NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OP THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
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ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 1
Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 1, 1946
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ESTABLISHED J899
Jas. S. Whitehurst
Reviews Record Of
Carrier Shangri-La
Martin Tcnniy foTtak' Iff®
■W&sOafaitaoag Ship Dur-*
ing Pacific Campaign
(In previous installments, Seaman
Whitehurst told about the shakedown
cruise and the trip to and stay at
Pearl Harbor. There was tenseness
as the Shangri-La moved nearer and
nearer to the fight.—Ed.)
Over the Horizon to ‘Indian Country’
Only a short distance out of Pearl
Harbor, we assembled at parade on
the flight deck, dressed in full battle
gear, while Captain Barner told us
with intimate frankness just what
lay ahead. Captain Barner had al
ways been a good showman as well i
as a good skipper, and by having us I
dressed in our battle gear we un
consciously felt the seriousness of
what he said.
“You are like your forefathers, the
pioneers," he said, “who ventured
out into the unknown Indian frontier
to create a new world. As you go out
into the forward area, you, like they,
may have to do some Indian hunt
ing of your own, but your Indians
will be Japs.”
And then he went on to tell us
what we might have in store, what
tricks the Japs might pull, and
touched briefly on what we would
do in the battle rea. It wasn’t a
pretty picture the “skipper’’ painted !
that day, but we all felt better for
having received some “inside dope".
One thing worried us, however. Al
ways before in friendly waters we
had traveled with an escort, but this
time we were standing out for U
lithi, the last outpost before the bat- I
tie zone, and we were steaming ab
solutely unescorted and unprotected
in the open sea. We soon forgot our
fears, for day by day we were draw
ing nearer to the Equator and the
sun became hotter and hotter as the
mile after mile of water washed
against our hull.
During our first week under way,
the crew took frequent holiday rou
tines. when the ship looked more like
a luxury liner than a war vessel as
the crew sunbathed on the flight
deck or played games on the hangar
deck atheltic courts. i
Then, on April 13, we crossed the |
180th meridian, and first-times of
ficially joined the Order of the Gold- •
en Dragon. We were a bit confused, ,
once crossing the international date |
line, trying to figure out where we
had lost a day, and we kidded a bit ,
about feeling the bump when the >
ship crossed the date line. i
We bypassed J3p-held Wake Is- (
land without incident and after sail- |
ing north of Eniwetok we picked up j
a destroyer escort that would take ;
us on to Ulithi. Once we had an es- ,
cort, flight operations began once 1
more, augmented with various battle ,
problems which refreshed our minds ,
on the job to come. One day we even j
held an all-day practice “GQ” so
that feeding of battle rations could j
be rehearsed. ]
Finally, on April 20, after ten )
days at sea, we arrived in Ulithi, ,
sweltering under the heat of the 1
tropical sun. We were to stop only ]
overnight before proceeding to the ]
battle zone, but we had a chance to t
see was a Pacific atoll really looked ,
like. I
Ulithi brought out one interesting
little incident, however. We had lost (
a plane in the water just out of ,
Ulithi, due to an operational failure, f
and we were replacing it with one ]
from the U. S. S. Intrepid. The crew t
of that ship was quick to grasp the ,
opportunity to “rib" us as a new- j
comer and had scrawled their mes- j
sage all over the side of the plane: j
“Welcome to the forward area ,
from the Fighting Lady to the ]
Showboat. Come over and we will
tell you some sea stories.. .The In- j
trepid Crew." ]
That made us mad. Who were they ,
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Placed Under Bond
For Knife Assault
Early M. Boston, young colored i
man, was released late Monday aft- ]
ernoon for assaulting Leamon <
James, also colored, with a knife in j
the Free Union Section of Jamesville ;
Township last Christmas eve night. >
Bond was required in the sum of <
$300.
