NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN
OF THE WORLD EA« HWEEK.
JKEARLY 1009 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE Er'TEPKISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD JPACH WEEK.
VOLUME XI.VII—NUMBER 90
Willkir.ston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 14, 1941.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Memorial Service
Tribute t>f Respect Paid To
Memories of Asa Taylor
And Bernice Rogerson
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Memorial services were held in
the Rose of Sharon Free Will Bap
tist Church near Bear Grass last
Sunday morning for Asa J. Taylor
and Bernice Rogerson, two neigh
bors, who gave their lives for their
country in Italy last spring.
Conducted by the Rev. Charles
Hamilton, young Taylor’s pastor, the
service while marked for its simpli
city was most impressive. Thp serv
ice, believed to be the first double
one ever held in this county, was
well attended.
With members of the two families
occupying reserved seats, the Rev.
Mr. Hamilton honored the memory
of the two young men who had made
the supreme sacrifice. “Were it not
for their sacrifices and the sacrifices
of others we would not be able to
gather here
minister reminded the congregation.
“As we think of those two boys
and the many others, we can’t help
but recognize their supreme sacri
fices and realize that we have to
make sacrifices, too,” the minister
explaining that the cost will not bo
so great for us. “Some are willing
to make sacrifices and forego even
the necessities of life. Christ was
willing to make the supreme sacri
fice, even unto Cavalry, that we
might live," Rev. Hamilton pointing
out that the “two young men whose
memory we honor today” made the
supreme sacrifice that we might en
joy freedom and hope.
He pointed out that there are many
sacrifices to be made before perma
nent peace comes, and reminded the
large congregation that peace will
not come until a new day dawns.
“Those who have come on before us
are looking into the very bosom of
Abraham. They have gone to a bet
ter land, a land where agony of sin
and sorrow are no more. Though
death has come to them, victory is
theirs; they have won the race.”
Mr. Hamilton urged the families
and friends not to worry, for their
lives were not given without hope.
As those two fine young men stood
and faced the enemy they were
clothed in the spirit of their God.
They were willing to face the enemy
and pay the price because they were
fighting for their Christ. "And
though our hearts are broken, Christ
is nearer today, and let us pray to
God to make us submissive to His
will.”
Ten boys have gone into the serv
ice from the little church, nine of
whom are still carrying on, accord
ing to the minister. “Let us pay a
tribute of respect to them and sup
port them with our prayers, he
pleaded. The names of the men were
read by Mr. T. L. Roberson.
The Bear Grass Trio sang and
two United States flags were in
troduced into the service.
Born in Bear Grass on Apiil 12,
1923, Pfc. Asa J. Taylor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Robert Taylor of
Bear Grass, was killed on last June
2 in Italy. By the direction of the
President of the United States, the
Silver Star has been posthumously
•awarded him, but it has not yet been
presented to the family. The award
was based on action pointed out in
the following citation:
“For gallantry in action on 22 June
1944, in the vicinity of —-- Italy,
When the platoon in which First
riass Tavior was an automatic rifle
man had forced the enemy to with
draw from an area of high ground
and was engaged in reorganization,
the enemy force launched a vigorous
counterattack. Without hesitation
Private First Class Taylor moved
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
firing his automatic rifle accurate
ly and calmly, undaunted by the
fierce enemy opposition, until he
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Farm Bureau Group
To Meet Tomorrow
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Working for 1,500 members, Farm
Bureau membership canvassers will
meet here tomorrow night to make a
report on their work to date. Accord
ing to the latest figures over 1,000
have joined the organization in this
county, and it is believed when com
plete reports are in, the count will
approximate the desired goal.
President Chas. L. Daniel contact
ed a number of the membership can
vassers yesterday but no report could
be had immediately. He stated that
farmers and business men, too, were
convinced that a strong farm organ
ization is necessary and that it would
be costly for agriculture to go into
the postwar period without strong
representation in the strategic cen
ters. Recognizing the value of the
organization, quiie u lew kuiucis auo
business men have voluntarily ad
vanced the $3 membership fee.
