NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 61
Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Auptisi .'f, 1945. ESTABLISHED 18V:#
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Story Of The One
Airborne Division
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Brief Review ofiferittg Parts
Handled by 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 and possibly other
Martin County boys are members of
the 101st.
The final installment of the story
about the 101st follows:
“If this proposal should be re
jected, one German Artillery Corps
and six heavy A.A. Battalions are
ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops
in and near Bastogne. The order for
firing will be given immediately af
ter this two hours’ term. i
“All the serious civilian losses
caused by this artillery fire would
not correspond with the well-known
* American humanity.’'
German Commander received
the following reply:
NUTS!
Allied Troops are counter-attack
ing in force. We continue to hold
Bastogne. By holding Bastogne we
assure the success of the Allied Arm
ies. We know that our Division Com
mander, General Taylor, will say:
“Well done!”
We are giving our country and
g our loved ones at home a worthy
Christmas present and being privi
leged to take part in this gallant feat
of arms are truly making for our
selves a Merry Christmas.
Shells continued to pour into the
“hole in the doughnut.” Early
Christmas Day, Germans began one,
of their major attacks. Tanks and
infantry broke through in the area
of the 502nd and 327th to make it
anything but a Merry Christmas. Af
ter hours of bitter fighting, the en
9 emy was driven off or wiped out.
Eagle lines still held.
Close fighter-bomber support help
ed to erase a large number of Ger
man tanks as pyres marked the trail
of diving planes. Christmas night,
additional attempts were made to
bomb Division headquarters. Con
stant shelling and bombings reduc
ed the town to rubble.
The rumble of tank fire heralded
the approach of the 4th Armd. Div.
At 1715, Dec. 26, first elements of,
the division contacted outposts of j
the 101st.
Minutes later, the gallant Bas
togne wounded were evacuated in a
long convoy of trucks and ambu- i
lances. The 101st maintained contact j
with the enemy and held firm the '
same territory it had taken on ar
riving in the area. Gen. Taylor, hav
ing flown back to the battle zone
from Washington, resumed command
with Gen. McAuliffe’s assurance that
the 101st was “ready for offensive
action.”
One of many congratulatory mes
sages arriving at headquarters read:
All ranks first Canadian Army
have watched with admiration the
magnificent manner in which their
friends of the 101st U. S. Airborne
Division have fought it out with the
enemy around Bastogne. Our high
regards and congratulations.
And for Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middle
ton, commanding VIII Corps:
Dear General Taylor:
While this office has recommend
ed that the 101st Airborne Division
be cited in official War Department
orders for its magnificent stand at
Bastogne, Belgium, I feel that I
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« Award County Boy
Bronze Star Medal
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Corporal Roger B. Riddick, Field
Artillery, 177th Field Artillery Bat
talion, United States Army, was re
cently awarded the Bronze Star
Medal for heroic achievement in con
nection with military operations
• against the enemy on September 8,
1944, in France. Shortly after Cpl.
Riddick’s battery had moved into
a new position, a heavy concentra
tion of enemy artillery fire fell in
the area. Although he himself was
injured by the burst that wounded
four of his comrades, he answered
the call for a volunteer to bring
medical aid. With courage and de
- termination he made his way
through the shell torn area, and
guided the surgeon back to the po
sition. DisDlaying remarkable forti
tude, he thereafter assisted in evacu
ating the other wounded before
himself receiving treatment. Cor
poral Riddick’s bravery and loyalty
merit the highest praise and com
mendation.
The young man is the son of Mr.
_ and Mrs. C. B. Riddick of Everetts.
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Several Tobacco Barns
Destroyed on Wednesday
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Several more tobacco barns were
destroyed by fire in the county this
week ,the number of losses now
standing at thirteen or more for the
season, to date.
Farmer Haywood Rogers lost a
" barn near Williamston, and two
others were reported to have burn
ed on the Bailey Road in Cross
Roads Township Wednesday after
noon.
