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NEARLY 4.00# COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4.0W COPIES Or THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME AL1X—MMBKK 13 - Williamston, Martin County, Norik Carolina, Tuesday, February 12, 1916 ESTABLISHED 1<W> Steady Rains Slow Lumber Production By Flooding Roads Many Sav. mills Operating On Pari Time Basis While Some Almost Closed With buildings on almost every farm either under repair or needing to be and much renovating and re pairing in the offing in every town the already acute lumber shortage is being aggravated in this section by flooded conditions of woods in the lowlands where water transport has been the most dependable means of getting timber to the sawmills. Many mills in this vicinity are vir tually idle, some have a few hours work each day, and practically none are operating at full capacity. Those sawmill companies which have timber in high lands which can be reached over passable roads have not been able to get trucking equip ment to do the work. Some of this equipment has been on order for a long time against the day when high water might close the sources of sup ply in the low grounds. Under new federal regulations 40 percent of the mill’s production, it is reported, must be reserved for the building of houses by contractors. A lot of lumber which is sold to a con tractor and not called for within 20 days may be resold to another buy er, but these regulations have not as yet bothered local lumber producers because they have to have lumber to sell in the first place and they can not get that unless they have the logs to saw it from and logs are not to be had when limberlands cannot be en tered. It appears that the quantity of rain hereabout has not been so much the trouble as the frequency of its appearance. Records show that the rainfall has not been heavy, but they also show that precipitation has been persistent. A day may come now and then when some work can be done, but the crew is hardly organ ized and operations underway than j it is necessary to stop again. Washington officials have called for an increase in production of lum ber with some promise of an increase in price as an incentive but nothing can be done locally until waters re cede or trucking equipment can be obtained to provide relief from the present stalemated condition. The supply of common labor, one of the most pressing problems in all lines of industry which required a large number of unskilled workers, is not longer the problem it was. It is reported that since the first of this year common labor has been avail able while skilled labor remains dif ficult to obtain. Opening of the timberlands to the lumberjacks and trucks and raft handlers will pro vide considerable employment for many laborers in this section who are not now employed or receiving pay, as the mills have found it im possible to continue to hire their full crews without work for them to do. Increased Activity In Red Cross Office With servicemen returning to the county in greater numbers, the of fice of the Martin County Chapter. American Red Cross, on the third floor of the town hall here, is report ing a marked increase in its activi ties. Mrs. Edna Laughinghouse, home service director, announced this week that 108 cases were handled in January as compared with 53 in De cember. Most of the cases had to do with emergency messages and fur lough extension reports. However, Mrs. Laughinghouse explained, that the service for veterans is increas ing rapidly, that the office was pre pared to assist the veterans in hand ling claims under the GI Bill rf Rights. In this connection the Red Cross is in position to offer family counsel, handle claim benefits, in cluding insurance and pensions, out line vocational training, employment, hospitalization, including dental care, and offer financial assistance. Veterans are invited to visit the office and talk their cases over with the director any week day between the hours of 9 30 a. m. and 12, noon, and 2 to 4 p. m. Robert Gurganus On His Way To States Wriing in to change his address, Robert F. Gurganus, Radioman 2/C, stated in a recent letter that he was on his way home. He said in his let ter: “I wish to thank you for sending me the Enterprise during my stay over seas. I’ve enjoyed it very much and I know all the other fellows have also. At the present I’m at Pearl -Harbor and exceed to leave in a few _ '.hat yon cs the local mailh g list from now on. “I’m not on one of the larger ships, so my trip to the states and home will not be .as fast as some of the other fellows but I expect to be there some time in February. “Thanking you again and I hope to be home soon.” Series Of Accidents Reported In County LIFE SCOUT 1 Awarded six merit budges dur ing the scout program of the Kiwanis Club last week, Bill Burroughs, senior patrol leader of Troop 27, automatically qualified as a Life Scout. The merit badges awarded by Scout Executive John B. Hack ney were: Pioneering, First Aid, Public Health, Personal