Newspapers / The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / May 21, 1940, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Watch The Label On Your Your Subecription E x p i r e a Paper. As It Carries The Date THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 41 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 21, 19W. ESTABLISHED 1899 Large Portion ol British and French Army Isolated: March to The Channel Accomplished Fact Their Defense Shot Allies Are Planning Big Counter-Attack Ruthle** March Turns To ward England Where Mil lions Are Threatened Starting their big push less than two weeks ago, the mighty German hordes today are reported to have dealt the Allies additional heavy blows that virtually cleared a path to the English Channel and carried the murderous invaders to within 60 miles of Paris. The German high command claimed that the Nazi forces had got within sight of the channel, that a million British. Bel gian and French forces in Flanders had been isolated from the main French army Allied command denied the claim, but reports from Paris and London did say that the forces in northern France were retreating, indicating that Hitler and his mechanized beasts are headed for England. The Ger mans are apparently sweeping for ward on all fronts, leaving behind them destroyed main defenses of their foes. That the drive toward the English Channel would lighten the pressure on the forces defending Paris is not materializing, one re port stating that Reims, a strong French military base, had been cap tacks were progressing "according to plans." There was some talk about a French counter attgfck under the direction of the new French general, Weygand. Militai1^ observers be lieve the attack will be directed at a "bulge" in the Allied?lines where the invaders have driven a deep pocket into the defense of Paris and the channel. Considerable difficulty perienced in massing troops, one re port claiming that German air forces were disrupting tHe organization movement by tearing up rail cen ters and directing attacks on the con centration centers. Devastation of human life and property was general following the invasion of the hordes, the famous library at Louvain being included in the rums. Untold suffering is being reported in the invaded countries, while back in Germany the popula tion carries on in peace and quiet, little disturbed about the war. News of the ruthless victories stirs the population in the Nazi death-dealing country to triumphant shouting. Back in Paris this morning, Prem ier Reynaud stated that the uivad ers had gained a foothold in France through traitors, that the Germans had been invited in over bridges that could have and should have been blown up over the Meuse River. Ger many reports that bridge-building material was included in the regu lar equipment that was carried along by the invaders. (Continued on page six) For Board of Education Messrs. John XV. Eubanks. of Hassell, left, and Leslie llardi son, of Jamesville. right, are two of four candidates for the three seats 011 the Martin County Hoard of Education. RED CROSS CALL The first answers to the calls coming from a pleading human ity across the seas were received here over the week-end when Harry A- Biggs. chairman of the Martin County Red Cross chap ter, reported donations amount ing to $15. The chapter is mak ing slow progress in meeting its quota of $4W.TleaIIr.ing the trag ic conditions existing in the war stricken areas of Europe, citizens in other sections are rapidly sub scribing thetr chapter quotas, and others are passing the quota mark Donations are acknowledged here as follows: Miss Annie Glasgow $ 3.00 Mrs. E. T. Walker 2.00 A Friend 10.00 Poppies Will Be Sold On May 25th When tlii' citizens of Martin Coun ty put on thtnr rnt-rnot ri?f poppies utv Poppy Day, May 25, to honor the World War dead, they will be help ing children .of dead and disabled veterans to a fair star tin- life, ac cording to Mrs. Charles Davenport, president of John Walton Hassell unit of the American Legion Auxili ary. Money contributed for the poppies will help maintain the Auxiliary's child welfare activities during the coming year, she explained. Much of it will go into emergency aid?Utf families left dependent by the death or disability of a veteran.j (Hunch Attendance Figures Co iitinue To Show A Decline _ ( ( )ul of Ton IVrwoiiH |'n>-1 ??ill for SfrvircH in l.ornl Churches Sunday Bv REV. S. J. STARNES I'a-stor. Methodtst