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VOLUME XLIX—-NUMBER 25
Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. March 26. 1946
ESTABLISHED 1899
State-Wide Medical
Program Under Way
In North Carolina
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Stale Ranks Low Among
Other States In Medical
Care, Hospitalization
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A movement to provide for the
people of North Carolina more doc
tors, especially in the smaller com
munities and rural areas, and better
medical care is now under way
throughout the State.
A program to achieve this goal
was launched at a meeting of more
than 200 leaders of various profes
sional, business, industrial and lay
groups from all sections of the State
who gathered in Thomasville last
Thursday and organized the North
Carolina Good Health Association.
The meeting was called by I. G.
Greer, superintendent of the Baptist
Orphanage at Thomasville.
Citing numerous facts to show that
North Carolina ranks low among the
other states in hospital and medical
care, the association, in preliminary
plans, took steps to carry to every
nook and comer of the State a move
ment “to support the efforts of the
Governor, the North Carolina Medi
cal Care Commission, the medical
allied professions, and other groups
and individuals working for the good
health program.”
The Legislature of 1945 establish
ed machinery for the inauguration
of the program.
Named to spearhead the appeal
were four regional chairmen: D. Hid
en Ramsey, for the west; Irving Car
lyle, for the piedmont; James S.
Ficklen, for the northeast, and Judge
Henry L. Stevens, for the southeast.
Making an inspiring address Mr.
Ramsey, general manager of the
Asheville Citizen-Times, pointed out
that the governor’s commission of 50
representative North Carolinians had
“strongly recommended a state-wide
and well-balanced program for the
improvement of the health of all our
people.”
He said that almost all of the coun
ty medical societies, the Association
of Public Health Officials, the State
Nurses’ Association, the North Car
olina Pharmaceutical Association,
the North Carolina Hospital Associa
tion, and many other representatives
organizations of North Carolinians,
farm groups, women’s groups, labor
groups, and business, educational,
professional, and religious leaders
had endorsed this program.
President Frank P. Graham of the
University of North Carolina, who
presented Mr. Ramsey, declared that
“North Carolina, long the southern
leader in good schools and good
roads, today faces a challenging op
portunity for carrying forward
promptly its wisely planned program
for good health.”
Although the organization is in its
infancy, already the names of more
than 1500 representative North Caro
lina citizens, coming from various
groups, were signed to a charter
which was unanimously adopted by
the new association. The signers in
cluded three former Governors, O.
Max Gardner, Clyde Hoey, and J.
Melville Broughton; the chairman
of the two major political parties in
this State, William B. Umstead of
Durham, and Sim A. DeLapp of Lex
ington; national committeemen for
both parties, Wilkins P. Horton of
Pittsboro and Charles A. Jonas of
Lincolnton; half a dozen presidents
of the State Medical Society, and
many other representative citizens.
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Automobiles Crash
On Road Sunday
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No one was badly hurt and proper
ty damage was limited to an estimat
ed $300 when two automobiles crash
ed near Corey’s Cross Roads on the
Washington - Williamston Highway
early last Sundav evening.
Driving while intoxicaiecP^'lSnnci
Rogers, colored, zig-zagged down the
highway in his old 1933 model Chev
rolet. Paul Riddick, driving a 1937
Ford, tried to zig when Rogers rag
ged, but the timing was bad and the
cars crashed on Riddick’s side of the
road. Rogers was slightly scratched
and bruised. He was arrested by
Patrolman W. E. Saunders and jail
ed. Joseph Butt, a passenger in the
Rogers car, was also arrested and
jailed for public drunkenness.
Teachers In County
Form Organization
Meeting in the Williamston High
School last Thursday afternoon, Mar
tin County teachers organized a
county unit of the North Carolina
Teachers’ Association. Miss Made
leine McCain, president of the state
organization, explained the purpose
and plan of the association which
advances professional growth.
Miss Mary Whitley was elected
president of the newly formed unit.
Other officers are, Harvey Yates,
vice president; Mrs. C. J. Goodman,
secretary, and Mrs. Van Davenport,
treasurer.
The next meeting of the Martin
County unit will be held at 4.00
o’clock in the Williamston High
School on April 11, it was announc
ed.
