Two Big Bond Rallies Will Be Held In County Next Wednesday
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VOLUME XI VII—NUMBER 48
Williamston,
Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Jnnr 16, 19 It.
ESTABLISHED 1899
One Hundred Tires
Allotted In County
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Few of the Inferior Grades
Are Also Released Last
Friday Evening
The Martin County War Price and
Rationing Board last Friday night
issued 79 Grade 1 tires and 21 tires
for trucks. A few of the inferior type
and a few tubes were released in. ad
dition to the Grade 1 tires.
Grade 1 tires were issued to the
following:
J. C. Keel, Robersonville, one.
A. R, Johnson, Sr., Robersonville,
one.
J. C. Keel, Robersonville, two.
W. A. Ross, Robersonville, two.
Palmer Taylor, Robersonville, one.
Roy Beach, Hamilton, two.
J. C. Mobley. Jamesville, one.
George Thomas, Robersonville,
one.
A. C. Harrison, Williamston, one.
Elsworth Beacham, Jamesville,
one.
Kelly Hardison, Oak City, one.
T. O. Nicholson. Williamston, one.
C. D. Jenkins, Robersonville, one.
Joe G. Mobley, Jamesville, one.
Paul Barber, Jamesville, one.
Robert L. Ward, Williamston, one.
Annie Ayers, Williamston, one.
Mildred Wobbleton, Williamston,
one.
Lester Bryant, Williamston, one.
W. C. and R. A Ange, Jamesville,
one.
Dennis Bunting, Oak City ,two.
R. L. Mobley, Williamston, one.
R. W. Cherry, Williamston, ona
Zachariah Bell, Williamston, one.
W. B. Harris, Williamston, one.
(Continued on page four)
Melvin 1). Bennett
Hurt In New Guinea
Pfc. Melvin D. Bennett, young son
of Mrs. Fannie Bennett and the late
Frank C. Bennett, was hurt while
serving on a detail somewhere in
New Guinea last month, according
to information received here this
week. While it could not be learned
how he was injured, the report stat
ed that he received severe bruises
on his left leg and hip.
The message stated he was doing
well, but was unable to walk with
out crutches. When the message was
written on May 26, he expressed the
belief that he would be all right in
a few days.
Young Bennett stated that the food
in the hospital was the best he had
had since leaving the States. While
he was not complaining, he did say
that the food came out of cans and
that he didn’t have any pretty nurses
to serve his meals.
He was sleeping at the time in a
six-man tent back in camp and had
cots to sleep on.
County Authorities To Hold
Special Budget Meet Monday
There never was a day when they
aid not have a great deal to worry
and ponder over, but the Martin
County Commissioners will have a
really big problem to solve next
Monday when they meet in special
session to consider new fiscal year
budgets and propose a tax rate for
the period.
The welfare department budget
has been tentatively approved, but
the great State of North Carolina,
despite all its millions, advises that
it is too poor to meet its share of the
cost and it is now certain that the
number of old-age participants will
be limited. Whether the action will
make it possible to reduce the wel
fare department rate could not be
ascertained. The board of education
budget as proposed by the school
folks provides for a five-cent reduc
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OUT OF HOSPITAL
v._____,
Dallas Marion Taylor, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Minion A.
Taylor, RFD 3, Williams ton, is
able to be out of the hospital af
ter recovering from injuries re
ceived in an accidental explo
sion somewhere in the South
west Pacific, according to a mes
sage received here the first of
this month. lie was believed to
have been burned.
Two-llonr Uniit I* Fixed
For Swimming Fool Patron*
•
Beginning today, no child will bo
allowed to stay in the local swim
ming pool longer than two hours, ac
cording to an announcement from
Miss Ruth Manning, manager.
A few patrons have been spend
ing a greater part of each day in the
pool, and while they are Welcome,
it is not considered healthy to spend
more than two hours a day in the
vater.
