be sta tioned in the post office building here five days next week, beginning Tuesday, it was announced today. He will assist any taxpayer in prepar ing their federal income tax returns. Persons desiring assistance in pre paring their income tax returns are asked to submit assembled daia 'CFReiT■vrre$'*tSJKTact -the 'government Te p / tr’Scil uatiVt?.’ **” MORE CHECKS _V Payments under the 1943 soil conservation program are reach ing into high figures in this county. The distribution of 381 checks this week in the sum of 14,700, boosted the total pay ments to date to $52,050.16. About half or 715 applications have been handled and 1,502 checks have been distributed. It is estimated that about half the payments have been effected, and it is fairly certain that the total payments will pass the $100,000 mark in this county. It is understood that a few farmers have not yet filed their applications for the soil conser vation payments as yet. They are asked to do so at their earl iest convenience. Report For Physical Exams, Leaving 100 Little Tots Behind - —■» ■— Non-essential Farmers, And Married Men Are Two Main Groups Called The second group of Martin Coun ty colored men to be called since the latter part of January left yesterday to report for pre-induction examina tions at Fort Bragg, no word having been received from the group up un til early this afternoon. Approxi mately half of the contingent, or 46 men, were married, most of the re maining ones coming from the teen age group, and a few from industry. Nearly thirty of the rnen were drawn from the farms, their production records having failed to measure up to expectations. At least one in the group was said to have had suffi cient production units to support a deferment claim, but no work sheet was ever filed for him by his land lord or by the registrant himself, and it was too late to act after he had been notified to report. Inci dentally the man leaves at home eight or nine children, most of them under thirteen years of age. Several of the group have four or five children and one has eight. Those men passing the physical tests will be placed in the draft pool and are subject to call within the next ninety days. Quite a few of the men reporting this week were re classified from 4-F to 1-A, it is un derstood^ for the pre-induction tests and their addresses follow: Willie Parker, Jr., RFD 2, Rober sonville. George Edward Brown, RFD 1, Williamston and Brooklyn. William Henry Speller, Williams ton. Samuel Wesley Hooper, James ville and Washington, D. C. Jesse Atkins, Jamesville. George Wynne, Jr„ RFD 1, Rob ersonville and RFD 2, Tarboro. (Continued on page six) Judge Calvin Smith Calls Eight Cases in The First Civil Action In Months Heard By Court Last Monday Morning There was a little more interest shown in the proceedings and Judge J. Calvin Smith and Solicitor Elbert Peel worked a little longer than us ual in clearing the Martin County Recorder’s Court docket last Mon day. While no large crowd was pres ent for the various trials, more peo ple were in the courtroom than had been found there in fairly recent sessions. The tr.al of a civil case, the first handled by the court in many' nunths, featured the proceedings. In the case of James Leathers against Edgar Davis, the court awarded the plaintiff $11.60 in wages allegedly due, but the plaintiff was taxed with the cost. It was pointed out that the defendant had tendered the plain tiff $11.60 just before the trial. Other proceedings: Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with speeding, Norris Adams Hurst was fined $15 and taxed with the cost. Charlie Hoell, Jr., charged with damaging personal property, plead ed guilty and was fined $15 and re quired to pay the costs. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with drunken driving. Jas. G. Barnhill was fined $50, taxed with the costs and had his license revok ed for twelve months. A second case, charging the defendant with a sim ilar infraction of the law, was nol prossed. Seth Weathcrsbee, charged with drunken driving, pleaded guilty and was fined $50, taxed with the cost and had his driver’s license revoked for one year. Charged with drunken driving, Nathan G. Thompson pleaded guil ty and was fined $50, required to pay the cost and had his driver's li cense revoked for one year. The court recommended that he surrender his liquor ration book to the county al (Continued