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MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY MIH mi MY- MU UY1MS fUM THE ENTERPRISE CSV VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 17 _ It illtiuntton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 27. 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 No Car Tire Quota For March Has Been Assigned To County February Quota Is Exhauatetl With Many Requests For Tires, Tubes Pending With many requests still pending, the rationing of automobile and truck tires and tubes is apparently about to take an even more serious turn, according to a report coming from the office of the rationing board m the county courthouse here this morning. "No quota of tires and tubes for March has been assigned the county, and it is possible that none will be assigned," the report siaied. Representatives of the ration ing board had no comment other than that they had not had any in formation from State headquarters stating that a quota would be or would not be assigned. It has been rumored that no quota would be assigned for the month of March , Very little weight is attached to the rumor, however, and although it may not meet the demand or the needs a quota will likely be issued, according to the belief of at least' one member of the board. Completing its rationing work for I the month of February in a special meeting here yesterday, the county board issued certificates of sale for three truck tires and three truck tire tubes and three car tires and two car tire tubes, leaving applications pend ing for twelve car tires and thirteen car tire tubes, fourteen truck tires and thirteen truck tire tubes, and four trailer tires and three trailer tie tubes. Certificates of sale were issued to the following: Roberson Slaughter House, Wil liamston, two truck tires and two tubes for the wholesale delivery of meats. W. O. Abbitt, Williamston, one truck tire and tube for the whole- ! sale delivery of corn meal. Dr. V. E Brown, Williamston, three car tires and two tubes. The doctor had applied for four tires and four tubes, but the supply was ex hausted before his requirement could be met. Taking inventory of its quota at the meeting, the board found that it had a surplus of eight truck tire tubes on hand. Claim to those tubes has been forfeited. The board approved a sales con tract, permitting Jack Edmondson, Williamston man, to purchase an au tomobile. In rejecting a sales con tract submitted by Miss Lora E. Sleeper, the board explained that proof of contract was unquest1ofi~ ably established, but that the par ticular type of car wanted by the county home demonstration agent had not been shipped from the fac tory. Instructions received by the board stated that a car covered by a sales contract must have been in the dealer's hand or in transit on January 1st. The rationing of cars is slated to get underway next Mon day to those prospective customers who can establish required classifi cations similar to those required of prospective tire purchasers. Four Schools Will Reopen on Monday Closed last Tuesday when a mea sles epidemic sent the number of ab sences to a new high peak, the schools at Jamesville, Bear Grass, Everetts and Williamston will reopen next Monday morning, the office of the county superintendent announced this morning. It is believed that the epidemic has been relieved to some extent, but that the attendance fig ures will hardly approach normal the early part of the week. Conditions, while never approxi mating those in the four schools where activities were suspended, are said to have showed some improve ment in the other schools in the county during the past few days. No definite decision has been made, but the office of the superin tendent intimated today that it there has been no marked improvement in the attendance figures by next Mon day in the schools now idle, opera tions would be suspended again. Trailer Is Lost In Dynamite Blast (Washington Daily New*) Mixtures of lard, flour, molasses and meat were blown into the tops of towering pines for several yards late Saturday when a tfailer owned by Fan Corey, Negro, was blasted to bits by a dynamite charge which he was carrying in the trailer. Corey, who lives on the Beaufort Martin County line was about six miles from Washington on the Mar ket Street extension when the 25 sticks of dynamite which he had in the trailer exploded, completely de molishing the trailer and blowing groceries, which he was carrying for a friend, through space for yards. Corey was slightly injured and ev ery window in the car shattered when the beck end of the car blew in. A witness of the occurence stated that he and his son were getting into their car when the awful explosion happened and that it