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Watch The Label On Your Paper. Aj It Carriea The Date Your Subecnptroo Expiree THE ENTERPRISE Advertieera Will rind Our Col umn! A Latchkey To Over 1,100 Home* Of Martin County. VOLUME XL1II?NUMBER 86 IVilliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 25, 19 W. ESTABLISHED 1899 Warren Delivers A Farewell Address To District Today Lindsay Warren Day Attended By Thousands in Town Of Washington ? "Lindsay Warren Day," marking the end of sixteen years of service for Mr. Warren in the National House of Representatives and advanced by his constitutency to repay him in some measure, for his work there, was attended by thousands in his home town of Washington today. A feature on the program was an ad dress by the Honorable Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator and Sec retary of Commerce in President Roosevelt's cabinet. Mr. Jones reach ed Washington by special train at 9:45 this morning, numerous other state and national dignitaries accom panying him there, including Gov ernor Hoey and O. Max Gardner, present and former governors Mar tin County is well represented at the special day observance. Streets were blocked long before noon today as thousands poured in to Warren's home town. Traffic was jammed and the crowds shifted much before the program got underway at one o'clock. Following an address by Mr. Jones and after fitting tributes were paid to the congressman and his record of service, Mr Warren delivered his farewell address, excerpts of which follow: A few years ago an ambition of a lifetime had been realized when I rode behind a brass band at Plym outh. Today the very acme of satis faction has been reached when we have a parade with 9 bands. 1 hope that you will appreciate that this is an occasion where I am utterly unable to voice expression to all that is in my heart and soul. It is a day not only of happiness and gratification but also of much sad ness for me. That this vast crowd should gather here from every coun ty of the First District as well as from many sections of North Caro lina and from without the state touches me deeply. I see here friends of a tit etime to Whom i feel tied w ith j hooks of steel for we have been "friends together in sunshine and in shade." You will never know what it means for me to leave you It is well known that I do it with the greatest possi ble reluctance. But we just cannot fashion our lives to suit ourselves. In these the most critical times in the history of the Republic, while I was voting to draft the flower of our manhood and the wealth and in dustry of our nation for national de fense it was not up to me to* be out of step or lag behind to gratify per sonal ambitions if my services were desired in another field As respon sible and powerful as is the office of Comptroller General of the Unit ed States, if my own inclinations and wishes could have been followed, I would have been perfectly content to represent this district as long as you desired it for I shall always re gard that representation as the great est opportunity and the highest hon or that has ever or could ever come to me. This service came when we thought we were on the high road to prosperity and when we woke up to discover that we were engulfed in a desperate economic crisis that af fected every home in America. It came during the period when if the nation was to be saved, heroic rem edies were necessary. I did not hesi tate to give that program my sup port, and out of it has come a reas surance to the men and women and youth of this country who were snatched from their despondency and started once again on the paths of hope. I dare say that more vital na- j tional problems have been decided t Continued on page four) Political Activity Into the Limelight Politics, crowded into the back ground by glaring war headlines, staged a comeback this week to claim an almost undivided attention over the nation. Special commenta tors have been crowded off the air with their war talk, and politics to day hold prominent positions on the front pages of the daily press. Burdened with the affairs of the Nation, President Roosevelt remain ed quiet in the political contest un til last Wednesday evening when he branded many of the Republican claims as unfounded and false. It was estimated that 78,000 persons crowd ed into and around a Philadelphia hall to hear him speak Wednesday evening. The President is scheduled to make four or five more political addresses between now and election day, November 5. Following the President Wednes day evening. A1 Smith, whose acts and slang still smell fishy, sneered the President in a talk at Boston be fore a jeering crowd. Willkie follow ed him. Attorney General Robert Jackson was on the program for the Democrats and Joe Martin, chairman of the Republican Executive commit tee, had his say. Last evening the airways were choked with political barrages. Campaign events of the past few days are indicative of a record vote on November 5, some estimates run ning as high as fifty million votes. Few