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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 44
Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Juno 2, 19Cl.
ESTABLISHED 1399
Allies Make Steady
Gains In Their All
“Final" Battle for tin* Eternal
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In a brilliant action advanced by
night. American forcer; continued
their march on Rome last night, late
reports indicating that the “final”
battle for the Eternal City is gain
ing momentum and that decisive ac
tion is to be expected within a short
time. The Allied forces, making
fairly slow but steady gains, are in
sight of Rome, their recent advances
giving them commanding positions
in the Alban hills.
’The fighting is so near that can
nons, firing with the frequency of
machine-guns, caused the houses of
F me to tremble and the windows
to rattle continuously. The thunder
reached such a state that sleep was
impossible.
Allied troops last night were re
ported moving steadily through the
breach in the Nazi wall, consolidating
their positions despite violent oppo
sition from enemy flame-throwers,
artillery and tanks. Allied headquar
ters described the gains as "limit
ed but important.”
The Germans continued to hurl
fierce counter-attacks at the advanc
ing Americans and British, and 15
Nazi fighter planes made a rare ap
pearance over the raging battle. One;
was blown out of the air by ground i
fire.
British forces pushing up from the
coastal sector due south of Rome
reached an undisclosed point on the
load north of Ardea and Allied arm
ored units slashing west of the for- !
tified town of Lanuvio crossed the '
Fosso Di Campoleone, a drainage
canal.
An Allied spokesman said the en- j
emy was strongly entrenched in the |
entire Lanuvio sector, taking full j
advantage of difficult terrain and
employing concrete pillboxes, anti
tank gun emplacements and self-pro- I
pelled artillery. The battlefield was |
overhung by clouds of dust, through
which large fleets of American me
dium bombers rained death on en
emy troop concentrations and gun
emplacements
Whiie the western arm of the great
Allied offensive slashed into the Al
ban Hills and brought the flash of
gunfire within sight of Rome’s in
habitants, the Eighth Army driving
up from the East captured the key
road junctions of Frosinone and Sora,
further constricting the movements
of the retreating Nazi tenth army.
The Italian campaign up to May j
16 had cost the U. S. 55,150 casual ;
ties, including 9,686 killed, 36,910 j
wounded and 8,554 missing.
Halted by bad weather for about
eighteen hours, the pre-invasion blitz
has been resumed by Allied airmen,
striking enemy fortifications and
rail centers in France and Belgium.
One report stated that the enemy
communication system in parts of
France had been paralyzed by the
airmen in their recent attacks.
In the Pacific area, reinforcements j
have reached New Guinea and the
drive there continues to make prog
ress, according to the reports. In Chi
na, however, the Japs are continu
ing a dangerous drive, threatening
Changsha, important base in Hunan
Province.
Former Board Clerk
Draws Boiler Watch
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Writing back home from Camp
Peary, Va., a few days ago, Monk
Cobb, former clerk of the Martin
County Draft Board, explained that
he had a little time since he drew
a boiler watch instead of KP duty.
He went on to say that it was very
unusual, that his luck had been ra
ther contrary.
“It is rather hard to write any
thing along the news line up here;
so all I can tal kabout is current
events. We moved from our old area
to a new one Wednesday and I was
just as busy as a one-armed paper
hanger. We had to move all our
worldly possessions at one time, in
cluding mattress. It was about twice
my size and weighed almost as much
as I do. I started with it cr, my shoul
der and tried every conceivable place
imaginable for comfort; but it just
wasn’t there. That is one time I wish
ed my head had been flat on top,
then I would have tried it water
melon style. The day before, we had
been given a lecture on abandoning
ship and they said that at times ail
personal belongings were tossed ov
erboard if the ship were in danger
of sinking. Well, about half-way over
I passed a small stream and certain
ly gave serious thought to tossing it
overboard because my ship was
mighty near sunk.
