NEARLY 4.009 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 93
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 23, 1945
ESTABLISHED 1899
Schedule Seventeen
Divorces For Trial
Supfiriou. Fojmt
Differences Reconciled In
One Case; Several Based
On Adultery Grounds
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Seventeen divorce cases are ten
tatively scheduled for trial in the
Martin County Superior Court here
next week, the count falling consid
erably below the two-dozen record
established a few months ago. In an
eighteenth case, the parties patched
up their differences and apparently
decided to make another try in main
taining harmonious marital relations.
In another case calendared for trial
during the term and which has al
ready been postponed, the plaintiff,
Mrs. Harriett B. Smith, is seeking to
have a divorce degree granted her
husband, Dr. John W. Smith, set
aside. The man died a short time
after the divorce was granted.
Almost one third of the divorce
cases are based on grounds of adult
ery, and in one of the cases the de
feudant answered the complaint and
admitted the allvgati ms-* Few of the
cases, if any, are likely to bo con
tested. The court will be asked to
annul one marriage since bigamy w-as
proved in a previous trial.
The following divorce pleas are
based on two years' separation:
Mary B. Sellick against Jack Wil
bur Sellick, Gary Bunting against
Reba Pridgen Bunting, Cora Rober
son Barnes against Ernest Barnes,
James L. Martin against Emma Ray
Martin, C. S. Thompson against Cath
erine Thompson, William B. Hill
against Novella A. Hill, Joe Little
against Elizabeth R. Little, J. E. Mi
zelle against Dorothy Mary Mizelle,
Hubert Roberson against Mary Eliza
beth Roberson, and Lester White
against Lela Faye White.
Charging adultery, Lee Manuel
Rawlings claims in his case against
Lossie Lee Page Rawlings that an
illegitimate child was born to his
wife, and in the answer to the com
plaint the defendant admits the
charges.
In the case of W. E. Williams
against Lue Villie Williams, the
plaintiff alleges adultery and further
claims that an illegitimate child en
tered the picture. No answer has
been filed in the case.
Ruth May Nichols, by her next
friend, Annie Eliza May, is suing Ben
Octavious Nichols for divorce, alleg
ing adultery.
Alleging adultery “with sundry
men,’’ William Henry Dempsey is su
ing Janie Dempsey for absolute di
vorce.
On grounds of alleged adultery,
Alice Roebuck is suing Jasper Roe
buck for a divorce.
In the case of Dessie Mayo Kirk
land against Cornelius Kirkland, the
plaintiff is turning to the court to
have their marriage declared void on
grounds of bigamy. Tried for an al
leged criminal violation, the de
fendant in the superior court here a
few months ago, was found to have
been married twice. In addition to
a fine and suspended sentence, the
defendant was ordered to bring his
wife from Ireland within a year.
! SEAL SALE
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A special appeal is being di
rected by mail to approximately
500 Martin County people, urg>
ittg~ihc&i to mi/p&fi the asaaai
drive tor financing the fight
against vautrcaiosis. Approxi
mately 100,000 of th? little
Christmas seals were placed in
the mails yesterday for distribu
tion and a liberal response is
urged. In addition to the sale
of seals by direct mail, personal
solicitations will be made by can
vassers who will offer seal bonds,
ranging in price from $5 up.
The seal sale is being sponsor
ed by the Woman's Club with
Mrs. Joel Muse serving as chair
man. The Robersonville club is
handling the sale in that district.
Hold Thanksgiving
Union Services Here
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Preaching the annual Thanksgiv
ing sermon at a union service held in
the local Christian church yesterday,
Rev. B. T. Hurley, Methodist minis
ter, based hvs discourse on First Th«*
salonians, 5:18:
“In every thing give thanks: for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.
“The annual day of thanksgiving is
an observance peculiar to America.
That it had its origin among the Pil
grim fathers, the early settlers of our
country, is a fact well known to all
of us. While this country of ours has
passed through many trying experi
ences, perhaps some were more acute
than the present, none have surpass
ed or equaled the experiences of our
people during the past four years in
magnitude, cost in life and property,
and far reaching effects. Our re
public has met the test of a global
war which we were not able to avoid
and for which we were ill prepared.
