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Watch The Label Ob Your Paper. Aa It Carriea The Date Your Suhecriptipo Expiree. THE ENTERPRISE Advertiaers Will Find Our Col umn* A Latchkey TO Over l.flOO -- Home* Of Martin County. VOLUME XLI1I?NUMBER 69 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. August 27, 1944). ESTABLISHED 1899 Rush Work To Restore Traffic Across Roanoke River Fill T obaccoMarkeiReadv W For Opening Tuesday Strong Corps Of I Buyers To Be On Sales This Year Redryin# Plant Making Ready For Seasonal Operations Latter Part of Week The Williamston Tobacco Market i* ready for opening the season next Tuesday, local warehousemen stat ing today that all arrangements for its operation had been perfected. All four warehouses will be operated and a strong bid will be made for the crop by the local market. Every In ducement humanly possible for warehouseman and a community to offer will be advanced this season and eve nthough the crop has been reduced possibly more than fifty per cent, the market operators feel cer tain that the percentage of sales will exceed that figure. "Tobacco Town" is already taking on a renewed life, and by the latter part of the week the golden leaf is slated to start moving to the ware houses for the early sales a week from today. The large redrying plant of the W. I. Skinner Tobacco Company Is be ing tuned up for a busy season, and preliminary operations will likely get underway there the latter part of this week. Able assistants and employees have been assigned to every post in the marketing business, and farm ers will find Williamston an advan tageous and profitable place to mar ket the current crop. 1>ie suspension of traffic over the river fill is expected to have some effect on sales during the first three weeks of the season, but reports from several Bertie farmers state that they can be expected on the local market when the sales get under way. An unusually strong corps of buy ers has been assigned to the market this season, and although the crop is short, the warehousemen and oth ers are looking forward to a success ful season Mr. Dale Harper, who made many friends among farmers and towns people during several seasons on the local market, is returning for the American after a short stay on an other market. He is succeeding Tom Hxdale. Mr. Ed Fulghum is succeeding Jaek Lovelace for the Imperial. Mr. Fulghum, a member of a family of able tobacconists, bought on the Wil son and Tarboro markets during the pp-* "v"t' y? Mr. Bill (Jack) Frost is returning for the Reynolds Company. Mr. Jack Buster will continue to buy for Liggett-Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Buster arrived last week-end and are at home in a Simpson apartment on Smithwick Street. The J. P. Taylor Company is re turning Mr. Norwood Thomas to the local market as its head buyer Mr. Arthur Beale is expected back for the Washington Tobacco Com pany. Entering the market for the first time here, the W. M. Scales Tobac co Company will be represented by Mr Bruce Roebuck. Mr. Hugh .Edmonds is expected to return for the Export Company. principal buyer for the W. I. Skin ner Tobacco Company. Mr. J. E. King will possibly share the duties. Flood Victims Are Moving Back Home Driven suddenly from their home* by flood waters a week ago, num bers of local colored families are moving back to their homes in the eastern section of the town. The clos ing of the emergency Red Cross sta tion in the colored school house is expected by tomorrow or Thursday, according to the best reports that could be gained today. The sanitary division of the coun ty health department went into ac tion early yesterday with the fire fighting apparatus, scrub brooms and soap. Charlie Leonard, sanitarian, points out tht a good job was done and that most of the houses were made ready for occupancy by early this morning. Special WPA forces were assigned to the task, houses were scoured Inside and out, yards were limed and fresh dirt was placed in low places. A heavy rain late yes terday afternoon aided the clean-up forces. The riverside is fast regaining a normal atmosphere although the river is nearly four feet over its Last Half HsIMay < Merchants and employees and oth er business workers will enjoy their last half holiday of the summer to morrow afternoon. Expecting Federal Help in Repairing Roanoke River Fill Through the vision of sentatlve Lindsay Warren North Carolina will Immediately re ceive a large allotment of Fed eral Aid funds to replace Feder al Aid highways and bridges de stroyed by the floods in both Eastern and Western North Car