r i t 1 I Watch The Label On Your Paper, As It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. l I j i 1 k. A 1 1 ? 2 ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,100 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 32 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 19, 19 W. ESTABLISHED 1899 Additional Machine Is Now In Operation At The Pulp Plant Enlarged Plant Will Employ Approximately 600 Workers ??? The expanded plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company in the low er part of this county, near Plym outh, went into operation today, re ports stating that work is being rush ed to make the bleaching plant ready for operation in early June Apparently centralizing its pulp manufacturing business in the plant in this county, the company is grad ually shifting its workers and equip ment from the Richwood, West Vir ginia mill. Quite a few men have al ready moved in and started mak ing ready to put the finishing or bleaching unit into operation. Next week it was said a new steam boiler will be put in operation and a recovery boiler is scheduled to be ready in June. Half of the filtering plant is now in operation, with the other half ready for use when the increased capacity of the plant de mands it. Whe none of the paper machines to be installed is made ready to be gin operations in June, it, is under stood one of the three machines at the Cherry River Paper Company plant in Richwood, W. Va., will be discontinued. It was said this week that about 300 persons are still employed at the Richwood plant, but that the plant there would be abandoned when the installation of equipment is complet ed and the county mill is ready to turn out the finished paper prod uct. Regular shift workers at the plant now number 400, and when all of thnsir ?eh?diiled to come from Rich wood arrive and the pulp and paper departments begin to function at top speed, there will be a total of around 600 employees at the mill, it was said. In addition to the 400 regular, employees now working, there are about 50 men employed in construc tion work for the plant and 100 con struction workers employed by the contractors who are erecting the new buildings. ? Claims For Damage In Sum Of $13,025 To Be Heard Here Parker and Harrison File Counter Claims As a Result of Wreck As a result ot a aerious automobile wreck about two miles west of Ev erett* last June IS, the parlies will appeal to the Martin County Super ior Court here next Monday to ar bitrate, dismiss or ignore damage claims approximating $13,025. Quite a few witnesses are being summon ed here for the parties to the suits, and the trial is likely to continue during several hours. It is possible that other cases scheduled for trial that day will not be heard. As a result of the wreck, W D Parker, local man, is asking $5,700 damages, $5,000 personal and $700 to his Packard automobile. In his complaint, the plaintiff claims that the defendant, G. H. Harrison, Jr., was working as an agent of the Har rison Wholesale Company, and al leges that the defendant was driving west on U. S. No. 64 and struck his car with such violence as to virtual ly demolish it. The plaintiff avers that he was driving toward William ston on his side of the road in a law ful manner, "rtie plaintiff further knew or should have known that their agent was reckless, an incom petent and irresponsible driver, that he had habitually violated the speed laws and had five or six collisions previously to that time. After claim ing that he was not negligent, the plaintiff alleges that he was perma nently injured, disabled and disfig ured, that his chest was crushed, bones broken, leg cut, arm broken and face cut. He maintains that he is entitled to $5,000 for personal in juries and hospital bills and $750 for his wrecked automobile. In answer to the complaint, the defendant alleges that the plaintiff was driving teward Williamston in a wrongful and unlawful manner and that without warning or signal turn ed his automobile to the left and ran squarely into the defendant's car. The defense further alleges that the plaintiff was operating his car while under the influence of some intoxi cating liquors or narcotic drugs, and was not keeping a proper lookout, that by his own negligence he con tributed to the injury of himself and to that of the defendant listed as an agent of the firm. The defendant points out that he was driving in a prudent manner at the time and was on hi* right side of the road. As result of the wreck and as a counter claim to that filed by the plaintiff the defendant avers he is rightfully entitled to recover of the