Red Cross Drive To Close In
Chapter Latter Part of Week
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Scheduled to close the latter part
of this week, the annual Red Cross
Fund Drive is still a little short of its
goal in this chapter, Chairman V. J.
Spivey announced yesterday. Few
complete reports have been received ,
from any of the townships, it was
pointed out, and a few canvassers
have not started their solicitations,
it was learned. The response to the
solicitations yet to be made should
easily carry the drive over the top
in nearly every district, Mr. Spivey
explained, and he again addressed an
appeal to all the solicitors, urging j
them ot make every effort to com- j
them to make every effort to com- I
or three days. |
The chairman had hoped to com
plete the drive in less than two
weeks, but there were unexpected
delays in nearly every district. Most
of the colored districts went right
ahead with their canvasses and went
over the top early in the drive.
Reviewing the drive to date. Chair
man Spivey said that $3,240.51 had
been raised and turned into the
treasury, as follows: Williamston,
$1,996.79; Bear Grass, $222.03; Grif
fins, $306.40; James ville, $338.87;
Williams, $67.44, and colored citizens
in all districts reported so far,
$306.98. All the townships except
one exceeded their quotas, it was
pointed out.
A detailed report on the fund drive
is expected the latter part of this
week.
INSPECTIONS
Making the first in a series of
inspections for eliminating faul
ty equipment on motor vehicles,
highway patrolmen last Satur
day afternoon cited five alleged
violators of the laws to the coun
ty court and Instructed ten
others to have certain equipment
defects remedied within 46
hours.
Locating on Highway 64 at
Holly Springs church, the three
patrolmen stopped approximate
ly 75 motorists in about two
hours.
Other inspections will be held
from time to time, Cpi. W. S.
Hunt of the patrol said.
Applicants Filing
For County Offices
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After waiting for weeks to see if
anyone else jumped, aspirants for
county offices started filing for the
various jobs last week-end. Mr. Syl
vester Peel, chairman of the county
board of elections, announced last
Saturday that applications, accom
panied by the necessary filing fees,
must be in his hands not later than
6:00 o’clock p. m. on Saturday, April
13.
L. Bruce Wynne, the first to file
for a county office subject to the
wishes of the democratic voters in
the May 25 primary, submitted his
application to succeed himself as
clerk of superior court last Satur
day afternoon. He was followed a
few minutes later by C. B. Roebuck
who is seeking re-nomination as sher
iff.
All county offices are subject to
the primary this year with the ex
ception of the register of deeds and
places on the county board of educa
tion. The register of deeds was
elected two years ago for a four
year term, and the terms of mem
bers of the board of education do
not expire for another two years.
Filing fees for the various offices
were listed by Board of Elections
Chairman Peel as follows:
County commissioner and coroner,
$5; judgw of the recorder’s court,
$8.40; solicitor of the recorder’s
court, $7.80; State house of repre
sentatives, senate, treasurer and sur
veyor, $6; clerk of court, $27.50;
sheriff, $30. Township offices call
for a $5 filing fee.
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More lobacco Is
To Be Exported
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Raleigh.—The disappearance of
flue-cured tobacco is continuing at
an exceptionally high rate, and total
.exports during the 12-month period
ending June 30 may total as much
as 400,000,000 pounds and are ex
nected to continue at high levels dur
ing the next two to three years, the
N. C. Department of Agriculture has
been not'tied by the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics.
Since about 67 per cent of all flue
cured tobacco produced in the nation
is grown in North Carolina, the "im
mediate future for our tobacco farm
ers appears pretty bright,’’ according
to Agriculture Commissioner W.
Kerr Scott.
Pointing out that individual farm
acreage allotment will be 10 per cent
larger this year than in 1945, Scott
said it is the consensus of tobacco ex
perts that the increase in flue-cured
acreage for 1946 appears desirable,
in view of the low level of stocks
abroad, and the expected high level
of post-war demand by foreign coun
tries.
He warned farmers, however,
against neglecting the proper pro
duction and marketing of their to
bacco crop, explaining that despite
the favorable outlook for flue-cured
tobacco, tobacco specialists believe
that prices paid growers have reach
ed their peak.