In County Church
Farmers Will Hold Triple A
Elections During Next Week
w
-in a- seri
! Martin County formers next week
will elect their community commit
teemen and name delegates and al
ternates to the county agricultural
meeting to be held later in the week.
All the elections will be held at
7:30 o’clock and in school houses with
two exceptions. The first group of
elections will be held Monday eve
ning, November 20, for Goose Nest
at Oak City, for Griflins at Farm
Life, and for Jamesville at James
v'lle. The next meeting will be held
in the high school at Robersonville
for that township, for Williams at
the county house, and for Hamilton
Township at Hassell on Tuesday eve
ning, November 21. The last in the
series of meetings will be held in
Giass for Bear Grass, for Cross
[Hoads »i Everetts and lor 7F8&musm>
von and Poplar Point, in the county
agricultural building
Ballots will be distributed at each
meeting, and every fanner is en
titled and urged to attend and vote.
Members of the county agent’s staff,
including the agent, will attend the
meetings. *
It is understood that the meetings
will review the present status of the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration and discuss the proposed pro
gram for next year and talk about
other timely topics vita! to the na
tion and war effort. The meeting will
last for a verv short time, and every
farmer in the county should attend
the one in his respective township
or district.
NEW RECORD
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An all-time record was estab
lished by the local tobacco mar
pounds and the income soared to
4,410.694.41. Slightly more than
ten million pounds had been sold
in a single season here In past
years, but the figures now stand
out above all others. Yesterday,
the market sold 153,326 pounds
for a price average right at 45
cents a pound, the total pound
age to date climbing to 10,239,
826.
Possibly 95 per cent of the
crop has been sold in this terri
tory, but no date has been defi
nitely fixed for dosing the mar
ket. Sales in the belt through
last Friday total 328,220,544
pounds. The average for the sea
son is $42.72 for the belt, or about
35 cents per hundred below the
average for the Williamston mar
ket.
Local Boy Earns
Second Citation
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For the second time in fairly re
cent weeks, the part Ensign Burras
Allen Critcher, Jr., has played in the
aerial war has attracted attention of
his superiors. The young local boy
earned his first citation when he ef
fectively went to the aid of an Am
erican submarine. The second cita
tion, signed by M. A. Mitscher, Vice
Admiral. U. S. Navy, is self explan
atory, and reads as follows:
”in the name of the President of
the United States, the Commander,
First Carrier Task Force, United
States Pacific Fleet, presents the
Gold Star in lieu of the Second Air
Medal to Ensign Burras Allen Critch
c-r, Jr., United States Naval Reserve,
for service as set forth in the follow
ing citation:
“ ‘For distinguishing himself by
meritorious achievement while par
ticipating in an aerial flight as pilot
in a carrier based fighter aircraft as
signed to sweep against enemy air
craft on an island of the Philippine
Group on 12 September, 1944. Dur
ing the action, he shot down one en
emy aircraft and so extensively dam
aged another that it is believed to
have crashed. His skill and courage
were at all times in keeping with the
highest traditions of the United
States Naval Service.’ ”
Peanuts Harvested
By War Prisoners
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While there were some few excep
tions, German war prisoners from
the local camp did a very good job
in aiding the peanut harvest in the
county this season, according to re
ports and a review of the records.
It was learned this week that the
prisoners of war, working for 181
county farmers, stacked 71,245 stacks
of peanuts. The job cost the farmers
$8,193.17, or about 11.5 cents per
stack on an average.
More recently, quite a few prison
ers were engaged in the sweet pota
to harvest, and a small number is
assisting in the com harvest while
a few others are helping operate
peanut pickers.
Most of the prisoners returned tc
industry following the completion
of the peanut harvest, and very few
are now available for general farm
work, according to unofficial infor
mation.
f P-T. A. MEETING ;
The local Parent-Teacher As
sociation will hold Us regular
monthly meeting in the gram
mar school auditorium Wednes
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, it
was announced yesterday by
Mrs. R. L. Coburn, president.
