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Town - Wide Clothing Collection For Needy Next Sunday Afternoon NEARLY 4.009 COPIES OF THE » ■ man urn aouro* srwo r.vrr .. HOMES OF MARTIN ODYNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OE THE .. . INYI&FKISX ooiN<r%.:aeK»xv .££*-: —.'SOMES or MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN Williams*on, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 ■ ■ — • i • " —- --- ESTABLISHED 1899 VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 7 Reports on Annual Meeting In Chicago • Delegates Named To Conven tion To Be Held In ^ ins ton-Salem Next Month Farm Bureau representatives, meeting in the courthouse last Fri day night, heard a detailed report on the national convention in Chicago, discussed a few business matters and appointed delegates to the State con vention to be held in Winston-Salem on the 6, 7 and 8 of next month with a general invitation standing for others who care ot attend the state sessions. Names of the delegates chosen at the meeting and their committee as signments follow: Van G. Taylor, to bacco; H. U. Peel, O’Neal Club; Roy Hadley, cotton; Chas. Daniel, resolu tions; Joe Winslow, T. B. Slade, live stock; G. H. Forbes, general crops, and T. B Brandon, agricultural, busi ness and industrial relations. Secretary-treasurer Tom Brandon announced that the organization had a cash balance in the bank in the sum of $1,235.73 with no outstanding obligations other than the annual barbecue to be held the latter part of April. Reporting on the trip to the na tional convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago last month, President Chas. Daniel reviewed a few of the meeting high lights. "We had a good trip, but the weather was bad with the tempera ture falling six below zero. We held close to our hotel and the convention headquarters,” Mr. Daniel declared. One of the highlights in the resolu tions adopted was a general demand for parity prices for all crops, Mr. Daniel explaining that U S. Secre tary Clinton P. Anderson, in a con vention address, came out quite frankly in favor of full parity prices “The American Farm Bureau, now recognized as one of the most power ful organizations in the country, had eleven of its sponsored bills passed last year in the national congress The organization now has 986,74E members, including approximate!} 42,000 from North Carolina. The South reported the largest member ship percentage gain. More than 5, 000 attended the convention which was one of the largest ever held,’ Mr. Daniel said in mentioning a few of the facts brought out at the con vention. Fertilizers were discussed, Mr Daniel stating that the meeting de dared that millions of dollars ar< being thrown away buying plain ole dirt. "There is a national move nov under way to eliminate dirt fron fertilizers and put in the real in gredients,” he reported. The Farm Bureau went on recori at the convention as being agains subsidies. According to recognized leaders a the convention, the outlook for agri culture is good. “The speakers,” Mr Daniel said, “pointed out that sixteer million people had left the farm! We are working to increase export and for expanded production, whicl will offer a favorable set-up for agri culture.” It was pointed out tha while increased production is desir ed, controls must be continued t maintain a balance in our economj Mr. Daniel said that the conventio favored lower tariffs and increase trade. All sections of the nation are i complete harmony, Mr. Daniel saic and “everyone seemed to enjoy th meeting,” he concluded. Young Man With tin Engineers On Leyti —— Corporal John House, husband < Mrs. Elsie House of IiFD No. 2, Rol ersonville, is now with the 1562d Ei gineer Depot Company on Leyte. 1 is at present occupying the respons ble position of Issuing Clerk at Lumber Depot. His capabilities a: obvious because of his recent piom tion to T/5. Prior to his entrance into the se vice Cpl. House was occupied wi farming. He attended the Oak City Hif school and is a member of the Ma tin County Farm Bureau and tl Christian Church of Hassell. F mother, Mrs. M. H. Ayers, resides Hassell. Charged With Desertion, Man Arrested In Coun Robert E. Graham, who was i ported married in this county, v, arrested by members of the Rob< sonville police force and an agent the Federal Bureau of Investigati last Friday and placed in the cour jail for alleged d'sertion from t Navy. Few details could be leai ed bout the case here, but after short stay in the county jail he v turned over to the Navy’s shore ] trol and removed presumably Edenton. Graham, 21 years old, v wearing civilian clothes when tai into custody. In Olympic Games A t Manila With the Eleventh Airborne Bi is ion at Sedai, Japan.