NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 62
ff'illiamston, Marlin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesd v, August 8, 1944.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Take Preventive Step1
Against Poliomyelitis
Municipal Pool Is
Closed For Season;
Bans For Children
No Travel Ban Imposed, But
Public Is Asked to Keep
Children at Home
Following the spread of poliomye
litis (infantile paralysis) to this sec
tion of the State during the past few
days, county health authorities last
week-end took what are believed to
be the most sensible steps to prevent
the spread of the disease in this area.
While no strict bans have been im
posed, the health authorities advis
ed the closing of the municipal swim
ming pool, Sunday Schools, theaters
and public gatherings to children un
der sixteen years of age. It should be
noted that the Sunday schools and
theaters will not be closed, but chil
dren under sixteen are not to be ad
mitted for an indefinite period.
The health department announced
this week that all agencies and oper
ators of amusement houses and oth
er public places where children fre
quently gather had pledged their co
operation in support of the prelim
inary precautionary measures.
Just how long the partial ban will
hold, health authorities could not
say, but they assured the public that
all restrictions would be lifted as
soon as possible or as soon as such
action was considered safe.
The usual movement of children in
public is not banned, but the health
office is directing an earnest plea to
all parents to keep their children at
home, and do no more traveling than
is absolutely necessary. All public
gatherings of children, including
Boy Scouts, are being banned by
voluntary action, but it is possible
that bans will be enforced by law
if the preliminary regulations are ig
nored.
No action has been taken to change
the opening date for the county
schools, but unless there is an abrupt
end of the disease spread in the
State, it is quite likely that the
schools will not open in the county
on August 31, that the opening date
will be changed to about the middle
of September, possibly the 18th. The
school authorities and members of
the health office are scheduled to
meet on Thursday of this week to
study the problem.
No cases of the disease have been
reported in this county to date, but
cases have been reported in sever
al adjoining counties. Up until a few
days ago no cases had been reported
east of Wilson, but it is fairly defi
nite now that the disease has made
its appearance in Beaufort, Bertie
and Hyde Counties.
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County Young Man
Wounded In France
Pfc. Paul C. VanLandingham
was painfully but believed not badly
wounded in action somewhere in
France between the latter part of
June and the middle of July, ac
cording to a letter just received by
his mother, Mrs. C. S. VanLanding
hum, near here.
The nature of his wounds was not
disclosed, the youth assuring his
mother by pointing out that he
^would walk, talk
He is in a hospital in England and
stated that he was getting along fine,
’■kyteif’jng that he wasnVtiurt very
much. He added that he was getting
the best of treatment and that he
would be all right in a few weeks.
Vanlandingham stated that he
•was «--jatrHwtotiv-frkm
a captured Jerry.
‘‘Foster (bis brother) wrote me he
was here, and I have the Red Cross
trying to help me locate him, I hope
I get to see him; it’s been two years
this month since I saw him,” he said
in his letter bearing date of July
17 th.
The young man entered service
\«41, receiving his train
ing at Fort Jackson, S. C., Camp
Forrest, Tenn., Camp Blanding, Fla.
and Camp Atterbury, Indiana, be
fore leaving for overseas duty Iasi
February. His brother, John Forst
er, has been overseas since about the
middle of June.
It is a bit singular that two of th<
Martin County men reported killec
in France and at least two of th<
five reported wounded should hav<
landed in England about the sam<
time—February of this year.
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Assault Costs Colored
Woman One Of Her Eye
Slapping his wife in the face
Gadys Peel, county colored mar
broke her glasses and caused he
to lose sight in one eye. A piec
of the glass was driven into the eye
ball, one report said. The assauH
the details of which are to be aire<
in the county court next Monday
took place last week.
Bond was fixed in the sum c
$200.00
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Another serious highway acci
dent forged its way into the rec
ord last week, costing one person
his left arm and enda igering the
lives of others.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by correcpnnding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
31st Week Comparison
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1944 1 1 0 $ 100
1943 110 50
Comparison To Date
1944 43 23 1 7700
1943 26 12 5 3575
Allies Shatter Nazi
Attack and Continue
Drive Toward Paris
Camulians Launch Big Scale
Drive Below Caen Early
This Morning
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Despite a flare-up to their rear in
the Mortain-Avranches area yester
day, American spearhead forces con
tinued their drive toward Paris to
day, late reports placing them with
in 115 miles of the French capital.
