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I THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY * OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME L—NUMBER 49 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Jit nr 20, 1947 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OvER 3.000 .MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 Witnesses Placed On Spot In Court Defendant’s Build-up Flops When Side Facts Are Brought Into Open • ■ Aiding in good faith and with Tuesday Morning out reward, character witnesses in i the Superior court this week were | placed on the spot—a hot spot. They were not thrown into the fire directly, but they were scorched indirectly when the pre siding jurist, Judge J. Paul Friz zelle, following their appearance on the stand, told how character witnesses in the Lenoir County Superior Court had apologized and pleaded with the court to overlook their evidence offered in behalf of an admitted abortionist. Tom Scott, colored man, was being tried for assaults with dead _^ly weapons. The'defendant was ' really on the spot and counsel pleaded him guilty, depending on the mercy of the court to save the man. Witnesses, including the prosecuting witness, sheriff, police officers, merchants and newspapermen, vouched for the defendant's good character, and apparently a good lick was plant ed in the accused man’s behalf. Then the defendant's "outside” sweetheart took the . stand, and during the questioning, it was brought out that the defendant was the father of her child recent ly born without legitimate Stand ing. That deplorable fact seemed to have slipped by without too much comment. To aggravate the 4 case, the witness, when leaving the stand and in direct answer to a question propounded by Judge Frizzells, admitted there were lour children and that the defend ant was the father of all four. She did not know that she had lived in adultery and violated the law, it was explained to the judge whose kind face wrinkled a bit In disgust at such carryings-on. i And then to aggravate the case 4k more, the defendant, when asked if he would marry the woman, answered he was already married. Judge Frizzelle waded into the Case with bare fists, castigated, in a nice way of course, the charact er witnesses and mentioned for the defendant six years on the roads. About the only redeeming angle in support of the character wit nesses came when the jurist point ed out that they acted in good faith, that they did not know and were not supposed to know that the defendant had violated one of the most sacred of the Ten Com mandments. And then to soothe the situation a bit further, the jur ist told the defendant he was on the verge of sending him to the roads for six years, but because the good citizens had acted in his behalf he was reducing the term to two years. The jurist then went on to say, in substance, “Be sure your sins will find you out,” looking direct ly at the defendant and indirectly at a great many others at the bar and in the audience. “It appears your sins have found you out,” the judge told Scott, adding that the mills of the gods grind slowly but exceedingly fine, and in Scott’s case the mills had turned fairly rapidly. Scott was charged with danger ously cutting Charles Mason, his good friend and with whom he had shared .drinks of alcohol earlier in the day of the attack, and Annie Clyde Davis while he was crazy drunk. The doctor al most ran out of thread and clamps in closing the victims’ wounds. During the meantinte Scott nurs ed serious head injuries inflicted with a chair by Mason who said in open court that he really "worked on him.” ■o W ildlife Club Meeting In Oak City Friday Evening Meeting in Oak City Friday evening of ,this week at 7:30 o'clock, members of the Martin County Wildlife Club will enjoy a barbecue supper in the gym nasium. Joe R. Winslow, recently sworn ^ in as a member of the State Wild life Resources Commission, will attend the meeting ai d a special speaker is to address the group, it was announced by the president, J. C- Manning. Number of Farmers Exceed Their Tobacco Allotments Preliminary reports coming | from the supervisors or commun ity Triple A committeemen indi cate that quite a few farmers in this county have planted in ex cess of their tobacco allotments. Up until the middle of this week, approximately 300 or about 20 percent of the tobacco farms had been measured. No official esti mate on the number of farms where allotments have been ex ceeded could be had, but it is be lieved that the number is run ning slightly ahead of the figures for the 1946 crop. In most