NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
THE ENTERPRISE
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday^ December 5, 1944.
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
ESTABLISHED 1899
VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 96
Nineteen Marriage
County Last Month
Issuance Is Second Largest
Reported So Far
This Lear
Nineteen marriage licenses, the
second iargest number on record so
far in 1944, were issued in this coun
ty last month. For the fourth time
out of the eleven months, the issu
ance of licenses to white couples out
numbered and then by a very small
margin those issued to colored cou
ples. The issuance did not depend
altogether on civilian patronage, the
records showing at least three or
four of the contracting parties were
in the service.
Ten of the nineteen licenses were
issued to white couples, as follows:
White
James E. Garrington, Lynchburg,
Va., and Lola Griffin, Williamston.
J. P. Raynor, RFD 3, Williamston,
and Mamie Clyde Wells, Plymouth.
Billie John Davis, of Hamilton,
and Julie Baker, of Oak City.
Willard Earl James and Mary
Elizabeth Ward, both of Roberson
ville.
Willie Gray Let- and Neiiie Faye
Bunch, both of Williamston.
George W. Taylor, of Everetts and
Camp Cooke, Calif., and Thelma
Peel, of Everetts.
Marvin Leroy Spruill, U. S. Navy
of Roper, and Marjorie Bray Ashy,
of Plymouth.
Curtis Haislip and Maryland Vir
ginia Leggett, both of Robersonville.
Lt. George C. Mahler, of Wilming
ton, and Lorene Weaver, of William
ston.
Fred Weaver, of Edenton, and El
la Griffin, of Williamston.
Colored
Sam Brown and Arnecia Gorham,
both of Washington.
James Henry Mayor and Mary Lee
Jones, both of Oak City.
William Frank Spruill and Carrie
Letha Sheppard, both of Oak City.
Charlie Thomas and Mary Moore,
both of Robersonville.
John Linwood Powell and Mar
jorie Page, both of Robersonville.
Willie Alexander Rodgers and
Mary Elizabeth Howell, both of Wil
liamston.
William Eborn Sheppard and Es
telle Ward, both of Robersonville.
Berman Rogers and Sallie Mae
Harrell, both of RFD 1, Hobgood.
County’s November
Draft Registration
Reaching their eighteenth birth
days during the period, twenty-sev
en Martin County boys registered
for the draft last month. Fourteen
were colored and thirteen were
white. Their names and addresses at
the time of their registration fol
low :
Garland Mitchell Wilson, c, RFD 2,
Robersonville.
West Kech, c, Warren Street, Wil
liamston.
Milton Robert Greene, c, Hamil
ton.
Andrew Jackson Everett, c. Wil
liamston.
Roland McKinley Beddard, w,
RFD 3, Williamston.
Kelly Wallace, c, Everetts.
James Lloyd Moore, w, State Col
lege Raleigh.
Samuel Tim Jackson, w, William
ston.
Perry Bryant, c, RFD 1, Oak City.
Charles Irving Stokes, c, RFD 2,
Williamston.
Gene Wayland Taylor, w, The Cita
del, Charleston, S. C.
Frederick Harrell Bennett, c, Wil
liamston.
Elmer Lee Griffin, c, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Frederick Leon Hardison, w, Duka
University, Durham.
Francis Darrell Taylor, w, Ever
etts.
Tom Brown Manning, w, James
ville.
Gordon Ray Hinson, w, RFD 1,
Bethel.
Albert Dord Williams, c, RFD 1,
Palmyra.
James Albert Coltrain, w, RFD 1,
Williamston.
# Edward Earl Whitley, w. RFD 1,
Robersonville.
Quinton Durward Jones, c, Par
mele.
Willie James Purvis, c, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Oscar Lewis, c, RFD 1, Oak City.
James Edward Stokes, c, William
ston. __ ,
Romas Taylor Griffin, w, RFD 1,
Williamston.
Marvin Odell Harrell, w, RFD 1,
Oak City.
James Wallace Bennett, c, William
ston.
Mrs. Bill Myers Is Badly
Hurt In Fall Saturday
Mrs. Bill Myers critically hurt her
knee in a fall while making ready
to get into a car in front of Alpha
Cleaners on Main Street here last
Saturday evening. Someone had
dropped and broken a bottle of oil
in the street and Mrs. Myers step
ped into it and slipped. The bone in
her knee was crushed and reports
from the local hospital indicate that
she will not be able to walk in some
time.
