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NEARI Y 1000 MARTIN rot’N'TY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN Al l. PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNT?
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
VOLUME XLVH—NUMBER 99
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 15, 1914. ESTABLISHED 1899
Martin County Farm
Lilith
Fair This Week
Sumptuous Punic fHnm r»
Two-Day Event
Without a lot of hullabaloo, freak
joints or gambling devices, Martin
County Farm Security families are
holding a big-little fair in the
courthouse here. Exhibits were pack
ed into the double offices of the Farm
Security Administration here for the
first day of the fair opening yester
day. The entry winners were not an
nounced immediately. There were
strong competition for the first
awards, and the exhibits woul cer
tainly compete sucessfully with
those in any part of the country.
Briefly stated, it was a real fair the
security families staged along with
their annual meeting for a review
of their work this year and a study
of plans for 1945.
Food for living at home was stress
ed at home, and the dishes and can
ned foods were really tempting. On
ly a few of the common field crops
were displayed, the entries indicat
ing that the women are the real pow
er behind the farm security move
ment in this county Included in the
exhibits were the following foods:
corn, snap and shell beans, peaches,
okra, herring and herring roe, beets,
squash, tomatoes and tomato juice,
pickles of all kinds, soup mixtures,
chow-chow, preserves of all kinds,
butter beans, pears, field peas, pep
pers, barbecue, pimentoes, steak,
applesauce, sausage, watermelon
rind, molasses, huckleberries, grane
juice, grape jam, apple jelly, arti
chokes. butter, cheese, old ham, sweet
and Irish potatoes, eggs, chitterlings
and other items.
At noon yesterday a sumptuous
dinner was served in the courtroom,
the menu rivalling any ever prepar
ed for a king. The dishes ran the en
tire menu scale, and even after a
hungry courthouse “gang” and a few
special and heavy-eating guests
tackled the heavily laden tables
there was much food left.
Today, the colored patrons are par
ticipating in a meeting and review
ing the FSA calendar for another
year. They will take time out for a
big dinner.
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List-takers Named
For Tax Round-up
List-takers for the 1945 tax round
up in this county have been named
bv Tax Supervisor M Luther Peel.
The list includes only two new
names, but one or two other ap
pointments are not definite, the sup
ervisor explained.
The list includes. Clarence Stall
ings. Jamesville; Chas. L Daniel
Williams; W. T. Roberson, Griffins
N. R Roberson, Bear Grass; O. S
Anderson, Williamston: Buck Av
ers. Cross Roads; H S. Everett, Rob
ersonville; L. G. Taylor, Puplai
Point; Leroy Everett, Hamiltonr and
R R. Rawls, Goose Nest. Messrs. Ay
ers and Rawls were newly appoint
ed.
Scheduled to meet in the count;
f courthouse at 10 o’clock on Friday
December 22, the supervisor and list
takers will study plans and sched
ules for listing property values to
taxation in the year 1945. No reval
uation of real property was ordered
and values will remain unchangec
except in those cases where im
provements were made or new build
ings were constructed. Credits wil
be allowed for damage or destrue
tion. For the most part, the rea
values are likely to remain about th(
same as they are this year since then
has been very little building durint
the year in the county.
Some minor changes are expectec
in personal property listings. It r
understood the little "Blue Book
showing the value of motor vehicles
is more conservative in setting ui
the schedule of values for 1945.
County Young Man
Decorated In Italy
With the Fifth Army, Italy.—Sei
Marvin B. Manning, of RFD 3, Wil
liamston, N. C., recently was award
ed the Bronze Star for heroic a
chievement in service with the 34t
“Red Bull” Division of Lieutenan
General Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Arm
in Italy.
Many casualties had been sustain
ed among the men of Manning’s com
pany, part of the 135th Infantry Ret
iment, and several litter bearei
were among the wounded. Mar
nine volunteered to serve as a
ter bearer and made several trips t
evacuate wounded from the expose
banks of a gully. Each trip Wc
through the gully, which was bein
shelled intensely by enemy artiller
and mortars, and up the slopes whic
were being sprayed by German mi
chine guns located not more tha
r 100 yards away from the wounde
men.
