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Softballers Planning Post-Season Squabble Semi-Finals Are Slated To Start Here On Monday ?? Players ^ ill Draw (>n Hewn?? Strength To Pul On the Extra Show Play-off Schedule Monday. August 19 Christiana vs. Episcopalian Methoterians va. Baptists Tuesday. August 20. Methoterians vs. Baptists. Christians vs. Episcopalians. STANDINGS ?' L Pet. Christians 11 2 846 Methoterians 6 6 500 Baptists 6 6 .500 Episcopalians 2 11 .154 Shortened by league action, the end of the abbreviated City Soft ball Circuit's regular season finds the Christians in undisputed posses sion of first place, the Methoterians and Baptists bracketed in second place and the baffled Episcopalians bringing up the rear. Copying their baseball brethren, league officials have decided to sponsor- a post-season play-off ser ies, to be decided on <lie basis of the best two out of three games. The Christians take on the Episcopalians Monday at 5:15 in the first game of the series and later the same day the ? second place clubs meet in the sec ond game of the double bill. Next day the procedure is reversed with next En day being hijd over to allow the third agmes, if necessary, to be played. Victors in the first round will lock horns the final wiek in the championship battle. HowTlicyllitlii The Softball Loop ? Ab K H Pet. Wears. Metho 25 7 14 560 N Cun'ham, Metho 41 7 1!) 463 Thigpen, Metho 33 ft 15 455 C. Roberson. Ch'ian 51 14 23 451 Grimes, Baptists 42 ft 18 429 Wise. Mttbu? 19 5 8 ay| li?t week prevailing averages in] the "Big Six. Softball's sacred hit - I ting circle, rose here and declined I tbeie as tile City Softball Circuit's star clouters continued their domi nance over their mound cousins. Gaining 15 percentage points to 569 fu""?' "B'g Mears featured m 'he trend and secured his position" atop the archives through regularly scheduled games. Idle Ved Cunningham retained the second niche with a season s average of 463 However C Roberson. who hit safely three of seven times last week skidded slightly into fourth place. His position was usurped by Joe Th'gpef'jjj 455, wliii is rapidly win mng fame as the only player in the league Who hits higher than he fields and one whose gate-opening antics n Mondays doublehead. r seriously hampered his team's chances, but Wheeler Manning would have one believe. Meanwhile Happy Harcum" Grimes took over the position au n,C_\ , b>; J E Buy kin and Fred Wise Lkifidcd t>. tin. prrctirnuu, hM| place berth in the "Big Six " . away,the loop's leadinj noasvr r.- * M llin in 21 "^-rvr^i T I 1111:1 111 21 .him thal distinction out ail the hitting honors are not hii for the asking as the Christians' C Roberson leads in total hits with 21 and is deadlocked with "Bro" Georgt in runs scored with 14 tallies to his credit. RESULTS Tuesday, August Hi Goldsboro 6, Wilson 2. Snow Hill 4. Greenville 3 Kinston 7, Williamston 2 New Bern 5, Tarboro 3. Wednesday, August 14 All games, postponed, rain. Thursday, August 15. New Bern 2-6, Snow Hill 0-3. Others, postponed, rain. Home Water Sy*tem? In Duplin To Be Improved ? Following a home water system meeting conducted by H M. Ellis, extension agricultural engineer of State College, nine Duplin County women and nine men indicated plans to improve their systems. Paper towrb more than trebled In the value of total production o< thia country during 1925-37, but the cotton product ? now waging a strong comeback, according to the National Cotton Council. Bl<; BARGAIN EVENT The bif (est baseball bargain event of the year U being plan ned here for Thursday night. August 22. when everybody. re gardless of roior. sire, political beliefs and so on. will be admit ted at the rate of ten cents?one Ihin dime, if you pleaar. In the absence of the club op erator. a group of fans is plan ning the special event that an overflowing crowd will greet Mr Lillev upon his return that night The lighting contract ex pires the following day and will not be renewed. The special committee is anxious to pack the park one more time, and ev eryone is cordially urged to bend his plans to permit a prompt at tendance