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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 26
Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 'H, I*) II.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Court Clears Fifty
F romJOiK^
During Recent Term
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Seven Divorces Are Granted;
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Handled This Week
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Although it was in session hard
ly three and one-half days during a
scheduled two-weeks' term, the Mar- j
tin County Superior Court clear
ed ten criminal cases from the dock
et on Monday of last week and han
dled thirty civil actions from Mon
day up until shortly before noon on
Wednesday of this week. At that
time, the court under the direction
of Judge C. E. Thompson of Eliza
beth City, folded its tent to make
way for Judge J. Calvin Smith and
his court next Monday.
The civil cases attracted very lit
tle attention this week, but two story
tellers on the jury were said to have !
kept their fellowmen smiling and
the barristers awake.
Seven divorces, ali based on two |
years of separation, were granted,
most of them going to colored plain
tiffs.
Proceedings not previously re
ported follow:
Divorces were granted to:
William Lawrence Tyner against
Emma Eliza Tyner; Mabel Lee Spel- j
ler against William C. Speller; C. S. j
Vanlandingham against Emily D.
Vanlandingham; Mary Douglas'
against Fred Douglas; Madelle Belle
Cooke against Johnnie Cooke; Wil
lie Williams against Odelle Ryan
Williams.
A survey was ordered in the case
of William Little against William
Riddick involving a boundary line
dispute.
In the case of Selma Fleming
against L. B. Fleming, the court con- j
firmed the report filed by the com- i
mission for partitioning certain prop
erty.
A survey of certain property was
ordered in the case brought by Noah
Roberson against Joe Johnson.
In the case brought by Fannie M.
Peel, guardian of Sallie Jane Leg
gett, against Stanley Ayers and oth
ers, a settlement was reached by i
agreement, the plaintiff to receive
$150 and the defendant to pay the
cost.
A judgment in the sum of $172.87 ,
plus interest from March 28, 1944, j
was awarded Lennie Manning in
her case to recover damages done to
her automobile by the defendant, J.
C. Ruffin, Jr.
Clarence Williams was awarded
a judgment in the sum of $103.00 in
his case against P. T. Edmondson.
James Gray recovered nothing and
was taxed with the cost in his case
against C. C. Fleming.
The case of Joseph Keys against
Robert Boston was settled by agree
ment, the plaintiff recovering $65.
The defendant was taxed with the
costs.
An agreement was also reached in
the case of Howard Hoard and his
next friend, Clarence Griffin, against
J. H. Chesson, the plaintiff recover
ing $89.52.
In tlie case of Hattie Ruffin against
(Continued on page six)
Record Rainfall Is Reported
-■Here Dmm&Month of March
The 6. <3 incnes of rain failing in
this area during the month of March
_aro helyrvc-d, ♦» W' estiOplis)^^
record, or. at least, the foil was tne
greatest for any March since 1930
when the first recordings were offi
cially kept. The rains were so num
erous — eighteen, including two
traces — and the precipitation so
great that all talk of dry spelts bog
ged down in the soggy soil and over
flowing wells, swamps and streams.
Earlier, it was reported by at least
one farmer, the wells were actually
overflowing the curbing one or two
inches above th’ ground. The largest
fall, 2.07 inches, was recorded on
March 19th.
There were some pretty days and
the weather was ideal at times, but
since Mr. Groundhog predicted bad
weather back in February, rain fell
on 32 of the forty-nine days.
The wet weather has just about
blocked fishing operations on the
Roanoke and interrupted the farm
ing schedule in this entire section.
the 14th of March, is almost c tain
to remain at or neat that level for
another week or ten days. A ’ 'te re
port states that the stream will reach
31 feet in Weldor- tomorrow, but that
is not expected to materially affect
the river at this point. Ordinarily,
seine fishing is well underway at
Jamesville at this time of the year,
hut it will possibly be another week
before operations are started.
Hardly more than one-third and
certainly not more than half the
Irish potato crop has been planted
in this area, and according to some
reports many of the seed planted
back in February have rotted in
the ground. A few farmers have
plowed the high spots, but the farm
work is considerably behind sched
ule.
CANNERS
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Preparing for another pre
serving season, quite a few
housewives have delivered their
pressure cookers to the home
agent's office here to be check
ed and repaired by a represen
tative of the manufacturers. Al
ready one has been found where
the pressure gauge had been im
properly handled, making use
of the cooker dangerous.
The mechanic or engineer will
be here next Tuesday, hut the
canners must be delivered to
the home agent’s office not later
than 5 o’clock next Monday. No
charge will be made for inspect
ing the cookers and making mi
nor repairs.