—(Delayed)— S/Sgt. Joseph H. Thigpen, 22 year old paratrooper from Williamston, Airborne Division has been selected to participate in the coming Olym pics in Manila next month. He will play on the Division Soft Ball Team, taking over second base. Sgt. Thig pen will play in Southern Japan first, then go on to Manila for the Olym pics playoff. S/Sgt. Thigpen was inducted in September of 1943, he qualified as a paratrooper at Ft. Benning in Octob ' er 1943. Al Fort Benning he was the I j boxing instructor for some time. In j April of 1945 he came over seas join : mg the 11th Airborne Division on 1 Luzon. There, after the Luzon cam North Carolina, who is with the 11th CLOTHING ---> After getting off to a slow start in most sections of the county, the Victory Clothing Col lection launched in the name of destitute millions overseas, is gaining momentnm and Chair man Bob Tarkenton is now fair ly confident that the challenge w'ill be tnet. Members of home demonstra tion clubs in the county, under the direction of the new home agents, are getting behind the drive and they contributed a goodly number of serviceable clothing items last week-end. A town-wide canvass for used clothing will be made in Wil liamston next Sunday afternoon at Z o’clock by Chairman Tark enton and members of the Lions Club, the sponsoring organiza tion in this section. During the meantime, clothes will be accept ed at the depot in the offices of the Virginia Electric and Power Company here. Hershey Calls For Longer Draft Term -n> ... - .. Selective Service Director Lewis I B Hershey recently proposed before j the Senate Military Affairs subcom ' mittee that the Army and Navy low I er their physical requirements, and asked Congress to amend the draft act to provide that all inductees serve a specific term, preferably 18 months. ‘ He also told the subcommittee in I vostigating demobilization that the Draft Act should bo extenled imme 1 diately so the public as well as the ' draft boards and prospective induc tees could know what to expect. The * law expires May 15. 1 He denied taking orders from the Army on draft policy. He strongly 1 opposed increasing the present draft ' age to include men 26 through ‘ 29 because “it would irritate millions of 1 persons and produce only a few • i thousand soldiers.” Only men 18 3 through 25 are now being drafted 1 | Hershey also: R'commended that men discharg t i ed after serving less than six ‘ months be reinducted to serve out 3 j an 18-month term. Said that 60,000 to 80,000 tempor 1 arily deferred high school students would become available for the draft in June and July “if there still is 3 Selective Service.” '* Opposed the drafting of fathers e He said such action "would not mee' with popular approval.” i Said his orders on policy came onlj i \ from the White House. ‘ Kills Cow On Road )f ln Oak City Ares t e i r ;h :h r le is at No one was hurt but a cow wa killed and other property damage re suited in an accident near Oak Cit; last Friday morning about 1:3 o’clock. Driving a pick-up truck belongin, to Chas. Shields of Scotland Neel Wm. J. Davis struck and killed a co\ belonging to Jesse Mobley. Davi w'as driving toward Oak City fror Tarboro when the cow jumped int the road. Investigating the accident, Patro man W. E. Saunders estimated th property damage, including the cov at about $175. RUSH IS ON e as r of an ty he n ■as >a to ’as en After putting off the task for more than three weeks, property owners are flocking to their township listtakers, to get their property on the books before the end of this month when late list ing will be subjected to penalty provided by law. With hardly a week to com plete the task, the list-takers ex plain that it will be almost im possible to handle the rush with out having the property owners wait to take their turns. paign he went back to his old job of coaching boxing. He is better known over here as “Jo-Jo” and well liked by everyone. He earned the Philippine Libera tion Ribbon with one Battle star for the Luzon campaign, and can wear on his combat jacket the Asiatic Pa cific Ribbon, the Philippine Libera tion, the Amercan Defense, the Good Conduct, and the Victory Medal. S/Sgt. Thigpen's parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Thigpen, live at 517 War ren St., Williamston. When Sgt. Thigpen returns home he wants to go back to college and go in for sports writing, a subject he is well up on. and make a career of it. (Sgt. Thigpen, while in Japan con tacted Red Cross authorities and learned about the death of Lt. Col onel Wheeler Martin, Jr.) Ask Volunteers To Help Hold In Check Inflationary Prices —*— Board Representatives Asked To Make Surveys Of Stores Monthly Addressing a meeting of local wo men in the district OPA office here last