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Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expiree THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XLII NUMBER 71 WilliamMton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tue$day, September, 5,1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Notice No Marked Effect On Prices As Result Of W ar Imperial and Export Compan ies Buying About As Free ly As Ever f ollowing declarations of war in Europe Sunday, farmers throughout the Bright Tobacco Belt eagerly awaited the opening of the markets the following morning, reliable re ports stating that despite the uncer tainties, tohacco prices held up fair ly well with the exporting companies buying about as freely as they had at any time this season Market observers throughout the belt are of the opinion that the slump came last week ahead of the outbreak of war. and that was the reason no noticeable price reduction followed yesterday. As sales got underway yesterday morning, the markets were a bit jit - 'ery. but within a short time the sell ing activities were progressing on an even keel Prices even stiffened as the sales progressed, and before the day was spent some farmers offered the opinion that the trend was up ward. "Splitting several grades. I sold part of the barn last week and the remainder today. The average today was two cents higher than it was last week," a farmer on the lo cal market said yesterday. While it is admitted by all that to bacco prices are low. some have pointed out that unusually large quantities of tips and inferior qual ity tobaccos arc being offered, and that under normal conditions prices would appear low Possibly no good tobacco was offered yesterday when prices reached only as high as 27 - cents for one or two piles. Just what effect the European sit uation will have on the tobacco mar kets and other farm activities m this country remains to be seen Some say the prices will advance; others say prices will not advance, but will possibly drop One- fellow's guess is just about as good as another's When war broke out in 1914. tobacco prices averaged around eight cents, accord ing to unofficial records No notice able rise in the leaf prices as the war entered the second year, but in !91ti prices started climbing and reached a peak in 1919 If history repeats itself, and ap parently it is as far as actual war fare itself is concerned, then tobac co farmers are apparently holding a big bag filled with a lot of tobacco which they will st-ll at a low price. On the other hand, prices may ad vance. Reports from the belt, as a whole, stated that while- tobacco prices art holding up fairly well, the markets were still in a bad slump started last week Note Claims Local Boy Was Kidnaped I am being kidnaped. Notify my father in Williamston," read a strange note picked up in Carthage's main street last Saturday evening at 8:30 o clock. The note was signed "J. I) Woolard, Jr." Said to have been thrown from a speeding car, the note was picked _ upjiy a Cartilage resident and plac ed in the hands of a patrolman im mediately The local radio station of the North Carolina State High way patrol picked up the message and immediately got in touch with Mr Woolard at his main street store. Mr Woolard was greatly concerned when the contents of the message were revealed to him, for he had not seen his son in almost three hours The whereabouts of the youth were quickly determined, and while it was learned he was safe at home an ex pfanatitm-of- the strange- mile could not be had Reports reaching here state that tbo car earned two men and a young boy, and added thpt the hov appar ently appeared to be in trouble. Of ficers here have been unable to throw any light on the case. Toivti Authorities Postpone Meeting Scheduled ifor the same hour that 1 he J uunw. in tl... ??.-. f t"v vvftItJ gBTTTT* TIT t'rlT* 114 I!II"iitlnT5 got underway in the ball park here last evening, the meeting of town commissioners was ordered postpon ed until Thursday night of this week. Very little business was scheduled for consideration by the authorities, Mayor J L. Hassell stating that pre liminary budget figures had not been | prepared in their entirety and that' the financial matters would hardly come before the commissioners with in the next two or three weeks and possibly not before the regular meet ing is held in October. Treasurer N. C. Green is conferring with local gov ernment officials in Raleigh this week in an effort to clarify the bud get estimate, and he will then pre pare the figure for the commission ers' approval. When the commissioners meet on Thursday night they will, in accord ance with law, order the publication of the town's delinquent tax list. A recent report on tax collections is not available, but it is understood that the payments are slightly larg er at this time than they were a year . ?