Leading Twirlers
In Softball Loop
In the league's corps of pitchers,
only one, "Din" Bufflap, the roly
poly Cardinal chunker, has not
tasted the bitter sting of defeat The
talkative twirler still holds to his
first and only win, against no de
feats. However, he did risk his per
fect record in a three-inning turn in
a game last week and it is admitted
that he will pitch again ere the sea
son is over.
Oswald Stalls, the other "ace" of
the league-leading Cardinals mound
staff, and John Hardy, the hard
?? m working co-captain of the Martins,
are both tied for second place, with
two wins and one loss each. Jack
Manning, Dodger captain, is even
Stephen, with one on each side of the
! ledger, and rounds out the hurlers
wtih an average of .500 or better.
The Braves' "workhorse". Ham
Price, has been the victim of rather
loose support at times and this, plus
the batters' likings for his pitching,
results in?his record?of one win
against a pair of defeats.
Sam Zemon and Fred Summerlin,
both need a win to bring them up to
the half-way mark.
The figures below are for games
through Wednesday, July 22:
W la Pet.
Bufflap, Cardinals 1 0 1.000
Stalls, Cardinals 2 1 .667
Hardy, Martins 2 1 .667
J. Manning, Dodgers 1 1 .500
Price, Braves 1 2 .333
F. Summerlin, Martins 0 1 .000
Zemon, Dodgers 0 1 .000
How They Hit In
The Softball Loop
???
The accent still seems to be on hit
ting rather than pitching in the lo
cal softball league, as the official re
lease for the week ending last Friday
reveals that some of the players are
mauling the sphere at a terrific pace.
The figures below include all
games played through last Wednes
day, but only players who had been
to bat as many as eight times were
included in the release. There are
possibly some players with averages
as high, or higher, than those shown,
but they have not been to bat quite
enough to be included with there
leaders.
Julian Harrell, the ancient play
anywhere man of the Braves, pulled
out of a tie for the lead a week ago
to take undisputed lead as he hit
safely three times out of four times
to run his average to the phenome
nal figure of .636. Incidentally Jul
ian is the only Brave making the se
lect circle this week. There is a two
way tie for second place, with Dil
lon Cobb and Roger Critcher each
sporting a .600 mark. Willie Lassi
ter and Dan Sharpe both are batting
.500 to tie for fourth. Sixth and
tenth places are both "cinched" by
John Hardy and Harcom Grimes re
spectively, co-captains of the Mar
tins. Two Dodgers, Eagles and Cher
ry, and Cardinal Arthur Gurganus,
are all tied for seventh spot, each
having four hits out of ten trips to
the plate
Ab
B
H
Pet
Harrell, Braves
11
7
7
.836
Cobb, Martins
10
3
?
.600
Critcher, Cards
10
5
e
.600
Lassiter, Dodgers
8
2
4
.500
Sharpe, Cards
12
7
?
.500
Hardy, Martins
12
4
5
.417
Cherry, Dodgers
10
1
4
.400
Eagles, Dodgers
10
1
4
.400
Gurganus, Cards
10
2
4
.400
Grimes, Martins
13
4
5
.385
Latest Addition* To Tko
Enterprise Mailing Lin
Listed among the recent addition!
to the Enterprise mailing list are the
following:
Mrs. J. W. Andrews, Williamston;
John Tullos, Williamston; Pvt. W.
H. Gurkin, Eglin Field, Fla.; Miss
Anne Wait, Richmond; D. O. Weav
er, Robersonville; Harmon Manning,
Robersonville; J. H. Ward, William
ston; Mrs. O. S. Cowan, Williamston;
Ellis Malone, Williamston; Joe Mi
zelle, Robersonville; Ben E. Daniel,
Fort Bragg; Harrison Land, Wil
liamston; Thurston Wynne, William
ston; Mrs. Dale Tetterton, Richmond;
Geo. E. Peel, Williamston; Sgt. W.