sounded "like the Japanese or Germans had start ed bombing us," FLYING FOR YOU AND ME tmering tne Army Air Corps just a few short months ago, Ctias. L. Daniel, Jr., (left), and James Walters, (right), a few days ago fin ished ten weeks of intensive training at Randolph Field, Texas, and are being transferred to another field where they will continue their flying. Both are young men, Daniel the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Daniel, of Williams Township, and Walters the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Walters, of Jamesville. r THE RECORDS | C. C. Martin, chairman of the Martin County Rationing Board, today called the attention of all tire dealers to the following or der: "Every person selling new tires or tubes or retreaded or recap ped tires shall: On February il, 1942. and at the close of business on the last day of every month thereafter take an inventory of all new tires and tubes and re treaded or recapped tires in his possession or control, and keep a record thereof; maintain a file containing all certificates which have been presented by appli cants to whom sales of new tires and tubes or retreaded or recap ped tires have been made; and prepare reports requested by the Board In his area and by the Office of Price Administration. Uneventful Session Of the Recorders Court Held Monday R. I . Cohurii ('alls Only Five Cases During Brief Morning Period There were very few crime prob lems for Judge Robert L. Coburn and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson to clear up in the Martin County Recorder's Court last Monday. Only five cases were on the docket, and the session lasted hardly an hour and a half, the court machinery turning slowly but surely in meting out unstinted jus tice. Despite the scarcity of cases on the docket, fairly large crowds were present for the proceedings, espec ially for the evidence in the case charging Herbert Staton Williams with drunken driving. Charged with drunken driving following a minor wreck. Williams admitted that he had had a drink, but that he was not drunk. Witnesses maintained that he was not drunk, but it was a close call for the young man, the law stating that a man did not necessarily have to be wobbly before he could be convicted for op erating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. It was his first alleged offense, and Judge Co burn gave the defendant the benefit of the doubt and adjudged him not guilty. The case charging Moses James with disorderly conduct and assault ing a female was continued until next Monday. A continuance was also granted in the case charging Lin Williams with trespassing and destroying per sonal property. Charged with reckless driving, Boss Reed was adjudged guilty of operating a motor vehicle in a care less manner. The court suspended judgment upon payment of the costs. Walter Wallace Bailey, charged wtih operating a motor vehicle with out a driver's license, pleaded guil ty, and the court continued the case under prayer for judgment. Cases are often continued in the courts to make it possible for the de fendants to get out and raise attor neys' fees and occasionally to meet the court costs and fines. EGG MARKETING The war continues to bring about many innovations and in conveniences but the latest meth od of marketing eggs was intro duced, this week by R. L. Smith and Sons. Unable to get regular egg crates this firm is using sweet potato baskets and 25 or 30 dosen eggs are packed in each basket. With twenty or thirty baskets on hand a shipment will be made to some large market this week with J. R. Matthews supplying the transportation. "We have more eggs on hand than at any time during a long number of years," Mr. Smith said. He attributed the increase in egg production to a revival of Interest In chicken raising and at Mrs. M. J. Norton Dies At Home Here After Long Illness Fum-rul Service* ^ ill Be Held Here Today, B>'riul To Follow in Ohio Mrs. Grace Tilton Norton, wife of Mr M J Norton and a highly es teemed and prominent citizen of this community for the past seventeen years died at her home on Haughton Street here yesterday 2:34 o'clock following a long illness. She had been in declining health for eight and one-half years and while her condition had been serious for some time, it was not until about six Tegs ago that hope for recovery was finally abandoned. During her long illness she seldom complained despite intense suffering, and even until almost the end she maintained through what would appear iuf*r human effort a determined and beau tiful hope to live Lven in her d dining years, Mrs. Norton found much joy in life around the family hearth and in the company of her loved ones and many friends E thoughtful of others and willing to recognize the good things in life, she bore her suffering silently and with a marked patience During much the past month she was in a coma, the end coming peacefully with members of the family at the bed S1The daughter of the late Josephus and Nancy Jane Tilton, Mrs Norton was born 111 Norwalk, Ohio, on Jan uary 12. 