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Watch The Label On Your Paper. As It Carries The Date Your Subscription Iiplris THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,(00 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 29 WUliam?ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 11, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 Call Thirteen Cases hi Recorder s Court At Monday's Session County Tribunal Suspenils Work (or Two W e?-kw For Superior Court Judge W Hubert Coburn held the county lecorder's court in session un til late noon last Monday trying to clear the docket and make ready f or a two weeks' vacation while the su perior tribunal takes over the hall of justice during that period for the trial of civil cases only. The county court will resume its work on Mon day, April 28. The clerk announces that neither the recorder's nor the superior court will be in session next Monday when the lawyers, judge and court officers will observe the day as an holiday Thirteen cases were called in the county court last Monday with So licitor D. E Johnson at the prosecu tor's bench. Very few white specta tors were present, but the defend ants' colored sympathizers were there in fairly large numbers, the group almost crowding one side of the au ditorium Proceedings: Charged with violating the liquor laws, Paul Harrell pleaded not guil ty The court did not agree with his plea and he was adjudged guilty, prayer for judgment having been continued in the case until April 28. Willie Owens pleaded not guilty in the Cake charging him with violat ing the liquor laws, but he was ad judged guilty at the end of the evi dence. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost and a $10 fine. The case charging Russell Brown with violating the motor vehicle laws was nol prossed with leave. In another case charging him with op crating an automobile with no li cense. Brown pleaded guilty, the court suspending judgment upon-thg. payment of the case cost and $8 to Willis Ward and $2.25 to-a trial jus tice. . Charged with receiving stolen goods. Sam Dickens and Henry Law-1 rence were found not guilty. A third defendant. Grady Salsbury, facing a similar charge pleaded not guilty. His guilt was established and the court suspended judgment upon the payment of a $10 fine and the case costs. William Huff, Jr.. pleaded not guilty in the case charging him with violating thy _ liquor laws. Fmdjnl him guilty of possessing liquor il legally, the (xiurt suspended judg ment upon payment of the cost. K D Langley pleaded guilty to an assault with a deadly weapon charge, and the ease was continued under prayer for judgment until April 28. Charged with drunken andreck less driving. R B. Spruill was found guilty of reckless driving and was fined $25 and taxed with the cost> Borrowing a large truck week before last, Spruill went on a wild ride in the streets of Williamston, endan gering human life and property. Before entering upon the trial of George Norris, charged with issuing a worthless check, counsel for-the defendant made a motion for dis missal on grounds of jurisdiction and the action was dismissed. Samuel Williams, returned to the county from Portsmouth for trial in the case charging him with bas tardy on two counts, was found guil ty and sentenced to the roads^ While no entry was immediately made in the case charging Joseph Walter Bailey with drunken driving, a continuance is understood to have been granted until April 28 More Names Missing From the Tax Books Turning to the election registration books, authorities are finding more names missing from the county tax books. Only half of the precinct books have been checked but in those six districts 338 names were found missing from the assessment lists. ? It has been pointed out that the names will have to be checked more extensively before definite cases charging tax dodging can be brought. The check-up continues, Commis sioner C. D. Carstarphen in charge, stating that a review of the automo bile registration would be made as soon as possible after the election books are checked for missing names and property. The half-complete report shows the following number of white and colored election registrants with their names missing from the books, by precincts: Goose Nest, 81 white and no colored: Robersonville, 88 white and 15 colored; Cross Roads, 85 white and two colored; Bear Grass, 43 white; Gold Point, 23 white, and Hassell, 25 white. Martin County Man Will Go To War-Torn England * Garland C. Bland, Martin County minister, will leave in the