THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 20 Williamstoa. Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. March 11,1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
Missionary Tells
Of Conditions In
War Stricken China
Says Church Is Building
Firmer Foundation
in Orient
"In periods of persecution, the
church has ever builded a firmer
foundation, and we will not call
it a day and quit China when she
needs us most," Rev. C. H. Plop per,
missionary home on furlough from
the war-stricken country, told a
small but interested group in the
local Christian church last evening."
A preacher-teacher in the Orient
for a quarter of a century. Dr.
Plopper had a large store of inter
esting information to offer, and he
touched on the work of the several
mission churches, the educational
activities and work that is being
done during the troublous times
row confronting China and its mil
lions.
He told of the church work and
how budget requirements exacted
time as well as cash donations, how
some of the missions were begin
ning to become self-supporting and
how the work is progressing His
description of the war. while con
lined to incidents related to mission
work, offered new insights on the
activities in that great country and
especially those centering around
the Christian program
Called to folic-v the army into
far removed fi"l ! Chinese doctors
have been forced to leave hundreds
of thousands of pep.' without
medical attention. In wit ~ity, Dr.
Plopper pointed out, a missionary
doctor, broken in health, is operat
ing 19 hours a day. Nurses are sub
stituting for doctors, and the hospi
tals and schools have been filled to
overflowing with the sick and the
dying. The bombing of a Christian
hospital was described, the Japan
ese raid claiming the life of one of
the church's foremost surgeons and
the lives of five nurses.
Thirty-five thousand refugees
sought safety on the campus of Nan
king university, a union institution
supported jointly by the Presbyter
?an, Methodist, Baptist and Chris
tian churches, when the invaders
entered that city of more than a
million people Nine missionaries
continued at their posts directing
relief and offering aid to more than
one hundred thousand people.
"But we will not call it a day and
quit," the visiting missionary said.
? ? IPlopper spoke to the several
missionary societies yesterday after
noon, and in a forum at the close of
the service last evening answered
many questions. No appeal for aid
was heard last evening, but the
church man clearly pointed out the
golden opportunity for the church
to march y forward in that great
country
Twenty million people have mov
ed out of their homes, leaving sav
ings of a life time to march to safe
ty ahead of the invaders, the migra
tion being described as the largest
ever recorded in the history of the
world.
"How long can it last?" Dr. Plop
per was asked in a small forum yes
terday "Last December, an authori
ty on affairs in the Orient stated in
an article in the New York Times
that Japan would spend itself in
twelve months. Today, that same
man says he would reduce the num
ber to six months, but some believe
it will take two years for the situa
tion to reach a definite crisis
Whooping Cough In
Three Townships
Since March I. 23 cases of whoop
ing cough have been reported ip
this county, according to a prelim
inary report released yesterday by
Dr. E. W. Furguraon, full-time county
health officer. Eleven of the cases
were in Cross Roads, and six each
in Hamilton and RobersonviHe
In connection with the appearance
of the cough in this county. Dr. Fur
guraon offers the following com
ment:
"Whooping cough usually beginj
with the symptoms of a cold in the
cheat, and a week or ten days maj
pass before the whooping and spasm;
of coughing occur. Sometimes there
is no real whooping throughout the
whole period of sickness The dis
ease is more dangerous to infant:
than to older children, and pneu
monia is the most frequent compli
cation.
"If whooping cough is prevalent h
your community, very young chil
dren should be kept at home. If at
older child has been erpnaert ti
whooping cough, he rtiould be kep
away from younger children for a
least two weeks from his last expo
sura, or until he is well again. A1
children ill from the disease shouk
be isolated and remain a quarantine
for three weeks after the develop
of th
Fishing Season Scheduled To
Open in Roanoke Next Week
Fishing on a large scale is ached
uled to get underway in the Roan
oke at Jamesville and in the lower
part of the county next week, no
definite dates having been announc
ed at this time for starting the op
erations at Camp Point and Jat
ville. The fisheries in the extreme
lower part of the county, near
Plymouth, are slated to start oper
ating next Monday, but a last-min
ute delay might be effected, holding
the nets out of the water until la
ter in the week.
"We hope to start fishing some
time during the latter part of the
week if conditions are favorable.'
