I- EARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4,000 CORIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 60
William*ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July ill, 1945.
ESTABLISHED 1899
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Man Fatally Burned
Ii] House Fire Late
Last Saturday Night
Ralph W. Barbour, Raleigh
Man, Was Visiting People
In Griffins Township
Ralph W. Barbour, young Raleigh
man and representative of an insur
ance company, was burned to death
last Saturday night when fire de
stroyed the home of his wife’s par
ents and all contents in Griffins
Township.
Few details about the tragedy
could be learned here, but Coroner
S. R. Biggs, making an investigation,
ruled that no foul play was evident,
that the man died of burns caused
when the home was accidentally
fired and destroyed.
Coming down with his wife from
Raleigh to spend the week-end with
his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Henry Hodges, Barbour, 32, left
the family at a tobacco barn and
went to the house about 9 o’clock
* to retire. It is possible that he
* lighted a lamp and that it went out
of eontiy’v n ' fired a curt
expiain loat he may have &cen
smoking a cigarette and dropped off
to sleep, that the burning cigarette
fired the bed clothing and he was
overcome by smoke before he could
escape from the burning building.
Mrs. Barbour was at the tobacco
barn and when the family saw the
house ablaze thef rushed there and
tried to rescue him, but their efforts
* were in vain. One report stated
that the body was burned beyond
recognition.
The house, valued at approxi
mately $2,000, was a two-story struc
ture and Mr. Barbour was said to
have been sleeping in an upstairs
room. In addition to the home, an
automobile parked nearby, some
cured tobacco, the family’s supply of
meat and other food provisions,
packed in the house were also burn
^ ed .according to reports reaching
here.
Mr. Barbour was born and reared
in Raleigh and had spent all his life
there. About eighteen months ago
he was married to Miss Kathleen
Hodges, an empolyee of the Bell
Telephone Company in Raleigh. He
is survived by his widow; two sisters,
Mrs. R. M. By an and Mrs. Hudson
Johnson both of Raleigh, and a
brother, Bobby Gene Barbour of
Raleigh. Mrs. Barbour was employ
41 ed by the same insurance company
her husband represented.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at the grave side in
the Hodges family cemetery in Grif
fins Township by Rev. W. B. Har
rington, county Baptist minister.
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County Young Man
On The Shangri-La
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Aboard the U. S. S. Shangri-La in
the Pacific.—(Special)—James Sta
ton Whitehurst, aviation machinist’s
mate, third class, of RFD 3, William
ston, N. C., serves aboard this great
aircraft carrier which today is a
very real source of danger to the
Japs and not just the mythical base
popularized three years ago when
the Doolittle raiders hit Tokyo.
Planes from the Shangri-La help
ed defeat the Japs in the recent
Okinawa campaign, raining bombs,
rockets, and bullets on enemy pill
boxes .caves, airfields and communi
cations centers, in support of ground
troops.
Not long ago this carrier was just
an idea in the minds of the Ameri
can people who had listened to the
late President Roosevelt *e!l the
world that Lt. Gen. James Doolittle’s
planes had raided Japan’s capital
from “Shangri-La”.
Through a nationwide campaign
that idea became reality as people
bought war bonds to build the car
rier. As soon as news of her con
struction was released, the Navy
department was flooded with re
quests from men asking to serve
on her.
Soon she was nicknamed ‘ The
Tokyo Express".
Home After Three
Years In Europe
After spending thirty-six months
overseas, S/Sgt. Luther O. Strick
land recently returned home and
« has been honorably discharged by
the Army under the point system.
The young man had 124 points.
The young man arrived unexpect
ed at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Annie Weathersbee, near Roberson
ville on July 13. Members of the
family did not even know he was in
the States until he reached home,
and there was much excitement.
Sgt. Strickland entered service
^ in 1939 and received hij training at
Fort Meade, Md., After staying in
the States three years, he went over
seas and participated in seven ma
jor campaigns, Tunisia, Sicily,
Naples, Foggia, Rome, Arno, South
ern France, Rhineland and Central
Europe.
