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JOM THI PAT-ROLL IAVTNM PUR
VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 22
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 28, 1942
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
Walter C. Burgess, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Burgess, who was recent
ly inducted into the Army, is at home
for a few days. He will be here un
til Sunday, when he is due to report
back at Fort Bragg.
Womble's Drug Store was one of
the first locally owned retail estab
► lishments to put War Savings Stamps
on sale. This firm began the sale of
25-cent stamps last week.
The Branch Banking & Trust
Company here will be closed
Saturday, May 30, in observance
of National Memorial Day. The
post office will also be closed and
there will be no rural or city mail
deliveries, although mail dis
patches will be made as usual.
Stewart Nestor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. E. Nestor, who live in the
Village, is visiting his parents here
for a few days before returning to liis
work at the Newport News Shipbuild
ing & Drydock Company at Newport
News, Va. He has been there since
shortly after he graduated from the
local high school last year.
P. W. Brown has been advised that
he will be given a gold ring with the
American Legion emblem as a re
ward for securing 50 members for
the local post for the 1941-42 year.
The award is to be made by the
state department of the Legion.
A severe hail storm was re
ported in the Creswell section last
Saturday night about 10 o'clock.
Considerable damage was done
to farm crops in that section,
and the hail was said to have
fallen so thick that some stores
shoveled it into their ice boxes
to keep soft drinks cold.
James Francis, who recently visit
ed his people here, has returned to
duty with the Army Air Corps at
Manchester. N. H.. where he is sta
tioned. It was erroneously report
ed last week that he was in the Navy.
Thomas Anderson Johnston, of 219
Jefferson Street, Plymouth, has been
appointed to the rank of ensign in
the United States Navy, as of May
21, acording to the office of Naval
Officer Procurement, Richmond, Va.
The Washington County Board
of Elections will meet at the court
house here next Tuesday to can
vass the returns of the primaries
held Saturday and to certify the
results to the state board of elec
tions.
Chief of Police P. W. Grown warns
delinquent taxpayers that their prop
erty is subject to advertisement aft
er June 1 unless 1941 taxes are paid.
Those who pay before then can save
both the embarrassment and cost of
having their homes offered for sale.
Sunday services at Grace Episco
pal church are announced as fol
lows: Sunday school at 10 a. m.; reg
ular church service at 11 a. m. Tire
public is cordially invited.
All members of the Plymouth
High School band are requested
to meet in uniform in front of
the community hall at 3:15 Sat
urday afternoon in order to take
part in the parade and concert
scheduled to precede the draw
ing for $40 worth of War Bonds
and stamps at 4 o’clock. The
band members will report to Chief
of Police P. W. Brown.
Brooke F. Read, son of Mrs. Clau
dia Read, of Plymouth, was recently
commissioned a major in the United j
States Army and is stationed at Fort
George Meade, Md. Major Read was
district manager for the Firestone
company in Brooklyn before volun
teering for service with the Army.
Funeral Held Saturday
For Infant at Creswell
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Creswell. — Funeral .services .for
Carolyn Lee Davenport, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
T. Davenport, were conducted last
Saturday at the Mount Tabor church
by the Rev. L. B. Bennett. Tire little
girl, who was 4'/2 months old, died
at the home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Phelps, after an ill
ness of three weeks.
“Asleep in Jesus’’ and “Sometime
We’ll Understand’’ were sung by Mrs.
L B. Bennett and Mrs. R. A. Gibbs
at the final rites.
Annual Memorial Day Program at St.
David's Church Near Creswell Sunday
Creswell.—The annual Memor
ial Day Observanee held at the
Episcopal Church and mission in
the Pettigrew Park area has not
been planned on as elaborate a
scale as usual this year, due to
the gas shortage, but the Kev. B.
W. Gaither, reetor, stated this
week that all visitors would be
welcomed and given an oppor
tunity to speak at the services it
they so desired. Those interested
in Pettigrew Park and St. David’s
church, and especially those who
are familiar with the historical
background of them, will be most
cordially welcomed.
The program of services for the
day, which will be observed Sun
day, May 31, instead of on May
30 as usual, is as follows:
St. David’s Church, near Cres
weli, 11 a. m.: Morning prayer
and sermon by the rector; brief
service in the cemeteries to fol
low.