Health, Physical Development and Ath letics. These are six of the 13 merit badges which every Eagle Scout must have as part of his total of 21. In qualifying for the Pioneer ing badge, Bill said, he was re quired to build a bridge of wood without the use of nails, that would withstand half a**ton of weight. For his Athletics merit badge he was required, among other things, to write a 700-word essay or theme. County Boy Writes From Canal Zone Writing from the Canal Zone und er recent date, Seaman J. N. Hop kins, Jr., said: “To all of my good friends back home I want to take this opportunity to say hello. Something about this beautiful place. When I say it’s beautiful let me assure you that I am not exaggerating. It’s a swell place to be. The palm trees, banana trees and cocoanut trees. The Pana ma Canal is a thrill I'll never forget. The lowering and raising of the wat er for ships to go through is a swell sight. The biggest surprise I have received so far was the day I came over here from Coco Solo which is on the Atlantic side. I was getting my papers straightened out when all of a sudden I felt my hand going up and down. Of course, I turned around and there stood Vernon Cow an. Let me tell you some one from home sure looks good. I found out about my brother Ben being home. I can understand how glad he must be to get back again. There is an old saying that there is no place like home. There is a lot of truth in it too. I can re member back in the good old days when all of we boys were back home in school playing football, baseball, and basketball. There was David Robertson, Reuben Williams, Curtis Hopkins, Jesse Rogers, Jimmie Knight and I. What a bunch we were. We almost drove the teachers mad at times. It’s the dry season down here now. It will start raining in about a month. The heat down here is terrific. Some of the cold natured people back home should come here for a vaca tion. "Well it’s pretty late and I must get to work. Closing with lot’s of thoughts of the people back home, I would appreciate it very much if more of my friends would write. I haven’t gotten the Enterprise yet but I hope to in the near future. -a.— Stolen Ford Auto Is Recovered Here A 1939 Ford, admittedly stolen by Charlie Barnes, local colored man, in Hertford a short time before last Christmas was recovered in a gar age on Sycamore Street by Patrol man \V. E. SsMf. ' rs last Friday. The car, belonging to Louis L. Proctor, RFD 1, Hertford, had been stripped of its tires, battery and sev ral o'her parts, but most of them were reeoverHI following Barnes.' arrest. . Charged with disposing of stolen property, Barnes waived preliminary hearing and was returned to jail in default of a $500 bond. Just recent ly off the roads where he served a term for larceny, Barnes will likely be re turned to Perquimans County to face a larceny charge. YOUTH CENTER Representatives of the local high school having been before civic clubs and governmental bodies in the town with their plea that they be assisted in get ting the American Legion hut as a youth center when the USO abandons it, President Wheeler Martin of the Kiwanis Club has named a committee to work with other interested parties in pro moting the establishment of a youth center here in whatever place may be found available. Appointed on the committee to r*or ifti* bays * vs town were Hugh Hwrton, chair man. Sam Edwards and Dave Davis. They were instructed to w<:<rk on the problem from all angles and report back to the club at the next meeting or as early thereafter as it is pos sible. One Crijlplly iiurt And Property Losses Show Large Increase N. T. Leggett Victim Of Hit And-Run Driver At Robersonville Two persons were hurt, one criti cally, and a property damage esti mated at $1,100 by Cpl. W. S. Hunt and W. E. Saunders of the highway patrol, resulted in a series of auto mobile accidents in this county last week and late Sunday. Noah T. Leggett, 76, suffered a broken leg and a crushed arm and other possible injuries, when he was run down by a hit-and-run driver on West Academy Street in Roberson ville early last Wednesday evening. Leaving his filling station, Mr. Leg gett was crossing the street for his home when a car, traveling east, struck and knocked him to the left side of the hardsurface. He was in the middle of the road when he was struck. After receiving treatment in the Ward Clinic he was removed to his home where his condition con tinues quite critical, according to last reports. Cpl. Hunt stated that a lead had been established in the case, but no arrest has been made. Patrolmen were kept running Sun day afternoon and evening, clearing up one wreck after another. In Oak City that afternoon about 3:30 o’clock, two cars, one driven by J. H. Ayers and the other by a Car- | son bov, crashed at the intersection of the highway and a street, causing about $50 damage to the Ayers car and about $100 to the Carson car. No one was hurt. About an hour later Lawrence Wallace (Larry) Wade of Ports mouth, accompanied by his wife and children and Miss