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? ? ? . i 1 ? I M - _ . _ __ _ .. __ ... __ ? Suicide Hayes to Feature Entertainment Program at Williamston Fair Opening Here This Afternoon || Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires, THE ENTERPRISE k Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 77 H'illiamtlon, Martin Courtly, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, St'/ilemht r 2 ft, IV.V). ESTABLISHED 1899 Martin Farmers Ready to Tackle Serious Tobacco Problem Alleged Meat And Chicken Thief Is Taken In Georgia Kd Thompson Caught Driving Car Stolen From a Local Man The wholesale thievery of meat and chickens in Martin County and other sections of Eastern North Car olina was abruptly interrupted in Georgia early last Sunday evening when Ed Thompson, former Martin resident, was arrested by troopers of ihat state. Contrary to early re ports reaching here .following the man's arrest, the case is not connect ed with the sensational murder of a 35-year-old white woman whose body was found in ii river, near Gainesville, Ga., earlier in the day v" The Thompson case was connect ed with the murder in an indirect way, later developments proving the reports unfounded. On the steering wheel of the stolen car was the driv ing license of Sadie Richardson. Miss Richardson married Mr. Dean Speight, of Williamston. after the license was issued and it had never been changed. The description of Mrs Speight appearing on the driv ers J1 cense was similar to that of the woman whose body was founci in the river. Georgia State police thought that Thompson and his com panion had stolen the car and mur dered the owner, throwing her body into the stream. The case was clear ed up when State troopers called Springhope, Mrs. Speight's former address, and then got in touch with local officers. Attention was centered on Thomp son as eastern Carolina's No. 1 chick en and meat thief Federal Bureau of Investigation representatives entered the case as the man is wanted for driving stolen cars across state lines It is not known whether Thompson will be returned to the Virginia state prison where he escaped with out completing a sentence imposed for theft of meat in that state. ?r if he will be taken in charge by the Federal bureau. It is possible that lie will be returned to this county to face trial for the alleged theft of sev eral hundred pounds of meat and a few less than a thousand chickens. Sheriff Charlie Roebuck is quite an xious to have some Martin County Justice meted out in the case Thief Thompson has caused the sheriff no end of worry in recent weeks. The officer has spent sleepless nights thinking about the man and where the next raid would take place Thompson and a young man who was thought to have been his son barely escaped arrest in Bertie "County on the night of September 15. The following night Thompson and possibly the young man came to Williamston and stole the Speight car from Academy Street No key was in the machine, but the rogues effected an electrical connection by cutting and crossing switch wires. Last Thursday night' the thieves are believed to have raided a meat house near Conway in Norhampton Coun ty and stole about 200 pounds of meat which was still in the car when Thompson was run down in Georgia. Last Friday night, Thompson is be lieved to have returned to this coun ty and visited the chicken lot of (Continued on page six) England Prejtares For Long Struggle Speaking to parliament this morn ing, Prime Minister Chamberlain warned England to prepare for a long war and intimated that the ec onomic side of the war will claim greater attention in the future. In support of the announced -economic war on Germany, Chamberlain stat ed that more than 250,000 tons of goods consigned to the enemy had been seized on the high seas. Till' tragic spin in thu wai?imlaj centered on Poland where a starv ing population is making its last stand against a barbarian invasion Great portions of the city, one of the ranking in Europe, were reported in flames and the enemy was within five miles of its center. Artillery duels featured the activi ties on the Western Fronts where the Allies have things well in hand Fear was expressed by the French over the concentration of German soldiers along the Swiss and Holland bor ders. thinking Germany would at tempt a march across the neutral ter ritories. Neutral shipping is entering vigor ous protests against submarine at tacks. but the dastardly business of sinking them continues, the count passing the half hundred mark Russia and Turkey are conniving, but details of their scheme are not yet known. In Washington the early repeal of the embargo provisions carried in the neutrality act is predicted. How ?ver.the opposition continues hard ?t' work. October 9 Is Te?itatively Set For Opening Tobacco Market Monday, October 9, has been ten tatively set as the date for reopening the tobacco markets, according to in formation received here last eve ning from unofficial sources. Pos sibly no definite date for resuming sales will be announced until after the referendum is held on Thursday, October 5, one report stating that in the event control is defeated the buy ing companies will likely ask that the holiday be continued. It is quite apparent that any and all futuiv ac ton taken in connection with solv ing the tobacco problem and the re opening of the markets depends upon the outcome of the vote cast on