He was awarded the good conduct
medal, American Defense Service
Medal, European, African, Middle
f Eastern Service Ribbon with one
Bronze Arrowhead.
The young man received no
wounds during his three years of
active service overseas.
Drunks Fall Out In Numbers
/* allot In a / - Iq-u tes—
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Sales slightly in excess of $2,500
were reported by Martin County s
No. 1 alcoholic beverage control
board store here last Saturday.
While the sales established no new
high record, they were the largest
reported in some weeks. Hardly be
fore the board employees had finish
ed counting the money, the drunks
started falling out in semi-private
and public places.
Before midnight, six had flopped
on lawns, in driveways and in the
streets, one taking refuge in Town
Commissioner Geo. H. Harrison's
front yard, another, a middle-age
white man, in the Dunning yard just
across the street. Two others fell
out within half block of the ABC
store and were found dead to the
world on Dr. E. T. Walker’s office
lawn. Still another fell and stretch
ed himself out in the bus station
driveway. Two others, a colored
BIG ONION CROP ||
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Way feacMMOK AJC#
culturist Charlie James planted
some onion sets to help ward off
an onion shortage. He got his
instructions mixed at the time,
and placed the onion sets in a
deep furrow and then covered
them up and packed them down.
The apparent planting error
was detected by Mr. James’
neighbor, Sheriff Charlie Roe
buck. The unusual planting
method attracted public atten
tion, and the agriculturist just
dropped his head and grinned,
saying nothing and doing noth
ing about it until a short time
ago when he went out and har
vested onions by the bushels.
No count was made, but Mr.
James says there were several
bushels. "And as for the sheriff,
why he did not harvest the first
onion."
Bruce Whitley Tells
Of High Living fx>st
In Liberated Areas
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Peaches Selling In Brussels
As High as Seventy-five
Cents Each, Boy Says
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Writing from Kassel, Germany,
G-p-I.-Fr-Brace Whitley, former En
terprise employee, says he is hav
ing a hectic time handling the job
of mail clerk and exchanging money
for the boys going into various coun
tries on furloughs. Incidentally, the
corporal had quite a time during a
short furlough spent in Belgium a
short time ago. He writes, in part:
“I am still serving as mail clerk,
and I like the job better than work
ing in the field. There are a few
headaches sometimes," handling so
many different kinds of money for
money orders and conversion from
one kind to another. You have to
use the money of the country that
you are in, so when one gets a pass
either to Belgium, France or Holland
you have to have the money con
verted over to the currency of the
country in which you plan to visit.
| “I just returned from a three-day
furlough spent in Belgium. I was
in Brussels the entire time. Spent
just "bout all my money and had a
wonderful time sleeping in those
soft beds. Boy, it was surely worth
the money, and I hated to return
; to camp. I was away seven days,
Hour days of the seven having been
spent traveling.
“I traveled the super-highway
from here to Frankfort. It is a high
way over the mountains and is simi
lar to the skyline drive at home;
only it is four lanes with an island
in between. The scenery is beau
tiful. I traveled down the Rhine
River and the country there is the
prettiest I have ever seen. It really
was worth the trip even though I
did have to ride in a truck.
“Things surely are high in Bel
gium, and there is much more food
in Belgium than in France, but the
black market is still flourishing in
Brussels. In the stores, a fresh
peach costs from 50 to 75 cents eacn,
and everything else costs in propor
tion. You could get a fair meal at
the restaurant for two dollars, the
food comparing about with what
one used to get back home for twen
ty-five cents.
“So Duke Ward and Geo. Lee
1 Roberson got point discharges. Boy
1 are they lucky! I am not looking for
■ a discharge until Japan is defeated
But I am looking forward to goinf
■ home, if it isn’t but for a short fur
1 lough...
