NEARLY IIWW MARTIN COCNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW REARING
THE ENTEPRISE IN AI.L PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK
VOLUME XLVIIi—NUMBER 9
THE
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January JO, 1015,
NEARLY 1IN MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Red Army Smashing
On Road To Berlin
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ed on Western Front
Advancing more than 200 miles
in a little over two weeks, the Rus
sians today are continuing uncheck
ed in their march toward Berlin. De
spite the extension of their supply
lines and the advantages of defense
held by the Germans, the Red Arm
ies have carried the flrme of their
guns in sight of Berlin. Unofficial re
ports, coming strangely enough from
the enemy, place Russian, spearheads
within about sixty-five miles of the
Reich capital, while the main armies
are reported to be within 90 miles
of the shaky city.
On the Western Front increased
activities were reported today, with
possibly the greatest attention cen
tered on the northern sector where
Canadians of the Second British
Army are believed to have opened
what may possibly be a large-scale
drive from the Wed. Patton’s Third
Army has smashed lack across the
German border, but the enemy is of
fering a stiffened resistance in the
Ardennes area, it was declared.
Fearing for their safety in the
Reich capital, Gormans were said
yesterday to be participating in one
of the greatest military evacuations
in history. Millions in the over-run
provinces were fleeing into the city
whilp other millions were leaving
the city. Many were being herded
into abandoned concentration camps,
one report explaining that in the
confusion, many were going right
on through the concentration cen
ters.
The powerful mirht apnlied by the
Russian Armies is having reoereus
sions inside Germany. Outward ac
tion on the part of some of the esti
mated twelve million slave laborers
inside Germany has been reported.
The extent of the action is not yet
definitely known, but in one of the
cities recently falling to the Rus
sians, the slave workers had dared
oppose their captors and all but one
was found dead.
The swift advance of Marshal
Gregory K Zhukov’s forces, which
covered 31 miles in 24 hours, cut
the Berlin-Danzig railroad and high
way jnd put the Russians only 52
miles from the fortress city of Cus
trin, astride the last-ditch German
defense line along the Oder River.
The Russians broke into Pomer
ania province on a 29-mile front and
Berlin said that they already had
surrounded the big communications
center of Schneidemuhl, at the
northeastern end of the new inva
sion thrust.
The second invasion of the main
German homeland in ten days was
made by forces led by 34 Soviet
generals—indicating that the drive
was made by a mass concentration
of tanks, infantry and guns rather
than by armored speaheads.
Almost simultaneous with Pre
mier Stalin’s order to Zhukov’s long
string of his 18-day, 230-mile march
from Praga, Berlin reported that the
Russians had swept five to six miles
beyond the upper Oder River north
west of Breslau.
(Continued on page six)
Mrs. Sam Gurganus
Passes In County
Mrs. Margaret Harrison Gurganus
r widow of Samuel Gurganus. died a
' her home near Robersonville Sun
day morning at 10:25 o’clock follow
ing a long period of dechning health
She had been confined to her homi
and bed since the early part of las
September.
The daughter of the late J. H. am
Mozella Coburn Harrison, she wa
born in this county on December IE
1887, and when a young woman wa
married to Mr. Harrison who die<
f some years ago.
Held in high esteem by all wh
knew her, Mrs. Gurganus was
faithful member of the Robersonvill
Primitive Baptist Church for twen
ty-six years.
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She is survived oy two cnnaren,
Mrs. Clifton Turner of Robersonville
and Mrs. Roland Bunting of the
home, four grandchildren and a sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Matthews of Hamil
ton. A daughter, Mrs. Ace Tom Tay
lor, died just a few months ago.
Funerr.l services are being con
ducted in the Robersonville Primi
tive Baptist Church this afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock by her pa'tor, Elder,
B- S. Cowin, assisted by Elders W.
E. Grimes and A. B. Ayers. Interment
will follow in the Robersonville
Cemetery.
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County Colored Man Shot
Trying To Make Eacape
Roosevelt Fagan, Martin County
colored man who is adept in torging
checks and stealing automobiles,
was shot through the thigh while
trying to escape from officers in
Beaufort County last week-end, ac
cording to reports heard here.
Fagan, it was said, jumped out of
a stolen car when officers closed in
on him. He was later removed to a
prison hospital.
Farmers To Sign New Farm
... tin County fargaggjj/riSi form-'
^SOilclans for
iCr-t5 season *~»fr F~hlay sa^j S^V-aiday
f this w«k when they vis& tkeiv"
committeemen in their respective
districts and discuss the new pro
gram. Allotments will not figure very
prominently in the new program, but
soil conservation methods will be
tressed, Triple A leaders explaining
that special attention will be given
to soil building practices and poten
tial conservation earnings.
