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THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XLVIII—^HUMBER 59
Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 27, 1947*.
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NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
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AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
ESTA BUSHED 1899
Story Of The One
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Airborne Division
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Brief Review of Da rim: Parts
Handled by Daring Men
In European Theater
The story below offers a review
of the daring work handled oy 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. Rome Biggs, of Williamston, and
possibl yother Martin County boys
are members of the 101st.
The fourth installment of the story
follows:
During these first confused hours
the Medical Company and attached
surgical teams were captured west
of Bastogne by German armor. Loss
of these units was a severe blow to
the division.
By noon of the following day, 36
hours after the alert, the division es
tablished its headquarters in Bas
togne and units set up a circular de
fense of--the Iowa.'
Foi 24 hours swift-moving Ger
man armor and infantry slammed
again ‘ Bastogne defenses from the
east. L eh time they were repulsed
with heavy losses. Nazis suffered
addit;>i,al grief everywhere they
contact d Airborne units.
German commanders maneuvered,
deciding on a double envelopment
from north and south. They had had
enough of attacking from the east.
To consolidate lines, the 506th
withdrew from Noville on the north
while the 502nd occupied Recogne
with the support of four TDs. CC R
of the 9th and CC B of the 10th
Armd. Div., attached to the 101st,
repulsed all enemy attempts to break
through. Although foggy weather
and poor visibility helped them, Ger
mans still were unable to crack the
vital road junction town of Bas
togne.
Early Wednesday, German panzer
infantry and parachute divisions
swelled around Bastogne like a ti
dal wave, slashed the last remain
ing road leading into the city, com
pletely surrounded the 101st.. That
day when Corps called by r;. lio tel
ephone to ask the Eagle shuation,
Lt. Col. H. W. O. Kinnard, Division
G-3, replied: “Visualize the hole in
the doughtnut. That’s us.”
Everyone was excited about the
American hole in the doughtnut —
everyone except the 101st. Its fight
ing men were accustomed to such a
situation, expected in any Airborne
operation.
The Germans, knowing that con
tinuance of their offensive depend
ed on seizure of Bastogne, attacked
the complete circle to find a break
through point. Field artillery units
fought head-on tank advances with
point blank artillery and small arms
fire. Fog continued to aid German
inhitrating attempts. The 705th TD
a crack outfit in any man's army,
tore out of its central position time
after time to destroy attacking arm
or.
German artillery concentrated on
trying to nd Bastogne of the tena
cious 101st. On Friday a new tech
nique was employed. Under cover
of a white flag, two German officers
entered Allied lines and offered a
“Surrender or be annihilated in two
hours” ultimatum.
Gen. McAuliffe wasted neither
(Continued on page four)
Over Hundred Tires
Allotted By Board
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® One hundred and five tires—
eighty-three for cars and twenty
two for trucks—were allotted by the
Martin County War Price and Rat
ioning Board last Friday evening.
Truck tires were allotted the fol
lowing:
J. C. Norris, Williamston Package
Manufacturing Company, Fields To
bacco Company, W. E. Davis, W. I.
Skinner Company, G. B. Whitfield,
^ H. W. Waters and B. R. Barnhill,
Martin County Board cf Education,
Barnhill Supply Company.
Passenger car tires were allotted
the following:
W. W. Taylor, Dennis Whitaker,
Mrs. Hessie Rogers, Thomas Van
Landingfham, Dr. V. E. Brown, M.