cases the excess ranges from just a fraction to almost three acres, w^th the possibility that the range will go even higher when all measurements are completed. Started the 4th of this month, the measurements are being handled unusually rapidly in Local Attorney Improving In Hospital At Durham ———•» Entering Duke Hospital three weeks ago, Mr. Wheeler Martin, local attorney, was reported this week to be improving gradually. It could not be learned when l>e'll be able to return home. Prosecution In Case Commended Acting in the name of justice, without hope of regaining lost property and with the aim of checking further law violations, rFarmer J. E. Copeland of this jcounty was highly commenced for his action by Judge J. Paul Friz zeile in the superior court here Wednesday afternoon. •'Too njany who have lost prop erty to thieves prefer to forget it rather thpn go into court," Judge Frizzelle said, adding that such action acceirates law violations. "Everyone owes it to society and good government to see that law violators are brought to justice,” he said. ' Reminded by Attorney Julian Allsbrook that the state’s prison population now stand* at 6 590. Judge Frizzelle admitted it was bad and expressed the belief that it will become worse. *T believe we are going to have a crime wave sitnilai to the one following World War 1 when the wheels of justice could not turn fast enough to cope with it,” the jurist said, citing a case he recalled back in that period in Which a well-to-do man whose father had lost his property and who to maintain his his standard of living went out to commit crime. “I see evidence of such a treriat already,” the jur ist said, adding that the best way to hold crime down is to enforce the law vigorously. Journal Editor Touring State George R. Myers, editor of the Western Tobacco Journal and a prominent figure in tobacco manufacturing circles, stopped here overnight this week while ! touring the tobacco section of eastern North Carolina. Mr. My ers, a man who is well acquainted with the tobacco industry in every section of the country, was en route to Virginia Beach to at tend the annual meeting of the Tobacco Association of the Unit ed States. It was his 28th con secutive trip to a meeting of the association. Former Prisoner Writes To Friend -4 Writing to his former employ er, Mr. Roland Sills of Oak City a short time ago. Otto Steinfeldt stated that he hoped to get bacK to his old home in Germany by the time he received the letter. Steinfeldt was one of the Ger man prisoners of war held in the loeaj camp and who wijrked on the Sills farm. Held in the Brit ish zone following his return to i Germany, Steinfeldt stated that he had heard from Mr. Sills, but did not reveal any details relative to conditions in Germany, but said he would write more laier. some districts while in others very little work has been handled and reported to the office of the coun ty agent. The work was describ ed as 85 or 90 percent completed in one or two of the districts. There is little that can be done to solve the problem created by excess plantings. The farmer is not allowed to destroy the ex cess, and by planting more than his allotment he subjects the ex cess to a penalty of 19 cents pet pound. and forfeits his claim to price support by the Stabilization Cooperative Corporation. While the farmer who is within his al lotment is guaranteed a price up to 90 percent of parity, the farm er with excess plantings is at the mercy of the open market, mean ing he can turn to no one for re lief if his lobacco should sell for less than 90 percent of parity. Eleven Cases In Justice’s Court Justice John L. Hassell handled eleven cases in his court here during the past few days. Most of them were out of his jurisdic tion and he sent them to the county court for "trial next Mon day. Charged with assaults with deadly weapons, James Thomas Rogers and Alec Horne were bound over to the county court. Bond in the sum of $50 was re quired of each . L. O. Buchanan, booked on a disorderly count, was sentenced to the i»ads for thirty days, the justice suspending the road sen tence upon the guaranteed good behavior of the defendant for 12 months. He was required to pay $9.50 trial costs. George Anthony Perry was was bound over to the county j court under $100 bond in the case I charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. Sam Brooks, charged with in decent exposure, was sent to the county churt for trial next Mon day. Bond was required in the sum of $100.. L. L. Britt, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was sen ; tenced to the roads for thirty 1 