His throat badly cut, James, it was j
first thought, had only one chance ;
out of a hundred to recover. After j
receiv ing first aid treatment here he
was removed to a Washington hos
pital where he received treatment «
until Sunday. |
James is said to have hit Boston
with a beer bottle before Boston
went into action with his knife.
Former Assistant Farm
Agent Tenders Resignation .
John Ivey Eagles, assistant farm !
agent in this county for several
years, last week-end formally tend- ;
ered his resignation. The young man i
was granted a le»y> wJ absence when
he was called into the armed ser- 1
vices about two years ago.
It could not be learned what the
young man plans to do, but one
port stated that he had been offered ’
a position with the National Cotton
Council, and that there is a possibility :
he will farm.
Youth’s Heroism Cited
In Postliunious Award
j VO^^HfiMnfS AW4BD ]
Jimmy W. Watts, Jr., Wil
liamston youth who made the
supreme sacrifice In Italy last
February 7, was recently cited
posthumously for bravery and
service far beyond the call of
duty.
Normal Attendance
Reported In Most
Of County Schools
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Many Faculty Members Tend
er Resignations; Several
Positions Unfilled
Reopening Monday following the '
Christmas holidays, most of the
schools reported from fair to normal
attendance figures. The presence of
influenza cases in any great num
bers was not reflected in the school
attendance reports, it was declared. '
All busses were operated the first
day, but the roads were said to be in
bad condition in several districts.
The office of the superintendent
was surprised to receive such en
couraging reports on attendance and
bus operations, it was learned.
But attendance figures and bad
roads were not the only problems
facing school authorities. Numer
ous faculty resignations were receiv
ed during the holidays, and a few
teachers were forced into temporary
retirement by illness. According to :
a late report from the superintend- j
ent's office, there are at the present
time five openings in the various
schools, but applications are being 1
received for several of them, it was
pointed out.
Professor Harvey Yates was
forced out of the Robersonville
High School just before the holidays
by an attack of appendiciits. Last
reports stated that he was not get- '
ting along very well in a Rocky 1
Mount hospital and it could not be 1
learned when he will be able to re- 1
turn to his post. Mrs. Yates, a teach- j
er in the school, is out also for the
present. I*
Earl Rhodes of Newport has ac- ’
cepted a position in the Roberson- ’
ville school. He is a son of Profes- 1
sor G. W. Rhodes, a former principal '
in this county. Miss Mary K. Bunn, '
teacher in the local schools for a few 1
weeks before the holidays, has also 1
joined the Robersonville faculty.,'
Miss Amy Floyd of Orrum is succeed-1'
ing Mrs. Harriett Everett Winslow as I'
commercial department teacher in,5
Robersonville.
In the Jamesville Schools, Mrs.;1
Edward L. Martin is succeeding Mrs. I‘
Elsie Holliday, resigned, as 8th,1
grade teacher. Herbert Gardner, ;
Jr., is supplying in the commercial
department, succeeding Mrs. Flora
Brown, resigned.
At Farm Life, Miss Elizabeth Man
ning is succeeding Mrs. Eris Stall
ings Taylor, resigned.
Professor Sam Edwards, a teach- i
er in the Williamston High School J
until he entered the armed forces,
has returned and is now teaching the
eighth grade. A teacher application
for the position has been received
and when it is filled Mr. Edwards
will move into the high school science
department.
Where the teacher shortage has
not been relieved, faculty members 1
are doubling their work to maintain
schedules. 1J
joins Regular Army <
And Home On Leave 1
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Figuring he could get a 60-day ]
furlough by signing up for service
in the regular Army, Pfc. Luther i
Peel cast his lot while in the Euro- (
pean theater and arrived home last i
Saturday to visit his parents here. i
Overseas since last March, the ]
young man has traveled in five :
countries, and expects to return for i
foreign duly with the occupation .
