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"T WAY WAY WAR BOND DAT tnt mnm?urt toum THE ENTERPRISE OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY & UNITED STATU WM BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 65 WMiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 18, 1942. ESTABLISHED 1899 f Market To Open Next Tuesday ! Strong Corps of Buyers Here ? War As It Relates To Home Front Is Reviewed for Week Greater Restrictions on Goods For Civilian Use Now Fairly Certain We are now on the offensive. For the first time in this war American forces have moved against the en emy with the objective of expelling htm. The theater of action is the Sol omons. The Solomons are a chain of "lands, the islands are steaming jungle and abrupt peak and the home of head hunting savages who doubt leas have learned new lessons in sav agery, lately from the Japanese. For Japan's line of communication runs through the Solomons, and in the Solomons Japan flanks Australia From its very start this first Am erican offensive indicated to the Home Front the need for redoubling our production effort Admiral King Commander in Chief of the U. S. Fleet, said it appears we have lost at least one cruiser and that other warships had been damaged and he said?"Considerable losses, such as are inherent in any offensive opera tion, must be expected." Must Prepare For Losses Vft! must go on from offensive to offensive if we are to win this war, we can win this way only by driv ing the Japs out from the territory they have seized, by driving the Na zis from Europe and the Near East. To do this we must accept losses on a great scale, and we must prepare for these losses. We cannot sit smugly back on past performances. Last Sunday Elmer Davis Direct or of the Office of War Information, spoke of the front line of produc tion and said of it that "Generally speaking this line is holding firm." But Davis went on to say that this front line could break unless new lines swiftly are established behind it. "We certainly shall fail," he said, "unless we increase the production of raw materials." He said we must develop new processes, end waste, and?something in which everyone can help?"Press for full salvage by every citizen in the land " Materials and more materials ? that is the desperate need. This is a war in which tanks are destroyed by hundreds in a single action on a single sector of one front. And yet into a tank of the General Grant type (o about 26 tons of steel, some six hundred pounds of copper, more than five hundred pounds of chrom ium and more than six hundred pounds of manganese, aluminum lead and zinc. Salvage Is Paramount More than ever today the empha sis must be on salvage and on such further restrictions of an already re stricted civilian industry as may be possible. It is possible to tighter up on the civilian economy here anc there, and wherever it is possible il must be done. One of our most criti cal shortages is the shortage of steel and last week the War Production Board ordered the makers of wooder upholstered furniture to stop usinf iron or steel in springs WPB launch ed a drive for metal salvage em bracing 37,000 dairy plants through out the country and appealed tc wholesale and retail merchants tc "make a clean sweep" of store roomi and shops for critically needed ma terlal. There are almost two millior retail merchants in the U. S. A. anc more than 100,000 wholesalers. Anc the combined Production and Re sources Board, the agency througl which Great Britain and the Unitec (Continued on page six) ? Attendance Low In Colored School* The closing of thirteen coloret schools opening the term in tht county last Thursday was consider ad likely as figures showing poor at tendance began reaching the offie of the county superintendent. Rang ing from about 80 to not over 80 pe oent, the attendance figures did no oome up to expectations, and opera tion of the schools with that man; pupils absent can hardly be justified it was pointed out. No action will be taken to clos the schools before the latter part o the week, if then, but if no increas in the attendance follows during th next day or two a suspension orde is to be expected. Should the school be closed, they will likely reopei along with the others scheduled t open the terra on Thursday, Septem ber Srd. MARKET SUPERVISORS Forming a strong unit and binding the farmer and warehousemen closer together, Messrs. Urbln Rogers, left, and Rossrl Rogers, right, are In a position as supervisors of the WllllamstOD Tobacco Market to handle an effective work for the market patrons this season. These young men are well known to the farmers of this section. They know farming, tobacco and the warehouse