Absentee Votes Will Be Cast in County November 5th ''Few absentee votes will be cast in the November S general election in this county, election authorities I predicted today as the time lor fil ing applications for ballots draws to I a rapid close While it is still a puz zle to understand why a Democratic i legislature will not tolerate an ab sentee ballot in the primary and per mit it in the general election, it is quite obvious that the recent ab sentee ballot law will do much t o limit irregular voting in the State In predicting a comparatively small absentee vote in this county for Tuesday-week, Elections Board Chairman Sylvester Peel stated yes terday that only two applications had been filed with him for that type of ballot. More than 100 absentee ballots have been cast in an election in this county in years gone by. The traveling electorate is likely to forego his constitutional right to the ballot for the simple reason that he considers the law chokes the right with too much red tape. For one to cast an absentee ballot; he must file an application with the county chair man of the election board. The ap plication is recorded by the Offi cial. A ballot and proper forms are sent to the voter who marks and signs the ballot before a notary pub lic. The ballot is then returned to the board chairman who makes proper distribution on election day. While the method is not at all com plicated, the routine is likely to be a bit irksome. Tomorrow, Saturday, October 26, is the last day for one to register for the November 5 election. The books close tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock. On Saturday of next week, they will be open for challenge only. One who registered for the last pri mary does not have to register again. FIRST LOSS Wiley Staton. young Hamilton colored man. appeared greatly worried In Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne's office here yesterday afternoon. Possibly there was good reason for him to be wor ried; he had lost his registration card. Staton advanced an appeal ing plea for a second card, as suring Mr. Wynne that he would not lose another. The draft board clerk was out at the time, but a card was later issued to replace the lost one. Staton is the first to report a registration card missing, the 3, 217 other registrants holding on to theirs for more than a week. Building And Loan In District Meeting Here Last Tuesday Smsimr AttrmM Uy~fcsadtHp Members ttml State l^agtir | Officials The district meeting of the North I Carolina Building and Loan League in session here last Tuesday after noon. discussed minimum require ments to be enforced and adopted in the construction of homes and buildings. Both the afternoon and evening meetings were presided over by H. H. Strandburg. district president of Rocky Mount. He introduced Henry Gregory, president of the State league, who spoke briefly to the fifty or more building and loan mem bers present for the afternoon meet ing The informal discussion was led by Martian Gaudian. executive sec retary of the State League He call ed on many prominent building and loan officials for short talks relative to minimum requirements or stan- \ dards. Among those to address the meeting was George Crone, deputy insurance commissioner of North Carolina. The evening meeting, attended by more than a hundred building and loan officials and directors, was de voted exclusively to speech making. After the president's address was made by Henry Gregory. George Crone made another short talk giv ing facts and figures pertaining to the league and the insurance depart ment of North Carolina "I love eastern Carolina and Wil- j liamston in particular, for the peo ple of this town were good to my | boy when he lived here," O. K. La - Roque, president of the Home Loan Bank, of Winston-Salem, said when speaking at the evening meeting. Mr. LaRoque stated that there was a possibility of a moratorium being en-1 acted into law to protect the draftees of this country. "We have nineteen million dollars to protect the homes of the men who are being drafted to protect us and our country," the speaker said. Mr. LaRoque did not speak kind ly of those who opposed the mora torium. Rather, he referred to the individuals as slackers who would oppose any legislation or act that would protect the interests of our men and country. RALLIES Beginning tomorrow evening, Martin County Democratic lead era will conduct a aeries of dis trict rallies. The party campaign was launched last night by Con gressional Nominee Herbert Bonner in Robemonvllle. Rivera Johnson will speak in the court house next week. County party leaders and nominees will partic ipate in the district or commun ity rallies which have been scheduled by Executive Chair man E. 8. Peel, as follows: Haasell, Saturday, October 28; Hamilton. October 28; Bear Grass, October 28; Jamesville, October M; Oak City, October 31; Farm Ufe, November 1; Wil liams, November 2, and Everetts, November 4. Each at the meet ings will be held at I p. m. and In the respective school build ings except In Williams where