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\OLUME XLIII?NUMBER 90 ff'illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November H, 19-W.. ESTABLISHED 1899
Peanuts Moving To
Market Rapidly In
Martin County Now
Several Thouaaiul Beiuj;
Handled Daily By Buyer*
At This Point
jnrrrasrd a"1''"'Y UI1 tho local pea
nut market was reported yesterday
following an announcement by the:
Peanut Growers Stabilization Coop [
erative that the government would
start receiving peanuts within the
next few days. Sales, limited to three
or four thousand bags daily, during
the past week or ten days arc in
creasing rapidly, one estimate plac-1
ing the purchases yesterday as high
as seven thousand bags I
Reports indicate that most of the
farmers are in a hurry to sell. One
local buying firm was said to have
received nearly 100 calls yesterday,
the callers stating that they were i
uady to sell and that they wanted
a price Despite the increased sales,
activities on the market are not
brisk Buyers state there is a large
crop, that they will be enough pea
nuts for everyone and that there is
no need to rush the marketing "We
can't handle but so many bags a
day. and since the price is not at all
likely to decrease there is no good
cause for rush sales." one buyer said
here yesterday
While it is certain that the gov
ernment will enter the market and
stabilize prices, a delay in opening
the receiving station has been re
ported "We plan to open two houses
in Williamston the early part of
next week." a representative of the
stabilization cooperative said yes
terday
Prices are holding to government
schedules, and as far as it could be
learned this morning most sales are
bringing three and a quarter cents.
Peanut pickers are running full
blast throughout the county at the
present time and it is likely that a
greater portion of he crop will have
been picked by the latter part of
next week. Heavy yields are fairly
general, but the quality is a bit "spot
ted" It is now apparent that the in
come from the crop this year will
run far in excess of predictions and
that the big crop will partly offset
a shrinking revenue from the cur
tailed tobacco crop.
Along with peanuts, cotton is help
ing to bolster the farm income for
this county, and it has been declured
that farmers will be about as well
off financially this year as they were
in any fall during recent years The
cotton crop is moving to market fair
ly rapidly, one report from the up
per part of the county indicating that
a large portion of the crop had been
picked and ginned in that section.
Cat Man Makes Last
Round-up In County
Mark Gupton, who has been pick
ing up stray cats in this section dur
ing past months, made his last round
up in the county today. Gathering up
a fair-sized load of cats, Gupton
started to deliver his last order this
morning to a dealer who supplies
various laboratories with cats, dogs
snakes for experimental work "If 1
can get another contract, I'll possibly
return some time during next year,
the "cat man" said.
Taking out nearly 900 cats from
this county, Gupton has hardly
scratched the surface in lowering the
feline count. More than 1,613 cats
have been taken out of this and
neighboring counties during the past
six or eight months.
Wounded in the World War, Gup
ton turned to the unusual profession
for a livelihood. This morning he
had 5S cents in cash and a load of
cats to show for his six months' work.
"But I have managed to live and
get along," he said Finding the peo
ple quite considerate and friendly,
Gupton declared that he had enjoy
ed his work in this county, and is
hopeful that he can get another con
tract which will permit him to re
turn next year.
Now that Roosevelt has been re
elected, Gupton looked to the future
with renewed optimism, and declared
that he was not at all worried over
the future. ,
PRESIDENT F. 1). ROOSEVELT
Voicing their wishes in certain terms, more than 20 million voters
last Tuesday chose Franklin I). Roosevelt to again head their gov
ernment as President. Martin voters gave him the greatest vote of
confidence ever polled in this county.
Local Tobacco Market To End
Marketing, Season Next Week
Williamston's tobacco market will
end the selling season at the con
clusion of the next Wednesday sale,
it was announced today following a
meeting of the tobacco board of
trade yesterday. It is estimated that
well over 99 per cent of the crop in
this immediate section has been sold,
that marketing activities can easily
be completed by next Wednesday.
The market will observe next Mon
day as a holiday. All markets are
observing Armistice Day for the first
time in recent years.
No official announcement has
been received, but it is understood
that several of the smaller markets
in other counties will close the sea
son next week, that possibly all mar
kets in the belt will have closed by
Thanksgiving, if not before that
time.
Selling in excess of five million
pounds to date, the Williamston mar
ket has had a fairly successful year
considering the crop reduction and
a blocked highway across the Roan
oke River at this point. Hardly fif
ty per cent of the crop was produc
ed in this section this year as com
pared with the poundage produced
last season, meaning that the market
at least held its own.