Isolene Newby, started to pass a car near the fair-, grounds in Williamston’s West End, and crashed into a car being driven west by Rev. Robert Benjamin Den son of Rocky Mount. Miss Newby suffered a leg injury, but no one else was hurt in either of the cars. Dam age to the Denson car was estimat ed at $500 and repairs to the Wade: 1 car will cost approximately $200. At 6:30 o'clock that evening, two ' cars, one driven by Mrs. Martha O. Harris and the other by Jesse Ed mondson, crashed on a curve near Butler’s Bridge on Highway 125. No one was hurt and damage to both cars will hardly exceed $150, Patrol man Saunders said. A heavy rain was falling at the time, and the Har ris car was possibly just across the center of the road to the driver’s left, it was reported, i Driving into Everetts from Rober sonville at 7:30 o’clock, Clayton Al ton Spruill, RFD 1, Robersonville, started to make a left turn into Jonn | Griffin’s jute box joint and was 1 struck from the rear by a car driven by Seaman John Edwin Smith, of Lexington, Ga., and Edenton. Smith stated in open court Monday that he started to pass Spruill and that about the time Spruill gave a hand signal. After striking the Spruill car and causing about $25 damage, the Smith car careened and struck i car be longing to Levi Dixon which was parked on the side of the read. Dam age to the Dixon car was placed at $25 and that to the Smith car at $50. Two court cases grew out of the wrecks, the patrolmen citing Wade to the county recorder for allegedly operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s licenses and reckless driv ing, and Smith was booked for reck less driving. Man Fined $10 For Resisting Arrest George Locke, Goose Nest man, J was fined $10 and taxed with the cost last Friday evening by Justice J. B. Whitfield in Oak City for resisting arrest. Drunk and disorderly, Locke re sisted arrest when Officer Edmond Early started to take him into cus todyv "He grabbed the handcuffs from me and cursed and declared he would not be arrested,” the officer was quoted as saying. Early then explained that he fired on the man and shot him through the foot when Locke crowded in on him. Wound ed about two weeks ago, Locke is said to be getting along very well now. Charged with operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes, Izaiah Roberson was fined $10 and taxed with the costs in the justice’s court that night. Andrew Jones, charged with car rying a concealed weapon, was bound over to the county court in $200 bond. iT er*rnmen j 4 ft ftoi n l James A. Rawls last week was rec ommended by Congressman Herbert C. Bonner for permanent appoint ment as postmaster in Oak City, ac cording to information received here last week-end. Cushing B. Hassell Dies Suddenly Here On Monday Morning ■ — - Fimeral Service Today For Member Of Prominent County Family -_<•» Cushing Biggs Hassell, Sr., for nearly half a century a leading fig ure in this section’s business field died suddenly in his Main Street apartment here yesterday morning at 4:45 o'clock, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Suffering with asthma and hay fever for more than twenty-five years, Mr. Hassell had been in declining health for some time, but he was getting along about as well as usual until last week-end. and even then his condition was not considered critical. Going to his apartment last Saturday, he could not retire to his bed on account of asthma. After sitting up for almost thirty hours, he retired late Sunday night and apparently rested well un til about 3.30 o’clock yesterday morn ing when he suffered what was be lieved to have been a heart attack. He rolled off his bed and called to his cousin, John L. Hassell, who was sleeping in an adjoining room, to come and help him get up. A neigh bor was called and he was helped back to the bed, and his condition grew worse rapidly. The son of the late Walter and Fannie Nichols Hassell, he was born on March 11, 1879, in the home now occupied by the Biggs Funeral home before it was moved to its present location from the corner of Main and Haughton Street. He spent his early life in the stately Hassell family l home when it was located where the theater and other business houses now stand on Main Street, j As a youth he attended the old Williamston Academy and when it was forced to suspend classes, he studied as a pupil in his mother’s private school, near the old family I home. When a young man he studied telegraphy under the late William A. Ellison and was employed for a num ber of years ns telegrapher in Park ton, Plymouth, New Bern and Green ville. Returning home, he formed a partnership in 1903 with his cousin, John L. Hassell, and operated one of the largest mercantile establishments in this section for nearly a quarter of a century, the firm having been expanded about a year after its for mation to include the late A. Hassell. In the twenties, he formed a partner ship with the late Leslie T. Fowden ! and handled a large fertilizer and peanut business until he accepted a position with the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company with whom he was associated at the time of his death, in its offices here. Mr. Hassell was married on April 6, 1910, to Miss Mary Lee Woodard of Wilson, and she survives with two children, Mrs. Lucille Harris, of Washington, D. C., and Cush Hassell, Jr.