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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 43
billiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 30, 1944.
^STARnsmn moo
Smith and Griffin Win
!irtr0ontegf
Cpliniiu. Hampton
And Daniel Win in
Primary Saturday
Cherry for Governor ami
Hoey for U. S. Senate
Win by Big Margins
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Martin County and North Carolina
virtually reached a political under
standing last Saturday when candi
dates were nominated for various,
county, district and state offices. Of
course, the nominees will have to go
through the general election next
November but that has long been
recognized as a matter of form.
Possibly there were no big upsets,
but the primary voting brought its
surprises in the form of close county
contests and the overwhelming vic
tory scored by Clyde Hoey over the
venerable Cameron Morrison. The
dark feature about the primary
election centers around the small
vote cast and the absence of service
men’s ballots.
On the county ticket, Clarence W.
Griffin for the Stale House of Rep
resentatives, J. C. Smith for judge
of the recorder’s court, and Joshua
L. Coltrain for county commissioner
in the Jamesville-Williams District,
won, the first two by “uncomfort
able” margins. Polling 1,226 votes,
Griffin won over J. R. Winslow by
a 77-count Smith retained his bench
seat when he polled 1,117. Col
train led the county ticket with 1,
356 votes to win over Chas. G. Gur
kin who polled 833 votes. In the
second district race for the State
Senate. Roy Hampton, of Plymouth,
led with 1,240 votes, Z. Vance Nor
man, also of Plymouth, running
second with 1.019 and E. A. Daniel,
of Washington, third with 849 votes.
Incomplete returns from the six oth
er counties in the senatorial district
show that Daniel and Hampton won
out over Norman.
Witii more than 1,700 of the State's
1,921 precincts reporting, Gregg
Cherry is leading Ralph McDonald
176,087 to 128,401, Boyd taking a
mere 1,636. About the same number
of precincts gave, Hoey 196,281; Mor
rison, 74,842: Ritch, 5,986; Simmon,
3,101, and Newton, 1,954 votes in the
race for the United States Senate.
Wide marginal victories were
scored by L. Y. Ballon line, of Varina,
for lieutenant governor, Secretary
of State Thad Eure, Treasurer Charl
es M. Johnson and Auditor George
Ross Pou. Johnson led the ticket in
this county where substantial marg
ins were given Eure, Ballentine and
Pou.
In the gubernatorial race, Cherry
carried about 70 counties, the mar
gin of victory in some being only a
few votes. Mr. Morrison carried only
three counties, Martin. Richmond
and Swain in the U. S. Senatorial
contest.
lace and Worth led the ticket, the
first with three votes for lieutenant
governor and the second with four
votes for State treasurer. The Re
publicans cast only six votes while
the Democrats, falling 772 below the
1942 total, were casting 2,443 votes.
Hassell held the spotlighe when it
went solid for McDonald.
Plans Go Forward
For Opening USO
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The local USO committee is an
xiously awaiting the coming of the
workers to sand and finish the Hut
floor. Also to add lights, windows,
snack bar and other improvements
to the main floor. Rev. John L. Goff
reported today that they had been
able to purchase a water-tank heat
er and that shower baths would now
be installed, so that service men
could refresh themselves while wait
ing their busses. Too, swim trunks
will be provided service men for
swimming in the Municipal Pool
when it opens. In order to increase
this excellent service for men in
uniform, the USO will have to have
much better cooneraUnn from the
War Mothers In A^^HSnston. Any
War Mother who will assist in op
erating the Service Center is asked
to drop Mr. Goff, Mrs. W. O. Grif
fin or Mrs. Frank Weston a card
stating the day and the time she can
work as a Senior Hostess. Do this
today, for the future support of the
parent organization is dependent
upon the variety and quality of serv
ice. Williamston War Mothers and
friends of the boys in service, now is
the time to make other mother's sons
happy while they pass this way.
Return Applicationt For
Fuel Oil Rations Nou
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Local War Price and Rationing
Boards are now mailing out next
season’s fuel rationing re-applica
tion forms to all consumers, Theo
► dore S. Johnson, district director of
the Raleigh Office of Price Admin
istration, has announced.