1878 In 1899 she was mar ried to Mr. Norton and continued to live in Ohio. The family moved to this State in 1915, locating in Wa. ' ington where they lived until 19 when Mr. Norton was transferred Plymouth to manage the National Handle Company S's yeais ate^m 1925 the family moved to William, ton where they have since made their h?When a young girl, Mrs. Norton joined the Methodist Church, later changing her membershipi here. Dur ing her nearly 50 years of affiliation with the church she was a faithfu member. In the home she was a de voted wife and mother, finding pleasure in the many little acts un selfishly done for others Mr Norton survives with one son, Mr W R Norton, of Detroit, and four daughters, Mrs. W H. Carstar phen and Mrs. J. B?^rt both of Williams ton, and Mrs. Mtl vin Sullivan and Miss Ruth Norton, both of Charleston. She also leaves one brother. Mr. Cary Tilton, Green Acres, Washington, and two sisters, Mrs Fred Welch, of Norwa k and Mrs H. M Lowe, of Battle Creek, Michigan. Funeral services are being held at the home here this afternoon at 2^30 o'clock Rev. B. T. Hurley, of the lo cal Methodist Church, will office Following the aervtce- here the^booy will be removed to Rocky Mount for shipment to the old family homei in Ohio where the last rites and burial will follow next Monday. Mr. Nor ton and his daughter, Miss Ruth, wlB accompany the body ?n the train trip, and other members of the fam ily will travel through the country. Cross Roads Road Bonds Refunded un the open week in Raleigh, $44,000 Cross Roads Township road bonds were sold to Lewis and Hall, bond brokers in Greensboro, without a premium, the refunding program saving tl)e tax payers of the district $2,350 a year in interest. The refunded bonds car ry an interest of 4 1-2 per cent as compared with the five per cent rate on the old bonds. The bond market is not as favor able as it was a short time ago, and while the sale did not come up to ex pectations, the saving is not to be ov erlooked even on the 1-2 of one per cent margin, Commissioner C. D. Carstarphen who handled the sale in cooperation with the Local Govern ment commission in Raleigh, point ed out. Only one bid was submitted, it was leacned. Japs Encountering Strong Opposition In March To South Java Defenses Have Been Bol stered By Arrival of Allied Forces ? Enjoying fairly easy sailing dur ing the first two months, the Jap anese hordes are now beginning to encounter a stiffening opposition in their march to the south. However, it is hardly to be expected that there will be any appreciable turn in the battle of the Far Pacific immediate ly. but it is indeed certain that the for any and all gains. More than 100 Jap planes were wrecked over Burma and in the Ja va area in two days of fighting this week, and large numbers of Jap ships, including half dozen transports and several war ships, have been sunk by the Allied forces. With Bali and Sumatra lost to the Japs, the defenders, boosted by the recent arrival of thousands of Amer ican, British and Australian troops, are making ready for a land inva sion attempt by the Japs on Java. Speaking in English, Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten acknowl edged that the situation of Java, with the Japanese closing in, was peril ous. He said there was no reason for light-hearted optimism, but added that, on the other hand, there also was no reason for pessimism. Welcoming the Imperial and Am erican troops, the Dutch leader said: "1 know your gallant record in the history of fighting. I know I can re ly on you Americans. Australians and British to fight equally gallant ly now alongside us Dutch." "The enemy," he said, "is at the end of long lines of communication seeking desperately food and oil . . . We are fighting for our existence and our families. Up to now our resist ance has gone according to program. Nowhere has the Japanese new or der succeeded in getting the prod ucts needed so badly. The Japanese will go hungry amid the smoking ruins, and the com ing battle for Java will go accordr ing to plan also." Reports from Rangoon, the Bur ma Road terminal, are not quite clear, but it is assumed that the Im perial forces are offering the in vaders a stubborn resistance. The city of 400,000 people has already been destroyed by the Imperials to keep supplies from falling into Jap hands. ?To dater-4he-Japs 4ravc^eithcr-4ost or had badly damaged at least 225 ships in all of the Pacific war