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Watch The Label On Your Paper, Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,000 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 55 ff'illiamtion, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuenlay, July 9, 19441. ESTABLISHED 1899 Officers Tear lip Seven Stills And Arrest 3 Persons Officers Find and Wreck Four Manufacturing Plant* In One Day Another heavy blow was directed against the illicit liquor manufactur ing business in this county last week when ABC Enforcement Officer J. H. Roebuek, deputies and police con ducted raids in four townships. A climax to the raids came last Satur day when four plants were destroy ed, two in Cross Roads and two in Bear Grass Townships. Three arrests were made in con nection with the raids. Gaither Lock, young colored man. was arrested for allegedly operating a plant in Goose Nest Township, near Oak City. Arrested by Chief Edmond Early, the man was tried in the county court Monday and sentenced to the roads for a six-months' term. Lock was said to have been operat ing a 50-gallon copper still when the officer and his son, Edmond, Jr., made the raid. The plant was captured and three hundred gallons of beer were poured out. Lock was just firing up the plant when the of ficers made the raid. Going into the old business sec tion of Jamesville last Wednesday evening, Officer J. H. Roebuck found seven pints of illegal liquor in the store of James Gilmore. Gilmore and his wife were carried into the coun ty court Monday and adjudged guil ty of illegal possession. Judge Peel sentenced him to the roads for six months and his wife to the county jail for a term of 90 days. They ap pealed. The first raid last week by en forcement officer and deputies was centered in Bear Grass Township where a complete 100-gallon capacity copper kettle and 400 gallons of beer were destroyed. The officers had their big day' last Saturday when they wrecked a steam plant and a 50-gallon cop-1 per kettle and poured out 150 gal lons of beer at two plants in Cross Roads. In Bear Grass Township that afternoon they wrecked a steam plant and poured out 200 gallons of beer and one-half gallon of raw li-1 quor. At the fourth plant- the offi-. cers captured a 100-f a! on capacity copper kettle and poured uut 400 gallons of beer and thirteen gallons of liquor. The plant was equipped with a complete oil burner. Sunday morning, the officers wrecked a steam plant and poured out 150 gallons of beer in Cross Roads Township. Another Roundup of Drunks Ls Rej>orted A third round-up of drunks was reported in the county over the week-end, local and county officers placing five persons, including one woman, in the county jail. colored woman, Hattie Bullock, wan dered around the streets until she got tired and crawled into an offi cer's car on the main street to rest. She was alleged to have turned on the lights and radio and was sitting back enjoying a program when offi eers found her. She was not atagger ingly drunk, one of the night cops said. ? Others facing the courts for al leged drunkenness were John Dix on, C. P. Kapot, Kater Gardner, J. H. Coltrain. Nearly 20 people, charged with public drunkenness, have been jail ed since the Martin County grahd jury ordered a drive against the practice last month. Commenting on the drive, a citizen said a few days ago that while the law was moving to clean out the drunks, several of; the habituals continued to roam the streets. I THE RECORD SPEAKS-.?s?^ Martin County motorists prov ed last week that they were cap able of meeting an aggravated traffic problem When they came through the holiday period with out a single accident. Twice in a row Martin County motorists have observed the period of the Glorious Fourth without inci dent. It is true that traffic was greatly curtailed by the unusual ly cool weather, but even then the road dangers were greater If Martin County motorists can go through a holiday period without an accident, it would aeem that they could lower the number of wrecks in normal per >odsv and they can do just that by observing the rules of the road and remembering that there are other motorists who have some rights and who are deserv ing every courtesy we would want for ourselves. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks In this year and last and for each year to the present time. !7tfc Week Comparison Accidents InJ'd Killed Dam'ge 1940 0 0 0 $ 000 1939 0 0 0 000 Comparison To Date 1040 __J1 37 2 10055 1930 24 22 7 5800 Ti rnely Questions arid A nswers On the Tobacco Referendum Timely questions and answers hav ing to do with the tobacco referen dum to be held on Saturday, July 20, are submitted fur consideration by Martin County farmers, as fol lows: What are the provisions for en forcement of the marketing quotas? The penalty on any tobacco mar keted in excess of the farm market ing quota is 10 cents per pound. Col lection of penalties will begin with the first sale of tobacco from the farm. There will be no transfer of mar keting quotas among farms nor sale of marketing cards. If one farmer sells, or permits to be sold, on his marketing card to-I bacco grown on another farm, the allotment for each farm will be re duced in the next year by the amount of tobacco so marketing Al so, the farmer marketing the tobac co becomes liable for the penalty due thereon. If a farmer fails to account for dis position of any amount of his tobac co the allotment for his farm will be reduced in the next year by such amount of tobacco. If any farmer falsely identifies or fails to account for disposition of to bacco he becomes liable for a penal ty of ten cents per pound of normal production on the entire acreage harvested in excess of the farm acreage allotment, this penalty be ing in addition to any other penal ly Adequate penalties are" provided ifflfthe case of any warehouseman, dealer, or buyer who fails to keep proper records and make proper re ports. Basket Factory Will Make T ests Thursday HO NOR K I) Harry Clinton Jamrs, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. James, was recently honored in Fredericks burg, his adopted home, for his work as a community builder there during the past year. Williamston Native Community Builder Harry Clinton James Chosen Front a Field of 3U Contestants Harry Clinton James, a native of Williamston and the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. James gained national recognition recently as a commun ity builder in Fredericksburg, Va. Competing in a field of 344 contest ants, Mr. James received the award from Dr. T. N. Beavers, president of the People's Drug Stores, for whom ho works. ? Commenting on the honor accord ed the former Williamston boy, "The Free Lance-Star", Fredericksburg newspaper said, in part: For being cliusen on the Roll of Honor! Mr. James received an en grossed parchment scroll and a bronze plaque inscribed with his name and details of the award. Announcement of the award and presentation of the tokens was made at the Retail Merchants luncheon by Josiah P. Rowe, Jr., manager of The Free Lance-Star, who nominated Mr. Jamet-for the hnnnr and submitted a statement of his community ac tivities for 1939 on which the award was based. Mr. James is chairman of the Retail Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce which holds bi-monthly luncheon sessions. Mr. James, who is a native of Wil liamston, N. C., has been manager of the People's Service Drug Store here since 1932 and he has been an active figure in various organizations, de voting much of his time to efforts for civic improvement. He is vice president of the Cham ber of Commerce, chairman of the Retail Trade Committee, a member of the Kiwanis Club and an officer in the Elks lodge. His ability as an organizer and his capacity for lead ership are well known among those with whom he has worked in var ious undertakings. The success of "Thrift Days", a three-day sales and entertainment event of last July in which some 80 business firms participated, waa due to the efforts of the Retail Trade Committee, headed by Mr. Jamas, and this group is also responsible for other cooperative projects undertak en by local merchants. In his letter nominating Mr. James {Continued on page four) Full Production Schedule Awaits Plant Completion Larp<? Number File* Applica tions for John in New Plant Near River The new plant of the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company near Roanoke River here is sched uled to turn out its first baskets day after tomorrow, Superintendent E. E. Bateman stating this morning that a full production schedule would necessarily have to await the com pletion of the "new^manufacturing ? - ? According to Mr. Bateman the Thursday schedule of operations are designed primarily to test the ma chines and fill a rush order for a cer tain type of basket. The plant's steam equipment, including boilers "unTT several engines, was tested yester day, Superintendent