that night. Night Plav Has Been Abandoned By Club As Economy Move IfoM ever. Light* Will Burn For "Bargain Night*9 \iigu*l 22ml Attendance at home baseball games, long on the verge of dying out. finally dwindled to such an ex tent that the management of the Wil liamston Martins has been forced to abandon night ball in order to save money expended towards the main^ tenance of our tragically new light ing system. The economy drive, due to the same mediocre attendance, has also had the effect of forcing Manager Swain to run the club as cheaply as possible and evert reduce expendi tures in the past few days. Nevertheless, despite financial dif ficulties and the plague of injuries that has beset the locals all season, Ked continues to hope for the best and experiment for next year. Na than Edmondson, of Robersonville, who Swain aptly describes as having a world of stuff, but needing exper | ienee, and Ray Marcel are two of the boys with whom Swain has con I sisteritly worked and upon whom he Us counting hf^yjjy for regular duty next season. Releasing a tentative Itne-up for the game with Kinston's Eagle* hen he would handle the mound duties 1 and Rock would occupy first. Stot ler is slated to take over the short field berth, Slakis moving back to nrcuiitonH'd third bacu and Lo zier Newman going back to right field to give the locals their most -sett 1 ed line-up in many a day. How-' ever, .slim Gardner, with malaria, and Ted Miller, with an arm ailment, are still on the hospital list and leave the pitching staff in a quan dary. As a result of his mound troubles Manager Swain, despite the fact that hi.-, ami !.*> still a little son1 after his iron man stunt against Goldsboro last Friday, elected to twirl today and it is likely that First Baseman Rock will take his regular pitching turn throughout the remainder of the season. ~ 1 ? ?$> -r Leading Twirlers In Softball JjOop W L Pet. -Jr?Manning. Christians 5 0?1 GOO Price, Christians 6 1 .857 Mears, Metbotcrians 2 1 .667 Peele, Baptists 2 2 .500 Summerlin. Baptists 1 1 .500 Rose, Baptists 1 1 500 Twirling beautiful and heroic ball in sweeping Monday's double bill with the befuddled Methoterians, Christian Jack Manning carried out | a stunt that is frequently attempted, but seldom successful. Lanky Jack held the usually hard hitting Methos to 11 bingles in pulling off his iron man stunt to give him a perfect rec ord compiled from five consecutive victories. Ham Price, the other half nf?the Christians hill duet, is next best with six wins and one setback. Er nest Mears and all ttffc other mem j bers of last week's "Who's Who" retained their positions save Wheel I er Manning who received credit for both defeats sustained by his team Monday and slipped below the .500 level STANDINGS W L Pet. Wilson 71 39 .645 Tarbonr 58 46 592 ooiasDoro 57 52 .523 Kswlun 57 53 518 Snow Hill 54 57 486 New Bern 49 60 .450 Greenville 48 60 .434 WUX1AMSTON 41 67 ,3M The World's Newt Seen Through The Christian Science Monitor An Intemstkmsl Dstly Newtptptr is Truthful?Constructive?Unbiufd?Fw from Scnudoul in ?Bditorlali Art Tuntly and Instructive and Its Daily Together with the Weakly Magazine Section, Make or an Ideal Newspaper for the Home. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norwuy Street, Boston, Massachusetts Price #12.00 Yearly, or #1.00 a Month. Issue, including Magazine Section. #2.60 e Year. Introductory Offer. 6 Issues 29 Cents. SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST Kinston Wins Over Martins In Only Contest Plaved, 7-2 jKaftle Bill Zinaer Hold* Wil liunmlon Bailer* To Seven Safelie* ^rnjton Bill Zinser continued his .?ihless domination of the hapless Martins here Tuesday night, con quering the locals 7-2 in certainly the last night game of the season and perhaps forever on Taylor Field Rattling the boards with the offer ing~~of Andy Anderson and Lester Rock for 16 total bases, including a home run and a pair of doubles, the Eagles presented an 11 -hit attack to dishearten the skimpy gathering of around one hundred fans. The Eagles broke the ice in the third when Zinser homered w-ith the sacks unoccupied