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It NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE LN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 37 5 IT illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May C 1945 NEARLY ion# MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. ESTABLISHED I«<»9 Welfare Department - si r County Authorities r Other Business Handled By Comn.issioners in Regu lar Session Monday --:fr>~ - . ... I fc * t l ft Meeting in regular session here yesterday, the Martin County Com missioners approved the 1945-46 pub lic welfare department budget, drew a jury for the June court, issued a few tax relief orders and handled a few’ other items of business. The meeting, attended by all five of the commissioners, Messrs. Joshua L. Coltrain, R .L. Perry, John Henry Edwards, C. Abram Roberson and R. A. Haislip, lasted until well in the afternoon. The new welfare budget, formal ly approved by the commissioners subject to final adoption by the State Department, calls for a coun ty appropriation of $27,229.64 for the 1945-46 fiscal year, the estimates exceeding the current fiscal year fig ures by approximately $3,457. The administration costs are estimated at $9,430.00 the county to appropri ate $4,830 of this amount and the State and federal governments the remainder. Salaries were increased from $7,320 to $7,980, and travel al lowances were jumped from $1,250 to $1,450. General expenses, includ ing hospitalization and direct or gen eral relief will cost, according to the new estimate, $6,475, or about $780 more than it did for the 1944-45 fiscal year. The public assistance program will cost $14,024.64 or about $2,108.64 more than it did a year ago. The commissioners donated $250 to the Salvation Army for the care of wayward girls in its home at Dur ham. It was pointed out that twenty young Martin County girls had been cared for in the home in the past two or three years. A request was made to the State Highway Commission for the im provement of a community road in Jamesville Township, known as the I Ange or Ward and Glade Road, be ginning at Lonnie Ange’s and run ning south via D. H. Padgett’s to the Guiganus place, a distance of one mile. The road, it was pointed out, was once a public road. Tax relief orders were issued for the 1944 tax year, as follows: Jamesville Township: Mrs. An nie Belle Bowen, $3.57. double list ed. Williamston Township: W. V7. Or mond, Jr.. $2, Navy; Ransom SpruiH, $2.75. double listed: Jesse Bailey, $8 55, dead; Gower Cioswell, Jr., $9.81, Army; Leo Burton Jenkins, $?, Army; Wilson B Partin, $3.38; H A. Satti rfield, $2.22, Navy; and Clyde Waters, $1.49. deceased. Robersonville Township: J. W. Eubanks, $1.10, double listed;; Nich olas Roberson, $2, error; S. D. Jen kins, $2, Army. Township: Mittie double lisled; Jesse Army. Army and W. E. i ’ W. Herman Goose Nest Jones, 95 cents, Bennett, $5.44, Early, Jr., $2.75 Hamilton Township Everett, $7.11. Army. Tiie combined relief ordered amounted to only $62.81. Reporting to the commissioners, T ;x Collector M. L. Peel showed that 96 per cent of the $193,815.40 levy for 1944 had been collected, leaving a balance of about $7,900. Of the $201, 029.76 levy for 1943, 99.1 has been collected. For the years 1942 and 1941, 99 3 per cent of the levies has been collected. Of the $6,833,58 land sales made for the year 1940, all but $603.97 has been collected, Mr. Peel reported. 1 County Youn" Man Home4 from Hospital Suffering with trench foot, Pvt Cecil W Pierce recently returned from overseas and is now spending a 30-day leave in the county with his mother, Mrs. J. L. Pierce. Falling vic tim to trench foot, the young man was in an Army hospital in the Eu ropean Theater from last November 25 until March when he returned home unexpectedly. He is now sta tioned at Camp Butner where he is undergoing further treatment. Entering the service in February, 1943, the young man spent two months at Fort Bragg before he was transferred to Seattle, Washington, where he spent almost a year. After a stay at Camp Phillips, he reported to Fort Meade and went overseas a short time later. His father died while the young man was in foreign service. Soon after his return home on leave he was married to Miss Mary Lee Gurganus, of Williamston. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fate Gur ganus of Poplar Point, she is mak ing her home with her parents for the duration. Rev. S. A. Farm Holding Revival Meeting in County Rev. S. A. Fann of Clinton Is con ducting a series of rev>il services in the Rehoboth Holiness Church in Bear Grass. The first of the services was held last evening. He is being assisted by Miss Grace Harris, pian ist, of South Creek. The public is in vited. P\ t. Dennis Mavo Harrison, left, died of wounds received on Luzon Island on March 30, his brother. Ernest Harrison, RED 2, Williamston, was notified yesterday. T/5 Jesse D. Heath, cen ter. was slightly wounded in Germany on April 12, his wife, the former Miss Marjorie Jackson of Jamesville, was notified here recently. S/Sgt. Samuel Leo Andrews, right, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L Andiews, RfD 1, Williamston, has been missing in action in Italy since April 15, his wife, the former Miss Irma Ruth Simons of Bethel, w s notified here last Friday. Dennis Harrison Dies Of Wounds on Luzon TAX SALES Approximately 195 delinquent county tax accounts will be ad vertised on Friday of this week for sale the first Monday in June by order of the board of commis sioners. The delinquent accounts represent a total of about $2,000, according to an estimate offered by Tax Collector M. L. Peel. The list is already one of the small est in years. In addition to the approxi mately $2,000 due on real prop erty, the collector points out that personal property owners still owe around $5,500. He ex plained that the property will be levied upon from time to time, that virtually all the un paid amount will be collected. Mrs. Carl Carrel t Fnneral Yesterday Funeral si rvices were conducted yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the Biggs Funeral Homo on West Main Strei t here for Mrs. Carl Gar rett who died at her home near here last Saturday at 4 00 p. m. Rev. John L. Goff conducted the last rites. In ti rjnent was in Woodlawn Cemetery here. Mrs. Garrett had been in a Tar boro hospital for about five weeks for treatment and was returned to Jrer home in a Biggs ambulance only last Thursday. The former Miss Fay Belle Berry hill, she was born in Brooks Coun ty, Georgia, 37 years ago. the daugh ter of Mrs. Bettie Wingate Berryhill and the late T. A Berryhill. She was married to Carl Garrett on De cember 27. 1925, and moved to this county about eight years ago. She was a devoted mother and was held in high esteem in la i home and adopted community s. E< id's her mother end husband she is survived by four children, Murray, Johnnie, C. R . nd Bettie Garrett, all ef the hon and one sisti i Mis Carson Jo 1 of Adel, Georg ia. Jamesville Man fs Nanirrl Sanitarian Andrew Holliday. Jr young^ Jamrsville man, 1’; s been named sanitarian for the Martin County | Health Department, it was ; nnounc- i ed yesterday by Dr. John W Wil- I lianas, the department bead. Unable to enter the armed serv-j ices, young Holliday is now.' receiv ing field training. Hi is spending a week in Wilson County and will go to Fayetteville from then Com pleting his work there be will go to Raleigh where he wil! spend sever al days before rep< rtii.g for active dutv in this county the early part of June. Receive Two Fire Culls In Past Fetv Days Here' Volunteer firemen received two calls here during the past few days. Men sleeping in the boiler room at the basket factory left some bagging on top of the boilers and it caught fire las4 Friday nocn. Firemen were called but just as they were mov ing out the factory management phoned and advised that the fire was out, Yesterday morning about 7-30 o’clock, a portable oil stove went out of control in the Geo. T. Purvis home on Warren Street. There was only minor damage. I County Young Man Is Fatally Wounded Fn Action March 30 -—. Was Forty-fiflli Comity Man To Make* tin* Supreim* Sacrifice in War Pvt. Dennis Mayo Harrison, Mar tin County young man, died on Luzon island in the Philippines on March .10 1941, of wounds received in action the same day, his brother, Ernest Harrison, RFD 2, Williams ton, was advised by the War De partment yesterday afternoon. No details were offered in the message. Relatives, two weeks ago today, re ceived a message from the War De partment stating that the young man I had been seriously wounded. Entering the service on August 28, 1942, the young man trained in various camps in the South before h aving for the Wi st Coast and a short time later for Australia. After a few weeks spent in Australia, Pvt. | Harrison was transferred to New jGuiiaa where he saw much action •<ver a period of nearly twelve months, and then moved on to the Philippines to engage in the fight there. ' In a letter written just a short time before he fell fatally wounded he told his sister that he was get ting along all tight and asked her not to worry about hint He express- ' <d an earnest desire in that last let- ; ter to return home. The son of the late Redmond and , Mattie Roberson Harrison, he was j born in Bear Grass Township on . October 7, 1919. He attended the schools in Bear Grass, but when the1] boy was quite young his father died < and he started working on his own j to contribute his share to the family income. His mother died just a short time before he entered the ' service. The young man was an industrious and faithful worker and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. ( He farmed most of his life, but short- j ly before he was to enter the serv- | ice in August, 1942, the young man . worked in the navy yard at Nor- j folk, leaving that post of duty to , answer his country’s