Church Spring fever seems to have struck the churchgoers in Williamston (Tur ing the last few weeks. Instead of i eh m ell at tendance pa king up ilui mg | the beautiful Sundays of the last | few weeks, it has shown a decrease j in every church. Sunday school at tendance has held up better than ! church attendance. The figures as reported by the various churches do j not speak well for Williamston. While many people are very loyal to the church and are always there, yet there are many others whose at tendance record is rather poor. The pastors have for the past few months been giving attendance figures at the various services^ in order that the people of Williamston may see the picture just as it really is. The figures below may not be ex actly correct, since a count was not made, but only an estimate given in a few instances. On the other hand a number of them are correct, a count having been made in each service at some of the churches. But these are approximately correct, and give an indication of the attendance upon re ligious services for the day. Totat Attendance Church S.S. Y.P. A.M. PM "thipti.st 114 13 85 44 iCmdstian 12(1 7 120 251 Episcopal 20 50 13 Holiness 112 85 80 I Methodist 79 16 53 47 | | Presbyterian 27 25 Totals 472 36 418 209 Last Week 454 43 398 192 While there was a slight gain in the totals last Sunday over the attend ance figures for the Sunday before, several of the churches reported siz Uble decreases. Two churches where services are ordinarily held twice each Sunday held only one service the Sunday before, but with services underway in all churches last Sun day, the total attendance figures were little larger than they were the week before. The attendance upon the Sunday morning service in the Bap tist Church dropped from 110 to 85. At the Methodist Church Sunday evening the attendance dropped from 80 to 53 For the third ,successive Sunday the number attending the young people's services decreased It is thought the census will show Williamston has around 4.000 lnhabi tants. Among the white churches of the town there are perhaps less than 1,000 members. In the morning ser vice of last Sunday there were 418 present in all the churches, or less than one out of ten, or to be more exact only rune and one-half persons out of each one hundred of the pop ulation who attended the morning I services. No community can hope to develop lire finest citizenship wi with such unconcern toward morals and religion. The ultimate strength of any people can be measured by its interest in and loyally To the Spiri tual values of life as represented by the Christian religion. r.oloretl C.ilitm Dips At Hrr llomp Hptp Sunday Ethel Jones Patterson, middle aged colored woman, died at her home here on Washington Street on Sunday afternoon following a ten day illness. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow. New Election Laws in Effect Next Saturday Telling Effect Is Predicted In Size Of Vote In Primary Elimination of the Absentee Vote and Marhine Mark er* Are Main Change* New election laws designed to give a free expression of the individual voter's views will go into effect next Saturday when the electorate selects its nominees for the November elec tion. Centered around the elimination of the absentee ballot and the limited marking of ballots, the new laws are expected to have much bearing on the size of the vote as well as keep the candidates guessing until the count of votes gets underway. Explaining the use of markers in primaries, a State election official says: . The only voters who may be assist ed in the marking of (heir balloU are those who cannot read and those who by reason of physical handicap, ouch bs blind partlyiit or other disabling defect, are unable to mark their ballot. In an official opinion, the attorney general ruled that only those illiter ate* registered under the Grandfa ther Clause of the Constitution were entitled to assistance by reason of *Mt inability to read. When a voter is entitled to assist ance in the marking oi the ballot, he must obtain the assistance from a (Continued on page six) GAINING | V / L. Lee Gravely, Rocky Mount man and one of seven candidates for governor. Is reported to have gained much strength during re cent days in this county and throughout a number of Sections in the State. Reparation* Apftarenliy.? ith General Approval Martin County political leaders ap 'parenOy~are well satisfied'WITF1 We new registration recently completed in this county( reports