Galilee Mission, Lake Phelps, 3
p. m.: Evening prayer and ser
mon by the rector, followed by
open-air service at Pettigrew
cemetery at 4:30 p. m.
The church music will be un
der the direction of Miss Lona
Bell Weatherly.
Theatre and Retailers
Offer Prizes To Spur
War Stamp Sale Here
Nanning Resigns
From Draft Board
Washington County today is
without a selective service board
for all practical purposes, as J.
Roy Manning, the sole remain
ing member after Edw. S. (Ted)
Blount and Clyde Smithson sent
in their resignations last week,
has announced that he has for
warded his resignation to become
effective immediately after his
successor is appointed. So far as
can be learned today no steps
have yet been taken to recom
mend new members of the board.
Several men have been approach
ed about the matter, but no one
has yet agreed to accept the ap
p o i ill ment. Recommendations
are to be made by the chairman
of the board of elections, Walter
W. White; superintendent of
schools, H. H. McLean; and clerk
of tlie superior court, Wilbur M.
Darden, and the appointments
arc made by th state selective
board .
18 and 19 Year Old
Youths To Register
Tuesday, June 30th
Are Not Subject to Military
Service Under Present
Law, However
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Although no arrangements have
been made, it is presumed the same
organization which handled the first
four selective service registrations in
this county will handle the 18 and
19 year old men called to register on
June 30. President Roosevelt last
Friday fixed the date for registering
an estimated 2,000,000 young men in
this age group, thus completing a
manpower inventory said advisable to
"insure victory, final and complete,
over the enemies of the United
States."
Under present law. these youths
will not be subject to military service
until they reach the age of 20.
Also ordered to register June 30
are the young men who will have
reached their 20th birthday between
last December 31 and June 30. These
will be subject to immediate military
service.
The registration is>tlre fifth ordered
by the President since October 16,
1940. With it, the nation will have
enrolled all its men beteween 18 and
65. Only those 20 through 44 are
subject to military service under the
selective service law. but they com
prise about 27.000,000 of the estimat
ed 40.000,000 who have already reg
istered.
The hours of registration are from
7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Persons subject
to the registration may sign up soon
er than June 30 if local draft boards
make such arrangements.
Tire and Other Big Premiums Will Go
To Highest War Bond Bidders Monday
The Plymouth Merchants As
sociation. the Junior Woman’s
Club and the Plymouth Theatre
are coperating in a program to
sell War Savings Stamps and
Bonds in a big way at the the
atre here next Monday night at
7:30 p. m. Each of the mer
chants will give some worth
while object which will be ‘‘auc
tioned" off. the one bidding to
buy the most bonds or stamps
getting that particular article.
Young ladies will be on hand with
application blanks and blank
checks for the convenience of
the purchasers. The list of ar
ticles to be disposed of through
the auction method includes a
good used tire, donated by the
Manning Motor Company, and
there will be other valuable
premiums for the bond buyers.
A brief talk will be made at
the start of the program by
Postmaster John W. Darden, and
there will be several selections
by the young vested choirs of the
local Methodist and Episcopal
churches, under the direction of
Mrs. Laura Johnston and Mrs.
Bernice Hammons. The “Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag” will be
recited by a group of Boy Scouts
and the audience will join in
singing National Anthem, after
which the bond and stamp auc
tion will get under way.
All merchants are requested to
send their donated prizes to the
theatre Monday morning or to
call Shep Brinkley (telephones
3201 or 2541) and they will be
called for.
Will Give Away $40
In Bonds and Stamps
At 4 P. M. Saturday
Drawing Will Be Preceded
By High School Band
Parade and Concert
Elaborate plans have been made
for launching the Plymouth The
atre's drive to sell its share of War
Bonds and Stamps in connection with
the movie industry’s campaign to sell
$500,000,000 worth of the securities.
The big campaign will be launched
here Saturday, May 30. Memorial
Day, and will continue for the dura
tion of the war with bonds and
stamps on sale. The Plymouth Mer
chants Association is cooperating with
Shep Brinkley, owner of the theatre,
and an auction on a tremendous
scale is planned for next Monday
night, when prizes donated by local
merchants ■will be awarded to those
who agree to buy the most bonds and
stamps.
