NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY ANi) TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THX HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN \ OLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 74 W'illiamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 21, 1945. ESTABLISHED 1899 Grand Jurymen File In Superior Court ' i ^'TO'ic U Able To Provide Safe Travel For Children In his charge to the grand jury last Monday, Judge John J. Burney instructed the jurymen to ( -fully | inspect all school busses, adding that North Carolina has millions of dol lars in its treasury and that it should provide safe transportation for school children, “I don’t think it right for the State to arrest and prosecute individuals for operating motor vehicles with improper equip ment and then turn and operate school buses with improper lights, brakes and equipment. The jury inspected every bus in’ the county and found quite a few de fects. School authorities explained that some of the buses are almost ten years old. that it is impossible tc get all the needed parts to repair ■ lighting systems and maintain the old rolling stock in v—* y condition ’ Tht county lias been promised a few i new buses, but delivery date., have i not beer, announced. The quarterly report filed by 1 Foreman Gordon G. Bailey follows 1 in detail: 1. We have passed on all bills of indictment presented to us, 2. Wc visited the Clerk of Court's Office and found it to be in excel lent condition with all Guardian Ac counts filed. 3. We found tht Register of Deeds Office in excellent shape and all bonds in orpler. 4. ^The Sheriff’s Office and the Tax 1 Collet Jffice were visited and ' found in good condition with all records up to date. 5 We visited the office of Superin- 1 tendent of Schools and found it in i xcellent condition. 6. We obtained a copy of the An nual Report of the Martin County : Alcoholic Beverages Control Board, Wiiliarnston, N. C., audited by Greal- 1 house & Butler. Certified Public Ac countants of R'.eky Mount, N. C . and ' filed with the Register of Deeds 1 Avgust Oth, 1945. and said report * showed all accounts and records in ’ order. l 7 W. checked all Justices of Peace ‘ reports and found them all filed with 1 the Clerk of Court and fines sub- , mitted to the Treasurer. 8. We visited the County Jail and J found it to be clean and well kept. ’ We found five negro male inmates. ' 9. We visited the County Home and ' Prison Farm and found everything in good condition, except at the ‘ County Home where there is one pa- j titnt, William Sharp, who is thought to be incompetent, and we rccom- ‘ mend a physical examination and if 1 found to be incompetent, we recom- * mend his being sent to the State Hos- * pital in Goldsboro, N. C. 10. Mr. James C. Manning, County 1 School Superintendent, informed the 1 Grand Jury all school buses in the 1 county had been thoroughly diecked 1 and we visited all schools in the ' County and found the buses as fol- 1 lows, to-wi* ■ Wiiliarnston (White School) — Buses Nos. 18, 20, 36, and 37 are found in good condition. Bus No. 16 1 no tail light. Wiiliarnston (Colored School) — * No. 12 no lights, no horn, rear door 1 will not work and stop sign will not 1 work. Jamesville School — No. 9 in all right shape, No. 27 stop sign will not work and top leaks, Nos. 5, 29, 14, and 30 no lights and No. 34 lights 1 bad and no bumper. Everetts School — No. 25 in all ; (Continued on page six) -<§; Only A Moderate Flood Predicted ——..-<$>■-—— - While traffic is being blocked by high waters on many highways in various parts of the State, no tie-up i is even expected in this area, accord ing to the latest available reports. There is considerable water in the Roanoke River watershed, but it will hardly send the stream out of its banks at this point to a depth of three feet, leaving highways safe and causing damage only to crops in a few low areas. Late reports state that the Roan oke is still rising at Weldon, that it is expected to reach a crest there of about 48 feet today. A peak will be leached here about next Tuesday. The high water in addition to flood ing some lowland farms, will Inter rupt the hunting season for a while. Reviewing the rainfall in the Roanoke basin