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Give Liberally During United War Fund Drive Now Under Way NEARLY 4 000 COPH.S OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY •S.-'K-O CO FIS. J OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 79. Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 5, 1945 ^ESTABLISHED 1899 Coast Guard Plans '" TT* V ’*1 '""Tfr - • •’ Expand Auxiliary For Peacetime Job ——»— Field Co-o>*dinafor Praises Work Of Temporary Group In Wartime -« An expanded Coast Guard Auxil iary is planned now that the war is ended Chief Boatswain H Dawson Sanders, field co-ordinator of the Coast Guard Auxiliary of the Fifth Naval District, with headquarters in Norfolk, toid a meeting of the Wil liamston Coast Guard Auxiliary members and their guests Wednes day night Chief Dawson said that the new setup would embrace three divisions: Marine, aviation and communica tions. Chief Dawson made the principal speech of the evening at the Woman’s club building during a dinner meet ing which followed immediately up- I on the adjournment of an informal I get-together session at the Lotus i club on Main street. He told of the ! work that the Coast Guard auxiliary ; had done during the war and of the ! importance of the work it is expected to do in Deacetime Details .of the new and permanent type of Coast Guard auxiliary are to be explained at a meeting to be held in a few weeks in Washington. Mem bers of the wartime auxiliary from Williamston were invited to attend this meeting and to join in the new undertaking. The temporary auxil iary was inactivated last Sunday, September 30. It had its beginning in 1939 and was activated in 1940. Chief Sanders said this was “two years too late." Despite its late start the tempor ary Coast Guard Auxiliary, a unit of which was organized and maintained here during the war, did a wonderful work in helping to take some of the load off the shoulders of the regular Coast Guard and in freeing men for overseas duty and du4y at sea, Chief Sanders declared. “Out on the west coast we had a small organization which was laugh ed at by many people,” the speaker said. "But when war came in 1941 and there were but three Coast Guard boats in Los Angeles and but 47 Coast Guardsmen to handle them, the call came for help and it was the temporary and unofficial Coast Guard Auxiliary which answered the call. By 7 o’clock that night there were 150 boats on patrol duty, some of them as far as a hundred miles off shore and 500 trained men were on hand to man them It is certain that, i except for the defeat of the Japs at Midway, there would have been some Japanese in California who did not own laundries and who would not have been known to anyone there. The temporary Coast Guard Auxiliary filled the breach there.” It is planned, the field co-ordinator explained, to set up exchange net works so that if a crippled plane is sighted, a crash occurs, a drown ing takes place or any other tragedy, civilian or military, it can be instant ly reported and searching parties dis patched to the rescue immediately. There will be a lot of civilian flying in the postwar period and there will be accidents, he said. The need for co-ordinated efforts to protect and preserve property will be as great, if not greater, than in wartime, he added. Serving as toastmaster at the meeting at the Woman’s club was G. P. Hall, leader of the local Coast Guard Auxiliary unit. Introducing Mayor John L. Hassell was Hugh Horton. Welcoming the visitors to Wil liamston, Mayor Hassell spoke elo quently of the fight for freedom which man has waged for centuries. The throwing down of the gantlet to Hitler and his associates by the United States and other countries in 1941 was the latest definite fight in the direction of freedom, he said. The mayor described the wonders of the nation and of the state with such eloquence as led Dr. Maynard (Continued on page four) -• Bear Grass Parents And Teachers Meet .. Holding their first meeting of the current term, parents and teachers in the Bear Grass School recently discussed plans for housing a lunch room for the children. J. C. Manning, superintendent of county schools, explained to the group that it would be impossible to get brick and construct building for the lunchroom for use this year. However, it was pointed out that the community may move and remodel the workshop and use it until a per manent building could be construct ed Top school natrons have decided to continue a drive to raise funds for a new building and equipment. Ap proximately $100 was contributed at the meeting and committees were named to carry the canvass into all parts of the district. A review of the canvass progress will be made at a special meeting to be held next Tuesday, October 