NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING)
THE ENTEPRISE LN ALL PARTS
OP THE WORLD EACH WEEK,
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEFRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
VOLUME XLVil—NUMBER 86
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 319 1944«
T
ESTABLISHED 1899
Paiton And Hodges
Believed Ready To
Launch Biff Attack
Filial. Batik oil Leyte Nears as
U. S. Airnien Continue
Effective Work
While recent developments in the
Pacific still hold the spotlight, ob
servers are still predicting terrific
action on the Western Front ere
long. According to la'est reports,
uor,”icial of course. General Hedges
a,,d Patton are expected to launch
an sll-out drive toward and deeper
into Germany soon. Positions have
been improved by Patton’s forces in
the Metz area, but the Allied li”>e
from Holland to the south has been
inactive for the most part for the
past few days. October has been a
bad month for war along the West
ern Front. Transport has been bog
ged down in mud and the weather,
it is fairly certain, can get little
worse in November.
The German front is collapsing in
Southwestern Holland and the free
use of Belgium’s great port of Ant
werp is expected shortly. Possibly,
the expectu^^pB**''
* lin from the- west will hardly get
underway until supplies and other
materials can be moved through the
port. During the meantime. Allied
air forces are blasting strategic targ
ets in Germany, Cologne bearing the
brunt of the attacks over the past
week-end.
The front in Italy is bogged down
in mud, sleet and rain.
The battle of East Prussia raged
into its third week yesterday. All
dispatches indicate that as a collision
between fortification and armor on
the one side and mobile armor and
firepower on the other, it is one of
the most violent in history. To use
an old phrase, it appears to be the
case of an irresistible force meeting
a nearly immoveable object.
But Moscow reports that the ob
ject does move. The Red Army
gains some ground. Cherniakhov
sky’s tanks and infantry, when
shells and bombs have broken a way,
progress through a fortified rone
covering East Prussia up to 100
miles deep all the way to Konigs
berg.
In effect the Germans have turned
the entire country into a fort, re
doubt after redoubt. “Pravda” says
that upon entering East Prussia the
Russians found field fortifications in
belts nine to twelve miles deep. Be
hind these were two more lines of
pillboxes, 18 to 25 miles deep. These
three lines formed merely the outer
belt of the fortified oe. Defenses
consist generally of 25 to 70 firing
(Continued on page four)
Has Part In Five
Pacific Invasions
Coast Guardsman William E. Stin
nette, 819 W. Main St., Williamston,
was one of the first Americans to
return to the shores of the Philip
pines. Stinnette was a me mber of
the crew of a Coast Guard manned
LST which, with a number of oth
er Coast Guard amphibious craft,
beached in the first assault waves to
discharge troops and supplies. His
ship has carried the men of General
Douglas MacArthur in many prev
ious amphibious attacks' in the
Southwest Pacific, all leading west
ward to the Philippine Islands to
which MacArthur had pledged lib
eration by his armies, his airforce
and the naval and amphibious forces
placed at his disposal. Stinnette fol
lowed in an uld Coast Guard tradi
tion, for the cutter ‘'McCullough”
was a part of Admiral Dewey’s
squadron in Manilla Bay when U. S.
forces first entered the Philippines
in May, 1898.
Stinnette participated in the South
west Pacific invasions of Tana Mer
ah Bay, Wake Island, Biak Island,
Noemfoor, and Cape Sansapor. He
wears the American Defense, Paci
fic-Asiatic Theatre and the Good
Conduct ribbons. Having graduated
from the Williamston High School
in 1941, Stinnette was employed by
the McClees Grocery Company be
fore entering the Coast Guard.
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Award Air Medal To
Sgt. Edgar M. Taylor
Seymour Johnson Field, N. C.,
Oct. 20—The Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters has been award
ed Staff Sergeant Edgar M. Taylor,
it was announced today by Colonel
Dudley B. Howard, Commanding Of
ficer of this Fu st Air Force base. Fhe
decoration is to be delivered to Mrs.
Audrey Taylor, RFD 3, Williamston,
the mother of S/Sgt. Taylor, who was
reported missing in action and now
safe.
The citation accompanying the
award read: ‘‘For exceptionally mer
itorious achievement, while partici
pating in twenty separate bomber
combat missions over enemy occu
pied Continental Europe. The cour
age, coolness and skill displayed by
this enlisted man upon these occa
sions reflect great credit upon him
self and the Armed Forces of the
United States.”