"We anticipate that price varia
tions between the various grades of
tobacco may be wider this year—and
a great deal wider next season," said
Scott, explaining that the strong do
mestic and foriegn flemands for to
bacco at or near celing prices, which
were in terms of weighted averages,
have prevented the normal spread in
prices between the various qualities
of leaf for the past three yars.
"Th farmer who grows good to
bacco, properly graded, this year and
next will be rewarded for his efforts.
Mrs. Lewis Bullock
Died Last Saturday
After Long Illness
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Funeral Service Conducted In
Chapel Near Williamston
Monday Afternoon
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Mrs, Beulah Cowin Bullock, 36,
died in the local hospital last Satur
day morning at 9:45 o’clock. She
had been in declining health for
about eighteen months. Her condi
tion became worse a few weeks ago
and she entered the hospital for
treatment, to which she did not re
spond even though she was given
several blood transfusions.
The daughter of Mr. Bunn O. Cow
in and the late Mrs. Emma Rogers
Cowin, she was bom in Bear Grass
Township on September 8, 1909, and
was married to Lewis Bullock on De
cember 10, 1924. She lived in the
Bear Grass-Cross Roads Commun
ity up until the first of this year
when the family located on a farm
between Williamston and Everetts.
Mrs. Bullock joined the Baptist
church at Riddick’s Grove about fif
teen years ago, later moving her
membership to the Presbyterian
church soon after that faith estab
lished Roberson’s Chapel near her
home. Mrs. Bullock was a thought
ful and devoted wife and mother and
was held in high esteem by all who
knew her. She attended church ser
vices regularly with her family as
long as she was able and by her
Christian character she set examples
worthy of others following.
Surviving are her father and hus
band, three sons, Atun, Ralph and
Willis Bunn, and five daughters,
Mary Elizabeth, Pauline, Geraldine,
Nancy and Janice Rose Bullock, all
of the home; one brother, Wilber
Cowin, of Washington, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Robert Priest of Carthage,
and Mrs. B. W. Taylor of Bear Grass.
A son died eight months ago of
heart trouble.
Funeral services were conducted
at Roberson’s Chapel yesterday aft
ernoon at 3:30 o’clock. In the ab
sence of the pastor, Rev. W. B. Har
rington, Baptist minister, assisted by
Elder A. B. Ayers of the Primitive
Baptist Church, conducted the last
rites. Interment was in Woodlawn
Cemetery here.
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Man Attacked And
Dangerously Cut
Josh Rascoe, local young colored
man, was attacked and dangerously
cut while sitting at the dining table
in his home on East Main Street here
last Sunday afternoon shortly after
1:00 o’clock. Using a sharp pocket
knife, James Vandeford, also color
ed, sliced Rascoe on the neck, mak
ing several deep wounds which were
closed with 23 stitches.
Acting to defend himself, police
said that Rascoe picked up a bottle
crowned Vanderford
ove^u^nead, making an
wound. Dr. Edward Early had used
all his thread sewing up Rascoe's
wounds and he switched to cleats,
using ten of them to patch up Van
derford's wound. It was first thought
that Vanderford suffered a skull
fracture, and he was removed from
the doctor’s office to his home on
East Main Street in an ambulance.
His condition was reported much im
proved yesterday.
Details of the attack could not be
learned immediately. Rascoe main
tained that he was eating a meal in
his home, that Vanderford entered
the house and started molesting a
member of the family. Rascoe ad
vised him against it, and Vanderford
attacked him. Vanderford was quot
ed as saying that he went to the
home to buy liquor and an argument
followed.
After the first serious round, Van
derford went home, got his gun and
started back to the Rascoe home
when officers intervened.
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Kiwania And Lions To
Ploy For The Boy Scouts
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In their general program to create
a building fund for local Boy and
Girl Scouts, the Lions Club members
have scheduled a basketball game in
the local gymnasium for next Mon
day night at 7:30 o'clock. The line
up will be announced later in the
week, Lion Ernest Mears announced.
Mrs. Sylvester Peel
Died Last Saturday
At Daughter’s Home
Funeral Service For Highly
Respected Citizen Held
Monday Afternoon
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Mrs. Dora Stallings Peel, highly
respected citizen of Griffins Town
ship, died there at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. T. C. Griffin, last
Saturday evening at 7:10 o’clock fol
lowing several years of declining
health. A victim of heart trouble,
Mrs. Peel fell and injured herself
about two years ago and she had
been an invalid since, hospital treat
ment at various periods relieving
her condition but little. Her illness
had been critical for several weeks
and the end was not unexpected.