Already, American soldiers are mak
ing plans to spend the next leaves
and furloughs in Gay Paree.
In the sharpest counterattack since
D-Day, the Germans pooled their
tank forces in the Mortain sector yes
terday and attempted to move to
Avranches, their .over-all plan be
ing to cut the Americans’ corridor
connecting Normandy with Brittany.
Incomplete reports coming from that
area clearly indicate that it was a
determined and fierce attack. At one
time the American land forces were 1
hard pressed, but in the early after
noon Allied air power moved in to
halt the drive and shatter the enemy.
Between 135 and 140 enemy tanks
were wrecked by low-flying planes
alone, and the attack was smashed.
Apparently the drive to cut off the
Americans had little effect on Al
lied strategy in France. The Ameri
cans continued on toward Paris,
while others continued to exploit the
strong points on the Breton Penin
sula. The Allies were nine days tak
ing the Cherbourg port, and it re
mains to be seen how long they will
be in clearing the enemy from Brest,
Lorient, St. Nazaire and other im
portant objectives in the peninsula.
An unconfirmed report stated that
the Germans, apparently afraid of
the French patriots, are eager to
surrender to the Americans.
On the eastern side of the action
front, the Canadians, forming an in
dependent unit of their own, launch
ed what appears to be a big-scale at
tack below Caen. The drive, started
before daybreak this morning, had
gained four miles over a three-mile
front by noon tuday, and was said to
be rising in violence hourly.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, of the
French Committee of National Lib
eration, declares that a powerful
French Army with modern equip
ment would soon join the Allies in
France
Coe Dieting ) efiw' »-■«>>!» :v". 'J*
front the Paris area, some starting
that the Germans are digging in for
a determined stand before the city,
while other rumors declare the Ger
mans are withdrawing from the city
toward the Maginot line with their
eyes firmly fixed on the Marne sec
JPK and the German . ,
The liberation movement, spear
headed by the Americans, is said to
be receiving a great welcome in one
French center after another.
Thre has been little change on the
Italian front during the past few days
but late reports indicate that the Al
lies are making preparations for a
mass attack on the Gothic line which
run.?, fjggr Pisa to Rimini.
No startling ' developments have
been reported in the Pacific theater
since a U. S. task force steamed to
within six hundred miles of Japan,
blasted thirty-eight Jap ships, in
cluding eight warships, leveled air
(Continued on page six)
ROUND-UP 1
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After reporting few arrests in
recent weeks, local police, coun
ty officers and military police
i went into action last week-end
to round up five persons for al
, leged infractions of the peace.
, One was arrested for a
r dangerous assault with a dead
> ly weapon. One was booked for
drunken driving, and three oth
, ers were detained for public
i drunkenness.
Three of the five were white
persons, the ages of the entire
group ranging from 21 to 65
years.
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County’s Board Of
Commissioners In
Short Meet Monday
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^’ery Little Business Discuss
ed; Hear Report from
ABC Board Chairman
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Meeting in regular session here
Yesterday, the county commission
's had very little business on their
■alendar for consideration. Irving L.
Smith, Robersonville man, was re
ippointed a member of the County
Ucoholic Beverage Control Board
or a three-year term, the appoint
nent having been made subject to
tpproval of the board of education
md health. A second ABC Board
nember appointment is expected
ihortly to fill the position made va
unt when Lawrence Hyman was
■ailed into service.
Tax relief orders were issued to
C. C. Jones, Williamston, in the sum
>f $2 since lie had been called into
he service, and one for $1,20 listed
n error to J. W Gurkin. Griffins
township
Appearing before the board, V.
1. Spivey, chairman of the County
\BC Board, reported on the board’s
iperations during the past nine
rears and explained the delay in
urning over profits to the county
ind the several store towns. No prof
ts have been paid to the county in
leveral quarters and the towns have
lot received their share of the pie
profits during the past two quarters,
he chairman explaining that the
noard was trying to build up its in
ventories by advancing cash for li
juor. It was also pointed out that
urge wine stocks were included in
.he invento/.'ies, that while sales
lad been small in recent months, the
vine business was expected to in
■rease during the fall and winter
nonths. It is understood that the
\BC system in the county now has
in inventory of approximately $40,
100, a fairly large portion of which
s in wine stocks.
Jurymen were drawn for the two
veeks of Martin County Superior
Jourt convening on the third Mon
lay in September, as follows:
First Week
Jamesville: James C. Williams and
\rthur L. Modlin.
