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Watch The L^bel On Your Paper. As It Carriea The Data Your Subscription Expiree THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser* Will find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over l.M Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 76 IFilliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 20, 10 W. ESTABLISHED 1899 Superior Court To Continue Trial Of Civil Cases Monday Proceeding* Attracting Little Attention After Comple tion of Criminal Docket Completing the trial of criminal rases last Tuesday noon, the Martin County Superior Court early this afternoon was completing the trial of its tenth civil case with a recess scheduled to follow until Monday. TTCie trial of civil actions will be re sumed at that time with Judge J. J. Burney on the bench. The civil proceedings are at tracting very little attention and ac cording to Clerk of Court L. B Wynne there are no sensational cases slated for trial during next week. Present indications point to an early adjournment next week, one report from the old hall of jus tice stating that several cases had been continued and that compromises were expected in several others. Proceedings in the court this week: It appearing to the court that the plaintiff had died, the case brought by Mrs Willie A. Hadley against George E. Peel was dismissed A continuance was granted in the cases of Mrs H. J. Haislip and R. A Haislip against Critcher Brothers. In the case of Cortez F. Green et als against John T. Daniel et als. H. G. Horton, referee, asked that he be relieved and another appointed. The court appointed w. H. Coburn to take his place In the case of L. H Gurganus against J W Gurkin. the plaintiff takes nothing and the defendant is declared the owner of certain prop erties Plaintiff is taxed with the cost. A T Perry in his case against Co lumbus James was given certain tim ber rights in accordance with a tim ber deed. The plaintiff is to remove timber under contraet between now and June 10, 1941. The case of Standard Fertilizer Company against W A. Hearne and North Side Lumber Company against H. H. Cowen were continued. A divorce, based on two years' separation, was granted O. S. Win borne against Ruby Chesson Win borne. In the case of S. L. Andrews against M D. Wilson, the plaintiffs were declared owners of certain properties. It was further adjudged the plaintiff recover nothing of the defendant by virtue of rents and damages Judgments for stipulated amounts were granted the Standard Fertiliz er Company in its cases against G. R. and W H. Britton, S L. and S B. Davenport The case of Slade Rhodes and Company against Smith-Douglass Fertilizer Company was continued. A mistrial resulted in the case of Standard Fertilizer Company against Fred F Hall. The case of LeRoy Perkins against Herbert Little was settled out of court, the plaintiff recovering noth ing The case of Standard Fertilizer Company against Mrs. Selma Carson Moore was settled out of court, the defendant to pay the costs of the Yesterday afternoon the court started working on the case of B. F. Perry against Colonial Oil Com pany and T. B. Sitterson. The plain tiff is asking $230 personal and )750 property damage as a result of an automobile accident last December in Bertie County near Windsor. The $10,000 damage suit brought by Jimmic Mitchell through his next friend, Joe Mitchell, against G P. Hall was continued for the term Cat Collection Is Almost Completed ? Mark Gupton, former service man and extra-ordinary gatherer of stray cats, has about completed his work in this county, according to a state ment issued by him here last eve ning. Starting out with an old model truck, a net and a few cages, Gup ton scoured the rural areas for cats. That he met with fair success is evi denced In a preliminary report Is sued last night. He has picked up ap proximately 700 of the felines in the county, and admits that the cat popu lation has hardly been touched. "There are more cats in Martin County than in any other county I have been in in this part of the State. It must be a good place to live, for when that many cats are found in an area there must be plenty to eat and life must be pretty pleasant" the eat man said. Picking up as many as fifteen cats at a single stop, Gupton declared that the people of this county had been very nice to him, that they were considerate and willingly cooperated with him in his work. "A few have hailed mc along the road and turn ed over surplus numbers of cats to me," he declared. While the cat man will continue to travel through this county, he states that he has about completed his work in this immediate terri tory. His catches are delivered to a laboratory supply station near Greensboro