stating that not a single entry on the books was challenged last Saturday. Fair-Sized Vote Is Expected In This County Saturday ?? Enterprise Krutler* Im ite?l To Reeord (>uct>M'K t)n Size of Vote Despite a lagging interest in politi cal affairs, local and State, a repre sentative vote is expected in this county Saturday. At n6 other time in political history have there poen more candidates for governor and county treasurer, the crowded field apparently crowding out much in terest. But with as many candidates in the field as there are, it is quite reasonable to expect a larger vote than the present campaign activities would indicate. The war has almost made politics a side issue, but through force of habit and by re: son of one or more of the 42 candi dates. the electorate is expected to record a fairly sizable vote on Sat urday of this week. Two years ago this county record ed one of its largest primary votes. Political observers doubt if the rec ord will be maintained, but there arc several factors that are quite certain to bolster interest and affect the size of the vote. The three contests for commissioners will, no doubt, add to the vote in several sections particu larly and in general throughout the county The treasurer's race will have a noticeable effect. Then there are the State contests and one local race, but the State ticket, many be lieve, will have little effect on the size of the vote But as for predicting the size of the vote, one's guess is as good as an other's; Below are listed the now registration figures, the 1932 vote and a place for recording guess es timates by precincts The person guessing the nearest will receive a subst 1 iptunr-trr this -paper for year. Guesses must be in the mail or in this office not later than 6 p m Friday. May 24 1938 Precinct Reg. Vote Guess James vi lie 538 382 Williams 261.. 173 Griffins 4^0 370 -Hem-Grass ?r- 412 -2M Wilhamston 1 681 878 Williamstoii 2 4. 739 Cross Roods 400 197 Gold Point 94 98 Poplar Point 200 146 Hamilton T70 169 Masse II 150 89 Goose Nest 402 206 5446 3354 ?The 1938 vote is combined with that for Precinct No. 1 It is believed that the elimination of "the absentee hallotrnTift ttTr^ttght ening up on the regulations govern ing the marking of tickets will af feet the size of the vote. At the close of the second registration period, there were 2,765 names on the books. A great majority of those names was put there by the electorate, and it is reasonable to believe that the per son who took enough interest in pol itics to register will participate in the primary. Many of the 2 681 other names were placed on the books by solicitation mainly, and no large per centage of those electors will likely participate in the primary. Some think the vote count at the close of the primary next Saturday will ex ceed 3.000 by a substantial margin; others believe it will range around 3,000. Aged Woman Passes At Home In County Late Last Evening Funerul Service* Are Bring: Held for Mr*. R. W. Perry Thin Afternoon Mrs R W. Perry, aged Griffins Township citizen, died at her home in the Smithwicks Creek community at 10 o'clock last night following a long period of declining health Pneumonia was given as the immed iate cause of her death. She was 72 years old and had lived in the com jaunity of her birth all In? r life with the exception of brief periods spent visiting her children in other parts of the county. Mrs. Perry was the daughter of the late John Daniel and Ann Hardison Girffin. She married in early woman hood and reared a large family of children. A member of the church at Smithwick Creek for a long num ber of years, Mfs. Perry was held in high regard by her neighbors and other friends over the large com munity in which she lived. She was a loyal member of the church, adher lng closely U) its docilities and ex emplifying its teachings in her daily living. Possessing a kind voice, she was a devoted wife and mothet. "Besides her husband she leaves ten children, Messrs. Simon D. Perry, of Cross Roads; William A. Perry, of Rocky Mount; C. F Perry, of Wil liamston; Joseph H. Perry, of Wil liams Township, and Dewey Perry, of Griffins Townahtp, and five daughter*, Mr* K D Junea, Mrs. V. S. Revels, Mrs. Simon Ward, Mrs. Claudia Hardison and Mrs. M. D. Corey, all of this coiinty. Funeral services are being con ducted in the Smithwicks Creek church this afternoon4 at 3 o'clock by Elder P. E. Getsinger, and inter ment will follow in the family cem etery. blames of Forty-Two Candidates w Will Appear on Primary Ballots In This County Saturday, May 25 Two ol Five Candidates Messrs. John I'eel. left, and Hen Courtney. rijglit. are two of the five candidates for the office of .Martin County treasurer. Both men are of Williamston. Bi<j Dinner Feature (WW PA Open House Observance I Jtrattv llt-atl* of I'rofcs.