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VOLUME \IJII?NUMBER 47 Williamtion, Martin County, North Carolina, Taenia?, June II, 19#?. ESTABLISHED 1899
Urging Substitute
Method for Control
Of Mosquito Here
Individuals Can Do Much To
Control Pest, Health
Officer Says
By DR. JOHN WILLIAMS
Martin County Health Officer
Since the town of Williamston is
not financially able to inaugurate an
adequate mosquito control program,
by proper drainage, oiling and an
ordinance for premise inspections.
th? next best thing for us is to han
dle the all-important task ourselves.
A control program can be effect
ed by each man taking care of his
own premises. Despite our malaria
rate,-the great majority of mosquit
oes which pester us are premise
breeders and do not fly hardly more
than fifty yards from their breed
ing places. This means that in most
cases when we are troubled by mos
quitoes it is our own fault, because
they are breeding in tin cans, old
auto tires, troughs, pools, rain gut
ters, flower vases, of anything in
which water stands for 5 or 6 days
on our premises.
Beginning this week, the police
department is making a house to
house canvass to solicit the aid of
all the citizens in making it more
comfortable. The city trucks are go
ing to make a special effort to re
move the rubbish piled or boxed in
front of every home that will clean
up. Of course, trash on any prop
erty is unsightly and should be re
moved, but what they are especially
interested in is those potential breed
ing places mentioned. As to weeds on
vacant lots, they only harbor the
mosquito from sunshine, but it is the
bottles and cans they hide which
cause trouble, therefore, if the weeds
cannot be kent rleared the, thing.fa
do is find and remove cans, etc, be
fore weeds grow.
Our health department is a coun
ty organization just as that of sher
iffs department We cannot police
all incorporated communities or
answer every complaint about nuis
ances, but we do. wiStrVo be of all
the assistance we can in \ielping the
authorities clean up all nuisances,
especially those likely to become
health menaces. Each town has its
own ordinances pertaining to this
and police to enforce them with our
assistance wlu/n stall' statue ul local
ordinances are violated.
War Continues To
Dominate Business
War and defense continue to dom
inate all the business and industrial
news, with crystalization of plans for
changing over many segments of
our heavy industries, such as autos
and steel, to production of munition^
holding the spotlight. It is not only
in these heavy industries that mod
ern techniques are to be applied in
defense measures, either; for rayon
and other synthetic yarns are being
tested for various military uses such
as powder bags, parachutes, uniform
linings, etc.
Fire Destroys Plant
Of Saunders and Cox
Several Homes And
1 *
Gas Station Burn
In Noon-Day Fire
Unofficial Estimate Places
Loss At Approximately
840,000.00
Fire, causing a damage unofficial
ly estimated at $40,000, swept the
lower end of the town's east main
street at 1 30 o'clock this afternoon,
completely wrecking the main plant
of the Saunders and Cox Lumber
Company and destroying several
homes and a filling station. No de
tails of the fire relative to its origin
and the extent of the damage were
immediately available.
The mill was not in operation at
the time, and it is believed that the
fire started in a dust pile a short dis
tance from the main body of the
plant. Reports state that when it was
first discovered, the fire was burn
ing rapidly in the western end of
the mill. When the alarm was
sounded, the lower end of the street
as seen from the fire station, was
blocked with smoke. Swept by a
strong westerly wind, the fire and
smoke made it impossible to place
the fire-fighting equipment into
operation, but connections were ef
fected direct to the fire hydrants on
two sides of the mill.
The heat pushed firemen back
from their stand several times, and
it was impossible to effectively fight
the fire. Turning their attention to
surrounding buildings and to the
large piles at lumber on the lot and
the large dry kiln, firemen finally
brought the fire under control an
hour after the alarm was sounded
(Continued on page six)
Fire Interrupt* Power
And l.ight Service Here
The huge fire on the town's eat
main street early this afternoon in
terrupted power and light service
for about twenty minutes. Sefvtce
was restored to most of the town, but
the lower end of the town was much
longer in getting service. It was the
first service interruption here in
some time, and caused no great in
convenience.