Friday, Mrs A. D. Folger, of the State Office, appealed for support in handling the task of holding infla tionary prices in check. She called for volunteers to make price surveys at regular intervals during the next few months. Mrs. Folger explained that OPA personnel had been great ly reduced in number, that the three employees in the Williamston dis trict could not possibly make ade quate surveys in the territory com prising Tyrrell, Washington, Martin and Bertie Counties. “We did not like the war, but we were forced into it,” Mrs. Folger said after recalling a pleasant visit to this county some years ago when her late husband presided over a term of the superior court. She added, “We do not like price control, but il is advisable, and whether we like it or not, we must handle the task ol holding prices in check. The shoot ing has stopped, but it is not yet time to relax; we must battle inflation." Mrs. Folger went on to explain that we have inflation now to Eome extent, but it is not as bad as il would have been had there been no I control. Continuing she said, “In the Revolutionary War period, a dollai was reduced in value to 33 cents The value dropped to 44 cents during the Civil War. In World War 1 i dollar would buy only 40 cents wortl of goods, and at the present time the dollar is worth 76 cents.” The State representative said tha mistakes had been made, that a; many as possible had been corrected and while others are being made the records show that much good ii being accomplished. The speaker went on to explaii that demand far exceeds supply, tha (Continued on page four) -1 Soda Shop Moves Tc New Location Hen —•— The soda shop operated for a num ber of years by J. Claude Leggett ii the York Building and later sold t Dillon Cobb is being moved to new location on Washington Stree' Forming a partnership, Cobb an' Russell Griffin remodeled the stor building in the Griffin group i front of the Roanoke Chevrole [ place and moved in much of thei stock and equipment last night. Th partners plan to open for business i the new location on Thursday of thi week. 5 While much work was done to th - building, the operators of the bus r ness to be known as G and C Sod ) Shop, state that they were unable 1 get tile for the floor and material fc ; i new front. These improvement will be made just as soon as the ms j terial is made available, s -* l County Boy Badly ; Hurt In Acciden r, -» Dallas Godard, Jamesville your ** man, was badly but not critical N hurt in an automobile accident nei Great Bridge, Va., last Friday nigt J The large bone in his shoulder bro en, he is in Norfolk General Ho pital, last reports reaching here sta ing that he was getting along ve; well. Very few details of the accide could be learned here, but it is b lieved that another young man, formei resident of Plymouth, w fatally injured and a third party w critically hurt. Young Godard went through , | automobile accident at Sweet Wat Creek near here the early part of If week. He was not hurt in that « cident. fer S. Whitehurst Reviews Record Of Carrier Shangri-La Martin County Young Man Was On Famous Ship Dur ing Pacific Campaign (Having told of a rest stop at Leyte, a daring raid in the living room of Hirohito and a bit about stray bombs, Seaman Whitehurst continues the tale about stray bombs and goes into a description of the effort to knock out the Jap battle ship Nagato.—Ed.) Another bomb that broke away was having its picture taken by one of the photographers, a portly chief. When the bomb failed to stop with the plane, the chief decided it was time to run. So off he went, down the deck, with the bomb right be hind him. He finally out-dodged it but his developed pictures weren’t so successful. What he got was a beautiful shot of an oncoming bomb, suddenly disrupted by a wild pano rama of deck, sky and planes. He'd forgotten to switch off his movie camera. Also during the day we watched the battleships, cruisers and destroy ers return to our task group after they had gone in close to shore for a point blank bombardment of steel mill installations at Muroran. For us, the two days at Hokkaido seemed very profitable for we sunk or damaged 44 Jap vessels and in addition had heavily damaged rail and industrial facilities with a loss of but two pilots and one air crew man. Tiie next day we pulled out to re fuel once again at the same time all hands crowded on the fantail to bid goodbye to Captain Barrier who was transferred in midocean to a destroy er that would start him on his trip back to the states. Now under the command of our new skipper, Cap tain R. F. Whitehead, we headed back to the Tokyo area. Strikes and Scuttlebutt If the Jap Chamber of Commerce was doing anything about the weath er, they surely were not trying tc