business, and they are In a po sition to really help the farmer In the successful marketing of tobacco. WEEKLY ROUND-UP The last weekly week-end round-up of drunks and al leged violators of peare and or der fell slightly under the high water mark established the prev ious week-end. Fourteen, nine of them drunks, were arrested last week-end as comparrd with seventeen detained and Jailed during the corresponding period a week earlier. Eleven of the fourteen were rounded up on Saturday. Nine of them were colored and five were white. Aside from the cases charging public' drunkenness, there were those charging defendants with various crimes from murder on down to non-support. Devastating Attack On Germany By Air Is Planned By Allies 0 U. S. Forres Clear Japunese From Solomon Islands in ? Fierce Fighting s?, Fur-reaching developments on the war fronts of the world are believed in the offing as the Allied commands make ready to take a more active part in the struggle to save Russia from disintegration and to push the invaders back into their territory. There are bright spots in the recent reports coming from the Pacific area, but the situation is still criti cal in Russia where the Germai* continue their push into the Caucasus and are throwing more reserves in to the fight for Stalingrad. Prime Minister Churchill and oth er high Allied officials just recently concluded a momentous conference with Stalin in Moscow, and much of the world is excited over what to ex pect. The plans are secret, but there is talk about launching the greatest air attack against Germany ever known in history. The second front question remains unanswered, how ever,; but some action is to be ex pected within a few weeks in an ef fort to relieve the relentless pound ing directed against Russia. The Solomon Islands are now the property of the Allies, the Japs hav ing been routed despite their strong fortifications and defenses. The Jap fleet has retreated from the area, and final success of the venture is de pendent upon the power of the Al lied navies in preventing Jap rein forcements from reaching the is lands. No detailed casualty lists have been announced, but the losses have been described as "substantial." donsiderable action is underway (Continued on page six) ? J Georgia Price About $7 Higher Than Last Year r * I, Returning from the Georgia mar kets last week-end, Messrs Jimmy t Taylor and Jack Hardison explain f ed that the price average there this e season was about 17 higher than it e was a year ago. The poundage was r slightly in excess of that reported a last season. n "Some tobaccos that have been o known not to sell so well in the past, i- went for around $40 this year," Mr. Taylor said. Tobacco Marketing Cards Dislr ib uied To County Farmers Fch FarmcrH Will Have To Pay Penalty on Kxcen Acreage The distribution of tobacco mar keting cards to Martin County far mers has been and is progressing rapidly, T B Slade of the county agent's office said this morning. Possibly 75 per cent of the cards were placed in the farmers' hands at designated distribution centers last week-end, yesterday and today, Mr. Slade said. Representatives of the office carried the cards to James ville, Robersonville, Oak City last week-end and yesterday Today, they are being distributed to farmers in the Hassell and Hamilton communi ties. During the meantime, possibly fifty per cent of the cards for farm ers in other townships have been distributed by the county agent's office. The distribution of cards for the entire county will be effected from the agricultural building in Williamston after today, and farm ers are urged not to wait until the last minute to call for them. No cards will be delivered Saturday after noon. A complete check on tobacco acre age compliance is not available, but it is understood that hardly more than half a dozen if that many, will have to pay any penalty on excess production. Starting out last spring, possibly thirty per cent of the farm ers in this county planted in excess of their allotments, including the 10 per cent increase allowed by the de partment. However, nearly all of those farmers destroyed the sur plus and brought their plantings ir. line with their allotments. As a whole, the farmers of this county bave cooperated splendidly in the AAA production program, many having willingly decreased their to bacco acreage to boost the produc tion of such crops as peanuts and soybeans. Facing Courts On Draft Law Count William Jasper Page, young Rob ersonville colored man, is in the county jail awaiting action by the FBI for alleged violation of the Se lective Service Act. Page is said to have failed or reported to report for physical examination. Several other similar