and added a singleton in the succeeding stanza. Congdon, first up, singled, advanc ed to third on an error and scored on an infield out. Two more foreign runners, enough in themselves to insure victory, com pleted the circuit in the sixth verse. Demasi singled and stole second, whereupon Congdon drew a free pass. Duplicating Congdon's exam ple Bator worked "Handy Andy" foi a free pass to fill the bases with two away. Spell then cracked out a single to account for the runs Nevertheless the Martins came back in their half of the sixth to decimate the Eagles' advantage. Gay lord walked and advanced on an er ror and Swain's single, scoring on Popovich's outfield fly. Marcel's sin gle drove in Swain to end the ratly and close the Martins' scoring for the evening. Manager Red Swain led the locals with two hits for three attempts with his heavy bludgeon while Demasi had three for four to pace the Eagles.* Tuesday. August 13 Kinston Ab R H PO A E Kennedy, cf 4 10 5 0 0 Koloszar, 2b 4 0 0 3 1 0 DeMasi, rf 4 3 3 1 0 0 Russo, ss 5 0 3 3 2 0 Congdon, 3b 221020 Overton, c 4 0 0 5 0 1 Bator, lb 4 0 1 7 0 0 Spell. If 4 0 1 2 0 1 W Zinser, p 4 12 13 0 Totals 35 7 11 27 8 2 Williamston Ab R II PO A E Taylor, cf 5 0 0 3 0 0 Slakis, ss 3 0 116 0 Newman, 3b 3 0 1 2 3 1 Rock, Ib-P 4 0 2 9 1 1 Rock, lb-P 4 u z ? i i Gaylol*d, If 2 10 10 0 Swain, rf-lb 3 1 2 2 0 0 I'npovich. 2b 4 0 0 7 1?0 Marcel, c 4 0 1110 Anderson, p 3 0 0 1 1 0 Stotler. rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 27 13 2 Score by innings: R Kinston 001 102 201?7 Williamston 000 002 000?2 Runs batted in: W. Zinser, Bator 2. Russo, Spell 2, Popovich, Marcel. Twn 1rase trttsr: DeMasi 2. Slakis. Home run: W. Zinser. Stolen base: DeMasi. Sacrifice: Koloszar. Double plays: Slakis and Rock; Russo and Bator; Newman. Popovich and Swain. Left on bases. Kinston 10. Williamston 8. Bases on balls: off W Zinser 4, Anderson 5. Rock 3 Struck out: by W. Zinser 4, Rock l. Hits: off Anderson 7 in 6 1-3; Rock 4 in 2 2-3. Passed balls: Marcel, Overton. Los ing pitcher: Anderson. Umpires: La "ttram and- Jotiffr-Tunc: 1.53. . 9 The Acquisition Of British Naval Base Is Being Considered (Continued rrorn page one) ship and sank it and another shot killed a number of children. The outcome of the attack is yet to be determined. Adverse reports for the British came out of Africa yesterday stating that the Italians were gain ing ground steadily there but at heavy expense. Out in Missouri today a myster ious explosion wrecked a dirigible plant and killed at least five work ers. The plant was filling orders for Britain, one report stated. In the National Congress a plea was heard late yesterday for the sale or transfer of American destroyers to England. Senator Josh Lee, of Oklahoma, stated that aid to Britain is a vital step in America's defense. _ The National Guard bill was pass ed by the House yesterday by a 342 33 vote, and the bill will become law within a few days, the action to mark the first major step in build ing the defense army up to more than 1,000,000 men. Faried Report$ On Quality Of Tobacco Are Received (Continued from page one) ing advanced on an extensive scale. Last year this time, many farmers were through curing the crop. At the present time the task is hardly half complete and it will be some time in early September before the harvest is handled in its entirety. ? tube Farmers To Compare Native And Western Fires t i ? - To compare their native ewes with western ewes, five Ashe County far mers have received some of the lat ter animals and will test them under local conditions. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll and son, Charles, Jr., of High Point, and Miss Melba Wynne, of Morehead City, visited here a short while this afternoon. > Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hughes re turned last evening from a visit with friends in Atlanta and other Geor gia points. Ten Sign Up For The County-Wide Tennis Tourney Preparation* for a county-wide tenaia tourney are being niched aa rapidly a* pooaible. Already ten person* hare officially en tered and many person* conoid ered a* likely prospect* have not been solicited Entrance must be effected at least by noon next Thursday in order that first round pairing* may be listed for publication. More complete details will be available in Tuesday's edition of the paper, covering a meet in* during this week-end of the tennis committee. Meanwhile, plans for holding the tournament are being organized a* quickly a* puaible. Anyone interested in entering is urged to see Junie Peel, or Joe Thrower, the com mittee's representative in Rob ersonville. T weiity-oiieTlaces Have Beer License In Martin County Raleigh ? There are 21 places of business in Martin County licensed by the state to sell beer at retail. ' Figures, compiled by the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distribu tors Committee as of August 1, dis closed that the state has issued re tail beer licenses to 3.997 dealers in North Carolina: The 1940-41 tax year (for beer licenses) began May 1, and it is probable the number will reach last year's total of 4,934 before the year ends next April 30. Mecklenburg County's 280 easily tops Guilford's 222. Forsyth is third with 175, followed by Buncombe with 155, Durham 145, Wake 139, and New Hanover, 134. Rowan has 95, Ala mance 82, Robeson 80, Gaston 82, Halifax 73, and Rockingham 73. The state department of revenue issued 565 retail licenses during the month of July and 3,432 in May and and June, the first two months of the 1940-41 tax year. The beer industry's "clean up or close up' campaign has resulted in the revocation of 100 retail licenses in 37 counties since last September 1, according to Colonel Bain. Five retailers in four counties were plac ed on probation, and 140 retailers were warned by the state director to 'clean, up" or face - close up" pro ceedmgs. Ill addition .about 75 dealers in various counties of the state were or denied licenses by local boards be cause they were unable to meet the Requirements of the law. The Brew ers and Nor(h Carolina Beer Distri butors Committer-'last April urged the city and county boards to refuse licenses to persons unable to furnish evidences of good character or who had been convicted of liquor law vi olations. ? Diseases Spread Due To Extensive Heat! Poultrymen are complaining that they are losing birds during the process of culling and vaccinating for four I pox. C- F. Parrish.- poullry specialist of the State College Ex tension Service, says most of the losses are due to crowding up, piling' up, and over-heating. "It is very unu-ise even in the culling of flocks, to permit the birds to crowd or jam up in the corners, or in any way become overheated," he says. "In many casts this results in outbreaks -eT respiratory dou bles which take a heavy toll at this season of the year. "If the birds are to be culled, and they should be culled to weed out the 'loafers', it would be well to cull them at night, if at all possible. Take a flashlight and remove the non layers from the roost without dis turbing the others. "If flocks are vaccinated for chicken pox, then it is suggested that they be placed on range in summer range shelters or that ade quate housing facilities be provided, and that these birds be permitted to range at large or at least be pro vided with adequate range. "The system of vaccinating pul lets and placing them back in a tight, stuffy brooder house is giving us poor results and is the cause of many of our complaints," Parrish declar ed. The extension specialist further stated that failure to provide houses large enough to permit the chickens freedom of movement and fresh air has always been a serious problem on North Carolina farms. "When we allow birds to pile up. crowd up, or become over-heated after handling, we are sure to receive ill results," Parrish concluded. One Injured In Car Wreck Wednesday Mrs. Marvin Coltrain, of near here, was painfully cut on the knees last Wednesday evening when the car in which she was riding with her small daughter and Evans Lilley crashed with a car driven by Clar ence Waters near the W L. Taylor home on the Washington Road. Sev en stitches were required to close the wounds, a report stating