NEARLY 4,(N)« COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4,MO COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
Williamston, Martin Cwfnty, Tiotth Carolina, Tuesday .'January 29*19 i6
VOLUME XLI\—NUMBER 9
ESTABLISHED 1899
Lunacy Hearing In
Court Before Judge
Bruce Wynne Friday
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C. C. James Ruled Incompe*
Jury - „
ilis Affairs
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The first round in a law suit over
cash and property valued at approxi
mately $5,000 was aiied in the courts
here last Friday when a jury was
asked to rule on the competency of
C. C. James, aged colored man of
this county. Eighteen men were
called for jury service at the inquisi
tion of lunacy and E. R. Edmondson,
J. Raymond Gurkin, C. A. Pate, G.
F. Godard, W. K. Roebuck, Lester
Keel, A. T. Perkins, J. T. Barnhill,
Jr., D. L. Peel, Dalton Roberson, R.
H. Harrison and T. L. Roebuck heard
the case and rendered their decision
after deliberating ten minutes. Rul
ed incompetent to manage his affairs,
the respondent, through his attorney,
Elbert S. Peel, appealed to the super
ior court.
The case was heard by Judge L. B.
Wynne and lasted well over two
hours, the action finding nieces and
nephews battling on either side.
Living alone in his humble shack
in Jamesville Township with about
$2,000 in cash in his safe, James, a
few weeks ago, moved to the home of
his niece, Ada Tyner, near Williams
ton. It was not brought out in court,
but there was some talk about a will
having been made recently. The
petitioners, including Nieces Gladys
Pierce and Iona James, brought the
case to court without delay. Among
the respondent's witnesses were Ada
Tyner and her husband, Delbert
Keys.
Taking the stand himself, James
featured the testimony when he de
clared that he would not tell how
much money he reallv did have. One
report maintains that his good and
trusted friend, Rev. Noah Boston,
counted $2,000 for him just before he •
(James) left his home to go and live
with his neice. Boston, called as a
witness by the petitioners, testified
that the respondent’s mind “seemed
to go and come.”
James, admitting that he is quite
feeble, maintained that he was ment
ally able to handle his business, but
due to failing eyesight offered to ;
agree to have Rev. Boston help him
handle his affairs. 1.
While the case did not attract but ;
little public attention, it has the in- ! i
gredients for developing into a heat- ,
ed in-law legal battle. i
Raise About Half |
Of Paralysis Fund ;
About half of the $2,120 quota as- i
signed this county in the current
paralysis fund drive has been raised 1
and reported, Chairman L. Bruce '
Wynne announced yesterday. (
Approximately $300 has been rais- !
ed from direct mail solicitations, and
Williamston’s elementary school ma- i
terialiy boosted the income when it <
reported $380.12 last week-end. Only 1
one other school in the countv, Biggs, 1
has reported. The pupils there in- i
creased their collection last week
end to $20.75. Commenting on the <
collection handled by the local ele- i
mentary school, Chairman Wynne
highly praised the work of the little
folks and declared that the interest 1
and success wi re very encouraging. '
The work of the youngsters here and 1
that of those in the little Biggs school '
was so encouraging that the chair- <
man expressed the belief that the
quota would be raised with some to i
spare.
Approximately half of the direct
mail letters are still unanswered, and <
with more replies coming in and
with favorable reports from all the i
schools, the chairman believes the <
goal *vill be easily reached and pass
ed.
In the first collection at the Watts
theater here last week-c-nd, p.uprax.- i
mateiy $90 was raised for the fund. ; •
A last appeal is being directed to i
Martin County people to get behind ; ■
the drive and help posh it over the:’
top by Thursday of this week.
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Young Man Hopes to
Return Home Soon
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Writing from the Philippines und
er recent date, Grover Nicholson, SM
3-C, advised The Enterprise to can
cel his subscription and explained
that he hoped to be home soon and [
read it “hot off the press.”
He said, in part:
‘‘I have been receiving The Enter
prise regularly and it has been a !
great pleasure to get it. I am going '
home sometime in the near future, so !
I hope to be reading it hot off the \
press soon.