Ask Democrats To Contribute
To Campaign Fund for Party
Reiviv.vvs \
contributions,
quarters of Jj
addressing hi
loyal Democrats in Martin County
to contribute to the campaign fund.
No large contributions are expected,
but individuals are asked to give $5
or $10 or even a dollar will be ac
ceptable and greatly appreciated.
Approximately $800 has already
been raised in this county, several
townships V»
and passed tneir quotas Tnc
j party’s county treasurer, L. B. Wynne
' has already forwarded $300 to head
quarters in the State, and national
headquarters is asking for $1,200.
Loyal Democrats are asked to clip
out the following, fill in the name
and amount and forward it with a
contribution to Mr. L. B. Wynne,
Treasurer for the Party in Martin
i County, Williamston, N. C.:
Mr. L B Wynne, Treasurer,
| Williamston, N. C.
, Dear Sir: I am enclosing $. to help pay the expenses
I of President Roosevelt’s radio sp eche3. Kindly see that this is sent
j to national headquarters along with other gifts.
| Name ....
. Address ....
Township
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DEMOCRAT
Mr. rieuy Peel is recognized
as Martin County’s No. I Dem
ocrat of the current campaign.
Eighty-one years of age and able
to get around only with crutches,
the chairman of the Griffins P~e
cinct Democratic Committee last
Friday evening presided over a
party rally at Farm Life. Steer
ing an unswerving course tow
ard Democratic ideals and plead
ing the cause of the common peo
ple, the old gentleman made
timely and interesting remarks
at the rally, and led his district
in meeting its current financial
obligations. The work of the
chairman and other faithful
Democrats is almost certain to
give the party a solid and large
vote next Tuesday.
Congressman Herbert Bonner,
Attorneys Clarence Griffin and
Elbert Peel, Martin County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee
chairman, addressed the meet
ing.
Very Little Progress
Reported by United
War Fund Recently
Lees Than $400.00 Added To
Total Since Last
Thursday
After getting off to a rapid start
in most of the county townships, the
United War Fund is about to mire
down in others, according to incom
plete reports received during the
past few days. While little progress
has actually been reported since last
Thursday, it is understood that the
canvassers are still working and that
no township leaders have given up
hope of reaching their assigned ouo
tas.
Several canvassers have explain
ed that they were delayed by illness
or other pressing duties, that they
plan to complete the work very
shortly. It is believed that when these
late reports are submitted every
township or district in the county
will have reached its quota or more.
With several of the residential sec
tions in Williamston reporting,
C236.85 has been added to the fund.
Griffins reported an additional $90
to place that district within about
$60 of its quota. Roberson vi lie re
ported $48.82 more and the colored
citizens in Jamesville, Williams,
Bear Grass, Griffins have boosted
their total by $30. No word has been
received from many of the colored
canvassers, and reports are awaited
from the courthouse and the local
high school and also a few other scat
tered ones.
To date, the fund in this county
has $7,818.52, leaving it $1,718.50
shoit of its quota.
According to the latest informa
tion to be had, the fund stands as
follows in the varioi s districts:
Quota Amt. raised
Jamesville $ 650.00 $ 350.00
Williams 150.00
Griffins 450,00 390.00
Bear Grass 450 00 498.58
Williamston 4,277.02 4,577.66
Cross Roads 350.00 425.27
Robersonville 1,500.00 568.12
Poplar Point 135.00 162.40
Hamilton:
Hassell 100.00 85.00
Hamilton 275.00 200.00
Goose Nest 300.00 442.69
Colored Citizens 900.00 118.80
Totals $9,537.02 $7,818.52
SCHOOL HOURS
Beginning tomorrow, Wednes
day, the local schools will open
the dally sessions at 9 o’clock in
stead of 8:30, It was announced
by Principal E. G. Bourne. Most
{ of the schools have been open
ing at 9 o'clock for quite a while,
and beginning tomorrow all of
I them will open at 9 o’clock, it is
understood.