“Upon my arrival they didn’t cut
my hair; they mowed it off. At pres
ent I have a few patches under cul
tivation and if the weather is fav
orable and the draft board doesn’t
get all my labor, I think 1 might get
another crop laid by in due time.
“I stay pretty busy keeping up
with my washing (you know I’m a
washer-woman, too), and if anyone
asks you what one thing has contrib
uted more to the war effort than
anything else, just tell them ‘clor
ox’.”
Few County Servicemen Cast
'rimarv Last
1
fuirt; -SvXcn or un vslotiaira twi
j per cent ot the Martin County serv
j icemen participated in the primary
^Tivetio:; ',j: l A..- .vivia.v, according U
an official report released this week
by Mr. Sylvester Peel chairman ol
the county elections board
A plan to simply the voting for
servicemen was defeated, and it is
now fairly apparent that many of
the men in the armed forces forfeit
ed their right to the ballot rather
than go to all the trouble in prepar
ing their applications and ballots.
An even one hundred applications
for ballots were filed. Forty were re
turned. but two came in too late to
be counted and a third one was not
properly executed and could not he
counted.
The following men used the ab
sentee ballot and voted in the desig
nated precincts:
Jamesville: David Alexander Cor
ey, Lt. M. W. Corey, Capt. Jas. D.
Walters, R P. Martin, Lt. Thomas
E Willis and C. C. Walters; Griffins;
James R , Wm. B. and Henry T. Dan
{U'C Alfred T. jfc
j Griffin and Howell R. Peel; William
'stun. No. 1. John A. Ward, Miss Mur
! id L. Bland. Dan C. Sharpe, Joscpl
; J. Edmondson, Joseph Paul Simp
son; Williamston No. 2, John R
Simpson, John W. Hardy, E. S. Peel
Jr., James Robt. Everett, Jr., Johr
B. Roberson, Clyde Mizelle, Jerrj
Manning, Francis W. Peel, Jas. S
Rhodes, Jr.. Wm. W. Thompson anc
William H. Sessoms; Robersonville
Alvin Hasty, J. L. Dixon, Jr., anc
Paul D. Roberson; Bear Grass, Jos
E. Griffin; Poplar Point, William
Revels; Gold Point, J. R. Winslow
Jr.; Goose Nest, Melvin Crisp, Jas
H. Ayers, Nathan W. Johnson.
While most of the ballots were
cast by servicemen in (his country
some of the ballots came from as far
away as India and from nearly every
other country in the world where
Martin County men are stationed.
The ballots of L. H. Mizelle, for
merly of Jamesville ,and Wm. Fow
den Clark, formerly of Williamston,
reached the county too late to be
counted.
LT. C. B. CLARK
Claude Baxter Clark, local
young man, was promoted to the
rank of lieutenant, junior grade,
in the l!. S. Navy, a few days
ago. He is now with the fleet
somewhere in the Pacific.
Marriages Holding
To Normal Average
In Martin County
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Fifteen Licenses Are Issued
By Register of Deeds
In Month of May
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Despite war and any and all oth
er factors that go to make the'per
iod one of uncertainty, the issuance
of marriage licenses in this county
continues to hold to about an aver
age figure. Fifteen licenses were is
sued by Register of Deeds J. Sam
Getsinger in May, or one less than
the number issued in the month of
May, 1943.
Licenses were issued to nine white
and six colored couples, as follows:
White
Gilbert Mobley, RFD 3, William
ston, and Ft. Moultrie, S. C., and El
lie Louise Roebuck, RFD 1, Rober
sonville.
Ellen Whitaker and Iva Belle Peo
ple, both of Williamston.
Luther Modiin, of Jamesville, and
Mary Makarczyk, of Philadelphia
Talbert Cozard Smith, of Raleigh,
and Josie Pearl Lilley, of Williams
ton.
James Robert Wynne, of Rober
sonville, and Lois Elizabeth Deans,
of Elizabeth City.
