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Watch The Label On Your Paper. Am It Carrlea The Date | Your Subscription E z p 1 r a a. THE ENTERPRISE Advertise? Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1.800 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 92 ?. Williamtton. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 18, 1941. ESTABIISHED 1899 New Fertilizer Law Reviewed Friday At Farm Bureau Forum C. G. Crockett Does Not An ticipate "Runaway Prices'' Reviewing the new fertilizer laws for 1942, C. G. Crockett in an inter esting talk to the bi-weekly Martin County Farm Bureau forum In the agricultural building here last Fri day evening went on to offer en couragement for fair fertilizer prices next year. Just thirty members short of its 1,000 goal, the Farm. Bureau group renewed its goal pledge and pledges to continue the membership drive until that figure is reached. Certain that the goal will be reached, the meeting Friday night formally ap proved a $50 expenditure for the four delegates who are to represent the county unit at the national fed eration meeting in Chicago next month. Messrs. Reuben Everett, H. U. Peel, Frank Bailey and D. V Clayton, high canvassers in the membership drive, ar6 planning to make the trip. The new fertilizer law, according to Mr. Crockett's explanation, effects no radical change in the sale or man ufacture of fertilizer. "It merely re duces the number of brands or for mulas and requires certain ingred ients." he said, explaining that with one exception all fertilizers are to have not less than 16 per cent or units of plant food in their mixtures and must contain certain base in gredients. The exception ? is 3-8-3 which will be designated by a red tag. The tag. in so many words, de clares that the particular brand is an inferior fertilizer. Expressing himself in favor of the law, Mr. Crockett said that it would prove profitable to the farmer and manufacturer. Discussing the outlook, Crockett was believed to be a bit optimistic as to reasonable prices, but he admit ted that certain shortages are to be expected in those materials that are also used in the manufacture of munitions. According to the speaker, the fer tilizer situation at the present stage of the war is far different from what it was in the other war when a 7-6-5 formula sold for as much as $112 50 per ton, and deliveries were limit ed. "I don't believe any such prices will prevail during the present war," Mr. Crockett said. "There are shortages in the inor ganic materials that are used in the manufacture of munitions, but there is apparently an ample supply of other materials, but despite the scarcity the inorganic materials such as sulphate of ammonia have not advanced as much in price as the other materials," Mr. Crockett con tinued. The shortage of potash was a dark spot in the last war for the industry, but there is ample supply in (Continued on page six) Man Is Critically Hurt in Car Wreck Near Here Sunday Wreok Was ihe Serond One In Reeent Weeks for One Of the Victims Hansom Ulysees Rodgcrs and hii brother, Storney Leon Rodgers, were hurt, one critically, when their car went out of control this side of Sweet Water Creek on Highway No. 64 and turned over down an em bankment, cut down even with the roots a sizable tree and came to a stop against a big oak Sunday after noon about 3 o'clock. Their injuries could not be definitely determined immediately, but a hurried examina tion indicated that Hansom suffer ed a broken arm and a severe neck injury, and that Storney's legs and neck were broken The latter was also said to have suffered possibly a fracture of the skull. Patrolman Saunders, who investigated the ac cident, stating that a fairly large hole had been knocked in "the man's head. Last reports from a Washington hospital where they were carried for treatment stated that the two young colored men were still living, that Hansom was found to have suffered only a fractured collarbone and is expected to be able to leave the hos pital possibly tomorrow. ' The boys were traveling toward Jamesville when Hansom lost con trol of the old model Ford tudor se dan on a long curve in the road. Af ter the car had made its first turn, Storney parted company with his brother by sailing through the top and dropping clear of the machine. Ulysees rode out the storm. Clearing surplus money in their farming operations with their father, Henry Rodgers, three of the boys im mediately bought second-hand cars in September. Ulysees had his le than two weeks before he ditched it. Paying a 375 repair bill ,the young man took the car from the garage about two weeks ago. He was quite considerate in his wrecking opera tions as he steered clear of other mo torists in both