on page stx) (iriffins Farmer Makes Visit To Toirii Thursday Mr. N. T. Tice, well-known citizen and farmer of Griffins Township and a semi-invalid for months, vis ited here yesterday afternoon, the trip being one of the few he has made to Williamston in some time. He was accompanied by Mrs. Tice and a son. While he continues quite feeble, Mr. Tice is holding his own. r MOVE EAM1* ___ According to unofficial infor mation received here today, ap proximately 500 Italian prison ers of war will be moved from Windsor to the new camp near the plant of the Williamston Package Manufacturing Co. here over the week-end. Under con — struction for several weeks, the ' -Uli 1<' '• - ~ with row's of small winterized tents and mess halls for the men of war and special quarters for the camp complement. Captain M. L. White heads the camp personnel. Brought into this section last fall to help relieve the farm labor shortage, the prisoners in more recent months have been engaged in various types of in dustry, some working at lum ber mills and others at fertilizer plants. The camp at Windsor Ls being abandoned. Williamston Youth Tells About Exciting Times He Had During Months In Pacific Never critical of his lot and re serving aU opinion that would con demn or approve the way the war is being fought, Bill Holloman, young son of Mrs. W. J. Smith of Williamston, after much pleading and prodding finally “loosened up” and recently told about his first 1 TTrcite; yirg ns ,3. consrruction worker on the War De partment’s pentagon Building in Washington, D. C., and voluntarily surrendering all claims to defer ment, the young man volunteered BILL HOLLOMAN for service in the Seabees or, Au gust 8, 1S42, his 21st birthday. He had spent many months in Wash ington City arid had made many /VY "'t1' there d!!r'n^ tha^ t 'Th° but his country’s call came first and in a short time he was numbered among the thousands receiving their “boot” training at Ccmp Endicott, near Providence, Rhode Island. He was already toughened for most any task, and the three months spent at Endicott passed rapidly and with out incident. He enjoyed a short leave, and during that time he is remembered as a very youthful looking lad, a lad whose age would not have been placed at more than eighteen years, ^ ifS leave ende^’-’lho Se*--1 bee reported to Quointset Point, Rhode Island, lor advanced train ing. Following a few weeks spent there, the young man was transfer red to a port of embarkation on the East Coast. On December 1 he was sailing for an unannounced desti nation in the company of tens of thousands of youthful fellows, mostly Marines. Christmas came and went and the troop ship, one of a fairly large number in a convoy, continued to plow to the southwestward. One or two small islands were visited and the convoy started breaking up, the last day of December finding the young man and his construction bat talion at New Caledonia where he was to spend about four months building docks, clubs and handling general construction work. The cross l•V'Vg' ■* -V.'3P V»$l vh'V it •tt'Tl-QV'* 8CHt~. • but the young man admitted that Iris heart throbbed in his throat un til five submarines, hovering in the (Continued on page six) Fourth War Bond Drive Nearing S7^9,00(M)0 Goal In This County Martin County Has A bout 12 Men in Its Selective Draft Pool It is most assuredly a slow and cost ly process, but the Selective Service System has started building up a draft pool in this county, one report stating that there are now about a dozen Martin County colored men “on tap" or in the draft pool. This limited reserve was gained out of about 65 men called the latter part of January for pre-induction exam inations. The men subject to call within 90 days and not before the expiration of 21 days, include Phillip Peter son Barnes, Charlie Freeman, Jr., Willie Williams, George Roberson, Melvin Langley and James Thadger Modica for the Army, and Haywood Bridgers. William V'ance Ormond, Jr., Lewis Harris, Walter Raleigh Macklin, Jr., and William Earl Bal lance for the Navy. It was reported unofficially that 38 in the January call were rejected, that about eigh- i J. Garland Pilgreen Loses His Life in Pitt County Last Monday —•— Escaped With Minor Injuries In Auto Accident on Same Road the Night Before Greenville — James Garland Pil green, 18-year-old Robersonville youth, was instantly killed last Mon day night about 7:45 when