plaintiff a total of $7,275 in damages, $480 tor hospital bills and doctors' services, etc., $6,000 for aerious injuries to his wrist, shoulder and hip. and $700 for time he lost from his work. The remaining $928 damages asked for (Continued on page six) Teacher Elections Scheduled In County in Next Few Days Teacher elections by the various local committees are underway in Iht county.At the present time, in complete reports stating that most of the districts will complete the task by early next week, leaving one or two others to make their selec tions later. Action must be taken by the committees before the current term ends and the closing date is not far removed. No official information is to be had just now, but reports recognized as fairly reliable indicate that the teaching personnel in the county for the 1940-41 term will undergo no marked change. A few teachers are planning to resign and accept posi tions in other schools or in other vo cations. But even in some of these cases, the incumbents are asking re election in the event their other plans do not materialize. Rumors indicate that a few marriages are scheduled for the summer period and that some of the teachers plan to leave the school room and enter upon a staid domestic life. ft has been reliably learned that no changes are expected in the prin cipal personnel, but final action rests with the committees and the com mittees have not been heard from in every district. Rumors indicating that certain rules and regulations governing the employment of married teachers would be adopted in one or more dis tricts have not been firmly establish ed It is expected that the issue will be discussed by at least two and pos sibly by other committees during the meetings now at hand Only one school. Robersonville, in the county has an established rule at the present time governing the election of mar ried teachers. "Everything being equal, give the job to the single girl," one committeeman outside the local district was heard to have remarked a few days ago. Census Survey Third Complete In County FINALS SPEAKER Dr. Frank Porter Graham, na tionally known educator and prdM3ent of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will deliver the commencement ad dress here Wednesday evening, May 1, at 8:1S o'clock. Columbian Peanut Plant Catches Fire Thought to have started from a spark falling from the nearby smoke stacks of the" Farmville-Woodward Lumber Company here last Wednes day morning at 10:45 o'clock fire slightly damaged a store room of the Columbian Peanut Company and threatened the huge plant itself The first alarm was ht-ard when the au tomatic sprinkler system went into operation. Manager W S. Pritchard immediately sounded a general alarm, but by the time the volun teers could get the town's fire-fight ing apparatus to the scene and locate the fire, the sprinkler system had the blaze well under control. Damage to the store room was hardly more than $20 according to an estimate offered by Manager Pritchard. It was the first time an automatic sprinkler system had been sublect ed to a real test, Fire Chief G. P. Hall stating that it measured up to expectations, but that it was liberal with its water supply. It was the first local call received by the department in several weeks. Tobacco Outlook On The Farms Is M o-r e Promising Held back by delayed bed preparations and cold weather until this week, tobacco plants have shown a marked growth during the past few days, farm- . era now stating that the farm outlook for the crop Is far more encouraging than It was last Friday night and Saturday when snow and sleet fell and the mer cury hovered around the freez ing point. Transplanting dates now hinge upon blue mold attacks. If the disease Is not too severe, quite a few farmers plan to start trans planting the crop the latter part of next week or the early part of the following week. Last year this time, transplanting of the crop was being advanced on a comparatively large scale over a wide territory. Reports today gtnttd that the bine meld was spreading rapid ly ever the unity, that while seme af Ike smaller pleats are pomibly being killed, the dam age to the larger plants Is net ee Population Trend Is Bit Uncertain In County And Towns County Ik Hardly Expected! o Maintain Proportionate Gain Thi* Cental* While the enumerators are stead ily engaged in the huge task of han dling the 1940 complicated and ex tensive census, not a single word of an official hue has been released in connection with population trends in ihis county and in the several towns. It is now estimated* that the task in this county is