NEARLY 1000 MARVIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRfSE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOWTCtkiitSO _
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS *'
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 16
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 2.'i, 1945.
ESTABLISHED 1899
All-Out Drive Said
To Have Started on
Allied Plane* ft reek Enemy’s
Transportation; Fight
Raging On luo
Reports not yet confirmed said
this morning that an all-out drive
had been launched by the Allied
Armies on the Western Front, that a
move was also underway in the East
to deliver the knock out blow to
Hitler Germany. Few details of the
reported offensive could be had early
today, but it had been apparent for
several days that the big push was
brewing. For more than a week Al
lied planes had attacked German
transportation from the Baltic to
points deep in Austria. An estimated
7,000 planes rained destruction down
on just about everything that could
be found moving in Germany yes
terday, and transportation centers,
switches and even tunnels were
wrecked. The British Heavies took
over last night, and today one Ger
man radio station after another went
off the air after warning that planto
were approaching from the west and
from the south.
General George S. Patton’s Third
Army has held the spotlight during
the past few days, making important
gains in the Saar-Moselle triangle
and overrunning more than 85 towns
at the gateway to the rich industrial
Saar basin. Two crossings have been
made over the Saar, and the Ameri
cans are believed to be in a position
to exploit their recent gains with a
sweeping push toward the Rhine. To
the south ,the Seventh Army has
made gains and the French First is
battering German defenses across
the Rhine with heavy and sustained
artillery blasts.
At the extreme nortlVrn end of
the Western Line, the Canadians are
hammering out small gains against
25,000 crack Nazi troops, taking the
last main barriers in their drive
toward the rich industrial Ruhr. The
weather has broken and flood waters
are receding in other sectors, mean
ing that the U. S. First and Ninth
Armies are in a position to strike.
Reports from the German front
declare that the enemy is confused
before Patton, that there are signs
of disorganization and that the Ger
mans are being taken prisoner by
the thousands.
Knocking out 1,150,000 Germans
since starting their winter offensive
and wrecking and taking vast quan- '
tities of equipment, the Russians are
now active again on a forty-mile
front in the Kustrin sector directly
facing Berlin, and big news is to be
expected there shortly. It was re- j
ported a few days ago that the Rus
sians had already pulled up and |
placed as many as 400 big artillery
pieces to the mile in that area. (
Although official reports are lack- j
ing, there is little doubt but what a
coordinated all-out offensive has (
been launched on both fronts.
In the Pacific, the bloody battle |
for Iwo Jima continues with the
prospect that it will last for another (
ten days or two weeks. The fight .
is described as the most costly the
Marine have ever engaged in. Cas
ualties are running into big num
bers, but they are no larger than had
been expected by some military au
thorities. Up until Wednesday eve
ning, the Marines had suffered 5,376
casualties, including about 600 kill- '
ed and 500 missing. The losses are ^
mounting at about 90 an hour. A *
late report from the little eight-mile
square island stated that fhe Marines ^
had cleared the southern end, and •
had bettered their position, but late j
yesterday six-foot waves were mak
ing landing operations difficult.
However, an estimated 45,000 men
from the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marines '
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OPA Claims Settled i
By Panel In County
Meeting in special session here a c
few days ago, members of the Mar- I
tin County Price Panel of the Office <
of the Price Administration, settled i
claims in several cases. In most of i
the cases reviewed, it was pointed t
out that no willful violation of the
OPA regulations was evident, that 1
adjustments were effected. <
Refunds in a few instances were c
made to the federal treasury, while
in others money was returned to the i
purchasers. One or two cases were t
referred to the State office. The pan- <
el will hold another meeting shortly
Kdward S. Dixon, district OPA rep- ,
resentative, said yesterday. j
Adjustments were announced as
follows: Central Cafe, $25, and City
Cafe, $30.20, L. R. Donaldson, $15.
Refunds were made as follows: W. B.
Mizelle, $2E to Haywood Price; He
bron Lanier, $70 to Willie Mack
Bryant; John Miller, Jr., $10 to C. U.
Ramsey, and Edward Ayers, $5 to
Henry L. Hopkins.