“At the present time I am in Sa
mar, Philippines, and while I don’t
know exactly when we'll be going !
back to the States, it will be a glad
day.
mn^r^hank you
-w. he*!' 'V.vt*"m cure that nil uhn have,
received it wlil say it was a great mo
rale builder, and we truly appre
ciate it.”
Recent reports coming from the ■
poHfif- j-iHimtp that ouite a fr*w of ’
the Martin County boys in that area ■
are sailing or will be sailing for
home within the near future.
Local Fishermen Find Key To
Smokehouse in Roanoke River
Spurred on by the meat shortage,
Haywood Cherry and Joe Smith, lo
cal fishermen, found the key to Mar
f'.’j Cnuntv’e smokehouse late last
* l e i
ped the t 1946 herring from the
Roanoke ne^e. The search was suc
cessful only after long hours of fish
ing with a dip net. It was the first
time in years, possibly in history,
that Jamesville fishermen did not
launch the openng of a new season
which this year is just about one
week later than the opening a year
ago.
The 1945 season, it will be recalled,
was one of the poorest in many
years. Few fish made their way
up the Roanoke during the entire
season and instead of exceeding well
over one and a quarter million the
catch was limited to a few hundred
thousand.
With the coming of the first her
ring, spring can’t be far away and
fishermen all along the way are
making ready for the season which
is almost certain to attract more than
usual attention this year because of
meat shortages. The Jamesville
fish: -!'•* .*■—■" j-i 3! n:jti
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Six wccktt, _TTw \rw tiel -opc'iotat T • ?!PB
C. C. Fleming stating a few days
ago, that arrangements were ad
vanced in preparation for a busy
season. During the meantime, small
operators will turn to the river with
dip and drift nets and machines.
Fishing in the Roanoke is unpre
dictable, but if the herring travel in
such quantities on this side of the
Atlantic as thev are said to have ap
peared off the coast of France a short
time ago, a great season can be ex
pected. Reports from France declare
that tae fish were sighted in the hun
dreds of millions there about two
weeks ago. Nearly starved French
men went after the herring with
wire nets and even pails. Special
trains were ordered to the sea coast
to move the anticipated catches to
the hungry in the cities.
BROKE DOWN
The Martin County Bookmo
bile was foreed to cancel the last
tw’o days of its schedule last
Thursday and Friday on account
of a broken axle on the truck.
Books due on those days will be
renewed until February 21 and
22, Miss Elizabeth House, lib
rarian for the Beaufort-Hyde
Martin Regional Library, an
nounced.
Nearly worn out when it was
purchased for service in this ter
ritory, the bookmobile truck has
managed to meet most of its
schedules until last week. The
library officials plan to place a
new unit in service as soon as
one can be had.
Writes Appreciation
For Red Cross Gift
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Making and packing various items
or members of the armed services
ind disli.ute in various countries,
he Ri d Cross Production unit or
cwing room of the Martin County
led Cross Chapter here frequently
eceives notes of appreciation from
iistant points. A short time ago, the
■hapter received a note from Sgt. S.
I’ Carmichael, of Bowling Green,
Ccntucky, who is now in Japan. He
vrote:
'Your extremely useful toilet kit
s with me in Akita Please accept
ny sincere thanks for the gift and
ny deep appreciation for your
houghtfulness.
“I am working with the Counter
ntelligence Corps in connection
vith AMG and will have ample time
o use the kit before I return to the
bates.
“'It’s very cold in Japan and there
s a steady, quiet lazy snow fall
very day. We’re fairly comfortably
ixed here in Akita, but all of us
ook forward to coming home as soon
is possible.
"With best wishes for the eontinu
d commendable work of your chap
er, I remain . . .”
Mrs. Edna Laughinghouse, home
ervite director for the county chap
er, stated this week that very few
'olurrteers are reporting to the Red
boss sewing room in the Woman’s
bub hall each Tuesday, that Mrs. N.
b Green, finding it difficult to carry
in the work as chairman without suf
icient help, is resigning as soon as
he present work quota is complet
d. Mrs. Green has worked hard as
hairman of the sewing room pro
ect for several years, but it is un
easonable to expect anyone to carry
m without volunteer help.
