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Watch The Label On Your Paper, Aa It Carrie* The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser! Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 5 ffilliamtton. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 16, 1042. ESTABLISHED 1899 Uncle Sam Tightens Up On Regulations For Exempting Men Men Married On Or After September 16, 1940, Are Now Subject To Call Uncle Sam's draft, cooling off just those who showed no marked re sistance in the past, is developing in to an extensive blizzard, and it 11 take a lot of things supported by good intentions to keep a lot of men out of the armed forces in the fu ture, according to instructions re ceived by the Martin County Draft Board a few days ago. A Selective Service policy of len iency toward men with dependents will be replaced by stricter exam ination of their circumstances, state headquarters said. Simultaneously, the headquarters announced that the cases of men de ferred because of their type of work would be re-examined and the reg ulations would be relaxed in some instances to allow certain classes of felons to enter the armed services. No registrant, under the new rules should be put in class 3-A if he ac quired a dependent on or after Sep tember 16, 1940, unless he can prove to the local board that his status was not changed in order that he might be deferred Also, if the registrant acquired a dependent on or after December 8, 1941. he should not be deferred unless he convinces the board that he acquired the depend ent under circumstances beyond his control. Cases should be decided on their merits, headquarters said, and the registrant and his dependents be given sympathetic regard. Felons, with the exception of those convicted of murder, rape, arson, sex offenses, kidnapping or illegal deal ing in drugs, may enter the armed services if a statement of his case is sent to the secretary of war, ac companied by recommendations from two reputable citizens. The same holds true to a man dishonor ably difcharged from the army dur ing peacetime There no longer will be deferment because the registrant's job is neces sary to national defense or the pub lic good unless the employer can con vince the local board that he has made a sincere but unsuccessful ef fort to obtain or train a replace ment. In releasing the new rules, officials said success had met a program of re-examination of men previously found to have minor physical de fects. In announcing a stricter examina tion of registrants' dependency claims, draft authorities state that according to Selective Service Di rector Lewis B Hershey, married men with one or more children prob ably will not be called up for mili tary service until an Army of seven to eight million men has been cre ated. "We've tried all along to protect the home, and I don't see why we should stop now," Hershey said. He made no specific mention of married men with no children. The determining factor for deferment in such cases heretofore has been the degree of the wife's dependency. He said students who are a year or less from graduation will not be de ferred more than 60 days hereafter if they meet other Army require ments. The college man, he said, "owes not what the average man owes, but a little more. I do not believe we can justify deferring a student for no other reason than it interferes with his plans of life." The nation's need for manpower, he pointed out, probably will require municipalities to recruit firemen, po lice and other vital civil employees from the ranks of men not eligible for armed service. The United States, he said, prob ably cannot provide more than 10, 000,000 for the armed forces, even though reductions are made in phys ical requirements. Robbers Ransack Investment Office ?Forcing an entrance?through a back window, robberi ransacked the offices of the Eastern Bond and Mortgage Company on Washington Street here some time during the early hours of this morning. Await ing the completion of an investiga tion by police, the owners, Means. C. H. Godwin and Julius S. Peel, stated that a preliminary check re vealed two bonds, several hundred dollars worth of coupons, a small amount of cash and personal prop erty were missing. While the loss for the owners runs into the hundreds of dollars, the robber can realize only on the few dollars found in a dime bank and a pistol. The bonds were registered in Mr. Godwin's name and coming in an a late mail they were to have been placed in the bank this morn ing. Torn from the files and drawers, papers were scattered all over the floor and on the several desks. The robber cut the screen over a back window and aftar pillaging the files and desks left by a back door. Leave Farm to Join in War Effort Sam Schou, former union leader of Mt. Upton, N. Y., is shown with his wife and their two children, Lewis, 5, and George, 8. Renting out his farm and selling his stock, the 49-year-old, one-tirmesota football ?tar has enlisted in the army, hoping to serve in the Philippines. His wife has applied for service with the Red Cross. The children will live with a neighbor. A.B.C. Officers Wreck 164 Stills In Past Year FEW TRAVELING Tire rationing and war condi tions have materially reduced tourist gravel through here dur ing the past few weeks, filling station