L. Peel, Thurston Jones, Jasper L.
Everett, Raymond Stalls, C. P. Cul
lipher, J. H. Ayers, Nancy N .High
^ smith, J. E. Bullock, H. H. Reason,
S. J. Ward, G. D. Grimes, Jr., D H
Padgett, C. W. Slade, S. E. Williams,
V. C. Bailey, Charlie Platt, Raymond
Comstock, H. B. Smith, Viola Price
Leggett, James Herbert Waid, Wil
liam D. Raynor, Ephraim Woolard
Wixie B. Rogers, J. R. Winslow
Sadie Mae Jones, Sam Hardison, J
R. Jones, E B. VanNortwick, Clyde
Knight W H Grav, Abbie Haislip
Herbert Johnson, H. O. Jarman
Claudius Hardison, Russell Mobley
Ira Andrews, W. O. Willoughby
King Tobacco Co., John A Hardi
son, J. C. Cooke, James D. Reddick
Fenner L. Hardison, George Ec
Brown, James A. Hassell, R. L. Wat
ers, W. G. Perry, J?sse T. Price, Wil
lie Spruill, John G. Taylor, P. T
Norwood, Clarence Rogers, J. T
_ Coltrain, W. J. Sheppard, Vernoi
" H. Davis, James Pitt, T. B. Slade
Williamston Supply Company, A. C
Roberson and Bros., M. T. Gardner
Dr J. E. Ward. James Asa Rober
son and C. H. Ayers.
Preparing Marketing Cards
fTrrCrnrn tylPirctca rFsm nerr
tlmpk-yees in the office of the
county agent are now busy prepar
ing 1945 tobacco marketing cards
,lor farmers in this county. Approxi
mately 1.600 of the cards, including
the red issuance, are being made
ready for distribution to the grow
ers on or about August 13, it was
learned. The cards are very similar
to those used in the past.
A few farmers in the county have
not yet reported their acreage
measurements, meaning that no
cards can be issued them until the
required information is submitted
to the office of the county agent.
These farmers are urgently request
ed to get the crop measurements in
to the office not later than August 1
if they wish to receive their market
ing cards in time for the early to
bacco sales later that month. The
reports will have to be checked, it!
was explained, and some little time
w ill be required to handle that and
prepare the cards for distribution in
those cases.
No red cards will be distributed
before August 16 when those farm
ers who planted in excess of then
allotments are to submit a commit
teeman’s estimate of the cured to
bacco poundage. If the farmer
chooses, he may pay the penalty on
the estimated excess at that time
and receive a white marketing card.
It was pointed out that in those
cases where a farmer has overplant
ed and where he has more than one
contract, a poundage estimate must
be submitted on every contract even
though there is an excess acreage
on only one of his farms.
ULTIMATUM
Allied world powers- meeting;
in Potsdam issued an ultimatum
yesterday to the Japanese, di
recting them to quit the ar
accept the consequences. The
terms, “unconditional surrend
er" were repeated in the pro
clamation which explained that
while there was no intention to
enslave the Japanese, justice
could be expected by those who
mistreated Allied prisoners of
war and caused the conflict to
be visited upon the world.
Britain’s new government
leader has pledged that the Jap
war will get first attention.
During the meantime the tempo
of destruction being dealt the
Japs Ls belnr; stepped up day by
day.
County Bookmobile
Will Make Regular
Schedule Next Week
New Books Added To Collec
tion for Distribution
In This County
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The B-H-M Bookmobile will make
its monthly tour of this county next
week, District Librarian Elizabeth
House announces.
Those who have the urge to ex
plore the cold country to the north
will find choice armchair traveling
in Pieicaska's Wife”. Helen Wheat
on, the author, spent the first year
of her married life in the Aleutians
and her book is an interesting ac
count of an unusual experience with
the people of the islands.
While the Wheatons were living in
the Aleutians, the Hamlins were in
the Maine Woods. Helen Hamlin
i calls her account of three years in
the center of a timberland area,
“Nine Mile Bridge”. This is a re
freshing story of a young couple
who wanted a kind of life they were
encouraged enough to get.
The expression, “Get a kick out
of living” is old, but Martin Panzer’s
book by the same title is something
new. Here is a book presenting an
approach to the greater enjoyment
of the average life. It is written
with a spirit of realism and com
mon sense and will be found very
readable.
From the pen of an American
' Army Nurse, Theresa Archard,
comes a “spirited account of an
army nurse’s experiences on the
| battle front revealing the little
known side of the conflict—the story
of young women who go to war and
share its hazards and hardships
with our fighting men”. "G. I.