near fu ture for Canada where he will join the Canadian troops embarking for England and other foreign points. Mr. Bland will accompany the troops as a relief worker, if he pasaes the examination. ARMYING IN OLE VIRGIN'Y Eight of Martin County's select selectees arr now with I'nclc Sam's Army in Virginia. Leaving the county on March 21, the young men were inducted into the service at Fort Bragg, later going to Fort Brl voir, not far from the nation's capital. They arr: front row. left to right, lames Kussrll Silvrrthornr, Julius Mrlvin Warren. Wheeler Martin Ward. James Elmer Stalls: back row, Arthur Nicholson. Koy Avant llinson. W oodrow Wilson Kay. and James Claudr Ambrose. Special Court Term To ConveneNextTuesday TRAVELER That Martin County men do quite a bit of traveling and into distant states is evidenced by the frequent changes in address filed by registrants. One young Mar tin County man registered in Blackfort. Idaho. A month or two later he established an ad dress in Phoenix, Arizona. From there he moved to California, and now he has an address in Kansas City. That's just a sample, the draft board clerk explaining that large numbers of county color ed registrants are shilling about over the country and in Vir ginia particularly. And it's a fact that quite a few don't bother to give their new addresses. The FBI set-up has been very suc cessful in running down such cases, however. High Sch(^)I Packed For Presentation Of Historical Pageant I'orlruyul of lli^li Spot* History of Stale Well Received Here t Nofth Carolina in a pageant pres entation was well received at two performances here Tuesday after- I noon and evening, an interested pub lic packing the high school auditor ium and overflowing the aisles for the final event. An estimated 800 persons crowded into the auditorium that evening after reports on the handiwork~of" the actors, actresses and directors "leaked out" following the afternoon presentation. Written by members of the ele mentary school faculty and support ed by a cast selected from all the lower grades, the pageant was giv en a high crdeitable rating by the audience. The report of the judges is to come later. Reflecting careful direction and earnest practice, the i presentation was crowded with high lights from beginning to end, and the music was well adapted to the times and events portrayed in the' fast-moving historical review. The program was centered around the following evertts: Act I Out of a Wilderness the State Evolves. A. Noble Failure (1584 1589). Scene 1. First Sight of North Carolina. Scene 2 The Lost Colony. B. Permanent Settlement (1627 1753). Scene 1: The Cabin Raisin', (English Settlers from Virginia). Scene 4: First Religious Meeting (Quakers). Scene 5: Coming of the Scotch Scene 6: The First Church Bell (Moravians). Scene 7: French Settlers from the James. Scene 8:: An Encounter with Indians. Finale for Act I Act II. Growing Pains (174-1861). Scene 1: Edenton Tea Party. Scene 2: "Is de Yankees coming, Mammy?" Act III. North Carolina Today. Similar pageants have been pre sented in five other schools, and Oak City and Hamilton will stage theirs next week. CAS REBATES Martin County farmers, entitl ed to (ax rebates on gasoline used in tractors and for the operation of other farm machinery, most file their claims not later than next Tuesday, April IS, accord ing to Mr. G. H. Harrison of the Harrison Oil Company here. Claims to tax refunds on all raaoline used by farmers dur inf the months of January, February and March will be considered by the State Depart ment of Revenue. The offices of the Harrison Oil Company hare willingly offered to assist farmers in preparing their claims. Crowded Calendar Awaits Attention OF Superior Court ??? eiainlfif* Seeking More Than S5I.IHK) in Tliirty-?ix Civil 44M'? Following a poor session two # weeks ago, members of the Martin County Bar are priming their guns for a fat term of the superior court here during the next two weeks. Judging from the docket, one would say the depression is over for the" lawyers, maybe. The special two weeks term, call ed for the trial of civil eases only, is lacing it crowded calendar, but de spite the fact that there is much work to be done, the court will observe Easter Monday as an holiday and delay its session opening until Tues day Judge A. Hall Johnston, of Ashevjile, will preside. There are thirty-six cases on the calendar. Fourteen of the plaintiffs. suing for a total of $51,793, are ask ing damages ranging from $30 to $15,000. But the calendar is not based entirely on cold cash. Two plaintiffs