North Carolina Newspapers

Nazis Have Plenty Food. But Others Facing Starvation T Marked Shortage of Fowl Is Now Staring Conquered Nations While it may be possible for Ger many to stave off hunger and want for its 80,000.000 people, there is a early threat of starvation hanging over the heads of the thousands of people in the countries overrun and eonquered by Hitler's, machine,. A period of distress for the French. Belgiums. Dutch and Scandinavians was visualized by a group of inter national grain authorities Using information obtained from Europe through confidential trade channels, these sources outlined the food situation abroad in the wakes of Germany'v irunqyests a- follows 1. Great Britain's food blockade against Germany?and now most of the rest of Europe?is highly effi cient, but 2. Germany stored food intensively for five veal*- before the war began, and is alleged to have on hand sufficient reserves, which witfi new crops, would feed her own population for four years; 3. The European grain crop this year will be only about two-thirds of normal requirements, due to bad weather and mobilization of farm ers as soldiers; 4. Harvests (if the captured areas are more likely to go to Germany than to the civilians of those areas. England imports most of her food i but is expected to be able to nourish | her people from distant empires and ! other sources m crsins ^ iong~-?? the navy can control the shipping lanes, stave off submarine and comb ing attacks on merchant vessels. Germany, it was said, began mak ing food preparations in 1934 Through the ensuing years, an in creasingly large amount of food was J laid away ? mainly in abandoned mines beyond danger of bombing ! damage srpj* , Another German necessity. Another German necessitv nua been produced at a rite ,'i i ' , 370.0W.U.I" bushels annually aug mentecI by purchases from Poland" Poland S winter wheat and rye this yeat ? tll R(, inatnh into Get man granat ies Russia's newest conquest, fertile B^arbiu.-cute. mk, Gertrum s grain. L2T.^ w,nu'r "as unusually eotd Spring- was raiitv and flnodi. wert- seven "ooa* Uanubian dHtx ?IJh?lt; Hunuuuif^iT^ of f"r about 511 per cent tlona, ' Crup lnstead of the trad,-I the R? d a ecnt Then in marched pwted t V |!i',k'"K OV,'r iands ex b^M, ? wheat -m,U"d 75 ?U,100,) aa^du?,'"'y. Rb?tan.a. With Hun 80.000.UU0 bushels^ y xpeit.s. it is, unlikely those nu ' tn.^er?Uwrn,he8tl0nS 7 ??"" Prance ln good crop j." W"". tl.e >rrTCln^rrra at less than 200.000,000 bushels 'of wheat compared with Prances an SwEET " 3 than*2ti0 - ^awsw? duce only 32.000.000 Norway , aa.uuu.uoo bushels of wheat i' duce only 32.000,000 Norway f>t!."' |^d-fr t'liput I o'liUtrootr-tsTr^Z-^" Denmark around 11.000.000 AhlZugh" ?* * s'"m "and ii:s her carryover is ^ a ' 3,'384-?? pared to wut'hstand 7"^' The'i?," World P^r"8tr the supplfl.f gram Muiw 1 " rwervef^-hinnthWMe bu,idln? up thereby presenhng ^'^^' expect Norway1 and^D* "ay ttu'y suffer most beL.,," ,n?e"'"^k, to dependent largely .,nT" .> U'" -and for d.T?cnta.Bn,,Sh d" Uanish cattle have been i. ,i -Ported cottonseed ~3 t4r,^7romdwy T get den of wheat S^, i huge or crop shortage But ,u r owr MuMol.ni .la thy'ifH'"? and -S: Xsir? a? ?? or Opposition Likely To Cast Big Vote In Leaf Election (Continued from page one) MO (or the program and 21.700 against it. Voting on a program for 1000. North Carolina (armors in Dr cebmer. 1038, voted 88.222 (or and MJU against the program. The vote aa this State virtually ousted the Local Happenings 46 Years 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 ed here in 1894 Kohersonville Happenings TTie commencement ball spoken of in our last, and which came off on Friday night, was in ajl. respects a success The music was good, and the managers carried out the pro gramme to the letter. Every one seemed to vie with the other in hav ing just all the pleasure possible. The young men were all neatly at [tired in their best, and the young ladies were charming in their pret ty ball costumes. Beside the home "girls the occasion was graced by Misses Fannie Bateman. Carrie Als brook. Dora AUbrook, Claudie Hv rnaii. VeStte" Whichard, Susie Lawr rence. Sush Keel. Puttie Hardison and Lerta Tucker. Robert Grimes paid ftunily and friends a flying visit last week and all were delighted to see him. The new board of town commis sioners have got to work-und?w-itb the aid of Constable Perkins are doing some much needed work on the streets. They say a young man that has love in his la-art and fire in his eye will go anywhere to make an en gagement even to the top of the house We were glad to see the editor on Sunday Hope he will come