^of Raleigh. He was the last mem ber of his immediate family, a sister, Mrs. Emma Hoyt, preceding him in death in 1943. A member of a family, prominent in the history and progress of this county and section for generations, Mr. Hassell was a great student of history and literature. While his at tention was centered in the business realm, he found relaxation and pleas ure in reading behind the great writ ers and authors. In his spare time, he prepared brief articles and per sonal sketches for publication, and they were read with great interest. (Continued on page six) Negro Citizens Flan Red Cross Campaign Scheduled to attend a meeting call ed by the chapter chairman, J C. Manning, in the courthouse here next Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, color ed citizens in this area will lav plans for the annual Red Cross fund drive beginning early next month The list includes mostly those faithful workers who have accepted the responsibility of solemn obliga tions in war and peace. The names of those who have been invited and their respective districts, follow: Dardens: Rev. Noah Boston, Rev. William Keyes, Rev. Raleigh Keyes, Rev. Joseph James and Principal John James; Jamesville: Rev. Spen -•er Winstead, Mrs. Ethel Winstead, Mrs. Marion Gregory, Mrs. Carrie McFadden, Mrs. Lina Staton, Mis. Flora Hopkins and Principal Milton Armistead; Corey’s: Mrs. Joanna Corey, Matthew Griffin, Principal Ella McNeil; Smithwick’s; William Peel, Ben Reddick, Orange Peel, A B. Ore and Principal Anna Hassell; Bear Grass: Stephen Griffin, Ben Mason, Mrs. Pearl Mason and Prin -ipal Essie Reddick; Biggs: Jimmie Tyner, Mrs. Pocahuntus Evans, Mrs. Clayvon Brown and Principal W. V. Ormond; Woolard’s: Rev. Will Rog ers, Mrs. Eva Land and Principal Alonza Jones; Williams Lower: Wiley Lanier, Octavious Lanier, Sim Bell, Mia. Gracie Smithwiek and Howell and Principal Ruth Anthony • Poplar Point: Willis Williams t Wheeler Latham and Principal Esth ■ er Council, Williamston: Willie Bunch, Joe Spruill, Mrs. Nora Cherry i Slade, Mrs. Mary Gray and Principal E J. Hayes. Ask Voluntary Cut In 1946 Peanut Acreage Martin Farmers Sign Farm Flans In The Various Townships .-.<?>■. — Parity Prices Tentatively Set For Tobacco ami Peanuts For Current Year Martin County farmers and others throughout the belt are being asked to decrease their 1946 peanut plant ings by about 21 percent, according to unofficial but reliable reports coming from agricultural leaders in session at the annual convention of the North Carolina Farm Bureau held in Winston-Salem last week end. Early reports from the 1946 farm plan sign-up indicate that Mar tin County farmers are planning to reduce their current year peanut acreages, but the percentage figures are not definite, according to the best available reports. Peanut prices, based on 90 percent of parity as of a recent date, are fig ured at about 7.60 cents per pound. An upward revision in the parity fig ure is expected and the floor will be based on costs as of about the middle of July, according to one report. This means that the floor price will range between $7.60 and $8.00 per hundred pounds. The Farm Bureau Peanut Com mittee last week offered a resolution I suggesting that acreages he main tained m accordance with the avail able labor supply. In other words, the organization suggests that where there is sufficient laboi to plant, cul tivate and harvest an acreage equal to that planted last year, the farmer should go ahead and plant that acre age. Quotas will be subjected to a vote of the growers for the 1947 crop, and there is some doubt if the 1946 acreage will be used as a nart of the base for fixing the 1947 quotas. Triple A authorities point out that the 1946 acreage will not lie used as a base or part of the base for deter mining the new quotas. It was also pointed out that no individual farm j er’s quota may be reduced more than five percent of his 1941 plantings. It is qufte likely that reductions will be effected in the Martin County crop this year because the farmers have their eyes on the 10 percent acreage increase in tobacco allot ments, and they will draw on their peanut land to care for that increase. Then, too, farmers are a hit weary with peanuts since yields fell far below normal last year. Some leaders are of the opinion that peanut prices will be equally as high next fall as they were last, hut a solemn warning about large plant ings has been issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. According to unofficial figures, the 90 percent of parity price for tobac co now stands right at 30 cents. This is what is called the floor price, and one guess is good as another as to what the actual market price will be next fall. Starting last week-end, Martin