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I Plan Now to Attend Dollar Days in Williamston on March 6, 7and8?Three Big Shopping Days )| Watch The label On Your Paper. As It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser* Will rind Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 18 If illianiMton, Martin County, I\orth Carolina, Tueiday. """" ?? "?? F'51 AHI.IMIt.i) Board Of Education In Regular Session Yesterday Morning Delegation Propones Con nt rite I ion of Tfaclifragc At Robernonville Meeting in regular session here yesterday morning, the Martin County Board of Education cleared its work schedule and adjourned in a comparatively short time. Very little business was placed before the meeting, but two delegations were received. Headed by Committeemen Wil liam Gray, Mayo Little and Princi pal L. W Anderson, a delegation from Robersonville appeared before the board and asked support for the construction of a teacherage there. Only preliminary details were dis cussed, and while no official or fi nal action was taken it was reported that the board was impressed with the plans and that all possible aid will be extended The board instruct ed the superintendent of county schools to prepare plans for the building and outline the costs. It was pointed out bV the delegation that the project will be self-liquidating to a large extent, and that possibly it could be handled in cooperation with the Works Progress Adminis tration program. It is proposed to locate the building just across the street from the grammar grade school building. Its size and type of construction have not yet been de termined, but it will be built of brick or concrete blocks and will be "a large building," according to in formation coming from the office of the county superintendent of schools. A delegation interested in graving the new Parmele colored school named after W. C. Chance, appear ed before the l^oard and asked that the Chance name be adopted. The delegation was composed -of three teachers including Chance's wife. A petition, asking that the school be named for W. C Chance, colored principal there, was received by the board months ago. but no action was taken at that time. Yesterday, the matter was again tabled C. C. Fleming, well-known James ville man. is out of politics. Busily en gaged in several business ventures, Mr. Fleming found it inconvenient to attend the board meetings and ! yesterday he resigned as a member , of the Jamesville school committee.' C. C. Martin was named as his sue-' cessor to serve during the remainder j of the term which expires in a month or two. Five Men To Enter Army from Martin County March 13th Two More County Yotuip Men Volunteer For Serviee Tliin Week Five Martin County young men will leave March 13th for service in Uncle Sam's Army at Fort Bragg, the draft board receiving its quota Monday. Only three men were call ed to answer for service on March 13, but two replacements will accom pany them to the Fort to fill the places made vacant when two men from the county's February quota were rejected. The regular draft list continues subject to attack, but volunteers have made selections from the list unnece?ry to date. Yesterday, two young men, Woodrow Wynne, of Robersonville, and Joseph Gurganua, of Williamston R.F.D. No. 3, volun teered their services, making it un necessary for the draft board to call men from its draft list for replace ments. As it stands now, two men will have to be drafted to fill the March 13 quota. It could not be definitely learned, but there is a possibility that- theJ county will be assigned a second quo ta during the latter part of the cur- I rent month. The large list?forty or more?of colored volunteers has been pointed out to the draft authorities, and it is possible that large numbers of men will be called from that list. According to an unofficial State report, 941 men were called to fill the March 13 quota, and that 1,050 more will be called between March 21 and 28th. This county has not yet received its quota for the latter part of the month, and no quota for col ored men in the first call has been icceived at this time. Cart Crath In Warehoute Dillrict Lati Evening No one was hurt and no great damage resulted when two cars crashed at the Haughton and Wash ington Street intersection here last evening about 0 o'clock. Mrs W. R. Ranks was driving out Washington Street and Jesse Scott, of Oak City, was driving into town when the cars crashed in front of the Farmers Warehouse. Young Scott, accompanied by his father, F. S. Scott and little son, Fernando, and Mrs. Emma Page, and little daughter, Reba, had been to Plymouth and was driving the party to Tbrboro to see Mrs. Scott who is in a hospital there. County's Former Service Men Asked to Register Next Week Working to