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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’'T6~~—
WTiCiamston, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, September 26 ,1941.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Seaman Monk Gobi
And
Tells Of Chow Line
, Former Draft
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Making one of his sporadic but al
ways enjoyed reports on his career
in Uncle Sam’s Navy, Seaman
“Monk” Cobb, writing from New
port, R. I., met an old friend a
short time ago, and after touching
briefly on that meeting, branched
off on eats and chow lines He ap
pealed for a slow down in the pro
duction of spuds, but there wasn’t
a complaint in the whole letter
which follows:
“Just as I finished chow today I
was walking more or less indif
ferently to the Ship’s Service store
with possibly nothing more on my
mind than ice cream when I felt
a slight tug on my left sleeve. Well,
I practically paid no attention as I
thought it was just another sailor
who wanted to play. Then comes a
jerk that nearly decapitates me. I
looked around and who do I see,
Fenner Wallace. Boy! T was glad
to see him. We spent the afternoon
together talking over our Navy ca
reer up until now. He has been
here three days and I have been here
three months. I just didn’t have
the heart to tell him what he was in
around up here, you’d think we
for. Why, the way they run us
were physically fit.
“I don’t know whether you have
any idea what a chow line is like,
but it has a lot of bad points. If you
follow Navy procedure in getting to
your meals, the hour given for that
purpose would be used in its en
tirety and there would never be any
time left for the much needed sack
(sleep) duty. Fifteen to twenty,
minutes of this is absolutely neces
sary for maximum efficiency and
should come after every meal. The
Brass Hats don’t seem to agree, as
this would interfere with tradition.
You know how it is, John Paul Jones
didn’t get to sleep after each meal;
so Seaman 2/c Cobb can’t either.
Well, brother, that’s where inge
nuity, —all Southerners have it—
comes in.
“First, the chow line is about 200
yards long and invariably you’re
the last man. The chow hall has four
entrances and one exit. Each ship’s
detail goes in its particular entrance.
I’m on the Apollo, but I’ve also been
known to be on the Bennington, the
Burias, the Savannah, the Atlanta
and various others. I’ve also learned
to enter in the exit and pretend that
I'm on mess duty and slip right in
line. In fact I was always through
within twenty to thirty minutes at
most. Just to show you what a repu
tation I’ve made for myself, I walk
ed right through the line the other
(Continued on page six)
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Seventy-Eight Tires
Allotted In County
Seventy-eight tires—seventy-four
for passenger cars and four for
trucks—were issued by the Martin
County War Price and Rationing
Board last Friday evening.
Grade I tires were issued to the
following:
G. P. Hughes, H. H. Worsley, Os
car B. Roberson. E. C. Stevenson, J.
D. Knox, Dr. J. E. Ward, R. F. Craw
ford, Everett and Williams, Edgar
H. Harrell, J. A. Roberson, P. P.
Holliday, Kader Lillev, D. O. Weav
er, H. M. Ayers, Cleveland Wilkie,
W. T. Hurst, L. L. Whitfield, David
A. Boyd, W. I. Watkins, L. S. Davis,
S. T. Wynn, George Hopkins, E. N.
Hardison, Mrs. S. W. Mendenhall,
Mrs. Hattie Johnson, Sol Mobley,
Mrs. Pitt Roberson, Joe Everett,
Justus B. Coltrain, L. S. Bullock, E.
L. Fields, S. B. Brown, Willie W. Bai
ley, Fenner Respass, J W. Taylor,
Saunders Revels, J. E. Davenport,
Rev. Pennis W. Davis, Fred Taylor,
E. D. Peele, Kneezer Harrison, Her
bert Lassiter, Rufus H. Taylor, H. L.
Purvis, Z S Cowin, Abbie Haislip.
Zeno Council, Simon J. Barber, J.
D Hardison. B. B. Biggs, J. H. Hop
kins, Seth J. Williams, G. W. Lee,
C. E. Jenkins, Jasper James, W. L.
Bryant, June Bland, William War
ren, A. B. Bullock, Arthur Simpson,
F. F. Pollard, Vance L. Peele, G. C.
James.
Four small truck tires were is
sued, one each to the following: Wil
liamston Package Mfg. Co., Rober
son Slaughter House, R. J. Hardison
and John A. Manning.
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Lions Place More Signs
On Highways IS car Town
The publicity committee of the lo
cal Lions Club has recently placed
two Lions road signs on two of the
highways leading into town. This
addition gives the club a total of five
or one on each incoming highway.