farmers are preparing their 1946 farm plans. The task was well ad vanced m several districts, and in most eases, the growers plan to par ticipate to the fullest extent in the 1946 soil building program which provides for benefits in the sum of $51,889. The sign-up was handled last week-end in Goose Nest, Hamil ton and Kobei sonville Townships. On Friday and Saturday of this week the plans will be prepared in the remain ing districts. Angry Husband Runs Wife Away Becoming .angry because supper was not ready for hirn when tie went to his home in Williams Township last Saturday evening, Elbert Jones, 26-year-old colored man, threatened his wife's life. When Jones went for his gun she ran away from home and went to a neighbor’s, about three hundred yards away. Jones, said to have been drinking, followed, shoot ing after her us he gave chase. Hiding under a bed in the neigh bor’s house, the wife remained there until midnight when she slipped out and went to the home of her father in-law, about a mile away. Jones was arrested and jailed early Sunday morning. Several months ago, Jones shot his father in the back following a quarrel. Carried into the courts a short time later, he was released uri ier prayer for judgment after the case costs had been paid. f’ainfuily Hurt In Freak Auto Accident Sunday Mi Johnny Gurkin was painfully loon. The county man was pourmg ome oil into his car engine when ■onibustion caused the oil filter to blow off The filter struck him in the forehead and left a bad gash just over the eye. He was treated in the local hos pital. I TOOK A CHANCE Knowing full well that Mr. Groundhog would see his shad ow, mortals, weary of bad weather during previous weeks, hoped the little anin al would not venture from his home for fear someone would take posses sion during his absence. Well, the little scoundrel took a chance and the weather has been on the bad side most of the time since. Over two and one-half inches of rain have fallen since the sec ond, most of the fall, or 2.10 inches, coming down last week end. Branches and creeks are over flowing and the ground is satur ated. The Roanoke is just about bank-to-bank, but no large flood waters are expected, according to latest predictions. Future Of World Up To Boy Scouts The hopes of world peace for I lie next fifty years depends upon what happens in the lives of boys growing up here in America and in the coun tries of Europe, Walter W. Head of St. Louis, president of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, said in a statement for Boy Scout Week, Feb. 8 to 14, marking the 30th anni versary of the movement in America. Mr. Head's statement follows: "The theme of the Boy Scouts of Aim rica for the year 1940 is ‘Scouts of the World—Building Together.’ Regardless of what treaties or agree ments may be made by the nations of the world, in the last analysis what happens to our hopes of world peace for the next fifty years de pends upon what happens in the lives of boys growing up here in America and in the countries of Europe. "If we can impress upon these boys principals of friendliness and mutual respect, we shall go a long way to ward establishing a better under standing among the nations of the world. “Here in America we have nearly two million members of the Boy Scouts of America. Throughout the world there are approximately three million Scouts and leaders. “The Scout program seeks to train these boys for service to others and useful citizenship. With these mil Jions of Scouts throughout the world we believe something truly magnifi cent can be done. "We hope to develop a body of men who, because of their Scout training, will stand out in their na tive lands as our Boy Scouts stand out here in America, dedicated to the same ideals of Scouting as express ed in our Scout Oath and Law. To gether they will, we believe, help to bring about a lasting peace and build a better world for the future." Mysterious Fight On County Highway At leant two persons were report ed to have been wounded and pos sibly others were hurt in a free-for all fight near Abbitt's mill on High way 125 last Saturday evening. Few details of the fight which has baf fled county officers and others could be had here. Motorists, traveling the route, saw two women and several men fighting in the middle of the road, one report stating that the two females had then clothes almost torn off and that a man in the group was scantily at tired. The report also declared that the two women were bleeding badly, and that possibly others in the group had been beaten and rut. First reports reaching here stated that there had been a wreck and that two women had been badly hurt. Patrolmen hurried out No. 125 and found no evidence of a wreck. Doc ors’ office and the local hospital were checked, hut no trace of the car ji its passengers were found. One report stated that the car li cense was registered in the name of a fellow Keeter of Scotland Neck The report could not be verified im mediately, and the whole sorry busi ness still has a mysterious and