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NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING TK&WTEPRISE in ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRI8E IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 13 Wiiliamston, Mai tin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 13, 1945. ESTABLISHED 1899 Announces Services During Lent Period In Episcopal Church 'Rededit-ation TiurT Lent This Year Bv Rev. Jos. S. Huske, Jr. The Christian Faith teaches us not only what we should believe, but it teaches us to believe what we should do. As St. James said, Faith with out works, is dead. During the past twenty years, or more, there has been a continual v’hittling away of the Christian du ties, until the world is faced with a stupendous power of evil, which can be overcome only by the power of God. And there are too few souls who have the power of God in them. This Lent is the most critical that we have ever lived through. People are asking the meaning of Easter as they never asked it before. The Church cann»t give you the answer to your questions. Only God Him self can touch the human heart and make it to know’ the joy and peace that is found in God only. But the Church^gives to us the means whereby w^Su^know Christ and the power of His Resurrection. The Church has the means whereby we receive the Sacrimental Grace. And the Church has the way of life whereby we are able to draw near to God. This life is summed up in the three Great Duties—Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving Prayer includes the public wor ship in the Church, the Sacramental Prayer of the Holy Eucharist, the meditations which we make on the Scriptures (probably guided by the Forward Day by Day), and the pray ers which we offer in private. Fasting includes the self denial on days of Fasting (especially Ash Wed nesday and Good Friday) and all Fridays of the year. This enables us ' to subdue the flesh, to be more obed ient to the Spirit and to enter into the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings. Without Sacrifice, there is no true love. “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Almsgiving is the regular support of the Church, and the giving of our wealth and goods to those who are in need. Those who say that Charity is the only really worth while virtue in religion are absolutely correct. But it is the experience of life, that charity grows cold, weak, and final ly dies, unless it is fed by the warmth of Prayer, and is strengthened by the sacrifice which accompanies love. A life lived without rule is dissi pated. Those who say that the prac tice of religion is of no value unless we feel moved to do a good work, fail to carry that argument into any other part of their lives. We do many things each day because of necessity or duty. In religion, a good will, the will to do good, carries us through many periods of spiritual dryness. A good rule is the most important thing that we can have. A good rule that includes the Three Duties, will guide us into the way of holiness in which God will enter into the open heart and make His dwelling there. Let us use this Lent as a time when we will begin to make our rule, to write it on paper, and offer it to God. And follow this rule daily un to our life's end. May God grant us a good Lent, that we may know the Christ and the power of His Resurrection. The first in the series of Lenten services in the Church of the Advent: Ash-Wednesday, February 14lh: 10:30 a. m., Litany, Penitential Of fice, and Ante-Communion. 8 p. m., Evening Prayer and Meditation. (These Wednesday evening medita tions will be on the “Seven Signs of Christ," as recorded in the Gospel of St. John.) Thursday: 8:30, Morning Prayer. 5 p. m. Evening Prayer. Friday: 8:30, Morning Prayer. 10:30 Litany and Penitential Office. 4 p. m. World Day of Prayer Service. 5 p. m. Evening Prayer. Saturday: 8:30, Morning Prayer. 5 p. m. Evening Prayer. - Minor Fire In The Laundry Last Night Its origin not definitely known, fire damaged the plant of Mannings’ laundry on Warren Street here this morning at 1:30 o’clock. A few clothes were burned and one or two pieces of equipment were badly damaged, but the fire was confined to a very small area and damage is not expected to exceed four or five hundred dollars. An electric iron, still sizzling, was found in the center of a hole burned through the floor, and it was thought that started the fire. However, the operators explained that the electric line feeding the irons had been turn ed off at a master switch. It is pos sible that the fire started from a short circuit. Some one passed the laundry and saw the fire, ar.d the owners were notified about the time a general alarm was sounded. The fire was orougnt under control with chemi cals and water from a small hose line. Conclude Historic Conference In Russian Crimea Yesterday --—+ - “Xii U l J t? o f "t* ferencrs held TfjoSt- i/r/pcEtoeai ti«s in years and years, _ _VoileA State* Great Britain