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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
V OLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 71
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 7, 1915.
ESTABLISHED 1899
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Judge Calvin Smith
_X" alls Twenty-Sewn
MVMHIMHEfcsSE —.•••
Fiii<*!- Impost'll At Li!fPWNf!P
day Session Of County
♦ Court Exceed $600.
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Calling twenty-seven cases, Judge
J. Ca'vin Smitn presided over one
of the longest sessions of the Martin
County Recorder’s Court held in re
cent months. A large crowd gather
ed for the opening and most of them
remained until the last case was call
ed shortly before 5 o’clock that after
noon. Several road sentences were
meted out and fines, totaling more
than $600, were imposed. Solicitor
Paul D. Roberson scored in the
prosecution of nearly every one of
the cases called and tried.
Proceedings:
PlGBdin** not guiltv Kd Rciwl.s
was adjudged guilty of violating the
liquor laws and he was sentenced to j
the roads for nine months, the court
suspending all but the first ten days
'-'-j-1 aimnir
ant to hav-‘
in his pot. eon and to destroy his
ABC coupon nook. He was given un
til the first Monday in November to
start serving the ten-day jail term
but the delay was allowed only after
bond in the sum of $250 had been
posted.
Restitution of check having been
proved, the court suspended judge
ment in the case charging A. C. Leo
nard witli issuing a worthless check.
Charged with an assault with a
adly weapon and assaulting a fe
ale, Elton Hodge pleaded guilty of
assaulting a female and was fined
$25 and taxed with the cost.
Entering no plea in the case charg
ing him with larceny, Burley G. Nel
son was adjudged guilty and drew
a 90-day road sentence.
James H. Thomas, pleading guilty
of non-support, was ordered to pay
$15 a month for the support of his
child and give bond in the sum of
$100. The action was continued under
prayer for judgment until the first
Monday in January, 1946.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon and disorderly con
duct, Roy Boston was adjudged guil
ty of being drunk and disorderly and
was fined $25 and taxed with the
cost.
Joe Davenport, charged with
drunken driving, was fined $65 and
taxed with the cost. His license to
operate a motor vehicle was revoked
for one year.
M. M. Mills was fined $15 and tax
ed with the cost foi speeding.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly v, tTWfton, Russell Sherrod was
adjudged guilty and fined $10 plus
the costs.
Charged with driving a mule and
wagon while he was in a drunken
condition, Lawrence Andrews was
sentenced to the roads for ninety
days, the court suspending all but
the first four of the term upon the
payment of a $25 fine and costs. The
defendant, the court ordered, is not
to be intoxicated in a public place
during the next year.
The case charging Henry Pitt with
an assault was continued until Oc
tober 8.
~ Charged with operating a motor
vehicle while his license was revok
ed, William Tyson was adjudged
guilty of allowing his car to be oper
ated with improper brakes. He was
fined $10 and taxed with the cost.
G. J. Barnhill, charged with inde
cent exposure, was fined $25 and
taxed with the costs.
The case charging Simon Jenkins
and Dora Lee Jones with fornication
and adultery was nol prossed when j
# it was proved that the defendants are I
now married. In a second case, the I
couple was charged with violating
the liquor laws, and both pleaded not
guilty. Adjudged guilty, he was sen
tenced to the roads for six months,
the court suspending all but the first
ten days of the term for one year
upon the payment of a $40 fine and
costs. She was also adjudged guilty
and was sentenced to jail for sixty
^ days. All but the first two days of
* the term was suspended upon the
payment of a _ $40 fine and cost.
Neither defendant is to have any in
toxicaf^g liquors or ABC coupons
books in his or her possession during
the next year.
Buck Council was found not guilty
of carrying a concealed weapon.
Adjudged guilty of assaulting an
other with a deadly weapon, Charlie
4 Little was fined $40, taxed with the
cost and directed to pay the Ward
(Continued on page six)
' IN TOKYO BAY |
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Robert McClaren, Jr., son oi
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClaren,
* is stationed on the battleship
Mississippi, one of the more pow
erful U. S. Navy units which
went into Tokyo Bay and assist
ed in the landings at Yokosuka.
