THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Ftod Ou Cal ? Latchkey to aver Ijm Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday, February 15,1938. VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 13 ESTABLISHED 1899 Renewed Activity In Sweet Potato Mart Is Reported This Week Shipments Start Moving Af ter Lull in Trade Since Early January Rtiwwed activity marked sweet potato market here this week when the first shipments since early last month started moving to the northern markets. During recent week,* the market has been in a etc cided slump and few deliveries were effected. Reaching a $1 a bushel re cently. the sweets started movug. and present plans indicate that half a hundred cars will be loaded here !?f northern delivery within the neat few weeks With a reported shortage through out the main potato section, the crop is almort certain to hold its own. and there's a possibility of a slight rne later on. Martin farmers, however, believe the current price is fair and they are making plans to load their holdings within the i iuture. There are a few exception, of course, for a few farmers will, no doubt, wait until some time m April or **ay before entering the markets. It is estimated that this section will offer to the northern trade approxi mately 75 carloads of sweet potatoes this season Possibly fifty of them will move out of here by rail. The other twenty-five will be handled by trucks. The Corbett Package Company is maintaining a receiving center in Williamston at the present time. "ill make contracts for deli vanes on certain days between now and the end of March or longer, if necessary Renewing their seed last season, a number of Martin County fanners are reporting good results A high percentage of their crop is falling in the U. S. No. 1 class, it was reported. ^ 1** farmers who have allowed rheir flCeo to _ruh down" are being penalized almost 40 and 50 percent in some cases. Potato experts state that the far mer does not necessarily have to buy expensive seed, that he can se lect the choic potatoes from his own '"Ids and build up his seed. "It is just as necessary to have a good po tato seed as it is to have good lobar c? **d for a good crop." a potato "Pert explains. Martin county far mers are understood to pay all kinds of attention to tobacco seed, and Ut ile attention to the selecion of pota to seed, the expert pointing out that unless more attenion is paid to the selection of potato seed, the section that has splendid Opportunities for trowing the best sweet potato in the entire country will be producing the lorriest within just a few years. Country Better Place To Live In. Debaters Say The country is a better place in which to live than the town. James A. Mendenhall and Howell Peel de clared in a 4-H club debate held at the Farm Life School last Friday night. The query was: Resolved. The Country is a better place m which to live than in Town. A large crowd wa* present for the arguments which waxed warm when four youi^ club girls offered opposition. The bays won a unanimous decision, however The affirmative was awnti il by Mist Lata Smithwick. and Mimes Boise Hodges, Murray Gardner and Bettie Louise Lilley represented the ative. Fined For Speeding In Town's Business District Charged with i ad rate at through the local I Sunday, Park Hardiaon, _ lsams Township man, recently L tram a visit in Florida, was fined 95 and taxed with the coet J. L HasseU's court here ; morning. Hardiaon admitted he i of the IS miles an hour in the Interesting Movies Free By Lindsley Here On Saturday The Lindsley Ice (a grouped i Pulp Company Planning Big ExpansionPrograminCounty According to unofficial but reliable information reaching here today, the North Carolina Palp Company is considering an expansion program far its plant in the lower part of this county. No details of the program could be learned, but it is thought that the company is planning to add a finishing plant and manufacture; containers for case cigarette goods. Officials of the plant are said to have conferred with business men of the section a few days ago, and that the possibility of expanding the plant were advanced at that time Company authorities were said to have been in this section during last week, but none of them could be reached for a report on the propos ed expansion program No official estimate on the cost of the proposed additions is avsilble. but it is thought the new units will necessitate an in vestment of several hundred thous and dollars. The pulp plant, completed just e few months ago. is now operating smoothly on a full-time basis, ai large shipments of the raw pulp are moving regularly to the finishing plants of the Kieckhefer Container company in New Jersey. It is thought that shipments of raw ma terials to New Jersey will be consid erably reduced if and when arrange ments are made for the manufacture of pasteboard or corrugated at the plant in the lower part of this coun ty LIBRARY P. T. A. Will Hold Meet Wednesday Tht program?commiltoo of?the Williamsion Parent-Teacher assort* Iton has arranged an interesting pro gram for the February meeting which will be held Wednesday af ternoon in the grammar school au ditorium. Dr. E W. Furgurson who has recently assumed duties as head of the newly established health de partment will speak on the full-time public health program for Martin County. Superintendent Manning will present Dr Furgurson to the as The second feature of the program will come