“Courageously disregarding tt
greet danaer involved,” the citatic
said, “Manning undoubtedly savt
tha live* of many of his comrades.1
WOUNDED
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Sgt. Tyree B. (Bill) Tyson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ty
son of Oak C'tv, was slightly
wounded in the arm on the
Western Front on November 19.
Terribly Wounded,
I.t. John Goodman Getsinsjer
Undergoing Treatment in
Atlantic City Hospital
Recently returned from overseas.
Lt. John Goodman Getsinger, son of
the late Mr and Mrs John Getsinger
of Dardens, is undergoing treatment
in an Army hospital at Atlantic
City, New Jersey. Visiting him there
this week, relatives found him able
to be up and in “good spirits” despite
terrible and numerous wounds.
The young man was returned to
this country the early part of the
month, moving from Charleston, S.
C.. to the hospital in New Jersey.
| Lt. Getsinger was badly wounded
in the foot in July during the Sicil
ian campaign. He was in a hospital
over in North Africa for some time,
but was able to return to combat
in time for the big French invasion,
his third of the war. He participat
ed in the North African campaign,
moving on to take part in the other
two.
The young man, about 25 years of
age, was seriously wounded some
where in France on last August 1st.
He lost his right arm, a portion of
his rieht leg was shot away and a
nerve was torn in two in his left leg
limiting his use of it From his shoul
ders down he suffered numerous
shrapnel wounds, including a serious
one in his side And yet the lieuten
ant continues in “good spirts.”
When relatives visited him this
week, he accompanied them to their
hotel for several meals. It could not
be learned how long he will have to
continue in the hospital, but it is
fairly certain he will be under med
ical care for quite some time.
He has been given numerous blood
transfusions, one report stating that
; he had received approximately ten
1 gallons.
A nephew of Mr. J. Sam Getsin
ger of Williamston and of Elder P
E. Getsinger of Farm Life, the young
man was graduated from State Col
lege, Raleigh, and later located in
Asheville where he was employee
as a .litiuU«’ engineer until tot
j war broke out. He married in Ashe
ville.
The young man’s address is,
Lt John G. Getsinger, England Gen
eral Hospital, Room 405, Haddor
Hall, Atlantic City, N. J., and it i;
certain he’ll appreciate a note fron
' his friends and acquaintances ir
Young County Man
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11 this county.
CL IS
Cotton Ginning a Are Still
Running Behind Last Yeai
> Current crop ginnings are stil
running more than 1,000 bales be
hind those of a year ago, accordinf
to o report issued for the period uj
to December 1. Up until that time
2.184 bales had been ginned from th<
r current crop as compared with 3,27‘
j bales ginned from the 1943 crop u
! the corresponding period.
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Adhering to an old custom,
The Enterprise management is
planning to issue its next week’s
editions ahead of schedule that
the crew might get a breathing
spell—the only one enjoyed dur
ing the year. The paper sched
uled for next Tuesday is slated
to appear Monday, and the paper
ordinarily issued on Friday will
make its appearance on Wednes
day. No issue will be published
the following Tuesday, Decem
ber 26.
With three regular men in the
service and their places unfilled,
the managment sincerely trusts
that the paner’s patrons will
understand the schedule
and cooperate to the end that all
public ro'ices and announce
ments for publication will be
submitted promptly.
Pfc. Lewis Taylor Recovering
From Second Heart Operation
la?t June 11, Pf c ^^^P£*homi&*fby
survived a second operation on his
heart, according to a message just
recently received by his mother, Mrs.
Maniza Taylor Whitaker, RFD 3,
Williamsion.