the nulla will bo -held in the 4y or township voting I Thirteen Cases On Docket In County Court Last Monday Two-Hour Session Attended Ity ('ompurutivelv Sninll Crowd # Judge H. O. Peelo and Solicitor Don E. Johnson were quick in han dling the docket of thirteen cases in the county recorder's court last Monday. Attended by a comparative ly small number of spectators, the court was adjourned after two hours' work. Judge Peele, finding the docket fairly crowded with rases tending to down morality in the county, took a definite stand against the prac tice when he meted out long road sentences and imposed conditional judgments Eloyd Lilley.?charged with bastardy, was sentenced to the roads for a term of twelve months. Claudia Dempsey, pleading guilty in the case charging him with bas tardy, was directed to pay $5 a month for the support of his child during the next twelve months, pay the case costs and reappear at the end of a year for further judgment. Bond was required in the sum of $75. If the defendant is unable to offer a reliable bond he is to serve a twelve months' sentence "on the roads Cases charging George Parrish, Jr., and Buck White with bastardy, were continued for the defendants. S. L. Purvis, charged with non support, was directed to pay $1U a month during the next twelve months for the support of his wife and children. He was also directed to pay the costs of the case and re appear at the end of one year for further judgment. McKinley Powell was sentenced to the roads for six months, fined $25 and directed to pay the costs in the case charging him with violat ing the liquor laws. The road sen tence is to begin at the direction of j the court at any time within the | next two years, Roosevelt Parker was adjudgeyi" not guilty in the cast' charging him [ with assaulting another with a dead | ly weapon. The case charging Johnnie Peel | with non-support was continued. Charged with drunken driving, Willie Outlaw pleaded guilty and was fined $50, sentenced to the roads for six months, directed to pay the case costs and had his li cense revoked for one year. The road sentence is to begin at the direction of the court at any time within the next two years. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing disorderly conduct, Jay Perry was sentenced to jaiMor thirty days and directed to pay the costs. The jail sentence is to begin at any time within the next two years at the di rection of the court. Linwood Rhodes was adjudged | guilty over his own plea of inno cence in the case charging him with assaulting another. Judgment was suspended by Judge Peel upon pay ment of the cost. The case charging William H. Jones and Frosty Teel with an as sault with a deadly weapon, was continued until November 4th. Charged with violating the liquor laws, Mary McCormick was sentenc ed to jail for a term of sixty days and directed to pay the costs of the court case. Sentence is to begin at any time within the next two years at the direction of the court. Short Su-ppI Potato Crop Bring Dug In Thr County Sweet potato harvesting is well underway in the county at the pres ent time, reports coming from over the section pointing to a small pro duction as compared with that of a year ago. The harvesting work was launched almost over night follow ing a killing frost early in the! week. No general production average has been estimated, but farmers in many cases are digging less than 75 bushels per acre. Late plantings are proving disappointing, but the qual ity of the crop is said to be far bet ter than it was last season. House Nominee Is Heard Last Night In Rohersonville Herbert Bonner Open* Parly C^anipaifni in Martin County "When singing God Bless Amer ica, it might be especially appro priate and timely to begin the sec ond verse with God Bless Great Brit ain Herbert Bonner. Democratic candidate for Congress from the first district, said in a speech at Rob ersonville Thursday night Mr. Bonner quoted the President when he said the battlefront of Am erica begins in the English Channel. He also told of the difficulty the ad ministration had in securing early appropriations for the protection of our country in the form of a large navy and army We must wake up m America and look the facts straight in the face for surely this country is facing a crisis that she has never [experienci-d before." Mr. Bonner said. Should Britain fall, we will face an economic depression of such magnitude that no one can tell just what will happen and just how the period of re-adjustment and reper cussion will effect this country." The Democratic meeting, called by Elbert Peel, chairman of the Mar tin County Democratic executive committee, was attended by a hun I dred or more citizens However, the .size of the crowd did not minimize the enthusiasm and interest of those present. I The speaker, introduced by Paul Roberson, Robersonville attorney paid tribute to his chief, Lindsay Warren, with whom he had been as sociated for 16 years. He referred to Mr Warren as a powerful influence and a well-balanced and well-round ed individual who served