New Fire Truck Delivered To
Local uepartirienTYesterday
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After months of delay, williams
loift!%o\V SUUK)^ fire track was de
livered by . epresentatives of the
Mack Motor Company yesterday at
noon. The machine was tested by
Fire Chief G. P. Hall and the de
partment volunteers yesterday after
noon and accepted a few hours
later. The tests, while very satis
factory, were not completed before
a small hole was blown in the radia
tor. The factory representative ex
plained that the radiator cap was
not the right type for the particular
make of truck. The radiator is be
ing repaired today, but hose and
other equipment for the truck have
been delayed and the truck can
not be put to much use until fully
equipped.
i Fru* truck without nose and noz
, !'.H ,1 "l '* v
feet of two and one-half inch hose
cost $1,650. Two hundred feet o1
smaller hose cost $150 and the noz
zles cost $50, making a total ol
$9,726.
Company representatives drove
the truck here from Rocky Mourn
where it was shipped by rail wit!
another one for delivery in South
Carolina.
The new outfit, the latest in fire
fighting equipment and carrying ar
auxiliary or booster tank contain
ing 150 gallons of water, had beer
here hardly ten minutes before ar
alarm was sounded. The depart
merit’s old equipment was used sinc«
the new one v/as not equipped.
Detailed Investigation
Of Man’s Death Asked
f BUSY MONTH
Alcoholic beverage control of
ficers had a busy time in this
county last month when they
poured out l,5li0 Ballons of beer,
nearly nine Ballons of white
liquor, wrecked ten illicit manu
facturins plants and arrested
two alleBed violators.
One-fifth of the plants were
usiiiB susar in the manufactur
iiiR operations, it was learned.
Most of the others were using
cheap Brades of molasses.
The last of the ten plants
captured was found in hopping
distance of the school house at
Parmele, Officer J. H, Roebuck
and Deputy Roy Peel wrecking
the oil drum still and pouring
out two barrels of molasses beer
last Tuesday. Five gallons of
molasses were confiscated.
Greatest Air Attack
In History Directed
Against Japs’ Cities
Nearly One Thnsund B-29
Drop 6,000 Tons of Bombs
In Single Raid Thursday
After rejecting a surrender ulti
mat urn a few days before, the Jap
yesterday felt the full fury am
wrath of an increased boribin
force. In one of the greatest air at
tacks in history, nearly one thousam
B-29s dropped 6,000 tons of incendi
ary bombs and two-ton blockbuster
on the four Jap cities of Hachioj
Toyama, Nagaoka and Mito, indus
trial and transportation centers o
the island of Honshu. In additio
to the destruction there, the airme:
leveled a big petroleum center.
In the meantime, United State
Pacific Fleet carrier planes and war
ships attacked Wake Island, that lit
tie spot bypassed in the drive o
Tokyo. But Admiral William I
Halsey’s Third Fleet still remain
under a security blackout now al
most eighty hours old.
Details of a raid earlier in th
week by U. S. and British carrie
planes have just been revealed. Th
combined carrier forces took a to
of 278 Jap planes and 116 vessels, in
eluding a total of thirty-three war
ships, in Monday’s raid in the Toky
area. The battering attack cause
the Japs to speculate on the pof
sibility that Allied forces may b
preparing for an invasion of th
strategic islands between Korea an
Japan.
The enemy turned his attentio
to the Goto and Saishu islands wei
of the mainland and nervousl
warned that landings may be mad
there as a preliminary offensiv
move to the invasion of Japan i'
self.
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimil
disclosed that final reports of th
daylong attacks last Monday ha
added 42 planes and 28 vessels d<
stroyed or damaged to the toll tal
en by American airmen. U. S. loss*
were 11 planes and 11 pilots an
crewmen. British planes raise
their total by nine aircraft and i
ships destroyed or damaged. Sine
the beginning of Halsey’s unpreci
dented seaborne offensive again
the Japanese mainland on July 1
Allied sea and air units have d<
stroyed or damaged 1,005 enem
ships and 1,528 planes. U. S. lossi
since July 10 have been 126 Amer
can planes and 102 men, the Britii
Ti planes and 15 men.