forces sometime in February. He >
arrived in Boston on December 23, i
after encountering an 80-mile
storm, but could not get home in I
time for Christmas. 1
The young man is one of the very ’
few who was given a furlough home ]
while in foreign service. <
Sgt. Jimmy W. Waite
Credited With Feat
Saving Ship’s Crew
Local Young Man Few Weeks
Later Made the Supreme
Sacrifice In Italy
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The Distinguished Flying Cross
was recently awarded posthumous
ly to T/Sgt. Jimmy W. Watts for un
selfish devotion to his job and the
safety of his fellow crew members
on an Army bomber over Poland on
December 26, 1944. The award, one
of the few received by a Martin
County young man during W6rld
War II, was delivered to the young
man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Watts, here a short time ago, and is
one of several honors earned by him
during his service with the Fifteenth
Air Force in Italy.
Sgt. Watts, a few weeks later on
February 7, 1945, made the supreme
sacrifice when his plane was badly
shv.l up on a regular mission. He en
tered the service in April, 1943, and
went overseas on July 29, 1944.
The citation in narrative form
reads, as follows:
“James W. Watts, Jr., 34670932,
Technical Sergeant, Air Corps, 724th
Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bom
bardment Group (H), United States
Army.
“For extraordinary achievement
while participating in aerial flight
as an engineer-gunner on a B-24 type
aircraft.
“On December 26, 1944, Sergeant
Watts participated in a mission to
bomb enemy oil installations at Os
weicim, Poland. While over the tar
get, his aircraft suffered very sever
damage from accurate anti-aircraft
fire. The hydraulic system was bad
ly damaged, all controls and trim
cables on the right side of Number
six (6) bulkhead were shot out. In
addition, the oxygen lines were cut
and the interphone system was com
pletely cut off. Leaving his position
in the upper turret immediately after
his ship successfully rallied from the
target, Sergeant Watts proceeded to
make the necessary repairs to enable
his aircraft to conitnue to its base.
Because of the break in the hydraulic
lines, hydraulic fluid had made the i,
narrow catwalk in hte bomb bays ex- ['
tremely slippery. With the tempera- I
ture at fifty (50) degrees below zero
and the bomb bay doors open, Ser- .
geant Watts, with complete disregard !
for his own personal safety, entered |
the bomb bay without his parachute (
and proceeded to make the necessary
repairs. With outstanding skill and
ingenuity, he succeeded in repairing .
the damaged lines and turned on the j
hydraulic reserve supply. Because (
of the extreme temperature, the
fluid was frozen and the bomb bay ,
doors would not close. Through- (
out the route home, Sergeant Watts (
continued to work tirelessly and dili- j
gently in an effort to prepare the
damaged ship for a landing. Because
his fellow members of the waist were j
cut off from communications with
the pilot, he made several trips
through the dangerous catwalk to ' j
re assure the men that everything j
was under control. When the ship j
arrived over the home base, Ser- j
geant Watts successfully lowered the
mainlanding gear and kicked the nose ,
wheel into position manually, thus J
enabling the pilot to land the plane
without any further damage to the t
ship or injury to his crew.
“By his outstanding technical skill *
and courage, together with his strong
devotion to duty and brilliant com- .
bat record of twenty-four (24) mis
sions against the enemy, Sergeant
Watts has reflected great credit upon 1
himself and the Armed Forces of the
United States.
“Residence at enlistment: Wil
Jiamston, North Carolina."
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Eason R. Carson
Died December 22
Eason Ricks Carson, retired coun- '
ty merchant, died near here at 2 (
o'clock a. m., December 22, follow
ing a long period of declining health. >
The son of the late James Ricks |
Carson and wife, he was born in Pitt '
County near Bethel on April 24, 1883,
and spent his early life there. He
moved to Martin County about 30
years ago and spent some time in
Parmele before making his home
here.
His wife, the former Miss Irene
Belflower, died about a year ago.