' Official averages are not immed
lately available, but tin- prices will
range about three cents a pound over
the 1939 quotations, it is understood.
Loivell Thomas Is
Visitor On Loral
Market Recently
Lowell Thomas. noted radio
commentator who was paying a
return call to thr Kay Kayser
program last Wednesday eve
ning, startled local radio fans
when he said Williamston. North
Carolina, the little town on the
banks of the historic Roanoke.
Just what Mr. Thomas had to
say, the listeners are not quite
agreed, but it was definitely
pointed out that in his conversa
tion with Kay Kayser he said
that one of the happenings in
Dixie impressing him most dur
ing a recent visit was a tobacco
sale on the Williamston market.
A sale followed in the studio, but
the local color was missing.
Mr. Thomas described Farmer
l,ouis Roberson and had other in
teresting comment to offer about
the market and the selling meth
ods. He never did say that he
understood the auctioneer.
Many Northern visitors, in
cluding quite a few notables,
are seen on the local market
from day to day during the sell
ing season. But they come and
go virtually unnoticed.
James ville Voters
Without Constable
Jamesville* citizens accorded Joe
II Hardison 208 votes last Tuesday
in his race for township constable,
but according to unofficial reports
the man will not be able to qualify
for the office on account of non-res
|fp-nre T1 ix' f"w " tr "??Hw.iil
a constable and it is quite likely that
the citizens will have to turn to the
county commissioners and ask the
appointment of one of their num
ber."
Hardison was without opposition
on the printed ballot, but the names
of three other persons were volun
tarily written in by t ight voters.
Clarence Wallace polled six votes,
James Long 1, and A Corey 1
In Williamston Township, Charles
R. Moore polled 474 votes for con
stable, the number one precinct giv
ing him 290 votes and the number
two precinct, 184 He was without
opposition.
Youth lireaks Len While
I* I ay inn hot ft ha 11 Here
Reg Chosson, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Chesson, broke his left
leg just above the ankle while play
ing "tag" football on the high school
playground here last Wednesday
noon. The youth fell to the ground
and several other boys fell on him.
Twelve Criminal
Cases Are Called
In County Court
0 ^ ?
Jmlpr II. O. IVrl HohU Long
Se^ion To Clear the
Docket
Calling twelve criminal cases and |
one civil action ?Judge H. tfr POel j
held the county recorder's court
a long session lust Monday to clear
the docket. Several cases of more
than passing importance were be
fore the judge.
Ananias Davis. Williamston color
ed man. who shot and badly hurt a
youngster. James Wilson, for rob
bing his gas tank was found guilty
by the court over his plea of inno
cence. The court suspended judg
ment. and a warrant is now pending
against Wilson for larceny.
Linwood Spruill. colored dwarf. |
was sentenced to the roads for a
period of two years in the ease charg- |
ing him with forcible trespass. The |
youth, just seventeen years old. forc
ed his way into a Williamston home i
at night several weeks ago. The case
was said to have bordered on first
degree burglary.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of cost in the case charg
ing Joshua Meeks with reckless driv
ing
William 11. Jones and Alexander
Tool, charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, pleaded not guilty.
Teel was found not guilty, and judg
ment was suspended upon payment
of the court costs as to the defendant j
Jones.
Ben Biggs and John Robert Law- j
rence, charged with violating the
liquor laws, failed to answer when
called.
The case charging Jacob Copper
with larceny was nol prossed.
Bculah Copper and Willie B. Am
pey were adjudged guilty in the
case charging them with an assaplt
with a deadly weapon, the court
suspending judgment upon payment
of the costs.
Albert Bland, charged with car
rying a concealed weapon, pleaded
guilty. Prayer for judgment was con
tinued until the first Monday in Do
j comber.
! Baker Council, charged with vi-1
(dating the liquor laws, was sen-1
I tonced to the roads for a term of six
months and fined $50. The sentence
is to begin at the direction of the
court at any time within the ncx;t
| two years.
1 Earl Hyman was found not guilty
in the case charging him with speed
ing and reckless driving.
Charged with non-support. Archie
Mobley was directed to pay $8 a
month for six months for the sup
port of his child, and reappear at the
end of that period for further judg
ment.