for distribution to biolog ists and medical laboratories. More Than 2 Million Pounds Of Tobacco Sold Here to Date Tobacco tales on the Williamston market today passed the two mil lion-pound mark, according to a re port released by Sales Supervisor K B. Crawford. Right at two million pounds had been sold through yes terday for $345,354 93. a resulting av erage of $16.22 for the season. It is estimated that there are 175,000 pounds on the floors today, the su pervisor stating that prices were holding fairly firm. General price averages have been battered by heavy deliveries of com mon tips and other types of inferior quality leaf on the local market this week. Prices for the medium and better quality grades are holding to th elevels reached earlier in the sea son. While farmers, regardless of where they market their tobacco, are not at all pleased with the prices they art- receiving, little complaint has been registered. It is quite evident that the crop income will be far be low expectations and hardly two thirds of the amount received last season. Tobacco is not claiming all the attention m the farm program this season, and cotton picking on many farms is delaying marketing for the leaf crop. Beginning next week, pea nut harvesting will get underway and that is almost certain to affect to bacco marketing and reduce deliv eries. The peanut season, however, will not get underway on any large scale before week after next in this county. Cotton harvesting is progressing rapidly, preliminary reports stating that several thousand bales have al ready been picked from the fields. Officers Of Farm Bureau Will Map Membership Drive Definite plans for a county - wide Farm Bureau membership drive will be formulated at a meeting of the orfanimation's of ficers and directors to be hrld here next Wednesday evening at *7 ill o'clock. Mr Charles n?n. iel, the newly-elected president, announced today. The newly-elected officers, ac cordinc to information received here, are anxious to reach a new high peak in membership for the organisation this year, and an earnest plea will be directed to the more than 2,*00 farmers and business men In the county to lend their support by taking memberships. R Flake Shaw, leading figure in Southern agri culture, is now the State organ isation's secretary, "and we cer tainly owe it to him, to agricul ture and to ourselves to get out and work for the strongest or ganisation we have ever had," Mr. Daniel said. Magdaline Carson Dies In Hospital | Miss Magdaline Carson, local young woman, died in a Wushington hospital Wednesday morning follow ing an illness of only a few days' du ration. However, she had not enjoy-1 ed very good health for some time. Tuesday morning her condition be came decidedly worse and she was I removed to a Washington hospital | for treatment Miss Carson who would have been 22 years old next month, was the daughter of E. Roderick and Irene Belflower Carson, of Robersonville. She spent her early life in Parmele, moving from there to Robersonville where she, was an honor pupil in the schools. During the past two years she made her home here with Mrs. Eloise TJennett. Held in high esteem by all who knew her, she had made many friends during her stay in this community, and news of her death came as a marked shock to them as well as to members of her immediate family. Funeral services were conducted from the home of her parents in Robersonville yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Daniel Boone, Meth odist minister. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Interment was in the cemetery there. Besides her parents, she is sur vived by four sisters, Mrs. Elton An drews, of Williamston; Misses Sarah, Dorothy and Peggy Carson, all of Robersonville, and three brothers. Elton, James and Samuel Carson. Among those attending the funer al from here were Mrs. J. G. God-1 ard, II, Mrs. J. G. Godard, III, Mrs. | Bill Haislip, Miss Eleanor Taylor, Mr. and Mrs Donald Andrews, | Messrs. D. D. Stalls, J. W. Garris, E. D. Harris, Robert Allsbrooks, W. R. Glover, Tom Rose and Opheus Price. Guard Is Strict On Physical Fitness That the military authorities are requiring almost perfect specimens of health i< becoming more evident from day to day. Hundreds who in ordinary walks of life are enjoying splendid health and who offer the appearance of strong, robust men are failing to pass the strict medical ,x aminations. Billie Clark, a volunteer in the National Guard, was rejected by army doctors on account of his eye sight this week and returned home with an honorable discharge. No estimates have been offered, but it is believed that hundreds of thousands out of the approximately sixteen and one-half million men who are subject to the call of their country will