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Volume 13, No. 18 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, January 3, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory) INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County t2 Pages This Week I High Winds Leave Property Damage In Sunbury Area \Winds of gale force ripping 'rough Gates county in gusts up 3 45 miles per hour early Mon day afternoon left a considerable amount of damage in the Sun bury vicinity. No other property damage was reported in the coun ty. At the home of E. E. Parker, two sheep were killed when the storm tore the roof from a large outbuilding used for livestock and farm equipment storage. The building, 70 by 25 feet, was also otherwise' damaged. Mr. Porker said the same thing happened at his home in a si-miliar storm two years ago. At the home of George Lassi ter another outbuilding was un roofed and upset wh^e^Mr. Las siter, his son and a friend were in it. The three people escaped injury, however. Several big trees were uproot ed in the yard <at the home of Miss Essie Whedbee, and in oth er parts of Gates county the storm accompanied at one time by a deluge of rain, blew branches from trees, overturned garbage pails and tore small signs from tjieir moorings. Negro Shot From Ambush Suffers Shoulder Wounds Opening a week of unusual •iolence in Gates county, Claude avage, proprietor of Savage’s dace, Negro establishm e n t north of Gatesville, was the vic tim of an .ambush shooting late Christmas night. Sheriff L. F. Overman who in vestigated, said SSVage was walking between his place of business and his home a short distance, away, when a shotgun blazed and embedded a full load of shot in his shoulder, face and arm. He was treated in the of fices of D'r. T. L. Carter and is not considered to be seriously injured. The sheriff said that Savage believes he knows who did the shooting, but no arrests had been •made in connection with the ambushing Monday. Two Are Fined After Accident Following a two-car • collision near Sunbury Sunday night, two Negroes, Meredith Riddick and Clinton Matthews of Sun bury, were found guilty of reckless driving in Gates coun ty recorder’s court and fined $10 €ach. Matthews also paid a ten dollar fine for driving without permit. The cars, Sheriff L. F. Over lap said, were heavily damaged, and one Negro passenger suf fered slight injuries. Gas For Trucks Since the time for buying motor vehicle licenses has been extended to February 1, the Gates county rationing board will issue'first-quarter gasoline foy trucks on old license plates provided the trucks have 1944 license plates are in operating condition. GENERAL ARNOLD MEETS AIR ACES — Gen. H. H. (“Hap”) ^Arnold talks to group of recently returned war-zone pilots at football game in Los Angeles Coliseum. He is being congratulated upon his promotion to the rank of “General of the Armies”. Negro Escapes Prison Camp; Commits Rape Escaping from the Gates Coun ty Prison Camp last Tuesday afternoon, John McGee, 50- j year old negro serving 20 years for rape in Wilson county, was recaptured Thursday night be i tween Whalleyville and Holland by Sheriff L. F. Overman and Superintendent E. D. Dickens of the prison camp. Within a few hours after he went over the prison fence, however, McGee j at the point of a knife allegedly j raped Mary Riddick, colored j woman who lives near the camp, | and at hearing before Judge E. j S. A. Ellenor Tuesday of this j week he was bound over to | Gates county Superior Court for trial in March for the latest i crime. ! As recently as two months ago, J McGee was tried in Mantco on a j similiar charge,, but was found j not guilty. A detachment of | prisoners from the Gates county ! camp was working on roads ■ I--- I ! See NEGRO ESCAPES, Page 4 j -----, Opening Of Eurej I And Gatesville Schools Delayed I ' I The re-opening of white i schools at Gatesville and Eure I which had been indefinitely; postponed due to boiler troublej at the Gatesville school, will be .on Thursday, January 4, Super-! i intendent W. Henry Overman j j stated Tuesday. The same buses | j serve both schools, transport-; I ing high school students from! I Eure to Gatesville, so both; ! schools were closed. All other schools in the coyn-: | ty opened Monday as scheduled,! I Superintendent Overman said, j Back In States " | | Cpl. Mike P. Lawrence, son of j Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Lawrence | of Windsor, Va., formerly of Gates county, was wounded in France in September and has been transferred back to the t States. Two brothers and a nephew, all formerly of Gates county, .are also in the* armed forces. They are Lieut. Ray F. Lawrence and Major George E. Lawrence, the brothers, J. H. Lawrence, Jr., the nephew. Banded Canada Goose Bagged By Thomas E. Parker One of Jack Miner’s banded Canada geese was shot by Ed Parker of Gates on a recent hunting trip to Lake Mattamas keet in Hyde county. William Lassiter and Ed Lilley of Gates, accompanied him and the party took a total of three geese. Mr. Parker sent the band to Jack Miner at Kingsville, On tario, Canada, and in return re ceived a letter from Miner’s bird sanctuary thanking him for re porting the kill. The bird was banded in the spring of 1944 and weighsd 12 .and three-quarter pounds. Miner’s object in banding birds is to study their exact mi gration route; to learn how long they live and how far they travel. The