9, according to information released by Mrs. Pete Mendenhall Heavy SCRAP PAPER "1| ^-J Recognizing the serious paper shortage and willing to help re lieve that shortage, members of the newly organized local Junior Chamber of Commerce will can vass the town for waste paper, including magazines and news papers, Sunday afternoon begin ning at 3:00 o’clock. Local housewives and others are cordially asked to cooperate in the drive by bundling waste paper and leaving it in front of their homes. Twenty Licenses To1 Marry Are Sold In| County Last Montlr -* Issuance In Largest For Aay September In Over Ten Yearn -s, Twenty marriage licenses were is sued in this county last month by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger, the issuance being the largest for any September since 1934 when twenty three licenses were sold. Only in one month, January, has the number xceeded the issuance for Septem ber. Eight of the licenses were issued to white and twelve to colored couples, as follows: White Ragan Judson Holloman, of Au lander, and Dolores Manning Wool ard, of RFD No. 1, Williamston. George Bunch and Frances Hum ble, both of Williamston. Connie Virgil Preast, of Hobgood, and Lurlene Hyman, of Palmyra. Ray Walker of Jonesburg, and Sal ly Delia Laughinghouse, of Ernul. Rufus S. Gurganus and Sybil Peel, both of Williamston. Joseph Henry Chorley, USN, and Chicago, and Laura E. Lilley, of Wil liamston. John Robert Snavely, of Landis ville, Pa., and Carolyn Graham Has sell, of Jamesville. Richard R. Davis, of Oak City, and Ernestine Strickland, of Bethel. Colored Claude Worsley and Bristine Thomas, both of RFD No. 2, Rober son ville. William Parker and Minnie B. Co burn, both of Robersonville. Levi John Spruill and Luvenia Chance, both of Stokes. Janies Henry Keel and Mary Dix on, both of Robersonville. Samuel Council and Fannie Mae Short, both of Oak City. James Edward Laughinghouse and Julia Ann Peel, both of Williamston. Joe Henry Spruill and Hazel Grif fin, both of Everetts. Columbus Savage and Edith Cof field, both of Hobgood. Eddie Frank Jones, RFD 1, Wil liamston, and Mary Williams, of RFD 2. Williamston. Rhodes T. Carter, Jr., and Char lotte Ruffin, both of Windsor. Harry James end Christine Little, both of Parmele. Joe Lee Durham and Mary Askew, both of Robersonville. Sgt. Rogers Arrives At Station In Texas —®— SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT. — T/Sgt. Eli C. Rogers of 620 West Main street, Williamston, who served 29 months in the European theater of operations as an Aerial Engineer has arrived at the San Antonio District AAF Personnel Distribution com mand. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Rogers. Sergeant Rogers wears the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He was liberated from a Prisoner of War Camp in Austria. He will spend approximately two weeks at the redistribution station undergoing records and physical pro cessing in preparation for a dis charge or reassignment to duty in this country. During his stay here, this combat veteran who was assigned to San An tonio upon completion of a 30-day leave at his home, will be duty-free and have at his command all of the many recreational and educational facilities made available to returned airmen by the Personnel Distribution Command. -* Improving Follotcing Light Stroke Lout Monday Night Suffering a stroke of paralysis last Monday evening at her home here on East Main Street, Mrs. A. L. Roebuck was reported improving late yester day. Apparently in her usual health, Mrs. Roebuck was crocheting and talking with neighbors visiting in her home a short time before she suffer ed the attack. Three Persons Are Fined $50 In Court For “Ugly” Conduct —<;>— Recent Activity Climaxed By Road Sentence For Vagrancy After coasting along for months under the impression that justice tempered with mercy time and again would pay dividends, Justice John L. Hassell apparently invoked a new policy in his court during the past few days. Three persons, charged with disorderly conduct or conduct foreign to race relations existing in this community, were each fined $50 and taxed with the costs. And to climax the recent activities of the justice’s court, a defendant was sen tenced to the roads for thirty days on a vagrancy count. Several de fendants, charged with violations outside the justice's jurisdiction, were bound over to the higher courts for trial. Proceedings: Charged with the larceny of an automobile, Harry Lee Spruill was bound over to the superior court un der bond in the sum of $500. Guilford Brown, charged with pos session and transporting non tax paid liquor, was sent to the county court for trial in $100 bond. Charged with disorderly conduct, Linwood Rhodes was fined $50.00 and required