Mrs. Laughinghouse points out
hat there is a great need for con
iuing the production unit, that every
tern prepared can stiil mean much
o those men who are being held in
he service, and that every garment
node can mean much to some desti
ute soul overseas.
bounty Young Man Home
From European Theater
After nearly eighteen months
;pent in the Eurooean theater, T/Sgt.
foseph If. Lilley returned to the
states a short time ago and arrived
lome with his discharge last Thurs
day night. The young man along
A'ith a goodly number of other ser
vicemen, was delayed when dipth
sria broke out and they were quar
intined.
DELAYED
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Plans for closing German
prisoner of war camps in this
section have been delayed, the
President of the United States
announcing last week-end that
the removal of the prisoners will
be postponed until early April.
However, few will likely be
n '>rricu!turfo<t_
Germaii prisoners in " Inls^
country -«v» ^
Prisoners of other nationalities
are not aifer-*«d by the order.
The last Japanese were due to
depart this month and the War
Department said some 10,500 re
maining Italians would leave in
the next few days.
Lions Sell Large
Quantity Peanuts
To Aid Scout Fund
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Variety Of Inquiriea Coine J
From Almost All States In
Union, Club Reveals
In an effort to raise funds for the
proposed Scout Hut for this com
munity, which they are co-sponsor
ing, the Peanut Committee of the
local Lions Club began a nation-wide
peanut selling program several
weeks ago. i
In the October edition of The Lion i1
magazine, the local club had an at-1!
tractive ad published picturing the ;
handy 5 pound bag of shelled extra <
large N. C. peanuts, along with sug- <
gested methods of using the peanuts j
and also price quotations. j<
Soon afterward, the club here bo- i ^
gan receiving orders from individual ;1
Lions from all over the country. As 1
a follow-up advertising scheme, the ’
committee had a form letter printed |f
in which the various uses and values 1
of peanuts were stressed. Approxi- 1
mately 4300 of these letters were 6
mailed, or one to almost eveiy Lions 1
Club in the country. The response ''
to these letters was gratifying, but 1
was not up to expectations. Orders !
have been received ranging in size 1
from one to forty 5 lb. bags, from J
various clubs. i
To date the gross sales have s
amounted to almost one thousand *
iollars, which represents about one 1
and a half tons of shelled "goobers”, *
md covers 158 separate orders, Or
lers have been received from at least ‘
fO states in the Union. *
In addition to a small amount of c
profit for a worthy project, this pro- '
(ram has helped considerably to ad- *
vertise and promote the use of a lo- r
ally grown product. The town and >
the club have also gained a fair *
amount of publicity from this pro- j c
iect. Quite a few repeat orders have
already been received and along with s
hem were some interesting com- 8
ments, such as "the peanuts are won- r
ii rful, send me 2 more bags", and “I s
was surely glad to get all the good r
oeanuts I could eat at one time.” Sev- 1
ral odd inquiries were also receiv- *
3d, one requesting peanuts salted in 1
the shell. c
More Martin County t
Men Enter Services '
Four Martin County young white V
men left Monday for final induction V
into the armed services at Fort V
Bragg, a fifth one beat the draft *
.all when he enlisted in the Navy on 4
the 18th of this mouth. r
Three of the five entering the ser- '
vices come from the farm, and all i4
are eighteen years of age and single. \
David Clifton Roberson, RFD 3 f
Williamston, volunteered and enter-■r
ad the service week before last. c
The names and addresses of those '
inswering the final induction call
Monday follow:
James Robert Smith, Hamilton.
William Alfonza Jones, RFD 1
Williamston. ’
Raymond Matthew Pope, Wil
liamston.
Dannie Randolph Rogerson, RFD '
2, Williamston.
Officers Wreck Still
In County On Friday
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Raiding in the Leggett’s Mill Pond
section of Cross Roads Township last
Friday morning, ABC Officer Joe H.
Roebuck, assisted by his son, Julian
Roebuck, found and wrecked a
cheaply-prepared liquor plant. They
blew up a 50-gallon capacity oil
drum used as a still, a doubler, a
_No beer was found at the Diant hut
■wt-rawm* tm wi
stands of molasses found near a path
leading to the plant.
More than a dozen illicit manu
facturing plants had been found and
wrecked in the county during the
first 25 days in January.
