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NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AN' TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 57
ESTABLISHED 1899
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 20, 1945.
Story Of The One
* ~ Hundmi am! f irsT
\irborne Division
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^ Brief Review of Daring Part*
Han«lle(i bv Daring Men
In European Theater
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The story below offers a review
of the daring work handled by dar
ing men in the U. S. Army’s 101st
Airborne Division. It will be read
with interest by all Americans and
especially by local people because
Lt. Billy Biggs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. R. Biggs of Williamston, is a
li member of the outfit.
The second installment of the
story follows:
Holland—2nd D-Day for
Screaming Eagles
Where next? This was the question
in the mind of every Eagie trooper.
By August, 1944. tremendous Allied
advances across France and the fluid
state of German defenses indicated
the likelihood of another Airborne
0 mission.
Twice the division was alerted and
moved to departure airdromes to
await the battle signal. Twice the
division trudged to marshalling
fields only to return to base camps.
Swift-moving armor eliminated the
necessity for both operations.
But the third operation wasn’t a
dry run. Its second eombat mission
—Holland!
As part of the newly formed First
Allied A/B Army, Eagle soldiers
If were sent skyward toward German
defenses in the land of wooden shoes
and windmills. Again it was a sky
dash over the English Channel, over
flak towers, and down behind Ger
man lines.
The mission was to secure bridges
and the main highway winding
through the heart of Holland from
Eindhoven to Arnhem to facilitate
the advance of Gen. Sir Miles C.
Dempsey’s Second British Army ov
4 er the flooded dike-controlled land.
September 17 was the date for the
lOlst’s second Airborne D-Day. The
greatest Airborne fleet ever massed
for an operation roared from U.K.,
spanned Channel waters. While the
first planes spewed forth parachut
ists and gliders crashlanded on low
lands, planes and gliders transport
ing the division still were taking off
from British airfields.
Flak met the invaders en route,
but the huge armada droned steadily
C on. Troop Carrier formations held
firm despite fire. Pilots of burning
planes struggled with controls as
they flew to designated Drop Zones,
disgorged their valuable cargoes of
fighting men, then plummeted
earthward. Pilot heorism was com
monplace, proved inspirational to
Eagle sky fighters dropping well be
hind enemy lines.
Surprise was complete. There was
(| little initial opposition from the
Germans. Eagle veterans assembl
ed quickly, then marched on their
objectives.
Division missions called for the
capture of Eindhoven and the seiz
ure of bridges over canals and rivers
at Vechel, St. Odenrode and Zon. To
attain these objectives the division
had to seize and hold a portion of
the main highway extending over
0 a 25 mile area. Commanders realiz
ed units would be strung out on both
sides of the main arterial highway
from Vechel to Eindhoven, that se
curity in depth would be sacrificed.
Dropping near Vechel, the 501st
Parachute Inf. Regt., commanded by
Col. Howard R. Johnson, Washing
ton, D. C., later killed in the cam
paign, pressed forward. Two hours
later, Vechel was taken and bridges
(Continued on page four)
Slightly Hurt In Car
Accident Near Here
Cpl. Calton E. Hardy, just recent
ly back from the European war
theater, was painfully bruised and
scratched about the head last Tues
f day evening about 8:45 o’clock when
the car he was driving sideswiped
another driven by Mallie Bonds be
tween here and Everetts. Both
cars were badly damaged, W. E.
Saunders and W. S. Hunt, of the
highway patrol, estimating the loss
to Hardy will run close to $300 and
that the damage to Bonds’ 1934
Chevrolet will approximate $200.
Hardy, driving a 1937 Chevrolet,
♦ was traveling toward Williamston
and had just come out of a curve
when he struck the other car. He
continued down the road for about
150 feet before the car turned over.
It was first reported that some
one was pinned under the Hardy car,
but the report was unfounded.
Bonds, who home is near Kenly,
works in Norfolk and was on his
way home at the time of the ac
cident.