Following numerous soil tests, Tri
ple A authorities point out that there
is a great need for an extensive lim
ing project, and while it is estimated
that 6,000 tons are needed, the com
mittee will drive for a 2000-ton or
der for the county this year. It was
explained that by placing orders for
1,000 tons or more, the county will
be provided with a barn-yard deliv
ery service, the lime to cost $4.35 per
•tun Jjf "WiJfc'.i'.jnount the gov-ettvr.mt
£i'-$S-!3...tfo order will be
nan 4 tans and no.orders
fe_- JjjjL^han. ton lots will be nw«i
ered. The agent's office is hying to
borrow spreaders and assist farmers
in every way possible in advancing
the urgently-needed project If am
ple orders are placed this week, it
is believed the lime will be made
available some time in the early
spring.
The farm plans will be discussed
on Friday and Saturday at: Sex
ton’s Store, Jamesville; County
House in Williams; S. E. Manning's
Store, Griffins; Community Build
ing, Bear Grass; Agricultural Build
ing for Williamston and Poplar
Point; Cross Roads filling station on
Friday and at Peel’s store in Everetts
on Saturday; Masonic Hall, Rober
scnville; Hassell on Friday and Ham
ilton on Saturday; Ayers’ Store, Oak
City.
Local Boy Has Narrow
Escape Over'Bastogne
Lt. Hardy Rose, Jr.,
And C47 Crew Bail
Out At Low Altitude
Ix>ra1 Young Man Only One
To Escape Uninjured in
Thrilling Adventure
Lt. Z. Hardy Rose, Jr., Williams
tnn young man, had a narrow call
a short time ago when his C-47 was
literally shot out from under him.
Other Martin County young men, no
doubt .have had their close calls, but
Lt. Rose’s ranks right at the top of
the list so far revealed.
It will be recalled that Lt. Rose
was among the first to fly over the
■ D-Day invasion forces in France last
June.
Telling of his thrilling escape more
recently, the Public Relations Office
of a U. S. Troop Carrier Force Base,
European Theater of Operations,
said that Lt. Rose was the only un
j scathed member of a C-47 as crew
I bailed out over Bastogne. The story
reads, as follows:
“First Lieutenant Zeno H. Rose,
on of Professor Hardy Rose, mem
ber of the Nashville School Faculty,
was lucky enough to be the only un
injured member of his crew when
they were recently forced to bail ou1
after dropping their supplies to the
‘Screaming Eagle Division’, the
101st, at Bastogne.
“Coming in over the drop zone, a
burst of flak hit the forward part of
the ship, smashing part of the instru
ment board. A few minutes later, a
second burst hit in the cockpit, shat
I ti ring the remaining instruments,
| ■ evening the gas lines, and starting
fires all over the place. In the two
bursts, both the pilot and co-pilot
receive hits, one suffering a smash
ed shoulder, the other a fractured
arm. Orders were given to bail out,
and Lieutenant Rose left his navi
gator’s compartment, making his
way to the door of the ship. ‘The en
listed men hesitated to jump,’ said
Lt. Rose, ‘probably because of the
low altitude (350 feet), so I led the
way by going first. I could hear
bullets whizzing around me all the
way down, and the feel of earth be
neath me never felt better.’
“Luckily, the young man landed in
American-held territory, but the
’ jump was so close to the lines, two
of the crew were lost as they land
ed in enemy territory. American
[ doughboys quickly picked up the
. four crewmen, a third one having in
curred a% broken leg as a result of
j the low jump, and quickly trans
t urted them all back to their aid
station for immediate treatment.
} “Lieutenant Rose, a graduate of
i Williamston High School, class of
„ 1933. is now back in active service
I with his unit, the 435th Troop Car
(Continued on page six)
Farmer Hurt When
Tractor Turns Over
Governor Caison, colored fanner,
was badly hurt last Friday after
noon when a tractor turned over and
pinned him down on the Lindsley Ice
Company’s Conoho farm, about three
miles from here, last Friday after
noon. The man’s right hip bone was
knocked out of place by about six
inches, but his condition was said
to be improving in the local hospi
tal today.
No one was with the man except
his small son and unable to extricate
him, he ran all the way to town for
help. Caison, covered with fuel oil
and dirt, was pinned under the ma
chine for about an hour.
