Much Interest In
First-Aid Course
The first-aid course, offered by Dr
E. T. Walker, is creating much in
terest locally, a report from the sec
ond class held in the Woman's Club
Hall last evening stating that all of
the thirty pupils were present and
that minute attention was given the
lecturer. With classes each Monday
and Wednesday evening, the course
offers thirteen lessons of one and
one-half hours each.
Plans are being advanced for a
special Red Cross first-aid course to
be offered beginning the latter part
of March. Details will be announced
later.
Volunteering his services. Dr Wal
ker has the following pupils in his
classes.
Misses Blanche Harrison, Mao
Taylor. Audrey Williams, Jerry
Humble. Mary Carstarphen. Trulah
W. Page. Katherine Bradley. Clar
ine Duke, and Mesdames Tilmon
Coltrain. Reginald Simpson. K D
Worrell, R H. Goodmon, David G
Modlin. Edwin Holding. H. C) Peel,
Edwin Peel. J. H Saunders, Jr., Asa
Crawford Daisey Pope John W
Hardy. E P. Cunningham. G. E.
Thorpe. M M Levine, W. E. Dunn,
C B Clark. Jr.. Paul Simpson. Ed
Trahey, E T. \tfalker and Ella Wvnn
Sharpe
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Big Demand For Far
Tires And Tubes Is
Reported In County
(Continued from page one)
W H Rogers. Bear Grass, one truck
tire and tube. J. W. Green, Bear
Grass, five truck tires and five tubes.
W. A Perry. Bear Grass, one truck
tire and tube; Martin County Trans
fer Co., Robersonville two truck
tires and two tubes; Slade-Rhodes
Co.. Hamilton, two truck tires and
tubes: Roberson Slaughter House,
Williamslon. two truck, tires and
tubes. W. O Abbitt, Williamston,
two truck tires and one tube; J. L
Knowles, one truck tire and one
tube; Kelly Raw 1>. Robersonville
mail carrier, two car tires and tyibes;
Dennis W Davis, county minister,
-two-ear-tires and two~ tuber: Wal
lace O Andrews. Robersonville min
ister. one car tire and tube; W E
Dudley. Williamston. otic trbek tin
and tube: Reuben A"Edmondso n.
Hamilton mail carrier, one car tire
and one tube; B B Taylor Hamil
ton. two trailer tires arid tubes.
The board yesterday approved the
first two automobjh sales contracts
frozen by government order as of
January 1. Sufficient proof was pre
sented in "both cases to establish the
sales agreements, andcertfiicates of
purchase were issued to the Enter
prise Publishing Company and L B
Cherry, both of Williamston. Sever
- ol _o t h e r - is a 1 e* c on t racts, iruzeu?by
government order will be placed
before the board for review, and con
sideration at a meeting to be held on
Thursday of this week. Automobile
rationing is riot yet effective . the
board this week merely approving
sales contracts that were pending
when the order freezing all car sales
was issued. Similar contracts will
be considered by the board fur the
last time on Thursday of this week.
After that time purchases may be
made by classifications set up un
der a rationing system The cars for
which sales contracts were or may
be approved were cither in the
showrooms or in transit when the
freezing order was issued Later ship
ments. and there have been quite a
few cars delivered since that time,
were designated for rationing only.
Definite instructions for rationing
cars have not been received by the
board in this county, but according
to unofficial reports the certificates
of purchase will be issued after the
pattern used in rationing tires with
the possibility that the system w ill be
a little more flexible.
s
In 175 John Hancock signed a com
mission making Samuel Nicholas a
Marine captain, the first commission
of the U S. Navy.
The 11th Week
Of The War
(Continued from page one)
Axis forces in North Africa were j
considered unsatisfartory. Mr, Wii)es
said the French ambassador had re
ported. however, no commitments
I have been made by the French to Ja
I pan in regard to Madagascar.
Production and Conversion
The War Production Board i
nounced war production of the "big
(three automobile companies?Gen
eral Motors. Chrysler and Ford?will
be running at a rate of almost $11
billion when they reach peak pro
duction on present orders. The com
panies will need 900.000 to 1.000,000
workers as compared with a peace
time peak of 550,000. The board said
war expenditures authorized by
Congress, including pending bills
and Lend-Lease, totaled $145 billion
on February 15. Chairman Nelson
issued a set of regulations regarding
ttrr?employment ??dollar a year
men by the Government. The Army
Ordnance Department ordered ord
nance chiefs in the 13 districts of the
j U S to provide engineering assist
jantv to small manufacturers whose
plants could be converted to arms
production
First Shots Of War
Fall On U. S. Soil
Early East Evening
(Continued from page one)
ing Japanese hordes. One report
states that the invaders are within
fifteen miles of the railroad feeding
t he - important Burma Road Anoth
er report stated that the Japs had
already reached the railroad.