aifd Russia yeslerday at far away Yalta in the Russian Crimea announced an agreement had been reached in the eight-day meet ing fGr wiping out Naziism and Ger man militarism arid laying the foun dation for world peace. The confer ence brought favorable reaction from leaders in all parts of the world, and while German leaders were fighting back with all their waning power, the news of the meeting was being dinned into tire minds of the German people today with promising effect. The conference, headed by Presi dent Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, also announced that a meeting of the United Nations would be held in San Francisco on April 25, and already the West Coast city is making ready for the event which is expected to overshadow any thing in past history. A brief outline of the conference: w« ugcn €hcs«MKs»i-fc tre mendous assault that will result in "shorter ,. war.' ‘ 2. Speed- the «»&£! world peace machinery by calling a full-dress United Nations meeting at San Francisco beginning April 25. 3. Form a new Polish government and tentatively f’x Poland’s new eastern boundaries at the Curzon Line. Poland would be compensated for lost territory in the past by ac quiring territory from Germany. 4. Back the Atlantic Charter’s principles of self-determination among the liberated peoples of Eu rope in establishing their govern ments. 5. Invite France to join in the oc cupation of defeated Germany arid take part in future European coun cils. 6. Bring China and Russia into si multaneous discussions on establish ment of a world peace organization —a possible hint that Russia even tually may abandon her neutral sta tus with Japan. ER$\ J The somewhat bitter contro versy over hunting rights in the lower reaches of Roanoke River is scheduled for a final airing in the Bertie County Superior Court tomorrow. For several months, the plaintiff, Jim Sta ton, and the defendants, Dr. J. S. Rhodes, K. B. Crawford, T. B. Brandon, W. G. Peele and oth ers have shared the rights on al ternate days, the agreement hav ing been reached at a prelimi nary hearing held before Judge E .C. Thompson last November when the plaintiff asked that the injunction restraining the de fendants from trespassing on the land be made permanent. The plaintiff maintains that he is the sole leasee of the proper ty and is entitled to all rights of the lease. The defendants main tain the plaintiff acted as their agent, and therein lies the dis pute that has all but wrecked friendships maintained for years and years. Seventy-Nine Tires Allotted In County Seventy-nine tires — 71 for cars and eight for trucks—were allotted in this county last Friday night by the War Price and Rationing Board. Certificates for the purchase of Grade I tires were issued to the following: Jack Smith, Ella Taylor, Russell Knox, George B. Ange, Charles M. Hurst, Jr., John Chance, Evan Per ry, Willie Lanier, Rosa Elizabeth Williams, Mrs. C. H. Ayers, H. S. Pi land, Joe T. Bullock, M. H. Hyman, J B. Rogerson, Paul Dixon, Ben C. Peele, A. B. Ayers, Capt. Betty Jane Fulton, Raleigh Harrington, J. How ard Taylor, Church Mobley, N. R. Rogerson, H. P. Fleming, Robert Griffin, C. W. Pierce, C. G. Roger son, M. D. Leggett, Leroy Roberson, Staton Griffin, Simon J. Ward, V. R. Peaks, James Riley Mizelle, Wil mer Biggs, C. L. Tyson, J. L. Whit field, Cleophus McNair, Mannings’ Laundry, L. H. Matthews, Willie Ev erett, Clyde Barber, J. B. Harring ton, Bithel Braddy, H. R. Burroughs, Isaiah D. Green, W. A. Bailey, Book er T. McNeil, T. F. Respass, F. D. Williams, Garland Roberson, Geo. E. Peele, C. B. Saunders. Truck tire certificates were issued to the following: M. E. Bennett, George A. Oglesby, Frank Bell, Lindsley Icc Co., F. A. Whitfield, Wheeler Latham. Pvt. Carlton Phelps Arrives In Belgium —«— Pvt. Carlton A. Phelps, former Williamston boy, recently arrived in Belgium for action against the com mon enemy. In a recent letter to The Enter prise, the young man said: “I am another former Williamston boy who is soldiering for Uncle1 Sam. Probably most of the people in Williamston remember me as a young boy delivering papers and selling home-made candy and pea nuts. “I am now somewhere in Bel gium. Have seen a few buzz bombs. Gee, they really travel. “Wish I could have seen more of my friends when I was home (Wil liamston) not so long ago, but my stay was so short that I could not sec everyone. “I saw S. C. Griffin, Jr , on the boat coming over, but we were split up and I did not see him after that. I am writing this in a tent with the radio playing sweet and low songs.” The young man said he was in the best of health, ard expressed the hope it would be possible for him and all the others to return home soon. Two other county boys, Garland Tice and McDonald Hardison, made the trip over on the same ship, it was learned. Allies Continue To Tighten the Noose Around Nazi Necks —*— Canadians and Americans Are Gaining in West; Russians Push Toward Dresden -« While no big land gains