The Mississippi which follow -
ed the Missouri, Admiral Hal
sey’s flag ship, carries the name
of the ship on which Commodor*
Perry entered those same waters
in 1853. The Mississippi state
^ flag, displaving the Stars and
Bars of the Confederacy, flut
tered from the main mast.
The McClaren family lives on
Route 2, Robersonville.
| FARM BUREAU |
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** lac annual >Ia':un County
Farm Bureau membership drive
■ *u ijw rite® iso*"3? «flrvls- wak-. ag—■■
spienUMt ^ m**rnmna*T0HfjP... ^
lives of the organization declar- i
muni -«*- it - meeting in the court
house Wednesday evening. Only
a few of the membership can
vassers were in attendance, but
others reported their activities
and to date several hundred new
members have been added to the
list. Officials are confident
that the drive will exceed 1,600
members this year. Realizing
the need for a strong organiza
tion in the postwar period, farm
ers are willingly supporting the
Farm Bureau, it was explained.
Quite a few new membership
canvassers have volunteered
their services and the drive is
going great.
Another meeting of the mem
bership committee is being ten
tatively called for Friday night
of next week.
Tobacco Sales Here
3Wir Three Million
Mar!: In Eleven Days
411 Grades Of Offerings Get
Good Attention From
Companies’ Agents
Despite the large amount of dam
aged tobacco on the local market
ycst rday, se'es were completed in
the regular time of about three hours.
Although the damaged tobacco slow
ed the sales it did not reflect in the
prices or the general average. The
market sold 270,986 pounds for an
average of 44.12.
With only eleven selling days since
the market opened on August 21, the
market has sold right at three mil
lion pounds. Yesterday's sale brought
the official total to 2,918,884 for the
season.
Rain or no rain, fair or foggy, to
bacco continues to roll in faster than
it can be handled either by the ware
housemen or the purchasing agents.
The "New Carolina, the Planters and
Roanoke-Dlxie are completely filled
and the Farmers will probably start
receiving tobacco just as soon as yes
terday’s sale is cleared from the
floors.
Competition both among the for
eign and domestic companies con
tinues strong and ceiling prices are
being paid for most all baskets with
the exception of the damaged to
bacco.
Owen Clyde Bricker
Dies Suddenly Here
Owen Clyde Bricker, expert
craftsman and builder, died suddenly
at a main street boarding house here
Wednesday morning at 11:30 o’clock,
the victim of a heart attack. Medical
aid was summoned but he died be
Ifore it could reach him.
Mr. Bricker, well liked here and a
sincere and hard-working craftsman,
worked all day Tuesday, and seem
ed to be in his usual good health.
Wednesday morning he explained
that he was not feeling well, that he
was suffering with a pain in his
chest. Thinking it was indigestion,
he went to the kitchen of the board
ing house and took a dose of baking
soda. He then went to the front
porch and sat down in a rocking
chair. He was stricken a few min
utes later and fell forward off the
porch, carrying the chair with him.
He was born in Anson County
about 67 years ago and farmed there
for a number of years, later enter
I mg the building trade. He came to
i Williamston two years ago and was
■ associated with F. F. Birmingham,
i local contractor, since that time ex
cept for a short period spent his
I brother in Oklahoma. Mr. Bricker
made many friends during his stay
here, and possibly would have retir
ed, but he wanted to contribute his
bit during the war and continued at
his post of duty.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Morgan of Petchland; a
brother, Howard Bricker of Okla
homa, and a sister, Mrs. Lillie Cathey
of Carey.
The body was removed from the
local funeral home yesterday tc
Peachland for the last rites and in
terment.
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Williamston High
Has Athletic Club
In a mass meeting Wednesday Wil
liamston High School students or
ganized an Athletic club under the
sponsorship of Principal Sam Bun
dy.
The following officers were elect
ed. President, Roddy Everett; vice
president, Louise Griffin; secretary.