But under the providence of Al
mighty God our nation, along with
her allies, has come through vic
torious. Therefore we owe our great
est thanks at this season to ‘the Pow
er that hath made and preserved us
a nation’ for IheJiving hope that the
means of maintaining world peace
are at hand.
“ ‘In everything give thanks,’ so
enjoins the Apostle Paul. You will
notice that he did not say, "For
everything give thanks.’ To do so
we would be commanded to give
thanks for the instigators of the ter
rible war and for all of the suffering
and cruelty that followed, and for
that which is yet to come as the re
sult of the war. No, but he com
mands us that in every situation and
condition in life, good or bad, to be
thankful, 'for this is the will of God
—concerning us.’ This means that
ve, the continual recipients of his
aenefactions, should always and un
ier all circumstances be in a state
af thanksfuiness. It is God's will
:hat we be thankful. It is our duty
to be thankful. It is for our good that
ve be thankful. So on this Thanks
giving Day, 1945, of all Thanksgiving
Days, we should be most thankful to
Almighty God for his eternal good
iess to us.”
4 Gradual Gain In
Home Construction
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At a virtual standstill since the
outbreak of war, home construction
is gradually increasing here, but ap
parently there’ll be no extensive ex
pansion program until building costs
are adjusted and materials are made
available in large quantities.
9 During the past few weeks, per
mits for repairing four homes and
shops were issued, the estimated costs
ranging up to $3,000.
Permits foi home construction
were issued during the past few
weeks to: the Holiness church for a
parsonage on Haughton Street, Elisha
Mitchell, Woodrow Tice, Mayo
Hardison, Henry Johnson H. 1 Land,
W. H. Abernathy, and K. W. Cope
land, the costs running up to ap
* proximately $30,000. In addition to
the home construction, permits were
issued for the construction of a clean
ing and pressing building for George
Hatton Gurganus on Washington
Street, an office for the Standard
Oil Company on East Main Street,
and a small store building for Harry
Jones on West Main Street, the three
projects to cost approximately $9,000.
• New construction and repairs, re
cently made or now under way, rep
resent approximately $42,000, ex
clusive of the Dixie Peanut Company
plant which is costing approximately
$100,000.
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Young Colored Man Jailed
On Rape Charge Wednesday
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Billy White, young colored man of
the Oak City community, was jailed
here Wednesday evening for alleg
ed rape. He will be given a formal
hearing before Justice J. B. Whit
field in Oak City tonight.
Local Man Improving
In a Tarboro Hospital
Taken quite ill several weeks ago,
Mr. Walter Martin, local merchant,
was rpeorted today to be improving
in a Tarboro hospital. He is able to
have company for short periods, it
was learned.
Local Man Victim
Accidental Shot
H. F. McKnight, with the Martin
County office of the tri-county soil
conservation and planning district,
accidentally shot and broke his left
leg a few days ago while visiting
relatives in Arkansas. He was re
moved to a hospital in Hot Springs
and late reports reaching here state
he is getting along very well.
Mr. McKnight was examining a
German pistol returned to this coun
try by his brother. He did not know
the weapon was loaded when he
picked it up and pulled the trigger.
According to reports heard here a
few days ago, Johnny Hargett, sev
en-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Hargett, former Williamston resi
dents, lost a hand when a shell or
grenade brought from the war zone
in Europe exploded. Another per
son was also hurt by the exploding
shell, it was reported.
Baby Beef Calves Are \otv
Available To Club Members
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Purchased out west by D. M. Rob
erson, about forty nice beef calves
are now available to 4-H club mem
bers in this county, Assistant County
Agent C. J. Goodman announced to
day. Any club member interested in
entering the baby beef calf club is
asked to contact Mr. Goodman at,
once
The Guaranty Bank and Trust
Company is cooperating in the pro
ject and will help finance the pur
chase of the calves, it was announc
ed by the agent.
