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Watch The Isabel On Your Paper. As It Carriea The Date Your Subscription K a p i r e a THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over MOO Homes Of M tin County. ^ : y VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER IF'iUiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 26, 19 W. ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge H. 0. Peele Calls Six Cases In Recorders Court Quite a Few Spectator)! Attend Two-Hour Session Last Monday Morninp Quite a few spectators from sever al sections of the county were pres ent for the regular session of the recorder's court last Monday when Judge H. O. Peel called a half a doz en cases and cleared the docket with in two hours. While several cases were continued, Judge Peel really bore down with road sentences and imposed a $50 fine on an alleged drunken automobile driver. More spectators were present for the ses sion than are ordinarily there dur ing the hot summer months, but fanned, perspired and listened in tently to Solicitor D. E. Johnson's prosecution and especially to the pronouncements as they were heard from the bench. , Proceedings in the court: Adjudged guilty over his plea of innocence, Tom Moore, chgrgwl with bastardy, was sentenced to the roads for a term of 90 days, the sentence to begin at the direction of the court at any time within he next two years. The case charging Robert Barnes with forcible trespass and assault was continued until next Monday Barnes went to the home of George Purvis in Poplar Point Township several weeks ago and was badly cut when he entered Purvis' bed room and allegedly demanded the payment of a 10-cent debt. Purvis, charged with an assault with . a deadly weapon, was sentenced to the roads for a period of six months. The defendant entered a plea of not guil ty, and claimed that he did not cut Barnes with a knife, that he did scratch him with a hammer on the face and neck. A continuance under prayer for judgment until the first Monday in September was granted in the case charging Hobart Ralph Hun with operating u motor vehicle after his driving license had been revoked. The defendant pleaded guilty and offered the testimony of a number of character witnesses in his be half. Pleading guilty^ ln the case eharg ing him ^vith drunken driving. Ar chie Respass was fined $50. taxed with the costs and had his license to operate a motor vehicle revoked for a period of one year. Pleading his innocence, Richard Vines was found guilty in the case charging him with larceny and re ceiving and was sentenced to the roads for a term of three months. ? Predicts Increase In Use Of Cotton Speaking before a group of textile manufacturers in Charlotte this" week, Dr Claudius Murchison, pres ident of the Cotton-Textile Institute, predicted -that domestic lunsuinp tion of cotton could and in all prob ability would be increased to ten million bales within the next three years. The Institute and the Nation al Cotton Council are making a def inite progress in that direction al ready. The Institute president pointed out in his address that the united States has been exporting 6,000,000 to 8, 000,000 bales of cotton annually. However, the war in Europe and the Far Eastern conflicts and trade dis ruptions "will reduce American cot ton exports annually by about 4, 000,000 bales, leaving the probabil ity that exports in the approaching new crop year will drop to around 2,000,000 bales, continued Dr. Mur chison. He warned that this prospect is "very serious" and added that the expected production for the cur rently growing crop in the South will be 12.000,000, perhaps 12,500,000 bales. Domestic consumption during the crop year to begin within a few weeks likely will be around 7,500, 000 bales. That would leave 4,000, 000 or more bales to be added to the American surplus which now is more than 10,000,000 bales, held under government loans. "The surplus for the new crop year must be disposed of in some manner, through government loans or otherwise, and it appears prob able that the government loan stocks will be increased to around 13,000,000 or more bales within a year ssiH r>r. Murchison."Thk wilL mean a situation that holds serious prospects, and if It is to be a per manent situation, the government loan plan will become recognized as an impossible solution. "In view o^this outlook and if the United StatesJw-'to retain its pres ent cotton acreage, the only solution is to increase domestic consumption," continued the institute's president. He said "we feel that we have de veloped adequate machinery and the proper technique to increase con sumption and are confident that at tainment of the 10,000,000 bale ob jective .is not at all impossible." He forecast that within two to three years, "if given the essential sup port of the textile industry, the gov ernment and the cotton trade, the American consumpion will reach the 16,000,000 bale mark." It is quite evident that if there is any relief for cotton it will have to come from an increase in domestic consumption. Red Spider Causes Damage to Cotton Crop in This County