Nighingale” is a fine story written
with “verve, humor and frankness”,
Novels available this month in
clude “Sign of the Ram”, by Ferger
son; “The Happy Tie", by Robert
! Fontaine; “Youth Is the Time", by
I Robert Gessner; “That Girl from
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Tobacco Prices Are
Higher In Georgia
Opening last Tuesday, Georgia
and Nortli Florida tobacco markets
reported prices some higher than
those received a year ago, later re
ports stating that the trend was
slightly upward. Thursday sales av
eraged about 13 cents a hundred
over the Tuesday’s opening figures,
according to direct and press reports
reaching here.
Averaging $41.22 per hundred or
opening day, the sales showed an in
crease in price of $1.27 over '.few*
for the opening a year ago.
The seventeen Georgia markets
handled 7,301,696 pounds at $41.28
and the two North Florida centers
sold 855,478 pounds for an average
. of $40.77.
The 1944 opening day sales were
5,521,926 pounds for Georgia at ar
average of $39.90 and 731,190 pound:
. for Florida at $40.24 average.
i Common to fair leaf was up $1
, to $2 and low to fine lugs frorr
$1 to $3. Some nondescript showee
, gains up to $5.
The bulk of Wednesday's sale:
ranged from $39 to $43.
Next Ration Books
To Be Even Smaller
Than A Dollar Bill
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Distribution Will Be Effected
In County Schools Next
Deeeinber
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War Ration Book Fivo, “smaller
than a dollar bill” and containing
just halt as many stamps as ihe last
book issued, will be distributed
through the public schools in De
cember, Theodore S. Johnson, Ral
eigh OPA district director, announc
jed this week. The new “A” gaso
line ration book will be issued at
the same time, he said.
Distribution, Johnson said, will
take place from December 3 through
December 15. The new “A” gaso
line books will go into use Decem
ber 22, and war ration book five will
be used soon after the first of the
year for food rationing and for rat
ioning of shoes.
The new book five will be a better
Look, Johnson said. It will be
easier to carry and handle. It will
be just as long as book four but
only half as wide. The number and
arrangement of stamps are more
convenient. The new stamps will be
the same size, but will not have both
a letter and a number as the pres
ent stamps do and OPA hopes the
new edition will be the last of the
series of wartime ration books,
'Johnrcn said.
One hundred and fifty million
copies of book five are now being
orbited at approximately half the
l t of the | receding book, Johnson
H. The fi 'antic task of distribu
tion is one that the teachers and
school officials are fully equal to, he
said, recalling the efficient way in
which they handled the distribution
of war ration book four.
At the current rate of making
stamps good,—five red stamps and
blue stamps at the beginning of
each month-—war ration book five
can last, if needed, about fifteen
months. Because of the enormous
job required to print and distribute
ration books for about 130 million
people it was decided to be on the
safe side and provide for this period
and avoid the expense of having to
get out still another book later.
Since war ration book five will
not go into effect before January 1,
it will be necessary to use other
stamps in book four as substitutes
for processed food and meat fats
during the interim period. Interim
period use of shoe and sugar stamps
will not be necessary since the
stamps provide for these items' in
hioks three and four will carry the
programs without resort to substi
tutions.
War Ration Book Five will be the
fourth war ration book to be dis
tributed by school teachers and
other volunteers. The first book
was distributed May 4, 1942.
The New “A” Book
The new “A’’ gasoline book, the
third issued under rationing, will
differ from the present book only
in color. The book will contain
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ijamesville Native
Dies in Wilmington
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Mrs. Mollie F. Ward, a native of
Jamesville, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. I. B. Boyd, in Wil
mington last Friday.
Miss Mary Frances Lilley before
her marriage to J. W. (Dock) Ward,
she was 78 years old. After spend
ing most of her life in Jamesville,
she moved to Rocky Mount about
. twenty years ago and had lived
I there until about nine months age
► when she moved to Wilmington to
make her home.
