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NEARLY 10«0 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE ■ ME!*-?*3W*«B»£INCi THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY JCX.U C MEN NOW READING THE. ENTEPRIS* IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. W illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 9, 1945. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 3 ESTABLISHED 1899 'iiirlf■Wf Hiatus- 'v| Changed, Four Men Are Reclassified 4-F’s in Non-Essential Jobs Subject To Recall in The Near Future * k I ◄ While no far-rpaching instructions have been received so far, the Mar tin County Draft Board along with all others in the country was just recently instructed to call up all men in the 4-F classification who are not in essential work and those who have changed jobs without the proper au thority. The directive is centered on those men whose ages range from 18 to 37 years, inclusive. It is fairly cer tain that the new ruling wiil not ap ply to those 4-F men who are farm- I ing and these who are engaged in ' one oS ihi list of 35 job classifica tions. But those 4-F men who have taken their classifications to mean that they possessed a free ticket to r idleness and indifference, are now facing recall. All the details for handling the 4-F men have not been worked out, 1 and only meager instructions have been received by the draft authori ties. Reliable hut yet unofficial re- j ports maintain that physical stan- j dards are being lowered, meaning j c that quite a few of the 4-F men will \ be called into the services. It is al- ] so understood that other jobs will ( be created for some. , The registrant who changes his , job without permission is subject to ( reclassification. Meeting in special < session last Friday night, the coun- ( ty draft board placed the following j men in 1-A: William Sherrod Smith, j c, RFD 1, Jamesvillc, and Washing- , ton, D. C.; Haywood John Brown, w, RFD 1, Oak City; Archie Willie , Teel, c, of Robersonville; and Ernest , Phillips, c, RFD 1, Palmyra. ( An order just received instructs j the draft authorities to call all farm- | ers between the ages of 18 and 25, , inclusive. National draft, authorities i explained that “It has been found that the further deferment of all men now deferred in the 18 through 25 age group because of agricultur al occupation is not as essential to the best interest of our war effort as is the urgent and more essential need of the Army and Navy for young men.1’ It was also explained that older men and possibly some 4-F’s who are now idling away their time will have to take over the farm duties or face the consequences. The order calling for all farm workers in the lower age group was first issued the early part of last year, and with some few exceptions most of them have been called in North Carolina. Now the instructions would make the call virtually com plete, according to the way the new rulings are interpreted. It is fairly apparent that the gov ernment authonties, including the draft officials, have depended upon the willing cooperation of the peo ple, that now a final show-down is to be expected shortly. If the late rulings do not solve the problem fac ing the nation, a definite work or fight order is to be expected. It could not be learned when the draft board would be able to start work on the 4-F files, but the clerks are already studying the records. And it is honestly believed that those 4-F’s in the 18-25 age group who do not settle down and get into essential work immediately, they will be sub ject to recall. BLOOD “BANK Local volunteer firemen have volunteered to create a blood reserve for little Miss Peru Harrison who has already been given over 100 transfusions and who will need many more be fore she outgrows a serious ill ness. Every last member of ihe department volunteered to give their blood to the little girl, and last night they went out in two groups to have their blood typ ed. The volunteers will be called in order as they are needed. The little girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Harrison of Bear Grass, will likely report for an other transfusion within the next few days. Enemy Fleeing His \dvanee Position in rhe Belgian Sector —•— \inerican8 Are Said To Have Landed on Luzon in the Lingayen Bay Area » — After absorbing a powerful punch ielivered by the enemy on Decem >er 16, American forces aided by the rrench in the south and British and Canadians in the north apparently low have the situation on the West >rn Front pretty well in hand. How ver. fierce fighting continues along .everal sectors of the front, and then here is the possibility that Field Vlarshal Von Rundstedt is prepar ng for another counterattack some where along the line. Late reports from the front state hat the Germans are fleeing the tip >f the bulge drive into Belgium, that .hey are retreating to a point about four miles from the