Another pest, the red spider, is now plaguing cotton farmers in this county. Farm Agent T. B. Brandon stating yesterday that the fields were full of the spiders in some places and that a general damage is quite like ly in the county. Invited by hot and dry weather this season, the spider is feeding on the cotton plant foliage and a damage ranging from two to three per cent is to be ex pected .according to Agent Tom Brandon. Strange as it may seem, there is no effective poison in combatting the pest, the agent explaining that only a heavy rain can check the damage by drowning the spider. Light rains in some sections during the past few days have decreased the number of spiders, but in those communities where little rain has fallen since last Saturday, a week ago, the spider is working in fair ly large numbers. Scoring an effective blitzkrieg on the boll weevil, most Martin County farmers despite the spider damage are anticipating a large yield this season Agent Brandon declares that the county will average a bale to the acre, that some farmers are almost certain to produce two bales to the acre. Approximately 6.000 acres are planted to the crop in the county this year, and if the production estimates are maintained the county will pro duce its largest cotton crop in years. Approximately 500 bales were pro duced last season, the crop being among the smallest on record. Dethroned during the past decade in the county, cotton apparently is staging a comeback in this county and bids well to compare fairly fav orably with tobacco as a money crop. FIRST BIRTHDAY The Brown Community Hos pital. opened here on July 25 of last year, observed its first birthday yesterday. While no special program had been plan ned the event was a happy one at the institution. Commenting on the hospi tal's record during its first year. Dr. V. K. Brown, owner-opera tor. said that on an average six patients had been cared for daily by the institution which on many occasions had operated to ca pacity by caring for twelve pa tients at one time. "We are gradually adding to our equipment, and with a con tinued cooperation on the part of our patrons and efficient nursing staff we sincerely hope to better our first year's record during the next twelve months," Dr. Brown said. Charges Are Filed Against Number Of Tobacco Companies Drfcmluntx Are Charged With Violating tin* Sherman Aiiti-Triiftt Art The Federal Government, climax ing a two-year investigation of the nation's tobacco industry, this week brought action against eight major tobacco companies, twenty-six oth er corporations and thirty-three in dividuals associated with the busi ness charging them with price fix ing and monopoly. The cases were filed in Federal court at Lexington, Kentucky. No answer has been made to the charges, but the Reynolds company made a reply. The department said that the pharges were based on allegations I that the major companies had built up marketing, systems for leaf to I bacco and tobacco products, "which have been deliberately designed to dominate and dictate terms to grow ers of leaf tobacco" and to whole salers and retailers of tobacco prod ucts. i - - - ^1 Further, the department said in a statement, the government charges that the defendants employed price- j fixing devices to eliminate competi tion and "abuse their position of dominance by exacting hard and oppressive terms from those with j whom they deal." The complaint, filed by United States District Attorney John T. Met calf as a criminal information which those accused musi answer septem ber 9, asserts that in some years the total combined income of the Rey nolds, Liggett and Myers, and Am erican companies "(equalled or ex ceeded the entire farm value of the tobacco crop of the United States." Lexington is the largest burley tobacco market in the world. ?Rie practices of the defendants, the complaint said, "had the effect of permitting a few companies to at tain control of a bottleneck in a great industry through which a ma jor farm commodity, on which sev eral millions are dependent, must pass." The Justice department said its investigation convinced it that a 1911 civil suit?by which the Amer Tcan Tobacco Company's business was dividwl aniung the Big Four fiTfiT "sat divorced from the British firms nam ed in today's charges?"did not suf fice to restore free competition and that the Sherman Act is today being violated in numerous respects" by the firms and individuals. Officials of the R. J. Reynolds To bacco Company, one of the tobacco concerns named in anti-truat charges filed at Lexington. Ky., staled that their "chief interest" in the proceed ing is that "it be handled as expe ditiously as possible." Officials of that company said: "It would not be proper for us to (Continued on page six) ?4 Revival l? Being Conducted In Holineit Church Here 0 J The revival being conducted at the Holiness Church will continue through Sunday. A large crowd has been In attendance every night. Forced Military Training Is Almost A Certainty Now Finul Action Drafting Mil lion* into Service, Expect e?l in Coiigr<?