*? Leaf Sales on Local Market Nearing Three Million Mark Beginning'tys third week of activ ities today, the Williamston Tobac co Market is well on its way to estab lish a new poundage record, Super visor K, B. Crawford stating that 379.292 pounds were sold yesterday the total for the season to date to approxmately 2.800.000 pounds. Prices continue low, to be sure, but strange as it may seem, the average yesterday was higher than it was last Friday, the supervisor announc ing that the price figure stood just under fourteen cents for the day. Op erating for t he second day since war was declared in Europe, the market reported no change in prices this morning. Reports from over the belt maintain that the slump came ahead of the European war crisis. Yesterday the market blocked for the first time since the first week of the season. The left-over sales were handled this morning and this after noon the selling forces will clear the floors and make ready for heavy salt's that art- anticipated during the remainder of the week. Odd as it may seem, farmers are not registering any great opposition to the low prices. Occasionally one turns a tag and removed his tobacco to another market. The practice, however, haj been declared useless" by farmers themselves They state that tobacco is selling ju$t as high here as it is on any market, that the price is on the low side everywhere they had been. Unusually large offerings of tips and inferior grades are being placed on the markets these days, and it is possible that these types are aggra vating the price situation in that they make the average appear much lower than it really is. Close obser vations show, however, that good quality of tobacco is not selling as high as it once did. Offerings were on the local floors today from a number of counties, the farmers stating that they are getting more satisfaction out of selling here than on any of the larger marts. Europe Settles Down I oK V Major Confliet r~ shoht chop A short peanut crop is in the offing in this county, according to recent reports reaching here. Heavy rains during recent days apparently have resulted in ser ious damage to the crop. Exam ining his crop last week, Elbert Koherson. Griffins Township farmer, pulled up a few bunches and found as few as three goob ers attached to the roots, and one of them had only one nut in it. Now Farmer Roberson is count ing up to see how many peanuts he isn't going to get. Farmer Harvey Gardner, who lives near Williamston, states that he is expecting a fair crop. Farmer E. VV. J^nes. also of near Williamston. states that he is expecting a small crop. President Invoking Neutrality Act For The Nation Today I Will Make Fvcr> Kffort To| 1* Kef*|? Country Out Of Conflict President Roosevelt in an address | to the world last Sunday night stat ed that every effort would be made I to maintain this country's neutrality. In support of that statement, the President is invoking the much-dis cussed neutrality act this afternoon, I according to late dispatches from | Washington. The neutrality act, once in force, I will prohibit the shipment of air ships, munitions and other war ma terials to countries at war. The President's peace move was | well received as far as keeping the United States out of war, but that part of his message dealing with an embargo on shipments of war ma terials to Great Britain and France was disappointing to many who are in hearty sympathy to the cause of the Allies. It is possible, according to some ob servers, that the State Department is taking care of the situation and at the same time upholding the ne patrons to attend the opening day the opinion that the French order for 1,300 American airplanes should be filled because the order was receiv ed before war was declared. And then there are those who hold to the opinion that shipments of war ma terials could he handled through | Canada, leaving the neutrality law | in full force. The expressed sentiment of the I country is for repeal of the neutral-1 ity law if it will aid the cause of Hit lerism as it now stands. Wb*4e rrnrch has-been said about the possibility of the President's calling a special session of rongreuR, official Washington has had little to say in that connection, leading some to believe that more can be done for the cause of the Allies without con gress that can be done with it in | special session. Simultaneously with the steps tak en to maintain neutrality here, other countries throughout Europe were proclaiming their neutral stands. Colored Man Arrested For Alleged Series Of Thefls\ Kid Jones, colored man, was ar-1 rested Thursday in Oak City by Chief | Edmond Earley for the alleged rob bery