The daughter of the late Stanley
! and Palina Lilley Stallings, she was
bom in Griffins Township on Nov
ember 26, 1868, and was married to
Sylvester Peel on February 29, 1888,
the event marking the beginning of
a devoted and beautiful companion
ship that grew stronger down
through the years. With the ex
ception of just a few days, they spent
their slightly more than 58 years of
their married life in the home occu
pied following their wedding. And
no warmer welcome was ever offer
ed than the one extended friend or
stranger who perchance passed that
way.
Mrs. Peel joined the Primitive
Baptist Church at Smithwicks Creek
in 1892, arid during the following 54
years she ever remained devoted to
its teachings and faithful in its sup
port. Hers was a quiet life, lived
nobly among mankind, and her com
munity and section were enriched by
the kind and worthy examples ad
vanced in her walk through life. A
kind and thoughtful mother and a
devoted wife, she was a good woman.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock
by her pastor, Elder P. E. Getsing
er, assisted by Elder S. B. Denny,
Primitive Baptist minister of Wilson,
Elder J. B. Lee, Primitive Baptist
minister of Four Oaks, and Dr. Ira
Knight, pastor of the Williamston
Memorial Baptist Church, in the
church at Smithwicks Creek where
she loved to worship often and
humbly commune with her Maker.
Interment was in the family plot in
the Tice Cemetery, in Griffins Town
ship.
The church was filled to capacity
for the service and many were un
able to enter. An extensive floral
offering evidenced the high esteem
in which she was held by friends and
acquaintances.
Surviving are four sons, Messrs.
Noah and S. Oscar Peel of Griffins
Township, M Luther Peel, Martin
County tax collector, of Williamston,
and Raymond Peel of Raleigh; two
daughters, Mrs. T. C. Griffin, with
whom she made her home during the
past few weeks, and Mrs. Gordon G.
Bailey, of Everetts; eighteen grand
children and four great-grandchil
dren. A brother, David Bennett
Stallings, died on Monday of last
week. Mrs. Peel was the last mem
ber of a family of sixteen children,
most of whom lived to be seventy
years or older.
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Endorses Wild Life
Federation at Club
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Emphasizing the importance of the
separation of the division of game
and inland fisheries from the de
partment of conservation and devel
opment, an aim of the North Caro
lina Wildlife Federation, Inc., Wil
liam Carter, Washington attorney,
advocated the endorsement of the
federation’s policies in an address be
fore the Kiwanis club here last
Thursday night.
Carter, guest speaker at the meet
ing, gave a brief history of the Wild
life Federation and its aims. Point
munity, Carter stated that it was
the desire of the group to preserve
the game and fish in this section to
the extent that sportsmen will al
ways have areas to hunt and fish in
but also to see that the fields are
abundantly provided with wildlife.
A Wild Life Federation club was
recently formed in this county.
Guests of the club were Doc Kug
ler of Washington and the following
officers of the Martin County Wild
life club: John Henry Edwards,
Ben James and A. L. Hendren of
Robersonville.
HAIL
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Accompanied by a heavy rain,
hail fell over a wide area in this
section of the State last Sunday
afternoon between 4 and 5
o’clock. Farmers as far away as
Chowan and Washington Coun
ties reported a heavy fall of the
stones which were of moderate
size only.
As far as it could b' learned
here the hail did no great dam
age. Tobacco cloth was batter
ed, but the plants were not bad
ly damaged. Possibly some blos
soms on fruit trees were knock
ed off by the driving rain, but
the damage there was not recog
nised as serious.
Officials Are Named
For Coining Election
Recently Appointed
Board Held Meeting
Last Saturday Noon
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Organization Perfected And
Plans Made For Registra
tion and Mav Primary
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Martin County's recently appoint
ed board of elections held its first
meeting in the courthouse last Sat
urday noon when an organization
was perfected and plans were ad
vanced for holding the registr-'>,i^n
and primary election on May 25. i>„.