Vocational Work Approved
For the Oak City Schools
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According to a recent announce
ment by Miss Dennis, State super
visor of vocational economics, the
Oak City home economics depart
ment has been approved for voca
tional work, entitling the school to
aiv extra high school teacher.
Miss Frances Eakes, of Stokes,
will have charge of the department,
it was announced.
man and a colored woman, were
found helpless. on Washington
Street
No arrests, wer made; in fact, no
arrests have been entered in the
jail records since last Monday. Ap
parently “big” crime was taking a
holiday during the period, or it was
pushed out of the picture by the
drunks.
Possibly all of the liquor did not
come from the ABC store, unofficial
reports declaring tha* there is more
bootleg whiskey or white lightning
being passed out by the drink in
Williamston that an any other time
in years. Citizens declare that white
customers are wearing regular paths
to any number of colored homes.
Mill owners state that so many
workers, after experiencing gay
week-ends are unable to return to
work before Tuesday, that Monday
is fast being recognized as a drunk
ard’s holiday.
Story Of The One
Hiinck&d#^ First
Airborne Division
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Brief Review of Daring Paris
Handled hy Daring Men
In European Theater
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 and possibly other
Martin County boys are members of
the 101st.
The fifth installment of the story
follows:
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Here and there outer lines sagged.
German tanks were allowed to in
filtrate, infantry following behind
were cut to ribbons by Eagle sol
diers. Tanks also were given a rous
ing reception by Ail borne doughs
and their bazookas, by anti-tank
gunners and by tank destroyers.
During the siege, 148 tanks and 25
half-tracks were knocked out—pos
itive indication of the importance
Germans attached to the taking of
Bastogne.
Nazis threw both book and book
case at Bastogne; armor, infantry,
parachutists, Luftwaffe. Night after
night, bombers searched out Air
borne troopers. Hospitals and troop
quarters were hit. Low-flying dive
bombers arid heavy artillery were
'Uhp'ieaS'uiit arid damaging"-]but not
unbearable. The 101st stayed on.
Complete encirclement of Bastogne
placed the division squarely behind
the eight-ball for supplies. Airborne
artillery long had been accustomed
to giving more than it took. Shells
now had to be rationed. Artillery
waited “to see the whites of plenty
eyes” before letting go.
Food became scarce. Screaming
Eagles sought clear skies — flying
weather nof'onTy~idr"~alfTP^BUppiy,
but for planes to keep the Luftwaffe
, down.
Evacuation of wounded became a
pressing problem. But they had to
wait—there was no way out of the
doughnut. Reports circulated daily
that the 4th Armd. Div. was on its
way to open a road.
Mutual confidence characterized
the vicious battle preceding the
junction of the 4th and the 101st.
Airborne troopers hoped that armor
would crack open a path for move
(Continued on page four)
Sgt. S. Burroughs
Home from Europe
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T/Sgt. Sutton A Burroughs, aft
er three years to the day away from
home, returned last Friday evening
for a thirty-day furlough with rela
tives and friends here and in other
parts of the county.
A member of the 15th American
Air Force, Sgt. Burroughs was sta
tioned in Italy for about two years,
and had many exciting experiences
while there.
He expects to draw an assignment
on the West Coast at the end of his
furlough.
Sgt. Burroughs said he saw only
two men from Martin County dur
ing his twenty-eight months over
seas. Asked about the possibility of
a discharge, he said that his 120
points did not carry much weight,
but that he hoped they would get
consideration soon.
School Canning Day At
Oak City on August With
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Thursday, August 16th, has been
set aside as school canning day for
the Oak City Schools, Principal H.
M. Air.sley has announced. Patrons
are asked to bring vegetables in
quantities. '
Professor Ainsley, who has full
responsibility of the cannery, sug
gests that the people in the com
munity help relieve the crowded
i conditions each Tuesday and Thurs
day by preparing vegetables at home
and reporting to the cannery in the
, early afternoon on the days specified
for community canning.
