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Watch The Label On Your Your Subscription Expires. Paper, As It Carries The Date THE ENTERPRISE [ Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1.000 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME \LIII?NUMBER 43 WiUiamHon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday , May 28, IV M. ESTABLISHED 1899 County Gets Over $100,000 In Social Security Payments One-fourth of the Amount Ik Paid To Unemployed Workers Martin County residents and com munities have benefitted about $109, 4S0 through operation of the Social Security program, it is estimated by Charles G. Powell, chairman of the North Carolina Unemployment Com pensation Commission. .Unemployment compensation, or benefits to workers temporarily out of jobs, is usually the largest item in the ten divisions of the program, in counties with fairly large indus trles. in [he two^ears of benefit pay ments, 1938 and 1939, the distribution was $27,188.38. included in 4.606 checks to county residents. Through cooperation of Mr. Nathan H. Yelton, State Director of Public Assistance, and Dr. Roma S. Cheek, executive secretary of the State Com mission for the Blind, and with fig ures from Washington and in the Central UCC office in Raleigh, it is possible to get a fairly accurate pic ture of the benefits distributed in Martin County. Old Age Assistance, help for the needy passed 65 years of age, in Mar tin County in 31 months of distri bution amounted to $38,920 J"he Jan uary amount was $1,768, going to 192 needy aged persons, an average of $9.21 each, as compared with the State average of $9.72 for the month. Aid to Dependent Children, help in the support of children deprived of their natural breadwinners, amounted to $16,465.00 in the same 31 months. The January amount was $799. going to the support of 147 such children, an average of $5.44 each, ? aB compar?rwrm tn? suie average of $6 18 for the month. Aid to the Blind in Martin Coun ty was $5,381 for the same 31 months. In January $173 went to IS blind persons, average $11.53 each; State kvtrage $14.90. In Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Blind, the funds are provided one-half by the Federal Government and one-fourth each by the State and county. In Aid to Dependent Chil dren funds have been furnished one third each by Federal, State and Cnnntv governments Nou/ ?he eral government will furnish one half, as in cases of the needy aged and the blind. Old Age Benefits, now Old Age and Survivors' Insurance, is not avail able by counties, but a proration can be made to get a county estimate. This has been small lump sum pay ments to workers in covered em ployment since January 1, 1937, and who have since reached 65 years of age and quit work, or to the fam ilies of such workers who have died since that date. The importance of this part of the program will be more apparent now, since payments have started on a monthly basis, as provided in an amendment by Con gress in August 1939. With an estimate in this one small item of $2,190 going to 60 workers or their families through October, and practically accurate figures in the other four divisions, it is appar ent that just about $90,142 has been distributed in Martin County in these five major divisions. In the other five (Continued on page six) ? Bible School Holds Closing Exercises The Daily Vacation Bible school, which was conducted (or two weeks by the local churches came to a close last Friday night with the closing ex ercises being held at the Methodist church. Hie school was regarded aa a splendid success. There were 151 en rolled; in the beginner department 27; prinfary 43; junior 48; and inter mediate 33. By churches the showing was Baptist 50, Christian 49; Metho dist 31; Episcopalian 11; Presbyterian 9; Jewish 1. The offering, which is to go to Chi nese relief, amounted to $25. Miss Ann Meador won the award for the best kept notebook. A large congregation attended the closing exercises Friday evening and enjoyed the program. Concerted Red Cross Canvass Is Demanded By Local People Mindful of the pitiful plight sur rounding unfortunate humanity in the troubled and war-tom countries of Europe, local people are express ing much concern over the apparent failure that has marked the Red Cross drive here