The two erected last week were on
the Plymouth and Windsor roads.
These attraciive signs, made of
Masonite, are a large Lions Club
emblem with a panel beneath on
which is painted the ume and place
of the club meetings. The club pur
chased them through Lions Interna
tional from a Michigan firm.
Plans Series of Tobacco Seed
tBeiFbxprt intents tTT&emnty
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Beginning next Tuesday, agricu!
tural agents and special if Li will eon
/••«••• series ©# tate«e®o«!(iiHMtel
MeLeiidon. Each of the' dr-?:'; V/risTfi?
tions will be started at 2 o'clock or
the days and at the places designat
ed as follows:
Tuesday, October 3, H. U. Peel’s
in Bear Grass Township.
Wednesday, October 4, Coy Rober
son’s in Griffins Township.
Thursday, October 5, T. B. Slade’s
farm in Poplar Point.
Monday, October 9, C. Abram Rob
erson’s in Robersonville Township
Tuesday, October 10, A. B. Ayers
in Bear Grass.
Particular attention will be given
the demonstration at H. U. Peel’s in
Bear Grass Township next Tuesday
A representative of the manufactur
ers and State Extension workers are
HIGH WATER
J
After remaining within its
banks for several days follow
ing warnings of high waters, the
old Roanoke crawled out last
night when a rise of nearly two
feet was reported in the stream
at this point. The river, now
about twelve or fifteen inches
over its banks, this morning
stood at 11.6 feet on the guage,
the weather bureau predicting
that the stream would rise to a
point between 13 and 14 feet
some time tomorrow.
Last night the river was rising
at the rate of almost two inches
an hour, but this morning the
rate was hardly an inch an hour.
At Weldon where the river
reaehed a crest of 48.6 feet late
last Friday, the stream started
falling rapidly early Saturday,
and the river had reached a
stand in the Palmyra area yes
terday.
Lewis A. Thompson
Dies Near Palmyra
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Lewis A. Thompson, well known
Martin County farmer, died at his
home near Palmyra at 3 o’clock last
Saturday morning following a stroke
of paralysis suffered a few days be
fore. Mr. Thompson had visited here
early in the week and was apparent
ly in his usual health at that time.
The son of the late P. J. and Lucy
Anthony Thompson, he was born in
this county fifty-four years ago. He
farmed all his life and in early man
hood was married to Miss Emily Rob
erson, who survives with five sons,
Alfred and Bill of Wilmington, Lar
ry and Albert of the home, and
Thomas, who is now stationed with
the U. S. Army Air Force in Italy;
one brother, R. R. Thompson of near
Palmyra and a sister, Mrs. Graham
Alligocd of Hamilton.
Mr. Thompson was a prominent
member in the Methodist church for
a number of years, and Rev. L, C,
Lee, pastor of the Scotland Neck
Methodist Church, conducted the last
rites at the home Saturday after
noon at 4 o’clock. Interment follow
ed in the family cemetery, near the
home.
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Youth Critically
Hurt In Accident
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Jimmy Hoard, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hoard of Wil
liams Township, was critically hurt
on U. S. Highway 64 about four miles
southeast of here late yesterday af
ternoon.
Riding his bicycle in the direction
of Jamesville, the lad suddenly turn
ed to the left and crashed into the
front left fender and headlight on
Ralph Davenport's car Knocked
about twenty feet, the boy suffered
a compound fracture of the left thigh
and the same limb was badly cut be
tween the kuee ana ankle. He also
suffered a concussion.
Removed to the local hospital by
Davenport, the boy was unconscious
several hours and it could not be de
termined how badly he was hurt
about the head.
Very little damage was done to
the car but the bicycle was smash
ed.
Still unconscious, the youth was
said to be in a critical condition
shortly before noo ntoday.
WARNING
I.t. Vincent Vehar, command
ing officer of the local prisoner
of war camp, announced this
week that prisoners released to
farmers under contract would be
returned to the camp in those
cases where preparations had not
been completed for placing the
prisoners at work immediately
upon their arrival on the farms.
It was pointed out that in sev
‘eral instances the farmers had
not buried the stack poles or
even started plowing up pea
nuts.
; to attend. Chleroptcrn will be use<
there, the assistant agent expl&ininf
.OC^uipnUMt* .VJ0*. »«!&
to apply the material.
uramon or cyanatrid Vill bo used
It is claimed that the chloropicrit
wivl virtually free the tobacco plan
bed of weeds and grass, virtually
rendering unnecessary the mean tasl
of hand picking the bed in the spring
About the same results are to be ex
pected following the use of uramoi
and cyanamid All three preparation!
have other valuable properties, bu
the manufacturers of chloropicrii
claim that the material has beer
found to be toxic to most disease-pro
ducing fungi and bacteria and soi
insects.