Dorothy Peele; treasurer, Hugh Hor
ton, Jr., and reporter, Louise Hines.
The selection of cheer leaders will
not be made until after a meeting
of the officers is held to complete
plans for a successful athletic pro
gram.
The enthusiasm evidenced by the
student body promised a fine year
from the standpoint of athletics.
Rationing Board
R el eases. Hundred* -
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teat ions For t housand j
Tires Pending; 398
September Quota
The demand for automobile tires
has been greatly increased since gas
rationing was lifted, a report from
the county rationing board office this
week explaining that there are right
at 500 applications pending for an
estimated 1,000 tires. The passenger
car allotment for September is only
398 tires. With a demand for 1,000
to start with, the lire shortage will
certainly be aggravated by the re
ceipt of more applications between
now and October.
One hundred and twelve tires
were allotted by the Martin County]
War Price and Rationing Board last
Friday, 73 for cars and 39 for pick-1
up and heavy trucks.
Passenger car tires were issued to
the following:
W. M. Maker, Stair Highway Pa •
trol, J. M. Dixon, Javen D. Leggett, ]
J. R Williams, Albert D. Williams,!
J. R 'J. Griffin, Elbert Tice, J. V.
Andrews, Walter Oakley, C. A.
Hough, J. R. Leggett, J. E. Johnson, ■
J. V. Moye, W. K Roebuck, A. W
Hardison, J. Carl Griffin, W. J.
Beach, L. Croom, J. F. Flanagan,
Mrs. Alice B. Tyson, Thomas L
Johnson, Mary S. Gray, P. T. Nor
wood, Robert G Hicks, S. H. Mob
ley, J. A. Ellis, J. C. Rawls, Lucy F. j
Griffin, Fenner Silverthorne, S. E.
Parker, J. D. Hardison, Sylvester
Lilley Estate, John C. Gurganus, V. I
T. Moore, A. P. Barnhill, A. R. j
White, W. O. Abbitt, Hyman Clark,,
Ophus Bailey, Urban Lilley, R. G. I
Rogerson, Anoxles Peel, D. B. La
tham, W. A. Gurganus, W. Lewis
Manning Estate, Henry Oakley, W.
C. Windley, H. L. Riddick, Jodie
Peaks, Hubert Vernol Lilley, M. E.
Roberson, W. J. Ward, R. E. Taylor,
P. L. Lee, L. L. Davenport, W. S.
Gurganus, W. H. White, Ben Biggs,
James McGilbert Rawls, C. T. Flan
agan, W. T. Andrews, Garland
Bailey. P. M. Ange, William A. Leg
gett, Paul D. Roberson, I. B. Roe
buck, William D. Cratt.
| Truck tires were issued to the fol
lowing:
A. E. Manning, Joe Boll, Johnnie
T. Holliday, Jack Everett, B. S.
Courtney, Rufgus Lynch, William A
Peel, Harris Plumbing and Heating
Co,, Manning’s Laundry, C W John
son, W. I. Skinner and Co., Williams
ton Lumber Co., G and H Builders
i Supply Co., Williamston Package
'Mfg Co., W M Baker, I.indsley Ice
Co., II. J. Haidison, J. B. j',■
Williamston Supply Co,, R. L. Ward,
jS. B. Brown, D. C. Peel, II. H. Wors
■ ley, C. W. Copeland, Town of Wil
liamston, J. S. Ayers, A. T. Gurkin.
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Program Planned
For Young People
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The Memorial Baptist church is co
operating with the plans of the
Southern Baptist Convention to ob
serve Intermediate Emphasis Week
beginning Sunday, September 9th,
and continuing through the follow
ing Sunday, Sept. 16th.
“We are including not only those
young people strictly within the In
termediate ages of 13 through 16,”
declares the Rev. Ira D. S. Knight,
pastor of the church. “But also those
bordering 12 years old who will be
promoted into the Intermediate De
partment the first of October and
I those of our regular young people,
'ages 17 and 18.
