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Watch The Label On Your j Paper, Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expirea. TSt ENTERPRISE -J =gg Advertiser! Will Find Our Cel umni A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of 11 a r t i n County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 52 WilHamHon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 28, IV44). ESTABLISHED 1899 Eleven Cases Are Called In County Court On Monday Two Defendants Sentenced To the Roads For Six Months' Terms Convening tor the first time since June 10, the Martin County Record er's Court called eleven cases dur ing a comparatively short session last Monday. Several of the cases were continued until next Monday, the court imposing sentences of six months' duration in two cases. Judge H. O. Peel presided and Solicitor Don Elphonsa Johnson prosecuted the docket Proceedings in the court: The case charging J. T. Perry with bastardy was nol prossed. A continuance was granted until July 1 in the case charging Edgar Goss with an assault. Charged with larceny and receiv ing, Jasper Rogers was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months. Notice of appeal was given by the defendant and bond in the sum of $100 was required by the court. The case charging Elmer Hassell with trespass and assault was con tinued under prayer for judgment until next Monday, the defendant entering a plea of not guilty in the case. The case charging Sam Langley with larceny was nol prossed. A continuance until next Monday was granted in the case charging Fred Ayers with issuing a worthless check. Richard Davis failed to answer when called in the case charging him with being drunk and disor derly. Papers for his arrest were or dered issued by the court. After entering a plea of not guil ty, Thurman "Teeny Bud" Bell, charged with an assault with a dead ly weapon, had his case continued until next Monday. The case charging Lois Simpson with an assault, was nol prossed. In the case charging Israel Blount with carrying a concealed weapon, the court noting that a former judg ment had not been complied with, sentenced the defendant to the roads for a term of six months. Blount had been directed to pay a fine and the costs of the case. Handling a lone civil action, the court rendered a decision favoring Plaintiff R. S. Critcher in his case against Shepherd Rice and wife, Alice Rice. The judgment was grant ed in the sum of $37.10. Coast Line Is Proposing Improved Freight Service According to unofficial informa tion received here this week, repre sentatives of the Atlantic Coast Line Railaroad Company will seek per mission in Raleigh next week for a proposed change in freight schedule between Williamston and New York. It is understood the company plans to provide a 24-hour service out of New York by using trucks to effect a direct connection at Rocky Mount. Freight shipments billed out of New York this morning would be delivered here tomorrow morn ing under the proposed schedule. Hutson Writes Letter To Tobacco Farmers Marketing Quotas Will Tend To Hold Up Market Prices High Spots in Proposed Plan For Three-Year Program Are Outlined Recognizing the serious situation facing the tobacco farmer, J. B. Hut son, Agricultural Adjustment Act assistant administrator, is address ing a letter to all tobacco farmers, outlining the proposed three-year tobacco program and maintaining that the establishment of market ing quotas "can be used to prevent extremely low prices and severe losses such as those suffered by the growers in 1930, 1931 and 1932. A copy of Mr. Hutaon'a letter fol lows, in part: "With the large 1939 crop and the effect of the war on export markets flue-cured tobacco growers are fac ing a serious market situation ? worse even than the situation from 1930 to 1932. Fortunately, the mar keting quotas can be used to pre vent extremely low prices and se vere losses such as those suffered by growers in 1930, 1931 and 1932. - "Recent amendments to the to bacco quota provisions of the Agri cultural Adjustment Act of 1933 au thorized a referendum on quotai for a period of three years. The ref erendum will be held in July be fore the opening of the markets, anc any loan anaugemeuls to suppor the market will depend upon a de cision by growers to .regulate mar ketings. "The amendments also providi that if quotas are in effect for thro (Continued on pegs ats) MEETING Mem bora of the local Cham ber of Commerce and represen tatives of the Willlamston To bacco Board of Trade are sched uled to meet tn the agricultur al building this evening at 8 o'clock for a progress report and a discussion of new busi ness topics. The meeting will also touch on a cooperative plan for the ad vancement of the local tobacco market. Secretary Btllie Clark explained. All members are urged to be present and partici pate in the program. Second Army Unit Travels Thru Here A second mechanized unit of thi United States Army passed througj here Wednesday afternoon, travel lnf for ah unannounced destination possibly in Mississippi or Louisiani or Texas. , Made up of 107 individual unit last Tuesday and 140 trucks, anti aircraft (una and specially-built pas senger outfits, the convoys movei rapidly through the local streets, th rapid pace and the appearance of th army equipment itself being high ly suggestion of actual conflict o the war fronts and the extensiv preparedness