Negro Man Faces
Serious Charge
Charged with incest, Rex White
head, 40-year-old colored man, was
placed under a $1,000 bond at a pre
liminary hearing held here last Sat
urday for his appearance in superior
court next week. The hearing was
held by Justice J. L.Hassett
Criminal proceedings were insti
tuted against the man when the
health department through a mid
wife demanded the name of the fa
ther of the baby. The seventeen-year
old mother was reported to have re
fused to divulge any name until
pressure was brought and she final
ly charged her father with the act.
The father is said to have admit
ted his relations with his daughter.
Unable to raise the bond, he was re
turned to jail Saturday, the day he
was arrested.
e
Teach 4-H Club Boy* To
Make Vteful Article*
Four-H club boys of Sampson
County are being taught to make
such useful articles as anvils, terrac
ing drags, tables, filing boxes, book
cases, book ends, workshop benches
and tool cabinets.
Increased Red Cross
Donations in County
WELL RECEIVED
President Roesevelts' address
in Charlottesville last evening
was well received in this section
where the people have already
expressed themselves as favor
ing an extensive and direct pro
gram of aid for the Allies. If
there was any disappointment,
it was because the President was
not strong enough in condemn
ing Mussolini and the other pow
ers of force and making a more
liberal offer in behalf of the Al
lies.
"The President hit the bull's
eye," was the general comment
one man adding that every con
gressman or senator opposed to
an effective aid to the Allies
should quit Washington immed
iately
Propose Purchase
Of Tobacco Again
By Federal Agency
Bill Is Offered in Congress To
Make Funds Available
For Purchases
While there is no assurance about
the future under present chaotic con
ditions, an encouraging note was
sounded in the Congress this week
when initial steps were taken to
hjyc.a government agency. re turn to
the tobacco markets next fall to
purchase the leaf ordinarily used by
Great Britain.
Speeding efforts Jo "cushion" the
effect of the European war upon
flue-cured tobacco growers and oth
er farmers, Representative Harold
D. Cooley introduced in the Huuse
the bill to increase the borrowing
power of the Commodity Credit Cor
poration by $500,000,000.
Meanwhile, the Senate banking
and currency committee gave the
proposal, as sponsored by Senator
James F. Dyrnrs, of South Caiiilina,
its unanimous approval and report
ed it to the Senate for early disposi
tion.
Joint action by Byrnes and Cooley
is aimed at avoiding any possibility
that the bill would be denied passage
in any final adjournment rush.
Pointing to the aid given flue-cur
ed tobacco growers by the Commod
ity Credit Corporation when the
British buyers withdrew from the
market last year and stressing the
likelihood of a repetition of this sit
uation, Cooley declared that the in
crease was "absolutely essential."
Cooley's bill, like Byrnes' propo
sal, increases the borrowing power
of the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion from $900,000,000 to $1,400,000,
000.
"According to the statement of Carl
(Continued on page aix)
Rural (Groups Make
Cash Donations To
Suffering Humanity
Murtin (bounty I* Far Behind
In Meeting Its Original
Quota of $400.00
About the only bright spot in the
world of events today is cenTerecT
around the response of the Ameri
can people to the call of suffering
humanity across the sea. That the
spot is not as bright as it should be
is to$e admitted but in the response
is found about the only hope for suf
fering millions in Europe and for the
birth of a new and better peace here
in America and in the world. "It is
too late to send material aid to tot
tering armies under allied banners,
but it is indeed timely to forward an
extensive aid to suffering humanity,"
a leader in national affairs was quot
ed as saying over the week-end.
The drive for funds with which to
support the humane activities of the
Red Cross is meeting with marked
success over the entire country. Do
nations are being made in a thous
and different ways. The little corner
drug store, the rural filling station
and other business establishments,
large and small, are receiving dona
tions in jars and cans that the hun
gry might be fed and the naked cloth
ed after the ruthless invaders havs
passed on to subdue added millions.