“I am getting along fine ari don’t
have to worry about any more opera
tions,” the young man told his moth
er, explaining that he successfully
underwent a second operation the
2nd of last month when a bullet was
removed from his heart. He added
that he was now able to be up some
and walk around a bit, and that he
felt much better. The young man ex
pressed a yearning to get back home.
Pvt. Taylor was critically wound
ed when he was acting as a rear
guard, covering a movement of his
platoon. He was alone at the time,
and when he was hit he fell uncon
scious, lying there for possibly sev
eral hours. Partially regaining con
sciousness, he heard a noise some
distance away and managed to drag
cmT^mtl ft; '*
pital in England where Howard B.
Kellogg, lieutenant colonel of the
Army Medical Corps, performed the
first major operation on the victim's
heart. Following that operation, Pvt.
Taylor was said to have a fair chance
to live, unofficial reports stating that
few with that type of wound had ev
er lived to tell the story.
Expressing her appreciation in a
letter to Dr. Kellogg, Mrs. Whitak
er a few days ago received a letter
from the doctor who stated that he
was “very pleased to received your
letter.” He said in part: “I, as well
as all the other medical officers in
the Army, get a great deal of satis
faction from our work with the men
in our armies. We also appreciate
knowing that the families of our sol
diers realize that their boys are get
ting the best medical and surgical
care possible. The Army spares noth
ing to see that treatment is of the
highest standard . . .”
County Soldier, Wounded
In France, Is Discharged
Losing his right arm in action ov
er in France last May, Thomas Men
denhall, voung son of Mr. and Mis.
S. Walter Mendenhall of RFD 2, Wil
liamston, was recently discharged
with honor from the Aimy. He is
now at home. The youth, declaring
that he doesn’t like to talk about the
war or his part in it, apparently is
getting along very well. He has an
artificial arm, but does not wear it
all the time.
High School Pupils
To Present Special
Christmas Pageant
More Than 100 Voices To Be
Heard Sunday at 8 P. M.
In School Auditorium
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Reviving once more the old Christ
mas storv, the combined Glee Clubs
of the Williamston schools, under the
direction of Miss Kathryn Mewborn
will present their annual Christmas
pageant Sunday night, December 17,
at the high school auditorium at
8 00 o’clock.
Based on the well-known book.
Why the Chimes Rang, by Raymond
MacDonald Alder), the theme of the
pageant will be the story of Pedro
and Little Brothers, two poor chil
dren who go to the great cathedral
to offer their gifts and to see the
pageant of the Christ Child.
Featuring music by a choir of 115
voices selected from the grammar,
! junior high, and high school glee
clubs, the pageant will also include
numbers by the following soloists
and small groups: Helen Weaver, A1
i Ward, Ben Bunting, Bobby Taylor,
Hal Dickens, Robert Perry, Joe
Wynne, Billy Myers, J D Lilley,
Jean Stinnette, Louise Griffin, Lib
! Taylor, Frances Griffin, Thelma
Ward, Ethel Taylor, Dorothy Peele,
Doris Hudson Eugene Andrews, Jul -
ian Mason, Joseph Manning, Etles
Mbelle and Eliza Daniels,
j Characters incite pageant are:
I Story-teller, Lilybet Muse; Mother,
j Pearl Newbern, Pedro, Jimmy Page,
Little Brother, Charles Johnson; Old
j Woman, Margaret Ward; Rich Man,
Gilbert Woolard; Beautiful Woman,
Thelma Carrow; Scholai, Hilton
Peele; Lovely Young Girl, Shirley
Jones; King, John Watts; Carolers:
Turner Manning, Ernest Taylor,
Louise Corey, Betsy Horton, Mary
Caroline Leggett, Mary Ann Wil
liams, Doris Andrews, Bobby Goff,
Craven Gardner, and Barbara Jack
son; Priest, J. D. Lilley; Mary, Lucy
Andrews; Joseph, Mickey Gurganus;
1 Angels, Peggy Ann Baldree, Lola
1 Peele, Edna Hadley, Alma Jones,
Lee Handy, Dickie Ann Woodward,
; Mary Edward Dail, Betty Sue Clark,
' Judith Ayers; Shepherds, Dennis
- MooVe, George Moore, Guy Carrow,
' Paul Peele, Victor Brown; Wise
^ Men. Tom Brandon, Horace Coltrain,
j ~~ (Continued on page six)
[ Escapes Unhurt In
Bike-Car Accident
Roosevelt Wiggins, 17-year-old de
livery boy for the E. and W. Gro
eery here, was knocked unconscious
but not badly hurt wehn he was
struck by a car driven by Carrol
Coltrain in the drive way of th<
Gulf Oil Company’s filling statior
next to the Farmers Warehouse or
Washington Street early last Tues
day evening. Thought to have beer
badly hurt, the boy was picked uj
by Mr. Coltrain and carried to thi
local hospital. Just before the;
reached the hospital, Wiggins carm
i to and asked what it w as all aboul
After in examination and found ti
be all right, he was discharged fron
the hospital and returned to work
The bicycle the boy was riding a
the time of the accident was dam
igtd only slightly.