Mr C. C. Fleming, operator of the
fisheries at Camp Point and James
ville said a few days ago The plant
at Camp Point has been rebuilt in
its entirety, the owner having in
vested heavily during the past few
j month* in restoring the fishery
' there
Reports coming from the river
' fishing grounds in recent days have
been more favorable than they were
a week or two ago. A single machine
on the river at this point picked up
two dozen large herrings night be
fore last, indicating that some fish
will come through pulp mill acids
and tannic acid poison or any oth
er obstacles, actual or imaginative.
It will be .quite z few da>s before
the fishing season comes into it?
own, but the early cateles ge;?eral
' ly command higher prices making
the seine operators eager to start
operation as soon as possible In
early ApriL the size of the catches
ordinarily reach a maximum and
along about that tune throngs visit
the fisheries, some to see the oper
ators and others to lay up a store of
! rood for the coming months
Road Refund Claims
Are Given Attention
THAT MAN AGAIN I
E. Ross Frooeberger. SUtt
Revenue Department deputy,
will be in bis office in the conn
ty courthouse next Monday and
Tuesday to assist Income tax
payers in filling out their re
turns. He will also assist own
ers of intangible property in
listing their holdings.
Owners of intangible proper
etc.. will find it to their advan
tage to list them with the Dep
nty collector not later than next
To today, as a check of the rec^.
ord will be made after that time
with certain unfavorable fe
tares to follow.
Oak City School
Travel Invitation
The Oak City high school is utter.
ing a splendid travel opportunity to
two young people in this county.
Principal H. M Ainsley. of the
school, stating that there are two
vacancies in a 30 passenger bus on
a planned trip to Washington City.
Twenty-eight seats has been taken
by the school pupils and chaper
ones, Mr. Ainsley pointing out that
they will be glad to have two other
people join them on the trip
The party will leave Oak City at
6 a. m . March 24. and return the
following Saturday evening The
trip, including meals and rooms,
guides and lectures, costs only
$12 90 from Oak City. This three
day tour offers a splendid opportun
ity to tfie Oak City seniors and two
other people to visit the places of
interest in the nation's capial Any
one wishing to accompany the group
is directed to correspond with Prin
cipal Ainsley at once.
Receive Application For
Entrance To CCC Camps
During the next few days, the
Martin County Welfare office will
I receive applications from young
men for places in the Civilian Con
, servation corps ranks. Miss Mary
Taylor stating that possibly there
will be openings for a dozen or fif
teen from this county.
Any young man, qualified to en
ter the service and who cares to
apply for a place in the camps is di
rected to file his application with
the welfare office before April 1.
Commission Hints
It Will Possiblv
Make Adjustments
Martin County to Press Its
Claim to Half-million
Dollar Refund
Martin County authorities and its
citizens were given encouragement
| in their claim to a half-million dot
lar road refund this week when the
| State Highway and Public Works
^Cdlftmission issued a last call to
counties claiming restitution of road
! expenditures made in highway de
| velopment before the State took
1 over the road system
A resolution unanimously adopted
set May 1 as the deadline for filing
?"any new or additional information"
before the commission begins to
make a "final determination ' of the
more than $70,000,000 in claims
from the counties
t A commission created -by Uh? 4034
general assembly held hearings on
! the claims of certain countie that
they were due payment* from the
State for monies borrowed foi road
construction or for roads construct
ed by the county and la'er taken
over by the state The commission
er reported to the 11137 legislature,
which turned the w hole mattci back
to the highway commission
Martin County more than a year
ago filed a claim for a refund of
$401,907.88 spent in advancing a
strictly state highway program.
Senator R L Coburn and Repre
sentative H. G liorton sponsored a
bill in 193$ calling for the creation
of a commission to study the clatins.
After a long and costly investiga
?lion, the commission threw the hot
problem hack into the highway de
partment lap where it has been
held under surface until this week
when a deadline- was set for offer
ing any new or additional informa
tion
It is now believed that the com
mission is considering plans for ad
justing the claims one way or an
other, some believing that the au
thorities will offer a percentage set
tlement.
Martin County s claim is said to
have stood up under attack direct
ed to it by both the special fact-find
ing commission and the State High
j way body, and that it is reasonable
(Continued on page six)
Arrangements Go Forward
For Opening Library April 1
> The first order for books for WU
' liams Ion's public library was mailed
W?
Wednesday afternoon after Use
board of directors met in the office
of Mayor John L. Hassell and ap
proved a list of about three hum
ored volumes. Delivery is expected
within two weeks, and during the
meantime, leaders of the movement
are rushing plans to completion for
opening the library m the Ameri
can legion Hut on Watts street an
or about the first of next month.