Just at this time when the Ger
mans are pounding through France,
?ttuffirr&is-ar -thousands ~of old men,
women and children are fleeing for
their lives, their frail bodies and
their souls virtually devoid of hope
failing to give them sufficient
strength to gain places of refuge in
"the open roads and fields. Multiply
the sidge of Atlanta as seen in "Gone
with the Wind" a thousand times and
you will just begin to gain some of
the hungtr and suffering experienc
ed by millions of innocent victims in
the subdued countries
Martin County, first asked to raise
$400 hns nrg??H to rlnnhla its:
pledge and to act without delay. Up
until yesterday noon a total of $109.28
had been contributed. Figured on a
per capita basis, the donation repre
sents less than one-half of one cent
each.
Dragging along (or (our weeks,
the drive (or (unds is gaining mo
mentum, and there is a renewed hope
(or greater contributions within the
next (ew days. Rural religious gruups
are showing much concern over the
plight the millions (ind themselves
in, and they are taking action in a
de(inite way. The small but substan
tial congregation at Macedonia has
contributed $16.33 to the cause. A
Jamesvtile Sunday School sends in
$2 The Williamston Woman's Club
has donated $10 (rom its small treas
ury. The WPA o((ice personnel has
added $20.50 to the (und. It is appar
ent now that the seriousness o( the
light (acing millions in Europe is
beginning to dawn upon our people
and that our people will not (ail them
in their time of distress.
No general solicitation in the (orm
o( a canvass is scheduled, but every
individual is urged in the name of
humanity to make a liberal contri
bution to the Red Cross now. Chair
man Harry Biggs will receive the do
nations or the contributions may be
led at The Enterprise o((lce. The
money will be (orwarded to the Na
tional Red Crosi immediately.
Doantions not previously acknowl
are listed, as lollows:
Macedonia Church
$ 16.33
Christian Sunday school
Jamesvillc
2.00
Woman's Club
"TTtJTHl
William Andrews
?h??
Elva Grace Barnhill 1 00
Annie M. Cullipher 1.00
(Continued on paga six)
Research In U. S.
Will Aid In War
The value of the >200,000,000 a yeai
which some 2,000 leading firms have
been spending on research may bt
vividly demonstrated as directors ol
our preparedness program make use
of test-tube substances to eliminate
production "bottlenecks". Production
of planes may be speeded with a se
cret plastic from which aircraft bod
ies can be molded and baked in ?
short time. Another example is the
use of a synthetic compound of coke
limestone and salt called koroseal tt
speed up production of the stainlesj
steel and metals required for almost
every type of weapon. Faster cole
rolling and finishing processes cal
for immersion or "pickling" of metali
in vats of violently corrosive acidj
which eat rapidly through conven
tional types of containers. Vats linec
with the chemically-inert koroseal
however, have been found capable o:
resisting even nxtures of hydroflou
ric and nitric acids which sat seals
off steel in a few minutes. With thi
new tanks being installed rapidly, in
creased production in some of thi
nation's largest metal finishing mill
may prove that test tubes can be ai
effective as bullets in modern war.
Downward Trend In
Church Attendance
Figures Seen Sunday
>
Records Show Young I'eoplc
An* Taking Interest in Re
ligious Activities
By REV. J. W. HARDY. Rector
Church of the Advent
The attendance tor the past few
Sundays shows that the young peo
ple are much more interested in re
ligious activity than the older peo
ple There have been almost twice
as many at Sunday School as there
were at either the morning or eve
ning services. We are glad to see this
interest shown by the young people,
yet we hope that the artulti win
ize that they set the example for their
children. If they do not attend the
church services, then the children
will soon get careless or will not at
tend the services of the church reg
ularly when they have grown up
Remember, your example has
much more effect than any teaching
that the child can get. With condi
tions as they are today, we desper
ately need to maintain Christian
ideals and hope. That cannot be
without an active attempt to know
the teachings of Christianity. We us
ually do not make an attempt to
know them unless we take part in
some activity of the church.
Church
S.S. Y.P. A.M. PM
Baptist 75 15 69
Methodist 75 18 56 37
Christian 129 7 65 25
Presbyterian 22 25
Holiness 163 65
Episcopal 16 32 18
Totals 414 46 247
Last Sunday 359 46 297 I
Mrs. Ehas. Jackson
Died Early Sunday
Mrs. Charles Jackson, 79 years old,
died at her home on the Whitley
farm, near here, at 2:30 o'clock Sun
morning following an illness of more
than twelve months* duration. Death
was traceable to the infirmities of;
age
The daughter of the late Daniel
and Millie Cherry Leggett, Mrs.