cases are pending in this county, and action can be expected sooner or later. It will be remembered that these cases are placed on record, that the prose cution will follow in due time even after the war if they have not been handled prior to its close According to unofficial informa tion, approximately 7,000 alleged vi olators of the draft laws have been arrested and sentenced to military prisons, and that others are being rounded up by the hundreds daily. Ignorance ia not accepted as an ex cuse when the draft laws are violat ed, and it is certainly advisable for delinquent to report direct to their draft boards at once and see if their cases can be handled with minimum punishment. Nearly All The Old Buyprs ill Hetiirn Here This Season Tl.omtu dTw^. "oneer Huvrr. To R,.?. Th,. Imperial ? ?? Reviewing the list of buyers as Market 'th,"* Tobacco Market this season, local warehouse men sa.d today that the buying com bination was ,he strongest, th,- best ! "We are u.deed ortunate to have such a fine, able our fC"g gar?rUPOf '? bUy warchfsirSS ?f ,h" turning" hld'odtng1 MrZVZack "m'AnH.'rican^A 'c Vci'1*''' t" Revnnlfk m McClure for Taylor r,. (,,vvo^d D. Thomas for stfrm * Vrson Skinner for W I , Arthur Henl for the W-. J mgton Tobacco Company ^T!^ R uTh2"ns " <Timho)yief,"ess , penal' SfrTfT"' rt'Pr?S,'nt ""'n Clarence^ JettressSS u ^ """ Mr "" ,h<' Williamsto'n market' 'f|e ^y<?r ~si"? young buyer who gained a w?dr expert rnrc tty dhe w.ol!!" a young man. WiUiW.',hlS "bl'' buyin8 forc?'. the Wtlliamston market has everv v,,.a reason to aniifimo ^ cl ?? anticipate a successful close' h a:,d in maintaining a men and all other mark,., 'employ." Scrap Drive Slows Down For Harvest snap metals is expected O r weeks'1 Tl"1 7,7'* ne*t "few ials is beinV '' wait'' mater ly and if ,h n j """" frequent y, and if the production lines are dclivcry'of W,thout interruption the mcrea.w. ,,t'ra', 'r"n musl sh"w a" ?"yrin c:zz >7, ih"vcred ,,,,s yea^andUr"fK "'h Pa? o"'.as" ' iver ,hCr",y they wiil hava ?o dc the next .i!m"Unt and more duri"K p next six or seven months. ^Unasdib7eakede,iVeriei,a3"'? Street Disturbance Aired In The Court J<%. Wilkin?, respected local col ored man who admittedly "lost" his head, was fined $10 and taxed with the cost in Justice John L. Maseeh's court here last evening for alleged disorderly conduct on the main street last Saturday night. Wilkins' arrest followed a minor disturbance on the street a short time earlier, and charges growing out of that disturbance will be a'red in the county court next Monday. David Holliday has been booked for allegedly assaulting a female, and Allie Wilkins and Hansy Hart are facing assault with deadly weapon charges. MIGHTY SLOW The sale of war bonds in Mar tin County is progressing mighty slow, according to a fairly com plete report Just received and covering the first fifteen days of this month. Through last Satur day, $11,000 worth of the bonds had been bought in the county, the amount being $49,300 short of the August quota. There's no doubt but what the current period offers a finan cial problem, but the opening of the markets next week should relieve conditions and open the way for extensive bond pur chases. Operating Personnel of Four Big Warehouses Strongest in 10 Years Rationing Board Will Observe New Schedule of Office Hours ' Effective this week a new sched ule of office hours will be observed ! by the Martin County Rationing! Board, Chairman Martin explaining ! that the office would close each Wednesday at 12 o'clock noon, and each Saturday at 12:30 p m. The change will make it possible for the employees to prepare certain week ly reports, file applications and catch : up with the board correspondence. The office opens each morning at 8 o'clock and closes at 5 in the af ternoon except on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 1 The big rush for sugar for canning I has dwindled considerably during the past few days, but not until 3,020 ap plications had been received during the months of June and July During that period, the board issued cer tificates for the purchase of more man a quarter million pounds of su Rejected Number of Men In Last Group raTtees Twcnly-scvcn Ollirrw I'iihh tin Kxumiiiutioii* for Srrvirc In Tin- Army Thi' last group of young Martin County men reporting for service in the airmed forces reflected better health than the preceding group, ac cording to unofficial information gained last week-end Twenty seven men were accepted the first day out of the group Thirteen are said to have been rejected outright and several others were held over for further examinations. Of the six hold over, it is understood that five of them passed. Garland Barnhill, un dergoing