for the past few days, the weather bureau yesterday re leased the following figures: In Vir ginia—Reidsville, 9.67 inches; Rocky Mount, 8.40 inches; Randolph, 10.56 inches; Danville, 6.80 inches; Clarks ville, 6.02 inches, and at Weldon in this state, 6 05 inches, and Williams ton, 2.86 inches. The storm striking Florida last week-end and moving on up the coast did no damage in this area, and the rainfall was not unusually heavy. Reports state that the Tar is still lising but that it would not block traffic at Tarburo on U. S. Highway 64, and apparently no other roads in this section of the State will be blocked by high water. Peanut Ha rvestVnde r Way Despite recent rair • snd •■anceqi season, 'Startin County farm ers started harvesting the current peanut crop on a fairly large scale this week. Hundreds of prisoners of war from tl.-e local camp are work ing in the fields and individual farm ers arc busy with the task. Preliminary reports indicate that the crop is possibly better than had been expected, but there is a marked variation in the reports. Sonic far mers still declare they will not har vest half a crop, and few believe production on their farms will meas ure up to that of a year ago. Considerable difficulty is being experienced in digging the goobers,! farmers declare. The soil is too wet for anything like normal harvest op erations, and in some fields it is hard to find the pea vines in the grass which has been from under control since July. Where one worker could i ordinary conditions, he is not able to harvest more than half an acre at the present time on account of the wet soil and grass. Farmers are ex periencing possibly more difficulty in getting labor this season than at any other time in year.. Those farmers who contracted for prisoners and rain interrupted the schedule will not be able to have the time made up unless some other con tracts are cancelled, it was explain | ed. Farmers calling for prisoners 'are asked to have sides and a tail gate for their trucks, and should | have seats where more than 15 min ; utcs travel time is necessary. Farm ers may keep prisoners out as long j as 14 hours or until 25 stacks have been handled within that time. Farmers should count the stacks and sign detail sheet and report to the sergeant of the guard, it was ex plained. Bookmobile To Visit SeliooIsWfits New| Schedule Next Week -cfc More Than a Thousand Rooks Added To Collection In The Past Year — ■ <$-. Tin Bookmobile begins its fourth yuor of service to the schools of Mar tiff County, Monday, September 24th. A1 that time ttic winter schedule will be followed. Special attention is called to the changes being made. Wednesday's route will be made on Friday and other changes will be noted for the first three days. Over a thousand books have been added to tins county’s collection dur ing the past twelve months. New and timely books me being added regu larly while the basic collection is be ing built. Many inviting tplis are ready for circulation this month. These in-, elude several by authors well known j to the reading public. Marquis James, Pulitzer prize biographer, has a new book called The Cherokee Story. As the subtitle indicates, it is a tale of an Oklahoma Boyhood The author of The Nazarene and The Apostle has written a very time ly little book entitled One Destiny. Sholem Asch has given in this small volume an epistle to the Christians. Here is good food for thought. Alice Tisdale Hobart’s The Pea cock Sheds His Tail is a novel of in ternational marriage with the scene laid in Mexico. The struggle of Don Julian's conservative family to hold the grandchildren to the church and the old Spanish ways presents in striking contrast the differences of the generations. Thomas Costain is back with a ro mantic novel, The Black Rose. Thir teenth century England and Cathay give a background for this colorful historical novel which revolves about the adventures of Walter of Gurnie. his friend Tristram, and the beauti- j ful Maryam on the mad to Cathay. January Thaw by Bellamy Part lidge is filled with characters just as entertaining as his Big Family or Country Lawyei The hilarious go ings-on of the Gage family at Lazy Corners vzill offer several happy hours for many readers. Monday, Sept. 