County Believed Nearing Its
Troal Witfi^ hand Purchases'
i Called out of town unexpectedly
I and before.he could prrpa'ss-i report
! on recent bond purchases in this
county. Chairman Hennan A. Bow
en was quoted as saying earlier in
the day that it was fairly apparent
the quota is within sight. Several
very encouraging reports, while of
a general nature, were received over
the week-end. but there is some
doubt if two or three of the districts
are making the progress necessary
for a unanimous over-the-top report.
In the absence of a complete report
from the chairman, the progress of
the drive can be stated only in gen
eral terms. However, two bond ral
lies were held with marked success
in the county last Friday night in
Griffins and Cross Roads, and it is
believed that both districts reach
ed and passed their quotas. Out in
Griffins, the auctioneer, Jimmy Tay
lor, had to be called from the floor
when the supply of bonds was ex
hausted. The crowd, a fairly sizable
one, really pulled out the wallets
and shucked out the greenbacks.
When the records were checked, the
small but earnest gathering had
bought $32,168.75 worth of “E” bonds
| or just about three times tneir orig-'
liiisl quota and more than its eoi.a
| bined quota of E's and negotiables,;
! Very few bond' w' auctioned off!
jin unusually large denominations,
J but a prospective $25 bond purchas
er eyeing one of the cakes or pies or
other items did not have a ghost of
a chance. Chairman Geo. Griffin
thanked the people and expressed
great satisfaction.
Tiie rally at Cross Roads was a
very successful one. Valuable prizes
were offered and Jakie Taylor was
getting hot when he got down to
auctioning off a package of chewing
gum for as much as $750. Chairman
Paul Bailey explained that no bonds
were delivered at the tally, but he
was fairly well convinced that the
pledges along with the support of
others would carry his district over
the top within the next few days. A
complete report on the bond drive
is expected the latter part of this
week. During the meantime, our peo
ple are asked to continue to buy
bonds. Quotas may have been reach
ed and passed, but one hasn’t done
his best in behalf of the fighting men
until he has invested every avail
able dollar.
Retired Banker Passes
At Home Here Sunday
| BULLETIN I|
^j
The American Red Cross pub
lishes at regular Intervals a
Prisoner of War Bulletin, and it
is believed that those who have
relatives in prisoner of war
camps will find the bulletin in
formative^ Several persons in
the county are receiving the bul
letin regularly, and others who
have relatives in prisoner of
war camps and who care to re
ceive the bulletin are directed to
contact Mrs. Eva A. Grimes of
the local chapter, American Red
Cross, and she will ask the au
thorities to add their names to
the mailing list for the bulle
tins.
It is possible that some are
receiving more than one bulle
tin. In those cases the extra cop
ies could be distributed if they
were mailed or placed in the
hands of the local Red Cross.
Seal Sale Receiving
Favorable Response
The current sale of TB Christmas
seals is making splendid progress,
the chairman, Mrs. Asa Crawford,
stating that it is quite possible the
sales will set a new record.
During the first week of the
drivp, son special letters were mail
ed to citizens in the town and coun
ty, asking them to buy the seals en
closed. Nearly 200 of the letters have
been answered. Only *£ix returned
the seals, but in other cases the do
nations were double the amounts
sought.
In addition to the direct mail
solicitations, the drive is featuring
TB bond sales, the preliminary re
port showing that eighteen local
business houses and clubs had bought
bonds ranging from $5 to $10 each.
No report has been filed for the
street sales and those in the schools,
but they are certain to add up to a
goodly sum.
Contributions of $1 or more will
be publicly acknowledged within the
next few days.
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Woman Critically
Attacked By Hog
Mrs. Lilley, 65 years of age and
a member of a tenant family on Joe
Bunting’s farm between Oak City
and Tarboro, was critically hurt
when attacked by a hog near her
home last Friday. Few details of
the attack could be had here im
mediately. but according to the first
reports, the animal chewed the wo
man’s fingers and hands and tore
out part of her jawbone and tongue.
Removed to a Tarboro hospital,
the victim was said to be in a ser
ious condition when last reports were
received.