border after fati ng in their main objective. The en >my wedge, driven almost as far as 50 miles in some areas, has been nar rowed to less than ten miles, and vir tually all the main supply routes nave been cut off for the Germans. While the situation in the Belgian area was greatly improved, the Am : ricans aided by the French have re versed the enemy’s offensive in northeast France. The Seventh Army lias seized the initiative there, blunt ing the enemy drive and reducing the threat to Strasbourg. On the Eastern Front the Russians have absorbed the drive advanced by the Germans for the relief of the besieged garrisons at Budapest, and are now driving on toward Vienna along the Danube. The fierceness of the fight for the relief of Budapest is evidenced by the report stating that the Russians knocked out 90 tanks and killed over 2,000 Germans in a single day. No developments on the anticipated drive through Po land have yet been reported. In the Pacific theater, the Ameri cans, according to enemy reports, have landed in the Lingayen Bay area, on Luzon Island, about 100 miles north of Manila. The action has not been confirmed. It was also claimed by the enemy that much ac tion has been in progress in Lingay en Bay where a big American con voy was moving northward. On the home front, plans for a work or fight order are still being considered. Tire latest move is di rected principally at 4-Fers who have turned their backs on the war ef fort. or * Mrs. Abbitt Dies In Virginia Hospital Funeral services were conducted | last Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs Virginia Phillips Abbitt, 73, who died in a Norfolk hospital Wed nesday night at 10:30 o’clock follow ing a short illness. Rev. Kenneth E Burke, pastor of Burrows Memorial Baptist Church, of which she was a member, conducted the service held in the funeral chapel of James V. Derry. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. T She was the daughter of Capt. J. W. and Mrs. Virginia Phillips. A na tive of Petersburg, she had been a ersident of Norfolk for 40 years and had resided at 119 West Tenth Street. Surviving her are two sons, Willard O Abbitt, of Williamston, and Jas. Raymond Abbitt, of Norfolk; four sisters, Miss Love Phillips and Miss Lillian Phillips, of Norfolk; Mrs. Marshall Overman, of Smithfield and Mrs. James T. Shepherd, of Suffolk; a brother, Melvin Phillips, of Norfolk; a grandchild, Virginia Abbitt, of Norfolk. - Firemen Called To Roof Fire Early Last Saturday Answering a wailing alarm at 2 o’clock last Saturday morning, local volunteer firemen went to a rooi fire at a home on Riddick Street and returned to the station a few min' utes later after spilling a small quan tity of water. Very little damage wai dooe American cuumciai^iva back part of the German bridgehead on the Rhine eight miles north of Strasbourg, the French stemmed the enemy push 16 miles south of the city; and to the west in the Vosges, Doughboys recaptured Wingen, where the Nazi push had driven 15 miles into France. (A Berlin broadcast declared that the French front had been "cracKed wide open” by a new bridgehead south of Strasbourg from which Ger man forces overran six Rhine valley towns, including Kraft, only ten miles south of the city. The report was without Allied confirmation.) British troops in eastern Holland, riding Canadian tanks, wiped out a German bridgehead on the west bank of the Maas River at Wanssum, 26 miles east of the Allied base at Eindhoven. More than 700 United States heavy bombers joined the battle in the Ar dennes, plastering road and rail junctions inside the Belgian bulge and the same sort of targets far back I into the Reich. Aged Everetts Citizen Died Saturday Evening Mattie Clemmons Reeves, aged colored woman and respected citi , zen of Everetts, died at her home there last Saturday evening at 7:00 o’clock. She had been in feeble ! health for several years, spending ' I the last three in bed as an invalid. I Funeral services will be conduct ■ ed Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 - o’clock in the Everetts church by 3 Rev. Callier, and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Of Raids and Flying j RoRotedfewF T^I*j5wLjsi Man Sends Greetings From Belgium -® Bruce Whitley, for twenty years make-up man on The Enterprise force, tells of his experiences in England during air raids. In his let ter written in Belgium December 13, he explains that he had not been allowed to tell of his early ex periences in and around London. His letter reads: “When I first came to England i more than a year ago, the Germans J had quit their day-light bombing of the island, thanks to the anti-aircraft guns and the fighter plane defense that was then available. There was hardly a night, however, that the air raid warning did not sound, and the sirens were weird sounding things. They just gave you the creeps. At » first I did not pay much attention to them because