be unable to pass the strict medical tests. It has been men tioned as a possibility that possibly more men between the ages of 21 and 35, inclusive, wfll be exempted on account of some physical disabil ity than for any other cause. Exf MH*t New Turn In European War In Next Few Days] Increased Activity Now Likely | In Southeastern Part Of Kurope With the possibility of an inva sion of England lessened, a new turn I pated My military observers. Contra dictory, reports are coming from I across the seas, and there is still talk | of a new kind of attack against Eng land. However, attention is being 1 centered on a meeting of German I and Italian leaders and on Japan's | ultimatum issued to Indo-China While London has been subject ed to relentless attacks by Nazi air men. the British have been doing a great deal of house cleaning along the French and Belgium costs. Raids yesterday and the night before were described as the most fierce in all history. The success of those raids is believed to have been instrument al in forestalling an actual invasion of tlie British Isles Apparently roping in Spain, Ger many and Italy are thought to be making ready for an attack on Gi braltar and a subsequent march through the Balkans to Greece and Asiatic Turkey and on to Iraq where rich oil fields are found The Italian attack on the British in Egypt with the Suez Canal as its main objective continues, but it is meeting with a strong resistance and going is hard across the desert where the sun runs the mercury up to 140 degrees at noon time. Japan has removed its state offi cials from Indo-China apparently making ready for an invasion there The French government is said to have virtually agreed to the inva sion of Indo-China, but the Chinese and French representatives on the scene are said to be planning a re sistance. A move has been started in this country to send at least 35 big bomb ers or flying fortresses to England, and to extend additional aid to the hard-pressed British. Plans for a closer cooperation between the two nations are progressing with the blessings uf a vast majority of the people. Plans for executing the draft of those men between the ages of 31 and 35, inclusive, are going forward rapidly with the prospect that mar ried men whose wives hold down jobs and are self-supporting will be subject to call. Late reports state that the British hurled back fierce Nazi bombers and shot down a dozen this morning Every important Italian military base in the Mediterranean area was badly bombed by the British last night and heavy damage was in flicted on the Italian advance into | -Egypt ? There is much speculation as to what the reaction will be if and when Hitler starts marching through the Balkans toward Turkey and Greece Stalin is hardly expected to remain idle while Hitler and Musso lini grab off Gibraltar and the Dar-1 danelles, bottle him up on land and | then blockade him on the seas. Just what the reaction will be in | this country if and when Japan in vades Indo-China cannot be guessed I but the United Butes hire warned | Japan to stay out. 4 Mra. Horn hi ITa Siater Died Today In LaGrangel Mrs. John Waters, sister of Mrs Leman Barnhill, of Williamston, died suddenly at her home in LaGrange early today. About 60 years old, Mrs Waters apparently suffered an heart attack. Three children survive her. She also leaves her mother. Funeral services will be held in | LaGrange tomorrow afternoon. FALL SEASON After chasing the mercury to record high levels in July and August, the summer season will yield to fall next Sunday night at 11:46 o'clock. Several cold days have already been exper ienced, but the bummer still In sists on hanging around as long as Ole Sol is ant Community Group Clear Grounds At Bear Grass School School Patrons Volunteer Services in Promoting School Project Almost certain that a Works "Progress Administration project would be entirely too slow, forty or more citizens in the Bear Grass community willingly offered their services and much of their farm equipment and reported for work on the grounds at the school/there this week Professor T O. Hickman, principal, had assigned the willing workers a huge task, but instead of backing away, they entered upon the voluntarily-accepted duties with a determination that brought im mediate and visible results. Brief ly stated, the interested school pa trons readily licked the task and I virtually turned it into a picnic on I Wednesday when a big fish dinner was prepared on the grounds and served by able cooks. It had been customary for years for the school janitors to dump trash, broken iron and all types of rub bish tnr the dump heap just back of the building. Several of the vol unteers looked at the huge pile of junk and scratched their heads But