have been made during the past few days. Al lied armies continue to tighten slow ly but steadily the noose about the Nazi necks. In the European war. the Canadian First Army has scored new gains beyond toppled Kleve at the northern end of the Siegfried Line, and the American Third Army is pushing on heyond captured Prum, south of Aachen. On the Eastern Front, the Russians are holding their own in the Kustrin-Frankfurt area on the direct road to Berlin, less than 30 miles away, while Konev’s Red Army continues its push toward the Saxony capital of Dresden in a maneuver to outflank Berlin. The flanking drive is within 70 miles of its first objective. The European struggle has been reduced from a 2-front war to al most a single battlefield, and things are getting so hot for Hitler and his gang that a mass movement of the mad killers is in progress toward the Nazi reservation or Alpine fortress. The German plight is expected to be aggravated shortly according to a promise coming from the “Big Three” conference at Yalta yester day. It was stated that a new blow can be expected by the Germans from the north, some observers pre dicting a new Allied landing in Norway. While the Red Army holds its own in the Kustrin sector, other Russian forces continue to mop up pockets of resistance. The fight in Hungary is about spent, a report stating that the capital, Budapest, had been cleared following the capture of an estimated 30,000 Germans there in two days. The Germans showed the greatest alarm at the northernmost cam paign, and a front dispatch said they had hurried up armored units to re inforce their sagging lines. Enemy broadcasts admitted Field Marshal Montgomery was breaking through the Kleve defenses and ex pressed fear that General Eisen hower was massing tanks for a breakthrough along the Rhine. Other German accounts declared a large-scale offensive was impend ing farther south in the Aachen area, where the British Second and United States Ninth armies are on the flooded Roer 14 miles from the Ruhr city of Muenchengladbach. The U. S. First Army on the Roer was idle as the river’s flood reached its crest without doing very much damage to Allied positions in the area of Aachen, on the main inva sion point to Germany. Over in the Pacific, three Ameri can divisions are wiping out the Japs in the Manila area, but the fighting in the city was described as the dead liest at close range reported in the Pacific war to date. Soldier Falla Victim Of Influenza While On Leave -« Coming home a short time ago from Camp Wheeler, Ga., Theron R. Gurganus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billie Gurganus, RFD 1, Williamston, was taken ill with influenza. After re ceiving treatment in the local hos pital he was removed last Saturday afternoon to Seymour-Johnson Field, Goldsboro, for continued treatment in an Army hospital. The young man was scheduled to report to Fort Meade the day he was removed to the hospital. -« WOman’s Club Scheduled To Meet Tomorrotc Afternoon -■ The local Woman’s Club is sched uled to hold its regular monthly meeting in the club hall tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock. A cpecial ap peal is being directed to all mem bers, urging them to be present. Jurymen Drawn For Two-Weeks Term of The Superior Court ( ~~ ' — • — Q, ■#£. Slated lar Term in Marrli Forty-five Martin County citizens were drawn by the board of county commissioners this week for jury service during the regular term of superior court convening the third Monday in March for two w’eeks. The court will hear both criminal and civil cases. Judge Q. K. Nimocks of Fayette ville is slated to preside over the term. So far there have been compara tively few criminal cases placed on the trial docket-, but it is yet too early to predict how crowded the docket will be by the time court is convened. However, it is likely that a record or near-record number of divorce cases will b~ on the calen dar for consideration during tho term. The names of the citizens drawn for services and their respective townships; First Week Jamesville—Ernest Gardner and Clyde Modlin. Williams—Albert Bembridge and Albert Tyre. Griffins—N. R. Peel, Leon Earl Griffin, R. Henry Peel. Bear Grass—J. D. Prioe. Williamston—Frank E. Weston, Raymond Cherry, John A. Manning, K. D. Worrell, Wm. H. Everett, L. T. Hardin, H. O. Jarman and Robt. Rogers. Cross Roads—G. G. Bailey, John H. Wynne and Paul Leggett. Robersonvillc; Hugh Roberson, J. (Continued on page six) Will Observe World Day Of Prayer Here —<*>— Especial attention is again being called to the World Day of Prayer to bo observed by churches and groups throughout the world on Fri day, February 16th, in which all the churches of Wiiliamston, both white and colored, are participating. It is the earnest desire of those who are helping to plan the local observ ance that every individual will make this a day of prayer in a real sense— a day of personal repentance and confession, a day of meditation on and