of a home there an hour or two | earlier. Placed in the county jail, Jones is wanted here for the alleged theft of a case of liquor from the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina warehouse on Roanoke River. He is also charged with stealing several suits of clothes from rural homes in this county. British And French Maneuvers Center On Western Front I llravy Lokh of Life and Great | Property Damage Ke|?orl ed in Poland 1 Following declarations of war is sued Sunday by Great Britain und France and later by Australia and Egypt. Europe, scene of that horrible conflict of a quarter of a century ago, is settling down for Part II of the struggle. Conflicting reports h&ve been numerous from the battle fronts, and propaganda has flowed freely from every country, reflecting a muddled situation in the war territory Major events in the first two days I of the war centered around the sink- | ing of the British merchant ship, Athcnia, with 1,350 passengers, in cluding more than 300 Americans, | aboard. Alleged to have been tor pedoed by a German submarine without warning, the ship went down in the North Sea about 200 miles off the coast of Scotland. Headed for Montreal, the ship sailed before war was declared, reports stating that more than 100 lives were lost. A Ger man merchant ship was sunk by a British cruiser off thd coast of South America, and several neutral ships were blown up by German-planted mines in the Baltic. Going into action yesterday with its air forces, England virtually wrecked two German warships, early reports stating that five airplane bombers were lost. No serious air raids have been made on London and Paris, as far as it is known here, but every precaution is being exercised in anticipation of damaging raids. The little country of Poland, fight ing for its existence, is reporting | heavy losses of life and untold dam age of property. German bombers | have swooped down on Warsaw, Po land's capital, time after time, wreck ing large building areas and exacting a heavy toll among women and chil dren. The Poles have not offered their main defense as the fighting has been centered along the border, but reports indicate that they will start digging in shortly and offer a Stiff fight for thP invaders While Poland is being victimized by the powerful German war ma chine, Great Britain and France are putting their war machines into op eration. Secrecy apparently sur rounds their movements, but indica tions point to a death-to-the-end fight along the Western front where much of the blood in the last war was lost. ' The Bremen, pride of the German ffiRJTT&pparently- is still flying its native flag after reports were cir culated by radio that It had been captured by the British. Reports, claiming its capture, were allegedly confirmed, but still later reports stated that she was nearing her home port under perilous conditions. Although the war is just in its third day, observers are guessing how long it will last. A review of the guesses by "the best posted men" indicates that Europe ii in for a long war. ? Wreck Victim Improving In Wathington Hotpitcd \ Critically injured in an automo bile accident at Skewarkey nearl; two weeks ago, Tom Watson, color ed, continues critically ill in a Wash ington hospital. Reports state how ever, that he regained consciousnes for the first time last Sunday. H suffered a skull fracture and a se vere concussion of the brain whei Guilford Brown drove his car int the back of a truck on the highwa; near here. ExjKTt No Increase In Enrollment For The Local Schools Principal II i x Announce* Plain* Complete For Open ing Term Tliurwluy Preparations are nearly complete for the opening of the WilHamston schools on Thursday. September 7 Enrollment in the elementary and high schools is not excepted to vary greatly from that of the 1938-39 term. Advance registration for high school students was held last week with approximately eighty per cent of the anticipated enrollment report ing to arrange class schedules. No in creased enrollment is expected in I the high school but the large group | of children entering school for the first time may bring about some 1 slight increase in elementary enroll ment. The attendance at the pre | school clinic last spring indicates that approximately seventy begin ners will be present on opening day. The local schools will operate on a continuous schedule again this year with the school day running from 8:30 until 3:0O. The continuous session during which children were not allowed to leave school, while not satisfactory to all last year, prov ed its usefulness to the greater iium ber of children and parents patron izing the school. The fact that the new schedule was a means of keep ing children from the city streets during the busy noon