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Child Swallows Open Safety
Pin Here. Late Wednesday
Catherine H. Clark, two-year-old
daughter oi Mr. a'iid Mrs.' Claude
Baxter Clark, swallowed a fairly
■kirg* safety pin at the heme of be*,
grandmother, Mrs. C. A. Harrison,
here late Wednesday afternoon. She
was removed to a hospital in Green
ville. One report stated that the
open end of the pin was top side up
and that she was getting along very
well.
I More Martin County
Men Discharged By
The Army And Navy
Lifte^n Men File Discharges
In Single Day Here
Last Week
Demobilization of the nation’s
armed forces is progressing rapidly,
according to late reports received
here. During the past four weeks,
nearly 100 Martin County men—63
white and 29 colored—filed their dis
charges with the draft board. Since
that report was released as many
as fifteen men filed their discharges
in a single day in this county.
Abner Bland of Hassell, discharg
ed in September, recently filed his
honorable discharge.
The following men were discharg
ed in October, the figures indicating
month and year of induction:
White: John Stanley Whitman, Jr.,
12-42, Robersonville; Johnny Malion
Whitaker, 3-43, RFD 1, Jamesville;
Albert Virgil Wobbleton, 12-42, RFD
2, Williamston; Darwin LaFayette
Coburn, 9-40, Robersonville; Ervin
Clyde Cullipher, 2-43. Williamston;
|Delbert Leggett, 12-42, RFD 1; Rob
ersonville; Robert Alexander Hais
lip, Jr., 6-42, Oak City; William Ben
jamin Daniel, 10-42, RFD 1, James
ville; Joseph Oscar Wiggins, 9-42,
RFD 1, Jamesville; William Dixon
Jones, 3-43, RFD 3, Williamston;
Benjamin Franklin Reason, 9-42,
RFD 1, Jamesville; Henry Herbert
Pope, Jr., 8-42, Robersonville; Har
vey Holleman Yates, 8-42, Williams
ton; Howard Edwin Whitehurst, 8-42,
Parmele; John Paul Holliday, 10-42,
Jamesville; Arthur Sherrod Hyman,
11- 40, Oak City; William Henry Gur
ganus, 6-42, RFD 3, Williamston; Jo
seph Lynwood Holliday, 11-42, RFD
1, Jamesville; Eli Marion Taylor,
7-42, RFD 2, Williamston; Tofik Mi
chael, 3-43, Williamston; Haywood
John Brown, 3-45, RFD 1, Oak City;
Lorey Hiram White, 9-40, RFD 3, Wil
liamston; Robert Harrison Joyner,
4-42, RFD 1, Palmyra; Henry Church
ill Harrington, 4-42, RFD 1, Palmyra;
Jesse Scott, 4-42 RFD 1 Oak City;
Thomas Frederick Grimes, 11-42,
RFD 3, Williamston; Cleophus Price,
1-42, RFD 2, Williamston; Nathan
Lawrence Hyman, 4-43, Oak City;
Howard J. Simpson, 8-40, RFD 2,
Robersonville; Joel Clayton Hadley,
12- 40, RFD 2, Williamston; Harry Se
ward Roberson, 3-42, Robersonville;
James Roberson Brown, 7-43, RFD 1,
Jamesville; James Brasco Warren,
4-43, RFD 2, Williamston; Willie B.
Glisson, 7-41, Robersonville; John
Hatton Gurganus, 8-42, Williamston;
Stephen Everett Harris, 12-39, RFD
1, Bethel; Woodrow Wilson Respass,
6-39, Oak City; Elbert Wilmer Bar
ber, 6-44, RFD 1, Jamesville; Edward
Lee Marlin, 5-43, Jamesville; Milton
Saunders Raynor, 12-43, RFD 3, Wil
liamston; James Thomas Uzzle, 1-44,
Jamesville; Claude Elmer Jenkins,
1-41, RFD 3, Williamston, and Ver
non Gray Weathersbee, 2-41, RFD 1,
Stokes.
