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I NEARLY 1M0 MARTIN COUNTY ¥ SERVICE MEN NOW READING TEE ENTBPRIED Bi All* WWftia ■ OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. NEARLY 1«0« MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING K KNtEPRifiS'iN Alll/WkW VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 29 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. April 10. 1915. ESTABLISHED 1899 Reich Is Shrinkin — Fast Before Allied — Drive In East-West 4 Island In Pacific Off East Coast of Okinawa bJj Hitler’s Reich, scheduled to rule the world for one thousand years, is shrinking fast these days as Allied armies continue their drives from east and west. There is no continu ous front left in the west, but fana tical Germans, including Hitler youth, are fighting stubbornly, in i' viting death and destruction that * otherwise could be avoided. While the Western Front is disintegrating rapidly, the enemy continues to hold fast in the east, but the line there is expected to crumble when the Red Armies clear Vienna and push for junctions with the Americans and British on the seacoast in the north, and possibly behind the Elbe in cen tral Germany and somewhere along the Czechoslovakian border to the ^ south. But no abrupt surrender by the Nazis is now expected, reports from General Eisenhower's head quarters stating that the end of the struggle in Germany will be marked by Allied proclamation. Even after that comes, isolated opposition is to • be expected. _ The battle rolls on and on toward Berlin, late reports stating that Gen eral Patton's Third Army advanced nine miles on a 25-mile front last _ night to approach within a little over " 100 miles from Berlin. The Holland trap has been announced closed with an estimated 80,000 of the enemy bot tled up in the several large Dutch cities. The Ruhr trap is being con tracted gradually with a desperate attempt by the enemy to break out expected at any time. Estimates of the German strength there range from forty to two hundred thousand men. Essen, the great war munitions center, has been entered. In the drive * east, the American-British forces have only one strong natural barrier, the Elbe River, between them and Berlin. Despite the great progress made and the favorable position held in the war by the Allies, the enemy is now' expected to drag nut the fight for some weeks. On the Eastern Front, the Russians have just about mopped up Vienna and are now driving on up the Dan ube in the general direction of Linz and Nuremberg farther to the west. Over in the Pacific, the Japs are offering the Americans a terrible op position in the fight for Okinawa. The enemy is employing artillery fire on the largest scale yet reported in the Pacific war, but the Americans are shooting back in superior strength. Thousands of tons of shells were fired into Jap positions before the Okinawa capital yesterday by * American warships, but even then (Continued on page six) -g> Former County Boy Victim Of Accident Funeral services were conducted at a South Norfolk funeral home; last Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock for Bobby Davis, twelve years old, who was killed in an automobile ac- [ cident near his home in the Virginia city the Sunday before. Rev. D. W Davis, Martin County minister, con ducted the last rites and interment followed in a South Norfolk ceme tery The son of Edgar and Louvema j Hopkins Davis, the youth was born - in Hopewell, and moved to this coun ty a short time later with his parents. He attended the Williamston schools until his parents settled in Norfolk about four years ago. Besides his parents, he is survived by two broth ers. The lad was unusually smart in school and leaves many friends in his adopted communities. According to reports reaching here the boy was riding with his older brother, Edgar W. Davis, Jr., and <, was pinned down by the running board in shallow water when the car went out of control and ran in to a ditch. It is believed he drowned before help could reach there and release him. Leslie T. Fowden’s Condition Worse Suffering a stroke about ten days ago, Mr. Leslie T. Fowden was re ported gravely ill at his home on Church Street shortly before 10 o’clock this morning. Over the week end his condition possibly was slight ly improved but he had a relapse early this morning and little hope W for his recovery was held^ at that time. Members of the family were summoned to his bedside about 3:30 o’clock this morning, and the end was GxpoctGd. almost, momentarily from that time. Mr. Fowden’s condition was recog nized as critical soon after he suf fered the stroke on Sunday, April 1, but after being in an unconscious condition for about two days, he ▼ showed much improvement and was getting along very well until hic coughs sets in over the week-end. Since that time his condition has grown steadily worse. Tentative Plans For Canning Sugar-Registration in County --<$ Tentative plan? for handling the IPPPPPPr"?!