make us feel welcome, or impress in with their sur.ny climate. For or the 17th of July when we were pri marily interested in blasting the Jap battleship Nagato at Yokosuka oui pilots encountered nothing but fou weather. It was too risky for out planes to return with their bombs and rockets which often broke loose and were a constant threat to the ship. The pilots had to expend them in the sea. One fighter pilot decidec he wasn’t going to make the trip over Japan for nothing even thougt the tarket was blanketed by clouds Spotting a Jap riding down the roac on a bicycle, he decided to have £ little fun. Diving down, he spurtec | machine gun bullets on either side , of the Nip . . . “Boy that Jap reallj ; hauled,” the pilot commented to the ,! crew upon returning. , | Another pilot with a 500 poune ; bomb to get rid of searched in vair jfor some sort of target. Findinf none, he headed out to sea, intendinf to jettison his bomb in the wate: when suddenly he spied a lone Jaj in a row boat. Pealing over on om wing, he dived on the little row boa releasing his bomb. Of course hi didn’t hit such a small target, but thi Jap probably died from fright any how. By the following day, the weathe had cleared only slightly when w went to our early morning “GQ stations, and it appeared that th strike was off against the Nagatf In fact shortly after sun rise th weather was so thick, we secured fo the day and returned to our sacks t catch up on the sleep we had bee losing. Shortly before noon, however, th weather suddenly cleared and strik day was resumed immediately . . We were after the Nagato. Our first sweeps struck at nearb airfields with the intention of pir ning Jap air power to the groum then followed the bombers whose or aim was knocking the Nagato out ( the war forever. By midafternooi the bomber pilots and air crewmc were over their target, divir: through an almost solid wall of fla! It was the heaviest our fliers ha faced to date. Back on the ship v. waited . . . hoping, wishing them sui (Continued on page four) I ANNUAL BARBECUE e-1 a as as Meeting in the county court house last Friday night, repre sentatives of the Martin County Farm Bureau selected F'riday, April 26, as the date for holding the organization’s annual barbe cue dinner. Committees will be named later to make arrange ments for the event which will be held in connection with the annual 4-H fat stock show. The barbecue dinners and stock shows have been held in the county for the past several years. Approximately 1,500 people attended the last dinner and annual meeting oi the tarns organization in Utfscounty. . Fair Response To Appeal For jTwenty-two County Paralysis Fund In the County^* R(#ter For - 'n r, r n i n_ Only a fair response lias been re ported to date to the appeal for sup port of the infantile paralysis fund drive in this county. Chairman L B. Wynne stating yesterday that a lit tle over $400 had been contributed up until that time. The total includ ed one or two liberal contributions, one in the sum of $25 from Dr. E. T. Walker, and another in the sum of $20 from Dr. J. S. Rhodes. Most of the other donations made in response to direct mail appeals ranged around $5. Only eighty replies had been received up until Monday morning from the 365 direct mail appeals, it was pointed out. Twenty-five little coin collectors have been "planted'’ in the county, but apparently they are not attract ing very much attention, the drive chairman stating, “I picked one up and shook it, and the jingle did not sound so hot.” While the drive is making only fair Well-Known Citizen Passes At His Home In County Saturday Funeral Service Held Monday For Robert G. Sexton Near JumcHvillc Robert G. Sexton, well-knowr county citizen, died at his home neai JanVesville last Saturday morning ai 111:30 o'clock following a long period of declining health. His conditior had been serious for months, but hi was thought to be getting alonf about as well as usual up until « short time before the end. Pneu monia was given as the immediati cause of his death. Tiie son of the lute William Sex ton and wife, he was born 85 year: ago, the 20th of last September ii Jamesville Township where he livec and farmed all his life. He was i good neighbor and was held in higl esteem. i More than half century ago In joined the Baptist church at Ceda Branch and was one of its oldes members. As long as his health per mitted, he was regular in attendanci i upon its services and in its work j and was for years a recognized lead ! er in his community. When a young man he was mar ried to Miss Bettie Mobley. Threi children, Milton J- Sexton of Zebu Ion, John E. Sexton of Washington and Charlie C. Sexton of Jamesville survive that union. His second mar riage was to Miss Millie Lilley