operators and other ob servers declaring that the vol ume of traffic now is possibly even less than It was when the river fill was undergoing re pairs a year ago. Traveling sales men, in quite a few cases, have abandoned their cars and are now making their rounds by bus and train. Although few tourists are trav eling the highways, the train traffic is said to have been ma terially increased and the Flor ida resorts are reporting a boom ing 1 Civilian America Is To Sacrifice For An All-Out War Effort War Going To Show lip in AH Lines of Business in >This Country Today there probably isn't any body in this country?farmer, vil lager or city man?who doesn't know we're all of us in this war. Of course, everybody knew right after Pearl Harbor that we were in for a fight. But not everyone knew what that fight was going to mean to the ci vilian; what he could do, what was expected of him . . . Well, we know now. We know that in addition to producing as it never has before?on the farm and in mine and mill and factory and office?ci vilian America is going to have to sacrifice, conserve materials needed for the tanks and guns and planes and ships and uniforms and all the hundreds of things needed to create a victorious army and navy. This war already is in the mail or der catalogues, you might say. And pretty soon it is going to show up in the clothing stores and in the five and tens and almost everywhere else. We know now that we're go ing to have to make the old car do and the old tires do and perhaps the old suit or dress as well. We're going to get along with less of a lot of things before we lick the Japs (who have shut us off from rubber and other vital supplies) and whip Hit ler. v We know these things now, but there is something else we should realize, too And that i? that the gnu. (Continued on page six) MARCH OF DIMES DAY Whereas, the dread disease, In fantile paralysis has its many victims In our land, and where as, since 1934 the birthday of President Roosevelt has been set aside for raising of funds to aid the needy afflicted with this malady, and whereas, we are ap proaching another birthday of the President when our people will he called upon to contribute again. Now, therefore, I, J. L. Hassell, Mayor of Wllliamston, do here by proclaim Saturday, January ?4, 1941, as "March of Dimes Day" in Wllliamston and ask the people of this community to con tribute as many dimes as they can in the Interest of this hu J. L. Hawaii, Mayer. Illicit B usiness Is Hanging On By Thin Thread.Officer Says Fifty-Three I'erMHin \rrented In (!<>unty For Alleged l,i i|iior l.n? Violation* Although Martin County has had its legal liquor since July, 1935, there are those who still like the illegal or R F D. kind or both, according to a review of A B. C. Officer J. H. Roebuck's report for the past twelve months The illicit business while apparently far from being stamped out IS now believed hanging on by a thin thread in this county. The fu ture of the home industry is not at all bright, for sugar rationing threat ens to gum up the works or force the use of molasses in the manufac turing business There is some doubt if there'll be a return to the old mon key rum drunk; eertainly the re turn will not come to pass unless conditions become more desperate than they are now. The twelve months report filed by Officer Roebuck shows that 134 illicit liquor stills were captured and that a total of 164 illicit liquor plants were wrecked in the county last year. Given an arbitrary value of about $25 each, the plants repre sented a total investment of about $4,000. There was a long dry season in the county in the late summer and fall, but Officer Roebuck and what little help made available to him dampened the swamps when they poured out 61,760 gallons of beer. Figured at about 25 cents a gallon, the eber was valued as far as bev erage values go at about $15,440 In addition to the beer, the officers poured out 203 gallons of liquor which ordinarily carries a value of $3 a gallon in semi-prosperous times. The btticers arrested 53 persons for alleged violation of the liquor laws Of the number 48 were convict ed, 27 in the federal courts. One or two cases are pending in the courts now. Three automobiles were confiscat ed along with much other manufac turing equipment and materials such as sugar, meal and so on. The officer traveled 13,076 miles handling the work and making in vestigations relative to the illicit business. Commenting on the report, Officer Roebuck said that the business was advanced by small-scale operators for the most part. No large plants were found and no large-scale oper ators were trapped Many of the stills were of a iluap and unusually crude type, the officer stating that possi bly half the operators used old gas (Continued on page six) Skewarkey Lodge Installs Officers Recently appointed, new officers were installed in a special service by the Skewarkey Masonic lodge at a regular meeting held here last Tues day evening. Masons S. H. Grimes and J. C. Manning presided over the installation program. Names of the new officeri and their titles are, as follows: F. C. Stallings, Worshipful Mas ter; K. D. Worrell, Jr., Senior War den; H. G. Horton, Junior Warden; J. D. Woolard, Treasurer; B. D. Courtney, Secretary; J. W. Manning, Senio.r Deacon; E. M. Trahey, Junior