today that the wreck victim was getting along very well. Other occupants of the two cars were not hurt. Both cars were badly damaged, one estimate placing the total dam agr at more than $300 Granville Wilt Seen Over Wide Region Flue-cured tobacco growers of other sections of the State are being plagued this year by Granville wilt, a disease heretofore largely center ed in Granville, Durham and Wake Counties. Howard H. Garriss, plant pathologist of the State College Ex tension Service, reports that the wilt has been found this summer in many counties, with the worst new out breaks in southeastern North Caro lina. Granville wilt is caused by a bac terial germ which lives in the soil indefinitely if plants susceptible to the germ are grown on the land. Since it is not transferred through the air, Garris said the only explana tion for the widespread occurence of the disease this year is that it has been brought in by tobacco plants imported from one area to another, or by soil attached to potatoes, to matoes, peppers, string beans, pea nuts, Jimson weeds .cockleburs and other plants susceptible to attack by the wilt. He recommends the following con trol measures, none of which, how ever, have been proven to be entire ly "sure" as a cure or preventive for the disease: Prevent washing of soil from infected to uninfected fields, avoid transportation of tobacco stalks and trash from infected to uninfected fields, avoid transporta tion of soil on farm implements and on the feet of animals and man from infected to uninfected fields, and grow tobacco in infected fields only in a three to five-year rotation with resistant or immune crops adapted to local conditions. ' Garriss says that the following plants apparently are immune to Granville wilt: corn, sweet potatoes, cotton, wheat, oats, rye, barley, crim son clover,1* Austrian winter peas, vetch, lespedeza, crotalaria, herds (red top) grass, crab grass, water melons, cantaloupes, and sorghum. Draw Jurymen For The Regular Term Of Superior Court (Continued from page one) Robersonville Township: N. C. Ev erett, J. W. Grimes, A. O. Roberson, and A. R. Johnson. Poplar Point Township: W. S. White. Goose Nest Township: H. E. Brown and T. H. Council. Second Week. Jamesville Township: James Bar ber. Griffins Township: J. Alfred El lis, A. T.-Qurkin, Henry J. Hartfi son, Julius M. Manning and Morris L. Peel. Bear Grass Township: Wheeler Rogers, Warren Bailey and William B. Rogers. Williamston Township: R. Edwin Peel. Marion Cobb and Asa H. Craw ford. Cross Roads Township: Simon Rogers. Robersonville Township: W. D. Price, Larry Bunting and Lester House. Goose Nest Township: G. W. Bar rett and Joe Bunting. Wants The ENTERPRISE WANT AD RATES Onr cent a word (this type) each insertion. 25c Minimum Charge 2c a word this size 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 WANTED TO BUY ? RELAYING rails in large or small quantities. Will pay good price. Williamston Parts and Metal Works. FOR RENT: THREE-ROOM AFART mcnt with private bath, hot water. See D. V. Clayton, Guaranty Bank. a2-4t WANTED?MAN WITH CAR FOR route in Beaufort, South Bertie Counties. Experience preferred but not necessary to start. Write Raw leigh's. Dept. NCH-251-MO, Rich mond, Vs., or see J. M. Ogden, Jr., Williamston, N. C., Route 2. a2-9-16-23 WANTED?SMALL MODEL RADIO to be used on 32-volt Delco plant. Mrs. J. S. Rhodes. al3-2t IRISH POTATOES AND WOOD for sale. Call Mrs. Kate B. York. /s Thetaste^^ that always charms * DUNK mess Mrs. Thelma Jones Died Early Today After Long Illness ??? (Continued from page one) ville; Durward White, of Hatteras, and Randolph White, of Williams ton, and one sister. Mrs. Bruce Ches son. also of Williamston, and two half-sisters, Ella and Ramona Ange, of Jamesville. When a young girl she joined the Christian Church at Robersonville, and in its service and to its teach ings she remained faithful until the end. Her suffering she bore without complaint, and even in death she thought of the comfort and welfare of ethers before that of her own. No greater love could any mother have expressed for her children than that expressed