Over in the European area, tf
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Brother of County W oman
Dies in Germany July 3t
Cpl. Mayhew Woolard, son <
Mr. and Mrs. A. Claude Woolar
RFD 1, Washington, died in Gerr
any on July 3, according to a me
sage received a short time ago fro
the War Department.
Cpl. Woolard was a brother
Mrs. Allen Griffin of near Jame
ville.
j Coroner Biggs Agair
Finds No Foul Plaj
In Barbour’s Death
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Preliminary Investigation I
•Supported By Family’s
Sworn Statements
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Tin* case growing out of the tragii
and untimely death of Ralph W
Barbour, 32-year-old Raleigh insur
ance man, in the home of Mr. ani
Mrs. James Henry Hodges in Grif
fins Township late last Saturday
night or early Sunday morning wai
reopened by Coroner S. R. Biggs a
the request of the dead man’s father
W. R. Barbour, of Raleigh Wednes
day morning. In his message ti
. Coroner Biggs, the father advance!
no reason for demanding the investi
gation. He merely stated, “I wan
a complete investigation of my son’
death . .. .”
Called to the Hodges farm be
tween 2 and 3 o’clock last Sunda;
morning, the coroner questioned sev
J eral parties, including the victim’
wife and her parents, and ruled tha
the man was accidentally burned t
4 death. Coroner Biggs stated tha
he was satisfied by the evidence of
fered at that time that there hai
been no foul play and considered
formal inquest unnecessary. Ii
"Imaking his preliminary mvestiga
sjtion he could establish no motiv
I that would tend to support a crim
, inal charge, and his findings of Sun
’ day morning were supported b,
' sworn statements prepared for th
1 records in the office of the superio
court clerk here.
5 It was brought out in the detailei
’ investigation handled Wedncsda,
morning that Barbour had beei
1 drinking, making it appear that h
1 i must have knocked over a lightei
1 ; lamp and fired the home while mem
! bers of the family were keeping
B tobacco barn about 55 yards awaj
The coroner was advised that th
‘ victim had about $500 insurance
? jand that, the coroner reasoned, coul
■ not have prompted foul play becaus
s the wife’s parents lost their horn
' and all contents, including a quantit;
of cured tobacco, and some casi
e money on hand for housing tobacct
r The Barbour automobile, parke
® near the house, was burned also.
Mrs. Barbour had returned t
" Raleigh Wednesday and no swor
‘ statement could be had immediatelj
J However, Coroner Biggs explaine
* that he questioned her soon afte
" the tragedy and declared that he
B story supported the statement
“ sworn to by her parents later in th
I week.
| Sworn statements offered by Mi
II and Mrs. Hodges and prepared fo
* |the records, follow:
y j Mrs. J. H. Hodges.—"Ralph V
L‘ Barbour and my daughter, Kathleei
e his wife, came to my house in a
' automobile Saturday night, July 21
about 8 or 9 o’clock. My husban
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Tobacco Prices Are
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Opening the season Wednesda
morning, nine South Carolina an
seven North Carolina border tobai
co markets reported prices slight!
higher than those received on oper
ing day, a year ago, according to ii
formation reaching here. The firs
day averages stood right at $44.5
the ceiling price, and offerings wei
said to be much larger than tht
■were on opening day last year. J
1944, prices received the first d£
averaged right at $43.12 and the yei
before that they averaged $41.23.
Growers, for the most part, wei
said to have been pleased with the
sales, but a few notes of dissati
faction were heard and a few tai
were turned.
The quality of the leaf offered wj
reported from fair to common, ar
there was little difference in tl
price paid for the inferior and betti
grades. The nondescript, averagii
around $37, was about $10 high
than it was a year ago.
More Resignations
■Stibrniftea^eeMy
BvCounty Teachers
Miss Lissie Pearce Is Named
Supervisor for the While
Elementary Schools
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The teacher shortage, already re
garded as critical, was aggravated
in this county early this week when
additional lesignations were re
ceived by the office of the superin
tendent. leaving around twenty po
sitions vacant in the white schools.
