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?VERY PAY DAY X* BONO DAY THE ENTERPRISE fit Pw Vkttry. Bmj 1.1 DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS VOLUME XL\ NUMBER 26 William$ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tue?dmy, March 31, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1899 Vehicle Operators File Applications For Hundred Tires Certificate for the Purchase Of New Car Issued By Rationing Board Applications (or more and more truck and automobile tires and tubes continue to pile up in the rationing board office in this county, "and no quota has been assigned fur April." C. C. Martin said in pointing out that the rationing business was fast approaching a critical point. At its meeting here yesterday the /rationing board issued certificates to ' six applicants for the purchase of thirteen tires, the action exhausting the March quota for the county. While the board was issuing cer tificates of purchase in those cases, new applications were received for the purchase of twenty-one truck tires and twenty-two truck tire tubes, two automobile tires and two auto mobile tire tubes, three tractor tires and two tractor tire tubes, two tires and two tubes for an ambulance and a number of tires and tubes for trail ers. Just now there are twenty-nine applications awaiting attention, the applicants calling for forty-eight truck tires and forty-nine truck tin tubes, twenty-seven car tires and twenty-three- car tire tubes, three tractor tires and two tractor tin tubes, twoambulance tires and two ambulance tubes, twelve trailer tires and twelve trailer tire tubes, a to tal of 102 tires and 88 tubes. Certificates of purchase were is sued to the following this week: H. B. Thompson, Williamston, five truck tires and five truck tubes for hauling logs Thompson applied for ten tires. T. B. Slade, Hamilton, one tractor tire and tube. Ministers of the gospel finally gained recognition this week when the board granted certificates to Rev. Dennis Warren Davis, of Cross Roads, for the purchase of two car tires and a tube, and Rev. Wallace O. Andrews, of Robersonville, was equipped with the proper credentials for the purchase of one car tire. Obsolete tires, requiring a class (Continued on page six) 1 School Principal Is Attacked By Irate Father Yesterday School Man Found No! Guil ty Earlier in Day For Whipping Boy W. V. Ormond, colored principal of the Biggs school, neai Williams-"j ton. was assaulted but not badly ] hurt by an angry patron at the, school yesterday afternoon shortly after the pupils had been dismissed for the day. The attack was report ed to court authorities, but no ac tion was taken immediately by the assault victim to prosecute the case. Charles Williams, a patron of the school, waited for the school man to complete his work for the day When Ormond went to his car to drive home, Williams ordered him to remove his glasses It could not be learned immediately whether the professor took off his glasses or whether Williams removed them It was reported that Williams knock ed the school man down and beat him with hit flit. - The attack followed, a long, drawn-out trial in the county court earlier in the day. Ormond faced trial for whipping Joe Walter Wil liams, fifteen-year-old son of Charles Williams, the school man s assailant. It was brought out in the trial that Ormond possibly whipped the lad excessively, but it was also brought out that no permanent in jury was done to the unruly youth. While the boy was said to have committed indecent acts in the school, the charge was not brought out in court, but according to the evidence, the boy was whipped for fighting, that the professor sent out for three whips and made ready to whip the Williams boy and two (Continued on page six) 'I Shall Do My Best' Here is one of the latest and hitherto unpublished photos of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, with the new United Nations cofnmander at salute. Australia has given him a hero's welcome and has united all its defenses under his command with his promise that "I shall do my best. ... I shall keep the soldier's faith." SI'KAKKR Congressman Herbert Itonner, First District representative, will deliver the commencement address in the Farm Life School on May 1st, it was announced evening by Principal Rus sell Martin. Soldier Kiunncersln c Temporary (lamp Approximately 130 men of Com-' pany A, 30th Army Engineers, are now in temporary camp in the fair grounds here. During the next sev eral weeks, the men will maintain i the camp here while working on a J topographical map of this section. The last of the men moved into the temporary camp just about noon ! today. Sleeping quarters are being | arranged in the main building, but i mess kiteln ns are being sot up?ttH tents. SPEAKEASY Unable to get an ample supply of syrup, soda fountains are, in some cases, being likened to the old-time speakeasy. Calling for a soft drink a day or two ago, a customer had to prove he was in good standing before the soda jerker would even tell him a drink was available. The deliv ery was made in a paper bag. Even the retailers are hiding the drinks in various nooks and corners, making the handling of the perfectly legitimate drinks appear a bit shady. ^ar As It Relates To Home Front Is Reviewed for Week \\ ?? W ill Hum- To Work. IMuy, h'.al. Drews Travel ami ll||ilil Differently 1 Control ?