Colored: James Gray, 3-43, RFD 1,
Oak City; William Mayo Land, 3-43,
RFD 3, Williamston; Gaston Flowers,
1-43, RFD 1, Palmyra; William Henry
Woolard, 1-43, RFD 1, Williamston;
Wesley Moore, 4-41, Williamston;
Isaac Herman Nelson, 7-42, Parmele;
Moses Spruill, 7-42, RFD 1, Oak
City; Llewellyn Keys, 7-42, RFD 1,
Jamesville; Moses James, 4-42, RFD
1, Oak City; Samuel Watts, 8-42, Wil
liamston; Moses Alexander Staton,
12-42, RFD 1, Jamesville; Elwood
Bellamy, 9-41, RFD 1, Hobgood; Ed
die Lee Smith, 11-41, RFD 1, Oak
City; Hosea James, 11-43, RFD 1,
Jamesville; Columbus James, 8-45,
Robersonville; George Henry For
rest, 5-41, RFD 2, Robersonville.
The following men were discharg
ed the early part of this month;
White: Van Ralph Taylor, 7-43, Ev
eretts; Charles Thomas Mizelle, 3-43,
RFD 3, Williamston; John Coltrain,
Jr., 10-42, Williamston; Noah Turner
Leggett, 9-42, RFD 2, Robersonville;
William Asa Taylor, 9-42, RFD 3,
Williamston; Elliott Green Wynne,
Jr., 11-42, Williamston; Clyde Buie
Bailey, 8-42, RFD 2, Williamston, El
lis Clifton Wynne, 12-40, RFD 1, Oak
City; Edmond Davis Harris, 8-42,
RFD 2, Williamston; John William
Bellflower, Jr., 12-42, RFD 1, Pal
myra; Heber John Coltrain, 8-42,
RFD 1, Williamston; Thomas Wil
loughby Thompson, 7-42, RFD 1, Oak
City; James Leighten Croom, 3-42,
RFD 2, Robersonville; Ardis Leon
Scruggs, 7-42, Williamston; Oliver
Whaley, 10-42, RFD 1, Oak City;
James Ottis Bullock, 5-44, RFD 2,
Robersonville; Kelley B. Cowey, 10
41, RFD 1, Oak City; Marion Oscar
Hyman, 5-41, Palmyra; Steve Elias
Stevenson, 4-41, Hamilton.
Colored: Lin wood Dawes Keys, 4
43, RFD 1, Jamesville; Henry Edward
Gilliams, 12-42, Hamilton; Nemiah
(Continued on page six)
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Two New Cars Placed On
Display Here Recently
Two new cars, a Cadillac and an
Oldsmobile, were placed on display
here recently by the Chas. H. Jenk
ins Motor company.
Many improvements, contributing
and quieter car operation have been
incorporated in the new 100-horse
power six-cylinder engines and 110
horsepower eights that drive the 1946
Oldsmobiles.
The cars are attractively styled
and modern to the minute.
Superior Court To
Open Delayed Term
In County Monday
Judpe Q. K. lNiniorka Sched
uled to Preside; Will Hear
Civil Cases Only
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After the first week was called off
because no judge was available, the
Martin County Superior Court will
open a delayed term next Monday
for the trial of civil cases only. Judge
Q. K. Nimocks of Fayetteville is
scheduled to preside over the term.
Established by special legislative
act some years ago, the term was to
have been presided over this week by
Judge Henry A. Grady. He had to
go to New York. There was some
delay in naming W. H. S. Burgwyn
to succeed Grady, and during the
meantime, the county bar called off
the first week of the term. Judge
R. Hunt Parker was to come to the
county next week and preside, but
an exchange with Judge Nimocks
was effected.
Sixteen divorce cases were placed
on the calendar for trial last Monday,
it is iif them will
bo sandwiclii^^^^^mo list of cases
scheduled for trial next week. Sev
eral other civil cases, slated for trial
this week, have been continued, but
one or two possibly will be called
next week.