Thursday of next week. Glutted markets are expected just as soon as sales get underway, re ports from over a wide territory stat ing that grading activities have been carried on with little interruption ever since the holiday became effect ve two weeks ago today The an nouncement mentioning a tentative date for reopening the markets is almost certain to result in increas ed activities in grading houses throughout the tobacco territory. No official information has been released, but it is quite likely that the six-hour selling day proposed by warehouse operators and buyers will be observed when the markets open with the possibility that the selling | period will be limited to five hours daily shortly after the markets are reopened. The short selling week has also been mentioned as a possibility to prevent a glut of the markets and a break in price averages. With the successful passage of a control program, it is reasonably cer tain that the markets will be fairly well stabilized, making it unneces sary for farmers to rush themselves to death in an effort to get their offerings on the floors during the first few days or weeks i Farm Bureau Mapping Big Membership Drive I\ T. A. MKKT v The first regular meeting of the local parent-teacher associa tion will be held in the high school auditorium tomorrow af ternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and the president, Mrs. J. B. Taylor, is urging a full attendance. An entertainment program fol lowed by a social hour has been planned, it was announced. An interesting program fea turing short talks by Mrs. S. A. Maxwell and Klbert S. Peel, has been arranged. Mr. Peel will speak on economic and social change affecting the home. Mrs. Maxwell'will speak on the fun damentals of home building. At the close of the meeting the par ents and teachers will be enter tained by the home economics department. All patrons of the school are invited to be present. Mrs. John I). Mizelle Dies On Saturday At Home in Jamesville Funeral For Highly ih>|HM lnl Fiti/en llelil Yesterday Afternoon Mrs John D. Mizelle, highly r spected county citizen, died at her home in Jamesville last Saturday morning at nine o'clock following a long period of declining health While she had experienced feeble health for a long time, her condition was not considered grave until eight o'clock that morning when she suf fered an attack at the breakfast ta ble, death coming peacefully an hour later The daughter of the late William E and Mary Roebuck Manning, Mrs Mirrlle was born in Griffino Town ship on September 13. 1886. She spent i most of her life there, marrying Mr Mizelle in early womanhood. Dur ing the past few years the family home was made in Jamesville, where j she was held in high esteem and rec ognized as a good neighbor. At an early age she joined the Primitive Baptist church at Smithwicks Creek, remaining loyal to her chosen faith until the end. Mrs. Mizelle was a thoughtful wife and an understand ing mother, and her happiness and wtlfare wirt imidi uceondory to that of her family. She was a good woman, one who walked humbly in the sight of the Creator, and one who cherished the love of her family and the friendship of all Besides her husband she leaves five children. Mrs. Carroll Brown, of Long Island, N. Y.; Mrs. Ells worth Holliday, of Jamesville; Miss Erah Maude Mizelle, of New York; Mrs. Raymond Wallace, of Tusca loosa, Ala , and Jack Mizelle, of Jamesville. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. B B Biggs, of Everetts; Mrs. Hattie E. Ballard, of Robersonville, and Mrs. Sherrod Cor ey, of Griffins Township, and two brothers, Professor John Eber Man ning, of Athens, Ga , and A. E. Man ning, of Farm Life. James R Man ning, a brother, died in late June of this year. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon from the late home in Jamesville by Elder P. E Getsinger. assisted by Rev. W. B Harrington. Interment was in the family plot in the Farm Life com munity of Griffins Township. Value Of Bureau Ls Pointed Out In Big Meeting Last Night Joe Wiiinlovv ami CIiuh. Daniel LIium'ii To lleael Drive For Member** ? done by the Farm Bureau Federation and realizing a greater need for a live organization of their own in the future, Martin County farmers set machinery in motion last evening for conducting an extensive membership drive for the organization following a mass meeting held in the county courthouse. In launching the drive, the farm leaders, Messrs Joe R. Winslow, of Robersonville, and Chas L. Daniel, of Williams Township, are directing an earnest appeal to all farmers, professional and business men to join in the movement and support the organization that has taken the lead in stabilizing the pea nut market and more recently has made possible the creation of a plan to save the tobacco farmer. J T. Cooper, representative of the State organization, briefly address ed a large gathering of county farm ers in the courthouse here last eve ning and pointed out the work done by the Farm Bureau toward saving a 119 million dollar appropriation from which funds will be drawn to finance the purchase of tobacco in the place of the Imperial Tobacco Company Considering briefly the peanut situation, Cooper said that unless production is curtailed in 1940 the Commodity Credit Corporation will be forced to withdraw its sta bilization plan "In that event, the only hope will rest in a strong ap peal to congress for a