Order Restraining
Club Hunte^HlI
Be Aired Nov. 13th
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Injunction Modified To Al
low Hunting Club to Keep
Boat at Present Site
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An order, signed by Judge Leo
Carr and prohibiting the members,
their agents and servants from “en
tering upon, hunting, trespassing or
interferring with plaintiff’s posses
sion” of certain lands in Bertie Coun
ty and adjoining Roanoke River
across from Daly's Hill, will be air
ed in the Bertie County Superior
Court at 3 o'clock P. M. on Monday,
November 13th.
Upon motion of the defendants,
Judge Leo Carr later modified the
order to permit the defendants to
“keep their houseboat at its present
location and use same and overflow
well nearby until further orders of
the court.” The hearing will be held
before Judge C. E. Thompson.
Issued at the direction of J. G.
Staton, the restraining order names
the following defendants, K. B.
Crawford, Asa Crawford, N. C.
Green, Titus Critcher, Rossel Rogers,
Dr. J. S. Rhodes. John Henry Ed
wards, W. G. Peel and H. O. Peel,
their agents and servants.
No answer has been filed in the
case, but legal talent has been em
ployed and the case is expected to
run a determined course in the
courts. During the meantime, squir
rels and other game in the Broad
Creek section are having a quiet and
unexpected respite.
Since no answer has been ljyide
in the case, the exact origin could
not be officially learned. It is claim
ed however, that the plaintiff and
the defendants once were members
of the same hunting club, that tha
plaintiff sold his interest end mem
bership. It is also claimed’that the
club bought the hunting rights to
certain lands along the Roanoke, that
the contract was executed in the
name of the plaintiff. This year, the
club secretary and treasurer, Asa
Crawford, mailed the plaintiff a
check for $250 who apparently had
executed the contract as usual with
the landowners. The check was re
jected, but during the meantime the
houseboat was moved to the hunt
ing site and the club members had
started their annual hunts.
The court action has created much
comment and, according to some re
ports, friendships of many years'
standing have been shattered.
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Release Defendant
In $7,000.00 Bail
Charged with manslaughter, Dr.
Heck Person, 58-year-old man of
Goldsboro, and Mrs. Carrie Riley,
40-year-old nurse, were released in
bail of $7,000 each following prelim
inary hearings held recently In
Wayne County. Bend was required
in the sum of $5,000 in the case charg
ing the defendant with manslaugh
ter and $1,000 bond was asked in
each of two other cases charging il
legal operations. According to one
report reaching here, the doctor, at
one time a leading figore in the med
ical profession, had several thous
and dollars in cash on his person
when he was arrested by State Bur
eau of Investigation agents,
I The manslaughter charge was pre
ferred against Person and his nurse
following an alleged illegal operation
| that resulted in the death of Beulah
I Brown, young Martin County White
woman, last June.
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Congre$»man Bonner Will
Addreta Local Kiucanian*
Congressman Herbert Bonner will
address the regular meeting of the
local Kiwanis Club Thursday eve
ning at 6:30 o’clock. His topic will
center around the theme, “Planning
for a Postwar World.”
To Present Silver
Star To Parents of
County Bov
.. rwtomm m
Was PoMhuinoiisl) Awarded]
fPST j. Taylor Tor
Gallantry
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By the direction of the President,
the Silver Star has been posthum
ously awarded to Pfc. Asa J. Taylor,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Tay
lor, RFD 2, Williamstori.
In a letter to Mrs. Taylor, Major
General J. A. Ulio explained that
{lie Silver Star was being forward
ed to the Commanding Officer
Fourth Service Command, Atlanta
Ga., and that an officer would be
selected to make the presentation
Plans for the presentation have not
yet been completed. Mrs. Taylor said
last Friday.
A memorial service for the young
man and his neighbor, Bernice Rog
erson. son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Rogerson, is being planned, but it
could not he '< • d if the presen
tation would be made at that time.
General Ulio, expressing his deep
Mr. and Mrs. Tay
his recent letter the
following citation:
‘For gallantry in action on 2 June,
1944. in the vicinity of-Italy.
When the platoon in which First
Class Taylor was an automatic rifle
man had forced the enemy to with
draw from .m area of hign ground
and was engaged in reorganization,
the enemy force launched a vigor
ous counterattack. Without hesita
tion Private First Class Taylor mov
ed forward in the face of the heavy
machine gun and machine pistol fire
to an exposed position which afford
ed an excellent field of fire and en
abled him to protect the entire right
flank of the positions against the on
rushing enemy forces. He continued
filing his automatic rifle accurate
ly and calmly, undaunted by the
fierce enemy opposition, until he
was killed by the machine gun fire.