about one-third complete as a whole while some of ihi? enumerators are more than half done with their Survey. In one or two of the districts the work was TvaT*ry " mint imrwnlClL the tally part of this week. In a few cases the enumerators have encountered a marked indiffer ence. hut for the most part the peop e have answered the questions readily and quite willingly. No trouble has been experienced so far in this coun ty as one Mr. Tobey predicted when hi- held up his hands in holy horror [ against the type of questions the I census was asking. I With no basic facts to base their opinions on, observers are in the I air when it comes to guessing the I population trend in the county and , several towns It is agreed that there will be population increases in some towns and decreases in other towns in the county. Will the county main tain this census a proportionate gain of approximately 3,000 recorded in each of the ten-year periods from 19001 What was the trend of the population shift during the past ten years in the county? Have more youths moved from country to town or is the strictly rural popula tion holding its own? What gain, if any, has the colored population made over the number of whites? These and a few other allied questions are being asked, but their correct an swers will have to await the comple I tion of the census survey and the tabulation to follow. A review of the 1910. 1920 and 1930 census figures first by townships and then by towns, follows: Township 1HI 1921 Bear Grass 1,023 ? 1,358 1,575 Cross Roads 1 ,-402 1,580 1,604 Goose Nest 2,077 2,657 3,034 Griffins 855 1.067 1,227 Hamilton 1.733 1.925 2,210 Jamesville 2,370 2,425 2.471 Poplar Point 992 963 926 Roberaonville 3,077 3,811 4,478 Williams 947 1,105 1,014 Williamston 3,321 3,937 4,861 I Towns Bear Grass Everett* 17,797 20,828 24,400 1910 1920 1939 56 108 131 146 230 270 Oak City 251 397 481 Hamilton 452 474 508 Hasaell 90 85 169 Jamesville 398 389 344 Gold Point 128 ISO \2\ Parmele 272 355 341 Roberaonville 616 1,199 1,181 Williamston 1,547 1,800 2,731 3,954 5,167 6,277 "Cone With The Wind" To Be Shown Here May, 5, 6, 7 0 In Tuesday'* i??ue of the Enter prise, the Marco Theatre advertise ment announced the showing of "Gone with the Wind," here May 8, 7 and 8th We wish to make a cor I rection as this production will be here Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Mav 5 8 and 7th. Tickets will go on ??e here next week at the W.tU Theatre and may be obtained any time when the ahowa are in opera-, tion. , , . On Sunday, May 6, a special show-1 ing of "Gone with the Wind will be made at the Watts Theatre. The ahow at the Watta Theatre will begin at 1:15 p. m. Thirteen Marriage Licenses Issued In County Last Month Number White Marriage* In Among Smallest Op Record Weddings among the white popu lation in Martin County last month were few and far between, the county marriage license bureau in the office of Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger reporting the smallest is suance to white couples for any March since 1931 The number of li censes issued to colored couples held to a figure slightly above normal for the period A review of the bureau records shows that the number of marriages after undergoing a marked decrease following the passage of the mar riage health laws, is climbing to a normal figure again, especially among the colored population. The number of white marriages within the county is slightly below normal for the past twelve months as com pared with the issuance for the 12 months preceding the passage of the special health laws. White Trance Williams and Maude Sil verthorne, both of Robersonville. William Hugh Daniel and Eliza beth Coltrain, both of Griffins. John Henry Peel, of Williamston R E D No. 2, and Elizabeth McDan iel, of Everetts. Colored Wilson Griffin and Kathleen Vir ginia Peel, both of Jamesville. Dennis Congleton and Mary Whit field, both of Robersonville. Gussie Rogers and Elizabeth Brown, both of Williamston. Turner Gilliam and Mae Winnie Hill, both of Windsor. . .Melton Rrnwn -and-Aliee. Maori:., both of Williamston. la'Roy Speller and Ella Clark, both of Woodard. Willie Boston and Naomi Ellison, both of Jamesville. Dawson Williams and Ada Wilson, both of Robersonville. Cape Charles Brown and Thelma I Daniel, both of Williamston. Anderson Marrow, of Bullock, Granville County, and Murjorie Ev erett, of Everetts. Tflirty-Nino Years Ago As Recorded In The Enterprise THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1901 Court 3rd Monday, March 18th. Read our club offer in this issue Mr. John Lamb was home Sunday. Mr. W S. Harris