well the district for a long number of years. I Mr Bonner briefly reviewed Koosevelt s administration and enum crated the constructive legislation that had been enacted into law pri marily to help and assist the poorer classes of America. In conclusion Mr. Bonner dedir;>? ed himself to his party and district I will serve diligently and honest i i! i ?nt sect'"n or one group but all the people of the whole district" Mr Bonner said. I Mr. Bonner's address marked ttie opening of an extensive campaign in this county. Rivers Johnson, ora | tor and party leader, speaks in Wil | hamston next week, and a county canvass gets underway tomorrow evenmg Hitler Seeks Aid Of France - Spain Against England Outlook Ourki'iiM fur liigkiml An Diplomatic. Kvent* Hold Spotlight Hitler, temporarily blocked in his bloody drive for world supremacy, is turning to France and Spain for aid in a final bid for peace 011 his terms or total warfare against Eng I11111I Killing fceWs?icaue nir.,1.,1), been made in France and it is pre dicted that if Petain refuses to join the Axis he will be replaced by La val- and that a dictator government will be imposed upon the French nation and its aid and all resources devoted to the cause of Germany. Ef forts are being made to bring Spain around, and it is reported that pro Nazi elements, hopeful of gaining possessions in Africa and possibly even on this continent, are suggest ing that Spain join up with Hitler, English sources maintain that Fran co, Spanish Jeader, is not yet con vinced that it is advisable or feas ible to take such a step. While those negotiations ure be ing advanced, attention is centering on an announced conference between German, Italian, Rumanian and Rus sian representatives next Monday in 1 Bucharest. Germany resumed its air attack on England today after a lull of a few days. However, Britain was also pep pering military objectives in Ger many including Berlin itself. Ital ian planes are said to be participat (Continued on page four) UNNOTICED? A chance in the national waf e hour law went into effect yes terday, a hurried survey of lo cal industry today indicatinc that more people are employed than there were a week af o. If there has been any curtailment In the emplyoment lists. It could not be observed here today. Contrary to a previous an nouncement, the chance Just ef fected in the law does not crant an increase In the hourly wafe rate. It merely reduces the work week from ft to 41 hours. When questioned this moraine, the manafement of one firm stated that the old schedule would be maintained, but that the rate of pay would necessarily be fixed at time and a half for the extra two hours. Thirty cents Is the prsvaillnc minimum wafe. Drive Being Made in County For Personal Property Taxes A ? A last round-up for county taxes delinquent on personal properties is now well advanced, according to a statement released by the office of the collector here this morning Pre liminary reports indicate that the insolvent list will reach a new low point this year, that in many cases personal porperty will be confiscated to account for taxes past due and un paid. Levying on a number of automo biles last week. Sheriff C. B. Roe buck stated that the tax accounts were paid before sales could be made. In nearly every instance, per sonal property owners suggested that other items be taken as collat eral rather than the family car. A few mules, horses and hogs have been taken in by the collector, but to date every item has been recover ed by the owner. Real estate taxes can be collected after a long period, and it is possi ble to force settlement on personal property, but the several thousand poll tax accounts are a thorn in the flesh for the collectors. The number of unpaid accounts is comparative ly small, the officers stating that wages were g anus heed in industrial plants and that farm owners were notified to have their tenants set tle the small tax accounts held against them Personal property owners and es I pccially those operating automobiles ' are warned that they are subject to lose their property if the taxes charged against them are not paid I immediately The collectors have several assistants and they are mov ing from one township to another as rapidly as possible. Name Advisory Board To Assist Draft Work County Board Has A Special Meeting Here Tliis Morning ??? Anttialant* Vt ill Br INuiihmI To Assist Driiftt'i1* in Filling; InQuestioniiuirrs * Meeting in special session hero this morning, the Martin County Draft Board set up machinery for assist ing draftees in preparing their ques tionnaires which will possibly start moving into the hands of registrants within the next week or ten days It was announced by the county board tliut the ngi.itiiition hat, now nuin boring-a.?.IH. luid been pusted in the county courthouse A complete list of the registration, broken down in alphabetical order and by race and town and route, is scheduled to ap ; pear in this paper next week. The list will carry the name of the reg I istrant and his serial number. If one has the serial number 