Williams: David G. Griffin, Joe L.
Joltrain, A. W. Hardison, Henry F.
Williams and W. J. Gardner.
Griffins: Elbert Roberson, Jesse
David Hardison and Arthur C. liob
»rson.
Bear Grass: Ralph B. Holliday, II.
jomer Harrison, J. Collins Griffin
md K. O. Rogers.
Williamston: W. It. Glover, Willie
:i. Modlin, Wendell Peel, William
Lambert, J. W. Gurganus, W. C. Bai
ley and J. Daniel Lilley.
Cross Roads: Jesse Keel.
Robersonville: V. L. Roberson and
[. G. Keel.
Poplar Point. J. S. Beach.
Goose Nest. B. A. Long and H. J.
Haislip, Jr.
Second Week
Griffins: It. Dewey Perry and Hoy
D. Coltrain.
Bear Grass: S. H. Mobley, W. A.
Perry and Calvin Ayears.
Williamston: J. D. Thrower, Fen
ner Bonds, J. Oscar Daniel, David
Keel, Bill Gay, C. II. Godwin, Jr.,
I. Haywood Rogers and Dan W.
(Continued on page six)
Name Principal For
Farm Life School
George Lassiter, of South Mills,
has been named principal of the
gajSchool in this _county, it
was announced tins week l>y“fh*e
office of the superintendent. Mr.
Lassiter is an old school man, hav
ing taught in several schools in the
State .including those of Dure Coun
ty for the past two years.
Mrs. Lassiter will teach in the
school’s grammar grades, and they
will JpUAMFRiS*!. uttWJv'v St
announced.
An application has been received
for the position of principal at Bear
Grass and an interview is scheduled
for tomorrow.
Other than the Farm Life. elec
tions, no faculty positions have been
filled in the county schools during
the past few days, but several up
pniMlouv. .ata. ten*.
is now believed that most positions
will be filled within the next few
days, but there is some doubt if all
of them can be filled unless local
talent in some school areas volun
teer for service.
Assistant To Home
Agent Begins Work
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Just recently appointed, Miss Mar
garett Ricks is entering upon hei
new duties as assistant home agenl
in this county shortly.
A graduate of East Carolina Teach
ers College, Greenville, with thi
class of 1944, Miss Ricks has beer
doing special work in Halifax Coun
ty this summer. As a member of t
4-H club in Johnson County, Mis:
Ricks lead the field, winning scvera
state and national awards. She wil
help direct the 4-H club work in th<
county.
Miss Ricks is from Selma.
Artillery 'Eye1
A PERISCOPE of the type used in ar
tillery observation posts to observe
gun tire is examined by Sri N E
living ol Newark, N J., after
American troops had captured a
German pillbox on the invasion
coast oi t rance U S Army Signal
Corps photo (lulernuiumal)
MARTIN COUNTY
In WORLD WAR l
(Reviewed from old Enterprise
files twenty-seven years ago)
July 6. 1917.
Monday, the Exemption Board for
Martin County met at the Court
House and did the preliminary work
for the drafting of the 150 men who
will be carried out from the county
under the draft bill. 1,500 men are
registered and it will require ex
cellent and impartial judgment to
select 150 from this number,
July 27, 1917.
Friday afternoon, when the num
bers of those drawn in the selective
draft commenced to be received over
the wires ,the people of Williams
ten became intensely interested in
the matter. All that morning there
had been signs of feverish anxiety
among both races, and the announce
ment of the numbers added greatly
to the effect.
Martin County’s quota was 145
and as 28 had already enlisted only
117 were needed to complete the
quota.
The first Martin County man to
be drawn was Lefender Yurrell, col
ored, wlio lives in Williams Town
ship.
Dennis C. Taylor left Tuesday for
Norfolk to offer himself for enlist
ment in the Navy. He was drawn
in the selective draft, but decided
to enlist, and chose his work.
August 3, 1917.
Turner T. Grimes, assistant book
keeper in the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, volunteered for service in the
Navy at Norfolk last week. However,
he failed to pass on account of his
weight which was 20 pounds under
the required number of 128.
N. S. Godard, who was examined
for service at Warren ton last week,
could not meet the requirements as
to physical strength, being deaf in
one ear.
August 17, 1917.
To date the complete and revised
list of drafted men from Martin in
cludes 337 men.