"A number of special activities are
planned for the week. We want to
yet off to a good start Sunday morn
ing with a breakfast together in the
church basement at 8:45 with all the
young people planning to remain for
Sunday School and the morning wor
ship service where they and their
parents will be honored in the ser
vice. We are especially inviting all
parents of the young people to be
present at that service, too.”
On Monday evening, at 8, the
young people are invited to the home
of Mrs. J. E. King for a period of
followship together, including an
open discussion to be lead by Mrs.
Knight, and a social period.
Friday evening at 6:45 there will
be a hamburger fry on the back
lawn at the home of Dr. Biggs with
games and fellowship. Special ser
vices the following Sunday morning
will climax the week’s activities.
All young people of this age group
who have no other church preference
are being invited by the pastor to
take part in these activities.
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Route Three Youth
Aboard Shangri-La
James Stanton Whitehurst, avia
tion machinist’s mate, third class,
Route 3, Wiiliamston, is serving on
the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La,
which is part of the powerful Pa
ciifc fleet completing the first stages
of the occupation of Japan.
The Shangri-La had a prominent
role in the air strikes against the
Jap homeland just prior to the sur
render.
WOUNDED VETERAN TAKES A BFJDc
HSS LEFT LEG MISSING AND HIS RIGHT in a cast, Pfc. Alfred Smith,
of Hohenwald, Tcnn , and his bride, WAC Cpl. Faith Woodbury, are
shown with their attendants after their marriage at Lawson General Hos
pital in Atlanta, Ga. Smith was wounded by shrapnel during the battle
of the bulge. The bride will continuo her duties as medical technician at
tne hospital. S hown in the group a e (1. to r.): the bride, the groom;
Cpl. Elina Sillanpaa, Baldwinsville. Mass., maid of honor; the chaplain
who performed the ceremony; and Sgt. Fred Couch, Hohenwald, Tcnn.,
host man. Couch lost his arm in Lux -mbourg.
County Young Man
] Saves Companions
In Danube River
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Sf»t. Kdwiirit L. Martin Earn*
Silver Star As Member
Of 45th Division
Sgt. Edward L. Martin, Jamesville
young man, was recently awarded
the Silver Star Medal for gallantry
in action.
The citation accompanying the
medal reads in part:
“Edward L. Martin, 34671776,
Corps of Engineers, Sergeant (then
Corporal), Company C. 120th Engi
neer Combat Batallion, for gallantry
in action on 26 April 1945 n^ar Step
perg, Germany. Sergeant Martin was
working with his squad on the far
hank of the Danube River when an
artillery shell landed close by an
i jjpi caching bmf.,- upsetting ;4»-<3nd
throwing the occupants into the wat
er. In spite of the enemy fire falling
in the area, Sgt. Martin unhesitating
ly dove into the fast flowing river
and swam to a drowning infantry
man. After towing him to safety, he
again swam out and assisted an of
ficer to shore. Sergeant Martin’s
courage and quick action saved the
lives of two fellow soldiers and re
flect credit upon himself and his or
ganization. Entered the military ser
vice from Jamesville, North Caro
lina.
Sgt. Martin is the son of Mr. J. F.
Martin and the late Mrs. Martin of
Jamesville. He attended school at
Jamesville High School and Atlan
tic Christian College in Wilson. Prior
to entering the service, he was em
ployed by the Carolina Pulp Co. of
Plymouth, N. C.
His wife, the former Mildred Jack
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Jackson of Dunn, has made her home
in Portsmouth, Va., for the past two
and one-half years. She is employed
by the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Sgt. Martin entered the armed ser
vices in April, 1943, and has been
overseas since the early fall of the
same year. He had hopes of return
ing to the states with the same group
that he was stationed with from the
beaches of Sicily to the birthplace
of the Nazi Party in Munich, Ger
many, but was slated for duty in the
Ninth Division of the Third Army.
He is now busy helping train the oc
cupational troops in Ingolstodt, Ger
many.