to pay the costs amounting to $7.50. William Ed Purvis, charged with operating a motor vehicle with im t roper brakes, was fined $10 and tax ed with $6 costs. Richard Harvin was fined $5 and taxed with $8.50 costs for disorderly conduct. Carried into court for vagrancy, Walter C. Walker waa sentenced to the roads for thirty days. Ted Scott and Josh Rascoe, charg ed with an affray, were each requir ed to pay $7.50 costs. Charged with disorderly conduct, N. S. Nichols and James Pippen were each fined $50 and required to pay the costs. Jasper Farmer, charged with dis orderly conduct, was fined $2.00 and taxed with $7.50 costs. Walter Fisher, charged with oper ating a motor vehicle with improper lights and brakes, was fined $10 and required to pay $6 cost6. Ben Hamm, charged with disorder ly conduct, was fined $20 and taxed with $8.50 costs. Charged with the larceny of goods valued at $5 or more, James Wil liams was bound over to the county court for trial under bond in the sum of $50. Harvey Bryant was fined $10 and required to pay $6 costs in the case charging him with operating a motor vehicle with improper lights. County Young Man Stationed In Japan -a> Enlisting in the Navy over three years ago, Seaman Albert V. Wob bleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Wobbleton of RFD 2, Williamston, recently entered Tokyo Bay on the first LST to land on Japan. He is a member of Ship’s Company of the U. S. S. LST 883. Seaman Wobbleton reported aboard the LST 683 last March and has been in the Far East since that time. The Tokyo expedition was a com plete surprise to all hands aboard the ship and it turned out to be a thrill ing experience The ship was order ed to rush loading at Okinawa for a quick trip to Tokyo The crew pitch ed in and helped the Army load, then the LST 683 dodged floating mines and a typhoon and reached Tokyo Bay on September 8, Tokyo time, the day General Mac Arthur entered the city in triumph. Referring to Seaman Wobbleton and other members of the crew, Rich ard T Paynter, commanding officer, said: “These boys have done an ex cellent job. We started with the con viction that we’d be the best LST in the fleet. I know of no LST with a finer record. The credit and honor ' for putting this ship up on top is due to the loyal devotion and hard work of men like Wobbleton. I am proud of them.” I Seaman Wobbleton’s wife, the for mer Miss Ruth Terry, and their son, are residing on RFD 2, Williamston. -.—. , Escape Uninjured In West Main Street Truck Accident - ! Richard Vines and his two Ger man prisoner passengers escaped un injured last Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock when the truck in which they were traveling turned over at the railroad trestle on West Main Street here. The pick-up truck, trav eling toward the business section ran off the road, turned over and came to a stop facing west. Very I little damage was done to the truck reports state. |€all-fSacy«jrMa For Pre - Induction And Final Induction First Time Men Called To Answer Pre-Induction And Final Induction Same Day -» Forty-siy Martin County colored men were called this week to answer for preliminary examinations and final induction into the armed ser vices. It is the first time since Selec tive Service was created that men were called to answer both pre-in duction and final induction calls the same day. The names of the six colored men called for final induction and their addresses follow: John D. Griffin, RFD 3, Williams ton. Lester Jones, Oak City. Bennie Karl Ruffin, Robersonville. Thadious Spruill. Norfolk and Ev eretts. Willie Jasper Parker, RFD 1, Oak City. Robert Joseph Leathers, RFD 1. Oak City and Portsmouth. Most of this group are only eigh teen years of age, and as far as it could be learned all of them are single. Four of them are non-farm ers. The pre-induction list is the larg est scheduled to leave the county in some time. Thirty of them come from the farm. Twenty of the forty are just eighteen years old, the ages of the others ranging up to 25 years. Only two of them are married and they leave behind one child each. The names of the men called for pre-induction examinations and their addresses follow: Julius Ward, Robersonville. Harry Best, RFD 1, Oak City. Richard Benjamin Jones, RFD 1, Oak City. Leander Winbush, Williamston. Linwood Ebron, Robersonville. Marcellus Parker, RFD ,2, Rober sonville. Percy Dorsey Evans, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Leonard Gray Moore, RFD 2, Wil liamston and Philadelphia. Henry Brown, Jr., RFD 2, Wil liamston and Newport News. Joseph Pippem, RFD 2, Williams ton. Wardell Jones, RFD 3, Williams ton. Grady Bruce Gee, RFD 1, James ville. Willie Alexander Rodgers, RFD 3, Williamston. Fred C. Howell, Hamilton. Sam Thurmond