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ESTABLISHED 1899
Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, November 3, 1**11
ive Ballots WilfBe
Presidential Ticket
Main Attraction In
Voting On Tuesday
Names of Forty-five Nominees
And Proposed Amend
ments on Tickets
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The names of forty-five nominees,
most of them Democrats, appear on
four ballots along with five propos
ed amendments to the North Caro
lina State Constitution will be plac
ed before the voters next Tuesday
between the hours of 7:30 a. m. and
6:14.
In addition to the ticket carrying
the proposed constitutional amend
_ merits, ther. are (hose'foj^J^svh-nt,
constable for Williamston Township.
The county and township ballots car
ry the names of no opponents, the
nominations of the candidates last
May being tantamount to election.
There’s only one constable’s name
to be placed before the people and
since that one is in Williamston,
there 11 be a total of five tickets in
the two local precincts and only four
in the remaining eleven in the coun
ty.
Last-minute opposition has devel
oped to the proposed state board of
education amendment to the Consti
tution, but for the most part the oth
ers will, it is believed, face very lit
tle opposition. However, no large
vote on the amendments is to be ex
pected.
It is generally believed that
the proper thing to do about the
proposed amendments is to vote for
everyone of them.
The State ballot carries a long list
of party nominees, as follows:
For United States Senator: Clyde
R. Hoey (D), and A. I Ferree (R).
For Governor. R. Gregg Cherry
(D), and Frank C. Patton (R).
For Lieutenant Governor: L. Y.
Ballentine (D), and George L.
Greene (R).
For Secretary of State: Thad Eure
(D), and W. M. Cragg (R).
For State Auditor: George Ross
Pou (D), and J. M. Van Hoy (R).
For State Treasurer: Chas. M.
Johnson (D), and S. R. Roberts (R)
For Attorney General: Harry Mc
Mullan (D), and Sam J. Morris (R).
For Supt. of Public Instruction:
Clyde A. Erwin (D), and B. Carl Fus
sell (R).
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
W Kerr Scott (D), and Clarence T.
Allen (R).
For Commissioner of Insurance:
(William P. Hodges (D), and Halsey
B. Leavitt (R).
For Commissioner of Labor: For
rest H. Shuford (D), and James E.
Spence, Jr., (R).
For Associate Justice of Supreme
Court: A. A. F. Seawell (D), and E.
P. Stillwell (R).
For Associate Justice of Supreme
Court: William A. Devin (D), and
Algernon L. Butler (R).
For member of Congress 1st Con
gressional District: Herbert C. Bon
ner (D), end R. Clarence Dozier (R).
The county’s democratic ticket is
without opposition. The democratic
line-up follows:
For State Senator 2nd Senatorial
District: E. A. Daniel and W. Roy
Hampton.
For House of Representatives:
Clarence W. Griffin.
For Register of Deeds: J. Sam Get
singer.
For Treasurer: R. H. Smith.
For Judge Recorder’s Court: J. C.
Smith.
For Surveyor: A. Corey.
' For County Commissioners: C. A.
Roberson, Joshua L. Ccltrain, C. D.
Carstarphen. R. L. Perry, R. A. Hai
slip.
The fourth ballot carries five pro
posed amendments to the State Con
stitution. They have attracted very
little attention, and the proposals are
not considered important, or, at least,
not very far-reaching. No. 1 would
make the commissioners of agricul
ture, labor and insurance constitu
tional officers and members of the
Council of State. No. 2 would make
it possible for notaries public to hold
office, subject to the wishes of the
voters ,of course. No. 3 is a State
Board of Education amendment. No.
4 would authorize General Assem
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Four Cases Heard
By justice Hassell
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Three out of the four defendants
carried before Justice J. L. Hassell
in his court this week were drunk
end down but not out. A fourth de
fendant, James Bryant, was charged
with being drunk and disorderly and
he was fined. $1.50 and directed to
pay the costs . Drunk and down. Lu
ther Kespass was required to pay
$9.50 costs. Colon Perry and Walter
R. Dunn, facing similar charges,
were fined $1.50 and required to pay
$8.50 costs each.
HOURS AND PLACES |
Urged to participate in the
general election next Tuesday,
voters in this county will find
the polls open at 6:30 o’clock
(Eastern War Time) and close
at S:30 p. m., the change having
been made to avoid conflict*.