Court Docket Carries
Few Criminal Charges
Number Is Smallest
Scheduled For Trial
During Recent Years
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Small Number of Civil Case*
Will Be Heard During
Short Term
Convening here next Monday, the
Martin County Superior Court will
handle one of the smallest dockets
in recent years. Only four criminal
cases have been placed on the dock
et to date, and it isn’t likely that
many civil cases will be heard dur
ing the short tr.rm *Tr' ;.nl- _
• Ary-vif? *?*««' '
is understood that only a few di-1
vorce actions will appear on it.
Judge C. Everett Thompson of
Elizabeth City is to preside over the
term which ordinarily is supposed
to last one week but which will like
ly see all the business transacted in
a couple of days if not in one day.
The docket carries one or two un
usual cases, but they are not expect
ed to attract very much attention.
Cases scheduled for trial include
the following:
The case charging Claude Spruill
with bastardy was continued from
the March term.
Henry Daniel and Arzelia Keel are
charged with bigamy. It is under
stood that the Keel woman was sep
arated from her husband, Lonnie
Langley, some years ago, that she
was married to the defendant, Hen
ry Daniel, in 1938. Langley entered
the service and was later discharg
ed. He wanted to get his mustering
out pay and it seems it was neces
sary for him to show that he had
been divorced. In the scramble, a
(Continued on page four)
OUT OF BLANKS
The unusually heavy demand
for canning sugar in this county
has completely exhausted the
supply of applicant blanks, and
the issuance of extra rations of
sugar will, out of necessity, be
delayed until a new supply is
made available. An order for
blanks has been placed, hut the
State office advises that the
supply there has been exhausted,
but a shipment will be made just
a;> soon as the forms are receiv
ed from Washington.
Approximately 900 applica
tions have been handled in this
county since May 1, and approx
imately il 1)00 pounj
tV-.wv
Papist1!, tn^large issuance
dicating that Martin County
housewives are on the preserv
ing path again this year.
Commencement For
Bible School Here
Commencement for the Union Va
cation Bible School will be heid to
night at 8:00 o’clock in the local Bap
tist Church when departmental pro
grams will be given to show the con
clusion of the activities. Certificates
will be awarded for attendance and
achievement.
Officials announce that there has
been an enrollment of 146 for the
two weeks, and an average attend
ance of 125. The school was divided
into four groups, namely: beginners,
primaries, juniors and intermed
iates.
Offertory will be given for work
among crippled children in the coun
ty.
tion, the saving coming from a de
crease in the debt service and from
an increase in assessed property val
uations.
At a recent regular meeting, the
commissioners studied the proposed
health department budget, but took
no final action at that time, meaning
that it will get more attention at the
special session next Monday.
Figures for the general county
budget are being prepared r.t this
time, and no trend in the figures
could be determined today. It is be
lieved. however, that a reduction in
the over-all rate can and will be ef
fected for the new fiscal year.
Despite the fact that they are the
most powerful body in the county’s
governmental system, the commis
sioners will have to give up their
loom to the grand jury and search
for a spot of their own next Monday.
Judge Calvin Smith
Calls Six Cases In
The County’s Court
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INrxl Session of the Court
Will Hr Held Monday,
June 2f»tli
The Martin County Recorder's
Court went into its second slump of
the early summer last Monday whim
Judge J. C. Smith called only half a
dozen cases, one of them a civil ac
tion A very small crowd was pres
ent to hear the proceedings, and
the court finished its work and ad
journed at 11:15 that morning, or a
little over an hour after the session
was formally opened.
No session of the court will be held
next Monday since the superior
tribunal will convene at that time
for the trial of* about four criminal
cases and a few civil actions, includ
ing two or three divorce cases.
Proceedings:
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Clyde Knight plead
ed guilty of a simple assault on a
female. The plea was accepted, and
the defendant was fined $15 and tax
ed with the costs.
The case charging John Bryant
with drunken and reckless driving,
was continued until June 2(i.
I). O. Bowen, pleading not guilty
of an assault with a deadly weapon,
was adjudged guilty of a simple as
sault, and the court suspended judg
ment upon the payment of the costs.
