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VOLUME XLVII--NUMBER 45
B illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 6, I*) II.
ESTABLISHED 1899
INVASION OF FRANCE BEGUN
- Invasion Of France
Overshadows New;
From Other Fronts
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Drive in Italy Recognized As
Powerful Factor in
Progress of War
The Allied invasion of France
early today pushed news from other
fronts into the background, but the
drive in Italy is still to be recognized
as a powerful factor in the progress
of the war. The same holds true on
other fronts in Russia, in Dalmatia,
in China, on the Pacific islands and
in far-away India and Burma where
men are offering their lives witn
equal heroism in clearing the world
of mad men.
While it is recognized as a great
psycnological victory, the fall of
Rome last Sunday can be recognized
as the real beginning of the end for
Adolf Hitler and his henchmen. The
city was found 95 per cent intact,
but from the strict military sense the
real damage is being inflicted upon
the retreating Germans. The Allied
Armies are pursuing the enemy now
in disorderly retreat several miles
north of Rome, the Allies having
crossed the Tiber River at several
poin's in large numbers. Allied sol
diers received a great welcome when
they entered the Eternal City and
some were almost smothered by hugs
and kisses. The main forces circled
the city to follow up the retreating
enemy, one report stating that only
the veterans of long and hard fight
ing were given the choice assignment
of policing Rome.
President Roosevelt, in a brief talk
to the nation last evening, hailed the
fall of the city, but solemnly warn
ed of the hard job ahead. It is appar
ent now that the President had in
mind the invasion scheduled to get
underway just a few hours from that
time.
King Victor Emmanuel abdicated,
but offered ins son, Crown Prince
Umberto, to the Allies. The meaning
of the gesture was lost m the mili
tary victory in Italy and in the
launching of the invasion today.
However, it is fairly certain that
once the powder dust clears and the
sound of shellfire ceases, the people
will come forward to voice their
ovzn beliefs and desires. ♦
The loss of Rome w»as admitted by
the Germans to be a severe blow
against their prestige.
Slow but steady progress marks
the war program in the Pacific where
Allied forces continue a relentless
drive against Jap shipping and where
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Wreck Two Stills
And Spill Liquor
ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and
Deputy Roy Peel dealt the illicit
liquor business a fairly heavy blow
yesterday afternoon when they
wrecked two manufacturing plasts
and poured out seventeen and one
half gallons of monkey rum.
In Hamilton Township, the officers
wrecked a crude plant equipped with
a 50-gallon capacity oil drum, a 10
gallon doubler, 50-gallon cooler and
one fermenter. No beer was found.
The still was on the P.ainbow farm.
Returning to the V/illiamston area,
the officers located another crude
plant near the old Fate Cross place.
They destroyed an oil drum still
equipped with a keg cap, 30-gallon
doubler and a 50-gallon capacity cool
er, and poured out 150 gallons of
molasses beer. Confiscating three 10
gallon kegs and two 5-gallon demi
johns and seventeen and one-half
gallons of liquor, theofficers brought
the white monkey rum to town and
poured it into the gutter in front of
the courthouse. Mr. L. C. Roberson
commented on the aroma, expressing
his deep regrets for the necessity of
such procedure.
The month of May was an unus
ually dull one in the enforcement
business, Officer Roebuck explain
jng tjuii it was possibly the dullest
MMk. --r-itefco 'summit. A *•d*£'
en stills, including a small copper
outfit, w’ere cvrecked. Two persons
were arrested and convicted, their
fines amounting to $50. The officers
poured out 950 gallons of beer.
Last Saturday night, Fletcher Bul
lock, colored, was formally charged
with illegally possessing liquor for
ale. He is to be tried next Monday.
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Commissioners Hold No
Official Meeting Here
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Unable to muster a quorum, the lo
cal town authorities held no official
meeting here last evening. The two
members present discussed with the
mayor a few problems, but no ac
tion was taken. The seriousness of
the situation surrounding the collec
tion and disposal of garbage was
discussed, but the whole business
was virtually forgotten for the pres
ent. Town trucks are worn out, and
the present disposal system is ad
mittedly little less than a public dis
grace.
I tiree
Ward Brothers in the Service
Representing three branches of the service, three sons of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ward, Jr., of
RFD i, Williamston, are carrying on in widely separated areas. Lt. Clifton E. Ward, left, was
just recently commissioned by the Army Air Corps at Moore Field, Texas. He was one of four
teen out of 350 your.g men to average 95 or more in his courses. Pfc. Joseph Elbert Ward, cen
ter, is with the Marines m the New Hebrides, and Tech. Sgt. Gilbert Ward, right, is somewhere
in New Guinea.