TOWN - FARM
IN WARTIMF,
(A weekly greet from
the rural pres® section of
the OWfBfi+'» bureau)
The government needs and asks
its citizens in this 191st week of the
war against Japan to:
Report all overcharges, howeve
smali, to the Price Control Board of
yjur ration board. Without this
check by individual shoppers, prices
cannot be held down. You need not
give your name.
Gas Coupon Thefts Increase
Thefts of gasoline ration coupons
from service stations have increased
vo such an extent that every station
operator shouid adopt all possible
safeguards. Apparently organized
gangs of racketeers, who formerly
made the distributed counterfeit
gasoline ration coupons, have found
that their former racket is no longer
safe nor profitable and that the
markets for their invalid ration
coupons have disappeared. As a re
sult, the racketeers have turned to
the theft of valid currency from
service stations and have been sell
ing coupons at various prices to
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August Tire Quotas
August quotas of 2,500,000 pas
senger tires and 386,862 small truck
tires for civilian motorists, exactly
the same as for July, and a reduced
quota of large truck tires were an
nounced this week by WPB and the
OPA. The quota of truck tires size
8.25 and larger was cut from 234,
308 in July to 200,00 for August.
Where the Money Goes
It costs about $500 to fly a wound
ed man from Okinawa to Pearl
Harbor and another $200 to fly
him the additional 2,100 miles to
San Francisco, the Navy Depart
ment informs the War Finance Di
vision of the Treasury. +
Refrigerator Prices
Price regulations governing sales
and rentals of used mechanical
household refrigerators have been
amended, effective August 6, OPA
announces. The following changes
are made:
Control of refrigerator rentals by
landlords to tenants is clarified. Re
frigerators sold “as is” must have all
parts necessary for operation. A con
sumer selling a used mechanical
refrigerator must give a written
agreement to pay for all parts and
repairs needed to fulfill the guar
anty.
All models produced in 1941 and
1942, and all lift top refrigerators,
are given dollar-and-cent prices.
I The $5 warranty allowance added
by the seller on used refrigerators
with a one-year guarantee Is in
creased to $10 on 1929 and 194(1
models.
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Z. D. F. White Died
i
In County Saturday
Z. D. F. White, prominent Martin
county citizen and well-known far
mer, died at his home in Roberson
ville last Saturday morning follow
ling a long period of declining health.
I —The son "of the late Mack G. and
! Martha A. White, he was born near
Everetts on May 25, 1865, and spent
his early life, moving later to a
Uarm between Robersonville and
j Cross Roads. About fifteen or (
(twenty years ago he located in Rob
ersonville.
Mr. White, true southern gentle
' man and a good citizen, was active
in the Primitive Baptist Church for
| many years and served as deacon at
Flat Swamp since 1923.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Ada E. White; a foster son R. R. S.
Everett of Robersonville, and four
sisters, Mrs. C. S. Johnson of Rober
sonville, Mrs. Charles Brown of
Rocky Mount, Mrs. William Lowry
of Hickory, Va., and Mrs. W. H. Hol
liday of Robersonville.
Funeral services, held in the Rob
ersonville Primitive Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, were
attended by a large throng. Several
ministers officiated. Interment was
in the Robersonville Cemetery.
Sgt. Irving Griffin
Home from Europe
Sgt. Irving Griffin, overseas for
more than 38 months and a veteran
of several campaigns, including ones
in Africa, the Mediterranean islands
and Italy, returned home last Satur
day night. The young man, for
four years in the service, came home
with an honorable discharge, and
lost little time in switching to the
farm. He flew from the European
area last week, landed in Miami and
moved into Fort Bragg’s separation
center in time to sever all connec
tions with the armed forces to spend
his first week-and in the States at
home with his parents Mr. tu-.d Mrs. i
S. Claude Griffin here.
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Completed Course at IS aval
Training Center Recently
-it—
Jasper Eugene Browder, son of
Mr .and Mrs. A. E. Browder, of Wil
liamslon, was recently graduated
from the Naval Air Technical Train
ing Center at Norman, Oklahoma.