Deacon; W. H. Harrison, Steward; George Harris, Jr., Steward; S. 9. Brown, Tyler. Judge R. L Coburn Calls Dozen Cases In Reeorders Court Double Charges Are Brought In At Least Three Cases Heard bv Court Mondav * Calling an even dozen eases in the recorder's court in each of the last two sessions. Judge Robert L. Co burn "allows" that crime conditions while showing little or no improve ment are getting no worse in Martin County. With Attorney Paul D. Rob erson prosecuting the docket, the court completed its work by the noon hour. A fair-sized number of spec tators were present for the session last Monday. Proceedings: Charged with aiding and abetting in carrying a concealed weapon. Wil lie Taylor was adjudged not guilty. The case had been continued under prayer for judgment at a previous session of the court. The case charging Robert C. Keys, Jr. wiili indecent exposure of the person was nol prossed. but is sub ject to be reopened in the future. Charged with assaulting another with a deadly weapon, Willie J. Dickens was adjudged guilty over his own plea of innocence and was sentenced to the roads for a term of two months. Facing a similar charge in the second case, Dickens was found guilty and sentenced to the roads for two months, the second sen tence to begin at the expiration of the first. The case charging James R. Vick with violating the motor vehicle laws, was continued for the state's witness. Charged with larceny and receiv ing. Homer Johnson was sentenced to the roads for a term of three months. Facing a similar charge in a second case, Johnson pleaded guil ty and was sentenced to the roads for a term of three months the sec ond sentence to run concurrently with the first. The case charging G F Gray with violating the motor vehicle laws was continued for a state witness. Pleading not guilty in the case charging him with non support, Moses James was adjudged guilty and the court sentenced him to the roads for three months. The road sentence was suspended upon con dition that the defendkmt pay $12 a month for a period or 12 months for tin1 use and benefit of Ms children, and reappear at the end of that time for further judgment. Bond was re quired in the sum of $150 to guaran tee the fulfillment of the judgment. The court stipulated in the judgment that the first payment was to be made on or before January 19th. A second ease, charging James with disorderly conduct and assault ing a female, was continued under prayer for judgment. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with drunken driving, Wil mer I) Willard was sentenced to the roads for a period of six months, the court suspending sentence upon pay ment of a $50 fine anil costs of the court. Ilis operator's license, was re voked for one year. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost in the case charging Abel Smallwixid with as saulting a female. The defendant pleaded guilty in the case. Civilian Defense Opens Ol l iee Here The Bmud of Commissioners of Martin County Tiave provided for the use of Hugh Ci. Morton, chairman of the Martin County Defense Coun cil, the commissioners room in the curthouse in Williamston to conduct the operation of the Martin County Defense Cuncil, and Miss Marjorie Fleming is clerical assistant, and is in this office each day keeping the records of the Martin County De fense Projects. All patriotic citizens who will do so are requested to volunteer their services, and to appear at this place and register for whatever assistance they can for the protection of the lives and property of Martin County citizens during this emergency. Similar registrations have been held in thousands of other towns and cilice with much suitess | AND ITS LEGAL * Appearing before a regular meeting of the local parent teacher association Thursday evening, Dr. Ralph McDonald was greatly impressed by a sys tem of voting employed by the group In grade winners of the attendance awards. The grade represented by the largest num ber of parents is declared the winner, the rules and regula tions allowing the parent to vote for each grade with a represen tative of his family enrolled. The doctor was Impressed whan he saw Parent l-andy Grif fin rise time and again. "It's democratic and at the same time It is one case where it Is legal to vote more than one time," Mc Donald commented, his thoughts, no doubt, going back to sous# of Worth Carolina's political eon Martin Fanners Applying for 1941 Soil Conservation Checks Approximately 850 of the 1.650 I farmers in this county have already I applied for their 1941 soil conserva tion payments. Miss Mary Carstar phen of the farm agent's office said 'this morning. Other applications are being prepared and just as soon as they are made ready, the farmers will be notified by direct mail to re port to the agent's otnce and sign j the applications. The first of the ap plications were signed by a few far mers as far back as last November, and those who have already applied j for the payments are cautioned it will not be necessary for them to1 sign again. No accurate figures are available at this time, but it is estimated that at least 96 per cent of the farmers in j this county earned 95 per cent or more of the payments proposed un der the 1941 soil conservation pro gram. meaning that nearly $150,000 will be paid to