About two months ago, Caison was
run down and badly hurt *'V a taxi
on Ea t Main Street, and had hardly
recovered from a skull fracture and
a broken leg when he was injured
again.
PURPLE HEART
The Purple Heart, awarded to
S/Sgt. John D. Bland for
wounds received in Italy, was
forwarded to his mother, Mrs.
J. T. Bland, Smithwick Street,
here last week-end.
The young man, one of two
brothers who have seen much
active service In Italy and on
the Western Front, has been
wounded twice during the Ital
ian campaign. He was wounded
on March 24, 1944, and a second
time last December 22. He was
just recently discharged from
the hospital and is now' hack in
actual combat. His brother, Sgt.
Roy Hubert Bland, who was
wounded in Germany on Decem
ber 4, is also back in action.
Eighty-nine Tires
Allotted By Board
Certificates for the purchase of 78
Grade I car and pick-up truck tires
and 11 small truck tires were issued
by the Martin County War Price and
Rationing Board last Friday night.
Certificates for Grade I car tires
were issued to the following:
Henry Haislip, J. K. Leggett, C. L
Nelson, Manson Council, L. R. Ever
ett, J. C. Council, G. W. Barrett, A
T. Gurkin, Alvis Curtis, M. W. Bis
sell, W. Bruce Johnson, J. S. Wil
liams, K. S. Bunting, H. A. Early, R
L. Stallings, J. Walter Gurganus, Ar
thur Mack Woolard, Ronald Clark
Arthur Simpson, J. S. Whitley, How
ard Coltrain, Wheeler Martin, Princ*
Ayers, Eli Bell, Eustice Jones, J. G
Tyre, Wheeler F. Peaks, Joe T. Bui
lock, Daniel Hardison, H. L. Swain
L. J. Cordon, Vernon Powell, Lt
M. W. Roberson, V. R. Peaks. James
H. Hodges, Gomer G. Taylor, Lestei
Knox, Ben Griffin, Dennis Moore, L
T. Carrow, L. R. Hales, J. Elliot
Barnhill, H. B. Smith, James Harrj
Wynn, Henry Oakley, H. H. Mat
thews, W. L. Pollard, W R. Banks
C. C. Coltrain, Sr., Ben F. Roberson
H. C. Modlin, E. L. Cordon, Rufus A
Coltrain and Jesse Keel.
Truck tire certificates were issuet
to the following: Alan Van Landing
ham, Farmville-Woodward Lumbe
Co., J. E. Andrews, Raleigh Hopkins
Barnhill Supply Co.
Impractical Joke Is
Reported To Police
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A young soldier on furlough in the
county recently was about to start
a little war of his own when some
unthoughtful person played an im
practical joke on his girl. He appeal
ed to local police, but they were
helpless to act, and the young sol
dier set out to trace the origin of the
message summoning his girl from
college presumably to enter the ma
trimonial ring.
Officers did not get the young
man’s name, but he stated that the
young lady was advised by the im
personator to forego examinations
scheduled the very next day and
rush home to be married immediate
Country Home Destroyed
Near Jamesville Friday
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Starting from an upstairs fire
place, fire destroyed the home of
j Mr. and Mrs. Zeph Roberson, aged
couple, near Jamesville last Friday
afternoon. Very few of the household
goods and furniture were saved,
some members of the family saving
only the clothes they wore. The
I structure was a six-room house and
as far as it could be learned no in
surance was carried on the house or
furniture.
About two weeks ago fire destroy
ed the home of John Gay also In
l Jamesville Township.
Infantile Paralysis
Close In The County
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Chairman L, B. $ >' nfrf (if
Roves S2.2B2 Qm Hrffftt?
Be Reached
Tine ar.mia. infantile paralysis
fund drive, now rapidly drawing lo
a close in this county, was $752.20
short of the assigned quota late yes
terday afternoon, according to a re
port released by County Chairman
L. B. Wynne at that time. Although
the drive at that time was far from
its goal. Chairman Wynne declared
that he is optimistic and believes
that when all the reports are in the
collection will just about approxi
mate the quota.
Up until late yesterday, a total of
$1,529.80 had been raised and report
d Of that amount the schools re
oorted approximately $755 00, but
only four of the ten white schools
had completed and filed their reports
t that time. Three of the twenty
hreo colored schools reported a to
tal of $25.50, Biggs leading with
$12 50; Everetts second with $10, and
Whichard-Janies following with $8.
Other direct contributions were
made as follows: rationing board
employees, $6; Lions Club, $47.00;
Kiwanis Club, $25.00, and County 4-H
Clubs, $25.