Upon his recent transier, hgt. war
tin received the following letter from
his Commanding General:
“It is difficult to leave an organiza- ,
tion after living and working in it
as long as you have. It is even more
difficult for those of us who remain
to express our emotions at your leav
ing.
“Through your efforts and by
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ROUND-UP
After tackling the liquor busi
ness at its source for months,
ABC Enforcement ^jfficer J. H.
Roebuck and his assistants shift
ed to the retail end recently and
rounded up twenty-two alleged
violators, according to his
monthly review just recently re
leased for August.
Only one liquor plant was
wrecked during the period, the
officer stating that 500 gallons of
beer and five gallons of liquor
were poured out. Five persons
were convicted in the courts, and
jail sentences, totaling 20 days,
were imposed along with sub
stantial fines.
| Flll l /I K HM KI HS
A number of interested citi
zens were in a meeting here yes
terday afternoon in (lie offices
of Tom Itrandon, agricultural
agent, to discuss ways and means
for locating a locker freezing
plant in VVilliamston. Mr. James
E. Coad of the James E. Coad
Associates of Italcigh, was here
personally to explain the bene
fits to he derived from a freez
ing plant and discussed in detail
the advantages it affords to the
farmers and citizens of a town
and community. No definite ae
tion was taken at the meeting
but a survey will he made in the
county within the next few days
which will determine whether or
not a plant Is to he located here.
Native Of County
Dies Tn Florida
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Edgar M. Daniel, native of Wil- 1
liams Township, this county, died at [
his home in Interlachen, Florida, last ,
Monday evening at 9:05 o’clock. Ap- c
parently in his usual health, he suf
fered a stroke about two weeks pro |
viously and his condition was consid
ered serious since that time.
The son of Mrs. Lula Keel Daniel ,
of Williamston and the late Ed.Dan- <
iel of this county, he was born at the ]
old family home in Williams Town- |
ship on October 23, 1896. lie farmed
until a young man anrl left the conn- ,
ty about 28 years ago to engage in ,
construction work, marrying Miss ,
Ethel Gillette of Interlachen in 1923.
lie later located in Norfolk where he
engaged as a construction engineer
at the Naval Base for about seven
teen years, returning a few years ago ,
to Florida where he continued his ,
work until just a short lime ago.
He is survived by his widow, an (
adopted son, Fred, of Interlachen;
four brothers, Cljas. L., and Jack
Daniel, of Williamston, and Ben and
Daniel Daniel of Norfolk, and one
sister, Mrs. John White of Savannah,
Ga.
Mr. Daniel was a member of the
Methodist church, joining at Holly
Springs when quite young.
Funeral services were held at the
home in Interlachen Wednesday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock, interment fol
lowing in the cemetery there.
Sergeant Bennett
Home From War
Wearing two bronze service stars,
a good conduct medal, and a Philip
pine liberation ribbon with one
bronze service star, Sergeant Vance
T. Bennett returned home Tuesday
after spending more than 39 months
in the service.
Bennett, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs George Bennett, was overseas
in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater cam
paign for one year and fKirticipatod
in the invasion of the Philippine Is
lands. He also saw service on New
Guinea and Dutch Nethei lands Is
lands.
Sergeant Bennett was noncommit
tal in relating his experiences in the
struggle that finally ended in the
defeat and surrender of the Japan
ese. However, he did say it was
plenty rugged and that it was both a
pleasure and a privilege to he home.
| Bennett received his discharge at
Fort Bragg Monday and stated that
| he would probably return to the em
I ploy of the State Highway Commis
' sion or farm as soon as he hud time
I to rest and see his friends for a few
days.
Liquor Sales In County
CoiiUn i le » Lne rease
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Farmers throughout the Bright
Belt are being warned by all to
baeconists and warehousemen
not to grad? and market their to
bacco too hurriedly due to the
extremely bad weather that has
prevailed during the past ivee't.
Damaged tobaeeo retards sales
and is a detriment both to the
farmer and to the warehouse
men.
Tobacco growers are asked to
keep their tobaeeo as dr> as pos
sible and to market it only when
fairly early sales are assured.