>f prices ui Virginia and the Carolines has moved down to the retailer's shelves and the dealer's showrooms as war. production has forced a slackening in the manufac ture of goods for American house holds. Obviously, the appearance of the household is slated for change Nothing is surer than that these things must happen to us as we play our individual roles in the great com mon effort; we must work different ly and play differently, cat differ ently and dress differently, travel differently and build differently, do business differently and live differ ently Basic Changes Loom Work differently? Millions of us already are doing that. Staggered hours, longer hours, new methods, new machines, readjustment in a hundred - ways. Flay differently? Of course! Even the tennis balls won't bounce the way they used to neeause they'll con tain reclaimed rubber An there may not lie a juke box in the restau rant down the road where we've been dancing. Eat differently"' We'll have all the food necessary to maintain health, and we'll have them m abundance. But there'll be less sugar and proba bly less tea and spices . . and we haven't tm to waste on non-essential luxury items. Dress differently? Cuffless trous ers that save wool, simpler dress pat terns and fewer color combinations . Certainly we'll dress differently. Travel differently? Obviously. We are going to travel more slowly in our autos to save tires, on railways whose major obligation is to war traffic, on foot and on bicycles. Build differently? Yes. Every where substitutes and simplifications to save meials anct materials needed jfor war. No more metal frames for windows, different plumbing and heating installations, iron and plas tics in the bathroom. Do business differently? We all know we can't do "-business- as us ual" and beat the Axis. Live differently? Already the war has altered our way of life in count less ways, and there is more to come. Wartime need for power may mean that there will be less electricity and gas for civilian uses. Wood will come into its own again in the furnishings of our homes, and we may find our selves doing a variety of household tasks by hand as our gadgets and ap pliances wear out. Ix>cal Students In Triangular Debate Debating teams of the Wilhamston High School will engage in the an nual triangular debates sponsored by the University of North Carolina on Thursday afternoon of this week at 2:00 o'clock. Affirmative and nega tive teams will debate the query. Re solved. That a union of western hem isphere nation* should be establish ed. The affirmative team is composed of Bill Peele and Richard Margolis; the negative of Emma Belle Ward and J. D. Woolard, Jr. Miss Doris Leach, debate coach, and Miss Reynolds will accompany the youthful debaters to Creswell and Columbia for the engagements, which will take place while Cres well and Columbia teams are meet ing in the local high school auditor ium. Schools winning in the triangle will go to Chapel Hill. Farmers Vote To Establish Soil Conservation District By an unofficial but fairly com plete tabulation, Martin County far mers voted 449 to 16 for the creation of a soil conservation district dur ing the recent referendum held in this county, according to Farm Agent Tom Brandon. In addition to the 449 favorable votes, there were S9 others cast in favor of the program but they were not signed and there is some doubt if they will be recognized in the final vote tabulation. Eight other ballots were spoiled, the farmers vot ing both for and against the program. Three others were cast against the program but were not signed. One farmer, voting in opposition to the program, said that he was in favor of every tub standing on its own bottom. The other opposition votes were cast without comment. Not to be confused with the soil conservation program provided un der the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the new plan is to be based entirely | upon voluntary cooperation. Those j farmers who voted against it may cooperate with the program, and those who voted against it are not re quired to cooperate in any way un less they wish to do so. Similar votes are being taken in Edgecombe. Pitt, and Greene Coun ties and if the plan carries, the four counties will be recognized as a soil conservation district. The plans will be placed in opera tion possibly by late next summer or efcrhr in the fall. > ' Crisp Succeeding Martin as Member County AAA Croup 1 <*> Tliiw New Farm Committee* Are Formed in County Bv Farm Fleet ion* The creation of three additional AAA community groups