It seems that some pigs were run
ning loose in the yard and a dog
caught one of them. Mrs. Lilley wa?
said to have gone out to free the pig
when an old sow ran toward her
Mrs. Lilley fell while trying to jump
a ditch and the hog piled in on top
of her. She was home alone at th«
time, but some neighbors came
about that time and drove the ani
mal away.
Start Campaign to Reduce
Rat Menace Here Today
Another drive against rats is being
being statde here today and owner!
are warned to keep up their pate.
First County Bank
Organized In 1900
By Jos. G. Godard
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Funeral Servires Conducted
By Elder A. B. Ayers Here
Yesterday Afternoon
Joseph G. Godard, pioneer in the
county’s commercial banking field,
died at his home on Marshall Ave
nue here Sunday morning at (1:05
o’clock following a long period of
declining health. His condition had
been critical since a fall three weeks
before when he broke several ribs.
Almost eighty-two years of age, he
had not been very active during the
! past eight or ten years. He almost
i lost his sight some years ago, and
: he is believed to have stumbled in
i his room, causing him to fall against
a table.
The son of the late Jos. G. God
ard and Frances Peel Godard, he
| was born in Griffins Township on
| December 22, 1862. He was only a
i year old when his father returned
I to the Civil War and was killed.
! Nothing was ever heard from him.
When in his teens, Mr. Godard at
i tended Stephen Outterbridge’s school
in Mimosa, not far from Hamilton,
i He walked the approximately twen
! ty miles and would travel the same
! way at intervals of a few weeks to
i see his mother After teaching in the j
county schools two or three years,
he started a business career that was
destined to gain for him fame and a
small fortune. Not so long aeo. Mr.
Godard recalled his trip to William
ston to work for Staton Godard, gen
eral merchant and county treasur
er. Packing his clothes in a cracker
box, he walked to town and work
ed hard for a year or two before he
returned to his old home commun
ity and opened and operated a gen
eral store at Hardison’s Mill. His re
sales were small, hardly exceeding
$25 or $30 a week there, and he then
located in Everetts where he oper
ated a store for a short while. Later
| he moved to Plymouth and was em
ployed by the Hornthals. Having
gained a splendid business knowl
edge in his early associations with
the sretion’s leading merchants, he
returned to Williamston in the nine
ties and entered into a partnership
with the late Joe Everett. He bought
out his partner’s interests and along
about 1899 he sold his business to
his brother and made ready to or
ganize the first bank in this county.
Placing $5,000 of his own money
into the venture, Mr. Godard opened
the Bank of Martin County in 1900
in the building now occupied by the
Alpha Cleaners, corner of Smith
wick and Main Streets. Two years
later the Godard building, housing
the bank and a number of offices,
was constructed just across Smith
wick Street. He served the institu
tion as president until its consolida
tion with the Farmers and Merchants
Bank in 1917. During those years,
Mr. Godard and his bank figured
prominently in the material prog-'
ress of the county. His acts were not
publicised, but he befriended many
down through the years, lending his
own money to those in need when
there wasn’t sufficient security to
support a loan with the bank. He
farmed extensively and was instru
mental in forming land and seed im
provement associations, and while
he is remembered as the county’s
first eor’mereial banker, possibly his
work in agriculture was equally as
important.
Following the consolidation of the
. bank, he was instrumental in form
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Jimmy Watts Tells
XTfBMhb Raid CESt
Territory of Enemy
Young Local Man Stationed
in iialy v-itV American
iiomb Squadron
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Stationed somewhere in Italy .vith
an American bomb squadron, Sgt.
Jimmy Watts, chief mechanic on a
big bomber, describes a raid over
eneipy territory in the following
story recently received by The En
terprise:
This is just a note to give the folks
there at home an idea of how it feels
to be on a bombing raid over enemy
territory.
To start at the beginning, on the
days we had missions, the C. Q.
would awaken us several hours be
fore sunrise, informing us as to the
time of our briefing. After rushing
through breakfast, we start toward
the operations building, for brief
ing. After briefing, we draw flying
equipment, and load the trucks for
our ride out to our ship.
At the specified time, we begin to
warm up engines, the engineer
watching the instruments for any
tell-tale sign of trouble. At last we
are given clearance for take-off, and
the ships line up in position for take
off.