24 Edward’s Service Station, 9; Ham ilton School, 10; Hamilton, in front of bank, 11:05; Gold Point School, 12:45; Gold Point, Johnson's Service Station, 1:35: and Robersonville Pub lic Library, 2:30. Tuesday, Sept. 25 Hassell School, 9:30; Hassell Post Office, 10; Edmondson Service Sta tion 10:40; Oak City School, 1115, Oak City, Barrett’s Drug Store, 1.30; Smith’s Store on Palmyra Road, 2:15 Wednesday, Sept. 26 Williamston High School, 9; Ever etts School, 10; Everetts, Ayers Store, 11; Cross Roads Church, 12; Robersonville Elementary school, 1:30; Robersonville High school, 2:30; Parmele Post Office, 3:10. Thursday, Sept. 27 Williamston Elementary School, 9; j Griffin’s Service Station, 10:45; Farm Life School, 11:15; Corey’s Cross Roads, 1:15; Bear Grass School, 1 '45; Bear Grass, Terry Bros. Store, 2:45: and Wynne’s Service Station, 3:30. Friday, Sept. 28 Jordan's Store, Dardens, 10; Browning’s Store, 11; Popular Chap el Church, 11:45; Jamesville School, 1:15; and Jamesville, Brown’s Store, 2:30. LONE EAGLE 1 Selective Service scraped the bottom of the draft barrel in this county last Monday when it reached in and pulled out a lone eagle for the armed forces. A call for five men was received, but a change in regulations elim inated four of those in line for service, and Dallas Cortez Ay ers, 18-year-old Everetts regis trant, made the trip to Fort Bragg aione for final induction. The size of the draft calls has been materially reduced in re cent weeks, and no eall instruct ing colored registrants to report for final induction was received this month. I TOBACCO SALES v: Tobacco sales, including those of today, will approximate five and three - quarter million pounds for the season on the local market, a semi-official re port showing that 5,353,304 pounds had been sold through yesterday for over two and one third million dollars, or an aver age right at S44.00 per 100 pounds. Despite fairly heavy deliveries of damaged tobacco, prices con tinue to hold up well on the local market, the sales this week aver aging some over $43.50. Prices for damaged leaf are hardly as strong as they were a few days ago, but prices for the better grades in good condition are some stronger. Former Willianiston Tobacconist Dies In Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in Woodlawn Ceme tery here Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock for Junious W. Might,,1 former local resdent, who died at the home of a half brother, H. L. j Macon, in Wake Forest last Monday j afternoon. He had been in declining health for several years, but was fairly active up until just a short , time before his death. |, Mr. Hight was born in Warren County on June 23, 1862, and spent his early life there. When a young man he was married to Miss Pattie Julia Edwards of Franklin County who died fifteen years ago while the family made their home here. Entering the tobacco business when a young man, Mr. Hight mov ed his family here in 1913 and oper ated a tobacco warehouse here for a number of years. During that , time he made many lasting friend- , ships among local people and farm- j ers from all parts of the county and surrounding counties. He was an able tobacconist and was recognized as a leader in the business until fail-1 ing health forced his retirement J About 1932 he moved to Rock Mount, later locating in Lumberton and more recently in Wake County. ; Since leaving here he engaged as an independent in the tobacco busi- , ness, working just as much as his , health would permit. Mr. Hight was a life-long member of the Methodist church, and appre ciated the finer things in life He is survived by two children, Mrs. C. B. Faulkner of Rocky Mount and a son, Boyd B Hight of 112 De catur Road, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; a half sister, Mrs. W. H. Brown of Durham, and a half-brother, H. L. Macon, with whom he had made his home for the past six or eight months. Mrs. Martha Ayers Passes In County —*— Mis. Martha Wynne Ayers died at her home in Bear Grass Township last Wednesday morning at 11:40 o’clock following a long period of declining health. She was taken worse the latter part of August and -her condition had been critical since that time. Mrs. Ayers was born in Cross