NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4,0M COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
k VOLUME XLVIIf—NUMBER 85.
Williamaton, Martin County, Worth Carolina, Friday, October 26, 1945
ESTABLISHED 1899
Young Girl Victim
Of Unusual Attack
Officers Unable To Get Lead
In Baffling Case In
Poplar Point
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Miss Annie Mae Hardison, 17, was
the victim of an unusual attack in the
home of her half-brother by mar
riage, Robert Hollis, in Poplar Point
Township between 2 and 3 o’clock
Wednesday morning. Describing it
as one of the most baffling cases re
ported in the county in some time,
officers said late yesterday that they
had been unable up until that time
to get a definite lead, that no arrest
was expected immediately.
The daughter of Mrs. Bill Hollis,
she went to visit in the Hollis home
and to held prepare a barn of tobac
co for market. She was sleeping in
a room with a small child and was
awakened when an intruder, enter
ing the front door, placed his hands
on her head. “I tried to raise my
head twice and the man pushed it
time, and told me if I
screamed he would kill me,” the vie
time was quoted as saying. Officers
stated that the victim screamed, and
the attacker struck her on the head
just above the right ear twice with
some blunt instrment, possibly a
flashlight. Mr. Hollis, hearing the
scream, ran into the room and the in
truder darted out the front door and
ran down the road. The attacker
broke a plank in the porch and his
foot went through the floor, but he
was not delayed very long.
Mr. Hollis reported the attack, and
Sheriff G. B. Roebuck and several
other officers started an investiga
tion immediately. Bloodhounds
were called and the intruder was
traced down the road several hun
dred yards to a point where he is be
lieved to have boarded a car and
drove away with one or two other
persons.
Neighbors saw the car parked in
the road, and heard parties talking,
but they could not identify the ma
chine or the voices.
Neithei Mr. Hollis nor the victim
could definitely identify the intrud
er.
The young woman was treated in
a local doctor’s office, but no stitches
were necessary to close the two small
wounds. She said that she never lost
consciousness as a result of the at
tack, that she was badly frightened
at the time.
County Native Dies
In Roanoke Rapids
Frank Price, a native of this coun
ty, died in a Roanoke Rapids hos
* pital last Saturday afternoon at 5
o’clock following a long period of de
clining health.
The son of the late Joseph Price
and wife, he was born in Goose Nest
Township about 86 years ago, and
spent most of his life on the farm.
About seven years ago he moved to
Roanoke Rapids to make his home
with a son, Linwood Price. He was
married in early life to Miss Bertha
♦ Savage who died about eight years
ago.
Funeral services were conducted
at his late home Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock and burial was in the
family plot in the Oak City cemetery.
He is survived by seven children,
Mrs. Billie Bowers, of Hamilton, Mrs.
Marvin Copeland of Robersonville,
Mrs. Roland Gray, Mrs. Howard
Faye, and Linwood Price of Roanoke
Rapids and Eugene and Samuel
4 Price of Newport News; a sister, Mrs.
Mollie Vick of Speed, and a brother,
Charlie Price of Roanoke Rapids.
Farm Life School
Opens Lunch Roont
The management of the Farm Life
a School lunchroom, which opened
Wednesday, October 17, has been
greatly improved this year. Last
year under the supervision of Mrs.
Eris Taylor, the food was prepared
in the home economics kitchen. The
eats were delicious but the kitchen
was so small that preparation was
difficult. Also there was much dis
turbance for those who were having
lessons while others were being serv
* ed Taking all in consideration, it
was decided that the unoccupied
teacherage would be just the thing
needed.
The committee engaged Mrs. Jim
Williams to prepare the school chil
dren nourishing meals and lately a
young colored girl has been provid
ing the extra needed help. With the
cooperation of every pupil in bring
ing plates and vegetables Mrs. Wil
# liams and her assistant have been
able to serve piping hot bowls of
soup, tempting plate lunches, pop
sickles, hot dogs, hamburgers, and
delicious sandwiches. Everyone
agrees to the idea of the lunchroom
being a huge success.
Revival In Progre»* At
The Sweet Home Church
Rev. Dennis Warren Davis is con
ducting a series of revival services in
the Sweet Home Christian Church
this week. Home coming will be ob
served by the church Sunday, and
the public is invited.