days, the court suspending the term upon the guaranteed good behavior for 12 months and upon the payment of $10 trial costs. Drunk and disorderly, Lemuel Outterbridge w'as fined $5 and re quired to pay $8.50 costs. Charged with operating a mo tor vehicle without a driver’s li censes and with improper brakes, Sam Roberson was bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $100. Charged with the larceny of a case of wine from Hollywood Inp, Elton Ruffin and James Bak er were bound over to the county court for trial next Monday. They were required to furnish | bond in the sum of $50 each. Charged with the theft of dresses valued at $50 or more, j Mary Bryant was bound over to ! the recorder’s court for trial next j Monday. She was required to post bond in the hum of $50. Crop Outlook Is Much Improved ——6 T.he_crop outlook, holding an uncertain course during weeks of dry weather and blistering sun, was much improved by general rains falling in. this section last week-end. Approximately tw'o inches of rain fell in nearly every section of the county, casting out a spir it of despair and replacing it with one of optimism. Tobacco resetting is now' com plete, the task setting a new rec ord for lateness in this county. It is conservatively estimated that the crop represents hardly 75 per cent of a stand, that the stands will range from 50 to about 00 percent of normal. With th<j thick layers of dust washed away, peanuts are look ing green and are growing rapid ly. The corn crop has also shown much improvement during the few days following the week-end rains. Funeral Thursday For Mrs. Ballard In Robersonville Native Of Griffins Town ship Died At Son's Home Late Tuesday Night Funeral services were conduct ed in the Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church Thursday after noon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs. B^rd Ballard who died at the home of her sqn, Dalton BFown, near there last Tuesday night at 11:30 o’clock. Elders B. S. Cowin and W. E. Grimes conducted the last rites and interment was in the Robersonville Cemetery. Mrs. Ballard had been in de clining health for some time. She suffered a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday evening of last week and her condition had been criti cal since that time. The daughter of the late Wil liam E. and Mary Jane Roebuck Manning, she was born in the Farm Life saction of Griffins Township sixty-six years ago, the 10th of next November. She spent her early life there and in early womanhood she was married t< Robert Brown, locating in the Robersonville community where she had since made her home most of the time. One son, Daltor Brown, was born to the first un ion. Her second marriage was U Byrd Ballard who died some years ago. Surviving that unior are three daughters, Mrs. Mary Selleck of Cambridge, Maryland Mrs. Lisha Bassett of Seaford Delaware, and Mrs. Lyda Dicker son of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Also surviving are two sisters Mrs. Sherrod Corey of Griffin: Township anel Mrs B. B. Biggs o: j Everetts, and two brothers, Johi I Eber Manning of Mississippi, ant A. Eddie Manning of the old hom< in Griffins Township. Mrs. Ballard was a member o the Primitive Baptist Church fo mai1y years, holding membershii at Hayes Swamp at the time o her death. She attended the schools in thi county and studied at the old Ay den Academy and taught in tin schools of this county for a num ber of years. Span For River Bridge Unloaded —»— Delivered in eight cars, the steel span for tho river bridge here was .unloaded this week, anc: workmen are to start erecting the structure within the next few days, possibly the early part o next week. The steel structure and machin ery exclusive of the concrete flooi weighs 455,000 pounds and it erection will require about fou weeks, according to informatioi released by Superintendent Difk inson of the Bower Consti uctiol Company. •No delinite date for opening tlv bridge to traffic has been men tioned. —-<t> Unusual Marking Found On Hon Egg tty Farinei Gathering the eggs early thi week, members of the George K Lilley family in Griffins Town ship found one with a very un usual marking on it. Embeddec in the shell was the perfect fig ure “7”. Other than the cleai marking, the egg resembled an) other normal specimen of her fruit. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . One person was hurt in a lone accident reported 'n the highways of this county last week, leaving the record trailing the figures for the first 24 weeks of 1940. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend; first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 24th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1847 1 1 0 $ 000 1940 1 * 0 0 500 Comparisons To Date 1947 57 29 3 12,700 194(1 07 50 3 17,070 Perfect Record Of Attendance In School Here Seventy-one Pupils Neither Absent Nor Tardy Dur ing the Recent Term Seventy-one pupils went i through the entire 1946-47 term in the local schools without missing a day. Principal B. G. Stewart an nounced a few days ago. Wlyle the attendance figures were considerably better than those of a year ago, they are not yet up to what' they should be, according to the school man. The names of those with per fect attendance records for the term recently ended, follow: First Grade: Dianne Cherry, Billy Ray Bowen, Larry Pate, and Dorothy Leggette. Second Grade: Gene Copeland, Ronald Peaks, Evelyn Wynn, Ann Lilley, Jeannette Leggette, Mary Lee White, Edna Taylor and Clar ence Thymas Wynn. Third Grade: Albert Cherry, Lee Glenn, Alex Jones, Angeline Dickerson, Vivian Pate, Alice Fayet Nicholson, Dickie Clayton, Kenneth Hardison, Joseph Tyre, Sandra Gardner, Jeannette Ray nor, James Price, Phyllis Jones, and Janie Harrison, Fourth Grade: Jean Whichard, Dorothy Biggs, William Coke, Jes sie Marie Corey, James Spruill, and Bennie Harrison. Fifth Grade: Evelyn Nicholson, Wayne Lilley, W. B. Bullock, Dick Manning, Wilber Stewart, Charles Johnson, William Cullipher, Vir ginia S. Price, Theresa Modlin William Lassiter, Turner Man ning, D. R. Sullivan, Sixth Grade: Ernest Godard Wanda Jones, Sallie Roberson Jerry Savage, Wilbur Edwards June Glenn, Marie Peele, Tuyloi Ro'gerson. Seventh Grade: Joyce Andrews Pauline Bullock, Doris Peele Priscilla Roberson, Mary Jam Rogers, Hugh Spruill, Adelaidt Fussell and Ira Rogerson. Eighth Grade: Jack Edwards Betty Sue Gurganus. Harriet Peele, Lona Johnson, Rhoda Fayi Peel, and Harriet Ward. Ninth Grade: Bobby Hurrisor and Charles Carver. Eleventh Giade. William Hog' erson. Twelfth Grade: Elizabeth Hop kins, and Elizabeth Parker. I 1 Bumper Peanut Crop Expected —*— With indications of a bumpei 1947 peanut crop to bo markotec through Commodity Credit Cor poraUon, representatives of ul segments of the peanut industry appointed by their sectional asso ciates, met in Washington, D. C. June 10, 11, and 13 to evolve < program that will be practical t( the industry and prevent lurgi unsuleble surpluses at the end o the crop year. These selected representative! formed themselves into the Na tional Peanut Industry Commit tee for 1947, and elected Roy Par rish, of Moultrie, Ga., and pas president of the National Peanu Council, chairman and Harolc Smith of Washington, D. C., secre taiy. A diversion plan was rec ommended which would in a k < only the finest peanuts availubh for sailers, confectioners, and pea nut butler manufacturers at i more favorable competitive price These recommendations wyuld re. suit in second and lower grades being diverted into the oil indus try in a morn orderly manner This would spread the supply ol peanut meal over the entire year After studying the pi'oposec program from all angles, Com rnodity Credit Corporation agreec that a program might be promul gated in which they would buj No. 2 and lower grade peanut: from shellers at a level that wil enable shellers to sell No. 1 pea nuts a’t a lower price than other wise would be possible, with ex act price to be established aftei parity price of July 15 is known. C. C. C. emphasized that the price of No. 1 peanuts sold b} sheliers cannot be under contro and the program would only b( offered in order to place sheller: in a better position to price theii peanuts on a more nearly compe titive basis with other food item: and at the same time offer the market a better Jielltd peanut. Peanut Case Blocks Early Adjournment Of Superior Court Directed Verdict Frees Murderer In Court Tuesday Bewhiskered False Pretense Case Continued Until September Term Starting out with what was siz ed up to be a two-day docket, the 1 Martin County Superior Court ran into a peanut case block and did not complete the trial of its criminal cases until Thursday, throwing the civil calendar sched ule into confusion and prolonging the visits of witnesses and liti gants by almost a week. The court, placing a record number of youthful defendants on probation, was making fairly rapid progress up until Tuesday morning when the case charging Arthur Davis, William Taylor and Sijn°n Ellison with the theft of six bags of peanuts from Farmer Copeland, was called. Battle lines were drawn quickly with Solicit or George Fountain on one side and Julian Allsbrooks, state sen ator from