information is valu able from an educational and scientific standpoint. There’s an interesting story in connection with the 'Jack Miner Bird Santuary. Oh the band was a verse of scripture from the Bible. The Bible verse has been invaluable among the Eskimos and Indians who shoot an oc casional goose, Miner’s letter said. They take the band to their See BANDED GOOSE, Page 4 Rountree Cited" For Action With AAF In Pacific Tech. Sgt. Thomas B. Roun tree, the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Rountree of Hobbsville, has received a letter of commenda tion from St. Cl3ir Streett, Ma jor General, U. S. Army, Com manding, according to informa tion from headquarters of the 13th AAF, Southwest Pacific. The commendation said in part: “I wish to extend my per sonal congratulations for your superior performance as a com bat crew member of a magni ficient air team during the re cent South and Southwest Paci fic campaign.” The letter also contained quo tations by General MacArthur and General Arnold to Major General Streett and the members of his command. Farmers Vote This Month On ! ntering R-C Soil \ strict Gates county landowners will be given an opportunity the week of January 15-20 to vote on the question of Gates county organ izing and becoming a part of the Roanoke-Chowan Soil Conser vation District which now is comprised of Northampton, Ber tie and Hertford counties. There is an advertisement in this is sue of the Index to this effect. The State Soil Conservation Committee authorized Gates County' landowners to organize on September 2, 1944. During the week of December 11, 1944, five hearings were conducted in the county where the plan of organization was explained, to gether with the benefits that landowners could receive by organizing. No opposition to the movement was registered at any of the meetings held. The farmers will receive technical assistance without any extra cost either to themselves, the county oi^ district in the way of increased taxes, costs or as sessments for such services. The trained man furnished the coun ty will aid farmers in develop ing good farm plans including farm ditches, tile drains, good soil management practices, crop rotations and forestry manage ment. Every landowner will receive through the mails befpre Janu ary 15 a self-addressed card which requires no postage on which to vote a preference. The | landowner is requested to sign his name on the ballot or card and drop it in tire mails. It will be returned to the county agent’s office. It is urged that all land j owners vote in this referendum-, j Unless the landowner signs his I name to the ballot it will not be j counted. | • “Farmers have all to gain and | nothing t4 loose by bringing this j service to Gates county,” de clares John Artz, the county j agent. Thomas G. Hayes j V Funeral Rites Held Saturday Funeral services for Thomas ! Hayes were held Saturday morn ; ing at St. Mary’s Episcopal ! Church in Gatesville, the Rev. ; John H. Bonner, Jr., officiating, j Interment was in the Parker | family cemetery at “Elmwood.” A life long resident of Gates ! County, Mr. Hayes was promin^ ent in civic affairs, a director of the Bank of Gates for many : years, vestryman of St. Mary’s ; Church and outstanding for his generosity. He was married in 1905 to : Miss Hulda Parker. i —-: Eight Register During December, *the follow ing boys registered with the ; Gates County Selective Service Board on reaching their eigh | teenth birthdays: ! George Phil Jackson, Marvil | Astor Harrell, James Preston Hassell and Herman Riddick McCarthy, white; and Willie Mack Boone, Algernon Lorenza Lassiter, Arthur Conrad Bond, and Claude Matthew Johnson, colored. • LEAVES OPA. — W. Hancc j Hofler, above, of Durham, na I five of Gatesville and-son of | Mrs. J. L. Hofler, Sr., of Gates | ville, has resigned his position i with the Raleigh OPA district. Attempted Rape Charge Lodged Against Negro Lonnie Jordan, colored, of j Middle Swamp, was permitted to : post bond last Tuesday follow • ing a hearing before Judge E. S. ! A. Ellenor where grounds for probable cause were found : chai-ging attempted rape on Car I rie Winborne, wife of Nelson. ! Winborne, Negro, j Sheriff L,. j»'. Overman who found Jordan at home and serv ■ ed the warrant, said that the ; woman had waited several day after the alleged crime toed place on December 23 before she sought a warrant. The sheriff said that the wom an was taking a bath in her horn alone when Jordan approaches t her and threatened her with i knife. Jordan is a farmer aivi works in pulpwood operation; The Winborne woman sail : she thwarted Jordan by ac cepting a dollar from him ami promising to see him the not ! day. Fined For Missim* O VD Treatments For failing to submit to treat ment for a venereal disease Richard Boone, 18-year-o 1 d Gates Negro, was given a jad ^sentence irf Magistrate J. A. Eason’s court Saturday. The jarl . sentence is to be suspended upon. I payment of fine and costs total ing $19 and upon condition that j he reports to the health depart ment in the future. Bring The Record I Service men making applica tion for the one gallon of gaso j line per day allowed them, must | bring form No. R.-534 when ap 1 plying for gasoline. This means that the rationing record must be presented for the automobile that is to use the gasoline, and applies to all rations of gasoline as well as special rations.
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