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Watch The Label On Your Paper. As It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will rind Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 18 WiUiamtion, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. June 14, 1941). ESTABLISHED 1899 Allies Suffer A Stinging Defeat In Surrender Of Paris To The German Invaders Early Today Idly And Helplessly Civilization Stands By As Capital Falls French Army, Weary and Battered, Takes New Stand 65 Miles South of Paris Brute force, loosed upon civiliza tion by a mad man, scored another triumph and increased the threat to world peace and democracy early today when Paris was surrendered to Germany's invading barbarians, aggravating to a serious degree the small hope for an Allied victory and the continuance of those principles propounded through and by dem ocratic concepts of righteousness and freedom. The fall of Paris, a feat that the isolationists in this country boast fully class with the impossible dealt a stunning blow to the Allied cause and brought nearer to us here in America the cold fact that we our selves are not so safe after all. Even the master mind cannot guess with any degree of certainty what will follow a few hours hence, but with the German hordes bearing down from the north and the Italians sent into battle by a yellow Dago, one Benito Mussolini, from the south, it is reasonable to believe that France's army will be crushed and that an other bulwark between totalitarian ism and democracy will have been brushed away. Describing the gallant defense of fered by a tottering French army during the past ten days, news from the conflict immediately following the. fall of Paris was marked by its uncertainty A state of turmoil exists, no one knowing exactly what the battered French will try to do next or what has become of England's plan to send help to the over-run nation The United States continues to talk and do little or nothing, to lead civilization in its idle and pos sibly helpless stand while a batter ed nation struggles to hold firm democracy's line of defense, not only in France, but in England and the United States also The surrender of Paris, a stinging blow that choked the hopes and as pirations of the French, was effected without moment through United States Ambassador Bullitt who held to his post despite existing dangers. Meager reports coming from the battered country this morning stat ed that the French had withdrawn from the Paris area and attempted to establish a new line of defense 65 miles south of the famed capital Military observers state that the new territory is easily accessible and in viting to the invaders, that the only natural obstacle lay nearly 20(1 miles south of Paris where a small river runs an irregular course across the country. The government o{ France has moved again, leaving Tours hur riediv for Bor^aux. Franco, the contemptible scoun- j drel only Russia offered to fight, has swiped a small French posses sion allegedly to maintain Spain's neutrality. The Germans are now working on the main Maginot line, one report stating that one end of the great line of defense had been successfully flanked. Apparently the invaders will laaws a clear field behind them before they offer a strong push south of Paris. Le Havre, the last Allied port on the English Channel has fallen The Germans claim to have sunk five transports, an English cruiser and other ships there before taking it over. Italians are said to have at tacked French ports on the Mediter ranean, the trend of developments pointing to a bottled-up French na tion with all sources of out-side aid either cut off or dangerously impair ed. There are no bright spots in the developments today, the world find ing itself sorrowful in its helpless ness to answer the appealing plea of France's Premier, Reynaud, for im mediate aid. Every note is disheart ening and even in this country there are those who would deny the bleed ing Allies aid, but who proudly boast how well the United States can pre pare for its own defense. Apparent ly they of the "fifth column" don't want victory on foreign soil, but would rather the conflict be brought to these shores where destruction will follow and the blood of young men can run in the full sight of our own eyes. Possibly Germany will content itself with the amount of bipod spilled in the low countries and in France and will not come to these shores. But if the facts are true, and there is every cause to be lieve they are, Germany has a million and a half subjects already in South America where Nazi airlines form a network like unto a spider's web over a greater part of the country. "We have good reason to believe that Germany would spend more of its lifeblood to humble us at its feet," a commentator said a day or two MO- _ .. Cotton and Tobacco Likely to Face Real Trouble This Fall Cotton and tobacco are two groat export crops in which North Carolina fanners are vitally interested and. according to experts of the United States Department of Agriculture, those farmers who produce crops of which a substantial portion go for export are going to be in trouble this fall This makes it absolutely necessary that the three point Agricultural Ex tension program of (1), food for man and beast; (2), a more fertile soil, and (3). a balancing of cash crops with livestock be widely adapt ed in the State. Right now. the nation is moving as fast as it can in organizing towards a defense program to protect this coun try against onslaughts and conquests of totalitarian nations. State College is aiding in