A timely subject, “How Can
Education Be Mxde More Effect
ive?” will he discussed. Dr. John
D. Biggs and a visiting speaker
will address the meeting. A spec
ial invitation is being extended
parents and other patrons of the
school to attend.
Thomas E. Johnson
Passes In Oak City
Yesterday Mornia^
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Funeral Services For Well
Known County Citizen
Being Held Today
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Thomas Ed Johnson, well-known
Martin County citizen and retired
farmer, died at his home in Oak City
Monday morning at 9 o’clock fol
lowing two years of declining health.
About a month ago, Mr. Johnson suf
fered a stroke of paralysis and was
forced to his bed. His condition be
came critical on Sunday, November
5th, when he suffered a second
stroke, the end coming gradually.
The son of the late James H. John
son and wife, Jane Hobbs Johnson,
he was born in Goose Nest Town
ship on November 11, 1880. In early
manhood he was married to Miss
Mary Casper of this county, and they
made their home in Oak City for a
goodly number of years. In addition
to his farming activities, Mr. John
son engaged in the livestock business
for several years, but retired from
j virtually all activities about two
I years ago on account of failing
health.
Besides his widow he is survived
by five children, four daughters, Miss
Selma Johnson of Oak City, Mrs.
James Winstead of Tabor City, Mrs.
Cullen Hatch and Miss Helen John
son of Fayetteville, and J. C. John
son of Oak City; one brother, Hor
ace Johnson of Oak City, and three
sisters, Mrs. Clara Everett cf Hamil
ton, Mrs. J. S. Ayers of Everetts, and
Mrs. T. H. Johnson of Oak City.
Mr. Johnson was a member of
the Baptist Church in Oak City for
a number of years, and his pastor
is conducting the funeral services
at the home there this afternoon. In
terment will follow in the Oak City
Cemetery.
Wounded Soldier
Returns to States
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Wounded in the battle for Peleliu
Island, Cpl. George Norman White
just recently returned to the States.
Writing from a west coast hospital,
the young Martin County man told
his mother, Mrs. W. A. White, RFD
1, Oak City, that he hoped to be
transferred to the east coast.
His letter, written under date of
November 5, read, in part:
“I guess you will be surprised to
hear from me after so long a time,
but the good news Is that I am back
in the United States.
“I had the Red Cross send you a
telegram when I was in New Cale
donia. I was wounded in our last
campaign. It was one of the tough
est fights I was ever in. I was
wounded on Peleliu Island which
was probably the hardest fought bat
tle of any in this war.
"Hope you didn’t worry too much
about me because I did not write. It
was due to the fact that I was aboard
a hospital ship. We came such a
round-about way it took us a month
to get here. It was worth the trip
because I had the best of care that
any man could ever be given. They
have some of the best doctors I have
ever seen.”
The corporal explained that he was
getting along fine, that he would
write more in detail later. He asked
for an address, explaining that he
lost it when he was shot and lost his
personal “gear.”
Late Diagnosis Shows
Child Hasn't Poliomyelitis
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Reported to have fallen victim of
poliomyelitis, Joan Copeland, six
months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
K. W. Copeland of Williamston, is
now believed to be suffering with
some other ailment. A later diagnos
is reveals that the case is not polio,
that possibly the infant is troubled
with rickets.
When the first diagnosis was made
the symptoms pointed to polio, but
the Durham hospital where the
child was entered for treatment, ex
plained that in a later study of the
case it was learned that the child
was not a victim of polio
Series Of Highway
Accidents Reported j
In County Recently!
Colored Man Almost
On East Main Street Here
Friday Morning
Two persons were hurt, one ser
iously, in a series of motor vehicle
accidents on the highways in this
section during the past few days. It
was unofficially estimated that the
property loss will exceed $1,000.