County’s Superior
Court Holds Final
Session This Week
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Four Divorces Are Granted
Before Adjournment
Last Tuesday
With vorv frw rases nn its crimi
nal docket, the Martin County Su
perior Court completed its work .and
ended a week’s mixed term in less
than two days, adjourning early
Tuesday afternoon. The court at
tracted no large crowd, and the old
hall of justice was just about de
serted following the trial of the
Bryant Cherry murder case and the
manslaughter charge against Jesse
Griffin.
Divorces, based on two years of
separation, were granted in the fol
lowing cases:
William Jasper Weaver against
Myrtle Perry Weaver, Neither party
to the action was present, hut the
plaintiff’s attorney, Wheeler Martin,
had gathered all the evidence and
matrimonial ties were blasted while
the plaintiff cooks for the Army just
behind the firing lines and the de
fendant is employed in New York
George Mourning against Ollie
Beulah Moorning.
Martha Whitley against Noble
Whitaker.
Two other divorce cases were on
the calendar, but they were not quite
ripe for the separation of the hus
bands and wives.
In the damage suit brought by
J Q Andrews against Guy Whit
field, the jury fixed the damages al
$ 185, and judgment was awarded in
that amount.
A judgment in the sum of $100 was
allowed Ernest Capps in his case U
| recover under a laborer's contract
from Sanford Roberson. The defend
j ant whs taxed with the cost.
Presiding over the short term
Judge Leo Carr of Burlington took
the suit of Standard Fertilizer Com
pany against Edwin Gill, State Rev
enue Department head, under ad
visement. The papers hud been filer
by both parteis to the suit. The com
pany bought a sprinkler system foi
its plant and the department charg
ed them use tax. Claiming that the
purchase was made before the tu>
was instituted, the company paid tht
bill under protest, and is now sum*
to recover.
Corning in about noon following i
detailed inspection of school proper
ties, members of the grand jurj
wert pressed into service as peti
jurors to hear several divorce cases
I The rgular petit jury did not ge
a single criminal case during tht
term.
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Local Youth In Returned
To Duty in Front Linen
Painfully wounded in the elbov
several months ago, Carlyle (Jerry
Langley, young son of Mr. and Mrs
Carlyle Langley of Williainston, ha
recovered and is now back on dut;
in the front lines, according to in
formation received here this week.
Local Rost Office To Remaii
Open llntil 6 p. m. Saturday
j As a special service to its patron;
the local post office will remain ope
until six o’clock tomorrow, it was an
nounced this week by Asistant Pest
\ master F. E. Wynne. It is likely tha
the office will remain open until
' o’clock on Saturday of next week.
\~ DIES IN BELGIUM
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*he War Department Monday
' notified Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ross
* of near Stokes that their son,
Private William E. Ross, 23, U.
> S. Army, died of tonsillar ab
>; scess in an army hospital in
Belgium on November 15th.
t The young man entered the
armed forces o^ly last April 6,
1 and was in tbe infantry.