On Thursday of next week,
a demonstration in the proper
care and use of the cookers will
be given by the home agent.
Jamesville Scouts
Sell War Bonds
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During the Fourtli War Loan
Drive, the Boy Scouts of America,
Troop 127, Jamesville, did their bit
for the war effort by selling bonds.
The troop sponsored a contest be
tween the two patrols with the Owl
Patrol selling $5,8i2.50 worth of
Series E and F bonds and the Bat
Patrol selling $4,637 50 worth for a
total of $10,450.00 worth for the
troop.
This sum was over half of the
$20,000 quota allotted the township.
Giles Stallings, with sales of $2175,
took individual sales honors. This
was the second drive that the Scouts
had participated in, having sold $4,
000 worth in the third drive.
The troop now boasts three patrols
(and thirty-two members. Founda
■ tions, sills and sleepers have been
laid for a 20x40 foot cabin which is
, being built on Gardner’s Creek. —
1 Reported.
More Men Report For
Pre - Induction Exams
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Men Leaving (bounty |
This Morning Come
From Single Group
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Colored Men Will Be
Answered Soon
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More Martin County colored men
left the county this morning for their
prc-)induction examinations at a
serivce center, and unofficial re
ports state that a considerably larg
er number will be called to report
for the preliminary tests during the
early part of April.
The group leaving today was a
comparatively small one including
ten men who ad to
this county from other boards for
the initial physical examinations.
Many of the group are believed
to have been examined previously
and are being called from the 4-F
group. Possibly twenty of the men
held a 4-F classification up until re
cently, indicating that the services
are searching the 4-F roster for man
power or that the causes supporting
the 4-F classifications have been
remedied. j
As far as it could be learned all
the men are single, and only one
was ruled non-essential to the farm
program. Very few of the men are in
their teens, the ages of the others
ranging from around 22 to 37 years
of pgi, seven of them being over
thirty.
The names of the men, and them
addresses follow:
Theodore Watson, Washington, D.
C., and Williamston; transferred
from Washington, D. C.
William Edward Johnson, Wil
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PLEADINGS
The proposed plan to draft all
single men and non-fathers be
tween 18 and 25 years of age,
has brought forth a flood of ap
peals in this county. At first,
the draft authorities ■»
Wheeler Martin, appeal agent
for the draft board, explained
that little or nothing could be
done to have farmer deferments
continued. Now, other changes
are being proposed, and the of
ficials are not certain what will
be the course of the draft. They
are merely advising the appel
lants to wait developments.
Vocational Groups
To Promote Etfrifiil
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On April 6th, the WUliamston Col
ored High School Home Economics
and Vocational Agriculture Depart
ments will exhibit a feature of the
work completed for the Spring quar
ter.
In the afternoon at 2:30 p m., a
short program will be given in the
school auditorium by students of the
departments. Following the program
the exhibit which will be on display
in the Home Economics Department,
may be seen.
The exhibit will consist of: Arti
cles from the Clothing Construction
I Classes, articles from the Horne
' Nursing Class, articles from the
| Home Improvement Classes, Handi
craft, Woodwork, Garden Plans, ex
hibit of Canned Foods from Agricul
ture and Home Economic F.P.W.T.
Program.
The public is invited to witness
both the program and exhibit.
I
IRAF Loses Nearly
Hundred Planes in
Last Night’s Raid
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j Turning I’oint Expected in
The Italkun* As Kussians
Plunge Forward
Attacking the important industrial
city of Nuremberg, the British Air
Force suffered its heaviest single
loss of the war last night when
ninety-six of it;; planes were knock
ed down over Germany. Few de
tails of the raid could be had im
mediately, but one report stated
that fighter opposition was fierce,
and the flak was ttiick. Apparently
the attack was carried out by a near
record or record number of bomb
bers, but the effectiveness of the
attack was not immediately reveal
ed.
Today, the American Air Force
picked up where the British left oil'
last night and are pounding im
portant targets in Germany and con
tinued attention is being given the
French invasion coast.
That the wave of air attacks is
continuing to sweep Hitler’s "bomb
proof” fortress, is evidenced in re
ports released last night. Bulgaria’s
capital, Sofia, was bombed. Air
fields in Holland and Germany were
attacked. Rail yards near Paris,
and an airplane engine plant at
Lyons, France, were damaged, and
Kiel, the German Baptic port, was
heavily hit.