Brown, RFD 2,1 Williamston. Clayton Alton Spruill, Roberson ville. Remus Moore, Robersonville. George Henry Peel, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Napoleon Manning, Parmele. Dennis Jones, Hassell and Oak City. Eugene Fields, RFD 1, Palmyra. Lonza Langley, RFD 2, Roberson ville. J. D. Carr, RFD 1, Oak City. Dean Junior Clark, RFD 2, Wil liamston. William Henry Peel, RFD 1, Jamesville. Ernest Earl Briley, RFD 1, Rober sonville. James Edward Rollins, RFD 1, Robersonville. Joe Nathan Parker, RFD 2, Rober sonville. James Perkins, RFD 1, Oak City. Noah Herman Thompson, RFD 1, Oak City. Jasper Andrews, RFD 2, Roberson ville. Langston Smith, Jamesville. Willie James Bryant, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Levy Broadie, RFD 2, Roberson ville. Henry Andrews, RFD 2, Roberson ville. Julius Clayton Parker, RFD 2, Robersonville. John Pierce, RFD 1, Jamesville. Joe Wilkins, Jr., Williamston. Albert Lee Edwards, Williamston. William Burris Jones, RFD 1, Oak City. One of those reporting for pre-in duction and nearly all, if not all, of those reporting for final induction |on Wednesday of this week volun teered their services, according to one report. | Quite a few have voluntered their services recently in this county. HUNTING r Late reports heard here state that the hunting season was opened with a bang by many hunters in the county while others met with little or no suc cess. In the upper part of the county, a special hunt in the | Oak City-Palmyra area netted I six deer by 11 o’clock last Mon day, and the hunter* withdrew to keep from turning the hunt into a slaughter. “We had poor luck, but we did chase one or two deer into the low grounds," Veteran Hunter Jimmy Gurkin said in telling about a hunt over in Williams township early this week. In the meantime, other hunters were bringing in the squirrel in numbers. Price Trend "'Moves' Upward On Local Market This Week Although prices received on Wil liamston’s tobacco market have held firm day by day since the opening on August 21, a slight upward trend in the daily average w’as noted this week when the figure climbed to a point wrell over $44.00 per hundred for the over-all sales. At one time fairly large quantities of damaged tobacco pulied the general price av erage down, but all through the sea son to date the price average never fell below $43.SO. Better tobaccos are being offered this week, and in dividual averages have poshed right up to $47 and $48 per hundred with individual piles selling for as much as 50 cents or more per pound. Up until this morning the market had sold in the 27 sale days since August 20, a total of 7,794.244 pounds for an average right close to $44.00 i per hundred. While salt's today are j hardly up to the usual size they are I Jurymen Drawn Fur A Special Term Of The Superior Court -- TVrin Opening November 1<) To Handle Civil Cases On Calendar Jurymen for a special two-weeks’ term of the Martin County Superior Court were drawn by the commis sioners in session recently. The court, convening on Monday, Nov ember 19, will handle only civil cas es and while it was established more than ten years ago it is still listed as special. Two such terms are held each year, one in April and the other in November while the regular terms are held in March, June, September and December. No judge has been assigned to pre side over the court term, but a spec ial one will be provided. Names of the jurymen to serve and their respective townships fol low: First Week Williams Township: C. B Rober son, Irving Gurganus and John E. Manning. Griffins Township: H. Vernon Har dison and N. T. Daniel. Bear Grass Township: C. C. Park er, H. S. Manning, Earl F. Bonds and Charles A. Peele. Robersonville Township: Jimmie Roberson, O. P. Smith, W. L. House. Hamilton Township: H. A. Haislip. Goose Nest Township: Jesse Mat thews, Jr., L. J. Davenport, and Jack Smith. Second Week Jamesville Township: Eli D. Rog ers, David Ange, P. M. Holliday and Grady C. Modlin. Griffins Township: James M. Peel and Noah R. Hardison. * Bear Glass Township: T. L. Rob erson. Williamston Township: Norman Bowen, J. B. James, Vertie A. Lassi ter and F. U. Barnes. Cross Roads Township: W. C. Faulkner. Robersonville Township: L. G. Warren, L. N. Vick, and J. D. Brit ton. Goose Nest Township: R. R. Rawls, B. L. Harrell and T. L. Harrell. Mother Advised Son Had Been Liberated —*— Mrs. Odessa Barnscastle, matron of the Martin County Sanatorium, was advised by the War Department on Wednesday of this week that her son, Pv1. Due Smithwick, had been lib erated from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Taken prisoner at the fall of Cor regidor on May 8, 1942, the young man had been a prisoner of war of the Japs for about forty