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NEARLY 10W MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. THE ENTERPRISE > •. NEARLY 10W MARTEN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 11 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 6, 1945. ESTABLISHED 1B99 Commissioners Meet With State Highway Official Ifere Today ietns at Regular Meet ing Monday Working right on through the lunch hour, the county commission ers yesterday discussed a varied bus iness calendar and made arrange ments to meet with representatives of the North Carolina State High way and Public Works Commission here t! '3 morning. The exact nature of the business under discussion to day could not be learned, but one re port indicates that postwar planning for road construction was the main topic. Yesterday, the commissioners hetid petitions for the inclusion of more county roads in the state sys tem, urew jurymen for the March term of superior court, heard var ious departmental reports and dis cussed problems confronting the health department. The commissioner- recommended that the road leading off the James vilie-Manning Road, four and one half miles south of Jamesville, and known as the Mbelle-Martin-Mod lin road be included in the State sys tem. The road runs a southerly course about one mile to John Price's residence, and about a mile norther ly from the Jamesville Road to Sam Modlin's residence. A second road citizens are asking the State to take over leads from the Daily Road near Free Union church in Jamesville Township and runs about three quarters of a mile by the residences of Milton James, W. C. Simmons, Louis Keys and Andrew Pierce and to Mattnew Pierce s residence. The board also asked that atten tion be given the drainage system on a road in Griffins Township where the lands of Mrs. Della Hardison were being flooded by waters drain ed from the highway. The possibility of installing an elevator for the county jail was discussed, but no action was taken when it was learned that the project would cost $4,200 exclusive of the J brick work. Problems relating to the county health department were discussed, but no action was taken. It was re ported that one of the nurses, Miss Mary Louise Taylor, is resigning shortly to enter government serv ice. The nature of the problems dis cussed was not disclosed, but it was learned that the State Board of Pub lic Welfare filed a report with the commissioners pointing out that the law required the examination of all inmates confined to the common jails for more than a certain number of of hours. Reporting on the 1944 tax collec tions, M. L. Peel stated that the task was 90.5 per cent completed, that $175,002.63 of the $193,815.50 had been collected. No extension for listing property was asked for or granted, meaning that a penalty will be added to eacii account listed after January 31. Requests for re'ief orders were filed for the following: 1944 Levy: Durwood Carl Brown, Jamesville, $2, in the Army; R. V. Bunting, Williamston, $2, Army; W. W. Gurganus, Williamston, $2, Navy; Harry Smith, Williamston, $2.06, Army; Frank Scott, Jr., Williamston, $2, Army; Johnnie Wilson, Goose Nest, $1.15, dead; C. L. Clemmons, Robersonville, $6.60, doubly listed; James Brooks, Jamesville, $2, Army. 1943 Levy: James Brooks, James (Continued on page sixj Over $3,000 Raised For Paralysis Fund Late contributions have boosted the total raised in the recent infan tile paralysis fund drive in this1 county to $3,092.05, County Chair-' man L. B. Wynne announces. The drive exceeded the quota by more than $810. Listed among the late contribu tions was one for $10 sent in by Mr. R. B Fagan who was at the time at tending to business in Texas. Other contributions not previous ly acknowledged follow: Williamston colored school, $4; Corey’s colored school, $4, the Cor ey’s school, with one teacher, had a 100 per cent contribution as each pu pil brought some money; Poplar Point colored school, $6; Jones col ored school, $6; Oak City colored school, $16; St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Oak City, $5; St. Mark’s Baptist Church, Oak City, $5; Gold Point colored school, $7.10; Package j company office, $23; Hamilton