program now undei way in this country. Only four guns were seen, bi there were quite a few high-powei ed generators for use in connectio with huge spotlights. With the exception of a few mui tached-old codgers, the personnel c the convoy was made up mostly < gay and apparently care-free youth Method for Reporting Subversive Activities Outlined by President OPENING DATES Meeting in White Sulphur Spring*, West Virginia, the To bacco Association of the I'nited States will determine (he dates tomorrow for opening the to bacco markets in the several belts. Little has been said about the time for opening the mar kets, the farmers in this section calculating that the markets will be open in ample time for them to start moving what appears now to be an unusually late crop. Last year the markets opened on August 22. Farmers in this section say that it will be week after next before tobacco will be ready for the harvest. Willkie Republican Presidential Choice Wendell Willkie, Indiana power magnate and mugwump, was named early today in Philadelphia by the Republican Party as its nominee for President of the United States. He was nominated on the sixth ballot after Dewey, the boy prosecutor, and other minor candidates were forced out of the picture. Robert A. Taft offered the main competition until the sixth count, the fifth ballot giving Willkie a lead of only 52 votes. Willkie, slandered by members of the convention when the fifth bal lot was being taken, was formerly a Democrat, leaving the party for the conservative group after voting for Roosevelt in 1932 As the head of a vast power dy nasty, he has bitterly attacked the New Deal especially as it related to the power industry. It has been his hobby to attack the government's power policy as it centered around the TV A, but in recent weeks he has advanced the claim that he was the man who reduced power and light rates in this country. It is rumored that Willkie, de scribed by some as being of the Huey Long type in some ways, is not acceptable by the Old Guard Re publicans. The Philadelphia convention, at tended by Attorney Wheeler Mar tin, is to select a candidate for vice president this afternoon. The chair man of the convention was Congress man Martin from Massachusetts and not our Mr. Martin. Incidentally, lo cai people were of the opinion that Wheeler would have made a far bet ter chairman and that there would have been more recesses than there were had he held the chair. Federal Agency Is Prepared To Make Proper Inquiries} No Violation* of Neutrality! Regulation* E*tabli*hed In This Section While there have been repeated rumors of subversive activities in this section in recent weeks, no charges relating to espionage, sab otage and violations of the neutral ity regulations have been legally ad-1 vanced or supported by actual facts, according to the best information obtainable here. It has been said that a William ston native expressed no concern over the fate of the Allies, that he did not have any sympathy for Wil liamston. While the remark is hard-, ly a violation of the law, it does not meet with general approval among red-blooded Americans. It has also been reported that there had been a young man in this county who was trained in Hitler's army, that he holds an air pilot's license. It has al so been reported that there is a cer tain element in a certain part of the county expressing a half-hearted wish for a Hitler victory, believing that shorter hours and mote pay would be the reward. It is possible that an approach to fifth column activities is being made, that we, j away off here in Martin County, can well keep our eyes open. But to date there has been no evidence offered to warrant an arrest or cause any great alarm, and it will be well to remem ber that costly mistakes can be made in attacking an innocent per son as well as ignoring a yellow spy. The procedure to be followed in handling complaints and prosecu tions of violations of Federal laws relating to neutrality, espionage, imbotagc, subversive Jitivities ami kindred offenses is outlined in a statement made by the President. The President's statement was as follows. "The attorney general has been re quested by me to instruct the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice to take charge of investigative work in matters re lating to espionage, sabotage, and violations of the neutrality regula tions. "This task must be conducted in a comprehensive and effective man ner on a national basis, and all in formation must be carefully sifted out and correlated in order to avoid confusion and irresponsibility. "To thin end I rJquast all police officers, sheriffs, and all other law enforcement officers in the United States promptly to turn over to the nearest representative of the Feder al Bureau of Investigation any in formation obtained by them relat ing?to?espionage, counter-espion. age, sabotage, subversive activities, and violations of the neutrality laws." Following the President's state ment, the attorney general an nounced that he had issued instruc tions to the United States attorneys and marshals in the United States and its territories and possessions outlining in detail the respective functions of the citizens, the Feder al Bureau of Investigation, the Unit ed Slates ullui'neyu ffndThe Depart ment of Justice in Washington, D. C , in handling complaints and pros ecutions of violations of laws relat (Continued on page six) ? Probable Cause Is Found In Killing Probable came of guilt appear ing, Harry Short, 16-year-old color ed boy, waa bound over to, the su perior court for trial by Jmtice H S. Everett in Roberionville yester day afternoon in the case chargin| him with the killing of Thomas Lit tie, 14-year-old colored boy, in Par mele last Sunday evening. Bond wai required in the sum of 6300, Mr George James and Walter Slade ex tending the required amount foi the youth's appearance in the cour next September. While' If is believed that Shor shot the boy unintentionally, Justici Everett pointed out that it was un lawful for anyone to point a gun a another regardless of whether th< weapon was loaded or unloaded. 