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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 68 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 28, 1945„ ESTABLISHED 1899 County Young Man Given Ribbon For I e^iiojij oifeik* r#j m ! ?, Malone Conti wen fieri For Work During Lamiing On Pacific Inland Lt. (ig.) E. T. Malone, USNR, of Williarrston, was recently awarded the Commendation Ribbon for Meri torious Service and Performance of Duty and a letter of Commendation for the part he played in the am phibious landing on Guam last July. The award was made in an impres sive ceremony by Comdr. T. J. Rob erson,' Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station, Edenton, N. C., where Lt. Malone is now stationed. Lt. Malone, who was an ensign at the time, was personally responsible, in a large measure, for effecting the expeditious landing of vital sup plies, ammunition, rations and other cargo during the operation of the Guam landing, in the opinion of the Commanding Officer of the ship to which the then ensign was attached. Lt. Malone was in charge of the legularly organized salvage party from the USS LIDRA, an attack transport, and during the initial landings he and his men towed off a total of more than 50 stranded landing boats and barges from Red Beach Two and Blue Beach, repair ing many of the boats and putting them back into action under Sieavy enemy mortar and sniper fire for a peirod of throe days and two nights. Lt Malone then volunteered for and continued to successfully perform 1 salvage work for another forty- 1 eight hours. For this action, the Commander, 1 Fifth Pacific Fleet, awarded Lt. | Malone the authority to wear the Commendation Ribbon, and the fol lowing citation: “For meritorious service as officer in-charge of the USS Libra Salvage Party at the Northern Landing Beach, Guam, Mariana Islands, dur ing the recapture of this island from the Japanese. "Consistently displaying sound judgment, marked resourcefulness, and outstanding determination, I.t. (jg.) Malone rendered valuable as sistance in organizing and control ling the boat waves and groups, suc ceeded in personally supervising in towing free a large number of stranded landing craft and effecting emergency repairs, remained under enemy mortar and sniper fire al most continuously for a period of ap proximately five days and four nights, thereby contributing ma terially to the successful landing of troops, and the maintenance of our forces in the operation. Lt. (jg.) Malone’s tireless efforts and stead fast devotion to a vital task through out this trying and hazardous period were in keeping with the highest tra ditions of the United States Naval Service.” Born and reared in Martin Coun ty, Lt. Malone formerly taught sdhoo] at Bear Grass, and was em ployed for quite some time in Wil liamston. Prior to entering the Navy, he was connected with the U. S. Employment Service in Wil son. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Malone and brother of Miss Bessie Malone, Mrs. Pete Rejuney and Milton Malone of Williamston. Thunderbirds Are Sailing for Home I*. The 45th “Thunderbird” Division, of which Pfc. Stephen L. Grimes, of Williamston R. F. D. 3, is a mem ber, is making preparations to sail home in the immediate future. This division has established a brilliant record as a spearhead unit in the drive to free Europe from Nazi rule.1 Now at Camp St, Louis in the Mourmelon Sub-Area of the Assem bly Area Command, it is undergoing processing for redeployment, and its members will receive 30-day fur loughs in the United States after their return. Presently commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert T. Frederick, and prev iously led by Mai. Gens. W W Eagles and Troy H. Middleton, the Thunderbird Division has fought through 511 of the most savage days of the European war, crushing pow erful German defensive positions in four invasions, over more than 1.000 miles of the most difficult combat country in the world. Men of the 45th charged ashore on D-Days in Sicily and at Salerno. They created, grimly held and fin ally broke out of the Anzio beach head, and chased first-line Nazi troops out of Rome. They hit the coast of southern France, drove the Germans up the Rhone, and finally fought into the heart of the Nazi’s “Southern Re doubt," overrunning Nuremberg and Munich, and, in the capture of the Dachau concentration camp, re ceiving a direct object lesson in the reason for their fight. They won, among them, five Con gressional Medals of Honor and more than 4,500 other individual and unit decorations for valor, and now many of them have volunteered for Pacific service. Private First Class Grimes holds the Combat Infantryman’s Badge in addition to his theater of operations ribbons and battle stars. No Big Change In Enrollment Figure Expected In Schools ^ WfRU. .it» r> aUenJEloe .i« ex.