The case of Chas. Davis was re
ferred to Raleigh, and the case of
Thurman Spruill is pending. No ir
regularity was reported in J S
Crandall’s case reviewed by the
panel.
Most of the refunds were ordered
in cases brought to maintain ceiling
price regulations for second-hand
cars.
T-Sgt. James W. Watts
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KILLED IN ACTION
T/Sgt. Jimmie VV. Watts, Jr.,
was killed in action on Febru
ary 7th in Italy, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Watts, were ad
vised here yesterday by the
War Department.
Army Issues Urgent
Call for More Nurses
Endorsing the urgent appeal from
General George C. Marshall, by way
af the Governors of North and South
Carolina ,to all eligible women ol
the Carolinas to help our wounded
t>y joining Women’s Army Corps
General Hospital Companies, Lt. Col,
Maude Bowman, ANC, Stark Gener
al Hospital ,and Lt. Col. Ida L. Lan
jenheder, assistant superintendent,
ANC, Fort Jackson, both issued
statements in support of this criti
’al need.
In a letter to Lt. Col. Wm. A,
Scjiilletter, Carolina District Ra
nuiting Officer, Col. Bowman wrote:
“In view of the fact that the need
'or good nursing care and the short
lge of graduate nurses is so acute,
he WAC Medical Technicians can
alay a very important part in the
•are and restoring to health of the
>verseas patients.
“During my experience at this
lospital, I have found that the serv
es rendered by the WAC Techni
dans are invaluable. Our returning
nen have done so much for us, they
leserve the very best care that can
>e provided for them.
“The rare of the patients at Stark
General Hospital, Charleston, S. C.,
las been a tremendous job and the
uceess of this work is due to the
lutstanding loyally and devotion of
he capable nurses and WAC Tech
licians. The training and experience
vhich these women receive is in
•stimable and priceless upon return
ng to civilian life."
Col. Langenheder in a similar int
er to Col. Schilletter said:
“The idea of recruiting women to
rain as Medical and Surgical Tech
licians for duty in Army Hospitals
s certainly an excellent one. The
leed for trained women to nurse
he wounded who are returning in
ver greater numbers becomes more
irgent as the war progresses.
“Our Army hospitals need the
ervices of women with at least two
•ears of high school and who have
icen trained by the Army."
From North Carolina seven pla
oons are needed, which means 105
yomen must join from this part of
he state.
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*riHonor Of War Consultant
Will Speak In Rocky Mount
Mrs. Minor, prisoner of war con
stant for the Southeastern Area
if the Red Cross, will speak in Rocky
/fount next Tuesday evening at 8
I'ciock in the new recorder’s court
oom, Mrs. S. H. Grimes, home serv
ce director for this chapter, an
lounced yesterday.
A cordial invitation is extended to
hose who have sons, brothers or
ither relatives in prisoner of war
amps, to hear Mrs. Minor.
Mrs. Grimes wili attend the meet
ng and she will be glad to have rela
ives of war prisoners from this
ounty at the meeting.
PROMOTED
T/Sgt. James Carlton Edmond-,
son, Oak City young man, was
recently promoted to the rank
of second lieutenant, it was an
nounced a few days ago by the
Public Relations Section, Euro
pean Theater of Operations.
“Brigadier General William G.
Weaver. .»mmanf<in*r general of
8th Infantry Division, present
ed the gold bar of a second lieu
tenant to former T/Sgt. James
Carlton Edmondson in a battle
field commission,” the Public
Keiations Section announced,
the censor got hold to part of
the announcement and cut It out.
) Well-Known Youth
Loses Life February
7th, Parents Advised
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Was Thirty-eightli County Boy
To Make Sacrifice in
World War II
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T/Sgt. James W. Watts, Jr., prom
ising young local man, was killed
in action in Italy on February 7, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watts
were advised here yesterday morn
ing. Coming from the War Depart
ment, the message offered no details
but explained that more information
would follow in a letter.