Roads Township on November 16, 1876, and in early womanhood was married to Henry Daniel Ayers who died in January, 1933. Following her marriage she spent most of her life in Bear Grass Township where she was held in high esteem as a i good neighbor and friend to all. j She is survived by three children, Marvin and Lloyd Ayers of Bear Grass, and Mrs. W. T .Hooten of Nor folk, and four grandchildren, j Mrs. Ayers had been a member of Rehoboth Holiness Church in Bear ; Grass for about eight years, and ser : vices were conducted there yester day afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. H. M. Pope. Interment was in the church cemetery. (More County Men Tin Recent Weeks Fielitppn Addilioi.al While Men Sever Connections With Services -- Twenty - five additional Martin County men were given honorable discharges by the various branches of the armed services during recent week0 the list including eighteen white youths. Samuel Ray Coburn, RFD 1, Jamesville, was released after serv ing six years and four months in the service. Jimmie Rhodes Cherry served six years and two months be fore receiving his discharge. Charles Lee Daniel, Jr., was dis charged last July after serving since September, 1941. Names of Martin County men re leased in August, exclusive of a list previously made public, and the date they entered the service, follow: White—Samuel Ray Coburn, RFD 1, Jamesville, April, 1939; James Gussie Rogers on, RFD 1, Roberson C^^P^^uary, 1942, Williamston; Rpbin Thomas Ward, July, 1942, Robersonville; Jimmie Rhodes Cher ry, June, 1939, Williamston; Henry Lee Cherry, December, 1942, RFD 3, Washington; Herbert Duran Wil liams, Jr., January, 1940, RFD 2, Wil liamston; Joseph Nicholas Daniel, October, 1942, RFD 1, Jamesville; Mack Henry Leggett, January, 1941, RFD 2, Williamston; Evan Beacham, June, 1945, RFD 1, Jamesville; Ed gar Monroe Taylor, February, 1941, RFD 3, Williamston; colored—Calvin Best, Jr., July, 1942, Robersonville, and Jesse Aulander Griffin, Novem ber, 1944, RFD 1, Jamesville. Discharges reported so far in Sep tember are, as follows: white—James Rossel Silverthorne, March, 1941, RFD 3, Williamston; Willie Robert Crandall, July, 1941, RFD 1, Rober sonville; Jesse Dennis Wynne, Oc tober, 1941, RFD 3, Williamston; Vance Elliott Bennett, June, 1942, RFD 2, Williamston; Sutton Alfred Burroughs, July, 1942, RFD 3, Wil liamston; Dennis O. Holliday, August 1942, Jamesville; colored—Willie Roy Brooks, September, 1941, RFD 1, Jamesville; Ira Thomas Page, July, 1942, Robersonville; Charlie Bel lamy, December, 1942, Roberson ville; Dock Perkins, September, 1942, Williamston, and John Dee Gainer, April, 1941, RFD 2, Rober sonville. Many Cases Handled i By Justice Hassell; —•— Justice J. L. Hassell has handled quite a few cases in his court here during recent days, many of the charges centering around road vio lations and public drunkenness. Charged with operating motor vehicles with improper brakes, War ren Riddick, King Edward Cratt, and J. L. Speller were fined $5 each and taxed with the trial costs ranging from $6 to $7. Reuben Ferander Bland, Wixie B. Rogers, William Ed ward Brown, and Joseph R. McKay, charged with operating motor ve hicles with improper lights were fin ed $5 and required to pay $7 costs each. Raymond Williams, charged with assaulting W. B. Gaylord, was bound over to the county court in bond of $50. Hilton Squires, drunk and disord erly, was required to pay $8.50 cost. Facing simitar charges, Martin Cher ry and B. Moore were taxed with $7.50 costs each. Paul McKeel, drunk and disorderly, was taxed with $9.50 costs, and Rufus Taylor, facing a similar charge, was fined $1 50 and required to pay $8.50 costs. Charged with hunting out of sea son, without license and exceeding the bag limit, Dennis Barber was fin ed $50 arid required to pay $5.50 costs. -A Loral Young Man l)ue An Honorable Discharge Soon -« U. S. Navy Staging Center, Pearl Harbor, T. H.