The sooner these applications are
returned to the local boards, the
sooner the boards can begin issuing
fuel oil coupons, Johnson said.
I\ SERVICE
Seaman 2-c Thelma E. Hai
slip is an attractive and valuable
addition to the nation's fight
ing forces. The daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Haislip
of Hassell, Miss Haislip joined
the WAVES in February and is
now stationed at the U. S. Nav
al Proving Ground, Dahlgren,
Virginia.
Local Boy Missing
Since May 10th in
Raid Over Austria
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Additional Word Anxiously
Awaited Here From
K. J. Hardison
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R. J. Hardison, Williamston young
man and former employe of Clark’s
Pharmacy, was reported missing in
an air laid over Austria on May 10,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hardi
son were advised here this week by
the War Department. It is possible
that the young man,, a staff sergeant
and an aerial gunner and crew chief
on a big B-24 bomber, parachuted to
safety, and further word is anixously
awaited here by relatives and his
many friends.
No details were given in the mes
sage signed by Dunlop, acting Ad
jutant General. It has been pointed
out that it is quite possible the
young man and other members of
the crew bailed out and parachuted
to safety, that if they were taken
prisoner, reports could be expected
within a few weeks, that if the young
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Daniel and Hampton
Win Senate Contest
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According to almost complete re
turns, E A. Daniel of Washington
and Roy Hampton of Plymouth won
the Second Senatorial contest in the
primary election last Saturday. Z.
Vance Norman, according to the
latest available returns, was trailing
by about 300 votes, the reports stat
ing that the uncounted vote was
hardly large enough for him to ov
ercome the lead.
With 27 out of 29 precincts report
ed m Beaufort and five of the fif
teen in Dare yet to be heard from,
the vote in the district follows:
Daniel Hamp’n Norm’n
Washington 245 569 569
Martin 849
Beaufort 2390
Tyrrell 155
Hyde 551
Dare 562
Pamlico 368
1019
1372
236
380
184
269
5118 4456 4035
Unofficial Tabulation of Vote Cast in Martin County Last Saturday
correction, it in fairly certain that any changes will not materially affect the contests as they were decided by the electorate. With the help and cooperation of
the registrars and others, the following returns were tabulated by The Enterprise by 10 o’clock that night, and it was impossible to verify them with the of
ficial count in time for publication today.
State Senate Representative
County
Judge
Commissioner United States Senator
Governor
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Jamesville 111
Williams 31
Griffins 64
Bear Grass 26
Wmston 1 136
Winston 2 178
Cross Roads 69
Rob’nville 160
Gold Foint 36
Poplar Point 33
Hamilton 70
Hassell 45
Goose Nest 60
TOTALS 1019
1240 849
Lieutenant
Governor
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29
9
14
10
51
64
20
68
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12
19
7
19
137
32
119 10
77 6
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17
5
180
246
77
6
10
3
239 13
39
49
71
48
89
340 1403
2
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3
0
0
75
Secretary
of State
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48
8
27
20
36
58
20
40
21
14
17
4
20
333
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151
43
138
84
217
280
87
315
45
51
84
51
95
1641
State
Auditor
o
Gw
124
33
106
70
178
256
69
268
44
43
69
48
75
1383
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55
12
20
18
58
74
29
72
19
16
25
7
33
438
State
Treasurer
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162
43
116
68
211
298
83
317
5-1
46
81
54
96
1629 198
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20
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34
15
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14
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B
L i General Mark Clarl
Jls Predieting Fall JO
In a Memorial Day address in Italj
today, General Mark Ciark predict
ed that the American Fifth Army
spearheaded by the 8fth and 88th
I tvisions, would be in Rome before
many more days have passed. The
two Divisions were reported todaj
to be within sixteen miles of the
Eternal City while some fighting is
going on within fifteen miles of the
psychological goal.
The prediction was made in the
face of stubborn resistance and fan
atical fighting, late reports stating
that the Germans had thrown every
available man and weapon into the
desperate fight in an effort to stem
the sweeping Allied tide and save
the Nazi 10th Army from falling in
to a death trap at Valmontone.