or districts in tins county last evening was fol lowed by. a slight change in the coun ty AAA committee at a county con vention held here this morning. Mr. Jesse F. Crisp, of Oak City, succeeds Mr. C. C Martin, of Jamesville, as chairmen*, and Mr. Martin succeeds Mr. Crisp as vice chairman, the shift having been made by one vote The other members of the committee. Messrs. J. R Winslow as regular member. W L Ausbon. first alter nate. and R. J Hardison, second al ternate,'continue in their respective positions on the county convention. Ruling that some of the old dis tricts were too large and that they should be broken in two that a clos er check on compliance could be ef fected with less travel, the AAA or dered elections held for three dis tricts in this county. I'lio (vaults of the elections held last night were announced today as follows: Janiesvittc, Group I C. C. Martin, chairman; J. C. Griffin, vice chair man. H. A Sexton, regular member; A L. Modi in. first alternate, and H. E. Hardison. second alternate. Mr. Martin's election to the county com mittee removed hurt from the com munity committee, and lu* is suc ceeded there by J C Griffin. Mr Martin was elected delegate and Mr. Griffin alternate delegate to the county convention. Jamesville. Group II t\ G. Gur I km, chairman; Wilmer Ange. vice | chairman, Xlmci Modlm, pcgulae j member; Leo Gardner, first alter i iiatfry and R (\ Sexlon. .second alter 4iate. Messrs Gurkin and Angc were elected delegate and alternate to the county convention. Robersonviile. Group I R s Ev erett. chairman; S T Everett, vice chairman, J R Daniel, regular mem ber Lest? r House, first alternate, and V L Roberson. second alternate Messrs. R. S Everett and S T. Ev erett were elected delegate and al ternate respectively to the county convention. Robersonviile, Group II J R Winslow. chairman; II H. Roberson, (Continued on page six) ? -t Business Is Meant In Drive on Social Disease In County SfM-ciul Deputy Ma.-luill I Sallied To KoiiimI l p l)e Ii11<111?-111 Venereal 1 Iiim-h ? A meaningful drive against vencr eal diseases in this county is beinj launched by health authorities ir cooperation with the federal govern ment, I)r. John W Williams, healtt officer, announced this week. Carlyh Langlcy has been depoti/ed to helj enforce the health law, and it is nov fairly certain that those young mer who have been rejected for certair health conditions will In- rcquirec to subject themselves to treatm?nt Announcing me drive against th? disease, Dr Williams said "The salary is paid with U. S. Pub lie Health Funds and tin- main ob lective is to sec that all selectees ant their contacts arc properly invest! Rated and Treated, but hK uclivitiri will apply In all the known eases o the disease in this eounty "That the government will go ti thi' expense of employing from oni to several of these follow-up work ers for every county should provi to our citizens the importance of this program and receive a whole heart ed support. "We know that every one is will ing to sacrifice and do his or her pur' in winning this war and we honest ly believe that this program is jus as much a part of our offense as wel as defense of this country as any ae tion we can take. Every householdei should see that her employee re ports for treatment Every industry should see that its employee be giv (Continued on page six) WARNING Second-hand tire purchasers are being directed to report dealers or even individuals who are charging more than the ceil ing prices for the second-hand tires. C. C. Martin, chairman of the tire rationing board, stated yesterday for example that a 6.00 hy 16 tire retaining 7-32 of an inch or morr of its tread should not sell for morr than 0.10. that the price of a smooth tread tire is fixed at SI.50 with the average price ranging be tween It.tS and 06.45. Sellers, Individuals and deal ers, are directed to submit ? signed record of sale to the pur chaser and keep a record for in spection by the OFA. The record is to show the sise, type, condi tion and price of the tire. (loiiiimiuity Hospital hiilar<!c<l Experiencing a marked growth since it was established in 1939, the Brown Community Hospital here has recently been enlarged and Dr. V. E. Brown, the owner operator, and his staff are making ready to occupy the addition. The addition has ten rooms tor pa tients. a kitchen and closets. Designed on a small scale at first, the little hospital has proved a valuable asset to this community and section. During recent days. Dr. Brown found it necessary to move beds from his private home and place patients in the hall to ac commodate an increasing patronage. No formal announcement could be had immediately in connection with the plans for occupying the new addition 011 Friday of this week. Details Of County Youth s Death \re Revealed in Letter \iixlin Knmlolplt Jat k-oii \\ a I'alally 111 jnr?