In accordance with the laws, teach
. ers planning on changing positions
must submit their resignations at
least thirty days before the open
ing of the ensuing term, and the last
two resignations were received just
before that deadline.
Miss Grace Talton, capable and
popular first grade teacher in the
local schools for the past six years,
and Mrs. H. L. Meador, teacher in
the Bear Grass School 'ast term,
were the last to tender their resigna
■ tions, it was learned. With so
many other duties to handle, Mrs.
Meador, it is understood, is quitting
, the teaching profession. Miss Tal
1 ton's plans could not be learned im
mediately
The first grade resignation Was
the second in the local schools. Miss
Frances Turnage having resigned a
short time ago. Miss Alice Hardy
of Richmond has been elected to
succeed Miss Turnage but the other
l first grade position along with about
nineteen others in the county con
tinues vacant. Miss Hardy, a grad
uate of Blackstone College and post
graduate student for several sum
mers in the University of North
• Carolina, Chapel Hill, taught sev
■ eral years in the Chadbourn School
I and more recently at Fairbluff.
Several applications for other po
’ sitions in the county schools are
being considered by the authorities,
‘ but no formal acceptance in any
' of those cases has been reported dur
’ ing the past few days.
Miss Lissie Pearce of Princeton,
| Johnston County, recently accepted
a position as supervisor for the
. county's white elementary schools.
Miss Pearce, a graduate of the Wom
’ an’s College, University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, is the first to
hold that position in this county.
She entered upon her new duties
this week. Miss Pearce comes to
’ this county from Raleigh where she
v was a member of the city school
I faculty, having taught prior to that
1 time in the schools of Johnston
j County and Goldsboro.
1 Briefly discussing her duties, Miss
1 Pearce said this week that she would
1 visit in all the schools during regu
| lar periods and cooperate with the
2 teachers in solving various school
problems.
Miss Pearce is at home with Mrs.
[ Frank Hitch on Hassell Street.
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four for cars and twenty-one for
trucks—were allotted in this coun
ty by the War Price and Rationing
Board last Friday evening.
Car tires were rationed to the fol
lowing:
H. S. Johnson, Herbert Clarjc, L.
A. Croom, Martin County Board of
Education, C. O. Edwards, John L.
Goff, Jack Smith, C, L. Keel, E. T.
Andrews, W. E. Coffield, Arthur
Staton, Mrs. James W. Conklin,
Gussie Harrison, Lester Bryant,
Herman Manning, A. W. VanNort
wick, Eli Davis, L. H. Hamm, L. W.
Wynne, Roland Griffin, Archie D.
Coltrain, Raymond H. Harrison, K.
W. Copeland, E. J Hayes, Henry
Oakley, J. S. Rogerson, Zeb Brown,
Annie L. Roberson, Nathaniel Col
train, S. R. Coburn, James Asa Rob
erson, John H. Everett, Hubert
Wobbleton, William Bowen, W. M.
Lilley, Leo J. Everett, C. R. Gray,
John Mobley, Jr., E. S. Peel, K. D.
Worrell, Verble Jones, Floyd Ward,
D. W. Manning, John C. Gurganus,
William Cross, V. B. Hairr, Ira Jones,
C. L. Green, J. E. Hedrick, Evelyn
Hinnant Manning, J. C. Keel, Dewey
Hardison, W. R. Banks, William Rob
erson, J. N. Hopkins, N. T. Daniel
T. H. Wynne, Williamston Package
Manufacturing Co., Wm. Evan Grif
fin, A. R. White, Nell H. Carter, Ot
tis Wainwright., Town of Williamston
Police Department, J. R. Coltrain
Joe Wynne, John O. Bunting.
Truck tires were issued to the fol
lowing applicants:
J. E. Andrews, John Gurkin, Mar
tin County Board of Education
Town of Williamston, Harrison Oi
Company, Joe Wynne, John Bunt
ing, H. S .Johnson, Williamstor
Lumber Company, American Fori
and Hoe Company, R. S. Critcher
V/. I. Skinner Company.