Damage suits growing out of motor
vehicle wrecks and accidents are
very much in evidence on the calen
dar prepared for next week, but one
or two other cases are a bit out of
the ordinary. Then there are quite
a few cases of little importance and
which are certain to attract only
passing attention.
J. Frank Matthews, administrator,
is suing William E. James for $10,000
as a result of an accident which cost
the plaintiff’s father his death on the
outskirts of New Jersey last Septem
ber 5. James faces a hit-and-run
charge in the courts.
Joe A. Hardison is asking $1,000
damages of Monford Griffin as a re
sult of a truck-car accident near
Jamesville last August 6. Griffin
was backing his car out of the yard
and crashed into the plaintiff's pick
up truck. The plaintiff alleges he
was badly cut in the face and suf
fered disfigurement of the face. In
a second suit against Griffin, H. C.
and L. G. Modlin and Hardison are
asking $500 damages.
Elizabeth Holliday, by her next
friend, W. E. Holliday, is suing the
Williamston Lumber Company and
Kader Brown for $10,000 damages for
personal injuries and $875 for medi
cal and hospital bills. The plaintiff
was struck and critically hurt in the
yard of her home near Dardens by i
the defendants’ truck last May 31.
Joe Boyd, carnival concession op
erator, is asking $5,000 of Mack Red
dick for damages alleged to have re
sulted last August 28 when he was
run over with a car driven by the
defendant’s son at a Williamston fill
ing station.
Among the unusual cases is the one I
brought by Mrs. Fannie E. Melton
against Jos. H. Mellon for the remov
al of her husband’s body from the old
Robersonville cemetery to one in Tar
boro. L. W. Melton died in Rober
sonville on August 28, 1941, and was
buried in the old cemetery without
the consent of his widow, the com
plaint alleges. Removal permits
have been granted, but objections
were raised and the case now goes to
the court.
The case of Joseph Saunders Leg
gett against Pearl Benton is up for a
motion, the defense having asked
that the action be removed to Meck
lenburg county for trial. The motion
was denied by Clerk L. B. Wynne,
and an appeal was filed. The plain
tiff claims he was shot in the should
er while visiting his sister in the de
fendant’s home in Charlotte in April,
1944, by the defendant. He is asking
$3,500 actual and $1,500 punitive
damages.
Ed Sumara is suing Pauline Abe
younis for $6,500, the plaintiff alleg
ing that the lot in Williamston be
tween the Watts theater and Wool
aid Hardware Company was held in
trust by Ackall Richards, that Rich
ards sold the lot and made no ac
counting of the sale to the plaintiff.
The case in which the Standard
Fertilizer Company was suing to re
cover $1,203.41 from the North Caro
lina State Commissioner of Revenue,
has been returned to the county for
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THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Following a series of accidents,
including one or two bad ones,
motorists on Martin County high
ways struck a fairly safe streak
last week, highway patrolmen
reporting only one wreck during
the period. No one was hurt and
the property damage was not ex
tensive.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the ae>-iHf-nt
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
torest-i year to lhe-prese«t time.
Forty-Sixth Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1945 1 0 0 $ 200
1944 0 0 0 00
Comparisons To Date
1945 69 39 6 13,195
1944 63 38 6 12,000
Big Increase In Liquor
Sales For Last Quarter
Total of $2,337,745.75
Is Spent For Liquor
Since Stores Opened
Sales Last Quarter Next To the
Largest Ever Reported
In This County
Legal liquor sales in Marlin Coun
ty last quarter were the second larg
est ever reported for any three
months’ period since the stores were
opened back in 1935, according to a
review of the audit for the quarter
period ended last September 30. The
sales, exceeding those of the corre
sponding three months in 1944 by
more than $33,000, were second only
to those reported in the last three
months of 1944 when purchases re
ported by (!u four legal stores
amounted to $172,526.25. The sales
were about $44,000 greater than those
reported for the second quarter in
this year.