to date. It has been said that those responsible for the drive have taken little interest in the call for funds and a more concerted effort should be made to raise the $400 county chapter quota and ex ceed it if possible. "Unless some real progress is made during the next few days in behalf of suffering humanity across the seas, pressure will be brought to have the money raised." a local citi zen said yesterday. Reports from the war areas main tain that thousands are dying from actual want, that many of these'lives could be saved by making relief im mediately available. Then there is a great need for additional supplies used in relieving 'the suffering on the field of battle and in hospitals. Solid trainloads of wounded and-dy mg soldiers are moving back home daily. "It is time we recognize the seriousness of the situation and do all we possibly can to relieve it." an other citizen said Fred Taylor contributed three dol lars over the week-end to boost the total raised in the county chapter to $18 up until yesterday noon. Allies* Hope Shattered AsBelgiumSurrenders HALF HOLIDAYS Beginning Wednesday of next week, Williamaton stores and other business establishments will observe the mid-week day afternoons as a holiday, it was officially announced today by Billie Clark, secretary of the lo cal Chamber of Commerce. Busi ness activities will be suspended promptly at 1 o'clock on Wed nesdays. The half holiday schedule, al ready in effect in a number of towns in this section of the State, will be maintained during anCTOy and most 5T August. Church Attendance Is In Summer Slump By REV. S. J. STARNES Pastor. Methodist Church Attendance figures at the Wil hamston churctes for last Sunday were about as usual for this time of the year. Sunday school attendance is still ahead of the church attend ance, which seems to indicate that in some instances children and young people are attending church school but not staying for the preaching service, which is the main service..of the church Parents do their chil dren an injustice when they do not see that they attend the preaching service. By cultivating this impor tant habit now, they will be instill ing principles that will determine their interest in the future. The fig ures follow: Total Attendance Church 8.8. Y.P. A.M. Baptist 121 13 80 54 Christian 106 6 90 35 Episcopal 15 40 Holiness 100 60 Methodist 76 21 56 48 Presbyterian 28 33 Work Prog resses On Griffins Road Started last week, surfacing work on the Griffins Township Road will possibly be complete about the mid dle of June, a representative of the contractors said yesterday. The first coat of tar asphalt was poured last week and workmen are spreading ten carloads of rock and pouring more tar on the road this week. A third application will be made the early part of next month Nothing has been said lately about improving and surfacing of the road from Griffins filling station to Farm Life, but highway authorities are expected to give the project consid eration early in the new fiscal year. Work has been started on a road from Hassell to Highway No. 11, a distance of slightly more than one and one-half miles It is proposed to extend the road through Hassell to connect with Highway No 125 near Butler's Bridge. Half Million Men I Withdrawing from Battlefield Today ??? Effect Action Will lluve On Alliex Not Definitely Known An Yet A gloomy word picture of the plight of the Allies was flashed across the seas this morning when Belgium's army of half a million men surrendered in the face of an ever strengthening invader What effect the action of Belgium will have on the Allied cause co"uld not be deter mined immediately, but observers pointed out that it would prove cost ly to both England and France. One report stated that Belgium's sur render had Just about shattered the i little remaining hope the Allies en tertained ^List prior to the release of the news announcing Belgium's surren der, the trend of events was turning [in favor of the Allies. During the past few days Germany was begin ning to feel the pffects of the war in increased casualties and general losses of munitions and planes One report over the week-end stated that the Germans had sought a truce that they might clear a battlefield of 25, 000 wounded and dead Soldiers As many as 60.000 