Fifty Cases Handled In
Fines Amounting To
$685 Are Collected
During Long Session
Judge Smith And Prosecutor
Roberson Worked Until
Dark Clearing Docket
-$
With fifty cases on the docket,
Judge J. Calvin Smith and Solicitor
Paul D. Roberson worked until dark
before clearing the slate in the Mar
tin County Recorder’s Court last
Monday. The session, opening at 9
o’clock that morning, was one of the
longest on record, and the court col- '
lected $685 in fines during the day. I
The’ court had not been in session for
two weeks and some of the cases had
accumulated. However, several were
continued and quite n«t
scheduled for trial until next Mon- j
day* '
Tlie session attracted a large
crowd, but by nightfall only the de
fendants, court attendants and one or
two spectators were present for the
windup.
Proceedings.
William Henry Williams, charged
with larceny -nd receiving, was ad
judged not guilty. i
James LeRoy O’Mary, charged J
with careless and reckless driving,
ple/'ded guilty and the case was con
tinued under prayer for judgment
until November 12. A continuance
was also granted in the case charg
ing Jack A Farmer with drunken
driving. !
Jake Downs, charged with drunk- j
en driving, was fined $50, taxed with ■
the cost and had his operator’s li- 1
cense revoked for one year.
Charged witli an assault, Raymond ■
Williams pleaded guilty of simple as
sault and the court suspended judg- 1
ment upon the payment of the co9ts,
the defendant also paying $30 to the 1
prosecuting witness and $25 to the
prosecuting witness’ attorney.
Charged with passing a school bus,
Booker T. Mizelle was fined $10 and '
taxed with the cost.
Zen Howell Harrell. Jr., was fin
ed $15 and taxed with the cost for
speeding.
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with operating a motor
vehicle without an operator's li
cense and with improper brakes,
Sam Simmons was found guilty and
drew a six months road sentence.
All but 60 days of the term '.Vi***™■
pended upon the payment of a $25
fine and cost. The defendant is not
to operate a car or have intoxicating j
liquors or be publicly drunk for one
year. He is to begin serving sen- I
tence on the first Monday in Decem
ber, and bond in the sum of $100 was
required.
Judgment was suspended upon the
payment of the cost in the case
chaiging Hubert Barber with oper
ating a motor vehicle with no driv
er’s license.
Charlie Razor, charged with oper
ating a motor vehicle without a driv
er’s license and with improper
brakes, was fined $35, taxed with the
cost and recommended that no li
cense be issued the defendant for one
year. !
Charged with careless and reckless
driving, Ernest Jenkins was fined ;
$20, taxed with the cost and had his |
driver’s license suspended for twenty
days.
i Zeb Biggs, charged with drunken
j driving, was fined $50, taxed with
I the cost and had his license revoked
for one year. I
A continuance was allowed until
November 12 in the case charging
James Everett with drunken driving
and disorderly conduct.
R. R. Alexander was fined $100
(Continued on page four)
Returns Home After Stay
Of Three Years in Pacific
After spending three years in the
South Pacific, Chief Petty Officer J.
P. Holliday returned to his home in
Jamesville last Friday after receiv
ing his discharge. The son of Mr
and Mrs. L. P Holliday, the young
officer was a member of the Seabees
and was in the thick of the fighting
on several of the South Pacific Is
lands.
BOND QUOTA J
Martin County has been as
signed an over-all quota of $544,
000 in the Eighth Bond Drive
which is scheduled to get under
way next Monday, Drive Chair
man D. V. Clayton announced
yesterday. The people of the
county are being asked to invest
$243,000 in “E” bonds and $301,
000 in negotiables. The quota
is the smallest assigned the conn
ty since the early part of the
j war, and the leaders are cor.fi
5 dent it will be over subscribed
Tentatively scheduled to meet
in the Branch Bank here next
Tuesday night at $ o’clock, town
ship representatives are to ac
cept district quotas and make
plans for carrying the victory
bond appeal into every part or
the county.
PRESUMED DEAD
S/Sgt. Henry Wesley Allen,
Jr., missing: over Kiel, Germany,
since January 5, 1944, is now
presumed dead, his mother, Mrs.
Bettie Gray Allen Jackson, of
Jamesville, was recently notified
by the War Department.
Fire Victims Body
Exhumed In County
The body of Ralph W. Barbour,
Raleigh insurance man who lost his
life in a fire in this country last July
28, was exhumed last Tuesday and
removed to the family plot in Smith
field for burial. The father of the
32-year-old man and his uncle, car
rying a removal permit and with the
consent of the victim’!, widow, the
former Miss Kathleen Hodges of this
county, accompanied a Raleigh un
dertaker to this county for the body.