instances. The father was quoted as saying that the boy had come to the end of his car-owning days. Mayor Jno. L. Hassell Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation In accordance with a proclamation issued today by Mayor John L. Has sell, Thursday of this week will be observed as a general holiday here. There will be a few exceptions, how ever, bnerepbrt stating that the pea nut market will continue its opera tions. The holiday will be general on virtually all other fronts, it is un derstood, and the feature on the day's program 4^ill be the annual Thanksgiving Day sermon to be preached by Rev. Z. T. Piephoff in the Episcopal Church at 10 o'clock that morning. Mayor Hassell's proclamation: For America, for our happy form of government, for the wonderful blessings of the Creator, let us give thanks Let Us give thanks that we live in a land blessed and endowed more than any other section of our coun try by the blessings of heaven and the gifts of nature. Especially have we been blessed beyond measure this year. The gen tle rains and the glorious sunshine mixed with man's labor and the soil have brought forth a fine harvest and we should rejoice that our far mers have reajsed a fair reward from the fruits o(^ their labor. We should rejoice and give thanks that while the old world is suffer ing from the horrors of war and while the road ahead looks dark for our land, yet we still live in a land where free speech, a free press and our American way of life still exists. I. J. L. Hassell, Mayor of William ston^JiLconformity with custom es tablished by our forefathers, do hereby proclaim Thursday. Novem ber 20th, as Thanksgiving Day in Williamston to the end that we may render thanks to the Creator for the wonderful blessings we have re ceived. J. L HASSELL. Mayor. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . According to indirect reports, blinding light* were partly re sponsible (or an accident that cost two young people their lives near here last week-end. And the sad part about It, the driver of the car carrying those bright lights possibly docs not yet realize that a small courtesy may have saved two lives North Carolina's Highway Commission also contributed its part by leav ing an unpaved gap in the high way and that in bad condition. There may have been other negligence, the preliminary find ings clearly indicating that the driver of the death car is not to be burdened with all the blame for an accident that cost two hu man lives. Uptown Main Street shudder ed from the news of the horrible wreck, but within the hour bright lights were glaring on cars that were being driven up and down the thoroughfare at an excessive speed. As far as of fering a warning to others, the two young people gave their lives in vain, for the reckless driving continues. One observer declared that almost fifty per cent of the automobiles are acci dents jus^^oing^some^where_to_ happen. ? The following tabulation* of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 46th Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1941 6 3 0 $ 395 1940 3 1 1 125 Comparison To Date 1941 90 54 6 $21,725 1940 83 52 5 9,540 A year ago last week a person was killed on the highways in this county. Remember it? Pos sibly the general public has for gotten. but it no doubt, lingers prominently in the minds of a widow and several small chil dren and dependents. Commerce Group In Meeting Last Night Meeting in the Branch Bank room last evening, directors of the local :hamber of commerce discussed a series of problems, and took definite steps to relieve the parking situa tion as far as possible between now and Christmas Realizing the serious emergency facing this nation at the present lime, the commerce group showing a willingness to cooperate in every way possible in aiding the defense program agreed that it would be ad-, visable not to consume added elec tricity in Christmas street lighting this year. Discussing the problem with Manager R. H. Goodmon, the directors said that while they would like to have the lights, they were willing to leave them off if by so do ing it would aid defense in some measure. It was pointed out howev er that it would be possible to place k few lights on the town hall and the water tower. Talking over the parking problem at length, the directors are to petii tion every local car owner to coop erate in a movement to provide more parking space for visitors between now and Christmas. Rev. B. T. Hurlev To Continue Here Friends, including those outside as well as within his denomination, were glad to learn that Rev. B. T. Hurley was returned to the pastor ate of the local Methodist Church by the North Carolina Conference in Session at Durham last Friday. Very few changes were made in the per sonnel in this section, Mr. Hurley said upon his return. Explaining the conference reso lution which condemned war just as the church condemns both legal and illegal liquor, the popular parson said that Hitler has no friend in the group. Minor Auto Wrecks Keep Patrolman on The Job In County Companion Dion in Hospital; Two Others Critically Hurt in a Second Accident Happening thick and fast in var ious parts of the county, automo bile accidents kept Patrolman Whit Saunders running* night and day during the week-end. It was the of ficer's busiest period during the sev eral years he lias been stationed here. Irving Farmer. 