-ioioil Sen ice l)i, isioilx Offer liilei e-lint; And Inforilialive Kepnrl* ' 'f| |? > 11 / n i l- ii v ? r r louni laM Hig4d-by-ti?c.4nc^amit~uf. Works Progress Administration when more than 125 citizens and organization unrUers .msfp^hlcd in the basement of the grammar school to hear re ports by the various workers in the county. A barbecue* dinner was served un der the supervisionvand direction of Miss Ella Mac Gaylord before the toastmaster. Mayor John I. Ilassell. assumed charge of the program. Mayor Ilassell welcomed both the visitors and the men and women as sociated with?Hie W?n ks-~Pr?4gress. Administration. Mr Ilassell pointed out the many fine tilings the WPA has accomplished . for Williamston and Martin County. "Open House" is being observed all over the nation tins week, by the many WPA units and the public is invited to vi> it the offices, sewing rooms and other places of activity where the units art- working, Mr^ ilassi U-said. national figures, including Mrs Eleanor Roost volt, were sched uled to speak to the many meetings over the country by radio but due to static the speeches were eliminat ed. Mr. Hassell called on Mrs. Gladys Brewer to discuss the library prnj ecl along with Baud IIi \ who iipohe briefly on both the library and lunch nriiiertK "We have .it least 2.000 volumes in our library and we have fed more than 10,000 meals to un derprivileged children in the local schools this year," the speakers stat ed Mrs. Annie Bell Kogerson, of Rob ersonville, gave a brief report of the recreation project that is now being developed there. Bill Spivey, in giving his-report of the recreation project to 1/1 of the wilderness that once existed hack oL the courthouse. It has been "clear ed, c leant- I up and draim d and now one of the finest play grounds in eastern Carolina," Mr Spivey . aid. Bobby Watson, of Robcrsonville rendered the only music heard dur ing the program. Watson, a young boy of 10 or 12 years, played and sang. Marvin Everett, of KobersonviIIe, Progress Administration in giving their schools matron service Representing the sewing room, Mrs. Feefii Summerlin gave a very interesting and capable report of the work accomplished through this project.?"Wf apt' now making 4H7 garments each month," Mrs. Sum merlin said. John Pope, chairman of the coun ty board Of commissioners, and Miss Mary Taylor spoke of the invaluable service the WI'A is rendering to the wuiily. ?- ??? Miss Reba Taylor told of the work of the Surplus Commodity Project in Martin County and Superinten dent J. C- Manning spoke briefly of the Works Progress Administration projects that are not in operation but available to Martin County. ? Tiro More New llonivn Arv (imlrr ('.onntruclion Hero Home construction that was un usually well advanced in the ?early spring continues to gain momentum "Here- Mr. and" Mis. FianK. Hitch-are Hassell Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Qodard'are introducing a new typ" of home construction on Marshall Avenue. mini: sun mm The Daily Vacation liible school bewail its second week ^M^UlfilJLi niorniim with the at tendance holding up well. The groups meeting at the various churches reported ahout the same number present as were en rolled last week. The school will continue to inert each day at 8 o'clock, and run till eleven. Oil' Friday mornint;. a ?commence nient" will be held in which it is expected to demonstrate some of the work that hasAbeen done dur ing the school. TTTC ?parmK~aTr~tm,lted to at tend the closing exercises Friday morning. Sheriff Reports ()n Aetiv ilies In April April was inn?titer .fairly husv month for Shei iff (' li Koebuck and his force Wlvife tin office personnel was busy handling routine duties there were no hat'I ling ? robberies to solve, and activities on the crime front* while a TiTt numerous, wen ' not of a greatly serious nature The officer detailed report sub- j milted to the county commissioners j at their ?regular May meeting fol lows: Amount of taxes collected, $3. 0<)2.ot>? warrants served, 48, capias served, 2. subpeonas served, 75, civ il papers served, 15 22, claim and de liveries served, 2-2, executions serv ed, 3; investigations inudc ,15; nuni ber of arrests on -county jail record, r>r> noniIii > ,.f Mid,-. 