No report on the sale of the little
lapel tags could be had and there is
some doubt if they were held in one
or two of the towns as scheduled.
No inspection of the little coin col
lectors has yet been made, but most
0 fthe forty stationed in the county
are believed to be running “light.”
Approximately ninety of the near
ly 250 persons in the county receiv
ing appeals by direct mail have not
yet replied. If most of the ninety ral
ly behind the movement and if fav
orable reports are received from the
six remaining white and twenty col
ored schools it is believed that the
fund drive will prove successful,
Chairman Wynne declared. Free will
offerings are also being received in
the county theaters and they are ex
pected to help bolster the drive.
As the drive draws to a close, Mar
tin County people are reminded that
the National Foundation created for
the fight against infantile puralysis
did not hesitate to lend every possi
ble aid in relieving the case that
found its way to the emergency hos
pital at Hickory from this county
That account has been settled in full
and the current drive is being mad(
in preparation for any emergencj
that might arise in the future. Thi;
is the last public appeal being di
rected to the people in this count}
fot support of the drive. Those wht
have delayed making their contribu
1 tions are asned to send them direct
to the chairman and those who car
increase their contributions are ask
ed to give the drive every considers
tion possible.
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Tax Listing Nearly
Complete In Count)
After dragging during a greate
part of the month, tax listing is pro
1 grossing rapidly in the county thi
week, according to Tax Supervise:
M. L. Peel. One or two townsbin
■ have just about completed the work
’ and the others are 80 per cent o
more complete, it was learned.
■ Wednesday is the last day provid
■ - d for listing properties without pen
■ alty, and the rush was on in a bi;
way today, the “rushers” trying a
I the last minute to beat the penalt
provision. Whether the penalty wil
be invoked could .not be learnei
i since the County Commissioners wil
not meet before next Monday t
formulate a policy, it is unnersiooo
that most of the list-takers will con
tinue at their posts during the re
mainder of this week, that they will
segregate the abstracts after Wed
nesday that the penalty may be add-1
ed if no time extension for listing
is allowed by the commissioners.
Preliminary estimates coming
from the tax supervisor indicate
that values are holding up very well
in most of the townships. There have
been some losses, but strangely en
ough there have been increases in
about the same line of businesses, it
was explained.
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Cotton Ginnings Over 1000
Bales Behind 1943 Record
Martin County cotton ginnings
fro mthe 1944 crop now stand at 2,
300 bales up to January 16, it was
announced this week. The ginnings
from the 1943 crop were 3,373 bales.
REST
Local officers had a peaceful
and restful period last week end
when no infractions ot law and
order were reported. It was the
first time in a long span that
no one was arrested and jailed
in this county for alleged viola
tions of the law.
The jail population is holding
to a fairly low level there days,
Jailer Roy Peel stating yesterday
that only two inmates were in
the hoeeegow at that time.
ENEMY ISOLATED IN PHILIPPINES
AS AMERICAN INVASION forces on Luzon stormed through enemy towns
toward Manila. Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that In preparing
for the invasion the enemy's supply line to the Philippines had been cut
and the Japs will have to depend on such resources as are on hand. The
above map illustrates how this isolation has been achieved through con
stant raids on Formosa, the China Coast, the Ryukyu Islands and the
Japanese mainland. Scores of Jap supply ships have been sunk in
Manila harbor and other waters while Yank planes ran-’e the waters
oft the China roast with patrol-like regularity, constantly knocking out
many vessels from the Hast Indies and Formosa. (fiitcrtintionnll
More Men Report For
Pre - Induction Exams
| RETURNS TO DUTY 1
T/5 John Foster VanLandlng
liam, after being missing on the
Western Front for three davs, is
now back in action, his mother,
Mrs. Emiiy D. Vanl.andlngham,
was advised here last Saturday.
The young man was reported
missing on January 5 and was
hark in action on January 8, the
message offering no other de
tails.
A brother, Paul, was reported
missing for four days some time
ago.
In State Assembly
Lobbyists, yielding a powerful in
fluence, are reported operating in
Raleigh in numbers during the cur
i-<-n 1 session of the North Carolina
General Assembly in Raleigh. When
it was proposed to raise $1100,000
from the theater goers with a 2 per
"enl sales tax during the next two
vears, the weight of the lobby made
its impre sion and the proposal was
snowed under by a big vote in the
finance committee report. The two
per cent tax on meals was retained,
however. One report stated that
quite a few mi mbers of the commit
tee wandered into the committee
room just in time to vote against ti e
proposal.