again. J. C. Crawford is a modern as well as a model beau. His characteristic gallantry was exemplified on yes turnout. graced by the charming Miss Bateman. of Jamesvillc. A cold snap Tuesday, and a con sequent, damage to young cotton. - Col Henry Grimes wants to pur chase another horse and buggy His pressing-engagements with tme girl requires more than one horse, besides Boh has been home, and old Nelly needs a little rest (The late Judge Garland Midyett was local editor of the "Sun" and the above "happenings" were car ried in the June 1, 1894 issue. Mr. Midyett. who lived here several years, was assistant to Howard J. Herrick. Sr., former local lawyer now of New Yor k Editor * Hitler Declares Germany Prepared For Long Struggle (Continued from page one) ( ni iIn1 is at fiunt itself 1 no startling developments1 today. England s'ays that she is making ev ery effort possible to meet a Nazi invasion Considerable damage was done on English soil by Nazi planes, and early < t Ins*-afternoon an exten sive air battle was underway over the Straits of Dover. A London report stated that an Australian cruiser had sunk an Ital ian cruiser in the Mediterranean to day The sea victim, equipped with eight -sixdnch guns and two planes | and manned by a crew of 500 men, was one of the most modern in the Italian service A German sea raider claimed two British merchantmen in the West Indies early today, establishing re cent reports that Germany was ex panding its sea attacks." Junior Auxiliary -Organized Monday Monday afternoon, the Junior Auxiliary of the John Walton Has sell Post of the American Legion Auxiliary was organized. ?Mist; Muriel Wynn. of Robersfm^ ville. was made president and Miss Evelyn Griffin, of Williamston, sec retary Members who join until Oc tober 20th will be considered char ler nu mbers of the organization Other than the officers. Misses Mary Eljen and Johnnie Mae Saw yer. Evelyn Jenkins, Lula Purvis Gray, Miriam Johnson, Mary tfate and Alberta Swain, were present. Miss Muriel Wynn gave an inter esting talk on her trip to Girl's State which she attended in Greensboro in June She explained the benefit she derived from studying state and lo cal government and expressed a de sire that every girl become active ly acquainted with this non-parti san educational project, enabling them by active participation to real ize their responsibility to both state and nation. The Juniors will meet regularly with the seniors and will be guests at the joint installation service the second Monday in August. Mesdames W E. Dunn and Arthur White assisted Mrs. Charles Divrn port and the junior sponsor, Mrs. W. j M Wynn in organizing this new aux 1 lliary. \ I Following the business session, punch and wafers were served Examination Waived In Attaull (late Thursday Charged with an assault with in ftnl to kill. Edgar Harrell, Oak City man, yesterday afternoon waived examination at a preliminary hear ing here. Justice Hassell sending the case to the superior court (or trial The warrant was issued at the re quest of Herman Manning, victim of the alleged attack. f. Harretrs bond, placed at (2.500 shortly after the attack, was reduced to $500 by Justice Hassell, Manning was not present, and no evidence teas offered. Story Of Frances Military Collapse Told To the World Small German Force and French Official Paved Way to Downfall New York?One-half of a German Panzer division opened the way for the military defeat of France and Vice-Premier Pierre Laval prevented the French government fleeing to North Africa, private advices from j Bordeaux disclosed recently. The details of the swift collapse of | the French army and of the drama- j tic conflict over the government's course were related in a letter re ceived from an American who fol lowed the history making events fnmi the German break-through on the Meuse river to the conclusion of the armistice. Here is how he told the story: "The sudden breakdown of the French armies was a tremendous surprise but. looking backward, it can be seen how Adolf Hitler must have known from the technical in formation at his command that it i w\a sirripossible for the French army to withstand the tremendous power of the Germans. "Nevertheless, the turning point appears to have been the German crossing of the Meuse in the so-dall ed Givet Loop and success of that op eration must have surprised the Ger mans as much as the French. "The Germans punched at the Meuse in the Givet Loop merely as a secondary operation, intended to force the French to pull troops back from Belgium. The Germans appar ently did not expect to break through at that point. They hit the Nfeuse River defenses