1 Short, testifying at the prelimi i nary hearing, stated that they hai been playing wild west games base on ideas gained in shows, that Ji it and the victim and another compan e ion finished a peanut supper ani went into the main part of the Shot home "I picked up the shot gur pulled the trigger," Short said dc daring that he did not know o never even thought that it wa i- loaded. Little, struck in the atom if ach by he load of shot, died in a Tar if boro hospital a short time after h l. was shot. "Lost Colony" Will Open New Season Saturday. June 29 New Edition Ha* Supporting East of 200 Actor* And Singer* 1 Mantoe?The fourth summer sea son of Paul Green's magnificent his torical drama, "The Lost Colony," opening at the huge Waterside Thea tre, Roanoke Island, June 29th, will inaugurate the 353rd anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Roanoke Island colonies and the birth of Virginia Dare?first English born child on American soil. . Described by leading critics as a drama depicting the Birth of Ameri can civilization at the Birthplace of the Nation, "The Lost Colony" is considered the nation's foremost at traction. Time Magazine declared that Author Green "inflused into the dreams of his lost colonists his own living dream of democracy. His scenes range from the humorous to the heroic . . This year's cast of 200 actors, sing ers and dancers will be composed mostly of natives of Roanoke Island, with a Lost Colony choir of 30 from the Westminster Choir College. The entire production is under the direc tion of Samuel Selden, who has headed the Lost Colony forces for the past three years. He is assisted by a group of directors from the Car olina Playmakers. "The Lost Colony" will be present ed nightly from June 29th through July 7th. Afterwards it will be of fered every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday eve nings, with the show starting at 8:15 o'clock. With more than a quar ter million persons having seen it during the past three years, inquir ies indicate that 100,000 will make a pilgrimage to this birthplace of the nation before the fourth season closes September 2nd, 1940. Thousands of comfortable rooms with bath and other modern con veniences are now available on Roanoke Island and nearby Nags Head at one dollar per nighty per pei-son. There are several new ho tels, restaurants, inns, and tourist homes, all serving delicious meals at moderate prices. Every effort is being made to keep the quaint and colorful atmosphere?of?this?little island village. The Virginia Dare country is a vacation wonderland for the entire family. The roadsides are fragrant with milk-white gardenias in full bloom, red japonicas, sweet-scented pines, nut trees ... It is a seashore (Continued on page six) r Coroner Reports On Accidental Deaths Investigating two of the three un timely deaths in the county the early part of Ihia week?Coroner S R Biggs said yesterday that the facts as revealed to him warranted no in quest, that he was certain no foul play was evident and that the deaths were accidental. There was some talk yesterday that relatives of D. Jones White, the I Z-year-old colored boy who lost his life in Sweet Water Creek last Mon day, believed he had met with foul play. The coroner, after a second invstigation, stated that the belief could not be substantiated, that the facts clearly pointed to accidental drowning. The boy's body was re covered by a young Mr. Hardisor who jumped into the creek with hij clothes on and who applied artificial respiration in an effort to revive the Investigating Wednesday after noon the untimely death of William T. Brown, 11-year-old colored boy the coroner stated that witnesses de clared the boy was Shot accidentally by Lester Ward, young white boy while playing with firearms at th< home of Fanner Burras Ward ir Bear Grass Township last Sunday noon. The Brown boy died in i Washington hospital early Monday evening. Youths Are Said To Risk Lives In Night Prowling "Several youths are risking their llvee and treading on dan gerous (round In prowling around local yards and peck In X in windows at ni(ht," a cltlxen said this week. "Thinking that someone is trying to break Into their home, occupants are sub ject to open fire upon prowlers, and the results can prove ser ious," the citiien added. It is not believed that the youths realise the seriousness of their actions, and it has been suggested that fathers point out the dangers of such a practice and make sure that their sons are not numbered among the prowlers. yards, homes under construc tion have been entered by young boys who damaged certain prop erties. Reports state that the youths are white and their ages fall la the early 'teen group. Peace Talk Heard on European Front As Turmoil Becomes More Pronounced on Expanded Front 77 mely Quest ions a ndA nswers On the Tobacco Referendum Timely question* and answers hav ing to do with the tobacco referen dum to be held on Saturday, July 20. are submitted for consideration by Martin County farmers, as fol lows: What are important facts in the present flue-cured situation? War And Exports Exports during the five-year per iod 1934-38 represented approxi mately 50 per cent of the United States production for those years. If the same proportion, that is 50 per cent, of the 1939 crop had been ex ported, it would have amounted to a total of 580 million pounds. In stead. however. 