An unofficial press report stated
that on the day the young man gave
his life, Allied warplanes in ti e Ital
ian theater carried out more than 2,
000 sorties against German rail and
oil supply hubs. It was the most ac
tive day for the air force in some
time, but it was a costly one, the re
port stating that thirty-four planes
were lost. The attacks were directed
against the Brenner Pass rail line
and other targets in that general
area. Since he was killed in Italy it
is thought that Jimmy’s plane was in
action in the Brenner Pass area.
The young man wras the ninth
Williamston boy and the 38th from
this county to make the supreme
sacrifice in the current war.
Born in Williamston on January
18, 1923, Jimmy attended the local
schools and studied at Riverside
Academy, Gainesville, Ga., for two
years, finishing prep-school at
Abingdon Academy in Virginia in
June, 1939. He later entered State
College and offered his services to
his country the early part of 1943,
but a minor physical ailment kept
him out of the cadet corps. In March
of that year he entered the service
and received his basic training at
Keesler Field, Miss., where he also
completed prescribed courses in the
aircraft mechanics school. He contin
ued his training at Laredo, Texas,
coming home upon the completion of
his work there for a short furlough. '
Going from here he reported at Lin
coln, Nebraska, and was assigned to
a field at El Paso where he complet
ed his training in July, 1944, and re
turned home for his second and last
furlough. Leaving here the latter
part of that month, the young man
| went to an embarkation center and
ten days later he was in Italy, mak
ing the trip by air.
Keenly interested in his work and
anxious to serve his country, Jimmy
studied diligently and climbed up
the hard way. About seven weeks
ago, he was promoted to technical
sergeant and held the post of chief
flight engineer and gunner on a Lib
erator in the U. S. Fifteenth Air
Force.
He had completed nineteen offi
cial missions, most of them over lug
ged and dangerous territory, up un
til about the first of this month. At
the time of his death he was eligible
to wear the good conduct medal, the
European Theater Ribbon with three
Bronze Stars and the Air Medal with
the Oak Leaf Cluster. The 22-year
old youth was a favorite among the
crew, his willingness to do his part
and more endearing him to those
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Painfully Hurt In ;
Bear Grass Wreck
Jesse B. Beach, young county
white man, was painfully but not
seriously hurt and much property
damage was done when the car he
was driving crashed with one driven
by Farmer H, U, Peel in front of
the Bear Grass school early last
Monday evening. Beach’s right knee
cap was split open, and he was re
moved to the local hospital wher^,
his condition is gradually showing
improvement. C. B. Ayers, riding
with Beach, and Misses Margaret
Pierce and Glendoria Edmondson,
was hurt slightly on the nose. Plas
tered with a small piece of adhesive
tape, he was soon discharged from
the hospital.
Farmer Peel, accompanied by Wil
lie Whitehurst, was making a left
turn into the school grounds to at
tend a parent-teacher meeting, when
Beach, driving his father’s car, ap
proaching from the other direction,
plowed into the side of the Peel ma
chine, doing about $300 damage to
Peel’s car and about $400 to the one
driven by Beach, according to an
estimate made by Patrolman W. E.
Saunders, who investigated the ac
cident.
Beach was to have made a trip to
Fort Bragg yesterday for his pre-in
duction examination, but was unable
to go.
No one was hurt and very little
damage resuited when John A. Grif
fin skidded into the rear of a school
bus about five o'clock on the Ham
ilton Road. The bus was turning off
the highway into the road leading
to the old Whitaker tarm and Grif
fin was too close on it to stop with
out striking it.
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Reads in Casr Charging
Forcible Trespass
In a session that attracted very
little attention, Judge J. Calvin
Smith called nine cases in the' coun
ty court last Monday. Very few
people were in attendance and the
session lasted only a short time.
Linwood Speight, adjudged guilty
despite his able plea of innocence by
the use of sign language, was sen
tenced to the roads for twelve
months. Speight, a deaf mute, was
charged with invading the home of
Fied Douglas and Hattie Rascoe on
East Church Street, Williamston. The
case attracted the attention of the
law to the occupancy of the small
two-room house by Douglas and Hat
tie Rascoe and they were charged
with adultery. They were adjudged
not guilty, but Judge Smith suggest
ed the Defendant Douglas take his
washing and separate.