Reports from Libya indicate that
General Rommel is apparently
imasVing his troops and tanks in
preparation for another drive against
the British.
-Rrime Minister Churchill, after
baking up his cabinet, today told]
the House of Commons that more;
ordeals lie ahead, that Allied ship
ping losses had been heavy in 1942
Ho predicted, however, that victory
would epme for the Allies in 1943
oi 1944. ?
I.itllr C.hilil IhtniiiTinmly
Cut IIv -in ixr Yesterday
Virginia Dare, the little five-year
old daughter ?>f Mr and Jtfrs Ed Ty
son, of hear Palmyra, was danger
ously rut by an axe in the hands of
her 12-year-old brother, Clarence,
on the woodpile at the Tyson home
yesterday afternoon. The child ap
parently ran into the axe as the boy
raised it to cut a piece of wood. A
deep gash was made in the center
of her forehead, several stitches be
ing required to close the wound.
' Alter sullering for several hours,
the little girl was brought to Dr
Walker's offices here.
Former I.oral People
Injured In Accident
Mrs M. L. Nicholson and Mrs
(Ronald Ward, of Baltimore, were i
I painfully but not seriously injured!
! m an automobile accident last Fri
1 day while on their way here to at j
: tend tin funeral of Mrs. Virginia j
j Perry Ronald and Cornelius Ward I
were also in the wreck but they were i
I not hurt.
Formerly of this county, the j
j group had traveled only a short dis
tance when a car crashed into them
from a side road and turned them j
over.
Announce llirlli Anil Death
(!) Infant Son lleri? Sunday
Mr and Mrs. John Roebuck an
i bounce the birth and death of an in
i fa.pt son at their home on West Main
! Street here last Sunday ' afternoon
Funeral services were conducted yes- '
terday afternoon and interment was
m tin family plot in Poplar Point j
{Township
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Martin County motorists are
still running up the highway ac
cident figures, Patrolman Whit
Saunders declaring that the
"wreckers" have proved very
considerate of human Ufe and
fairly considerate of limb and
property. One of the accidents
was of unusually serious nature,
but fortunately it did not prove
serious. The particular accident
involved two busses heavily
loaded with school children.
The following tabulations 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.
8th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1942 4 3 0 $ 175
1941 330 180
Comparison To Date
1942 15 8 0 $2935
1941 Hi ?9 2 830?
Total Of $854,723.50
Is Spent For Liquor
Since Stores Opened
4.
(Continued from page one)
light, repairs and miscellaneous
amounting to $2,461.54, and the ad
ministrative and general expenses
amounting to $1,317.08 Assets were
valued at $35,818.50.
A review of total sales and net
profits, by quarters, for the period
beginning when the stores were first
opened in July 1933, and ending last
December 31st, follows:
Ouarler
Kndint
Sept. ? 935
Dec., 1935
March. 19^6
June, )?36
Sept,, 1936
Dec.. 1936
March. 1937_
June, 1937
Sept.. 1937
Dec., 1937
March. 1938
June, 1938
Sept . 1938
Dee..-1938
March, 1939
J une, 1939
Sept . 1939
Dec , 7939
March. 1940
June, 1940
Sept, 1940
Dec.. 1940
March, 1941
June. 1941
Sept , 1941
Dec.. 1942
Totals
Sales
S 22.249.35
37,379 29
25,274.96
21,584.05
27,864 59
44,727.00
29,771 20
31.640 98
30,259.05
56.179.40
33.325 62
26.968.35
32^50215
40,710.30
25,407.05
24,174.25
30.539.58
48.481 05
31.719.25
25.625.08\
27,561.82
46,283.10
35.124 75
29.043.65
40,601.90
65,754.75
$854,723 50
Profits
$ 2,743 11
9,887.99
5,100.24
3,425.70
5,619.93
11,661.14
6,563.07
4.484.77
2,854.43
16.224.82
7,694.35
5,853.82
7,739 45
11,605.38
5,768 68
5,456.40
6,727.00
10,809.60
7,703.77
5,987.35
6.194.68
12,729.11
9,089.93
6,643.22
10,862.05
19,145.70
$208,237.45
Youiifi Men Purchase Paul
Jones I ilhnu Station
Messrs H B. Griffin and J. R.
Peel Griffin recently purchased the
stock and good will of the' Paul
Jones Service Station and lunch
room on Washington and Haughton
Streets here, and will give the busi
ness an undivided and personal at
tention.