thanksgiving for God’s blessings, and a day of fervent intercession for the homeless and hungry, the sick and wounded, the lonely and fear ful, the sorrowing and sinful human ity throughout the world. May we be big enough Christians to pray for our enemies and that our hearts be free from hatred. May we suggest that in preparation for the public service all who cun do so set aside a few minutes for meditation and prayer at 10 o’clock Friday morning. There is so much of sin and tragedy at home and throughout the world it is not too much, if we really care, to ask us to spend an entire day in prayer. Not only on this day but every day we must seek the “quiet place’’ if the world is to regain san ity and peace. At four o’clock on Friday we shall gather at the Episcopal Church for a united service of worship and prayer. Mrs. J. M. Pigford will lead us in that service the material for which was prepared by four British women whose quiet confidence, in spite of the daily horrors of bomb ing and war they have experienced, is reassuring to us. There will be an ffering taken to be used for mis sions and relief—Mrs. Clinton House will tell us at that time about the objects to which the offering will go. It is hoped that all business houses A the town will voluntarily close iheir doors at this hour and either ittend the service or observe a per od of prayer together. All the colored churches of the .own are joining also in the Day of Prayer as has been their custom, rheir service will be held at the A. VI. E. Zion Church at the same hour, 1 p. m. They will also hold a brief preparation prayer service at ten ninutes before the regular service. “The effectual, fervent prayer of i righteous man availeth much.’’ — lames 5’16. — Reported. CANCELLED s The cancellation of all con tracts with its rural patrons was announced a few days ago by the Virginia Electric and Power Company, meaning that a siz able saving in their light bills will accrue to the customers. The action, taken voluntarily by the compsui}, reduced Vat monthly minimum to $1 for homes, the rate for other users in the rural areas being based on the de mand load. When the rural lines were first built, customers agreed to pay so much per month, the minimum running to several dol lars in some instances. Now the rural patrons are enjoying the same minimum as all other cus tomers of the company. Large Percentage of Draftees Called Recently Pass Exams j A lu'.mhy shr>,k in Martin Couii i kv :4 >?■ ,npOV, , was fouill-j or the’mJT ■ 1 y ■ forces, according to a report coming from an army center a few days ago. Seventeen out of twenty-one Mar tin County white men reporting to an anny center on January 30 were accepted for military service The 31 per cent accepted compares with about a 40 per cent average. While it is quite certain that the group was a healthy one, as a whole, it is also fairly apparent that the mil itary is not so exacting with its physical and age requirements. One report stated that among those ac cepted was a father about thirty eight years of age. The report also stated that the man had quit his job and made himself subject to call. Included in the group accepted was a young man who had reached the age of eighteen years just before he boarded the bus for Fort Bragg. MaaMML.fi! th« .. Andrew Jackson -jn Ray Kon Keel, illiam Daniel Leggett, Roland McKinley Beddard, James Lloyd Moore, Sam uel Tim Jackson, Gene Wayiund Taylor, Frederick Leon Hardison (star played on the 1044 Duke foot ball team), Edward Earl Whitley, Paul Hartwell Williams (the youth ful volunteer), and John Haywood Brown. Arthui Goodwin Suther land, Jr., transferred from Char lotte, also passed. The names of those who did not pass were not publicly announced, but it is understood that John E. Hardison, Francis Darrell Taylor, Tom Brown Manning and James Al bert Coltrain made the trip Accord ing to the audit, records wero not complete for Reuben Lester Roger son and it could not be learned whether he passed or not. Calloway, Cecil Benjamin Whitehurst, W Limit Fnet Oil Use For Tobacco Curing Barns !No Rations Allowed If Good Equipment Has Been Converted —^— Appeal Is Kxpeete«l, Kut If If Is Granted, Supply Will Not Be Guaranteed -® A recent ruling governing the al lotment of fuel oil for curing tobac co is almost certain to create a ser ious problem on farms in this and other tobacco producing counties. According to an announcement just recently released, no fuel oil rations will be allowed in those cases where a farmer has torn out his furnaces and flues and installed oil burners. However, the regulation stated that rations would be allow ed those farmers building new barns and installing oil burners. It was al so explained that rations would al so be allowed in those cases where repairs necessary to old equipment would exceed “reasonable” costs. Farmers who need nothing more than a new set of flues and minor furnace repairs will not be eligible for fuel oil rations under the pres ent regulations. The