Cabinet makers are at work on
the shelves and book stands and
they plan to complete that work by
the middle of next week. The li
brary operating personnel will be
announced shortly.
Rev. John L. Goff. who with quite
a few others, has been instrumental
the worthy project
stated that the board of directors
would be "sympathetic lov.a. J any
suggestion concerning a flat-top
d^sk. a ? * 12 soft rug and a com
fortable chair for reading."
The list of books ordered this
week includes about one hundred
and fifty volumes for children and
about the same number of titles for
general reading Many of the best
books at recent pwbbcatio i are in
cluded in the list, and the magazine
and newspaper niiiip tor cduld
dren and ad utlwsasTAOIUNUNU
dren and adults eras well taken care
of, Mr. Gaff said
It has been suggested by hading
educators and others that Williaans
ston people can possibly support no
better undertaking than a public li
brary. that it certainly offers the
gieateat return at any investment to
be advanced at a I
1 ?
Hold Last Service
\t Old Pinev Grove
On Sunday Morning
Congregation Plans to Use
New Building Next
Month
Member- Ptney Gnne Mis
sionary Baptist church mill worship
in the old building on the Manning
R.?..d. near the P E Getsinger home
?ji Griffins Township. Sunday morn
ing possibly for the last tune "We
are ceiling the new church on the
site of the old township house near
the Manning boys in Griffins Town
ship this week, and we hope to have
the building ready for us^ the sec
ond Sunday in April Rev W B.
Harrington, pastor and leader in the
new-church movement, said yester
day.
At the Sunday m?>rnmg hour. Mr.
John W House, cnatnman of ine
executive board of the Roanoke
Baptist association, will occupy the
Piney Grove Church pulpr. and the
public is cordially invited ear
him. the pastor announces
Just a few weeks ag- the Piney
Grove membership agreed almost
unanimously at the start t?? move
then worship activities !?? a spot
more conveniently located Sine
members pledgeil lumber and oth
er building materials Others ??ftei
ud then services free, and friend*
of the congregation n-.ade liberal
donation*. to advance the project
Large numbers, including members
and non-members of the church
teported for work not long ago. and
the house was framed in a few days
Activities were halted a few days,
but recently the forces returned and
[111 a short time closed in the strut
I lute They are now finishing tlie
i interior, and it is almost certain the
| building will be ready for use the
! early part of next m*?nth c?r |**?<sit?ly
I even before that time
Owned b> Mr P E Get singer and
offered to the Piney Grove Baptists
1 for their use. the old church will
| likely be converted into a residence.
Draw Jurors For
Special Term Of
Su|MTior (.our!
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn to
Preside Beginning
April 18th
Jurors for the special term t?f
Martin County SuperM?r Court cc?n
vening Monday. April IKlh were
| drawn by the county commissH-ners
I in regular meeting last M?*nday
Judge W II S Burgwyn. of Jack
j son. is scheduled t?? preside over
: the term that lasts for two weeks
t The court w ill try civil ??**!>
Names of jurors and their places
of residence are. as follows
first Week
James vi lie Township Eli I> Rog
ers. L. W. Ang*-. J II llavenpoil
Griffins Township Archie T Col
! train and Ottis Wamw right
Bear Glass Township James S
; Bailey, W Alton Rogers and Dewey
Leggett
William, ton Township K P
Lindsley. Ira S Price. Robert Co
wen and J Haywood Rogers
Cross Roads Township C P Hop
kins and L. A Clark
Robersonville J E Page. P f.
Norwood. W Hugh R?4er?in and
i Alton E. Gi imes.
Second W eek
Jamesville Township II S Har
; dison, George II Mizelle, Jr \V.
R Roberson, R. G Coburn and
Howard E Hardison
Williams Township Ben Griffin
; and Lawrence Griffin
Bear Grass Township C II Ajr
eis. J. L Stalls and Alonzo D Ter
ry
Williamston Township Claries
Herriott
Cross Roads Township W" M
Wynne.
Robersonville Township Grady
j E Smith. A P Robervm II C
Woolard
Hamilton Township Ed Pur\ u
and Elmer Edmondson.
Goose Nest Township Robert
Hux.
The jurors for the special term
were drawn from a list just recent
ly i evised by the county commis
sioners
Heavy Poult iy Loading
I Underway In The Coi
?