-.. v'Mhi->’ JhfN jj‘r:h",i’',k nil enrollment figu:c.>s are al most certain to reflect no marked change when the schools open in the county on Thursday of this week, according to predictions offered by school officials on the eve of the new' term. A review of the vital statistics shows that the year 1939 offered no bumper crop of prospective begin ners for the coming term. It is ex !pected. that the.-.number of first graders will be the smallest in sev eral years. The expected decrease in that department, it is believed, will be offest by an increase in high school enrollment figures. It was pointed out that an unusually large class is moving out of the elemen tary department this year, that if otner grades hold their own, the enrollment will about approximate its usual size. Alter reaching a peak back in 1939 [vhcn.-iLanff wore 3,2P<? pupils entry' »»*<—**- ■ the enrollment has gradually de clined until last term it was only 2,940—2,201 in the elementary and 739 in the high school. The war ef fected a decrease in the enrollment count, no doubt, and while condi tions are not expected to right themselves immediately it is be lieved that the enrollment trend will show a gradual increase in the future...—- - ... While the enrollment in the coun ty schools is expected to barely hold its own, Martin County is expected to send a record number of students to colleges and universities this fall. One report states that thirteen out of Farm Life’s eighteen 1945 graduates are planning to enter in stitutions of higher learning. Bear Grass also will be well represented in the colleges, it was stated, along with other towns in the county. W illiam H. Revels Tells Experiences In European War Foutul II Proity Hot During An Air Raid While On Island of Corsica Writing under recent date, _ Pfc. Wm. H. Revels, now in Belgium, re calls a few of his experiences in the European theater. His letter follows: “ .. • • First, I've enjoyed reading The Enterprise during my thirty five months in the army. I really like to read the letters the boys write from both theaters of war. They have been very interesting and helped to keep up with your old pals. Being in an anti-aircraft unit, I haven’t experienced very many of the real hardships and dangers that the doughboy has, hut I’ve a bit my self, and I know what war is like all right. “On June 4, 1943, I got aboard a troop transport for overseas. After four days at anchor out in Chesar peake Bay, getting the convoy in order, we set sail June 8th, and ar rived in North Africa at Oran on June 28. After being there a cou ple of days we went out and prac ticed an invasion on the hot African sand that would burn your feet even through your shoes. After a few days of maneuvers, we got back on the same ship and sailed for the in vasion of Sicily. We hit the beach about 4 o’clock in the morning on July 10, and that is one experience* 1 shall never forget. We set up our guns on the beach to protect the ships from enemy aircraft. It wasn’t too comfortable when German air planes were bombing ships and straffing the beach. "After Sicily had fallen I then got aboard ship again and sailed for Italy with the 36th Field Artillery. I followed them until after the crossing of the Volturno River and then we were relieved to go back for duty around air ports and ship docks. While in Italy I saw the eruption of the volcano Vesuvious, and I’ve never seen anything like that before. Also saw the city of Pompeii which the volcano destroy ed when it erupted years ago. I did not get to see Rome which I am "sure I would have liked. I left Italy in March, 1944 for duty on the island of Corsica which I hope I’ll never see again. I’ll never forget the air raid I was in there. The Germans came over one night and dropped flares that lighted the earth like day. Then they started bomb ing. They dropped large bombs and (Continued on page four) County People Meet Over In Honolulu i T Stationed in Hawaii for some time, four Martin County people had a happy reunion in Honolulu a short time ago. T. F. Davenport and At wood Gurganus met Mr. and Mrs. Leland Hardison and visited in the Hardison home. Mrs. Hardison explained that while the Martin County group were enjoying the visit, news of the Jap surrender was received. Sgt. Davenport has been in Hawaii for several years. Gurganus has been stationed there ever since before Pearl Harbor, and “Duck” went over in February, 1942. It was the first (meeting of the group. -4 Sleepy Driver Runs Truck Off Roanoke River Causeway -4 Going to sleep at the wheel, Zeb i Harrell, RFD 2, Colerain, ran his i Chevrolet truck off the Roanoke ! River fill just this side of Coninc Creek