Roanoke Rapids, Jas. Liverman of Scotland Neck and Edgar Gurganus of Williamston on the other. Attorney Gurganus admitted his man w»as guilty in j helping transfer the stolen pea nuts from the Davis car to the I barn, but maintained he did not know they were stolen. Taylor was allowed to testify for the state and he helped score a vic tory for the prosecutidn. Hours were spent hearing the testimony of the principal wit nesses, and th^ii Attorney Alls brooks used a large number of prominent Halifax citizens as character witnesses for his client, Arthur Davis. At the conclusion of the evidence Wednesday morn ing, a motion calling for a direct ed verdict ot not guilty as to Elli son was allowed by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, and the battle centered on Davis and Taylor. Attorneys and Solicitor Fountain di gued the case before TTTc juiy that morn ing, winding up just in time for a late lunch. Judge Frizzelle com pleted his charge; at 3:20 and the jury returned a verdict of guilty twenty-five minutes later. During the meantime a special jury was literally chased into the box to hear a divorce case brought by Mamie Davenport Coach against Leo Coach, the plaintiff alleging adultery. Witness Mitch ell said he saw the defendant en ter a Norfolk hotel with a woman , other than the plaintiff, that the plaintiff asked him not to say anything about it. The divorce was granted. Apparently disappointed, At torney Allsbrooks made u long and appealing plea in behalf of his ' client, Arthur Davia, the plea de I laying work on other-cases al most an hour. After commenting on the case and reviewing the current crime tiend. Judge Friz ’ zelle sentenced Davis to the roads for twelve months and suspended the sentence for three years upon the payment of a $200 ling and the case costs. William Taylor, the co-defend ant in the case, was also sentenc ed to the roads for 12 months, the sentence to be suspended for three years upon the payment of a $200 fine and the trial costs. There was some doubt if Taylor who had spent 'wo months in jail awaiting trial, Vould meet the fi nancial, requirement immediate' ; ly’ I The bewhiskered case of John E. Williams which got that way with nearly two years of age, was continu'd until the September term after bumping along through one court after another. Wil liams is charged with obtaining ’ money from the prosecuting wit i ness, It. S. Critcher, the solicitor explaining that some kind of civil action is pending and that for that. ’ reason one continuance after an other is being granted it. It was admitted, however, that the case came very near being thrown out (Continued on page t>ut) wornvix; NJ Following welcomed rains last week-end, Martin County farmers this week have handled an extensive work. Many of them cultivated their tobacco for the first time, hardly finding it possible to give needed attention to other crops. However, the dry weather retarded the grass and the crops are clean for the most part. At the present time the crop outlook is bright, having improved nearly too percent during the past few days. Weapon Reported Equal To A-Bomb -a». - The Canadian press said re cently that development of a se cret weapon, "with capabilities approaching the atomic bomb in effectiveness,” lay behind the naming of an Auckland Univer sity Engineering Professor T. D J. Leech, to the birthday honors list of King George VI. A dispatch from Auckland to the London Ever*ng News dev scribed the new weapon as an ef fective alternative to the atom bomb. It quoted Prof. Leech as saying "by comparison the atom | bomb r a clumsy method of mak ing an attack. ) — - Prof. Leech received a Com mander ship of the Order- of the British Empire. He was identi fied as director of r esearch for the weapon project. The weapon did not “reach tin stage of practical application dur ing the war, but work sldt is be ing pursued in the strictest se crecy b.v scientists in the United States, Britain and Now Zealand,” the Canadian Press said. “No hint of the details of the weapon has been revealed, but it is staled that one means of ap plication would have some simi lardy to one method of using the | atomic bomb. “The secret weapon rroject originated w ith the idea of a Wel lington, N. Z., man who com munieated the plan to Britain and the United States. Both countr ies immediately made development plans. The project was to havt been carried out in Florida, but | was moved to New Zealand and Pacific areas owing to the fears of espionage. “Leech was seleeted to lead the r esearch because he had pr evious ly done wor k distantly related. He had