special sum to guarantee a stabilized market," Cooper said. Following the mass meeting, quite a few farmers remained to perfect the machinery for conducting the extensive membership campaign, the goal of which has been 1,000 new members within the next month. The last campaign, netting nearly 500 members in the county, was started a bit late, but the current drive is being launched on time for the new year Selecting their workers by draw ing numbers ,the membership cam paign captains plan a county-wide drive. On Captain Winslow'a team are Sidney Beacham and Joe Griffin, of Bear Grass Township; Gaston James and W. L. Ausbon, of Cross Roads Township; M H. Leggett and H. L. Manning, of Griffins Township; Rob ert Everett and J. H. Ayers, of Gooscj Nest Township; Henry Johnson and Lester Everett ,o( Hamilton Town ship; J. W. Eubanks, of Hassell; J L. Knowles, and Elmer Modlin, of Jamesville Township, W M Hardi son and V. G. Taylor, of Poplar Point Township; C. L. Green and T L House, of Robersonville Township;! R. J. Hardison and Floyd Moore, of Williams Township, and H. L Barn- ' hill and J. P. Woodard, of Williams (Continued on page six) Arretted For Alleged Theft Of Automobile Ralph Warthington, Washington City man, was arrested near the fair grounds last night by Deputy J H. Roebuck for the alleged theft of Far mer L. J. Hardison's automobile When arrested, WorUungUm stated he was heading for Concord. Martin Farmers To Register Tkkleek For Leaf Fleet ion All Farmers llrged To Make Sure Their Names \re On the List I The large scale registration of far mers for the tobacco control referen dum to be held possibly some time j during next week is slated to get un derway in this rounty nn Wednes day and Thursday of this week. Reg I istrations will be handled at Bear Grass and Hassell all day tomorrow, and at Everetts, Oak City. Griffins Township House, Hamilton. James ville, Robersonville, Williams and at the county agricultural building for Williamston and Poplar Point Town I ship farmers on Thursday Commit th-men will have the registration books at the appointed places, and farmers are urged to make sure that their names are on the lists Partial registrations have already | been prepared by the county office, but it is certain that the registration j is not complete in any of the districts The registration prepared by the I county agent's office is based on par ticipation in the 193H conservation | program. This is not complete, far mers are advised, and it is very, un portant that all farmers interested in the referendum should visit the nearest place of registration and see that his name is on the register Owners of those farmers where the conservation program was in effect this year can almost be assured that their names are on tin- register, but it is possible that the names of all their tenants do not appear on de list. These farmers are asked to check the list and have all their tenants qualify for the referendum Those farmers who did not participate in the program this year, as a general rule, have not registered. They havt a perfect right to participate m the program, and, therefore, they should (Continued on page six) Dramatic Service In Local ( hurcli ? The dramatic worship .service in stituted io the local Methodist church Sunday evening drew the largest congregation that has worshipped at the church for several months. This type of service is built around some particular interest of the church and is set forth by dramatic interpreta tion. The service Sunday night fea tured the benevolent obligations of the church and was interpreted by twelve characters assisted by the choir. Miss Ruth Ward, playing the part of "Miss Benevolence " assumed the leading role along with Gordon Ben nett, who interpreted the work of the pastor Among the other charac ters interpreting the causes served by the gifts of the church were Prof I). N. Mix, H I,. Swain. Mrs Sam Ed wards, John H Gurganus, Robert Jones, Miss Elizabeth Barker. Miss Faye Gurganus, Miss Alberta Knox, and Miss Mary Kate Swam The ser vice was under the direction of Mrs D N. Mix The second service in the special si l ies will be given next Sunday night when a chorus, u quartet, and soloists from the Maple Grove Chris tian church will interpret evangelis tic music to our church. This choir has a reputation for splendid evan gelistic music. The quartet and solo ist from the group have appeared in many churches. A packed house is expected to enjoy this new type of service- Sunday night. This second service in the series of dramatic wor ship is under the direction of Mr H. L. Swain This service opens the "Church In terest Month" series that is being put on hy the lor;>l MfthllfllSt rhlllfh Sunday is designated "Go to Church day The morning service will cen ter again in the benevolent obliga tions of the church. A special fea ture of this service will be the "Pay Out Offering" for connectional ob ligations and the Sacrament of the Lord'g Supper SPECIAL * Suicide Bub llayrs, a former employee on the local tobacco market, la offering $25 to any person who will ride with him when he attempts to jump four teen stock can in front, of the Williamston fair (rounds Bed neaday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The only condition the daredevil ptunenger will be required to meet ia a written release in case of injury or death. It ia possible Hayes will have a passenger, reports stating that Fred