wounded soldiers moved into Berlin in the space of a few hours over the week-end, and it has been estimated that the German dead and wounded will approximate three million men. With Belgium subdued, the Ger mans are now expected to concen trate greater pressure on their drive to the Channel ports with the view of carrying the war to England. It is a foregone conclusion in England that the war will be in progress there within a short time. Repudiating the action of King Leopold, the Belgian army and cab inet have advised the Allies that they would continue in the fight While the faithful promise comes from the common people, there is reason to be 1 ieve that the little country has jusi aDoui been subdued, one report stating that Belgian soldiers ure liv ing on as little as one biscuit a day. Following Leopold's capitulation, the German forces have made con siderable advances toward the Chan nel ports, and it is now apparent that the encirclement of nearly one mil lion British and French soldiers will be completed within a comparative ly short time, one report stating that the accomplishment would be han dled within a few days Mussolini is to offer a statement on June 4, the present indications pointing to Italy's entry into the war "Russia Is moving its forces in prep aration for Italy's plunge, and a movement is being advanced to join the forces in the Balkan States to fight Italy in the event she lines up with Germany. Anticipating as a certainty the in vasion of their country, the British are rushing preparations to meet the enemy Coast guard and life saving stations have been taken over by the military authorities, and every possi ble step is being taken to battle the enemy. Only Seventeen Of 1.608 Martin Farms Not Under Contract 13,1-42 Out of 236,546 in tlie Stale Will Not Participate In 1944) Program A total of 1.591 growers of Mar tin County will cooperate with the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Pro gram. E. Y. Floyd. AAA executive officer of N. C. State College, an nounced following receipt of signed Farm Plans signifying such inten tion. The Triple-A lists 1,608 farms in this county. The "sign-up" for the 1940 pro gram is an increase over the 752 far mers who earned payments under the 1939 Agricultural Conservation program Floyd expressed himself as highly pleased over the partici pation indicated in this county Every farmer in the county was given an opportunity to sign a Farm Plan, on which he listed the soil building practices he intends to car | ry out. He received a copy of the Farm Plan which showed the typo of practices in the program, and how much he could earn from each. The plan also listed the individual grow er's allotments for soil depleting crops, which he must plant within to earn payments. Floyd said that in the State as a whole. Farm Plans were signed by 223.104 out of the 236.546 eligible farmers. This is an approximate 94 [ per cent "sign-up' 'and is a decided contract with the 113,598 farms on which payments were earned in 1939. "A preliminary check of the farm plans shows that mo*' farms will be operated under conservation meth ods than ever before," Floyd declar ed. "The approved practices, such as I the application of lime and phosphate seeding lefcumesi arTd~grasses, fKt use of cover and green-manure crops, the tree planting will have their greatest use in the State this year." While Martin County, with 9U per cent of its farms' signed under the program contract, ranks close tc the top, there are other counties with an even higher percentage. Bun combe has a unanimous sign-up ol its 3,833 farms. Orange county is lg noring the program to a marked ex tent, a report stating that 490 of it* 1,850 farms will not be included ir tile list nf thfmo i-riviTf'H by I'On tracts. In this immediate territory, Beau fort and Bertie are lagging behind. Beaufort has 203 and Bertie has 198 farms not under contract. Halifax has all but 35 of its 3,715 farms un der contract, and Pitt has all but 29 oi -its 2,850 pig nod .? While the farm outlook, especial ly for the tobacco farmer, does not look good even for those participat ing in the program, it is hard down gloomy for the farmer on the out side this year. The benefits from the progTam, on an average, will more than pay the tax bills and leayp many