Jas. S. Whitehurst
Reviews Record Of
Carrier Shangri-La
Martin County Young Man
lln £iunotifft 51iip Dur
ing rariTi"“; m il| >;l igTi
(In the previous installment Sea
man Whitehurst told of the first raid
on Kure in which five planes were
lost, along with two pilots and two
aircrewmen. He now tells of the ex
citement attending further raids on
the Jap stronghold.—Ed.)
The next day our planes were back
aver Kure, but the weather again
interfered. Nevcr-the-less the pilots
roared off the flight deck all day
plastering Jap merchant shipping
)nd air fields, catching many planes
intho ground. Twice that day of
July 25 “Shangri-La Luck" held out.
Dnce when a returning fighter land
'd and accidently sprayed the deck
vith machine gun bullets. Sailors
dawed into the deck digging “fox
lolos" and no one was hurt. Another
ime, when a plane was being cata
pulted the sudden jerk broke the de
achable gas tank loose spilling high
y inflammable gasoline over the
leek. One spark would have made
he deck a mass of flames, but all
hat happened was that gasoline
umes were sucked into the ship's
-entilation system, making it impos
ible for the men below decks to
moke for a while.
Late that afternoon a Navy “Dum
>o" (Rescue Flying Boat) ran out of
uel near our task group after mak
ng a rescue near Japan and had to
and. All the ships in the group
nade a quick turn to produce a
mooth “slick" on the choppy water,
nd the big ship landed smoothly.
Because we were so close to Japan,
tone of the ships dared stop long
nough to refuel the plant for its
eturn trip to base and after the pilot
md passengers had been removed by
i destroyer, we all watched while a
lestroyer sank the merev plane with
[unfire.
By dark, we were ready to secure
ince more when suddenly “Bogie”
>egan to appear on our radar once
nore. It was the Jan alright making
me of his famous dusk attacks and
he planes closing in on our destroyer
creen had "Meat Balls with Catch
ip” on their wings. Anti-aircraft
racers spurted into toe sky as we
tood there watching the fireworks,
vondering if the Jap would gel
hrough. Suddenly there was a big
'all of orange fire in the sky that
ilummeted into the water. One less
ap. A few minutes later tracers
put ted again. Another J;ip was try
ng to find a hole through our de
troyer screen through which to al
ack, but after several poor attempts
ie returned to his base while he still
iad a whole skin.
A couple of days later, after refuel -
rig, we were back hitting the Kure
rea once again to wipe out the rest
f the Jap Fleet. The night before
je had heard that the allied powers
ad given Japan their final ulti
latum for surrender or face com- '
lete destruction and we were de
ermined to put all the emphasis we '
ould in this strike.
Our planes maintained a constant
huttle between the ship and the tar
et and again Jap air power, rail
oads, merchant shipping, and in- 1
tallations were smashed. But best '
f all our attack on the Jap Fleet was
ighly successful with the battleship
laruna and the light cruiser Oyodo i
eing left burning. Later the Oyo- I
o capsized, and the Haruna was
cached and was down by the stern
rhich was flooded.
Our pilots and gunners faced m
?nse anti-aircraft that day and as
heir planes would land one by one,
re didn’t have to hear their stories
> tell it. Again “Shangri-La Luck”
ras with us and most of the planes 1
lere alright.. One pilot returned
nth the plexi-glass of his cockpit
liattered and bis goggles dangling ‘
bout his shoulder. A piece of shrap
el burst through the cockpit right
ichind his head and he felt his gog
les hit his shoulder. He rubbed the
pot expecting to find a mass of
ilood, but none was there. The frag
lent had come close enoueh to s'"'
r the goggle strap but had com
(Continued on page six)
AUCTION SALK
One of the largest auction sales
of farm machinery and supplies,
including team and a varied ILst
of allied items, was held on the
Glascow farm near Gold Point
last Friday. The sale, conduct
ed by Henry A. Johnson, attract
ed buyers by the thousands, one
report declaring that there were
no less than one thousand auto
mobiles and trucks narked in the
vicinity by spectators and po
tential bidders.
The spectators reported a live
ly sale, one explaining that it
was better than a three-ring cir
cmu Prices, with few excep
tions, ranged in the higher
brackets a.id quite a few items
charged for new equipment, fn
'Eag»,*m'lPt.llllipiJiJili In
not to be had.
Sensing the siW %t'
politicians, according to one re
port, were there shaking hands
in preparation for the coming
May primary.