The proposal to appropriate $7
500,000 for county roads during each
' of the next two years is expected to
■ meet stubborn opposition from the
1 all-powerful and political-wielding
' highway commission. However, the
s cry of the thousands of little fellows
. who straddle the 'tater ridges and
• mire up in mud is still ringing in the
legislators’ ears, and it is believed
- that the measure has some chance of
- passage.
! In session for four weeks, the leg
f Mature has accomplished very little
r so far, hut it is expected that some
1 consideration will be given the
i asylums for the mentally ill short
1 ly and that the assembly will quit
) Raleigh the early part of March.
Man Badly Hurt In
Dynamite Explosion
.Tamos T. Griffin, well-known
county farmer of the Dardens sec
tion, was badly hurt last week when
a charge of dynamite planted in a
, stump exploded in his face. The skin
was torn from his eyelids and he was
bruised painfully about his face. No
late report could be had here, and
I how seriously his sight was affect
ed could not be learned.
Exhausting his supply of matches,
Mr. Griffin was using coals from a
i fire to light the fuses to the dyna
mite charges. Apparently not realiz
ing the fuse had been lighted, Mr.
Grit fin was too late in getting away
and the charge blew up in his face.
I He was carried by Perlie Hardison
to Plymouth where he was given first
i aid treatment before he was remov
| ed to a Rocky Mount hospital.
Cpl. J. B. Harrell Coming
flame 4 fle.r Stay in Panama
I '
After spending two years in Pana
ma and South America, Cpl. Johnnie
B Harrell i3 traveling homeward to
spend three weeks visiting relatives
in the county and in Norfolk. Since
returning to the States, he has been
i stationed at San Marcos, Texas !n
a recent letter the young msn said
there was no news like the news
f j cm home he had been receiving
through The Enterprise.
Registrant Changes
Job And Is Sent To
Preinduction Camp
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Youth leaves for Army Fen
tor After Brinjz Eiijhtceu
Only a Few Hours
Twenty-two white men, mostlj
young men who had reached theii
eiglileenth birthdays since last Octo
her, left the county this morning foi
pre-induction examinations at FoP
Bragg. It was the largest number t<
answer a pre-induction call in sev
eral months, and future pre-induc
tion calls for both white and colorec
registrants are almost certain to bt
even larger.
Included in the group answerinf
the call this week was a father o
several children who either changet
or quit a vital job without permissior
of the draft hoard. The man is abou
311 years old, but his name was no
divulged. Also included in the grou]
was a youth who just recently vol
un tee red and who had been eighteei
years old only a few hours when hi
boarded the bus for the pre-inductior
station. Six of the twenty two met
answering the current call are mar
rit'd and they leave behind fourteei
children.
Fifteen of the twenty-two mei
called reached their eighteenth birth
days during or since last October, till
ages of the others ranging from 2
up to 3B, four of the men being n
heir thirties. The current call wa
centered in the non-farm group, six
teen coming from industrial or job
other than those on the farm.
Names and addresses, includin
home or registration and last give
addresses, follow:
Paul Hartwell Williamaton, Ever
elts.
Haywood John Brown, HF'IJ 1, Oak
City.
Andrew Jackson Modlin, RFD 1,
Jamesville, and RFD 1, Roberson
ville.
John Everett Hardison, Williams
ton and Newport News.
Reuben Lester Rogerson, RFD 1,
Williamslon.
Arthur Goodwin Sutherland, Jr.,
Charlotte and Williamaton, transfer
i ed from Charlotte.
Climen Ray O'Neal, Jamesville
and Norfolk.
Fred James Calloway, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
Jonah Mack Stalls, RFD 1, Rober
son ville.
Walter Raynor Keel, Roberson
(Continued on page six)
Husband of Former
Resident Missing
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S/Sgt. R. A. Lang has been miss
ing in Germany since December 16,
his wife, the former Miss Kathreen
Mobley of Everetts, was advised by
the War Department a few days ago.
The sergeant was a member of an
Army medical detachment.
A native of Pitt County, the
young man was married to Miss
Mobley in October, 1943. He was re
ported to have volunteered for serv
ice about four years ago. After en
tering the Army, he spent three
years in Panama, returning to the
States last year. He v/as then assign
'd to duty in England in October,
1944. Mrs. Lang, a former employee
of Rose’s Williamston store and man
ager of the same company’s store in
Plymouth, said her last letter from
her husband was dated November
?8 nnd written in England. She did
not know until last Wednesday that
he had been transferred to the West
ern Front in Germany.