It is believed that the material;
will be in general use before verj
long, and farmers are urged to at
tend the demonstration nearest them
New Developments
Predieted On The
Fronts In Holland
Attack Industrial Arm
In Jap-Held Manchuria
For Third Time
New and far-reaching develop
ments on the Western Front in the
Holland area were predicted this
morning after General Eisenhower
ordered a news dimout for that sec
tor. Observers saw in the order a
new movement by Allied troops,
some going so far as to say that a
push will be renewed to sweep up
and around the Siegfried Line. Late
reports from that area while not dis
heartening were not very encourag
ing. Bitter fighting is in progress,
and British airborne troops are hold
ing to the Arnhem sector by a thread.
The supply line running through
Nijmegen was cut yesterday by the
Germans, but Allied forces soon re
opened it. It is the only route open
and it is under heavy enemy fire.
News coming from the Western
Front in the past 24 hours centers
around a heavy artillery bombard
ment directed by the American First
Army Artillery against strong spots
in the main German defenses and
aimed toward the Rhine. Tire bar
rage was described as the heaviest
of the war.
Accompanying Eisenhower’s order
for a news dimout, was an appeal to
the twelve million slave workers in
Germany to rise up and use their
weapons as they had been directed
and “seal the fate of the Reich.”
Over in the Pacific, American
B-29’s today attacked industrial cen
ters in Jap-dominated Manchuria.
No details of the latest, raid in that,
area by the superfortresses have
been made public. On Peleliu Island,
the Marines have about cleaned out
the enemy after driving to a point
just a short distance from the end
of the island.
In Italy, the Eighth Army has
driven eight miles north of Rimini
while the American Fifth Army
smashed beyond the core of the
Gothic Line and are now fighting
less than twelve miles from the Bo
lyogna-Rimini Highway, the main
escape route for large numbers of
the enemy.
The Russians have liberated Es
tonia. and late reports say that the
Germans are now evacuating Riga,
important Latvian port on the Bal
tic.
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County Polio Case Is
Removed to Hickory
Martin County’s first polio victim
of the 1944 epidemic, Otis Lee Ed
mondson, two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Edmondson of Oak
City, was removed to Hickory last
week, reports stating that the child
stood the trip very well. According
to an indirect i uved here,
the case was not as mild as it was
first thought. The victim was exam
ined at Duke and it was said quite
a few of its muscles were affected.
It was first thought that the child
would be left at Duke and the am
bulance driver was given only en
ough gas to make the trip to Dur
ham and back. Duke doctors advis
ed the removal of the child to the
emergency hospital in Hickory, and
they gave the driver a note to the
Durham County Rationing Board
for gas. Some delay resulted, but
when it was learned that a case of
infantile paralysis was in the ambu
lance right in front of the rationing
board, the rations were soon placed
in the driver’s hands.
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To Open Typing Clauses
In School For Adults
Typing classes for adults will be
opened in the local school, beginning
tomoirow evening at 7:30 o’clock, it
was announced today by Miss Eve
lyn Baker, head of the school’s com
mercial department.
Those interested in the instruction
are directed to contact Miss Baker
1 immediately.
TRUCK G AS
The Tbcai ivi flic Mar
tin County War 1 rice and Ra
tioning Board will start issuing
truck gasoline rations for the
fourth quarter r 1 Wednesday,
September 27. it «•_
today by the ihiei^^Tn^
. .pplicaiits who report—for—
their allotments on or before
October 15 will get full allow
ances. Those who report after
October 15 will have their alot
tnents reduced by one-sixth and
those cases where the applicants
call for their allotments after
October 31 will be referred to
the Office of Defense Transpor
tation.
! MARTIN COUNTY
In WORLD WAR I
(Reviewed from old Enterprise
files twenty-seven years age)
SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
It will be interesting to his many
' friends in Martin County to know
that Dr. W. H. House of Oak City
has been cited for bravery by the
British Government. He treated
more than 35 wounded English and
French while the building in which
they were in was being shattered
by shots and bombs from German
airplanes. Though a great part of
the building was totally destroyed
and many people killed, Dr. House
stood at his post until every man
was treated and all were rescued.
Mary G. Watts and Elizabeth Has
sell made $10.00 this week for the
Junior Red Cross selling sandwiches.