Victory Clothing Drive Will
End in the County on Friday
The town-wide collection of old
clothes in the Victory Clothing Drive
was very successful last Sunday aft
ernoon, according to a report coming
the project for the local Lions Club,1
the sponsoring organization. It is es
timated that approximately 2.000
pounds of clothing had been deliver
ed to the receiving station in the of
fices of the Virginia Electric and
Power Company here up until yes- '
terday, including the collection Sun-'
day afternoon.
No report has been received re
cently from the other receiving sta
tions in Jamesville, Farm Life, Bear
Grass, Everetts, Hamilton and Oak
City. It was stated a short time ago
that the drive was receiving encour
aging support in most of those areas.
Mr. M. M. Everett, chairman for the
Rotary Club, the organization spon
soring the drive in the RobersonviUe
area, is making progress with the col
lection which he is handling through
the schools.
About a year ago, approximately
5,000 pounds of clothing were col
lected in this area. While the pound
age will hardly come rp to last
tides donated during the drive end
ing on Friday of this, week is unus
ually good. Lion K. D. Worrell ex
plained following a hurried inspec
tion of the deliveries. Williamston
merchants boosted the collection by
contributing quite a few new gar
ments. Veterans of World War II
turned in their GI shoes in fairly
large numbers, and the shoe collect
ion was unusually large. Last year
shoe rationing was in effect, and
local people held on to the walkers.
Furniture trucks are scheduled to
pick up the collections at the various
stations the latter part of this week.
Those who have not bundled up their
surplus clothing are reminded to do
so not later than Thursday or Fri
iay that some destitute soul might
share it overseas next winter.
Honor Students In
The Local Schools
For Recent Period
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Names of Ninety-Four Ele
inenlary ami KiKlit<'«>u High
School Pupils On List
Tho names of 112 pupils appear on
the honor roll for the latest scholas
tic period in the local schools, it was
announced this week by Principal
3am D. Bundy. All but eighteen of
the names in the list belong to the
little folks in the primary or those
in the elementary department. In
iddition to the current list there are
ither names to go on the list later,
the principal explaining that on ac
count of the illness of the teacher,
Miss Estelle Crawford, the list foi
lin' second grade was delayed. Miss
Crawford is returning to her post
this week, it was announced.
Names of the pupils meeting the
scholastic requirements:
First Grade: Henry Handy, Joe
Murphy, Floyd Thomas, Clayton
Weston, Mollv Biggs, Emma Godard,
Peggy Godard, Ann Harrison, Mary
Hunt, Blanche Manning, Jimmy
Hardison, Robert Williams Magaline
Boggard, Dorothy Brown, Mary Lou
Pox, Priscilla Gurganus, Elsie Scott,
Hetty Taylor, Billv Thornton, Nancy
Britton, Mary Martin, and Jane
Peele.
Second Grade: Bobby Parham,
Rudy Ward, Gerald White, Rod
ley Pittman, Jane Gray Biggs, Bet
y Carstarphen, Lilly Mac Gardner,
3andra Gardner, Sandra Margolis,
ind Faye Peele.
Third Grade: Janice Rogers, Doris
Rogers, Jovce Manning, Bobbv Man
ling, Frankie Everett, Robert Wesl
>n, Samuel Holliday, Edward Roger
ion, David Jones, James Pittman,
lean Collrain, Sondra Bufflap, Mary
Britton, Barbara Cherry, Delia Goff,
fohn Dunn, Patricia Harrison, Bar
bara Everette, and Melva Lee Wynn.
Fourth Grade: Tommy Hardison,
dartha Kimball, Judith Ayers, Janet
toss, David Davis, Betty Sue Clurk,
Bobby Coburn, Ralph Parker, Turn
t Manning, Bettie Mobley, Lee
(Continued on page six)
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[Jankers Committee
Meets Here Friday
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Meeting here lust Friday evening,
he executive committee of Group I,
'forth Carolina Bankers’ Association,
nude plans for the annual meeting
if the group in Elizabeth City on
i'ebruary 22, Herman A. Bowen,
ecretary, announced. Following the
lusiness session, the committee mem
jers were served dinner at the Cen
tal Cafe. ■ — ’
Mi. J L. Huffier. Jr., Windsor
ranker, was appointed to make the
jrogram arrangements, including
ipeakers, for the 30th annual session
if the organization.