this program as its facili ties permit and while the nation at tempts to put idle men. money and factories to work to produce the needed munitions of war. the College Extension Service is calling upon its county agents, specialists and other trained experts to foster the produc tion and conservation of all kinds of food and feedstuffs. It is, of course, expected that the preparedness program will eventual ly make up for the loss of foreign nvarkets for farhi produce but as Secretary Wallace has pointed out, until the preparedness program is sufficiently underway to have this effect, farmers should be careful that they are not the victims of the war's interference with world trade. In other words. College officials believe that security for North Carolina far mers lies in the definite adoption of a safe farming program and it is not yet too late to plant additional food and feed crops to be saved for use on the farm no matter what hap pens. Every farmer in North Carolina should give this matter serious con sideration at once and be prepared on his own farm to defend his fam ily against economic disaster. Superior Court Finds Few Cases on Doeket FLAG DAY Wllliamston is quietly observ ing Flag Day today by having staffs lining both sides of the town's main afreet. Some how or other. Old Qlory waves a new meaning today as foreign nations struggle on the field of battle in wdesperate ef fort to check a mad force that threatens the peace, the moral and the economic stability of all the world. As defense posi lions crumble in the outposts of American Democracy, it seems good to look out upon the Stars and Stripes and recognize in them a defense that cannot be penetrated and know they will challenge the right of brute force to assault the ideals of a free people. Fire Threatens AbbitTs Mill Starting in the engine room, fire threatened the mill property of Bill Abbitt on the Hamilton Road near here yesterday morning about 11 o'clock Thought to have started when the engine backfired, the fire was fed by about twenty gallons of fuel oil and for a few minutes it looked as if the entire plant would burn along with about $5,000 worth of corn Workmen in the mill, us ing about twenty wet sarks, were able to bring the fire under con trol without any great damage eith er to the engine or to the building A call upon the local volunteer fire department was made, and the fire men were en route to the mill when they were advised ti)e fire had been extinguished It was the second call of the week and maintains the reccjtd that fires often come in pairs and sometimes three in a row. Williamston's New Population Count 28 Short Of 4.000 Wllliamston's population count first placed at 3.958 souls, con tinues to show small rains from day to day, according to late in formation coming from Mrs. L. H. Gurganus, enumerator. "I pay my taxes in Williams ton and look upon the Martin capital as my home, so count me in," Teddy Jackson, the painter who Is susamering in Asheville, advised Mrs. Gurganus this wash. Well, that was another ad dition la the drive to push the census count to 4,*M. Picking up other heads here and there, the enumerator has added fourteen persons to the list to push the to tal to 3,971. There la some doubt if the 4. Mt figure can be reached, bu any one who has not been count ad Is urged to notify Mrs. Our ?anna or Mayor J. L. Haaaeil lm mediately. During the past ten years, the town's population has shown an increase of 1,211, or a gain of nearly n per cent. It Is believed that the percentage gain here will compare favorably with that for stoat towns and cities In the Nine Cases Plaeed On Docket Up Until Early This Morning Indication* Are That Trihuiial Will Be in SeHnion Hardly More Than One Day While Hitler and Mussolini are rap ing one country after another and committing mass murder, Martin County people are settling down in peace and quiet, observing the laws in general and maintaining the peace, as a whole. Opening the regular June term of the Martin County Superior Court next Monday, Judge Q. K. Nimocks will, judging from present indications, find one of the smallest dockets" aW&ftifQTthe attention of tne court since December, 1937, when Judge Clawson Williams came to the county, opened the court, clear ed the docket, and adjourned the tri bunal, packed his suitcase and left before noon for his home in San ford. It is possible the court will clear the criminal docket and adjourn in a single day. At the present time the docket for next week carries nine cases, two of them coming over from a previous term. It ils quite likely that two or ihree more cases will be added to the list before the term is opened by Judge Nimocks next Monday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Scheduled to han dle both criminal and civil cases, the court will likely center its attention on criminal actions and pass the civil calendar unnoticed. However, two of three cases were set peremptorily including the Mitchell damage suit against Hall, but if the court handles those cases it is believed thai no oth ers will be called. According to ru mors heard this week,the trial law yers are now in a mood to forego the tr>l of all civil cases. "The criminal docket lists the fol low The case charging Gus Forrest with non-support was continued from the March term of the court. Forrest first faced the court last December. His case was continued and last March an investigation was ordered as to the condition and welfare of the col ored man's family. Welfare workers found ample food supplies in the home. < A second hold-over easy is the one in