with only one-half of a panzer (mechanized) division or about 6,000 men, 200 tanks and 1, 500 vehicles. "They apparently were merely feeling it out. Yet when they got down the river, in a valley with walls as abrupt as the Grand Can yon and therefore easily defended, they found that the French had not destroyed the bridges, but had re treated leaving everything intact. Of course, the Germans proceeded to pour tanks across and widen a bridgehead. Twelve hours later four British pilots dove on the bridge and blew it up. at the cost of the lives of three of them. Then it was too late because the French were pushed back so far that the Germans could lay pontoon bridges without interference. "That was a turning point be ransf the n^rp-ian tank formations immediately headed for Laon and Soissons. I was at one army head quarters on that day aficT there were rumors that the Germans had brok en through but no one believed it j possible, although admittedly the two French divisions holding the sector were poor ones and were made up largely ^of Parisians who had been rounded up and sent to the front in a mop-up of alleged slack ers. Half of each division also was far in the rear helping with Spring planting and working in sugar fac tories. "Later on it would have been com paratively easy to have stopped the German motorized columns south of the Somme. but so much material had been left behind in the retreat from Belgium that, the army had in sufficient munitions, and little ar tillery. Troops shot at tanks with ri like shooting at crocodiles with bean shooters. "The spectacle of the French gov ernment in flight was still more de pressing. Of the many politicians who fled to Tours and then to Bor deaux. Pierre Laval (former Pre mier and now vice-Premier) emerg d tin' dominunt figure Laval cull ed upon members of the govern ment to stay in France at a time when all of them talked of going to North Africa. "Laval (long been known as an advocate of French cooperation with Italy) got togethrr a group of Sen ators and Deputies and called on President Albert Lebrun. "His remarks to Lebrun were de scribed as extremely pointed and he described what he thought would result if the government leaders fled and left millions of-JSreachmen?at the mercy of the German armies. 1-aval's sarcasm was described as ef fectiva and as of greatest importance in convincing the government lead ers to remain in France. Another fac tor of importance was Marshal Hen ri Philippe Petain, who said that Bordeaux was as far as he would go and that he was ready to become a hostage if necessary to save France. "Laval warned the cabinet mem bers that he, too, would remain in France and that after the war he would demand that Parliament ban all those who fled About 29 mem bers of Parliament did leave France including the esteemed Georges Mandel, former colonial minister, who was the victim of a strange in cident. "Mandel wax-Sitting at a cafe ter race with Jules Buhrer, chief of the colonial armies, discussing the mili tary situation, which was the worst possible. A major of gendarmes at a nearby table overheard their re marks and had them arrested on a charge of defeatism. Everyone real ized that Mandel and Buhrer were merely talking privately of what they actually knew and were not speaking publicly, but they were forced to go to police headquarters. "The next day Mandel sailed." * (.onnlrurlion Work Nour Underway On New Home Construction work nn. a new tea room duplex home for Mr and Mrs. Urbin Rogers was started this week on Grace Street. J. M. Johnston. Greenville contractor, was the suc cessful bidder. California Cotton Bloooom Ib a brilliantly flowered cotton evening drene, Rntt P geee, Per*. mount sterlet, reigned a* queen of the annuel eottou feetivnl at Beuk erufield, California. 'Hi# foutiral wae obaerred throughout the Joaqnm Vmllag, the great cotton producing area of i Mysterious Story Heard About Cats Is Not Mysterious (Continued from pageone) catehing lizards 'arui snakes for use in medical laboratories. And then |U> added cats to his list. He na scoured many of the North Carolina counties for stray eats dui ingthe oast two years and has delivered feng of hundreds of them to a cen tral agency for resale to the various Tied leal ,chuols. The priceher.o ?elves was not mentioned, but It is apparent that the man isn t getting rich I What was considered so mysti i ous about the first reports receiv ?d Gupton and his cat-gathering business was lhaLhe centered hisjifc ivit.es in the rural districts, a d lardly ever bothered with the fe mes m the eittes where night life sissibly aggravated the breed. ,mi v.ilamed