Fletcher Bullock was sentenced
to the roads for six month for al
leged violation of the liquor laws.
It was learned that the defendant
had been tried and convicted in the
court on June 7 of last year and
sentenced to the roads for six
months. At that time, the sentence
was suspended for one year and on
the condition that he violate no law
during the period of suspension. The
old judgment was invoked and he
was directed to serve the original
sentence. It will however, run
concurrently with the second.
Charged with forcible trespass,
Linwood Speight, a deaf mute, made
no plea when his case was called.
Adjudged guilty he was sentenced
to the roads for thirty days, the
court suspending judgment upon the
payment of the costs. It is under
stood that Speight had just gone
through one suspension period.
A civil action was started by Mrs.
Talitha E Barnhill against W. J.
Miller, trading as Western Auto As
sociate Store, to gain possession of
a store building in Williamston.
Wheeler Martin, representing the
defendant, made a motion for a jury
trial, and the court ordered that six
men be summoned for jury service
when the cast is called for trial on
June 26.
Seventeen Out Of
'VP- Xi,Y.ii1’
Jiity Martin County colored men re
porting for pn induction examina
tions at a service center on .June 7th
were accepted, according to an offi
cial “audit” just received here. Three
men, instructed to report for the
physical tests, failed to report. Their
names are Willie B. Jackson, Lonnie
Davis and Harvey B. Short.
The names of the ten men accept- j
ed by the Army: Julius Octavious
Lloyd, Jr.. Willie David Boston, Jr.,
Melton Morris Evans, Joseph High
smith, Luke Biggs, Randolph Brown,
Robert Earl Stanley Bonner, Sam
Junior Short, John Henry Mooring
and Walter Barfield.
Names of the seven men accepted
by the- Navy: C. L. Highsmith, Roth
i-l Sidm y Doggert, Curtis LeRoy
Perkins, Ulysses Daniel, Malachi
Bonds, Jesse Thomas Knight and
Charlie Bussey.
It. is understood that these men
were the last to be put in separate
Navy and Army pools, that after
' July I all will be placed in one joint
I pool, subject to call either by the
Army or Navy.
Port Of Cherbourg
o
Almost Isolated hy j
F j <ylitJ 1 urAi^rii qpg i
Super-Fortresses Strike and
Damage Industrial Areas
On Jap Mainland
Steady progress was reported by
the Allies on all fronts early today
as the second phase of the bitter in
vasion struggle neared a climax and
after the 20th American Air Force
had appeared over Japan’s mainland
to vie for the headlines and spread
terror among the yellow war
lords.
Progress on the invasion front is1
centered for the most part in the
drive by fighting Americans to
isolate the big port of Cherbourg.
Late reports state that the Ameri
cans were within two miles of the
last main escape route for the enemy
out of Cherbourg and that it was
being heavily pounded.
In the developing drive to cut off
and capture the Cherbourg Penin
sula, similar steady advances were
reported in a midnight communique
from Surpreme Headquarters for a
less clearly-defined thrust through
the lowlands between the Vire and
File rivers southeast of Carentan.
On the extreme right flank of the
Allies’ beachhead >n Normandy, Am
erican capture of the coastal village
of Quineville and surrounding ter
i itory was declared to have provid
ed "a valuable new outlet from the
beaches.”
On the eastern, or left wing of the
beachhead held by British and Ca
nadian forces, violent German arm
ored counterattacks were repulsed
with what the Allied Communique
called "considerable loss to the
enemy.”
These were the principal gains in
the tenth day of the Allied invasion
of France, which saw the offensive
all along the 100 - in lie line gather
forces and either gain ground or re
pel the fiery and repeated enemy
(Continued on page four)
Miss Beulah Brown
Passes in Hospital
Miss Beulah Brown, 21 of Rob
( rsonville Township, died in the
local hospital early last Tuesday
morning, a few hours after she was
admitted, of blood poisoning.
Apparently in her usual health
last Saturday morning, the young
woman worked in the fields that
morning, and was taken ill early that
evening. She was carried to a doctor
in Bethel late Monday and he ad
vised immediate hospital treatment.