be prepared to meet , throughout the other states. ' any emergency that may arise, the has not been definitely stated National Convention of the Amen- but it is generally believed that thi can Legion is calling for the regis- former service men will, in possi tration of all former service men. ble emergencies, be asked to serv? It has been pointed out that the reg- ?? home-guard units, on fire depart istration is important from a home j nientt. as special police, or in im defense standpoint, and all Martin portant defense jobs. Registrants County men who served in the first he classified as to trade or voca World War are asked to register at t,on 1 the legion hut next Monday night The emergency duty which may at 7:30 o'clock. The Legion Post in be requested as an outgrowth of the this county is conducting the regis- questionnaire will be purely volun | tration and volunteers will assist the tary in character and without re imen in filling in the answers to the muneration unless otherwise provld questions. Similar registrations have ed for by agencies of government re ; already been effected in most of the sponsible for requesting such sen - counties in North Carolina and ice or undertaking Town Offers $50,000 Bonds on Open Markel THREE IN AN IIOUK Thrrf was plenty of action on the part of Williamston's vol unteer fire department early yesterday afternoon. For the first time since the company was organized, three calls were re ceived within an hour. Receiving a call to a grass (ire just off Pine and North liaugh ton Streets at 1:30 o'clock, the firement detoured on its return trip to the station to put out a grass fire on Pearl Street. About half an hour later, the firemen were called to the home of Geo. Purvis, colored, on West War ren Street, where a spark fired the roof. Very little damage was reported, but with a strong March wind blowing, the fires created a real menace. Balkan Powder Ke<r Warmed By Recent German Movements J. u I >? Development,. Dinitp pro\e<l l>> Kimhiu; Turkey Make* Ki'Uily fur Action The European war, marked by the 1 absence of any great battles, is rap idly approaching a grave turn with the powder keg in the Balkans just about right for an explosion that will jar the world. German mechanized units, leading an unopposed invasion of Bulgaria, have now progressi'd to a |xunt hardly more than 100 miles from the Dardanelles. The move j ment. disapproved by Russia, is al ready getting a positive answer from | Turkey, and Russia is said to be mov , ing closer to the side of England. While it is possible that England is moving into another trap similar to Dunkirk, all indications point to serious action in the Balkan terri tory. Greece, outnumbered by a sin gle foe, is still defying reported de mands coming from Germany-Jor a I negotiated peace. Observers say that | Greece has no hope, that she will be forced ino submission by the Ger I man hordes, but it is significant that | the little nation continues to fight Mussolini and defy Hitler Possibly, British forces are moving in for a lhand when the Balkan powder keg is blown to pieces. In an official statement yesterday, Turkey advis ! ed her people that the war was mov ing ever closer to them, intimating that action is expected within a short time if Hitler continues to pursue his present policies. Russia's latest stand in the war is bringing some encouragement to the embattled Greeks and the bur dened British. Even if Russia takes no overt action, her latest stand is almost certain to encourage Turkey in her announced plans of resistance j to Germany's continued domination in the Balkans. Renewed activity in the air war fare was reported yesterday and last night when German raiders appear ed over London and several towns in the midlands and when RAF fighters returned to the Channel in vasion ports In the air raids last night, Cardiff, ' England was badly wrecked and the | loss of life was feared great. (Continued on page six) ? C. D. Pittman Slightly Hurt In Auto Accident *? C. D. Pittman, local merchant, re ceived a slight cut on his nose, in an auto-truck crash on Main Street here last Sunday evening about 7 o'clock. Pittman was driving down the street when-* truck, owned by J D. Harrison and driven by a man named Edmondson, entered the street from a filling station near the bus terminal. Very little damage was done to the car. The accident was one of three mi nor ones reported on the highways and streets of the county during the week-end. I Town Commission Orders Repairs On R i ver Warehouse lioartl Nuiiiea Omnium*"' '?'