Jauksun was man In Beaufort Chun-'
ty, near Washington, in 1861. Miss
Hettie Leggett before her marriage,
she lived in the neighboring county
until about thirty years ago when
the family moved to Martin County
and located near Williamston. Her
husband was a recognized tobacco
man at that time, and the family fig
ured prominently in the early cul
ture of tobacco in this immediate sec
tion.
She was a member of the Christian
Church for more than half a cen
tury, remaining faithful in its serv
ice and humble in the sight of the
Almighty.
Besides her husband she leaves
three children, Mrs. Raymond Cher
ry, of Williamston; Armstead Jack
son, of Jersey City, and P. A. Jack
son, of Hartsville, S. C. ????
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon from the Biggs
Funeral Home on West Main Street
by Rev J. M. Perry, of Robersonville,
and a former pastor of the local
ehurch. Interment was in the Oak
dale Cemetery, Washington.
Messrs. C. D. Anderson, Nat Israel
and Mayor John L. Hasseil visited at
Virginia Beach Sunday. "A mid-sum
mer crowd was there, and the visi
tors were from as far away as Mas
sachusetts and other New England
states," the mayor said.
1
t THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
In an unexpected place and at
an unexpected time, the Grim
Reaper went into action on the
highways of this county last
week to boost the count in the
highway death column to two,
the accident bringing sorrow to
a whole community. Surely such
a tragedy cannot strike without
warning every motorist to be
more careful, to guard against
danger that surrounds the lives
of thousands of other little chil
dren.
The first half of the new year
is fast drawing to a close. A year
ago six persons had gone to a
pre/nature grave as a result of?
accidents on county highways
and streets. The county for 1940
to date stands at two. It is a
moral obligation on the part of
every one to hold the figure
down.
It is saddening to chalk up an
other figure in the death col
umn, but the record shows the
facts as they are; it is up to the
motorists, and pedestrians, too,
to determine what the facts
shall be.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accideht
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
23rd Week Comparison
Accidents InJ'd Killed Dam'ge
1940 3 0 I $ 40
1939 1 0 0 290
Comparison To Date
1940 44 29 2 35380
1939 19 14 4 4180
Major Fires Rage in Paris As
Tottering Frenehmen Continue
Gallant Fight Against Germany
Crop Conditions Are Fair in
This County at Present Time
Crop conditions, as a whole in this
county, are only fair at this time,
according to reports coming from
pumhers of farmers questioned dur
ing the past two days
Alter getting oft to a slow start,
crops improved rapidly followiog a
rain week before last. However, dry
weather is now threatening again,
and while field crops have not been
materially affected, gardens are uot
doing so well, as a rule, the reports
declared.
Efforts to boost cotton production
in the county have not met with
much success, many farmers explain
ing that the stands were so disap
pointing in some cases that the fields
were plowed and planted to other
crops. In those cases where normal
stands were reported, the farmers
are starting to mop in an effort to
control boll weevil infestation Num
Marriage Licenses
In May Dropped
To Old Low Record
Only Might Licences Lmieil in
This (bounty liiiring
The Period
?
Marriages in the cownty were few
ancf far between > last month when
the issuance was no larger than it
was in the depression year of 1932.
making it appear that war has push
led aside Dan Cupid in the field of
events. Six licenses were issued by
Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsirrger,
three to White and three to colored
counles. The issuance is six below the
average for May over a ten year per
iod, a high having been reached for
the month in 1937 when 19 licenses
were issued in this county
No apparent reason for the big
slump is offered, but some believe
that uncertain conditions aggravated
by war are responsible f>>i the de
crease The issuance is the smallest
for any month since April of last
year when the new health laws cov
ering the sale of marriage licenses
went into effect Several Martin
County couples were married outside
the county during the month but
had they purchased licenses within
the county the issuance would have
been below the average for the per
iod.