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Detailed Study Of
Public. Properties
^f!uot!^l^irT\»s^i"l»iy fietter
Thnn The Average
Headed by Vance L. Roberson,
foreman, the Martin Grand Jury
‘his week made an extensive survey
of all county properties, including
iffices, jail, schools, busses and the
several institutions. While nothing
radically wrong was found, the
jurymen made quite a few recom
mendations.
Completing their work early Tues
day afternoon, the jurymen are be
lieved to have made one of the most
•omplete surveys of county proper
ties in years and submitted what is
’onsidered one of the best and most
letailed reports ever submitted.
The general report, recorded and
forwarded to the proper authorities,
follows:
‘We have passed on all bills of in
dictment presented to us.
We visited the clerk of court’s of
fire and found it to be in excellent
condition, with all guardian accounts
nroperly filed.
“We found the register of deeds
ofTice in excellent shape and all
bonds in order. The audit for the
past fiscal year has not been com
pleted, therefore this report was not
available.
“The sheriff's office and the tax
collector's office were found in good
conditions, with all records up to
date.
‘We visited the office of superin
tendent of schools and found it in
excellent condition.
‘We checked justice of peace re
ports an dfoutid them all filed with
the clerk of court and fines sub
m'itted to the treasurer.
“We visited the county jail and
found it in a clean and well kept con
dition. We found three white mule
and three colored male inmates.
"We visited the county home, pris
on farm and garage, and found them
in good condition with the following
exceptions: The fixtures to tjie hath
ronm of the Tb. ward have not been
installed, and the plastering has not
been repaired. The additional room
has been completed with the excep
tion of the windows. All these re
pairs have been recommended in
previous grand jury reports and we
urgently recommend that they be
completed.
‘All school buildings and premises
have been inspected by members of
the grand jury since the last term
and a complete record of the con
ditions along with findings of the
condition of the school busses are
covered in detailed reports to be
submitted to the proper authorities.”
While the recommendations were
(Continued on page six)
County Man Dies In
Colorado Hospital
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Mayo Bailey, young Martin Coun
ty man, died in St. Francis Hospital,
Colorado Springs, Colo., Wednesday
■light at 9:00 o’clock following an ill
ness of about four years' duration.
Mr. Bailey had been an inmate of
the Martin County Sanatorium for
about three years with the excep
tion of a few months spent in the
State Sanatorium the latter part of
1943 and early this year His condi
tion recently became worse and he
went west three weeks ago, where
his illness soon reached a critical
tage and death followed a few days
later.
The son of Walter Bailey of Bear
Grass and the late Mis. Mollie White
hurst Bailey, he was born in this
county on September 6, 1917 He
farmed most of his life in Bear Grass
but prior to bis illness he operated
a filling station in Norfolk.
When a young man he was mar
ried to Miss I«olene Taylor and she
survives with two children, Milton,
, 9, and Janice, 7, of Virginia. He also
leaves one sister, Miss Annie Mae
Bailey, who was visiting him in the
hospital, and two brothers, G. T. and
Bobby Bailey of the home.
Funeral arrangements could nol
) he learned immediately, but it is un
derstood that the body will be re
turned to this county for burial.
?Children Buy Over
$2,500 In War Bonds
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The sale of “E” war bonds wa;
- boosted in the county this weel
t when pupils in (lie local high sehoo
3 conducted an auction of their own
Various articles were auctioned, orn
—a nice cake—sold for over $600.
) Sponsored by Scoutmaster Bet
Courtney and his Scouts, the sal
was conducted by Attorney Clarenc
Griffin and attracted right much at
tention, the total sales amounting t
$2,509.
No late report on the bond sale i
this county could lie had today, bu
the "E” bonds are still going stronf
| One report states that they are be
j ing recognized as a timely arid valu
! able Christmas gift. More individ
I uals are buying bonds than ever be
1 fore in the county, it was learned.
