GATES COUNTY INDEX
The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County
Gatesville, N. C„ Wednesday, July ,g, 1944 (One Week .Nearer Vi
12 Pages This Week
Beer Selling For
More Than 17c Is
Over the Ceiling
_ Since July 10, all beer dealers
B Gates county have been in
" JUp “3-B”, according to Mrs.
-ris Hand, Gates county price
clerk. This means that any beer
dealer selling any bottled beer
for more than 17 cents per bottle
(12-ounce bottle) is violating
ceiling.
Non-premium beers should be
selling in Gates county’s 11 beer
outlets, mostly service stations,
for not more than 12 cents per
12-ounce bottle. The more popu
lar non-premium beers sold here
are Ruppert and Gold Label.
The more popular premium
beers are Budweiser, Miller’s
High Life, Blue Ribbon, Schlitz,
Blatz (Pilsner, and Ballentine and
Kreuger’s ales. These should be
selling at not more than 17 cents
per bottle.
In spite of the fact that a
number of beer retailers have
already complained that they
can not handle suds at present
ceilings, Mrs. Hand says the
ceilings will be enforced. All
dealers have been notified con
cerning the price group they are
in and should have their group
“3-B” posters in conspicious
places.
Gates county’s 11 outlets are
distributed as follows: three in
Gatesville, four in Sunbury, one
each in Eure and Gates and two
in Hobbsville. Seven are owned
by white operators and four by
colored men.
Gates county is in Zone 9 of
the Raleigh price district.
| lodging Venereal
Treatment Brings
Trouble to Three
Walter Hobbs, 24 years of age,
Estella Hofler, 32, and Ida Ben
jamin, 27, negroes of Hobbsville,
were convicted in magistrate’s
court July 11, on >a charge of
failing to take venereal disease
treatments as required by law.
Walter Hobbs was sentenced
to thirty days in jail, suspended
upon payment of fine and costs
totaling $20.85, and upon the
condition that he take treat
ments regularly.
Estella Hofler and Ida Ben
jamin were given suspended
sentences upon paying the cost,
totaling $6.00 each, and upon
the condition that they take
treatments regularly.
“These cases should serve as
a warning to all V-D patients
and impress upon £hem the im
portance of taking their treat
ments weekly,” William H. Pow
ell, V-D control officer for Gates
county, said.
Sunbury Teacher
\ttends Meeting
PT. S. Cooper, colored, of Sun
dry, principal of Gates Train
ing School, is one of the partici
pants in the Conference on Pro
blems of School Administration
which is being held at Teachers
College, Columbia University, j
from July 3 to 21.
This Conference is attended by
educational administrators from
all parts of the country. Besides
general sessions, the Conference
breaks up each day into a series
of small working groups which
deal with current educational
problems and projects plans for
anticipated post-war problems.
4Joe Foss’ of Navy
Carrier pilots fly less than
land based pilots and do more
support strafing for planes, they
very seldom run up high plane
scores, yet Lieut, (j.g.) Alexan
der Vracius of East Chicago,
Ind., has 19 Jap planes to his
credit, 7 more than any other
navy pilot.
Misses Billfold
Containing Pass;
Friend Finds It
The details of an almost un
believable coincidence are con
tained in a recent letter from
Seaman 2/c R. S. “Pete” Raines,
stationed at Banana River, Fla.,
to his mother, Mrs. John Baines
of Gatesville.
Pete lost his bill-folder, con
taining money and other valua
bles including his all-important
pass-card, soon after returning
to Florida following a visit three
weeks ago with his parents in
Gatesville.
Punishment as well as em
barrassment is provided for en
listed men who can not present
their furlough credentials when
called for, so Pete presented
himself to the nearest shore pat
rol headquarters explaining his
predicament.
Just as the shore patrolman
asked his name, one of iPlete’s
best friends on the station walk
ed into patrol headquarters . . .
with Pete’s billfold and its con
tents. His letter did not say
where the friend found the miss
ing wallet.
Marvis Jones Wins
Bronze Star A war
For Heroic Action
ror heroic achievement in
action in Italy, Staff Sergeant
Marvis G. Jones, son of Mrs.
Amanda Jones and the late
Gatling Jones of Drum Hill,
has been awarded the Bronze
Star medal, according to in
formation received by his
wife, the former Louise
Blanchard of Gatesville.
The Army’s announcement,
saying the award was made on
June 29th in Italy, follows: “For
heroic achievement in action on
the 15th of May, 1944, in Italy.
Staff Sergeant Jones, leading
his squad in an attack upon
well-emplaced enemy forces,
displayed outstanding leadership
in directing the assault on host
ile positions. His aggresive ac
tion in closing with the enemy
resulted in the reduction of
many enemy strong points and
in the capture of large numbers
of prisoners.
Sgt. Jones entered the military
service from Gatesville on May
4, 1942, and is serving with an
infantry regiment.
Visits Brother in Italy
A letter from Sgt. Jones to
his wife reveals that he visited
his-brother, Pvt. Bradford Jones,
upon learning that he also was
in Italy. Securing a three-day
pass, Sgt. Jones went to see him
and stated “it was a wonderful
feeling to meet one’s own broth
er so far from home.”
Detweilers Move
To Scotland Neck
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Detweiler
are moving from Gatesville to
Scotland Neck. The change, Dr.
Detweiler, veterinarian, said,
is necessary because of the loss
of personnel in the State veteri
nary department and the result
ing added duties on each mem
ber of the department.
Dr. Detweiler will have the
veterinary supervision of two
stockyards in Rocky Mount, the
one in Rich Square and the one
in Elizabeth City. He will con
tinue to contact the farmers of
Gates county in hog cholera con
trol work.