He is survived by the following
children, Mrs. Elton Andrews, Elton
Carson, Peggy and David Carson, all
of Williamston, Miss Sarah Carson
of Washington, D. C-, Mrs. Vance
Phelps of Plymouth, and James Car
son, U. S. Navy; one brother, James
Cars on of Norfolk; and two sisters,
Mrs. James L. Williams of Green- *.
ville and Mrs. L. J. Ford of Bethel,
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, December 23, at 3 o’clock in
the Biggs Funeral Home by Rev. B.
T. Hurley, local Methodist minister.
Burial was in the Robersonville cem
etery.
GREETINGS
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'Best Wis/tes
As we bow to Little Master 1946,
we sincerely and earnestly hope and
trust that as he ripens in time he will
lessen the sorrows, lighten the bur
dens and give new and lasting hope
to the world's teeming millions in the
task of readjustment to meet new
conditions and trials.
Greetings over the signatures of
many local business houses and men
appear in this paper today. Read the
messages and take on new hope and
courage and remember that all of us
have a part in building a better
world—a world of lasting peace and
happiness.
Acting to save several thousand
sheets of paper, The Enterprise is
carrying over quite a few New Year's
Greetings until Friday. During the
meantime and throughout every one
of the 365 days, may the New Year
bt rich in all things that are good
and encouraging for our patrons
here and everywhere.
THE ENTERPRISE.
Native Of.County
Is Fatally Injured
In Norfolk Wreek
Several Other* Are Crilieally
Hurt Last Wednesday
Morning
Lee Wayne Hux, seven yeais old,
was fatally injured, and several
others were critically hurt in an au
tomobile-raiibus accident in Nor
folk early last Wednesday morning.
The youth, a native of this county
and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Vance Peel of Griffins Township,
was pronounced dead upon ai.ival at
a Norfolk hospital.
The lad's mother, the former Miss
Susie Lee Peel of this county, was
hurt internally but last reports state
that her condition is improved. The
father, Matthew Hux, suffered mul
tiple injuries, but he, too, is reported
improving. An uncle, Ottis Peel, was
also hurt but his injuries were not
serious. A brother, two-year-old
Bobby Hope Hux, was not hurt.
The group, following a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Peel in this county,
were returning to their home in
Broad Creek Village, Va., when the
car, driven by Mrs. Hux, and the
railbus crashed at Merrimac Avenue.
As far as it could be learned the
accident was the only one costing
the life of a person from this coun
ty during the holiday period.
Funeral services for the youth
were held in the Old Ford Christian
Church last Saturday afternoon at 1
o’clock by the pastor, Rev. Luther
M. Ambrose and burial was in Oak
dale Cemetery, Washington.
The body was brought to the Biggs
Funeral Home here from Norfolk
and prepared for burial.
Mrs. Holly Peel Oliver, aunt of the
lad, died at her home in Washington
last Thursday morning following a
long illness. The daughter of the late
Henry and Victoria Peel, Mrs. Oliver
was born in Martin County on April
2, 1879. Following her marriage she
made her home in Beaufort County.
She is survived by two children,
three brothers, a sister and six
grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
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Tivo Fire Calls Received
During The Holidays Here
Two fire calls were received by the
local volunteer fire department dur
ing the holiday season, but very lit
tle damage resulted in either case.
Firemen were called first to the
home of Mr. Jesse Ambrose on West
Main Street Saturday, December 22,
when the roof caught fire, and to the
Saunders home on Church Street
when a chimney caught fire on De
cember 24.
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LICENSE RUSH
Laboring under the belief that
the 1945 motor vehicle tag ex
pired on DecemhOff 31, hundreds
of car and truck owners crowd
ed into the auto license bureau f
of the Carolina Motor Club in ,
the offices of Harrison and Car- ]
starphen here yesterday and ]
purchased the 1946 tin plates. c
Despite the big rush yesterday, ,
the bureau sales for 1946 are j
running about 500 under those of j
a year ago, Managers YV. H. Car- ,
starphen and N. K. Harrison
said. So far for 1946, the bureau
& has sold ■Jf.aOO car licenses,
for trucks, 381 for small trail
ers and fifty for big trailers.