The case charging Lafayette Pear
sall with violating the health laws
was nol prossed.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, Rose Roberson pleaded guilty
of possessing illegal liquor. The de
fendant was sentenced to jail for six
hours and was fined $40 in addition
to the court costs.
Johnnie “Dump” Latham, charg
ed with assaulting a female, failed
to answer when called and papers
were issued for his arrest.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with assaulting Mary Bell
Williams with a deadly weapon, J.
D. Wiggins was sentenced to the
roads for six months. The sentence
was suspended upon the payment of
a $25 fine and the court costs, and
$20 to Dr. E. T. Walker for services
rendered the prosecuting witness.
Anna Lou Brown, pleading guilty
of violating the health laws, was
sentenced to jail for sixty days. The
sentence was suspended upon the
payment of the costs and on condi
tion that the defendant comply with
health regulations.
Charged with non-support, Thur
man Spruill was found not guilty.
The case in which N. S. Godard
was charged with an assault, was
automatically scheduled for trial in
the superior court when the defend
ant. called for a jury trial. Up un- '
til February <) it was possible to hold
jury trials in the county court, but
a law enacted on that elate by the
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Husband Of County
Girl Loses His Lite
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Doris O’Neal, husband of the fur
rier Miss Bettie Lassiter of this coun- I
y, was killed in action somewhere
>n the Western Front on February
!, according to information received
lerc this week. Few details about the
nan’s death could be had, but it was
said he was in Hodges’ First Army.
The soldier was married about *
welve or fifteen years ago to Miss
.assiter, daughter of Mrs. Sallie
5eaks Lassiter Parrisher and the late I
foe Lassiter of this county. Follow
ng their marriage they located in (
Cdgecombe County, near Tarboro.
Jesides his wife he leaves three
hildren.
A brother, Ray O’Neal, married
ind lived in this county several years r
ind was recently called for his pre
nduclion examination. A sister, Mrs.
frank Taylor, lives near Rocky
dount.
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Urges Greater Use
Of V-Mail Facilities ?
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Atlanta, Ga.—“Each person who j
ises the facilities of V-mail is mak
ng a definite contribution to the
car effort," Lt. Col. Hartley B. Dean, 1
leadquarters, Fourth Service Com- |
nand Postal Officer, stated here to- t
lay. “Because it weighs only 1 -140th ^
is much as ordinary mail and con
erves 98 per cent in cargo space, the '
iso of V-mail releases thousands of d
ubic feet of space on both aircraft
nd surface vessels for vitally need
d munitions, weapons and other .
var supplies.
'At this critical point of the war
n both Europe and the Pacific area d
vhen supplies of all kinds are so
irgentiy needed, it seems little en
ugh for the American people—safe
lere at home—to cooperate to the
xtent of providing additional car- (
;o space to speed victory, by the use
if V-mail." ,
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Tilliamston Younff Man ,
Promoted To Sarftoanl t
Corporal Irvin C. Griffin, son of s
At. and Mrs. S. Claude Griffin of 1
Villiamston, was recently promoted i
o sergeant. He is a radio operator f
vith the 175th Field Artillery But
aliori of the 34th “Red Bull" Divi- 1
ion with the Fifth Army in Italy. t
The young man went overseas in 1
tpril, 1942, participated in the a
forth African campaign and moved c
nto Italy, taking part in the fight at 1
’assino and at the Anzio beachhead, f
More Men Report For
?ims
Pfe - Induction
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Twenty-Five Failed
To Report. Sixteen
Making Second Trip
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Fourteen Farmers and Five
Married Men Included
In the Group
Twenty-five Martin County young
white men were called to report to
an Army induction center yesterday
for pre-induction examinations. One, I
Jesse Dolma Beach, injured early in
the week in an automobile accident,
was unable to make the trip, and
Marion Brodice Roebuck was trans
ferred to Statesville where he will
report shortly to make the trip to
the center for the pre-induction ex- j
animation. Alfred Jones was trans- ;
ferrcd to this countv from New YVru
and he made the trip.
Sixteen of the group are making
their second trip to the Army center
after holding 4-F classifications,
some for almost a year. Fourteen of
the group come from the farm, and
five of the twenty-five are married.