PRISONER LABOR
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During the period, July 19-31,
1,244 German prisoners of war
worked in tobacco on Martin
County farms. Receiving $2,
899.05, they worked 9,663 and
one half hours.
The work accomplished by the
prisoners was not reviewed, but
they are said to have done much
in helping approximately 100
farmers save their tobacco crop.
fu nior Cham her of Com merce
TTTgrt;/izcuTierel a ist M o mu i
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Monday
iuie'last Monday evoivng
fifteen local young men organizec
a Williamston Junior Chamber o]
Commerce. Known nationally as tht
Jayeees, the local organization i:
Sponsored by the Wilson Junioi
Chamber of Commerce.
At the meeting Monday night, V
T. Forbes, vice president of the F.ast
ern District, made an interesting
talk and pointed cut the need of ar
organization in Williamston and tin
county.
The following officers were elect
ed: Clarence Griffin, president
Ernest S. Meats, vice president; Ex
um Ward, Jr., secretary, and J. D
Page, treasurer. Men eligible foi
between tiwages of si. an
The second meeting of the or
ganization will he held some time
| next week and a* that session repre
sentatives from Rocky Mount, Kin
ston, Greenville and Wilson will bo
present and speak about the work
the organization is doing in eastern
! North Carolina. Ray Bandy, the
organization’s national vice presi
dent of Rocky Mount, is expected to
(attend the meeting it was learned.
The organization has the reputa
tion of handling an effective work
in eastern Carolina and the new unit
is expected to add much to the prog
11 ess of the town, its business or
ganizations and the community, as
a whole.
County Youth Dies In
The Phillipine Islands
Pfc. Clyde Mizelle
Reported To Have
Hied on July 26tli
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Mother, Mrs. Minnie Mizelh
Kol>crsoii, Got Message
Lust Wednesday
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Pfc. Clyde E. Mizelle, young Mar
tin County man, died in the Philip
pine Islands on Thursday, July 2(i
according to a message received fron
the War Department last Wednes
day morning by his mother, Mrs
Minnie Mizelle Roberson, of tin
Farm Life Community of Griffin
Township. No details were offeree
hy the message, but E. F. Witsell
the acting adjutant general, statce
that a letter would follow.
In a letter received by his mothe
about two weeks ago, the youni
man said that he was taking goo<
care of himself and was gettini
along all right.
Entering the service more thai
two and one-half years ago, Pvl
Mizelle visited home in May, X944
for the last time, leaving sooi
thereafter for the Pacific theater o
operations where he participated ii
several campaigns and saw mucl
front-line action. His locution wa
not revealed, but it is thought tha
he was on Luzon when he died.
The son of the late Joseph Mi
zelle of Jamesvillc, and Mrs. Minni
Mizelle Roberson, the former Mis
Minnie Moore, now of Griffin Town
ship, Pvt. Mizelle was born in th
Poplar Chapel Community of James
ville Township twenty-six years ag(
When he was just a lad of six years
his father died, and after attend in,
school at Poplar Chapel a few year
he started working to supplemen
the family income. He farmed a
a youth ,but in later years lie wa
engaged in logging operations, work
ing for a short while in defense job
before entering the service near!;
three years ago from Beaufor
County where he registered. H
never married, but was an indus
trious young man and had man;
friends in his adopted communi
ties.
Besides his mother, four brother
survive, Warren Mizelle, just bae
from the European area; Elmer Mi
zelle, member of a medical compan;
operating on a hospital ship in th
Atlantic service, and Lloyd Mizelh
a farmer of near Plymouth. Hi
brother Warren was wounded i
Germany and was taken prisonei
escaping before his captors coul
place him in prison. Warren return
ed to the States some over tw
weeks ago and was placed in Swan
nanoa Hospital, Asheville, for treat
ment. In a telephone message a fei
days ago he told his mother he e>
pected to be home for a visit thi
week. The other brother in th
service was home for a short vis
about two months ago.