After take-off, we seek our posi
tion in formation. The squadron
formed, we circle the locality until
the group has formed, then set out
on course for the rendezvous point
to meet other units of the wing who
are to accompany us on the mission.
After forming the wing, we set
out on course toward the target. As
we reach a “safe” territory (where
stray bullets will not harm anyone)
we test-fire our guns to assure our
selves that everything is in perfect
working order.
Each man then settles himself In
a comfortable position until we near
enemy occupied territory, at which
time we begin searching the skies
for enemy fighters, being careful
not to mistake our own ships for
those of the enemy, as we are often
given fighter protection for our
raids.
We are alert in every way, for
once a fighter is close enough for
recognition, they are almost within
range, and once they start, it’s on
ly a few seconds we are able to fire
—and it's either him, or us.
As we near the expected areas for
flak, the navigator warns us to don
our protective armor. This done, we |
resume our watch for enemy aircraft, |
only watching more closely than ev
er for fighters, as they are more
likely to appear close to the target,
than at oilier times. The fighters nat
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Suffers Fractured
Arm In Auto Wreck
—$—
Wheeler Smith Boston, colored
man of Jamesville Township, suf
fered a compound fracture of his
left arm last Sunday morning when
his car plowed into one driven by
Mr. Grover Lilley at Dardens. No
one else was hurt, but both cars were
badly damaged, Patrolman W. E.
Saunders estimating that it would
cost $300 to repair Smith’s old Pon
tiac, and $200 for the Lilley car.
Mr. Lilley, it was reported, was
turning into his driveway and had
the front wheels of his car off the
highway to the left when Smith
rounded a curve and tried to run by
in front of the Lilley car.
Town Commissioners Hold
Brief Seesion ImsI ISiffht
Very little business was discussed
at the regular meeting of the local
town commissioners last evening.
The session was the first held in two
months, the regular November meet
ing have been cancelled when only
one member reported.
No action was taken on a request
by H. I.. Swain for a permit to pen
hogs on his farm at the edge of town.
Several requests for street lights
were heard, but not action was tak
en on any of them. The commis
sioners propose to clear off and pre
pare the property between the Roa
noke-Dixie warehouse and the rail
road for a parking lot.
I QUOTAS AND PRICES j
Quotas for the 1945 tobacco
crop were invoked by the De
partment of Agriculture last
Friday just a few hours before
the deadline. The allotment
svstem provides for the same
acreage next year as was allow
ed this year. Since the 1944
plantings were less than the al
lotment, farmers with few ex
ceptions are not expected to en
ter any objections to the control
plans.
Accompanying the order an
nouncing the continuation of the
production control program was
an order fixing prices for the
1916 crop at the same figures in
effect for the 1944 crop, and no
serious objections are anticipat
ed on that count.
'SELL' $552,675 IN WAR BONDS
BEFORE THESE TRIPLETS—Janet Lee. Nancy Sue, and Karen Ann Bachant
—decided to eat war bonds, they "sold” $552,075 worth of them in five
hours at a rally in New York City. Their fathor, Harry Bachant, was
killed in action in the Europeun theatre of operations (international!
County Officials Start
New Term on Monday
ExpectAppointment
Fifth Commissioner
Within A Few Days
Tnx Supervisor Named ami
Homls Approved; Offi
eers Take Oath
The county’s governmental system
marked the end of one term and the
beginning of another yesterday with
out a single change in the officiat
ing personnel. It was hard to tell
just where the old term ended and
the new one began, there being only
a slight interruption for the admin
istering of the oaths of office. The
new term called for extra activities
the first day, but even then the mem
bers of the board of commissioners
completed their work and adjourn
ed by mid-afternoon.
The only change in the official
county family was noted when Com
missioner C. D. Carstarphen did not
report and qualify for the office to
which hg was elected for another two
years. He had advised the county au
thorities that his work made it im
possible for him to continue as a
member of the board and that he
would not qualify. His successor has
not been named, but at) appointment
by Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne is
expected within the week. No appli
cations for the job have been receiv
ed, and just now the position is beg
ging. Completing two terms as a
member of the board, Commission
er Carstarphen has rendered a val
liable service to the people. As tax
supervisor, he was instrumental in
procuring and maintaining about the
best if not the best tax valuations the
county has ever had. It is not perfect,
to be sure, but it is so good that the
board decided not to order a new
valuation for 1945. He with all the
members til the old board has plug
ged steadily to reduce the county
debt and handle the affairs of the
county in an efficient manner, al
ways balancing the conservative with
the liberal to get a progressive gov
ernmental system.