^l,*MP'^*l L *?■***-; w.- •rterrstslated by members ol uw War Price and Rationing Board and representatives of the several schools last week. Certain to be surrounded by strict qualifications, the registra tion will be held in the schools — both white and colored, on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, the hours to be announced later. It is apparent that the government is anxi -u» to distribute sugar to those applicants who will use it strictly for canning and after a con servative fashion. The government explains that sugar is scarce, that military needs are greater, that ships which otherwise might be bringing sugar to this country are hauling supplies to the battlefront, and that beet sugar production last year was 500,000 tons short. The government also points out that many people over-applied for canning sugar last year, and that stocks continue ab normally low. IIHMII I . f ■ caciv member of the family. j and submit Scamp No. 13 from War | Ration Book Four for each person listed. The applicant will be asked if he has registered for canning su gar since last January 1, how many pounds of sugar used for home can ning in 1944 ,and approximately how many pounds of sugar will be used for home canning in 1945, how many quarts (or equivalent) of canned fruit was canned with sugar in 1944, and how many quarts wili be canned this year. Applicants will find it to their ad vantage to get this information be fore they go to their respective school to register for canning sugar next week. The applications are to be re viewed by special committees and passed on finally by the rationing board. Allotments will be mailed to the applicants just as soon as the records and applications can be care fully checked. Illicit Whiskey Traffic Receives Jolt Recently I ANNUAL MEET The Martin County Farm Bur eau will hold its annual meeting and barbecue dinner at the Wit liamston High School on Fri day, April 27, it was announced this week by Secretary T. B. Brandon. A speaker has not been named, but the meeting is ex pected to climax all Farm Bur eau activities in this county. Di rect invitations during the next few days will be extended to every one of the nearly 1,600 members. The meeting is scheduled to follow the second annual fat livestock show here on Thurs day and Friday of that week. Very little has been said about the stock show, but quite a few 4-H club members and other ex hibitors are diligently prepar ing their entries for the show. County Price Panel In Session Thursday The price panel of the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board held a short session here last Thursday afternoon and reviewed several cases. The members ran in to several baffling cases and refer red most of them to the State office. It was reported that Thurston Spruill sold a car to Ernest Lynch at a price $100 in excess of the ceil ing. Spruill declared that he receiv ed $275, the celling price, and Lynch declares he paid $375 for the car The case was sent to Raleigh. Mrs. Mildred L. Bonds bought a car belonging to Thos. VanLanding ham for $900, or $300 in excess of the ceiling. The case was referred to the Raleigh office. C. D. Pittman donated $25 to the U. S. Treasury and made a $3.10 re fund to adjust an error in prices charged for radio tubes. Sam Williams and Barnhill Sup ply Company were asked to post price ceilings in the stores. An advisory committee composed of Garland Woolard, Ben Courtney, H. S. Johnson, Jr., and Irving Smith, was named to fix price schedules for certain furniture items. Meu- Assistant County Agent Reports For Duty Mr. Chas. Goodman, newly ap pointed assistant county agent, re ported for duty here last week, and is rapidly lining up his work activ ities. He has already contacted quite a few of the 4-H club members whc are planning to exhibit fat live stock here on April 26 and 27. A graduate of State College and Clemson, Agent Goodman recently resigned his post in Caldwell Coun ty to come to Martin. He was ac companied here from Lenoir by Mrs Goodman and they are making theii home at the Rodgersons on Wes Main Street until they can find ai apartment. WAR BOARD v. Meeting last Friday the Mar tin County War Board started reviewing more than 500 farm registrants’ draft classifications. Approximately fifty were viewed at the first session this month, and it was unofficially learned that forty-seven of the number were declared essential to the farm and the war effort. The names of those ruled unes