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Camp for Martin County 4-H
Club Members Is Called Of)
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Badly needed at home to help with
the tobacco harvest, about thirty
Martin County 4?H club members
will not be able to attend the 4-H
Club camp at Hoffman next week
r Miss Margarette Ricks, assistant
home agent, announced this week
It is possible that the youths will gc
at a later date, but present indica
tions are that the encampment wib
be called oflf tnis summer.
Over 13,000Acres Planted In
waccoin County 1 his rear
. . Acco- ding to fairly complete
sijnrv just recently made by the
Triple A office, Martin County far
mers planted approximately 13.650
acres in tobacco this season. While
it possibly isn't a record acreage, it
is believed that it just about equals
the allotment. There are 1.580 far
mers growing tobacco in the coun
ty this season.
Making and reporting their own
acreage measurements. 121 farmers
reported an excess of 118 acres over
th§ir allotments. Making 335 spot
checks, representatives of the Triple
A found a few errors in the report
ed measurements, but most of the
growers reported the excess them
selves. The excess ranged from one
tent! i to 9.5 acres. Six farmers
planted a total of 8.6 acres without
having any allotment whatever.
According to the records, Martin
farmers tried to plant their allot
ted acreage, no more and no less,
: with fow exceptions In ins-tan
; ees. farmes dared not plant their full
allotments because they thought it
would be next to impossible tc get
labor to harvest it, and facts are
proving them just about right. It
was stated that one farmer, with a
seven-acre aMotment, planted only
3.0 acres. That w.ts about the larg
est single reduction reported.
Those farmers with excess acreage
will be asked to contact their com
mitteeman and have him estimate
the number of pounds produced aft
er curing. A signed statement,
showing the estimate, it to be sub
mitted to the Triple A office in the
county agricultural building. The
penalty will be figured and if the
farmer chooses he may pay the tax
then and get a white marketing card.
If he does not follow that procedure,
lie will be issubd a red marketing
card and the penalty of ten cents a
pound on the excess will bo collect
ed when the tobacco is sold.
FARM LABOR
I
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In accordance with instruc
tions received this week, the
prisoner of war camp here is
now making available a limited
number of prisoners to farmers
for harvesting tobacco. The al
lotted number, while not large,
Is expected to relieve the serious
labor shortage for a few far
mers, at least.
Farmers are asked to apply to
the office of the county agent
for the labor.
A minimum day of eight hours
is covered by the contract, but
the prisoners are allowed to
work as many as twelve hours
each day, it was learned.
The hour wage rate is thirty
cents.
Soeital Security
And Its Benefits
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The benefits von and your family
will get when you retire and the
benefits your family will get if you
die depend on your social security
account. So il is of No. 1 importance
that your account be absolutely
right.
The Social Security Board does its
end of the job with nearly 100 per
cent accuracy. You can rely on
that. But there are more than 70,
000,000 accounts, and some times
errors do occur. They occur because
every once in a while an employer
I does not have a social security num
! ber or a name just as it appears on
the worker’ scar'd. Therefore, it is
advisable to check on your account.
It is especially advisable to do so
I if you have worked for short periods
1 for a number of different employers,
or for a firm that was in business
only a short time, or for an employ
er who did not copy down your so
cial security account number, or did
not. deduct the 1 percent, social se
curity tax from your pay.
If you think an error has been
made .write to the Social Security
Board, Baltimore, Md., and request
a statement of your account. You
can get an addressed post card form
at tire nearest Social Security Board
office. If an error has been made,
that office will help you get it cor
rected. Once every four years you
should check on your account any
way because after four years some
errors cannot be corrected.
The Social Security Board office
which serves Martin County is lo
cated at Rocky Mount, N. C., Room
208, Post Office Building.
Cotton Plantings
Smallest In Years
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According to the Statistical Di
vision. North Carolina Department
of Agriculture, the acreage of cotton
jn North Carolina in cultivation on
July 1, estimated at 595.000 acres, is
| less than for any year since 1872.