Governor Cason, 44-year-old col
ored man, was critically hurt when
he staggered into the path of Fenner
Respass' taxi on East Main Street
near George Harris’ filling station
last Friday morning. The bumper of
the car struck the man and threw
his head against the windshield. He
suffered a compound fracture of the
right leg and hand and a hole
was knocked in his head. Removed
to the local hospital, Cason, jokingly
known as the governor of Conoho,
responded to treatment and he is ex
pected to recover.
Witnesses stated that Respass was
driving verv slowlv and stopped
iNiTi,ip
the man. One repeat stated that a
friend had warned Cason of the ap
proaching danger, that he was intox
icated and did not heed the warn
ing.
Raymond Carney, young colored
man who was reported to have come
here from Georgia less than two
nonths ago, “borrowed” OUei Gay
lor’s second-hand Mercury, drove it
1 few hundred yards and tore it all
to pieces when he wrecked it. Ban
daged about the head, Carney was
able- to attend court yesterday morn
ing.
Gaynor, the colored man who had
iust bought the car a short time ago
for $800, had started to his home in
Poplar Point with Carney, Robert
Coburn and Cornelius Baker. Gay
nor, Coburn, a colored neighbor, and
Cornelius Baker got out of the car
about 10 o'clock last Friday night to
buy some groceries from a store on
North Haughton Street. Carney, said
to have been drinking, got under the
wheel and drove off. He had hard
ly reached the curve at the Whitley
home before he lost control and
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Americans Driving
Hard on Metz Fort
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The American Third Army, be
lieved to be marking the renewal
d an all-out drive to crush Germany,
is driving hard on the almost im
oregnable fort of Metz, about twenty
five miles from the German border.
The Germans are said to have va
cated quite a few of the strong
points, apparently well convinced
that opposition to Patton’s tanks and
infantry divisions is futile. How
ever, it is possible that the German
vehicles seen moving out of the
areu are carrying civilians and ma
terial looted by the enemy. It is
known that the German front be
tween Metz and Nancy is crumbling
n the fact of thrusts by Patton’s
'ighters.
No late developments have been
reported in other sectors of the
Western Front, but a timed and pow
erful blow by all the Allied Armies
on all sides is still expected.
A sidelight in the main fight was
reported yesterday after British
bombers attacked and finally sent
Germany’s mighty battleship, the
Tirpitz to the bottom in the Nor
wegian Tromso fjord Sunday. It
was the eighth try to sink the old
battlewagon and free planes for
service elsewhere. The British had
used many gallons of gasoline and
planes to keep an eye on the ship,
the last powerful unit in Germany’s
seapower.
The outlook in the Philippines is
not very encouraging at this time.
The Japs have landed an estimated
35,000 men, and possibly more, in
recent days on Leyte and the battle
there is raging, one report stating
that it was proving costly. Remnants
or the greater part of five enemy
Jap divisions are battling the Ameri
cans, but their effort to counterat
tack has been broken up for the
‘.ime being, at least.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Motorists and pedestrians
barely missed entering another
one in the death column of the
accident record, but the motor
ists went on to add to the oth
er columns. During the past two
weeks, they, added four to the
wreck co , two to the list of
injured ai._ $1,500 to the damage
total.
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.
45th Week Comparison
Accidents InJ’d Killed Dam'se
1044 4 2 0 $1500
1943 3 3 0 950
Comparison To Date
1944 63 38 fl 12,000
1943 »0 31 S 9,425
To Make Plans for War Bond
Drive at Meeting. Thursday
$709,000.00
J^rJLoan Drive in this county wiii
be formulated at a meeting of ihe
county and township chairmen in
the Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany building here Thursday eve
ning of this week at 8 o’clock, it was
announced today by Herman A. Bow
en, the chairman for the county. Dis
trict chairmen and other volunteer
workers who have not faltered and
failed in past drives are again being
called upon to attend the meeting
and help put the Sixth Drive over
the top.