Surviving are two sons, Milton
Ward of Plymouth and J. E. Ward
of Rocky Mount; three daughters
Mrs. I. B. Boyd of Wilmington, Mrs
E. S. Durst of Akron, Ohio, and Mrs
K. W. Godard of Rocky Mount; 18
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchil
dren and two nieces.
Funeral services were held from
the First Christian Church of Rocky
Mount last Sunday afternoon by
Rev. L. B. Scarborough, assisted by
the Rev. Ed Sexton. Interment was
tn Pine View Cemetery in Rc ;ky
Mount.
Battle Weary Vets
J\odm 'J&ivJML
More Wood for War
Appeals Made and Mar Pic*
ture Shown n Courthouse
Rere Last Evening
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Weary veterans of numerous bat
tles and untold privations last eve
ning in the courthouse *>ere directed
an earnest appeal to the people of
this section urging them to continue
production of forest . oducts foi the
prosecution of the war. Carrying
the Army's “Wood for War" pro
gram into the main timber sections
of North Carolina and other states,
the army men were heard by a very
small crowd, but their message and
a unique war picture, “San Pietro",
were well received. The impromptu
talks by the men were most appeal
ing.
Prior to the program last evening,
the men visited the several lumber
mills and observed the operations.
They said that they were pleased
with the job being done here, and ex
pressed the hope that not a single
day would be lost in maintaining
production at peak capacity. They
explained that every lick will count
in hastening the end of the war
against the Japs and the return of
the boys from overseas.
Recognizing the urgent need for
more containers for packing war ma
terials, the United States Army is
lending six of its battle weary men
to the Forest Services and War
Manpower Commission to carry the
special message to the timber indus
try and to point out the importance
of continued production at a high
level. Part of the motorcade broke
down and could not reach here in
time for the program last evening,
but the six men making the trip had
appealing messages. They told
about their battle experiences in
the European theater and the long
trek from the Solomons toward Ja
pan.
A prisoner of the Japs for three
years and one of those who made
the “death march" following the
fall of Corregidor, S/Sgt. F. W.
Crocker made a stirring appeal for
continued efforts on all fronts to
hasten the end of the war, free Am
erican boys held prisoner by the
Japs and bring the boys home.
Another one of the men appearing
on the program told about his ex
periences in the Italian campaign,
how he was wounded eight times.
Still another told how he was in ac
tive combat for twenty months in
jungles on Pacific islands, how sup
plies were brought up in wooden
containers and what it meant to get
them and in good condtion.
The picture, showing the actual
bloody scenes in the fight for San
Pietro, was possibly the most realis
tic ever seen here. Death was dealt
out on every hand, and whole bat
talions were reduced to as few at
125 men. No sacrifice on the home
front can compare with the price
paid by those American youths in
the mountains around San Pietro
and in other battle areas.
Unfavorable weather held the
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Churchill Ousted In
Election by British
In one of the major political
moves of the period, British voters
ousted Winston Churchill from the
important post of Prime Minister in
an election held on the 5th of this
month, it was announced late yester
day when the vote was officially
counted. The Prime Minister who
offered the English nothing but
sweat, blood and tears in the early
days of the war, was given a seat
in the House of Commons, but his
voice as a world figure was reduced
to a whisper when the liberal ele
ment went forward to oust his gov
vernment by a two—to-one count,
according to early but fairly com
plete returns.
The Labor Party head, Clement
Attlee, will be asked to form a new
cabinet and continue the prose
cution of the war against Japan and
to lead the nation through recon
struction The King is expected to
instruct Attlee to form a new gov
ernment on or about August 8.
Churchill said some time ago that
he did not become Prime Minister
to liquidate the British Empire, but
the British liquidated Mr. Church
ill. It is believed that the election
will bring a better understanding
among the common masses of the
world.
