THE ENTERPRISE IOuM ? Latefckaj to MM ?< Wateh the Lafeal ea Taw P??er, aa It Canrlaa the Data VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 59 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 26, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Tobacco Marketing Quotas Announced By AAA Authorities North Carolina Is Allotted 494,938,000 Pounds This Season Under a ruling by the Agricultur al Adjustment Administration, North Carolina can market 494,938, 000 pounds of tobacco free of tax, the total for the flue-cured crop standing at 739,088,000 pounds, a re duction of 13.4 per cent under the record crop of 834,882,000 pounds grown last year. Of the 494,938,000 allotted this State, 9,256,000 pounds were set aside for new growers. Fixed on the basis of an average for a period of years, the 1938 quo tas are somewhat above a normal crnp Th. ?v?r?g? ?rr?p fnr 10-' year period, 1927-1936 irfclusive, was 690,051,000 and the 1936 crop was only 682,850,000 pounds. The AAA took as a basis the com bined period of 1936-1937, the two years immediately after the invali dation of the old AAA act and the only two recent years in which there has been unrestricted production of tobacco. The quotas announced are 96 per cent of that average. The quotas for other states follow: North Carolina, 485,678,000 pounds; South Carolina, 84,302,000 pounds; Georgia, 71,033,000 pounds; Virginia, 65,458,000 pounds; Florida, 11,007,000 pounds; Alabama, 420,000 pounds; new farms for all states, 21. 150,000 pounds. The department issued the follow ing statement on regulations govern ing individual growers: "In administering the quotas, each farm operator will be given a mar keting card showing the amount of tobacco he can sell without penalty. The card is to be presented to a rep resentative of the AAA at auction warehouses for all sales to tobacco, and all sales within the time of the marketing, and will be paid to the secretary of agriculture by draft, money order, or check sent with weekly reports to be made in ac cordance with regulations. "Records and reports ' of market ings: "Records of each sale or resale of tobacco at the warehouse will be kept by the warehouseman, show ing complete information about all marketings of tobacco. This infor mation will be filed in regular re ports to the tobacco section of the AAA. Dealers also will keep records of all transactions and make regular reports of tobacco bought or sold. "Copies of the regulatins will be furnished warehousemen and will be available to producers at county. agents' offices." Discontinuance Of Trains Be Fought 'To remove >11 of the passenger! service on the Weldon-Kinston, the Tarboro-Plymouth and the Wash ington-Parmele branches of the At lantic Coast Line railroad would be the most damaging blow that this part of Eastern Carolina has felt in the past ten years," according to a statement made by N. G. Bartlett, secretary, Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Kinston, which organ ization is leading the opposition of the removal of these trains. This statement, according to Mr. Bartlett is purely on the basis of encourag ing development for this section. Recently when the Veterans' hospi tal for Eastern Ca-olina was finally given to the Vayetteville vicinity one of the main reasons for placing the hospital in that area was that the city was served efficiently by passenger trains in and out, accord ing to a statement given out by one of the officials in charge of selecting the location. Every effort will be made by the local towns working through the regional organization to retain the services of these trains and not only to keep the trains on but get improvements in the service and equipment. The hearing will be held in Ral eigh, August 2nd at 10 a. m. before die'Honorable' Stanley Winborne, utilities commissioner for North Carolina and indications point now to a large representation of citizens present to support the movement to retain the trains. Data is being col lected and assembled for the region al organization by a committee com prised of Judge Guy Elliott, chair man, Kinston; Mayor J. B. Eure, Ay den; George M. Fountain, Jr., Tar boro; E. H. Harding, secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Washington and N. a Bartlett, secretary. East ern Carolina Chamber of Commerce of Kinston. The interest all up and down the line is keen according to an observer and a strong opposition case will be presented on August Anti-Diphtheria Campaign Gets Underway Next Week Between six and seven hundred children are expected to seek free protection against diphtheria when a aeries of vaccination stations are opened in this county next week. A schedule of the clinics appears in this paper. In connection with the clinics, the county health department authori ties offered the following comment: "There were 39 cases of diphtheria reported in Martin County in 1037. Among this group there were two deaths. Probably many other cases occurred throughout the county in which no doctor was summoned and which, as a result, were never re ported. "There are certain persons known as "diphtheria carriers." These are individuals who. without symptoms nf tiitratr h<"-h"r .prcqrf the diphtheria organisms. Usually, carriers are themselves immune to the disease, but this is not necessar