As far as it could be learned
the polling places will be main
tained in the thirteen precincts
at their usual locations. Voters
i.i Wiliiamston No. 1 precinct
will cast their ballots at the
Chevrolet place on Washington
Street, and those in the No. 2
precinct or all those on the north
side of the main street and High
way 64 toward Everetts will
vote in the firemen's quarters
in the town hall.
Remembering that millions of
men are fighting to maintain the
right 1^1"* thrift/*
viler should recognise it as
his solemn duly to participate in
the election next Tuesday.
Bureau Secretary
Cites Need For A
Strong Farm Plan
Canvassers Working to Boost
Membership Figure To
1,500 Or More
Addressing representatives of the
Martin County Farm Bureau here
Wednesday evening, R. Flake Shaw,
executive secretary of the North Car
olina Farm Bureau, stressed the need
for a strong farm organization. He
declared that the program had been
one of goals, but forward looking
leaders were striving to handle sur
pluses that are almost certain to fol
low the war.
“The Farm Bureau has done an
able job in the past,” he declared, and
added that it was the most promis
ing organization to meet expected
emergencies. “It has sold agricul
ture on a national basis, and that is
the only way agricultural problems
can be successfully handled,” he add
ed
Mr. Shaw stated that the rule of
parity was originated and advanced
by the organization, that the plan
was directly responsible for the in
crease of peanuts this year from $140
to around $160 a ton. He touched
briefly on the problems facing the
basic farm commodities, explaining
that quotas for tobacco are fairly
safe for a wrhilc; at least. The out
look for cotton and peanuts is not
very promising. Cotton is to compete
with synthetics and the cheap crop
in South America. Peanuts will have
to compete with oils from other
sources after the war.
“We must build and work togeth
er and maintain adjustment plans,”
Mr. Shaw said in appealing for a
strong organization. It is hoped that
the organization will be supported
in the state this year by 30,000 or
more members. “We must offer the
National organization support since
it has already employed able repre
sentatives to fight the battles of
each farm commodity in the legisla
tive chambers.”
Martin County now has 1,000
members, and membership canvass
j ers " ill try to push the iigure to
1,500 between now and November
15 when another report is due.
Mr. Shaw explained again at the
meeting this week that Martin Coun
ty possibly had had the greatest part
in building up a strong Farm Bur
eau in Noth Carolina than any oth
er county.
Tots Lose Lives in
Early Morning Fire
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Two little colored children, Nan
cy Askew, four years old, and Ru
by Jean Hill, three months old, were
burned to death and several others
barely escaped with their lives when
fire destroyed their home, a tenant
house on the Joe R. Winslow farm,
near Robersonville, early last Tues
day morning. One report stated that
two other children were slightly
burned, that Lester Highsmith and
his wife, viisting in the home from
Baltimore, had to crawl to safety
through a window, his wife in her
night clothes.
The two victims who lost their
lives were living in the home of
their grandparents, Tom Askew and
his wife. The mothers we-e away
from home at the time, the grand
mother was milking the family cow
and the grandfather was working
away from home. The origin of the
fire could not be learned and few de
tails of the tragedy were to be had.
It was stated that the fire spread
so rapidly that near-by ne’ghborS,
rushing there, could not save the
children or anything from the burn
ing building. Volunteer firemen were
called from Robersonville but they
could do little without a source of
water. The children, one report said,
were burned beyond recognition.
Expect Big
Vote In This County
Enterprise Plans To Tabulate
Returns For Election
That Evening
With interest in the national elec
tion reaching an all-time hign pitch,
a record vote is predicted in this
county and throughout the nation
next Tuesday. That this county will
approach and possioly set a new
voting record is fairly certain, the
predictions pointing to 5,000 ballots
being based cn the unusually large
registrations in several of the coun
ty precincts. Dewey, it is believed,
will boost the size of vote by his ra
dio falsifications to a figure higher
than it would have been had he not
raised the dander of, more or less,
indifferent voters.
It is possible that the size of the
total vote will be held to a figure
5,000 or less because so many voters
are in the service and for one reason
or another many of them will not
(XirUiupHlr m the election. Arpi
rnately 275 ballots have been return -
ed to the county by voters in the
service, leaving several hundred who
will not be represented in the vote
count.