sential could not be learned im mediately. Deferments run out this month for 523 farmers, but most of them will be continued after a routine fashion, it is understood. Three Men Arrested And Several Liquor Plants Are Wrecked —*— Supply of Scarce Copper and Rationed Fuel Oil Are Confiscated The illicit liquor business receiv ed a fail ly heavy jolt in this county during the past few days when ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and assistants confiscated a small quantity of scarce copper and rationed fuel oil and wrecked several manufacturing plants and arrested three men. While the ABC enforcement officers were busy, other officers were busy rounding up victims of the legal brands. And to climax the rampage over the week-end, an estimated dozen drunks went their way un molested. Two sheets of new copper weigh ing nearly fifty pounds were found in an abandoned house in the Free Union section of Jamesville Town ship last Friday. No markings were on the copper, but officers are of the opinion that it was smuggled out of war plants by friends of the il licit operators. The scarce material is being held in the county jail and officers are patiently waiting for the owner to call for it. Copper kettles are rare things in this county, Offi cer Roebuck explaining that the find was the nearest approach to a liquor still he had run across in months. The day before the copper find, Officer Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel raided in the Tyner town sec tion of Williamston Township and wrecked a well-equipped plant and poured out 200 gallons of molasses beer. In addition to a crude oil drum used for a kettle, the plant had mod ern equipment including an oil burn er. Approximately ten gallons of oil were confiscated. Last Wednesday, the ABC officer assisted by Deputy Roy Peel and Constable Edmond Early wrecked a 50-gallon still and equipment in Goose Nest Township. Last Saturday was an unusually busy day when the officer and his assistants arrested Orlander Purvis for having two and one-half gallons of white lightning in his home and ten gallons of molasses in his mule (Continued on page six) -4 Mack Simpson Gets Jap General On Iwo According to unofficial reports reaching here a short time ago, Mack Simpson, Williamston young man, recently accounted for a Jap gener al on Iwo Jima. Maintaining a watch right up to the Jap lines late one night, the Wil liamston Marine and his faithful war dog were patiently 'waiting for re lief when the dog began growling. The Marine opened fire and settled back in the fox hole. Next morning he saw a full Jap general lying dead a short distance away. Carl Brown, another county boy wfeii has been fighting right along side of Simpson, recently sent a pic ture home, explaining that it was taken from his first Jap. --■*.— Schedule Revival In The Bethany Holiness Church -& Beginning next Monday evening, April 16. Miss Elma Boykins of Tar boro, will <.ondact-'!rsc*k«• ol revival services in the Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church near Williamston. She will be accompanied by Miss Grace Harris of South Creek. The public is invited to attend the serv ices which will be held each evening L at 8 o’clock. County Native Dies |At Daughter s Home In Washington City ; F ufiera) Be Hold Near jainesvitie Wednesday Afternoon John Bailey, retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Martin County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wesley Jones, in Washington City, last Sunday night at 11:25 o’clock following a long period of declining health. Follow ing the death of his wife, Mr. Bailey had sper' most of the last two years with relatives in the nation’s capi tal, returning to his old home for short visits. Mr. Bailey, 85 years old on last January 18, was born in Jamesville where he .farmed most of his life or until he was forced to retire on ac count of his advanced age. He was a member of the Baptist church for many years, and was held in high esteem as a neighbor and citizen. He enjoyed a large circle of friends, and few men were more willing to help his fellowman than he was at any and all times. He appreciated the finer things in life, and contributed his bit for ail that was noble and good. The body is expected to reach the county some time late today and funeral services will be conducted at the old home near Jamesville on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will follow in the family cemetery near the old home. Besides his daughter with whom lie made his home, he leaves two sons, Chas. Bailey of Washington. N. C., and Frank Bailey of Norfolk, and two daughters, Mrs. John Berry, of Baltimore, and Mrs. Annie Bell Allsbrooks of Jamesville. - Fifty Tices Issued By