Pfc. William W Morrison, of Oil
City, Pa., and Williamston, and Hel
en Louise Farringer, of Oil City, Pa.
Marion Cutler, RFD 2, Washing
ton, and Marcie Moore, of Bath.
Willie Lee Taylor, of Williamston,
and Dons Harris, of Oak City.
Vincent Hayes Batts, of Maccles
field, and Lou Ellen Perry, of Rob
eisonviile.
C otoi ed
Pvt. Gabriel Williams, Jr., of Ft.
Warren, Wyoming and Williamston,
and Ophelia Clai k, of Williamston.
Ora Staton, of Oak City, and Dillie
Williams, of Palmyra.
Ernest Brown and Mamie Ruth
Peel, both of RFD 2, Williamston.
Clifton Worsley and Beulah Cher
ry, both of RFD 1, Bethel.
Harrison Land, Jr., and Louvenia
Spruill, both of Williamston.
Rufus Taylor and Mary G Rogers,
both of Williamston.
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Wurmnt Issued In Recent
Automobile Theft Cuse
Robert Everett, young local color
ed man, was formally charged in a
warrant issued here this week by an
agent of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation with the theft of an au
tomobile from the Roanoke Chevro
let Company building a few days
ag.
The car was found wrecked be
tween Suffolk and Norfolk, but it
was not badly damaged.
Summer Slump Hits
The County’s Court
Smack lu The Face
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Only Two (Iiim’s On Dorkrl
For Trial al Kr^ular
Session iVloiulay
While business may pick up from
time 1o time during the next few
months, there’s no doubt but what
the summer slump hit the county re
corder’s court squarely in the face at
the reguar session hist Monday.
There were only two cases on the
docket, and less than one-half dozen
spectators—four colored and one
white man—were on hand to watch
the wheels of justice grind out the
judgments. The tribunal was in
session hardly fifteen minutes, some
of the court officials frankly admit
ting that they had hardly earned
their pay to rthe work handled that
day.
Only -three cases have been book
ed so far for trial in the court next
Monday, but others are likely to find
their way onto the docket before
another dead-line is reached.
The eighteen-month old case pend
ing (rial in the court and charging
Paul Holliday with non-support was
nol pressed when it was shown that
regularly monthly allotments were
being made for the support of his
wife and child.
Speeding through Oak City at an
alleged pace of about sixty miles
an hour, Wright Smith was senten
ced to the roads for ninety days. The
sentence was suspended upon the
payment of a $10 fine and the case
costs. It was further stipulated
in the judgment that the defend
ant is to be regularly employed
during the six-month suspension
period. The defendant is said to
have maintained his speed out. of the
county town, that Constable Ed
mond Early chased him for several
miles but could not overtake him
before the speedster had crossed the
Pitt County line. A warrant was is
sued later for the man’s arrest.
Small Vote (last In
Saturday Primary
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One of the smallest votes entered
in the political records during recent
years was cast in the last Saturday
primary by Martin County voters.
A similiar indifference to the inher
ent right was reported throughout
the State, causing some observers to
declare that high offices, in some in
stances, at least, were annexed al
most by default.
The absentee ballot count, for one
reason or another, was also unusual
ly small, only 37 servicemen from
this county casting their ba.lots in
the election.
The total vote of 2,443 last Satur
day was 772 below the count two
years ago and was distributed as
follows in the various precincts:
Jamesville, 246; Williams, 72' Grif
fins, 267; Bear Grass, 166, Williani
«ton No 1, 273: Wiliiamston, No. 2,
370; Cross Roads. 163; Roberson
vi 1 If, 398; Gold Point, 76; Poplar
Point, 95; Hamilton, 119; Hassell, 59;
Goose Nest, 146.
i BANDAGE ROOMS j
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In answer to a hurried call
for surgical dressings, ladies of
the Bear Grass community are
opening a bandage room in the
community house there. The
room will be open each Tues
day from 3 to 7 and from 8 to
10 p. m , it was announced by
Mrs. G. A. Peel and Mrs. T. O.