call. He is survived by three brothers, . Gussie, Ernest and Reuben Har- j rison; a sister, Mrs. Buddie Rogers, ] all of Bear Grass, and a half-sister, v Mr. J. Frank Weaver, of Williams ton. Pvt. Harrison was the forty-fifth ’ Martin County man to lay down his (Continued on page six) -% County Men Drawn For Jury Service f-—--——> KILLED IN ACTION v_ I’fc. Joshua Mariner, son of (Jus and Millie Mariner, RFD 1, Jamesville, was killed in Italy on April 5. He was the first Mar tin County colored man to die in active combat in the Kuropean War. C (inner Cets Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta tion, England. With a distinguish ed combat career of over 35 missions to his credit, Staff Sergeant Robert T. Hardison, 24-yoar-old Jamesville North Carolina, tail gunner on an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying For tress, has b< en awarded the fourth Oak I .-af Cluster to the Air Modal for “meritorious achievement” dur ing bombing attacks on Nazi mili tary and industrial installations and in cooperation with Allied ground forces. He is the son of Mrs. Sarah L. Hardison, of RED 1, Jamesville, N. O. A former student of Jamesville High School, he was employed as a welder before entering the Army Air Forces in July, 1943. He receiv ed his gunnery training and wings at Tyndall Field, Florida, in Febru ary, 1944. The gunner is a member of the 94th Bomb Group which was cited by the President for its historic bombing of the Muhlenban aircraft assembly plant at Brunswick, Ger many. This group also participated in the Third Air Division England to Africa shuttle bombing of Messer srhmitt aircraft assembly plants at Regensburg, Germany in August, 1943, for which the entire division was awarded a Presidential citation. -« County Young Man lias (wood Rest In England After participating in 25 hot mis sions, S/Sgt. Can R. Taylor, nephew of Mr. V. G. Taylor, of Everetts, en joyed a good rest from aerial warfare at an Air Service Command Rest Center in an English seaside resort hotel a short time before the Ger mans surrendered. ROUND-UP Local and county officers ar rested and jailed five persons in their week end crime round-up. A stolen bicycle was recovered, the Maiine private, said to have been intoxicated, maintaining that he had only borrowed the bike for a ride to Jamesville to see his girl. He was released. Three of the five persons ar rested and jailed were white, and the ages c? the five ranged lroir 20 to 48 years. One was booked for speeding, one was detained for an alleged assault, two were jailed for public drunkenness and one was held for drunken driving. i"Victory in Europe" Program Ts Tfeniif* Planned for Today Business Houses Have Agreed To Suspend Activities For Staled Period The expected announcement by President Harry S. Truman pro claiming victory in Europe will be followed by church and prayer sow ices throughout the county, accord ing to reports of pre-arranged schedules received here. No big cel ebration is planned, and it is believ ed that church services, scheduled for thirty minutes after the proclam ation is heard, will be largely at tended. According to pre-arranged plans for the observance of the German surrender, the local fire siren will be sounded and church bells will ring. Two long blasts on the fire si ren will be heard. Local merchants and other businesses have agreed to suspend activities for the remainder of the day, but heavy industry sup porting the war effort is bemg’asked to continue operations with the pos sible exception of a few minutes spent in giving humble thanks for victory in Europe and prayer for peace in the Pacific. The service of thanksgiving and prayers for peace in the Pacific will be held in the Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. John L. Goff will be in charge of the service and Dr. W. R. Bui i ell will deliver the message, should the crowd overflow the Bap tist Church, a service will be held in the Christian Church where Rev Jos. Huske will be in charge and where Rev. B. T. Hurley will deliv er the message. A special program for the religious service, planned by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, will be followed, and the meeting will last hardly more than half or three-quarters of an hour. Advance or unofficial news of the general surrender was quietly re icived here yesterday, but great cel ebi. tions were immediately under in many of the big cities, Liquor sales increased soon after the first unofficial news of the sur i under was received, but activities and life in general moved on in air ut the same vein with the popu 1 t; n anxiously awaiting the offi ci i proclamation. ---_ f irst of the 103rd To Cross the Rhine -<*> I Pfc. Simon C. Griffin, Jr, son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. S. Claude Griffin of Williamston, was one of the first I men in the 103rd Division to cross the Rhine, according to a public le gations report received a few days | ago from Seventh