KILLED IN A.CTJON |
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Reported mission over Munich,
Germany since last July 12,
lit. James Willis Ward, son of
Sir. and Mrs. John A. Ward of
Williamston, was reported kilt
ed as of that date, according to
a message received by his par
ents list Tlirrsdav. lie is the
33rd Martin County man to give
his life for his country so far in
the current war.
Several Auto Thefts
And Robberies Are
Reported in County
Tlirw Stolen ('arw Recovered
iNnmlx t of (Jus (!otit>otiH
Stolen YeHterday
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A scries of automobile thefts «nc
filling station robberies, each fol
lowing in rapid succession, was re
ported in the county late Wednesday
night and early yeslerday morning
It is believed the same group stub
three cars and broke into the tw<
filling stations, officers being fairb
well convinced that the violator;
were daring youths interested it
riding and plenty of gas rations.
The trail, forming an almost com
plete circle, had its origin on Churcl
Street here shortly before midnigh
Wednesday. Harry Jones’ car, bor
rowed and parked on the street b;
Dick Baker, was stolen. The thieve
got stuck in a swamp road and de
sorted it there, but not until they ha<
placed Farmer Jones’ overcoat unde
one of the wheels in an effort to fre
the car.
Going to the home of Gussie Hog
ers, tenant on Bill Harrison’s turn
not far from where they stuck th
Jones 1935 Ford, the thieves stol
Rogers’ recently-purchased car
They irtod toward Williamstoi
and hao traveled only a short dis
tance wl en the car, its radiator with
out water, ran hot. They left it ii
the road.
Early yesterday morning Huber
Biggs left hi., home here and startci
to Redden Leggett's hog killing 1!
stopped for breakfast at tin- horn
of bis father, Mr John Daniel Bigg;
and left his car in front of th
house. While the family was eatin
breakfast, thieves stole his eai
Later in the morning, the car wa
found parked on North Elm Stree
here, just off Church and not fa
j from the place where the Jones ca
was stolen eight or nine hours ear!
ier.
During the meantime someon
broke into Lucian Peel's filling sta
tion at Corey’s Cross Roads on th
i Washington Highway and stole
number of gasoline ration coupon;
! The filling station of Will Brown'
i in Bear Grass was also entered an
gas ration coupons were stolen. A
far as it could be learned, nothin
else was stolen at either of the sta
(ions, the thieves, at one place, tak
ing the coupons from a pile of pen
nies and leaving the money
Farm Li fa School To I* regent
Christmas Program Tacsda
The Farm Life School will preser
a Christmas program Tuesday, Di
cember 19 at 8 p. m. The prograi
will consi t of dramatic reading
recitations and playlets by the prin
ary grades. The high school wi
present a pageant, "The Star i
Hope”, in which Wing of Time di:
cover the Hope of the World. T1
public is invited.
$25,000 SUIT
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A damage suit for $25,000.00
I; was filed in the Martin County
| Superior Court this week by
11 Mrs. Ruth Vivian Whitaker
I against the Carolina Coach Com
■ | pany and the Carolina Delivery
I Service Company. The action
* I was taken as a result of serious
injuries received by the plain
II tiff in a bus-truck accident at
i Bethel on April 16 of this year.
11 The suit is one of the largest to
t have been filed in this county
in recent years.
Mrs. Whitaker, still without
full use of her faculties, was a
patient in the local hospital until
a short time ago receiving treat
ment for a crushed leg.
small Home Burned
[ere Tuesday
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Cemetery Yesterday
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After three rather mysterious
starts, fire burned the humble three
room home of Walter Rogers just
off the Washington Highway near
the colored high school here early
last Tuesday afternoon. Nothing
was saved from the house, and Rog
ers, trying to snatch a few articles
from one of the rooms, was painful
ly burned about the face. He was
given medical treatment and return
ed to his work.
Members of the family were at
home but they discovered the fire
the third time too late to get help
and put it out.