Sylvester Peel was re-elected chair
man for his tenth term, and Mr. Al
vin Hasty, of Robersonville, who is
a new member of the board, was
elected secretary. Mr. Wade Vick,
serving his fourth term as a mem
ber of the board, represents the Re
publican Party.
Little business other than the ap
pointment of registrars and judges of
election for the thirteen precincts,
was handled at the meeting Chair
man Peel announced that office as
pirants must file their candidacies
with the board not later than 6 p. m.,
April 13, that applications must be
accompanied by a fee of one percent
of the office salary or not loss than
$5
Tlie board authorized the chair
man to fill positions made vacant by
resignation or other causes of any
precinct election officials.
Very few changes were made in
the precinct election personnal, the
hoard adding a few World War II
veterans to fill positions made va
cant by resignations. The list of pre
cinct officials follows, the first per
son named in precinct being the re
gistrar and the other two, judges of
election:
Jamesville: F. Clarence Stallings,
J. L. Knowles and Chas. Davenport.
Williams: Lee D. Hardison, Floyd
Moore- and Chas. L. Daniel.
Griffins: S. Oscar Peel, W. T. Rob
ei..on and J C. Gurkin.
Bear Grass: J. Rossell Rogers, W.
M Harrison, W. A. Brown.
Williamston, No. 1: Jos. Gray
Corey, J. Paul Simpson and Robert
S. Price.
Cross Roads: J. S. Ayers, Sr., J. B.
Barnhill and Oscar Ayers.
Robersonville: Claude T Smith
I. M. Little and L. N. Vick.
Gold Point: Harry H. Roberson,
Charlie Forbes and George P. Bul
lock.
Poplar Point: W. Slade White,
Luther G. Leggett and Herman Har
rison.
Hamilton: Jesse B. Everett, George
A. Oglesby and George Haislip.
Goose Nest: Harry E. Daniel, Fran
cis Worsley and Murray E. Hyman.
Ordinarily a Republican is named
to represent his party in the pre
cincts, but in several instances none
was available and a reliable Demo
crat was named.
Registration books for the May 25
election will open the latter part of
April, No new registration was ord
ered, meaning that all those who
voted in recent elections will not
have to register again to participate
in the primary election.
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Pulpwood Receipts
Are Falling Short
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Total pulpwood receipts in 1946
may fall far short of the volume re
quired to meet the needs of industry
during the same period, according to
a concensus of opinion among mem
bers of the American Pulp and Pap
er Association who attended the G9th
annual meeting of the group recent
York. -
^^recllcting that total pulpwood re
ceipts might drop 500,000 cords be
low the receipts obtained in 1945, in
dustry spokesmen stated “these pre
dictions would become a certainty
unless the volume of woods workers
is increased considerably,”
All possible means of expanding
pulpwood production as a basis for
boosting production of paper and
oaperboard in 1946 were considered
in separate meetings by various sec
tions of the association.
Among the many plans proposed
for increasing domestic output of
pulpwood was a suggestion by J. L.
Piland, Veterans Administration
representative, who urged that an
organized group of former seabees be
recruited to cut pulpwood in forests
and in farm woodlots, thus adding
additional manpower to the total
now employed in woods work.
Certain groups at the convention
held that even available supplies of
pulp would like become “pinched"
as a result of the pulp and paper in
dustry’s shift from war to peacetime
operations.
"Pulpwood supplies must be in
creased materially in the remaining
months of 1946,” it was stated, “if ne
cessary paper and paperboard con
sumption requirements are to be
met.”
Mills in this area are urgently in
ieed of more top quality pulpwood
now, in order to meet the necessary
reconversion demands.
ROUND-UP
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Local, county and state offic
ers had another busy period last
week-end handling the usual
round-up of alleged law violat
ors. Eleven persons were jailed
last Saturday, nine of them for
public drunkenness and two Tor
drunken driving. The Saturday
arrests boosted the count for the
week to eighteen, the number
including four white persons.
The ages of the group ranged
from 18 to 56 years.
Several other persons were
arrested but escaped jail when
they arranged bonds. Another
alleged violator was so badly
hurt in a fight that officers turn
ed him over to medical doctors.