** Shortly Compulsory military training for millions of Americans is now almost a certainty, the call of young men to service awaiting final action which is expected shortly in Congress The rules and regulations for drafting millions into military serv ice are not yet known, but it is pro posed to register all men between the ages of 21 and 31 first. Certain exemptions will be allowed possi bly where there are dependents or where the subject is employed in an. industry vital to the nation's de fense. Comments from those subject to the first draft indicate that the plan, will not meet any great opposition in this immediate section. There will be those who will conscientiously object to obeying the call of their country, but young men who are almost certain to get an early call are quoted as saving thev are ready to go. Possibly the call to service is not Having the same meaning as the call had back in 1917 when the nation was waging war against Ger many. The proposed training schedule, calling upon those young men be tween the ages of 21 and 31 to give a year of their lives to their coun try, indicates one of two things, ob servers point out. The first is that this country will sooner or later be in war, or that this country is pay ing one big price to keep out of war. In advancing the proposed train ing schedule, the government will take into consideration those cases where the draft subject is depended upon by others for a livelihood. But social standings will count for lit tle, a representative of the war de purtmcrit?pointing?out?tbat?there are quite a number of wealthy young men who are unemployed and who arr without dependents. According to reports coming out of Washington, plans are being ad vanced to start the draft within a week or ten days after the bill is enacted into law. Registrars will be namnd rnngrriptinn hnnrrh- will ho set up and registration periods will be determined. It is possible that some of the regular election officials will be called upon to assist in the task or handle the registration in its entirety. Farm Building Is Destroyed By Fire For the second time within a year, fire of undetermined origin last night destroyed the stables and all contents belonging to Dr. J. F. Thig pen on his Dinah Hill farm just off Henderson Street below the river hill. No report on the damage has been filed, but Fire Chief G. P. Hall estimates that the losd will run be tween $1,250 and $1,500. Believed to have been started by prowlers, the fire gained headway rapidly and when discovered it was burning all through the building which housed the work stock, sev eral tons of hay, fertilizer, wagons and farm implements. During the hot season the mules were allowed the range of the pasture and they escaped the firr Last October fire destroyed the stables and contents on the same farm, and several years ago the sta bles and contents on a farm belong ing to Dr. Thigpen were burned in Poplar Point. No insurance was carried on the contents and the building loss was only partially covered. Local Girl Secretarial School Honor Student Miss Sally Gray Gurkin, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Gurkin, of Williamston, was recent ly graduated with honors from a Raleigh secretarial school. Miss Gurkin was one of three top-rank ing students in the entire school, and immediately upon her graduation she was offered several positions. She accepted a position with the Farmers Mutual Exchange in Dur ham and entered upon her new du ties there this week. Opposition To The New Deal Dares To Work Against Party -V Bailey. Torn Between Duty And Wealthy Friend*. On Sideline Sulking While there is much talk about third-term precedents and a bad plan to change horses in the middle of the stream, the presidential cam paign issues are really narrowing down to those involving humanity and wealth. There may be conscien tious objectors to the idea of a third term, but those who are doing the rpost talking are not really against a third term as much so as they are against the New Deal, its stand against organized wealth and rts pol icies advanced in behalf of the com mon masses. Just as the President commented when he was advised that John W Hanes, of Winston-Salem fame, and i Lewis W. Douglas, former Under Secretary of the Treasury and direc tor of the budget, respectively, those who would bolt the Democratic party possess the slant of mind that runs more to dollars than to hu manity. Quite a few disgruntled Demo crats are bolting the party, and oth ers are sulking along the sidelines, offering no help to their party. In this group is Josiah W. Bailey, the United States Senator from this State, whose record runs a close parallel to that of an old guard Re publican. Vice President Garner, the poker-faced. liquor-drinking and fishing Texan, is apparently peeved, j and his stand is not at all certain. He is now at his home in Uvalde, and it is agreed, that the country would be better off if he played his poker, consumed his liquor and did his fishing there. Signs that the 1940 campaign might develop along convention lines appeared this week as a result of President Roosevelt's use of a poli tical bludgeon on a