are suing, one to recover a Boston Bull pup and another to recover cow, and then there are those* cases involving boundary line disputes, claims and judgments While the calendar is made up principally of cases of no great im portance there are several involving considerable/ sums, the trial of which is likely to require much time. George W Lee headlines the calendar with a $15,000 suit against D. M. Roberson, trading as Rober son's Slaughter House. Lee lost four fingers?in a ? power-driven?moat grinder and had the ligaments in his arm torn. Suit to recover $15,000 was brought soon after the accident on November 20, 1940, hut an answer was filed only a few days ago. The defendant in his answer claims the plaintiff was negligent, that he con tributed to his own injury, that he was inattentive to his job and that he was playing with other people at the time of the accident. The other $15,000 suit is being brought by Mrs. Marcella Coltrain against William J Haigood whose truck struck and killed her husband, Will Coltrain, near Washington on September 25, 1936. Mrs Coltrain (Continued on page four) Town's Political Front All Quiet The political front is shrouded with disturbing inactivity as the town makes ready to select its nom inees for mayor and town commis sioners Mayor John L. Hassell is announcing his candidacy for re nomination, but the five board of commissioners incumbents are main taining silence, one report indicating that no active campaign will be waged by them for re-nomination and that outsiders will not wage an active campaign for any of the jobs. Scheduled for Thursday evening of next week at 8 o'clock in the court house auditorium, the nominating I convention is most certain to attract a fairly sizable crowd The conven tion will name its candidates sub ject to election for two-year terms as mayor and members of the board of commissioners. John E. Pope is opening the reg istration books in his office on Wash ington Street tomorrow. Registration, according to past ciktom, is not re quired of those participating in the primary convention, but one must register if he has not done so in past years to participate in the May 8th election The latter event is virtually a meaningless one in that it decides nothing. If there is any battle of the ballots ft' will take place at the con vention or not at all. Draft Board Calls Two ^ hite And 15 Colored Trainees Nindeen Martin (loiiuty Men | S? ImmIiiI?'<I To lieave For Arniv IN'ext Ueek Direct calls are going out today for two white and fifteen colored trainees with instructions to pack up and get ready to go to the Army The two white men being called will join two young men who volunteer ed only tins week and leave Thurs day, April 17, for Fort Jackson, S C The fifteen colored trainees will leave Friday, the 18th, for Fort Bragg. The two white volunteers, Le man Foueh Keel, of Williamston, and James Hileary Daniel, of Oak City, were advised of their date of depart ure when they volunteered. By of fering their services, the draft was delayed for two other men in the call list Keel and Daniel will be joined by William F,dward Ross, of I Robeisonville, and Charles Vernon Whitchurst, of Parmvlc. ' Tl. The colored contingent is made up entirely of volunteers, but the draft | board clerk advises that the volun teer list is about exhausted and that the order of selection will likely be directed to the regular draft list within a short time. According to un official reports received here, heavy demands for colored trainees are to be expected during the next few weeks. However. no draft quotas have been assigned since those for Ttie T7th and 18th wen1 received week before last. Names of the colored volunteers | leaving next Friday are: Rufus Dee Knight, Sterling Wil liams. Jr.. Wilson Griffin, Robert Woolard, Sidney Woolard, Luther Byrd Harrell, Thurmon Earl Collie. George Andrew Revander, James Lee Barfield. Joseph Ellis Small wood, Charlie Langley, Haywood Spruill, Hulen Spruill. Willie Brown, Oliver Raymond Rodgers Several appeals for deferment have been /iled with the draft board | during flu- past week or so All of them have no been acted on at this time, but in the other cases it un derstood that deferments have been granted not to exceed 90 days length Two appeals were granted I for thirty days only, meaning that | the employers will have to gi t suc cessors or leave the job unfilled at the end of that time. The draft lw>ard is giving .strict attention to defer ment claims, and it is understood thai where dependency was offered as the basis of an