?? Work For Completion Of NY V Projert Meeting in regular session last eve mug. the local town commissioner* were advised that the town will of fer $5(1,(KM) of its bonds on the open market at a sale next Tuesday to finance water and sewer line exten sions. add to the present water sup ply and improve several streets Mo saic of the bonds interrupted for ( one cause or another in the past, is certain next week, the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation having al ready agreed to buy most of them at a rate of 4 per cent. It is believed that a bid equally as low if not low er can be had on the open market. The town proposes to spend $55,ODD of the $50.0(10 on water and sewer line extensions and a deep well, and the remainder for surfacing streets. Plans are being made for recciv mg bids in about ten days after the bond sale. Town Engineer Henry Rivers stating that actual work on the projects should get underway in early April Rendered useless by the flood wa_ ters last August, the river wharf here will be repaired, the (own of ficials last night instructing the town forces to handle the job It is esti mated that the repair work will cost approximately $700 No boat schedule has been in effect since the warehouse was washed off its foun dation, but the operators of the Nor folk, Baltimore and Carolina lane state they will resume and maintain regular schedules just as sik.ii as the warehouse is fixed. The boat line agrees to pay $400 rent annually. In an effort to save funds already invested, the commissioners named a special committee, Luther Peel, V. IF Godwin and L. I' Lindsley, to work for the completion of the Ne grt. recreational center, a National Youth Administration project. 1 he town plans to invest an additional amount of money in the building that now stands hardly half com plete just back of the local ceme tery. The Bosey Clary property on the corner of Warren and Watts Streets was sold to W. E. Dunn for $750. the purchaser agreeing to maintain the home for Mrs. R A Glenn her life time. , An order was passed calling for curbing a few feet on East Church Street and Courtney drive at the giannual?scliuub ttlF hoard also agreeing to have a block on North Smithwick Street curbed near the high school. Pay increases, ranging from one to two dollars and a half, were grant ed members of the street and water departments and to members of the night police force, the salaries for the night officers now being fixed at $25 a week ?% Building And Loan Opens Stock Series 4 Opening its 48th slock series here last Saturday, the Martin County Building and l>oan Association re ported a very successful sale, offi cers of the organization stating to day that while no new record would be established, indications point to a large subscription during the next few weeks The ijjjhes will be open for the subscription of stock during the next two months or more. While a few are buying stock with the idea of financing home construc tion, many of the stockholders are buying shares as an investment. The association offers one of the best in vestments to be had today, and its saving and investment plans are available to persons of limited In comes. Thirty-Nine 1 ears Ago As Recorded In The Enterprise JULY 19, 1991. Farmers, sell your tobacco at the I Carolina. Stan ha> ride Wednesday night W here were the Kil ls" Tarboro team won three straights' from Wilmington this week [ Next Thursday week the Ruber eonville tobacco market opens Re member the Guessing Contest, and send us 25 cents for three months subscription with your guess About 2 o'clock yesterday after- I noon one of the piston rods on the engine at Martin and Riggs furni ture factory broke and caused the factory to shut down. I' s GtHilogical Surveyors wen III low,, lost week and put ;1 p|?te on the Court House giving elevation of Willianistou above sea level it is til feet. Farmer arc busy curing tobacco Rev J O. Guthrie, of Raleigh, is in town. Joe Hoard, of Hobgood, was here ' Monday W j Hodges went to Tillery on Monday evening. Norwood Hodges returned to Hocky Mount Thursday morning Dr. J E Smithwick, of Jamesville is attending to Dr. Harrells prac tice. Prut Sylvester Hassell left for Nags Head Wednesday on Steamer Plymouth. Miss.4? Lula and Kiln Staton have gone to Nags Head to spend a week or more The excursion to Nags Head on ! the 27th will be a grand success. Dr. W H Harrell and family left Wednesday morning on the steam <r Plymouth for Nags Head where they will spend several weeks. Wets Are Having Their Say Today In The Assembly Defeat For Kill Likely When It Iteuelies 111<- Finance Coimiiiiiee After listening to the Drys lasl j Thursday afternoon, the Wets arc going intu action before I he House committer on propositions and griev ances this aftenioon with Wilming ton s mayor and clowning candidate for the gubernatorial nomination last year espousing I he Wet cause. Just as the Drys were apparently .unuble lo muster a telling support for their hearing last Thursday, the Wets, be lieving the