The young man, now a second-class
seaman, is being transferred to a
naval unit afloat or to another shore
station for further instruction and
work.
1945-46 Term on August 30 \
■County Co ■Q.^m-Che
The Martin County schools will
open the 1945-46 term on Thursday
August 30, the board of education
ruled in a special session held here
last evening. The scheduled open
is one of the earliest in years,
out the date was fixed after the
members, and all of them were pres
ent, had discussed advantages and
disadvantages offered by various
dates. Yes, the weather will be hot
on August 30, hut it will be hot on
September 10 and 15, too. Children
will be needed on the farms on Au
gust 30, hut they wiil be needed
there in September, also, but hardly
as badly as they will be needed
next spring, the boai d reasoned.
It was apparent that the board is
planning after a business fashion
for the operation of the schools this
coming term, and the members are
anxious for the children and patrons
and others to cooperate to the end
that the most may be gained. By
opening on August 30, the schools
can complete four full months be
fore the Christmas holidays, but
there will be no !w. clay holiday et 1
Thanksgiving. The early opening
date was chosen when it was point
ed out that epidemics or bad weather
could force the closing of the schools
for days during the winter and delay
the closing until almost summer
time if a late opening date was fix
ed.
Very little business was placed be
fore the meeting, the members
limiting their activities to two oi
three orders. The old Woolard
school site- in Bear Grass Town
ship was ordered advertised for
public sale', and a contract for an
audit of the board of education
books was lei to Greathouse and
Butler, certified public accountants,
for $125.
Transportation costs and attend
ance records were reviewed for the
1044-45 term before the meeting was
adjourned.
Battle-Worn Veterans
Tell Few Experiences
Corregidor Veteran
Recalls Trying Days
In Japanese Prisons
KHiiriUMl Raltle Vets I'rjriiifz
All-Oul Production in the
Timber Industry
Directing nn appeal to a small
group in the courthouse here last
Thursday night, six war-worn sol
diers related a few of their trying ex
periences in the European and Pa
cific Theaters of War, and urged all
out production for the timber in
dustry.
Lieutenant Mitchell, of Knoxville,
Tenn., told of some of his experien
ces with a parachute infantry outfit
during fourteen months’ services
overseas, mostly in the Italian area.
He served as master of ceremonies
and introduced other members of
his party. The program was cut
short because the crowd was so
small.
Probably the most interesting talk
was made by S/Sgt. F. W. Crocker,
of San Francisco, who related his ex
periences as a Japanese prisoner of
war after being captured at Corregi
dor in May, 1942. Sergeant Crocker
is on old "Regular”, having served 20
years in the Army. He was in the
USAFFE headquarters staff under
command of General McArthur,
where he served as an instructor of
native troops. After the fall of Cor
regidor. Sergeant Crocker told of
the Japs’ “victory” parade through
the Manila city streets, which was
followed by the “death march” a
cross Luzon to the infamous Cabana -
tuan prison. Barefooted and with
very little clothing, he marched
with other Americans through the
streets of Manila, but the men held
their heads high.
He described work details on
which he served, the type of food,
and other details of the treatment
received at the hands of the Japs.
“It was a living hell for us during
three longs years," he said. Sgt.
Crocker was in the party of 513 men
which escaped in January of this
year to join American forces which
had landed in the Lingayen Gulf
area, but 2,800 men were left at
Cabanatuan, never to return. The
soldier just a week or two ago ate
his first solid food since entering the
prison, and can eat now only certain
kinds of food. He wears three rows
of campaign ribbons and medals,
including one for the bronze star,
the purple heart, and a presidential
unit citation with three oak leal
clusters.