—Lt. (jg) Burras A. Critcher, Jr., of Williamston, N. C., has ai l ived at tiiis Staging Center, set up under the Navy’s Demobiliza tion Plan, and will soon be bound for the United States to be discharged honorably from the naval service. The young man has been in the Navy since September, 1942, and has spent eighteen months overseas. Lt. Critcher has seen much com bat action in the Pacific theater. FIRST PERMITS v/ Although all restrictions on building construction won’t be lifted before the middle of next month, preparations are being made for the construction ot a number ot homes here. Three building permits were issued here during the past few days, including one for the construc tion of a $4,SOW home on Mar shal! Avenue by W. II. Aber nathy, representative of a mach inery supply company of Rocky Mount Reports state that quite a few lots have been purchased by prospective builders, including several on Martin Heights. I Margin Coumy is THlSC $V3,23296 for t Fund in what is certain to be the bei i last fund campaign for the organiza tion, Clarence W. Griffin, chairman, announced this week. Arrange ments arc rapidly being completed for the drive which is scheduled to get underway in early October. Chairman Griffin and his county wai fund committee met this week and announced quotas for districts, as follows: Jamesville. $800; Wil liams, $150; Griffins, $550; Bear I Grass, $550; Williamston, $6,282.9(1; Cross Roads, $450; Robersonville, $2, 250; Poplar Point, $175; Hamilton, I $375, Hassell, $175; Goose Nest, $475; j colored citizens throughout the coun- ' ty, $1,000. The county-wide quota is slightly larger than it was last year, the na tional leaders explaining that while the war is over, that several million Americans buys wnv still in uni h'lTTlcIl'i’ds of thousands would continue in the service for some time, and that it was not the |propel time to fold up and desert them. While the reduction in armed forces will make it possible to cur tail the schedule of operations, an in creased service is being planned for those who have not been favored by discharges and those who are yet to enter the service. It was also point ed out that the Fund is doing every thing possible to help relieve the suf fering in liberated lands, that every penny contributed will mean, much to starving and ragged victims of war in many lands. Martin County has met every challenge so far, and even though there may be a tendency to rest on its laurels, it is believed that the citizens will rally behind the current war fund drive and put it across with flying colors. J£h Drlrmkml Draws Srxrn To 'I’m Yearn For Attacking IMan Willi knifc -»— Completing the trial of the crimin al dockel and handling a few mo lions and divorce cases, Judge John J. Burney, presiding over (lie regular term of Martin County Superior Court, last Wednesday noon ordered a recess until next Monday when the tribunal will handle civil actions. Before ordering the recess, the Wit mington jurist left little doubt about | his firm stand against mutilation of the human anatomy with knives and axes. One defendant in an assault with a deadly weapon case was sen tenced to hal'd labor in prison for not iess than seven and not more Ilian ten years. Another drew as many as five years, at least. Proceedings of the court not pie viously reported: Before taking a recess last Tues day afternoon, the court called the case charging Jesse Ben Roberson with assaulting Hugh Gray, a tenant, willi a deadly weapon. Judge John J. Burney, presiding over the term, was to address the jury early today and no decision had been reached shortly before noon. No definite motive for the attack was establish ed, and much of the evidence was conflicting, the defendant claiming that it was accidental, that the gun became entangled in some weeds causing it to fire a load of shot in the 26-year old victim's knee. The court was puzzled when the prose cuting witness said that he tiud been told by a Mrs. Farmer to “make on” the defendant. It was later inter preted to mean “to kill him." Wit r,esses said that they heard the pro scenting witness tell the defendant about ten minutes before the shoot ing to go into the house and attend to his own business, Gray declaring that he was not mad witli Mr Rob erson, that if they had had any words or argument just before the attack, he could not recall them. Tlie defendant, declaring that lie had instructed Gray, a worker on the Roberson farm, not to hitch a mule to a cart, explained that it made him (Gray) mad. The defendant then said that tie