18 years old. was reported improving yesterday from injuries received when a peanut picker went out of control on the highway and threw him off near Parmele Friday just before noon. Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock, Wm. Harrell Mooney, driving a light truck with a trailer attached side swiped a car driven by Gordon H. Paul near Ward's Bridge on High way 64 doing about $50 property damage. No one. was hurt. Mooney was trailing another car which slow ed down to make a left-hand turn. When he saw a deep ditch on the right side of the road, he turned to the left and headed for the ditch, missing the car in front of him but sideswiping the approaching Paul car. A lull in the bloody business was reported during Saturday until Wil liam Joseph Suggs tore into the | bridge abutment at the river, kill ing two persons and wrecking be yond repair a Chevrolet sport mod el car Before the fatal wreck at the riv er was cleared up, the patrolman was called to Tom Roebuck's curve near Parmele on Highway 84 where Clar ence Taylor, colored/Nideswiped a car driven by Herbert Mooney. of Laurinburg, Route 3, doing abouT $125 damage to the Mooney Chevro let sedan. No one was hurt. Taylor, charged with drunken driving, was n leased under a $100 bond. Earlier in the week, Mr. Tom Roebuck ex plained that he believed the days of wrecks in front of his home had pass led, but the congenial^arrheF will I still find it advisable to take a course in first-aid treatment for the world is increasing its speed all the time. Jeremiah James, young local col ored boy, lost control of his old Mod el A Ford coupe and crashed into Mr. R. T. Griffin's home on Williiyns Street here Friday night doing about $15 damage. No one was hurt, but James and his companion, Weal Eborn, were greatly upset. Meeting another car on Haugh ton Street, George Mobley struck and ripped a fender from W H. Car starphen's car. The damage was slight. No one was hurt but the lives of several were threatened pnd con siderable property damage resulted about 0:45 last night when a car be lieved to have been owned by Pri (Continued on page six) Sister Of Local Woman Dies In New Bern Friday Mrs. Nancy Whitford McLawhorn, sister of Miss Carrie Whitford, of Williamston, died in a New Bern hospital last Friday afternoon fol lowing a long illness. She was 71 years old. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Bruce Barrow, Free Will Baptist minister of LaGrange. Besides her sister here she leaves her husband, two sons and five daughters, and several sisters and brothers. Stricken While At Work In Office Here Monday Miss Lida Wilkerson, supervisor of Works Progress Administration handicraft departments, was strick en ill while at work in. her office ov er the Western Auto Store here yes terday afternoon. She was later re moved to a Washington hospital af ter she had partially recovered from the attack. Miss Wilkerson, of Belhaven, has I been connected with the WPA in this krea for about a year. REMEMBRANCES By CHAS. SMALLWOOD Williams ton, N. C. DURING 1876'* and '86 * Another old Negro Of notable men ??htnb; c<oanyb(,d7/bSg:rw?ht? prevtous commands we^Jmm^^e one o "P? receipt oT^tr ' ^cle '^armond^^f m7UB,^ TH SirK; '?rr ?,<*? ?i? kwawiA Si ?s??! r?wSS=fss man with the cramps. "" ^w>-i shoo Off all o,her ca,legrsy0UrSP,f' a"d ?lH,dendbunri!,griwM^ I tmnkStMry ' sr.^pcTs?'r ^ I'ke most otherVor'cT'li and I and down fro,,, thl, f ? out [' Lamb happened to be hurried l.v absess g th^r I'" "" f,na|-I in* extract,on "" ,,,<,,? | Mr Biggs was the tooth puller for I the community. Dr Ha^iiC V being so ennn nrV ,1 s Angers tism he ahltcdpT W,th rl" U"'"' stroni?,.r I . J operation to a aste-jsr di Of forceps for all , . m" Palr ---r wha, r?ra",rr.r^ r, never saw him fail to get ,t u,. 1 m. mine, and did the pulling hurt' I neTve aTmsldir'S Pl' "" y""r ?'?'? ? iF ?"yW?" trough"8 ' tn^'saying1 t'her"* |)r",,ld up a n,'," ' then. ? ? . 