I did not hear any planes, but after I had been in Eng land about a month some came over our camp. We were alerted and it was then for the first time that I saw ( flares dropped and heard the guns, t The plant's, however, were a safe dis- t tance from us, but you could hear ; bombs go off and it made me feel a i little scared, but after a while I did- 1 n’t think much about them for they I never came very close. “About a month later, I had a pass I to go to town. We traveled in a con voy of one or two trucks from each , company. Well, for some reason, the ( convoy officer was late that night j and it was a good thing, too, for we j missed being hit by just about that , much time. The road that we were , on ran close to a railroad bridge and , that was what the planes were after, , but they missed and hit the highway , und several homes instead. We got . to town that night by being rerouted ] and getting there much later, but we , didn’t mind that after missing the bombs. i "There was nothing eventful for the following few months. Then I happened to be in town on Sunday night on a week-end pass. I had just left the picture .show and was on my wuy to a pub when an air raid warn ing was sounded. I didn’t pay any attention to that and continued on my way. Then all at once it felt as if the world was being torn from its moorings. A bomb was dropped and I thought it was right next to me. However, it was some distance away. It sounded at first as if a large moun tain was moving through a dense brush, followed by a large flash and a deafening sound. That is as close as I ever want to be to one of those babies when it goes off. The flak fell like rain and I was advised to go inside as I did not have my hel met. The search lights were work ing and they had a plane in there and all at once there was a big ex plosion in the air and that was the end of that raider. I saw three shot down that night by anti-aircraft guns. “From that time it was fairly quiet around that part of England where we were located until we had almost finished building the airfield. We were visited by Jerry every night for about three weeks. Al though they never hit the field they came pretty close sometimes, and we were made to hunt cover a lot of nights. It surely was a bitter pill to have to get up and dress and go out into the cold, but it was for your own safety and it had to be done. The raids stopped suddenly I guess our bombers were beginning to do an effective work, and I didn’t hear j any more planes until the robot Oi flying bomb started visiting the island. "By that time we naa aeen mov ed several times and we had just completed the construction of an other field. I had to get up one morn ing before light and I heard a plane and it didn’t Sound like anything 1 had ever heard before. Then all at once it cut off and in a few seconds a thundering explosion followed. That was the first flying bomb I had ever heard, but a short time later they came over fairly regular, and pretty close sometimes. However, they never came close enough to do us any damage, but they would shake our barracks, possibly six or seven miles away. I did not see one in the day time while I was in Eng land, but saw several at night with the fire pouring out the tail end. They really do move. I have seen several in daylight and some pretty low since T have been over here. Fortunately for us they kept going. “When were were finishing one field, a formation of our bombers started over just as we were lining up for chow. All at once one of the big bombers broke formation, and you could see a number of little ! (Continued on page six) ---A Land Prices Not So High After All In the County Contrary to a report released last week, stating that land prices in the county had exceeded levels reached in World War I, comes a reliable re port stating that land prices are nol so high after all at the current time I A farm that was sold last week foi ! $6,000 was sold for $15,000 in 1919, i was learned. Deputy Collector Johr. D. Lil ley of the U. S. Department of ReveniiA-vdUJsg. fa the William.-^ ' VV ednesdift. i January tltirsday, Januar^n, ~tff~sBBHSt farmers in filing their federal income tax returrs. Nearly every farmer is re quired to file a return, and while it will be impossible for Mr. Lil ley to assist everyone he will render every service possible. Quite a few farmers, callin;, on lawyers and accountants and others, have already filed their returns in this county. Local Young Man Is Commended for Duty Performance —<$>— S.