once started on the task, the approx imately forty men cleared the un sightly trash heap from the grounds, "but not until after they had haul ed away several box carloads.' Prin cipal Hickman explained. With the trash out of the way, the men picked up their grubbing hoes, shovels and lakes and started clear ing almost an acre of land. Possi bly the workers went over the line a short way, but no complaints are expected as the school comes first there. Using several large trucks and a number of horse-drawn vehicles, the group was fast whipping the new plot into shape Top soil was placed there, and next spring the workers will return with their farm implo-i menu to break the land and sow it) down in grqss Assisted by-J.-D. Wynne, several ladies prepared a tasty dinner for the men' workers Wednesday noon, the work being their contribution in the movement to improve the grounds and better their school. The workers plan to complete the preliminary work 011 the project next Wednesday when an oyster dinner will be served by the teachers Routine Report Is Filed By Jurymen Making few recommendations and withholding all criticism, the Mar tin County grand jury, headed by N C. Everett, filed a routine report late Tuesday, the members return ing to their homes with two full days of work completed The report reads. The justices of the peace have filed their reports and all fines col lected by them have been turned over to the county treasurer with the exception of H. M. Burras, of Williamston, and J. T. Wildman, of Parmele, who have not filed re ports: County offices, the jail, county home, prison camp and schools were found in good condition. School busses were found in good condition, but several needed minor repairs and adjustments, and it is recommended that the county super intendent have mechanic check the vehicles. All executors and administrators in the county have filed their re ports "We have visited the one tourist camp in the county and find that the proprietor keeps only the name and address of the cabin occupants." It was pointed out in Judge J J. Bur ney's charge to the jury last Monday that every tourist camp proprietor must register the guests and record the license and make of car driven by the guests. The jury recommended to the commissioners to purchase a water cooler for the courthouse Few Farmers Attend Peanut Test Farms Occupied with tobacco grading and -cation picking, Martin County fyr mers apparently were too busy to attend peanut demonstrations on the Everett estate in Goose Nest Township yesterday morning How ever, twenty-five or more farmers from other counties interested in peanut experimental work, were present to observe the experimental work being carried on by Farmer | Robert Everett Definite resulU can't be determin ed until digging and picking time, but one report stated that it was quite evident the peanuts did not shed very much in the plot where sulphur was dusted on the vines There are about 20 different peanut experiments under observation on the farm. Mr. Everett is also doing some experimental work with cotton pointing to the adoption of a univer sal variety for the county. The re sulU of the experimenU will be made public this fall. County Farm Bureau J Names New Offieersl Start Membership^ Drive At Meeting Wednesday Ni?rht ^ ?_ r Senalor-Klecl II. <;. ||?rloll Ami Ketiriny I'reeitlenl Aildrm (.roup Pointing out the urgent need for a strong farm organization and an active unit in Martin County and "tuning an extensive mem?rxh"p arnpaign between now and Decern ? a meeting of nearly fifty ten .-'..tame farmers here Wednes tion for th* P,Tfwled a" organiza ^te,?rg.Tnrd toh,.n^TaTt'HrSh,P dnVl' - After completing an efficient and untiring work during the past year C Abram Roberson retires as pres. dent of the Martin County Farm Buieau Federation He is to be -to, -cded by Farmer lei. an old war horse in the organi ration who has been active in the ranks since the organization was es tablished in the county three years af? Mr- Robert Kverett. whtf has a so >een active in the organization. T v-i, ,'M IU '"^'deht t lt|, ~ e J, H presidents or directors were elected as foitows c p /p. Minim J.Ml. Will,.,,, T,mn-1 Smith GadS and"'K'"v j stcrctary-trcasuiHT. ! Plans for an active campaign will be announced by President Dame ! ?nd ^directors wullln (hi. ly^lwreTir" "'bnnial y. ri tiring president stated that . g hmJ'?IZa""1" ,'i"1 btv" f'"u t out there h? "'is t'"U",V w">' cant be gotten through leeisl . and we should hsik h, ed,?(" "Oil as an added stepping stone in our advancement There are 2 100 < ry"one "i und Vv some Sh"Ul<l 1h'I,,mK to working f""Kti fi!"" "rKam/ation. winking for ?,,, bl.n,.fjt of - I If prgantzed agriculture has a big future before it and if We ea other . a"r,< "'bu'e as profitable a ther businesses and professions lif on the farm will he as aerentaId. uny other business to fhe yout o ?