His gallant action reflects great cred
it upon himself and the Armed
Forces of the United States."
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Gas Registration
Starts In County
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Registration for basic “A” gaso
line rations is getting underway in
four county high schools this after
noon at 2 o'clock and will continue
until 6 p. m. The same horrs will be
observed tomorrow afternoon (Wed
nesday, November 1). Registrations
will be handled in the high schools
at Jamesvilit-, Williamston, Rober
sonville and Oak City.
Teachers in the various schools,
aided by volunteers, including rep
resentatives of the parent-teacher
association, will handle the registra
tions under the supervision of ra
tion board members or appointed
agentoT* -*"*■
The registration for basic gasoline
rations is not to be confused with
the registration for liquor coupon
books which opens at Williamston
end Robersonville tomorrow. The li
qur registration will continue dur
ing the entire month of November.
Much Tobacco Burns
In Goose Nest Fire
Its origin unknown, fire destroy
ed the large packhouse and stables
on the M. H. Hyman farm near Oak
City between 12 and one o’clock last
Sunday morning No estimate on the
loss could be had, but in addition
to the building, nine barns of tobac
co, a Buick automobile, implements
and other farm equipment burned.
Insurance in the sum of $3,600 was
carried on the property, but that will
offset only a small portion of the
loss.
Hyman was quoted as saying that
he was awakened when the team
broke out of the burning building.
The sign-up for liquor ration
books will get underway in the
county at Williamston and Hob
ersonville tomorrow morning at
9 o’clock—in the old Dr. Knight
office in Williamston and in the
old Robersonville bank building
in Robersonville. Registrations
will be handled six days each
week from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
during the entire month of No
vember. The new books will be
valid on and after December 1.
A year ago, approximately 6,
000 liquor coupon books were
issued in this county.
Disappointment faces several
hundred people in the county
who have been placed on the
black list and who will be de
nied liquor ration books. Every
one convicted in the courts for
public drunkenness, drunken
driving, non-support, transport
ing liquor illegally or for other
I alleged law' violations directly
or indirectly traceable to the use
I of alcoholic beverages. The list
: i carries approximately 300 names
not Including the habitual*.
LIQUOR BOOKS
Hundreds Are Expected^fo Hear
JL ':W
Hon. Cam Morrison jjfpeak Here
Wednesday NiglTTln Courthouse
Gallup Poll Gives Dewey One
Out of Ten Votes in the County
After going into nearly pvpry nook
ind corner of the United States in
search of political trends and other
advance data, the Gallup Poll final
ly broke into Martin County. Its
findings could not be learned offi
cially but according to reliable re
ports, the poll gav^ Dewey one out
of ten votes.
Centering his work on the edge
of Williamston and in Poplar Point,
Hamilton and Robcrsonville Town
ships, th< canvasser recently inter
viewed twenty persons in an effort
to get a cross
will be cast
strangers were asked +o reveal their
politics, and it is quite certain that
the canvass was impartially made,
that every effort was made to get
a true picture of the vote before it
is cast. About the only drawback to
section of the vote that
the sampling business is its limited
scope. It is believed that had the in
terviewer continued his work, he
would have found eighty more per
sons all of whom would have voted
for Roosevelt In the 1940 election.
Mr. Willkie polled a Ititle over two
per cent of the vote in this county.
The Gnlluo Poll would seem to in
dicate that Dewey will poll around
10 per cent next Tuesday. Of course,
the sample taken in this county will
lose much of its weight when it is
mixed with reports from other coun
ties. While admitting the fairness in
Iwhicl^Mii^Katuples are taken, party
tin County not
ready to accept the predictions of j
the prognosticators.
Incidentally, it was unofficially
learned that one of the two men for
Dewey is a tenant farmer and the
other one is a lumber mill employee.
Biscoe B. Biggs
Dies Suddenly At
Home In Everetts
—$—
Funeral Services Were Held
In Christian C.lmrcli
Sunday Afternoon
Biscoe B. Biggs, retired farmer
;md salesman, died suddenly at his
home in Everetts at 12:30 o’clock last
Saturday morning following a long
period of declining health. Death
apparently was caused by a heart
attack. Although he had been in ill
health for some time, Mr. Biggs was
apparently in his usual health until
a short time before the end. He was
sitting beside the bed and talking
with an invalid mother when he ex
plained that he had a pain in his
chest. He called for a dose of medi
cine and before his wife could re
turn to the room he suffered the at
tack and died.