George Carter, of Mobile, Ala.
colored corporal, who served as tank
commander in the campaign in Nor
thern Frances and the Rhineland
(Continued on page four)
Mrs. Mollie Farmer
Passes In Hospital
Funeral services were conducted
at the Roe of Sharon Free Will Bap
tist Church Monday afternoon at 4
o’clock for Mrs. Mollie Jackson, a
resident of this county, who died in
a Washington hospital Sunday aft
ernoon at 1:30 o’clock. Mrs. Farmer,
64 years of age, had been ill only
two days. Rev D W Alexander,
1 pastor of the church of near Bethel,
conducted the last rites:
A native of Beaufort County, M.i.
Farmer married John Thomas Farm
er in 1902 and located in the Bear
Grass Community of this county. She
was a member of .the Rose of Sharon
Church, and was held in high es
teem.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. James W. Whitehurst of Bear
Grass; three sons, Roland, Marvin
O. and John Thomas Farmer, all of
this county; one sister, Mrs. Dollie
Leggett of near Washington, and
eighteen grandchildren.
BARNS BURN
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At least ten tobacco barns
are known to have been rie
stroyed by fire in the county so
far this season, Farmer Paul
Edmondson of Hassell reporting
one Monday morning to boost
the count to seven. The Edmond
son ham apparently caught from
a spark falling on the top. When
discovered, the fire was burning
rapidly on the roof. The tobacco
was hardly dry, he explained.
Farmer Ottis Woolard lost one
and a second one burner near
Kohersonville Sunday night,
and another one was destroyed
on Vance Roberson’s farm Mon
day, boosting the number lost
in that area to five. Gaston
James lost one in Cross Roads
Friday night.
A farmer near Willianiston
lost two early in the season, and
one was burned in the Dardens
area last week.
Japs Reject Allied
Ultimatum; Tempo
Of W ar Increasing
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Powerful Invasion by Land,
Sea and Air Promised
By Admiral Hornsey
Now that the Japanese have re
jected the Potsdam surrender ulti
matum and announced their determ
ination to fight to the “bitter end,"
--the invasion of Japan ts now re
; girded a certainty.
Maj. Gen. Curtis K. Lemay, re
tiring boss of the 20th An Force al
ready has identified the 11 targets
which our B-20s will fire in forth
coming raids as part of our strategic
offensive aimed at Softening the
homeland for eventual landings.
Lemay’s Superfort force is up to
full fighting strength and Lt. Gen.
Doolittle’s 8th Air Force is rapidly
reaching that point. Air leaders have
predicted that the all-out assault on
Japan will begin within the next
day or two, probably tomorrow. Al
ready the tempo of the attacks is
being stepped up by air and sur
face ships.
By smashing the Japanese Navy
in the Inland Sea last week, Third
Fleet carrier planes have eliminat
ed one of the main obstacles to an
invasion of the home islands. Two
principal tasks remain
Destruction of the Japanese air
power, and disruption of enemey
communications between the is
lands. Part of those tasks has al
ready been accomplished, but the
campaign is just getting under way
In the days that follow, rail centers,
road hubs, airfields, aircraft fac
tories and fuel depots throughout
the homeland will come in for in
creasingly heavy blows. But even
tually the field of operation prob
ably will narrow down to Shikoku
reportedly the weakest link in the
Japanese Island chain.
I Since defeating Japan mean:
. smashing the Japanese army, the
l Allies will have to hit them where
, they are. An analysis of U. S. ai;
i targets in the past six months indi
(Continued on page four)
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Counly Youth Awarded the
.Motor / (‘hide )) river ii/idge
Wit- the 81st Infantry Division
somewhere in the Pacific.—T/5 Mil
ton A. Ward, son of Mrs. Della W.
Ward, 713 Pino Street, Williumston,
N. C., has been awarded the Motor
Vehicle Driver Badge for “excel
lent performance of duties as a driv
er of wheeled vehicles."
Corporal Ward is a member of
Major General Paul J. Mueller’s
81st Infantry "Wildcat” Division,
which last fall wrested the Palau
and other Western Carolina Islands
from the Japs.