Outstanding events tor opening tne
campaign here Saturday include a
parade and concert by the Plymouth
Hogh School Band in front of the
community building at 3:30, follow
ed by a drawing for $40 worth of
bonds and stamps, given by Mr.
Brinkley, at 4 o'clock. Pour young
ladies, members of the Junior Wo
man's Club, will be stationed on
each comer of the Washington and
Water Street intersection through
out the morning and until the draw
ing takes place at 4 p. m. They wall
sell War Bonds and Stamps, and each
person who buys even a 25-cent stamp
will be given a ticket entitling him or
her to a chance at the $40 worth of
bonds and stamps.
The high school band will parade
in the business section about 3:30
o'clock, finally halting in front of
the community hall, where the draw
ing will take place. Holder of the
first ticket drawn will receive a $25
War Bond; second prize will be $10
worth of War Savings Stamps; and
third prize will be $5 worth of stamps.
Each purchaser of a War Bond or
Stamp from the four young lad'ies
will receive a ticket, and it will be
considered unpatriotic to have more
than one ticket per person. Children
are urged to buy stamps and secure
a ticket, and they have an equal op
portunity with adults to win the
prizes.
During the day. Boy Scouts will
carry a large American Flag through
the streets, and everyone is urged to
toss a coin or coins into the flag.
This money will be set aside as a
reserve and credited to the Washing
ton County USO quota. Organiza
tions cooperating with Mr. Brinkley
during the day include the high
school band, the junior Woman's
Club, Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts.
Auction Monday Night
The local merchants association,
at a special meeting Tuesday after
noon. unanimously agreed to help
sponsor the auction at the theatre
Monday night at 7:30. Each mer
chant will contribute a prize, headed
by a good used 6.00x16 automobile
tire given by the Manning Motor
Company. Each article will be shown
by the auctioneer, and the person
who bids to buy the greatest amount
of War Bonds or Stamps will receive
that particular article. This will be
conducted exactly as an auction sale,
with the highest bidder receiving the
article bid on. Some very worth
while articles are being given by the
mercahnts, and spirited bidding is
expected to mark the auction.
Kehukee Association To
Meet Saturday - Sunday
The eastern division of the Kehukee
Primitive Baptist Association will con
vene with the church at Pungo in
Beaufort County Saturday and Sun
day, May 30 and 31, at 12 o’clock,
it was announced this week.
Elder W. E. Hines will be in charge
of the services. Elder S. Gray, of
Kinston, will also be there and other
prominent ministers of the faith are
expected. The public Is cordially in
vited to attend.
Some Changes Made
In Draft List; 27 Men
To Leave Next Week
Three Enlistments in Navy
Reported in Past Week;
Status of Others
Twenty-seven Washington County
white men have received orders from
the local selective service board to
report here next Wednesday. May 10.
to leave for Fort Bragg, where they
will receive their final examinations
and be inducted into the rapidly ex
panding United States Army. Since
the tentative list was published last
week, there have been several chang
es made;three men have enlisted in
the Navy, one has become a volunteer
officer candidate, one has been re
classified, an appeal is pending in an
other case and two men had their in
duction postponed.
The list as now constituted shows
that 13 of the 27 who leave next
week are from Plymouth; Roper is
next with 7; Creswell, 5; Westover, 1;
and Pungo, 1.
Others in the county who were sup
posed to go with the June quota in
clude Willie Benton Liverman, Edi
son Harding Watson and John Brat
ten Stubbs who have enlisted in the
Navy; Sidney A. Ward, clerk to the
local board, whose induction was
postponed until July by order of the
state board; W. Blount Rodman, who
has been accepted as an officer can
didate and who will leave in July;
Alphew Newborn Faulkner, who was
reclassified and placed in class 3-A;
and Ambrose Lloyd Owens, whose in
duction has been postponed. An ap
peal is pending for William Edison
Waters. This appeal was not made
at the request of Mr. Waters, but by
the government appeal agent. Two
others, William Jesse Highsmith and
Worth Steven Moore, of Plymouth,
have applied for enlistment in the
Naval Reserve, and the Navy Depart
ment requested a 60-day deferment
for each of them, pending action on
their applications.