-Sgl. George Lee Roberson Cited for Unflagging Devotion to Duty - —c* 15th AAF in Italy—Staff Sergeant George L. Roberson, 26, son of Mrs. Annie L. Roberson, 500 Williams St., Williamston, N. C., as airplane mech anic i nthe ground crew of a 15th AAF P-51 Mustang fighter group, has been commended by the pilot of the plane on which he serves as ‘crew chief” for his ‘‘outstanding per formance of duty.” The commendation, now a perma nent part of Roberson’s military rec ord, was written by Captain Harold R. Loftus (Annapolis, Md.), a Mus tang pilot who has destroyed one enemy plane in aerial combat in ad dition to destroying a great amount of German military equipment and supplies by strafing. It reads, “Dur ing the months of my association with you as pilot of your aircraft I have hud occasion to observe the quality of your work and have found your performance of duty to be out standing. ‘‘I wis hto commend very highly the diligence and skill you have re vealed in caring for your aircraft. Your efforts have been largely re sponsible for the exceptional man ner in which your plone has func tioned throughout its many missions against the enemy, and the conscien tious interest and unflagging devo tion to duty you have constantly dis played have inspired in me utmost confidence in your ability. Through your personal efforts and efficiency you have established an excellent maintenance record and have thus facilitated the operations of your un it immeasurably.” As “crew chief,” a position Rober son has held for 18 months, he is in charge of the wal k of four men, who, including himself, comprise the ground crew which keeps a P-51 Mustang fighter plane in tip-top fly ing condition. He is responsible for all inspec tions, engine changes, repairs, and modifications of equipment on his plane. His “pre-flight” inspection, an inspection made before the plane can be flown on a mission, is made in order to check oil pressure, the controls, the mngnitos, for coolant or oil leaks, and for general engine per formance. This Roberson does while the plane is on the ground by run ning the plane's engine to speeds equivalent to actual flying speeds. If the test meets all flying standards, he then O.K.’s the plane as being (Continued on page six) Sheriff And Others Escape Uninjured In Minor Wreck Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, just out of a Durham hospital last Saturday, his wife and mother escaped with slight injuries in a minoi automobile acci dent on the Washington Highway yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Driving towards Williamston, the officer skidded into the rear end of Mr. Alec Williams’ Buick which had been stopped for a school bus. A fair ly heavy fog almost blanketed the highway and reduced the visibility, but the officer saw the car in time to apply the brakes, the car skid ding into the Buick. No one was hurt and the damage was estimated at hardly more than $100. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . * yjPj. Martin County motorists trav eled through the first week of the New Year without a report ed accident. It is a record well worth maintaining during the remainder of the year. In the first week of last year one person was killed and a property damage of $500 was recorded. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the _ecident ! trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 1st Week Comparison Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1945 0 0 0 $ 000 1944 101 500 Comparison To Date t 1945 0 0 0 $ 000 1944 101 500 £puntaJOver~X]if PasL3S£e£k»*nd. More Colored Men Are Called From County for the Services Five Martin County colored men were ordered to report this week for final induction into the Armed Serv ices. Judging from the size of the call, the allegedly urgent need for more men is not yet being felt in this county. It is believed, however, that larger calls will be received in due time. Four of the five men called to re port for service today are married and they are leaving behind eleven children. For the first time in recent months no tender-age registrants were called and none of the men comes from the farm. The names and addresses of those called for final induction today fol low: Benjamin Franklin Bynum, Par mele and Norfolk. Frank Scott. Williamston. James Elbert Brooks, RFD 1, James\ die. R. S. Howell, Hamilton. Davie Leonard James, Jamesvllle and Richmond. Bynum was transferred to Norfolk for induction, and James was trans ferred to Richmond for induction. A comparatively small number of county white men have been direct ed to report for final induction next Tuesday, according to unofficial in formation heard here today. A pre induction call for white men is ex pected the latter part of this month, and it is likely to be some larger than those recently received. Shortage Of Tires Is Becoming Acute As Quotas Are Reduced —•— Sixty-four Auto Tires, Releas ed, Only 4 Small Ones Available Last Friday -« Although allotments have been re duced only slightly, the shortage of automobile and a few other types of motor vehicle tires is said to be acute, one report stating that it is becoming more difficult to get en ough tires to supply the holders of purchase certificates. Shipments are running from six weeks to two months behind, and orders, in some cases, are