Ration Board -$ Fifty tires were allotted by the Martin County Rationing Board last Friday night. The issuance was one of the smallest reported in recent months. Forty-five were for passen ger cars, the others going to opera tors of small trucks. Grade I tires were issued to the following: G. W. Hodges, J. S .Holliday, Ira T Hardison, W. H. Modlin, S. C. Griffin, II. S. Johnson, Jr., Cleveland Wilkie, Kneezer Harrison, Archie W. Griffin. Noah W Slade, L. H. Taylor, S. L. Ellis, H. L. Barnhill, Marcilla E Colt rain Hadley, Jodie Peaks, Elbert McGowan, Joseph W. Weath ersbee, W. M. Davis, Staton Griffin, Edwin Corey, C. B. Clark, Nathan Modlin, Urban Lilley, Chas. R. Gray, C. G. Coltrain, State Highway Pa trol, R. H Barnhill, L. R. Beach, Mrs. Ella Taylor, Wicomico Lumber Co., It. D. Perry, A. F. Coltrain, Daniel G. Griffin, Mrs. Garland Harris, Brasco Knox, W. F. Canady, Jr., El bert Roberson, W M. Baker, G. C. Lilley, Robert Edwards, J. Bynum Roberson, Fenner Respass. Tires for light trucks were is sued to the following: F. F. Pollard, W. E. Dudley, Fen ner L. Hardison, Rogers Supply Co., Mr.s H. J. Haislip. Vaccinate Hundreds Of Dogs In County While victims of dog bites are be ing given the painful Pasteur treat ment in some counties, Martin Coun ty authorities are treating the dogs against the disease. So far five clinics have been held and reported in this county in the 1945 drive to hold rabies to a mini mum. A total of 512 dogs has been vaccinated, or about 50 in excess of the number vaccinated in the same districts, a year ago. The 512 dogs vaccinated during the first week of the drive were re ported by districts: Dardens-Ange town, 107; Jamesvillc, 179; No. 90 Station, 90; Farm Life, 136. LAND TRANSFERS Real estate sales, constituting or at least approaching a record number, involved between a quarter and a third of a million dollars in this county during the first three months of 1945, ac cording to a conservative esti mate just released for the per iod by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger. Timber sales ran into the hundreds the lat ter part of 1944, but during the past three months there was a marked shift to real estate, in cluding farms and houses and lots. There were 167 land transfers recorded in the county during the past quarter, the 65 in Wil liamston involving right close to ^175,666. Trauslers were recorded in the various town ships, as follows: Jamesville, 12; Williams, 1; Griffins, 7; Bear Grass, 3; Cross Roads, 1; Rober sonville, 38; Poplar Point, 2; Hamilton, 10; and Goose Nest, 28. Col. Wheeler Martin Missing Over Ja pan-Since--Maxeh-10 Lieutenant Colonel Wheeler Mar irnim. h 2 -•;porte(^jj^|hn^^over^apan since here hist Saturday morning. The terse message offered no details, but every hope is advanced that young officer and members of B-29 bomber crew parachuted the Iris to safety and will return in the course of time. Colonel Martin volunteered for service in the Army Air Corps on March 1, 1939, following ids gradua tion from Wake Forest College. Com pleting his training in Texas he was transferred to the Canal Zone where he served with distinction for sever al years. While there he met and married Miss Joanna Corey of Lafay ette, Indiana, and she and their daughter, Caroline, are visiting rela tives at Daytona Beach. Colonel Martin's able service recoid in the Canal Zone and other stations in South America earned for him rapid promotions and he now holds the highest rank ever attained by a Mar tin County man in the U. S. Army Air Corps. Expressing an earnest desire to get into actual combat, the young man was returned to the States and early last February completed a difficult training program and left a short time later for service in the Pacific theater. It is believed he was stationed in the Marianas, and that possibly' he participated in several I,T. COL. WHEELER MARTIN, JR. niids over enemy territory. The young man's mother, the for mer Miss Louie Potent of Wake For est, was visiting her sister in Ynn eeyville when the message reached here and Mr. Martin left immediate ly to join her there. They will spend a few days in Yanceyville before re turning home. Victim Of Suicide Attempt Critically 111 In the Hospital —$— Mnvis Lee Allen Shoots Self Tlirou<>li Chest; III Health Prompts Drastic Ael Miss Mavis Lee Allen, thirty years of age, is in a critical condition in the local hospital ,the victim of a self-inflicted bullet wound. Reports from the hospital intimated that pneumonia was about to develop or had developed, and little hope is held for her recovery. Using a .32 calibre pistol. Miss Al len, said to have been despondent over the poor condition of her health, shot herself in the right chest, the bullet puncturing