fhww, garage median/., ia considering the offer. Thousand Farmers Crowd Into And Around the Courthouse Last Evening To Hear Discussions Siza ble Number Exh i bits and Big Mid way at Fa i r7 7/ /\v II Opening for the first time in recent| years under clear skies, the William ston fair today has a surprisingly j large number of exhibits, and a great er midway than were expected, a hurried review of the grounds this morning indicating the fair will measure up to records established m recent years In addition to the general ontertanriient program, Sui cide~?Hayes and midget auto races will feature the show on Wednesday and Friday afternoons respectively The Art Lewis midway, recogni/ ed as one of the fastest growing shows in the South w as rapidly mak ing preparations this morning -to open the 1939 edition of the fair with a dozen rides and amusement stands. Eighteen group exhibits had been virtually completed this morning b> 4 11 club members, home demonstra tion clubs. Boy Scouts, the count} health department and Works Pro gross Administration The general exhibits, while limited m number. measure up to expectations in quan tity, ahd the colored high school is fast preparing an interesting display of work on the second floor of the exhibit hall. The Plymouth. James ville and Oak City chapters of Fu ture Farmers of America have com pleted their exhibits. "We realize the unfavorable con ditions existing in this and adjoin ing counties due to the closing of the tobacco markets, but we are going ahead with the fair all this week, bringing here what we consider the people will enjoy " Manager N V Chambhss said today, adding that a week of merriment is quite timely while the markets prepare to reopen week after next. As a special induce mefit. the management is accepting five pounds of tobacco foi admission at the main gate every day except Wednesday More than 3,000 pounds were received at Tarboro last week under the old Colonial bartvi sys .tern. IManningCounty-Wide (laiiipaign lor Control Basic Facts Will Be Placed Before Farmers Of County ?? Imp' NiiiiiImth F\|?ecli'<l To Vltrml Series of Meetings p A whirl wind .campaign to place | basic tacts Ik f?Krr) tobacco growers | in connection with the tobacco con trol referendum is getting underway in the county this week with meet ings scheduled in nearly every one of the ten community centers Plan ned by the .office (if the county con servation agricultural association, the meetings will stress the facts un derlying the serious problem now facing the farmers rather than dic tating voting action in the referen dum which will likely be held some time during next week Outside speakers will possibly participate in the program and urge support of a control program The campaign got underway in the county courthouse last night when a large crowd heard prominent farm leaders discuss the problem now fac ing the tobacco grower. Tomorrow night at 7 30 o'clock, the campaign will be extended into the districts of (loose Nest and Griffins Townships. The (loose Nest meeting will he held in the Oak City High School audi tuiiiiin, and Hie Griffins meeting is scheduled in the Farm Life school Thursday night at the same hour, meetings will be held at Kveretts and Hassell On Friday bight, Septem ber 20, a large numberof farmers are expected for meetings at Hear Grass and Jarnesville. The campaign will be brought to a close, according tr? a schedule formulated in the of fice of the county agent here yes terday, at Robersonville and in Wil hams Township next Monday night at. 7:3(J o'clock While recogm/ing FTic inherent right of every grower to vote as he chooses, Williamston business men, sensing the serious situation facing this community and all its people, are addressing a sincere appeal in behalf of the control progiain "We are vitally interested in the welfare (Continued on page six) Tiro llurl In hictory Accident Here Monthly ? Roxie Wilder and Helen Ormond, employees in the'plant of the Skin ner Tobacco Company here, were painfully but not seriously injured in an accident there yesterday morn ing- No bones were broken, but the victims were badly bruised. They aie expected out within two or three days. A shafting was said to have torn loose from its mooring and fell on the two women. One or two oth ers were slightly hurt, but they were able to continue work after imt*dical attention was rendered the group f KI SOI I HON \ Sensing the serious situation faring the tobarro territories and realizing that a concerted effort on the part of everyone in those territories is necessary to win the hattle, a large gathering of .Mar tin County farmers in the court house Monday evening upon the motion of Rev. W. It. Ilarriug ton, of Farm Life, endorsed res olutions urging all business and professional men to fall in line and help carry the control pro gram over the top on Thursday, October 5. 'It is a critical time We need and we want the help ol our business men," Harrington said. Recognized as 100 per cent for control, local business men have been a hit hesitant to enter the campaign for fear they would be branded as meddlers, hut with the invitation extended last eve ning, it is certain that business men and other interested persons will do all they can Funeral Held For Mrs. Win. RoImtxoii In (iouiity Sunday l)aii^hl?