Few Cases Removed
From Civil Docket
In Superior Court
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Expect Tribunal To Adjourn
Following Wednesday
Morning Sraiou
Opening the second of a two
weeks' term here yesterday morn
ing, the Martin County Superior
Court heard a long motion to set a
divorce judgment aside and went on
to clear a few cases from the civil
calendar. Only two cases reached
the jury and Judge Walter Bone,
presiding, took the motion under ad
visement.
Claiming that she was divorced
without her knowledge, Mrs. Har
riett Smith of Miami Beach, Florida,
appealed to the court to have the di
vorce judgment set aside. Numer
ous affidavits were read by counsel,
and much of them wus directly con
flicting. The plaintiff maintained
that her daughters-in-law were the
cause of the divorce action, that she
and her husband, Dr. J. W. Smith
were devoted to each other, that she
knew nothing of the divorce action
until after it had been granted in
this county. Dr. Smith later died.
Attorneys in the case started offering
the affidavits soon after the court
was convened and the arguments ex
tended until 1 o’clock that afternoon.
The defense maintained that the doc
tor fell ill and that his wife deserted
him. Judge Bone explained in open
court that he would study the mo
tion and possibly offer a ruling be
fore adjourning court this week.
The first case to reach the jury
during the second week of the term
was a divorce action brought by
Charles A. Modlin, serviceman,
against Myrtle Jones Modlin. The
case was based on two years' separa
tion and the divorce was granted.
In his case against Chas. II. Jenk
ins and Company, Jule T. James
stated that he paid $266.30 for re
pairs to his car, and maintained that
the amount was too much. The jury
gave tiie plaintiff a judgment in the
Sum of $100.
Mnn-kllllto u.'ero Iii.liiriul in tlu. nnao
of J. W Frank against Chas Fain
berg and Branch Bunk against W D.
Modlin. In tiie first case, the plain
tiff sought to recover on a check
allegedly given by the defendant. In
the second case the plaintiff sought
to recover certain personal property.
Quite a few cases were continued
yesterday and not many issues are
before the court today. The $5,1)00
damage suit of Boyd against Riddick
is scheduled for trial today. It is
believed that a compromise is possi
ble in the $10,000 damage suit
brought by Holliday against the Wil
liamston Lumber Company. One or
two other cases will be offered for
judgment late today or tomorrow
I«ji ts h om the Courthouse ihiT
morning indicated that the court will
possibly complete its work and ad
journ for the term tomorrow.
Very few spectators have been in
the court this week and the proceed
ings have attracted very little at
tention from the public in gen
eral.
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Hope* To Regain Eyesight
After Operation Today
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His sight impaired for a number
of years and totally blind for some
time, Jim Manning, 19-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs Ben Manning of
Griffins Township, hopes to regain
his eyesight, partially, at least, fol
lowing an operation in a Durham
hospital today.
The young man entered the hos
pital yesterday.
Intrmlucing IS etc Grocery
Service In Local Store
Self-service, an innovation new
to this community, will be provided
in Pender's Main Street store here
on April 4, or just as soon as the store
can be remodeled and made ready
for the new grocery marketing sys
tem.
Workmen started removing stock
and shelving in the store yesterday,
and the work is to be completed on
or before Thursday of next week.
Number County Men
Released By Armed
Services Recently
Eighty-three White Men And
Sixty-Nine Colored Are
In The Group
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One hundred and fifty-two Martin
County men were discharged from
the armed services recently, most of
them returning to civilian life during
the month of January and early Feb
ruary, the draft board announced
last week-end. Of the 152 men re
leased, eighty-three were white, it
was learned.
The figures next to the names be
low show the month and year of in
duction.
The following white men were dis
charged last December: William Nor
man Everett, 12-41, Hamilton; Pa
trick Henry Davenport, 10-44. Ham
ilton; Ellis Elmore Chesson, 4-43,
Williamston; Horace Adam Ray,
5-43.
The following white men were dis
charged last January: Claude Hal
ford House, 6-44, Robersonville; Wil
liam Carl Hardison, 5-43, RFD 2,
Williamston; Reuben Daniel Taylor.