11 :tvi? |?'d 2-ears. 3787. Democrats Placing ?7 Names On State \ml (Imiiih Ballots Wallace I lecture* lie I* Still In Knee for JaiiicMvitte Tom ii?lii|> t 'oii-talile .Martin County voters will have a field of 42 candidates t(?cIn?? >s?.? .their officers from in the primary on Sat u it lay of this week. Thy names of thirty,-seven t.f the candidates ap pear on the county and State Demo cratic ballots, leaving the few Re publican in the county a quiet and peaceful time in the selection of their nominees from a field of five candi dates In addition to tin .'17 Demo cratic and fivi Republican candi dates. Jamesville Township has two candidates for CQllstable The on tries in the various political contests constitute one of the largest lllle Ups ! of candidates to appear before the i electorate m this county in recent years, the 1930 June primary placing [ the names of 58 candidate's before I the voters in this county. In l93u there were eleven candidates for county commissioners and nine for membership on the board of educa j-Fkm. The -State ballots. Democratic j and Republican combined, carried the names of only twelve candidates Had there been a large state ticket -thai year, tho 'pe.lll.uddfc.rti ? uauld hardly have completed the check-up in time to declare the candidates for the second primary that year The voters ten veins ago hot only had a large field to choose from, but they also had a voice in choosing their of? ' ficefs Iron.r township, road constable and?road?commissioners-~rrfi up to I United States Senator. Tin- T93U pri mary came in an "off year, the dec torate waiting two y< ars to vote for ? governor ? ? The nineteen names appearing on j the State Democratic ballot are dis i tnhuted under six contest headings. ! as follows For Governor Paul Grady, Thomas K. Cooper. Wilkins P Ilorton, A J Maxwell. J. Melville Broughton, Ar j tliur Simmons and L. Lee Gravely For Lieutenant Governor W Fr i skint- Smith. Dim Tompkins. R L. Harris and L A Martin For Secretary of State Thad Kure and Walter Murphy For Auditor: Charles W. Miller ? and Geo! go Ross Pou. T'or Commissioner of Agriculture: C Wayland Spruill and W Kerr Scott. For Insurance Commissioher: Dan C Honey arid William B Oliver. On the Republican Slate ballot are I five names, as follows: For Governor: George M. Pritch aid. Robert 11 McNeill and John R. 1Hoffman. For Lieutenant Governor J For ? st Wltten and llaisey B Leavitt. To | distinguish the ballots, the Republi (LimhjlWl-il un am) Harmony Marks Slate J Meeting of Deinoerats i i i:< run Albert S. Peel, local attorney, was signally honored last Friday when the North Carolina Demo cratic Convention chose him as one of the State's thirteen presi dential Hectors. I.as! Hilvn For MrKopl Infunt Held Saturday? Lust rites were held Saturday morning al 11 ?*cItu U for Uk infant daughter uf Mi. and Mr?. Clayton MeKecl here. Interment was in the local cemetery. Only a day old, the infant died in a local hospital Fri day night. Elbert Peel Named State Presidential Elector In Raleigh ?*? Stall" Di'iiHMTalu Are Loud in Tlirir I'raisi- for Prcsi llrllt l<OOM"M"lt '1*1 it ? aloofness toward the Demo | ? ratic administration in Washington .i< evidenced in high political circles j in this State in recent months was I buried deep last Friday when a ! record crowd of little and big Dom Hh rnts gathered in ? their State con? vciitiun in Raleigh and loudly pro claimed the work of the New Deal and went on record as favoring a [third term for Roosevelt. In the faCe I of a powerful following for Roose velt. the opposition remained in se cret^ report* stating that harmony prevailed even when the delegation to the national convention was in j strutted to stand by Roosevelt until Lkc. was renominated or just as long as his name remained before the convention. For the first time in years, a Mar tm"County man was clioscnirprcii? dential elector. Elbert S. Peel. Wil liamston attorney, will have his name on the Democratic national ballot next NbvFfnbcr. ~The clcctoial col lege. a plan in use since the forma tion of the govcnuner&jCftto fortj|f_ election of elector*, who, in accord ance with the vote of the people, elect the President. Reporting on the last Friday con (Continued on paga si*)
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 21, 1940, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75