a team of 170 Americans and New Zealand experts, most of I whom were given no idea of the I ultimate objective, for secur ity | reasons.” Opium Traffic Now On Increase —«— Tift traffic in prepared opium lias been rising since 1944, after reaching an all-time low in 1940, Harry Anslinger, Federal Nar cotics Commissioner, said recent ly in his 194(1 report. Seizures last year amounted to 4408 ounces, compared with 1024 in 1940. There was not much change in morphine traffic, compared with the previous year, but traffic in marihuana "continued to be an in creasingly serious problem.” Hulk marihuana seizures total ed 10,361 ounces against only 4533 ounces in 1945. Marihuana cig aret seizures were about two thirds of the total of the previous year, but seizures at the borders, especially facing Mexico, were up sharply. —i—__<) CONSTRUCTION — — Construction work is progress ing very rapidly on a storage plant tor the Howell-Holding Oil Company on the property be tween the old prisoner of war i camp and the Williamston Pack I age I plant Manufacturing near the river. Company Names Of Honor Students Listed In Loeal School —» I'Yw In Migtli School Meet Lust Period Scholastic Requirements The names of 121 pupils appear on tlie last period honor rolL in the local schools. Principal B. G. Ste wart announced a few days ago. However, very few—nine—of the. honor pupis were in the high school. The list, follows, by grades: First Grade: Francis Johnson, Eleanor Sue Eubanks. Eugenia Hoyt Glover, Betty Modlin, Sally Grey Griffin. Kenneth Gurganus, Samuel Rogerson, Danny Man ning, Lee Roy Rogerson. Billy Ray Bowen. Billy Catstarphen, Jimmy Cooke, Constance Chesson, Di anne Cherry. Mary Claudia Cher ry, Leona Coltraine, Betsy Davis, Ray Pate, Guy Thomas, Jr., Ger ald Stalls, and Beth Spivey. Second Grade: Billy 'Thornton, Ann Darden, Emma Jean Godard, Henry Handy. Jr., Ann Harrison, Allan Modlin. Joe Murphy, Tom my Phelps, Jimmy Hardison, Clayton Weston. Carolyn Beau cherrun, Nancy Britton, Peggy Godard, Blanche Manning, Jane Peele, Mary Lee White, Virginia Holloman. Third Grade: Joseph Clayton, ;John House, Iverson Skinner, Vi vian Pate, Faye White, Jon Clark, Billy Dudley. James II Ward, Jr., j Sandra Gardner. Jane Manning, Eliene Smithwick, Sandra Mar golis, Annette Rogers, Billy Par tin, Rodney Pittman, Faye Peele, Joyce Baker, Jeanette Raynor, Phyllis Jones, Jean Nicholson, Billy Simpson, and Jane Barnhill. Fourth Grade: Melva Lee W ,v i m. Joyce Manning. John Dunn, Robert Weston, Janice Rog ers, Doris Rogers, James Pitt man, Jean Coltrain, Patricia Har rison, Frankie Everett, Mary E. Britton, and Edward Rogerson. Fifth Grade: Betty Sue Clark, Lee Handy, Janice Manning, Bet ty Helen Mobley, Janet Ho'ss. Pa tricia Wynn, Dorothy Mobley, Willie. Stewart, David Davis, Jr., Ralph Parker, Jr Virginia Price, I Martha Dunn Kimball, Judith Ay 1 ers, Ann Crawford Gresham. Sixth Grade: Jesse Cowan, Har rell Everett, Eitzhugh Fussell, Jean Ward Mobley, Sally Rober son, Wade Gardener, Mary Ann Manning, and Gloria Taylor. Seventh Grade: Joyce Andrews, Coniine Bryant, Bobby Goff, i Jackie Harris, Bury Gladys Long, Doris Peele, Nonna Jean Pittman, Shirley Rogers and Ernest Taylor. Eighth Grade: Betsy Horton, Elizabeth Gnlfin, Sarah Manning, Ruby Savage. Jean McLawhorn, Louise Corey, Mary Carolyn Leg gett. Rhoda Faye Peel, and Har riet Ward. Ninth Grade: Lilybet Muse, Rachel Chesson, Runny LevitWnd 1 Frank Wynne. \ Eleventh Grade: Edna tladlVy. Twelfth Grade: Louise Gliffirk j Louise Hines, Elizabeth Manning and Elizabeth Parker. Milk Cows Die of Soda Poisoning [. _ n Two ruilk cows belonging to Fnl mer John N. Hopkins died of , soda poisoning in his lot near Wil I liamston last Thursday, according to reports reaching here. One of the farmer’s sons left a ' load of soda in the lot the night before and the t^o cows tore into i a bag and ate only a small portion of tin- nitrates. The animals were I found dead, lying hardly more than two yards from each other | the following morning. Both cows j were liberal producers. County )tnilli Serving II ith Carres In China Except for that yearning to he home, Pfe. Robert Staneil Hardi son, young son of Mr. and Mrs, Claudius Hardison of Griffins Township, says in a recent letter to his parents, he is getting along O. Kelt. "I’m playing baseball and reading the good ole Enterprise which is coming pretty regular now," the young army man said. Entering the service in Novem i her, 11)45, Pfo. Hardison received ’his basic training at Paris Island and then moved into Japan, later [going to China to serve as an MP with tiie 1 umtli. Marine Division,