Only three in the group are in their
teen ages, the others ranging in
years from 20 to 3ti.
A call for final induction will be
answered by young county white
men the last of this month. The call,
it is understood, is very small, one
unofficial report indicating that on
ly two men are being called to re
port at that time.
The names of the men called to
report yesterday for the pro-induc
tion examinations and their registra
tion and last given addresses fol
low:
Hubert Frank I .eggett, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
William Jay Council, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Franklin Coburn, RFD 2, Rober
son vilie. (
Hassell House Worsley, Oak City. (
Russell Leonidas Griffin, RFD 2,
iVilliamston, and Williamston.
William Oscar Council, Oak City.
Lonnie Steward Bullock, William
don.
Marion Thomas Hardison, RFD 1,
lamesville.
Alfred Jones, New Bern and Wil
iamston.
William David Scott, RFD 1.
ramesville.
McClendon Matthews, Parmele.
Rupert Turner, RFD I, Palmyra.
Robert Lee Everett, RFD 1, Itob
Tsonville.
Marion Brodice Roebuck, Rober
onville and Statesville. L
William Asa Rawls, RFD 2, Rob- ,
rsonville. j c
Jesse Delma Beach, RFD 3, Wil- |
iamston. t
Joseph Warren Martin, RFD 2,
Villiamston. ,
Livingston Earl Hyman, Oak City. ,
William Blaney Cannon, Jr., RFD ,
, Ilobgood.
Donald Gilliam Matthews, Jr , ,
lamilton and Wake Forest,
James Henry Bunch, Williamston. t
Dallas Cortez Ayers, RFD 3, Wil- |
iamston. .j
Carey Garland Bunting, RFD 1,
)ak City. 0
Harold Rudolph Edmondson, RFD t
, Williamston. e
David Aaron Boyd, Hamilton.
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rimcly Comments
Offered By Ensign
Ensign Jack Baker Saunders,
oung son of Mis. Nannie Saunders
nd the late Dr. J. H. Saunders, a
lort time ago put a great deal of
leaning in a brief letter to The En
i prise. While writing after a di
loniatic fashion, the young man in
irectly expressed disgust at the
pposition to Henry Wallace’s ap
ointment. He submitted some Brit
;h editorial comment on the Wul
ice appointment and the opposition,
office it to say here that the Times
aw in Mr. Wallace a new hope for
lankind, not only in America, but
Iso in other parts of the world.
“However, I must add that, ex
ept for the ‘Times’ and one or two
thers, your English cohorts seem
i be just about as irresponsible as
lat motleg gang in the U. S. Hearsts
nd McCormicks seem to be the rule
uther than the exception here,” En
ign Saunders said. •
He commented briefly about the
a it i h Broadcasting Company, stat
ig that much good, serious music
“of which I don’t hear enough at
ome"). was played, hut it would be
allowed with an hour-long dis
our.se on how to grow beets. He
xplained that the neweasts lasted
alf an hour. “Well, I suppose that
f the- Germans had been just out
ide of Bear Grass, the folks in Wil
iamston would have been deeply
iterested in the news,” he comment
d.
“These folks over here have real
y fought a war—they haven’t any
rung. They turned on the street
ghts here (some place in England)
nd children six and seven years
Id just sat and stared. If one of the
(tie tots were to see an orange he’d
robably jump out of his skin.”
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Hardly before he gets accus
tomed to the ways and manners
of one people, Pvt. Bruce Whit
ley. former Enterprise employe,
is moved with his engineering
outfit to another country where
he has' to start all over again
with his sign language. Early in
February, Whitley was in Hol
land, and he doesn't like it as
well there as he'did in Belgium.
Apparently he is seeing the ef
fect of war behind the lines, for
he describes conditions as pa
thetic.
“There is nothing in this coun
try, or, at least, in the part where
we are now located. They (the
natives) hardly have enough to
eat. It surely is pathetic to see
the children coming arm,ml o>».
kitchen for the garbage. They
way it is for the pigs, but I have
to see my first pig. I have only
seen one cow and a very few
horses," Whitley said.