farmers a little working capi tal. Last year only 752 of the farms in this county participated in the pro gram to the extent that they earned any of the benefits. Jameaville Youth Una Ununual School Record In the recent graduation exercise* at Jamesville High School, James Wallace received recognition foe, his outstanding scholastic work He was president of the senior class, valedictorian of the class of 1940 and received a valedictorian medal, also a senior scholarship med al for the highest average in the class. He was awarded the Reader's Digest Valedictorian award, which entitles him to a year's subscription to the magazine. James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wallace, of Jamesville. Tangled Voting Reported In (bounty On Saturday Apparently unable to decide who to vote for for governor, several electors voted for more than one of the seven gubernatorial candidates in the county last Saturday. Quite a few participated in less than twe contests. There was a considerable spread in the vote, nearly 500 more votes having been cast in some con tests than in others. Citizens Make Several Changes In County Government At Polls With Large Vote Last Saturday Broughton Gets Lead For Governor In Saturday Voting ?^? Morion Will Cout<-?l llroujili ton fur Governor?lii|i in June 22 Prininrv Settling all but two political con tests in the state-wide Democratic primary last Saturday, the State electorate today is awaiting a deci sion by Wilkins P. Horton that will either send the gubernatorial cam paign into a-second primary or will virtually end political contests with in the party for another two years Despite the approximate 45,000 vote lead J M. Broughton holds over him for governor, Horton yesterday in timated he would ask a second pri mary. It is generally believed that Erskine Smith, who ran second for lieutenant governor, will ask a sec ond primary if Horton plans to ad vance his claim in a second contest tentatively scheduled for. June 2*2 Broughton went into the lead early last Saturday and although no offi cial vote tabulation is available, pre liminary returns indicate that he polled more than 150,000 voters to hold about a 45,000 marginal vote over Horton, his nearest opponent. Maxwell run a clnsu third., but tliu others made |x>or showings in the race for the high State office. Broughton carried 43 of the 100 counties, Horton coming second with 2(i and Maxwell third with sixteen counties in his column. Gravely an nexed the top vote in eleven coun ties and Cooper took the high count ill three While Grady C"t ,i l?me county. Simmons failed to carry?ft single one. In this county Dee Grirvrty gbt a clear majority over all the other candidates combined, the Rocky Mount man polling 1,744 votes as compared with 827 polled by Brough ton. Simmons fared no better than the Republican candidates and got only three lone votes in the county. Erskine Smith and Reg Harris ran a close race in the county for heuten ant governor, and Thad Euro led the ticket over Walter Murphy in the race for secretary of state. Pou -al most doubled the vote over Miller for state auditor, and Kerr Scott led C. Wayland Spruill by nearly 40(1 votes in the race for commissioner of agriculture. Boney received more than three times as many votes as Oliver received for insurance com missioner. Martin polled a fair-sized vote for lieutenant governor but Tompkins made very jwer run in this county for the same office. Each of the four candidates for renomination gained victories in this county and in the State. Health Report For The Month of April After claiming victims l>y the scores during the past year, whoop ing cough is apparently on the way out for a time, at least, according to the April report just released by the Martin County Health Depart ment. There was only one case of the cough reported in the county dur ing the period and it was found among the white population m Roh ersonville. Chickenpox continued to hold a " fail giip in tin county, the report showing 14 new cases during the month. Thirteen of the cases were reported among the white popula tion in Williamston Township and one in Jamesville Township Tuberculosis claimed two new victims, one in the Robersonville and one in the Hardens areas among the colored population. There were two cses of