She is survived by three brothers,
Roland Brown of the home, Johnnie
Brown of Oak City, and Willie
Brown of Bethel arid four sisters,
Sallie Biown of the home and Mrs.
Walti r Whitley, Mrs. I). W. Wilson
and Mary Brown, all of Newport.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home on the Bollard farm
Wednesday afternoon by Rev. T. H.
House, Methodist minister, and in
terment followed in the Oak City
Cemetery.
Veteran Of War One
Passes In Hospital
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at the home
at 4 o’clock for Herman C. Savage,
of Oak City, who died in a govern
ernment hospital at Kecoughtan, Va.,
last Monday. Interment was in the
Conoho Cemetery, near Oak City.
Mi. Savage had been in declining
health since last August and had
spent some time m the hospital.
The son of Mrs. Annie E. Savage
and the late John T. Savage, he was
born May 27, 1896. He quit the farm
and entered the army for service in
World War I on May 27, 1918, and
s< rved overseas from July 31, 1918,
to June 15, 1919, as a member of
C ' ny A 306th Engineers of the
fit , ,’ :. v A i Pvt. Wil-.i
action on September \fH&
He never man ied and besides his
mother he is survived by three broth
ers, Mack Savage, of Lewiston;
ClSude Savage of the home, and Paul
Savage, U. S. Navy, now at Camp
IjoJeune, New River, and one sister,
Miss Mary Lee Savage, of the home.
Slunk Fire Near River
Farly Thin Morning
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Its origin unknown, fire destroyed
a small shack between the highway
and the basket factory this morning
at 4:30 o’clock. Several box cars at
the basket factory loading platform
were threatened and several long
distance telephone, circuits were
burned in two. No estimate on the
loss could be had immediately, but
it was comparatively small.
The shack belonged to Richard
Smith and a tenant was supposed to
have moved into the hovel this
iiiu.ning. It is believed by some that
the shack was burned ahead of the
renter.
War Rond Rallies Are
To Be Held In County
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Special Army Show
Scheduled To Make
Stops on ^ ednesdav
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I'lirniiru^iii" Hrport* (.oiiiinu
In From Sonif Sections
On War Roiul Drive
Although thi' current war bond
drive is gradually gaining momen
tum m various districts, it is expect
ed to go forward more rapidly after
a special Army band and cast offer
two out-door performances in the
county next Wednesday morning and
afternoon. The first of the perform
ances will be given in Williamston,
possibly in front of the town hall,
that morning between the hours of
10 and 11 o'clock. That afternoon the
hand and cast will appear in a spec
ial show al Robersonville. Plans for
Ihe special events were just announc
ed yesterday and all details have not
been completed.
The cast, made up entirely of serv
ice personnel, including Air-Wacs.
will come here that morning from
Ahoskie. Following the program tin
members will be entertained at a
luncheon and continue immediately
to Robersonville where they will ap
pear in a special program.
The nature of the program could
not be learned immediately since the
cast appears in two different types
of shows, one for street bond rallies
and the other for indoor presenta
tion. However, each was produced
under the direction of Pfc. Merritt
F. Stone, a veteran of big-time
Broadway productions, and each is
shi<t to be entertaining. It is plan
ned to rope off a portion of the main
street here, and the program will be
offered without cost to the general
public. The show ordinarily runs for
about an hour.
It is sincerely hoped that all our
people who can conveniently quit
their tasks for a short time will at
tend one of the programs. Possibly
definite hours will be fixed in time
to be announced the early part of
next week.
Only meager reports have been re
cived from the bond drive now un
derway, but several of them are very
encouraging. Recognizing the real
meaning of the challenge and the
implications failure will bring, the
citizens of one district are said to
have already subscribed to about
ine-half of their township quota. No
definite figures have been released
by County Bond Drive Chairman
Herman A. Bowen, but sales are go
ng forward fairly rapidly in sever
tl areas ,it was learned here today.