TAX SALKS
With only one individual bid
der taking part, Tax Collector
M. L. Peel yesterday sold 199
parrels of land for taxes due
and unpaid the county of Mar
tin, all but one tract having been
bought in by the county itself.
The sale attracted very little
attention and amounted to less
than $2,000, Mr. Peel said.
As far as it could he learned
the sale was the smallest re
ported in this county in about
forty years.
County Young Man
Is Wounded In Italy
Fourteenth Of May
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Vic. William II. Capps Sliol
Through Lt*pr, Parents Are
Advised Here
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Pfc. Wm H. Cupps was “slightly”
wounded in Italy on May 13 accord
ing to a message received from the
War Department by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Capps, here last Sat
urday. In a letter, reaching here
about the same time the War De
partment message was received,
Young Capps stated that he had
been shot through the leg, and was
getting along very well in an Army
hospital somewhere in Italy. The let
ter was dated May 27.
In the letter to his mother, Capps
said, “We gave the Germans a fly
for a while and they are still on the
run. Maybe, it won’t be long before
it’s all over.”
No details were offered, but
friends, remembering him as a good
shot, are fairly certain that the young
man “picked off” a few of the en
emy before he was forced out of ac
tion.
Going from this county to Fort
Bragg, the young man explained
that he wanted to be nothing more
than a first class private and that
all he wanted was a rifle and plenty
of bullets. He refused several pro
motions, and made a record on the
rifle range before going across.
Leaving Fort Bragg where he had
chalked up several shooting records
Capps went to Fort Dix and there lie
(Continued on page sii)
Mrs. Griffin's Sister
Dies In l\eiv Hern llos/tiltil
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Miss Carolyn Waters, sister of
Mrs. Clyde Griffin of Williamston,
died in a New Bern hospital last
Wednesday following a short illness.
Funeral services were conducted
t.al Thuradav-AlXp^.
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her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Waters, two sisters, Mis. Torn Spenc
er of Bayboro, and Miss Grace
Waters of New Bern, and two broth
ers, H. H. Waters of Warsaw and
Bill Waters, U. S. Navy.
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RECORDS
Bob Taylor, with the aid of
the Boy Scouts, Mr. Chas. Dav
enport and a few others, has col
lected approximately 500 pounds
of old phonograph records in the
county during recent weeks. The
records, collected through the
Martin County American Legion
Post, have already been shipped
to the station in New York
where they will be used in mak
ing new records for the men in
the armed services.
No other records will be col
lected in this county in the near
future, it was stated.
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Ask Farmers To Report Crop
Measurements to Committees
With only one crop—tobacco—
under control this year, Martin
County farmers are urgently re
quested to report their tobacco acre
age measurements to the community
committeemen in their respective
communities the latter part of this
week The measurements are want
ed for each field, and it will simplify
the task if the farmers will prepare
a rough sketch or drawing of each
field or plot.
It has been pointed out that no
excess acreage will be allowed with
out penalty. Farmers are not sup
posed to plow up any surplus.
Approximately five percent of
the acreage planted to the crop in
this county will be “spot” checked,
it was announced.
Measurement reports for Hassell
and Cross Roads Communities will
be received on Friday only at Ed
mondson’s store in Hassell and Mob
Mrs. Lucy Cul 1 iplier
Dios At Home Near
Here Early Sunday
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l iiiH i'al Service* Arc Held l»y
lire Pastor IMomlnv
Afternoon
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Mrs. Lucy Simpson Cullipher, wife
of Herbert Cullipher, died at her
home between here and Everetts on
U. S. Highway No. 64, at 4:35 o’clock
last Sunday morning following a
long period of declining health. She
had been an invalid for about nine
years, and her condition had been
critical for several weeks.
The daughter of the Kitchin and
Louvenia Simpson, Mrs Cullipher
was born in Bertie County 61 years
ago She spent her early life there,
manying Mr. Cullipher in 1901 and
locating in Muilin about three years
later. She was a member of the
Vernon Methodist Church near here
on the old Everetts Road, and was
faithful in its service until she was
forced into retirement by ill health
She was a thoughtful neighbor and
a good woman.