new regulation comes at a fairly late hour, and concerted ef forts are being made to have it amended One report slated that Pitt County farmers held a meeting last week and plan to carry their appeal to Raleigh and on to Washington, if necessary. However, government of ficials were quoted as saying that even though the regulation is amended they could not then guar antee an available supply of fuel oil. Reports indicate that thousands of farmers have converted their cur ing barn equipment during recent weeks, one report stating that sev eral hundred had been installed or ordered in this county recently. Commenting on the new order, a release from the rationing authori ties points out: “It is clearly seen from the provi sions of the regulations that an ap plicant is not eligible for a fuel oil ration if he still has, or has dispos ed of or destroyed equipment burn ing either coal or wood. He is eligi ble if he has built a new barn, for instance, and has no other equip ment for the purpose. As a matter of policy, boards are urged to re strict the use of fuel oil to essential new equipment only and farmers should be notified not to change their equipment before determining their eligibility for a fuel oil ration." Just now fuel oil supplies in the hands of many distributors are pos sibly above normal, but the outlook is declared to be not at all encourag ing. The supply of gasoline is appar ently at a new low point. Just re cently quite a few filling stations were without gasoline in this com munity, and in other sections sta tions were without a supply for ten days or more. -$ Tornado Kills Fifty People In Mississippi-Alabama Area An estimated fifty people were killed and more than 150 injured in a tornado that swept parts of Mis sissippi and Alabama late yesterday. No estimate on the property dam age could be had immediately, but the loss will run into big figures, first reports indicated. Firemen Called Out Here Last Saturday Afternoon -$ Local volunteer firemen were call id to a grass fire juat off Broad Street near Woodlawn Cemetery last Saturday afternoon. No damage re sulted from the fire. The. grass fires are getting under way earlier than usual, indicating that spring is not far away. f TKN \KARS’ SERVICE \__ After serving more than ten years in the Army, Robert Hugh Gurganus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billie Gurganus, KFI) 1, Wil liamston. was recently given an honorable discharge. Volunteering his services ten years and four months ago, the young man served three years at Fort Monroe, Va., and then went to the Pacific theater where he served three years mostly in Hawaii. His first enlistment spent, he volunteered again and was stationed at Arlington and Fori Myers. He is now a member of the Washington City police force. County Young Man Gets Commendation Joe R. Davenport, S 1/c, was re cently commended for “initiative dis played and proficiency in assigned duties" at the United States Naval Air Station, Daytona Beach, Fla. Son of Mrs. J. H. Davenport, RFD I, Jamesville, the young man, better known as “Cotton,” volunteered lor service a year ago, today. On the 23rd of last month, a plane piloted by Lt. Commander E. S. McCIuskey crashed into the sea about thirteen miles off Flagler Beach, Fla. Young Davenport was on duty at the Aircraft Warning Sta tion, Daytona Beach. 'The citation, signed by R. D. W. Woods, the young man’s command- j ing officer, reads: “Although your immediate duties did not require continued operation of locator equipment your interest in perfecting yourself in the use of the electronic equipment resulted in a most effective rescue of the naval aviator who crashed in the plane above. With no qualified officer available to give direction you set in operation the machinery, inter preted the results, and assisted in the coordination of Air Sea Rescue facilities in such a manner as to ac curately locate the downed pilot in a minimum of time and tin reby con tributed to the savin gof his life. “Your splendid interest in your work were such as to reflect credit upon this station, your department and yourself. 1 take pleasure in commending you for your outstand ing performance of duty.” Three Men Purchase i Local Lumber Plant The rolling stock .timber holdings, : all tangible properties and the two 1 plants at Williamston and Roxobel ' owned and operated by the Farm ville-Woodward Lumber Company were recently purchased from H. R. Butler by Messrs. Harold Quayle of , Suffolk, G. C. Fanney of Scotland ' Neck, and D. L. Speight of William ston. The new owners, operating as the Williamston Lumber Company, were formerly associated with the Farmville-Woodward Lumber Com pany. At the present time the company is employing approximately 200 men, exclusive of those engaged in log ging operations. It has a fleet of fifteen trucks. Mr. Fanney will continue to make his home in Scotland Neck, for the present at least. Mr. Quayle, a na tive of England but a resident of Viiginia for