During the months of July, August
and September of this year, legal
liquor sales amounted to $146,804.95,
an amount more than seven times
larger than the total sales reported
in the county by the ABC Board for
the corresponding quarter in 1935. It
is estimated that beer and wine sales,
plus the bootleg business in white
lightning, will boost the total spent
for intoxicating beverages in this
county last quarter to around $300,
000, an amount about $60,000 greater
than the people of Martin County are
now being asked to invest in Victory
Bonds of the “E” type.
A review of the audit shows that
$107,788.19 of the $146,804.95 was sent
out of the county and state to the
distillers. Operating expenses were
figured at $5,006.25 and net income
amounted to $34,445.75, an amount
about 23 percent of the total sales.
The County ABC Board now has
assets of $73,629.97—$18,399.77 in
cash, $51,275.05 in inventories, and
$3,955.15 in fixed and other assets.
I The board owes $26,266.34 in ac
counts payable. The county and
towns are due $19,770.59 in profits.
The reserve for law enforcement now
stands at $15,593.04 and there is a
$12,000 surplus. Of the $26,266.34 ac
counts payable, $21,165.87 is due dis
tillers and $4,732.17 is accrued sales
tax.
Profits were divided as follows
I for the third quarter, this year: Mar
tin County, $15,816.47; State of North
Carolina, $12,478.42; Town of Wil
liamston, $2,121.81; Town of Rober
sonville, $ 1,089128; Town of Oak City,
$398.08; Town of Jamesville, $344.95;
reserve for law enforcement, $2,
196.74.
A comparison of profits for the
third quarter, 1944 and 1945, follows,
by stores:
1944 1945
$11,992.39 $18,246.40
5,704.53 9,518.76
2,293.66 3,567.71
2,269.81 3,112.88
Williamston
Robersonville
jOak City
Jamesville
$22,260.39 $34,445.7!
Total sales for the two quarter
under comparison follow, by stores
Williamston $ 56,626.55 $ 76,402.2
Robersonville 28,533.00 40,738. b
Oak City 11,884.50 15,778.1!
Jamesville 11,708.50 13,886.5'
$108,752.55 $146,804.95
A review of legal liquor sales and
profits by quarters, from the time the
stores were opened in this county in
July, 1935, through last September,
follows:
Sales Profits
Quarter
Ending
Sept., 1935
Dec., 1935
March, 1936
June, 1936
Sept., 1936
Dec., 1936
March, 1937
June, 1937
Sept., 1937
Dec., 1937
March, 1938
June, 1938
Sept., 1938
Dec., 1938
March, 1939
June, 1939
Sept., 1939
Dec., 1939
March, 1940
June, 1940
Sept, 1940
Dec., 1940
March, 1941
June, 1941
Sept., 1941
Dec., 1941
March, 1942
June, 1942
Sept., 1942
Dec., 1942
March, 1943
June, 1943
S<-pt , 1043
Dec., 1943
March, 1944
June, 1944
Sept, 1944
Dec, 1944
March, 1945
June, 1945
Sept., 1945
Totals
$ 22.249.35
37.379.29
25,274.96
21,584 05
27,864 59
44,727.00
29.771.20
31,640.98
30.259.05
56.179.40
33,325.62
26,968.35
32.502.15
40.710.30
25.407.05
24.174.25
30,539.58
48.481.05
31.719.25
25,625.08
27,561.82
46,283.10
35,124 75
29,043.65
40,601.90
65,754.75
53,152.95
53,607.45
80.357.25
137.476.80
101,665.30
87.011.20
81J4R 30
83.330.40
77.100.15
31 098.50
108,752.55
172,520.25
115,984.40
102.806.80
146,804.95
$2,337,456.75
$ 2,743 11
9,887.99
5,100.24
3,425 70
5.619.93 j
11,661.14 |
6,563.07 |
4.484.77
2,854.43
16,224 82
7.694.35
5,853.82
7,739.45
11.605.38
5,768 68
5,456.40
6,727.00
10.809.60
7.703.77 I
5.987.35
6,194.68
12,729.11
9.089.93
6,643.22 I
10,862.05
19.145.70
14,178.95
14.635.34
23,177-89
36.750.70
22,476.36
19,572.81
23.301.93
23,050.91
18,913.72
17.975.35
22.260.39
41,479.42
25.438.60
25,374.01
34,445.75
$571,249.58
| CLOSING CAMI*
According to unofficial infor
mation received here this week,
the local prisoner of war camp
will be closed soon after the
30th of this month. No official
announcement has been made,
but instructions have been is
sued. cancelling all prisoner
labor contracts after Friday of
next wees.