-<l in l.inc Of l)ul> l.a*t Month ??? Details of the untimely death of Austin Randolph Jackson, a prom ising youth of Jamesville who was voluntarily serving his country in j the armed forces, were revealed in a letter from Lieutenant F. W. Pur dy to the hoy's mother. Mrs. Ira Jackson Burnette. Young Jackson, thought to have j been lost in the Pearl Harbor attack. : was la tier reported alive and safe i On the morning of February 14 he I was accidentally and fatally injured j the following letter just received by j Mrs Burnette. explaining the do tails of his untimely death Naval Battery No. 1 Pearl Harbor, T 11 i March 21. 1942 My Dear Mrs. Burnette. In these times there are many un avoidable delays in the transaction of the government's business, and I presume that the official in forma j turn regarding your son's death has been delayed in reaching you due j to some press of business m con nee | tipn with the war effort I hasten, therefore, to acquaint you with the details of your soli's death in-so far as I am able, and tcH extend to you my most sincere sym pat by; Your son was a fine sailor mairand was liked and respected by both the Afficers and men of the bat teiy Hm death was n loss to us till?i Your son died of internal homor accidentally inflicted and of such ! seriousness that he was beyond as sistance from the start The circumstances were as follows On the night of February 14th. at TOO a in., while entering a machine ffiin nest at an outpost of this bat- i tery, to which be was assigned as | a machine gunner, he fell on a rifle t?? which a bayonet.. Was fixed As a result of his fall the bayonet en tered his body, wounding him fatal ly. The officer of the watch was im mediately summoned, first aid was rendered and everything possible i was done to make him comfortable An ambulance ' and doctor were] summoned from the Naval Hospital i and arrived promptly, but your son was already beyond aid. Kxamina tion by the Doctor'indicated that the ? wound was so serious that it was j bound to nave been faiat under any circumstances. An official investigation was made into his death by a board of officers, including a doctor, con ( veneti cspeei aI ly fcn^thTrpu rpnse and I they found the death to be- accident- : al and in line of duty (Continued on page six) Pulp Mill Special Now In Operation Known as the pulp mill special, | regular busses of the Norfolk South ern Bus Corporation are now oper ating on regular schedules from Wil I liamston to the North Carolina Pulp | Company plant, near Plymouth. The service was inaugurated last week, but regular schedules were only an nounced today. The special bus, ca tering especially to pulp mill work ers but which will haul the general public in addition to regular sched ules, makes three round trips daily from this point to ^he mill, leaving here at 6:50 a m , 3:40 p. m . and 10:40 p. m. The special transportation serv ice is the direct result of the rubber I shortage. Many of the employees | who live in this community were finding it impossible to get tin s foi pi ivate vehic les and the company | made arrangements for the bus serv ice. Fares are about 20 cents each way. the company making up any loss that might be incurred. Marsh all Cherry is driving the bus oper ating out of here. A similar service is also being provided for the plant employees living in the Creawell area and other parts of Washington County. IIOSIMTAI. IIKVl) Pictured hero are l)r. V. E. Drown and tin* main part of the hospital hnilt in 193JI. Planning ( oiiiiIn (lancer Campaign Tentative |>l.ilis for conducting a campaign ni this enmity for cancel control are being advanced by mem hers of civic clubs, one report stat ing that officers for the drive would lie' named and the canvass started about the second week in April Sim ilai campaigns are hemg conducted throughout the entire nation, the leaders-of the cancer control niove ineiit stating th.it the fight to con trol the disease should not slacken until the .ippr'oklhiately 250,000 elm" cer deaths annually an reduced to an absolute minimum This county ha liberally respond ed to the call in recent years, giving between $101) and $200 in each drive It is believed that an even greater amount will be raised this year, Mrs E Thayer Walker, local wo man, is vice commander of the see ond district which includes eight northeastern counties. It is expected that members of the several civic clubs will conduct the < \i:\Kn 5.000 Martin County has regained much of the ground hist in cot ton production during past years, hut even now the figures are not so very impressive. The Itureau of the Census just re eently announced that cotton production on Martin County farmers last year amounted to 4,000 hales as compared with 4,807 hales the year before. Production in this county dropped to around 3,000 hales during the depression years and when hull weevil infestation reached its peak. Fifteen or 18 years ago cotton production in the county approximately 0.000 hales. Allies Claiming Air Superiority on the Pacific War Fronts Miller Striking Stronger Vl Supply