Hickman, chairwomen. Every
one is invited and urged to help
in the vital work.
While there has been an in
crease in attendance upon the
sessions in the Wiliiamston ban
dage room during the past few
days, the work is progressing
mighty slow', and additional vol
unteers are urgently asked to re
port for duty each afternoon and
1 evening.
Relates Experiences
In Italian Campaign
(’pi. Irvin Griffin Witnesg^l
Devastation Caineil Down
< In Old Monastery
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Writing recently to John V.T. Man
ning here, Cpl. Irvin Griffin express
ed the hope that he (Manning)
would soon recover, and went on to
teli a few of his experiences in the
following interesting letter:
The worst thing about this Army
is the monotony of sitting around
doing practically nothing all the
ttme. I never got paid for doing so
near nothing before but I would
gladly pay double what I get to be
out.
Since the censorship has eased up
on us a little, 1 11 tell you a little of
where I have been since landing in
Italy in September. We went on the
line early in October and fought
through Piedmonte and several
other towns and crossed the Vol
turno River five times. We were on
the line slugging through inud and
water for about two months and
then were taken back for a month’s
rest I spent five days in Naples
while back there and had a lot of
fun We were fortunate in being
otl tiie line Christmas. We wreren’t
oil long after though for before New
Year’s we were back in the mud.
This time we were over in the Cas
sino sector. We advanced slowly
until we reached Cassino and there
we ran into a stone wall It is tough
country there. 1 saw the bombing
of tiie Monastery, but this didn’t
seem to help much. In late Febru
ary, we went back for another so
called rest, but actually I get more
rest while on the line than when
I m oil. After about a month in
the rear we packed up and came up
to Anzio. We have been on the line
here for about six weeks now and
as you know we haven’t accomplish
ed much to date. In fact, I am liv
ing m the same horse stable now that
1 was in six weeks ago. It isn’t as
bad a place to live as you woidd
think We have electric lights and
a radio that we can pick up the
Slates with We also have a fox
hole dug undei about eight feet of
rock to crawl in when the bombs
and shells get too close. I don’t
think it is as rough here as the pa
pers lead you to believe, It isn’t as
bud as Cassino, although the Germ
ans hold all the high ground.
Here is something you can hardly
believe. We have had movies three
times here within a very few miles of
the Germans. There is a large wine
cellar m ar and it is practically bomb
and shell proof and that is where
they are shown. I also play a little
baseball and I know the Kraut can
see us for he is sitting on the hill
looking down at us. /
I think that everyone around here
is more anxious about the invasion
then the people at home. That is one
show that I hope I miss. I have had
it pretty rough at times, but I am
sure I have seen nothing to com
pare with what that will be. I see
in the paper that a lot of the fel
lows from around there are in the
British Isles. I guess a lot of them
will be in on the big show.
The people at home can’t realize
how fortunate we are to have such a
country as the U. S. to live in. The
civilians here really have it rough.
Of course, most of them have been
evacuated from here, but there are
still quite a few left. Most of them
Jive in caves. I was in a cave with
them one night. The cave was so
crowded that you could hardly walk.
There were men, women and chil
dren trying to sleep all over the
place. 1 don’t know what they live
on but i am sure it is just enough to
(Continued on page six)
Local Draft Board
Lists Delinquents
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As of May 31, the Martin County
Draft Board reported only eight de
linquents out of its thousands of
registrants. It is possible that some
of them forgot to list their forward
ing addresses, while in other cases
it is believed that the registrants are
possibly trying to evade the C ait.
Tiie names of those listed as cie
liriqiu rii by the board and their last
known addresses follow:
Charlie Robert Hyman, c. Pal
myra. It is understood that Hyman
is not in the vital age group and
that he is the father of seven child
ren.
Tom Council, c, RFD 1, Bethel.