in a discussion of the pos sibilities of the "Cubbing" movement in Williamston by Scout Executive J. J Sigwaid of the Wilson area of Boy Scouts of America. The organi zation of Cub Scouts is designed to provide leadership m worthwhile a ti vitses for nine, ten and eleven year old boys Parents with boys of these ages will be interested especially in the "Cubbing" program The meeting will begin promptly at 3:30 o'clock and last for only one hour All parents and friends of the school are urged to attend County Tourney Begins Tomorrow The Martin County annual basket ball tournament gets underway here tomorrow evening in the high school gymnasium, the teams from five schools looking to the championship contest with great interest and keen Grass girls are conceded the girls' championship race, while the outcome of the boys' race seems to rest in the hands of a young chap, named Martin down at Jamesville. Remove that youngs! from the line-up and Bear Grass pre dicts a possible victory in the sen finals The other teams are not say but all participants can ex pect some warm competition before the tourney chaes on Friday eve It Grass boys vs. Rober Senator Reynolds Discusses New U.S. Farm Control Law I Gives Fanner Some Promise | of Aid Where None Prevailed Before While no one seriously contends that the new farm bill is all that is| desired in the way of helpful I eg is 1st ion for agriculture, there is gener al agreement that it does represent some gains, that farm spokesmen want it and that it deserves to be given a trial. Obviously, if it fails to accomplish the objectives sought, the legislation can be quickly repealed Due to sectional differences and the necessity for treating agriculture as a national piublem. members of Congress agree that it will always be difficult to draft a law that will meet the full needs of producers of a sin gle crop However, in writing the r.ew law. Congresisonal committees went further than ever before in obtaining the views ot farmers, tnus the bill now being given its finish, ing touches is in every respect a com promise as regards the thought of all concerned with the welfare of those who till the soil and produce the food supply for the country Nevertheless, there is much evi dence that changes in marketing conditions and tariff protection for farm commodities are needed to round-out any farm program. All in Congress who are farm-minded are hopeful that these will eventually come. Until more favorable market ing conditions and tariff protection I tor the farmer are assured, it is clearly shown that they want the proposed parity and equalization As an able farm leader points out it is easy to figure that if the farmer does not cut production and current farm prices hold, his income would be greater. Much has been made of this point Yet. this same farm lead er points to another side If produc tion is not cut and current prices fall the loss to the farmer might prove even greater It is for this reason that farm leaders are willing to try the refendum plan under the new legislation. Reviewed briefly, this law is in I reality several laws. It continues the | soil conservation program It pro vides new marketing quotas to - he | based on findings by the Department of Agriculture and subject to refer endum by farms In the case of to bacco. for example, if more than! one-thud of the farmers oppose lhe| quota, it is not to be made effective. The two-thirds rule to be invoked I is used in the Senate on vital nation-1 Whatever may be the differences of opinion in Congress as regards the soil conservation program and the new plan for crop curtailment and marketing quotas, there u general agreement on other important fe lures of the new law. This applies I particularly to the effort to stimu-1 late the sale and use of farm com modities and the establishment of research laboratories to find new uses for farm products. Here is new hope for the cotton farmer, who, perhaps more than any other grow er. is confronted with the problem of | dwindling markets, intense compe tition and labor problems Some be lieve that the cotton situation should be handled distinct from food com modities. Whatever may be the final results from the test of the new law, they will soon be revealed- The legisla tion will in all probability be in ef fect before this column appears Hur ried activity to set up the necessary machinery will fallow. It is recog nized that enactment at the law has already been too long delayed. In any event, the new law gives the fanner some promise of asnstan where none prevailed before. On Hansr List Martm. Jr . local young man. eras one of the honor students' at Wake Torsel College last term. Standard Fertilizer Company Adds to Its Fire-fighting Svstem Automatic Sprinklers Fed By Huge Pumps and Miles of Piping The installation of a huge auto matic sprinkler system was complet ed in the large plant of the Standard Fertiliser Company plant on Roan, oke River here last Saturday after noon when the last connection in the network of pipes was effected and thorough tests were made Installed by the Viking Sprinkler Company of Philadelphia, the system is the most complete in this section of the State, affording an almost perfect fire protection for the huge fertiliser plant. Workmen have been busy since last October installing the more than four miles of pipe lines and control boxes Sectionalued into five units, the system when in full operation can throw 1.000 gallons of water a minute