a ’36 Chev rolet coach in which he was riding, plunged into the side of a '40 Ford trailer truck parked on the Stokes highway about eight miles from Greenville. Five others were in the car, including Mrs. Verno Jackson, who suffered a broken leg and cuts about the head. Receiving minor in juries also were llally and Anna Nora Jackson, daughters of Mrs. Ver no Jackson, of Hookerton, Clarence Manning and William E. Pilgreen. According to eye-witnesses, the truck, driven by Charlie Spruill, Ne gro, and owned by S. A. Wallace, of Robersonville, was parked across the highway in approximately a 90 de gree angle and was loaded with a tractor and livestock feed. The driv er of the truck, Spruill, of Roberson ville, stated that he and other men were unloading the tractor, and the rear wheels of the truck were in the ditch on the left hand side of the road. He further stated that no flares had been distributed along the highway, but he did have a man flagging cars, and the cur driven by Piigreen failed to stop and was going at a high rate of speed when it hit the truck. Funeral services will be conduet •aturday aftemv *» Rev. D. W. Alexander, Free Will Baptist minister of Bethel. Inter ment will follow in the Roberson ville Cemetery. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Pilgreen of near Roberson ville; thre brothers, Will and Luther Pilgreen of near Robersonville, and Clayton Pilgreen of the home; three sisters, Mrs. M. E. Jackson of Rober sonville, Mrs. Julius Warren of Den ver, Colo., and Mary Lois Pilgreen of the home, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Daven port of the home. teen failed to report. All but one of the eighteen, Phillip Burnett, have been accounted for, most of them making a delayed trip to the Army center for their pre-induction exam inations yesterday. Now that the men are in the pool and there is no question who are to go and who are not to go, there is some doubt as to how and when the men will be called from the pool. Some think they will be called with out 21 days’ advance notice, others believing they w ill not have to leave within 21 days after they are noti 1 tied to report for induction. All doubt is expected to be cleared up shortly, and during the meantime, Selective Service is working to build up its draft pool in the coun ty. Many colored men left the coun ty yesterday, and many white men are expected to report for pre-in iduction about the last of this month. ( HASH VICTIM Tech. Sr(. Rufus N. Mobley, son of Mrs. Effie Roberson Mob bley and flic late Louis N. Mob ley, natives of this county, was killed in an Army bomber crash in Pennsylvania on December 4, 11143. lie was buried several days later in Cross Roads Town ship, this county. Funeral for Mother Of Local Resident —*— Funeral services win1 conducted last Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at her late home in Hertford for Mrs. Joseph F. Elliott, mother of Mrs. Charles H. Godwin, Jr, of William time, Mi& Ellioii ly ill last Saturday and died early the following morning at her home. The Rev. Mr Reavis, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church of which Mrs. Elliott hud been a devoted member for many years, conducted the last rites, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Stevenson, a former pastor of the family. Interment was in the Hertford Cemetery. Mrs. Elliott, tifi years of age, had visited her daughter and made a number of friends in Williamston. Besides her husband and her daugh ter, Mrs. Godwin, she leaves three children, Miss Thelma Elliott, teach er in the Halifax Schools; Mrs. Den nis Holliday and Miss Ruth Elliott, both, of Jlert.fovds I.ocul Torentn-Teuehers To Moot Next Wetlne»day The Williamston Parent -Toucher Association will hold its February meeting in the grammar school auditorium next Wednesday after noon, February 10, at 3:30 o’clock. “Health” will be the theme of the meeting. Miss Mary Taylor of the Martin County Health Department will discuss the services of the pub lic health department. ..hAsseciatiiio jjj.y ■,[ school patrons are ossked to attend the meeting. V POLITICS l ittle mentioned during re cent months, politics is gradual ly coming to the front in the State with the possibility that the various campaigns will start gaining momentum rapidly the early part of next month. Stopping here for a short while today, l)r. Kalpli McDon ald, with his campaign