arena, the Americns accounting of 74 sink ings. General MacArthur and his men, tiring of defensive warfare, took the offensive on a small scale this week, the action perplexing the Japs who have failed to conquer the valiant men in the Bataan. The possibility of Hitler's defeat this summer is being mentioned by Russian authorities who point out that a second war front would wreck the German war program. During the meantime Russia is do ing a masterly job on the Eastern Front, late reports stating that the 16th' German army, encircled below Leningrad, is breaking up rapidl) despite Hitler-inspired orders to hold firm The war was carried to Indian ter ritory yesterday when the Japs bombed islands in the Bay of Bengal. (Continued on page six) g tiff-Day Tor County And Town Officials Monday A preview at the business calen dar points to an off day for both the county and town officials in their meetings next Monday and Monday evening. "We'll hardly get around tc a preliminary study of the tax val ues, and about the only thing on the calendar is the selection of a jury for the April superior court," C. D, Carstarphen, speaking for the coun ty commissioners, said. ' ' - . "Just a routine meeting is sched uled for our board," Mayor J. L. Has sell said, adding that Roy T. Griffin, recently appointed commissioner, would be welcomed to the fold. RACKET The soft drink business is de veloping into a little racket in the hands of some few retailers and in opposition to expressed desires of the distributors. Soft drlBI prices are ranging from' five cents to Z5 cents with sales holding to about eight cents In quite a few cases. The sugar shortage is certain ly being felt In the soft drink business and filling station oper ators after experiencing marked decreases in gas sales are now getting It on the nose when It comes to the soft drink trade. Anxious to serve their patrons, retailers here yesterday were seen going to other places to bay their own individual drinks. Some fountains had bottled drinks and no syrup while oth er fountains had syrup and no bottled drinks. The sugar short age will be brought home to In dividual consumers shortly un less ssmsihlng happens. Parmele Youth Reported Lost In Attack On Pearl Harbor According to reliable but unoffi cial information received recently, Murray Cargylc, of Parmele was the first Martin County youth to lose his life in World War II. The young man was reported missing some time ago. and the early part of this week his parents were notified that he had been given up as lost, appar ently indicating that he was killed when his ship, the Oklahoma, was In appreciation for the supreme sacrifice made by the young man for his country, the Robersonville High Schools pupils are raising a fund for the pmihdse of a bronze memorial The son of Mr. and Mrs. G M. Car gyle. of Parmele, the young man was graduated from the Robersonville High School and volunteered his services in the Navy. Measuring 15 J by 18 inches, the bronze plaque will cost $60, and it is believed that the sponsors will have little or no diffi culty in raising that amount among all the people who are eager to ex press in some measure their grati tude and their debt to the youth and others who fell or are falling before world gangsters. Members of the committee named to solicit the funds are: Margaret Johnson. Luis Rngerson, Dick Green. Charles Wilson, Mildred Carson and Peggy Gray It is understood that the memorial, carrying a fitting de scription. will be placed in a con spicuous place in the ftobrrsnnvillc High School building One other county youth, Austin Randolph Jackson, was reported to have died presumably in Honolulu on Monday of last week. County Far Short In Oil Peanuts For War Incomplete Rqxirt Shows Farmers La" In The War Effort Hardly Half of Ittrniprs Show Any Interest at All in I-ato?t Movement With sonic few exceptions, Martin County farmers are not whole-heart edly supporting the war effort, ac cording to incomplete and unofficial reports heard this week following a study of the War Production Pro gram. Farm leaders would make no comment when questioned about the excuses offered by farmers when asked to increase their peanut acre ages for oil, but it was learned from several of the committeemen that a large number of farmers were not even interested in the war effort In some districts less than 20 per cent of the farmers even bothered themselves to find out about the lat est War Production Program, and committeemen were running her. and there in an effort to get new commitments. In the county, as a whole, ajwiut 60 per cent of the far mers reported to their respective committeemen last Friday and Sat urday to learn about the new pro gram Some of those who reported were not at all