American tanks and planes began
a systematic destruction of Velletri,
18 miles southeast of Rome and 10
miles southwest of Valmontone, as
the Germans turned the town into
another Cassino in an effort to hold
the mountainous base of their line.
Another American column drove
within a mile of Valmontone itself
in an extension of the Artena salient,
pocketing large groups of Germans
who fought on to their death as snip
ers or saboteurs.
The British Eighth Army, rushing
up from the southeast in a five-mile
gain today, drove within 30 miles of
the Velletri-Valmontone front along
the Via Casilina and to the north
reached Arce, cutting the enemy’s
alternate escape road through Ala
tri.
Three German divisions—30,000 to
15,000 men—were written off as vir
tually destroyed but Field Marshal
Albert Kesselring dipped into his
reserves north of Rome for more
men to hurl into the advancing Al
lied vortex.
Parachutists fanatically resisted
the Eighth Army’s advance hut were
being crowded, along with the 10th
Army remnants they were assigned
to protect, into the pocket tunnel
ing through Valmontone.
On the broad, swinging front at
the base of the Alban hills, the Ger
mans were countering with flame
throwers, giant Mark VI “Tigers”
and remote-controlled “beetle” tanks
the closest approach to Rome since
the original Anzio landings last Jan
uary 22nd.
While the Allied land armies
move in on Rome, the combined air
forces continue their devastating
raids on enemy targets. Yesterday,
one of the largest American aerial
task forces to go into action so far
blasted plants in Poland, Germany
and Austria, and disrupted commun
ications in France and Belgium. One
hundred enemy craft were shot down
and the raids cost the Allies 45
planes. The raid yesterday followed
a fierce one the day before.
In the Pacific area, Truk has been
bombed again, and in northern Bur
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
A fitting and timely tribute
was paid to the memories of
Martin County’s war dead in a
special memorial service held in
the Baptist Church here last
Sunday afterr>on at 4:30 o’clock.
A small crowd, including eight
or ten World War I veterans,
were present.
The several ministers of the
town and representatives of the
John Walton Hassell Post of the
American Legion participated in
the service, Dr. W. R. Burrell
delivering the memorial address.
No complete list of the dead
from the county in the current
war was read, the service hav
ing been planned in keeping \
with the general observance of
Memorial Day today.
TOWN - FARM
PI milRTIMF
(A weekly news digest from
the rural press section of
the OWI news Ininas)
OWI Reports On Food Situation
Although farm population of the
United States is four million less
than during the last war, American
farmers produce 47 per cent more
food in 1943 than in 1918, the Office
of War Information said in reporting
need for four million volunteer
farm workers until af'er harvest
this year Comparing this year with
last: apples, peaches, pears and cher
ries will he more plentiful; slightly
less fluid milk and cream will be
consumed: less chicken will be avail
able; eggs will continue plentiful.
Other highlights: wartime increases
of income and food have enabled
millions of Americans to increase
their diets; rationing will be needed
until the war is won; current point
free meats will remain reasonably
plentiful, with some cuts of better
grades less plentiful; the present
point holiday on canned vegetables
is only temporary and on some meats
may be temporary; the 1943-44 cit
rus fruit production will be 10 per
cent higher than last year; the last
half of 1944 will show less butter
and lard, but more margarine, short
ening and vegetable oils than dur
ing the first half; sugar supply is
adequate but no increase in house
hold allotments is in sight this year
For nutritional reasons, the report
recommends home production ol
Vitamin C—rich foods, such as to
matoes, and consumption of milk,
meat and enriched cereals as sources
of riboflavin and niacin.
Weather Stripping For Homes
Weather stripping felt and the
wood to keep stripping rigid will be
in good supply at retail stores, the
War Production Board said. A fair
amount of zinc for stripping double
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Local Youth Is Fatally
Injured in Plane Crash
Will Hold Services
For Win. E. Ballard
Thursday Afternoon
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Young Man Died in Hospital
Early East Saturday
Morning
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Ensign William Edward Ballard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bullard of
Williamston, died in a Navy hospi
tal at Corpus Christ!, Texas, at 4:45
o’clock last Saturday morning of in
juries received in an airplane crash
there two days before. Details of the
accident could not be learned here,
but it was stated that the young
man, an instructor in the air force,
never regained consciousness, and
that hi is student pilot was killed in
stantly.
