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United War Fund Drive Extended - - Make A Contribution Today NEARLY 4.<jW COPIES OF T#t2S ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4,#09 COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 91 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 16, 1945 ESTABLISHED 1899 Historical Review — Of the Old Hickory Division In Europe Several Marlin County \ oung Men Served In Battles With The Thirtieth (Continued from last issue) (Because there were a number of Martin County men in the Thirtieth (Old Hickory) Division, a brief re view of the noble work of that unit is offered. The second installment follows:) When re-activated thdk30th became composed of the following units: 55th Field Artillery Brigade; 113th Field Artillery Regiment, Tennessee; 118th Field Artillery Regiment, Georgia; 59 th Infantry Brigade; 118th Infantry Regiment, South Car olina; 121st Infantry Regiment, Geor gia; 60th Infantry Brigade; 117th In fantry Regiment, Tennessee; 120th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina; 105th Engineer Regiment. North Car olina; 105'h Medical Regiment, North Carolina; 105th Quartermaster Regi ment, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina; 30th Division Special Troops, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Later, when the Division became triangularized this numerical lineup was slightly altered. Losing part of its trained person nel to help in the organization of new units, the 30th moved to Cfcmp Blanding, Fla., in October, 1942, and began rebuilding its component units with mi n from all parts of the coun try. Major General Loland S. Hobbs, who now commands Old Hickory and who led it throughout its European campaigns, had taken charge. Com pletely trained in the fundamentals of modern warfare, and again per forming exceptionally well in the Second Army “Tennessee” maneuv ers of September-October, 1943, the Division was selected for early action in combat and was transferred to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, in prep aration for overseas service. The division arrived in the United Kingdom in February, 1944, and im mediately began putting on finishing touches in its combat training by undergoing intensive simulated ac tion-problems with the First U. S. Army. Old Hickory was by now a mighty organization and ready for whatever task might be assigned to it. The invasion of France was to be its first objective. Other American units made the daring, spectacular assault on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. The 30th Div;sion, like a rugged quarter back, was to wait tor the opening and then carry’the ball deep into enemy territory. On June 15, 1944, the Division landed on the shores of Omaha Beach. From that day on the power house momentum of the unit that carried the nickname given Andrew Jackson was not to be stopped by the best the Nazis could muster against it. The 30th Division’s baptism of fire was in the Eigny area. Sniper-in fested hedgerows thickly dotted the countryside in advance of strong German elements dug in farther to the rear. The enemy had to be driv en back across the Vire River and the Vire et Taute Canal. Strong nightly patrols from the 30th probed the enemy positions in preparation for the assault crossing of the Vire River. Crossing of the river at dawn and the canal at noon were masterfully executed. The preparatory artillery barrage left the Germans stunned in their foxholes, making the initial ad vance relatively easy. However, panzer troops were brought in to plug the gap thus created and in the succeeding days other elite panzer and parachute troops counter-attack ed with the mission of seizing Isigny. Nevertheless, Old Hickorymen ground their way steadily forward. The hedgerow to hedgerow “slugging match” against dug-in German in fantrymen and tanks continued until the 30th captured high ground over looking St. Lo, France, while ihe 29th a sister division in the XIX Corps, went on into the important railroad center to complete destruction of that strongpoint. Having already proved a (Continued on page four) County Boy Against Conscription Force His six years of service are all he needs to turn him against military conscription, T/5 Billy S. Edwards, Martin County boy, declared recent letter written from a convales cent wing of Walter Reed Hospital in Washington City. , “I hope the people are against con scription and that they will write to their congressmen and take a definite S against the proposed practice,” Edwards added After serving overseas, Cpl. h-d wards returned about twelve months ago and has beer, in Waiter need since. In his recent letter he said that he had been hoping for a dis charge. “However, I am still here with more than the necessary dis charge points.’’ First Week Of Special Term Of ^repenm &mtrt Canceled _ The first of a two weeks' special term of the Martin County Superior Court scheduled to get under way here next Monday has been canceled, Clerk L. B. Wynne explaining that a judge could not be made available immediately. The second week of the term will be held, beginning Monday, November 26, it was ex plained. Jurymen and litigants are being advised that the first week of the term lias been canceled, and that there will be a declared holiday in the legal realm that week. Judge J. C. Smith, recognizing the tentative schedule of the superior tribunal, had already announced that there would be no session of the recorder’s court next Monday. The first week of the special term was called off when it was learned that Judge Henry A. Grady of New Bern, who had been assigned to pre side, would be in New York and, could not be here next week. No] 'urther word was received from the Governor’s office and the local bar decided to call off the calendar scheduled for next Monday and I Tuesday. During the meantime it was learned that the clerk had been advised by mail that Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland had been as signed to preside in Judge Grady’s place. The letter never reached its destination, and when it was learn ed that Burgwyn had been assigned it was too late to alter the cancella tion. With the exception of divorce ac tions, very few cases were placed on the calendar for trial next Monday and Tuesday, and it is believed that most of them can be sandwiched in to the calendar the following week when Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roan oke Rapids is slated to preside over the court. Cases had been calendar ed only for next Monday and Tues 'iuv fliiMhk rrin^>ci[ With the j Thanksgivin^iolidoy. Third Of Bond Quota Subscribed In County CHRISTMAS SEALS | v. The annual sale of the little Christmas seals to promote the unrelenting fight against tuber culosis here at home and throughout the land will get un derway in this county next Mon day, Mrs. Joel Muse, county chairman, announced today. Mrs. Claudius J. Hurt, field sec retary, was here this week from Raleigh making final plans for the drive which will be advanc ed on a nation-wide scale. The sale this year will be ad vanced principally by direct mail, and the cause is worthy of every consideration. it was explained that Rober sonville will support the seal sale as an individual unit with its own chairman and canvassers. More County White MeiiJjre Called For Pre-induction Tests On** Of Group Called This Week Asks For Im mediate Induction ■--«&*— Thirteen Martin County white men were called to report this week for pre-induction examinations at Fort Bragg by Selective Service. One of Ihe group asked for immediate in duction, and the request will be granted if he passes the physical test. As far as it could be learned not one of the thirteen men called is married, and all of them are in their teens. Twelve are eighteen years of age and the thirteenth one is only nineteen. Most of the young sters had their eighteenth birthday in September and October. Seven of the thirteen boys called come from the farm, but few were said to be in school. Names and registration and last given addresses are, as follows: Robert Knox, RFD 1, Williamston and Grimesland. Harcum Mclver Roebuck, RFD 1, Robersonville. William Alfonza Jones, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Benjamin Franklin Gurganus, Wil liamston. John Asa Harrison, RFD 1, Rober son ville. Donald Earl Bunting, RFD 1, Oak City. Russell Manning, Oak City. William Charlie Padgett, RFD 1, Jamesville and Norfolk. Giles Ervin Stallings, RFD 1, Jamesville. Curtis Wilmer Hopkins, RFD 3, Williamston. Edward Eason Matthews, RFD 3, Williamston. Ellis Gray Keel, RFD 3, Williams ton. Dallas Hopkins, RFD 3, Williams ■ ton. RIVER BRIDGE ! J Bids for widening the Roanoke River bridge and the possible construction of a new draw span at this point have been asked for by the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Com mission. The bids are to be re - ceived by the commission in its office at Raleigh on Tuesday, November 27. The project was to have been handled several years ago, but was postponed on account of the war. Since the fill was rebuilt and widened, several people have lost their lives near the eastern end of the concrete bridge. Roberson ville Still Holds Lead In Final Bond Sales For War —«— Colored Citizens In Woolard And Burroughs Sections Liberal Givers The eighth and last bond drive scheduled for financing costs of World War II and getting the boys back home is making fair but steady progress in this county, Drive Chair man D. V. Clayton said yesterday afternoon following a review of pre