Damaged tobacco has been in
evidence in large quantities ea
all the markets in the Belt and
tobacco growers are being urged
to use every precaution to keep
their tobacco from rotting or
molding.
Lounty^ofduT Tells
About Troubles CIs
Find In The Service
l’f«\ Kli Mamiinii Vi riles l)a»l
To Describe Craphirally
Th< l.ifr Of a Soldirr
Writing to his father, K It. Man-]'
mg, Route 1, Williamston, Pfc Eli , j
I. Manning, now stationed in Ger-|t
mny, gives a detailed account of his t
fe in the army from the time he en- 1
•red the service at Fort Bragg until
ie date of his letter, a few weeks ,
cfore the surrender of the Japanese.
The letter follows:
September 2tl 1944, 1 vfcis inducted t
do the army at Fort Bragg, and 1
layed there for 13 days in which ;
imc I got a week end pass to go
ome.
On Octobei 12 1 was put on a train i
;omg south. I didn’t know where i
re were going until early on the |
norning of the 13. We were told we i
cere going to Camp Wheeler, Ga , •
even miles from Macon
Macon was a pretty nice town. Not
on large but large enough W> have >
eereation for the men at Wheeler.
We arrived at Wheeler about 2:00
>. m., the 13th of October and I
vas assigned to A Company of the
5th Battalion. Later I was transfer
ed to I) company I remained m I)
•ompany until I lelt Wheeler in Fell- '
uary of 1945.
I thought my infantry basic train- ;
ng was awfully rough but I realize
low that it was a picnic to what
mines after basic is finished.
I never knew what army life was
ike in the States with a regular out- :
it. We never were allowed 3 day
lasses although we did get week-end
lasses from (1 o’clock Saturday even
ng until ti o’clock Monday morning.
Gee, the boys that trained in a regu
nr division must have had a lot of
am.
I left Camp Wheeler on the second
if February and was due in Fort
George G. Meade the 12lh. That gave
tic a nice little slay at home
i’ll never forget those nine days,
[ should say wonderful nine days, I
had at home with my friends and
family. They were the days every
-oldier dreams about but seldom
ices.
I got to Meade on time and stay
d there about ten days. While I was
there I got a pass and saw Uncle
Luke and Aunt Nancy who live in
Washington, i also got a week-end
pass and spent the week-end with
my Buddie and next door neighbor,
Verlin Griffin. We also visited my
cousin, Cairo Lilly, and his sistei,
Thelma, at Arlington Farms, Va.
Verlin came into service the same
time I did and was put in the Navy
and was stationed at Bainbridge
Training Station at that time, lie's
in Virginia now.
I left Meade and went to a P. O. E.
that 1 can't name here and from
there I got a pass to see New York.
Then it came. We were alerted.
“Moving out tonight at nine thirty.”
We loaded on the train and went
down to the dock and there we were
sreved coffee and doughnuts by the
Red Cross. They were good!
That brought us up to the point of
(Continued on page three)
Local Man's Brother
Dies In Pueblo, Col.
Harry Jarman was notified Wed
nesday of the death of ins brother,
j\V. D Jarman, at Pueblo, Colorado.
Mr. Jarman left his native Onslow'
County about 35 years ago to go in
the hotel business. At the time of
his retirement about six years ago,
he was recognised as one of the lead
irig hotel men of the south.
| The survivors are Harry O. Jar
man, William don; M. S. Jarman,
Pollocksville, E. L. Jarman, Verona;
C. T. Jarman, Asheboro; J E. Jar
man of Shreveport, La.; Mrs. F. B.
Batchelor, Belgrade; Mrs. C. L. Al
phin, Dunn, and Mrs. Alfred Jensen,
Chir^o.
Total o»‘$2,190,651.80
Is Spent For Li(juor
Since Stores Opened
Sale* I .a*.| Quarter Highest on
Rmird For That Period
< >f The Year
In war or peace, legal liquor sales,
and possibly the illegal sales, too,
continue to show gains over previous
records, an audit of the Martin
County ARC system for the second
quarter ending last June 30 placing
total sales in the county since the
stores were opened in July, ten
years ago, at $2,190,651.80.