which James Roberson is charged with seduction. W. C. Bed well faces a hit-and-run charge in the court. The defendant is alleged to have struck a cart on the Jamesville Road near Williams Ion on The afternoon of April 87 and injured Mrs. Jane Perry, aged white woman of Williams Township. Bed well was placed under bond follow ing a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace. When business gets slack in the courts, Roosevelt Fagan appears on the scene. Back in December, 1837, he was a defendant in a case charging him with forgery. Next week he faces a similar charge, the State alleging that he forged the signatuer of W. T. Fagan to a check in the amount of $lg last March.? A rather fantastic accusation is in corporated in the case charging Tobe Rogers with bastafdy. The white ?man is charged with "abusing" Fran oes Biggs, colored, in June of last year. A child was born to the girl a few months ago. Curtis Mobley, colored, will be call (Continued on page six) Conquered People Facing Famine On Widespread Scale Indications Are Geriuuny Will Not Offer Help To the Starving With their food supplies rapidly diminishing and with production greatly impaired by the military ma chine of Germany, millions of human beings in the conquered countries of Europe are now facing starvation, according to a recent report released by the Commission of Polish Relief. "Populations in regions overrun by German armies are faced with a fam ine that may exceed anything ever known in the Western World." the The plight of those people is not worrying Barbarian Hitler, reliable reports stating that Hitler and Ger many are making no preparations to care for them and that they are not considering the welfare of the con quered Food supplies are being conserved by the people themselves m the best way thy can. but if reports reaching here are true then the German in vaders are actually gulping up food and supplies from helpless people, including women and children. It has been stated as an actual fact that Franco, who led the Spanish rebel lion has actually shipped supplies to Germany leaving his own people destitute and hungry It now appears that the handling of relief during and at the close of the last war was a minor task as com pared with the one facing the few remaining outposts of civilization. In dividual relief will hardly rate more than a drop in the bucket unless aid is extended on a far greater scale than many of us would even dare dream of being possible. Some be lieve that only governmental action by neutrals and belligerents will forestall widespread starvation and suffering In Martin County were to send $25,000 and all other counties in^ihe State and throughout the entire na Uon were to donate similai amounts, only a beginning would have been made in preparation for handling the enormous but yet a humane task To date, Martin County has contrib uted hardly more than a widow's mite, and the absence of generosity would clearly cast doubt as to our right to call ourselves Christian. If one can lay himself down to sleep at night and rest in the face of the untold suffering among a helpless people, that one should not contribute to the Red Cross because his soul is lost and his usefulness in this world is spent and his money would hardly prove of value in a world where hu man life carries a value Recorders Court Hears Three Cases In Brief Session Decrease in County Crime Ao tivitieH Keflecled By Small Docket ?Tim annual uumim i slump in Lima' activities in Martin County was re flected in the small docket schedul ed for consideration in the recorder's court last Monday. Convening the tribunal at 9:30, Judge X. O. Peel was hardly more than half an hour handling the routine duties and clear ing the docket. There were very few spectators in the audience, and there were few witnesses to figure in the Not since last summer has the court had so few cases to consider, and seldom do Judge Peel and Soltoltor Johnson complete their work in less than an hour. Completing their work for the ses sion, the court adjourned until Mon day, June 24, the superior court tak ing over the headquarters of justice next Monday. A preliminary review of the docket indicates that the "big" court will be in session hardly more than a day next week. Proceedings in the county court Monday follow: The case charging Edgar Goss with an assault on a female was continued until June 24. Jasper Rogers, charged with lar ceny and receiving, pleaded not guil ty. The case was continued under prayer for judgment until Monday, Juna 24. in the ease charging A. R. Rober son with drunken driving, the de fendant was adjudged guilty over a strong plea of innocence. The court fined him (50, taxed him with the cost and revoked his license for one year. Scattered Shoirert Fall In The County Thit Week Small showers, the first to fall in this immediate section in nearly two weeks, were recorded at the weather (UtiOn on Roanoke River at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The last rain of any consequence was record ed on May 30 when slightly over one-half inch was recorded. During May there were only 1.98 inches of rain and since that time up until this afternoon hardly more than a quarter of an inch fell in this, immediate area. ? Meeting of Farmers From Four Counties Unanimous in Support Of Three-Year Tobacco Program County Fa rmersA re Mop ping Cotton to Control Boll Weevil .1^ 1 weevil for several years, Martin County farmers are establishing a united front to control if not destroy the pest this season, according to re ports coming out of the county agent's