The Exemption Boards in Martin
County are face to face with a situa
tion which should not exist in this
time when every citizen in the coun
try needs to be strong and alert. One
o fthe serious things which has to
be reckoned with is that many folks
make affidavits to the claims of those
desiring to escape the draft, and
.T’K rr ;-.’;: l.vL ..
the light. The local board is urgent
that the people in Martin County be
cautious in this serious matter.
August 31, 1917.
Leroy Anderson left Saturday af
ternoon for Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to
enter the training camp there.
. Seplem brr *.
Yesterday Martin County sent us
first men to join the Army. Acting
in accordance with the instructions
of the War Department, only five
per cent of the quota of 145 men were
taken on the first call.
A large crowd was at the statior
to bid the men goodbye, and tc
cheer them with kindly expressions
Flag-adorned Testaments were . pro
^L’oieu""icffne nicn' oy Mr. W. C. Man
ning, chairman of the Martin Coun
ty Council of Defense, and the Rec
Cross Auxiliary gave each one 5
comfort bag. The squad was placet
in the command of Dennis C. Taylor
and the members of the Exemptior
Board were present to see them off
The men went to Columbia, S. C.
where they will be trained for serv
ice. The squad composed of: Denni;
C. Taylor, Williamston; James A
Leggett, Williamston; Bernard G
Hyman, Oak City; Robert E. Harrell
Oak City; Jodie D. Woolard, Rober
sonville; William H. Gray, Roberson
ville; Rufus R. Carson, Bethel.
Revival Meeting Being
Held In Bethany Clinrel
The first in a series of reviva
meeting services was held in th
Bethany Church near here last even
ing. Conducted by Rev. S. A. Fan
- of Roanoke Rapids, the services wil
be held each night at 8:30 o’clocl
and the public is cordially invited.
Two More Martin County Young
Men Are Killed on the Battle! ield
Jamesville Youth Islj
Killed In Action In
France On June 19th
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Levie H. Davis, Jr., Was First
Reported Missing There
On June 21st
Pfc. Levie Horace Davis, fust re
ported missing in France on June 21,
was killed in uction on June 19 on
the battlefields of that country, ac
co-ding to a later message received
by the young man’s mother, Mrs,
Mattie Davis, of near Jamesville, a
few days ago. No details of his un
timely death were offered in the
brief message received from the
War Department or in a formal let
ter received from the same source a
short time later. Members of the
family are at a loss to explain the
time element in the messages. In a
first telegram received in late July,
it was stated that the young man
was missing on June 21. The last
message stated that he had been i
killed on June 19.
As far as it can be learned here,
Davis is the first Martin County man
to die on French soil in the current
war, and the 28th man from this
county to died while in the service
of his country since Pearl Harbor.
Four other Martin County youths
have been reported wounded in the
invasion and battle for France, and
a second young man has been report
ed killed there.
The son of Mrs. Mattie Gurkiri
Davis and the lute Levie H. Davis,
the young man was born near
Jamesville on November 19,1919. He
spent his early life on the farm or
until January 28, 1941, when lie
answered voluntarily his country's
call and entered the Army. A mem
ber of the Corinth Free Will Baptist
Church for about ten years, Pfc.
Davis is remembered as a dutiful
son and a young man who held the
respect of all who knew him.
After volunteering for service, the
youth trained at Fort McClellan,
Alabama, Fort Benning, Georgia,
and a short time at Fort Dix, New
Jersey, before sailing for overseas
service in February of this year.
During his stay in England, lie
made many friends, some of whom
have since corresponded with mem
bers of his family.
••"A member id an infantry division,
Young Davis was among the first
American forces to land in France
(Continued on page six)
County Youths Meet
Over In New Guinea
In n recent letter, Pfc. Thomas Lee
Hawkins, Williamston colored boy,
dates he is still in New Guinea and
getting along fine, except for home
sickness and an everlasting yearning
to get back home.
Asking ubout the folks back home,
Hawkins expressed the wish that
they were getting along all right.
“From what I read in the paper,
they vein to be getting along fine.
I hope they keep it up."
Hawkins went on to tell about
meeting two boys from home. "A
few nights ago 1 went to a picture
show and sal in tin' rain to see it.
We were returning to our station on
a truck when someone asked, 'Is
"that you, i'lawkins^Tdidn't say any
thing because at the time I did not
know who it was M. anvMCfe' did
not know him, and about that time
he pulled off his cap and then' was
one of my old friends from home,
Nathaniel Howard. Was I glad to
see him! I could not say anything
■ ftn a a tmmm
some one from home. Farther on
down the road we met a white
soldier. He told me he was R. J.