not more than half filled. The county was allotted 304 auto mobile tires and 34 for small trucks this month, but it is almost certain thut the supply will not be sufficient to meet the quotas. In December, 300 tires for autos and 42 for small trucks were allotted the county, and accord ing to one report quite a few of those certificates are still being held by in dividuals. Last Friday night, the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board issued certificates for the pur chase of 64 Grade I automobile tires and four for small trucks. Grade I tires were allotted the following: Herbert Taylor, C. D. Bullock, C. C. Martin, Clayton Lynch, Wiil Wooten, G. H Manning, Howard Peel, Lorio Williams, Willie Spruill, Bertha Phillips Moore, Henry Bell, Tom Sessoms, James A. Daniel, Mrs. John C. Jones, Lula W. Coburn, Jas. W. Bowen, George T. Bailey, Geo. C. James, Jesse L. Hale, Dan W Jones, S. A. Robertson, R. C. Gur ganus, John H. Roberson, Roy Clark, S. C Bailey, George P. Roberson, James A. Chance, H. S. Williams, John Stulls, S. R. Jackson, E. A. Rog erson, J. L. Mobley, Joe Ward, J. T Coltrain, M. S. Cowan, Vernon Davis, Henry Lee, George W. Revels, Slade, Rhodes Co., Robert L. Stevenson, A r. White, Robert L. Ward, Frank (Continued on page six) Former Local Girl Wilts Bronze Star —®— Miss Natalie Gould, former resi dent of Williamston and a sister of Mrs. Dewey Dayman, of Williams ton, was recently awarded the Bronze Star as an American Red Cross work er overseas. The medal was given for meritori ous service in North Africa. The ci tation said that Miss Gould “display ed courage, tact and tireless energy in planning, directing and supervis ing the extensive recreational pro gram which contributed greatly to the morale and welfare of the pa tients.” The citation added that she v/as severely injured near the end of the Tunisian campaign but refused transfer to a base hospital and re sumed her work of caring for sick and wounded service men prior to her complete recovery. Miss Gould at that time was as signed to the 77th Evacuation Hospi tal. Later she was transferred to England and subsequently she par ticipated in the invasion of France. She is now somewhere in France with a clubntobile unit. -« Hunting Season Is Closed For Deer And Squirrel --- Hunters taking squirrel and deer now are subject to the prosecution of the courts, County Game Warden W O Abbitt explaining that the sea son for shooting squirrel and deei ended January 1. The season is stll open for taking birds, turkeys and rabbits, and will not close until February 10. j ROUND-UP County and local law enforce ment officers had a compara tively quiet period during the first week of the new year. Only five persons were arrested and jailed, four for public drunken ness and one for indecent ex posure. Four of the five were white men, and the ages of the group ranged from 27 to 43 years. Several persons were returned to jail yesterday following their trials in the county court. Bennie F. Holland Dies of Injuries in Asheville Hospital —^— ('oiliilv Youth Hat! Just Ui* cently Returned from Ku ro|»ean War Fronts Benjamin F. Holland, young Mar tin County man, died in Moore Gen i eral Hospital at Swannanoa, near I Asheville, last Saturday morning at 9 o’clock of head injuries received the night before in Asheville. De tails of the young man’s injuries and resulting death could not be learned here immediately, but one report stated that he was struck over the head by a military policeman. Tile son of the lute James Holland of Martin County, and Lillie Holly Holland, he was horn in Greensboro on March 29, 1922. His mother died when he was quite young, and he was brought to this county with a brother and two sisters. One of the girls was adopted by Mrs. Louis Hol liday and the late Mr. Holliday and another went to live with the James Askews in Plymouth. The brother made his home with an aunt, Mrs. Jesse Cherry, and Bennie was left in the care of Mrs. Emma Riddick while the father sought a permanent home for him. A few days later the father was found dead in Roanoke Rapids and the youngster found a welcome i nthe Riddick home, later moving with the family to Williams ton where he lived until he entered the service in April, 1942. After training ut f ori uragg “uu Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, lie went overseas in November, 1943. He was wounded last April in the knee and following his recovery he was sent to France where he was slightly wounded a second time in September. His hip injuries did not keep him out of service but a short time, but when he returned to the front he suffered shell shock in Oc tober and was returned to the States in November anti was undergoing treatment in the government hospi tal. He spent the Christmas holidays at home and had been back in the Asheville area only a short time when he met his untimely end. Before entering the service, he worked