went into the house, got his gun and started to the swamp field, explaining that he always ear ried his gun along in case he saw a hawk. He was at a pear tree when Gray approached. Roberson stated that he started backing back, that he was planning to shoot Gray if and when he got within about six feel of him, but that the gun became en tangled in some weeds and was ac cidentally fired. After all evidence was offered, the defense tendered a plea of guilty of I an assault with a deadly weapon. The plea was accepted and prayer for judgment was continued until the December term. Tom Dew, charged witli aiding and abetting the larceny of a car in Rob trsonville in July of last year, was sentenced to the roads for from five (Continued on page six) r FREEZER LOCKER 1 With more than half a hun dred signing since the early part of the week, available spare in the county's proitoscd freezer locker is rapidly being reduced, a report from the office of the county agent indicates. After limiting the space to farmers for several days, the promoters are expected to re ceive applications from all In terested parties this week-end or early next week, it was learn ed. Eight Divorces Are Granted Wednesday Superior Court All (limrH I Irani Tlial Day Were llas«-«l On Two Year* Of Sepurnl ion After clearing the criminal docket last Wednesday morning ahead of i schedule, the Martin County Super ior Court immediately cranked up its divorce mill and in a very short time turned out eight absolute di vorces. Several others wore con tinued with the possibility that one or two will be heard during the sec ond week of the term beginning next, Monday. There was little delay in handling the eight cases, Judge John J. Bur ney presiding, having explained that he had signed divorce decrees in as many as seventy-five cases during; the course of a single day in Durham County. As far as it could be learned none of the divorce applications was con tested. Several of the cases on the calendar were based on alleged adul tery, but they were not called during the session last Wednesday. All of the divorces granted at that time were based on two years separation, some of the parties stating in the complaints that they had been sep arated for as many us fifteen or twenty years. Divorces were granted in the fol lowing cases: Bettie Gorham James against Es sie James. James Arthur Adams against Sybil Rose Adams of the Canal Zone. Annie E. Williams against John Williams. David Archie against AIJie Archie George Taylor against Mertie Lit tle Taylor. Pete Marshall Williams against Annie Lee Williams. T. F. Dawson against Mary L. Dawson. Clu istine Gale vs, John D. Gale. Edward W. Joneh Dies In County Edwaid W. Jones, 67, died at his home in Poplar Point Wednesday morning at 3:00 o'clock following a lingering illness. When a young man he was mar ried to Miss Sally Moore who sur vives with three sons, Dalton P Jones of New Bern, Leslie C. Jones of the home and W. D. Jones, now stationed with the Army in Cross ville, Tenn ; five daughters, Mrs. Arthur Lee Jones of near Ayden, Mrs. Roy Cannon of near Stokes, ?|Jn Lydia Jones of the home, Mrs. l?uywood Harrell and Mrs Mil! ~>n L Roberson of near Oak City lie also is survived by four sisters, Mis. Hen ry Coward of near Norfolk, Mrs. Claude Smith of near New Bern, Mrs. James Houston and Mrs. James Buck of rieai Vaneeboro, and twen ty-nine grandchildren. Funeral services are being con ducted from the late home this after noon at 3:00 o’clock by Rev. D. W. Alexander, Free Will Baptist minis ter of Bethel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery here. r DDT COSTS j While 1)1)1' is being sold for as much as liO cents a pint, iwawu fac turing costs run no more than a few cents a gallon, according to reliable reports. Commenting on the costs this week, County Health Officer John VV. Williams stated that a 35 percent solution of ltDT can he manufactured for approxi mately $2.54 a gallon, that a gal lon cf the 35 percent solution would make about thirteen gal lons of the 5 percent solution, making the insecticide cost only a few cents a gallon. Ihmh'rs" Supplies Kt-portrd T« tie I.ok At The Present Tim#- In This Section One hundred and forty-nine tires were allotted by