County Boy Writes
The Western Front
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Trvt. liwu'?,xU. T|y,or ktiffty*
r . FVttiit t ah*- in Germany
On January 5th
Writing *o his mother, Mrs. Luth
er Tay'.or, RFD 1, Williamslon, Pvt.
James E. Taylor, stationed some
where in Germany, on January 5th,
expressed his appreciation for a
fruitcake. The letter follows:
Tonight I wish that I could be
home with you all. Mama. I will try
to write you a few words to let you
know that I am thinking of you back
home, Mama, and that I sure hope
that everyone is getting along just
fine, and I guess I am stilling get
ting along fairly well. Tonight I
have my stomach about as full as
I have had it since I have been over
here because, I have just gotten a
box from you with a big nice fruit
cake in it and I really did enjoy it.
When I did open up that cake and
cut it, I told all the rest of the men
in mv outfit to come and help me eat
it. We all soon got_Jj^j^vk on the
cake and ate it Mama, I *hink all
the boys really liked the cake, too,
because it was really nice and I think
that writing paper that you sent me
along with the cake is going to come
in good because we boys have about
used our supply. Thanks also for the
cigarettes because tonight is the first
real smoke in a long time. We have
not had good cigarettes in a long
time. We have been getting cigar
ettes but not the kind anybody liked.
Now I intend to enjoy the cigarettes
you sent me. Don’t forget we thank
you for the cigarettes, paper, and
fruit cake. Some day 1 hope to be
able to repay all the kindnesses you
have done for me in a way that you
will enjoy it.
Mama, you said in your letter that
you hoped I enjoyed the box and
that you hoped the food wouldn’t
spoil. I'm glad there is something
like that you can send me, and I will
enjoy all the good food from home,
I want to tell you what the Good
Lord did for us when we were going
to make an attack on the Germans.
It looked bad and all the boys were
sitting around wondering how we
were coming out. After it was over,
one of the men, about 34 years old,
looked at me and said, “Taylor, I
think 1 do need prayer and I wish
; you would pray for me, because I
never have done it.’’ 1 don’t know
1 how I did really feel myself but I
1 started praying for myself and the
: follow. I asked God to watch over
my buddy and me and to spare us
1 through it all. When I looked up and
ipened my eyes, that man was rcal
1 ly crying and I asked him what was
‘ troubling him and he said, “Taylor,
1 you have prayed for me, and I do
1 feel so funny I can’t help from cry
' ing. It is the second time in my life
1 that 1 have cried. The fust was when
I lost my little boy.” I told him to
1 cheer up, that everything would be
■ all right and our God would see
’ us through. We both are still here
tonight and are getting along fine.
' Now, Mama, I ask you to keep pray
5 ing for me until I see you and I’ll
ay goodnight for this time. With all
3 my love and good luck to all at
home.
Respected Citizen
Of Hassell Passes
Funeral services were conducted
n‘ the home near Hassell last Sun
lay afternoon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs.
Odessa Rawls Purvis, highly respect
d citizen, who died in a Rocky
Mount hospital last Friday morning
at 4 o’clock. Rev. J M. Perry, her
pastor, assisted by Rev. C .B. Marsh
burn, of Farmville, conducted the
last rites, interment following in the
RobersonviHe Cemetery.
Mrs. Purvis had been in declining
health for several years, but her con
dition was not critical until just a few
days ago when she was removed to
the Rocky Mount hospital.
The daughter of the late John and
Lovie Rawls, she was born in this
county 69 years ago, spending all
her life in the Hassell community
where she was held in high esteem.
A member of the Hassell Christian
church for many years, she was
faithful in its support and in the
observance of its teachings and prin
ciples. In early womanhood she was
married to Hannibal L. Purvis who
survives with three children, two
sons, Hannibal, Jr., and Woodrow
Purvis of the home, and a daughter,
Mrs. Frank L. Whitehurst of Bethel.
She is also survived by a sister, Mrs.
G. R. Haislip of Hamilton, and a
brother, Mr. C. C. Rawls of Hassell.
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Local Boy U Returning To
Combat Zone For Third Time
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Returning to action last fall after
recovering from a knee wound caus
ed by shrapnel, Jimmy Manning, lo
cal boy, was later forced out of ac
tion by trench foot or frozen feet.
Last reports state that he is return
ing to combat duty for the third
time, apparently recovered from the
ailment.
He was with Hodges' First Army
when he was last forced out of ac
tion.