through 1.075 out lets A special type pump, manned by a 75.horse power motor and fed by the Roanoke River, the system has a capacity almost equal that of the town. If a fire were to break out. small plugs in the outlets melt and the system is automatically thrown into operation without the touch of hu man hands. However, an alarm is sounded and attention of workmen is directed to any part of the building where a fire happens to be burning A 5000 gallon capacity tank fur nishes the water at the start, but the 1.000 gallon pumper can be brought into use to supplement the supply. Definite figures are not available, but it is estimated that the new sys tem will effect savings of around 60 per cent in insurance costs and that it will pay for itself over a period of just a few years. ? American Legion Meets In New Hut Using the new hut on Watts street, here, members of the John Walton llassell post of the American I-egiun had a very enjoyable meet ing last evening, the event attracting more than thirty veterans. In addition to the routine business the meeting discussed plans to com plete work on the hut within the next two weeks. A dedication pro gram is being planned and the even', is expected to climax Legion activi ties in this section of the State. Plans for the dedication service win be lormula'.cd within the next few days. J E. Boy km. commander of the Post, said this morning The Legion last night voted to lend room in the building for a pub lic library, the post commander ex plaining that it would be possible to arcommiidate the library w ithout in terrupting the activities of the le gion and auxiliary Plans for opening I he library there will be announced later Fire Company Gets Two Calls Today Two fire alarms were received by the local volunteer fire company this morning. The firemen, due to incom plete instructions, never reached the scene of the first fire at the Sunny Side Inn, but handled a small roof fire in New Town two hours later in quick order. The first call, received at 8:20, directed the firemen to a filling sta tion on Washington Street. The equipment was carried as far out as the Columbian Peanut company flant where it was turned around An oil stove went out of control in the Sunny Side Inn oyster bar, and caused considerable smoke damage Very little damage was done when fire, starting from a spark, burned a small hole in the William Lam bert home on Beech street at 10:20. The house is ownd by Miss Clyde HasseU. EAT TURKEY II / Passage of Farm Bill Yesterday Places Machinery in Motion for Administering Control Program Plan Mass Meet In Raleigh On Friday To Push Crop Plan Machinery Will Be Set Up For Getting Farmers' Voting Support Plans will be advanced at a big farmers' mass meeting in Raleigh on Friday morning of this week for sup porting the newly passed farm bill in the farmers' elections to be held throughout the tobacco-growing areas within the next few weeks, ac cording to an announcement released today by E F. Arnold of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. All Martin farmers are invited to attend the meeting While the farm bill has been pass ed in Congress and is certain of the President's approval, the bill does not become operative until favored by a two-thirds vote of farmers The Farm Bureau is interested in ge! ting out a big vote and giving the program a large majority. Plans for holding the referenda will be out lined at the meeting. Mr. Arnold released the following announcement immediately after the passage of the farm control by the Senate: ""The Farm Bureau won a great \ ictory in the passage of the farm bill by the Senate Monday and wei have decided to have a big Victory I Rally of Farmers in the Memorial auditorium in Raleigh. 11 a. m., Fri day. Februaiy lath All or the far. mers in North Carolina. Virginia and South Carolina will be urged to at tend "Mr J B llutson. assistant ad-j nnnistrator of the AAA. will ad dress this meeting, explaining the new farm hill The meeting will be presided liver by Mr J fc Wins low. president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. Anything you ran do towards seeing your neighbors per sonally and getting them to come to the meeting will be highly appreei ated All farmers who desire com pulsory crop control legislatioi should be urged to join the farn bureau. inose who have desired compul sory crop control legislation owe i debt of gratitude to the Farm Bur eau which can and should be pai< by joining the organization Wi should have ten thousand farmer in Raleigh for this meeting to heai Mr llutson explain Ihe referenda foi tobacco and cotton." * Little Child Continues Seriously III In Hospital Taken suddenly ill nearly six weeks ago. Jimmie. the infant son of Mr and Mrs. Howard Coltrain. is in a Durham hospital for treatment, late reports describing the little child's condition as critical Pneu monie has developed, it was report ed. Thought to have had a form of meningitis, the child was treated in a Washington hospital for several weeks. For several days it was not expected to live The child's condi t*on improved and he was removed to the home of his parents. Last week he was entered in the Durham hospital for treatment Plans Going Forward For Church Night Service I Plans have been going forward for Ihe past two weeks in preparation for the Church Night service to be held ?n the Williamston Christian church on Wednesday evening at 7 30 Re ports will be heard from the several organizations