interested in increasing their peanut acreages for oil, but ac cording to the reports 95 out of ev ery 100 talked about increasing his tobacco acreage to the hilt. In one township the farmers agreed to in crease their oil peanut plantings by 100 acres. It is unofficially estimated that possibly the county will plant about 4,000 acres of its 11,000 acre oil quota Claiming that the labor shortage prevented theih from increasing their peanut acreages, the farmers last week-end came forward with a new excuse. It was rumored that the government was demanding the in creased acreage in an effort to hold a club over the edible trade market The rumor is unfounded, the gossip ers overlooking the fact that this country has an all-out war on its hands, and that before it is over with everyone will be doing things he had never dreamed of doing. When it came to promises, the far mers were indeed liberal. They promised to buy savings stamps and bonds in large denominations and numbers They assured the commit teemen that all the scrap iron had either been sold or was being deliv ered Every old plow and piece of machinery have been repaired, most of the farmers reporting were quot ed as saying. Evidently Martin County farmers are not interested in the.cotton crop insurance plan, the incomplete re ports stating that not a single far mer wanted the protection. It has been pointed out that the cotton crop insurance program is hardly suited for this county, that the farmers have fairly good protection in a diversi fied farm program. (Continued on page six) ? Officers Wreck Big Distillery Thursday Raiding in Cross Roads Township and not so very far from the Cross Roads church, Officers J H. Roe buck and Roy Peel wrecked a large illicit distillery yesterday morning. The plant was equipped with a 50 gallon capacity copper kettle and modern connections. Nearly eight hundred gallons of beer was poured out, the officers confiscating the copper kettle and some equipment. Th^plant was not in operation when the raid was made There isn't enough copper to run electric lines into rural areas, but the distillers are managing to get copper for their operations. TTie plant was one of the largest destroyed by the officers in this county in recent weeks. _ _ r~ HEFENSE MEETING The organisation of a civilian defense council for this county will be effected at a meeting of a group of citizens in the court house here next Tuesday after noon at 3:00 o'clock, Chairman II. (i. Morton announced today. Sub committees will be named and other plans worked out for the furtherance of the defense and war programs. The follow ing persons have been requested to attend: l>. N. Ilix, C. I.. Daniel. Mrs. Mack Wynne, (1. H Hall, W H. ('?ray, R. L, Perry. J. C. Man ning. I>r. J W Williams, K. M. Manning. 1.. B. Wynne and the presidents of the Williamstnn I.ions. Kiwanis. Women's clubs and the Robersonville Woman's and Rotary Clubs. Conduct Nutrition * Demonstrations in The Local Sehools I'upiU Showing Mucli liiD-r < ?l in <"??n iliiflt-il liv Or. Evans ? I'upils III tin- local high school arc {conducting a demonstration in nu trition under the direction of Dr M K Evans, of tlie Division of Oral ; Hygiene of the North Carolina State Board of Health While holding den ! tal clinics in other schools, Dr F.v .uns has found that the demonstra tions have proved very informative and interesting, and a similar test Was started here the early part of I the week when the pupils started feeding four white rats certain foods at the direction of Mrs Mildred Crawford and Miss Madge Glazcner. The rats will have contrasting diets, Dr Evans stating that the demonstration is expected to clear ly prove to the children the import lance of wise selection and eating of 'proper foods. The diets for the demonstration are, as follows, Poor Diet . I Representative of the prevalent I.read, potato, meat, and sugar diet 1 Corn pone, made from white corn meal, salt and water (no milk, eggs nr butter); or "Baking powder" j biscuit or soda crackers may be sub stituted for a part or all of the corn pone. The biscuit is to be made from non-enriched white flour, shorten | ing, salt, baking powder and water. No milk, buttermilk or butter should {be used. I 2. Smear corn oonr ot* biscuit light ly with corn syrup or molasses. Can dy may be used instead of the syrup or molasses. j 3 Boiled or friend white Irish po tatoes, feed about 1-2 as much as the i bread. '4 Boiled or fried fat hack, or ha con, feed about 1-2 as much as the potatoes. (loud Diet The poor diet supplemented so as to overcome its deficiencies 1 Corn bread, muffin bread or (Continued on page six) MORE MONEY v After dropping off to a trickle a few days ago, soil conservation payments are beginning to flow again for