school, $50; coin collector and lapel, Hamilton, $9.75; Gold Point school,; $13.10; Oak City coin collector and. lapel sale, $15.75. Changes Announced In Ration Board Personnel __A,_ Mrs. Dick Smith and Miss Mary Warren have accepted positions in th': Martin County War Price and Rationing Board, succeeding Miss Marian Hurley and Miss Mattie Lou Keel, resigned. Mrs. Jack Manning is succeeding Mrs. Smith as special county employee io cu>.si.U patrons with the preparation of application*. hJS’SuySHJi Jam &isnrlSa"Ti«i.itujP '■ywOtgtv. ■ }4sr '» Ct'^Cffl^^ftr-Tju-rs ftsve aWdttv about completed the preparation of their tobacco plants for the 1945 crops. While a few will not sov/ the seed before the latter part of ' 'is or early March, the vast majority of .'srmers have already prepared the beds and covered them. Preliminary reports declare that an increased yardage was planted this year, that farmers are making every effort to have an ample sup- j ply of plants and to have them teady I for transplanting at the proper time. I it is estimated that the FCX in Wil liamston cleaned free of charge be- | tween four and five hundred pounds ! of tobacco seed during the past two | months, the poundage breaking all previous records. Most farmers are using home-growm seed, but quite Complete Preparation Plant Beds for 1945 Tobacco Crop .i rt!iV"H28SK?< $r •SSUil"fidS®S2rijiii«i« wilt resistant variety, One report stated yes^^^^nat a few farmers had prepared their plant beds but had not been able to buy tobacco cloth to cover them. Ad ditional shipments are expected, but as a whole, the farmers have shopped around more than usual trying to find sufficient quantities of the ma terial. Prices for the cloth have rang ed from around 5 to 6 1-2 cents per yard. While an increased yardega is be ing planted for plants, it is not like ly that the acreage planted to the crop itself will be increased in the county this year. Some few farmers will possibly increase their acreage slightly. Others will, out of necessity reduce their acreage slightly, but the big majority will hold to about the game acreage. RAINFALL After holding to > figure con MtfefflW^SSftW^iornial for five straight years, rainfall at this point last year was slightly above the average. The total readings reported for the year by Hugh Spri-ill on Roanoke River were 46.67 Inches, or about .77 of an inch above the ten-year average. Precipitation, hitting a new low point in 1941 when less than 32 inches was recorded, has gradually increas ed since that year. Last month, 2.10 inohes of rain fell here, the precipitation being considerably less than the aver age reported for the month of January during the past ten years. I | Current Tire Quota Is Slightly Smaller -— Seventy-eight Tires Allotted By County Board Last Friday Night The February tire allotment for this county is slightly smaller than the quota allowed last month, the county ration board announced a few days ago. Thirty-one small truck tires and 289 for cars will be avail able this month. Seventy-eight car tires and five for small trucks were allotted to users last Friday night by the i board. Certificates were issued for the purchase of Grade I tires to the fol lowing: Mack Coltrain, W. J. Miller, Jr., | Charlie Hoell, F. B. Birmingham, Charlie Mitchell, R. Sherrod Corey, C. L. Keel, D. V. Clayton, F. E. Get singer, W. O. Abbitt, Archie Mobley, F. W. Holliday, D. Bowen, Sterling Williams, Geo. E. Roberson, A. W, | VanNortwick, Mrs. John Henry Rob erson, Jr., L. R. Everett, A. S. Har dy, A. D. Ange, W. Jackson Holliday, Louis Barber, Simon Rogers, Char lie Rogers, Dalma Modlin, George W. Jordan, Brownie R. Highsmith, J. D. Beach, C. S. Thompson, S. L. El lis, B. D. Adams, Daniel G. Griffin, J. E. Copeland, Jr., Oscar Jones, J. P. House, R. E. Taylor, T. W. Ange, Mollie Pierce, William James Cor don, G. H. Manning, D. R. Davis, W. T. Ross, Herbert Bunting, Dalmar Gurkin, V. T. Moore, C. C. Bryant, J. H. Taylor, Zack Ore, Henry L. Hopkins. Truck tire certificates were issued to the following: W. E. Everett Ed ward E. Brown, R. T. Purvis, Jr., J. I S. Ayers, Sr. Remove Jury Trials From County Court A law passed in the State Legis