quartet of Dem ocrats who have gone over to the Republican camp. * Mr: Roosevelt may makeno at tempt to match campaign speeches and stumping tours with Wendell Willkie, his Republican rival in the presidential race, but thojaianiiejC-iii which he spoke this week of four (Continued on page six) ???? Craham Speaks To Field Day Throng Martin County farmers joined record throng for the field day events at the Wenona Test farm down in Washington County yesterday when Dr. Frank Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, delivered the main address. Soil conservation, abandonment of j "one crop economy," more livestock, federal aid for education and remov al of "discriminatory freight rates" are essential in solving the so-called "economic problem No. 1," the South, Dr. Graham told farmers and their j friends at the field day event. Dr. /Graham said that President Koojpwelt did not term the South "economic problem number one" by way of "slander," but by "under stanaing.' He asserted that the South has the traditions, resources and oppor tunities and "we are doing some thing about our problems," but add ed that poor health records, poor housing conditions, low wages, low purchasing power, 'The least propor tion of people in high schools and colleges" and the least "book cir culation" are problems in the South as "economic problem number one." Graham praised Secretary of State Hull's efforts "to get the super high tariff down," commenting that "this will help the farmers." Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott introduced Graham as "a great liberal leader of education" in the South. R. C. Holland, of Edenton, presi dent of the Peanut Stabilization Cor poration, presided as chairman for the day. Field tours of experimental plats were conducted by J. L. Rea, Jr., assistant director in charge of the farm and Fred E. Miller, director of the State Department of Agricul ture test .farms division. Exhibits were presented by State College and State Department of Agriculture specialists, featuring to bacco judging with samples, egg grading, livestock, agronomy and farm machinery Rea estimated more than 1,500 people participated in the field day program. CONCERT A special invitation is being extended the general public to attend the concert to be given this evening at I o'clock In the Baptist Church by the Odd Fel lows' Orphan Home Singing Class. There's no admission fee, but a free will offering will be received. Their concert sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club, the youthful singers will be enter tained In private homes. Tomor row the class goes to Washington where two programs will be Hilter Says He Will Dictate World Trade Warns The United States To Accept His Trade Terms Inferno KHir\r<l Ju?| Vrouml The (Corner; Hloea<le Tightened Even though death and destruc tion are being continued on a shock ing scale, the European war muddle took a serious turn for the worse yesterday when Hitler through his minister of economics w a mod the United States that he would dic tate the trade policies after England is defeated. "The United States must be prepared to trade with a victor ious Germany on German's terms after the war or suffer a lockout from the commerce of .a whole Eu rope geared to Nazi economics," Hit ler said through his economic chief. Walter Funk, yesterday. The full meaning of the mad man's warning is difficult to understand, so extensive is its purport But suf fice it to say. the German plan will affect every leaf of tobacco now be ing grown in Martin County as well as having a costly effect on other crops and on world commerce, as a whole. It was intimated in certain terms [yesterday for the first time that [Germany would render useless all ! the gold now held by the United States, that this nation would be cut loose as an island to sink or swim without resort to world commerce. While we might use all our gold to fill teeth and pave streets, we would have to recognize the Reichsmark as a medium of exchange While Funk was talking about the new economic order with the United States on the outside looking in. Hit ler's bloody attack on England gains in intensity, one com men tutor today stating that the "inferno" is just around the corner for tin- British Isles. Hundreds of German planes are nr almost continuous actrnrr against England, and it is said that as many as 36,000 airships of mod ern manufacture are ready for use in the blitzkrieg against the last bul wark of Democracy. In recent days the trend has been toward the blocade as a means of bending Britain to her knees . Num bers of merchant ships are being sent to the bottom of the ocean over a wide areu daily as the world awaits the release of an unknown number of submarines and torpedo boats. Late reports from the war's air front, members of Britain's Royal Air Force was inflicting a heavy damage upon the Nazi air force. Dur ing this morning 2H planes were re ported to have been shot dotfn, and the British seemed to holt! the edge in bombing German objectives. How ever, considerable damage to Brit (Continued on page six) No One Injured In Train-Pir Wreck