appeal for defer ment m one case, welfare authorities learned that the claimant was actual ly living off the reported dependents. In such cases, the one making the appeal is automatically returned to | the No. 1 classification After sending out 350 question naires during the past two weeks or more, the board lias ordered a de- | lay. All but thirteen of the question naires have been returned, and de- | linquent notices in those cases were placed in the mails Wednesday According to reports coming from a number of the registrants quite few people who agreed to assist in | filling in the questionnaires are shirking the duty. One registrant a few days ago was sent from first-oue to the other, and spent the greater part of a day before he could find | anyone who would assist him. Continue Hound lip Of Do^s In County The round-up of dogs in this coun ty for vaccination continues accord ing to schedule. Forced to his bed by illness today, Dr. Osteon turned the duties over to Sheriff C. B. Roe buck and Roy Peel who are carrying on the work. They are in the Hardi son Mill area today, incomplete re ports stating that a complete round up of the hounds is in progress there A preliminary check shows that more dogs are being vaccinated in the county than ever before, that re cipients of relief, WPA workers and j others who are haidly able to furn ish food for their own mouths have a hound or two sharing their meager | food rations. I'rvnn (wroup To Hold Meet Here Tomorrow Evening Members of the Northeastern group, North Carolina Press Asso ciation, will hold their regular monthly meeting here tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. Representatives from Elizabeth City, Windsor, Jack son, Hertford, Gatesville, Edenton, I Ahoskie, Scotland Neck, and Plym- j outh, will attend the meeting Mr Robert Madry, publicity di rector of the University of North Carolina will speak to the group. HIGH WATKR After holding to an unusually low level during recent months, the old Roanoke is now on an other rampage. While no damag ing high water is expected, the stream Is scheduled to overflow Its banks at this point by about six Inches late Hunday. A crest will be reached at 11 feet that night, according to a report re leased today by Hugh Sprulll, brldgekeeper. Fishing Nearing Record Peak At Jamesville at Noon Today # Hold back by cold weather dur ing the past several weeks, fish started traveling up the Roanoke in great numbers early today, one re port from Jamosville stating that the fishery there wis dipping the her ring up by the tens of thousands. The catches were so large that the battery was blocked in the early hours of the morning, and fishing operations were halted temporarily or until the catches could be cleared Operations at the Jamosville plant are fast nearing a peak for the sea son. one report stating that the catches are larger than they were at the same time a year ago Under favorable conditions, the seines will likely be dipping as many as 15,000 of the fish from the stream at one lime by next Monday. Judging from past reports, hundreds of visitors 1 art' exported to descend upon the i fishery on Easter Monday. As many as a 1,000 or 1.500 pepole are said , to have visited the fishery on East ier Monday in years gone by. High water is threatening the fishing at Jamesville. und it is pos sible that tlie owner will have to suspend operations tomorrow < Monday The stream is still rising gradualh and will likely reaeh a peak at Jamesville Monday llow ever, a favorable west wind will help hold the water to a normal lev el and operations ean he continued. It was stated this morning that the owners plan to continue operations just as long as it is possible for them to do so. The water was almost on a level with, the battery this morning, but normal operations were in prog Contract for $1 1.000 Well Is Let By Town Bids For Surfacing Several Streets To Be Received Soon W ork <>it Fourth l). . p Vt i ll To (o'l Ihnh-rwuv Within ISrxt Thirty-Way* Taking steps'to replenish a rap ally diminishing water supply, the i,,wn Ix.ard of commissioners in a i special meeting here 1-t Wednesday I morning let a contract foi a fourtl !u"-p w_ell. the contract to e i -ivne-Atlantic Company, of N" folk The Virginia firm was the only Im U, submit a hid. hut before the contract was let. the contract figui.s Crrcompared with the cost of Sim llar wi lls recently dug in -S1 j 11ion of the Statf ' The actual hid for digging the wi was $9,033.75. Town Engincei lhn i ? Rivers explaining that it was pos | fbl,. to install a different