Ensign Ballard is the nineteenth
Martin County man to make the su
preme sacrifice for his country.
Born in Williamston 21 years ago
the 27th of last September, Bill at
tended the local schools where he
was popular among his classmates.
Following his graduation here in
1939, he attended Wake Forest Col
lege one year, and studied diesel en
gineering at State College, Raleigh,
for one term. He then entered the
war industry at Newport News, and
while working there he asked for his
release and joined the air corps, en
tering the service on November 9,
1942. Following his basic training at
Salem College, Roanoke, Va., he
studied at Waynesboro, Va., and Ath
ens, Ga , later going to Memphis,
I’enn , Corpus Christ! and Kingsville,
Texas. He was commissioned an en
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Plans For Fifth War Loan Drive
re Advanced For Counties In
his -Area aHVteeting wt-Sunday
Local Seniors Hold
Closing Exercises
Last Friday Night
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Criuhiatinp' Class Is Smallest
In Years; Awards Are
Aunoiineed
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Successfully completing eleven
years of work in the local schools,
twenty-two young men and women
were graduated in the high school
auditorium last Friday evening, the
seniors arranging and handling the
program for the most part without
help.
Following several numbers offered
by the members of Miss Kathryn
Mewborn’s glee club, the compara
tively small group of visitors were
welcomed by David Roberson, salu
tatorian. Several short papers were
read, Miss Jane Goff choosing for
her subject, "What It Means To Be
Great." Maurice Moore, Jr., dis
cussed ‘Science and the Future,”
and Joseph E. Wynne, the valedic
torian, spoke on “The Freedom We
Defend.” All of the topics were
timely and were ably handled by the
young graduates.
Diplomas were presented to the
graduates by their home teacher,
Miss Doris Leach, and the awards
were announced by J. C. Manning,
superintendent of county schools.
The Junior Woman’s club cup was
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5 CONTRIBUTION
The contribution of North
Carolina in building the Army
of the llnited States to nearly
7,500,000 officers and enlisted
men and women is 181,092, as of
January 1, 1944, Headquarters
Fourth Service Command re
vealed today.
This included 170,300 men and
2,392 women. The total strength
of North Carolina in the Army
on January 1, 1944, was given
at 101,000 men and 1,733 wo
men, while 31,805 men and 070
women have been separated
from the service by discharge
or other means.
The total number given as en
tering the service does not in
clude personnel who entered
prior to November 1, 1940.
Local Girl Wins
Literary Contest
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Miss Katherine Manning, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John vV. Man
ning, won first prize in the Salem
College annual Literary Contest re
cently, it was announced in the May
12th issue of the Salernite, college
newspaper. The first prize was $25
cash.
Announcing the winners during
a recent assembly, Miss Grace Siew
ers said, “The Library Contest was
judged according to variety, possi
bilities as a nucleus for a perma
nent personal library ,and on gener
al make-up.”
Miss Manning is being graduated
by the college next Monday.
LOSES LIFE
Ensign William Edward Bal
!ard. young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul A. Ballard, of Williamston,
was fatally injured In a plane
crash in Texas last week. Fun
eral services will be held here
Thursday.
Accept Twenty-One
Out Of Fifty-Three
Men Answering Call
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SixtPPii of (»roiip Arnjilnl l»y
Army For General
Service
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Of the approximately fifty-three
Martin County white men answer
ing the May 19 call for pre-induc
tion examinations at an Army in
duction center, twenty-one were ac
cepted. Sixteen were chosen for gen
eral service in the Army and five
were lined up for service in the Na
vy, according to an official audit
coming from the local draft board
office.
While most of the men accepted
by the services came from the farm,
more men in non-farm work pass
ed the physical exams in proportion
to the total number reporting, it was
said.
Certificates of physical fitness had
not been mailed up until yesterday
to the men passing the examination,
meaning that they will not be call
ed within the next twenty-one days,
at least. In some cases, men accept
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INe»ro High School
Ends Term Friday
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Holding the first in its series of
commencement exercises last Sun
day evening, the local Negro High
School will end a very successful
term on Friday night of this week
when diplomas are presented to 21
graduates and certificates are
awarded to nine pupils, Principal E.