Andrew Walker, c, RFD 2, Wil
liamston, and RFD 2, Elizabeth City.
James Gardner, c, Williarnston.
Orlander Perkins, c, Roberson
ville.
Joseph Lawrence, c, 620 Water
Street, Portsmouth, Va.
Henry Dave Bonds, e, 1121 E. Main
St., Norfolk.
Willey Sandy Jolly, w, Wtlliam
ston.
Justice ,/. L. Ilussell
Hus Lone Case In Court
Council Brown, charged with be
ing drunk and down, was fined $3.50
and taxed with $8.50 cost- in Justice
J. L. Hassell’s court here this week.
The case was the only one on the
justice’s docket.
Propose $16,793 Budget For
I Moisting om o) tnvir nn-t meetings
in some time, members of the Martin
County Board of Health this week
proposed a S16.7S3.72 budget fer the
department during the next fiscal
year. The board also voted to
petition the count,' commissioners to
consolidate the registration of vital
statistics. It was pointed out that
the ten registrars are being paid ap
proximately $400 a year, that under i
the proposed plan the task could be
absorbed by the department without1
extra cost, that possibly a better
registration could be effected under
the new plan. Any change in the
present system will come only after
the county commissioners petition
the State Board of Health.
The 1943-44 health department
budget for the new fiscal year is
little changed from the one under
which the organization is now op
era ting All budget i xjui remen ts
are unchanged, except for a de
mand for a $10 per month salary in
Should the increase he allowed, arid
salaries are mighty low in some cas
es, the budg'd will be increased by
$600 over tiie 1943-44 figure.
Of the $10,793.72, the county is
being asked to raise $9,167.72, plus
the proposed $600 salary increases.
The State will contribute $1,800, and
the remainder will be supplied by
the federal government and special
funds appropriated in support of the
drive against certain diseases.
This budget is merely a proposal
and is subject to approval by the
■ounty commissioners. It does not
include a proposed $5,000 appropria
tion for the maintenance and opera
tion of the courtly tuberculosis sana
torium which comes under the wel
are department's jurisrivtion.
More County Men Are
w
Cal Jed By the Services
Twenty Negro Men
Left Today For the
Army-Navy Stations
Eleven of llie Two Croups Are
Married and Leave Behind
Fourteen Children
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Twenty Martin County colored
men loft for the services today
twelve for the Army and eight for
the Navy stations for final induc
tion. Five of the men leaving for
the Army are married and leave
six children at home. Six of the eight
men entering the Navy are married
and are leaving eight children be
hind.
Seven of the Army men come
from the farm and six of the eight
men entering the Navy were draft
ed from the farm.
The names and addresses of the
men called to report for final induc
tion today follow:
For the Army:
Willie Junior Williams, Roberson
ville.
Nathaniel Hopkins, liobersonville.
Ralph Spruill, Williamston.
Clifton Peele, RFD 1, Williamston.
John Junior Highsmith, RFD 1,
Jamesville and Washington.
Samuel Thomas Williams, Wil
liamston.
K. D. Langley, Hassell, and RFD
1, Tarboro.
William Brodte, RFD 2, Roberson
ville.
Lester Wiggins, RFD 1, Palmyra
Abram Woodrow Wrisby, RFD I,
Williamston.
Henry Wright Daniel, Roberson
ville.
William Henry Speller, Williams
ton.
For the Navy:
Abner King Reddick, RFD I, Wil
liamston.
Jasper Peterson, RFD 1, Oak City.
Joe Dave Smithwick, RFD 1, Wil
liamston.
Cleveland Manning, RFD I, Wil
liamston.
George Daniel, RFD 2, Williams
ton.
Charlie Collins, RFD 1, Oak City,
and Newport News.
Robert Braxton Ormond, William
ston.
Elbert Jones, RFD 1, Williamston.