About three years ago, British
sailors visiting in this county, saic
that Churchill was favored as t
great war leader, but he was nol
the man to head the country ir
tfme of peace.
f QUIETEST
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The crime front locally was
described to be the quietest In
months by Justice John L. Has
sell. For the first time in many
months not a single case was
carried before the trial justice.
Mr. Hassell was of the opinion
that criminal cases were not ac
cumulating, that it was fairly
apparent everyone was so busy
there was no time for devilish
acts.
Seventeen Men Called
To Report lo r Service
Most Of Inductees
Married: Only Four
Are Under Nineteen
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Few Farmers Included in the
Group of White Men
Craving Wednesdav
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Seventeen Martin County young
white men were called last Wednes
day for final induction into the
armed services, the group including
"old" married men for the most part,
and very few farmers. For the first
time in months, a young man volun
teered for service. His name was
not revealed, one report stating that
he was very modest in his desire
to serve his country. Several young
men have volunteered for service
in flic Navy during recent weeks,
but the young man volunteering
this week was the first one to ac
company a regular group of Induc
tees to an induction center.
Apparently leaving their vital
jobs or failing to supply the draft
board with sufficient information,
several of the men leaving Wednes
day were thirty years of age or old
er, it was learned. The ages of the
group ranged from eighteen to thir
ty-five years, only four of the
young men being under twenty.
Four of the men or all those call
ed from the farm are just eighteen
years of age. The other thirteen were
engaged in various occupations or
jobs that would have exempted most
of the men had they been thirty
years of age or older.
Two of the seventeen called
reported previously for induction
and were rejected. Apparently
their status was changed or exist
ing defects, if any, had been remed
ied.
Eleven of the men are married
and leave behind seventeen chil
dren.
The names of tin inductees and
their registration and last-given ad
dresses follow:
William J. Council, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
James Lesley Williams, RFD 3,
Williamston and Portsmouth.
William Herbert Mizolte, RFD 2,
Williamston and Elizabeth City.
Hiriam Walker Ford, Parmcle.
Joseph Hilton Forbes, Everetts
and Williamston.
Joe Aaron Whitfield, RFD 1, Oak
City and Hamilton.
Thurman George Joyner, RFD 1,
Palmyra and Norfolk.
| John Leary Hassell, Jamesville
and Oak City.
Roy Craven Martin, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
Climen Ray O’Neal, Jamesville
and Norfolk.
Louis McClellan Speller, William
ston.
John Henry Jones, RFD 3, Wit
liamston.
Leo McGlenn Warren, RFD 2,
Robcrsonville.
Carl Woodley Copeland, RFD I,
Robersonville.
Virgil Allen Bryant, RFD 1,
Bethel.
Elmer Ray Lilley, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Clarence Blount Ayers, RFD 2,
Williamston.
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Mrs. Ange Bitten
By Snake Tuesday
Bitten by a poisonous snake two
or three times on the right hand and
wrist, Mrs. Levin Ange of James
ville Township was removed im
mediately to the local hospital last
Tuesday morning for treatment. Al
though her condition was serious,
she is much improved and is plan
ning to return to her home today.
Mrs. Ange was in the wash house
on the Ange farm and started to
reach into an ir.e storage box when
the snake, curled up in a roll of
linoleum, struck her two or three
times before she could free her hand
The victim, living about sixteen
or seventeen miles from here, wa.1
brought to the local hospital in rec
ord time.
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Sgt. Paul Simpson
On His Way Home
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After spending a year overseas
J. Paul Simpson is traveling toward
home, and expects to reach here
about next Tuesday, according tc
a telephone message received by
! his wife from him in Sun Franciscc
Wednesday morning.
“I hope to reach Fort Bragg dur
ing the week-end and continue on
home very shortly thereafter,” th<
young man was quoted as saying.
The surge was all excited about
his trip home.
Sgt. Simpson has been in the Pa
cific theater about twelve months
making 43 missions over Jap ter
litory and running up 100 or more
points.