No late news has come from Italy
where the Allies admittedly lost
ground at Cassino but are believed
to be making preparations for a push
in the Anzio beachhead. In the
meantime, the great Russian of
fensive continues to roll forward.
Battering down the barriers of
Hitler's cringing satellite states, the
Red Army yesterday seized Czer
nowitz, German fortress that had
guarded the path to Rumania and
Hungary, and climbed up the Prut
River banks into the Carpathian
Mountains to a point only fifteen
miles from the Hungarian-held
corner of Czechoslovakia.
After storming Czernowilz and
smashing its large German garrison,
the Russians raced on through
Storozhints, eleven miles to the
southwest.
No move beyond the 1SI41 bovlet
borders was reported, although So
viet troops remained poised along
the I’rut where it forms the Ruman
ian frontier southeast of Czernowitz,
and broadened their gi ip on the
north bank.
Enhancing a plainly-implied bid
to Hungary and Rumania to turn
against Hitler or be invaded, the
light communique told
of surrenders by units of bo'li coun
tries’ troops and the rout of others.
In the Pacific an American task
force attacked Palau Island at the
extreme western end of the Caroline
group, and Truk has been dealt an
other blow, the two operations fea
turing the* latest developments in
the Pacific war.
The Jap threat to cut Allied sup
ply lines and the drive toward
Manipur in India have met with
reverses, and the situation there is
! slightly improved for the Allies.
About '00 Japs, maneuvering to
free 1,000 of their men Mapped ui't
the Mogaung Valley, were killed
without the loss ol u single Allied
soldier.
On the diplomatic front, the re
ports from Italy are not encouraging.
The economic situation there is bad
—so bad that the people of Naples
say that they were better off under
the Nazis than they are under the
Allied Military Government. Under
the Nazis, the food allotment was
ampie, and the quality good. Under
AMG, a family of five does not get
enough food to feed thbee persons.
And the argument over who will or
wdl not recognize continues. Many
were disturbed because Russia
recognized Badoglio, while if Rus
sia had not recognized him, many
would have said he was planning to
spread communism in Italy. Our
present policy in Italy can invite
most any ism, some believe.
And on the home front, Martin
Dies and Walter Winchell are busy
smearing, while Chas. Chaplain
exemplifies the moral drift.
J Fifty-two Tires Are
plotted in Cmintv
Rv Rationing Hoard
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Application for Second-hand
Approved
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The Martin County War Price and
Rationing Board last Friday eve
ning allotted fifty-throe tires—nine
teen ("trade I's, twenty-eight Grade
.Ill's and six for trucks—to vehicle
owners and operators. An applica
tion filed by Edward S. Dixon far the
purchase of a 1912 used car was ap
proved.
Grade I tires for cars and pick-up
trucks were issued to the following:
Elmer R. Edmondson. RFD 1,
Bethel, one tire and one tube.
N T. Tice. RFD 1, Williamston, one
tire.
II. B Griffin, RFD 1 Williamston,
one tire.
VR. D. Purvis, RFD 1, Bethel, one
tiro.
Arthur Revels, RFD 1, Williams
ton, one tire.
Eva P. Jones, Parmele, one tire.
Vernon Davis, Jamesville, one
tire.
George M. Peel, Williamston, two
tires and one tube.
D. Andrew Griffin, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, one tire and one tube.
Claudius Hardison, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, one tire and one tube.
Clelle Moore, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
J. C. Martin, Williamston, three
tires.
H. L. Roebuck, Robersonville, two
tiros and one tube.
J. R. Coltrain, RFD 1, Williamston,
one tire.
W. B. Harrington, RFD 1, William
ston, one tire and one tube.
Truck tires and tubes were ration
ed as follows:
Williamston Hardware Co., two
tires and two tubes.
Eli Everett, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
Farmviili-Woodward Lumber Co.,
Williamston, three tires and three
tubes.
Grade HI tires and tubes were re
leased to the following:
Sgt. C. C. Walters, Jamesville and
Fort Bragg, one tire and tube.
Chas. L. Daniel, Jr., Williamston,
one tire.
John Mason, RFD 2, Williamston,
two tires and two tubes.
Lawrence Williams, Oak City,
three tires.
J. H. Holliday, Hamilton, one tire
and one tube.
Willie Jones, RFD 1, Roberson
ville, one tire and one tube.
Mrs. Guy Napier, Jamesville, one
tire.
Marion E. Smith, Robersonville,
one tire and one tube.
J. O. Staton, Hamilton, one tire.
Columbus Martin, RFD 1, Hob
good, one tire and one tube.