months. Mrs. Barncastle, formerly of Ber tie County, was also advised by the department that her son would be re turned home within a short time. Acconatica Perfected In The (Guaranty llunk Here -/t, ... Ringing sounds and echoes existing in the large banking room of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company here were snuffed out recently by the installation of special building material. The sound-proofing ma terial, placed on the ceiling and walls, has reduced tne noise of ma chines and typewriters to a low minimum, and Cashier D. V. Clay ' ton declares one is now able to hear himself think. “It is remarkable how | such, a minor change could make so .much difference," the banker was I quoted as saying I October 13 Last Day To File For Gag Refurulg -♦ I The Harrison Oil Company re minds farmers and other non-high way gasoline users that Saturday, October 13, is the last day to file for gas tax refunds for the months of July, August and September. The company’s office will be glad to as sist claimants in filing for rebates. almost certain to carry the total for the season to date to more than eight million pounds. Today is the first time since the opening of the market that the buy ers have had any hope of catching up with the deliveries. Farmers, busy harvesting peanuts, slowed down their tobacco marketing and it isn't likely that there'll be anything like a glut between now and the end of the season. If there is a glut it will certainly not compare with the one the market has confronted since the opening when tobacco was placed on the floors over a week ahead of scheduled sales. It is now believed that tobacco delivered one day can be sold the same day, that tobacco delivered one day certainly can be sold the next. According to the best estimates to be had, more than 75 percent of the crop has been sold in this section. I N MUD W AR FUND ] No direct reports could be had immediately, but it was learner this morning that the drive to raise $13,232.96 for the United War Fund in this county was making progress in several dis tricts, the chairman declaring that every effort would he made to meet the challenge. The campaign is expected to be in full swing by next week. County Chairman Clarence W. (iriffin said today. During the meantime, several Sunday schools in the county will donate special collections te the fund Sunday. ^ ..^ ____| Judge* Calvin Smith Calls Eleven Cases In Recorder’s Court - . Session Was First llclil Since Farly Sepleinliei-; Many Uasrs On Docket -($, Alter yielding to the superior court for two weeks, the Martin County Recorder’s Court resumed its sched ule of weekly activities last Monday when Judge Calvin Smith called eleven cases. The court was in ses sion until early afternoon and at tracted a fairly huge crowd. About forty cases have already been set for trial at the session sched uled for next Monday, most of the cases charging violation of the motor vehicle laws. Proceedings: James Purvis, charged with non support, was ordered to continue the payment of $5 a week for the care of Ids children and reappear for furth er judgment on the first Monday in January, 1948. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Charlie Whitehurst pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the roads for four months. The case charging Floyd Spruill with non support was continued un til next Monday. Wheeler Smith, young colored man who almost cut Ins brother to death and badly hurt tiis father witli a pocket knife, pleaded guilty of as saults with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to the roads for twelve months. Smith’s brother received two wounds that required 125 stitches to close. The victims were able to appear in court. The de fendant, throwing himself upon the mercy of the court, declared that Ik (Continued on page four) Two Auto Accidents Reported in County -- No one was hurt but considerable property damage resulted in two automobile accidents here and at Bear Grass last evening. The first of the two accidents was reported at 7:15 o’clock when cars driven by R. B. l.eggett and Alton Harris crashed on Washington Street here near the Gulf filling station. .Damage to Leggett’s 193!) Chevrolet was estimated at $50 and Chas. I Moore, officer investigating the ac cident, estimated that $75 or $100 [wnuld repair the damage to Harris’ |1941 Buiek. 