olina. Six years ago Congress pass ed the bill Introduced by Mr. Warren to create an emergency disaster fund to replace destroy ed Federal Aid roads and bridges. Except for this act there would be no chance of Federal Aid funds as the allocations are made annually. Mr. Warren has been In close touch with Thom as H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Roads, who assured v him that he has Instructed the State Highway Commission to make up their estimates and that they would receive immediate attention In Washington. There Is a balance of 8 million dollars in the disaster fund at the pres Htate Highway authorities are said to be conferring with fed eral road officials this week. Highly Respected Citizen Died at His Home In Everetts Funeral Services Contlucletl Monday Afternoon For George Holliday George H. Holliday. highly respect ed Everetts citizen and a Christian gentleman, died at his home last Saturday following a long period of declining health. Malaria developed into hemorrhagic fever and his con dition was considered critical sever al days before his death. The son of the late 11. W. and Mary J. Holliday, he was born August 9, 1888. in the Cross Roads section where he spent his early'life. He married Miss Josephine Britton of j Beaufort County in February, 18B8, and later located in Robersonville, moving in 1914 to Everetts where he lowing the death of his first wife he married Mrs. Annie Askew Rid-, dick, of Jamesville, in 1932. Mr Holliday was a charter mem ber of the Everetts Christian Church | and helped construct the building. A builder by trade, he worked during off hours to make the pews which I he contributed without cost to the church He spent his life making an honest living and serving his Crea-j tor and the church. Humble in his walk through life, he valued the true ideals that go to make a Christian character. When his health began to fail him in his advanced yers and he was forced to retire from active construction work, he served the Everetts school as janitor. In all his work and assignments-he-was-faitto ful, and during his last years he seemed to enjoy his work in serv ing youth and looking after their welfare. He was an accommodating neighbor, friendly in his dealings with his fellowman and a friend to everyone. Besides his widow he is survived by one brother, J. D Holliday, of Hamilton, and two sisters. Miss Tena Holliday. of Hamilton, and Mrs. Susan Everett, of Norfolk. Funeral services were conducted in the Everetts Christian Church yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. J. M. Perry, assist ed by Rev. S. J. Stames, Methodist minister, of Williamston. Interment was in the family plot in the Ever etts Cemetefy- ? RUNNING FROM FLOOD WATERS Waiting until it was almost too late, owners started running their stock out of the lowlands in this sec tion more than a week ago. Pictured above are a few cattle being driven up the town's east main street. One large herd of cattle moved through the main street early Tuesday morning. Ilundrrds of hogs were brought from the low-lying farms by boat after the high waters had blocked roads and covered large farm ing areas. Late Estimates Show Smaller Flood Damage WATER FALLING Time is gradually taming the wild Roanoke River. Bridgekeep er Hugh SprulII stating at noon today that the stream had fall en to the 13.4 foot level, or sev en feet below the crest reached at four o'clock last Thursday morning. A foot drop was rec ttnljld itl Ihit ul raa m fntm VAki#r. "Iutai ??? hit r??? s ?a iii ? ? amv jr run day afternoon at 4 o'clock up un til noon today. The stream is still three and one-half feet over its banks, Mr. Spruill stating that a normal lev el could be expected within the next three or four days. Funeral Services Held At Oak City For Mrs. Johnson Duiiphtpr of thr laite Mr. awl Mrs. Bi-iijumiii Moye Died In Uurluun Hospital . Funeral services were held at the home in Oak City last Friday after noon for Mrs. Clara Moye Johnson who died in a Durham hospital the Monday before. In ill health for several months, Mrs. Johnson entered the hospital week before last and was said to have died while a major operation was in progress. News of her death did not reach the family until the following day. Mr. Johnson was in Canada curing tobacco and was un able to return home in time for the funeral which was deluyed several days. The Hnnghter of Ihe late Mr llllfi Mrs. Benjamin Moye, Mrs. Johnson was born in this county about 38 years ago. In early womanhood she was married to Mr. Joshua M. John son and made her home in Oak City. She was a loyal member of