Besides her husband she leaves
six sons, Johnny S. Cullipher of
Jamesville, W. T. Cullipher of Nor
folk, J R. Cullipher of Washington,
D. C., Herbert, Jr., and Clifton Cul
lipher of the home, and Pfc. Ervin
C. Cullipher who is now serving in
the American Expeditionary Forces;
three daughters, Mrs Haywood Rog
_ (Continued on page six,t
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Man Battered When
Attacked On Friday
Clyde Silverthorne, local white
man, had his face badly battered
and bruised when he was attacked
by Cole Cowan at Jernigan’s filling
station here at the intersection of
Haughton and Washington Streets
early last Friday evening. Using a
bottle, Cowan delivered a heavy
blow just under the man’s left eye.
Silvijithorne, who was said to
have been drinking but who, wit
nesses declared, was not drunk,
heard Cowan and another party
arguing, and opened the way for the
attack when he suggested that Ccw
an was drunk and should stop argu
ing.
Emmett Thomas was also carried
into court for assaulting Annie Lou
Brown last Thursday night, the at
tack climaxing an argument.
ley’s filling station in Cross Roads.
Measurements will be received by
the community committeemen on
Saturday only at the "courthouse”
in Hamilton and at Bullock’s fill
ing station in Everetts. The reports
will be received on both Friday and
Saturday of Ibis week at the follow
ing designated places: Cox Motor
Co., Robersonville; Sexton’s store,
Jamesville; County House, Williams;
Ayers’ store, Oak City; Rogers’
store, Bear Grass; Manning’s store,
Griffins, and the agricultural build
ing for Poplar Point and William
ston Townships.
It is hoped that the farmers will
make every effort to prepare this
needed information and make their
reports to their respective communi
ty committeemen on the days desig
nat'd. Considerable time will be
required for the committeemen to
make the spot checks and handle the
information.
('ounly YonngMan
Com pleles Fiftieth
Long-raiigo Mission
15th Army Air Force—Flying'
liis 50th long-range bombing mis
sion in the Mediterranean thea
ter recently was Technical Ser
geant Martel Ilardy, 23, of RFD
2, Williamston, N. C., a Flying
Fortress engineer-gunner with
the 15th AAF.
Beginning combat flying last
October 30 wiili an attack on the
rail yards at ilurin, Italy, Ilardy
ranged over targets in southern
France, Italy, Austria and the
Balkan, and flew his 50th mis
sion April 2!l to blast the harbor
at Toulon, France. He wears the
Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf
Clusters.
A former Martin County far
mer, Hardy entered the Army
Sept. K, 1942, and won his gun
ner’s wings May 17, 1943, at Las
Vegas, Nev. He is unmarried.
A picture of Sgt. Hardy’s plane
carries several Hitler emblems.
The young man, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Hardy, has two broth
ers, Lance Dutton and Callon
I'd ward Hardy, in the service.
Bible School Opens
Sessions Yesterday
the Daily Vacation
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Bible School
which opened here yesterday morn
ing with 120 pupils, according to an
announcement by Rev. Gov/er Cross
well, director.
The Bible school will meet each
morning until June l(i when com
mencement exercises will be held in
the Baptist church. Directors state
there is a need for more workers
in the school.
WOUNDED
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Dallas Marion Taylor, young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Minion A. Taylor, of
RFD 3, Williamston, was wounded
in action recently, according to a re
port heard here shortly before noon
today. The your.g man is in the
t-;, • •
No details could be learned im
mediately, and it is not known
where he was stationed.
He is the second Martin County
man reported wounded in action in
the past few days.
Forty-Two Of Fifty
Culled. Tmhv Cofttr
From County Farms
Smallest LoIoiimI 4>rou;i Leav
ing This (anility in Past
Several Weeks
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Fifty colored men were called to
report for pre-induction examina
tions at an Army center today, for
ty-two of the group corning from the
farms of this county. All but two of
the group are single, and hardly
more than a dozen of the number
are twenty-years or older. As a
whole, the contingent includes about
the youngest group of colored men
ever to leave this county for an Army
center either tor pre-induction tests
or final induction.
No official announcement has been
made and no details could be learn
ed, but it is believed that the next
pre-induction call for white men us
to be answered during the last week
m this month. During the meantime,
many of those white men passing the
recent pre-induction tests are being
called to report for active service on
June Kith.
The names and addresses of the
colored men called to report today
for pre-induction examinations fol
low:
Julius Octavious Lloyd, Jr., RFD
1, Hobgood, and Newport News.
Meltion People, RFD 2, Roberson
villi' and Stokes.
Willie B. Jackson Robersottville.
Henry Mclnburg, RFD 2, Rober
son ville.