thaimanyxatsBJcheld .1 ilie towns and , smadl HwXiTI7tioii ?uld Vasily be darted by running off with an 111-1 u-pt half bred pussy. In the rural irea the farmer knows his cats and here is less danger of trapping one hat belongs to someone eUe., To .upport the explanation, a local of icer stated that Mr Per lie Brown ost his cat. a fine Persian one, a ew days ago If Gupton had been collecting cats in town. posstl*'Mr irown would have gone to look for Vlr. Gupton to loarrv if-he had imen ooking for the cat. ??No, 1 take cats in a town only when accompanied by an officer o He town. Gupton explained. Tell tnrprnI7trTi.i hellllel begging. buy ngrior stealing cats, but . anyone "ishes to give a stray cat to the med cal profession. 1 will gladly accept t," Gupton added. Gupton. aecompanied by Mrs. Gup on has been working in this coun y off and on during the past month, ind r'?"? continue his cat col T^uHns until some lime in August j Jsing a specially prcp?red net. h< ?atches on an average of about ? ?ats a day Packing about 100 ol Uie inimals into a pen on his old model ar he heads for the distribution ?enter, unloads and immediate^ ilarls out looking and catching more ){ the unwanted cats. ?? His work has received re0"?"1"! ion from game soeiet.es and others interested ... the preservaturn of wild ife especially the quail It 'S ?" icknowledged fact that thousands Tf smalTlords arc destroyed by stray ?ab. and it 'is possible that the cat ?an IS doing more to preserve some ypes Of Wild life than the State De partment of Conservation is doing. Th. only disappointing part about jupton's Story was that be would wi ^(oslder catching stray dog* 4nnounce Service* In The Jametville ( hitrch ??# Regular service will be held at he Jamesville Baptist Church Sun '"sunday school wlU **"*"} at '01 , m Preaching services at 11 a m. | "come imd let us^worship together. Farley Re-Kterted National Chairman By Democrat* James A Farley was re-elected Vational Chairman 0,.thc,^?0C^. ic Party by acclamation today. The ?e-election was for only ai short^per od, or until about the middle of Au (uit t Mrs R J Holley, of Buckj?5 Jeach. IS visiting her brother. Mr. *. L Whitfield, and Mrs Whitfield. iere for a few days Miss Millie Biggs has returned pome from a viiit with Enfield She waa accompanied home , Mechanical defiu of automobile were held responsible for only 9.4 ? cent ofthTlM# highway fatali ties In North Carolina. Future Welfare Of Farmers Depends On Saturday Vote (Continued from page one) mor. wit and an occasional impres sive "damn", said no one can help us next Saturday or any Saturday thereafter for that matter, unless we vote for this three-year program. Uncle Sam will help us but we must adjust ourselves to this serious ques tion before we call on the govern ment, the speaker said. "We need genuine cooperation and we must get right and vote right next Satur day if we expect to maintain our standard of living over the next few years," Mr. Bail said. Joe Winslow was introduced but spoke very briefly when he appeal ed to all the farmers to vote 100 per cent for the program. Hrtiee Suggs. (IreenyiHe tobacco warehouseman, and the last speak er of the evening, made an impres sive and passionate appeal to the farmers in behalf of the three-year program. Mr. Suggs reviewed the tobacco situation from the year 1932 down through 1939. He pointed out the wonderful results obtained through control. "We faced bank ruptcy in 1933 and we may face it again this year unless some con structive measures are taken by the tobacco farmers of the State of North Carolina," Mr. Suggs said. year in and a year out program is detrimental to the farmers and all business and it is absolute folly to think that we can produce more to bacco than tin? umrM ran poasihly consume and realize profitable re sults from our work." the speaker pointed out. He closed his remarks in saying that "we can stand and thrive united but in division we may fall." Opposition Crows Against Operation Of Liquor Stores (Continued from page one) there are gaining strength, that an election will possibly be asked. It was also pointed out in the report that ABC forces would fight any move taken for a new vote on the liquor question there. Wants The ENTERPRISE WANT AD RATES One cent a word (thia type) each insertion. 