-r of \lr?. Annie (ilrnn ? > Dicil l.iisl I'riilay Soar Ituliri hiiih i 111 ? Mrs William Roberson, a native of Williamston, died at her home near Robersonville lust Friday night at 0.30 o'clock following an illness of only three weeks' duration. The daughter of Mrs Annie Glenn, of Williamston, and the late Rolrert Glenn, Mrs. Roberson was born in Williamston on December 21. 1901 In early womanhood she was mar ried to Mr. Roberson, and he with eight children, Mrs Lawn on Pitt of Wihon, Loom. I. a Lee, Kvelyn, Ksther, Finest and a baby, tjhe latter only a few days old, survive. She also leaves besides her mother, three brothers, Lee Glenn, of Williamston, George Glenn, of Ports mouth, and James Glenn, of Union town, Ala . and fijSFo tint! i s. Mr Hen ry Russell, of Suffolk, and -Miss Lena Mae Glenn, of Williamston Following her marriage to Mi Robersod she made her home near Williamston for a number of years, moving to a farm near Rohcrsonvillc about a year or two ago She attend ed the Williamston schools, and was a member of the local Baptist church for a number of years She later changed her membership to the Pres byterian church near her home in Poplar Point Mrs. Roberson was a devoted mother and a thoughtful wife, one who placed the interests of her family ahead of her own. Funeral services were conducted in the little Presbyterian Chapel in Poplar Point Sunday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. Z. T. Piephoff. In terment was in the family plot in the Bowen Cemetery, near here. Schaul) VikI Floyd Lite [ rgent Need -p For Leal Program r ?.?$? llirre's llo|ir If I'rn&zrum Is Carried; I idle Hope If lYourom Fail* Kcali/.mg the serious situation now [facing them, nearly 1,1)00 Martin County farmers. their faces stern j and then nci v? s tense, made it quite j clear at a mass meeting in the court house here last night that they are [ ready and anxious to tackle the to ! hacco problem at the ballot box on | Thursday of next week For more than an hour they listen led intently to Dean I O Schaub, North Carolina's grand old man of agriculture, and F V Floyd. State administrator of the Triple A. re i view the. serious plight of the to 1 baeco farmer and then outline tile j proposals for coping with that ser j ious situation Basing their talks I upon sound business judgment, the j speaker^ made it quite clear and un i usually plain to lite crowded court room that control offered the only salvation to the grower, hut not j once did they offer to dictate a sm j g I e. vote | "Tobacco fanners aiv taemg a | serious situation. but it is in the j hands of the fanners to determine if Ithat situation will he turned to fa yoi them or turned against them."" [Dean Schaub who rushed here from J a governor's conference late in the ' afternoon, told tin- interested group [The need for a production control Jjprogram was well founded upon good business sense by the head of ! the State extension forces in the j State "'The world wants about 750 million pounds of our tobacco an I nually At the present time there is | a two years supply on hand; and to I aggravate . that situation tin- belt | produced over a billion pounds this | year, or about 1550 bullion pounds more than was needed or wanted i And thou the Will -broke but The Im i penal Company w ithdrew- from tin | markets, losing an outlet to the far I hum of one -third of their crop. Oth [or buyer., sensing tin serious situa [ lion forced the closing of the mar kets because they could not cope with the problem A meeting was held m Kalrigh. and representatives of tanner.s business and profession id nu n and others wanted to know what tlu government could and would do An amended control law .made it possible fur. a referendum to he called at an.V time after July 1 in stead oi after November 15 and the Commodity Ciedit Corporation was empowered- to make loans" Dean Schaub explained. "Now tlu .mti-control forces say the government is forcing the far im i . to vote for control We are not dictating <? single vote but we are trying to explain what is strictly a business proposition There is too much tobacco The government has agreed to take tlu* Imperial Com panyV place on the market but it hoc-I?h.>vo the a^uie that?farmers yvill ieduce production next year. Hankers or no other business man would agree to lend money on the t in ic nt tobacco crop unless there wa . some assurance of production (Continued on page six) Increased ( hureh Attendance llt're AfIt i experiencing an almost bot ? miiiI. . I nil, inInlm I. William stop churches List Sunday reported an increased interest in religious Worship, one repott stating?that nearly 100 persons were present for a special program More than thirty were present .it a second church. Despite the increased attendance reported Sunday evening, support of the various denominations con tinues to drag, offering, in the words of one religious leader, a far more serious problem than offered by war itself For some time, local ministers have viewed the problem with much I concern, and failing in their efforts to find a solution some of them are greatly disheartened With the sum mer season passed, the religious lead ers are hopeful local citizens will turn to the worship services in great er numbers in the future The sad feature about the small attendance upon church services is that so many find time to seek pass ing pleasures and never find time to give any support or find it conven tn prumntn thoir spiritual K^lng " a minister commented.
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