1143, Hamilton; Garland Benjamin
Wynne, 3 43, Williamston; John Hay
wood Rogers, Jr„ 4-43, RFD 3, Wil
liamston; Wallace Orlando Rober
son, 10-43, Robersonville; Clyde Al
fred Glass, 12-42, Jamesville; James
Harold Swain, 9-42, Williamston;
Roy Howard Edmondson, 9-44, RFD
1, Robersonville; Williams Vernon
Ward, 5 43, RFD 2, Williamston;
Robert L,inwood Etheridge, 5-43,
RFD 1, Oak City; William Maurice
Pate, 1-43, RFD 1, Williamston; Wil
liam Ronald White, 5-43, RFD 2, Wil
liamston; William Raymond Rawls,
11 42, Williamston; Robert Cullen
Whitley, 5-43, RFD 1, Williamston;
Vernon Wilson Griffin, 12-42, RFD I,
Williamston; Levi Clayton Moore,
9-44, RFD 1, Jamesville; William Le
Roy Beach, 10-42, Hamilton; Luke
Harrell, Jr., 10-44, RFD 1, Palmyra;
James Morris, 1-43, Everetts; Wil
liam Russell Roebuck, 1-43. Rober
sonville; Melvin Dudley Bennett,
2 43 RFD 3, Williamston; Haywood
Elmos Wynne, 1-43, Williamston;
Leslie Wilson Manning. 1-43 RFD 1,
Wiliamston; Stewart Harrell, 1-43,
Greenville; John Willis Gurganus,
1 43, RFD 2, Williamston; Johnnie
Edgar Nelson, 10-42, A FI) 2, Rober
sonville; Robert Eason James, 1-43,
RFD 2, Robersonville; Gilbert Hin
ton Ward, 1-43, RFD 1, Williamston;
Dallas Gray Holliday, 10-42 James
ville; John Foster VanLandingham,
12 42, Hamilton; Charlie Alfred
Modlin, 10-42, RFD 1, Jamesville;
Roy Leggett, 12-42, RFD 3, Williams
ton; Verner Walter Harrison, 8-42,
RFD 2, Williamston; Leander Hardi
son, Jr., 8-42, RFD 1, Jamesville;
Raymond Saunders Cherry, 11-42,
RFD 3, Williamston; Simon Clarence
Revels, 11-42, RFD 1. Williamston;
Richard Gladstone Slade, 1 43, Ham
ilton; Spencer Raynor, 12-42. RFD 1,
Oak City; John Bennett Roberson,
12-42, RFD 3, Williamston; William
Albert Harrison, 8 42, RFD 2, Rob
ersonville; Joseph Henry Lilley, 11
42, RFD 1, Williamston; Christopher
Columbus Walters, 6 43, RFD 2, Wil
liamston; Edward Warren Modlin,
7 44, RFD 1, Jamesville; Merlin Car
son, 11 42, Parmele; Jack Floyd But
ler, 7-44, Williamston; Robert Dur
wood Hardison, 7-42, RFD 1, James
ville, William Henry Leggett, 5-44,
RFD 1, Robersonville; Church Edi
son Modlin, 7-44, RFD 1, Jamesville;
Huey Blackwood Midgette, 4-42,
Jamesville; Zruce Wilson Coltrain,
(Continued on page six)
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Painfully Hurt In
Highway Accident
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Eunice Moore, two-year-old color
ed child, was painfully hurt in front
of her home near Dardens last
Thursday afternoon when she ran
out of the yard into the path of a
pickmi^^mck driven hv Henr^J^
Ai.pt > Ati
‘jumper the child was knocked to the
concrete and the truck passed over
her body, but the wheels did not
strike her.
A three-inch gash, requiring five
stitches, was cut in her fi . ahead and
she was bruised on other | arts of her
body. The daughter of Sam Moore,
the child was treated in the Ply
mouth clinic and returned to her
home a short time later.
Investigating the accident, Patrol
man W. E. Saunders said that it was
unavoidable on the part of the truck
driver w’ho was running at a very
moderate speed at the time.
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Situation Serious
But Not Critical
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Coming into the district last week
end to repair political fences for the
coming primary, Congressman Her
bert Bonner said that while condi
tions on the world front may be
-lassed as serious, they are not as
critical as some would have us be
lieve.
The congressman pointed out that
too many scare headlines were ap
pearing in the papers and that news
commentators were apparently try
ing to play up the sensational with
out weighing the true facts and all
the facts.