is sick at this writing. Read the ad of the Chinese Wash ing tablets. All kinds of insurance written by Whitmore and Newell. A cold wave struck town Tuesday evening about dark Mr. Chas. Hasscll to visit his par ents in town this week. Mr Olive, of Staley, N C , was in town several days this week. Everybody is looking for bargains and are finding them at Gurganus'. $25 a week while sick. For further information call on Whitmore and Newell. We arc very glad to state that Mr I Geo. W. Newell is able to be in his | office again. Dr. Biggs will be out of his office | from Saturday, March 9th to Mon day, March 18th. Mr. N. S. Peel was out last Mon day for the first time since he came j back from Richmond Anyone thinking of purchasing a typewriter will do well to examine] Our clubing offer in this issue will j only run once more. Be sure and sub- | scribe before it is out Mr. John W. Misell and family left this week for Roanoke Rapids where they will reside in the future. D. B. Parker, Robersonville, N. C makes the finest buggies in the east-1 em part of the state. Give him a call. A fine stock of goods, low prices | and accommodating clerks can al ways be found at Eli Gurganus'. We are sorry to state that Mrs. B K Mason, who has been sick for the | past week, is not much better. Mr. J. C. Getsinger, of Amherst, was in town last Friday and called at our office and left a subscription to the Enterprise The debt on the Methodist church is gradually decreasing. Mr. Sutten (Continued on page six) RECORD CATCHES Catches, approaching an all time record, are being reported at the Fleming fishery In James vtlle today. Between twelve and fifteen thousand herring were taken in a single haul this morn ing, Foreman Ange stating that the catch was possibly a little larger than the last one made on the schedule yesterday. Few rock were taken early today and there were only five shad among the thousands of herring. Reports from the small streams emptying Into the Roanoke state that the present ran of herring Is the largest In half a century. Plans Go Foward for Single Variety of Cotton in County Plans for adopting a single cotton variety for Martin County or a type suitable to sections of the county, were advanced at a Martin County Farm Bureau forum held in the agri cultural buildmg here last evening There were only a few farmers pres ent. but the foundation for advanc ing the one-variety movement was well laid when arrangements were made for conducting two demonstra tions, one by Farmer C Abram Rob erson, near Robersonville. and the other by Farmer W Robert Everett, near Palmyra. Farmer Everett is planting his special seed today in cooperation with the county agent's office, and Mr. Roberson will plant his demon stration plots within the next few days, it was agreed at the last night meeting Six varieties?Coker's 100. strains ' three and four; Coker's 200. strains one and two, and Coker's 4 and 1, twentieth of an acre wtll planted to each variety. The type proving the most promising will be recommend ed, soil and other conditions being considered. Reports from the field indicate that J possibly mine than 6.000 of the 6,882 j acres of cotton allotting the county j this year will be planted to the crop ! Following a campaign last winter j and in early spring. Martin farmers are turning again to the crop after planting hardly a third of their al lotments during the past two or three years They are making extensive arrangements for combatting the boll weevil, one report stating that A E Smith is making home-made mops, and that other farmers are attaching ! mops to their plows so they can plow and mop at the same time ? Predicting Passage of Tobacco Act Changes Committees To Act On Six Amendments Within A Few Days Rrnrt'seiiliilivt'M Try To Mprl Aoulc Sitiiution For TuImk-i-o Supporli'H wholeheartedly by the North Carolina delegation "ami* rep resentatives from other tobacco-pro ducing states, six amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration Tobacco Act are expected to gain congressional approval within a comparatively short time, accord ing to unofficial reports heard here today following,,the 'intruductum of the measures in the House on Tues day of this week. Favorable commit tee action was predicted within a week, and Congressmen apparently sensing the acute situation facing the tnhacpti farmers are certain to not v 1 gonlusTy champion rtTT?proposed changes in the legislative halls. A review of the proposed changes follows: Amendment No 1. This amend ment would make it possible, m fix ing the amount of the marketing quo ta, to make allowance ony tern porary