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Williamston Will Be Represented in League This Season Fans Agree to Raise $2,000 for Operator Direct Plea To All Follow ers of S|>ort To Pledge Suj>|>ort > Meeting Last Night Pledge* (Uwperation in General Support of Club Williamson will have an entry in the Coastal Plain Baseball leafue when the curtain is hoisted next April 25, a meeting of baseball fans 25 or more?decided last evening A drive for donations will be formu lated at a meeting of two special committees thtx evening H v. as agreed to raue and turn over to the operator of the club Mr J Easor. Lilley. $2,000 Several hundred of that amount was pledged at the meeting last night and it is believed I that with everyone participating in the movement, the pledge ean be raised in its entirety without very much trouble or difficulty. Accepting the committee assign ments. members stated that they were anxious to do all they could and give as liberally as they possi bly could, but they did nut want others to entertain the idea that they were out begging for themselves or anyone else. Williamston is get ting a bargain in baseball at a bar gain price. No other town in the cir cuit is enjoying the national past time at such a small cost. The meet ing recognized this last night, and iXw m atteiidanrf er pressed them selves as favoring the pledge and offering in addition to that a whole hearted cooperation to Mr Lilley in supporting the elub at all times. The committees will start their canvass immediately, and It is hoped that the support of the club will come from a large portion of the pop ulation It is believed that everyone can wintribute something and that no undue burden will be imposed on any one Mr Lilley, president of the club, is t>eing advised of the action taken at the meeting last night, and immed iate steps wod be takejij contracts have been pending for two Parker way down in Green Pond, Alabama, will be advised by wire to shake the bushes for more play ers. Gaining recognition by his work as president of the club last year, Mr. LilWy, it is believed, will be able to draw some players from the Yankee organization. "You have played fail and square with us, and we will do anything we possibly can to help you," a high official in baseball told Mr Lilley at the National Associa tion meeting in Cincinnati last De cember ____ Reports gained I rum various sources maintain that there 11 be some good ball in this league next season, and that operating costs will be held to a reasonable figure At the meeting last night, player classifications were explained Each club in the league will be required to carry at least four rookies, men who had never had any professional baseball experience, eight limited service men. players who have not played more than two seasons in or ganized ball; and three veterans, men who have played in any class of ball for three years or more The ruling means that the local club can use Thoele. Sieminski and Kimrey as limited service men and can se lect two men from the following. Swain, Cherry, Earp. Rimmer, Ville pique and Diem Old Anderson Home On Haughton Street Destroyed Saturday (Continued from pace one) Elizabeth Keel, and Jack Frank, roomeri in the home, were left with out a chance of clothinc. Bob Bar rett, teacher in the local hich school and a roomer in the home, saved a few clothes. The loas was recogniz ed as virtually complete for the house and all its contents, however. Durinc several hours early Sun day inornine, the town was without any fire protection whatever. Small hose lines were frozen and every piece of the larce hose was so stiff that none ol it could be replaced in the truck until it had been remov ed to the water plant and placed in a warm room. Even small garden hose lines choked up with ice, and about five o'clock that morninc fire men carried water in buckets and poured on the smolderinc ruins to keep the fire from breaking out When fire wrecked the Culpepper Hardware Store here in February. IMS, firemen had a tough assign ment, but operations were carried on then without much trouble with freezing hoae lines. Last Saturday reral Joints of hose were useless when they froze re open. While other fires aaore costly, including the Bride warehouse fire in IMS, of the fire company k-end was the The Record Speaks . . . Despite adverse weather con ditions and ice-covered roads during the period, travel on Martin Ounty highways last week was uneventful, according to an official report released to day by Pati%lman Whit Saun ders Wrecksk happening thick and fast in tnW county during the preceding woek-end, appar ently served as a warning against dangers lurking on ice-covered highways during unfavorable weather periods. The perfect record attained under such adverse conditions last week well proves that the number of accidents on our high ways can be mateiially reduced if not eliminated altogether. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend; first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time: Fourth Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1940 9 5 0 $1200 1939 1 0 0 450 Comparison To Date 1940 9 5 0 $1200 1939 1 0 0 450 Name Seven Umjis In (loantal League Club officials are not the only ones having troubles these days, for League President H. H. Goodmon is experiencing difficulty in rounding out his umpiring staff for the com ing season. And h?^ allows it is just about as difficult for him Jo find good umpires as it is for the club of ficials to find good players. To date, the league head has sign ed contracts with seven umpires, and agreements are pending in two other cases The league will carry nine reg ular umpires this coming season and all of" Them" will be experienced, the league president said ?btro?Kearney, of Raleigh;?Tom Hanna, of Gaston ia; Jim Stroner, of Tarboro, and Harry King, of Phila delphia, are returning to the league as hold-overs from last season. The new faces in the arbiters' line-up will be those of R. G. Vickers, of Durham; Joe Cibulka, of Chicago, and Baxter Moose, western North Carolina school principal. Vickers, an ump in the Piedmont League last season, worked here in the old Albe marle circuit a few years ago. Ci bulka was in the Piedmont loop last season. Moose worked in the North Carolina State league last year Ragweed Improves Quality of Tobacco In a recent news article issued by the U. S Department of Agriculture, the attention of tobacco growers is called to the fact that ragweed adds quality in tobacco rotations: "In the early days of this county planters soon found that tobacco grown on virgin soil produced larg er yields of finer-textured leaf than that grown on older cultivated plots. Thus, to meet market demands, early settlers and their successors cleared forested areas until in time all the good land had been planted to to bacco. ' ? Af farming science developed, to bacco growers tried crop rotation, and used manures and fertilizers in an effort to maintain yield and qual itv. These practices did not prove satisfactory on all soils and with all crop combinations. "In recent years, scientists of the United States Department of Agri culture discovered that tobacco grown after a natural weed fallow and receiving trie right kind of com mercial fertilizer apparently pos sesses those characteristics observed in the early days when the crop was grown on virgin land. The fact that tobacco planted after a bare fallow shows a rapid decrease in yield and quality demonstrates that the cover of spontaneous growth if the answer to tiie problem rather than simply allowing the land to remain idle. "Tests completed recently by the Department scientists show that cer tain weeds are more desirable than others as a fallow. It may not be good news to persons susceptible to hay fever, but ragweed is one of the weed species showing the best results. Horseweed is another. On the other hand, tobacco following lam's quar ter showed some reduction in yield over bare fallow, "In the same tests annual lespedexa has shown no advantage as a cover crop. Sweetclover, rabbit's foot clov er, and wild peas have not always shown an advantage. "TAie general beneficial effect of the weed fallow, report the scientists is getting the tobacco off to a quick start and a rapid and uniform growth of the plants from transplanting time to maturity. This in turn resulted in uniformly high market value per acre and average price per pound, which demonstrates that the tobacco meets current demands for most manufacturing purposes'* Bear Grass Divides Games With Locals The Bear Grass and Williamston high school basketball teams divid ed a double schedule on the local court last evening, the visiting girls SLuiuig a 18-10 victory and the lo cal boys winning by the close score of IS to 12 Both games were warm ly contested In the girls' game, Rawls led the scoring with ten points for the visi tors. Leggett and Hardy adding two points each from the field. B. Jack son and R Liggett divided the scor