liminary reports received from ten of the eleven districts. Although the time for handling the drive is about half spent and not quite a third of the total quota has been subscribed to date, Chairman Clayton is still confident that the drive will go over the top. "However, it is fairly cer tain that the canvassers will have to j work and that the people will have .to take more interest in the solemn I task," Mr. Clayton added. I Some of the canvassers who have already started the task are telling Jsome mighty disheartening stories. One father with two or three sons still overseas declared he was not in terested, forgetting that billions of dollars are still needed to get the boys home and care for those who are crippled or maimed for life. Politics may be running wild in this county, but the Victory Loan Bond is not in volved, and every penny is needed. Money is not needed now to kill and wreck, but to try and build up and rehabilitate those who bore the brunt of war. In addition to asking the people to invest and save their every surplus penny, the United States Treasury humbly advises those who have made purchases to hold on to their bonds. The surrender of a bond except in extreme emergencies is just another invitation for a depression. Most of the bond sales during the (Continued on page four) Seventy-Five Tires Allotted By Board Meeting last Friday, the tire panel of the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board issued seventy-five tires—sixty-five to car owners and ten to truck operators. The issuance was the smallest reported for this county in recent months and reflects a stock shortage prevailing in the country generally. Passenger car tires were rationed as follows: Sutton A. Burroughs, Romus Lee, A. D. Ward, H. A. Jenkins, J. M. Ay ers, Ollis Lilley, Fenner L. Hardison, Irene McClaren, Thomas Griffin, Ro land B. Lilley, Claudius Hardison, JT H. Edmondson, Williamston Pack age Co., Delmus Rogers, William H. Tyre, S. G. Burnett, Thurston Wynne, J H. Mooring, W. J. Beach, J. W. Green, Nellie B. James, Paul G. Swinson, J. D. Knox, W. J. Hollis, Howard Coltrain, C. C. Bailey, Ralph Hale, W. H. Modlin, R. R. Thompson, John D. Biggs, H. S. Piland, W. D. Gurganus, Velma Bailey, Arthur Peel, L. H. Gurganus, Marion F. Hodges, James A. Rawls, Mrs. Gar land Harris, J. V/. Grimes, R. H. Taylor, Archie W. Griffin, H. H. Pope, Jr., H. L. Hopkins, George Lee Rob ierson, L. W. Hardison, Z. D. Cox, L. IF. Stokes. K E. Taylor, W H Wil-i I hams, j/., C. M. Hurst. ; Truck tires were issued to the fol- ] lowing; Robersonville Ice and Coal Co., G. W. Hodges, C. U. Rogers, Seth Weath jersbee, Rosalie Andrews, J. R. Over ton, William B. Dickerson, J. B. Ev erett, Roy A. Peel. Judge Calvin Smith Calls Eight JLsm* ■ In County’s Court -♦— Defendant Given Sentence On Road* For Interfering With Police Officer Calling eight cases. Judge J. Cal vin Smith held the Martin County Recorder's Court in session some over two hours before clearing the docket last Monday morning. The docket, following the trial of several unus ually large ones, was of about nor mal size. The proceedings were heard by only a fair-sized group of spectators. While crime continues to center around several “hot” spots in the county, the number visiting those places and subjecting themselves to trouble continues to increase, appar ently. At Williamston's Duk Inn, Ernest Lanier allegedly interfered with an officer in the performance of his duty, and the man was sen tenced to the roads for six months. Lanier maintained his innocence, and tried to explain how he tore the shirt off an officer. He appealed to the higher court and bond was required in the sum of $300. Possibly advised that Judge John J. Burney is sched uled to return to the county to pre side over the next term of criminal court, the defendant withdrew his appeal and the sentence was reduced from six to four months on the roads. Other proceedings in the court fol low: James LeRoy O'Mary, charged with careless and reckless driving, failed to answer when called, and papers were issued for his arrest. Charged with assaulting another with a deadly weapon, Leola Bullock pleaded not guilty. She was adjudg ed guilty of simple assault and the court suspended judgment upon the payment of the costs. Charged with violating the liquor laws, John Manning, colored, plead- j ed guilty and was sentenced to the roads for nine months. All but the first forty days of the term was sus- j pended for eighteen months upon the payment of a $50 fine and costs. The court further stipulated that the de- 1 fendant is not to violate any criminal law or have an intoxicating bever ages in his possession during the i period of suspension. He was given until December 15 to start his road sentence, and bond was required in