lature last week-end removes trials by jury from the recorder’s court in this county to the superior tribunal. Very few jury trials have been held in the recorder’s court since it was created about twenty-five years ago, possibly because the preparations were cumbersome and partly because the defendant could easily place his case before a jury in the higher courts by appealing from the deci sion of the recorder. When a jury trial was demanded in the recorder'6 court, the court officers were direct ed to draw six jurors from the box and direct them to report for duty, usually with one issue to be decid ed. Tiie legislature laat week passed the omnibus bill, appointing F. W. Holliday and Leslie Hardison of Jamesville and Geo. C. Griffin of Griffins Township to the Martin County Board of Education for two year terms. Messrs. Griffin and Har . dison are succeeding themselves as members of the board and Mr. Holli day is succeeding Mr. John Eubanks of Hassell who did not file for the post. The terms of the ether two board members, J, D. Woolard of Williamston, and H. C. Normon of Robcrsonville do not exoire this year. The new term for the other three appointee* begin* in April Town Officials Hold Session Last Evening In a session 1. ir hardly rnof"1 than an hour, the local town com missioners discussed a limited but varied list of problems, delaying fi nai action in most cases. A $450 electronic system for con trolling rust in the municipal water tank was ordered installed after it was pointed out by the department superintendent that the tank need ed painting and that it would cost as much to paint it as the new system would cost. An application by Sade Ruffin Rummels for a beer license was ta bled. It was pointed out that the ap plicant was considering buying out Buck's place on Washington Street if a license could be procured. The owners of the baseball park lights offered to sell the equipment to the town for approximately $2, 000. It was explained that an offer had been made by other interests. No action was taken at the meeting, the commissioners, while showing some interest in the offer, deciding to wait until the next meeting before accepting or rejecting the offer. A committee composed of Com missioners R. T. Griffin and L. P. Lindsley was named to consider of fers for a lot on the corner of South Haughton and Warren Streets. Colored Men Report For Final Induction —*— Four Martin County colored men were ordered to report for final in duction yesterday. Two of them re quested transfers and they will en ter the service from Norfolk and New York. Two of the group are 27 years of age, one is 29 and the other is 21 years old. Two of them are mar ried and leave behind three children. None on them came from the farm. Names and addresses, including registration and last-given addresses follow: Louis Leggett, RFD 1, Roberson ville and RFD 3, Washington, N. C. James Earl Foreman, Roberson ville and Norfolk. George William Mayo, RFD 2, Wil liamston and New York. Bruce Rodgers, RFD 1, Oak City and Norfolk. Rodgers was transferred to Nor folk and Mayo to New York for in duction. County Boya Home For Short Furlough From Two Camp* Several county boys, completing their basic training, are spending a few days at home with relatives. Most of them are expecting to leave this week for embarkation centers. Luther Peel, Jr., and Geo. James, Jr., came in last Friday from Camp Joseph Robinson, Arkansas. E. Hoyt Manning, Jr., Harry Peel, Simon Perry, Jr., Vernon Roebuck, Bruce Lambert Peel and David Hardison came in from Camp Wheeler, Ga. Simon Perry and E. H. Manning made the trip from Georgia on a motorcycle. Asked if it wasn’t a cold ride, Perry was quoted as saying “yes." He added, "What time we weren’t warming by a filling station I stove, we were flying.” The boys left Georgia about 6 o’clock and reached home that night. Luther Peel, Manning, Harry Peel and Geo. James, Jr., are scheduled to report to Fort Meade, Md., short ly. --<t, County Boy Commended For His Work In The Pacific Area Upon the completion of 31 months ' of service in the Pacific area, Thurs ton Davenport, Jr., was recently • commended for his work. His commanding officer, Bernard j M . Wootton, Lt. Colonel. Air Corps,! said the young man had been rated j as an excellent soldier. “As a tech nical sergeant, he holds a position of respnnsiWMty and trust in th's or-! ganization. It is through the close co operation and untiring efforts of such men as he that the 70th Army Airways Communications System Group is able to accomplish its mili tary mission." Nazis Are Fighting Feverishly to Hold ir &raertean^S$llt?t 'TltrdSBK West Wall; Liberation of Manila Proclaimed The Russian march on Berlin, af ter establishing a place for itself in the world's military history, is en countering a growing resistance, late -eports stating that the Germans are fighting feverishly to stabilize their line in the east which is now with in thirty miles of the capital at some points. The Nazis admit Zhukov's Army has established bridgeheads across the Oder northwest of Kus trin, but the fighting there has been costly to the attackers, and some ob servers are of the opinion that the drive in that sector is obliged to slow down. During the meantime at tention is shifting to the Breslau area where it is fairly apparent that Konev’s forces are about to launch the next major move against the Germans, possibly with Dresden as the goal. It is estimated that over 250,000 Germans were killed by the Red Armies in twenty days on the East •rn Front. The death toll is mount ing and the terrible plight of civil lcius in urerniaziy id ucmg uggravat ed. Men, women and children along with members of the German armed l forces are reported to be starving and freezing to death as they wan der through the forests. Despite these hectic conditions, the German mad men are said to be bent on contin uing the war another two or three months in the hope that political un rest will reach a boiling point in the liberated countries and that the economy will completely break down and chaos will reign throughout Eu rope. While the Germans are desperate ly trying to stabilize their Eastern Front, and it is not certain that they will succeed, the Americans in the West are again driving down upon the enemy, l.ate reports state that Patton’s Third Army has pierced the Siegfried Line and is now pushing toward Prum after finding many concrete pillboxes abandoned. Companion attacks deeply dented the vaunted West Wall in at least three other places along a 35-mile front. The abandoned pillboxes gave in creasing evidence that the Germans’ stunning losses in the east and in the battle of the Ardennes bulge may force them to withdraw to the far side of the flooded Rhine in the face of the increasingly savage Allied as sault. Patton’s sudden thrust carried through the West Wail in an area four and one-half miles northwest of Prum, where it narrows into a mile-and-a-quarter belt of concrete fortifications along the topmost slopes of the snow-covered Eifel Mountain range. Allied headquarters disclosed yes terday that tiie comhined assault of the First and Third armies, which at its deepest point of penetration is nearly 14 miles inside Germany, was launcned under me command or ia. Gen, Omar N. Bradley, who resum ed top control of the First Army at midnight, January 13. There was eveiy indication that Patton’s lunge through the Eifel peaks may outflank the major Ger man stronghold of Prum on the north and cut the vital Euskirchen Prum highway that supplies the en tire Eifel mountain defenses. Front dispatches gave strong hints that a new American Army soon would join the growing offensive un der Bradley’s command to replace Lt. General Win, H. Simpson’s Ninth Army, which remains attached to Field Marshal Sir B. L. Montgom ery’s 21st Army Group in the north. Patton’s breakthrough was made in one of the narrowest portions of the Siegfried Line, where the terrain is so rough that the Germans were unable to build extensively and re lied mainly upon the natural fea tures of the mountains and forests for defenses. The liberation of Manila, proclaim ed by General Douglas MacArthur last night, features the develop ments in the Pacific, the successful action there reestablishing American prestige in that part of the world, and leaving the Japs fighting a war of survival rather than one of con quest. The