All the county officers eKcent the
fifth commissioner and the survey
or qualified for office at the meet
ing this week. Bonds were submit
ted and approved, and the officials
continued their work from the old
to the new term. Mr. R. L. Perry was
again chosen chairman of the board
of commissioners. Elbert S Peel was
appointed solicitor of the county
court for two years and county at
torney, the latter job carrying a $100
retainer's fee. John W. Bland was
reappointed superintendent of the
county home.
Luther Peel was appointed tax
supervisor for 1945. He will call his
list-takers into a meeting during the
week of December 18 to adopt a
schedule of personal property values
and make plans for. handling the new
lists beginning on or about January
!. Most of the old list-takers are ex
pected to serve.
Tax relief orders were granted in
the sum of $2 each to two members
of the armed forces, Irving Terry, of
Bear Grass, and Hugh B Griffin of
Griffins. A similar order was grant
ed in the sum of $2 to Howard Hop
kins, war veteran, and John W. Gur
kin was relieved of the payment of
$1.10 cn property listed in error.
Reporting on the current tax col
lections Luther Peel stated that a
little over 61 per cent of tb» levy of
$ 193.619.58 had been collected, or
Cl 19,357.19. The 1943 levy was 98.4
per cent collected, the 1942 levy is
99 per cent and the 1941 levy is 99.2
per cent collected.
| HOLIDAY SCHEDULE |
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All IVIartin County school* will
close Wednesday, December 20,
for the Christmas holidays and
reopen on Monday, January 1,
the Martin County Hoard of
education ruled In regular ses
sion here yesterday. Consider
ing the two days saved at
Thanksgiving and the fact that
repair work is needed on some
of the busses, the three hoard
members present favored the
ten-day holiday schedule.
Very little business was be
fore the meeting which was ad
journed after the annual audit
had been approved and the sale
of the old (iodard Hill school site
in Williams Township was or
dered '*hl.
Turning Points For
Soldier Come on 1.5
It seems as if turning points, the
good and those not so good, come
>n the 13th for ueorge Wynne, If. S
Army, and son of Mrs. Katie Wynne
and the late George I) Wynne'.
Wynne registered on December
13, 11)41. He entered the service on
August 13 104/!, and his serial num
bei starts with 13. He has had three
furloughs since entering the service
and each one began on the 13th day
of the month
Not so long back from New Guinea,
where his outfit completed its mis
sion in about six months, Wynne
wears the Oak Leaf Cluster for com
bato service. The fighting was plenty
tough, la? said, but hesitated to elab
orate. However, he added that he
knew he had killed one Jap and
thought possibly he accounted for
others.
Completing a furlough here with
relatives, the young man left last
Saturday night for his base at
Galveston, Texas.
Openings In County
For Censub Workers
Openings in this county for at
least eleven and possibly fifteen
enumerators for the farm census to
be conducted in early January were
announced last week-end by E W
Lupton, area supervisor, Washing
ton. Those interested in the work
are directed to write to Mr. Lupton
immediately at his office in the Fed
ral building at Washington, North
Carolina, for application forms.
The applicants will attend a three
day school and they will be paid so
much a day for their time and so
much for each report they file. The
Census Bureau is anxious to have
"aeh township in the county repre
sented, the authorities pointing out
that when the enumerators come
from their own localities their re
muneration is greater.
The census is strictly an agricul
tural one and will have to do only
with farming activities, it was ex
plained.
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Firemen Called To Farm
Home Near Here Saturtlf/
Local volunteer firemen were call
ed to the Kelvin Grove farm home
| on the Washington Road near here
| last Saturday evening when a burn
ing chimney threatened the struc
! tura. No damage vraa dona.