type of material at possibly a smaller co d ,S pumped into the ma nil he installed at a eost of $-H7 Supported by a reeugni/.i d goal me. the contruid-culls for at kastm gallons Of water per minute. Tin well is t? he sealed to a depth of at least 1H0 feet with concrete to eh"n mate any ixissihle contamination by surface water, and a bron/e screen with gravel pack is to bo placed1 at tin well bottom to keep out all sand in< ^ . i ..i.eifotni' system. the well iioiumu t" ? i aIld as an added purifying u . >.4..411f11 i.f iho company A representative of the company TRPeWng wTnTTRe-eiipimissioners. ex now ! hireling wiin . plained that all equ'pmen 'S Tn operation on defense , the United States Army, hut that those contracts would he eimipUUd shortly and Unit work rw. d lie .dart horiiv aim ii'?' .... , ed on tin* well here within 30 days_ Completion will follow within 45 f.. ii>i. iifdt'lf is stall ComiJK'iion win , ,i? days after the work is stailed.. Plans call for locating It *' lT1 the Knight property a on the Knight properly ..... municipal swimming pool, hut defunct location cannot b< deter mined until tests are made to d L imine the potential water supply (Continued on page four) jMayor J. L Hasscll Has Busy Week Here Justice J. U Hasscll has had a busy week in his court here this week th? increase possibly being a spurtbe fore the spring-summer slump. E.g'" ,'ases have been handled during the oast three or four days, the defend ants in most instances, being allow ed their freedom upon payment of the court costs. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost in the casi charging William Speller with s.m P,ErmearU Swain and Irving Stalls, charged with an affray, were re leased upon payment of the ?shr I C Buchanan, charged with be ing drunk and disorderly, was di rected to pay the costs. Judgment was suspended in the case charging Onward Gardner with operating a truck with an excesa load ""Nelson Keith, charged with ped dling without license, was directed to pay the cost and leave town. Burl Bryant, charged with of*?1* mg a truck without an operator s ir cense, was fined $5 and taxed with ""Ned Grimes was fined *10 and tax ?d with the cost for firing . straw field in a restricted area without a ^Daniel Ryan, charged with disor derly conduct, was aentenced to the road, for 30 days, tha court suspend ing the sentence upon payment of the case costs. ron: < imm it Rounding a curve he!ween Oak Cltv and Hamilton a short time ago, I'red Itlackman, of Infield. last control of his ear and really climhed a telephone pole with it in the ahovc picture. The bumper of the car is hang tTTg" m*rr the- -pofr-cro.vmrm. Rio ture, courtesy of 1'atrolman Whit Saunders. Series 0! Mediums r WW Kxjilaii. Plans For Peanut Control I aini|iui^ii lor llrfrrnKliim April 2(? W ill (a l I mlrr Hay !Ni'\l W ri'k Plans for a campaign to explain | gram for pea in'its won* enmpleted in ; this county today, and beginning next week a series of meetings will be held hi the several districts Fach of the meetings will he held prompt ly at 8 o'clock and farmers are ur gently requested to attend that tliey may make up then minds as to how they are to vote in the referendum to be held on Saturday, April 28 The meeting schedule; Tuesday, April 15, Bear Grass, Evefetts, and Oak City Wednesday. April Hi, Farm Life, Hamilton and JumesvMle. Thursday, April 17. Kobersonville, Williams and JJassell. On the following Monday, April 21, a county-wide meeting will be held in the agricultural building. Will Rogers, of the AAA, and R. Flake Shaw, secretary of tin- State Farm Bureau, will address the meeting. In connection with the production control program, the office of the county agent is releasing to peanut growers today the following letter . Under recently approved legisla tion peanut growers can adjust mar ketings of peanuts in line with de mand and continue to protect prices for their peanuts. Since. 