Stale's haphazard sys tem- ill "controlling" liquor is safe for another two years, at least, are not making a strenuous fight this afternoon However, they are tak ing no ehanees ,and they are bom basting the Drys m retaliation for the blows received lasl Thursday While llic faels do not support any stall contention, Ihe Wets are still talking Alaiut how Ihe houllcggcis and blind tigers will carry the State <lry Admittedly wet and with its share Of boot loggers, manufacturers and others who deal directly or in directly with the illicit business, Martin County has always voted wet However, the people, disgust ed with the present system and with the State digging deep into profits lor the maintenance of just anoth er commission in Raleigh, would like ly give the Drys an increased support should the legislature call a refer end urn. The State is taking about two and one-half million dollars annually from the 26 wet counties in the form of tuxes This is a hig item even in the State's budget, and should the committee on propositions and griev ances approve the McGowan bill culling for a referendum, the pro Posal is almost certain to meet de feat at the bands of the finance com In i I lee. Commissioners C. D. Carstarphen and C Abram Kobcrson and V J Spivey are in Raleigh today repre senting the county Alcoholic Bever ages Control Board at the hearing The Legislature is entering its last mad rush of the session, reports stat ing that the law-makers will quit not (Continued on page six) Rev, (.ha*. E, Wi Ilium* P rear hen Here Wednenlay The Rev. Charles E Williams, rec tor of Christ Church, New Bern, will speak at the Lenten Service at the Church of the Advent on Wed- J nesday night. The hour of service has been changed from 7:30 to fl o'clock. The Rev Mr. Williams is one of the outstanding ministers of the Di ocese of East Carolina His greatest work was the founding of Galilee Mission on the shores of Lake Phelps near Creswell. This work has grown from a Sunday afternoon prayer meeting in one of the farm houses to its present status as one of the most important mission stations of the Diocese.? The plantations on which the mission people live are under the supervision of the Farm Security Administration. We hope that as many people as possible will attend services on Wed nesday night. Important Farm Meeting Will lie Held in County Saturday An important (arm meeting will Then, too, Goodman explained, be held in the Martin County Agri- who qualify for cotton stamp# . ... I ? ..... I .v.. f I cultural building on Saturday morn ing of this week when the double may also receive a payment for pro barr.U'it 1H41 supplementary AAA 'm<l nmsrivinj; sup progiam will be discussed and ex- plies A payment of $ 1 5(1 per farm plained. Farmers, business men, garden is already allowed by the county officials and others interest* ; AAA hi North Carolina Now an ed in agriculture and national do- tra $il may be earned bv growing fenso are invited and urged to be , additional garden produce, storing present for the meeting which will food products, or planting small get underway at 9 o'clock that morn- fruits to add to the family food sup ing. ply However, to earn this special The new program, according to payment, growers must temperate in John YV Goodman, assistant director "u' tH,lt??n stamp plan of the N. C. State College Extension "Because of the importance of Service, will enable growers to take this program to the cotton farmers cotton land out of production for of North Carolina." Goodman said. which they will receive Federal "we hope that-every .grower affet lamps evchaiigeabte _iu j-utoii-store# |ed will make a special eitoit to at- [ Ve - I for cotton goods manufactured in tend the meeting so as to get full d? this country tails of this new plan ' Commissioners I )elay Action on Tax Values Uneventful Session Held By The County Authorities Monday !\o Move Muile To F*tul?li*li I Yrmniir tit (.rami For tfir ('.oniiI> Certain they will .face many un pleasantries when they meet as a hoard of equalization and review the third Monday in this month, the Martin County commissioners for ; the most part limited discussions ' and final action to merely routine matters at an uneventful session here yesterday Spending a greater part of the day drawing jurymen for the April term of Superior court, approving current hills and handling a couple of road petitions, the com missioners adjourned at 4:!H) o'clock with the understanding that they would meet as a hoard of equaliza tion and review two weeks later. A preliminary comparison of tax values was placed before the hoard, and while they admitted that the work of the several hoards of as sessors was not in absolute harmony, no definite action was taken to equalize the listings Tax Supervis or S II Grimes