the lung and tear ing its way through her back just below the shoulder blade. Investi vating the tragic suicide attempt, Pa trolman W. E. Saunders stated that apparently Miss Allen pulled tin; pis tol trigger twice before the weapon fired, that the spring was possibly too weak to fire the caps in the first | two bullets. Miss Allen, daughter of Mrs. btel la Allen and the late Alonza Allen of Cross Roads Township, prepared a note but its contents were not dis closed. She had been in declining health for some time and only re turned last week from Duke hospi tal where she underwent treatment. When the attempt to end her life failed, Miss Alien was quoted as saying that she would not have shot herself if she had known she would make “such a mess of it.’’ The young woman spent last Fri day working in the house, scrubbing floors and cleaning up in general. She* prepared the note during the day and that evening about 7:30 o’clock repaired to the kitchen where she attempted to end her life. Hear ing the shot, her mother ran to the kitchen and found her lying on the floor. Hi t work nnd acts during me day did not attract any special attention, hut following the shooting, members of the family recalled that some of her actions during the day were a bit unusual. County Young Man Home From India Luther Gordon Leggett, Jr., re turned home last week after spend ing thirty months in the China-Bur ma-India Theater. The young man, now visiting his parents, near Wil liamston, spent most of his time ov erseas in Delhi, India. Entering the service the latter part of 1942, Cpl. Leggett was on his way overseas two months later, and his present visit home is the first one since he entered the service. His long stay in India was with out unusual incident, but he is re ported to have lost about fifteen pounds while making the trip home. Making the trip by plane, the young man was quoted as saying that he thought one time that they were not going to make it. -& ' Hundred Dollars Raised For The ('.rippled Approximately $738 has been con tributed to the Crippled Children’s Fund in this county, according to an incomplete report released by the welfare department office early yesterday. Late contributions will possibly (boost the total to around $800, an amount slightly ir. excess of half of the assigned quota for this county. N ROUND-UP following the recent release of liquor ration tickets, crime broke loose in a big way in this county last week-end. Officers rounded up and jailed an even dozen alleged law violators, and several others managed to ar range bond before the jail doors were opened to them. Two were hooked for larceny and receiving, one for disorder ly conduct, one for an assault with a deadly weapon, three for violation of the liquor laws, two for fighting and two for public drunkenness. The ages of the group ranged from a low of 1<> to 54 years, and three of the twelve were white, including the l(i-year-old lad. Mrs. Martha Hod I Dios Late Saturday Mrs. Martha A. I [nrll, respected county citizen, died el the home of her daughter, Mrs. Effie Shew, in Bear Grass Township lete last Sat urday night. She had been in feeble health for some time and her condi tion had been critical following a stroke several weeks ago. The daughter of the late John and Sallie Britton Terry, Mrs. Iloell was born in Ibis county on December 1!) llifili, and spent her entire life in the Bear Grass Community She was married in early womanhood lo G. A. Iloell who died some years ago. She is survived by six children, three sons, James Henry, Geo. W. and Chas. Iloell, and three daugh ters, Mrs Effie Shaw and Mrs. Ella Whiehard, all of this county, and Mrs. Koxio Leggett of Stokes. She ,ulso leaves a brother, J. E. Terry, and a sister, Mrs. Greely Outlaw, both of this county, thirty-eight grandchildren and thirty-two great grandchildren. runernj .services were conducted by Rev. U. M. Pope, local minister, at Rehoboth Church yesterday after non at 3 o’clock. Interment followed in the family cemetery neat the home. Fire Destroy* Property (hi Farm la ('.minty Friday Its origin unknown, fire destroy ed the smokehouse, wood house, wash shelter, chicken coop and three cords of wood on the farm of Mrs. Bessie Ball in this county lust Fri day. Several farm implements were also burned. Neighbors and other friends answered a call for help and helped confine the fire to the out buildings. Few details could be learned here this morning, but one report stated that the loss would exceed more than $500. RAINFALL v. Besides being one of the warm est on record, the month of March was the driest on record, the gauge on Roanoke River recording only 1.7 inches of rain during the period. And to ag gravate the dry situation, the