Meeting with a faithful few of his
jommittce, D. V. Clayton, Williams
on Township chairman, outlined
dans for a concerted drive in the
district. Canvassers were assigned
erritories and members of the Wo
man’s Clubs will lie asked to take
.he bund appeal into every home in
he community. II isn’t likely that the
■anvass will get underway before
lext Thursday or soon after the big
jond rally on the streets here Wed
lesday morning. N. K. Harrison and
iVheeler Martin will canvass the
lorth side of Main Street from Saun
lers and Cox mill to Biggs' Funeral
Home 1.. Id. Wynne and W. I Skin
a r will handle the south side of
Via in Street from the fertilizer plant
:o Darden’s store. John D. Biggs and
John L. Goff have been assigned that
icrritory from Darden’s store to J.
3. Staton’s. J. H. Edwards and Bill
Spivey will work from the Eastern
Bond and Mortgage Company lo the
(Continued on page four)
Thousands Taking
Typhoid Vaccine
According :• a report iust relea‘<
id (ty j;.it moil
. WssUMnw**- >mK>
typhoid fever. It is expected that, the
number will pass ten or eleven
thousand before the drive is com
pleted.
Commenting on the immunization
campaign, Dr. John Williams, health
officer, said, “With the shortage of
labor and everything raised in this
rural section so vital to the war ef
fort, the number should be twenty
six thousand, so we are not stopping.
Every Monday afternoon from 1 to
3 o’clock at Jamesville, every Wed
nesday from 1 to 3 p. m. at Rober
sonville, every Friday afternoon from
1 to 3 at Oak City, and every Satur
day morning from 9 to 12 o’clock in
Williamston, we will give the ty
phoid ‘shots’ as well as vaccinate the
children against smallpox, whooping
cough and diphtheria.”
It was also pointed out that a spec
ial clinic will be held at Edwards’
filling station on the Hamilton High
way in Poplar Point Township next
Tuesday from 11 to 12 o’clock for the
convenience of the people in that
community.
LOSKSARM
Wounded in action over in
Italy between May 20 and 31,
Walter Thomas Mendenhall,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
Walter Mendenhall of Hear Grass
Township, lost his right arm, ac
cording to information just re
ceived here.
Snake Finds Way
Into Rural Home
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A snake-, believed to bo a large rat
tier, found its way into the home
of Mrs. Mamie K. Roberson, a wi
dow who lives alone in Bear Grass
Township, early last Sunday night.
As fur as it could be learned here
today, the reptile is still in the home,
with an undisputed range in the
attic.
Going into the house that evening,
Mrs. Roberson heard the snake and
called for help. Neighbors answer
ed the call, but they were unable to
get the snake out. Mrs. Roberson
staled that she remained in the
house with that snake adding, “and
1 am going to keep on staying and
carry on for it is no time to run out
when we got to fight Hitler.”
Thomas Speller Eels
Erotnotion In England
Thomas L Speller was recently
promoted to the rank of corporal
with the U. S. Army in England, his
wife, the former Miss Ruth Moore,
of near Williamston, learned a few
days ago.
The young man has been in Eng
land since the loth of last January.
Founiv Young Man
Wounded In Action
■On the Italian Front
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I'homa* Mendenhall
I.oses Ki^iu Arm When
(»anjgrom» Srts Iji
Wounded on the Italian battlefront
sometime between the 20th and 31st
of May, Pvt. Walter Thomas Men
denhall, according to a message writ
ten by a Red Cross nurse to his par
ents m Bear Grass Township, has
lost his right arm. Gangrene result
ed and it was necessa~y to amputate
the limb, it was pointed out in a
message dated June 3,
In a letter written apparently in
th An/.io Beachhead area by Mrs.
A. 1 mith Read of the Red Cross,
Young Mendenhall, addressing his
mother and father, said: "You will
probably hear from the War Depur ■
mi nt soon that I have been wound
ed, so I have asked the Red Cross
to write and let you know that I am
O. K. They got me in the right arm.
so I can't write myself, but I'm get
ting along fine and you needn’t wor
ry about me. Maybe one of these
days I'll be coming home. Tell my
little sister I’m getting along O. K.”
