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Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1.600 Homes ot Martin County. ..i..... I...J J... J1 J'J.n ESTABLISHED 1899 VOLl.ME XLIi?NUMBER 72 If illianiMton, MarUn Loun.y, iW/t LaroUna, , Offers One Answer To Problem Facing American Farmer Soil <<on*4krvation Offrra the Bevi Vi ay Out of Prenenl Situation Experiencing a critical period in the State's agriculture, farmers in j a meeting here yesterday learned I that soil conservation and the utiliz- j atiun ot natural resources offered I about tin best solution to the prob lem now facing the American farm er. During the past few years, the conservation program has proved of great value to agriculture. J. M. Hen ley. of the State Extension Service, told local and county committeemen in the special meeting held in the agricultural building. It is quite apparent that tobacco [prices would not be at the present 'starvation level had farmers adher Wd to a soil conservation program In 1937, 176.000 farms earned $14. AOO.OOn in soil conservation payments ih North Carolina, but as the pro gram continues to advance on the Alnerican agricultural front it losing ground in this State. Henley pointed out. Last year, farmers earn ed more than 82 per cent of the soil conservation payments. Based es timates, they will not participate hardly in excess of 60 per cent this yeai, and in this county the percent age is even lower than that. It is reliably estimated that only three townships, Jamesville. Wil liams and Poplar Point, will be ehg ible for more than 50 per cent of the conservation payments, th?T follow - ing figures giving a preliminary com parison of the percentage* of partici pation by townships in this county: Bear Grass, 47.6; Cross Roads, 39 6; Goose Nest, 39.5; Griffins, 46.6. Ham ilton, 46.8; Jamesville, 65.9; Poplar Point, 53.6; Robersonville, 36.5; Wil iiams, 55-1; and Williamston, 45.9. John C. Broome, also of the State Extension Service, explained to the meeting how farmers could increase their soil-building allowances. Spec ial emphasis was placed on the seed ing of winter legumes. He pointed out the drastic toll the huge tobacco crop is taking from the soil this year. "With a rrnp 25 per rent larger than the one last year, farmers will get 20 per cent less How much the scTll has been depleted no one knows." Broome said and added that lime stone could be used to a great advan tage in offsetting that soil depletion Called especially by the county agricultural committeemen, the meeting was addressed by Miss Pau-' line Smith, district agent. Miss Smith ' stressed the necessity of living at j home. ; : I I nr ttwu program will place great er emphasis on soil conservation, in creased opportunities for participa - tion by small farmers, and greater re sponsibility of administration in the hands of farmer committees, it was pointed out in the meeting yester day afternoon Important recommendations for the 1940 conservation program in cluded .one-for establishing a min imum soil-lfuilding allowance by providing that the minimum pay ment which may be earned on any farm will not be less than $20, one allowing farmers to earn up to $30 per farm for tree planting Determination of rates of pay ments and acreage allotments for crops will be made later when the outcome of the present crop is more certain. uncertainty Is facing Farmers. Arnold Says State Farm Bureau Leader In Address Here Last Tuesday Urges Formation of a Strong Organization in Behalf Of Agriculture "Facing a period of uncertainty, farmers must effect a strong organ ization to protect and advance the rights of agriculture," E. F. Arnold, secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, told a fairly siz able gathering of farmers in the county agricultural meeting here last Tuesday evening. "You are selling possibly two million more pounds ol tobacco this season than you sold last year, and based on a 16-cent av erage you are going to get just about two million dollars less than you received last season," Arnold point ed out, adding that there was serioui doubt if the price average would reach the 16-cent mark. Reviewing the work done by th< Farm Bureau in behalf of agricul ture during the last Congress, Ar nold said that slightly more than oni billion dollars were appropriated foi the farmers of this nation. Nearlj one-half of the amount was appro priated to support the soil conser vaUon program, and a quarter of i (Continued on page four) Maxwell Spooks it Oak CAly Opening Speaking before the faculty, stu dents and patrons at the school open ing in Oak City Thursday morning, A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of rev enue, stressed the importance of an education and gave farts and figures to substantiate the statement. Mr. Maxwell also spoke briefly of the State Revenue Department and the North Carolina system