Six Allied Annies
Keport Fighting
On Germany’s Soil
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Russian* Driving Steadily in
I<wssi:i>n t>{ »*>■»■
Civil War in Greece
Six and possibly seven Allied arm
ies are now fighting on German ter
ritory, the combined forces slowly
>ut steadily pushing forward against
the vital industrial areas of the en
. my. Patton's Third Army is holding
the spotlight, temporarily at least,
Advancing one and one-half miles
ilmost overnight, three divisions
from the Third are approaching the
mportant centev of Saarbrucken
vhile men of the First and Ninth
\rmies are lining up fur a bloody
ight along the Roer. It is fairly ap
lurent that a new and even more
bloody phase of the Western Front
ight is now developing, that heavy
casualties are to he expected.
Accompanying the increased tem
po on the Western Front, Allied
planes are working in greater
trength against enemy targets, es
pecially rail centers feeding the en
•my forces. For thirty-six hours, Ai
ied planes roared across the Eng
lish Channel to carry on an almost
ceaseless drive against the enemy.
Attention is also given the latest
drive by the Russians in Hungary.
Advancing as many as twenty miles
a day, the Russians are now within
fifty miles of the Austrian border,
late reports staling that the Hungar
ians and Germans are fleeing in
great disorder ahead of the drive
and that German officials are leav
ing Vienna in great haste.
In Italy the stalemate apparently
has been broken by a new British
Eighth Army drive which cut an im
portant rail line leading into Bolog
na.
A lull continues on the front in
Leyte, but naval action is still in
progress, both sides losing a destroy
er in recent action in Ororhoc Bay.
Just prior to that engagement, Am
erican submarines accounted for a
cruiser, a destroyer and eighteen
merchant ships, running the total
Jap ships lost so far in the war to
874.
Civil war about to break out in
Greece is causing concern, and al
ready there is a sharp difference of
opinion among the 11 ios. Churchill
said thi . morning that British power
could be expected to step in to main
tain order. Ilis declaration still leaves
the fate of the liberationists in doubt.
Sixty-Seven Tires
Allotted By Board
Certificates for sixty-seven tires
six for small ti neks and 61 for pas
senger cars--wore issued by the Mar
lin County War Price and Rationing
Board last Friday.
For l he current month, the coun
ty has been allotted 309 passenger
car tires and forty-two for small
I rucks.
Grade I lire certificates were is
.ued In the following:
It C. Gurganus, James W. Gan is,
F. S. Scott, Ira Jones, G. II. Martin,
Hubert Mndlin, Starling Bell, Allie
Griffin, Mack Wynne, Jeff IJ. Ether -
idge, n. I,. Hardy, James Robert
Wynne, Hr. J. S. Rhodes, Chas. H.
Godwin, Jr., Grace Whitley May
nard, J. S. Ayers, Jr., R. N. Turner,
’ M Holliday, John Mobley, N. M.
Hyman, Arthur Peaks, L. W. Har
ii on, Hubert Virgil Lilley. Charlie
Bryant, W. C. Bailey, H. G. Harri
;nii, J A Roebuck, Bithel Braddy,
Garland Cowan, Elmer E. Peel, E.
t Rawls, Poland Corbun, Richard
B Jones, Puke Harrell, David R.
Davis, William Hopkins, J. T Heath,
Stacy S Cox, J H. Coburn, Charlie
Pee It W Wilson, Herbert Winches
ter, G. W. Harris, J. D. Mason, Wool
aid Hardware Co., B. S. Courtney.
Certificates for small truck tires
were issued to the following:
J. R. Coltrain, Chas. H. Jenkins,
V G Taylor, Royal Baking Co.
War Board Denies
Farmers Releases
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Meeting in the agricultural build
ing last Friday afternoon, the Mar
lin County War Board denied sever
d farmers releases from agriculture
to enter industry. One or two per
manent releases were granted when
reasons acceptable by the board were
offered for the changes. Quite a few
were released from their farming ac
tivities for short periods.
Permanent releases were denied
J. H. Culliplmr, Russell Wynn Mob
ley and Luther Stallings. Just what
action will be taken if a farmer
leaves the farm without first obtain
ing a release could not be learned
immediately, but it is understood
that one or two have been called for
duty in the armed forces.
The war board, composed of J. F.
Crisp, chairman; T. B. Brandon, H.
F. McKnight, J. C. Eubanks, J, W.
Eubanks, V. B. Hairr and L. A. Clark
will meet again Friday afternoon of
this week in the agricultural build
ing to hear applicants appealing for
releases. The meeting will open
about ona o’clock.