James Edwin Harrell, Clyde An
derson and Roland Crawford left
Tuesday for Raleigh to take military
training at the A. and E. College.
Misses Essie Peele and Daisy Man
ning, Messrs. Herbert Peele, Ben
Barnhill and Captain Julius S. Peele
drove to Rocky Mount Sunday for
Captain Peele to take the train to
Columbia, S. C.
Counties that have received their
War Savings Honor Flags, or will
have received them by September
21, are requested to celebrate the
occasion by holding a patriotic ral
ly on that day at Ihe county seat. We
are proud to say that Martin County
is one of the sixteen counties of the
State to receive a War Savings Hon
or Flag. The honor flag is eight feet
long by five feet wide and is simi
lar in design to the National Service
Flag. In the large white center in
place of the stars are the blue let
ters and figures “W. S. S. 100 per
cent.”
Food Administrator Hoover says
that the United States is prepared to
ship this year more than five and
one-half millions of tons of food
stuffs over and above Ihe quantity
supplied our boys and those of our
Allies last year.
James T. Thomason who is station
ed at Camp Gordon spent a few days
in town this week with his wife.
The scarcity of cars out Sunday
last certainly shows the Eastern Car
olina patriotic spirit to he commend
able. Not an automobile was seen
in this part of Ihe county that could
not give a good excuse for being
used.
Prisoner Of War
Writes To Mother
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In a brief message, the first to
come directly from him in his own
handwriting, Staff Sergeant R. J.
Hardison, a prisoner of war some
where in Germany, told his mother
he was getting along all right and
hoped all at home were well. He
deciaied that he was missing every
one at home.
The young man, writing on a spec
ial card, stated that he was going to
church every Sunday and asked his
mother to tell everyone hello.
In conclusion he said, “The war
will seon he over and I’ll be back
home v
Sgt. Hardison, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Hardison, was shot down in a raid
over Austria at 12:20 o’clock in the
afternoon of May 10. He was report
ed missing on the 28th, and on June
26th he was reported a prisoner of
war.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Motorists on Martin County
highways last week continued to
boost the accident record figures.
However, the figures last week
were less than half the size of
those the week before.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
39th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1944 2 0 0 $ 400
1943 0 0 0 000
Comparison To Date
1944 52 24 1 9050
1943 32 16 5 5350
First Sa lary Checks Going To
(L Cov. ii\'Fx+¥hchef$*Ch is Wed?
, First Tr,ov
jamouritinfe' to
TYwered to the
t’ salary check-,
$27.57J^^>vi!l bo dp
194
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nwi’Tr»J etw&s;:** w&k uantt" • •*<•.»/
largcst amount c-ver paid the teach
ers in this county in any one month,
are being distributed two weeks
ahead of the regular payday, pos
sibly because some of the teachers’
finances are in a poor way following
the summer vacation.
Checks are being drawn as fol
lows: for the 75 white elementary
teachers, $10,032.62; for the 76 color
pd elementary teachers, $10,702.31;
for the 17 white high school teachers,
$2,104.99; for the six colored high
school teachers, $835.33; for the one
white elementary school principal,
$174; for the six white high school
principals, $1,492.48; for the two col
ored high school principals, $513.33;
for the eight white vocational teach
ers, $1,247.45, and for the three col
ored vocational teachers, $1,639.45,
a total of $27,574.51,
Last year, the 188 white and col
ored teachers, exclusive of those in
the vocational departments, reeevv
Red Cross Bandage
a
Room Now Working
On September Quota
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Mulcriu! Huh Horn Di-livrnMl
To Workers in Several
Ollier AreaH
Starting work on the September
quota last Friday, volunteers at the
local Red Cross Bandage Room have
already made over 4,000 surgical
dressings and the work is progress
ing fairly rapidly. Material lias al
ready been distributed to several
other communities where volunteers
have done a very effective work in
the past and where impressive re
ports are expected during the course
of the next few days.
A record, it will be recalled, was
established on the August quota out
at Macedonia a few days ago when
fifty persons, including several men,
handled over 2,000 of the 4x8 dress
ings in a single night.
Quarters on the third floor of the
town hall are a bit crowded, but
there is still room for more volun
teers, and others are asked to sup
port the project. There are approxi
mately 10,500 dressings to be made
by the local unit, and the supervisors
are anxious to complete the lask as
soon as possible.
The names of those who volunteer
ed since last Friday follow:
Friday: Mesdarnes G. E. Thorpe,
J. F. Weaver, Anna Harrison, 11. E.
Manning, W. E. Old, John Peele, B.