of the Church and Bi ble school. The annual election of the church officers will be held Baptis imal certificates will be given those who have been baptized during the present pastorate. The pastor will present his program for considers tion at this meeting. B is hoped that the entire membership will be pres ent for this first Church Night serv ice. Tarboro Rotary Club To Hold Clinic February 21 The Tarboro Rotary Club will hold its regular Orthopaedic clinic on Monday. Feb XI. 1938. at 9 00 a. m at the Presbyterian church Sunday school rooms, Tarboro, N. C. The Rotary club la anxious to ten der sti ?kti to all ertppiea. regardless of age or race, who are unable to pay for treatment. MORE CHECKS I v ?? Formerly employed in the Colombian Peanut Company, fifty .three local people are re reiving this week theif second unemployment insurance checks. The local employment office is also distributing checks to a number of people in adjoining counties this week. Mr. John En right, of the district office here, said today. Nearly IM men and women, employed in the local tobacco plant until last week, are filing their claims for unemployment insurance. Those claims have to wait about four weeks before the first cheek is issued. Former employees of the Col umbian company here have only enough credit to advance about five weekly checks which aver age around $2.M. Welfare Board In Regular Meet Today The Martin County Welfare board ?s holding a regular meeting here this afternoon in the welfare rooms on the second floor of the county courthouse annex. Members of the hoard. Messrs. E. C. Shoe, of Rober sonville. Joshua L. Coltrain. of Wil liams Township, and Robert Everett, of Goose Nest, will review the ac tivities of the department and con sider applications for old age assist - a nee and aid to dependent children. Twenty-five applications for old-age assistance and two applications for aid to dependent children are to be considered by the three member board at the meeting this afternoon. I Miss Mary Taylor, head of the coun I ty's department of welfare, announc j ed this morning The quota allotted the dependent i blind in this county is almost filled, j and there are only a few openings for the dependent aged, it is under I stood Kiwanians Down Lions In Cage Contest Last Friday Running wild since their organi /at ion r 'veraI months ^ago, the loca Lions could not find their cage an< lost a basketball game by a count o 10-5 to the Kiwanians here last Fri day evening in the high school gym tiasium. The Lions did a lot of roar ing and their play compared verj favorably with that of their oppo nents, but they just could not loeah their cages, in fact, one Lion rai loose-and was found hanging arounc the Kiwanis den. Preacher Jim Smith gave the Ki wamans their victory margin witl three shots well executed from th< field Bill Hunt and S. H. Grime "lucked in" a shot from the field ti run (be count to ten. Flip Peel ant Dave Modlin added a goal apieci from the field and Gus Ward acci dentally scored a free shot Fancy field work was handled bj Irving Margolis, while Ross Frone I erger did the panting for both sides Dr. Osteen worked as a greasy Lioi in and out of the opposition's de fense what I title time he was in thi game. The hair flew when Bil Hunt's elbow plowed through Lioi Margolis' head, but accidental hail "knocking" and floor skidding onl} pepped up the match. The line-ups Lions?Froneberger Margolis. Modlin, Ward and Ed wards; Kiwanians?Hunt, Bobbitt Grimes, J. Manning, and Crockett Substitutions. Lions?Flip Peel am Osteen; Kiwanians?Bill Manning Smith and Spivey. ?% Child Continues Seriously III During Long Per it Taken ill about the middle of last December. Zack D Smith, three years old. continues very ill, re ports coming from his bedside in a Rocky Mount hospital yesterday stated The son of Mr. and Mrs. H. K Smith, of Goose Nest Township, has suffered at least three relapses after being taken ill with pneumonia, it was stated He has received hospi tal treatment during much of the | .une he has been sick Leaves for Philadelphia ? Mr Guthrie Straw-bridge and eon, James, left this morning for a busi ness trip to Philadelphia and New York. They will be away aevera) days Quick Approval By The President Is Virtually Certain Announcement of Alloca tions to States, Counties and Farmers Expected ? A crop control bill, praised as "the best farm bill ever enacted" and de nounced as "regimentation" and 'more harrtess" for the farmer, re ceived final congrssional approval yesterday. The measure, establishing a sys tem under which the secretary of' agriculture, in cooperation with far mer committees may prescribe limi tations upon the quantity of wheat, corn, cotton, rice and tobacco grown or marketed, now goes to the Whit.; House for the expected signature of President Roosevelt The last stop in its tortuous journ ey through Congress, which began in mid-November, was taken when the senate adopted a compromise measure. 56 to 31 The compromise is based upon the conflicting bills passed originally by house and sen ate. (Senator Bailey, of North Caro lina, vyted against the measure, his fellow Tar Heel, Senator Reynolds, voted for the bill > Agriculture adjustment machinery was in operation today to fix acre age allotments under the new crop control bill. Announcement of the allocations to states, cumuli's aihl individual farms will be one of the early steps toward placing the new program in effect Farmers will have t