bridge Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. The truck came to a stoj in a small stream. j Harrell and his companion, Edsel Farlies, also of Colerain, were no! | hurt, and very little damage was done tc the truck. Patrolman W. E Saunders and a wrecking crew work ied almost four hours clearing up the | v reek. ROIJND-IJP r ■> j The first week-end following the opening of the tobacco mar kets saw an increase in activities on the crime front in this section. Local, county and state officers arrested and jailed eight alleged violators of various laws. Two white persons wrere included in the group, the ages of the eight ranging from a low 17 to 45 years. One was charged with an as sault, one with non-support, one with trespassing, two for posses sion of illegal liquor, one for grand larceny, one for hit-and run driving and one for issuing a worthless check. Advance Unit Makes Entry On Thursday Transport I’lanrs, Carrying Coinninnirations Group Lands Last Lveiling Forty-eight American transport planes carrying 150 communications specialists landed at Atsugi airfield j near Tokyo last evening at 8 o’clock to make ready for the full occupa tion of that area, late reports stating that American forces were poised for the mass entry of Japan. The move into Japan was not without inci dent ,a report slating that an Ameri can plane crashed in a take-off land ing, killing sixteen men and dam aging important equipment. A sec ond plane was sent out, and the pre liminary work for the mass invasion was not greatly interrupted or de layed. The momentous first arrival of ground personnel, to prepare for mass arrivals two days hence, oc curred as powerful fleet units, head ed by the 45,000-ton battleship Mis souri, rode at anchor in Sagami bay, nine miles south of Atsugi. The advance party at Atsugi im mediately set about arranging for American signals and landing pro American (Continued on page four) Apply for Pardons For Two Defendants —t— Special petitions are being placed before the North Carolina Paroles Commissionei in Raleigh today in behalf of Herman Manning and Joe September in the Martin County Superior Court in the case charging 'them with aiding and abetting in an illegal operation. Details could not be learned, but one report stated that Judge Don Gilliam who prosecuted the case against the two men, had signed the petition along with court officials and others. It was rumored however that Judge Leo Carr, who presided over the term, expressed the opinion that the two men should “pull” some time and that he would not sign a petition in their behalf. The action being taken today is be ing advanced after the principal in the case growing out of the death I of Beulah Brown was turned loose by a superior court jury in Wayne County. Ephraim Continues In Jail In Default Of $300 Bond -$ Henry Ephraim, young colored man who went on a rampage in the Oak City section more than a week ago, continues in the county jail in default of $300 bond. Angered while attending a chicken stew, Ephraim broke into a bouse. • borrowed a shot gun and about 30 ; | shells and opened fire, one report ■ stating that he struck several per sons. None was badly hurt, but ! when the supply of shells was ex - hausted, Ephraim was said to have i brought a knife into play and stab . be one of the guests. He was arrested by Constable Ed s mond Early and placed in the coun ty jail. WOUNDED Xi Pvt. Roland Cherry, son of Mrs. Marshall Cherry, and hus band of the former Miss Mode Bell Taylor. was seriously wounded in the Pacific about five months ago. Pvt. Dewey Stalls Tells Experiences In European War —»—— Young County Muii Continue* In Hospital for Treatment Of Numerous Wounds • ■ - Writing from Moore General Hos pital where he is a patient, Pfc. Dewey Stalls tells a few of his ex periences in the war. He writes: “I am sending a short story of my experiences since leaving Martin County about one year ago. "I left Williamston last August 22 for Fort Bragg to be inducted into the United States Army. After be ing there a few days I was sent to Camp Blanding, Fla., for infantry j basic training. Fifteen weeks later 1 got my shipping order to be sent, overseas. “After a six-day furlough spent at home, I left for Fort Meade, Md., and from there I was sent to Camp Myles Standish for shipment over- i seas. We loaded on the ship Janu- | ary 8 and arrived in Scotland seven days later. “We got off the ship and boarded a train. About 24 hours later we ar- ■ rived in Southampton, England. There we found a ship waiting for us, and without delay we crawled aboard and a few hours later we were across the Channel. “We landed at Lo Havre, France, and boarded a “Forty and Eight”, | commonly known by soldiers as box cars, with a few handfuls of straw to sit on. From there we went