B. Watts, San Francisco, Calif.; Lina
Wilson, Norfolk; R. J. Hardison, Wil
liamston; Sutton A. Burroughs, Fort
Bragg; Cpl. C. E. Rogers. Boise, Ida
ho; Nora B. Hopkins, Williamston;
L. C. Holliday, Jamesville: John E.
Manning, Jamesville.
"V*-Gardens Should
Produce Year-round
War is not a seasonal affair; neith
er should the Victory Garden be re
stricted to summer vegetables, de
clares H. R. Niswonger, Extension
horticulturist of N. C. State College.
Surveys have indicated that more
than 90 per cent of North Carolina's
278,276 farm families planted big
ger and better gardens in the spring.
"But," says Mr. Niswonger, "a real
Victory Garden is one that produces
a year-round supply of vegetables
and small fruits for the farm fam
ily."
With this definition of a Victory
Garden in mind, the Extension hor
ticulturist reminds farm people that
"now is the time to begin preparing
the soil for a fall garden." He says
that a fairly wide variety of vege
table crops will grow well in the late
summer and fall under average
North Carolina conditions.
Crops recommended for the fall
garden, and suggested planting
dates, include: Collards, sow seed
now to produce plants to be set in
September in most parts of the
State; carrots, plant this week and
next in the Piedmont and mountains,
and August 1-15 in the Eastern part
of the State; snap beans, plant in the
East and Piedmont about August 1;
leaf lettuce, plant in August in the
East and mountains and in Septem
ber jn?the_Esdmsnl ?
Other crops for the fall garden
are: Beets for roots and greens, plant
August 1 in the Piedmont and moun
tains. and August 20 in the East;
mustard, kale and tendergreen, plant
over the entire State in September
and October; winter spinach, Au
gust and September in the Pied
mont and mountains, and from Au
gust to November in Eastern Caro
lina; radishes, August in the gnoun
tains, and August and September in
the East and Piedmont
Potatoes
The 1942 commercial early crop of
Irish potatoes is estimated to be 48.
758,000 bushels, a 15 per cent in
crease over the 1931-40 ten-year av
erage of 42,293,000 bushels.
0
Conservation
??0 -
War production strength of the
Nation's farms was increased last
year by application of AAA conser
vation materials far above those of
anj^reviouyreai\
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DISPLAYING
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C
Launch Three Destroyers in 35 Minutes
trim destroyers, the Navy's newest triple threat to Axis subs, slid down the ways at the
run 11 in KV-imv, v J., within thirty-five minutes. The
new ships and their sponsors are from left to right: Davison (618) sponsored by Mrs. tjiegor
Davison of N. Y.; Edwards (619) sponsored by Mrs. Edward Bray ton of Fall River, Mass.; Saufiey (465)
sponsored by Mrs. Helen O'Rear Scruggs of Frankfort, Ky. (Central Press)
State College Hints
For Farm Homes
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
The following tips are offered on
taking care of various kinds of
shoes:
Smooth leathers, such as calf and i
kid?use cream polish, liquid polish,
or wax polish that contains no tur
pentine. Turpentine dries out leath
er. Neutral-colored cream may be
used on all shades of leather, but
will not cover water stains as will
colored cream.
Patent leather?changes from hot
to cold, or vice versa, cause patent
leather to crack. The first time you
wear a pair of "patent" shoes, rub
them briskly with a cloth to warm
them. Then bend your feet to lim
ber shoes while they are still warm.
Each time you put on patent leather
shoes, warm the leather a little with
the palm of your hand. Use patent
cream or oil polish that contains no
turpentine. Use even that sparingly.
Wrap shoes in cotton wadding or
clean cloth when you are not wear
ing them.
Gabardine?clean with a brush
and a carbon tetrachloride cleaner,
which you can buy under' trade
names at most stores. If your shoes
are wool gabardine, protect them
against moths as you do other wool
clothing.