Receipts at tne bureau office
yesterday were slightly in ex- i
cess of $1,000. '
Motorists have until February i
1 to display the new plates and \
remove the old ones. <
County Exceeds Last War Bond™ .
Quota By .More Than $365,000
~€h ristmas Observed Without
Serious Incident in the County
The Christmas holiday season was
observed in the county without seri- ,
ous incident, according to reports I
coming from various sources, includ
ing law enforcement offices, ambu
lance operators and hospitals. Only
one or two minor wrecks were re
ported in the county during the en
tire season, but Martin County peo
ple were involved in at least one
serious automobile accident outside
the State.
There were a few deaths in the
county during the period, and many
fell victim of influenza. Hospitals
were fairly crowded with patients,
but the nature of their illnesses was
not critical for the most part.
Despite twenty-three arrests re
ported by local and county officers,
the season was quietly observed.
Weather conditions held nearly
everyone at home Christmas day. ;
Heavy rains fell during the day ini
|this section while farther to the'
south, snow and sleet fell to add to
traffit hazards and help boost the
accident toll for the nation to over
400 fatalities during the holiday sea
son.
Drunks and drunken drivers kept
county and local officers busy dur
ing most of last week, but the num
ber of arrests was only two greater
than it was in the corresponding
period of 1944. Of the twenty-three
persons arrested and jailed, six were
charged with drunken driving, ten
with public drunkenness, three with
assaults, one each with non-support,
breaking and entering, kidnapping
and disorderly conduct. The ages
of those arrested ranged from a low
eighteen to 56 years, and eight of the
23 were white.
POW’S FOR FARM
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A few German prisoners of
war arc being made available
for general farm work in this
county at the present time. It
was explained, however, that
the number to be made avail
able is dependent upon cancella
tions by industry from day to
day.
No date has been officially an
nounced for closing the prison
er of war camp here and sending
the prisoners back to Butner and
eventually to their homes in
Germany. It isn't likely that the
camp will be maintained here
very much longer.
Sale Of Christmas
Seals Below Quota
The annual sale of Christmas seals
is still short of the goal in this coun
ty, Mrs. Joel Muse, chairman for the
Woman’s Club committee handling
the drive, said yesterday. Up until
late yesterday, $1,149,89 worth of '
the little TB stickers had been sold,
including seal bonds and bangle and
booth sales. The drive is $300.11
short of the goal, but there are suf
ficient letters unanswered to carry
the drive over the top. Only 347
letters out of approximately 600
mailed out have been answered, it
was explained. The colored schools
have raised approximately $93, leav
ing a little over $200 to be raised
to meet the quota. If the unanswer
ed letters would average about $1
each,, the goal could be reached, and
it is not too late to mail the letters
with contributions enclosed.
“We are trying to complete the
drive this week, and late contribu
tions will greatly aid this county in
meeting its solemn obligation in the
fight against tuberculosis,” the chair
man added.
Five schools reporting in the
county raised $177.56, as follows:
Williamston, $72.85; Farm Life,
$30.68; Oak City, $33.75; Hamilton,
$27.97, and Hassell, $12.31. Bangle
day sales amounted to $67.10, and
booth sales were $8.23. 1
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Man Charged With
County Kidnapping:
Clarence Little, young colored
man, was arrested Christmas day for
allegedly kidnapping his young
daughter from his estranged wife, in
the Oak City section. Little, accord
ing to officers, visited his child and
the two went to his mother’s home
for a short stay. The father declar
ed that he had no intention of steal
ing the child, that he merely wanted
to see her and deliver some Christ
mas fruits and toys to her.
The warrant, charging kidnapping
was sworn out by the mother’s
father, and at a hearing before Jus
tice J. B. Whitfield in Oak City Lit
tle was placed under a $300 bond for
his appearance in the Martin County
Superior Court next March.