hour justified the program from the standpoint of safety alone. The parent-teacher as sociation will continue the opera tion of the lunch rooms at the ele mentary and high school for the con venience of the students, but no ef fort is being made or has been made i to urge students to purchase lunches. It is hoped that this year a larger I number of students will bring their lunches to school. In spite of the fact that nearly $500 was spent for im provements last year, the association is making further improvements which will make possible more adc quate service during the coming year. The lunch rooms will begin op eration next .Monday and continue throughout the school year. Bus drivers have been selected and assigned lo-bu?fio? which have been completely reconditioned during tin summer. Parents living on bus routes are asked to facilitate bus service by having their children ready when the bus comes by and to report1 any failures in bus service directly and promptly to the principal. The twenty-five teachers who com prise the faculty of the Williamston I schools will assemWe "at the high school Wednesday afternoon to form ulate plans for the year's work. Four teachers will assume new work here. Grace Talton. of Clayton, succeeds Rebecca Harrison, who has already begun her work in the High Point City Schools and M B. Dunn, of Boone, is taking over the position made vacant by the resignation of Lewis Enloe, who is in private em ployment in Birmingham, Ala. In the high school, J. U. Barrett, of Elizabeth City, succeeds Frank Nee ly, who has transferred to the Clin ton schools ,and Betty Mayo Ever ett, of Palmyra, succeeds Foster Fer gcrson, resigned. ? + Few Are Complying With Marriage Law ??? According to unofficial reports heard this week, few of those Mar tin County couples marrying outside the State are complying with the marriage health law To date only one certificate, showing compliance, has been filed with the county health department Quite a few couples have deft-the county and niurried outside the State, but except for the one case, ciAtificates of compliance with the health iuw havi?red?Iji i n fih d within the specified time. The law does not prohibit couples from marrying where they please but it does direct those marrying out side the state to undergo blood tests and report the results to the county or state board of health. Kefusing to comply with the terms of an agreement entered into when she was given a permit to marry, a colored woman wai-_ailested m- the county yesterday and directed to subject herself to treatment for-aJiU^ claT disease County Colored Cirl Wina Magazine Award ? Aurclia Jones, colored club girl of Williamston Route 1, recently won a $15 cash prize given by the Country Gentleman, a magazine of national circulation, for submitting a winning letter in a contest. She used the mon cy to attend a state club meeting, the colored home demonstration agent, Cleo Tyner, pointed odt in her monthly report to the county com missioncrs Monday Suit For Divorce Filed In County Court Saturday ? Suit for a divorce was filed in the Martin County Superior Court last Saturday by Bettie Mae Jolly against Henry Jolly. Handled by Attorney Paul D. Roberaon, the action is has ed on two years of, separation. More Than 7,000 Children Will End Vaeation Days in the County When Schools Open on Thursday First Cotton Price Adjustment Payments Received in County The first of the 1939 cotton price adjustment payments were received in this county last Saturday, the of fice of the county agent announcing today -that a number of the checks representing a total of $2,080.96 had already been placed in the hands of cotton farmers The 225 checks re ceived represent 81 applications, the agent's office explaining that 990 of the 997 cotton farmers in the county were eligibly for 1he payments Based on 1.6 cents per pound for base allotments, the payments will average around $4.75 an acre in the county. More than 400 other applications are awaiting approval in the Wash jngton offices of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and ad ditionlil checks should be made avail able within a short time It is esti mated tluit Martin County cotton farmers will receive possibly in ex cess of $30 ,000 in special price ad justment payments. All farmers re gardless of whether they planted cotton or not are entitled to the pay ments, provided they were allotted a-eotton acreage base last spring, and did not plant in excess of their cotton allotments Hardly more ttiali two-thirds ol tlu' farmers entitled to the special payments have filed their applica (ions with the office of the county agent for the special money, it was learned. The payments are entirely separ ate from the benefit payments made under the soil'conservation-preigram Commissioners Order Land Sales For Taxes Issue Conditional IVrmit For Fair in County I his War ? t* (),?? 