Bateman stat ing that he was well pleased with the operation of the first units. In handling the main machinery tests on Thursday of this week, no new employees will be hardly need ed, the superintendent explaining that operators and assistants -would possibly be taken for the most part from the lust already employed. Upon the completion-^ -in-its en tirety within the next month, the new enterprise will employ approx imately 150 workers. The employ ment list will be increased gradual ly, the plant superintendent stating that very few of the 346 applicants are trained" in the operation ol the" machines. Much time will have to be devoted in training our workers and making the finishing touches for a smooth operating schedule," Mr. Bateman said. While preliminary tests are sched uled for Thursday, work on the plant will hardly be completed before the latter part of this month, meaning that it will be several weeks before a full production schedule can be effected. Work on. a. large dry kiln and the first of several storage units is progressing rapidly at this time. Railroad company engineers will start work on a siding for the plant the early part of next week. Addi tional machinery is being unloaded daily at the plant, but the workers (Continued on page four) ? Native Of County Dies In Hospital John W. Wynne, a native oi this county, died in a Washington hos pital last Friday of peritonitis which resulted from a kidney operation performed the preceding Monday. The son of Benjamin Wynne and his late wife, Mrs. Bettie Bullock Wynne, he was born in this county 45 years ago. He spent most of his life in the Bear Grass section of this county where he farmed until the early part of this year. He moved with his family to Beaufort County and was farming in the Old Ford section when he was taken ill. He was connected with the mercantile business at Bear Grass during sev eral years. In early manhood he was married to Miss Ella Bullock who survives with two daughters, Misses Arman da and Louise Wynne. He also leaves three brothers, Messrs. Frank and Joe Wynne, of Georgetown, S. C? and Mack Wynne, of Williamston, and a half-sister, Miss Myra Wynne, also of Georgetown. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church at Bear Grass by Rev. Z. T. Plephoff, as sisted by Rev. Jack Vinson. Intcr | merit was in the Wynne Cemetery in Cross Roads Township. Mr. Wynne held membership in the Presbyterian Church at Bear Grass for a number of years, and was regarded as an upright citizen and a Christian gentleman. Local Happenings 42 1 ears Ago in the Martin County Sun From a scrapbook kept by Mrs C. D Carstarphen and her mother, the following items are copied as they appeared in H. J. Herrick's "Martin County Sun." a newspaper publish - p?d here in 1894: ? RECEPTION AT ELM GROVE Williamston?1898?In response to I cards of invitations which read: "You are cordially invited to attend a re ception given by the Young Ladies of Williamston at Elm Grove on Monday evening. August 20th. from (9 to 12 o'clock." there assembled a gay representation of the flower of [ Williams ton's social circlet. The at mosphere was cooled and the earth 'sweetened with odors of the recent 'rains making the evening pleasant. I The house from the outside and the ; lawn were beautifully lighted with Japanese lanterns mingled with soft lights from the chandelier, from within. The young ladies present with their escorts were Miss Anna Craw ford, attired in black and white or gandie with opals, with Mr. John j Hassell Miss Eliza Bennett in am ber silk and rubies, with Mr. C. D. Carstarphen; Miss Lule Staton in blue silk mull and pearl, with Mr. Alonza Hassell. Miss Maggie Bag well in white organdie and mouse line do soir with sapphires with Mr John Cook; Miss Emma Hassell in pink organdie and black velvet rib bon and diamonds with Mr W. E. Stubbs; Miss Ida Hassell in white 'organdie and liberty silk and dia monds with Mr Albior Dunn, of Scotland Neck; Miss Nora Fowden in blue organdie and rubies with Mr. Frank Hassell; Miss Pattie Coffield, of Texas, in french shaldie and fringe and emeralds with Mr. H. M. Burras. Miss Mary Hassell in white organdie and all over lace and bur quoise with Mr Charlie Hassell. of Utah. The gentlemen without escorts were Dr. Biggs. Messrs. J. P. Simp son, George Hewell. Rollen. Hobbs, J. S. Rhodes. Ben Crawford, C. Godwin and John Pope. The royal prize for the greatest number of correct answers to ques tions of geography was earned by