ily the case. "Eighty-five per cent of all deaths from diphtheria occur in children under six years of age, and unless a child is immunized several years before he reaches school age, then he has not been protected from this disease during the time in which it is likely to be most fatal. Every in fant should have diphtheria toxoid given at six months of age. Babies rarely show even the slightest reac tion from the protective treatment and every mother should have her baby immunized by her family physician or at one of the clinics that are to be conducted at various points throughout the county next week. "Older persons wishing to be im mnni7??t arp HirpcleH tn lhP health department headquarters in Wil [ liamston where tests will be made." MORE CARDS Martin County cotton farmers whose plan Unas are within the 19SI acreage allotment will be issued white marketing cards ere long. Those farmers who have overptanted their acreage allotment will receive red cards showing the amount of cotton that can be sold tax free. That the cards might be dis tributed before ginning season, agriculture authorities are urg ing farmers to assist the super visors in measuring crop land as it is necessary that compliance be determined before cards can be Issued, or before cotton price adjustment payments can be made. Prominent County Citizen Dies In Hospital Monday Funeral This Afternoon For] Mrs. Everett in Hamilton Mrs. LeRoy Everett, prominent1 Hamilton woman, died in a Wash ington hospital at 11:30 o'clock yes terday morning following a short illness. Taken sick just a few days ago, Mrs. Everett was removed to the hospital last week. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Davenport, members of a well known family in this county, Mrs. Everett was born in Hamilton May 4, 1899. She was married to Mr. Everett on November 16, 1917, and he with three sons, Hilton, Frank and Norman; and three daughters, Doris, Kay and Gladys, survives. She also leaves besides her parents, four sisters, Mrs. Wal ter Roberson, of Robersonville; Mrs. Verne Fulmer, of Springfield, S. C.; Mrs. Elmer Edmondson, of Hasaell; and Mrs. Banks Cozart, of Green ville, and one brother, Clayton Dav enport, of Robersonville. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock from the late home in Hamilton by Rev. E. C. Shoe, pastor of the Bap tist church of which she was a faith ful member. Interment will follow in the Hamilton cemetery. I Mrs. Everett, greatly beloved by all who knew her, was a devoted | wife and mother, finding pleasure in the care of her home and in the untiring acts of kindness for a large friendship She was a splendid neighbor, one who was thoughtful! and considerate of others at all times, and her untimely pasaing comes as a decided shock to the family and her many friends throughout the county. Government Engineer Ta Hold Meeting Tomorrow Municipal and county authorities from this and a number ot eastern Carolina counties are expected here for a meeting in the courthouse to morrow afternoon at three o'clock when H. G Baity, special govern ment engineer, will explain the pro cedure for getting Public Works Ad ministration loans and grants. Tlx Public la Invited to attend the meeting, and all town and county officials in Martin and surrounding territory are urged to be present even if they are not anticipating a project in cooperation with the PWA. Little Crime Wave Is' Reported in County Five Calls Keep Officers On Duty During Long Hours Assaults, Robbery, Suicide Attempt Hold Spotlight In This County # A tittle crime wave sweeping over the county last week-end called into action combined State, county and local police units, the forces work ing long hours handling four cases and trying to solve a fifth which of ficers described as one of the most brutal in the section's crime annals. < The brutal attack on Mrs. Lyda Jenkins. 70-year-old woman, near Robersonville some time during last Saturday night held the spotlight. Today, the crime remained unsolv ed, but officers were working dili gently on every available clue, and developments can be expected. Visited on several previous occa sions, the home of Charles Sexton, near Williamston, was entered by robbers early last Saturday night. The sheriff's office reported that the thieves stole only those clothes and articles that could not be seen 011 one's person. No clue to the identity of the robbers has been established. Sylvester Griffin, Griffins Town ship colored man, was arrested and booked on a drunken charge Sun day evening. Griffin is said to have attacked his wife, and threatened the lives of neighbors when they went to his home to learn what was the trouble. Griffin was released yesterday. Charged with running his wife and children away from home, Mar tin Whitaker, Jamesville Township man, was arrested and placed in jail ?yesterday afternoon. The charge against Whitaker, reports state, is an indirect one. Saturdu night he took his gun and told IV wife that he just as soon shoot a man as to shoot a bird. Badly frightened, his wife was afraid to go to sleep and late in the night she called her chil dren and went to the home of a neighbor. Whitaker is to be given a hearing Thursday. Crazed drink, Eli Raynor, young colored man living near the Martin County prison camp, is said to have