1 A hearing in the case will be held .here tonight. Mayo Wynne, Plynmuttl man ac" companied by two men from Wash ington County, run into Wyatt Clin ton Meeks, U. S. Army, of RFD 3, Greenville, in front of the Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church at S-50 o’clock, causing damage of about $50 to each machine, accord ing to Cpl. W. S. Hunt who investi gated the accident. Wynne, charg ed with drunken and reckless driv ing and operating a car without a driver’s license, was said to have crowded the Meeks car almost off the hightway before striking it. Wynne was temporarily detained and had not furnished bond early ithis morning. Martin County Man Commended For His Services Overseas Parents Receive Iain*' Letter From J. FL Roberson’s Commanding Officer Captain Ralp L. Kitchell, com mander of a platoon of tho 13th Mountain Medical Battalion, recently wrote a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Claudius Roberson of Williamston highly praising the work done by their son, John B. Roberson, who has boon in tho China-Burma-India Theatre for two years. Captain Litcholl said, in part: “I know that you cannot fully ap preciate the work your son has done overseas as he is hesitant about writ ing about himself. Your son has been with me overseas since Novem boi i 0, 11M3, until a short time ago. During that period I have worked with him almost continuously and understand and appreciate the work lie has done l not nntv express my own opinion but that of many mem hers of the old company when I say that he has done outstanding work over hero and contributed greatly to the success of our company during the battles of India-Burma and Cen tral Burma. "Wo regarded his services and deeds so highly that he was recom mended for the Bronze Star Medal tor meritorious service as sergeant m charge during the North Burma campaign. At trie start ol the campaign over lure he assisted in moving our com pany and its horses over the trail into the Ilakwang and Mogaung Val leys of Burma, known later as the Ledo Road. Our unit always pre coded the road builders. We had to move parts of our company into iso lated sections of Burma, traveling trails and sometimes merely foot paths through the jungles. Your son was often in charge of getting the trucks through and the sick and wounded animals out of such had areas. Often it was necessary for our trucks to travel through sections where enemy patrols were known to be active and the roads exposed to snipers and artillery fire. The trails were often completely hemmed in by jungle and it was often impossible to see more than a few feet in any direction. I have seen your son wading chest deep in water pulling heavy chains and winch cables to get our trucks through the virtually bottomless swamps of Burma. I often doubted if he'could get through, but due to his unrelenting effort and de termination he did exactly what he was supposed to do. I’ve seen him come in wet to the skin, muddy, too tired to even eat, but he still was go ing and would be ready to go again immediately if the situation demand ed his going. "Your son did his most outstand ing work evacuating sick and wound ed animals from the Mars Brigade while they were on the march from Mystkyna, Burma, south through Bhamo and on the trail to Tonkwa where the Mars Brigade had its first battle. Our company received a let ter from Lt. Colonel Young, com manding the 18th Veterinary Evacu ation hospital, commending the ex cellent work Sgi Roberson did Your son trucked sick and wounded ani mals back from the frone lines and carried replacements in to keep up the fight During an emergency, he was on the road continuously for three days, eating K rations and sleeping in the cab of his truck. I can safely say his truck was the first one to travel stretches of that road. “In January, 1945, he was made motor sergeant for our company, lie did not like the job very well as he was kept tied down and constant ly r unning into trouble in procuring necessary repairs, a problem so of ten experienced in the forward areas. "1 have not heard from your son recently, but I understand that he is at Shimbywang, Burma. He should be going home soon, but no one knows for sure.” In closing, Captain Mitchell said, (Continued on page four) -a 'Legion Fair Opens Here Next Monday —a— The American Legion will open its annual agricultural fair at the Mar lin County fair grounds here next Monday with the combined shows, rides and concessions of the Central I Amusement Company on the mid way. ] Secretary John A. Ward has dis tributed nearly 2.000 premium books to farmers and other potential ex hibitors, and reports indicate that most of the premiums will be taken. Operated for the fifth year by the John W Hassell Post of the Ameri can Legion, the fair will feature Milt Hinkle’s Texas cowboys in a two Jiuur rodeo show. The attraction has about 100 horses and numbers of cowboys, cowgirls and rodeo clowns. Tuesday, white school children will be admitted free at the mam gate. Tickets are being distributed by the management this week and the schools will close for half a day. I General admission this year will [be 25 and 50 cents.