Bringing a civil action against the
Quality Cash Store, Whichard Broth
ers were awarded a judgment in the
sum of $189.69 with interest from
July <>. 1940.
hirst l)irt Moved On
The River Till Today
The first dirt for widening and
building up the flood-damaged Ro
anoke river fill at this point was
trucked in today by the contracting
firm of Kiker and Younts. The
building detour bridges, and work
on th?? damaged project is increasing
from day to day.
r~
WORKERS WANTED
. j
The local office of the N. C.
State Employment Service re
ports a strong demand for car
penters at wages from 70c to 90c
an hour, and even more for qual
ified carpenter-foremen.
Every available carpenter who
has no regular job in this section
should register or renew his ap
plication at once for existing
openings at good wages. Approx
imately 40 skilled carpenters
have been referred to jobs by
the Williamston office in the
past few weeks, and more men
could be placed If they would
make application. Many other
skilled job openings are also to
be had at this time for men who
can qualify.
Democrats Sweep Thirty - Eight
States To Re - Elect Roosevelt
For Third Term in White House
(iOtmtv Tenaciously
Holds On To Ideals
Of True Democracy
Democracy (ieh lli*lory-Mak
in*: \ otr in This County
IjisI Tuewlav
Martin County voters tenaciously
continued their hold on Democratic
I ideals and principles last Tuesday
I when they went to the polls and
I chalked up the greatest support ever
given a Democratic ticket. The par
ty ticket held firm in its entirety, the
small vote for constable being at
| tnbuted to a shortage of ballots.
There were no apparent weak spots
fon the Democratic side of the ticket,
and with two or three exceptions.
I each precinct added to the size of its
1936 Democratic presidential vote
land cut down the total Republican
vote from 111 to 106
Hear Glass throw off the reputa
tion of being a Republican strong
hold. but that stronghold was not
very strong. In 1936. the Republican
vote there totaled 35 as compared
with 13 polled last Tuesday Wil
liums. Griffins, Poplar Point and
Hansel) Precincts continue as Dem
acratic strongholds. Not a single op
position "vote was east in any of the
four districts, and Poplar Point went
siraigilt down the line, casting its
220 votes for every nominee.
A total of 4.758 votes was cast last
Tuesday as compared with a total
of 4,588 east in the 1038 general elec
tion. The vote was recorded by pre
cincts as follows Jamesville, 447;
Williams, 209; Griffins, 383; Hear
Grass, 330; Willianiston No I. 582;
Williamston No 2. 024, Cross Roads,
347; Robersonvillc, 740, Gold Point,
139. Poplar .Point. 220; Hamilton.
221; Hassell. 138; Goose Nest, 374
A comparison of llie presidential
vole for 1930 and 1940 follows, by
precincts
It'll I.'n R'lt W
1930 1940
Jamesville 443 14 417 22
Williams 203 0 207 0
Griffins 387 0 382 0
Bear Grass 318 35 315 13
Winston 1 1000 31 568 13
W'mstoii 2
000 24
Cross Roads 3<1 3 345 2
R'vill. 095 19 722 24
Gold Point 139 1 138 1
Poplai Point 177 0 220 0
Hamilton 210 0 218 0
Hassell 142 1 135 1
Goose Nest 350 7 W ?1
4477 111 4028 100
Herb Bonner Wins
By Big Majority
Heibert Bonner, nominee for the
the National House of Representa
tives for the unexpired and regular
terms, won over his opponent, John
Wilkinson, by about twenty to one.
according to incomplete" returns on
the particular contest.
The incomplete vote reported in
nine of. the fourteen counties in the
Camden
Pitt
Chowan
Hyde
Perquimans
Washington
?Currituck
?Pasquotank
Martin
Hoiinrr
Wilk'n
880
23
9892 .
185
I486
34
1122
230
1129
148
1712
313
933
41
1897
155
451(1
78
23,507
1207
TOTALS
??Incomplete.
Mr Bonner will be sworn in as
the congressman from this district
next Monday in the House of Rep
resentatives for the unexpired term.
His old boss, Lindsay Warren, is now
serving as Comptroller General
c
stt.vwi nouviis
To get a true pfrspwtive as to
liow much the payroll of the
Itoherun Slaughter House af
fects the business firms of Wil
hamston. Mr. David Roberson
stated this morning he would pav |
off all his employees tomorrow. .
Saturday. November 9th. with I
silver dollars.
Not realizing the magnitude of
this firm and the large payroll I
released eaeh week. Mr. Ruber
son said he was paying off in
silver dollars just to show the j
merchants what the business
means to Williamston.
Armistice l)a\ Has
AclcM Significance
For America Today
?