Pvt. Mizelle is the fifty-third Mai
tin County man known to have lai
down his life in the service of h
country. The casualty message wi
the first to reach this county in se\
eral weeks.
Williamston Native
Passes In Durhan
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William R. Jones, native of Wi
1 liamston died at his home in Du
ham last Sunday afternoon at 3:‘
1 o’clock after a long illness.
The son of the late Albert C. ar
1 Carrie Rhodes Jones, he was boi
here 57 years ago. He spent h
early life here and moved to Du
| ham with his parents more tin
| thirty years ago, marry Miss Flo
' ence Pope of Durham and who su
vives with a sister, Mrs. W. A. Couc
of Raleigh.
After attending the local school
he went to the Littleton Academy
Funeral services were conduct;
Tuesday afternoon in a Durha
funeral home and interment was
Durham’s Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Jones was a life-long memo
of the Episcopal church and his re
tor, Rev. J. T. Carter, conducted tl
last rites.
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Of the sixty-nine motor ve
hicles parked in one block on
the main street here last Tues
day night only twenty-three
displayed the federal govern
ment’s little green $5 use stamp
or sticker.
Reports state that a few did
not buy one of the stamps the
first year they were placed on
sale. The number of non-buyers
was said to have increased the
following year, and now it looks
1 as if a purchase is almost an
exception to the rule. The green
green stamps were to have been
purchased and displayed on or
. before July k. The month is
I spent and as far as it can be
learned no action has been tak
I en liv the authorities to boost
the sticker sales.
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Judge Calvin Smith
Calls Four Cases In
The County’s Court
Docket Is Smallest Itefore lire
(our) In Months, Clerk
Wynne Declares
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Jude J. Calvin Smith called only
four ensos and one of those was con
tinued at the regular session of the
Martin County Recorder’s court last
Monday. Hardly more than-a dozen
spectators were in the courtroom
and they showed little interest in
the proceedings which lasted hardly
an hour.
The docket was one the smallest
to be placed before the courts in
months, Clerk L. B. Wynne pointed
out.
Possibly one or two additional
cases would have been tried during
the session, but they were not book
ed because Judge Smith had order
ed a continuation of all those cases
the trial of which would have taken
farmers from their tobacco har
vest. Approximately ten eases have
accumulated as a result of that
order, and they will be tried later
this month.
Proceedings:
D. D. Hill, Williamston’s perpetual
female attacker and wife beater,
pleaded not guilty when he was call
ed about the twelfth time to answer
a charge of assaulting a female. He
pleaded not guilty, was adjudged
guilty and sentenced to the roads
for six months. The court agreed
to suspend all but the first sixty days
of the road term if the defendant
would pay a $25 'me and the court
costs. Hill was unable to raise the
amount and he started serving his
sentence the next day.
The case charging Lafayette Pear
sall with an assault on a female, was
continued until the third Monday in
this month.
Columbus Baker, charged with
drunken driving, pleaded guilty and
was fined $50 and taxed with thi
court costs. His license to operate £
motor vehicle was revoked for om
year.
Alleged to have been driving a1
between (10 and 70 miles an hour or
U. S. Highway 17 between William
stori and Washington, Earl Younce
Washington man, was fined $15 anc
taxed with the costs. The court rec
ommended that his driver’s license
be revoked for a period of ter
days. Younce, operator of a saw
mill and several farms, explainer
that he was in a hurry and that wa:
the reason he was driving so fast
He was cartted into court by Patrol
man Tripp
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Cpl. Sidney Lewi* Return*
From European Theatei
• Cpl. Sidney R. Lewis is spendini
a 30-day furlough in the county witl
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alber
Lewis, RFI) 3, Williamston.
The young man spent twenty tw
months overseas and traveled ii
nine foreign countries while in th
European theater. He wears thi
Good Conduct Medal, the Silver Sta
for five major campaigns, and thi
Bronze Star Medal for bravery ii
action.