Messrs. C. IJ. Carstarphen, Theo Hassell, John Pope and G. W. Newell. Upon lots being cast, Mr. Pope drew the handsome necktie. There were several contestants for the booby prize which was not awarded. Space will not allow us to speak full justice of the beautifully decor ated dining room where were beau tiful and bountiful tables of good things, among which were salads, chicken, potato, pickles, crackers, olives, cream: vanilla and pineap ple; takes: fruit, chocolate, pineap ple and fig. At the beginning it was announc ed that tin1 party who should get a sandwich having nothing between and they were all tied with a pret ty bow of blue ribbon, would be an [old hachelor or an old maid, as the | case- should be, which lot fell to Ben Crawford. This was a highly pleasant and so cial evening and was the greatest social event of the season here. & Many Are Attending County T. B. Clinic The. third in the scries or county tuberculosis clinics is being well at tended here today, a noon report stat ing thai only iwcT appoint men ts had been missed and that Examiner Dr. G. C. Godwin was being kept busy. Hn report on tftr findings In the clinic could be had immediately. Serving citizens in Jamesville, Williams, Griffins, Williamston and Bear Grass Townships, the clinic will remain open in the local grammar school building through Friday of this week. ? ,m Nearly 200 persons were examin ed at clinics held in Robersonville last week and at Oak City yesterday. According to one report four new cases of tuberculosis have been found in the county so far. Typhoid Caae Kcported In County Ovor Wevk-end The first case of typhoid fever of the current season was reported in this section over the week-end. The victim, E. T. Williams, a colored man, was removed to a Washington hos pital for treatment - It could not be learned immediate ly if the man had been immunized against the fever in the county-wide clinics last summer. ANOTHER WHISTLE Sounding for the first time, the Goldman Package Manufac turing Company factory whistle was heard with Joyous glee in the local business district late yeeterday afternoon. The addi tion of another whistle on the industrial front brings a renew ed hope to many who are now without regular Raising steam tn the boilers for the first time yesterday, the company is announcing its prep arations for the early manufac ture of baskets at Its factory Mar the Roanoke River Battle of England Is Reported To Have Started with Increased Furv . / ? ' m In Attacks On Sea and In the Air Resort to Laic in Lost Round I P of Dogs in Martin County After appealing to owners in this county, urging them to have their dogs vaccinated, officers today re sorted to the law in pushing a last round-up of dogs in the campaign against rabies. Three warrants are being issued today at the direction of the sheriff's office, and the defendants will be brought into court within the next few days to show good cause why they have not vaccinated their dogs in accordance with the terms of the ! law. There are around 25 or 30 own-1 ers who have not had their dogs vac-1 cinated, according to a preliminary check of ownership made by the of fice of the sheriff this week. Those defendants who are being called into court are facing substan tial fines and possible road sen tences. Last year, several defend ants were given sentences on the roads, the trial justices suspending the sentences upon payment of small fines and trial costs and with the un derstanding that the owners would vaecinutc or kill then* dugs An accurate count of the dogs vac- j cinated iti the county this year coutd } not b<i learned immediately, hut over 2.5(H) of the canines have been ' subjected to the needle. The first of the dispensaries was held three months ago. and all owners have had ample time to comply with the law requiring the vaccination of all dogs. Those who have failed to com ply with the act will have to accept the consequences, tin- sheriff said yesterday. No mad dogs with the exception of one or two that wandered into this county from neighboring terri tory, have been reported in the coun ty since the anti-rabies drive was launched several years ago Martin Business Men Support Control Plan Business And Professional Men Express Interest M?SE \\??lv i? a,. |>ol?. ,f I hrei-Yoitr IVi^r.im I* Adopted Julv i?o n M"rt'" County business leaders y:".'''1 a "unload, m the .00 per cvnt mark i,, favor Kr-im K |l ye" tobacco ennhul pro | M.ini. Fanners, interested n?. M1(. cesaful passage of the plan, this week vsj ed nearly all the bus. in the county and asked th. on the nfMmpttrtant matter umy one business refused h, pledge ,'!?? "upport, ? Was unoffh-hilfy on the . ? """ "sk''<l -'and n I'd ?H important matter Only > ledge i. . ,l was wnorriciallv M ,T'"' fa"ners, headed by Messrs. J. |{. w.nslow. W M |,?7 Tve7v T^ J''S"' Crisp' rmrt7t aet^ ev.ry business , could T y >uP"'"lu,g list could he increased. Their proved taSt'a n" "' contacts 'h ";W,,vl'r' "la! a vast map,, 1 y Of the business leaders are heart * favor of the three year ?