the sum of $200. „ Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with operating a motor ve hicle without a driver's license, Joe i Moore was fined $25 and taxed with the cost. The court recommended that no license be issued the defend ant for nine months. Fate Little, charged with drunken driving, was fined $50, taxed with the cost, and had his driver's license re voked for one year. Charged with larceny of $7.50 worth of clothes from the State High way and Public Works Commission’s prison department, William Taylor, colored, pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to the roads for nine months, the term to begin at the expiration of the one the defendant is now serving. Taylor was hailed into court last December for allegedly violating the health laws. He was fined $10 and taxed with the costs. Last. April he was in court for alleged violation (Continued on page four) Driver Released Following Wreck Lt. Theodore Zorila, pleading guil- j ty in the case in which he was charg ed with drunken and reckless driv ing, was released from the county jail last Wednesday after paying a $75 fine and trial costs. Just recently returned from over seas, the young officer was driving the car which figured in an accident near Robersonville early last Monday morning. He was only slightly hurt, but Rosalie Whichard, of Roberson ville, was critically injured. Reports from a Rocky Mount hospital where she was carried for treatment, state that her condition is improving, that she was conscious for short periods. | THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motor vehicle accidents are multiplying rapidly on Martin County highways, patrolmen re porting them at the rate of near ly one a day, on an average, for the past week. Only two per sons were listed as casualties, but one of them was badly hurt. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. Forty-Fifth Week Occidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1945 6 3 0 $ 810 1944 4 2 0 1,500 Comparisons To Date 1945 68 39 6 12,895 1944 63 38 6 12,000 |Than ksgiving Appeal Made For War Fund Total Collection To I Date For County Is Little Under $7,000 —»— Preliminary Reports Reeeived i From All Rut One Dis trict In County : Pointing out that there’s no better way to express our thanks this 1945 Thankgsgiving than to make it pos sible for others to give thanks through unselfish contributions to the United War Fund, leaders of the campaign in this county are address ing a final appeal to the general pub lie and to the white school cbildt'ttsi. j “We sincerely hope and trust that the people of this county will make a lust rally in support of suffering millions throughout the world, that the school children will step in and help sal vage a job badly handled by adults,” a representative of the campaign in this county said today. A special letter is being prepared for distribution through the schools, and the public is being humbly asked to take a hand and help put this coun ty over the top in the last drive of its kind the people of this county will ever be asked to support. All the other challenges have been met, and more. The letters will be placed in the hands of the little school folks early next week, and a great wind up is scheduled for Thanksgiving Day. During the meantime, individual canvassers who have not reported their collections either to County Chairman Clarence W. Griffin or i Drive Chairman V. J. Spivey and J. |C. Manning, are asked to complete the task and make a report either tomorrow or early Monday. According to the incomplete re ports .this county has raised $0,824.38 of its $13,232 quota. Hamilton, Has sell and Oak City have not reported, and several canvassers in some of the other districts are yet to report. Nearly two thousand dollars have been added to the fund since the last report was released, and the picture, ! while far from complete, looks much brighter. Robersonville reported $1, 112.08 of its $2 250 quota in hand. Williamston added several hundred 'dollars to its total, and Williams Township reported $76.37 collected of its $150 quota. Colored citizens in j the Woolard and Burroughs-Spring Hill School Communities made liber al responses, the Burroughs section giving $70.08 and Woolard’s, $83.43. Including previous donations receiv ed from colored citizens in the coun ty and the $200.25 from the Williams ton Colored High School, the fund now has $6,824.38. Several fairly liberal contributors in the past are yet to be heard from, it was pointed I out, and all hope has not yet been ' abandoned for reaching the goal. County Chairman Clarence Griffin and Drive Chairman J. C. Manning will carry the final appeal to the | schools next Monday or Tuesday, and i the help of every one is earnestly and urgently asked. An unofficial but reliable report on the drive to date follows, by dis tricts: Quota Amt. Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Colored Citizens $ 800 $ 314.00 150 76.37 550 393.25 550 307.70 6,282 3,486.63 450 280.00 2,250 1,112.08 175 107.05 1,000 747.30 Total $13,232 $6,824.38 More Martin County Boys Return Home I J. W. Belflower, Jr., receiving his I discharge at Camp Rucker, Ala., a I few days ago, returned to his home near Oak City this week. The young I man was slightly wounded in the 'European area. | Clarence Sexton, after serving in the European area, received his dis charge a few days ago and returned to his home in Jamesville this week. Lt. Arthur Anderson, with 25 mis sions over Japan to his credit, return ed home yesterday for a 45-day leave. The young man left Guam on Oc tober 27 in a plane and landed on the , West Coast the first of this month, i Hoarding a troop train, he spent sev ! eral days making the trip across the ; continent. Bruce Whitley Upturns .. From the European Area I After spending twenty-seven ! months in the European theater, I I Bruce Whitley, Enterprise employee,! , landed in the States last Friday night | (and returned home early yesterday i : morning tor a ten-day leave. He ex- i pects his discharge shortly before Christmas. FINAL SALKS Selling: II,278,81)0 pounds since opening day, Tuesday, August 21, the local tobacco market yester day closed its most successful season in its history. Sales were brisk right up uniil the last pound was sold, and government graders were minted as saying that prices, grade for grade, were as high as they were on any day during the season. Growers, in cluding ouite a few new custom ers, received $4,!178,413.28, and the average for the season stands right at $44.14 |>er hundred. The figures are not official, but they arc recognized as being virtually correct. The market yesterdav sold an, iM>6 pounds for $13,14t>.7t>. The sale included large quantities of tied-up scrap and a few thousand pounds of damaged leaf. Itlack tobacco, hardly acceptable for stable bedding in years gone by, sold for 30 cents a pound or bet ter. Immediately following the sale, buyers started leaving for their homes, quite a few of them go ing to Kentucky. Bookmobile to Make Regular Trips Next Week In The County Tliaiiksf'iviu^ Day T« Bo Ob wrvcd Ah Holiday By Till' Book Truck The bookmobile returns to Martin County next week with many new ' books for all ages. In addition to 1 these new ones purchased by the re gion, over three hundred have been borrowed from the Library Commis 1 sion and are now ready for use. This is the lucky month for those who have been looking for good reading definitely “not about the war.” Irvin Cobb is good for a laugh as tie meets his public again through his daughter’s informal biography. Che calls her book MY WAYWARD PARENT. It is a diverting, ya-l-wi intimate account id' Cobb when he wasn't working at being funny. Stephen Leacock wrote many stories and essays of a humorous na turn with shrewd wisdom running beneath the gaiety and merriment.. His final collection, LAST LEAVES, is filled with the same wit and wis dom found in his earlier works. The twenty-one pieces in this volume range all the way from “Are witty women attractive to men?” to “Can we beat inflation?” James Street’s new novel, THE GAUNTLET, is sure to find favor witli many. Here is the story of a young minister in a small Missouri town in the early twenties when bobbed hair was not proper for a preacher’s wife.” The things that happen to London Wmgo and his wife .could have happened to any young preacher’s family in a small town, The problems of the world today cannot be ignored. Henry Mcrgen thau, Jr., has written ; very readable account of his plans which have caus ed much discussion. GERMANY IS OUR PROBLEM, gives his long-term plan in detail. It includes a map showing proposals for Post-War Ger man boundaries and the text of the Potsdam Declaration. A problem of immediate interest to Americans is presented by Gun ther Stein in CHALLENGE OF RED CHINA. As a foreign correspondent in Asia for 12 years, Mr. Stein has become well acquainted with the sit uation in semi-feudal China of which he writes. HEROES OF THE PACIFIC by Ted Shane includes the famous heroes and those not so famous from Pearl Harbor to the “Road To To kyo. An index makes it an easy book to use in reference work The schedule follows: Monday, November 19 Williamston Elementary School, 9; Edwards Service Station, 19:30; Ham ilton School, 11; Hamilton, in front (Continued on page four) MARKETING CARDS I Now that the season is over, or virtually over, the Triple A of fice in the county agricultural building is asking all farmers in the county to send or deliver their 1045 tobacco marketing ! cards to the "ffirr as soon ns