measles and one case of scarlet fever in Wil liamston Township during the per iod. r~ KLKtTlON |?AKrn v J Although the returns caused some deep disappointment for several candidates and their sup porters. The Enterprise election party last Saturday night was very successful. The attendance, estimated at 400 at one time, was possibly the largest ever seen at a similar event. se\eral thousand dropping b) during the course of the evening to study the figures The last precinct. No. 1 in Wil liamston. reported at 11 o'clock, and the totals were placed on the board a few minutes later to complete the county tabulations. Interest then centered in the State contests. Activities In Local Employment Office With over 1,000 new claims for un employment compensation taken so far in 1940. the WiUiamstun office lias had considerable increase in ac tivity recently OVer $15,000 has been distributed from this office in week ly benefit checks to unemployed claimants since January Both orig inal and continued claims have shown a marked increase in number and percentage during the first quar ter of 1940. Approximately 5,000 con tinued (weekly) claims for benefits have been taken by the Williams ton office thus far this year fur claimants who report weekly or at stated intervals at the Various of fice and extension points. Four hundred applications or new registrations have been received over the five county area in the past two months About 300 have renewed their previous applications for work. -About tin-field visits m- calls-mr -em ployers and business concerns have been made by local -office workers -ill the past two months Employers in various lines of bus iness report That while Wholesale, re tail and other lines of business are probably a little below normal there are distinct indications of improving business in several sections of the operating area of the Williamston Horton (?ets Big r Vote For Senate Hugh G Horton, Williamston man, polled a large vote throughout the district to gain -the nomination for state senator in the primary last Saurdav I) JJ Fearing, of -Miintco, won over P. (I Gallop to return t?? the state senate. Complete returns on the senator ial race are not available, but six of the seven counties in the district give Horton 8,711; Fearing, 5,764 and Gallop, 3,994. No report could he had from Pamlico, hut it w;m Wvirni Ui.n Horton led the ticket there with Gal lop taking second place. A tabulation of the vote follows: llorton Fearing Gallop Beaufort 2401 1787 1561 Hyde 818 713 716 Washington lOKti 710 438 Martin 3188 ' 1053 907 Dare Pamlico 739 958 135 Totals 8711 5784 3994 MrlSi'ill l.rtuln llf/mlil/iim Tirkrt In Martin County ged showing in this county last Sat urday when less than two dozen members of the party participated in the primary. McNeill led the ticket for governor on the Republican ticket with 11 votes. Seven precincts reported no Re publican votes. ?.? The vote: For governor: McNeill. 11, Hoff man, 4, and Pritchard, 5. For lieutenant governor; Witten, 10, and Leavitt, 9 Ben (ourtiiev Is Not Certain He \\ ill Ask For Second Primary KoImtmhi \\ ills Over Taylor For CoiHtHi?^itmer By Only Seventeen Vote*??_ Going tt> the polls in record num bers. Martin County Democrats vir tually settled their politics for an other two years in the primary last Saturday when a shake-up resulted in the official family. Close votes were recorded in several contests, one candidate winning by a mar gin of only seventeen votes, accord ing to a review of the unofficial vote. No definite decision has been reached as to the possibility of a sec ond primary for the office of treas urer. B? n Courtney, runner-up, stat ing today that he would issue a state ment the latter part of tins week. He has five days to file his intention with the hoard of elections Dick Smith, leading the field of five can didates with 1302 v?'tes. missed a ma jority by abofit votes. The leader polled well over one-third of the votes ami 457 more than his near est opponent John Peel ran fairly close to Courtney with ti2t) votes, W 11 Biggs holding fourth position with 565 votes and H M Bunas fifth with 242 votes. Smith led in ten of the inu ti'i'ii pnrnins tup irt'imnvr s' contest was one of the main ones in the bounty and held a close position for interest along with the