ing work for the locals with five points each. Boykin led the local boys with eight points, the visitors dividing the scoring work fairly evenly. Girls' Gum Williamston O F T Dunn, ( 0 0 0 Jackson, f 1 3 5 Leggett, f 2 1 5 Gurganus. g 0 0 0 Manning, g 0 0 0 Ward, g 0 0 0 Totals 3 4 10 Bear Grass G F T Leggett, f 1 0 2 Hardy, f 1 0 2 Bailey, f 0 2 2 Terry, f 0 0 0 Ha wis, f 5 0 10 "Hedgers. g 0 0 0 Wynne, g 0 0 0 Rogers, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 2 16 Boys Game WiUiamston G F T Roberaon, f 113 Boykin, f 4 0 8 Ward, c 113 A Anderson, g 0 0 0 Crofton, g 0 11 Critcher, g 0 0 0 ? fotali, i 6 11 '? Bear Grass G K T K White, t 2 0 4 Robinson, f - 1 1 3 H. White, c 0 0 0 Wobbleton, g ?" ? " Hardy, g 0 11 Harris, g 2 0 4 Totals 5 2 12 Greenville Holds Seed Ex|)osition The North Carolina Crop Improve ment Association will hold its an nual meeting and seed exposition in Greenville on Thursday and Friday of this week, reports stating that the president, S. T. Henry, of Spruce Pine, and B. B. Everett, vice presi dent, of Palmyra, are expecting a record attendance and a splendid show. Sizable cash prizes are being otter ed exhibitors with winning seed combinations. Numerous entries have already been reported, but as far as it could be learned few Mar tin County farmers are participating in the exposition. ?An unusually interesting program has been arranged and all Martin County farmers are invited lo at tend the two-day event. The pro gram gets underway Thursday morning at 9 o'clock with a review of exhibits which include a variety of crop seed, peas and beans and other farm products. Prominent agri culturists from this and other states will appear on the program School Attendance High In The County Monday Resuming operations after an en forced holiday of three days, schools in this county yesterday reported very favorable attendance records. Superintendent J. C. Manning of the county school system, said this morning. Theatlendance figures ranged around 90 per eent of en rollment in nearly every one of the schools. Several of the schools, Williams t..n B..r Grass Farm l.ife?aniL Jamesville, closed only one day last week on account of weather condi tions. Bus schedules were maintained unusually wejl yesterday, but trou- | ble is expected when the rural roads start thawing. ff inter Sports Reported On Farm Life Mill Pond Frozen solid, the old Hardiaon Mill Pond in the Farm Life section has been the scene of lively winter sports during the past few days. Numbers of young people in the community have dared to skate on the ice which was about three inches thick l.enoir Farmers Set Out Seedling Pine Trees Eight Lenoir County termers are setting 1,000 seedling pine trees per sere on unused fields this winter Assistant Extension Agent O. R. Freeman says 15,000 trees have been set to date by these men. He also re ports cleaning tobacco seed for 411 farmers to date. 1 Mrs. Floyd Bufflap is recuperating (from a major operation in a Rocky Mount hospital. WANTED: FARMERS TO GO TO our county agriculture agent and1 order three to ten tons of ground limestone and have some paid out of their soil conservation payment Yap get a return of $1.50 per acre for each sere limed with 1500 pounds I have ordered mine. W. B Wynne. MODERN CAR OF YESTERDAY Automobile makers of today meet the car of yesterday at the Pontiac Motor Division plant. Pictured with the 1909 Oakland?forerunner of today's Pontiac?are H. J. Klingler, Pontiac general manager, at the wheel; Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman of the board of General Motors Corporation; William S. Knudsen, General Motors president, and Charles E. Wilson, executive vice-president of the corporation, about to twist the crank. College Team Seores Win Over the Martins Drop Hard-Fought Battle By 50 To 41 Margin To A. C. C. ??? Br<M'k IIoIiIh S|H>lliglit for the Martin* Willi Total of Twenty-one Point* Williamston's independent basket ball team, idle for several days, lost a hard-fought battle upon its return to the court last Saturday night in Wilson when the. Atlantic Christian CnllBge Rl 11 Mngs gcnrpH a fjll-41 vie. tory. Ed Davis recorded the game, as follows Bill Herring's charges got away fast against the Martins and at half time were ahead by a five-point mar gin at 22-17. The two teams turned on the steam at the outset of the fi nal half und in five minutes a total of twenty points had been marked up on the scoreboard. The locals were still ahead at 31-28 At this point, the