at various jobs here, includ ing one with P. P. Peel. He later worked a short time in Newport News. The body was shipped from Ashe ville yesterday afternoon and is due to reach here early tomorrow morn ing. Rev. W. B. Harrington will con duct the funeral services in the Rid dick’s Grove Baptist Church Thurs day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock and interment will follow in the church cemetery. (Continued on page six) -* Hunt* To Contact Martin County Men In England ——ni. Stationed at the Third Station Hos pital, APO 298, New York, N. Y. | Captain Chaplain Z. B. T. Cox, for mer Martin County man, says he ii ! anxious to meet some of the countj boys over in England. Given theii 1 addresses, the chaplain will loo! the boys up. Lloyd Hassell, 25, Is Killed; Others Are Wounded or Missing JamesvMIe Young Man Losses His Life on First Day of Big Drive, December 16 -» The cost in human life and suffer ing just before and during the big German drive into Luxembourg and Belgium about the middle of last month was revealed in 7 casualty messages that poured into the coun ty last week-end. While the mes sages were the first to reach here fol lowing the big drive that was launch ed on December 16th, it is possible that they cover most of this county’s casualties for that period since re ports declare that casualties during the latter part of the push were con siderably smaller. Jesse S. Fulford was wounded in Germany on December 3. Roy Gray Manning was slightly ! wounded four days before the big offensive was launched by the en emy. Lloyd M. Hassell was killed in ac tion on December 16, the first day of the drive. Onward Gardner, in the same out fit with Young Hassell, was reported missing oil December 17, and Joseph Daniel and Earl Caudill were slight ly wounded on the same date, and Francis W. Peel was slightly wound ed in Belgium on December 23. Few details were offered in the messages, but more information is expected within the next few weeks. Pfc. Lloyd M. Hassell, son of Mr. Charles A. Hassell, of Jamesville, and the late Mis. Maude Dillon Has sell, was born in Creswell, Washing ton County, on September 30, 1918. About five years ago he moved with his father, three brothers and sister to Jamesville where he was employ ed by Foreman Blades Lumber Com pany and the Wood Towing Com pany. His mother died when he was a lad of only eight years, but the father held the family together in a happy group. Although he was without a mother’s care, the young man developed promising qualities in his teen age years and was most considerate of others. He entered the service from this county, leaving Wil liainston in December, 1942, for Fort Bragg. After a short stay there he was transferred to VanDorn, Miss., and completed his training at Camp Maxey, Texas. He had been over seas about three months. Besides his father he is survived by three brothers, Charles Edwin Hassell, who has been in the South west Pacific 27 months and who is now in the Netherlands East Indies; Kenneth R. Hassell, stationed at Camp Gruber, Oklu., and James Les lie Hassell, of the home, and a sis I ter, Mrs. Mildred Mae Snell, of I Washington County. In his last letters home, he said, in part: “Dear Daddy, It is snowing ov ' er here again and it is about a foot deep. There isn’t much going on here ' IU)W (December 8). I was out in front of our lines this morning but i didn’t see anv Krauts. I think thej ■ are snowed under. In a second and his lust letter, the young man said [ under date of December 12, that he was getting along l ight good and ex I pressed the hope that all were well , at home. He also expressed his ap preciation for letters received from ; |,is father. The young man went on , to say that he was sending all Jus 1 (Continued on page six) i Prominent Farmer Dies In Dardens Montford Stokes Fagan, prominent citizen and retired farmer rf toe Dardens community, died at his home there last Friday evening at fi 45 o'clock. He had been in declin ing health for several years. A son of the late N. B. and Mary Ann Fagan, he was born in this community 70 years ago, living and farming all his life in the Dardens community. In 1888 he was married to Miss Beulah Inez Smith, also of this county. She died several years ago. A member of the Free Will Bap tist Church for many years, Mr. Fa gan was highly regarded as a neigh ' hor and citizen of the county. Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of the Plymouth Baptist Church, conduct ed the funeral services at the home Sunday afternoon, interment follow ing in the family plot in the Meth odist Church cemetery in Dardens. Mr. Fagan is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. T. Coley of Rocky Mount, Mis. W. E. Gardner of Suf folk, and Mrs. L. D. Martin of Jack sonville, Fla.; five sons. Bony Fa gan of Wilmington, Harry Fagan of Fort Myers, Fla., Bruce Fagan of Louisville, Ky., Julian and Dan Fa gan of Dardens.