of taxation. A brief history was also given of the educational system, the commission er 01 revenue tracing the progress- of education from the Civil War up to the present period. The speaker was introduced by Hugh Horton, Martin County repre sentative to the State Legislature I In introducing the speaker, Mr. Hor ! ton spoke of his unusual ability, stat i| ing that he was alway familiar with II his duties and was considered one . j of the most outstanding men of the i I State in matters of revenue and tax ation. H. M. Ainsley, principal of the Oak City school said the opening was the best in the history of the school and the prospects for the year looked better than ever before. Seven members of last year's fac ulty returned, while eight new teach ers came in to supply vacancies. Two hundred and thirty-two chil dren were enrolled in the elemen tary school, and 188 were enrolled in the high school, Mr. Ainsley stated. NEW POSTOFFICE Just completed today. Wil liamston's new $77,000 post of fice will be occupied tomorrow evening when Postmaster Kow den and his associates take their assigned stations. Patrons with office boxes will find their first mail waiting for them in the new office Sunday morning. will Occupy the jNlew Postoffice Tomorrow SPEAKER Discussing the unneutral "neu trality" act, Congressman Lind say Warren t interestingly ad dressed the Kiuanis club here last evening. Method,*! Or/thanu^r (dee (.hilt it The l.ocnl Chiirrlt' A program looked forward to with joyous anticipation will be i given Sunday morning at the Meth- l odist church. The glee club from j the Methodist orphanage in Raleigh will give a sacred concert to which the public jys well as the entire church is invited. Many members of the club were with the unit last year in a concert but in a few in stances the membership has been changed. At three o'clock in the afternoon the class will give a concert at Hol ly Springs church in the country. Last Mail Will Be Handled in the Old Office on Saturday I'oHtoffire Koxliohler* Urged To (lall For Keys Today And Tomorrow * Flaying the role of a wandering tenant for nearly a century and a half, local postal forces will move into a home of their own tomorrow night, Postmaster Leslie T Fowden announcing today that the handsome new building will be opened to the public Sunday morning. Immediately after the closing hour tomorrow evening, the postal forces will start packing up the de partment's belongings and transfer them to the new building on East Main Street. No great task is antici pated since new equipment has been | placed in the government building and the old fixtures in the present office have been sold to the owner of a post off ice building in Wake Coun ty. "There are right many old rec ords, a few office fixtures and four or five canvas trucks to be moved," F E Wynne, an employee, said this morning. The old fixtures will be moved out immediately ,and just as soon as repairs can be made the did postoffice building, next to the Tar | Heel building, will be occupied by the operators of the Central Cafe, of Elizabeth City. Abandoning the troublesome com bination local system, the post of fice announced today that keys to the boxes in the new building are ready for distribution. Boxholders are urged to get their keys today and tomorrow as no keys will be distrib uted on Sunday. Those who fail to get their keys today and tomorrow will have to wait for their keys and mail on Monday. The last mail will be placed in the boxes at the old office tomorrow eve ning, and all that is not called for at a reasonably late hour will be trans ferred to the new office and placed in the boxes there. The last mail to be dispatched from the old office will be closed at 8 p. m , and the first out going mail will be dispatched Sun day morning at 9;4S o'clock. Started late last fall, construction on the new post office building was completed today, the project costing more than $77,000. It is rated as one of the best and most complete post office buildings in this section of the State Charlie Mack Johnson has been named temporary janitor, and he will continue in that job pending a re port on examinations taken by thir teen applicants for the place a few weeks ago. A fireman-mechanic has not .Vft been named No definite date for dedicating the new building has been announced, Postmaster L. T. Fowden statmg that he was looking for Smith W. Pur dum, Fourth Assistant to the Post master General, to come here with in a few weeks and handle the dedi catory exercises. Officera Wreck Number Diitilleriet Thii Week Enforcement officers, headed by J. H Roebuck, wrecked five liquor autUleriea in the county this week. Three of the five plants were torn up in the Free Union section early in the period, the officers pouring out 850 gallons of beer and capturing a 50-gallon copper kettle. On Wed nesday the officers destroyed