Date Is Fixed For
Via i r j ng {Jinstmas
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I Start VI;iilin<£ «>n Fifteenth of
September; Regulations
Are Reviewed
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Arrangements have been made by
the Post Office Depat tr^nt in co
operation with the War and Navy
Departments (the latter including
the Marines and Coast Guard) for
the acceptance of Christmas parcels
for members of our armed forces
serving outside the continental Unit
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Christmas parcels for Army per
sonnel overseas must bo mailed dur
ing th<' period beginning September
15, 1945, and ending October 15, the
earlier the better. Parcels destin
ed for delivery in China, Burma,
India, the Middle East and the is
lands in the Pacific should be mail
ed as early as possible during the
period stated, preferably not later
than October 1, in view of the dis
tance involved.
I^JDuring this period requests from
the addresses are not required ir>
connection with Christmas parcels
mailed to Army personnel. Patrons
should endorse each gift parcel
“Christmas Parcel". Special effort
will be made to effect delivery of all
Christmas parcels mailed during
the periods stated above in time for
Christmas.
Christmas cards for Army per
sonnel overseas may be mailed at
any time hut patrons must mail such
cards prior to November 15, if they
are lo have a reasonable expecta
iton of delivery prior to Christmas.
The War Department advises that
greeting cards for soldiers overseas
must be sent in sealed envelopes
and prepaid at the first-lass rate.
Since Navy, Coast Guard, and
Marine Corps personnel may re
ceive parcels without a request at
any time of the year ,it is not the
policy of the Navy Department to
encourage the mailing of parcels
during any particular period of
time each year. The Navy Depart
ment suggests, however, that par
cels intended as Christmas gifts be
mailed not later than October 15 to
afford some degree of probability of
delivery prior to Christmas day, de
pending 14)011 the destination and
tempo of the war effort, and that
parcels for personnel known to be
in an area which would permit
mailing subsequent to October 15
may be deposited for mailing at a
date selected by the sender.
Christmas parcels for Army, Navy,
Marines and Coast Guard personnel
shall not exceed five pounds in
weight or 15 inches in length or
HO inches in length and girth com
bined. The War and Navy Depart
ments have pointed out that mem
bers of the armed forces are amply
provided wdth food and clothing and
that the public is urged not to in
clude such matter in gift parcels.
The public can ascertain what ar
ticles their relative and friends
overseas can secure locally by cor
respondence with such person and
should limit their gifts to articles
not readily obtainable by the rnan
overseas. Not more than one Christ
mas panel o« package shall be ac
cepted for mailing in any one week
when sent by or on behalf of the
some person or consignee to or for
the same addresses.
Christmas parcels for Army per
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Volunteer Firemen
Answer Two Calls
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Local volunteer firemen answer
ed two calls this week, ofie on Tues
day afternoon at 4:40 o’clock when
fire wrecked the Windsor theater
and threatened several other build
ings in the town’s business district,
and one yesterday afternoon at 12:15
o’clock when an oil stove went out
of control in a house on the old An
derson farm near the county home.
Its origin unknown, the fire gut
ted the theater in Windsor and the
stock of merchandise owned by G.
W. Hardison in an adjoining build
ing was damaged by smoke. Local
volunteers helped the Windsor fire
men confine the fire to the one build
ing
Very little damage was done to
the farm home near here, firemen
bringing the fire under control with
chemicals. The call yesterday was
received ten minutes after the town’s
new fire truck was delivered here
the factory representatives. The new
machine was not fully equipped at
the time and the firmen used the
old truck in answering the call.
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Property Damaged By Strong
Wind In County This Week
Considerable damage was done
to property in Robersonville late
• Wednesday afternoon when a strong
wind lifted the roof off the tobacco
! redrying plant and blew down tree
i .limbs on the light and telephone
11 wires on the main street. No dam
| age estimate could be had immed
5 lately.
i i While Robersonville was report
ing wind damage, heavy rains were
falling in the Jamesville and Oak
City sections. In Jamesville, the
water was deep enough at one time
» to float boats in the streets, it was
declared,