to Luxembourg Citv, Luxembourg, and j 1 met several Martin County boys who I knew very well. Then we were all separated except William Etheridge and myself. We were sent from there to St Vith, Belgium, and then on to the front. “Etheridge was captured the first night and 1 tried to tell his father, but couldn’t, but later I got the message through to my family, j Well, that's when I found out there was a war on. And you can bet your life I slept with one eve open from then on. “1 guess the best sight, yet the worst 1 saw while I was over there, happened about ten days later. The German infantry came in on us and I turned my machine gun around and so did my two machine gun buddies and let ’em have it. I guess we got about one hundred and fifty . of them. “About three weeks later I war struck by an enemy mortar shell getting about twenty-five frag- j ments of shrapnel in my arms, hands and legs. After four hours I was j picked up and carried to the rear for first aid and then I was flown to England where I stayed about six weeks before leaving for the States. “Our ship landed in Staten Island, New York, about 10 o’clock at night on May 4, an hour and date I’ll never forget. I’ll have to say the lights there were the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. “I was transferred to Moore Gen eral Hospital, Swannanoa, N. C., where I am still a patient. My con (Continued on page lour) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Despite increased speeds—still illegal in North Carolina—and a greater volume of traffic only one highway accident was re ported in this county last week. One person was badly injured, but there was no property dam age. The following, tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. Thirty-fourth Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1945 1 1 0 $ 00 1944 0 0 0 00 Comparisons To Date 1945 40 18 3 8750 1944 44 23 1 7850 Will S. Rhodes Dies —It* 44os; i > i ttil-Sii ttdav Funeral Today For Prominent Citizen 0 And Business Man Last Kit*** Hring Held From His HovSmiHl Home On Smithwirk Street -<*> William S. Rhodes, prominent Martin County citizen and well known leader in eastern North Caro lina business circles, died in a Wash ington hospital last Sunday evening shortly before 8 o’clock. He had been in declining health for more than a year, and while his condition was considered serious the end came as a shock to relatives and his many friends throughout this section. He received hospital treatment several months ago, and was thought to be getting alow* very writ until last Tuesday when he returned to the institution in Washington for further treatment. Tlie son of the late Frank and Helen Slade Rhodes he was born in Williamston on October 23. 1874. After spending bis early life in Williamston where he attended the school, Mr. Rhodes went as a lad of sixteen to Hamilton to clerk for his uncle, the late T. B Slade and attend school at the old Hamilton Academy. A few years later he form ed the partnership of Slade, Rhodes and Company there, his death end ing a long and successful business career. A self-educated man, he de voted his life to the firm, and at his death ranked among the top in the list of the most successful business men this country has ever produced. Quiet mannered and held in high esteem, he lived peacefully with his fellowman, and despite his numer ous business interests, he found time 'for other activities. He was a faith ful member of the Hamilton Meth odist church during the greater part of a half century, giving liberally in its support and attending its ser vices regularly until troubled by I failing health. Mr. Rhodes, reserved and shun ning the public’s eye, found peace land contentment in the simple and basic truths of life. Ilis acts of kind ness were many, but as he would i have it they were never done for public praise. While he never aspir ed to office or positions of public trust, he was interested in good gov ernment and all that is good and noble. He is survived by two brothers, Mr. Frank Rhodes of Montgomery, Alabama, and Dr. James S. Rhodes, Sr., of Williamston. Fufieral services are being con ducted from his boyhood home on North Smithwick Street here this afternoon at 4 o’clock by his pas tor, Rev. Thomas H. House, Rober sonville minister, and Rev. B. T. I Hurley, pastor of the local Methodist church. Interment will follow in the Slade family cemetery near here on the Hamilton Road. I -a> - — -- Nannie Lee Moore j Dies In Hospital Nannie Lee Moore, young Martin County girl, died in a Washington hospital last Friday night at 9:40 o’clock. A victim of rheumatic fev er and heart trouble, Miss Moore had been in declining health for 'about one year. Her condition be came worse last week and she was | removed to the hospital