Heavy poultry loadings are
i made cooperatively in the a
this week, reports Iran Jame
i and Wtlliamstnn stating that n
8 000 pounds were loaded at
two points on Tuesday and r
'I day. They are loading hesv;
Robersonville today." County i
IT. B. Brandon said.
Authorities Predict Farmers of
This County Will Give the New
Farm Bill a Big Vote Tomorrow
Nearly 1,000 Farmers Call
For Checks Here This Week
Nearly l.iiOO Martin County far-*
rr.ers who complied with the soil
j consenation program last year
have called al the office of the coun
ty ae.ent for their benefit checks
this week. In a few cases, the farm
ers notified by mail to call for the
?hecks beat the mail man to town,
and tne office of the agent lias been
sept busy steadily from early morn
ng until late afternoon handing out
he checks
To date, the office has received
MO checks representing 453 applica
ions. The checks total approxi
nalely $48,981 15, reports from the
?ffice of the county agent stating
hat this amount represents about
?a if the benefits payments- expect
d in the eounty this season
Juit when additional checks will
be received, no one i> able to say at
this time but the agent's office
points out that it can see no reason
shy mas; of the remaining checks
should not be ready for delivery to
the owners uuhtn a short tune.
Farmers, as a general rule, are
greatly pleased a ith the sue of their
checks, a number of them explain
ii'g that t'tey are receiving twice as
much as they had expected All of
them are glad they participated in
4he progrjr and complied with its
provisions but there are many who
planted their soil-depleting base
limits, an J therefore a ill receive
iK' benefit payments
Last year, the farmers received
approximately 518U.UW in benefit
payments This year, they will re
ceive hardly $IOU OdU
No Tax Exemptions
Allowed, Official Savs
Plans (>n Forward
For Listing IOT
Pro|HTl\ Moldings
Humors Claiming the Pulp
Plant Would Not Be
Taxed, Unfounded
Humors maintaining that the
properties of the North Carolina
Pulp Company , in the lower part of
th.- o*uilly - mmld be exempt fi.n?
taxation were dvnitti by J E P??pe
hatriiian of the Martin County
ftoaid of Commissioners, here this
week "It has been pointed out to
me - mat reports, wKielv circulated
ii? some sections of the county, have
charged the county authorities with
exempting the North Carolina Pulp
Company of taxes." Mr Pope sail:
in issuing a strong denial of any ,
uch action
"This matter was discussed ui
eo ral meetings of our board when
the company was considering l?wat
iiig its plant in or near Williams
ton." Mi Pop* continued, "and it
was pointed out on those occasion*
? thai our board was forbidden by law
j to exempt property of taxation."
The Ifoaid chairman pointed out.
however, that the county and its
people would umperate with the
plant ownership in any way they
could, "did we want to do what is
light and fan m listing tire pulp
con .paiiy V property just as much so
as we want to list fairly the prop
erty of ever other owner in the
county
"When the Kieckhefer Container
Company management abandoned
plans fr#i locating the | Iant in Wil
liiiiii ton, we considered the matter
il^ft-d No official rt-cjitc-sl^ for co
operation were then directed to the
b??ard other than on asxmg for the
rerouting of a county ??.k1 around
the plant propert\ This i -quest was
granted," Mr Pope c*?n? luded
la>t year when the pulp companyJ
started construction work, it listed
property valued at $13:488. this
am?Hint representing the site pur
(Continued on page six>
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\ddresses School
Tlie high spob in lh? Ne* Lilo
movement in China mere pointed
out to local high school students
y t-slerday afternoon by Dr C H
Pl??pper, returned China Missionary
The speaker's, review *4 activities
by the Chinese as compared with
Western civilization was very in
teresting. and the youths listene t
at tentatively to his stories
I>r Plopper did not mention war
roiiditions in his talk, but he offer
ed several valuable lessons to hb
hearers in pointing out the value of
(curtesy, cleanliness and thought -
fulness. He told about educational
activities in the high schools and in
'?v?#hkmg university ""mftere he has
- jent almost a quarter of a century
teaching "Christianity is back of all
the enlightntent in the New Life
Movement." Ih Plopper declared
County Ministerial Ctoup
Will Meet Here Monday
The Martin County Ministerial
?ixHCUtiun mill meet in regular ses
Men at the Presbyterian church on
Monday morning at ten o'clock. A
special program has been prepared
and all ministers in the county are
urged to attend
The talk mas one of three schedul
ed here yesterday
Plan Series Of Pre-School
Clinics In County Shortly