No one was hurt and very little j damage resulted when an automo- j bile and a log train crashed at a grade ' crossing just south of the town of Jamesvil.le on U. S, Highway No 64 yesterday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock. The automobile, driven by A. R. Norman, Plymouth man, was -struck-broads ide artd knocked over by the train. Patrolman Whit 5>aun odeis, investigating?the accident, stating that the car and train were both running at a slow rate of speed. Approaching the crossing. Nor man saw the flagman, Will White, and brought his car to a stop or al most to a stop Homer Gee, engin eer, also brought the train to a vir tual stop as he approached the cross ing. White's signal was said to he confusing and Norman and the en gineer started driving and the crash followed, Norman stating that he thought White motioned him to cross the tracks. Gee stated that In thought White was motioning to him to move the train. Damage to the car was estimated at $50. The train belonged to the Foreman-Blades Lumber Company. Sj>ecial Services fir Church Hero Sunday The singing class from the Metho dist Orphanage in Raleigh will give] a sacred concert at the local Metho dist Church Sunday morning. The class is composed of nine of the girls and boys of the orphanage, and is under the direction of Mrs. Nellie Rives, who has been preparing and presenting these programs with the i orphanage boys and girls for a num ber of years. The program is always well prepured and excellently ren dered. and is a source of joy and In I spiration to those who are privileg t<> attend It is expected also that Rev. A. S. Barnes, superintendent of the or phanage, will accompany the class here and will remain over and preach at the Sunday night service. , Tohoceo Formers Are Forfeit From Fields bv llie lleot lluli tcmiN'raturcs and ex imive heul forced tobacco far mers from their fields in this section yesterday, one report de claring that harvesting work on one farm was halted in mid af ternoon when "primers" literal ly "fell nut" and were forced to ~ take refuge in their homes. How - ever, despite the excessive heat, farm work progressed fairly rap idly while activities on many fronts were slowed down mater ially. While the mercury fell slight ly under the 103 mark establish ed earlier in the week, yester day with its depressing humidity was recognized by many as the hottest day of the year. A slight stir in the air today offered some relief, but conditions are lean ing well toward the hot side. Reports state that a mass of cool air ls moving out of the northwest and that some relief is to be expected this week end. The weather Is burning the tobacco crop, causing some far mers to effect harvestings in fairly rapid succession. Fair quality curings are being re ported as harvesting work rap idly approaches a climax in this county. Colored Boy Loses Life In Gardner's Creek On Tuesday Lllis (inner Woolaril, 7. Was Smnnf To Brown in the Coiinlv T his Summer Accompanying fifteen or more companions to an old swimming hole in Gardner's Cteek. near Tar Landing, to escape* the intense heat. Ellis Grovel Woolard, seven year old colored youth, lost his life by drowning last Tuesday afternoon. He was the second drowning victim in tin- county this summer, I) Jones White, 12 year-old colored boy. huv ing lost his Iife iiv the dark waters of Sweet Water Creek, at tin* old bridge near here a month before. Unable to swim, tin* Woolard boy ventured .into deep water before lie knew it. He yelled and splashed the water, hut his companions thinking he was playing paid no attention to him until he had disappeared. Most of the boys in swimming with him did not I'eall/e he was in tbitiger nn til it was too late to offer aid The water was not very deep where he drowned, and a grown person could easily have rescued him. The body was recovered from the water within a very short time, hut efforts made to revive life failed Coroner investigated the drowning ami ruled that it was accidental, making no formal inquest necessary. However, the coroner is sued a warning to youths, urging them not to venture into deep wa ter unles sthey are able swimmers and to exercise greater precautions while swimming. The son of Mack and Flossie Wool ard, the hoy lived about one-half Trufp from the landing which is to cated on Gardner's Creek about a mile from ttio Jamesville-Williams ton Highway in Williams Township Funeral services were held for the victim Wednesday afternoon and interment was in the Free Union Churchyard, near his mother's old home in Jamesville Township Surveyor Badly Cut On His Arm A. Corey, surveyor and handler of all kinds of tasks, was dangerously cut on his right arm while surveying a tract of land in the old Astoria mill section of Jamesville Township on Wednesday afternoon: Mr. Corey's colored iifipgj clearing some hushes from a line and accidentally struck him just be low the elbow with a bush axe, the Made cutting to the bone and sever ing several muscles. The victim of the blow was said to have lost con siderable blood before he could be brought tn a doctor's nffTrr Mt'ie fur treatment Several stitches under the skin and several on lop were neces sary to close the wound Although he suffered a great deal, Mr Corey was able to be out yester day. ? Minn Mizcllc Krai#!!