C. L. Highsmith, RFD 2, Rober
son ville.
Rothel Sidney Doggert, RFD 2,
Roberson ville, and Suffolk.
Octvis Roberson, Jamcsville, and
Washington, N. C.
Klmer Harris, RFD 1, Roberson
v 11 If.
Ira Junior Peel, RFD I, Williams
ton.
Clarddine Shermon, RFD 1, Oak
City.
Curtis Leroy Perkins, RFD I, Rob
ersonville.
Willie David Boston, RFD 1, James
ville.
Vennei Andrews, RFD 3, William
ston.
Lonnie Davis, RFD 1, Palmyra.
John Jasper Deberry, Oak City.
Jesse Bowen, RFD 2, Williamston.
Elijah May, RFD 2, Robersonville.
Constant Little, RFD 3, Williams
ton, and RFD 1, Robersonville.
Fedro Latham, RFD 3, Williams
ton.
Melton Morris Evans, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
Joseph Sneed, RFD 1, Bethel, and
RFD 2, Robersonville.
John Junior Chance, Hamilton.
Joseph Highsmith, RFD 2, Robet
sonville.
LeRoy Ballard, Hamilton.
Thus J. Boston, RFD 1, James
viile.
Wm. Cortez Rogers, Williamston.
Luke Biggs, RFD 2, Williamston.
Randolph Brown, RFD 2, William
ston.
Clarence Williams, Everetts.
Joe Outterhridge, RFD 3, William
ston.
Robt. Earl Stanly Bonner, RF1) 3,
Williamston.
George Keel, RFD 1, Robersonville.
Gaston Alexander Carr, RFD 2,
Robersonville.
Ulysses Daniel, RFD I, William
ston.
Harrison Land, Jr., RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Joe Jordan Rodgers, RFD 1, Wil
liamston.
Tube Hopkins, RFD 1, Williams
ton.
Sam Junior Short, RFD 1, Oak
Cily.
Mack Junior Andrews, RFD 2,
Robersonville.
William Oscar Everett, RFD I,
Robersonville.
Malachi Bonds, RFD 2, Williams
ton.
(Continued on page six)
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Sarah Raynor
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Mrs. Saruli Raynor, a resident ol
this county for many years, died at
the home of her son, Frank Raynor
in Beaufort County last Saturday
morning She suffered a stroke oi
paralysis about the middle of May
hut prior to that time she had beer
in feeble health for several years.
Miss Sarah Butler before her mar
riage, she was born in Washingtoi
County 85 years ago. In her earlj
life she moved to this county ant
married James Raynor who wai
killed by lightning around 40 yean
ago while working on the old Asken
farm, near Williamston. A son, Wil
liam Raynor, died here not so lont
ago
Funeral services were conductor
in the Pentecostal Holiness Church
here Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
by Rev. H. M. Pope, and intermeni
followed in Woodlawn Cemetery.
She was the last member of hei
family and leaves only one son.
Initial Phase Of Great
Military Venture Said
To Be Most Successful
r»OIM MISSION
Tech. Sgt. IVlartel Hardy,
young; son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Hardy of this county, re
cently completed his fiftieth
mission over enemy territory.
They are not to be seen in the
above picture, but there were
swastika emblems on the plane,
indicating that the young man
and other members of the crew
had seen some stirring action.
Board 01 County
Commissioners In
Regular Meeting
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I’iiss Kisoliitinn lYrniitliii^ j
invrslnipiil of $,'{(1,0(10
In War Itomls
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Meeting in regular session here I
yesterday, the Martin County com
missioners discussed a varied set of
pioblems, carrying over those per
taining to budget until June lit,
when the board will meet in special
session. The proposed health de
partment budget was briefly dis
cussed, the board delaying its ap
proval until detailed information is
submitted along with the tentative
1944 45 figuies. Last year the com
missioners appropriated $7,290 as its
share of maintaining the service, hut
m addition to that amount, the de
partment brought over a balance
from the previous year in the sum of
$1,800. The department is asking
a county appropriation ol $9,810
which, in the final analysis, only
$720 in excess of the actual expen
ditures reported in 1943-44.
With the welfare budget already
on the approved list, the commis
sioners plan to complete their bud
get studies at the special June 19th
meeting and possibly determine the
new fiscal tax rate. However, it is
possible that the authorities will
strike a snag on the 19th and delay
fixing the rate until later in June
or early in July.