Those scheduled to leave next
Wednesday are as follows: From
Plymouth; Morrison Lako Brockhart,
Justin Woolard, Wilbur M. Darden,
Robert Thurlow Spruill, Paul Wentz
Swain, Thomas Gilmer Gardner,
George Carlton James, Thomas
Adolph Stubbs, Ervin Fleet Stillman,
James Samuel Wedgeworth, Jack
Hardin Britt. Lloyd Edward Gilbert,
and Lafate Roebuck, jr.
From Roper: Louis Edward Hassell,
George Edison Briggs, Gerald Grant
Gaylord, Joseph Ervin Dunbar, Wil
liam Dohnson Davis. Henry Clayton
Marriner, and Daniel Chesson Swain.
From Creswell: Joe Paul Daven
port, Robert Ashby Tarkenton, Ron
ald Edward Spear, Glenn Clifton, and
Allen Jacob Spear.
From Westover: Thomas Richard
Chesson.
From Pungo: Johnny Leon Russ.
7 Tire Certificates
Issued by Board
Seven certificates for the purchase
of tires and tubes were issued at the
regular meeting of the Washington
County rationing board last Thurs
day night . In addition the board
granted several applications for sup
plementary gasoline rationing allot
ments, although the latter were not
made public.
Certificates for tires and tubes were
granted as follows:
E. M. Chesson, Roper, 2 recapped
tires and 2 tubes for car used on
farm.
W. H. Thompson. 1 new tire and
tube for tractor.
Winslow and McCallum, 2 recapped
tires and tubes for truck used in de
livering fuel.
John Swinson. 1 new truck tire for
truck used to deliver fuel.
A. Craddock. 1 tire and tube for
truck used in logging operations.
R. L. Stillman. 1 recapped tire and
1 tube for farm work,
Leroy Puckett, 2 truck tires and
tubes, for delivering ice and fuel.
County To Be Featured in
Coerch Broadcast June 7
Announcement has been received
from Carl Goerch, editor of State
Magazine and radio commentator,
that he will speak on Washington
County over the Raleigh radio sta
tion Sunday, June 7 at 6:30 p. m..
and that an article dealing with
this county will appear in the June
13 issue of the magazine. Mr. Goerch
was in the county recently gathering
material for the article and the ad
dress.
$181.41 Is Raised Here
For Army-Navy Relief
Shep Brinkley has received ack
nowledgement of the $181.41 raised by
his theatre here in the Army and Na
vy relief drive, concluded recently.
The state chairman of the campaign
carried on through movie theatres
wrote Mr. Brinkley as follows in con
nection with the amount raised here:
•'I think this is a remarkable show
ing for Plymouth and you certainly
are to be congratulated for the whole
hearted manner in which you cooper
ated in this worthy movement.”
16 Aspirants for & Posts Face
County Democrats Saturday
Robt. L. Bateman, Jr.
Cited for Bravery In
Pearl Harbor Attack
Boarded Burning
'Arizona' To Help
Rescue Casauliies
Citation Issued at Direction
Of U. S. Pacific Fleet’s
So far as known, the first and only
citation of a Washington County
man for distinguished service and
personal bravery since the present
war began is that of Robert L. Bate
man. jr„ son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Bateman, sr., of 16 Fort Williams
Street, Plymouth. Young Bateman
is a pharmacists mate, third class, in
the Navy, where he has served for
nearly four years since enlisting
shortly after he left high school here.
Written by the commanding offi
cer of the hospital ship on which he
serves, at the direction of the com
mander in chief of the U. S. Pacific
Fleet, the letter of citation, dated
April 13, 1942, reads as follows:
'•The commanding officer, by di
rection of the Commander in Chief,
U. S. Pacific Fleet, takes pleasure in
commending your services during the
Japanese attack on the U. S. Pacific
Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of
Hawaii, December 7, 1942, with the
following citation:
" 'For distinguished devotion -to
duty and extraordinary courage and
disregard of your safety during the
attack on the U. S. Pacific Fleet in
Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii,
by Japanese forces on December 7,
1941. While a member of a stretch
er party from the U. S. S. Solace, you
went aboard the burning U. S. S. Ari
zona in order to rescue casualties
while the crew of that ship were
abondoning ship.' ”
It is understood that on the morn
ing of the attack, young Bateman
had secured leave and was on his
way from the Solace to the shore
when the attack began. He imme
diately returned to his ship and help
ed evacuate a number of wounded
from the stricken Arizona, which was
one of the few capital ships lost in
the bombing.