Hardison’s cousin, so there I was
with two boys from home. I had
never been happier since entering
the service three and one-half years
ago. We started talking about home.
The white soldier asked me about
a.. tdt e,f... riiw.’.es truck uome. ( tuide
him everything was all light when
I left last December.
“Later, I learned another boy, Jim
3o, from home is over here, and I
hope to see him soon.
“I got a paper after I saw R. J.
Hardison’s cousin, and I don’t think
he knew anything about him being
’ missing. I used to work with Mr. R.
J. at Clark’s Drug Store. He is a nice
boy and I hope he gets home all
right.
“I was also to hear about Lt. Bill
’ Ballard. I used to work with him
at Pender’s Store. He was a real
friend of mine. I will be glad when
this war is over and hope it will be
before I lose any more of my good
friends back home. I am going to
I save their pictures so I can remem
ber them.”
1 Hawkins went on to say that he
j had two brothers in the service, Cpl.
- William Hawkins, now in England or
1 France?, and Pvt. James Hawkins
1 who is now in Africa. “I hope we
, all get back O. K. to free life and see
all the people back home.
RAINFALL
Following a long dry season,
the rains came in July to restore
hopes and pull the precipitation
total up to a passing figure. The
total for July —3.72—is far from
a record and falls almost five 1
Inches below the recorded fall in
July of last year, but it came at
an opportune time and possibly
was more welcomed than the
five- and six-inch totals record
ed in each of the early months of
the year. August is keeping the <
backbone of the drought broken, ^
3.11 inches having fallen so far ]
this month. ]
Through July of last year there ;
were 229.81 inches of rain, and |
in tlie corresponding period this ■
year there were 26.41! inches. The
big difference came in the time ,
rather than the amount. In May,
June and July, 1943 ,the total
was 17.32 inches as compared
with 6.12 inches in the corre
sponding months, this year.
Officials Consider
Varied Calendar of
Business Last Night
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Will Miikt* Further Stinlv Be
fore I’ureliuiuup: a See
ontl Fire Truck
In a two-hour session last evening,
:he town commissioners studied a
varied business calendar, taking def
nite action in several instances and
ielaying action in others.
A high spot in the meeting was
cached when the commissioners or
dered a slight change in the main
street parking system. Admitting
that the present parking system is
not suitable to the narrow street, the
ximmissioners proposed to change
the parking angle from 45 to 35 de
grees. The new plan will make it
easier for one to park a car and it is
believed that it will allow two or
three more feet for the two-lane
traffic. The police will be called
upon to check up on parking.
The proposed purchase of a new
fire truck was discussed, but no fi
nal action was taken, the board mem
bers dt>< idiug to make r further study
jf specifications and prices.
It was pointed out that it is next
to impossible to purchase a stock
chassis and build a fire Iruck body
in dpumper equipment on it. It is
possible, according to one manufac
turer, to build and deliver within
120 days a standard machine. The
prices range from around $5,700 to
1>7,200.
Approximately $100 was appro
priated for tiling a ditch for a new
street that will connect the high and
graded schools.
The street, already cleared, will
open up much property for building
after the war, it was pointed out.
The owner, Dr. J S. Rhodes, has
agreed to build the street, it was ex
plained to the commissioners.
At the suggestion of Mrs Jim Sta
ton and other interested taxpayers,
the commissioners discussed several
current problems. They will ask op
erators of various trucks to equip
their machines with mufflers as soon
as possible and help eliminate some
of thi' unnecessary noise.
A request fur a stop light, corner
of Jlfaf!Pircr*u*ainiiTt<Tn SfiiTTs,^re
ceived consideration but was ruled
out since the equipment is not to be
had.
Mayor J. L. Hassell was instructed
to make inquiries about the possi
bility of building an airport for the
town after the war. The possibility
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er-locker here was also briefly dis
cussed.
When asked about discontinuing
the operation of the municipal swim
ming pool because expenses outdis
tance revenue by a fairly large sum,
the commissioners expressed the
opinion that the investment was too
great to abandon the property. The
board did order the pool, closed dur-.
ing the remainder of the summer on
account of infantile paralysis.
Commissioners Green, Lindsley,
Godwin and Griffin were present for
the meeting.