Martin County far mers during the next few weeks. No checks have beeji received so far. but some are expected on or about the first of next month. Miss Car starphen said. Tile total payments for 194.1 are understood to be con siderably larger than those received by farmers in this county for the year 1941. In addition to the approximately $150,000 expected under the soil con servation program, farmers in this county will receive u fairly sizable amount in parity payments. No esti mate on the size of these expected payments could be had. however. Enemies From Within Threaten This Nation Dr. Ralph McDonald In Timely Address To Parents-Teachers Virion (!aii lie Hail Wo Must llrrlurr War On I TlirrutiMiini; Utirniirs Four strong enemies are threaten ing the security and the future of this nation, and before victory can be had we must declare war on those enemies, Dr Ralph McDon ald, noted educator and associate di rector of the University of North Carolina Extension Division, told the Williamston Parent-Teacher Asso ciation in a timely address here In the high school auditorium last eve rung Featuring the evening program following a solo by Mrs. James II. offered in a serious veRi, the sparkle and?vim- so evident in his former talks to audiences here being mark Pointing out that this country is already in its most crucial period, I)r. McDonald declared that neither Germany, Japan nor Italy could con quer us, but lie warned in a strik ing way that there are other enemies against which we have hot yet de clared war "If we are not victorious in a reasonable time, it will not be because of the Axis strength, but it will be because of other enemies against which we may declare war too late," he said. The first of the enemies lurking within our land, according to tin* speaker, is over-confidence. "How many of you have expressed the be lief, 'Oh, sure, we will win?'" he asked. "Because the Lord has given us vast resources and a rich country to exploit and because our forefath ers through their sacrifices and by their toil laid strong foundations, we have become? over-confident," the; educator said. "But I tell you we have not been victorious. We have been defeated so far in this war, and it was not at the hands of the Japs even though in the first month they have accomplished their major ob jective?the control of virtually all of the Pacific," he added. we will be disappointed. We have resources but they have not been harnessed. Though we are possessed with the greatest resources ever be stowed on any nation, we can lose by over-confidence," Dr. McDonald said in using the? Duke defeat at the hands of Oregon State as an example. The second enemy threatening within our own borders is selfish ness, but Mr. McDonald did not lodge the charge againt any one group or groups. "Most of us have been self ish," he said, and then he cited the Dollar-a Year men in Washington. "Some of them are little more than lobbyists; in fact, congressional in vestigations have proven that con tracts had been gained for certain, companies?by?some?of?those?men. Last year the automobile industry chilked up a record production. The politicians did and are striving for (Continued on page six) p And Ixinds In Jail Homer Johnson, wanderer, just about cleaned out the closets for roomers in the Cowen boarding house on East Main Street here a few days ago, and was this week sentenced by Judge R. L. Coburn in the record er's court to the roads for six months. Johnson, claiming he was from Baltimore but who officers learned is from Mississippi, stole two suits of clothes, an overcoat and hat from Kader Godard, a pair of shoes from Herbert Hyman, and a suit of clothes and suitcase from another roomer by the name of Perry. _ Johnson was arrosteH a fain hours after he left the rooming house by Chief W B. Daniel on the river fill. I-ONE K Vtil.K I \ The only one out of fifteen younic men eligible to answer the 19th draft call tn this coun ty last week, Howard Cone Is now soklering?for Cnclr Sam down at Camp Wheeler, (5a. Drive For All Old Scrap Iron (#oiii? Forward In County I'urim-rn Arc V^uin Uracil to! Check Their Needs and I'laee Orders Now The all-out drive for the collec | I Imn of old scrap iron and metals while far from a desired peak is j gaining momentum in this county. | Ki ports from the two licensed deal ers, Messrs Hoy Ward and W K j Parker, fn Williamston, state that deliveries are increasing daily, that cooperative shipments by truck are moving to their yards daily from various parts of the county. Farm ers and others who did not partici pate in the collection of scrap iroh to furnish the Japs not so many months ago, are now collecting the old metalS" and making them avail* ?hie for use in making bullets to go after the dastardly .Japs. As far as it could he learned, no large collec tion of the metals has been effected in this immediate area, hut in oth er sections the farmers are collect ing the material as community un dertakings. One farmer furnishes the tiuek and others furnish the labor and meet the operating expenses in getting the old iron to the dealers. Numbers of blast furnaces have been closed down in Ohio by short ages in scrap iron, the technicians explaining that the old iron is need ed to "sweeten" the new ore and without it they are helpless to car ry on