a com plete plant in the Stingy Point sec tion of Robersonville Township. Yes terday, a small plant was wrecked, the officers taking 200 gallons of beer and two gallons of liquor. A warrant charging, William Pierce, colored, with violating the li quor laws was issued. Faculty Personnel In The Ten White Schools Of Fountv Dili' Hundred ami Seven Teacher* Al Aligned Poili YciterJiy One hundred and seven white teachers were at their assigned posts yesterday when the new school term got underway in this county. The teaching personnel, increased by the addition of new departments in two schools, boosts the teaching person nel to a record high in the ten white schools. Forty of the teachers are begin ning their first terms in several of the schools, several of them cluing - ing fr"P1 """ til ,i|yUh*.r in the county. The number of changes in the faculty personnel approaches an all-time record this year. Names of the teachers in the ten schools and their assigned duties are, as follows Willimnston D. N. Mix, principal; Mrs' Emma 5. Barnhill, English; Mrs. Sam Ed wards, English; Miss Nancy Glover, French; "J. R. Barrett, history; C B. Foxey, mathematics; Sam Edwards, history; Irene Mizelle, home econom ics; "Miss Bettic Mayo Everett, com neroial; Mrs. C. B. Hassell, seventh {trade; Mrs. Jessie H. White, seventh trade; Miss Mary Whitley," sixth trade; Miss Mildred Talley, sixth {Fade; Mrs. Dorothy E. Godwin/ fifth grade; M B Dunn, fifth grade; Vlrs. Velma H. Cohurn, fourth grade; Miss Dorcas Knowles, fourth grade; Mrs Vernon Bunting, third grade; Miss Ruth Manning third grades Miss Mary Benson, second" grade; Miss Estelle Crawford, second grade; Mrs. Ethlyn E. Simpson, first grade, Miss Gface Talton, first grade; Miss Josephine Harrison, first grade; 'Miss Cathryn Mewborn, music Itobersonville L. W Anderson, principal. Reece Little, science; "Raymond E Snipes, history; Miss Susie W Thrift, math, Miss Rebecca- Webb, mathematics and science; "Miss Muxine Clark. English, Miss Jessie Richardson. La tin and library, "E W Rochester, agriculture; Miss Irene F James, home economics; Miss Annie M. Kv wa+n?commercial;?Marvin?Everett. seventh grade. Miss Lena Briggs, seventh grade, Miss Helen Poole, fifth grade; Miss Sallic M Prevatte, sixth grade; Miss Millie J Roebuck, fourth grade; Miss Leona Moon*, third grade; Miss Ivouise Dixon, sec >nd grade; Miss Minnie llobbs, first and second grades; Miss Minnie Cochran, first grade. Everett* "J Q. Patrick, principal, seventh grade; "Miss Cleo James, sixth grade; "Miss Alma Lewis, fifth grade, Miss Doris Everett, fourth grade, "Miss Georgia Moore, third grade, "Miss Maggie Brown, third grade, Miss Margaret Palmer, second glade; Miss {Continued on page four) Plans (jo Forward For Big Battles ? As Germany continued its r.uth less march into Poland today, Great Britain and France rapidly advanc ed plans for heavy lighting along the Western Front, late reports stating that British and French soldiers have been moving rapidly to the Marne sector since last Monday apparently making ready for a major offensive. The devastating march of the Ger mans, now nearing Warsaw, Poland's L-apital, is expected to meet with stubborn resistance as the invaders meet what is described as the little's country's first major defense lines not far from Warsaw. high seas is mounting daily, reports stating that several British freighters have been torpedoed over a wide sea lell'Huiy. It was also stated that the Germans attempted to sink the ship Ambassador Nevile Henderson and members of his staff were returning home on from Germany, but destroy ers of the British fleet intervened Reports of internal strife in Ger many are leaking out, and members of the civilian population are said to have been shot for refusing to bow down before the orders of a barbar tan dictator. VOTE SOON Recognizing a general upward trend in a number of commodity price*, and realizing the ser iousnem of starvation tobacco price*, leaf growers are rapidly recruiting their ranks to ask for a tobacco control referendum within the near future, it was gained from a meeting of State farm leaders here this week. Farm leaders are said to be watching the tobacco price trend as it wallows in a slump, and pos sibly just as soon as growers get a taste of the unsavory average, a plea will go to Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace urg ing him to call the referendum. It is thought by some that the plea will be directed to Wallace poasibly some time neit week or the week following and that the referendum will follow some time in October. Sales on Local Tobacco Market Are About Four Million Pounds; iNo iMoticeable Change in Price comparison of Enrollment Thirty-five more pupils entered the ten white schools of the county yesterday than on the opening day a year ago, according to official figures coming from the office of the