Army headquar I ters. The report stated that nine sol Idiers, including the local young man, I paddled a 14 man assault boat across |'tilt* Rhine on a midnight reconnais sance patrol to become the first members of the Cactus Division to cross that famous waterway. " The patrol started out in dark ness but midway across the stream the moon came out to see what was going on. The patrol checked the east side of the Rhine for enemy occupation, since other Americans were driving the Germans north and clearing the entire east side of the i iver." Pvt. Griffin, who points out in his letters that he is getting along all right and having a “wonderful” time, is in the 410th Infantry Regi ment's Intelligence and Reconnais sance Platoon. County Native Now Business Exeeutive N. C. Hines, a native of Martin County has made a name for himself in the nation’s capital, according to recent reports reaching here. As executive director of the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Washington, Mr. Hines is making a scries of addresses in the states of Washington, Oregon, California and Texas. At Seattle and Portland, Ore gon, he is speaking to Negro groups on housing for Negroes. “At all points he will explore the present and future course for public housing versus private housing,” it was an nounced. Mr. Hines who went to Washing ton from Raleigh where he was prominently connected as a realtor builder, was instrumental in get ting the Post Office Department and the railroad company to change the name of Goose Nest-Conoho to Oak City. Upvalue Collector Opens Office In the Courthouse John D. LilJc-y, deputy collector lor the United States Internal Reve nue Department, will be in the of fice of the State Department of Reve nue, opposite the offices of the State Highway Patrol, in the Martin Coun ty courthouse each Saturday from 9 o’clock a. m. until 5 o'clock p. m. | KILLED IN GERM \NY I v___ _J Pvt. Grady Burroughs Hardy was killed in Germany on April 20, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ilardv, RFI) 2, H’illiamston, were advised last week. Besides his parents he is survived by a daughter, little Miss Julia bail Hardy,one sister, and three brothers all of whom are in the service. Forty - eight Tires Allotted By Board Forty-eight tires—4(5 for cars and two for trucks—were allotted last Friday night by the War Price and Rationing Board to Martin County vehicle owners and operators. Grade 1 tires were issued to the following: Arthur Johnson, George James, J. D. Knox, L. B. Roebuck, C. G. Gur kin, Lindsley lee Co., W. S Bailey, Coy J. Roberson, l’leny Peel, Claude Andrews, Ernest I) Edmondson, Har rison Oil Co., John Gray Corey, /,. S. Cowin, Joe Savage, H G. Harri son, Allen Griffin, II. P. Fleming, Herman Harrison, Ernest E. Owens. R. I,. Perry, Charlie G. Forbes, I,. I). Roebuck, James Thomas Moore, V, I). F. White, J F. Matthews, K. (1 Wynne, R. M. Quinn, Nai len Yarrell, C. X James, Fletcher G Thomas, Herbert Moore, J. II Coburn, H. O •Ourganus, J H. Melton, R. R. Car son, Elbert Peel, K. R. Cullipher, J. J. Bennett, I. K. Roberson, Mrs. J F. Wynne, Marl in-Elliot t Two truck tires were issued to the American Fork and Hoe Co. Few l ots Attending ,'Pre - School Clinics few enuurcn arc attending the pre-school clinics now underway in this county, Health Officer .1 W. Wtl Hams said yesterday. Willi one ex ceplion, the number has dwindled considerably, and no valid explana tion can be had for the decrease. Jamesville reported 24 at its clin ic, or about six below the number last year. Farm Life dropped from 16 to 0, and William:.Ion had only 44 as compared with 80 a year ago. Hear Grass, with 24, reported an in crease over the pre-school group of a year ago. Other clinics are being held in the county this week. Commenting on the clinics, Dr. Williams said that he found most of the children in good health. Possibly half of them examined so fai have find their tonsils removed. The chil dren are being vaccinated against smallpox and diphtheria. Whooping cough immunization, now required by law, will be offered at the clin ics in various parts of the county or at the health department office in Williamston each Saturday morning. Husband Of ('.onnty (,irl Advanced In The Navy Hilly Mahey Bullock, husband of the former Miss Doris Teel of Wil liamston, was recently promoted to the rank of seaman first class at the Naval Training Station, Nor folk. Seaman and Mrs, Bullock have a daughter, Mary Rose, six years old. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bullock of Robinson, N. C., and was employed by the North Caro lina Highway Commission before en tering the service. He attended Stokes High School. County Youna; Mun In Promoted To Sergeant Ollis Lilley, Martin County young man, was recently promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant in the TJ S Marines. Sgt. Lilley served fur some time in the Pacific theater with a un it of the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing under the command of Marine Major General Louis E. Woods. A son of Arthur E. Lilley, the staff sergeant vecently visited in the county. Eighteen Martin County citizens were drawn this week by the coun ty commissioners to serve as jurors during the one-week term of the su perior court convening next month. The names follow: Griffins Township: Noah Rhodes Hardison. Williamston Township: D. L. Ses soms, J, D. Bowen, W. II Carstar phen, W. G. Peel, C. D. Pittman, K. B. Crawford, Dillon Cobb and S. A. Perry. Cross Roads Township: George Keel. Ollie Keel, James Hyman Clark. Robersonville Township: Jasper Everett, O. G. Woolard, B. A. Rodg ers. Hamilton Township: L. D. Roe buck. Goose Nest Township: Hugh B. Bennett. Seventh War Loan Drive To Open on Monday. May 14th M;iilin rili/cn- Ifr^rntly Ask <‘d to Invrat $745,000 in Bonds l*y June 30th | Meeting in the offices of the Branch Banking and Trust Company here last Friday evening anout a dozen citizens, most of whom have given willingly of their time and means in support of the war effort, discussed plans for launching and pushing to a successful conclusion the Seventh War Bond Drive in this county. Bond rallies will bo held in some' districts, but the plans will he form ulated and announced by the local chairmen, but for the county, as a whole, the people are expected to answer a general but pressing appeal to give the campaign every possible support. A bond show is being plan ned for Williamstnn during the early P*u t of the drive, and bond auctions will be held in other districts. The appeal will he stressed in the schools, and Mrs. R. 11. Goodmon, newly ap pointed chairman of the women’s di vision is contacting various women’s organizations, ministers and others reminding them that this county must not fail in meeting its solemn obligation. i During the sixth bond drive last November December, this county was asked to invest $700,000 in bonds. The challenge was met, and the final subscription approximately one mil lion dollars. Of the $745,000 the peo ple of the county are asked to raise during the drive opening next Mon day, $.171,000 is to be in “E” bonds. The "E” bond quota is $126,000 larg er than the goal for the last drive. The district quotas were assigned as follows: Jamesville: $11,250 in “E" bonds and $11,500 in negotiables, making a total of $22,750. Williams Township: $7,300 in “E" bonds and $7,500 in negotiable bonds a total of $14,800. ! Griffins Township: $18,500 in “E” bonds and $18,500 in negotiables, a combined total of $37,000. Boai Grass Township: $13,000 in I "K” bonds and $13,200 in negotiables, an over all total of $26,200 for the district. William,ston Township: $157,500 in "F ’ bonds and $159,000 negotiables, a total of $316,500. Cross Roads Township: $11,300 in “K” bonds and $11,300 negotiables, a total of $22 600. Rohrrsnnvillo Township: $111,300 in “E” bonds and $112,000 negotia tors, a total of $223,300. Hamilton Township has been di vided into two districts. The Harnil lon area has an “F,” bond quota of $14,750 and a negotiable bond quota of $15,250, a total of $30,000. The Has sell area is asked to raise $7,500 in T. bonds and $7,500 in negotiables. a total of $15,000, or a grand total of $45,750 for the entire township, Poplar Point; $7,300 in “E” bonds and $7,000 negotiables, a total of $14 - 300. Goose Nest is being asked to raise $11,300 in “E" bonds and $11,300 in negotiables, a total of $22,600. Six of the ten county townships were represented at the meeting and Drive Chairman D. V. Clayton, Williamston banker, had contacted the other chairmen previously. The following wi re present: (’has. Dav enport and C. C. Fleming of James ville;; Paul Bailey of Cross Roads, Mayo Hardison of Poplar Point, D. R. Everett and B. I, Stokes of Rober sonville, it. S. Johnson, Jr., and Clay ton House of Hamilton, Mrs. It. H. Goodmon of Williamston for the wo men’s division, and D. V. Clayton, drive chairman, and Herman A. Bowen, general bond chairman for the county. Martin County has raised every war bond quota io dale. County Young Man Is Missing In Italy S/Sgt. Samuel Leo Andrews, Mar tin County young man, has been missing in Italy since April 16, his wife, the former Miss Irma Ruth Simons of Bethel was notified last Friday noon at her home on North Smithwick Street here. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Luther Andrews, RFD 1, Williams ton, Sgt. Andrews entered the serv ice on September 4, 1943, and after receiving his training at Camp Blanding, Fla., went overseas on February 22, 1944. He was getting along very well, he said just a short time before he was missing in a let ter to his wife and their small 16- , months-old son, Samuel, Jr., who are making their home fot the dura tion with Mr. and Mrs. Elton An drews. Two brothers are also in the serv ice. Victory is at Fort Sumter, and Hewett who is in the Pacific vith the Navy.
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