1939 exports during the current year will not be more than 275 to 300 million pounds. In recent years exports to Great Britain, France, Germany. Belgium, Netherlands. Denmark and Norway have represented from two-thirds to three-fourths of the total exports front the United States Usually one third of the crop is sold to the Brit ish trade. As the British huy the bet tal income is from this source The Commodity Credit Corpora tion financed the purchase of 175 million pounds of export grades from the 1939 crop. The situation affecting purchases for export now is worse than at any time last season. How will.ihiLSiln.ilion hi' affect ed if marketing quotas are NOT voted? There will be no Government loans. The prospect of further excessive production would lower prices to growers. Both old and new growers would expand production and this would later require further cuts in allot ments for old growers. Construction Work Advancing Rapidly Activities on the construction front here Continue unabated, a hurried review showing a renewed building spurt in residential and business areas. The signatures are expected to be affixed today to a contract for the construction of a new home for the Paul Auto Supply Company on Washington Street, near the Dixie Motors buiIdingr F. B. Birmingham, local contractor, was the low bidder, and he is expected to start work on the business structure at once Contractor Birmingham is now laying the foundation for a 10 bv 150 dry kiln for the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company near the river. Completing a small housing unit on Marshall Avenue this week. Builder Joe Godard, II, has started construction of another one on Watts Street. Mr. and Mrs. George Harris, Sr., moved into their new home on East Main Street this week. The Gurkin boys and a special crew from Grif fins Township started construction work on the home on Tuesday of last week. Two days later the build ing was finished, the builders com pleting the painting this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hitch will move shortly into their new home on Hassell Street. ? Construction work is virtually complete on the home for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Griffin on Park Street, and building work is advancing rap idly on the Griffin duplex on Wil liams Street. Kunming prnjnrts for the colored population are also well ad vanced in the cemetery area. Red Cross Drive Is Progressing Slowly Far from its initial goal of $400, the Martin County Chapter of the n-rf yesterday reported little progress in its drive for funds for suffering humanity in war-torn Eu rope. Only $11.10 has been collected since last Monday, the amount booat ing the total to $262.89 Measured against the urgent need for Red Cross aid in Europe, the amount raised in the chapter re flects either stringent financial con dlilons OF Bn ultra-conservative people. A large portion of the amount was received by members of the local Junior Woman's Club, but even those willing workers huve not been able to crack the tight money box in behalf of a needy people. Contributions not previously ac knowledged : pwvumiiy reported >M1,89 D. E. Darden 1 ill) C. R. Barbour 1 00 Anonymous 1.35 Mrs. Bill Haisllp 1.00 Mrs. W. J. Hodges 1.00 Jack Horner 1.00 Macedonia Sunday Scbuoi 3.75 Mrs. Hoyt Manning 1.00 Total $262 90 Highway Forcea To Often Field Office Here Monday Mr. Roy Frank, engineer represen tative of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, will open a field office in the old Atlantic ho tel building here next Monday. Mr. Frank, assisted by several other de partment representatives, will sup ervise the widening of Highway 64 from Everetls to the Pitt County line and the widening of the Old Mill Inn bridge on Highway 17. Mr. Frank and Mrs. Frank arc at home with Mrs. C. A Harrison and family on Academy Street. KIYKR I'KOJKCT | Bids for dredging fourteen miles of Roanoke River above this point are scheduled to re ceive attention by the War De partment in Washington early next week. An appropriation for the project was provided by the Congress some time ago. Several engineers and heads of contracting firms, driving their own boats and yachts, have been traveling on the river dur ing recent days, making a sur vey of the proposed project pos sibly with the intention of sub mitting bids. Two Bethel Men Hurt In Accident Robert Roberson and Tom Bailey, of Bethel, are in the Edgecombe Gen eral hospital suffering from painful injuries sustained in an automobile accident that occurred Sunday eve ning near Mildred, five miles from Tarboro on the Tarboro-Roberson ville highway. Roberson is suffering from a brok juries; Bailey from "lacerations .?f the face, fractured skull and possi ble internal injuries. According to Roberson, when questioned at his hospital bedside, he was driving towards Tarboro and ran into a car from the rear without lights. Trying to avoid a rear-end collision with the unlight ed vehicle, Roberson turned the auto towards the ditch. The car turn ed over throwing Bailey onto the pavement. Russia Is Causing Concern lor Hitler In the Balkan Area Ci-rmuii* Sai<l To ll?