18 som(,thing upl thV;?5n,r^K:rho% ;'ru;;d(" * SS Dr. Ilassell syringed out the nos tril. and gave them a wash for fur ther treatments, and I never heard of the case again. I remember one big day that I had | in company with Mr. Fate Cherry. The earth had been covered with | snow for several days, and the rob ins had congregated in the gallberry I bushes adjoining Burrough's Grove | in actual swarms. We spent the day bagging them. coming in after night, loaded down, and robin-dinners took the place of oyster suppers for quite a while. The weather was cold, and they kept well. But to cap all the hunting trips, were the many nights I spent with Mr Whitley in the river-swamps af ter raccoons. We would put on hip high rubber boots, and be ready for all kinds of mud and water, for where the dogs "treed" there we went. I would shine the coons eyes with a lightwood torch, and he would shoot him out. Or he could lay the light behind him and stand with his (Continued on page six) PREMIUM / While holding strong at five cents, the peanut market was * said here yesterday to be offer inf premiums for real fancy goobers. No official sales were recorded at that figure, but one farmer said he had gotten slightly more than five cents a pound for some over one hun dred pounds, and there was some talk about fancy jumbos bring ing an eighth. Receiving points continue to report heavy deliveries, the daily average still hanging around 15,000 bags. The crop will have moved out of the farmers' hands almost in its entirety In anoth er week or ten days, some re ports indicate. A e e o r ding to information heard yesterday, the market will not observe Thursday as a hol iday. Two Killed And Two Hurt In Auto Wrecks Young Woman looses Life On River Fill Last Saturday Ni^ht ?*? ?mx C.ulU Are Reeeived liy I'litroliiiim Suvnilrrn During V cckn'ml ? ?Drntli iiml destruction struck filer a rapid fashion to claim the lives of two persons, maim one or two others for life and injure several others in this county and immediate section during the past week-end. There were six accidents in the county and area during the period, one of them costing two young people their lives. juring critically a fourth one, not to mention minor wrecks here and sev eral fatal ones in various parts-of the State. The first fatal accident on the re cently completed Roanoke River fill speedway was reported at 9:40 last Saturday evening when Mrs. Gene vieve Durr Satterfield was instant ly killed and Darius Edwin Mitchell was fatally injured. A third mem ber of the party and driver of the Icar, William Joseph Suggs, was slightly bruised about the chest and greatly shocked. Mrs. Satterfield, I nineteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Durr, of Fairmont, W Va.. had her head split open. Her body was found in the back seat of the demolished car. She died in stantly. Mitchell. 19-year-old native of Princeton, Johnston County, had | one of his arms torn off just below . the elbow. He also suffered a frac tured jaw, a crushed leg and a pos sible fracture of the skull. Leaving the dead girl, Suggs and a traveler whose name could not be learned, picked up Mitchell and brought him to the Brown Commun ity hospital. Hospital doctors ampu tated the arm and worked with Mitchell for several hours, the young man crying for somebody to help him as he entered the hospital. He died about 2:30 Sunday morning just as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Mitchell, of Princeton, reached the hospital. The body was moved a short time later to a Goldsboro futi burial. The last rites were conduct ed yesterday afternoon. The body of the young woman was moved to the Biggs Funeral Home here and prepared for burial. Her husband, Fred Satterfield, accom panied a Fairmont undertaker on the long trip for the body. Reaching here early Sunday night, the two started the return trip with the body early yesterday morning. Mrs. Sat terfield was said to have been visit ing at 210 Harnett Circle, Pergerson Place, Newport News, and one report stated that she left the Virginia city with the two men earlier in the day to attend the football game in Dur ham. Another report stated that the party was en route to Wilmington, and still another report stuted that she was accompanying the two young men to Princeton for the week-end. No coherent report of the accident could be had from Suggs, driver of the car, immediately. He was quoted as saying that the lights of an ap proaching car blinded him, that he did not see the abutment to the Ro anoke River bridge until he struck the ill-kept gap between the newly paved fill and the bridge. Patrol man John Scarborough took Suggs into his custody, and one report stat ed that the driver of the car was formally charged with "driving un der the influence of liquor and manslaughter." Other officers, as sisting in the investigation, static! that they could smell no