<> concluded Assuring the meeting that whit, "? isn't much of a farmer. Sean,or kltct Hugh (t Horton added tint i s srar^ -f?nlr. r i V M 'farmer. Th. speake r ouilinid IhvudvaTTtag^tu-tTT derived from a strong farm organ, zation, and frankly stated that anv strong group of representative citi Ralf'ioh>U lojomf1 U"nC(1 ''"gialation l, ' have contempt for the professional lobbyist, ? ,!< Portant thai business and other or fhe whiT" hea"'' T'"' merchants th. wholesalers, the auto dealers and numerous others have their men u, Raleigh, and a man from your or Saturation is needed and will he we comed in Raleigh. I would n?, call a representative of the Farm Bureau a lobbyist, for he can he ,,f material help in passing basic legis iatiorTBy olfering reliable TachTThaT source ?b,Uin"d fr"m -V staLed 'bat he know what the Farm Bureau means i agriculture and to all people ,n farming territory "f have follow. its Struggle and its work, and it ha been proved beyond doubt that strong organization has and will help agriculture You farmers wh i * r'k. d'VrCn ,'^.yZ'.r an(l bav wt,rkt-rl for the budding up of an or ganization are deserving credit my continued cooperation and hope that all farmers in thi il'men ".nd '"'m"'"* ""d P^'cssion #1 men, too, will lend the organiza tion d strung suppiifT"? In conclusion he warned the grout that it must work if it expects tr ccranywhere 1 lf [ COTTON CANNING ] For the first time in several years cotton gins are In opera tion at this,point, nm suton u turning out Its first bale to day and making ready for a f?ir HJ S?1 "ef*m b<dw,*n now and December. Cotton ginning is well ad vanced in the upper part of the county where the main portions of the crop in centered. M !? estimated that appro*! niately 6,000 balea of cotton will be ginned in the county a* against SM last -? TO PKKACIl IIF.KK Hishop Cl?re Purorll or the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences, will preach In the Melh?Nlist Church here Sundas eveninx at ":!ll o'clock. The prominent church man is from Charlotte. \\ illiamston Native Passes In Norfolk Mis Kuth Crowell Kgan. native <?f Williamston. died suddenly m Nor folk yesterday morning following u long period of decluyng health Death was attributed to an heart attack. The daughter of Mrs Walter Hal herstadt and the late John W Crow ell. Mrs Kgan was born m William ston 45 years ago. After attending the local schools she entered training for a nurse in a Kocky Mount nospi tal and later was engaged in nurs ing. In 191?) she was married to Fran eis Kgan and during the past live ? r nix years she was connected with the welfare department in Norfolk. Besides one son. Pete Kgan. of Pensacolu. Kin*, she is survived hy lic r mother and one sister. Mrs. L. 11 Gurganus, of Williamston Funeral services were conducted from the home of her mother on Church Street here this afternoon at 3 30 o'clock by Kev. S. J Staines, pastor of the local Methodist Churcn. Interment was in the local teme ?tery .. Plan For Opening Of Potato Market Preliminary plans for maintaining a sweet potato market here this com mg winter were made this week by Horace Corbett. representative of the Corbett Packing Company, of Wilmington The company recently entered the South Carolina market where prices are ranging around $1 per hushel. Mr. Corbett said. ? : ?No definite date for opening the market here was mentioned, hut de liveries are expected to get under way about the middle of December A few farmers have dug small quantities of the tubers for individ ual use and for salt' on the local mar ket, but diggings will hardly get underway on any sizable, scale be fore next month Karly reports in dicatc that the quality of the crop will he far better than it was a year ago Dry weather earlier in the sum mer hampered the growth of the Vines and the crop is later than usual many farmers stating thai the pota toes are now quite small but that they are expected to add eonsider able growth between now and har vesting time. Hunting Season Opens October I ?1= ;?. ? The sale of hunting licenses well my<"rway 'n this county. Game.. Warden Ablntt stating that appar ently more hunters are planning to start the season October 1 than last year. While tin- main hunting sea son does not gel underway until the i latter part of NovembeTr4njndred"s of hunters in this county will turn to the woods and swamps in search of squir I' I and de< r week aftei next The outlook for hunting in this sec tion is good for squirrel, hut flood waters are believed to have had a telling effect upon the number of deer and turkeyrf. Warden Abbitt estimates that form 50 to 70 per cent