Those attending the Friday night
neetine of the executive committee
ncludcd: W. H. Woolard and Mr.
jarrett of Greenville, D. R. Everett
if Robersonville, J. L. Hoffler of
Windsor, Mr. Simpson and L. E.
Walston of Farmville, R. M. Riddick
if Hertford, A. G. Small and G. D.
driekhouse of Elizabeth City and If.
Bowen and D. V. Clayton of Wil
iamston.
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Crowds Mill Around
Visiting Movie Star
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Frank Jenks, comedian in the
movies, was almost mobbed by movie
fans when he stopped here for din
ner last Saturday evening. Inci
lentally, the comedian was directed
to a filling station to have a light
ixture on his car repaired. He got
■aught ir. a traffic jam and had
l-"ids of
fife " /US
*o autograph all
oape^nariclcd him by both
Accompanied by his wife, the com
'in ye#.-, tcavf ling south-.. -
here he had dinner at a cafe, but
moved out as quicklv as possible
after having his station wagon lights
fixed.
Overflowing Florida's beach
resorts, tourists are making the
return trip ahead of time and in
fairlv large numbers. Several
northerners, disgusted with the
crowded conditions in and
around Miami and several other
of the nopular Florida resorts,
declared here last Sunday that it
would be a long time before they
ventured away from home again.
The flow of traffic south was
resumed on possibly the largest
scale in history this season after
having been virtually eliminat
ed by war regulations during the
past four years.
County List-Taking
Nearing Completion
The annual task of listing property
for taxation is nearing completion
in this county with possibly three ex
"options. Reports state that much is
to be done in Jamesville, Williams
ton and Robersonville Townships.
No extension has been granted for
handling the task, and it now looks
as if quite a few will be unable to
get their names on the books in time
to avoid possible penalties.
Thursday of this week is the last
day allotted for listing property, but
it was announced that List-Taker O
S. Anderson would remain in his of
fice in the courthouse through Sat
urday of this week to accommodate
late listers. It was pointed out, how
"vor, that listing after Thursday, the
31st, is subject to penalty as provid
ed by law.
County Tax Supervisor M. Luther
I’eel is a bit hesitant about predict
ing the trend of values this year, but
he did say that he believed there
would be no material change in the
totals recorded last year. Personal
property is lagging in some dis
tricts, but real property values are
increasing, and the gains, it is be
lieved, will about offset the losses.
Discussing the ups anti downs in
values this year, Supervisor Peel
pointed out that the list value of mo
tor vehicles in the county is almost
(ertain to take a $300,000 drop, and
that a decrease of that size is hard
to offset. Personal property, as a
rule, is not holding up, the super
visor explaining that peanuts were
not stored in as large quantities this
year as they were a year ago. On
the other side of the picture, the
supervisor is anticipating a gain of
$100,000 or more in real values in
Williamston Township alone. Others
are expected to show some gain.
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11 am il Ion Yimou Man To
Report To Tin* 79f/i Fleet
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On the IfSS Charrette (Delayed),
'.'.v.iv.—' v Beach, seaman,I
first class, USNR, Hamilton, N. C., is
serving on this destroyer en route to
San Diego, Calif., with orders to re
port to the 19th Fleet.
The Charrette claims the record of
catching more Japanese than any
other ship in the Navv. She picked
up 112 survivors of a Jap cargo ves
sel!, picked up another off a life raft
•t little more than a week later and
then built up her total to 1,776 by
hiking over a Jap hospital ship car
rying ammunition in violation of n
lernational law.
ROUND-UP
k_j
Apparently the result of in
creased liquor sales following
the delivery of increased sup
plies, local and county officers
rounded un and jailed seven per
sons here last week-end. Four
were charged with public drunk
enness. one of them having been
found in an unconscious condi
tion oil a street near the Wil
liamston Peanut Comnany plant.
The man miraculously escaped
"(Trim WP1
I,v
Two were booked for drunken
»^tsiv-tur. . wi.f. .m- charged
with forgery.
w*-- of the se«'en were colored,
and the ages of the group ranged
from 17 to 38 years.