I)ji> Will lir (Miservetl As An
llnlitluv ll\ \urioii?
November 11 --Armistice Day
has been recognized as a day for cel
ebration these past 22 years, but just
now the day has a newer meaning
and a greater significance than it
has had at any time during that per
iod No general holiday is planned
here and no special program has
been prepared in connection with
tin- day's, observance in this immed
iate territory. Several branches of
industry, including the tobacco mar
kets. banks, liquor store and the Vir
ginia Electric and Power Company,
will observe the day as a holiday
The power coin pa ny will close its of
fieoK at nooiu buf tln^ oQ+er places
of business will suspend activities
for the entire day.
Declared a national holiday by
Congress last year, tin- day will see
the postoffiee and other federal of
fices closed also. No town or rural
mail deliveries will he made and no
I window service will be offered at
the postoffiee.
While no definite program has
been planned here it is a reeognized
tact that the day has a grcahT sig
nificancc than it has had in years
past Possibly the first World War
was one to end war. but members of
our own Congress withdrew aftei
thousands had sacrificed their lives
and billions had been spent and to
(Continued on page four)
Questionnaires To
lie Mailed In The
County M a inlay
Questionnaires, slated to be
mailed tc draftees in this conn
I ty today, have heen delayed and
will not reach the first fifty men
be Tore next Monday or Tuesday,
the chairman of the draft hoard
said this morning. The delayed
letcipt of certain forms made it
necessary for the draft hoard to
postpone its mailing schedule.
The first hatch of question
naires will be nutiled Monday,
I and they will be returnable the
following Saturday. Order num
bers are being posted this week
end,, an official check showing
that the first 7I(? order numbers
appearing in this paper recently
were correct, that the additional
, three hundred published were
virtually correct. Questionnaires
will be mailed in the order of the
numbers determined by the na
tional drawing in Washington on
Tuesday, October 29.
The mailing schedule will he
posted from day to day in the
windows of The Enterprise.
i&MSC-'tdl (Fclill^ 149
Electoral \oles To
[ pset Old Tradition
l'l?-ii for \uliimul I nil\ Ili-aril
Hillrr I'oliliral Itatlla
l? Itroimlil I n \n l inl
Sw c. pin ^ p. victory in .it lcut.1
38 states and icgisttiing ^ams in
httus*- w-iiU tlie Democratic Party
re-electjed Franklin I) Roosevelt for
a third term in the White House last
Tuesday, the election, marked hy bit
terness. upsetting tradition and prov
ing to the world that common dem
ocracy is firmly rooted stilJ m this
nation...
Returns are not yet complete, but
latest tabulations give Mr Roosevelt
a popular vote lead of nearly five
million over Mr Willkie. the elec
oral vote count being 449 for Roose
velt and 82 for Willkie The Nation
al Democratic Ticket with nearly 7.
00(1 precincts to report, polled 26.
252.918 votes against 21.838.104 for
the Republicans.
Karly reports on the voting last
Tuesday pointed to a close race, and
for two hours or more its the returns
came in it appeared as if the Repub
licans were holding an advantage,
but a reversal in the trend was noted
about 10 30 or 11 o'clock, and Roose
velt picked up added strength rapid
ly Shortly after midnight Charles
McNary, Republican vice president
ial nominee, conceded the election
to Roosevelt Mr. Willkie held out
until Wednesday morning when he
congratulated Roosevelt, pleaded for
national unity and pledged his sup
port to the defense porgram and for
greater help for Kngland
- in ins -triumph. at?the balltd?4*ne
last Tuesday, Mr Roosevelt becomes
the first man ever elected to the
Presidency of the United States for
a third term
Incomplete, but indicative returns
for the presidential popular and
electoral votes are as follows
Roosevelt
Willkie
It
W
Ala
175.001
27.334
11
Arizona
45.362
24.908
3
Ark
63,006
14,027
9
Cal
1.312.902
929.247
22
Col
125.898
144.363
6
Conn.
417.858
361.869
8
Del
57,233
45.404
3
Kla
295*190
109.630
7
(*a
196.956
29 233
12
Idaho
68.383
56,830
4
III.
2.069.317
1,945.292
29
Il.'l
807.325
329,418
14
Iowa
536.677
579,715
H<
Kansa
228.752
322.956
9
Ken
321.801
211.456
11
La
160,720
26.884
10
Maine
54.769
163,885
5
Md.