The hew owners, declaring they
will carry on "business as usual" as
f;u- as it is humanly possible for
them to do so. assure all patrons a
prompt and friendly service, and
that lunches, soft drinks, barbecue,
hamburgers and hot dogs will be
served
CORRECTION!
In this issue of The Enterprise
there is an error in the Roanoke
Chevrolet advertisement. In this ad
vertisement, stressing repairs to your
car on convenient G.M.A.C, payment
plan.0the A was placed before the
M. thus reading GAMC payment
plan, whereas it should read GMAC
payment plan.
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A striking trend toward more
poultry in the Mississippi Delta has
become pronounced as farmers have
reduced their tmce huge eotton acre
age. '? . ?"
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JOHN DEERE
Disk
Tillers.
& ... do you get all these features! ~?u
? qH inet- f
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Check over the features that
eally count, yotftt agree that i
lohn Deere Power-Lift Disk Tiller
s tops.
Here's what you get?(1) John
Deere overhead frame design which
places frame above the disk gang
for maximum penetration ana
clearance . . . (2) complete adapt
ability to every tillage need ... (3)
variability in the angle of the gang
? ? ? . (4) QUICK, wsjf Iiv.x- ?J
ments by convenient lever and
screw crank.
In addition, you'll get heavy heat
treated steel disks .... oversized
chilled bearings . . . strong husky
frame?every feature needed to as
sure good work in all field condi
tions. There's a size and type of
John Deere Disk Tiller to meet your
power requirements. See us today.
LINDSLEY ICE COMPANY
WILUAMSTON, N. C.
JOHN DEERE ^ewtce
Young Man Hurt In
Auto Accident Here
One was hurt but no great prop
erty damage resulted in two auto
accidents in and near Williamston
last week-end.
Traveling west on U. S. Highway
64 last Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock
Clarence Columbus Cates, of Eden
ton, was blinded by the lights of an
approaching car near the fair
grounds just outside of Williamston.
He did not see the slowly moving car
driven by Con C. Cowen traveling
west just ahead of him and he plow
ed into it. The Cowen car, a 1930
coupe, was knocked off the road and
into Farmer Frank Weaver's cow
pasture, a distance of about 50 yards.
Cowen was carried to the local hos
pital for examination and treatment,
doctors releasing him shortly after
wards. He suffered a slight concus*
sion. No one else was hurt. The damj
age to the Cates cyr, a 1941 Hudsonfl
was estimated at $75 and that tQsJme
Cowen car at $15
Sunday night about 11 o'clock,
Booker T. Teel sideswiped a car be
longing to Simon Perry and being
by J-'rr"g Holland nn
Williamston's main street in front
of the Geo Reynolds Hotel. No one
was hurt Damage to the Perry car
was estimated at $50. The other ma
chine was not damaged. Teel was
booked for drunken driving.
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March 17 Date Set
For Holding Third
Manpower Drawing
(Continued from page one)
Lain that quite a few Martin County
men registered in the Norfolk-Ports
mouth area.
One person who was sick on reg
istration day, February 16th, report
ed to the draft office and signed up.
But his registration was balanced by
mother registrant who after regis
ering established evidence support
ng the claim that he was 45 years
)f age.
It has been estimated that some
>f those men who registered last
veek will be called into the service
ry next May. It is hardly likely that
iny of the late registrants will be
:alled from this county during the
lext several months unless unusual
y large quotas are received during
he next few months. According to
in unofficial report there are at
east 450 men in the 1-A classifica
lon in this ^ounty at the present
ime, and all the registrants in the
irst registration have not yet been
?lassified. It is possible that some of
hose men now in Class 1-A will be
ieferred on account of physical de
ects or for other reasons. In some
?ounties the 1-A classifications have
ilready been exhausted, and married
nen are receiving calls. In those j
ases it is quite likely that the Army
vill soon be calling eligibles from the !
hird registration teseive.
Accept* Potition With
The Hi fig* Funeral Home
J O Owens, licensed embalmer of
Wilson, has accepted a position with
the Biggs Funeral Home here.
Wants
SERVICE STATION FOR RENT ?
Located on highway. Stock of
goods can be bought or place can be
rented with or without fixtures. If
interested in stock and fixtures, same
may be purchased at a considerable
discount. L C. Nurney, Williamston
RFD. f24-2t
FOR SALE: ONE LOT 93x250 ON
Simmons Avenue. Suitable for
large duplex or apartment housa.