for treat jment. The daughter of Mr. Herman j Moore and wife, Mrs. Eleanor Ronds Moore, she was born near Williams ton on January 7, 1937. She spent her life in this community and at tended the local schools until she fell ill. Besides her parents she is surviv ed by one brother, James Edward Moore, and two sisters, Misses Vel ma Joyce and Hazel Mae Moore. Funeral services were conducted at the home last Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock by Rev. J. M. Perry, Robersonville minister, interment following in the Skewarkey Cem etery, near here. Additions Reported To School Faculties -m Several additions to county school faculties were reported this week, the action still leaving several teaching positions vacant. Mrs. Selma Bunting has accepted the eighth grad eposition in the Rob orsonviUo School, and Miss Steven son is expected to join the high school faculty there. Professor Rawls, former science teacher in the Jamesville School, is returning there this week, it was learned. Mrs. Selby of Engelhard has been elected sixth grade teacher in the Bear Grass School. The faculty at Oak City was an nounced complete. SCHOOL OPKNIM I i_I Martin County’s white and colored schools will start the 1945-46 term Thursday morning of this week at 9 o'clock, the opening to he marked by infor mal programs and sessions. The first day, scheduled to last only a short time, v. ill he devot ed to the classification of pupils. Books will he distributed the following day, and pupils are asked to bring book and instruc tional supply fees as follows: first and second grade, $1; third, fourth and fifth grades, $1.10; sixth, seventh and eighth grades, $1.20. High school pupils are to pay a $3 fee for books, library and science work sup plies. Bus schedules will be little changed from those in effect last year, it was explained. All pupils are asked to be present »be first day and make ready for hard and conscientious work in the schools this term. Price Trend Firm On Local Tobacco Market This Week Salr of lli<* (’iirronl Season l{t |Mirlnl Mere Monday Morning: Prices continued strong on the local tobacco market yesterday and according to reports early this morn ing individual sales are as high if not higher than those made last week. Last Friday the market sold 25(5, 860 pounds of leaf for an average of $44.60. Opening week, consisting >f jfour days, the market sold 992,032 pounds, lacking less than 8000 s of reaching the million pound mark. Yesterday’s sale of 281.938, the largest sale of the season, aver aged $44.10, and boosted the total I to more than one and one-quarter million pounds up until this morning. Thousands of pounds of tobacco came into the warehouses here over the week-end and this morning both the Planters and Farmers warehous es are completely filled. Before to day’s sale at the Planters ware house is finished the Roanoke-Dixie will have been filled. Monday's sale at the Ni'W Carolina has been cleared lout and farmers are already making deliveries to this house. Competitive bidding continues strong with all foreign and domestic companies participating in each sale. Competition is so keen it is left prin cipally up to the auctioneer to allo cate or distribute the baskets or piles evenly among the purchasing agents. There was enough tobacco in town yesterday to block the market through Wednesday and every indi cation points to 1he block continuing through this week and possibly next wei-k. Farmers are not grading their to bacco this year after a very strict fashion, and it. is apparent that they I are making every effort to market the crop as rapidly as possible, some observers declaring that the crop will have been marketed in its en tirety before Thanksgiving if the present pace is maintained. How ever, it is possible that the selling days will be limited to four each week or a holiday will be invoked I if tiie redrying plants become block Injured In Highway I Accident Sa turday Jesse Bullock, Winterville man. was badly but not seriously injured when he was run down by a hit-and run driver last Saturday night about 0 o'clock as he walked along on Highway 04 near Parmele. Visiting ;relatives in the county, Bullock, 40, suffered a broken right leg below the knee, a bad cut on the head and bruises about the body. He was re moved to a Greenville hospital and was reported lab r to be getting along very well. Robert Bunn, Pitt County colored man, was arrested a short time later by Patrolman W. E. Saunders and formally charged with hit-and-run and drunken driving. Bunn, claim ing that he was blinded by the lights of an approaching car, admitted striking something as he drove along the highway but declared he thought it was a dog, 1 Allen Vanl.nndingham, accom panied by a young soldier by the | name of Murphy, saw the assault! and he turned his car around and run down and held Barro at P; vmele. At a preliminary hearing before John L. Hassell, Williamston justice of the peace, Bunn was placed under bond in the sum of $1,000. The amount was raised and the de fendant was released Monday. Lost 3rd Battalion | Has Heroic Chapter fin Divisions Storv j „ , .