Bulldogs slowly pulled away from their opponents and amassed an eight-point advan tage with some nine minutes remain ing The Martins again rallied and three successive action counters cut the lead to two points. Then the Bulldogs went to town. They made seemingly impossible shots with ease and exhibited a passing attack that had the tired and weary Martins be wildered. Brock. Williamston center, bagged the scoring honors by sinking eight action shots and sinking five tossed from the gratis line for 21 points. Red Broughton, A. C. C. pivot man, paced his team to victory by account ing for 15 points but he was hard pressed by Lassiter, guard, who whipped the cords for 13 points. Pap Diem, veteran third baseman of the Williamston entry in the Coastal Plain League, played the entire game at guard For the Martins, indicating he haa fully recovered from a recent J serious operation The lineups: Martins G F T Wallace, f 10 2 "Grant, f 2 0 Brock, c 8 5 21 Anderson, g 5 0 10 Diem, g 2 0 4 Totals 18 5 41 A. C. C. G F T Ange, f 10 2 Martin, f 2 2 6 Holloman, f 2 2 6 Broughton, c 7 1 15 McCotter, g 4 0 8 Draper, g 0 0 0 Lassiter, g 4 5 13 Totals 20 10 50 Aluminum Used In German Dentistry An oddity of the aluminum indus try is that virtually every pound of virgin metal produced comes back, time and again, to bite its maker in the form of competition from the scrap pile. Your aluminum coffee pot may once have been part of super power transmission line, and when you throw It away, it may some day reappear as a part of your neighbor's washing machine. So on, ad infini tum. But it remained for a Naai den tist to create the oddest use for scrap aluminum. Faced with finding a substitute for gold, silver and plat inum, he melted part of his Ameri can aluminum tea kettle, and today dozens of Germans are chewing with teeth that have fcpen tilled with the lightweight metal used in airplanes power lines, and streamlined trains. 1)1 mil AM Y IIKKK The strong Durham V quint will play Williamston's Martins here tomorrow night in the high school gym. The game will get underway promptly at 8 o'clock and Manager Critcher has an nounced that the gym will be made comfortable. Always offering spirited com petition and sensational play, the Durham squad is expected to give the Martins one of their beat games of the season with the roster of the visiting club list ing a number of former college Despite the fact that cold wea ther is still here, every effort will be made to heat the gym and a large crowd is expected to turn out for this contest. Rfcvipl* From Hi r I Inlay Ifall Harr Dinappointinp Receipts from the President's Birthday ball here last Friday night were described as very disappointing by Pete Fowden, chairman of the event. "By the time we paid the orchestra and met a few minor ex pense r items, there-was little profit left," Mr. Fowden explained. A complete report from the March of Dimes is not available, but the sale is not expected to set a new rec ord, it was learned. Marker Is Placed Here in Memory of Senator Asa Biggs (Continued from page one) business, carrying on at the same lime an extensive law practice in Virginia His last years in Norfolk were triumphal ones and his death there On March 6, 1878, was mourn ed in the press of several states. He was buried in Norfolk. Judge Biggs married Miss Martha Andrews, of Bertie County, and was the father of a large family, au thentic reports stating that their son, Henry Andrew Biggs, was the last man killed in the Civil War. The marker was placed here at the instigation of Mr. Warren H. Biggs, who possesses much histori cal data based on the judge's life and work. Mr. Harry A. Biggs, also was active in placing the facts he fore the historical commission to base the claim for the marker. Judge Biggs has a number of grandchildren living in this and other states of the union, including Kader Biggs Crawford and Miss An na Crawford, of Williamston; Ben jamin C. Crawford, of Greensboro; J. Crawford Biggs, of Raleigh; Miss Jewette Biggs, of Oxford; Mrs. Lula McKeithan, of Fayetteville; Arthur VanCleve, of Princeton, N. J., and Mrs. Lucy Louizeant, of New York City. One.niece, Mrs. Chloe M. Lan ier is now living in Louisiana. Wants The ENTERPRISE WANT AD RATES One cent a word (thii type) each insertion. 25c Minimum Charge 2r a word this hit Cash must accompany all or ders unless you have an open ac count with us. We reserve the right to revise or reject any copy. 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