liquor on the man's breath, and that they were not certain he had been drinking. No liquor was found in the car. fl Patrolman Whit Saunders stated that when he reached the scene of (Continued on page six) < Leamon Mizelle Relented Under $300 Bond Friday Leamon Mizelle, young white man, charged with reckless driving and manslaughter, was released un der bond in the sum of $200 at a preliminary hearing held before Jus tice J. L Hassell here last Friday evening. Bond was arranged. Mizelle was driving a car on the morning of October 19th when it turned over at the intersection of the Bear Grass Road and Highway 17 and fatally injured Raleigh Raw Is, young Bertie County white man. Announce Holiday For Local Public lAhrary The Williamston Public Library will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 20, 21 and 22, to observe Thanksgiving. There will be no story hour Saturday but it will be resumed on the following Saturday, Nov. 29th. It has been re quested that anyone who has a book due either of these days to return it on Wednesday or keep it until Mon day No charge* will be made on books due on these three days and returned on Nov. 24th. ? 1 IGHTti 1 1 There'll be no Christmas lights on local streets this coming hoi iday season, the Chamber of Commerce directors in a meet ing last evening agreeing that to ask for the lights would he contrary to the defense program. However, some lighting on the town hall and water plant will be perfectly peemissable and even advisable. Home and out door Christmas lighting arc not banned, power and light offi ciafs explaining that the amount of electricity used for tree lights in the homes and yards would be negligible, and that local people are perfectly free to install the special decorations. Climax To American And Japanese Stand Believed In Offing r First Bloo<l SIhmI in OuiT Mine I Strike; Vint* Scene Shift ing in So\ irl Kusshi The war in Russia continues, but a greater part oj the world has its eyes on Washington where a climax is believed nearing in Japanese Am erican relations. Some observers see in the conference between Secretary of State Cordell Hull and President Roosevelt and Sab pro Kurusu, spec ial Japanese envoy, a move either toward an understanding and peace or a move toward war. Some ihdica tions are that the move is pointing toward an "understanding." but si multancously with the discussions in Washington were war-like move ments back in Japan. The United States does not want to shift any more of its might from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Ja pan realizes that war with the United States and Britain may mean de struction for her. Both want peace. In playing the war-or-peace game, both countries are offering strong leads in support of their hands. The Japanese are appiopi laling Hue mil lion for war and this country is top ping th.it amount With anotRep ral for eight billion dollars. Internal disorder in this country today is even overshadowing the war in Russia, but there, is a definite move to do something about it However regrettable it may lie- it weiulel appear that some legislation is necessary fe>r handling the' indus trial In up by strikes. Presiele-nl Roosevelt is meeting with legisla tive leaders this afternoon, anel it is believe el that some drastic action will b< started. Speaker Sam Ray burn of the- House said that legisla tion can he- expcctcel se>on to curl strikes. During the meantime, the first disorders have- been reported in the strike areas. Two coleired miners were shot at Gary, West Virginia, this morning, and minor trouble wa> reported in scattered areas. Howrv er, a possible'break in the strike- war (Continued on page six) Factory Worker Is Hurt In Accident Jurors Walker, colored employee at the local basket factory, barely es caped with his nghl arm in an acci dent thprr late yesterday afternoon Catching his arm in the continuous stave basket machine. Walker was held fast there until the machine could be partly dismantled. Plant superintendents and foreman work ed feverishly the greater part of ten minutes freeing the man. He did not seem to suffer much and waited pa tiently for his release, but the pain struck him while being rushed to doctor. It was first thought that the man would lose his arm, but.an examina tion showed no broken bones and it is fairly certain that be will not lose use of the limb even though it was badly cut and is stiff. 