office here today. Using pat ented machines in some cases. Mar tin farmers are relying upon their j own ingenuity to tackle the weevil. There are about as many types of mops as there are farmers, but it is understood that nearly all tf not all of them will prove effective T^ie agent offers the following few and simple rules for combatting the pest: Start mopping early or just as soon as squares start forming and when cotton is about six inches high. Most cotton in this county is about ready for the mop. Use the l-l-l mix ture?one pound of calcium arsenate, one gallon of molasses and one gal lon of water. Thoroughly mix the add the molasses, mixing well and keeping stirred Prepare'only enough poison for one day's application If ram falls wtihm 24 hours after au{ application is made, mop again 'HVree or four applications should be made from live to seven days apart during the season. Be sure to get the poison under every leaf and on the stalk of every hill In addition to mapping the plant, a better como l can be effected it the fallen squares are picked up dur mg the first three weeks and burn ed. Fallen squares should hi' picked up and destroyed before field culti vation While mopping will prove of great value. 100 per cent control of the weevil is hardly to be expected from the method as a few weevils arc likely to enter the crop from other fields where control methods were not practiced. Probable Thai Burned Mill Will Be Rebuilt Fire Damage Is Not As I^ar^e As First Estimate Indicated liOHH Ih Complete To (Imiei'H Of Our Home ami Fill ing Station ? The rebuilding of tin* huge mill of the Saunders and Cox Lumber Company destroyed by fire here last Tuesday was considered prob able this morning, Mi J McKmi mon Saunders, owner of the com pany, stating that he was consider ing taking steps this morning point ing to the construction of a new mill However, it was pointed out that no definite decision had been reach ed, that future plans are dependent upon certain developments centering around an inspection-of null propt ties in New lie no Soon after stat ing that he was considering r building, Mr Saunders left for New Bern to inspect a large mill, and it is believed that the outcome of the inspection there will largely deter j mine the company's future plans Operating one of the town's big gest assets, Mr. Saunders believed to be anxious to carry on, possibly because today there an- more than 100 men without work "Some of those men have been with me ten r,r mw.i-i ? " Mr Saillutl'I'S Sllid in recognizing their apparent plight following the destruction of the mill. Just a few hours before the fire swept over . the East Main Street properties, Mr. Saunders had vir tually completed transactions for expanding his business. A large tract of timber had been pun*based and arrangements were virtually com pleted for handling it, according to unofficial reports. MTSaunders plans for the future has been shown by local people who earnestly hope that he will he able to carry on and that the fire will cause no great in terruption in the rompany's work program Owners of other properties lost in the fire are making plans to rebuild immediately. Mr George Harris plans to start rebuilding his home within a week or ten days, and Mr G. H. Harrison states that the filling station will be replaced as soon as possible. Damage estimates, released before the fire had spent itself, were d? clard too high in a report filed by Fire Chief G P. Hall today The loss sOffered by the lumber company was not aB great as~Tt was first thought as the fire was confined to the main part of the mill, the dry IriiTwr"better toottt and stocks being damaged very little. However, during a short hour, the fire destroyed property valued at $21,400 with hardly half of the loss covered by insurance In his report, Fire Chief Hall listed the losses as follows: Saunders and Cox mill: approxi mate damage, $10,000 with about $12,000 insurance, George Harris home: loaa, $800, with only $400 insurance; Harrison Oil Company Service Station Loss. $2,500 with no insur ance. Filling station stock owned by George Harris I^oss, $1,200 with no insurance; Colfex Speller home and furni ture: Loss, $900 with no inaurance. - After a hurried report on the fire was released last Tuesday after noon, it was learned that Robert T (Continued on page sU) h uh i The total contribution offer ed by Jhe Martin County Chap ter of the American Ked Cross for the relief of suffering hu inanity holds to a pitifully small figure in the lace of the great need across the seas. All told, Martin County has offered a to tal* of $119.28 as its share of the cost in extending relief to the hungry creautres made that ?way by a ruthless war. Nearly $200 short of the original quo ta, the amount can he reckoned as little more than a slap in the face to those unfortunate souls who are wandering in the fields and forests, their homes de st roved and their separation with loved ones effected by a cruel fate. Additional donations are acknowledged as follows: J. T. tiurnhill $3.00 ?Tom Bamhill . 