John II Rogers, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one tire and one tube.
Roy Beach, Hamilton, one tire and
one tube.
Elmei Ray Lilley, Williamston, one
tire
(Continued on page six)
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Announce Prizes lor
Fat Livestock Show
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The prize list for the first inde
pendent fat livestock show to be
held in this county was announced
this week by the sponsoring commit
tee. The show will be held in Wib
liumston on April 27, the same date
that the Martin County Farm Bur
eau will hold its annual meeting and
barbecue.
Much interest is being shown in
the livestock show which is open to
any stockman or farmer living in
the county.
TSjv' .'j kT •' Y\r t»..c fOiiO Wh:
Swine department, Class I, for
4-H club members. Pen of 3 fat
hogs. weighing not less than 1110 nor
more than 250 pounds each:
1st, $8; 2nd, $6.00; 3rd, $4.00; 4th,
$2.00; 5th, $1.00; 6th, $1.00.
Class II, for Adult farmers. Pen
of 3 fat hogs, weighing not less than
180 nor more than 225 pounds each:
1st, $6.00; 2nd, $4.00; 3rd, $2.00;
4th, $2.00; 5th, $1.00. Champion Pen:
Ribbon. Reserve Champion Pen:
Ribbon.
Reel Cattle department, Class I,
for 4 H club members Individual
j Fat Steer.-: show at halter
1st, $10.00; 2nd, $8.00; 3rd, $6.00;
4th, $4.00; 5th, $4.00.
Class II. For Adult farmers. Indi
vidual Fat Steers show at halter:
1st, $8.00; 2nd, $6.00; 3rd, $4.00;
4th, $4.00; 5th, $2.00. Champion
steer: ribbon. Reserve champion
steer: ribbon.
Any person wishing to enter their
stock in this show, please see Mr.
K. P. Lindsley or the county agent,
Williamston, on or before April 22.
Justice 11 an aell Handles
Tn-o Cases In His Court
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Justice J. L. Hassell handled only
two eases in Ids court this week, and
one of those was based on an alleg
ed violation nearly five months old.
A. E. Lewis, charged with start
ing a woods fire without a permit,
was required to pay $5.50 costs.
Jesse Williams, charged with pub
i lie drunkenness, was taxed $8.50
costs.
Pre-Easter Service Schedule
JLh Wafts Theater Announc&i
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1 T>;< ■»•<>!, tiu-'/t'-rif -or: Hmr-'u-T serv
ices to be held in the Watts Theater
|and union services in the various
pcnWSesWieff^^^^!™vKS^'arT
nounced today by the local minis
terial association. The services will
be held in the Watts at 10:30 each
morning with the following leaders: |
Monday, Baptist leader. Tuesday.
Christian leader. Wednesday, Epis
copal leader Thursday, Methodist
leader. Friday, Presbyterian leader.
Mr. Marvin Britton and his com
mittee has been asked to visit the
merchants of the city and enlist them
in cooperating with these morning i
services- that will last but thirty min- i
liter.
The schedule for the evening
i ii hi—iiiia ■ ii mm mmwrnii in nm
follows:
Monday: Christian Church, Rev
Gower Crosswell, speaker.
Tuesday: Methodist Church, Rev.
i W. R. Burrell, speaker.
Wednesday: Episcopal Church, j
; speaker to be announced
Thursday: Baptist Church, Rev.
John L. Goff, speaker. (Union Com
munion service to which all Chris
tians are invited.'
Friday: Presbyterian Church, Rev.
B. T. Hurley, speaker.
Registrants 18 To 25,
Inclusive, Are To Take
Pre - Induction Exams
Status Of Farmers
In Draft Confused
By Kerent Changes
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Draft Hoard lias Not Horn
Officially Notified
Of Changes
After receiving written amt oral
instructions earlier in the week to
draw heavily from the list of regis
trants 18 to 25 years of age, inclu
sive, draft officials learned unoffi
cially that the production unit sys
t in for farmers had been scrapped
and that deferments were to be
bandit J in accordance wilh instruc
tions embodied in the Tydings
Amendment. The scrapping of the
emit system confuses the draft sta- ;
tus of farm registrants eighteen
years of age1 and under twenty-six.
However, it is firmly believed that
the news announcing the elimina
tion of the unit system sounds bet |
ter to the ear than it, will actually
he1 when applied.
No official instructions have been
received advising the draft boards
to scrap the unit system, and while
such instructions are to be expect
ed shortly, it is fairly certain that
they will he clothed with rules and
regulations requiring a heavy draft
from those men over eighteen and
under twenty-six years of age.