4-H Clubs Will Hold Meet Here Saturday The Annual Achievement Day for 4-H Club members and Demonstra tion Club women will be held here Saturday, Nov 22nd, in the high school auditorium at 10 a. m. Miss Ruth Current, State Home Demon stration agent, will be the guest speaker on the program, during the morning. All club members completing the year's work will receive certificates or awards of merit. Clubs are urged to be represented in large numbers and help in every way to have the best day possible. Miss Current is coming to the county for the first time. 4-H Club members, home demonstration club women, parents and friends, are urged to come out. Number Civil Cases Pried In Superior Court Here Monday Kiw Divorce* Crantc?l and Srwral \rilmiK St-lllcil " Granting five divorces and clear ing several other cases from the docket, the/pecial term of the Mar tin County Superior Court yester day went 'ahead of its fixed calen dar and Judge Richard I) Dixon, presiding, t-u jerod a recess until to morrow # ?The?Monday?srssiup w as an: Ult Cventful one Hardly a do/en' specta !tor;v were in f he audience-at timet^ and most Uf the cases were of little rec<?gm/ed importance. One report stated that the jury listened to a boundary line dispute for several hours before the litigants advanced a plan w hereby the issues could be Settled _ _____ Divorces, based on two years of sT'paraliim. were granted Mildred ? Ray against J < -1 m Rav: Samuel A, - Aycrs against Sallie M. Ayers; Beu lali Harrell Purser against Roy A Purser; Carrie Mae Williams against John Henry Williams and Joseph M. ttarivll TTRitTiist Ruby Kva Harrell. Started back in June, 1937. the case of Cortez Green, colored, and others against John TV-Damel-and? others was finally settled. The case involved?complicated issues,, the judgment showing that a cancella tion of a certain deed of trust, had been ordered by the court, and that the plaintiffs were awarded certain lands with certain exceptions. .In the case of E. I,. Glover against J H Whitfield, all matters in con troversy were agreed upon and the boundary line dispute was ironed out The claim aitd delivery brought by John T Daniel against. Curtez. Green, colored, was settled when the plaintiff recovered $250 rent. A sim ilar action in a similar suit was tak en. The case of H T. Highsmith against T E Keetor was compromised, the plaintiffs taking a voluntary non suit A plan was advanced for the set tlemenJWof the case brought in con nection with a boundary line dis pute by Charlie Killebrew against E C. House The boundary line dispute between 1) 1. Howell, plaintiff, and E. P Leathers, defendant, was settled bv agreement Following the recess today, the court will resume its work .tumor-., row and then recess for Thanksgiv ing until next Monday. Yesterday the court was in session hardly more than five hours J. J. Manning Dies In Drown Hospital Here Inst Monday Finn-rill Tliiw \ft?-riiooii For l.i-uiling (iti/cn al 1I oiiii* In (Griffin* lo?n-lii|> John Jordan Manning, a leading county?citi/eii arnJ prornifient far mht of Griffins Township, died in the Brown Community Hospital here yesterday morning at 2.30 o'clock following a long period of declining - health. Unusually active for his ad vanced age, Mr. Manning suffered a pneumonia attack almost a year ago. Although he partially recover ed, he never regained his strength and was only able to he up and at tend to minor duties. About three weeks ago lie suffered a relapse, his condition gradually growing worse. ;Ho was rcmovitf-trr the"hospital last ; Friday, and although the end was ex pected momentarily he continued a brave, fight for life until the last. Pneumonia was given as the immed iate cause of his death. Tin son of the late Edwin and Elizabeth Roberson Manning, he was born in the Farm Life commun ity of Griffins Township 75 years ago last July He spent his early life in the community of his birth. When a young man he was married to Miss Molly Brown, of Jamesville, and a few years later established a home in the Lilley's Hall community of Griffins Township. Four children, Messrs. W. Alexander and E. Hoyt Manning, of Griffins Township; Mrs. N R. Griffin, of Washington, and Mrs John R. Peel, of Williamston, survive that union. Some time after the death of his first wife in Sep tember, 1926, he was married to Mrs. I ena Taylor Mobley, who.also sur vives him. He also leaves twenty one grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Friendly toward all and thought ful of his fellow man, he was held in high esteem as a neighbor and citi zen. Mr Manning was a devoted fol lower of the Primitive Baptist faith for nearly half a century, holding membership as one of the founders of the Hayes Swamp. church. Ap preciative of the basic ideals and simple truths and honesty, he was active for many years in the educa tional advancement of his commun ity, giving of his time freely in the interest of the welfare of others and lending encouragement to thoae whose privilege it was to live with him and to know him. His life was (Continued on pace lis)