29c Minimum Charge 2c a word thia siae Cash must accompany all or ders unless you have an open ac count with us. We reserve the right to'revise or reject any copy. The ENTERPRISE PHONE 46 FOR SALE: GROCERY BUSINESS in desirable location Reason for selling, interest in other business. Write Box 224. Williamston. jylS-lB WATER ?EATERS FOR SALE ? Reasonable. Marvin Brltton. Jy 18- IB. RECEIPT BOOKS FOR SALE: EN terprise Publishing Company. Tel ephone 49. a2S-h Brief Session Of Recorders Court Held Last Monday Two of Four Caaes Called By Judge Peel Are Continued Activities in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday re flected comparative quietness on the crime front in the county during the past week. Judge H O Peel called only four cases, and Solicitor D. E. Johnson prosecuted two of the four eases that were not continued and the court was adjourned about mid morning. Spectators, apparently held at home by renewed duties on the farm following the week-end rains, were few and far between. There were few witnesses, and even the number of lawyers milling in and out of the bar was below normal. Proceedings in the court: The case charging James Warren with larceny and receiving and op erating a motor vehicle with an im proper license was continued when the court was advised that the de fendant is now serving a term in Bertie County. The case was con tinued in this county for the dura lion oTThe sentence imposecT by the Bertie Court. In the case charging Jack Smith with bastardy, the court ordered a postponement for developments, the rase being tentatively set for trial in the first Monday in October. The court machinery did much turning and twisting before a con viction was to be had in the case rharging William Henry Coffield with the theft of chickens from a Loop in Robersonville. Coffield pleaded not guilty, and at the con rlusiunof the Stale's evidence the L-ourt denied a motion for a verdict if not guilty. A similar motion of fered by the .defense at the conclu sion of all the evidence in the case was denied. Adjudged guilty, the iefendant was sentenced to the roads for a term of ninety days. An ippoal to the higher court was noted ind bond in the sum of $100 was required by Judge Peel. Charged with violating the liquor laws by having in his possession a imall quantity of the illicit spirits illegedly for the purpose of sale, "harlie Francis Gray, Williamston :olored man, was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months. SEE THE ENTERPRISE FOR WED ding announcements or invita tions. m21-tf NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina. Martin County. Under and by virtue of the pow ?r of sale contained in a certain deed jf trust executed to the undersign ed trustee by Fannie B. Moore and d D. Beech and wife, Marion W. Beech, on the 1st day of January, 1P37, and of Tpoord in-the public t at page 376, said deed of trust hav ing been given for the purpose of securing a certain note of even date therewith, the stipulations in said deed of trust not having been com ptu-d with, and default having been made in the payment of said note, and at the request of the interested parties, the undersigned trustee will, on Saturday, the 3rd day of August, 1940, at 12 o'clock noon, in front of the courthouse door in the town.of Williamston. offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit: Adjoining the lands of Watson B. Sherrujd and others and bounded as follows: Beginning at Conoho Creek at J. J. Sherrod's corner, now Wat son and Sherrod's comer, at a gum and maple, thence North 160 poles to a pine, thence East 21 1-2 poles to a pine, thence South 71 West 52 poles to a pine, thence North 76 East 66 poles to a cypress on the old Ever ett Mill Branch, thence down the various courses of said branch to said Conoho Creek, thence up the various cources of said Conoho Creek to the beginning, containing 240 acres, more or less, this being the same land deeded to Heniy Gas kin by J. P. Boyle and wife. Margar et B Boyle, January 2, 1911. This the 2nd day of July, 1940 F. L. HAISLIP, Trustee. Peel & Manning. Attys. j5-4t O.K.... the pause that refreshes >? aSs DUNK @?L(>e& Attention! Tobacco Farmers When in need of to bacco flues, see us, we specialize in making a good flue. Ask the man who has used them. We will be glad to repair any old flues in our shop. We notice u good many old flues thrown awav that can be used. To the farmer who really want to econo mize, see us for this ser vice. We appreciate your or der* ? /.arge or unall J. IMORRIS NOW Is a Good Time to STOP RENTING! Do Your Lot Us Help You OWN YOUR HOME Purse A Favor By Flnancinc Your Home Modern Plan Martin County Building & Loan Association Tobacco FLUES Lei nit have your order for your lobar ro flues. Our workmen are experts at making flues and we use only The Best Materials Orders acrepled now and delivered at your request. Located at Harrison Broth ers' old stand. G. & H. Builders SUPPLY COMPANY WILUAMSTON, N. C.