“We just wanted him buried in our
family plot,’’ Mr. Barbour was quot
ed as saying after going over the de
tails surrounding his son's tragic
death.
Young Barbour and his wife came
to this county on the night of July !
28 to spend the week-end with her ,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Henry j
Hodges. He retired that evening and
Mrs. Barbour went with her parents
to sit up at a tobacco barn. While
the family was there the dwelling
wssght fire, presumable from a lamp,
and burned down, the man losing his
life.
| Funeral services were conducted
. the following afternoon and burial
was on the Hodges farm.
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Local Peanut Mill
Starts Operations
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With the new crop of peanuts mov
ing to market, the plant of the Wil
liamston Peanut Company started
operations Wednesday when test
runs were made. Full-scale opera
tions are now under way with one
shift at the various posts. With con
ditions favorable for the harvesting
and marketing of the crop the plant
will maintain its present schedule for
a few days and add more shifts to
care for increased deliveries.
Most of the crop movine to the
plant at the present time is coming
from the border section of the State,
Quality is only fair, and production
in most sections is far below original
estimates.
Harvesting activities are proceed
ing slowly in this county and few
sales have been made so far. It was
unofficially reported that at least one
sale had been made for $9.25 per
hundred, that one farmer had refus
ed $9.30 for a limited number of
bags. Most of the early sales are av
eraging only $8.75, reports state.
Business Decrease
In Justice’s Court
While the county court was hand
ling a record docket last Monday,
Justice John L. Hassell reported a
business decrease in his court during
the past few days. Only five cases
were docketed during the period.
Rufus Taylor, a more-or-less regu
lar customer, was fined $5 and re
quired to pay $7.50 costs for being
drunk and down.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
Saint Leon Swain was sentenced to
the roads for thirty days. The sen
tence was suspended upon the pay
ment of $9 costs.
Sentenced to the roads for thirty
days for disorderly conduct, Ben
Evans appealed to the nigher courts
and was required to furnish bond in
the sum of $100.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
and assault with a deadly weapon
and resisting arrest, Cole Cowan was
bound over to the county court in
$100 bond.
B. Moore, charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon, was bound
over to the county court under bond
in the sum of $100.
Increased Donations
Appeal Made To Canvassers
And Contributors To Put
Drive Over the Top
After lagging badly for weeks, the 1
United War Fund Drive is gaining (
momentum rapidly in the county and '
the outlook is now more encourag- 1
ing, according to a report released i
late yesterday by Chairman Clarence 1
W. Griffin. Reports from district 1
chairmen are not complete except in I
one or two cases, and it is hard to
tell just how the drive will come out, 1
but late information shows that the :
canvassers are settling down to the ‘
unwanted but humane task and that s
conributors are proving more liberal 1
as the time for the campaign nears '
its close. ;
Up until late yesterday, only five 1
districts had made a report, and only 1
two of them were announced com- *
plete. Wilhamston reported $2,- *
010 78 of its $8,282.96 quota in hand,
teavtr.g over halt of the territory
yet to be heard from, including dona
tions ranging up to $300 Explaining
that they had not yet been canvass
ed, several local citizens yesterday
volunteered their donations, ranging
up to $25 from individuals.
No change was reported in the
amounts raised by Dardens where
the drive went over the goal, and by ’
Poplar Point where the drive was
announced complete but short of its
goal. j
Cross Roads, with $280.00 of its
$450.00 goal already raised, is still
working to meet the challenge.
Bear Grass has collected $307.70 of
its $550.00 goal, and it is understood
that the drive is still in progress
there.
To date, $2,825.53 has been raised
and placed in the bank for the five
districts. Robersonville, it is under
stood, has more than $1,000 in hand,
and it is fairly certain that the re
ports through yesterday when finally
checked will boost the total to
around $5,000. These figures repre
sent hardly half of the county, mean
ing that at the present rate of prog
ress, more than $10,000 should be
raised and reported by the middle or
latter part of next week.