Local Bov Strikes
At Enemy Morale
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Allied Force Headquarters, Italy—
Striking directly at enemy morale
:>y dissemination of news through
press, leaflets, radio and sound
trucks is the task of the 2679th Head
quarters Company, Psychological
Warfare Branch, a unit of Allied
Force Headquarters. 1st Lieut. Dar
t'l M. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse T. Price, Williamston, is a
neinber of the company.
About half the personnel of the
mil are ex-combat men. The out
'it has combat teams with the Fifth
md Eighth Armies. Men of the com
pany went into Florence before the
• 11y was completely cleared and op
■rated a radio station fifty yards
rom the command post of an infan
cy outfit whose front lines were
nit a few blocks away.
A psychological warfare team was
n Home the day of its liberation and
wo days later had a daily newspa
icr on the streets for the Italian peo
lie.
While fighting goes on, this unit
a Iks to the enemy and informs him
iy leaflets. When the fighting is ov
r radio stations are set up, news
lapers and magazine are printed and
listributed, exhibits and sound
rucks bring to news-hungry popu
itions accounts of what really goes
n in the world. Men of the outfit
zero picked for specialized skills in
allying out this type of warfare,
ts personm 1 have seen action
iiroughout the theater.
Sound trucks at Anzio, eormspond
nts at. Elba, leaflets beyond Flor
nee, the movies, radio and news
ervices in all libeiated territories
-all these are part of the larger plan
I psychological warfare.
In the invasion of Southern France
ie first “psychologists” landed on
) Day ecpiipped with loudspeakers,
rtillery shells for leaflet barrages
nd with all the other implements
f psychological warfare. This was
ie result of planning that had start
d months before.
,'onnty Young Mail (iris
Promotion Orrr in llnrinu
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Air Transport Command Case,
uraia. Robert C. Wlntloy, son of
[r. and Mrs. A. T Whitley, RFD 1.
/illiamston, N C ., was promoted re
jritly to Corporal, it has been an
ounced by Brig. Gen. William II.
unnor, commanding general of the
idia China Division, Air Transport
ommand.
Cpl. Whitley has served in the di
ision since October, 1944, and is an
irplane mechanic. lie has been in
ie Army sinc< May, 1943. In civilian
fe he was employed on his father's
irm.
The India China Division has been
ie only outside source of supplies
ir Allied troops fighting in China,
he ICD flies vital war material ov |
r the “Hump” of the Himalaya 1
muntains in giant trunspoi ts. The !
>ute is considered the world's most j
eacherous, because of the danger- j
us flying weather and the craggy j
Train.
LIME
Tentative plans were made
yesterday for the distribution of
approximately 1,256 tons of lime
in this county beginning on or
about March 8. A representative
of the contractor distributors
inspected the orders and studied
the distribution centers, but did
not say how long it would take
to handle the job.
At the present time, the con
tractors are distributing a large
quantity of lime to farms over j
in Hertford. It could not be \
learned definitely it they would
be made available, but efforts
are still being made ta bring in
a number of spreaders for rse
by farmers in this county at a
.small rental fee.
Preparations About
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iiuuvu** (.oimiisi; *e (iliairmcn
Named in Chapter For
Various Districts
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Plans were announced virtually
complete today by Chau man V. J.
Spivey for launching the annual Red
Cross War Fund Drive in this chap
ter next Thursday, March 1. Wil
liamston canvassers will be named
at a meeting to be held in the court
house next Tuesday morning at 10:30
o’clock, and every effort is being
made to oversubscribe the $6,600
quota within a period of two weeks.
Ministers, school teachers and oth
■r public-spirited citizens are urg
ing the people of this chapter to get
behind the drive and help push it to
i successful conclusion. Several ap
)eals appear in this paper today, the
message being based on the worthy
vork being handled by the Red
Cross.
District chairmen for the white
population in the five townships
•vere contacted by Red Cross officials
vesterday, and the list includes the
names of those who have been faith
ful in the past. The chairmen are:
Tamesvillo, Mrs. Walter Brown and
Mrs. Catnile Fleming Rawls; Wil
liams, Mrs. R. J. Hardison; Griffins,
Mrs. J. Eason Lilley; Bear Grass,
Mrs. Pete Mendenhall. Chairman
Spivey will head the drive locally.