Out of an estimated 5,850 eligible
electors, a vote count of 5,000 is be
lieved possible. For a review of the
latest available registration figures
and the vote cast for the Presidential
nominees in 1940 follows:
Registration
Jamesvilie 538
Williams 261
Griffins 430
Bear Grass 412
Williamston 1 681
Williamston 2 739
Cross Roads 400
Robersonville 963
Gold Point 963
Poplar Point 226
Hamilton 270
Hassell 150
Goose Nest 402
5622
R’velt W’lke
417
207
382
315
566
600
345
722
722
220
218
135
363
4628
22
e
0
13
13
24
2
24
1
0
0
1
6
106
The Enterprise plans to tabulate
the election returns next Tuesday
evening, and it solicits the coopera
tion of all the poll holders and oth
ers w'ho can and will run the counts
iri. Most of the election officials will
count the presidential ticket first
and the first returns should start
coming in within an hour after the
polls close at 6:30 o’clock Eastern
War Time). 'Die old custom of open
ing the polls at sunrise and closing
them at sunset was changed by the
1941 legislature to avoid confusion.
Allies Open New
Drive on Cologne
The apparent quiet reported on
the Western Front outside Holland
has been broken, late reports stating
that General Hodges’ First Army
has opened a new drive in the Aach
en area and were pushing on toward
Cologne, about 25 miles away. At
the same time, the American Sixth
Army scored new gains in their push
to enter the Vosges Mountain passes
one report stating that the Allies
had taken Baccarat, a key point for
other advances.
British forces are bringing up
strong reinforcements to finish up
the task of cleaning out the ap
proaches to the Belgium port of
Antwerp. Once this task is complet
ed in its entirety, the supply prob
lem will have been greatly relieved.
The delivery of supplies over bad
roads in France has been limited to
a few hundred tons daily However,
it is believed that many supplies
have been handled that way since
a new drive has been launched just
southeast of Aachen.
While land fighting has been, more
or less, limited in recent days, the
great air offensive against import
ant objectives in Germany, includ
ing Cologne, continues without let
up. Yesterday, American fliers
knocked out 208 German planes and
went on to bomb Dusseldorf, great
industrial city in the Rhineland, and
oil refineries at Merseburg.
Apparently the Germaijiend Rus
sians are locked in a greif battle in
East Prussia, but down in the Bal
kans the Russians have driven to the
outer defenses of the Hungarian cap
ital of Budapest.
Jt was announced yesterday that
the 14-months campaign in Italy had
cost the Americans at least 90,000
casualties.
Over in the Pacific, the Leyte cam
paign is fast drawing to a close, late
reports stating that remnants of Jap
armies are fleeing the islands. Land
based American bombers have ac
counted for another Jap destroyer,
boosting the total of enemy ships lost
in the Philippine area to over sixty
within the past few days.
On the home-front, the war of
the ballots is nearing a climax with
both sides firing their big guns to
bring victory next Tuesday at the
polls. Just as in the shooting war,
, there aie collaborators on the ballot
i front, late reports stating that “good”
• Democrats are contributing to the
: I anti-admir.istration fund. A little
' I war is seen brewing in Guilford and
! j Forsyth Counties, and it is possible
, j that party trials will be held after
a sweeping victory next Tuesday.
\ PEANUTS ]■
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Peanuts are now moving to
market in fah-lv large Quanti
ties. one rcoort sUtti&T that the
just as rapidly as they can have
them picked and bagged. It is
estimated that between four and
five thousand bags of the goob
ers were handled at this point
yesterday. The local factory,
operating two shifts, was until
after 11 o’clock last night clear -
ing its receiving platform.
Prices well above those of a
year ago are being paid, tbe av
erage running right close to
eight and three q .arter cents a
pound. Sales have been report
ed all the way from around 8
to a little over 9 cents, with the
main range resting principally
between 8 1-2 to 9 cents a pound.
32nd County Youth
Makes the Supreme
Sacrifice In Battle
Pvt. Joseph G. Stocks Killed
In Holland on 23rd Day
Of September
Pvt. Joseph G. Stocks, county
young man, was killed in action
somewhere in Holland on Septem
ber 23, according to information re
ceived a few days ago by his moth
er, Mrs. Perlie Stocks of Roberson
ville. No details of his death have
been made available. He is the 32nd
Martin County man known to have
made the supreme sacrifice in the
war to date.