Farmers reduced their cotton crop
170,000 acres—or 22 percent—below
that of last year and 305,000 acres—
or 30 percent—below the ten-year
(1934-43) average. The acreage of
cotton grown in this state reached
a peak in 1925 when farmers had
in cultivation 1,802,000 acres.—three
times as much as grown this season.
The acreage of cotton has been re
duced 50 percent or more from a
year ago in the heavy tobacco pro
ducing counties of eastern North
Carolina. A material shift from
cotton to peanuts occurred in all
major peanut producing counties.
Farmers in the lower Piedmont,
where cotton is the main source of
income, reported only a slight, re
duction in acreage from a year ago.
For the nation, the acreage of cot
ton has been reduced approximately
10 percent from a year ago bring
ing the total to 18,355,0(K res as
compared with the ten-ye, * •-■ve) age
of 26,359,000 acres. Sharp reduc
tions occurred in Missouri, North
Carolina and Florida. Texas, the
leading state in acreage, showed a
drop of 13 percent. The acreage in
Alabama and Mississippi is prac
tically me same as for the 1944 sea
son although most other states re
ported larger decreases.
I Army "Wood for War
Motorcade To Visit
This Section Shortly
Several Combat Veterans To
Make Tour of State;
To Annoiinee Dates
An Army "Wood for War” motor
cade, comprising an officer and sev
eral wounded combat veterans, will
start on a fifteen hundred mile tour
of wood-producing sections of North
Carolina, beginning July 23, in an
intensified effort to meet skyrocket
ing demands from the armed serv
ices for pulpwood and lumber prod
ucts for the all-out offensive against
Japan, Captain Thomas B. Sawyer,
Industrial Services Division, Fourth
Service Command, announced in
Raleigh this week. Tine motorcade
is scheduled to visit Williamston,
| but the date has not been definitely
J fixed. It will be announced soon,
i Meeting with Roger D. Huff, Area
forester for the Timber Production
!Waf Project, and Dr. J. S. Dorton,
State Manpower director, to review
the tentative itineary of the motor
cade and formulate operating plans
for the veterans’ tour, the represen
tative of the Fourth Service Com
nnand stated that, the program was
I being inaugurated at the urgent re
quest of the War Production Board
and the War, Manpower Commission.
“The ‘Wood for War’ veterans will
bring a message to woods workers of
North Carolina direct from the fight
ing fronts regarding the importance
of pulpwood and lumber products in
the war,” Captain Sawyer stated,
“and the necessity for all workers
in the woods and in the mills to
maintain full production until we
have conquered the JSps.”
Thu itineary of the "Wood for
War ’ motorcade includes some fifty
stops in the principal wood produc
ing areas of the state. Lumber and
pulpwood mills will be visited and
walk-throughs and assemblies held
in most of them. At various wood
producing centers in North Carolina
night rallies will be held under the
joint auspices of the Army, Timber
Production War Project, and the
War Manpower Commission.
At the night presentations the
Army’s special combat film “San
Pietro” will be shown. “San Pietro,”
| according to a national magazine is
one of the finest documentary pic
tures to come out of the war. It de
picts actual battlefield scenes, show
ing through the miracle of photog
raphy under fire, American infan
try and tank men storming a key
city in the Italion campaign, amid
the shock and agony of a real bat
tle field, the War Department ad
vance notices state.
"The Wood for War” motorcade
will be a complete field unit, with
motion picture projector, sound
equipment, loud speaker facilities
and transport- to carry the officers,
veterans, and technicians who make
up the staff of the project. All fac
tors in forest industries have been
enlisted to assist in the Army pro
gram.
Miss Williams Died
Tuesday In Hospital
Miss Kathleen /Williams, a native
of Hamilton, died in a Wilmington
hospital on Tuesday of last week.