first April shower hasn’t yet fallen. No rain has fallen here since March 21 when a little over one-half inch was recorded. Seven years ago there were only 2.04 inches of rain recorded in March, but at no time has the precipitation for the month fall en below that figure until this year. In March, a year ago. near ly seven inches of rain fell at | this point. Extends Thanks To Xh c&e Entertai ni ng British During 1942 r^'|t,,l|t iff Disabled \\ NS rites From Fueiaml The hospitality extended British seamen who were “stranded” in Nor folk more than two years ago by people in this community is still re membered. Thi' crew of the big British warship is now scattered all over the world, quite a few of the men having made the supreme sac rifice since they were here. Remem bering the reception given his men. Rev. Launclet Fleming, ship's Pa dre, recently wrote to Mrs. John W. Hardy, whose husband, Rev. John Hardy, now serving in England as a chaplain-captain with the U. S. forces, headed the reception com mittee, expressing his appreciation for the hospitality. Padre Fleming’s letter follows: “It is now over eighteen months since the British battleship of which I was the Padre left the Norfolk Navy Yard, and I wanted to write to those who had ntertained our sailors during the happy months we spent in the United States, if only to tell you that wo have not forgot ten you or the wonderful welcome and hospitality which you gave us. “I left the ship as soon as we re turned to England. It was a horrid wrench, mitigated at the time by a glorious leave in my home in Scot land and at Cambridge. I don't think I have ever been so popular in my life, for I brought back with me all sorts of good American presents to wear and to eat and drink! Since then I have been ashore in this country in a large naval training establishment. From time to time former shipmates have turned up, and I have had letters from any number of others. Almost invariably they say that they or their families have heard from their American homes, or they recall some of the grand days you gave them, which evidently will never be forgotten. As you know, it is rather difficult for us to return hospitality to your service men in the way we would like; but I have been encouraged to find that many Americans have been made to feel at home in Eng land (and in Scotland, too). "A few days ago I left the Navy to take up a job concerned with the care and future vocation of the sev eral thousand men in our Navy, Army and Air Force who are con sidering ordination in the Ministry of the Church of England when the war is over. This will mean work ing mainly from London, where I American uniforms are always in ; evidence, and I hope to spend week ends in term time in Cambridge, at ' Trinity llall, beginning once more, as time allows, to pick up the threads of University life. “Meanwhile the ship’s company (Continued on page six) Clean-Up Week Off To Slow Start Here Clean-up week, proclaimed by his honor, the Mayor, announced from the pulpit and supported by civic organizations, was off to a mighty slow start here yesterday. A few ex plained they could not get help to handle the task, the explainers for getting that a little raking won’t hurt anyone One or two rakes were seen in motion during the day, but the be ginning of a nasty main street was in the making early yesterday morn ing when several janitors planted loose paper and garbage in the back lots. Long before noon, waste paper was floating around in the streets. No one was detected near a vacant lot with a determination to rout mos quitoes and remove unsightly ob jects and weeds. The week is just getting under way and a great elean-up effort is expected to hurst forth during the next few days. A general inspection will follow during next week-end. Posthumous Award Of Purple Heart At the request of the President, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson just recently informed Mrs. Lucy P. Perry, RFD 1, Jamesville, that the Purple Heart had been awarded posthumously to her son, Private First Class Clifton B. Moore, who sacrificed his life in defense of his country. Secretary Stimson in his personal letter to Mrs. Moore, said, in part: “Little that we can do or say will console you for the death of your loved uni-. We profoundly appreciate * the greatness of your loss, for in a very real sense the loss suffered by any of us in this battle for our coun try, is a loss shui ed by all of us. When the medal, which you will shortly receive, reaches you, I want you to know that with it goes my sinceregt sympathy, and the hope that time and the victory of our cause will fi naily lighten the burden of your grief.”
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