BANDAGE BOOM
__y
A shipment of material for
making surgical dressings is ex
pected in this county within the
next day or two, Mrs. J. B. Tay
lor, chairman of the Ked Cross
bandage room here, announced
yesterday, explaining that a bill
of lading liad been received, that
possibly the material would
reach here in time for opening
the room the latter part of this
or early next week.
It could not be learned how
much material is included in the
shipment, but part or all of it
was to have been included In the
July quota, Mrs. Taylor explain
ed.
Jolan Perry Loses
Life in Action in
France On July 11
father Notified of His Son’s
Death in Message Reeeiv*
ed Yesterday Morning
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CpI. Colan Gray Perry, Williams
township young man, u.ia killed in
iction on the battlefields ut France
m July 11, his father, Mr Joseph
1. Perry, was notified by the War
Department yesterday morning,
similar to other casualty messages,
he terse note, expressing the secre
ary of war’s deepest sympathy, of
ered few details other than the
late of the young man’s death and
he theater of operations. His father,
hiding it impossible to check the
eats caused by shock and grief, said
yesterday morning that he had not
ward from the young man in weeks,
hat while he felt something was
wrong he had hoped good news
would come.
Cpl. Perry is the 29th Martin
bounty young man to make the su
jreme sacrifice while in the service
if his country, and the secotid to die
m French soil in recent weeks. It
could not be learned definitely, but
te is believed to have entered
France on or shortly after D-Day,
following a stay of several months
in England.
In one of his last letters to his
father, the young man said he was
getting along fine and instructed his
father in a firm but kindly manner
not to worry about him. The son
went on to explain that there were
many hedgerows and trees in the
area, intimating that they offered
good places to hide from enemy fire,
[la toid r the capture of 13-year-old
boys in the Gei my army, and ex
pressed the ho’ , h t We war would
soon be ov r and that all the boys
could ret- rn h< m •.
The si n oi . o 11 h H. Perry and
the late Mrs. Inabell Bob-rson Perry,
he was born in tIn- Farm Life sec
tion of t! i if I in' Towns!11 p on October
31, 1920 As a young man he work
ed on tlu farm most of the time,
spending about one >var on a boat
plymg the Atlantic seaboard waters
for a lumber concern, and working
during offseasons at various jobs in
William-ton Prior to his entry in
to tile service the latter part of 1942,
he farmed with his father over in
Williams Township. After a short
Hay at Fort Bragg, he trained at
Fort Bi nning, Ga., and at Fort Jack
son, spending a short time at a
northern embarkation center before
going to England last Fobruary.
lie was married to Miss Sudie
Martin last year. Besides his wife
and father, he leaves two brothers,
James II. Perry of this county and
Joseph Jasper Perry who is now in
the service and was stationed some
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County Native Dies
In South Carolina
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Kemp Peel, u native of this coun
ty, died in a Hartsville, South Caro
lina, hospital last Wednesday after
noon following a short illness.
A son of the late John Edwin and
Melissa Kemp Peel, he was born in
Q-vil'1'SWW U'L "OUJVtjJ, 85
years ago. After spending his early
life in this court!’^j^jnoved to Soi't^**
Carolina, locating in the Lylia sec
tion of Darlington County, near
Hartsville, where he worked as a
master mechanic for many years.
Mr. Peel, a member of Macedonia
Chunjdjijgig...this county* ^ was here
VKTungrelalivcs and friends about
two months ago and apparently was
in his usual health at that time.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Elizabeth Keley, of
South Carolina; two sons, Charlie E.,
>f Hartsville, and Pvt. Lucas Peel,
now m the armed services overseas,
and a brother, Jordan G. Peel, of
Griffin,; Township, this county.
"I'xxiWTui last
Friday morning at 11 o’clock in
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church by
Rev. Carl Parker and interment was
in the church cemetery.
Among those attending the service
from this county were, Mr. Jordan
Peel, Mrs. C. M. Peel, Mrs. George
Peel, Alton, Howell and Maurice
Peel and Miss Lola Peel.
Sailors Row With Lone
Soldier Over His Girl
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One sailor was jailed and three
others were about to land in the
hoosegow here last Saturday night
following a disturbance at a near-by
filling station. A hearing is sche
duled in the case later this week and
details could not be had immediate
ly. One report stated that a lone
soldier had his girl or a girl at the
station, and the four sailors offered
to take her off his hands, and a
fight followed. The girl was said to
have stopped a hand blow to the
face.