seri ous aspect. ROUND-UP _ > v. Following the delivery of a new shipment of bottled spirits last Friday, alleged law violators went on an hilarious spree, working local and county police over time during the week-end. Ten persons were arrested and jailed, unofficial estimates plac fete - •1 « lii'ijiiiiii of <hc law. at three T^roW’more v>r lew. Only one of the ten jailed was white and the I ages ranged from 18 to 53 years. Three were booked for public drunkenness, three for assaults, one each for larceny and receiv ing, shoplifting, disorderly con duct and one for investigation. World Goodwill Is Promoted By Work Of Scout Movement ——®— Of East Carolina Coun < i1 I flirt Of Activities Of Organization In Peace Declaring that the Boy Scouts of today are the hope of tomorrow, N. M. Schaum of Wilson, president of the East Carolina Council, Thursday night told members of the Kiwanis Club and their guests, members of Troop 27, that if the principles of scouting had been practiced through out the world there never would have been a world war two and the practice of those same principles in the future is the chief hope of avoid ing World War Til Mr. Schaum, a charter membi r of the Kiwanis Club in Wilson, told of the founding of the boy scout move ment in England in 1008 by Sir R. S. S. Bnden-Powell to promote good citizenship by creating in the youth of tiie land a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulat ing their interest in wholesome men tal, moral, industrial and physical activities, and in the promotion of good will. Scouting, the speaker said, got its start in the United States when the Boy Scouts of America was incor porated Feb. 8, 1910 and became a national institution with the grant ing by Congress of a charter in 1916. Today, the American scouting group is working closely with the interna tional organization, lie said. An in ternational conference of scout lead ers is held in London every two years, the last one being held in 1945 when King George greeted them per sonally. This conference makes no laws or regulations. It merely sub mits recommendations to the various national organizations of scouting. Speaking of the value of scouting as a builder of international good will and cooperation, he said that certain fundamentals of scouting are international, among them the Hand clasp, the uniform, the scout sign, the badge and scout law. Around the world, lliev celebrate the Peace Day, St. George’s Day. Scouting, Mr. Schaum said, is open to all youths everywhere, regardless of race or creed. There are three grades, the cubs, the scouts and senior scouts. The latter, including air scouts, sea scouts and explorer scouts, applying to hoys from 15 up. The attributes of scouting, so valu able in time of war, lend themselves admirably to the promotion of the cause of peace, the speaker said. He told of a certain army major who had attended a scout jamboree in Holland before the wai and later was greeted by two scouts in Italy who had remembered him as an Ameri can delegate to that meeting. They were very glad to see him. Later, in India, tie had a similar experience when a hoy ,scout from that country recognized him and said, "I knew you would come.” Urging all possible aid to world scouting, Mr. Schaum said that the Boy Scouts of America now have a goodwill plan of their own, known as tiie friendship fund. Tied in with this is another type of aid to the scouts of other countries, the “Shirts Off Our Backs” program in which scouts of tins country contribute some article of scout clothing or quipmcnt which may have been dis carded or slated or discard, but which still contained some elements of usefulness to those whose need is so very great. A business friend in Holland re cently wrote the Wilson man asking that lie send him a suit of clothes aid if possible something out of which his wife could make a dress. Along with these articles tie sent some food and received a highly ap oreeiative letter of thanks. He was told that his friends were not starv ing but that food was extremely ->ca ice. Bringing the matter of scouting •loser home, Mr Schaum said that of lie 2,000,000 scouts in the nation, 5, i0fl were m the Eastern Carolina Council which is one of the 37 units (Continued on page six) -* Three Men Leave For Army Center Three Martin County young color 'd men answered the current month haft cull and left last Thursday for he Army reception center at Fort 3ragg. The call was for only two, but a 'hird one had been delinquent and ie was instructed to report. Two of the three are just eighteen /ears of age and come from the farm. Names of those reporting: Walter Lee Williams, RFD 3, Wil iamston. John Wesley James, RFD 1, James ville. Charlie Hardison, RFD 3, Wil liamston. _<Ss-— Ulan f rrtgtwMIwvFor Zeb Campbell, visiting colored man, was arrested and jailed here last Saturday night by city police tor the alicgea theft of several paus of “pants and a sweater from the Farmers Supply Company on Wash ington Street.
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