The white citizens in the five
townships are being asked to raise
it least $5,600, as follows; James
■ille, $600; Williams, $150; Griffins,
1450; Bear Grass, $450, and William
don, $3,950.
Representing the colored popula
ion in the five townships, leading
•itizens, mostly school teachers and
ministers, accepted a $1,000 quota for
the combined territory. Names of
the leaders for the various districts
follow: Dardens, Revs. Noah Boston,
William Keys and Joseph James and
I. S. James. Jamesville, Rev. Claude
Wilson, Mrs. Vina Staton, Mrs. Okra
Hopkins, Mrs. Ethel Winston and
M. I, Armistead Williams, Wiley
Lanier, Mrs. Mayo Jones, James H.
Faulk, Mrs. Gracie Smithwick, Mrs.
Dora Bell and Sim Beil. Biggs, Mrs.
Valeria Moore, Mrs. Claybon Brown
and Rev. VV. 15. Ormond. Woolards,
Mrs. Dora Blown, Rev. William Rog
ers, A. R. Jones. Smithwicks Creek,
William Peele, Mrs. A. Hassell. Cor
eys, Joanna Corey and Ella McNeil.
Bear Grass, Stephen Griffin and Es
sie Riddick. Burroughs, Arthur
Slade, E. S. Peele and T. Jernigam
Williamston, north side of Main St.,
W. C. Bunch, chairman; Mrs. Mat
in Ormond and Rev. Robert Lee;
iouth side: Richmond Faulk, chair
nan; Mrs. Mary D. Smith and Jesse
Fingers; River Hill, Joe Spruill. The
general committee includes, E. J.
I.iyes, chairman; Cleo Tyner, Mary
■v Gray, W. V. Ormond, D E Chance
md W. R. Wilson, Some keen com
M'lition is expected among these
{roups, the leaders at the meeting
n the courthouse last night plcdg
ng the ir best efforts in reaching and
iversuhscribing the $1,000 quota
vhieh has been divided as follows:
Durdens, Jamesville, $75; Wil
iams, $60; Woolards, $60; Biggs, $60;
Imithwicks, $35; Coreys, $35; Bear
P ass, $35; Burroughs, $60, and Wil
iamston, $500.
The lenders and canvassers are
'olunteermg their time and trans
>ortation to see that the Martin
bounty Chapter meets its obligation,
lo.ssibly one of the most solemn ob
igations it has ever hud. Our peo
ile are humbly urged to cooperate
vith the canvassers in every way
tossible and to make their contribu
ions liberally and willingly.
At the meeting last night various
iliases of Red Cross work were dis
ussi'd. Mrs. S. II. Grimes, home serv
ce director for the chapter, explain
d that she was handling about 65
uses each month, forty of them for
oloi ed families.
Hold Brotherhood
Dinner Wednesday
The annual Brotherhood Dinner
of the Disciples of Christ was held
Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the
dining hall of the Woman’s Club,
The well prepared and excellently
served dinner was taken care of by
the Junior Philathea Bible Class.
Due to the inclemency of the weath
er the attendance was held to about
one hundred. The theme of the pro
gram was “For the Healing of Hu
manity.”
Rev. John L. Goff, pastor, acted as
leader. After the singing of the Dox
ology, Mr. Sam D. Bundy, principal
of the local schools, offered the
prayer of thanksgiving. Mr. Joel
Muse then read the greetings from
many of the churches scattered over
tiie State. After the dinner a panel
discussion on “The Ministry of Heal
ing,” was participated in by Mr. E
S. Peel, Mr. James C. Manning and
Mrs. David Roberson.
An offering was then taken to rep
rK»t the local church in The Broth
erhood's participation in its healing
ministry to the suffering of the
world. The music was furnished by
Mrs. W. C. Manning, organist of the
church. After singing “Bless be the
lie dial Binds,” the meeting was
closed with prayer and benediction
by Mr. R. W. Bondurant.