Minor Car Accident la
Reported Here Friday
Damage, estimated at $150 by Of
ficer Chas. Moore, was done to two
cars in an accident at the corner of i
Main and Smithwick Streets here s
last Friday night. Ernest Harris was t
driving west on Main Street and i
reached the intersection just as Miss »
Mildred Coltrain started to make aj(
left-hand turn into Smithwick. No*
one was hurt. 1
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I'mmly Yoimp. Won (id*
Discharge From The Kavy
John Waltc-r Moore, electrician’s j
mate, 3-C, of RFD 3, Williamston, i
was recently discharged from the c
naval service, it was announced last ]
week-end by the Naval Separation e
Center, Nashville, Tenn. <
Take Applications
For Soil Payments
On January 4 and 5
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Martin Farmers Have Poaaildy
Earned $10,000 Under
1945 Program
Applications for payments under
the 1945 Triple A soil building pro
gram will be received in this county
on Friday and Saturday of this week
in accordance with a schedule be
ing announced today by the office of
the county agent. It is estimated that
Martin County farmers earned pos
sibly $40,000 under the 1945 pro
gram, that all they have to do is
make formal application to their
respective community committeemen
the latter part of this week to be
eligible for the money payments.
Applications will be received as
follows:
Friday and Saturday, January 4
and 5: C. U. Rogers’ store in Bear
Grass; Ayers’ store in Oak City;
Manning’s store in Griffins; Sexton’s
store in Jamesville; agricultural
building in Williamston for farmers
in Poplar Point and Williamston,
Masonic Hall in Robersonville.
Friday only, January 4: filling sta
tion at Cross Roads; Slade, Rhodes
Company’s store in Hamilton, and
county house in Williams Township.
Saturday only, January 5: Harry
Hardy’s store in Everetts, and Ed
mondson's store in Hassell.
Farmers are asked to note the
dates and file their applications for
payments with their respective oi
nearest community committees.
The Triple A program for 1946 will
be placed before the farmers at a
later date, possibly the latter part
of this month or early February, it
was announced today by the office of
the county farm agent.
johnny M. Cherry
Gets His Disc harge
Johnny M. Cherry, fireman 1-c,
after a hectic trip from Japan, re
turned to his home and family here
last Sunday night with his discharge
from the naval service.
Stationed on an LST, Fireman
Cherry left the States for the Pa
cific last May 28 and his ship, load
ed with occupation forces, was the
first to pull into the harbor at Naga
saki where one of the atomic bombs
was dropped. "The bomb exploded
five miles away, but there wasn’t a
window it. a building in the harbor
area," the seaman declared.
Telling about his return trip, Fire
man Cherry said that they left the
Pacific theater the latter part of
November and reached the West
Coast on December 17. "We were
held in the harbor at San Pedro for
five days. Unable to land there, we
were transferred to San Francisco,
and finding everything blocked there
with ships and returning servicemen,
we returned to Pedro. When we fin
ally landed and started the trip
across the continent we left service- ,
men waiting by the tens of thousands ,
for transportation to the East,”
Cherry added.
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Industrial Users Of Sugar
Apply To Raleigh For Quotas
Beginning January 1, consumers, 1
industrial and institutional users of
sugar in North Carolina will apply to
the OPA District Office in Raleigh
for their allotments, Theodore S.
Johnson, District Director, announc
ed today.
Likewise, replacement of ration
books, and new ration books for
babies and returning veterans will
be made bv the District Offic^ John
son said. Applicants may either j
write or call in person for such I
blanks at the District (Office. i
Although Price Control Boards
will no longer issue any ration books
or rationed commodities, a few ap- <
plication blanks will be placed at 1
each board for the convenience of' ]
consumers, Johnson added. i
Every Township In
County But One Is
Over Top In Drive
Over Million Dollars Invested
In All Types Of Bonds
During Period
Last-minute buying during the few
days before Christmas pushed total
sales in the Victory Loan and last
war bond drive to $308,465.75, an
amount $65,465.75 in excess of the
“E" bond quota assigned this coun
ty, Drive Chairman D. V. Clayton
announced following the close of the
campaign late Monday night, De
cember 31.