364.168
250,362
8
Mass
981.571
869.248
17
Mich
901.132
902,643
19
Minn
395,222
371.736
1 1
Miss.
89,845
4.232
9
Mo.
867.684
775,343
15
Mont
85,143
55.674
4
Neb.
241.739
323,316
7
Nov.
22,235
16,344
3
N II
125,625
109,992
4
N J
1.012,291
945,750
16
N M
75,822
54,189
3
N Y
3,256,726
3,021.421
47
N C
574.924
182,702
13
N I)
63.397
74.011
4
Ohio
1.565.088
1.443,748
26
Okla
433,577
371.554
11
Ore
111,959
108,959
5
Pa
2.164,138
1.883.714
36
R I
181,881
138.432
4
S C
82,368
4.131
8
S. I)
87,495
121.644
4
Tenn.
323,710
150,531
11
Texas
504.433
1 18,198
23
Utah
84,511
52.100
4
Vermont
64.244
78.335
3
Va
236,354
109,597
11
Wash
228.749
151,957
8
W Va
313,257
226,780
8
Wis.
686,546
666.851
12
Wyo.
51.156
46.389
3
RETURNS, BY PRECINCTS, FORNATIONAL, ST ATE, COUNTY OFFICERS
Official returns, tabulated by precincts below, tell the story of how Martin County Democrats joined with fellow party members throughout the nation to record one of the greatest Democratic victories in the annals of political history. Martin voters,
pot ling approximately 4,758 votes or Just about 650 short of the entire voting strength, broke all previous records when they topped the 1956 vote count by more than 150. Democracy was never given a greater support than it received at the thirteen polling
places in this county last Saturday. The county was unanimous in several precincts, the opposition showing little strength In all the others. The third term issue, or no other issue, had no bearing whatever on the size of the vote cast for Mr. Roosevelt. He led
the ticket with 4,628 votes against a low of 106 for Mr. Willkie on the national ballot. Diving the President a stirring votr of confidence, the Democratic electors extended their support to all the other party nominees with a few exceptions, of course. The
vote for constable in Jamesville and Williamston Townships is not included in the vote below, but all other contests are listed, the Democratic nominees holding first column positions under the respective contests, as follows:
President Vice Pres. Governor IX-Gov. Secy of State Auditor Treasurer Atty General Sut. Pub. Inst. (loin. Agrl. In*. Com. Com. of Cab. Congress ( Senate llnusejjj^"'Judge Treas. Surv'r County Commissioners
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O Owcu'/v<bcu'/:u.(2i5
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precinct lfS3S4SS*S$?23 5 s ? 5 ? .1 5 v
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
> Grass
lN*. 1
aville
Ootd Point
Poplar Point
Hamilton _.
Hi
417
22
417
22
409
207
0
207
0
205
382
0
382
0
377
315
13
315
13
292
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557
24
24
593
345
2
345
2
340
722
24
722
24
704
138
I
138
1
137
220
9
220
0
220
218
0
218
*
198
135
1
135
1
133
383 '
6
383
8
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21
407
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407
0
203
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203
0
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9
373
9
373
0
373
12
285
11
287
11
286
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552
1_
512.
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547
12
593
13
594
13
589
9
340
9
340
0
338
21
699
20
702
19
701
1
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1
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9
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9
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9
197
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590
12
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20
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19
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360
407 21 400 410 391 403 40!) 402 403 402 405 395 399 396 399
203 0 205 207 20K 207 207 207 208 205 208 207 207 207 307
375 0 370 375 367 375 374 371 372 369 372 370 368 368 370
288 11 294 295 277 294 297 288 285 280 277 285 277 277 280
550 7 571 568 536 555 561 556 558 553 546 545 543 542 557
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0
11
292
11
7
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7
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339
0
19
702
20
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689
699
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138
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192
195
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131
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359
364
702 20 703 707 689 699 702 701 706 696 697 697 702
137 1 139 138 , 138 138 138 138 138 138 138 138 138 138 138
220 0 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 228
195 0 199 199 192 195 196 194 197 196 193 194 193 195 196
134 0 135 134 131 131 133 131 131 131 131 131 131 133 121
364 5 388 387 359 364 385 365 385 385 385 382 383
TOTALS 4828 188 4628 188 4528 79 45*2 78 4584 77 4491 78 4497 77 4501 76 4M1 75 4512 78 45*2 76 4491 76 4518 72 4551 4588 4421 4511 4543 4518 4517 4481 4478 4486 4484 4482