Reports reaching home from de
vastated countries maintain that
American boys are actually denying
themselves willingly to share their
food with starving children. The
United War Fund, in addition to the
work being carried on for American
servicemen, is doing all in its power
jto get relief to the starving and ili
jclad. The extent of its work will be
determined by a thoughtful people
■ back home. A donation denied any
United War Fund canvasser in Mar- ,
tin County can well mean that just
j §o much help will be denied suffer
| ing humanity in those countries that
fought as our allies. Remembering
the great need for relief, United War
Fund leaders are again directing an
humble plea to every man, woman |
and child in Martin County, urging
everyone to support the drive. Those
who have made contributions al
ready and who can make another are
asked to do so. Those who have not
been canvessed are asked to look up
a canvasser in their respective dis
tricts and make a liberal donation.
The time is short and the need is ur
genlty great. Help Martin County
meet the challenge thrown to it by
poorly clothed and hungry children
in foreign lands.
Robbery Reported
In County Tuesday
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Forcing open the front door, rob
bers entered the store of Terry
Brothers in Bear Grass either late
last Monday night or early Tuesday
morning and stole some merchandise.
A music box was broken up, but a
detailed list of missing items and the
damage done by the robbers could
not be learned immediately.
Some time during Monday night,
thieves stole the car of Mrs. Dock
Ayers near Bear Grass, officers be
lieving that both jobs were handled
by the same party or parties. The
Ayers car, left in the yard with the
key in the switch and a- pocket book
containing about $20 in the seat, was
pushed into the road and driven
away.
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NEW TAGS
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The new 1946 state motor ve
hicle license plate was placed on
display in Harrison and Carstar
phen’s show window here this
week. Its yellow numerols on
a black background, the new
plate will be placed on sale in
early December. Only one plate
is being issued (or the new year,
but a return to dual tags is ex
pected for 1947.
Despite the war and shortages,
vehicle license tags have been
issued in greater numbers by the
local license bureau. In 1944,
4,562 car tags were sold, the
number jumping to 4,792 up un
til the 20th of this month. Total
plates sold in 1944 numbered
6,206 while the total so far this
year stands at 6,523, an increase
of 317.
County Youth Goes Hungry
To Slkuxidth Staev'ujg. T«t$
That the United War Fund lias a
tremendous and humanitarian job
still to handle was brought home a
few days ago when a Martin County
young man, writing from Holland,
pointed out the serious situation the
Dutch are facing. “It is bad to see
grown people go hungry, but it is
worse to see little, helpless children
pleading for a bit to eat for their
frail bodies," the young man said.
He added, “Many times I would go
hungry myself and share my own
food with the pitiful little tots.”
That's Holland for you, a country
where 50,000 reported for work on
a special job, and less than one out
of ten was found physically able to
stand up under the strain. Starva
tion and w'ant have taken their toll.
Then there are other countries facing
similar situations, countries who
fought back and who, no doubt, help
ed end the war before more men
from right here at home were wound
ed or killed.
Reports state that some districts in
this couniy are going over the top.
Others are falling down for one reas
on or another, but in no instance has
it been reported that contributors
were denying themselves the slight
est entertainment or anything re
sembling a necessity.
The United War Fund Drive is
slated for an early closing in this
county, and if we are not to desert
suffering humanity and out own
boys still in the service, speed will
have to be applied in raising the re
mainder of the $13,232.96 assigned
quota.
Two children were reported in an
adjoining county to be out on a
pleasure jaunt when they heard
about the fund and they surrendered
their money. The fund needs more
children like them, and the world of
tomorrow will need citizens with that
attitude.
S-Sgl. H. Wesley
Is Given Up For
Mien
Lost
Young Man Missing
Over Kiel, Germany,
Nearly Two Years
Mother Recently Advised By
War Department At Her
Home In Jainesville
-p.,
S/Sgt. Henry Wesley Allen, Jr.,
missing in a bombing raid over Kiel,
Germany, on January 5, 1944, is now
presumed dead, according to a mes
sage received a short time ago from
the War Department by his mother,
Mrs. Bettie Gray Allen Jackson, of
Jamesville. "No particulars or trace
of the plane have been found, and
your son must be presumed dead,”
the message stated.
The young man figured in a three
prong raid directed on a large scale
against vital German targets that
day. Unofficial reports state that
losses were comparatively heavy. As
far as it can be learned no members
of the crew on the big bomber have
been heard from since they started
the ill-fated mission.