A brother, Reginald, just returned
from Europe, and another, Malcolm
is still in the Pacific theater.
NIGHT MINTING
i’ushcd for time on theii
farms and places of business,
members of the Martin County
Hoard of Education will hold a
night meeting here next Mon
day, it was announced yester
day. As far as it could he learn
it is the first lime the board has
held a meeting at night, cer
tainly the first of its kind to
be called in recent years.
Dates for opening the county
schools this fall will be determ
ined and it is likely that the
authorities will discuss the
teacher shortage. I,ate reports
state that more resignations are
being received and few are ac
cepting positions. Miss Mildred
Watkins, science teacher in the
local schools for the past two
terms, resigned this week.
Virginia Merchant
Fatally Injured In
Accident Near Here
Second Man Is Slightly llnrl
When <'ar Strikes Truck
Near (loninc Creek
Raymond Leonard Showkei, 33
year sold, was fatally injured' and
Murkie Ward, member of the pris
oner of war guard complement at
the camp in Aiioskie, was slightly
hurt last Wednesday afternoon in a
wreck involving two trucks and an
automobile at the northern ap
proach to Conine Creek bridge, a
few miles from here on U. S. High
way No. 17.
Showker, a produce dealer and
operator of several stores in Vir
ginia, suffered fractures of both
legs and internal injuries. He was
pronounced dead upon arrival at
the local hospital. Ward was return
ed to the Aiioskie camp, and while
the extent of his injuries could not
be definitely learned, they were not
thought to be serious.
Showker’s body was prepared foi
burial in the Higgs Funeral Home
here and moved to family home in
jCraigsville, Va., near Staunton, yes
terday.
f)n his way from Edi nlun where
he purchased a shipment of canta
loupes, to Laurinburg, Showker wa.1
reported to have been speeding as
he rounded the curve leading to the
creek bridge. Stanley Alston
young Windsor white man driving a
new Chevrolet truck from a dealei
in Rocky Mounl to his home, was
meeting Showker, and an army
truck being driven by Ward was just
behind Alston, both of them holding
well to their right side of the road
The Showker car, a 1942 Chrysler,
sideswiped the Alston truck, knock
ing the left rear wheels two feet oi
more out of line, and then crashing
head-on into the army truck. The
automobile was smashed, the crash
driving the engine almost solidly
against the driver’s se.-.t The wreck
was described as about the most
complete ever seen in this section.
Relatives of the dead man came
here yesterday and made arrange
ments to have the body returned to
Virginia for burial.
The Showkers hud important
business connections in the produce
centers and were favorably know in
the trucking areas.
Called to the accident, W S. Hunt,
W E. Saunders and Johnny Scar
borough of the N. C. Highway Pa
trol .worked several hours clearing
the highway and restoring normal
travel across the river causeway.
They had to cut a door open to re
move Showker, and several wreck
I ers and ambulances were used in
handling the wreck and its vic
tims.
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Expert Sees Crisis
In Schools This Fall
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While the teacher shortage in the
county is acute, possibly it is not at
bad as it is in some sections of th<
country, according to reports.
Thousands ol closed classrooms
with tens of thousands more over
■ crowded and manned by inadequate
poorly paid teachers are in prospect
for the nation’s public schools nexl
full, according to Benjamin Frazier
teacher training specialist in the U
jS. Office of Education.
Scattered preliminary reports in
dicate Unit, despite cutbacks in in
| dustry and demobilizations from
the armed services, few more teach
ers will he on hand this fall than the
870,000 working last year, Frazier
was quoted as saying recently.
Last year 138,000 teachers led
their jobs and all but 51,600, whe
went to other t..‘aching posts, left
the profession. Frazier said the
turnover this fall might not be quite
so high but little substantial im
provement can be hoped for. Hi
said, also, that the normal turnover
rate of about 10 percent has more
than doubled in the last five years.