Miss Williams, for forty years a
resident of West Virginia, was visit
ing friends and relatives in and
jnear Wilmington when she was tak
|en ill and was removed to the hos
' pital a short time before her death.
Miss Williams was 59 years old,
thp daughter of the late Robert and
Martha Elizabeth Williams of this'
county.
She was a member of the Metho
dist church, remaining loyal to its
its teachings and in its support down
t/irough the years.
1 Funeral services were conducted
in Hamilt u last Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. Thoms H.
House, pastor. Interment was in
the Hamilton cemetery.
No immediate members of her
family survive, but she has a num
ber of distant cousins in this coun
ty.
I TOWN - FARM 1
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(A week!/ news digest from
the rural press sectlor of
the OWI news bateau)
Men To Get Increase in
Twill Work Clothes
A temporary increase in the
amount of herringbone twill avail
able for production of men s work
clothes in procurement of this type
of finished cotton fabric by the
Army Quartermaster Corps. WPB
announced. Though tiie "holiday”
is effective immediately, WPB said,
it will be about six weeks before it
is reflected in increased quantities
of work clothing.
More Feed Bags To Be
Made of Dress Prints
The farm woman who likes to have
animal and poultry feed delivered
in bags she can make into dresses
and household articles will be per
mitted a continuance of this war
time aid, WPB said. A ceiling, ap
proximating the 1944 peak-year "cut
up” of such material, has been estab
lished on the use of dress prints for
making new commercial bags.
New Shoe Stamp in August
The new shoe ration stamp that
OPA announced would become valid
August 1, 1045, will be Airplane
Stamps No. 4 in War Ration Book
No. 3, the agency said. Airplane
stamps Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are good in
denitely, OPA added. The last
stamp was validated November 1,
1944. OPA pointed out that the in
tervals between validation of stamps
depend on the available suppiy of
shoes.
That the supply of shoes for civil
ians will be increased is indicated
in the downward trend in the pro
duction of Army footwear. The War
Department announced that produc
tion of Army combat boots will be
reduced in September from 2,100,000
to 1,500,000 pairs and that of Army
service shoes will be lowered from
700,000 to 350,000 pairs during the
same period. This decreased sched
ule will be continued throughout the
fourth quarter of 1945. Announce
ment at this time of the reduction in
Army footwear needs will provide a
60-day span during which time the
shoe industry will be able to pre
pare for increased civilian produc
tion.
To increase the serviceability of
non-rationed shoes for juveniles and
men, manufacturers will be permit
ted to use leather welts and light
weight leather insoles in these types
of non-rationed shoes, OPA said.
Straight or short shield tips and
backstays of pigskin leather also will
be allowed on these shoes.
Returns After Long
Stay Spent Overseas
Just back from a long period of
service overseas, Pfc. J. D. Taylor
had his honorable discharge record
ed in the office of register of deeds
in this county this week. He is go
ing to help his father, Mr Louis H
Taylor, farm, the young man ex
plained, proudly waving his dis
charge sheet.
Four months after entering the
service he was booked for overseas
duty. After five years, three
months and four days in foreign
service, most of which time was
spent in the India-Burma area, he
returned to the States the 28th of
last month and was given his dis
charge at Fort Bragg last Tues
day.
The young man, just 24 years old,
wears the distinguished unit badge,
defense service medal with three
bronze service stars, the good con
duct medal and any number of other
ribbons and decorations.
He is the 58th Martin County
man to return home and have his
discharge recorded in the register
of deeds office.
“Little Pete” Fowden Left
Behind by His Old Division
With more than enough points
tucked away to support at! honorable
and immediate discharge, S/Sgt
Pete Fowden was already to come
home with his outfit, the 30th Di
vision, a few days ago when he was
promoted and transferred. Expect
ing to be nearing home by this time,
the local young man could only
write a “blue” letter, explaining his
ill luck. “Little” Pete hasn’t given
up all hope, however, and now he is
of the opinion that they are keeping
him in Europe until they can count
up his points and clear his papers.