Elasticized fabric?these stretch
able shoe materials are ruined by
ordinary fabric cleaners. Get a clean
er recommended for this fabric. Read
the directions on the bottle and fol
low them.
Cotton fabric play shoes?if the
materials are good quality and col
orfast, you can clean them success
fully with a brush and mild soap
and water. Ask about colorfastness
when you buy this type of shoe.
Banner
A banner year for American live
stock and crop production uppenrs
to be in the making as a result of ex
cellent growing conditions over
most of the country this year.
iU
?p^^ROGER>M. KYES"-*7"
WE'LL FIND A WAY
One of the factors that will help
us win the war is the American
capacity for Inventing new things
and making old things better
Since th e
days of Benja
m i n Franklin
and Thomas
V; Jefferson, even
Y* our busiest citi
zens have found
time to apply
their creative
imagination to
K ward Improving
^ the tools of liv
ing
"This country pioneered the steam
boat, the railroad, the automobile,
the telegraph, the telephone, the
motion picture, the airplane, and
the radio And that is only
a part of the long list Even
though people of other nations had
an important part in perfecting
some of these inventions.v their
great development took place right
here
Then, American ingenuity de
vised the manufacturing technique
known as mass production, where
by we were able to reduce produc
tion costs and bring every one of
these inventions within the reach
of all tiie people This same mass
production is making it possible
for us t<? turn out more munitions
of war than .the World has ever
seen before
Ami now that war conditions
make it impossible for us to secure
some of tin important raw mate
rials that we formerly got from
His Nose Knows
An expert engaged in the manufac
ture of Canadian cheese is shown
sniffing the aroma of the curd after
milling. Canadian cheese producers
expect this year to exceed last
year's shipments of the product to
embattled England.
(Central Press)
County Young Man Gelt
Promotion In Thn Army
Eli C. Rogers, young Martir
County man, was recently piumotei
from a private, first class, to corpor
al, following his training at Shop
pard Field, Texas. He was recentlj
transferred to a bomb squadron ai
Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
other peris of the world, the same
Inventive capacity la being applied
successfully to devising alternate
materials. If we can't Import rub
ber. we are going to create U out
of other materials, and one day we
shall have our own Independent
supply of this and many other es
sentials of our civilization
In the task of making better use
of the Immense resources Nature
has given us. agriculture has been
slower to move, but the farm en
joys a great many Inventions that
were not known to our grandfa
thers.
For the price of a good team of
horses, we can buy a tractor that
will do the work of four to six
horses, and do it faster and better
We have machines that are mak
ing great strides toward producing
bigger crops with less drudgery?
the combine, the planter, the pota
to digger, the peanut harvester,
and hay chopper and baler, to
name only a few.
It is interesting to note that
many of these labor-saving ma
chines are the invention of farm
ers themselves, showing that the
tnvrntTve gcmiTy of'America is not
confined to the engineer and the
technician.
Hundreds of the Improvements
that have been made in our agri
cultural machinery are the Ideas
of farmers, put Into final form on
the farm or in the village black
smith shop, and proved in the fields
before they reached production
volume in the factory
Far-sighted men of science who
peer into the future tell us that
after the war. with our greatly ex
panded manufacturing plant anil
with our native inventive capacity
stimulated to do its utmost, we
shall be blessed with new machines
and new materials that will great
ly change our way of Uvfrlg for the
better
And that is particularly interest
ing to the farmer, because it is
mo ? than likely that many of the
basic raw materials that will give
final form to these new Ideas are
the crops of agriculture.
Cardinals IiicrciiHe
Lead I 11 Softball
Rare With 15-7 Win
STANDINGS
W I. Pet.