^md-+h;It -dhr^^S^r he hidri", "I if"' rcforenduni hi Id on Saturday of m xt week I re "uiuary reports Martin County farmers favor the ngetoy|atf '"f""'"' Plan' "ccord I h^ is '"^at'O" rere.ved here I ie.li i s""'" d""bt 'f I his eountv ? r'" " II 1 II i idXrimce'r1' 'hUt th<-aPPare,Um. difference here and in other <?uii feaJrf ,m?an ,h'' plan wl" '?? <i? hated on July 20. "| hear very few 'aimers discussing the program and nUTesn'V1'1"' W"n'' -offic'cnt mtt 11 sj^ i? lht. program to bu,i- out Sv",e;'on"farm"' ^Atxurduig tu reliable reports fronr uathm , C,r .'? ""oral s h.ad/r atcK l" fo'urr farm coders are expressing concern ove. has ^ r 2f, thc ref-rendu,,, I, has been red,ably learned that farm -ee* m-thostr-eoniilies mil, niiiipai atively small allotments are T,!Z ning lonTfer a strong v\]7| 0 HQ I h, (Continued on page four) Upward Trend In Church Attendanc( By REV. Z. T. PIEPIIOEF Prmbyterian Minister lh?C *?" a decided increase ,n the attendance upon religious serv rnes in Wllliamston on last Sunday. Sond e e "l"rc P''rsons attended Sunday School. There wore 105 m,?e at the morning service and 89 more at the night services Four more young people joined the 41 of the previous week and nine more per !Jf war* at prayer meeting. r h Church Baptist do' V,f' AHf p? 2.??. '?? 10 85 28 Episcopal 17 s, Holiness 120 in? mo Methodist 71 19 71 (IH Presbyterian 2? 28 32 405 45 434 209 Prev. week 449 41 329 120 . ?? isu ity-nine were present for the two prayer services held in the HoTiT ness and Methodist churches as com pared with an attendance of 80 upon v?*,eiV1Ct's in the Preceding week Righteousness exalteth a Nation but sin is a reproach to any people.1' FAKM 111 KIM The Martin County Farm Kureau Federation, one of the m<*?t active in this section dur ing the past two years, will hold a big mass meeting and barbe cue supper for its members in Kohersonville next Tuesday night at K o'clock, officers of the organization announced lodav. While the meeting is planned primaril> as a get together for the Kureau members, it will like ly discuss the important farm program. It is expected that the organization will at that time go on record as supporting the three-year tobacco program 100 per cent. All Farm Kureau mem hers are invited and urged to at tend. (Irop (hit look In County Gloomy \t The Present Time l.i^lil Tobacco Crop Certain \iul Corn Shortage I - \nlicipatril While they have not abandoned all hope. Martin farmers are getting a hit disheartened over the crop out look ir'i the county at the present time. Continued dry weather over most of the county., as a whole, is seriously threatening the corn crop and making for one TTMtTe latest to bacco harvesting seasons in years. Immediate rains can alter the out Idok considerably, but even with favorable seasons from now on some farmers declare that the corn crop will not nioasure up to normal pro duction The tobacco crop is already late with hardly a dozen farmers re porting harvesting underway. It is possible that curing activities will be started on a fairly sizable scale some time next week in the coun The cotton crop is thriving under existing weather conditions and pea nuts are holding *up well, but other general crops?are suffering.?Num bcrs of farmers state that corn tas sels have drooped, that the blades are drying up. They add that little can be expected in the way of pro duction under such conditions. Reports, possibly a bit exagger ated, state that the tobacco crop wiil average hardly nyore than 200 pounds per acre on some farms, that one of the lightest crops 111 years is to be expected in the county, as a whole. Farly curings reported m ~?russ Roads Township are of fair quality and average weight. Those farmers who are a bit dis heartened by the lateness of their tobacco crops should remember that there have been late crops before this year, in 1032, Farmrr John Col train out in the Farm Life section of Griffins Township, was curing to bacco on September 16, and accord ing to Mr. Coltrain the leaf brought a tair price. Present indications point to September tobacco curings this season, but it is fairly certain that most of the crop will have been har vested by the latter part of August. Farm* i s are heading into an unus ually busy season, and considerable trouble is expected from tobacco 1 wuiiiib that attack the crup m great numbers during August. Farmers anxiously gazed at the scattered clouds today, but up until three o'clock no rain had fallen here. British Sustain Heaw Losses At Sea Early Today Nazi \iriiit-n lioiiilt S?