superintendent of coun ty schools here today. Enrollment figures for the opening varied to some extent in nearly all the schools with one exception. Everetts held its own with the same number of pupils reporting yesterday as was the case a year ago. Jamesville was the only school in the county to report an increase in hoth its elementary and high school departments. ltoh< ersonville and Oak City reported sizable gains in its high school pu pils, but small losses followed in the lower grades. Williamston. with a marked increase in its figures for the primary grades, led the gains in the elementary division. The figures below, while subject to an official check, give au enrollment comparison in the high school and elementary depart ments for the opening yesterday and the one a year ago. 1939-40 1938 39 Lie. II. s. Tot. Lie. II. S. lot. Jamesville 325 110 441 ? 318 no 428 Farm Life 150 :>8 208 137 59 190 Bear (irass 228 05 293 245 09 314 Williamston 585 207 792 540 209 755 Lveretts 253 253 253 253 Hobersonville 311 297 008 322 275 597 (Hold l*??iill 04 04 09 09 Hassell :?;> 55 17 47 Oak City 232 105 397 247 145 392 Hamilton lis 175 200 200 ? TOTALS 2378 908 3280 ?2384 807 3251 luc reused Enrollment Reported in Schools Mi^hl Decrease Is Re| >or ted In The Elementary (trades Eromled i iomlition* IviMmg In Sevcrnl (irmlew in Sonic School* Opening llu* new term yesterday, the thirty-five schools reported a record first day enrollment figure, reports stating that crowded condi lions were experienced in some of the schools and that in one case the teachers were tHiding it difficult to pack in the education seekers Crowded conditions, fur the most part, will he virtually eliminated upon the completion of a building piogruin now underway in two or three of the districts Yesterday, 3,28b pupils reported for the opening day events m the ten white schools, the figure repre senting an all-tune record for the high school and elementary depart ments combined- For the third suc cessive year, a decrease followed in the elementary enrollment, reports from the office of the county super intendent showing a decrease of six m that department with the total ele ipentary enrollmentjn the ten white schools standing at 2,378. The high school units offset that "small loss and went ahead to show a gam of 41 for the high school department, the cur rent enrollment reaching the 908 point as compared with 887 a year ago increases win- predicted in the elementary schools throughout the county as the term progresses, the various principals stating that some were not quite ready to go to school and that quite a few were detained at home by farm duties No serious threats to the teacher allotment are seen in the pielimihafy enrollment figures, but'just now it cannot be determined if any additional teach ers will be made available by in creased numbers of pupils. Successful first-day sessions were reported throughout the county Large numbers of patrons Were pres ent for- the brief exercises, and throngs were present at Oak City where Revenue Commissioner A. J Maxwell, an unannounced candidate for governor, spoke and the new gymnasium was dedicated. Much in tei'CMt was flppamil among putiuns as they saw the new term get under way, causing county education au thorities to predict a successful year | for all the schools. ?General confusion followed aw the term got undej way in the primary building here yesterday morning, but the record first grade was soon under control with ten more pupils present than the seats would accom odate. There are 128 little tots in the first grade this year as compared I with 118 a year ago. Enrollment fig ures in the other primary grades and on through the elementary depart ment ranged from 71 to 83. Rev. S. A. Maxwell and Committeeman R. L. Coburn were on the opening-day program over at the high school. ? The classification of pupils was completed yesterday and today books are being distributed preparatory to starting a full-time schedule next Monday. Principal Russell Martin was pleased with the opening at Farm Life where Preachers W. B Harring ton, Jim Smith and P: E. Uetsmger (Continued on page fourj MO\ INC . Postmaster i ete fr'owdeu ami "Tiis ro workers are moving to their new business home oil West Main Street tomorrow Kmoilnrrnl Ki^urei* J11111/1 In (.iiloriul Srlimtl llrrr Reflecting an apparent increase in the Colored population, enrollment figures in Professor K ..I Hayes' school here jumped to .1 record high I figure as the new term n??t underway yesterday. The total enrollment was . increased from 55ti a yeai ago to titiil this year, a gam far greater than that reported in all the white schools of the county combined Vssociation Orders Shorter Selling Day Effective Monday lilui k Sale* \r?" in l'nis|HTl Here As Farmers Con tiinie deliveries With prices continuing al a low level, farmers continue to