1933 farm prices for peanuts have been protected by a Govern ment program. This program provid ed for acreage allotments and pay (Continued on page fourr The current year, after grtting off to a dry atari in January and February, ranged toward the damp aide in March when more than three and one-half inches of rain wan recorded at the wea ther station on Koanokr Kiver here. January with its 1.82 inches was the driest on record. Febru ary with 2.54 Inches was the driest February sinrr 1934. l-ast month 3.59 inches of rain fell here to boost the three months total to 7.95 Inches or about the same total as well reported for the same period a year ago but which was more than atffht inchea under the three months fall In 1839. KAINFAI.I. British \re Facing \nother Dunkirk In Balkans Today ft ,?. Kngiilfr.l (inrki I'refer Fight To Ih'iitli liather Than Effecting a blitzkrieg comparable 1?? that cxperii ih oil by Poland, Ger many has nvado startling advances into Yugoslavia and Grooco since 0 il In last Sunday morning when the barbarian hordes swept down oil open -'cities and defenseless wo men and children to shock the world again with their atrociousness. But as had as ftie reports may appear to be. all is not completely lost in tin Balkans, and it is quite likely that Hitler, after paying dear for much of his advance, will pay more dear ly tor Ins progress from now on. Sweeping over sections where it was claimed mechanized equipment Jeould,move only with great difficul ty. the German hordes took over a fourth of Yugoslavia at one blow, the 1 yellow Croats deserting tlie Serbs and joining the Germans There is la great deal of fight left in Yugo slavia. and if Hitler gains what he | started out to gain, he will have to do more than he has done. | Trapped in eastern Macedonia when the German blitzkrieg thun dered through to Salonika, valiant iGicek font s made leady to die ra ther than to surrender Early today they were reported to be gallantly man ranks toward the Aegean sea [where escape is possible | Possibly out-maneuvered in the I early part of the struggle, the Brit ish and Greeks are now increasing I their defenses for what some de scribe as a decisive battle The Ger mans have not yet reached this main defense line, and the battle of the war is expected Late lepoits state that the Gel' mans have swept wi st, of Salonika and are threatening the main British Greek line from the rear, one ob "server gorTig so fafas to say that the British are' possibly facing another Dunkirk Tlie Germans, in late re ports, claim that Yugoslavia is no longer a state, that it has been torn almost to bits While the Greeks \\ ithdrew from Salonika several Greek forts and othei centers of resistance, including the town of Kavalla, HO miles east of Salonika on the coast, were said to he holding out valiantly. The British while still retreating in Africa have been bqmhmg effect ively the German advance. In the Kai Kast trouble is expect ?*d again Japanese ;nv moving out of danger areas and a Jap Dutch In dt?;s ti.ule agree in eld ha been re scinded. A report fioiii Bagdad tod.is stated that pr?? German elements were ris ing up in -.India to further harass' the British As the blitzkrieg continues in Yu goslavia aifiL^reeetv-hi'W develop Intents are-hoped for in Turkey. Ci , Vilnius are being evacuated from In stanbul, important Turkish city, to [the interior, meaning possibly that Tui key is nearer war than official CUhijjfch 111 told Turkey and Russia thaT Hitler was marching rapidly (Continued on page four) Sues Pulp Company For frJIMMM) Damage Charging that |x>lluti<m of the Roanoke River t>y the defendant's plant in the* lower part of this coun ty had tendered useless the fisheries near Plymouth, Roy.Hampton, Plym iuth man, this week filed a $30,000 damage suit in the Washington Coun ty Supeiior Court against the North Carolina Pulp Company The complaint was filed for Mr. Hampton by Carl L. Bailey and the firm of Khringhuus and Ehringhaus, of Raleigh. It states that great quan tities of fish, including shad, her ring, rock, perch, formerly came through Albemarle Sound into Ro anoke River, passing the site of Mr. Hampton's fisheries on their way to spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the fresh-water streams. The document claims that manu facturing operations for making bleached and unbleached sulphate pulp by the defendant company in the past three years have caused to he turned into Roanoke River, a great volume of "poisonous, deleter ious and objectionable waste and substances" inimical to the fish in habiting the water, in such volume and quantity as to interfere with their free and long-established mi gration. passage and habit of said fish from the ocaen on their way to spawning grounds" up this river. lor Joltiiton Cruthet Into l.ornl I'olice Automobile Said to have been blinded by th? glaring headlight^ of an approach ing ear. Joe Johnson, Tarboro WPA woiker, drove hi* old model pick-up ear into the rear of the town police ear in front of thj town hall hare last night at 10:33 o'clock. Tha po lice car was parked. Very little dam age was done to the cart, and no one was hurt. Johnson had been on Roanoke Riv er fishing and was returning i