The son of Mrs. Crissie Rogers
Biggs and the late Robert Biggs, he
was born in Bear Grass Township
57 years ago. He spent his early life
on the farm, but in recent years he
worked as a salesman when his
health permitted. He was first mar
ried to Miss Sallie Wynne and three
children, _ Ml .s._ Robert Cullipht r of
Be the b Mrs. Goodwin Byrd of *WTncT'
sor, and Robert Biggs, stationed in
California with the Army, survive.
He later married Miss Eula Manning
and three children, Dallas Biggs sta
tioned in Norfolk with the U. S. Na
vy; Edward Biggs and Sallie Mark
Biggs, both of Everetts, survive this
union. He is also survived by his
mother and widow.
Brief funeral services were held
at the home Sunday afternoon by El
der A. B. Ayers and were concluded
at the Christian Church in Everetts
by his pastor, Rev. J. M Perry, as
sisted by Rev. R. L. Councilman,
Baptist minister of Windsor. The
body was left to lie in state in the
.hureh pending the arrival of his
;on from California. Burial will be
made in the Everetts Cemetery with
the Modern Woodmen in charge of
the final rites.
Bishop Thos. Durst
To Preach Sunday
Next Sunday morning the Right
Rev. Thomas Campbell Darst will
be at the Church of the Advent to
confirm a confirmation class, to cel
ebrate the Holy Communion, and to
preach.
The Bishop is well known in these
oarts and all of his friends, both of
the congregation and those of other
churches, are invited to be present.
The members of the congregation
are asked to plan to bring their chil
dren to this service. It is very desir
able that the young people get to
know their Bishop, and the only way
that they can do this is to come in
contact with him. The young people
of the other churches are also invit
ed to meet him.
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Agent's Office Calls For
Tobacco Marketing Cards
■*——<'s
Those farmers who have finish
ed marketing their 1944 tobacco crop
are asked to turn their marketing
cards in to the office of the farm
agent in the agricultural building at
Williamston at tneir earliest con
venience.
The cards are needed to complete
the records, and it is understood
I that they will be used in computing
' soil payments where they have been
earned.
TOBACCO SALES
Handling nearly 300,000 pounds
uf tobacco last Friday, the local
tobacco market pushed its sales
for the season to 8,524,254 pounds
and it is fairlv certain that ap
proximately a quarter million
pounds will be added to the to
tal today. Receipts through last
Friday totaled $3,(>40,280.10 and
the official average now stands
at $42.77 for the season.
Trices continue upward with
daily sales averaging right at
$45 per hundred.
Sales are now rapidly catch
ing up with the deliveries and it
is fairly certain that the big rush
is just about over.
Oak City Boy Takes
Part In Number Of
|Invasions In Pacific
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CliurlcH Rows Wont Through
Many Ihillh'K Without
A Single Scratch
First Class Gunner’s Mute Charles
Ross, home on leave for a visit with
his parents, Mi. and Mis. J. C. Ross
in Oak City, has missed very few of
'The" daring invasions and fights Tfi
the Pacific war since the early part
of 1942. His story cannot be told in
detail now, but it is apparent that
the young man has seen enough ac
tion arid participated in a sufficient
number of engagements to give him
material facts for a fairly sizable
book.
Volunteering for service in May,
1040, he trained at Norfolk and was
assigned to sea duly in September
of that year. On convoy duty in the
north Pacific until the outbreak of
the war, he then moved into the Arc
tic Circle, hunting the German fleet,
and later participated in the Aleu
tians campaign for several months.
Going to the Southwest Pacific la
ter in 1942, he took part in one in
vasion after another, including action
at Makin, Tarawa, the Gilberts, the
Marshalls, Saipan, Tinian and Guam
in the Marianas, the Bismarck Ar
chipelago and several others. And
yet for all that he was disappointed
when he did not get the chance to
participate in the move on the Phil
ippines.