425 and that number is drawn first, that regis trant will then be given Order No. 1, and so on. The national drawing is slated for next Tuesday noon, and all numbers will be drawn as rapid [ ly as possible As soon as the order numbers are released to the various ' county boards, questionnaires will lie distributed at the rate of 5(1 each day ,according to Board Chairman It 11 Goodmon It was in connection-with the ques tionnaire that the meeting was held here this morning Messrs. J. C Smith, of Rnbersonville; Charles Davenport, of Jamesville, and W. Hubert Coburn, of Williamston, were named by the board to the advisory committee with Coburn as chair man. These men, so to speak, are ex pected to supervise the task of fill ing- in- the answers to the quest ion nuir--' They?wotl?nuine?associati I j or assistants in every part of the county who will also assist the leg istrants in preparing the question naire answers. No charge for the work is to be made to the registrant It was pointed out in the meeting that a registrant does not have to call upon members of the advisory committee or the committee assist ants in filling in the questions re quired Any registrant may fill in his own blank, or he may call on the advisory committee or the commit tee assistants for help in answering the questions. The advisory committee, breaking the county down into three districts, as follows: Chas. Davenport. James ville, Williams and Griffins; W H. Coburn, Bear Grass, Williamston and Poplar Point, and J C Smith, Cross Koads, Rnbersonville, Hamilton and Gixrse Nest, will name the assistants between now and next Tuesday About the middle of latter part of next week, the committee and the named assistants will meet with the county draft board in the agricul tural building for a study of the questionnaire The date of the meet ing will be announced early next week or just as soon as the question blanks are received Questionnaires will be mailed pos sibly beginning on or about Novem ber 4 at the rate of fifty each day un til the more than 3,200 registration is covered. The forms, properly fill ed-in and notarized, must be back in the office of the draft board five days after they are mailed by the hoard ' ??? ; ? Start Work On Highway frt Project Next If eek Work on widening U. S. Highway 64 from a point just east of Everctts to the Pitt County line, is slated to get underway next week. Accord ing to reports reaching here today the contract for the work has been awarded the Brown Paving Com pany by the original contract. The subletting was effected, report* state, principally because the Brown Com pany already had its equipment in this (action of the 8tat?. NK>X RKGISTK VI ION* Additional persons in this county are registering from day to day under the Selective Serv ice Act. Releasing about one a day, prisoners are appearing be for the county draft hoard to register as the first act upon their release from the camp near here. Prisoners, caught in the camps on registration day, did not have to register at that time, but they are notified to do so on the day of their release. Professor Speaks To Building And Loan Meeting Here M,iM llr On (iuuril VuuiiiM l ineal nf Totalitarianism Duke I'eiielier Warn* Speaking before the first district meeting of the North Carolina Build ing and Loan League in session here last Tuesday, LeRoy Lewis, profes sor of public speaking in I)uke Uni versify, enumerated the threats our Democratic form of government is receiving both internally and extei nally laving up to his reputation as a speaker and an instructor, Mr. Lew is spoke of totalitarisnv as tlu> first and chief obstacle to the preserva tion of our democratic type of gov ernment He left no doubt m -the minds of his listeners as to the |w?s sible far reaching effects of the present Kuropean and Asiatic con flicts on the Western Hemisphere. "The Axis powers are thriving on conquest and the subjugation of their neighbors and their dynamic tyIii? ul_government is diametrically i*p|iii!ic<I to deinuuacy," the speukei pointed out "The individual is sub servient to the state and the pluloso phy of the totalitarian state governs the activity and thinking of its peo pic " The professor said invasion was not necessary to break down our Democracy. The gradual undermin ing and boring in of the fifth col umnist was responsible for France being on her knees today the speak er continued, and many of the refu gees coming to this country are noth ing more than paid agents of the Axis powers. Mr Lewis spoke not the words of a war monger; neither did he sug gest our participation in the war. However, he did make it clear that he was opposed to strict neutrality, appeasement or our entering the war unprepared. Far from being an iso lationist, however, Mr. Lewis stated clearly that he was opposed to peace at any price. (Continued on page four) DIIY \* I VIII t it While the season ha.