Possibly at no other time in the
history of the county, certainly not
within recent years, have there been
so many idle dollars in bank ac
counts, in pockets and risky hiding
places, and it is the opinion of the
Kind drive officials that the Sixth
Loan can be subscribed and more in
record time. The drive, just as the
five puswas oiiesTn®"* ;wi?-/oTd
purpose. Ouo if. to help, f ipanpe the
•e.ii- a«d prove to-the boys at • the
front that the people back home are
answering a challenge, and the oth
er is to prepare for the proverbial
rainy day. It is easy to throw away
money for questionable goods oi to
speculate now, but it is doggone cer
tain that a dollar invested in war
bonds now will be worth far more
at some time in the future.
The people of Martin County are
being asked to invest $700,000.00 in
bonds, $245,000 in the “E" series and
$455,000 in negotiable bonds. Last
June, Martin County people invest
ed approximately $263,000 in “E”
bonds and $854,580 in negotiable
bonds. The “E” bond quota was not
met at that time, but it is believed
that the county will subscribe the
full amount this time and enough
extra to offset the shortage reported
last June.
Contributions To
TlflfocJ Uar Fund
In Martin County
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Williams Township Reports
Total of $114.12 In
War Fund Drive
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Assigned a quota of $150, Williams
Township raised and reported a
'otal of $114.12 in the United War
^und Drive. Contributions arc ac
knowledged, as follows:
Frank Hopkins, 50c; Floyd Moore,
tl; L. D. Hardison, $1; Chas. L.
Daniel, $5.00; Jasper Jones, $1; Mrs.
Ethel Jones, $1; S. J. Tetterton, $1;
Herbert Moore, $!; Robert Parrisher,
11; Arthur Williams, $1; James Tyre,
50c; Mrs. Annie Hell Tyre, 50c; Na
thaniel Coltrain, $1; Mrs. Estelle
Gardner, $1; Mrs. Callie Hardison,
$1; W. I. Beddard, $1; Lawrence Lil
ley, $1; Arthur Lilley, $1; Mrs. Ar
thur Lilley, $1; Ed Lilley, 50e; W. A.
Hardison, $1; Mrs. W. A. Hardison,
$1; Mrs. J. S. Andrews, $1; Mrs.
Grady Thomas, $1; Hardy Gardner,
$1.25; A Friend, $112; J. S. An
drews, $1; Charlie Pate, 50c; Mrs.
Neal Godard, $1; Billie Gurganus,
$1;; L. J. Taylor, $1; L. J. Hardison,
$2; J. T. Heath, 50c; Bennie Heath,
50c; W. F. Barber, $1.
Major Barber, 50c; William Bog
gard, 50c; Sylvester Moore, $1;
Woodrow Holliday, $5.00; A Friend,
$1; Wendeil Griffin, $1; John Bog
gard, $1; M. M. Hardison, $1; Colum
bus Reason, 25c; Willie Gurkin, $1;
Toe L. Coltrain, $1; Irvin Roberson,
1; Fannie Myrt Williams, $1; Dewey
Hardison, $1; Mrs. Stewart Tetter
on, 25c; Mrs. Lucy Smithwick, 75c;
sf. P. Roberson, $1; Joe Hopkins, $1;
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| Local Eleven Turns
Back Ahoskie 12-7
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The Williamston High School foot
ball team annexed its third victory
of the current season last Friday af
ternoon when the Ahoskie Indians
were turned back by a 12-to-7 score
on a muddy field here. Only once
this season has the the Green Wave
tasted defeat and that was at the
the hands of Columbia two weeks
before.
The locals scored their first touch
lo'vn lust Friday afternoon when
Charles Siceloff tossed a pass to Bil
ly Myers for a 13-yard gain. In the
second period, Jesse Rogers tore
through right guard to score. On a
lateral that netted 35 yards, the vis
itors scored in the third quarter and
made their try for an extra point
good.
Coach Less Straub, volunteering
his services while off regular duty,
says the boys are in excellent con
dition and are ready for the three
remaining games on the schedule.
On Friday afternoon of this week,
the boys will try to even the count
with Columbia when the Tyrrell
boys come here for their second en
gagement of the season. The game
will start at 3 o'clock.