Inducted into the Army in Octo
ber, 1943, Pvt. Stocks was in the
service of his country less than a
year before he gave his life. He hud
been overseas only a short time, it
is understood, and is believed to be
the first man from this county to
fall in Holland.
The young man’s family moved to
Robersonville from Pitt County
about two years ago. Besides his
mother he is survived by two broth
ers, Pvt. Allen F. Stocks, U. S. Army
now in England, and Wiley Stocks
of Robersonville, and three sisters,
Mrs. Clifton Roebuck, Mrs. John T.
Bunting and M ss Velma Stocks, of
Robersonville. Held in high esteem
by all who knew him, Stocks was 22
years old.
Following the receipt of a tele
graphic message, Mrs. Stocks had a
letter from J. A. Ulio, Adjutant Gen
eral, which reads:
“It is with regret that I am writ
ing to confirm the recent telegram
informing you of the death of your
son who was killed in action in Hol
land on the 23rd day of September,
1944.
"I fully understand your desire to
learn as much as possible regarding
the circumstances leading.to his
death and I wish there were more
information available to give you.
Unfortunately, reports of this nature
contain only briefest details and
the means of transmission are very
limited.
"I know the sorrow this message
has brought you and it is my hope
that in time the knowledge of his
heroic service to his country, even
unto death, may be of sustaining
comfort to you.”
Mrs. Stocks also received an en
graved “sympathy” card from Gen
eral Marshall which reads as fol
lows:
“General Marshall extends his
deep sympathy in your bereave
ment. Your son fought valiantly in
a supreme hour of his country’s
need. His memory will live in the
grateful heart of our nation.”
United War Fund Is
Boosted To $8,947.
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Fairly sizable contributions re
ported since early this week by
Jamesville, Griffins, Robersonville,
Hamilton and Williamston Town
ships and by the colbred citizens in
five townships boosted the United
War Fund in this county to $8,947.06,
placing the drive in sight of the orig
inal quota
Seven of the ten townships have
reached or passed their quotas. Wil
liams plans to handle the drive in
its entirety next Tuesday, and the
others are still plugging away to
meet a solemn obligation, it was stat
ed.
According to the latest available
reports, the fund stands as follows
in the various districts:
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton:
Hassell
Hamilton
Goose Nest
Colored Citizens
Totals
Quota Amt. raised
$ 650 00 $ 800.47
150.00
450.00 454.37
450.00 498.58
4,277.02 4,894.61
350.00 425.27
1,500.00 724.69
135.00 162.40
10C.00 85.00
275.00 225 00
300.00 442.69
900.00 233.98
$9,537.U2 $8,947.06
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Election story—add
Cameron Morrison Makes Great
Adoresc ■Sere. Wednesday Ni**hl
In Support of Democratic Party
Rally Greatest One
j
Held in the County
In Number of Years
Speaker Warns Against Turn
ing Monetary Control Back
To Wall Street
In one of the greatest political ral
ies held in this county in recent
fears, the Honorable Cameron Mor
ison with great vigor and ringing
sincerity called for a big democra
!u- vote next Tuesday and warned
Wjtjnst urning the nation’s mone
ai.V control back to \V+~.l Street.
Hold in uu- county courthouse Wed
nesday evening, the rally packed the
auditorium and many late-comers
departed when they could not find
seats. The meeting, remindful of
those great epoch-making events in
years gone by, gave Mr. Morrison a
great welcome, the large throng ex
pressing its appreciation for his
great record of unselfish service to
the party in both the State and na
tion.
Called at the direction of Elbert
S. Peel, the party's executive com
mittee chairman in this county, the
meeting heard a few remarks from
Congressman Herbert Bonner, May
or J L. Hassell, in glowing phrases,
introduced Mr. Morrison, briefly re
viewing his work and referring to
him as one of the great Democrats
of our time.
Expressing his appreciation for
the reception given him, Mr. Morri
son explained that he would dis
pense with the pleasantries and get
down to the business at hand. He
briefly reviewed the progress en
joyed by North Carolina under the
Democratic Party for the past forty
years. "It is the best in the union. It
is so far advanced in leadership that
it is being studied and emulated by
others,” the speaker declaring that
it was the most economical and yet
the most progressive in the nation.
He refer d to the school system, the
health program and other accom
plishments that stand far advanced
over programs in other states.