J. Hayes announces.
Rev. S. N. Griffith, rector St.
John Evangelist Church, Edenton,
preached the commencement sermon
Sunday, and yesterday the Gold
Medal and Silver Medal contests
were held.
Tomorrow, friends of the school
arc invited to inspect the industrial
•xhibits, and Thursday, the high
school will present the play, “We
Couldn’t Marry Five.” The gradua
tion exercises will be held Friday
at 8 p. m.
Martin County Has
Quota Of $856,000
To Raise In Drive
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Impressive Plea Is Made Ivy
Slate Chairman For
All-out Support
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Meeting in the George Reynolds
Hotel here for four hours last Sun
day, forty-one bankers, newspaper
representatives and State and regio
nal directors mapped plans for the
Filth War Loan Drive scheduled to
get underway in Region I and
throughout the entire nation on June
12. Acting as the group’s gracious
host, Mr. Billie Woolard, regional
chairman from Greenville, outlined
the serious business before the meet
ing, and introduced State Chair
man Lineback, who frankly dis
cussed the need for an increased
support of the war program by
everyone on the home front and
pointed out that more and greater
sacrifices must be made.
1 he State Director offered a clear
picture of the war financing pro
gram and stressed the growing need
for individuals to participate in the
program. He explained that last
year, 87 billions of dollars were rais
er. through the sale of securities, that
35 billion were purchased by indivi
duals and the remainder by banks
and insurance companies. During
the period, the national income was
150 billion dollars, of which 95 bil
lion were spent for consumer goods,
rents and various other items. The
surplus should be invested in wrar
bonds, he pleaded, and it has been
pointed out that the people of the
nation will do well to start sacri
ficing after an honest-to-goodness
fashion if we on the home front are
to handle the small task expected of
us.
The chairman explained that in
tiie first bond drive, individuals
bought only 12 percent of the total.
The figure was increased to 18 in
the second, and to 28 in the third.
During the Fourth Bond Drive, in
dividuals bought nearly one-third
of the issue.
Oi the 57 billion needed to finance
the war in 1944, individuals are be
ing asked to invest 32 billion. Twelve
billion are expected from increased
corporate reserves and state and
local governments are expected to
purchase seven billion dollars worth.
It was declared by Mr. Lineback
that 9(> cents of every dollar raised
goes into the war, that most of the
bonds sold in the first four drives
are still in the hands of the original
owners. Less than eight percent of
the investments have changed hands.
After going into all details about
the progiam and the urgent need for
putting the drive across, the State
Chairman showed a picture of the
terrible and bloody fight when the
Americans took Rendova Island and
Lhe Munda airfield in the Southwest
Pacific. The picture showed the
sacrifices American servicemen are
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Prisoners of War
Doing (iood Work
According to indirect reports
reaching here, German prisoners of
war stationed at the Williamston
camp are doing an efficient and good
work on the farms in tins section.
Approximately 100 of the prisoners
aie being assigned to farm tasks at
the present time, but it is possible
that the number to be made avail
able in the future will he increased,
especially during Irish potato dig
ging.
J. C. Johnson, Bertie County
farmer, employing twenty of the
men, is said to have transplanted
sweet potato plants on about eight
acres last Thursday and Friday. It
was declared ia> the m.n did a good
job, that had the farmer known he
could have employed the men, he
would have made plans to plant
more acres to the crop.
A few prisoners are now working
on farms in this county, and while
any farmer may apply for their ser
vices, applications should be made
in advance, it was explained. They
will be made available in the order
the applications are received in the
office of County Agent Tom Bran
don.
t'other Of Local Teacher
Dies At Wendell Home
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L. T. Britt, prominent farmer
merchant of Wendell, died at his
home there lust Saturday morning
following an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted in
the Wendell Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon and interment was in Oak
Ridge Cemetery at St. Pauls.
Mr. Britt was the father of Miss
Ruth Britt, a teacher in the local
schools for the past two terms.
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