“Here today and gone tomor
row with the prospects of meet
ing iiltKB&tt coming back," ap
plies well to Pvt,.. Theron R,
Gurganus, Martin County young
man who is overseas, presum
ably somewhere in Germany.
Writing to have his paper ad
dress changed, the young man,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gur
ganus, RED 1, Williatnston, said,
“This makes exactly twelve
times my address has changed
since I’ve been overseas. I came
over in March and haven’t been
lucky enough to get a copy of
The Enterprise yet.”
ON THE MOVE
CoilIIJ' U<>(■ •)•;I ota • ’ —
By Approximately Million Dollars
Review of Bond Sales in This
County During Recent Drive
Tho following figures, submitted by County Drive Chairman, D V
Clayton, offer a picture of bond sales for both the “E" and negotiable
types, and the excess sales for each township or district in this county
dui ing the Seventh War Loan Drive just recently ended:
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
R’ville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Hassell
Goose Nest
“E" Ronds
Quota Sales
$ 11.250 $ 16,200.00
7.300 7,537.50
18.500 18,525.00
13,000 13,725.00
157,500 177,250.25
11,300 12,337.50
111,300 126,250.25
7.300 8,212.50
14.750 15,056.25
7,500 0,431.25
11,300 14,868.75
Negotiable Bonds
Over Quota Sales Over
$ 4.950.00 $ 11,500
237.50 7,500
25.00 18,500
725.00 13,200
19.750.25 159,000
1,037.50 11,300
14.950.25 112,000
912.50 7,000
306.26 15,270
1,931.25 7,500
3,568.75 11,300
$ 16.369 S 4,869
9,080 1,580
22,949 4,449
25,261 12,064
603,860 444.860
45,517 4,217
394,694 282,694
32,580 25,580
65,278 50,008
23,738 15,238
12,369 1,089
Totals $371,000 $419,742.25 $48,742.25 $374,000 $1,250,698 $876,698
The figures include negotiable bonns bought and allocated to the
county by the State and firms with offices in other places. The allocations
were made as follows: American Tobacco Co., $25,000; Norfolk Southern
Bus Corporation, $5,000; Standard Oil Co., $3,000; Colonial Stores, $2,000,
and Washington Production Credit. $3,500. Purchases by Martin County
service men during the drive boosted the “E" bond total by $43,036.00.
Judge Calvin Smith
Calls Few Cases In
Several Cawen Coniiniietl To
Avoid Conflict Willi
Tobacco Harvest
Judge J. Calvin Smith called five
cases in the Martin County Record
er’s Court last Monday, and con
tinued two of them to avoid a con
flict with the tobacco harvest.
The judge again explained that he
wanted no cases booked when their
trial would interrupt in any way
the harvesting of the tobacco crop.
He suggested a short time ago that
the cases be held in abeyance by
the various justice of the peace or
| other officers until after the cur
rent tobacco crop is harvested. Only
those cases, the trial of which would
cause farmers inconvenience in har
vesting tobacco, are to be continued,
it was explained.
Very few spectators were in the
courtroom for the trials and little
interest was shown in the proceed
ings. The session lasted hardly an
hour.
Proceedings:
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's license,
and with reckless and careless driv
ing, Dallas Mlzelle pleaded guilty.
He was fined $25 and required to
pay the costs of the case.
The case charging Booker T. Mi
zelle with reckless and can-less (hiv
ing was continued until the fourth
Monday in August for the defend
ant.
A continuance was also granted in
the case in which Thurman Edmond
son was charged with being drunk
and disorderly.
The heavy sentence of the day
was imposed in the case in which
William A Blown was charged
with operating a motor vehicle with
out a driver’s license. Brown plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to the
roads for ninety days, the court
suspending the road term upon the
payment of a $25 fine and the court
costs. The court ordered that no
driver’s license be issued the de
fendant during the next two
years.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle with improper equipment,,
Joseph Outterbridge pleaded guilty
and was fined $20 and required to
pay the court costs.