0f Short,hi in Severn I Month* Plans for forcing tax payments in aceordapce with state law' were d liy the Martin Cnunty com rn'ssinners u, regular session here C It'll'*! l 'aX Sheriff Roebuck, in accordance with >h. commissioners' order, will ??) vert'se the delinquent tax hsl the "r n,'xl """ith for sale at our <??>>> ?n the first Monday Novem Immediately following the re eol'h-et t j orde, fion, the hoard, the fsndice m direct notices to approximately 3,500 ,lf 7"'"' owners adv,s "K "'em to make settlement 01, or Ml 111111 ."'I"'"1 2 Al'l,r"*'mately remains" ""'.I"1"1 $98,300.00 ''mains uncollected, according to a .?MheI.r,,f,f , "n,'MK from Under a new ruling formulated I" last legislature, the 11)3!) tax hooks cannot he turned over to the ciiff until |,e has settled for the 1938 accounts It ,s possible an assist aqt in the sheriff's office will |,e .'I'pomted m- banfilc ri,naind(.r of th, 1938 accounts and that the new lax hooks will he placed ttu. hands ,,f the sheriff within the next few weeks The new tax hooks are quite ready at this time, hut the accountants office is husily engaged in their preparation. A condition permit for holding the mmt!fmol"s w,:<k "< 'S<P ei 27-30 was issued hy the com missioners Who Offered their coop e ation in advancing the event pro vided the management pays all premiums due 1938 exhibitors. Ac-! coiding to an unofficial report, the North Carolina Fair Operating Com payments) Lewis Shows and grandstand attrac tions have already been booked by, ?!?'" unci ilois 1,M| |?, premium list for 1933 ,.nln{.s has 'chased as far as it could?Ge~j learned this week The commissioners, holding one of their shortest sessions in some time heard various reports from the de partmental heads, and received a no . on for an improved road in Wi) hams ton Township. Several farmers signed a petition urging the eommis ^lfinr*rs pj haivc II??? .StxiUf -4-1 ) and Public Works Commissiontake py, r and maintain a roud hegmmng (Continued on page six) } I'rinri/wl Martin Announce* I Ion* Fur Farm Li/,- School The Farm" Life school will start the new term Thursday morning. Principal RusseTTTTMarlTri TrnmTunc !"?, ,a no *or?al program will be held, hut that Rev. J II Smith and v' B Harrington will be pres ent for the brief exercises. Members of the faculty are R p M^n'orwC'Pa,; D T Ward and ela ? P Martin in the high school, and Miss Helen Guriter, Miss Mar guerite Oxike, Miss Bottle Hay :"lm?n,and MrX B T W""lard In the < Imentary school. A cordial invitation is extended the Patrons to atten dthe opening-day ihutVh1*' l.h<> princ'Pal announcing that the policies of the school would be explained at that time. J"?" fff?n. Principal MarJfn and his teachers will hold a meeting at 2 o'clock postofkici: | > The opening i>f the new post office here was today condition ally scheduled lor Thursday of this week. Montlis over due, the front doors finally arrived, hut the hardware for hanging the doors is not complete. Its arriv al is expected today or tomor row, and if the doors can he properly hunjc by Thursday, Postmaster I.. T. Kowden and his foree will start moving immcil lately. Permission for o|>eiiiiig the new office was receive here this morning from government in spectors, hut the doors must be properly hung first, it was slat ed. E. Y. Floyd fill Speak T o Fanners I Here On Thursday I'lilll I )is<'llS^ioil of IVo|M><i?mI ; Soil (iuihenalion Plan For !\??xl ^ ear * Am important discussion of the ' 1940 soil conservation program will [ he held in the ugeirultunil building ' here on Thursday of this week at ' 1 :J0 o clock, the office of the Martin , County farm agent announced to | day F Y Floyd, Head of tin Agri cultural Adjustment Administration m this State, will lead the di-eussion and explain the provisions o| the , proposed soil conservation program for next year. Community and county commit j teemcn, numbering about 40, are be | ing notified to be present for the 1 meeting and all farmers are invited : to attend. Very little advanced information has been generally released in con nection with the proposed soil eon Tvation pTTTgTTTm and Mr t'loyifs explanation and discussion will prove of interest to farmers in this mnnly no doubt It is possible, that the disci will eenn-r around the vaiious prob """"nu lit* viiiiiiiin (SltJi; | lems now confronting the farmer and J as they relate to war conditions in Europe. Prevailing tobacco prices I that arc causing much concern j throughout the marketing areas will j possibly be discussed. A one hundred million dollar fund has been suggest ed in some quarters as a means' at stabilising the mm lo t mid lehevmg the price tension, and it is possible ?be ever. Mr Floyd offered no advance yog ram tor the ma ting ,md the discussion may be limited to an out line of tin 1940 soil conservation plans Howard Earp Kcopeiig Local Hoiclinfi Emporium Friday, August 25, Howard Earp peppery, ever popular, little- short stop, of the Williumston Martins, re opened his bowling emporium foi at least the duration of the wintei months He has not decided as yet whether he will continue open nexl summer. Bowling on the modern, well kept alleys, typical of the Earp establish ments, is a pleasant form of recrea tion, affording the maximum of ex oreise and enjoyment with the least minimum expense. Associating with Manager Earp in his recreational enterprise are . .