operations. Prices, ranging around 40 cents a hundred pounds, (Continued on page six) CAR TAX STAMPS Aulomofiiles, trucks and mo torcycles will he as of the first of next month subject to a li cense tax. Having a base rate of $5 a year, the tax will amount to $2.09 for the period of February June, inclusive. The motor ve hicle owner after buying the stamp at any post office will be required to buy a one-cent stamp and mail a card to the collector of internal revenue. No stamps had been received by the local post office up until yesterday, and its make-up and the way In which it will be used could not be definitely deter mined. It Is understood that the stamp will be pasted on the car windshield. Bicycles baby carriages, wheelbarrows and horse-drawn vehicles are exempt. Nut ion Continuing hs Plans For \^ar On Extensive Scale .?? v Japs Continue Their Drive toward Singapore; Huh sialic Still \dvanein|t Kv.mi Willi,, its own armies are be ll>K l>y overwhelming odds *nd -whrie -other nations- continue emv i,Ki,i"st th" tomon en my. thi United States is still talk ?L^h *hat " ? *m?K to do. !, nation has done more thani mattji think it has done, and Is ,onie encouragement in the appmn men, of Donald Nelson t,, hud the nation s production and in the plans for doubling the Armv to .6f.tl.000 ,?42 Xt the present um however, anxious eyes are turned to the Far Pacific where the J.'PS. after having already gained a majoi part of their objective in that at'?I. are still lighting General Doug las MacArthur in the Philippines and l ie hiiiisti lorccs in Malaya where l7,!lriv" toward Singapore is apparently gaining momentum I here is little doubt hut what the picked forces from the world's two largest nations are now engaging in guerrilla warfare * * While the allied forces in the Far bast are feverishly begging for help. Undersecretary of state Sumner Welles yesterday in R?, de Janeiro pledged United States help to the Latin powers, Australian soldiers are now believ ed in the fight, but instead of taking an offensive they apparently are on I he defensive Refugees, fleeing the fighting in upper Malaya, are pour ing into Singapore where observers think the lug battle of the Far Paci fic will get underway shortly. There is still hop,, that the United States and Ilrit.iin have and are sending aid and preparing to make a deter mined stand before Japan accom pushes a knock out blow. After successfully beating back the MPaIWT Mv"''1 times. General MacArthur and his men are facing a renewed and more determined at tack hK+ay. dart dhe f.-d^-reports do not indicate the tide of the latest at tack A costly blow was dealt Japan on the high seas yesterday when ?,,e '-'f 'ts 17.0(H) tllll myrrh:,nl sh.,.- h...|( 111 1D3II was sent to the bottom by a United States submarine. One report claimed that the liner had been ron verted into an aircraft carrier and that it was supporting Japanese op erations There's growing concern over the submarine menace in the Atlantic: An oil tanker, Norncss, was sunk,about 150 miles off Long Island Wednesday, and according to anoth ei report just confirmed anoth ri tanker was torpedoed by enemy submarines prowling in sight 0f the Atlantic Coast yesterday. The ship was of foreign registry, hut loss of life, if any. was not re|H)ited Information coming out of Africa is meager, but the Germans are said ?o be making a stand, and the mop ping up operations hv the British are not yet complete Free French tones are joining the British there and the assault on the Germans is expected to gather momentum. Russia IS Still driving Hitler back irom Moscow, reports describing the re," at as being similar to "lal Id Napoleon's bvvn while Hit ler is paying dearly f,? his campaign in Russia, U. K Navy Secretary flank Kilox warns that the German ?miliary machine is still the greatest world But ,t ,S quite evident " Vit" hardly better Oh- record maintained during six weeks by the yellow Japs. '? fiats of luavery are common among the Pacific defenders. Gen eral MacArthur and his men have already accomplished more than was to he expected. At Tan.kan, a Dutch garrison volunteered for suicide du ly For Jill hours they held the in (Continued on page six) Large Stamp And Bond Sales Here Tht1 people nf this section continue to do their part in the drive to keep America free The Post Office and 4be?hank* report that their supply of defense bonds of all denomina tions were sold out several days be fore Christmas. Total sales at the Post Office for November and December amounted to $(1,71)8 75, with must of this amount being stamps of small dennmtna tions. Heavy buyers at the Post Of fice are children who buy 10 cent and 25 cent stamps. Approximately $143.00 in savings stamps were sold from January 6th to January 9th This is an average of $37.75 a day, and is equal to about the average daily sales. Incomplete reports from the banks show that total sales for November and December of 1941 amounted to $22,250.25. No sales have been made in January because no bonds were available immediately, and thoee which were on hand previously were sold before Christmas. ? The Post Office reports that it now has a supply of bonds of all de nominations, and anyone who was unable to purchase a bond before the supply was exhausted, is urged to come by the Post Office and buy the bonds now.