anc six children survive that union. Thei names are, Mrs, R. C. Stallings an< Mrs. Garland M. Anderson, both o Jamesville; Will and George T. Sex ton, both of Plymouth, and Clareno and Herbert A. Sexton, both o Jamesville. Mr. Sexton’s third mar riage was to Mrs. Dorna Lilley Stall ings and she survives. Funeral services were conductei at the late home yesterday afternooi at 2:30 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. W B. Harrington, and burial was in th family cemetery, near the home. t Honor Draft Board Members In Count) Martin County’s Draft Board merr bers and appeal agent will be honoi ed at a special meeting to be hel in Greenville next Monday aftei noon at 2 o'clock in the courthous Certificates and medals will be pr< sented in recognition of the wor handled by the board officials wl accepted the unwanted posts back i 1040 and struggled through the o deal without cash remuneration ar without too much sympathy from "f the general public. ’ inis county is one of the ImmA the State to have no broken cha in its volunteer draft board pe sonnel. Messrs. R. H. Goodmo chairman, and Joe Ayers and D Jesse Ward ably served as mem be of the board and Mr. Wheeler Ma tin served as appeal agent. And th< continue at their posts. The presentations will be made 1 Governor Gregg Cherry. > Peanut Harvest Is J Delayed In Count Hampered last fall and in the ear winter by labor shortages, the pe nut harvest has been complete rained out in this county during r cent days. It is true that most the crop has been harvested, b several hundreds acres are still the field. Apparently disturbed ov the outlook for completing this tu: one farmer was qtloted as saying tl week that it looked as if he woi have to plow around the stacks wh he started his 1946 farming progra The market has just about ki up with the harvest and since the i rent rains started falling very i. ! neanytj,l}avejTjoYe<jL t&Jthft dSSSS progress among the general public, encouraging reports are coming in from the various schools where the little folks are really working in earnest to help this county go over | the top. Two grades in the local grammar school last week-end had raised more than $40 each, and the little folks were still working in an effort to boost the totals. Martin County has been asked to raise $2,120 for the fund this year. A large portion of the amount raised will remain in the county for emer gencies at home. The remainder will be sent to the National Foundation which only a few days ago contribut ed $17,000 to a hospital in this state to promote research work. The drive is scheduled to close on Thursday of next week and the chairman is anxious to get favorable answers from every one of his let ters and have the county reach and exceed its goal. DELAY INSPECTION | A scheduled inspection of the rural roads in this county by the district highway commissioner, Merrill Evans, the county com missioners and engineers was postponed Monday on account of the bad condition of the roads. The inspection will be made the latter part of next month, pos sibly on the third Monday, it was planned. Tlie inspection was postponed at the last minute hy the district commissioner or not in time to stop several of the county hoard members from reporting here to make the trip. While the district commission ers and the hoard members are buttling for rural roads, a con tract was let yesterday for sur facing a road in the general di rection of (ireenville, one com missioner declaring that the No. 11 project had never been dis cussed. Principals Discuss School Problems Meeting in Jamesville recently Martin County's school principals and special guests discussed several school problems and offered timely solutions. While the shortage of regular and substitute teachers continues as the No. 1 problems, the group was agreed that only time will remedy the situa t ion. Discussing the operation of school busses, Principal Rhue of the James ville school outlined a program in effect there for improving the ser vice. Points are given the drivers for being on time, cleanliness, lack of complaints from citizens, patrol men and mechanics, and good be havior of the pupils in the busses. The principal pointed out that pa trols are provided for assisting the drivers in promoting good behavior. The drivers will be rewarded with a trip to Raleigh and special recogni tion will be gi.ven them. Williamston’s principal, Sam D. Bundy, spoke on good sportsmanship and frankly declared that good sportsmanship should be developed in the athletic program or the pro gram should be eliminated. He call ed upon the principals to aid the coaches in promoting good sports manship. The group will hold its next meet ing in Williamston on February 11. Escape Injury In Gold