Financial Status of Gates Is
Reviewed For Index Readers
Every 12 months—soon after
the county ends its fiscal year—
Tazewell D. Eure, Gates county
register of deeds and county ac
countant, prepares a “statement
of financial information and ex
penses of Gates county as of
June 30th.” It appears in this
issue of the Gates County In
dex.
The statement contains in
formation and figures of lively
interest to every tax-payer in
the county. It shows, for in
stance, that Gates county has
cash on hand in all banks of
the county totaling $35,811.76.
Only items with claims on this
oash balance are current bills
between June 30 and October 1
when the tax year ends. It is
safe to say that on that date
Gates county will have an ac
cumulated surplus of between
See FINANCIAL, Page 5
Largest Melon
Contest Opens
Renewing' the practice begun
about the first summer the Gates
County Index appeared, again
this year your home newspaper
will give free subscriptions for
the three largest watermelons
brought to the Index office dur
ing the watermelon season.
The largest melon will bring
a three-year subscription; the
second largest a two-year sub
scription and the third a one
year subscription. All melons
entered in the cdntest will be on
display in the Index office.
G. H. Williams of Corapeake,
won first prize last year with a
53-pound melon.
Breaking Black
Market Subject
Of Sunbury Meet
“We can’t all go out hunting
racketeers, but we can do four
things that make it very diffi
cult for them to operate,” R. W.
Long, of Elizabeth City, employ
ee of the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey, told members of
the Sunbury Ruritan club at
their meeting last week.
Mr. Long’s subject was in
connection with stamping out
gasoline “black markets,” and
stressed the following four
steps as the part the average
motorists can play in breaking
the black market:
“1. Write your car license
number and state on all of your
coupons now. Then endorse new
ones as you get them from your
local board. By showing your
colors, you make it easier for
government investigators to
trace the black marketeers.
“2. Don’t buy gasoline with
out coupons. When you do, you
are robbing other car-owners of
part of their share of the limited
supply. You’re interfering with
the war effort. You’re nourish
ing a vicious racket. When you
ask your dealer to sell you gaso
line without coupons, he must
get them from somewhere in or
der to replenish his stock of gas
oline. In 99 cases out of 100 he
must buy counterfeit or stolen
coupons from criminal gangs.
“3. Don’t buy gasoline cou
pons and don’t take them as
gifts. Even if you get them from
a close friend, remember this
See BLACK MARKET, Page 5
15 Cases Tried
By Judge Godwin
Fifteen cases were tried by
Judge A. P. Godwin in Record
er’s Court in Gatesville last
week. They were:
Charlie Walton, colored,
Gatesville, improper brakes, $5
and costs; Jesse Nowell, colored,
Gatesville, improper brakes, $5
and costs; Charlie Hughson,
white, Ahoskie, speeding, $10
and costs; Mrs. Mozelle Ward,
white, Newport News, traffic law
violation, $5 and costs; I. S.
Ward, Newport News, white,
traffic law violations, $10 and
costs; John L. Lane, colored, no
license, $10 and costs; Milton
Hobbs, colored, Corapeake,
traffic law violation, $10 and
costs.
Thomas Hicks, colored, Gates
ville, speeding, $5 and costs;
George Griffin, polored, Eliza
beth City, speeding, $5 and
costs; Darrell Rabey, white,
Gatesville, speeding, $5 and
costs; J. L. Hall, colored, Gates
ville, traffic law violation, $10
and costs; Henry Riddick, color
ed, Roduco, no license, $10 and
costs; Edd Walton, Jr., colored,
Gatesville, assault, $65 and
costs; Sullivan Hayes, colored,
Roduco, illegal possession and
disorderly conduct, $20 and
costs; and James Eason, colored,
Corapeake, disorderly conduct,
$10 and costs.
i Stimson in Italy
U. S. Secretary af War Henry
L. Stimson reviews an American.,
honor guard after his arrival at.,
the airport in Naples, Italy. He
made a tour of American bases
in the Italian theater before re
turning to Washington.
Gates Sergeant <
Was Among First
Boys in France ‘
Staff Sgt. Woodrow W. Jor.cs,
son of Claude B. Jones and Mrs.
Frances M. Jones of Gates, was.
among the first to land in Franco
on D-Day. Sergeant Jones lese^
his company, one of the famous
29th Division.
Jones is now hospitalized iiv .
England but hopes to rejoin his*
company soon.
Another son of Mr. sod Mrs.
Jones, Pfc. Daniel C. Jones, is
serving with the 331st. .Infantry
in England.
Green Returns To
States After 18
Months in Pacific
Back in the States after 18
months in the South Pacific, Pi
wood Green, U. S. Navy, olt,
Gatesville, is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Minnie Green, while on
leave.
Green, entered the service
February 13, 1942; received hir.
boot training at Norfolk ar.d saw
action at Guadalcanal anefe
Munda Air Base.
Leaving Gatesville he will go
to Florida to the submariner
chaser training center at Miami.
Final Rites Held
For Jesse Barnes
Funeral services for William
Jesse Barnes, 90, who was the
oldest man in Gates county un
til his death Thursday, were
held Saturday at Porker’s
Methodist Church, Oonapeake,
by the Rev. T. J. Whitehead as
sisted by the Rev. R. E. Brittle.
Mrs. Hallett Rountree anrt
Mrs. Lewis Mathias of Cora
peake, sang “Safe in the Arms of
Jesus.”
Pallbearers were Archie Bar
nes Taylor, Marvin Baines,
Leon Knight, Streight. Boyce,
Herbert Mathias, Roland Barnes
and John Barnes, Jr. Other
friends of the family served as
honorary pallbearers. Buiial was
in the church cemetery.