* been ideal fur harvesting work, the past several weeks have offer ed perfect weather for one of the worst dust hlitikriegs seen in this countv in some time. I.ess than one-half inch of rain has fallen here in over a month, and to aggravate the dust situa tion the slight rainfall followed a comparatively dry period in September. l-ast month 2.34 inches of rain fell at this point, most of that amount coming down the early part of that per iod. Small streams are drying up and water in the creeks and riv er Is at a low level, the Roan oke being possibly more than 15 feel below the high water mark reached last August. September, 1939, was a dry month, but it was followed by a wet period In October. Month before last there was a total of 1141 Inches of rain at this point Little Child's LifeLs Snuffed Out By Car On County Highway I ten lull Fu\e Hopkins. Ihrei Yi'ur? Old, Die* in l,ocal Doctor'* Office Bculan Faye Hopkins, little three year old. bright-eyed child of Mr and Mrs Thade Hopkins, died in a local doctor's office yesterday after 1 noon at 5:20 o'clock, the victim of an : automobile accident about three Tib lira earlier on the Bear Grass high way near the John W Green farm j Her head battered and bruised and other parts of her little body brok en. the fair-skinned tot died without regaining consciousness. Her blond I hair, a bit tangled as if she had been romping and rolling with a play ! mate; did not hide the ugly marks placed on her head by an on-rushing j automobile Death came almost un i noticed by those who held a hope ful watch In side Hie operating table Only the drawing of a dark gray blanket, over her head by the at j tending doctor proved that another life, a life full of promise and hope, had been snuffed out by our mod ern system of transportation. Playing in front of her home, the little child started to dash across the road to join two playmates there Hardly had she entered "the road be fpfe a car driven by Simon Gard nor. young man. bore down upon her Gardner, the speed of his car not definitely determined, swerved to the left The front of the machine cleared the child, but the right rear fender struck her head and the lit tle bit of humanity was thrown 10 feet or more into a ditch She never realized what had happened, and al though there was an apparent strug gle for life she knew no pain as death crept ever closer to claim its fourth victim of the year on the highways and streets of Martin County Unnerved by the accident. Gard tier, accompanied on the car by his brother. Noah, and John Hyman Cowin, could hardly talk about the tragedy, it was reported 1 did not sec the child until I was within ten fifteen sicns of her I turned to the left quickly but could not avoid striKTtig her," Gardner was quoted as saying by Patrolman Wtlit Saun tiers who investigated the accident. Gardner brought his car to a stop about tit) steps away from the spot of the accident Mrs Hopkins, handling the du ties of her home, heard the car ap proaching and heard the report of the crash but did not see it. Gardner picked up the child and brought her 1 here Pending a preliminary hearing be fore Justice J 1. Hassell here next Monday evening, the death car driv ei was placed undei a $5tll) bond. A formal charge of manslaughter is pending against him Possibly Gard tier, a farmer of Bear Grass, was driving at a fast rati' of speed with in the limit, but the grief stricken father suggested that the driver could not havit helped ll . Tlie accident is said to be the first of a fatal nature reported on the Bear Grass highway since it was surfaced about two years ago Moving Equipment For Fill Bridges ?equipment to be used in the con struction of four concrete bridges m the Roanoke River fill at this point I is dicing placed on location by the ixmtructing firm. F A. Triplctt, of ! Chester, S C Work on the project is to be started the early part of next week Material for the construction ol four temporary bridges was placed on the fill yesterday The temporary structures will provide two-way travcPThc bridge projects are to be complete in 125 working days or less Other than that the contractor, W B Kiker, had started moving equip ment a week ago for repairing and enlarging the fill itself, no informa tion has been received in connec tion with scheduled work on that project. Cotton Farmers Cct More Checks Cotton fanners, cooperating with the farm program, are receiving $3, ! 124 13 >11 prjce adjustment payments ' in the county this week. The checks, representing 82 applications, push | the total received in price adjust I ment payments to $23,887.45. There are 152 applications still pending, officials in the office of the county agent stating that they be | lieved the total payments will ex ' feed $25,000 in Martin County. Service* For Accident Victim Thia Afternoon Funeral services for little Beulah Faye Hopkins, three-year-old daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. Thade Hopkins, are being held at the home in Bear Grass Township this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev W. B. Harring ton. Interment will follow in a bur ial plot on the Green farm, cloaa by. Besides her parents, the child is survived by two sisters. Addle, age six, and Mary Alice, age four.