Couiity Young Man
... TclLJj, p'T.i
In the Philij>pines
Jo*. Honrli Say* Supply Of
Liquor Plontiful Tlirre,
Hill Qnaiity is Poor
Writing to express his appreciation
for The Enterprise. Joseph S. Beach,
S 2-c, described a few of his ex
periences in the Philippines. His
letter follows:
“I wish to express my thanks to
you for sending me The Enterprise.
It is really a great help to a guy
who is miles and miles from home.
1 got The Enterprise about a month
late, but it is still good to me.
“I am some where in the Philip
pines. Due to censorship I can’t tell
just where, but it is really a ter
rible place. I mean the living con
ditions are bad. The natives live in
small crudely built houses. I would
call them huts. They are made of
bamboo slabs or any scrap pieces
the yean pick up to build a shelter
over their heads. I have been in
some of their homes and found
them in terrible condition. Some of
war, this was a beautiful place. But
the war came and tore down their
homes and wrecked everything they
had.
“The natives are lacking for
clothes. Most of them don't have
enough clothes to cover their backs.
And most of what they have are
ragged and worn out. However,
there are some people here lhat
have some good clothes and plenty
of them.
Tin' American Red Cross and USO
ar<' doing a mighty fine job for the
service men over here. They have
put up a U S. O. here and they
have games of all kinds. We get soft
drinks, and though they are hot, they
are really good. The organizations
are doing some mighty fine work.
They are putting more improve
ments to the U. S. O. about every
day. They have even got a ‘juke
box’. So, it really is a nice place to
spend a liberty, and to pass away
time.
| I want to express my apprecia
tion for the work the American
Red Cross is doing for us. And I
speak for quite a few of the fel
lows, too.
“I would like for all the ‘booze
hounds’ to read this They tell me
whiskey is scarce for some of them.
Rut if they were here they could
get all they want to drink. But I
wouldn’t say they would like it, be
cause it is really powerful stuff.
Every where you turn there is some
one asking, ‘Joe, want whiskey?’
But that stuff doesn't go with me. I'm
not a drinker anyway, and if I was
I don't think I would drink any of
the stuff. But I bet a lot of people
in Williamston would like to get
hold of some of it, since they can’t
get enough liquor coupons at home.
“I have been to quite a few places
since I left Williamston, but no
place so far will beat old William
ston. And 1 hope it won’t be so
much longer before I will get a
chance to see it. I just left the
States last January, and- while—I—.
haven’t been away such a long
time, it seems like a long time to
me.”
Quantity of Liquor
Is Found by Officer
Raiding in several sections of the
county last week, ABC Officer Joe
IH. Roebuck and other officers found
and poured out about five gallons
or illicit liquor. No arrests were re
ported but action is pending in at
least one of the two cases, it was
learned.
The first stop was made near Rob
crsonville where the officers found
and poured out two gallons of white
liquor.
in Everetts last Saturday after
noon, the officers searched F,d Bril
ey's home, but found nothing in
side. Switching to the back yard,
the officers had their attention at
tracted to a number of bottles hang
ing on a string around a clump of
bushes. Bliley insisted it was a
means of frightening away the
hawks and crows. Some said it
was part of a conjuration scheme
to keep colored partons away.
After beating the bushes, the of
ficers found two and one-half gal
lons ol white liquor there.
Operator of Local
Bus Station Resigns
-Q
After ably serving the traveling
public here for six and one-half
years, Mr. W. R. Banks is resigning
as operator of the union bus station
In if, his resignation to become ef
fective tomorrow.
J. G. Whitehurst, formerly of
Robersonvillc, but more recently of
Raleigh, is succeeding him.
A native of Hertford, Mr. Banks
came here from Norfolk. Since the
outbreak of the war, he has worked
patiently and untiringly in main
taining the best bus station service
possible. His worries and work
have been so trying tiiat he is being
forced to retire to safeguard declin
ing health. He will continue to
operate a taxi service, it was an
nounced.