liberation of nearly 5,' (Continued on pag? six) VIOLATOR S* \ J Charged with excessive driv ing, J. Hoyt Holliday, Hamilton fanner, was recently given a hearing before the Martin Coun ty War Price and Rationing Board panel. His "B” book was revoked for thirty days and the board ruled that he was to use his "A” book onl/ for driving to and from his work. It was learned unofficially that the board had other records up for consideration, but no ac tion had been taken. It is under stood that quite a few applicants for extra gas have been using it to attend various events, con certs and making fishing, hunt ing and pleasure trips in excess of their “A” hook allowances. More Men Report For Pre: IndyctioiiJ^xaiiis MftoIored'ilT Scheduled to Leave For Station Today —«— Four Mon Called for “Jump ins;'” Farm and Industrial Jobs or Quitting Work Fifty Martin County colored men were scheduled to report today to an Army station for pre-induction examinations. Five were exempted on account of apparent physical de fects or for other reasons accepta ble to the draft authorities, it was learned. Out of the group of 45 scheduled to make the trip, four were called because they either ‘•jumped” farm or industrial jobs without draft board permission or they quit work. Sever al of the four were well over thirty years of ago. It was also learned that several were called because they had not informed the board of their job status. Eighteen of the group had just barely turned eighteen years of age, the ages of others ranging from 19 to 36 years of age. Twenty-eight of the men are being taken from non farm jobs. Fourteen of the men are married and they leave thirty-two children behind. One of the men called is the father of seven children. Names and addresses, including place ol registration and last places of residence, follow: Ernest Phillips, RFD 1, Palmyra. George Daniel, RFD 2, Williams ton and RFD 3, Washington. James Purvis, Everetts. Jesse Thompson, RFD 1, Oak City and Williamston. Thurman Thomas James, RFD 2, Williamston. Willie Clifton Davis, Williumston and Philadelphia. John Junior Highsmith, RFD 1, Jarnesville and RFD 1, Washington. William Sherrod Smith, RFD 1, Jarnesville and Washington, D. C. James Henry Roberson, Williams ton and Norfolk. Eugene Whitley, Williamston. George Willie Collier, Hassell and Mt. Vernon, N. Y. John Martin Roberson, Williams ton and Jamaica, N. Y. Nathaniel Broaden, RFD, Rober sonville. Willie Odell Williams, RFD 1, Pal myra and RFD 2, Scotland Neck. Leroy Broddy, RFD 2, Roberson ville. Mi/ello Bellamy, Robcrsonville and Norfolk. James Ed Andrews, RFD 1, Rober sonville. Willie Keys, Williamston and Vir ginia Beach. Johnnie Smith, RFD 1, Oak City. Walter Barfield, RFD 1, Oak City. Leon Lyons, HH) 1, Williamston. Louis Pliilip Cherry, RFD 1, Has sell. Garland Mitchell Wilson, RFD 2, Robersonville. Milton Robert Greene, Hamilton. Raymond Albritton, RFD 1, Beth el. Johnnie Pharrar Williams, RFD 2, Williamston. Jonah Peele, RFD 1, Jamesville. J. C. Savage, Oak City. Oliver Lynch, RFD 1, Oak City. Sammy Thomas Roberson, RFD 1, Robersonville, and RFD 1, Stokes. Ben Octavious Nichols, Williams ton. Junior Jones, RFD 3, Williamston and RFD 1, Robersonville. James Arthur Bailey, Norfolk and Jamesville. Floyd Edwards Brown, Williams ton. Osborn Williams, Williamston. Andrew Jackson Everett, William ston. Kelly Wallace, Everetts. . Perry Bryant, RFD 1, Oak City. Charles Irving Stokes, RFD 2, Wil liamston and Norfolk. Frederick Harrell Bennett, Wil liamston. Archie Willie Teel, Robersonville and New York. William Columbus Parker, Oak City and Baltimore. Harry Daniels, RFD 2, Roberson ville and Baltimore. Eugene Teel, Robersonville and Baltimore. Troddy Moore, RFD 1, Parmele. Five of the men were transferred: Archie Teel to New York, William Parker, Harry Daniels and Eugene Teel to Baltimore, and Braddy Moore to Greenville. -« Local Boy Convalescing In Daytona Beach Hospital Daytona Beach, Fla.