a more detailed examina tion, was physically disqualified the second day. Out of the 27 men passing the first examinations, six were placed in a group for limited military service only, indicating that less than half of the contingent did not measure up to 1-A specifications. These men returned home late the same day they left and are to report back the lat ter part of this month for definite assignments in the armed forces. Ac cording to present plans they are to catch a 11:20 bus out of Williamston on the day of their departure. Speaking about health, an exam ining officer was said to have told one of the Martin boys, Lyman Britt, that lie (the officer) wished 5,000 men as sound as he was could be had immediately. The names of the men who were examined the first day and are to re turn to the induction center follow: Jim B. Holliday, Donnie il Folson, Harvey LL Yate*, Henry IL Hope, Jr., Dennis M. Harrison, Rupert R. Rawls, William A. Harrison, Howard E. Whitehurst, Chester W. Edmond son (1-B), Heber J Coltrain, Ellis S. White, Dayton Bryant, Verner W Harrison, Lyman L. Britt, William C. Whtiley, Willie Whitfield, Char lie B. Wynne, Robert U. Gurganus, Lester S White, Alonza Hassell (1-B), Clyde Hugh Hiftcs (1 B), Jonh B. Hardi?on (I B), Edwin H. Car son, Leandrew Hardison (1-B), Frank S Cherry (1-B), Luther G Leggett, Jr., and Jesse W. Curtis. 1 Few Positions Now Vacant In Schools Executing contracts with several teachers during the past few days, school authorities stated this morn ing that the number of positions made vacant by resignations had been reduced somewhat and that by the week-end nearly all of the po sitions will have been filled. How ever, there is still the strong possi bility that some departments will not be filled by that time or by the time the term gets underway two weeks from this Thursday, Mrs. Gale White Lucas, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, has contracted to teach the eighth grade in the Oak City schools. Mrs Lucas is from Plymouth. Miss Mar jorie Stone, of Sparta, Ga , has been employed to teach the third grade at Bear Grass, the office of the county superintendent listing these two contracts among the late ones to be executed. gar in excess of the regular consum er allotments or 237,045 pounds, to be exact. There is little doubt but what more food has been preserved in Martin County this season than ever before despite the dry weather and the resulting poor gardens and crops. While some of the sugar was used illegally, tip doubt, most of it was used for the designated pur poses. Public attention is now being cen tered on the tire rationing system, and that system is abouj to bog down. Reliable reports state that the September allotment will be 28 per cent under the August quota. The decrease is coming when nearly I 150 applications for more than 300 ' tires are pending. It is apparent that I the transportation business is push | ing toward a serious climax much realize it is. | KI KKK.I K VrOK v. D There was a time when peo I pie lowered milk into the well to I came along to better man's lot, and it is a great help today, too. The mechanical age followed and electric refrigerators came into their own. Kerosene refrigera tors solved the problem in many | farm homes, liut the greatest refrigerator evufr heard of is" the one owned and operated by Mr. I,eon Henderson, of the Of fice of Price Administration. Waving something even better than a magic wand, Henderson can and has actually frozen prices from coast to coast. He has frozen this article and that article, and apparently he did a good job for there is no like lihood of a general thaw any time soon. School Authorities \reStill Searching For More Teachers CoHilioiiH in th<> Kli'iiientury l><-purtm?-iit All Filled Willi One I' Exception Despite six vacant positions in its faculty, the local schools, Principal D. N. Ilix pointed out yesterday, wilt in all probability be ready to open the term on Thursday, Sep tember 3rd. It is quite possible that two positions, one in the commer cial and one in the manual arts de partments, will not be filled, tint contracts are expected to he closed within the next few days with appli cants for the other jobs. Athletics are almost certain to take a back seat during the coming term, Principal Ilix explaining that no coach is to be had, but that pos sibly a limited program Would be planned. "We have been very fortunate in filling several positions made va cant by resignations, several by the war itself, and we have every rea son to believe* that the approaching term will be a very successful one for the school," Principal Hix said yesterday while on a week-end leave from Duke University. The faculty line-up while incom plete at this time is, as follows: First grade: Miss Grace Talton and Mrs Rebecca Knight Crockett. Second grade: Misses Estelle Craw ford and Mary Benson. Third grade: Miss Ruth Manning and Mrs. Lela Brown Bunting. Fourth grade: Misses Katherine Bradley and Margaret Jordan El liott, of Edenton. Miss Elliott, a new member of the faculty, is a grad (Continued on page six) 1 Youth Recaptured After Break From Bond Prison Arna Wallace, youthful Martin County lad who drew a five-year term back i*? 