During the second quarter of thus
year, sales amounted to $102,806.80.
Nine years ago, the second quarter
sales amounted lu $21.58*1 05 For
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stores, sales for a second quarto rex
eroded $100,000 this year. That fig
ure had been exceeded in five other
quarters, but the periods fell during
the fall and winter months. The
recent quarter sales were the fifth
largest on record.
It is unolticiallv intimated that
vine and beer .sales, plus the boot
egging business, will about equal
he legal store liquor sales. Accept
ng this estimate at face value, it is
ipparent that the* county’s liquor
'ill for the past ten years approxi
nated four and one-half million dol
ars, an amount far greater than the
otal spent for schools, religious ac
ivities and many county ae'ivities.
\nd the trend continues upward.
The large sales last April, May
md June followed record sales for
he first quarter of this year.
During the fiscal year ending last
lime 30, legal liquor sales amounted
a more than one half million dol
ors with profits exceeding $114,
j50. for the same period.
A review of the audit for the 1945
refund quarter shows that $73,462.99,
>r nearly three fourths of the gross
income, was paid to the distillers,
that $4,364,71) was spent to operate
the stores, leaving a net income of
$25,374.01 for the period.
According to the audit, the ADC
system in this county now has as
sets in the sum of $87,501.38, repre
sented as follows: cash, $24,202.04;
inventories, $55,673.82; fixed assets,
$135,69; and other assets, $7,489.83.
l.iabilities were listed as follows:
accounts payable, $8,685.37; due the
ruunlv and towns $52,271.47: re
el ve*‘for law * efffoi cehicni, $1T,
544 54, and surplus, $12,000.00.
Profits, amounting to $25,374.01
for the quarter, were reported as
follows by stores with a comparison
for the corresponding quarter in
1944
Williamston
Hubei sonvillt
Oak Pity
Jamesville
1944 1945
$10,173.04 $13,910.52
4,153.11 6,060.71
1,570.98 2,760.12
2,078.22 2,642.66
$17,975.35 $25,374.01
The profits last quarter were di
vided, as follows:
Martin County, $11,977.51; State
of North Carolina, $8,738.58; Re
serve for law enforcement, $1,663.54;
town of Williamston, $1,662.97; town
of Robersonville, $706.00; town of
Oak City, $319.94; and town of
Jamesville, $305.47.
Sales, hy stores, for the second
quarter in 1944 and 1945 follow:
1914 1945
Williamston $43,316,95 $55,304.10
Robersonville 19,483.65 25,010,95
Oak City 9,215.60 11,468.25
Jamesville 9,082.30 11,203.50
$81,098.50 $102,806.80
A review of legal liquor sales and
profits, by quarters, from the time
th« stores wt re opened in July, 1935,
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Revival Serviees To lie Hold
/1l llolly Springs Methodist
A series of revival services are to
he held at Holly Springs Methodist
church beginning Monday at 8:30 p.
m. Rev. T. W. Lee, former pastor,
will be the guest preacher. The ser
vices will continue each night during
the week and closing the following
! Sunday, Sept. 10, with the. dedication
of the church.
The community is In-ing invited to
attend these services.
PARTICIPATES
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Dennis E. Warren, seaman,
first class, USNR, son of Mr. and
Mrs. I .ala F. Warren, Roberson
ville. RFD No. 3, is serving
aboard the battleship North
Carolina which is part of the
powerful Pacific Fleet engaged
in occupying Japan.
Under the operational control
of Admiral William F. Halsey,
Commander of the 3rd Fleet, the
North Carolina, one of the “gla
mor” ships of the Fleet, as
sembled w'th 11 other battle
ships, 17 aircraft carriers, five
escort carriers, 20 cruisers and
more than 280 other U. S. ships,
to carry out the occupation of
the Japanese home islands.