“This great party asks your con
tinued support in carrying on the
work so ably handled in the past,”
he said. The speaker added that it
had been a long time since the Re
publican Party did anything in
North Carolina, and “some of the
things it did were so wicked that a
member can't today stand up and
proclaim the deeds.” Continuing, Mr.
Morrison said, "It is a breech of the
peace to mention those deeds, but I
admit some individual Republicans
have helped build. The party, how
ever, lias done nothing but harp and
criticise the paity that has led the
way.”
Turning to the national scene, the
1 Utii district Congressman proudly
declared that the Democrats have a
great record, that the Republicans
have a-bad reacord. "Why, the Re
publicans have periodically wreck
ed this country for generations. We
think Hoover’s government was ter
rible, hut the others were just as
bad. Even the lust Roosevelt de
clared that the Republicans had sold
out to the interests and special
groups.”
Mr. Morrison reviewed the per
iods in which the common people
had been ground down “At the end
of the last war, the Republicans ap
pealed to the malcontent and kick
id I tie Democrats out They soon
wrecked everything in tile country,
destroyed hopes for a lasting peace.
Misery, want and suffering were
abroad in the land. Banks were
bursting, surpluses piled up and
suicides increased. Why? Because
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Pews Cases Heard
In County’s Court
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In one of the shortest sessions held
in recent weeks, Judge J. C. Smith
called only four cases for trial in
the county court last Monday. A
very small crowd was present for
the proceedings which were com
pleted in a little over one hour.
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with reckless driving,
R B. Spruill was adjudged guilty.
The court fined him $20, taxed him
with the cost and revoked his li
cense for six months. Notice of ap
peal was given and bond was fixed
in the-sum of $100.
Eugene Benjamin Roberson, charg
ed with speeding, was fined $5 and
taxed with the cost.
Charged with larceny of baggage
from the Williamston bus station,
Ben Edwards was sentenced to the
roads for twelve months.
Judgment war suspended upon the
i payment of the costs in the case
I charging Joe Richardson with
! speeding.
Five-Day Selling Week To Be
Resumed on Markets Monday
After operating for some time on
a four-day week selling schedule
and only for three days one week,
tobacco markets in this belt will re
turn to the five-day selling week
next Monday, it was officially an
nounced a short time ago. Apparent
ly the redrying plants are catching
up with the deliveries and are in a
better position to handle the offer
ings. However, some of the buying
companies are still from one to three
days behind in clearing their pur
chases“'troin the •< v
It is believed that the big rush is
about over, that very little tobacco
in excess of the amount sold on four
days will be offered during five.
Unofficial reports indicate that be
tween 85 and 90 per cent of the crop
in this section has already been mar
keted. The estimate, according to
others, is a little high. It was ex
plained that the marketing of the
crop has been slowed down a bit
by farmers who have been devoting
their entire time to the peanut har
vest, that another little marketing
spurt is to be expected.
The local market passed the nine
million-pound mark day before yes
terday and tne sales today will in
all probability boost the total close
to nine and one-half million. No goal
for the season has been mentioned,
but some believe th^sales will reaol^
.,/ai possibly ptiiSHBlfcplewn md
lion-pound m.iik A year ago the
markets were jus' about ready to
close in this area for the season.
Sales during the past several days
have been averaging right at $45,
boosting the average price for the
season to date to almost $43.00 per
hundred.
Pfc. LeRoy Godard
Tells How He Lost
His Leg In France
Young Man Just Out of the
Hospital Is Visiting
Relatives Here
Cheery and apparently in the best
of spirits, Pfc. LeRoy Godard, just
out of a government hospital at At
lanta for a visit with his mother,
Mrs. Jennie Holland Godard, here,
yesterday recalled the harrowing
experience in France on the after
noon of June 12 when he had his
right leg shot away below the knee.
The young man, apparently a bit
nervous, is not down and out by a
long way, and even went on to say
that he would not mind going back
to help finish the job were it not for
the missing limb.
Entering the service in Septem
ber of last year, the young man com
pleted his basic training and reach
ed England in March of this year.
“We were not in the first wave of
troops to move into France on D
Day, but it was still pretty hot when
we reached there the following day,”
he said.