quarrelled with his wife and then attempted to take his life Sun day morning. He borrowed a rifle | and shot himself, the bullet plowing a furrow around the top of his head. Summoned there, officers found Raynor at the breakfast table eat ing a corned herring, the man's face , partly covfrgd with blood. Raynor) explained that he was responsible for the quarrel with his wife, and officers continued on to the Jenkins case without making an arrest. Methodist Sunday School I Postpones Annual Picnic On account of the rainy weather and the reports both in newspapers and over the radio that the rainy weather is likely to continue for sev eral days, it has been decided to postpone the Methodist Sunday achool picnic which was expected to be had on Wednesday afternoon of this week to some day to be an nounced later. Watch the Enterprise for further announcements relative to the date it will be held. It is hoped the postponement will not cause any inconvenience and J that a good picnic can be held in the near future, the superintendent of the Sunday school announced. Number Of Births Continues Decline In Martin County Decrease Is Confined to County's White Population For the third successive year, the number of births in Martin Coun ty continues to decline, a review of the 1937 vital statistics revealing a decrease of 20 births as compared with the number in 1936. The de crease was confined to the white population, the colored race having a slight increase last year over the 1936 figures. ? The decline was slight in all but two of the townships, Williamston and Goose Nest, and in those, par ticularly in Williamston. the num ber uf Illegitimate blillis buusteil the totals to show a slight gain in the total number for the two districts. Despite a decrease in the total number of births, the crop of illegi timates just about held its own as compared with the 1936 records, the number of such births among the white population increasing almost 100 per cent Most of the illegitimate births, the records show, were among girls under 20 years of age, quite a few of them being only 15 or 16 years old. It is understood that the records for illegitimate births are not contplete, that the birth regis trations are entered in other coun ties or states. The record for the colored population is annarpntlv in clusive as there were 83 such births, thirty-two of them being located in Williamston Township. The records show the fottowing number of illegi timate births: Jamesville Township, four white and three colored; Wil liams Township, one white and no colored; Griffins Township, no white and four colored; Bear Grass, one each; Williamston Township, no white and 32 colored; Cross Roads, no white and one colored; Hobersoii ville, no white and 16 colored; Pop ftr Point, no white and two colored; Hamilton, three white and 13 color ed, and Goose Nest, no white and 11 colored, a total uf nine white and 83 colored. The ages of mothers ranged from 14 to 47 years, the age of one father being recorded in Hamilton Town ship at 71 years. Ten mothers were only fifteen years of age and there were more than 50 who were 17 years or younger. The ages of quite a few fathers were between 50 and 62 years. The following table shows the number of white and colored births for last year and the totals for 1937 and 1936, by townships: Wb. Col. 1937 1938 Jamesville . 37 25 62 74 Williams . 19 15 34 35 Griffins . 16 13 29 34 Bear Grass 49 22 71 67 Williamston . 70 105 175 185 Cross Roads 25 24 49 52 Robersonville . 41 78 119 128 Poplar Point 11 22 33 42 Hamilton . 28 54 82 84 Goose Nest 16 87 103 96 Totals 312 445 757 777 In five townships, the number of white births was slightly greater than for the colored population, but in the five others tha number of col ored births far exceeded the white, the ratio exceeding five to one in Goose Nest. In 1936 there were 349 white births in the county compared with the 312 last year, the number of colored births increasing from 428 to 445 last year. formal Rainfall Reported In County So Far In July While rain has fallen on one out of every two days so far this month on an average, the July rainfall to date in this immediate section is slightly below normal. Nearly half up until noort today fell during the week-end and yesterday. Some sections of the county have reported only small showers, and others have had several cloudbursts. Possible damage to some crops has resulted, but the corn crop has been made by recent rains, farmers state. The Roanoke, even with its banks today, is expected to reach a crest of 13 feet at this point by the week end. Hugh Spruill, bridge ' keeper, states that the stream will overflow its banks by a depth of three feet, at least, or about six inches above the recent high -water. Skewarkey Masons Will - Hold Meeting Tonight Work in the third degree will be handled at the regular meeting of the Skewarkey lodge membership here this evening at eight o'clock, Worshipful Master L. Bruce Wynne announced this morning. Applications Must Be Filed Before Leaf Quotas Are Given Farmers have been notified direct j and warning after warning has beeni given that no tobacco allotments I can be made until after proper ap plications have been filed with the county agent's office. The county agent is urgently requesting all those farmers