Cardinals 4 1- .800
Martins 2 3 .400
Braves 1 2 .333
Dodger* 1 2 .333
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, July 28th
Braves vs. Dodgers
Wednesday, July 29th
Braves vs. Martins
Dodgers vs. Cardinals
Friday, July 31st
Dodgers vs. Braves
The rampaging Cardinals increas
ed their lead in the local softball cir
cuit yesterday by walloping the sec
ond place Martins to the tune of t
15-7 score. For the first four inning:
the game was close, but in the re
mainder the fireworks really ex
ploded.
Dan Sharpe led his mates to theii
fourth straight win as he had a per
feet day, getting three hits and thre<
runs on three trips to the plate, whilt
C. T. Roberson blasted three for foui
to play an important part. Critchei
and Piephpff, the other two playeri
in the first four of the Cards bottinf
order, each hit twice on three turns.
John Hardy pitched well despit<
poor support and led the way foi
his team, with a double and two sin
gles in four trips. Flip Peel finally
Test Flight New Giant Plane
Here'* the Sea Ranger, a new long range experimental flying boat
built bj the Boeing Aircraft Company for the U. S. Navy, juat before
it took off for ita firat teat flight at Seattle. The giant plan* la powered
with two huge Wright Cyclone engine* and ia expected to have a longer
rang* and to carry a greater bomb load than any navy plane in service.
(Central Pren)
made his first hit of the season to
have a batting mark of 1.000 for the
game. A couple of Bills. Everett and
Peel, each had two for three.
The Cards scored in the first as
two runs crossed the plate on
Sharpe's single. Piephoffs walk,
Roberson's single, and an error. The
Martins tied it up in the third on an
error that gave Waters free passage
to second and successive doubles by
J. Hardy and Green.
The Cards added one in the fourth
and then they set a scoring record
in the fifth tallying a dozen times
on ten hits, one walk, two stolen
bases, and not less than three errors.
The four top Cardinal players each
made two hits apiece in this big
inning, the feature one being a well
placed triple by Parson Piephoff,
with three ducks on the pond.
The Martins rallied desperately in
the first of the seventh and scored
four times, on Flip Peele's single, a
fielder's choice, a single hy Grimes
and a terrific home run by Gene
"AA" Kimball, the ball going almost
to the gym This concluded the scor
ing.
Oswald Stalls effectively scatter
od 14 hits in pitching the win and did
not issue a pass to tirst.
The Braves and Dodgers will play
this afternoon at 7:00 p. m. in a
game that was postponed from last
Friday, due to rain and wet grounds
Thi' box:
Cardinals Ab R H
Critcher, 3b 3 2 2
Sharpe, 2b 3 3 3
Piephoff. c 3 3 2
C T Roberson, cf 4 1 3
Fitzgerald, ss 4 11
Gurganus. lb 4 10
Stalls, p 4 11
C. Griffin. If 2 11
Hufflap. rf 1 (1 0
Woolard, rf 3 0 0
Bullock, sf 3 2 1
Totals 34 15 14
Martins Ah R II
D. Cobb, sf 4 12
J Hardy, p 4 13
Green, lb 4 0 1
Grimes. 3b 4 1 1 i
Kimball, If 4 1
Simpson, cf 1 0
of
Everett, cf 3 12
IV Peele, c 3 0 2
E. Hardy, ss 1 0 0
Li Hey. ss 2 0 0
Pittman, rf 1 0 0
Hnylr, rf 2 0 0
Waters, 2b 2 11
F. Peele, 2b 111
Totals 38 7 14
Score by innings: R
Martins 002 001 4? 7
Cardinals 200 1(12)0 x?13
EXECUTORS' NOTICE
North Carolina. Martin County.
The undersigned having qualified
as Executors of the estate of M. D.
Wilson, deceased, late of Martin
County, this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned on
or before the 24th day of July, 1943,
or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make im
mediate payment to the undersign
ed at Williamston, N. C.
This 24th day of July, 1942.
B A. CRITCHER.
Z V BUNTING,
jy28-6t Executors.
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