Five days later, on June 12, the
young man, scouting for his com
patry-r advanced almost three'-quar
ters of a mile ahead of his compan
ions. A second member of the patrol
was a short distance behind when at
4 o’clock a mortar shell clipped him
down, all but tearing away his right
leg. While lying there helpless in
the little town not far from St. Lo, a
German went to him, pulled at the
bleeding leg, kicked him and think
ing him dead, moved on. Pvt. Godard
said he played well the part of a
dead man. Forty-five minutes after
he was struck, a shell burst near
him, sent four pieces of shrapnel
into his body, tearing three small
and one fairly large hole in his hip.
Aftei a atay of about two hours
in the little town, he was picked up
by stretcher bearers who rendered
first aid.
After a short ride on a jeep he
was transferred to an ambulance and
carried to a base hospital where the
ieg was amputated. After a stay of
six days in the hospital in B'rance, he
went to England on a hospital ship.
He was in England about ten days
before he was placed on a hospital
plane and flown to this country and
later removed to the hospital in At
lanta on July 15.
Reaching home last Saturday, he
will be here about fifteen more days
before he returns to the hospital
where he will be fitted with an arti
ficial leg.
Young Godard had quite a few har
rowing experiences before he was
seiiously wounded.
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Incomplete Report
On 4A’ Gas Rations
Although a complete report is not
yet available, the issuance of basic
“A” gasoline rations in four high,
schools in the county last Tuesday
and Wednesday is believed to have
approached a maximum.
Williamston reported 1,103 regis
trations and Oak City had more than
400. No report has been received
from Jamesville and Robersonville,
but heavy registrations were large
at both those centers.
A year ago, 2,372 persons applied
for basic “A” gasoline rations.
Those persons who were unable
to apply for the “A” books or cou
pons this week will be able to get
i their rations at tire ration board of
fice in Williamston next week be
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m.
PURPLE HEART ]
v
Posthumously awarded to Sea
man Onilv S. t'owan, Jr., the
Purple Heart award was receiv
ed by the young man’s parents
here this week from the Navy
Department.
The young man was fatally
wounded in action somewhere
in the Mediterranean area on last
August 18. A mctalsmith 3/e, he
was serving on a destroyer.
Letter Tells About
Local Youth In A
Nazi Prison Camp
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,"Sgt. Kli C. Rogers Is (retting
Along Very Well, Reeent
Letter Kxplnins
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The following letter received by
Mr. and Mrs. Kli Rogers a few days
ago from Sgt Howard Wood of New
York, tells about their son who is a
prisoner of war in Austria:
On July 26, I left Stalag XVII B.
Krems-on-Danube, Austria, as an
exchange prisoner, having been pass
ed for repatriation by the Interna
tional Commission composed of
Swiss -and German Medical officers
There were 238 of us returned
through Sweden and we recently ar
rived in the U S. A. on the M S
Gripsholm
Among the 4,300 American air
men in the camp, who asked that 1
write you when I reached the Unit
ed States, to let you know that he
is all right, was E. C. (Eli) Rogers.
Although living conditions there
are certainly not ideal, we managed
to keep healthy, and as happy as pos
sible under the circumstances. We
received our Red Cross food parcels
almost every week, and had suffi
cient clothing. The food parcels sup
plemented the German ration, which
is pretty meager. Personal parcels
and mail, though a long time in ar
riving, are very, very much appre
ciated.
We did no work for the Germans,
but did pretty well in creating our
own activities, such as: a soft ball
league, boxing and wrestling
matches, a school, a theater, a half
a dozen bands, and ait exhibits
Church services were held daily, with
four services on Sunday. We were
happy to have a library of some 7,
000 volumes. We received the Ger
man newspapers, and so knew fair
ly well what was going on in the
world.
We were not generally mistreated,
as the Germans in most cases con
formed to the rules laid down by the
Geneva Convention.
I hope it will not be long before
you will be reunited and enjoying
the happiness I am now enjoying in
being with my family in this great
country of ours.
County Boy Member
Duke Football Team
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Fred Hardison, young son of Mi
and Mrs. K. J. Hardison of Williams
Township, is slated to draw a posi
tion m Duke’s regular football line
up tomorrow in the game with Geor
gia Tech at Durham. He is believed
to be one of the first Martin Coun
ty boys to ever draw a position on
a first-string college football team.
The young man played football
when he was in high school here,
but his play did not attract any un
usual attention. However, he has
participated in and showed up
well in contests at Duke this sea
son.