pos sible. The cards will be checked ! | against the records already in the | office, and refunds are to be ex i pected in those cases where j growers paid penalties in excess of the regular schedules, it was explained. County Yowi" Man rfrffe'More ttRJDf German Atrocities Pfe. Ernest Clapps Writes From Krasliee Over In (l/.eehoslovakia Writing to The Enterprise from Kraslice, Czechoslovakia, Pfc. Ernest Capps recently told more about the German atrocities ,a few of which he mentions in the following letter: "It has been sometime since I re ceived my last copy of the paper, but due to my own neglect in renewing my subscription. Anyway, I hope to get an edition soon. I am writing this in hope that some of my old buddies that are returning from ov- . nrsous will see it and drop me a line. It seems that since my division didn't sail before V. J. Day, in the redeploy ment of troops to the Pacific, we will now be here until early spring. At • lie present time viv arc in that part of Czechoslovakia known as Sudeten land, and serving the State Dept, in a military capacity. Our immediate task is to work under the American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia in aiding the people to reorganize their government along democratic lines. It seems that there is quite a squab ble over Sudeten-land, and the Ger mans must all go, except those de clared desirable for citizenship in the Czech nation. Sudeten-land has al ways been mostly German, and when Hitler rose to power, the people vot ed almost 100 percent to be annexed to Germany, and now they are screaming about the plan to send them back to Germany. As usual, they claim it was Hitler, Goebbels, and the other Nazi leaders, who were to blame, but notice the pictures of Hitler in his hey-day, and you will see that he was always surrounded by admiring subjects of his. The reason Sudeten-land is so important to the Czech republic is it’s industrial capacity, as it is almost completely filled with Hitler-made factories. "There have been some stories coming from America that returning servicemen are spreading the rumor that the radio and newspaper ac counts of Nazi concentration camps are only propaganda. That is far from the truth, and don’t let any one ever tell you that the story of brutality and horror of the Nazi regime is the bunk, for I have seen several of the "Torture Camps." The one at Nurn burg, the one at Ebinsee, in Austria, and the horror of them all, Dachau. The lime pits, the crematories the shallow graves, rotted t-Haw ed bone, and the horrible scent there, are not dreams, but actual facts. At the camp at Ebinsee, in the Alps mountains, was one of Hitler’s pet spots, for there he kept the Poles, Jews, and the Czech. At the time I was there, two days after the war in Europe ended, the bodies were still piled five and six tier deep, and the bones of othei bodies were stacked in neat piles for transfer to other places for any use they could be put to. The sadness, the horror of it all was enough in itself, but the most piti ful thing 1 saw was several men and women who had suffered so much while waiting for the American troops to liberate them, and upon liberation, were so weak from lack of food and proper care, that they were still dying in groups. It was nothing to see two men struggling along some street of the camp and one of them tumble over, dead. May be I can’t tell it plain enough for the people back home to believe it, but it is the truth, and as far as I’m con cerned the entire German country and population are to blame, for no one can convince me that all this went on without their knowledge. At. Dachau, the gas chamber was clean, and well kept, and the place where the bodies were burned, was also clean and without outward appear ance of wrong dding, but the fur naces were still piled with bones and burned bodies. Ilelieve me, this was no propaganda. Several railroad cars were on the (Continued on page four) Patrol Checks On Speed, Equipment Now that the speed limit has been fixed at 50 miles per hour for all motor vehicles on the State high ways, patrolmen have been instruct ed to enforce the speed law and to check vehicles for improper equip ment. It was also stated that ar rests have been ordered in those cas es where motorists do not dim their lights. There’ll be no warnings and violations will not be tolerated, it was declared. Improper equipment includes in adequate lights, bad brakes and steering apparatus in dangerous con dition. Each vehicle must have headlights nod tail ljj>M visible for at least 200 feet, and trailers must have proper clearance lights Quite a tew arrests have been made by members of the State Highway Patrol in this county during recent days, and more arrests are to be ex pected where the traffic laws are vio lated.