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(jemevee IJail I) i <ks
At Ilomr Wednesday
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Little Genievee Dai 1, two and onc
half-year-old daughter of Pvt. and
Mrs. Joseph F. Doherty, died at her
home here on North Watts Street on
Wednesday morning at 8:30 o’clock.
Pneumonia was given as the immed
iate cause of her death.
Al'hough the little gill had suffer
ed with asthma she was feeling very
wi li a;.d wo. able to he out Monday
She was taken worse that night and
pneumonia developed Tuesday.
Besides her parents she is surviv
ed by a sister, Mary Edward Dail.
f uneral services were conducted
at the Biggs Funeral Home at six
o’clock p. m. yesterday by Father
Gilbert of Washington, and inter
ment followed in Woodlawn Ceme
tery here.
S|:VKIS1 Y-|:K;|1111 1
l ittle .Miss Peggy Harrison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Harrison of Bear Grass, had her
seventy-eighth blood transfusion
in the local hospital this week
and is getting along very well
today.
She has been given the trans
fusions about every three
months for several years. Re
cently she was started on insu
lin and she is responding to that
very well.
MISSING
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K. .1. Hardison, young son of
.Hr. ami I\lrs. Ed Hardison of
VVilliamston, was reported miss
ing since Slay 1(1 over Austria in
a message from the War Depart
nient early this week.
Military Imirral
In Baptist Clum*h
For Crash Victim
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Chaplain <>. II. Whceh'i' Holds
S«*rvi<M* For Fusion
W. K. Ilalltml
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Ensign William Edward Ballard,
local young man who gave his life
in the service of his country, was
given a military funeral in the Bap
tist church here yesterday afternoon,
a host of friends filling the church
to overflowing to pay a silent and
humble tribute to his memory.
Lt. (I II Wheeler, chaplain for the
II. S. Naval Station, Edenton, con
ducted the last rites, and l)r Win.
It. Burrell, pastor, read the young
man’s obituary and paid a fitting
tribute to his memory A large
floral offering formed a solid back
ground for the flag-drap. d casket,
which was borne by a six-man de
tail made up of commissioned of
fleers from the Edenton base.
The service was concluded at the
graveside, a twelve-man gun squad,
coming here from the Edenton
station, firing three volleys and the
bugler sounding tups to end the
simple but yet impressive service.
Several military features have
been applied to services for other
county heroes, but as far as it can
be learned the one yesterday was
the first of the full dress military
type ever held here.
Ensign Ballard, the young sun of
Mi and Mi Paul A Ballard or
Wiliianiston, was fatally injured in
a plane cr ash at Cor pus Christi, Tex
as, on Thursday afternoon of last
week. He died in a Navy hospital
rally last Saturday morning. The
young man’s body, accompanied by
Mr s Ballard, a bride of a little more
than two weeks, and a special es
cort, reached here early Wednesday
evening. After remaining in the
home on Peari Street until noon
yesterday, it was removed to the
church where it lay in state until
the service was held. Interment
was in the family plot in Woodlawn
Cemetery here.
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Announce Si'iies Of
Services il llassell
Rev. J. M. Perry and the congrega
tion of the Hassell Christian Church
announce the beginning of a revival
meeting on Monday night, June 5th,
at 830 with Rev. John L, Goff, of the
Wiliiamston Christian Church as the
evangelist. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
Larjir Number Tires
JUImtedhHyOiintv
!Kv Hc^hT
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I'Miaiirr !' \nionjf Largest
Made }>y the Bonni
in i iii>* County
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Striking a very liberal note, the
Martin County War Price and Rat
ioning Board last Friday night is
sued 154 tires—132 Grade I’s and 22
for trucks. In addition to those, a
few of the inferior types were re
leased.
Grade I tires were issued to the
following:
Gower Cross well, Williamston, one
A. J Osteen, Williamston, one.
M iry W Taylor, Williamston, one.
Claude Winstead, RFD 1, James
ville, one.
J R Whitaker, RFD 2, Williams
ton. two.
Maurice Moore, Jr., Williamston,
one.