—T/5 Erton Carson, formerly of 112 Smithwick St., Williamston, N. C., has recent ly arrived at Welch Convalescent Hospital, the Army’s new recondi tioning center in Daytona Beach, Fla. The carefully planned recondition ing program here will speed his con valescence and assist his return to the best of health. The son of Mrs. L. Andrews, he entered the Army September, 1942, and has since served one in the South Pacific area. Early reports from the 1345 farm program sign-up conduct ed in the various townships last Friday and Saturday were said not to be very encouraging, flardly fiftv per cent of the far mers signed or even discussed the current program in William ston and I’oplar Point Town ships. Goose Nest reported that 179 of the 215 farm plans in that district were signed. The movement for a greater use of lime which is so oadly needed on many county farms was said to have met with fair success, according to the prelim inary reports. Farmers in Wil liamston and Poplar Point Town ships placed orders for 311 tons and those in Oak City ordered forty tons. If the combined or ders total 1,000 tons or more, the lime will be distributed to the farms and at very little cost to the farmer. Draft Registration For the Past Month —$—■ Twenty-six Register, Includ ing Twenty-three Youths, During Period Becoming eighteen yesrs of age, twenty-three Martin County youths —fourteen colored and nine white— registered for the draft last month. Their names and addresses follow: Essell James, c, Jamesvllle. Carroll Wade Mobley, w, Horse Cave, Kentucky. Charlie Ben Roberson, c, Willium ston. Johnnie Stanley, c. RFD 2, Rober sonville. Claude Vick, Jr., w, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Harvey Sylvester Ray Leggett, w, RFD 1, Robersonville. Louis Daniel Ormond, c, William ston. James Robert Lee Jenkins, c, RFD 2, Robersonville. Charlie Curtis Leggett, w, RFD 2, Robersonville. Richard Sharp, Jr., c, RFD 2, Rob ersonville Thomas Brown, Jr., c, RFD 2. Rob ersonville. Calvin Coolidge Davis, c, Oak City. Henry Reel, c, Williamston. Jesse Herbert Rogers, w, RFD 3, Williamston. James Aaron Bryant, c, RFD 3, Williamston. John Douglas Howell, c, RFD 2, Robersonville. George Thomas James, Jr., c, RFD 1, Jamesville, David Aaron Boyd, w, Hamilton. Joseph Prince Wilson, c, William ston. Evan Beacham, w, RFD 1, James ville. James Edward Andrews, c, RFD 1, Robersonville. James Delbert Jones, w, RFD 1, Jamesvalle. Paul Hartwell Williams, w, Ever etts. In addition to the eighteen-year olds, several belatedly registered for the fourth and first registrations, as follows: First Registration: Pete Hassell, e, Hassell, and Raleigh U. Coburn, w, RFD 4, Raleigh. Fourth Registration: John Robert Sawyer, w, Willianiston. Early Morning Fire In Everetts Friday I Ik origin not definitely known, but believed to have been started by a cigarette, fire burned up much cloth ing and furniture and threatened the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bullock in Everetts about 4 o’clock last Fri day morning. Neighbors, happening to wake up at that time, saw the blaze through a window and sounded an alarm. Neighbor Jesse Keel, a fairly strong wind blowing right toward his house, headed a bucket brigade and main tained a ready source of water. Mr. Bullock, undressing and leaving his clothes in the warm room where the fire started, had a barrel partly fill ed with water in which he kept min nows and other fish bait, and the water supply furnished by Mr. Keel’s bucket brigade was supplemented from the barrel. Fish bait was found in liberal quantities in the room after the smoke cleared. Mr. Bullock, while Mrs. Bullock was in the hospital, had two guests in for the night, and according to one report their clothes were also burned, the three men hardly con sidering their scant attire as they rushed around in the freezing wea ther helping bring the fire under control. The rug on the floor was burned to a crisp and part of the room ceil ing was burned and badly scorched. No estimate on the damage could be had, but it will run Into several hun dred dollars, it was said. Amanda G. Cannady Died Last Evening TV'iu-iicr to morrow in Bear Grass Mr??. Amanda Gurganus Cannady, former teacher in the county schools and widow of John Cannady, died at her homo in Bear Grass Township last evening at 6:30 o’clock. She had been in feeble health for a number of years, spending the last four in her home. A victim of a