A fairly large issuance for the
current month is expected in the
county, the register of deeds stating
that two or three licenses had already
been issued since last Friday.
Licenses were issued last month
to the following couples
White
?Walter mown, of Kobersonville,
and Cclia Wynne, of Windsor.
Jesse May Matthews, of Roberson
viller titttf-Susie Pearl Hardisorv-of
Oak City.
William Henry Johnson, of Oak
City and Willainston, and Dorothy
Mae Ward, of Williamston.
Colored
John Abner Stokes, of Roberson
ville, and Susie Andrews, of R.F.D.
1. Roberson vi 1 le.
William B. PdweTIT of Oak City,
and Bessie Godard, of R.F.D. 1, Rob
ersonvilTe
Longer Loan Terms
For Martin Farmers
The opportunity to reduce the an
nual rincipal payments on Lund
Bank Commissioner loans by reamor
tizing them over a longer period of
years has been opened to many of
the 194 Martin County farmers who
have commissioner loans, according
to a statement received today from
the Farm Credit Administration, of
Columbia.
There were about giiH.oua of land
bank commissioner loans outstanding
1940 and in addition approximately
$390,100 of Federal land bank loans.
Some of these loans have already
been reamortized.
Molt of the Federal Tamf-bank
loans are already written for long
terms up to 30-odd years, but the
"Commissioner's" loans were origi
nally made on a 10-year basis, re
quiring considerably heavier prin
cipal payments.
In a recent statement from Wash
ington, A. G. Black, governor of the
Farm Credit Administration, said
many of the "Com mini oner's" loans
were being reamortized over a long
er period of years in order to ease
the payments of farmers with the
heaviest mortgages Spreading out
will provide these farmers with the
same opportunity of working out of
debt as already provided for Federal
land bank borrowers through long
term repayment periods,
erous types ?>t muppurs have been I
introduced in the county, but the I
hand mop is proving the most popu
iacof the several types.?
Tobacco, figured on a basis of 85- i
iM) per cent Ot a "stand, is grow mg |
fairly rapidly. Corn and cotton are
doing exceptionally well.
Reports front the fields indicate
that the Irish potato crop is better
than was expected with the excep
tion of a few sections where dry wea
ther prevailed during the ywrroit1
growing period. In this immediate
community the potatoes are small
Prices are generally sagging to the
low levels they reached last year,
the market ranging from around 75
cents to $1.25 per 100 pounds.
Indications point to a decrease in
the sweet potato acreage, farmers
stating that they do not have and
cannot get plants
III SM
V
Quietness surrounded the
news front in these parts over
the week-end, an all day search
extensively directed on the news
front here revealing nary bit of
news. The police blotter was
clear as a sheet of paper Just
Truift the raTIl and activities on
the business front hardly caused
a ripple out of the ordinary. A
man was said to have been
knocked down for committing a
social error on the main street,
but the event did not rate atten
tion by the police, and no names
were officially recorded.
Quiet times on the news front
are traceable to the farms where
the farmers are busy making
crops and doing nothing to make
news just now.
President Wants Mo
ar Millionaires'
The much gibed at unpopularity
of nvillinnairos a round this country
in the last hall do/i'ii years or so will
he as nothing compared to the un
-popularity of any new "war million
aires". President Roosevelt has lost
no time asserting he doesn't vyunt
to .see a new crop of same created
Government officials are indicating
that the anti trust laws will be dust
ed off and whirled into action to pre
vent that sort of thing if the sup
| pliers of defense needs of the coun
try show any inclination to enter in
to any sub ros.a activities?to boost
prices.