Whether or not the citation was ac
companied by a Navy decoration is
unknown here. Young Bateman
simply enclosed the letter of citation
in a letter to his parents here. The
Solace is a Navy hospital ship and
was stationed in Hawaii before the
war began. Its present whereabouts
is of course a military secret.
The young man was well known in
Plymouth as a high school athelete,
and he was especially good in base
ball, playing with semi-pro teams in
this section. He will be 23 years old
next October.
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Garage Is Burned
Here Last Night
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A spectacular fire last night almost
completely burned the garage of E.
G. Harrison at the rear of his home
on Main Street, and attracted a large
crowd of spectators. The fire depart
ment. by prompt action, prevented
the blaze from spreading, and the
damage was confined to the garage
and a few household items stored
there, the total loss being estimated
at several hundred dollars.
The fire, origin of which has not
been determined, had gained consid
erable headway before it was discov
ered. and when the alarm was given
by F. H. Modlin, flames were shooting
out of the building higher than the
trees which surrounded it. Mr. Har
rison. assisted by neighbors, succeed
ed in pushing his car and a truck
out of reach of the flames. He had
a crate of 40 chickens nearby and
released all of them except 3, which
were burned to death.
Workers Wanted
For Red Cross
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By MRS. J. K. REID
Production Chairman, Red Cross
All volunteer workers for the Red
Cross can obtain materials to sew or
knit as we have a new supply of wool
and cloth—35 boys' shirts and 33
children's rompers for the sewing and
75 lbs of wool to make socks, swea
ters, helmets, mufflers, scarfs and
wristlets. All the knitting is for the
U. S. armed forces. If you can knit,
won't you call by Mrs. Addie Brink
ley's and get wool for at least one
garment, and call Mrs. P. B Bate
man for sewing: send a postal card
if you can’t get to see them personal
ly, and we will get the material to
you.
Polls Close at 6:30
P. N. Saturday
Washington County voters are
warned that new voting hours
have been set up for primaries
since the last one was held in
1940. Polling places will open at
6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. in..
Eastern War Time, of course,
giving folks exactly 12 hours in
which to make their choice of
candidates for the comparatively
few offices at stake.
Closing the polls at 6:30 by
daylight time means that the
polls will be closed the earliest
they ever have been in a state
primary. Folks will have com
pleted their voting long before
sunset, and the counting should
be well under way, if not com
pleted, by the time night falls.
The usual polling places will be
used in the five precincts of this
county.
Body of 8-Year-Old
Boy Recovered in
River This Morning
Son of Former County Resi
dents Had Been Missing
Since Sunday
It was learned here about noon
that the body of little Bobby Dav
enport was recovered from the
River at JamesviUe about 9 o'
clock this morning: a few hun
dred yards from where he was
last seen Sunday. Funeral serv
ices are being: held at the Hor
ner Funeral home here at 4:30
this afternoon, with interment
to follow in the family cemetery
near Roper. The Rev. Mr. John
son, Baptist minister, is in charge
of the final rites.
Bobby Davenport, 8-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Davenport, who
moved from this county to Jamesville
a few weeks ago, is believed to have
been drowned in the Roanoke River
at Jamesville last Sunday. The
young boy was last seen sitting on a
piling at the Standard Oil Company
dock there about noon Sunday. The
river has been dragged, and yester
day searching parties were using dy
namite in an effort to locate the
body, but up to this morning no trace
of the missing boy has been found.
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, of Martin
County, has been directing the
search.
Moving with his parents, a sister
and two brothers, from this county
(See BOY DROWNS, PagnTTi
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Boy Scout Court of Honor
To Be Held Sunday Night
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The local Boy Scout troop will have
a Court of Honor at the Methodist
Church, Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, the Metho
dist pastor, will preach the sermon
and then present the Rev. Eugene
Taylor, the pastor of the Christian
Church and local Scoutmaster.
Mr. Taylor will present the boys
for advancement and some promi
nent scout official or citizen will pre
sent the badges.
Special music will be provided by
the young people’s choir of the Me
thodist church.
Contests for Offices
In County Attract
Principal Interest
Republicans Have One Con
test, With Two Running
For U. S. Senator
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Washington County Democrats
have a total of 16 candidates from
which to choose nominees for five
county, district and state offices in
the primary to be held Saturday.