1*' ed Chesson. Williamston, two.
R. K Taylor, Robersonville, one.
1. S. Davis, RFD 1. Jamesville, one
G H. Martin, RFD 2. Williams
ton, one.
Rosa Williams, Robersonville, one.
Luther Clark, Jamesville, one.
Joe I. Bullock, HE'D, Roberson
ville, one.
C. B. Savage, Oak City, one.
Hassell H. Worsley, Oak City, one.
John Ashley Hardison, RFD 2,
Williamston, one.
Mrs. Zeno Beddard, RE’D 3, Wii
liamston, one.
Jay Liiley, RFD 2. Williamston,
one,
P M. Holliday, Jamesville, one.
Richard Bryant, Bethel, one.
Chester Taylor, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one.
t lurence Matthews. Robersonville,
one.
II B Smith, Robersonville, two.
K C Barber, Jamesville, one.
H C. Hardison, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one.
Abbie llaislip, Robersonville, two.
M. B. Beach, Hamilton ,one.
N M Hyman, Palmyra, one.
John Roebuck, Williamston ,one.
M. L. Peel, Williamston, one.
J S. Ayers, Jr., Williamston, one.
C. L. Keel, Robersonville, one.
J C. Gurganus, RFD 2, Williams
ton, one.
Dan W. Jones. RE'D 3, Williams
ton, two.
Rufus Lynch, Oak City, one.
J IV Harris, RFD 2. Williamston,
one.
K. 11. Manning, RE’D 1, Williams
ton, two.
W. S. Gurganus, RFD 3, William*
ston, one.
Julian L. Mizellc, Palmyra, two.
J O. Stokes, Hamilton, one.
Paul Bailey, Everetts, one.
S. L. El 1!is, Jamesville, one.
Finest Wynne, RFD 1, Williams
ton, one,
Eldgar Ballard, Robersonville, one
Raymond Williams, RFD 1, Rob
ersonville, two.
Dorsie Williams, Robersonville,
two.
W B Harrison, Williamston, one.
Homes 11. Lee, HE'D 2, Williams
ton, two.
W H. White HE’D 2, Williamston,
one.
Wooiard Furniture Co., Williams
tltll, two.
C G. Crockett, Williamston, one.
O. G. Carson, Jamesville, one.
Charlie C. Bailey, HE’D 3, Wil
(Contmued on page six)
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To llol|> Stcimj) Out
(#as Blac k Market
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Tm Petroleum Industry Commit
tee on Rationing for District One
meeting in New York today set in
motion an intensive program to co
operate with ttie Government in
stamping out the Black Market op
erations which have been stealing
more than 2,500,000 gallons of au
tomotive gasoline daily.
Mr A Clarke Bedford, Chairman
of the Committee for District One,
comprising seventeen Atlantic Coast
states and the District of Columbia,
stressed the importance of stamping
out the Black Market.
“Gasoline is one of the principal
weapons of this war," he said. ‘‘It
is playing a tremendously important
part in the battle of Europe and soon
will play an even more important
one Naturally. l.fXW, IMA ds e-v**S*w _
first hut misuse of our limited home
supply robs millions of honest ear
owners doctors, war workers, and
others who must use a limited
amount of gasoline. Slowing down
the Wai Effort at home actually
jeopardizes the lives of our fighting
men. The Government, the public,
and every employe of the Petroleum
Industry must cooperate to stamp
out Hie Black Market in gasoline.”
The Petroleum Industry Commit
tee on Rationing announced the ap
pointment of a Chairman for every
state in the District. The Chairman
for this state is J. L. Wright of the
Standard Oil Company of Charlotte.
The State Committee will acquaint
all dealers with the facts about the
Black Market and organize them to
combat this menace.
A cooperative advertising cam
paign paid for by oil companies sup
plying vhtually all of the gasoline
sold on the Atlantic Coast will ap
pear soon and will put the facts be
tore the public.