It is predicted by some that the
German prisoners of war will
be shipped out within a few days
after the 30th.
Book Circulation In
October Sets Record
In the November meeting of 1!h TV
pointed out in the librarian’s report
for October that the largest number
of books ever circulated from the
bookmobile had been made during
the month of October. There was a
total circulated from the bookmobile
of 4,011 adult books and 3,154 chil
dren's books. Making a total of 7,
165. This was more than 1,608 vol
umes over October a year ago, and
783 above the "all-time high." At
the same time there was a return cir
culation from the libraries and book
deposits in the region of 3,833. This
made a grand total of 10,998 of the
regions books circulated during the
month.
The region now owns a total of
9,716 volumes divided among the
counties as follows: Beaufort, 3,130;
Hyde, 2,546; Martin, 4,022. In addi
tion there is a region owned collec
tion of books given by the State Li
brary Association of some 800 vol
umes, which are distributed m the
region and are so accessioned. It is
very revealing when the number of
books circulated in one month is
greater than the entire collection,
and the bulk of this circulation is in
the rural areas.
It is to be hoped that a new book
mobile may be purchased in the near
future. With one of our North Caro
lina body builders interested in
building bookmobile bodies, it may
come more quickly than if reconver
sion in the automotive industry is
awaited. The constantly growing
bookmobile service can be met only
witli a better means of carrying the
books. With belter roads in the of
fing and a new bookmobile the
service can be extended.
Express Interest
In AAA Election
The nomination and election of of
ficials for steering the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration program
for the coming year is attracting
more than passing attention in this
county, and it is expected that larg
er crowds than usual will participate
in the nominating conventions next
Monday and Tuesday nights and in
the general vote on Friday of next
week.
Places and time have been set for
the nominating conventions to be
held next Monday and Tuesday when
the farmers will choose their candi
dates for the offices of county com
mitteemen, alternates and delegates
to the county convention
Reconversion problems are ahead
and farmers are being asked to pick
out, nominate and elect men who
will take an interest in the program
Sffl. Laslie (.ol train Cats
Dischargo From Irmy
T/Sgt Leslie I). Coltrain, accom
panied by his wife, the former Miss'
Dorcas Buckcannon of Williamston,
and sister, Miss Elsie Coltrain, arriv
ed in Williamston Sunday after
spending 31 months overseas. Sgt.
Coltrain came down to see his father,
David Coltrain, and his brother, J.
C. Coltrain. It was the first tune
the sergeant had seen either since
he went overseas April 22, 1943.
Sgt. Coltrain landed in Newport
News, Va., on November 7 but had
to go to Maryland to get his dis
charge which he received on the 12th
He joined his wife on the 13th.
Sgt. Coltrain was drafted on De
cember 7, 1942, and was inducted on
the 12th of the month. He has been
in the armed forces two years and 11
months.
The only change Coltrain found in
his old home town was his brother.
Coltrain stated that "I didn’t even
know my brother for he had grown
so much since I have been gone.”
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County Yonng Man Earns
Promotion In Tlia Navy
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Thomas i-t. Harrison, Martin Coun
ty youth, was recently promoted to
ship’s cook, 3/e, on the U. S. S. De
sh-fjvw “Adams”. Stationed in Jap
anese waters, the young man has
been in the Naval Reserve for eigh
teen months and hopes to get his dis
charge next February. His wife and
young son are making their home
with her parents, near Roberson
ville,
Historical Review
Of the Old Hickory
Division In Europe
Several Martin ro>mty*?5S|f
Men Served In Battles
With The Thirtieth
(Continued from last issue)
(The story below reviews the
glorious part the Thirtieth (Old
Hickory) Division had in winning
World War II. Since several Martin
County boys were in the Division,
the record most certainly will be
read with interest in this county.)