of the wild turkeys were wiped out | in the lowgrounds in this county by I the flood. A few deer are believed to have been lost in the high waters. Possibly more squirrel are in the WOOds than at any time m reel nt years, but hunters will do well to await the passing of the mosquito season The season for taking squirrel, opossum with gun, and deer (male) opens Tuesday, October 1. The sea son for taking quail, turkeys, grouse and rabbits does not open until No vember 28 or Thanksgiving Day. Mavor Pinch Hits For County Court During This Vu?ek Thirteen \re Handled llv JnMiee J. I.. Hu'M-II Sine#- Mondav ? While the county recorder's court -is yicldiyg its habitat In the super mr tribunal. Justice J. I. Hassell is doing the pinch-hitting for Judge H. O Peel in battling crime outbreaks and various infractions of the law The justice hax been unusually busy handling the trivial matters that tend to nag the peace and quiet of the community and county. William Brown, charged w ith das orderly conduct in Griffins Tuwn slup. was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. Willie Lee Moore charged with operating a motor vehicle with im proper lights, was fined S10 and taxed w ith the cost Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost in case charging Sal lie Padgett with assaulting Ad die Beacham The assault victim, charged with disorderly conduct m ? a warrant issued by the defendant in the first case, was found not guil ty \ Ray cttitf Cbloe O'Neal were each fined $50 and taxed with the cost in a case charging them with simple assault It was alleged that O'Neal held Joshua Lawrence Williams. 13 years old. while the other defendant administered a whipping ?A Jli duy Jail sentence was sOs ponded upon good behavior for 1J months and payment of the cost in the case charging L. O Buchanan w th disorderly conduct Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost 111 the case charging Willie Razor with disorder ly conduct. Willis Bryant, charged with car rying a concealed weapon and coni nutting an assault w ith a deadly wea poll, was bound over to the county court for trial Bond in the sum of $11)1) was required Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost in the case charging Phillip Barnes with dis orderly conduct Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. Beiuiie Rives was bound over to the county court un der a $100 bond. Charged with violating the State barbers' law and permitting a liar her to operate a shop without li cense and in unsanitary conditions, Gilbert Rogers appealed to the higher courts when he w'as taxed with the costs and allowed 30 days to meet the requirements of the law Probable cause appearing. Justice Hassell sent the case charging Jume Wynne with an assault with a dead ly weapon to the county court foi trial The case charging V A Lassiter with assaulting Junic Wynne with a deadly weapon, V. A. Lassiter was bound over the county court for trial In a second case charging him with practicing barbery without a license, Iaissiter ' was directed to pay the case cost and take out bar her's license Charged last week end with up dating an automobile without a driver's license, Frank L Cox, mem I,ei of the Civilian Conservation Corps, was finer! $10 anil taxed with the coat :? ' ~ 1 j? ' Native Of Martin Dies In Beaufort Mrs Lucy Jackson, a native of this county, died at the home of her son. Mason Jackson, in Washington last Monday morning She was the wi dow of Charles M Jackson. Mi Jackson was born in Ever ells on January H, 1871, and spent the early part of her life there. Fol lowing her marriage to Mr Jackson she moved to Beaufort County where she-spent the remainder of her life Surviving are four sons. Mason, Luke, Robert Lee and Elwood Jack son. all of Washington, R. F. D ; two daughters, Mrs. Elijah Hodges and Mrs Blount Parvis, of Washington, R F. D ; three brothers, Jodie Bul lock of, Everett*, and Stephen and Stntnn Bullock, of Wtlliamston; a half-brother, John Robert HuUoek, and Miss Nancy Bullock, of William stun. and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held Mon day at the home of her son, Mason, conducted by the Rev. Warren Davis vf old Ford Burial was in the Jack son cemetery at the old home. District Teachers To Hold Meet Here Officers of the North Carolina Ed ucational Association for the north central district will meet in the lo cal high school building on Wednes day, October 2. at 3:30 o'clock, it was annuunced his week by the of fice of the county superintendent of schools here. Representatives of the organisa tion are expected here from the schools in Terrell. Washington, Ber tie, Hertford, Edgecombe. Hyde, Wilson and Martin Counties and from the city schools at Rocky Mount, Wilson, Tarboro and Elm c"y- _ ?