| f . .... (>t*<y!l|* * Ml Off In I Im- I*rovi»ire of Msaer 1 ns! January -* (Appearing below is a story of the sad fate of the 157th Lost Bat talion iif the 45th Division. Captain James S. Rhodes, Williamston young man was in the 45th, and the story will be read with interest by his many friends and acqnamances, no doubt. The account was published on the second anniversary of the di vision in the 45th Division News, a ciipy of which was received here only recently.—ed.). One of the bravest chapters in the history of the 45th was written last winter in the French province of Alsace when a battalion of Thunder bird infantry was lost—the 3rd bat talion of the 157th Infantry. A series of frontal attacks coupled with infiltrating tactics gained for the Germans positions to the rear of the battalion's rifle companies, and, by JimtAgy VT the K- ...1 al ready set up emplacements covering the one route of withrawal,—a stra tegic draw. Company 1 was virtually cut off from the rest of the regiment. Sec ond Lt. Willis Talkington, Craig, Colo,, Bn. Hq., undertook the tough job of fighting through to the sur rounded company. 1 na light tank he battered his way through to the men with the des perately needed supplies—food, am munition, radio batteries, stretchers for the wounded. Talkington spent the night with the men. Then, as dawn came over (lie snow-covered plains on the morning of January If!, he boarded the tank with his crew and at tempted to fight his way out again. But this time lurk was against him. The tank was hit twice by bazooka fire, the lieutenant received facial wounds, and the driver was killed, lie realized the one chance of the tank’s occupants was a dash for safety. He told the men to make a run for it, but they declined. The lieutenant got through the hail of fire to safety. Nothing further has ever been heard from the tank ers. The situation became worse Janu ary lfi. All attempts to supply the companies failed, but radio contact still was maintained. The regiment organized a provis ional company of Co’s B, F, Hq., and Anti-Tank and together witii Co. G, 17!lth Inf., the men attacked in an attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged riflemen. The attack fail ed. The really heavy shelling began on the morning of January 1!). The enemy rained in artillery and mor tars in prolonged concentrations, and one count put the number of projectiles at 2,000. Again attempts were made to res cue the battalion. Co's G of the 170th and B of the 157th attacked again. They were pinned down shortly after they left their holes and j driven hack. A plan to supply the j trapped companies by plane was I abandoned because of the very poor flying weather-sleet, ruin, snow and wind. January 20, another attempt was made to reach the men, this time by I t. Col. Felix Sparks, CO of the 3rd battalion. He hoarded a medium tank and set out. On the way up he spotted wounded infantrymen huddling in a ditch. Despite the murdcous fire he left the tank and helped the men to climb aboard. But mean while a barrage came down around the tank and one near-miss partly (Continued on page four) Seventy-Nine Tires \1 lotted By Board Seventy-nine t ires—-twenty-four for trucks and fifty-five for passeng er cars -were allotteded by the Martin County War Price and Ra tioning board last Friday evening. The twenty-four truck tires were issued to the following: A. B. Ores, J. C. Ross, T. G. Grif fin, H. 11- Holliday, Jack Hardison, pete Mendenhall, K. B. VanNort wick, E. C. Edmondson, Williams ton Package Manufacturing Co., W. I. Skinner and Co., Williamston Lumber Co., W. E. Early, I. G. Keel, Gaston I- Savage, Robert Griffin. Passenger car tires were allotted the following: J. A. Everett, L. P. Holliday, P. B. Lilley, Joe Mizelle, W. C. Wallace, Fenner L. Hardison, B. F. Coburn, Irene McClaren, E. C. Harrison, J. W. Belflower, Jr., G. H. Martin, Min ton Beach, J. G. Staton. Mack Cratt, Leroy Roberson, Hugh Roberson, James A. Bowen, R. A. Edmondson, S. H. Mobley, Marvin Leggett, N. C. Highway Patrol, Ida Roberts, Thos. L Johnson, Daisy Marie Manning, L. H. Hux, Sal.Ue Roberson, V. G. Taylor, T. H. Lynch, Mrs. Nora Downs, Lester L. Everett, Rosa Faye Mobley Saburn, T J. Knight, Edgar Ballard, Henry Gabe Roberson, J. T. | Harris. The Enterprise, W. H. Hardi son, John A. Manning, Minnie Coch ran, W. A. Ross, Mariorie Fleming Peel, Don Chance, R. B. Edmondson, |Hoyt Cowan, E. C. Stevenson.