the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board last Friday night, 12!) to car owners and twenty to truck operators The issu ance was one of the largest reported in the county during recent weeks, and comes when dealers’ stocks are unusually low, according to incom plete reports received here this week. Truck tires were allotted to the following: William F. Crawford, R. S. Critch er, American Fork and Hoe Co., J. J. Roberson, Slade, Rhodes Co.. L. T. Carlow, Robert Pierce, Jack Hardi son, C. W. Copeland, L. H. Lilley, Harry Jones, J. S. Whitma. . Wil liamston Package Co Passenger ear 'ires were rationed as follows 2. B. L,.u tnrphen, Rooosevelt CTundoll, G E Dixon, Standard Fer tilizer Co , D. A. Ausbon, J. E. Gard ner, Hubert Roberson, Wilmer Biggs, Martha M. Rawls, Johnnie R Ed mondson, Malison Council, Mrs. J, R. Cherry, John H. Wynne, J Bynum Roberson, J C. Rawls, Henry Keel, Minton Beach, Mamcy N. Highsmith, Archie Whitaker, J. T Holliday, W. J, Lilley, Herbert Little, Evan Crisp, Cleophus McNair, J W, Taylor, Jr., L. L. Keel, Mrs Frances Byran. Will Martin, W. G. Keel, H. B. Smith, R. A. Edmnodson, W. T. Hyman, G. P. Bullock, 11 L. House, Daniel Hardi son, Mrs. Ethel Cl. Roberson, Arring ton Hale, C. 11 Avers, N. C. Everett, l)i A. J. Osteen, Mrs. Hardy Whit ford, Levi McGowan, Ernest Hayes, M, A. Price, State Highway Patrol, Ernest Howell, J II Harrell, George Mobley. Wlxte IS. Rogers, Archie Mi - zelle, L L .Keel, I 1). Roebuck, E. 11 Ange, Peter Bellflower, II. L. Hopkins, Harold Ange, Sol Mobley, Mrs. Alice B Tyson, James A. Wynne, Jr., Mrs. Louise Barber, R. S. Edmondson, C. F. Perry, Joe Law rence Coltram, Lewis H. Roberson, James R. Wynne, Willie Lanier, W. C. Wallace, J. Sam Getsinger, Dr. W C. Mercer, It, It. Thompson, J. O. Stokes, Hubert Harris. Jasper Coun cil, Fi'i-d M. Taylor, J. W. Martin, G. C. Ray, W. A. Coffield, Geo. M. Peel, Marin B. Everett. Elsworlh Benchum, Sim Bell, E. J. Hayes, W. F. Holliday, James A. Hardison, Julian L. Mizelle, Cail Garrett, Crawford Coltram. B. F. Coburn, J. M. Dixon, Lester L. Everett, C. 11 Ange, P. J. Modlin, S. H. Grimes, it, I. Coburn, J. F. Council, Jimmie Roberson, G. P. Hughes, Willie Bulls, C. M. James, James Pill, W M. Harrison, J, R. Williams, J II. Holliday. Coinmiltal Service Is Held Thursday Lci.it l ilt's fm Mr. Howard J. Her rick, Sr., prominent figure in the theatrical world for a long number of years and a former resident of Williamston, were conducted at the graveside in Woodlawn Cemetery here yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock. Rev. Joseph II. Huske, Jr., rector of the local Church of the Ad vent, officiated at the private ser vice. A native of Elmira, N. Y., Mr. Her rick came to Williamston when a youth and studied under the late Sylvestoi Hassell He was marri d on December 22, lli!)7 to Miss Delha : cib, member of a prominent fam nj in this s^ion of Nor*' Carolina. She died on October 11), ilJUfi. Mr Herrick, aftei operating a newspaper, “The Martin County Sun here for several years, located In Richmond where lie served as dra matic critic for one of the papers. Latei he entered the theatrical busi ness, gaining national prominence in that field. While attending to busi ness in Washington City he was tak en ill and died there last December 7. Funeral services were conducted on December 9, 1944, in New York, and cremation followed in a Middle town, N. Y , crematory. The remains were brought here by his daughter for interment beside his first wife in the Lamb plot in the local ceme tery. He is survived by three children, Miss Virginia Herrick and Howard J. Herrick, Jr., of Valley Stream, Long Island, and Francis Herrick by a second marriage of Elmira, New York. -» Leggett Roebuck Is Victim Of Arthritis VP.'A'i i .-onviiit Herald 1 Suffering from arthritis of the bat-K and spine, Private Leggett Roe buck, Jr, returned home to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leggett Roebuck, Sr,, before reporting to Ashburn General Hos pital in McKinley, Texas. Private Roebuck has been in the service for two years and while in the Aleutian Islands for 10 months he became ill with arthritis. Roe buck said he was not exposed to danger while on the islands but that the clod was most disagreeable.