complica tion of ailments, she was confined to her bed for almost twelve months, but during that period she was a patient sufferer. Mrs. Cannady, the daughter of the late David and Penina Rogers Gur tanus, was born in Bear Grass Town flip seventy- one years ago last September. When a young girl she attended the Williamston schools and later studied under the late Ste phen Outterbridge, a pioneer in pub lic education in this county who maintained a school at Mimosia and Robersonville. Upon the completion of her elementary sdiool^hotniiciht in the county schools’Tfi^HaLWnSer of years, her sympathetic under standing for youth leaving a lasting impression upon the minds of those she taught. In early womanhood she was married to Mr. Cannady, a Wil son County farmer who migrated to this county as a pioneer in the early culture of tobacco in this section. Soon after their marriage, they mov ed to Wilson County where they lived a year or two before returning to this county where she spent the remainder of her life with the ex ception of a few months spent as a nurse attendant to unfortunate youths in the Caswell Training School at Kinston. Mrs. Cannady had a wonderful philosophy of life and a great deter mination that invited admiration from those who knew her. A victim of the financial debacle following the last war, she fought with all her might the cruel fate that had been meted out to her. She immediately accepted a job as practical nurse in the State-owned institution at Kins ton, but later returned to the old home farm where she worked with great earnestness. It seemed at times that fate was still against her, but just before her meager holdings were scheduled to go on the auction block she, despite her declining health, would pick select grapes and offer them for sale on the local streets. The tax accounts were squar ed, and every obligation was met. Even though it was a struggle for her to meet the every-day obliga tions, she found time to be a good and helpful neighbor, dividing will ingly of her limited means and glad ly offering her services to those in need. while she could see and detect the bad, Mrs. Cannady was still able to see the good and appreciate the fin er things in life. Her disappointments were many In life, no doubt, but through sheer determination and hope she blazed a trail, a humble one, maybe, through life and set an example worthy of others to follow. Mrs Cannady was a faithful at tendant upon the services in the Primitive Baptist Church at Beat Grass down through the years, and (Continued on page six) “Brown-Out” Order Generally Observed A special order issued by the War Production Board and calling for a curtailed use of electricity is being observed generally in this county, according to a check made by ob servers during the past few days. Pointing out that the elimination of excessive lighting will conserve thousands of tons of coal, War Pro duction offices are asking all busi ness houses to cut out their street signs, window display lights and oth er uses of electricity not essential in carrying on their operations. Specifically, the use of electricity is prohibited for outdoor advertising and promotional lighting, outdoor decorative and ornamental lighting, show window lighting except where necessary for interior illumination, marquee lighting in excess of 60 watts for each marquee. Street light ing is to be limited as far as possi ble or in accordance with safety rules only. About the only outside lighting permitted is that at doctor’s offices and hospitals. -<£, Arrest Ttvo For Alleged Violation Of Liquor Law* - - -* Two persons, Dave James and Le Roy Andrews, were arrested last Sat urday by ABC Officer J, H, Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel for alleged violation of the liquor laws. Searching the James home in the Free Union section that afternoon, the officers found three quarts of illicit liquor. Andrews, wno lives near Hassell, apparently had about sold out, the officers confiscating hardly more than a pint of illicit li quor there. Several empty jugs and a demi-john were found there. While in the Free Union section, the officers found eight gallons of white lightning in the woods.