effect un usually Heavy deliveries t<? the mar kets. Sales Supervisor K B Craw ford stating at noon today that the VVillianiston market will have sold in excess of three and one-halfrmil lion pounds before the day is spent. There's no noticeable change m" the price trend." the market super riser said. "Tobacco is cheap, and according to reliable reports it is cheap everywhere regardless of mar ket or belt."'observers unhesitating ly explain Block sales were in prospect here today its farmers continued to make t'atrly heavy deliveries about noon belting, is going forward at a fairly rapid pace, but it is hardly likely that the first sale will be cleared in tune for the second sale to clear more than three or four rows m thee-New Carolina house late in the afternoon. Despite the low price trynd. quite t few farmers are reporting unusual ly good sales on the Williainston mar ket. A .few sales reached 32 cents yesterday, and'trnlay one farmer was reported to have averaged around 25 cents for his offerings That far met had some mighty good tobacco, a type that i-> much hi demand but rare m tliesu parts The extremely cofnmiin grades are ? llmg up to opening-day figures, but the downward trend experienced in the prices for better grades last sea son apparently is more pronounced this year than evei before. Reliable M'pui ts (Milling l'mih laiincis them selves _ni ill Ilia l ii thai the leaf is sell mg just .is high oh the Wilhamston market as it is anywhere Recognizing blocked conditions m factories throughout tin- territory, the l\astern Carolina Warehouse men's Association in special meet ing at Rocky Mount last night order ed ,i shorter selling Tfiiy effective next Monday The selling day will be shortened by one hour, sales begin TiTng at unm and endmg at four p. m A t iv* hour veiling day was pro posed by tin- buying companies at tin beginning of tin- season, but the shoitci selling clay was voted down, and now everything is congested in and around the tobacco markets and factories The W I Skinner company lien- has been running from 5 a. m. to mid flight in an earnest effort to relieve congested conditions in its 'factory Despite Uuj_ long work schedule, the factory is far behind in'its work, and then- is doubt if the shorter selling day will he of any great aid in remedying the sit uat ion. There is a difference of opinion as to what might be expected as a re sulf of ore shorter seihr..r day. Pos sihl> the action will boost prices slightly but others are of the opin ion that it will have little or no ef fect on the starvation price trend now prevailing throughout the belt. VV arivn Gives Position On 0. S. Neulralily Acl Largo Quantity Of Tobacco Is llurnofl Fire of undetermined origin de ?tmyt*d the large pack barn and a quantity of leaf tobacco on the II H. Cowen farm a short distance back if" the Theodore Roberson home in Mew Town late last night When dis .(ivered, the- fire was breaking through the top of the harn, and by lb*, time an :ilarm Was Sounded at 11 10, the building was in flames Livestock, housed in adjoining sta bles, was removed, but all the con tents of the packhouse were destroy i*d. It was estimated by J A Suggs, half owner of the tobacco, that 17, 1100 pounds of leaf were burned, a conservative estimate placing the loss in excess of $2,000 for the con tehts and about $1,000 for the build ing. Insurance partly offset the loss, it was learned "I had sold only the lugs and part of the tips from twen ty acres and nearly all of the re mainder was in the fire," Farmer Suggs said Farmer Cowen lost several barns [>f tobacco on his Sandy Point 'fn i>n thi' Hamilton Road, near here, about a year ago. The local volunteer fire depart ment was called out, but the proper ty waa outside the town limits and no water waa available. Law Is K<|iiivalent To Million Men for TlieOrnian Nation l ir-l DiOrict (ioiiKri'itiiiliuii Ih ? ttrdgnfr fnr t'ranvttr?? Ti'lU KiMiiiiianH ??? "The present neutrality act of the United States is the most unneutral that 'i'u t r written, and it is worth the equiv alent of one mil lion men to German," Congressman Lindsay C. Warren declared in a brief hut interesting address to the legutar meeting of tin Kiwanis club I.10re last evening 111 thj* Woman's club hall Expressing his hope for peace and pledging his best efforts in any co operative plan to maintain that peace, Congressman Warren review ed the unneutral Neutrality Act, pointing out its weaknesses and branding it as merely a peace ges ture "Neutrality sounds good, but I am ready to wipe out the present act in its entirety." Mr. Warren said, adding that he believed that it's what President Hoosevelt wants. The speaker stated that he believed the President was 100 per cent right on his stand Tor neutrality. Nationally, interest is centered on (Continued on pagt four)
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