Judge Calvin Smith
ir'Rigbt Cases-in ■
The Count v s Court
I ,oni;rr- I h.m-l sunJ
Vttrarln! \ Fairly
Fargo Crowd
Handling right cases. Judge J. C.
Smith held the Martin County Re
corder s court in session longer than
usual last Monday. It was almost
noon when the last busi less was
cleared and the court adjourned un
til next Monday.
While the cases on the docket
were not considered of any great
importance, the session attracted a
fairly large number of colored cit
zons, but the number of white spec
tators present were limited to less
than half a dozen.
Eimond A. James, after having
his case continued at a previous ses
sion. went into court without a
witness Several were summoned,
including two or three tobacco far
in' rs. but the defendant apparently
realized his own witnesses could
help him but wry little. However,
he pleaded not guilty of drunken
driving Adjudged guilty, he was
fined $50, taxed with the costs and
had his license revoked for one
year. He appealed to the higher
court, and bond was required in the
sum of $100. The defendant is said
to have paid $50 and apparently he
will not perfect his appeal.
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with an assault with
a deadly weapon, Joe Hardison was
adjudged guilty of simple assault.
He was fined $20 and required to
pay the court costs.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, Carl
ton E. Hardy, was fined $50 and
taxed with the court costs. His li
cense to operate a motor vehicle
was revoked for one year.
Charged with assaulting a female,
Cleveland Godard pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to the roads for
six months. All but the first ten
days of the sentence was suspended
upon the payment of a fine of $20
and the costs. Tin1 defendant is not
to start serving his sentence until
August 20. During the meantime he
is at liberty under a $100 bond.
Charged with non-support and
damage to personal property, John
lasper Black pleaded not guilty. He
was found guilty and sentenced to
the roads for twelve months. Judge
Smith suspended the sentence upon
tlic payment of $15 and costs and
on further condition that he pay $10
a week to the county welfare de
partment to be used for the benefit
of his three small children. The de
j fondant is to make the first payment
on the first Monday in August and
on each Monday thereafter. The
court also ordered the defendant to
remain sober off his premises dur
ing the suspension period of two
years. Black's wife started to move
and before she could get the kitchen
cabinet away, he smashed it with a
piece of scantling .
Charged with violating the public
ealth laws, M iry Ella Pearsall was
. ((judged guilty and drew a thirty
day jail entencc which Judge Smith
: uspended upon the payment of the
court costs and on condition that
the meet certain health require
ments.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, James Saunders
was adjudged guilty of a simple as
sault and was fined $15 and taxed
with the cost.
Willie Biggs, charged with violat
ing the public health laws, was sen
tenced to jail for thirty days, the
court suspending the judgment upon
the payment of the court costs and
on the condition that the defendant
meet certain health requirements.
Young Man Dies In
County This Week
In failing health for some time,
Louis Edward Bullock died at his
parents’ home in Cross Roads Town
ship last Tuesday morning at 5:50
o'clock, the victim of heart trouble.
He had been confined to his bed for
six or seven weeks, spending part
of that time in a hospital for treat
ment.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A.
Mullock and wife, Mrs. Beulah
Cowan Bullock, he was born in
Cross Roads Township nineteen
years ago on January 27, 1926. He
lived m that community all his life,
assisting his father with the farm
work as lung as his health permit
ted. He was a member of the Pres
byterian church at Roberson’s
Chapel and was a dependable and
highly respected young man. He
never married.
Besides his parents he is survived
by three brothers, Atung, Ralph R.,
and Willie Bunn Bullock, and five
sisters, Mary Elizabeth, Pauline,
Geraldine, Nancy Louise and Janice
Roe Bullock, nil of the home.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in
Roberson’s Chapel, near Williams
ton, and interment followed in
Woodlawn Cemetery here. In the
absence of a pastor. Rev. W. B. Har
rington and Elder A. B. Ayers, coun
ty Baptist ministers, conducted the
last rites.
Many young men have died in the
country of heart trouble recently,
but the young man is believed to Ik*
the first to die of the ailment in
this county in recent months.