the past several years, plans to move his family here just as soon as he can find a home. Mr. Speight, manager of the local plant ■ since 1935, wiii continue to make his home here. The company is one of the largest of its kind in this immediate section of the State. Bill Would Extend \ Town of Hamilton A special bill introduced in the State Legislature by County Repre sentative Clarence W. Griffin last week proposed the extension of the Town of Hamilton corporate limits, tegular municipal elections and fixes a town tax rate maximum of $1 on the $100 assessed property val uation. As far as it could be learned here there is no opposition to the proposed amendment to the town charter, one report stating that the change would principally affect the property of the town authorities. The new limits provided for in the proposed law are defined as follows: “Beginning at a stooping birch or willow at the upper corner of the town or public wharf and beside the river; H ence running down the Roanoke River along the water's edge to a ravine or gully entering the river and at the point where the lands of Watson Sherrod and B. B. Taylor corner on the river; thence with the said Watson Sherrod and B. B. Taylor line S. 43 deg. 00' W., 650 ft. to a cypress tree in the gully running from the school building; \f-w f,;t w \J*o Provides for Rcgilittf iion ami $1 Tax Rate thence S. 28 deg. 00' W., 27 ft. to large forked poplar standing on the edge uf the hill; thence in a straight line S. 1 deg. 00' W. to another pop lar standing at the head of another gully and near the tenant house of Watson Sherrod; thence S. 77 deg. 00' W. along the field path and ditch, 844 ft. to a point just east of High way No. 125, and where the line of telephone poles would intersect the ditch; thence N. 35 deg. 00’ W., along the line of telephone poles and the old roadway, 1633 ft. to a fence at the northeast corner of W. C. House’s field; thence S. 75 deg. 00’ W. along an old fence, 370 ft. to the corner of the fence; thence N. 31 deg. 15’ W. along the fence to a stake on the ditch; thence along and with the ditch and branch to the culvert un der Highway No. 125, it being on the road leading to Oak City, at a point 1000 feet from Front Street; thence in a northerly course along said branch and ditch, wliigh luns just back of tire cemetery, and continuing with said branch and ditch along its various courses to the road, said roud being known as the River Road lead ing from Palmyra to Hamilton, at a culvert 380 ft. north of the north ern line of the T. B. Slade property on Front Street; thence running from said culvert on said road N. 53 deg. 30’ E. in a straight line to a beech tree on the gully; thence down the run of said gully to a marked cypress tree at the northwest corner of the Town or public wharf prop erty; thence N. 78 deg. 30’ E., 200 ft. to the point of beginning on the Roanoke River at the stooping birch or willow tree.” The law also designates the follow ing officers, Henry S. Johnson, Jr., mayor; Henry S. Johnson, Sr., W. C. House, G. A. Oglesby, D. G. Mat thews and It. A. Edmondson, com missioners. An election is provided in the municipality for every two years for the election of town officers, the first to be held in May of this year. The currently constituted board and its successors arc empowered to create the necessary election machinery and canvass the election returns. A reg istrar is to be appointed by the board in March and notice is to be given of an approaching election by post ing in three public places notice of registration for the election to be held on the first Tuesday in May. The newly appointed officers are to assume the duties of office soon af ter the vote is canvassed. The proposed law empowers the town authoi ities to handle such du ties commonly associated with the operation of a municipality and stip ulates that no ad valorem tax in ex cess of $1 on the $100 assessed prop erty valuation shall be levied. The officials are also empowered under the terms of the proposed law to exact privilege taxes and collect a poll tax of $1. The board is empowered to fix salaries of town employees, but no fees or fixed remuneration for the officials were mentioned. Colored Young Man On A Rampage Here Climaxing a rampage he had been on a few hours earlier, Waiter Free man, young colored man commonly known as "Little Bud,” knocked out several windows ard tore through the door of Buck's Place about mid night last Saturday. The motive for breaking into the beer joint has not been established. Freeman will be given a hearing this evening. The Negro, just a rolling ball of trouble, had a narrow escape when he charged into the place. The own er took his gun but could not find a proper size shell. He was quoted as saying that he would have shot the intruder if a right sue shell had been found. Freeman escaped into the night just before officers reached the Washington Street place of business, but he was arrested a few hours la ter and jailed.