county commissioners' and board of educa tion races * Matt in cTti/ens gave their fellow county man. 11 (I Morton, an over whelming majority in'the race for State Senator fruiii this. the second senatorial district the candidate polled well over, twice a.s^niuny as thi' other two candidates combined, and according to unofficial returns let! the ticket in at least four iif tin seven counties for senator. He will go to the State Senate with D Brad ford Fearing who was second high over P. G. Gallop, Hyde County's en try in the contest In the contests for county commis sioners, the voters called for a change m the board personnel and ousted C C. Fleming, of Jamesvttle, and John K Pope, of Williamston C Abram Kol>erson, retained by tin voters, led his opponent, Van G Tay lor, by only 17 votes according to the unofficial returns As a result of the Saturday vote, Joshua I?. Goltrain.. of Williams Township, succeeds C C. Fleming, and C. I) Carstarphen. Williamston man, succeeds John K. Pope. Mr Hobcrson returns to the board along with K L. Perry, of the Griffins Bear Grass district, and R A. Haislip, of the Hamilton-Goose Nest district, the latter two having been nominated without opposition. The names of the five commissioners who will take office next December, mi b H 'ft in their I'lirliim m ISlmji'mhiir, and the districts they aVe to represent an- as follows: Jamesville-Williams Townships, Joshua L Coltrain; Grif fins-Bear Grass Townships, Robert (Continued on page six) Hunlison Wins In (-unstable Contest Jamesvillo Township citizens ex pressed ^heir wishes with a large vote in the race for township consta hle lust Suturduy Joe liardisun, poll ing 180 votes, won over his oppo nent, Clarence Wallace, by a major ity of 50 votes. A friendly but heated campaign marked the contest which attracted considerable interest in and around the county town. It was the' only lo ool contest on the ballot and in early morning voting the interest became so great that an additional order of ballots was placed by Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman of the Martin County Board of Elections. f ----- _ _ _ _ _ How They Voted in the Thirteen Precincts of Martin County in the Primary Last Saturday State Senator County Treasurer County Commissioner* Board of Education For Governor For l.leutenant Governor For Secretary Stair Com. of Insurance District 1 District 3 District 4 ? of State Auditor Agriculture Commissioner JAMESVILLE 34 302 83 1*5 59 119 57 34 247 107 75 232 138 133 131 153 261 157 124 7 7 0 23 7 5 0 67 92 23 35 144 217 69 103 165 88 227 WILLIAMS 30 130 32 21 23 60 15 21 41 94 41 71 72 34 73 II IB 51 9 16 J2 11 0 88 27 9 24 35 76 32 441 53 56 5? GRIFFINS 74 211 64 27 29 41 2 189 70 180 57 183 92 II7 170 111 152 130 9 3 18 39 177 0 41 47 6 16 65 155 37 64 95 85 111 BEAR GRASS 48 107 01 64 23 112 7 41 136 71 39 178 53 149 171 148 121 76 4 7 16 20 4 5 0 157 50 8 45 58 139 4 8 49 112 62 157 WH.L.IAM8TON 1 120 452 151 85 71 181 21 126 202 225 163 299 231 204 312 242 260 300 5 11 69 88 123 1 187 210 18 97 72 330 103 114 281 144 30" WILLIAM8TON 2 108 537 349 144 103 212 55 62 287 232 233 337 323 212 361 311 297 364 13 9 81 50 178 0 250 300 32 97 79 422 107 149 350 177 365 CROSS ROADS 83 219 48 39 37 133 12 32 69 140 34 192 193 60 153 134 100 1 58 16 5 30 16 23 I 168 92 11 43 51 163 55 99 99 148 9? ROBERKONVILL.E 130 431 173 129 38 198 44 41 169 199 257 133 40 414 287 213 257 339 17 8 22 72 87 1 261 65 10 316 32 402 41 98 304 272 161 GOLD FOINT 04 113 10 97 11 50 11 12 43 03 52 07 41 70 70 00 64 04 *?0 4- 4 7 0 103 31 0 07 It 83 31 48 04 109 M POPLAR POINT 50 146 25 25 77 18 3 32 43 84 17 129 131 23 29 87 91 74 2 0 11 6 7 0 132 26 7 41 56 100 35 56 66 86 54 HAMILTON 38 140 24 81 U ? 0 12 7? 44 4} 17 96 Jtt If 78 61 108 , 7 1 MO 40 0 76 59 _5 45 29 ltfi U 31 05 II S 77 92 12 41 28 22 4 7 14M 13 88 07 I ? 11 48 11 5 1 0 29 J 0 <8 18 8 22 23 67 19 31 39 43 51 38 42 GOOSE NEST 51 318 51 87 31 98 5 19 191 91 88 124 77 139 127 125 99 124 3 0 8 38 52 0 145 41 15 64 62 145 46 85 111 99 114 J42 43 TOTALS 907 3188 1008 845 505 1302 242 029 1521 1598 1128 2110 1504 1601 3067 1700 1911 2063 217 53 354 431 827 3 1744 1049 157 942 718 2405 854 940 1134 1433 1799 2279 700 pi % S 1 o 203 83 73 29 120 43 159 37 :60 76 158 64 148 64 315 114 00 53 94 109 29 23