Martin County farm ers. This week, according to Mtss Mary Carstarphen, clerk In the farm agent's office, ninety-eight checki representing 45 applica tions and amounting to M.245.M, were received. The latent check deliveries boosted the total re reived in soil conservation pay ments in this county to M7, 997.15, the amoont having distributed In M* checks Ml ^ ar Effort At Home ^ ill Be Given Boost In Various Courses Plan Fir*l Aid and Nutrition al Court*** and Special Demonstration* Recognizing that real dangers do exist and that it is always advisable to be prepared to handle an emer gency, eivie leaders and heads of oth er organizations are taking definite here at home. Dr. E. T Walker is already offer ing special instruction to thirty or more persons in a first-aid course. and the Red Cross will follow that course with special classes possibly the latter part of March. A special course in nutrition is be ing planned here by a number of ladies, and tentative arrangements have been made to have a represen tative of the Virginia Electric and Power Company to conduct the ser ies of classes. The nutrition school will be followed by courses in can teen work. Miss Naomi D Shank, home service director for the VEP system, discussing the value of such training here this week said that courses in nutrition and canteen work had met with marked success in many of the coastal areas espec ially m the Norfolk areas. It is en tirely possible that some of our coastal areas may be evacuated be fore the war is over and towns like Williamston on the main highways Will be called upon to feed and care for t hose people. Detailed announce ment will be made in connection with the proposed course within the near | future. Supplementing the victory garden I and food for defense program. Miss j Lora E. Sleeper, home agent, has j made arrangements for holding a ! canning demonstration in the court - j house next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock A recognized canning ex | pert has been employed to conduct ; the demonstration which will a& ' vance the latest methods in preserv ; ing food and which will stress nu tritional food values as a means for furthering defense in our present j national emergency. A special invi tation is extended to the general tRiblic to attend the demonstration * Rlusbands are also urged to attend (and bring their old canning equip meat with them The demonstrator, an expert repairman, will gladly check up on the equipment and sist m making repairs where possi ble Hundreds of people in Martin County have been asking what they could do to aid the war effort Splen did opportunities are being offered to them now in the programs of nu itrition and canning The Farm Bureau wij.l discuss vic tory gardens in connection w ith the j food for freedom program at a for um in the agricultural building this levelling at 7 30 o'clock AiIIIOIIIHT ()|MMlill?S For Skilled Worker Carpenters at $1.00 an hour, con struction laborers at $34 a week, and ! many other openings, are among ?those now listed as- urgent at the ! Williamston office of the U. S Un employment Service. The Williamston office is referring j every able bodied man, white and colored .who wants to go, to con i struct ion work now open in Eastern Carolina, at 40 cents an hour for the I first 40 hours, and 60 cents an hour j for overtime; and they work on a 7-day week ba.si.s, which means $34 |a wn-k f(?i seven days work. A great many jobs are open now. ]Some are those requiring special i training, experience and skills. Oth er jobs require nothing except good health and a willingness to y/ork ! where the work is located. Oppor i tunities are open for both white and colored. The Williamston office is open every day in the week; and ap plications are received and referrals to jobs made lor all openings for Avbich local workers qualify Former Ixx*al Man s Brother Loses Life Jack Meador, brother to the late Harry L. Meador, of Williamston. lost his life in a costly hotel fire in Aberdeen early last Wednesday morning, relatives here have been notified. While he had an opportun ity to escape, Mr. Meador who had visited here often some years ago. lost h s Hie in an effort to save the lives of others. At least one other person, Mrs. Ben Eby, of Harrisburg. was lost in the fire. Mr. Meador, a native of Madison, North Carolina, was manager of the hotel. Tile body was moved to Greensboro for burial Succeedt Mitt Hackney In FSA Potilion Here * Miss Caroline Waters enters upon her new duties here tomorrow as a member of the Farm Security Ad ministration staff in this county, succeeding Miss Jeannette who has been transferred to ingotn. Miss Waters, who has receiving special training in past few weeks, is dean during the pi Washington.