The line-up for the last Friday
game:
Le, Bowen; It, Cowan; lg, An
drews; c, Horton; rg, Hines; rt,
Knight; re, W. Rogers; rh, Siceloff;
lh, Brandon; qb, Myers; fb, J. Rog
ers. Substitutes were, Waters, rh;
Wheeler, lg; Taylor, qb.
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Sheriff Roebuck Expected
Home Within A Few Days
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Although he is still having trou
ble with his right eye, Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck, well into his sixth week as
a patient in a Washington hospital,
is improving rapidly and it is be
lieved he will be able to return home
within the next few days. A second
ulcer haa appeared on his right eye,
but it is being removed today, it was
stated.
Messrs. Will Rhodes, Kader Koger
son and Connie B. Clark, other pa
tients in the hospital from this coun
ty, are improving, late report* from
the institution stated.
COTTON GINNINGS |
Cotton ginning from the cur
rent crop in this county are run
ning far behind those for the
corresponding period, a year
ago, according to information
just released by the Bureau of
the Census through its special
agent, Mrs. Strelsu Griffin.
The report states that 1,724
bales of the lint had been gin
ned from the current crop up un
til the first of this month as com
pared with 2,767 hales ginned
from the 1943 crop up to Novem
ber 1, the current ginnings run
ning slightly more than 1,000
bales behind those of last year.
Lt. Z. Hardy Rose Is
Awarded Air Medal
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A U. S. Troop Carrier Base, Eu
ropean Theater of Operations—First
Lieutenant Zeno II. Rose, William
ston young man and son of Mrs. R.
B.Tynes, 130 Chestnut St., Suffolk,
Va., who is now serving as naviga
tor of a U. S. troop carrier forces
C-47, in this theater, was one of the
many navigators of the huge C-47
armada that flew in the first para
troops and towed the first gliders on
the recent invasion of Holland. He
holds the Air Medal and Presidential
Citation, awarded to him for D-Day
"meritorious achievement" over
F ranee.
Commenting on his recent "D-Day”
mission into Holland, Lieutenant
Rose said, "I wonder if a fellow can
get a mental purple heart. That was
one of the roughest trips I ever had.”
Lieutenant Rose’s pant leg was creas
ed by a bullet that came up through
the cabin floor. "This trip is indeli
bly imprinted in my memory,” he
said.
Formerly a part of the Ninth Troop
Carrier Command, Rose’s unit is
now part of the U. S. Troop Carrier
Forces, headed by Major General
Paul L. Williams, and is a compon
ent of the First Allied Airborne
Army.
Commanded by Colonel Frank J.
MacNees of St. Paul, Minn., Rose’s
group also played important roles
in spearheading the attack on Hitler’s
“West Wall’’ and Southern France.
Farmer Beaten And
Robbed In County
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L. C. Jackson, 55-year-old county
farmer, was brutally beaten and rob
bed while sitting on the porch at
Ins home between Everetts and Rob
ersonville last Sunday evening about
0 o’clock. The victim said his at
tacker was a colored man unknown
to him. Officers, headed by Deputy
J. H. Roebuck, are working on the
case, but as far as it could be learned
yesterday afternoon no clue bad been
established. No other members of
the family were at home when he
was attacked and robbed.
Beaten over the head with an iron
swingle tree, the farmer was appar
ently left for dead. The attacker took
a $100 bill and some small change
from the farmer’s pocket and drove
away in his (Jackson's) 1935 model
Ford. The attack and robbery were
reported to Robersonville police
early yesterday morning and they
notified county officers.
ROUND-UP
For the first time in many
weeks, officers did not make a
single scratch In their week-end
round-up of alleged law viola
tors. Several persons were ar
rested Friday and a serious crime
was reported in the county, but
the jail entry book showed a
clean record.
Last Saturday was a holiday
for the liquor stores and it is pos
sible Oiui the supply of liquor
I held by individuals was not suf
i ficient to last until Saturday
night when most arrests are us
I ualiy made.