increase in the carryover of tobacco in this country arising from the storing of tobacco of the 11139 and 1940 crops in this country, which, ex cept for the effect of the European war, would have been exported to and stored in foreign countries. Amendment No. 2 This amend ment would give authority for ad justing upward the marketing quota for any marketing year so that the adjustment of marketing needed to eliminate the quantity of tobacco in excess of the reserve supply level may be spread over a period longer than one year. This should result in less change of farm allotments and quotas from year to year and in less variation in the size of the crops placed on the market Amendment No. 3 This amend ment would provide for conducting a referendum on the question of whether producers favor the estab lishment of tobacco marketing quo tas for a three-year period. The es tablishment of marketing quotas for a period of three years would make it possible to provide in advance for (Continued on page six) ? Parents-Teachers In Last Meeting The lust regular meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association for the school year 1939-40 was held in the grammar school auditorium Wednes day afternoon. Prior to the meeting the fiflh-A grade and the WPA unit of the lunchroom held "open houses" for the members and guests of the association. The fifth grades present ed an interesting program on birds which included several songs and a playlet entitled "A Bird Sanctuary" in which descriptions of the habits and appearances of many of our na tive birds were related by the chil dren. Among the final reports given, the nominating committee stated that a president and a secretary' for the P.-T. A. for next year had not yet been appointed. Mrs. Old presented a very favorable report up to April 19th on the operating expensa of the lunchroom and upon suggestion it was decided that a complete financial report of the lunchroom would be published in the Enterprise at the end of the school year. Preparing for the operation of the lunchroom next term. Principal D. N. Hix stated that several acres of land had been granted the parent teacher association and that they were now in cultivation. Vegetables harvested from the aeveral acres will be canned and stored for use in the lunchroom next term. The fifth and ninth grades won the attendance awards. CANDIDA I K Mr. K. II. Ange, of Jamesville, has announced his candidacy for Hoard of Education. Appointed to the position made vacant by the death of John Getsinger in Mairti, 1332, Mr Ange Is how serving his third term as a mem ber of the hoard. Local Man Badly Hurt In Accident, Mr. W. H Burden, 74 years old, was badly hin t last Wednesday eve- j ning about 7 o'clock when he started to walk across the main street in front of the Central Cafe and was struck by a truck driven by Wiley Upchurch, of Carrboro. Mr. Burden, father of Mrs. John Wier, of Wil liamston, suffered a broken shoulder and fractures of both arms. Given first aid treatment in a local doctor's office, he was later removed to Washington hospital where he was said today to be getting along very well. His recovery is expected. Unable to see very well, Mr. Bur den, according to a statement made direct to local officers who investi gated the accident, said that the driv er was not at fault, that hi' could not and would not prefer charges against him. The truck, traveling at a very slow speed, had almost pasSed when Mr. Burden stepped off the .sidewalk and walked from behind a parked cat iuto4he body of the vehicle. The driver stopped his truck within about twelve feet of the spot where the old gentleman was hit. Although he was knocked to the pavement, Mr. Burden did not lose consciousness and neither of the wheels struck him. Unable to get up by himself, Mr. Burden was picked up by Catcher Albritton and carried to the doctor's office nearby. Fish Are Running 1 n The Roanoke In Vast Numbers The herrinc fishing season, a hit dull during reeent weeks, struck Its stride here yesterday when equipment was taxed al most to capacity in handling the catches at this point. Thousands of the fish were taken from the stream by small-scale fishermen using dip nets, how nets and marhine nets. The run of herring attracted hundreds of fishermen to the river at this point, one report stating that quite a few farmers were taking time off from their field duties to lay in a supply of the fish. Not quite as plentiful in this section of the State as they were a year ago, the herring are com manding fairly stable prices, but now. and then an overstocked fisherman offers his catches at a