John Wier, Holly Ridge. fl0-4t
HOUSE FOR RENT ? 7 ROOMS
with Lath. Large garden, good
neighborhood. Call 66-W.
WANTED ? MY FRIENDS AND
customers to know that I am still
able to take care of their typewriter
and adding machine work. Owing to
my affliction (Arthntusi 1 am
able to move myself around as I
used to, but can promise them the
same services that I used to give
if they will call on me or bring their
machine to me, 118 Main St., across
from Post Office. H. T. Hyman.
f17-4t
To Relieve
Misery of LUIjI/9
/J/J/J Liquid?Tablets
Salve?Nose Drops
Cough Drops
Try ?RUB-MY-TISM" ? A
Wonderful Liniment
| BLENDED RESERVE |
$1.00 $1.95
I. TJ.
L w?"PWt?
GOODiRHAM I WORM, LTD., RIORIA, III.
' O R QUICK, QUALITY D?I
cleaning service, bring your clothe*
o Pittman's. One day service on any
;arment. Suits, coats and dresses, 55
ents, cash and carry. 65c delivered,
'ittman's Cleaners. f3-tf
HAVE 100 4 1-2 MONTH OLD
pullets for sale. 80 cents each. If
nterested, see or write me at once,
drs. Zeno Beddard. Williamston R.
i". D. 3.
PEXACO SERVICE STATION FOR
rent. Located in Hamilton. Right
>arty can make a living and put a
ew dollars in bank each month. Har
ison Oil Company. f24-2t
rEXACO SERVICE STATION IN
Bethel for rent. The right person
an make a good living and save a
ew dollars each month. Roberson
?ille Oil Company. f24-2t
VANTED ?TWO MEN, COLORED
or white, one that can drive steers
o help feed and haul garbage. The
itlier one to fire boiler and smoke
ind cook sausage. Apply to Rober
on Sluaghter House. f24-2t
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A BET
ter cleaning job? Send your
clothes to Pittman's. We look after
your buttons, sew up the rips and
clean the cuffs. Cash and carry 55
cents. Delivery 65c. Pittman's Clean
ers. Phone 159.
WANTED ? WE NEED 5? GOOD
used suits. Liberal allowance on
your old suits in trade on new ones
at Pittman's. 500 new suits to select
from. Pittman's.
WANTED ?BABY CARRIAGE IN
good condition. See Mrs. Joseph
Godard III, or call 9111.
APARTMENTS AND FURNISHED
rooms for rent. Hot and cold wa
ter. Call 339-J. fl7-4t
FOR RENT: THREE-ROOM APART
ment with bath. 300 East Main St.
Rent reasonable. Clyde Waters.
FOR RENT: PRACTICALLY NEW,
5-room cottage, 2 miles from Wil
liamston. $20 per month payable in
advance. Immediate possession. See
Jno. R. Peel. f20-2t
Priscilla Prints
4'.roten Trglwl Rayon
69c
YARD
I.win'.*' New
SPRING HATS
$2.98
Ludie? Sprittfi
SUITS-COATS
9.95 & 10.95
Ladiet' Itroun & White
^j>riii? Slippers
$1.98
Paris Fashion & Connie
SLIPPERS
2.98 & 4.95
Blur, Brown ami While
Ladiet
SILK HOSE
59c
Nrw Spring (Quadriga (1L()TH
Sfifrial Nvedleizetl Finish
Daiden's Dept. Stoie
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
TO ALL DR. PEPPER DRINKERS
OR. PEPPER BOTTLING COMPANY
Bridge and Tliir<l Streets
? WASHINGTON, N. C
SPECIAL BULLETIN! February 23. 1942.
On the State of the Nation's
Dr. Pepper Supply
Felloe kmertoans, Young and Old:
Occasionally your dealer may say: "Sorry, Dr. Pepper's sold
out for today." If so, please don't be mad at him...or at
Dr. Pepper...or at Uncle Sam.
Sugar for soft drinks is being rationed. It hurts our
business; At disappoints you. But we've all got to sacri
fice cheerfully as a victory guarantee.
All the Dr. Pepper we are able to supply will be furnished
our dealers ?rt no increase in price. Continue to enjoy
Dr. Pepper when and where you find it. If at first you
find the cooler bare, try, try again.
We hope sugar restrictions soon may ease. But we shall
never compromise with quality...never tolerate the use
of Interior substitutes.
Please bear with us till days of plenty return. In the
meantime, vent your spleen on the enemies of our country.
Every War Savings Stamp knocks a Nasi and slaps a Jap.
Thanks, and bless you, friends.
DR. PEPPER SOTTLIHG COMPANY
Dr.Pepper picks your energy