S. Courtney, II. D. Harrison, Sr., G.
G. Woolard, G. P. Hall, K. D. Wor
rell, V. E. Brown, J. C. Eubanks and
Misses Mary Louise Taylor and
Mildred Watkins.
Sunday afternoon: Mesdarnes G.
(Continued on page six)
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County Young Man
Wounded In France
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Cpl. Roger “Kitty” Riddick was
wounded in France some time dur
ing the month >>f August, according
to a letter received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Riddick, of Ever
etts, a short time ago. Written joint
ly by the young man and his nurse,
the letter stated that he was wound
ed in the leg by shrapnel, that the
wound was not serious. While he is
not able to walk, the young man stat
ed that he was recovering and ex
pected to be up and walking in a
short time.
His nurse, a Californian, declared
that the young man was receiving
the best of attention, and that there
was no cause to worry about him.
It was not slated how the young
man was wounded. Prior to the re
ceipt of the letter stating he had
been wounded, Young Riddick told
his parents about six weeks prev
iously that he had been in two big
battles and went through them with
out a scratch.
After spending a short time in a
hospital close to the war zone, the
young man and his nurse were flown
to another one, possibly somewhere
in England.
“Kitty” entered the service on
December 16, 1942, and went over
seas last March.
He is about the 35th Martin Coun
ty young man reported to have been
wounded in the war to date.
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Few Austrian Peas Still
Available To Farmers
Most of the 600 bags of Austrian
winter peas shipped into this county
for soil building practices have al
ready been distributed, it was an
nounced by the county agent’s office
this week.
i Farmers wishing to carry out the
| soil building practices are asked to
I call for their seed immediately and
plant them as soon as possible.
txi $24,893.59. This year there are
•n ly l #3^ teachers exclush^of^w
most without exception,
oi it. it'tfCiu i iiit' .salaries o.
and colored teachers being based
on the same salary schedule for the
first time this year. The salaries of
the 75 white elementary teachers
range from a low of $71.33 for those
who have no standard, to $172 for
those holding masters’ degrees, and
average $133.77. The salaries of the
75 colored elementary teachers, av
eraging $141.87, range from $111.33
to $164, thi" colored holding an ad
vantage of $8.10 over the white
teachers, on an average.
The figures are based on base pay
plus bonuses and are subject to a re
tirement and withholding deductions
amounting to about four and ten
per cent respectively.
A brief study of the first-month
payroll shows the colored teachers
possessing a shockingly high number
of dependents, meaning that a far
removed uncle or a distant aunt will
lower the amount of withholding
taxes.
..SATURATION POINT
Tobacco deliveries reported
by the local tobacco market j
reached the saturation point
last night, and it was estimated
this morning that approximately
one million pounds of the leaf
were on the floors ready for
sale. Hardly before selling was
resumed this morning .farmers
were unloading for the first sale
next Monday. It Ls quite certain
that unless farmer slow down
their grading work that they
will have to wait their turn in
the streets, possibly overnight.
Sales on the local market will
nearly reach the four-million
pouud mark today. Up until
this morning, 3,725,030 pounds
had been sold for $1,574,017.47,
or an average of $42.26.
Officers Drive On
Griffins Township
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Working in Griffins Township hist
Sunday morning, Officers J. H. Roe
buck and Roy Peel and Patrolman
W. E. Saunders rounded up a num
ber of alleged law violators.
Closing m on Charlie Worsley, the
offices received three pints of li
quor. They had no search warrant,
hut Worsley was very obliging and
brought out a gallon jug with three
pints of white liquor and handed it
over to the law. He is to appear in
court next Monday.
Orange Peel, Jr., and Jesse V. J.
Peel were cited to the courts for op
erating motor vehicles without li
censes.
Driving down the road, Jerry
Gorham was halted, but he went
quite some distance before he could
stop. He was fined $5 and taxed with
the costs in Justice J. L. Hassell’s
court here last evening.
Cases charging Jesse Lewis and
Clarence McCotter with operating
automobiles without drivers’ li
censes, are pending as a result of the
officers’ work Sunday morning
Henry Bond was arrested by local
officers Saturday night for reckless
driving.
Reported Victim Of
Fire In Coal Mine
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Writing to Mayor J. L. Hassell, a
resident of Powhatan Point, Ohio,
stated that a man by the name of
Samuel Larkin or Daniel Williams
lost his life in a coal mine fire there
on the fifth of last July.