bargain. But even at a price double the average quotations of SI a hundred Is low compared with the value received. Major Battle Now In Progress Near CitvOfTrondheini British I neaiy ibout Power Of (??'rniaii\ in Norway Territory A major battle between allied and German troops was reported north of Trondheim. important seaport, in Norway at noon today Meager re ports accompanied the statement de claring that the troops had clashed but there was a strong fear expressed that England was hardly in a position to get reinforcements to the newly formed battle front immediately. Fighting was also reported at three other points in the little Scandinav ian country, but considerable im portance was being attached to the outcome of the major engagement Allied officers had reached the scene and the Norwegian soldiers with help from Britain and France were of fering a strong fight On one front, the allied soldiers were said to have routed one German attachment, capturing a fairly large number and killing many others. The British today are said to have admitted their fear over the strong hole! Germany how had in Norway It was estimated that 60.000 German troops are already on Norwegian soil and that the Reich is transport ing an additional 2,000 by airplane daily. While battle lines are forming rap idly in Norway, neutrals bordering the war zone are preparing against the legendary Trojan horse that was found in the Scandinavian area just li short time ago Turkey today con tinni'd its pri'p.ir.ttinns Ilit. war,- one report stating that the country was expecting a flare-up in the Balkans at any time. Explosions of thunder-like propor tion wi re hr inl m I he Sluigfrruk just off the Norwegian coast this morning, leading some to believe that a naval battle had been renewed in that territory. A heavy mist covered the sea and no sign of action could lie seen from the shore While Europe's war muddle be came aggravated today, official Washington tin iterf~~rfre attention to the Pacific The possibility of bring ihg economic pressure, against Ja pan is- being considerrd us a mourn, of holding in check a threat by that country to invade the Dutch East lmhon. Armament on a billion-dollar scale for the next fiscal year was given an overwhelming majority in the Unit measure. approved by a count of 63-4 provided for the construction of two more warships and more than 400 wplanes, alone with other units for the navy. (Continued on oace six) Record Honor Roll Reported In Local School Last Month INiiiih** of I 711 l*ii|?iIh On Li?t For IVriod l.mlinjz April .'I ? An all-time scholastic record was established in the local schools last month when 17H pupils forged ahead in their studies to gain recognition in the honor lists The gain in honor students is tjuite noticeable in the high school where the names of 48 students appear on the honor roll. The-Ust of tumor pupils announced by Primipal I) N Mix, follows: First grade Helen Chesson, Eliza beth Griffin. Ann Page Woolard. Sarah Manning. Jea i McLawhorn, Harriet Heel, Hhoda Fay Peel, Ruby Savage, Hobby Clayton, Bnhhy Ha- _ vis, Louise Corey, Lindclle Ward, Carroll Barber. Charlie Cullipher. Ru a ll Cullmh' r. Noah Davenport, Hobby Gur ganus. Jo: eph Nicholson, Gridgeinan Perry, Ray Phelps, Rus sell Rogeis, Bob Swain, Haywood Williams, Marie Griffin, Priscilla Griz/ard, Betty Sue Gurganus, Allie May Hardison, Mary Gladys Long, Alice Peaks, Betty Lou Wobbleton. Second grade: Charles Carver, Warren Goff, Asa Manning, Tommy Osteon, June Bowen, Shirley Ann Beacham, Madeline Chesson, Rachel Chesaon, Jessie May Melson, Eliza beth Whitley, Margaret Wynne, Nor wood Keel. Mary Ellen Ward. Third grade Fannie Cherry, Edith Harris, Polly Manning. Doris Rog ers, Ruth Shaw. Edna Thomas, Helen Howard, Jack Booker, Billy Ed wards, Bobby Enright, James Gom er, David Griffin, Julian D. Mason, Paul Peel, Zack Piephoff, Bobby Rogers. Bruce Powell Rogerson, Bob Taylor, David Gurganus, Ransome Davenport, Clayton Hoard, Dortha Rogers, Dillon Rogers. Fourth grade: Eunice Britton, Mary Coltrain. Chloe Davenport, Helen Grimes, Edna Hadley, Sarah Hardison, Barbara Margolis, Ger trude McLawhorn, Carrie Dell Peaks, Dorothy Peel, Lola Peel, Lucy Rob ertson, Doris Savage. John Gurkin, Wendell Manning, Dennis Moore, William Roger, Sally Hardison, Gan neda Stephenson. Fifth grade Dan Bowen, Tom Brandon, Melvin Godard, Hugh Hor ton, Charles Siceloff, Lucy Andrews, Louise Htnes, Louise Griffin, Ettn beth Hopkins, Elizabeth Manning, Elizabeth Parker, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanette Myers, Maxina

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