manager, Mr. E. D. Hroadhui:;t of Greens boro, briefly discussed the po litical field, and sounded a very optimistic note. Recalling the strong support accorded his candidacy hack in 193ti, Dr. Mc Donald today again expressed his appreciation for that loyal support and hoped his candidacy for governor this year would re ceive a similar support. '— Six Townships Are Over The Top With Surpluses To Spare -<» Sales Easing In Four Areas And “E” Bond Purchases Not Up To Expectation With six of the ten townships reaching and passing their quotas, by sizable margins in some cases, the Fourth War Bond Drive today is nearing its assigned goal of $729, 000 in Martin County, the district chairman, Herman A. Bowen, an nouncing late last night that the sales now stand at $721,145.25, or $7, 754.75 short of the county-wide goal. That the challenge will be met to the last penny and more is indeed certain,, but the people of this coun ty are asked to remember that the quota has not yet been met in its entirety and that the sale of “E” bonds is lagging in most of the town ships. There was only one doubtful spot in the county early today as the sev eral chairmen commented on the drive in their townships, and there a strenuous effort is being made to reach the goal. A big rally in Oak City tonight is expected to net quite a few thousands of dollars, or more than enough to carry the county ov er the top. A successful drive there will leave only three townships on the "low” side. Williams citizens are finding the sale a difficult assign ment to handle. Chairman D. V, Clayton for Williamston is still op timistic over the prospects of reach ing and passing the quota, but just now, as is the case in several other townships, the sale of “E” bonds is not up to expectations. Hamilton, while trailing in the percentage com parisons, is reported to have suffi cient applications for bonds to go over the top, but no reprt n “E” bond deliveries could be had. At the present time, Bear Grass is holding the spotlight in the bond drive. Total sales there are more than double the quota. Jamesville, exceeding its quota by nearly $14, 000. ranks at the top in the percent age of “E” bonds sold. Out of a to tal of $53,557.50, the people there in vested $30,762.50 in ‘‘Bl” bonds. Grif fins has a fairly high “E” bond in vestment percentage, and the ratios are very favorable in Williams, Rob ersonville, Poplar Pr int, and Goose Nest. "E” bond sales have been re ported by districts, as follows: Jamesville, $30,762.50; Williams, $3,656.25; Griffins, $31,035.50; Bear Grass, $16,253.25; Williamston, $82, 106.25; Cross Roads, $13,758.50; Rob ersonville, $108,927.25; Poplar Point, $6,581.25; Hamilton, $6,900.00, and Goose Nest, $7,406.25. Total sales, including all types of bonds, are listed by townships, as follows, with the quotas for com parison • Jr.me.'.viiie Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Goose Nest $ 2u.0Uli $ 33,737.50 10.000 4,986.25 40.000 42,525.50 25.000 60,248.25 309.000 272,888.75 25.000 29,753.75 220.000 232,637.75 10.000 10,911.25 45.000 21,555.00 25.000 11,881.25 $729,000 $721,145.25 Business Increases In Justice’s Court -s Almost a dozen defendants- were (.an ied before Justice J. L. Hassell in his court here this week, the rec ords reflecting a marked increase m crime front activities. Proceedings Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Leon Bond, Harry Lee Speller, Samuel Joyner and James Purvis were sentenced to the roads for thirty-day terms. The sentence was suspended on condition that the defendants pay $7.50 costs each and stay out of Buck’s Place on Washington Street. Lenn-Robersc-B, with sim ple assault, was directed to pay $8.50 costs. Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Clyde Silverthorne was directed to pay $8.50 costs. Grover Dixon, Edgar Hyman and Willie Bond, booked for disorder ly conduct, were each fined $2.50 and taxed with the cost. James Ruffin was directed to pay $7.50 costs in the case charging him with being disorderly. N. S. Nichols, booked for break ing and entering, was sent to the higher courts under bond in the sum of $200. Presbyterian Young People To Meet Tuesday Evening -— ■ There wil be an important meet ip p of the young popple of the Pres byterian church next Tuesday eve ning at 7:3u o’clock. Election of of ficers atid other matters of import ance will be taken up at this meet ing, it was announced.