The above letter was written on
May 31, and apparently between that
time and June 3rd, his arm was am -
putated. The letter, bearing the lat
ter date, reads, in part, as follows:
"Please do not worry over ,ne for
1 am in the best of health. They have
had to amputate my arm for gan
grene set in. Please do not take this
hard, for I am O K. I have a sur
prise Ini you expect to be home
shortly, so you can be on the look
out Am getting the purple heart.
Upon arrival in the States, I expect
to go to a hospital. You will be able
to visit me there until my discharge
(Continued on page four)
Funeral Monday For
Thomas I). Lawrence
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Funeral services were conducted
at his late home near Enfield last
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock for
Mr. Thomas I) Lawrence who died
there Sunday afternoon following a
lorjg illness. Rev. C. U. Crawford,
assisted by Rev. Ross Cable and Rev.
1). C. Crawford, conducted the last
rites. Interment was in Whitakers
Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Lawrence, t>4 years of age,
had made his home in Williamston
lor several months and made many
lasting friendships during his stay
here.
Resides his wife, the former Miss
Ethel I’ittman, he leaves three daugh
ters, Mrs. Walter Travis Martin and
Mrs. Verner Godwin, Jr., both of
Williamston, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Vaughn of Halifax; two sons, Thom
as Lawrence of the home, and James
Lawrence ot Hunter Field, Texas.
More Martin County
Men Called By Army
thi ck casoi.im;
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(iasoline rations lor trucks
will hr allotted to applicants at
the office of the Martin County
War Price and Rationing Hoard
beginning Monday, June 2<>, it
was announced Unlay hv Mrs.
Irene Itlount, chief clerk.
Applicants will report in per
son on or alter that day tor ra
tions, tiie chief clerk explaining
that no rations could lie mailed
direct to the truck owners-op
crators for the third quarter.
Those operators who wait sev
eral weeks will have their ra
tions altered to correspond with
the time left in the third quar
ter period, it v>as explained.
Plaml Under Bond
Booked as “peeping toms," Luther
Kdwarri Nicholson, young white
man, and W. T. Spruill, colored, were
placed under bond in the sum of $100
each for their appearance m the
county court on Monday, June 26.
Said to have admitted prowling
around homes on Halifax Street late
last Monday night, the two men were
given a hearing before Justice J. L.
Hassell. It is believed that others
had been prowling around the homes
in that neighborhood, but officers
have been able to round up only the
two men so far.
Tried for alleged drunkenness,
Robert Green was fined $2.50 and
taxed with $5,50 costs by the trial
justice this week.
Spencer Hyman, charged with dis
orderly conduct, was fined $5 and
taxed with $8.50 costs in the same
court.
Seven Married Men
Included In Group
Leaving Hen4 Today
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Si\ of tin* Kir von White Moil
Were (billed From Non
Farm Occupations
Kleven young white men left ihe
county today in answer to an Army
call for final induction, the group
including seven married men who
leave behind seven little children.
Six of the eleven were in rr n-farm
occupations, and all were under 26
years of age. One or two of the men,
however, were nearer their 26th than
I they wen- then- 25th birthdays.
fifty-five white men
left the county for their pre-induc
tion examinations. Approximately
twenty-one passed the tests. On
May 25, the Navy called ten men, six
of whom were farmers. And now the
Army calls for eleven men, five of
whom are farmers. In the original
group there were 36 farmers, and
from this number only eleven or less
than one-third were finally called
for induction. Ten men or one more
; than half the original number of non
farmers reporting for pre-induction
examinations have now been called
for active duty in the services.
I The names of the men answering
j the Army induction call today, their
registration and last-given addresses
follow:
Simon Jasper Barber, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
Claude Halford House, RFD 1,
Itobersonville.
William Fletcher Martin, Rober
sonville and Portsmouth.
James Cecil Lilley, RFD 1, James
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