1940 for robbing a lo cal hardware store and who escaped from a Northampton road prison camp last week has been recaptured along with most of the other sixteen men who made a successful dash for freedom The 18-year-old boy was taken in Rocky Mount and return ed to prison. A parole for the boy was pending when he broke from the camp. Able \\ arehouseinen Otter Best Serviee To Tobaceo Farmers Knlir?- PtTMinnel of tin- I.uval Tiibaoco Market Was Nev er Stronger Than Now Ready for the day of the year out side Christmas?the opening day of -he tobacco market - Williamston, with four acres of floor space and he strongest and most able ware house proprietors ever announced, is launching out on one of the most promising selling periods in all its ustory. It is true that the quality of he crop is hardly as good as it was last year and it is apparent, also that the quantity will not come up to ex pectations, but despite those two ad verse factors the outlook is promis ing because one of the strongest sell ing artd buying forces' to ever walk i tobacco warehouse floor will be >n the market this season, ready and raring to go next Tuesday mornisg, August 25th. Operating the four big warehouses the members of three firms are well known to farmers throughout north eastern North Carolina? and in a number of counties over in Vir ginia. They are men who have gain ed their experience down through the years, not by the theoretical method but by and through diligent practice beginning at the plant bed and following through all the diffi cult and trying processes of cultiva tion, harvesting and curing and grad ing and until the books are balanced following the sale. They are tobac conists in their own right, and they are men who are dependable, well met and friendly in all their deal ings with their fellowman. Combining the i r operations, Messrs John Gurkin, Sylvester Lil ley, Curlyle Lang ley and John A. Manning will be at the New Caro lina and the Planters Warehouses this season. These men invite you to either of these two houses. Messrs. Claude Griffin and Jim my Taylor are returning to the helm at the Roanoke-Dixie Ware house this season. Over at the Farmers, Messrs. Le man Bainhill and Joe Moye will be joined by Mr. Edward Corey in the operation of that house. Strong and experienced auction eers have been employed, and able supporting forces, including floor managers, book men and bookkeep ers will be at their respective posts in each of the houses. The entire personnel of the Wil liamston Tobacco Market is pledg ing lis best efforts in < rving the pa trons this year, and a successful sea son, mutually advantageous to all, is predicted Sales, limited to five hours a day, will get* underway next Tuesday morning promptly at 1):30 o'clock and continue until 12 JO p. m. They will be resumed at I 30 to continue until 3 30. Sales will be limited to 300 pllts .ill hnnr amt it ha? hwrt suggested that farmers can without sacrificing grading standards make larger piles and save excess floor charges and, as a whole, receive more money than they can by "running" too many grades with only a few pounds in each pile. So often there are grades of tobacco that cannot be distinguished one from the other. Isjo record break is expected next Tuesday as many farmers are still occupied with the harvest work, but large crowds are certain to come here to observe the sales for them selves. * Well Represented - In Armed Forces s At least four families in Martin County are well represented In the Nation's armed forces. No complete record could be had immediately, but it is understood that there are at least four families with three sons each in the service. That hardships are following the withdrawal of three sons from single families is certain, but there's been little or no grumbling heard in those quar ters. A fourth son has been called in one of the families, but defer ment was granted, temporarily at least. Mr. L. K. Everett, of Hamilton, has three sons in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gurganus, of Williams Township, have three; Mr. and Ibt. Doc Harden, of Hardens, have three and Mr and Mrs. John R. Coltraln, of Griffins Township, also have three young men In the i