During the meantime, official in
structions have been received, di
recting the draft officials to send all
men between 18 and 25 years, in
elusive, to the military centers for
pre-induction examinations. This
group will include, single men, mar
ried men and fathers, irrespective
of the type of work the registrant is
engaged in at the time. Only a few
can expect to escape the pre-induc
tion call. The instructions, just re
ceived this week, explain that it
does not mean that the man making
the trip to the service center will au
tomatically lose his deferment il
he passes the examination. The pre
induction test will eliminate a ccr
tain percentage, and then Selective
Service will center its attention on
the remaining 60 per cent, or what
ever the figure may be.
If a registrant passes the preinduc
tion exam and he holds a vital job
in industry, his claim for continued
deferment will not be considered by
the local draft board, but his case
will rest witli State Selective Serv
ice.
That the scrapping of the produc
tion unit system does not mean a con
tinued blanket deferment for farm
registrants hotwnelL^ho ages, of It)
and 25, inclusive, is fairly evident
when two recent pronouncements by
military and manpower authorities
are considered. The militaiy has said
that it needed men 18 to 25, inclu
sive, and must have them. It is also |
believed that the military will raise
the age limit just as soon as the
18-25 age group is exhausted. The
other pronouncement that would
seem to indicate a dark future for
the 18-25 group as far as the draft
is concerned was made this week by
the manpower commission subject to
cc ■;ressional action, ol course. The
|manpower commission plop- cd the
[drafting of all those 4-F’s who are
not engaged now in vita! industry
or work or who do not transfer to
vital work by a certain time. It
believed by some that the 4-F’s,
many of whom lave been running
wild and remaining indifferent to
the war effort since their rejection,
will either go to work in vital indus
try or on the farm or be drafted in
to labor battalions, and that this
action will relieve, to some extent,
the shortage of labor on those farms
where the 18-25 group has been ex
hausted.
Secretary of War Stimson is op
posed to the plan, hut the House
Military Subcommittee continues to
wim!: on a plan to place 4-F’s in
essential work, including agricul
ture, or place them in work bat
talions at Army pay without 'he
benefits enjoyed by the regular
serviceman. The committee would
make the law applicable to all 4-F’s
up to 37, if married and up to 45 for
non-fathers.
I SO MEKTINC
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rians for a closer cooperation
between local authorities and
the national organization for the
operation of the local United
Services Organization unit here
are being discussed at a meeting
here this afternoon in the Am
erican Legion Ilut on Watts
Street.
Area Recreation Representa
tive Harry Wellott is meeting
with the local committee. A re
port on the progress of the ses
sion could not be had immedi
ately.
It is understood that the local
unit hasn’t sufficient funds to
maintain the renter, that its op
eration may have to he curtail -
ed unless the national organiza
tion participates or additional
funds arc raised locally.
County Young Man
Writes from Italy
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Writing recently to ;i cousin from
somewhere in Italy, Pic. James R.
Harrison, Jr., states that he is got
ting along fine and hopes the home
folks are too. The letter follows in
part:
"You asked me about these girls
over here, but 1 don’t cater to these
Italian dames as they are pretty
dirty.
"I II try and remember some of
my experiences now but don’t let
them bore you as they are not any
too interesting. On July 10, 1943, at
1:30 ti. m. we were woke from our
slumbers and told that the time had
arrived so we went over the side of
the big troop ship into the landing
(Continued ori page six)
Red Cross War Fund
Materially Boosted
Here Since Tuesdav
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All Rrport* \r»‘ A’liiounml
hr* mi11
Colored Population
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The annual Red Cross War Fund
Drive is being brought to a close in
the chapter today, V. J, Spivey,
chairman of the campaign to raise
$6,200, announcing late yesterday
that a total of $7,641.9! had been
raised and reported. The drive was
announced virtually complete at
that time for each of the five town
ships in the chapter except for the
colored population. Apparently
those citizens have not raised their
$800 quota, a report from the chair
man stating that a three-day exten
sion of time for completing the drive
had been asked and granted.
A collection of $207.73, raised at
the Watts Theater, materially boost
ed the fund just recently, and Chair
man Spivey now believes the grand
total will exceed $8,000, an amount
$1,800 m excess of the original quo
ta.
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williams.ton
Macedonia S. S.