According to the letter ,the man
was believed to have been from WU
liamston. After a thorough check,
local police have found no trace of
anyone who left here for the coal
mines in Ohio. A Daniel Williams is
living and working here now, but
nothing could be learned here about
another person by that name.
The letter signed by Dave Mon
cell and dated September 14, also
stated that the bodies had just been
recovered and were being removed
that day from the mine.
OLD CLOTHES
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The collection of old clothing
for the destitute in war-torn
countries is progressing very
slowly here this week, according
to first reports coming from the
collection center at the Baptist
Church.
Underway throughout the na
tion where it is hoped at least
fifteen million pounds of cloth
ing will be collected ,the drive
headquarters are being main
tained at the Baptist Church and !
will be brought to a close with
in the next few days.
Court Term Brought
Vu("yi U i\
Last Friday Noon
h>rr»l Btelliw
•'ollir Church Cas«
The regular September term of
the Martin County Superior Court
scheduled to run for two weeks for
the trial of both criminal and civil
cases was brought to an unexpected
close last Friday noon after parties
to a religious dispute applied the
doctrine of brotherly love and recon
ciled their differences. A few cases,
including divorce actions, were con
tinued, the court placing two in pre
ferred positions for trial at the No
vember term of the superior court.
It was ruled that the calendar for
the second week hardly merited the
re-opening of the court Monday.
The end of the term was hurried
by action taken in the case brought
by the Primitive Baptist Corre
sponding Association of Eastern
North Carolina, Incorporated, against
Julian Callier and others. It seems
that the Association developed some
differences ovei the frequency feet
washings were held The differences
broadened until the controversy was
pushed into the civil courts and an
array of counsel was lined up on
each side.
Last Thursday afternoon. Judge
Leo Carr, presiding over the court,
appealed to the parties to the dis
pute, urging them to apply Christian
principles and settle their difference
out of court. Brief conferences were
held by the parties with their attor
neys present. It was agreed at that
tune that they could not agree and
plans were made to continue the
trial of the case the following morn
ing.
Apparently the litigants prayed
long and earnestly Thursday night,
for early Friday morning the lead
ers of the group opened a joint
meeting on the courthouse lawn.
When court was opened later, the
spokesman for both groups explain
ed to the judge that they were try
ing to reach an agreement and ask
ed for a little more time for their
deliberations. "Take all the time you
want and try to settle it out of
court,” Judge Carr told them.
About an hour later, the litigants
lined up before the bar and George
Wimberly, “state” deacon, told the
court that all issues advanced in
the complaint had been amicably
settled and the case went off the
docket. Judge Carr congratulated
the group and said that their acts ex
emplified real Christianity.
The case attracted attention over
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Williamston Youth
Buried In France
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Oniley Shepard Cowan, Metal
smith, third class, U. S. Naval Re
serve, who was killed in action in
the European Theater of Operations
on August 18, was buried in a mili
tary cemetery in France, according
to information recently received
from Commander C. O. Comp.
Commander Comp’s letter reads
as follows:
“Please accept my deep personal
sympathy in this hour of bereave
ment caused by the death of your
son, Oniley Shepard, Jr,, while serv
ing under my command on the U.
S S. -.
“Your son died on the evening of
August 18, 19-14, in the line of duty,
as a result of action with the en
emy.
“On August 20, 1941, your son's
body was buried in an official Unit
ed States Military Cemetery with a
religious service conducted by this
ship’s chaplain, accompanied by the
doctor and a group of your son’s
former shipmates . . .
“1 want you to know that I am
proud lo have had your Son on my
ship He was a splendid young man.
He was a conscientious worker and
was well liked by his shipmates. His
dc.-W, with the high
est traditions of the Naval Service.
The supreme sacrifice which he
has made will remain as a precious
memory to all of us on this ship.
“May God comfort you in your
grief and give you the deep satisfac
tion of knowing that your son has
the last full measure of his devo
tion in duty to his country and to
the cause of human freedom."
It was not revealed by the Com
mander, but it is understood that
the .young man’s body was buried in
France.
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Robbers Enter Garage
here For Third Time
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Entering the Dixie Motor Company
building on Washington Street for
the third time in recent weeks, rob
bers last Friday night stole an un
disclosed number of gun shells and
.22 calibre rifle bullets and several
motor vehicle parts.
Police Chief Chas. Mobley said
yesterday that he went to the scene
of the robbery the following morn
ing but could iearn nothing about
it Ono report stated the robber* en
tered the building through a rear
window.