European Outlook
Is Boj^iiij! Down
rr r
Before Invaders
Death and Dewtniftion Follow
I l?-lpl? ? Million- Tlirv
Seek a Kefu^e
With major fires raging in their
capital tu the rear of them totter
ing French soldiers, groggy from re
peated attacks, continue today to of
for a stubborn resistance against the
German barbarians as the invaders
Waged an offensive over a 200-mile
front ranging from 20 to 25 miles
from Paris. Battling against heavy
odds, the weary French army is ex
acting a heavy toll of life and prop
erty for every foot of ground gained
by the invaders. How long the de
fenders can hold out is problemati
cal. some believing that it will be
only a matter of hours before the
German hordes push their way into
Paris proper. Others believe the de
fense will hold Germany hack for
severat days, but the fall of Paris is
expected sooner or later
The main branches of the govern
ment have moved into the southern
provinces, possibly Tours, 130 miles
from Paris The last official broad
vast come out of Paris last night, but
shortwave stations were still open
this Himning. Newspapers sbspend
ed publication at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. and" the population, numbering
approximately three million souL^,
speeded up its flight to the south, un
ite Id misery and death- on a large
scale accompanying the downtrod
den mortals as they push away from
their homes and savings accumulated
during a lifetime Family ranks were
reported broken/wandering children
being taxed witli the troubles ami
cares that would ordinarily burden
those-of mature years
ThidWiiiL' nearly two milium mrii
into the attacks, Germany bolstered
by more than 3.000 tanks on land and
countless numbers of bombers and
planes, continues to strike at the very
heart of France today. A few tanks
! are said t<> have penetrated the last
1 lines of defense and appeared in the
suburbs of Paris late last night. The
I main army, advancing at a terrific
cost to life and property, is barely
25 miles out of Paris.
German bombing planes in great
numbers are passing over Paris,
dropping incendiary bombs. Parts of
the city were said to have been com
pletely darkened by smoke, remind
ing one of a blackout in anticipation
of air raids Heavy losses in life
were reported. Property losses* were
so great that no one would offer to
estimate them. Except for the mili
(Continued on page six)
Italy JoinsRarharimi
lliller Against Allies
Rohhem Enter lliirilirure
Store In Rohemonville
Kntering the A K Smith Hard
ware .sioir in Kohersori ville last Sat
urday night, robbers failed in their |
attempt to crack two iron safes, but ?
did succeed in damaging them con
sidei'Hblv. 1'urmng their attention I
from the iron boxes, the robbers took
sevnal dollars from the cash regis ,
ter and a number of items from the-j
store stock.
Releases Health
Report For May
Seven cases of communicable dis
wcrc reported m Uus county
last month according to the health
officer's report for the period. Tra
chomia, a disease of the eye, was in
cluded in the list of seven physical
ailments reported during the period,
the health office stating that it was
the first case of its kind failed to the
attenion of public healh officials
since the department was organized
more than two years ago. Tl)e victim
is a white child living near Wil
liamston While the disease is not
considered serious, it can greatly im
pair if not (Jestroy the sight unless
it is checked, reports State
Whooping cough appeared in the
report to maintain an unbroken rec
ord for more than a year. There were
three cases of Hip cough reported last
month among the white and colored
population in Cross Roads Township.
Two rases of rhirkrnpox were-re
ported among the white population
in Williamston, and there was a new
tuberculosis case reported among the
white population in Robersonville
Township.
Dago Mussolini Is
Said To Have Hit
Neighbors In Back
In War Only hV" llonfM Italy
Strikes On latiitl. Sen
V111I ill lilt- Air
Henito Mussolini. Italian leader
and the world's No 1 dago traitor,
quickly received the condemnation
of the civilized world following his
declaration of war yesterday noon
against France and England. With
her soul bleeding ffeely 111 defense
of civilization and with no urm free
to defend herself, France has been
stabbed in the back by the common
traitor, who has remained idle on the
sidelines as a jackal playing the role
of a contemptible cur
"Our conscience is clear, and we
and coward told Ins people who had
been ordered to listen to his brazen
claims and war declaration Musso
lini crowded Hitler out of the seat
of contempt, and today in the minds
of the American people he rates low
er than the killer. Hitler.
Commenting on Italy's war dec
laration, President Roosevelt in a
commencement address at Char
lottesville early last evening, stated
that Mussolini had promised him
three months ago that Italy would
remain neutrM Even at a later date,
the President explained that propos
als for paace had been tendered Mus
solini but the brazen-faced hull of
Italy Ignored them. In answer to
Mussolini and making clear the
stand of the United Slates, the Pl?
ident pledged all the material re
sources of this country to the Allies
in their fight against force, and at
(Continued on page sla)