I.in<'? I<miIiii:: To llu**iaii I'orl* Alt* i struggling ?it the mercy of enemy airpower for months, the A1 lied forces in the Pacific are now forging ahead to combat the Japs on at least equal -terms. Into r^port^ maintaining that the Allies now hold the mi pel lority in the air. At least sixty Jap planes have been downed in recent days and Allied airpower has decreased the Jap ' ^'cruiser 'silength by ten per cent at least j However, the war with the Japs does not look at all encouraging today as j India's Congress debates the propos I <'d offer of dominion status by Bri tain. Late reports indicate that -Gun dhi is urging the Congress to reject the proposal and leading the claim for cash on delivery. Britain has of feied India arid her millions domin ion status after the war if India will join in and support the Allied war ffort A counter proposal is'being considered by the Congress fur sub mission to Sir Stafford Cripps. spec al British envoy However. Cripps lias declared that no dickering w ould be tolerated, that India could accept or reject the first proposal During the meantime, the Japs are pushing steadily forward toward India, the late reports from Burma stating that defending British and Chinese troops are withdrawing in in effort to form new lines The in vaders are just ten miles from im portant oil fields in Burma, and sup ply routes through the Bay of Ben gal to Calcutta are being attacked b> Jap ships of war In Australia new steps are still being reported for effecting a uni form offensive under General Doug las Mac Arthur. The recent lu^l in ITataan tTTfs been ' broken with the bombing by Jap planes of an Am erican hospital in the Philippine area The Kussian armies report new gains m the Donets Basin and along the central front in addition to the wiping out of 2,500 Naxis in the I,en ingrad area Finding Ku ski a tough foe. Hitler is now driving to cut sup ply lines to Soviet ports Murmansk has been attacked several times, arid a large British convoy was report - (Continued on page six) Lon^ Terms Imposed l?\ Judge In Licjuor Law \ iolation tlases Urlriiilanh Tremble a* Jmlgr Mfrkijih Bfurs llo?n On \ I I c ?<I \ iolutor* ??? .1 lit I Isaac M Me.ok.ins. presiding i'rr (In- spring term <>l tin* federal court id Washington this week, im posed long sentences in those eases charging defendants with violat ing the liquor laws The oefendants trembled us the jurist started bear mg down and proved that there wa . ample tune for all. According to un official reports reaching here one defendant, after hearing the fate ?corded for others, failed to answer when culled yesterday afternoon. The defendant, N. S. Clodard. taken in a raid led by ABC Officer ,J??e 11 Roebuck here last week, was in court until about the middle of the ifternoon but apparently forfeited bis brmil wlien hr did not show up when bis ease was called. Another deb lidunl^ said to HaVe been m an intoxicated condition, arranged to have his case continued Proceedings relating to charges brought against Martin County de fendants Willie" Owens and Robert Brown, colored men charged With transport ing, were sentenced to Atlanta for a year and a day "Buster" Whitaker and Horace Lee Dixon, charged with transporting and possession, were each sentenced to Atlanta for eighteen months Will Knox, charged with posses (Continued on page six) Annual Round-Up Of Dogs To Get Underway Monday The annual round up of dogs in Martin County in accordance with a State law designed to stamp out rabies is scheduled to get underway next week. Plans for the round-up have been completed and the sched ules will* be handled by L)r. A J. Opteen with the cooperation of the sheriff's office All dog owners are urged to note- the date the dispen sanes will be set up in their respect ive sections and comply with the terms of the law In announcing the annual drive against rabies in this county, Sher iff (' IV Roebuck this week offered some interesting comment on the ac complishments since 1935 when the program was instituted. Between 2,500 and 3,000 dogs have been vac cinated each year since that time, the officer said, adding that only one dog had gone mad in the county dur ing the more than six years. Less than half a dozen persons have even considered it advisable to take the painful Pasteur treatment during the past six years as compared with as many as 16 who took'the'treat ment each year prior to that time. The sheriff points out that the only dog to go mad was a very young one and had not been given the vacciije. Considerable trouble was had in rounding up the dogs the first year or two ,but after the owners learned that the enforcement officers meant business they have cooperated splendidly with some few exceptions. A few dogs were killed, and a few owners were carried into the courts during the first year or two, but of ficers seldom find such action nec essary novtf. The treatment is financed by the dog owner but he is refunded the ex pense when he pays his 1