In addition to the $308,465.75 in
vested in “E” bonds in the county.
Chairman Clayton explained that
$691,970.50 worth of negotiable bonds
had been purchased, mainly by coun
ty individuals. The combined pur
chases amount to $1,004,436.25 while
the combined or over-all quota was
only $544,000.00. The negotiable
bond quota was oversubscribed by
$390,970.50, but the $65,465.75 invest
ed in “E” bonds in execess of the
quota reflects a saving habit that is
! bound to have telling effect when
land if times should get “tight” on
I the economic front.
The last-minute buying spurt car
ried the county well over the top in
the “E” bond column, but Williams
ton missed the mark by $27,023.75.
Approximately $29,000 was invested
in “E” bonds in the district during
the few days just before Christmas,
and the instruments were offered as
Christmas presents in large numbers.
Poplar Point went over the top
at the last minute. Goose Nest add
ed nearly $4,000 to its total. Rober
sonville, already in the big spot light
with purchases considerably in ex
cess of its quota, pushed ahead and
added $21,087.25 to boost its total
to $129,043.75, an amount equal to
about 53 percent of the original “E”
bond quota in the county.
According to the latest available
report, twenty-one counties in the
State had reached or passed their
“E” bond quotas. Of the sixteen
counties making up Region I in the
drive, Martin County held second
position, Perquimans leading by a
small percentage. At the present
time, Martin has subscribed 127 per
cent of its “E” bond quota. Polk leads
the State with 177 percent, and Al
leghany is second from the top with
134 percent. Currituck is trailing
the State with only 14 percent of its
quota subscribed. Last Friday, the
State was $5,100,000 short of its goal.
A review of
tricts in this c
Tamesville
'•Villiams
Griffins
Bear Grass
William tson
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Hassell
Goose Nest
“E” bond sales by dis
■ounty follows:
Quota
7,300
4,700
12,250
8,500
i03,000
7,300
73,000
4,850
9,800
5,000
7,300
Sales
14,175.00
5,737.50
14.456.50
10.931.25
75.796.25
8,568.75
129,043.75
4,981.25
10.950.50
18.862.50
14.962.50
$243,000 $308,465.75
Announcing the drive complete,
Chairman Clayton said he felt great
ly indebted to the district chairmen
and canvassers who worked diligent
ly and sacrificed their time to help
put the drive over the top.
Sugar Ration Stamp
No. 39 Now Valid
Sugar stamp No. 39 became valid
for fiv.e pounds of sugar January 1,
Theodore S. Johnson, OPA district
director, said today.
Since th>s stamp must cover the
period through April 30, Johnson
urged consumers to conserve their
sugar supply. A survey on Decem
ber 1 showed that present sugar sup
plies in the Southeast, rather than
being plentiful, are in fact 16 per
cent less than at the same time last
year, he said.
The turn of the year finds only
300,000 tons of sugar available from
Cuba and Puerto Rico in “carry
over” stocks from last year, Johnson
pointed out. He added that addi
tional receipts for the next two
months are expected to be consider
ably below those for the correspond
ing period a year ago.
County Young Man Joins
Regular Army At Okinawa
Okinawa—Private First Class Col
umbus Williams, 20, of Williamston,
North Carolina, has enlisted in the
regular Army and expects to leave
for home soon on his enlistment fur
lough.
Pfc. Williams was one of the first
R.000 rrtprt pri thjci itilonrj prihvf
under the Army's new .y'MgHr
which offers financial benefits, edu
cational opportunities, and other en
ducements to enlistees.
A farmer in civilian life he enter
ed the service in October 1944 and
has been overseas since April 1945.
He is the son of Sylvester Williams
of Williamston.