-on. genial staff, and a group of well trained pin boys. Thirty-Four Schools Have \ Total Of 200 Teachers This Year \\ liilr ami Tailored School* to Start Meu Term on Same lhi\ Vacation days for approximately 7 000 Martin County yOUtRg will end Thursday < >1 thfs wytk whuu the thir ly'Ti>ur >iliuul*?U?ii white and twen-? ty lour colored start the 1039-40 term Plans for opening the new year have hern virtually completed, the school authorities today predict ing one of the most successful terms in the history of the schools. Mem bers of the various faculties are al ready reporting for duty, and teach ers' meetings are slated in nearly all the schools tomorrow Tin- teaching personnel was regarded by some as being the strongest to assemble in the county in recent years. Karly reports from most of the school principals indicate there will be no increase in the opening-day enrollment figures The downward trend reported in elementary enroll incut figures last term is almost cer tain to maintain its course, and it is likely that tobacco grading work will hold fairly large numbers out of the high schools Last year 3,251 children enrolled m the ten.white schools, as follows School tile. Iliglt Total Jamosville 318 t U0 428 Farm Life ' 137 59 196 Bear Cirass 245 69 314 Williamston 546 209 755 F.veretts 253 253 Kobcrsonville 322 275 597 (?Ilid Point 69 69 Basse II 41 Oak C'?t\ 247 145 392 Hamilton 200 200 Totals 2384 867 3251 Approximately 3.750 children were enrolled m the colored schools. While there have been quite a few changes in the faculty person nel. the number of teachers in the county school system remain about the same The personnel turnover in? some -schools"was almost complete Several new departments have been added in the county, the* school at Robersonvillr offering courses in vocational agriculture for the first time At Oak City, commercial sub jects will he offered for the first time, reports stating that quitc-a-few post graduates will return to the school there for th"e~spe(T3T work. Teacher assignments were an nounced complete last week-end when the last position made vacant by resignation was filled. Woodrow Suggs, A C College graduate, of Pinrtops, will succeed Professor Russell Martin in the JamQSville school Thirty eight busses, .including sev eral new ones, are being distributed to the various drivers in the several (letnets today and tomorrow, a few having .been delivered during the week end. Some difficulty has been experienced m getting eligible driv ers Quite a sizable number failed to pass the physical examinations and were ruled out The several po-? it ions made vacant on that account have been filled with three excep tions The driving personnel will be appointed in, its entirety late today Few of the schools are planning formal programs for opening day, ? mil 'it11 huui?will be ob w ill dedicate its new gymnasium and observe a planned program. Lo eal committeemen will be present for the opening exercises in several schools, and a general invitation is extended patrons throughout the county to attend the opening in their lespeetive school districts. Iah'iiI Vocalioh at Hrnrt Bp gins Work Miss Irt'iir Mizrlle Ihr vocational home economics teacher, lias already begun work in the Williamston com munity The vocational program con sists of teaching home economics in the hrgir school during the time school is in session, supervising and directing home projects of each stu dent. conducting classes for the out of-school youth and adults if the community is interested, and partici pating in the other activities con cerned with the betterment of home living Miss Mizelle, the vocational teach er, is under the supervision of Mr. David N Mix, principal, and Mr J. C Manning, county superintendent hut is not included in the regular State allotted teachers. Her salary is paid one-third by the local com munity in which she works, and two thirds by' federal and state funds through the division fui tmatlwal education of*the State Department, of Public Instruction
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