The son of Mrs. Bettie Gray Allen ■
Jackson of Jamesville and H. Wesley
Allen, Sr., of LaGrange he was born
on September 5, 1923. After leading
his classes in the Jamesville schools
until 1939 he went to LaGrange to
finish his high school courses with
honors in 1941. After working in
the Newport News Ship Yard, he en
listed in the Army Air Corps on No
vember 17, 1942, and reported for
active service at Pope Field, Fort
Bragg. He later trained at St. Pet
ersburg, Florida, and was graduated
from gunnery school at Fort My
ers, Fla., and received additional
training in airplane mechanics at
Keesler Field, Miss. He then went to
Wendover Field, Sioux City, Iowa,
for his flight training.
In late November or early Decern
ber, 1943, he was sent overseas and
was stationed in England. He is be
lieved to have made only one or two
missions before he was reported
missing.
A grandson of the late John Allen
and William arid Betty Ward Gray,
he is survived by his parents, a sis
ter, Deborah Harrison Allen of La
Grange; a brother, Fred Taylor AI
len, U. S. Navy, stationed at Banana
River, Florida; two half-sisters, Mrs.
N. E. Stephenson, Boykins, Va., and
Mrs. Harry Barnhill, of Colerain.
He is the fifty-sixth Martin County
youth reported to have made the su
preme saciifice in World War II.
Baptists Announce
Revival Meeting
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The Memorial Baptist Church will
begin a series of revival services on
November 1st continuing each even
ing through the eleventh. The pas
tor, Dr. Ira Knight, will bring the
messages throughout the meetings.
There will be an opening song ser
vice with the regular and youth
choirs participating and leading the
congregational singing A cordial in
vitation is extended to everyone to
attend these services.
On Wednesday evening, the 31st, a
special prayer service will be held at
the church. All who earnestly de
sire a spiritual revival and evangelis
tic movement are asked to join the
Baptists on that evening. ,
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Episcopal Women Attetul
Meeting Here Wedneaday
Nearly 175 women of the Episcopal i
church attended a meeting in the j
Church of the Advent here Wednes-1
day. Bishop Wright of Wilmington |
addressed the group and luncheon j
was served at the Woman’s club.
Bishop Wright was entertained
during his brief visit here by Mr. and '
Mrs. N. C. Green.
I
tobm.co SM I s
Tobacco sales on the local mar
ket are nearing the ten and one ,
half million mark today, some
observers predicting early today
that that figure would he passed.
Up until last evening, the mar
ket had sold 10,365,44b pounds
for $4,580,389.89 or an average
right at $44.30 per 100 pounds.
Prices continue to hold firm
with some of the better grades
going right up into the fifties.
Respected Cafe Man
Dies In Henderson
Uus 1). Matalas, highly respected
local citizen and cafe man, died sud
denly in a hospital at Henderson
early yesterday morning. A native
of Sparta, Greece, he was 71 years
old and had been in declining health
for more than a year He was strick
en while walking along the sidewalk
and was removed t>< the hospital
where he died a short time later.
Mi. Matalas came to this country
j 116 years ago and located in Paducah,
Kentucky, coming to Williamston
with his nephew, Gus Rigas, ten
years ago next month. He led a
quiet but noble life and although not
very active he was a splendid citizen.
He fed the hungry and had a sym
I pathetic feeling for his fellowman
I lie recognized and appreciated life's
finer ideals, and during lus residence
here he never made an enemy, but
enjoyed the friendship of many.
With no news from his family and
not certain about their fate, Mr. Ma
talas worried much during the war,
and that is believed to have aggra
vated his condition.
Besides several nephews and
nieces in this country, he is survived
by his widow, Garefalea Matalas;
three daughters, Mrs. Pete Sotero
poulos, Mrs. George Trazas and Mrs.
Nicholas Alexopoulos, and fifteen
grandchildren, all of Sparta, Greece.
Funeral services will be conducted
in Henderson Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock and interment will follow
in the cemetery there.
,S«m> Mill Forced (Pol Of
O/ternlion lly llreuk-Doivn
The main plant of the Williamston
Lumber Company on the Washington
Itoad continues idle as a result of a
seiious break-down a few days ago.
The main plant engine was badly
wrecked when a piece ol the machine
broke, but repairs are being made
and operations will likely be resum
ed the early part of next week.
During the meantime repairs are
being made to other parts of the
plant, and the planing mill continues
operations.
NEW CAR
The first new model car to
make its appearance in this sec
tion in over four years was plac
ed on display in the showroom of
the Williamston Motor Company,
local Ford dealers, today.