the Baptist church there for a long num ber of years. She was held in high esteem in her community, and was a good neighbor who found time to aid others. In the home she was a devoted wife and an understanding mother. Three children, Mrs. Harry Dan iel, Gilbert Johnson and Geraldine Johnson, all of Oak City, survive. Rev. J M. Perry, Robersonville, minister, conducted the last rites. Interment was in the Oak City cem etery. Tobacco Growers Plagued by 7 he Elements During Season Year by year ihe production of to bacco ia bringing added worries and trouble to farmers, but the current season has been crowded with trou bles First it was a cold spring. Then the blue mold struck. Transplanting! were delayed. Dry weather followed and the crop was off to a late start Hevay rains fell after the long dry spell. Worms have been numerous and the varmints and farmers hav< raced with the worms holding tht advantages in some cases. Floods were next in line and quit* a few farmers lost acres of tobacco High waters actually put the fire oul of several tobacco barn furnaces. Bu the latest handicap was reported i few days ago in the Oak City area. Going into his patch on an inspec tion tour, Farmer Theo. Warren was caught in quicksand and he had to call for help. A rope was used and he was pulled out of the mire. F. Steve Scott, another farmer in that section, was trying to harvest a barn of tobacco and his mule start ed miring down. Having to make fre quent stops for the workers to load the leaves in the truck, the animal soon learned to sit down and relieve the weight on his feet Told to ad vance, the mule would get up, move a short distance and sit down again. While other farmers were unable to get into their fields, Farmer Scott continued his harvesting work. Loss Will Hardly Exceed $120,000.00 In Martin County Nearly Tliroo-FourtliH of the Duinagi' <'.I'lilcri-il Oil Crop LuihIh Preliminary estimates ndvnnrnrl in connection with the flood damage in this area were declared too high to day following an official JUrvey of industrial plants, homes and farm i lands in the path of the worst flood " in history in Martin County. At first estimated in excess of $200,000, sened when officials of the Standard Fertilizer Company completed a careful survey of their large plant at the edge of the rtvef. The loss, according to the latest available estimates is summarized, as follows: r Standard Fertilizer Company, $2$, JMHL Goldman Package Manufacturing Company, $6,000 Wicomico Lumber Company, $3, 000. Saunders and Cox Lumber Com pany. >5.000 Sinclair Oil Company, $100 Standard Oil Company, $100. Harrison Oil Company, $75. No estimate on the damage done to the Purol Company plant was im mediately available, but it will hard ly exceed $50. Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina boat line, wharf, $1,000. Carstarphen's Wood Yard, $50. Homes and furniture in the east ern section of the town, $2,000 Farm crops, homes, furniture and livestock oh fifty-four farms, $76, 000. In an official statement released late last night, Mr. C. G. Crockett, manager of the Standard Fertiliz er Company, stated that a careful survey revealed that not as much fertilizer material washed away as it was first thought, that a small dam constructed round the walls inside the plant controlled the flow of the water in and out of the plant and tended to check the movement of the loose fertilizer materials. Very little damage was done to the build ing itself, it was stated. It was un officially estimated that the plant damage would approximate $100,000 or more. RECOVERING I After a long period of inac tivity, Mr. James E. King is able to be up and at work for short intervals daily in the W I. skin ner Tobacco Com pain offices here. Mr. Kins is co-owner oper ator of the rompain War Tcih|m) Mo To A Hijrl! Pitch -i? Retaliatory bombings <?( Condor and Berlin featured the war over the week-end, reports stating that con siderable damage has been done to both of the world-famed i.ipitals A six-hour attack took> plan xin Lon don last night, but ho ? timate o: the 'damage could be had Knglanc successfully bombed Berlin Sundaj night for several hours, and it is ap parent that the lid is now off in the second phase of the attack on Ehg land. Italy says war with Egypt is im minent, but the Wops ha\ < lightened to he considering far-reaching nego tiations with England, and the Unit ed States is pushing its defer, e plans, indicating that the war tempo ij rapidly reaching a new hif'h p'teh The conscription hill i. < Indulec (Continued on page six) Outlook for Peanut Highlighted by Two Factors