The fourth 1n the series of install
ments follows:
The 30th's doughboys who had cov
ered their trails from the beaches of
Normandy with great glory and
credit to the Queen of Battles—the
Infantry—were next selected as the
division that was to smash the most
heavily manned section of Germany’s
vaunted west wall.
Tlie battle for the forced entry into
Germany started on October 2, along
a narrow front extending between
Marienberg and Rimberg, north of
la historic city of Aachen. It was
i savagely vicious struggle from the
very start. The Germans now were
Igihting on their own soil for the pro
tect.on of Iheir homes and their fam
ilies and they were waging the bat
tle from concrete fortresses whose
walls ranged to eight feet in thick
ness. They had set up what they be
lieved to be the perfect defense of
the homeland and were instructed to
fight or be shot by their own SS
troops. That was the type of for
midable opposition faced by the 30th.
For this gigantic task the dough
boys were to be given the best pos
sible assistance from till supporting
units. Twenty-six battalions of ar
tillery, nine groups of medium bomb
ers and two groups of P 38’s came to
Old Hickory's support. The Sieg
fried Line’s fortifications however,
were made to resist artillery and
aerial attacks. The job was reduced
to the foot soldier's efforts. The
courageous Old Hickorymen would
have to crawl forward close to moth
er earth and fight the battle with
what they carried in their hands.
Undaunted, they gritted their
teeth and tackled their task. The
artillery continued to give splendid
assistance but it was only the infan
try that could take and hold the
ground Through the greatest con
centration of enemy artillery -and
mortal fire they had met in their six
months of combat, the 30th's troops
stormed the bunkers of the west
wall, establishing a foothold in Ger
many after 20 days of the fiercest
fighting possible. At the battle’s end
they had captured 4,736 of Hitler’s
best troops.
Equally lough was the Division's
assignment in which it linked up
wilh the 1st Division to force the col
lapse of Aachen, first great German
city to fail. Next came the drive to
the Roer River which was character
ized by magnificent teamwork. One
Roer Valley town after another fell
like tenpins to the Old Hickorymen
as the defenders were completely
baffled by the expert and surprise
tactics.
The drive continued until the
30th’s troops were emplaced along
the Roer River itself, south of Julich,
awaiting their next big task that of
crossing the river and advancing into
the Rhineland.
(To Be Concluded)
Justice Hears Five
Cases In His Court
Juslu'i' .1 L. Hassell called five
cases in his court during the past
few days, most of them going to the
higher courts for final disposition.
Clyde Silverthorno, publicly drunk,
was required to pay $8.50 costs.
Charged with speeding, Francis P.
| Gavingan of Flushing, N. Y., was
hound over to the county court under
i ash bond in the sum of $35.
Charged with possessing two gal
lons of illicit liquor for the purpose
of sale, Arthur Peel was bound over
to the recorder’s court under bond in
the sum of $100.
Austin Everett was bound over to
the county court under $50 bond for
an alleged assault on a female.
Charged with disorderly conduct
and damaging property at Duk Inn,
Marshall Scott was bound over to the
county court under a $50 bond.
Purchases Doctor's Offices
And Equipment This Week
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Dr. E. T. Walker was reported this
week to have sold his offices, includ
ing all equipment, and home on
Smithwick Street to Dr. E. T. Llew
ellyn. Just recently discharged
from the Army, Dr. Llewellyn plans
to take over the property on or about
the first of the year. Dr. Walker is
planning to specialize in X-ray in
a hospital to be selected later.
Wife Heater (liven Parole
By Governor Greft# Cherry
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Leslie Roberson, former Pitt
County man, was paroled by Gover
nor Gregg Cherry a tew days ago
after he (Roberson) had served about
five months of a 12-months sentence
on the rbads.
Roberson was sentenced in the
superior court of this county last
June when he was convicted of brut
ally beating his wife.