- Contiiiu iuu Chin* Fur Vttai'h On Hriti-li l*h'? Weak rumors of peace came out of Europe late yesterday as unrest and uncertainty gripped an en larged territory in the Balkan area and as England rapidly continued its preparations against attack During the meantime Germany is said to be amassing ships and fighting equip ment in Norway for a possible at tack on England through Ireland The apparent lull in actual war fare is believed by some to be a warning for another strike by Ger many which holds the horrid prom ise of being the most devastating ex perienced in all history. Unconfirmed in London and Ber lin, the peace rumors indicate that Germany will demand only five per cent of British possessions and cer tain rights in the Mediterranean. The rumors were declared absurd in Berlin, and London said that she would fight on in the very jaws of the enemy "while the rest of the civiliz ed world mobilizes its resources for victory " Russia again entered the picture yesterday when she grabbed a rich part of Rumania, an act that the Axis powers declared was agreeable to them. However, the Russian act and the. escape of the French fleet were said .to have bolstered the posi tion of the Allied Cause and gave concern to Hitler. ~~ The promised attack on -the Brit* ish Isles continues to hold the spot light in the minds of the public. It has been said that Italy is making plans in a big way to cooperate with Germany in the attack. Dishearten ing reports are coming out ot Ucr many where there is much talk about the manufacture of a deadly gas for possible use in the proposed inva sion of the British Isles. Reliable re ports state that the supply of the poisonous gas has been increased considerably in Tot-en 1 weeks. Londtfn reported early today that extensive raids were conducted ov er Germany last night when large gasoline stores were fired and con suitable damage done to supdIv bases. Italy claimed that extensive raids were made on Allied holdings in Africa during the night, but coun ter statements denied that any great damage was done. Japan is stepping into the war HI ws with vast air raids in China where the war is flaring up anew with the possibility of causing the conflict to spread to new territories. In this country, the war in Europe was temporarily reduced to second (Continued on page six) County Board Against Any Tax Rate Increase DOIIHLK HOLIDAY Possibly not certain they'll be able to celebrate another one, lo cal merchants and other busi ness men will observe next Thursday?July 4?as a holiday. The observance Thursday will not interrupt the half-holiday Wednesday afternoon. Shoppers are urged to keep in mind the long holiday and make their purchases before the stores close Wednesday noon. Business will be resumed the following Friday morning at the usual hour. This schedule, it is under stood, is being observed in near ly all towns in this section. Tax Unit Attaches Carolina Minstrel Said to have been oDerating with out proper state licenses the Caro lina Minstrel properties were at tached in Hamilton today by the State Department of Revenue through its agent, Jack Hinton. That I the organization would collapse was virtually certain as the tax division released its claim on the show tent to the Dire Ten and Awning Com pany, of Winston-Salem, and stored a large bus in a Robersonville gar age. As far as it could be learned to day, the $300 State license tax -had not been paid. It was rumored that the popular deputy collector was considering purchasing the equipment and start ing a show of his own. The reports (Continued on page six) New Hate Expected To Remain Fixed At $1.45 For New Year ?? Tentative Adoption of Bud gel Selieilnleil ut Meet ing Next Moiulav ? Meeting in special session here yesterday, the Martin County com missioners discussed the new fiscal year budget for three hours, and if they maintain the attitude express ed in that session there'll be no in crease in the county tax rate for the next twelve months. Reports from the meeting clear ly indicated that the rate of SI 45 is thr absolute top, that drastic re ductions can be expected in nearly all of the departments befoVe the levy is upped a single point. With bund principal and interest payments fixed and other items calling for amounts equally as large if not larg er than the amounts were for the 1939-40 fiscal year, a reduction in the rate is hardly to be expected. Rate changes in the past have been de pendent upon several factors, prin cipally the trend in property values. The budget is being based on the same valuation listed on the scroll books last year. The county must operate on a valuation of $11,100, 000 for the next fiscal year, this amount being compared with a twenty mrHem dollar-valuation 10 years ago. The tentative adoption of the bud get is expected at the regular meet ing of the commissioners next day, one report stating that a (Continued on
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