who have not yet filed an application to do so at onre Already, there is some doubt if the applica tions filed now will be in time for the grower to get his allotment prior to the opening of the markets next month. Between 1,500 and 1,600 applica tions for individual marketing al lotments have been sent to Raleigh from this county, the authorities in timating that the cards should be ready for distribution in ample time for the opening of the markets in this belt on August 25. There are approximately 150 farmers in the county who have not yet filed an ap plication for a marketing allotment. If they are to market any tobacco tax free they must file the required application, it has been repeatedly pointed out. Delay in offering re quired information is certain to in convenience the farmer who con tinue neglectful nnw The county agent's office is anx ious for every farmer to benefit to the greatest extent possible under the agricultural program, anH that they might enjoy the benefits all , farmers are urged to cooperate by offering the information required in determining the marketing allot ments. Every farmer whether he is cooperating with the soil conserva ' tion program or not must file an ap plication if he is to market any to bacco tax free. Georgia Tobacco Jflarkets To Open Season Thursday Number of Local People to Spend Several Weeks There Tobacconists, including warehouse operators, auctioneers, buyers, book men, speculators, and common lab orers, started moving in on Georgia over the week-end for the opening of the markets there on Thursday of this week. Quite a few Williamston people will be on the markets in Florida and Georgia during the next few weeks. Preliminary reports maintain that the markets there are anticipating a record year. The acreage is said to have been increased from 80,600 a year ago to 99,200 this year, and the outlook is for a 1,001 per acre pound age as compared with 931 a year ago and an average of 800 for the period from 1927 to 1936. If the esti mates prove anything like correct Georgia will market right at 100 mil lion pounds this season, or about twenty-five per cent more than the marketing total in 1937. Georgia has been allotted 71,053, 000 pounds for free marketing this season. If the preliminary estimates prove correct then farmers of that state will have to pay a marketing tax on more than 25 million pounds, it is estimated. The Georgia belt was allotted 97.6 per cent of its produc tion for 1936 and 1937. On opening day, July 29, of last ^eajy^the-Georgia-markets avwaged approximately 23 cents a pound. The South Carolina markets, opening on August 10, last year, averaged around 25 cents for the first-day sales. Among tbose from here leaving for Georgia were, Joel Muse, Adel; E. P. Cunningham, Tifton; Dick Clayton, Valdosta; J. E. Griffin, Live |Oak, Fla. Messrs. John Gurkin and W. R. Ingram left this morning for Douglas, where they will attend the opening. . Held Under Bond For Alleged False Pretense Charged with obtaining goods un der false pretense, BarneV Wynne, local painter, was bound over to su perior court under a $200 bond by Justice J. L Hassell this morning. Wynne is said to have charged paint to his employees and sold it at a reduced profit, converting the money to his own use. "It is the first time I eve rdid such a thing," the defendant told the court in directing a plea for leniency. Increase Bonds To $1,000 For Alleged Bootleggers Arrested at a liquor plant in this county last week. Wade Harrell, white, William Black and Jackson Bonds are being transferred from the jail here today to Raleigh by fed eral authorities. Bonds, first set at $500 by United States Commission er Walter Halberstadt, have been three men. Dr. J. H. Saunders is confined to his home by a slight illness. He is expected out shortly. PRODUCTION leased by the government prove correct, North Carolina will raise 43,462.000 more pounds o( tobacco than it can sell tax free. The government estimates that this State will produce 538,400. 000 pounds ot the leaf this sea son. the total allotment an nounced last week-end by the Agricultural Adjustment admin istration being only 494.938,000 pounds. The government estimates that the per acre poundage in this belt this season will be around 873 pounds compared with 925 last season, that the to tal belt production will drop from 305,250,000 produced last year to 271,250,000 pounds this season. Fire Destroys Two Windsor Buildings ' Fire of undetermined origin wrecked two two-story buildings and threatened a considerable por tion of Windsor's Granville street I business property, citizens describ ing the fire as one of the town's largest in a number of years. The Perry hardware store and stock were virtually destroyed and an adjoining vacant store belonging to the Bazemore heirs was wrecked. No estimate on the loss has been of fered, reports stating that the dam age to the buildings will exceed $10, 000. Stocks, including those of the Basnight Furniture Company and the' D. L. Mardre, Jr., haberdashery ! were moved from buildings in the path of the fire. Called to the scene, fire-fighting equipment was rushed there by Ahoskie, Edenton and Williamston, Aulander's recently organized fire fighting group rendering a valuable man service. The Williamston de partment pumped thre