The young man had a close call at
Guam when his ship encountered
heavy fire from the enemy's land
based guns. The ship was hit sever
al times, hut only fourteen men lost
their lives there. It was fairiy hot
at Kawieng and there were heavy
surface engagements around Saipan,
not to mention challenging air at
tacks by the enemy. During a period
of about nine days, many of his ship's
crew went almost without sleep and
averaged about three sandwiches a
day. At Saipan he saw possibly ten
thousand Japs kill themselves. En
tire families, including little chil
dren deliberately walked into the
water and drowned themselves, and
(Continued on page four)
ROUND-UP
v'
A round-up of medium size
was handled bv the various law
enforcement officers here over
the week-end, and apparently all
the defendants were beut on
travling the same direction. The
seven persons arrested and jail
ed were charged with being
drunk and disoiderly.
Five of the seven were white
and the ages of the group rang
ed from a low of 17 to 49 yean.
Rally Will Climax
Party’s Campaign
In Martin County
—$—
Nearly $ 1,000 Raised So Far
To Support Party’s Na
tional Headquarters
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Hundreds of Martin County Dem
ocrats and quite a few from sur
rounding areas are expected to hear
the Honorable Cameron Morrison
when he delivers an ole-time and sol
id Democratic address in the Martin
County courthouse here tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock. The rally will
climax the party's campaign in this
county, and a general
extended the (jubhic to aDw.d and
hear one of the most sincere mem
bers the Democratic Party ever had
in North Carolina.
It was Mr. Morrison who dared
challenge in the National House of
Representatives not so long ago the
abuse heaped upon President Roose
velt by Republicans and their bud
dies in the Democratic ranks. Mr.
Morrison, although unaided at the
time, more than held his own, and
his speech made then and there will
live on through the years. Mr. Mor
rison, as a member of the National
House of Representatives, knows
that there is a political fivht under
way in this country. And while it
is safe to predict victory, he can be
expected to remind the Democrats
that the opposition has prepared its
battle ranks well, that victory will
require relentless efforts.
Mr Morrison is not a nominee for
any office. He comes here solely in
Hu* interest of his party and Democ
racy, his acceptance of an invitation
to speak here being just another ex
ample of his splendid loyalty to the
Party down through the years.
Opposition to President Roosevelt
is possibly more outspoken in this
county than it was four years ago.
Of course, the opposition is not ex
pected to win, and according to some
observers, it will not count more
than 200 votes on November 7, the
Gallup Poll notwithstanding. How
(Continued on page four)
Sgt. Edgar Taylor
Home from Europe
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After many harrowing arid breath
taking and hair-raising experiences,
T-eehn^wJ.-Sergsani -Edgar M. Tay
lor returned home last Friday from
Europe to spend three weeks with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Taylor, ItFD 3, Williamston.
Back of the tight censorship, the
young man has a great story, but it
simply can’t he made public just
now.
Young Taylor, reported to have
been wounded, explained that the
report was in error, that possibly it
referred to another soldier by the
same name The sergeant, an aerial
engineer on a big bomber, was on
bis 34th mission over Germany when
the engines went bad and the crew
had to hail out. He landed near a
town, the name of which can't be
revealed just now but one which is
the same as that of a family known
in Williamston, and was taken pris
oner. He was held only u short time
before he started a hard and trying
trip back to friendly territory.
Sgt. Taylor has promised to pre
pare a detailed account of his ex
pel n-nees beginning last February
22 and continuing for seven long
months for release after the war
when censorship is lifted.
Colored Man Killed
On Highway Sunday
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Willis ‘Oozy" Williams, 40-year
old colored man, was instantly killed
about fi 30 o’clock last Sunday eve
ning when he staggered onto the
highway between Itobersonville and
Gold Point and into the path of a
car driven by Arthur Council, coun
ty colored man. His left leg broken
and his chest crushed, Williams nev
er knew what struck him. He was
knocked down the road about nine
ty-six feet.
Council, the man who ran down
and badly injured Mrs. Mamie Ray
nor iri August of last year, was ab
solved of blame in connection with
the killing last Sunday but he was
charged with operating a motor ve
hicle while his license was revoked.
He had just recently completed a
road sentence imposed in the last
year hit-and-run case.
Cp) W. S. Hunt, investigating the
killing, stated that Williams appar
ently was drunk and staggered into
the path of the car, that Council
turned to hit left m bit t’Xuil to Uiios
the man.