Series Of Accidents
Reported In County
During Week - End
No One Was Hurt But Prop
erty Hamate Figures Soar
I* &.W-.,
No one was hurt but considerable
property damage resulted in a senes
of automobile and truck accidents on
the highways in this county last
week-end.
The first of three accidents report
ed during the period took place one
mile out of Oak City on the Hamil
ton Road last Friday evening about
7.00 o clock. Milton Phelps Bennett
of near Oak City was driving toward
Hamilton and met a log truck and
trailer owned by the Veneer Pro
ducts Company of Tarboro and driv
en by James William Killett, also of
1 at boro. Killett turned his dimmer
switch and his lights went out for a
second. By the time they came on,
the two vehicles crashed into each
other, the truck ripping away the
" .v ui me dim mu11 car. tJennett
and his young lady companion and
Killett were not hurt, but damage to
the car was estimated at about $500
by Cpl. W. S. Hunt of the highway
patrol. Very little damage was done
to the truck. Both drivers were
charged with reckless driving, and
the cases were aired in the county
court.
Ft. E. Gurganus, operating a 1939
Plymouth, was driving out of James
ville toward Plymouth Saturday eve
ning about 7:30 o’clock when Jesse
Hawkins, driving a 1941 Ford and
traveling in the same direction,
crashed into the rear of the Gurgan
us car, causing about $50 damage to
each car but injuring no one. The
accident was investigated by Cpl.
Bill Hunt and Patrolman Whit
Saunders who charged Hawkins with
reckless driving.
^ Sunday morning about 2:00 o’clock
Charles Thomas Dixon of Edenton
lost control of his 1939 Plymouth 4
door sedan when the left rear wheel
ran off on Highway 17 near the I,. T.
Holliday farm. The wheel turned to
the right and came to a stop in a
field about 100 yards away. The car
swerved to the left, jumped a ditch,
tore down a telephone pole and turn
ed over. Dixon and his family were
not hurt and Patrolman W. E. Saund
rs who investigated the accident,
staled that the damage to the car
will hardly exceed $300.
So far this year only fatal accident
has been reported in this county, but
they are being slaughtered in num
bers in other sections, reports state.
County Young Man
Earns Air Modal
John II. Bland, AKM2e, USNR, was
awarded the Air Medal a few weeks
*8o for meritorious achievement
during the dark war days in the
Europeun theater. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bland of Wil
liamston.
The citation reads:
"United States Atlantic Fleet Air
Force, Fleet Air Wing—Award:
"For outstanding airmanship and
meritorious achievements while par
ticipating in aerial flights as a mem
ber of the crew of a PB4Y-1 bomber
in anti-submarine patrol in thi- bay
if Biscay and the English Channel
lorth of 40 degrees North latitude
hiring the period from October, 1944,
:o May, 1945.
"His skill, resourcefulness and co
iperation contributed greatly to the
■ffectiveness of lus crew in accom
plishing its assigned missons. Pa
rols of long duration were flown,
iften under adverse weather condi
,10ns, which materially assisted in
lie eventual defeat of the enemy U
3oat compaign in the Battle of the
Mlantic.
"His coolness in flight and devo
ion to duty during this period were
n keeping with the best traditions
if the United States Naval Service.”
The citation was signed by A. C.
VltFail, lit ar Admiral, U. S. Navy,
Commander, Fleet Air Wmg Seven.
Warns Against Use
Of Old License Tags
A meaningful warning has been
issued against the use of old state
and town motor vehicle tags after
Thursday of this week. Orders have
been given to state and local officers,
instructing them to stop all vehicles
bearing old tags after Thursday of
this week.
During the meantime the sale of
the little black and yellow plates
ontinues to lag considerably behind
the 1945 figures. Up until last night,
the local bureau of the Carolina Mot
or Club has sold only 3,520 tags for
ars, 622 for trucks, 40 for farm
trucks, 514 for small or car trailers
and 59 for commercial trailers. The
ales this year are running about 500
behind those up until the same time
a year ago. During all of 1945, the
local bureau, located in the offices
^f^Harrison and Carstarphen, sold
^ Ttu^fi&^f7owrSar^?!Ttrucp^ag?
U lagging considerably behind the
figures lor the state, it was" learned.
A warning has been issued by the
town authorities against the use of
old tags or no tags at all.
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