A schedule for holding a series
of pre-school clinics in this county
1 iiu^ effected by the several princi
pay* and county superintendent in
a special meeting here yesterday In
addition to formulating a clinic j
' schedule, the school men agreed to
hold the State-wide seventh grade
examinations in the schools of this
county on March 31
The first of the pre-school clinics
villi be field in Jamesvtlle next
' Thursday the schedule providing
an extra day )f * -?ary for handl
; ing the -?ions there Clinics
will be y ^ in other schools, as
> follows Farm Life, March 22, Bear
' Grass. March 24 and if i
? the following day. Oak City,
29 Ha&sell and Hamilton, at Hamil ,
i'ton. April I. Williamston. April 4
: and 3, Everett*. April 7 and I; and
jGold Point and RobcmaTille at,
Robersunville on April II and 12
Only one clinic was held in the
county last year, the i ttslihilimenl
of a full-time health department in
the county making it possible to
?aiTy on the valuable work in all
the schools this year
L>r Furgurson. assisted by Misses
Robinson and High, county health
! nurses, will conduct the clinics an
cooperation with the various par
ents-teachers associations. Parents
aie earnestly urged to support the
clinics by basing their children aba
are planning to enter school next
fall attend
Names of principals i
meeting
are Mews i T Uzzle. C B
tin T. O Hickman. D. N Hix. C R
, L V Aoknoc M. M Kv-j
mn. H M Aimlry and B B Can
Fanners Showing
More Interest As
\ ote Time Nears
Successful Campaign Clos
ed in County Last
Wednesday
More than 3000 votes will be cast
by Martin County farmers in the
tobacco and cotton refer end ums to
morrow if predictions made by
those who have studied the situa
lion hold up. Interest in the out
come of the referendums has reach
ed high point throughout the coun
ty. the campaign, conducted in be
half of the new farm bill, have met
with marked success in nearly ev
ery nook and corner For nearly two
weeks, the all-important problem
has been called to the attention of
farmers, and when the campaign
was closed in Hassell and Williams
Township Wednesday night the op
position was virtually wiped out.
and unless the unexpected happens,
the effects of the drive will be re
flected in a support of 90 per cent ?
or more at the eleven voting places
in this county tomorrow
""We had a large crowd out at
Everett*. Wednesday evening and a
strong support for the bill can be
expected in that section." Mr T. B
Slack who has been active in the
campaign, said yesterday.
In the township house over in
Williams the same night, the swell
ing crowd backed the agent back
.iito <*ne corner, but he held his own
and the opposition is said to have
w eakened before he completed his
naster oration, and closed the cam
by explaining to the farmers
that it was up to them to head off a
let urn to the troublesome times that
left their impression back in the
early thirties
There are registered in this
county 1852 farmers eligible to par
ticipate in the tobacco referendum,
[and Uf&3 farmers eligible to par
ticipate in the cotton referendum.
Mr T B Slade explaining that
there are approximately seven or
'eight hundred others who will be
eligible to vote but who do not have
their runies on the records because
?hey did not sign work sheets or
comply with the 1937 soil conserva
tion program It was clearly pointed
Salt that these farmers are eligible
to participate in the referendums
ai?d they are cordially urged to
.vote. ...
The following table shows about
the number of eligible voters in the
township*, not including those who
did not sign woiLsheets or those
tenant- t-n farms where compliance
requirements w ere not met
Tewaship
Jamesville 291 96
Williams 119 73
Griffins 262 47
bear Grass 264 100
Williamston 331 162
Cr*?ss Roads 264 162
Robersonville 568 502
Poplar Point 123 91
Ifemillon 294 263
Gome Nest 336 357
2.852 1.863
Polls will be opened in the coun
ty tomorrow from 7 to 7 in the fol
lowing places
Jamesville Town Hall.
Williams Township House
Griffins Manning's Store at
Township House.
Bear Grass. School Building.
Williamston Agricultural build
in*
Cross Roads School house or in
old garage building if weather is
favorable
Robersonville C. and W. Motor
Company showroom on Main stree.t
Hassell Regular voting place in
Hamilton Town House.
Goose Nest Old hotel lobby
Poplar Point will have no voting
place within its lines, but farmers
nearest Williamston will vote in -v7
the county agricultural building at
Williamston, and those nearest Ev
erett*. will vote in Everett*
No one knows how the outcome
will he. but on the eve at it sdkg
period, indications are that the hill
will pam in this county by a ma
jority of >0 per cent or mine, hot
that the ball will have logk atad