The board petitioned the State
Hoard of Health in the first move to
eliminate the service of the ten
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I 1'irrmt‘n (ailed To Hirer
I rtish Hile Hit1 Snntlay
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Local firemen were called out
Sunday afternoon shortly before 4
o’clock to put out a trash pile fire
near the river warehouses. No
damage was done, but tile firemen
poured water on the rubbish heap
for n-'arly two hoursbefore check
lei ’ , Hjriina11
buildings.
The call was the firs! one received
by the departnu tit in several weeks.
I»R WKKS
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Special prayers were said in
millions of American homes and
others were heard across the
land today as American youths
marched against the common en
emy along the French coast. Lo
cal people gathered in the var
ious churches at 7 o’clock this
morning, but the crowds were
not large. Others visited the
churches oil and on during the
day to l.ueel in silent prayer
and plead for the safety of Am
erican youth.
This evening at (1:30 o’clock in
the Woman’s Club hall, mem
ber: of the Kiwanis club will
meet for a prayerful observance
of the invasion.
Landings Are Made
At A Dozen Points
Along French Coast
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\HmmI Forces Alliance V*
I'ar \s Ti n Alilcs Inland:
Closil !Nol Hncalnl
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!*!{\ai:ks m;\m> vi iiomk
f irst Main Drive Centered Between
LeHavre and Cherbourg with
Paris As Objective
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In a terse message officially re
leased by Supreme Headquarters of
the Allied Expeditionary Forces,
General Eisenhower at 3:32 Eastern
War Time this morning announced,
“Allied naval forces, supported by
strong air forces, began landing Al
lied armies on the northern coast of
France this morning.” The message
flashed throughout the world, con
tinued German reports released at
12:37 a. in., stating that the invasion
was on, the drive into Western Eu
rope looming big as the greatest mil
itary operation of all time.
Without advanced warning and
while the attention of the world was
centered on the recent successes in
Italy, the Allied Command assembled
4,000 large ships and several thous
and smaller ones for the huge inva
sion undertaking. Under the cover
of eleven thousand first-line air
plane!, the Allied armies started the
invasion, striking at a dozen points
along the French coast between Lc
Huvre and Cherbourg, a defense
area said to be the strongest in Hit
ler's fortified Europe. The invasion
forces skimmed over traps and mines
and apparently made the initial land
ings without meeting concerted ac
tion. Not a German plane was in the
aii. Enemy coastal batteries were
greatly reduced in a short time, and
anti-aircraft fire was described as
light.
German reports stated that four
British paratroop divisions had land
ed behind the coastal defense, that
Allied armies soon after the first in
vasion blow had penetrated as far
as ten miles inland in one area. The
Germans further claimed that some
of the parsti.topers had been cap
tured.
Nut even an estimate as to the
numbei of men making up the in
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SoMmts Appreciate
Smokes From Lions
Fui thcr evidence of the apprecia
tion for tlio free cigarettes being
furnished through 1ho local Lions
Club to soldieis on the front lines is
illustrated in some of the cards re
cently received by the club and
printed below:
S Sgi Fred M. Taylor, local man
and first member of the local club
to entej the service, writes, “The
men in our company are very grate
ful for the cigarettes sent to us by
the Williumston Lions Club. I hope
that you may be able to continue this
fine work, because in the hours of
anxiety, cigarettes are a great deal
of comfort for the soldiers. Best of
luck.”
Lt. George F Dennis, receiving
cigarettes in a Pacific battle area,
had this to say, ‘ Many thanks for the
cigarettes. However, I should like to
put this on a business basis, one Jap
for one carton of smokes. Please ad
v'se if you accept this offer and
where you want the bodies sent.”
-^^/i 1 Abel S I \;;/1,. r. O' WTO’. * "We
a tv mu uiiu ■: 11
wuumS i Cnin.
1 am from Granite Falls, N. C. We
raise the best tobacco.”
These comments from the boys
will give you an idea of the amount
ol comfort your coins can bring
when you drop them in a Lions Club
collection jar. The club has recently
paid for an order for another 20,000
cigarettes to be sent to a battlefront,
and they requested this shipment to
be sent to Italy. Each package will
bear a sticker reading, "Good luck
from Williamston Lions Club and
citizens of Martin County, N. C.”
Recover Stolen Auto
Here Friday Evening
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A Pontiac four-door sedan stolen
from Farmer C. W. Copeland, Hali
fax County, last Thursday night, was
recovered here the following even
ing at 9:30 by Officer Chas. Moore.
The gas had been burned out and
the car was abandoned near the A.
C. L. station. No arrest was made.