Two bright spots app<-.md <>*t thi horizon during the past few day: x?anut nop Whih Machinery damage was me main loss item in the package manufactur ing plant, but workmen are rapidly cleaning up the machines and mak ing ready for a full operating sched ule not later than Thursday morn ing of this week. Miic "? m""-" "M Hit- mivt-ipn r ^'? ^uif a few farmers, the other is close!; connected with the federal govern ment's plan to aid agriculture. The bright spots were highlights in a government report, just releas ed. One of the factors, according t t,umoer ana logs on me oaunuera and Cox mill yard did not float away in any great amounts or number* as many expected. However, entire racka of lumber moved off the yard and down the stream Farmers apparently were the heavy losers, but the loss there was borne by about fifty operators. A fairly accurate survey conducted by Messrs Tom Swain and J. C. Eu banks of the Farm Security Admin istration shows that S4 farms were inundated by the waters, that 1,726 acres of fine crops were, virtually ruined between Conoho and the mouth of Gardners Creek. Mr. Eu banks estimated that there were 106 (Continued on page aim) MIC IC^II l, UMIUIII.l Ull ' I"'" ?' wtltch the growing crop Has bed damaged by the recent continuou Heavy rafns and the flood water o the rivers. While nothing definit is known regarding the extent o the damage, it is certain that thous unds of acres are under water an< that the growing crop has been ser iously affected. The best estimate of which we have heard, made b; well informed leader* in the indun try, range from 15 to 25 per con' This is expected to have an apprc stable affect upon the price of pea nuts. At present, however, farnien stock is barely steady and purchase earlier in the week often were mad on a slightly lower price level. Tlie other important item is th announcement on August 20 l>y the Surplus Marketing Administration of the Department of Agriculture of -the?schediitr?of prices for use in connection with the program to di vert surplus 1040 farmers' stock peanuts to the manufacture of pea nut. The program will in general follow that of the two preceding years. It authorizes regional associa tions of peanut growers to pay defi nite prices to growers for the var ious types nf farmers' stock pefcmni grown in HMO These prices arc the same as 111 lost year's program ex cept that the price of South West ern Spanish has been slightly ad vanced. U. S. No. 3 class A peanuts of the Virginia type, which is about the equivalent of good shelling stock, is priced at (15 00 per ton, and U. S. No. I class A or Jumbos ut 70.00 per ton, with U. S No 2 cluss A or bunch peanuts, 07 00 per ton. It is under stood that in connection with recom mendations of the National Peanut Council, Farmers Cooperative As sociations will this year attempt to market peanuts that are free of dirt, trash, stones, etc., that was in last year's crop. Survey Shows Damage To Fill Not As Great As Offieials Expeeted (arils Art' Ih'licorttl 7'o 7 itlmcat Farmer The distribution of tobacco marketing cards to Martin ( oun ty formers is being advanced on a large scale at the present time preparatory to the opening or the markets next Tuesday. Ilun clr??ds ?f the white ranis, carry ing the right Tor the unlimited *ale of poundage where compli ance requirements were met ahve already been distributed in this rounty principally in Bear tirass. (loose Nest and Cross Koads Townships. Farmers throughout the coun ty are being notified to call for the marketing cards and distri bution almost in its entirety is expected by the latter part of the week. .. A "J!*1"' reP?rt emning from the office of the rounty agent states that not more than six red cards will Be in use in the coun t.v this season, the approximate ly 1.500 other tobacco farmers complying with the control pro gram and gaining the right to sell all their poundages. Seven Arc Rescued From Flood W ater Over the Week-end I'lilrtiliiiuii Si-iirlMiiougli Suiil To Have Taken Two Itiilh* On Successive ()ii\? ? TlHLyji tims offer a sneiii<mf. smde when Conine Creek is mentioned r*' but it was a serious situation Tor Charles ? Session's, DonaTd An drews. Lurk SmaTTu .Mill, Dewey I layman, Johnny Si arlioiough. lion zell Lewis and Charics Pope wln-n ? hey were dumped into the on rush mi; waters at the ereek I ,, end Smallwood, Hayman and Sear borough turned over between lh.. creek and Bertie highlands last Nat uislay afternoon Tossed against -iiinsh anil trees the jllnn fully hut not seriously Battered while they desperately clung to trees for nearly fmlf an hour _IL was