* in Member OJ f aculty # Miss Irene Mizelle, for two years teacher of home economies m the local schools, tendered her resigna tion this week to accept a position with the government. It is under stood that her new headquarters will be located in Smithfield. Vi ife's Starvation Is Revealed After Arrest ()f Husband (?roup of IntcrfHlfil (iti/pn. I rjtc* Offircrx To lnt?*r wne in Caw A case of near starvation was un covered here late last night follow ing tbo arre*t of Wheeler Rice, col ored janitor ChaTged with being drunk and disorderly. Rice, using strong language, demanded his im mediate release as ihe doors in the jail were closed against him. He -told officers- that his wife was sick, that she might be dying'at that very moment "Yes. instead of being drunk, and running?after other women. yoir ought to have been home with her," Officer E Ramie, who made the arrest stated. The officer reported tin* incident at headquarters. Sher iff C B Roebuck and others whose attention had been attracted by the officer's report, went to the home .Ml Broad Street arid found Rice's wife almost starved to death Hardly more than a living skele ton. the human creature was nibbl ing on a sodk cracker and a meager helping of sour milk that was just turning to clabber. Said to have cancer or some ma: lignant growth and an apparent vic tim of tuberculosis, the old color ed woman had been locked alone in the house day after day. the hus band threatening the lives of neigh bors if they dared carry her any^ thing to eat or help her in any way Apparently' unbalanced mentally. the husband. according to reli able reports coming through offi cers. is anticipating his wife's death, possibly to cash in on her insurance and annex title to her few earthly belongings Their lives having been threaten ed by Rice, neighbors dared not go near the home while Rice was there Often they would go there when he was away, but could not/Again en trance as he generally padlocked every door-and even locked the yard gates. Learning late last night that The man had been jailed, several neighbors immediately went to the home, and a supply of milk was made available to the starved crea Tur*. Advised of the case some time ago the welfare department had made arrangements for a relative to live with and look after the woman. But Rice would have no one in his home. He stated that he was amply able to look after his wife and take care of his home, that if he wanted to starve her to death or burn her up in the house, it was his business, that no one had anything to do with it Fruits and light foods, carried there at the direction of the Wei fare department, would disappear overnight Finally after finding its fforts to help the pool old soul blocked, the welfare department vir tually withdrew from the case to await developments on another front. ?Rico at noon today had not been tried in the case charging him with being drunk and disorderly, and interested eiti/ens were working at that time to gather evidence that Could be used against him. However, as far as it could be learned early this afternoon no case charging him with cruelty had been filed. Warned against the ill and inhu man tivatmt nt uf his wif?* by Mayor J I. Hassell some time ago. Rice de nied the charge and said that "they are lying on me." Today, skin and bones in the form of a dried up hu man body ui-e mute evidence To-thc fact?thiil-Rice was lying. H4* trarF is set for 7 o'clock this evening # (Jiurch league In Recent Meet Here The young people of the county assembled in the First Baptist Church here Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock for their regular meet ing of the Interdenominational League with the president. Mary E. Keel, presiding over the service. The topic of the program was, "What Shall I Do with My Life?". Some very inspiring talks were pres ented as following: "Making a De cision," by Miss Jean Vinson, of Galveston, Texas; "Where Shall I Serve?" by Miss Ruby Wynne, of Roberson Chapel; and "Guidance for Making This Decision," by Hubert ILuduon, of Poplar Point. Tlie young curing these young people as speak ers for the afternoon, especially Miss Vinson, who is visiting her brother, Rev. Jack Vinson, in Bear Grass. Miss Vinson plans to join her twin brothers, who will sail in early fall as missionaries to China, as 9oon as her school wink is completed it the University of Texas, where she is now a student. A very lovely solo, rendered by Miss Grace Rogers, con cluded the program. A standing vote of thanks, appre-. ciation and prayers were given Rev. Jack Vinson, who resigned his work in the various Presbyterian churches of this county that he might go as a missionary to China. Rev. Vinson has taken an active part in the young people's work and was one of the strong supporters of the Interde nominational league. The next meeting of the league will be held in the Williamston Christian church the third Sunday afternoon in October.