Colored Citizens
(junta Amt rais’d
$ 600
150
500
500
3650
800
$ 692.70
153.57
549.35
533.85
5444.33
25.00
243.11
$6200 $7641.91
Names of the contributors continue
to come in by the tens of hundreds.
The Jamesville list of donors ap
pears elsewhere m this paper. The
Griffins list will appear next week,
and it will be followed by the names
of the Williamston school contribu
tors. Other contributions will be ac
knowledged soon thereafter.
in reporting Mrs. Sallie Lee's con
tribution m Bear Grass Township,
this paper listed it at 50 cents when
it should have been $5.00. It was just
another one of “them" things. The
correction is gladly noted.
The Swainsland Ladies Aid boost
id the total in Griffins Township
this week by $5.00.
Donations not previously ac
knowledged in Williamston follow:
Mrs. Bill Myers, $1, Margaret Lil
ley, $1; Myrtle Jones, $1; Gaylord
Harrison, $15; Walts Theatre Collec
tion, $207.73; Ruth and Joe Throw
er, $2.50; Dorothy Godwin, $1; Mrs.
II. F McKnight, $1; Mrs. L. T. Car
row, $1; Hattie E. Edmondson, $5;
Shop Roebuck, $1; John L. Goff, $2;
Mrs. S. W. Manning, $1; Mrs. W. E.
Old, $1: Carrie Goddard, $5; Virginia
Everett, $1, Mrs. Marion Cobb, $1;
Mrs. I! F. Baldree, $1; Christine
Manning, $1, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Weston, $4; Mrs. Otho Willard, $1;
Mrs, Clayton Revels, $1; Mrs. W. M.
Baker, $1; Mrs. 1, Wynne, $1; Mary
Maddux, $1; Merceil Lindsley, $1;
Ollie B Bright, 50c; Mrs. A. E. Gur
ganus, $1;; Mrs. Jeff Marriner, 50c;
Mrs J. 11. Allsbrook, 25c
A report from Roberson, the sec
ond chapter in this county, states
that slightly more than $1,700 of its
$1,800 quota had been raised up to
Tuesday of this week.
Officials Plan To Get
Ballot To Servicemen
j VOLUNTEER
V,y
llewett Andrews, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, volunteered for serv
ice in the Navy here today, sub
ject to the successful passage of
the physical examinations. He
it to report -to y.s.'v Re.rv.
14th. Two other 17-year-old
boys offered to volunteer, but
their parents had not signed,
giving their consent at noon to
day, Recruiter Dallas Taylor
explained.
Library Directors
Hold Meeting Here
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The directors of the Williamston
Public Library nwt W(idriyvs/t•■ymttM
ternoon in the office of Mayor John
L Hassell. Reports were had from
the librarian and the treasurer. It
was noted with much encouragement
that more than eight thousand vol
umes had been circulated during the
past eight months. A plan for the en
listment of more friends for the li
brary was perfected. Some new
equipment was ordered for tiie con
tinued expansion of library service.
Mrs. J. C. Cook was re-elected , as
librarian and Rev. John L. Goff was
re-elected as chairman.
The local library was opened to
the public on April 11, 1938. Since
that time the library has circulated
more than 65,000 volumes and now
owns almost 2,100 volumes. Being a
depository lor the BHM Regional Li
brary Association, many hundreds
of hooks outside of its own collec
tion is made available to the reading
public.
A large collection of magazines is
also available for reading in the li
brary room in the City Hall.
Application May Be
Clipped From Paper
For Primary Ticket
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To Fil<‘
Applications ami Give
VoIpi’s Addrpss
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Apparently well convinced that the
man who fights is entitled to partic
ipate in elections if he can meet cer
I tain simple regulations, the Martin
County Board of Elections, Sylves
I ter Peel, Chairman, is making plans
to get ballots into the hands of serv
! icemen, including members of the
United States Merchant Marine.
The procedure is quite simple, but
II to time (lament otters a threat to
■foe ballot. This threat, however, can
I possibly be overcome if relatives act
j quickly and in accordance with
printed instructions appearing else
| where in this paper along with an
I application form for a ballot.
The relative, wife, husband, broth
er, sister, parent or child, of a serv
iceman may apply for a ballot for
him. Only one application need be
filed The application form may be
clipped from this paper or it will
be made available shortly by the
county and precinct election offi
cials. The relative will supply the
proper information, including the
home address and service address
of the serviceman. The applicant will
then sign his or her name and mail
it to Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman
of the Martin County Board of Elec
tions, RED 1, Williamston, N. C., and
he will do the rest. The voter him
self will declare his party affilia
tion.
The one application will entitle
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