-v?'rul ICiHtlUU I'ort- am) Oil Store* The Bottle of England was believ ed to have entered its first serious stage today when increased attacks were made by German forces on land and in the air. Waves of Nazi planes flew over England's coastal country early today, dropping thousands of bombs on several ports and wreck ing at least one large oil base Re ports stated that the war on the Brit ish Isles was rapidly approaching a blitzkrieg tempo British authorities, while admitting increased fury of German attacks, denied there was heavy losses of life and that proper city damage did not approximate the startling figures claimed by German sources. German sea power again assert ed itself during the past 24 hours, a German report claiming that five English merchant ships had been damaged considerably, that a 11,1)00 ton naval tanker hail been sunk and that a destroyer had been success fully bombed. No German losses were mentioned, and nothing was said about raids made on Germany or its conquered territories by members of the Royal Air Force. High authorities in England said early today that the 35,000-ton French battleship, Richelieu, had been definitely put out of commit sion that Hitler and his barbarian forces would not us* n m an attack upon the Bntish Isles. Another en couraging feature of the sea warfare was tin- action of French sailors in .demilitarizing -warships ui the Med iterranean. eliminating them as pos sible units of attack against England. * 1 'i tarn.?heading?rrp?t+rr?traitors' I government in France, is drafting a I new constitution for France today. I Casting aside the elements of liber J ly and justice. Retain will pattern I the new constitution after the fascist I plan or in accord with the wishes and dictates of Hitter and Mussolini. It is quite evident that France with her 1 limited power will turn against Eng land, but that many true French I nun will continue their light for (Continued on page four) John Bailey Dies John Badry, Jr . Jimuvillt? Town ship burner, died in a local hospital yesterday aftt^nooo at 5:10 o'clock ' following an lllinos of about three weeks' duration. Taken ill with ma laria. he underwent treatment at the I a a 11" i.l" Int. firthor, near .lainonvilU*,? nid entered the hospital here last Thursday Complications, growing out of malaria, were given as the cause of his death. The son of Mr. John H. Bailey and the Wte Mrs Frances Cat lay Bailey, he was hoi n near Jamesville 50 years ago He made his home there all his life, assisting 111 the operation f Ins fathe r's home. Besides his aged fatln r In leave s two brothers, Messrs. Frank Bailey, of Norfolk, and Chas. Bailey, <>t Washington, and three sisters, Mrs. R. W. Jones, of Nor folk, Mrs W T. Berry, of Baltimore, and Mrs J J?Bowen, of Jumeaville.? Funeral services will be held at the home?tomorrow -afternoon?at?2:30 'clock by Rev. W. B Harrington. In terment will follow in the family cemetery on the home farm. Inspector Issues Record IS timber Itnilding Permits Williamslun's building pro gram, setting a new high rr< ord the first half of this year for any corresponding six months period, undcrwrnt another spurt yesterday when Inspector G. P. Hall issued nine new construc tion permits. It was the biggest day on record for the Inspector and for the inspectors before him. The nine permits, ranging from 1700 to around $5,000, rep resent a proposed expenditure of approximately IZ7.000 and pushes the total outlay for build ing and repairs to nearly $IH, Permits were issued ye day to Caiiyle Iangtry for the construction of a home on South llaughton Street; Paul Auto Supply Company for a store building on Washington Street; W. H. Coburn for three tenant houses near the new basket fac tory ; Saunders end Cox far a mill; Harrison Oil Company far a filling station; Harry Janes for a home on West Main Street.