by her during years of trying experiences, and even as the end approached, her own interest and comfort were secondary to that of her children and other loved ones. In the hospital she was a thought ful and appreciative patient, bear ing untold suffering without com plaint and entertaining a great hope even against hope until the last. Funeral services will be conduct ed from the Biggs Fyneral Home on West Main Street here Sunday af ternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. John L. Goff, her pastor, and Rev .J. M. Per ry, a former pastor, of Roberson ville. Interment will follow in the local cemetery. i ? Successful Bear And Snake Hunt Invading farmers' fields and hog pens, bears were subjected to a blitzkrieg in Griffins Township on Wednesday morning when Pete Har dison bagged a 160-pound bruin near Edward and Joe Gray Corey's farm. The hunt was prompted after the bears had cleared about one acre of corn from a back field on the farm. Several hunters fired at the bear, but Hardison got credit for the knock-out blow. While the bear was undergoing a blitzkrieg, Hunter Dred Darden branched off and started hunting snakes, an authentic report coming neither from Berlin nor London stat ing that the sure-shot killed two sizable rattlers with a single shot. Workers Urged To Get Security Card R S. Marshall, manager of the Etocky Mount office of the Social Security Board, today urged that all employees who expect to work in ronnection with the tobacco markets tecure account number cards before going to work. Many employers are refusing to put employees on the payroll unless the employees have in their possession account number rards. ? An employee who has been as signed a social security account num ber. and has lost his card, should make application for a duplicate card. Form SS-5. application for ac count number, is used in making an original application or in making an application for a duplicate of a num ber previously assigned. Application blanks may be secur ed from the local postmaster, North Carolina State Employment Service office, or by writing direct to the Social Security Board. Rocky Mount. Excessive Peanut Plantings Likely To Prove Costly ? (Continued from page one) dues not raise cotton fur sale, but fur home use so the excessive plant ings in that case will not figure in the world surplus. Planting less than an acre, the old farmer stated that he did not know if he would even bother to carry the cotton to the gin, explaining that he might get the "old woman" to separate the seed from the lint after she picked it in the field. No estimate as to the amount Mar tin farmers will receive under the 1940 program is available, nor can any be had until the status of the excessive peanut acreage is deter mined. It is believed, however, that with a high percentage compliance for the peanut crop, the benefit pay ments will approximate a peak rec ord. ? Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elliott and Mrs. Gussie Burroughs visited Mrs. W. B. Weaver near Spring Green Wed nesday Every-farmer's wife knows how important it is to keep costs down. And I know you can keep costs down by using Sinclair products. Sinclair grease for example, saves farmers money because it lasts so long and prevents breakdowns caused by improper lubrica tion. r?rriiM IW to SMtou HfltoM Ototoato lit.) Let me deliver to your farm Agent Sinclair Refining Company (Inc.) N. C. GREEN, Agent LOST ????? ? ... 100 beer licenses by retailers in 37 North Carolina counties ? lost because the legalized brewing industry does not want the patron age of outlets that do not operate in strict accordance with law, | order and public decency. Here is protection, a hundredfold, for one of the state's most im portant sources of tax revenue and employment. t Here is proof, a hundredfold, of our Committee's determination that conditions in retail beer out lets shall be as wholesome as beer itself! ?. 1 Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee EDGAR H. RAIN, Stat* Director SUITS 11%-IT COMMERCIAL BUILDING SALUOR, N. C.
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