Business of the court is now in a
summer slump, officers declaring
that there has been very little ac
tivity on the crime front in recent
days.
Speaks Highly Of
Filipino Peoples
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Returning from • long period of
service with the Sea bees in various
parts of the world, including Alas
ka and the Philippines, Fred Lawson,
former resident of Hamilton, spoke
very highly of the Filipinos. “I hate
to say it, but I do believe that the
Filipino has a higher moral stand
ard than the American,” he declar
ed. He described the Filipinos as
being a friendly people and very
accommodating
The forme member of the Sea [
bees specialized in the construction |
of air fields, explaining that a great i
field was built as Kiska, and that |
on the small island in the Philippines
where he was stationed they carved
out an airfield in short order and
were sending big bombers out before
the Japs were driven from sight, al
most.
He was quoted as saying that he
saw many Japs, but they were most
ly dead ones.
Mr. Lawson visited here a short
while this week
RETURNS HOME j
Badly wounded in his right
arm on Okinawa last May 17,
Pvt. Bruce Lambert Peel re
turned home a few days ago to
visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Peel, in Griffins Township
a short time before going to a
hospital in Richmond for an
operation. A piece of shell tore
into his arm near the elbow,
severing the nerves and leaving
his right hand almost without
feeling.
The young soldier, on*- of four
known to have been wounded
on Okinawa, left the spot on a
hospital boat and flew from
Saipan to the States.
Oak City Negroes
Victims of Attack
Clarence Everett, young Oak Cil.y
colored man, was dangerously hurt
last Monday afternoon when Russell
Sherrod struck him over the head
with a beet hot lie following an argu
mi nt centering around either wine
or women, according to reports
reaching here.
Everett’s condition was described
as critical at first, but later reports
indicate that he is improving.
Ai rested by Constable Edmond
Early, Sherrod waived preliminary
hearing and was placed under bond
in the sum of $00(1 by Justice J. R.
Whitfield of Oak City where the at
tuck took place.
Sherrod had cme of his eyes shot
out by a boy named Council some
times ago, following an argument
over a girl
The defendant is now in the coun
ty jail waiting for trial in Judge J.
C. Smith’s court next Monday.
McKinley Powell, 35 years old,
was cut in Oak City last Saturday
by James Saunders, 18, the knife
assault climaxing an argument be
tween the Iwo colored men.
Carried before Justice J. B. Whit
field, Saunders was placed under
bond in the sum of $3(10. Unable to
raisi the amount immediately, the
man was placed in the county jail
to await trial in Judge J. C. Smith's
court next Monday.
Youth Awarded the
Purple Heart Medal
Rome, G;i. The Purple Heart j
Medal, for wounds received in ac- j
lion against the enemy in the
European Theater of Operations, j
was awarded Pfe. James M Bareli ft.
son of Mrs. Mattie Barclift, 513 War
ren Street, Williamston, N. C. in
formal ceremonies here at Battey I
General Hospital a few days ago.!
Col. B I). Faust, Commanding Of
ficer, made the presentation.
Barclift was wounded in April,
1544, on the Anzio Beachhead, and
again in December, 1944, in North
ern France. He was a member of
the Service Company, 15th Regi
ment, Third Division.
Barclift, who is 20 years old, en
ten d the service March 29, 1943,
..at Blending, Fla.. ■
and Camp Robinson, Ark., before
shipping overseas where he joined)
th/ Thiid’Division in Italy He was
| overseas eighteen months, taking
part in campaigns in Italy and
France.
He landed with th. Third Division
in Southern France on D-Day. Bar
clift has been a patient at Battery
Hospit: 1 since March 5, 1945.
The young man spent some time
l here with iiis uncle, Mr. W. R.