This is believed to be the smallest
number of candidates to go into a
primary in this county in many
years, and compares with a total of
35 in the 1940 primary. The Repub
licans are limited even more in their
selections, as they have only two
candidates for one office, that of
United States Senator, and it is ex
pected that the total vote Saturday
will be comparatively small. There
were five Republican candidates in
the 1940 primary.
There is some interest being shown,
but on the surface things are quieter
than they have been in many moons.
The three county offices to be filled
naturally come in for a major share
of the attention of county voters, and
the three-cornered fight for Con
gressman also promises to wax plen
ty warm in some spots. Tire race for
the United States Senate is attract
ing little notice, and the Republicans
have been so busy trying to run the
pre-primary show for the Democrats
that some of them are probably sur
prised to learn they have a contest
of their own to be decided.
In the county, there are three
cornered battles for sheriff and repre
sentative, and a five-way free-for-all
for treasurer. Few people will ven
ture predictions as to the outcome at
this stage of the game, and there is
good prospect of a second primary
being required for all three offices.
Sheriff J. K. Reid, seeking reelection,
is opposed by Edw. S. (Ted) Blount,
of Plymouth, and Richard C. Pea
cock. of Roper. Tire race for repre
sentative is wide open, -with plenty of
campaigning going on by W. Tom
Freeman, of Roper. Edward L. Owens
and Ben A Sumner, of Plymouth. The
five candidates for county treasurer
are really “shooting the works,” and
it's every man for himself in this
contest. The candidates are C. N.
Davenport, sr„ of Creswell; A Edison
Davenport, of Mackeys and Plym
outh; W. Linwood Hassell, the in
cumbent; W. H. Peele, and L. T.
Weede, of Plymouth
For Representative from the first
congressional district, a battle royal
is going on between Herbert Bonner,
the incumbent, and Marvin Blount,
of Greenville, with Jack Edwards,
also of Greenville, generally believed
to be bringing up the rear. Blount is
'See PRIMARY, Page 4)
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But One Case Tried
In Recorder's Court
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Five cases were on the docket for
recorder’s court, but when the day’s
session had been wound up by Judge
W. Ronald Gaylord and Solicitor W.
Blount Rodman, only one case had
actually been tried, and the defend
ant in that action was acquitted by
the jury.
Tom Nicholson was called and fail
ed to answer on a drunk and disor
derly charge. Capias was issued and
the case continued.
Leroy Puckett was acquitted by the
jury on a charge of reckless driving.
Tliis action arose out of the accident
in which A. D. Bassinger was struck
and badly hurt some time ago by a
truck driven by Puckett.
Nol prosses were entered in the
cases against Julius Braddy for ope
rating a car without license and pro
per equipment, and against John
Smith, for aperation of a car without
a driver's license.
Gasoline Rationing Nay Have Effect
In Size of Vole at Primary Saturday
Although the gas rationing pro
gram will very likely restrict to
some degree the hauling of vot
ers to the polls by workers for
the various candidates, it is be
lieved a fairly sizeable vote will
be cast, considering the general
quietness of the pre-primary
campaign in the county. Two
years ago the total Democratic
vote was just a little over 1,600.
and while all who voted then may
not take part in the primary this
week there are 417 new voters
in the county, according to a
compilation of registration fig
ures.
Veteran political observers es
timate the probable vote in the
county Saturday all the way
from a low of 1,200 to a high of
2,000. The general opinion is
that the total will be somewhere
in the neighborhood of 1,500 or
1,600.
The registration during the pe
riod recently ended was divided
among the county precincts as
follows: Plymouth. 317; Lees
Mill, 49; Skinnersville, 25; Scup
pernong, 24; and Wenona. 2. The
total vote in the 1940 primary
was somewhere near the follow
ing figures: Plymouth, 730: Lees
Mill, 430; Skinnersville. 135:
Seuppemong, 325: Wenona, 21.
State rationing officials have
ruled that “X" card holders can
not use their cars for hauling
voters, and the “B" card holders
are left up to the local rationing
boards for rulings. This may put
a crimp in the vote, as many car
owners will hesitate to use their
own cars just to go vote, and this
will pui a different complexion
on the returns.