Firemen were first called to the
home at 10:45 o’clock that morning.
When they an ived, the fire was out.
Tin' wall paper in one room where
there had been no fire had been
burned, but the wood work wasn’t
damaged. An hour later, to the min
ute, the firemen were called to the
home, one report stating that a cur
tain m the same room had burned.
On that trip, the firemen made a
thorough investigation. Part of the
ceiling was ripped off, and a man
j wont into the attic, hut he could find
! no trace of fire, and the volunteers
returned satisfied that the fire was
out. Exactly one hour later, a third
alarm was sounded and by the time
the firemen reached there with the
equipment, the building was burning
rapidly.
1 11 is believed tliat there were
three fires, each starting possibly
from sparks blown from a defective
flue into a the attic and down into
the walls. However, the house could
have burned down from fire start
ing two hours earlier, but firemen
don’t think so.
Valued at about $000, the house
owned by Sam Faulk, was insured
, for $400. It was reported that no in
, suranee was carried on the contents.
Yesterday afternoon the firemen
, i were called to the home of Colum
, ! 'mis Baker on Hyman Street, near
Woodlawn Cemetery, where fire,
. I starting from a defective flue, was
, [eating its way into the ceiling. Very
■ Utile damage was done.
With some few exceptions, most
, of the calls received by the depart
4 ment come from those homes and
buildings where there are defective
I flules or where the buildings are
. covered with shingles. Up until
, the present time, the department has
received fewer calls this year than
in several.
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Seventy-one Tires
Allotted By Board
( Certificates for seventy-one tires
- fi2 for cars and nine for light
l trucks were issued by the Martin
I County War Price and Rationing
Board last Friday night.
Grade I tire certificates were is
ued to the following:
’ W. O Peel, A. C. Harrison, Janies
, A Daniels, W. R Cratt, Gus Lynch,
Henry Brown, Dillon Leggett, C. E.
( Smith, Wilson Griffin, Ivory Griffin,
( Robert Rogers, Henry Brown, Geo.
( D Roberson, Anoxles Peel, David
Gurganus, L R Meeks, A. B Wynn,
C. X. James, W Alton White, James
E. Griffin, Dock Hollis, J. D. Bui
, lock, J. D. Harrison, Jr., D B. Mob
ley, Eula W. Coburn, Claudius Hard
, ison, L. II Taylor, W. S. Revels, A.
' B Ayers, W S White, Chester Nich
ol on, Herbert Taylor, Carroll Mud
lin, J. L Beach, B. W. Williams, Fer*
I nando Bowen, W. H. Modlin, W. F.
s Thomas, Williamston Package Co.,
, R. T. Taylor, Kelly Rawls, James
’ Harry Wynne, John M. Cratt, C. B.
Gurganus, Lester L Everett, S. E.
Mannin, Williamston Police Depart
ment, Larry Bunting.
Two tractor tires were released to
J. Dawson Lilley.
Truck tire certificates were issued
y to the following:
E G. Anderson, Standard Fertil
t iber Co., M. W. Bissell, Daniel Moore,
- G and H. Builders’ Supply Co., Wil
n : liamston Peanut Co.
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i Youth Transferred
e To New Battalion
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Writing from Camp Wheeler down
' in Georgia, Pvt. Stephen L. Grimes
| stated that he had been transferred
' to another battalion, explaining that
he had been in the hospital and miss
ed three weeks’ training. He hated
to leave his old friends, he said.
"I have been getting my Enter
prise, and it really does make a sol
dier feel good to hear the news about
the boys and what's going on back
home,” the young county boy said.
‘‘1 surely did hate to leave the boys
over in the 15th Bn., especially Slade
White. We have been close friends
| for a good long while. There is a
i goodly number of Martin County
| boys here in Camp Wheeler, includ
i ing Heber Smith, E. H. Manning, Ray
Turner, Edwin Powell and Charlie
Jan-es.
“The boys say it never rains in
the Army, but it has been pouring
here during recent days."