Point Wreck No one was hurt but about $50( damage was done to a 1941 Buicl car when the machine went out ol control, knocked down a tree and i telephone pole and came to a sto{ whi n it plowed into a larger tree ir the business section of Gold Poin Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The car was being driven by Elmei Evans, recently removed from Pit County to RED 2, Robersonville Traveling toward Spring Green, th< driver was accompanied by Curti Roebuck. HOUND-UP ly v il ly e °f I ut I in | er | k, lis Id en m. pt e-' There was little activity on the crime front in this immediate area last week-end, the records showing that only three persons were arrested and temporarily detained in the county jail dur ing the period. Two drunks and an alleged deserter were jailed. Two of them were white. Officers pointed out that very little hard liquor was to be found in the county-operated stores, and possibly the improvement on the crime fr.wi; was traceable to th* --- vi an in uctciiiuci -9 Volunteering For Service Ahead Of Selective Service, Six Vets Also Register -* Twenty-two Martin County youths registered in December for possible 5orvice in the country’s armed forces, ron of the boys are white, and at least nineteen of the entire group live or work on farms. In addition to the registration of those youths who became eighteen vears old in December, six World War II veterans registered during the period. Volunteering for service ahead of Selective Service, the six veterans had never registered. While their names are on the books now, they ate not subject to call, it was explained. The names of the eighteen-year olds registering last month and their addresses follow: Elijah Crandall, Jr., col., RFD 1, Robersonville. Lanier Earl Matthews, w, Parmele. Wilmer Gray Modlin, w, RFD 1, Williamston. C. B. Taylor, w, RFD 3, Williams ton. Charles Ernest Jones, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Jesse Mayo Andrews, col., RFD 3, Williamston. George Mack Spruill, col., RFD 3, Williamston. Lester George Land, col., RFD 3, Williamston. Clarence Rudolph Coffield, col., RFD 3, Williamston. Kader Burroughs Taylor, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Lonnie Edwin Gardner, w, RFD 1, Jamesville. Henderson Moore, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. Sam Henry Lilley, col., RFD 1, Jamesville. Russell Ampley, col., RFD 1, Rob etwnville. William Hilliard, col, RFD 1, Pal myra. William Henry Brown, col, RFD 2, Williamston. David Rhodes Rogerson, w, RFD 1, Williamston. L. V. Taylor, col, RFD 3, Wil liamston. William Grimes, col, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Charles Gilbert Thompson, w, Washington, D. C. Donald Edwin Everett, w, Rober sonville and Chapel Hill. Essix Wilson, Col, Williamston. Jesse Gray Lilley, w, RFD 1, Wil liamston. The names of the veterans regis tering last month: William Norman Evere tt, w, Ham ilton. Edward Robert Truesdcll, w, Oak City. James Busick Taylor, Jr, Wil liamston. LeRoy Harrell, w, Parmele. Patrick Henry Davenport, w, Ham ilton. James Lee Thomas, col. Palmyra. The registration last month was hardly as large as some had expect ed, but so far no reports of any one failing to register have been receiv ed by the draft board. Several weeks ago, the board was advised that one or two youths apparently had fail ed to register, and the cases were re ferred for investigation. No report on the investigations has been made public, and it is presumed that the registrations were handled. -<*> Pfc. Levi Harrison Writes From Europe —*— Writing to have his paper address changed, Pfc. Levi Harrison stated he hud been receiving The Enter prise fairly regularly, hut at one tinyjajt fall he was moving so fast ifflH^Rjus-ed a few copies. The young county boy said he saw where the commander of the Mans i hausen concentration camp was on trial, that after visiting the camp and seeing conditions as they exist ed there, he felt that slow murder would be too easy for the command er. Pfc. Harrison also stated that he was busy last June and July guard ing a bunk in Austria which he later I learned had 32 million American dol . lars in it. “We guarded it day and night," he declared, adding that he ■ hoped it would not be much longer before he could return home. ! Birthday Party Planned By Belk-Tyler Wednesday -$.— By way of celebrating the 9th an niversary of their birthday in this community, Belk-Tyler Department Store will begin tomorrow a sale dur ing which they are offering special items gathered for their birthday party. Manager Ernest Mears, in an nouncing the birthday party express ed the gratitude of the company for the patronage and cooperation which have been accorded the store by the | people of Will jam st on and its trading