1.00 Enterprise 5.00 Henry llandy 1.00 Escapes Injury In Truck-Train (.rash! The driver of a Martin County Transfer Company truck escaped in jury. when the machine loaded with several tons of soda crashed into an Atlantic Const lane fremht engine on lower Mam Street here Mam taining that his view was blocked by a moving van parked on its left side of the road, the driver stated he did not see the train coming out of the Saunders and Cox lumber company's yard until he was almost on the track. The driver applied all the braking power on the truck hut failed totbring it to a stop in time to avoid crashing into the trian en guie It was claimed by witnesses that a - train flag man was on duty in tlie road,. but the truck driver apparent ly (pd not m??. him Damage to the truck was loughly estimated at $100 The accident, investigated by. lo cal police and Sergeant Jackson of the highway patrol, was soon clear ed from the road and traffic was not delayed for any length of timi Army Will Travel Through llere on June 25 ami 26th A portion of Uncle Sam's main army is scheduled to move through here on the afternoons of June 25 and 26, ii was learned from authorative sources today. Details of the movement were not available immediately, hut it is understood that at least ISO trucks and special motorlied equipment will move through the town on the two days, the first of thr mobile units to reach here about 2 o'clock on Tues day, June 25. Said to be romini here from Fortress Monroe, the army forces, if is understood, will continue south with their possi ble destination being somewhere in laniiaiana or Mississippi. The forces will travel In units of about ten trucks eaeh, the light equipment to move the first dsy and the heavy vehicles Including anti-aircraft guns and cannons to follow on the Mth at about the same hour. Liiinch Campaign For Program in the P County Next Month Farmer* from Beaufort. her tie, Wu^hiii^ton ami Mar tin Vitriol Vlrrt ll^re Pledging their 100 per cent coop eration in advancing a three-year tobacco control program. 50 or more farmers from Washington Beaufort. Berttt* and Martin Counties in spec ial meeting here -yesterday after noon advanced tentativi^plans" for an extensive campaign in the four counties in behalf of marketing quotas to be voted oh in a special referendum to be held on July 20. The meeting was marked by all the seriousness that surrounded the early attempts to remedy a bad sit uation that tobacco found itself in several years ago. when prices were ranging around 6 ami 7 cents a pound Addressing the group, John Broome, field officer for the Agri cultural Adjustment Administration, frankly stated that the fate of the program rests entirely with the farmers, that the State Extension Service and representative of the Agricultural Administration would gladly furnish any information and all available facts, but that any and all campigning for the passage uf the program would have to origi nate with the farmers and then 11.rends, including- business?men.? warehousemen, civic and eommer cial organizations. "The quota system, in effect for; iour_ years, has_4jruv?(l beneficial to the farmer," Mr Broome said, add ing that there were possibly so un objectionable features, but ' that they lilTel about the only relief m the face of new conditions that are presenting themselves on a world wide scale "There is doubt if the Allies can win the war, and if they do the sit uation will hardly be clarified by the next marketing season," Mr,. Broome said: Ho- continued, * These new conditions are having a direct effect on everyone, especially the farmer. And as one farmer declares, the to h.-iccn grower can't?have?much?use for Hitler because his country did not use much of our tobacco to start with and now he has cut off oar ex ports to several countries that were using fairly large quantities of the leaf "The outlook for inferior types of leaf is fairly encouraging since war conditions in_ China have blocked production there and the surplus in this country is not very large. But there is a world of tobacco on hand, late estimates placing the stocks at 2,lOfi.OOO.OOO pounds, or a surplus 20 per cent above the previous high record. "One farmer stated a few days ago that he had just as soon have a good hay crop as to have tobacco this season The situation is not quite that bad, because by voting for a three-year program we can reason ably expect the government to take a hand at marketing time next fall " Mi Broome went into detail about -Lbe?mngtiim explaining a?letter prepared by J. B. Hutson, assistant administrator The letter will h?? made available to all growers withi 111 the near future. It is reasonably certain that the government will cooperate with the fanners and possibly enter the mar kets next fall if a three-year con trol program is adopted It is quite certain that the government will have no part in the marketing pro gram if quotas are voted down. This stand taken by the government is based on sound business prac tices, and is not taken to coerce the farmers m expressing their opin ions with the ballot at the referen dum According to Mi Broome, any to hacco farmer who expects to derive any income from the crop this year is entitled to vote in the July 20 referendum He may vote for a tfiuT-yttn program or vote against a thrrc year program, but for quo tas for one year, or vote against any control program whatever. To get a three-year program 60 2-3 per cent of those voting must vote for that and nothing else. B. Troy Ferguson, district agent, followed Mr. Broome on the pro gram, and he urged the farmers to get down to work and create inter est m the referendum, to call upon their business men, warehousemen, and civic and commercial organisa tions to help put the program acre**. After a two-hour discussion of the tobacco problems, preliminary plans were made for advancing an exten sive campaign in this county for , L- n I 11.... LAVUUfk fliriVkAVA Iill program, v ntting taiinvn^ business men and others, agricultur al leaders will hold a aeries of meet ing over the county and a county wide rally ahortly before th? endum.