Scarhor ough's Tarzan call that attracted An drews and Sessions who were work ing on damaged telephone lines Go ing lo the men, Sessions and An drews were m the act of rescuing Smallwood when then boat was ' augnt and sunk in liie strung cur tent, Hugh Sprtull and Joe Hoher son happened along about five min utes later and they effected the res cue Sunday afternoon while working on Broken telephone lines. Bonzcll Ih-wis, Of Beaufort, and Charles Pope, of Godwin, telephone com pany employees, were thrown into the muddy waters when a telephone L. -Utohr-fell nn thctr jy. Tossing about in the turbulent wa ters just as if they were wood chips, the two men finally reached still water, and made it to the highway hours passed and when the two men (Continued on page six) Milt* Of Cement Is Broken; 2.000 Feet Fill I iidermined \i> Kxliiiiuli' of I lumufEt- < Iffcr til; Dull' of l<?'o|M'iiiiiK Komi \<il > ?-l known i - da> sums i ? i ??; I'luil* for IVrniaiii'iil llrpair-. \rr To lt<- Slinli?'?l 11% 4 'nmnii-.ioii Highway officials and forces from a wide area started early yesterday morning repairing the Roanoke Riv er fill which was hadlv battered and damaged by a history making flood that is now rapidly disappearing at ter reaching a crest of 20.4 feet at this point early last Thursday morn ing. While plans are being formu la ted for permanent repairs, the highway forces are slated to work night and day restoring traffic, Di visional Highway Engineer J C Gardner said yesterday while on an "inspection, trip to the battered cause , way Explaining that the damage was had. Mi Gardner added that the loss is not as great as he and his en gineers first ejected According to an official sur veymadrt>y~Kngrneer George Mack. approximately one i mile of the concrete on the four-mile i project was wrecked, and an addi I lional 2,000 feet 'of the surface un dermiried by the high waters that poured over tin* road from last Tues . day until late Sunday I?No mtIiimi of Hie fill?has been washed away m its entirety, accord ing to Engineer Mack who said that I of tlie'fill-were washed away How ever, on an average not more than two to three feet erf dirt were wash 1 edTronfTfie fill, leaving the founda tion in fairly good shape The tur hulent stream, coming down in rec ord time, tore through tin- fill in possitity 2fi places, the center of the damage apparv tlv falling about one mile east of th'e river bridge .where the causeway hud m tiled to a low point and where uie millions -of-tons- of waterlitppetf attrf batter I'd the saint and .washed awav lion eysuckle vines and undergrowth Large blocks of concrete were crack ed and twisted l?y the angry current, but the hard surface was npt carried from the fill With the exception of one or two places, a pedestrian could walk from the river to the Conine Creek bridge without getting his feet wet today Just off from one low~spot where ?one could wade through easily on the fill, the water was seven feet deep on tin- side Early yesterday morning when highway forces started the repair work, trucks moved on tin- fill un hampered for more than a third of a mile A small break, 1,800 feet from thi' end of tin- concrete bridge, stop ped the trucks there but paipenger cars moved oyer tt for "possibly an additional quarter of a mile. Several had breaks, some.of them about 75 yards across, were found there The road was intact then for a few yards mid othei bad bieaks could be'seen as one continued toward Conine Creek fridge. The damage on the other side of the creek bridge was not considered as extensive as that on the west side between the two bridges. Engineer Gardner would not sug gest any possible date*for reopening the route, but he did say that every effort would be made to have traf fic moving over the fill as soon as possible. Bridgeman Snell, who will be closely associated with the repair , (Continued nn page ?i?)?_ Husband Is Facing Charge Of Cruelty Wheeler Rice, 80-year-old colored man, who last week-end finished serving a thirty-day road sentence for being drunk and disorderly on local streets, is back in the county jail awaiting another appearance be fore his honor, Judge H O. Peel, in the county recorder's court. Rice is now facing a charge of cruelty. It is alleged In the warrant that Rice almost starved his wife, Nora Rice, to death, that he abused her, and threatened the lives of neigh bors who dared to slip her food dur ing a long period when she was too weak to help herself. Rice was returned to the county Jail when he was unable to raise bond in the sum of $800.
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