Banks, several months ago before
I returning to the hospital in Georgia
'for further medical treatment.
Over-All Sales For
The County Totaled
Right At $1,670,440
Kv«*ry Dslriet in lh<> County
Ouolii- for \11
I v |M's of Ronds
-c.
Marlin County, with the help of
its boys in the service and alloca
tions made by a few firms with of
fices elswhere, exceeded the over
all war'bond quota by nearly one
million dollars during the mighty
seventh war loan drive, according
to final figures released this week
by D V Clayton, chairman of the
drive
Total “E” bond sales were $419,
742.25 or $48,742.25 in excess of the
original quota. Total negotiable
i bond sales amounted to $1,250,698.00
or $876,698 in excess of the original
K<ial. [he over-all sales amounted
tr $1,070,400.25, an amount $926,
i 110 2a in exce.ss of the over-all quota.
| Martin County people invested
$376,706.25 in "E bonds, or nearly
i $1*2100 in exci'ss of the assigned
lquota. This amount was boosted to
$419,742.25 when Martin County
men in the various branches of the
armed forces invested $43,036.00 in
bonds during the drive.
I lie sales of negotiable bonds was
materially boosted when the State
<>f North Carolina made purchases
m the millions of dollars arid al
located $349,000.00 to this county.
1 he Martin ( out,ty treasurer invest
ed $19,745.00 of public funds in ne
gotiable* along with several cor
porations and firms with home of
fices outside the county. These
sales were allocated to the various
distriels.
Every district in the county ex
ceeded its original quota for all
types of bonds, and some of them
bad right big goals. A tabulation,
appearing on this page, gives a
pictuie of tin* bond salt’s, showing
’ x,H‘tI.V what each district accom
plished.
The drive experienced tough
travel at one time, but the people
rallied to its support toward the
• nil and did an excellent in meet
ing and passing the quotas About
Mile only bad feature about the drive
tli.d 11u■ total number supporting
il was not as large as il should or
could have been, according to the
chairman. If it had not been for
a few who invested $5,000 or more,
l lie “E bond quota would not have
h<4-ii met. Despite that bad feature,
Ihe ihive ranks as the most success
ful held during the war to date.
M irim County was one of the 47
counties in the State t,j meet and
exceed both its “E’ and negotiable
bond quotas and il is believed that
it will rank ticai the top with its
ovei -all quota excess.
1 he Stale, as a whole, purchased
only about 98 percent of its “E”
bond quota, and the nation was
‘‘bout three percent short of the
goal.
Chairman Clayton expressed his
sincere appreciation to those faith
ful workers who gave of their time
•° interest the general public in
I lie bond drive. And he is not un
mindful of those who went down
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Justice Hassell Has
Five Clases In Court
—*—
Justice John L. Hassell handled
live cases in his court here during
the post ft w days, and imposed two
loads sentences and several fairly
sizable fines.
Alfred Jones, a frequent visitor by
persuasion to the court, was sen
tenced to die roads for thirty days
when he was adjudged guilty of
being drunk and disorderly. The
defendant, given a JO days suspend
ed sentence for an affray back in
June, was ordered to the roads for
thirty days, the sentences to run
consecutively.
Ilerber Reaves, charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly at Duk Inn,
was fined $10 and required to pay
the court costs.
Emma Bell Reaves, his wife, was
fined $10 and required to pay $7.50
costs for her disorderly conduct at
Duk Inn, a new beer joint recently
opened on Washington Street here.
Charged with a simple assault,
Geo. M. Hardison was required to
pay $7.50 costs.
Meets Brother-1n-Latv In
Manila Short Time Ago
Private David C. Mizelle, away
from the Pacific coast hardly a
month, recently met his brother-in
law, Benny Weaver, in the Philip
pines recently. *
According to letters from both
the young men, the meeting was a
glorious and happy one. Benny has
been in the South Pacific for over
two years and his brother-in-law
was the first man he had seen from
home since he left the States.