A tudor sedan, the car has
quite a few changes, especially
in its mechanical make-up, N. C.
Green, dealer, explaining that
the improvements were the re
inventions and t yperi
me (its made during the past se»
j cral years.
The price of the new car has
not been announced. A few new
car deliveries are to be expected
between now and the first of the
year, and fair distribution is an
ticipated after that time. Sales
will be made in the order appli
' eations are received with prior
ity going to the most essential
I users, it was explained.
Victim Maintains
Silence ^ bile His
Several Hundred Dollars In
Tobacco Checks Stolen
From Insurance Man
Entering the offices of W. G. Peele,
local insurance man, agriculturist
and industrialist, on Baltimore street
last Wednesday night, thieves stole
several hundred dollars in tobacco
warehouse checks. As far as it could
be learned nothing else was stolen,
the thieves separating the tobacco
warehouse checks from those offered
in payment of insurance premiums.
Burning the night oil in his pri
vate office, Mr. Peele was pondering
over his work just before going into
the cashier’s room to put the checks
away. His private office door was
closed and it appeared that no one
was in the building at the time. He
heard someone enter the reception
room and proceed to the cashier’s
quarters. At first he thought it was
the cashier he sopn learned dif
ferently ■ urt remembering the basic
law of self preservation, Mr. Peele
exercised supreme caution. The in
surance man was quoted as saying
that he valued his life more than a
few checks, and it was declared that
lie turned out his light, tiptoed to the
door connecting the two offices and
listened to the two intruders as they
hurriedly separated the checks and
figured their take by flashlight.
The total amount of the checks
eould not be learned, but payment
was ordered stopped, and the victim
is not expected to lose anything.
Mr. Peele, it was said, braced him
self against the connecting door and
made ready for a determined opposi
tion had the thieves attempted to
enter his private sanctum sanctor
ium. Fortunately for the intruders
they did not try to enter the private
office, and Mr. Peele did not offer
to leave the private office until his
uninvited visitors left the building
without being identified.
Officers Wreck Four
Liquor Distilleries
Martin County ABC Officer J. H.
Roebuck and his assistant, Deputy
Roy Peel, wrecked during recent
days four liquor distilleries in the
county, including one just back of the
Saunders and Cox mill not far off
Wilbaniston's Past Main Street
The illicit business, apparently
struggling In meet slioi tages, is going
forward on a very limited scale, it is
believed. In Bear Grass Township, a
few days ago, the officers found and
wrecked a 15-gallon capacity oil
drum si ill and poured out fifteen
gallons of molasses beer.
In Kobersonville Township’s
Stingy Point section, the officers
wrecked two plants, each equipped
with 50 gallon capacity drum stills
and four fermenters. No beer was
found at one plant, but at the other
the raiders poured out 100 gallons of
molasses mush.
The plant just off Williamston’s
East Mam Street was equipped with
an old oil drum and a few other
crude items. The hogs had moved
in on the plant and just about wreck
ed it before the officers made the
raid.
Local Man licliirns
With Third Fleet
AI tc-i three years and three months
spent in the service, Aviation Ord
inance Mate 1-CJuhn Hatton Gurgan
Ius returned to the States last week
with the Third Fleet from the Pacific,
and two days later received his hon
orable discharge He and Mrs. Gur
ganus arrived Tuesday to visit his
mother, Mis. Mary Bonner Guigan
us.
The young man, dissolving part
nership with Pete Fowden in their
soda shop to enter the service, im
mediately went on a clothes hunt and
declared hi' soon learned there had
been a war. Shoe prices are high
and suits ate not to be ,found, the
young man explained, pointing to a
gaily trimmed belt as the best of its
kind to be had.
Attached to a flying squadron, the
navy man did much flying while in
the service He has no definite plans
for tin- future, but declared he would
get back in a little business of his
own some time.
Local Young Man
Home From Pacific
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Lt. <jg) Claude Baxter Clark re
turned home early last Tuesday
morning following a long stay and
much action in the Pacifi^theater.
detailing a leu af his experiences,
tne young man explained that his
ship had many close calls, that it was
one of ten to go into Ljngayen Gulf
and one of three to return.* There
were tough times around Iwo Jima,
too, the lieutenant declared, adding
that there were quite a few casual
ties on his ship.
After a stay of about two weeks
with his family here, Lt. Clark will
icport to the separation center at
Norfolk for bis honorable discharge.
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