Pvt. Bruce Whitley
Relates Experiences
In War-Cato Franc^
\oi a Single BuiliUng Is Ufi
Untouched in Fight
For St. Lo
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Pvt. Bruce Whitley has been do
ing quite a bit of hurried traveling
trying to keep up with the Ameri
•an Armies, and just a short time
tgo only found time to give a re
jort on his travels since landing in
France. A former employee of The
Enterprise, Fvt. Whitley’s letter fol
lows, in part:
“Now that I have a little time. I’ll
ry and give you a little description
f our travels from the last time I
vrote and on up to now.
“After finishing the first airfield
vhich was the best one we have built
ince we arrived in France we had
the best break then that we have
had before or since, for we had about
a three-weeks’ rest. But things soon
began to break and our armies start
'd moving forward, and we had to
begin iwmh1; tour that hasn’t
stoppedyc^^^n this f i <'
our trip we passed through St. Lo
and I have never seen anything so
completely destroyed as that city. I
don’t believe a building was left
standing or one that wasn't hit. Beat
any destruction that any movie
scene ever attempted to show. It
must have been a tough place to
take. We were moving up so soon
that the dead cattle hadn’t been
moved and you could see and smell
them all along the way.
“We arrived at one place late in
the night and spent the rest of it in
and around hedgerows, pushing on
a few hours later to a location
where we were to set up camp for
two days. Then we had to pull out
and move to another place about
two miles away. While at this place
I had a nice bath in a small river
or creek. It was the first one I had
had in over a week and I certainly
did enjoy it.
“We were close to a pretty good
sized town here, but it, as most of the
others, was off limits to us, so I had
to limit my social activities to the
camp area with the farmers and
their families. We were about the
first soldiers in this section and the
people around were very nice to us.
We got plenty of fresh eggs, wine
cider and cognac, but I managed
to hold my own in that line and
didn’t get into any trouble like
some of the hoys did. One afternoon
a friend and I took a little stroll
over to a farm house and found an
old lady, her son and daughter at
home. They were planning or get
ting ready to go to work in their
field ns we came up. They invited us
in and gave us plenty to drink and
olenty of eggs Since we don’t gi t
anything hut powdered eggs in our
rcgular rations, they were really a
reat, although we had to cook them
'urselves. I really enjoyed the hour
.pent there trying to carry on a
onversations with them using a
French phrase book and signs. We
'id very well.
“We didn’t complete that field,
ind the only work I did was a few
minor details. We were there about
two weeks and then had to move on.
But I enjoyed that place more than
any other we have visited so far.
When we left there my vacation
ended and it was a 16- to 18-hour day
until the next place was finished.
“When we left the second place,
we were moved near a very large
city which I had an opportunity to
ride through several times while I
was on detail. It had one of the larg
est and prettiest cathedrals in it that
I have seen either here or in Eng
land and I think the buildings here
are just as old as those in England.
On one of these details I had to go
quite a distance from camp and had
to spend the night. That was the
prettiest country I have seen over
here. I passed through a few hills
and mountains and although it was
used as a battlefield it still retained
its natural beauty and reminded me
of the country in the States. In fact,
France, as a whole, is just like the
States with its plains, hills and
mountains, and the climate here is
similar to that in the States.
“The French really believed in
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Hunting Reserve
Case Is Postponed
A hearing on the restraining order
enjoining members of the Conine or
Broad Creek Hunting Club from
hunting and fishing In the swamps
along the lower reaches of the Roan
oke has been delayed until tomorrow
morning when it will be aired in the
Bertie County Superior Court. The
case was to have been heard in
Windsor yesterday afternoon, but
was postponed at the last minute to
avoid a conflict with a criminal case
ir. process of trial at the time.
Local citizens in numbers were
making ready to go to Windsor yes
terday when the case was postponed.
It is likely that a goodly number will
go tomorrow morning.
The action was brought by J. G.
Staton who had leased the land from
a Plymouth concern.