was instructed to complete a study of all the proper ty listings handled by the assessors and report to the board of equaliza tion and review at its meeting on April 17 The hoard first considered calling all of the assessors into a j meeting and assigning them the task ; of equalizing the values, hut the I motion was dropped. It is likely that the assessors, the tax supervisor and the commissioners will consider the problem as a group, or at least each i will he consulted before the assess ments are altered. It was also learn ed that the hoards of assessors will : lie heard before values within any! given township are changed. A general invitation is being ex tended all property owners to ap pear before tin- commissioners when they meet as a board of equaliza tion and review and appeal from the assessments fixed by the assessors. Certain days will be assigned for property owners from announced townships to appear before the board. It is apparent that the property owners will not be notified of any i hanges made in their property val ue: , and that it is advisable for each property owner to visit tin- county courthouse between now arid-March 17 and learn for himself the values placed on his property. The books will be open to the public during that time, and anv one wishing ti make a complaint or take exceptions to the values placed on his property should make plans to do so while the commissioners are sitting as a board of equalization and review Much trouble will be experienced if the property owner waits until he gets his tax notice next fall to en (Continued on page six) ABC Officers Active During Past Month Alcoholic Beverage Control offi cers chalked up a new record in their drive against the illicit liquor business last month when they wrecked twenty-six manufacturing plants and destroyed large quanti ties of beer. Exclusive of Sundays, the officers wrecked on un average slightly more than one plant each clay during the period. Four persons, charged with violuf ing the liquor laws in one form or another, were arrested and four per sons were convicted in the courts. More than 10,000 gallons of beer were poured out, and one gallon of illicit liquor was confiscated. More stills have been taken in a single month, but the number of stills wrecked last month was a rec ord for February. MOKI CIIM kS The value of Incle Sam's soil eonservation program is being demonstrated after an impress ive fashion with the distribution of more program checks this week. The office of the county agent received 140 checks amounting to $(?.403.X0 am! rep resenting Mt? applications the early, part of this week. To date, 1,034 checks amount iug to $49,023.02 and represent ing 037 applications, have heen received in this county for dis trihution among those .Martin County farmers who eoo|>erated in the 1910 conservation pro gram. LitlleCrcecc Breaks "KyiI Spell" On The Democratic World Coiilriliiilion lt\ (ircccc lln* Krrn of UnloM \ ti I III* To Democracy In the Inn I upace of ,i few wirk . the little (? i?M?k nation has broken! an evil spell that had long crowded tin* mind of the democratic world A fatalistic belief, produced by a year of unparalleled disaster and spread hy unending propaganda that inure and more setback# must in evitably befall the cause of human freedom, had gripped the world. This hypnotism of gloom had be come as dangerous as the wishful thinking in the pre war years We ran thank the people and soldiers ol Greece for ridding oiu minds of a foul superstition The contribution of Greece has heen of lasting value, materially j and spiritually to all those who are resolved that the Axis shall, not in herit the earth The Greek resist atice has given the British invaluable time to seize and consolidate Greek naval and air bases, especially the gicat base at Siida Bay in Crete Buttshnaval und air dominance of the eastern Mediterranean is now j complete Moreover. British air bases on Greek soil have enabled the British Royal Air Force to raid Italy, j especially Taranto, where a large part of the Italian fleet was destroy ed The moral effects of the Greek fight are even more important. The spectacle of the Greek Army defeat ing the Axis lias strengthened the moral resistance of the Balkan peo ples and of the enslaved populations of Kurope, of France and Spain It has made Mussolini look contempti ble B has exposed the weakness of the military machine of Italy and opened the, way for the British of fensive against the Italian African empire. It is to the glory of Modern Greece to have given to all free men a new proof of the worth of courage. In the darkest hour of modern civiliza tion, Greece has provided the ray of hope which means tin- difference between victory and defeat for all of us, who believe in the democra tic way of life Had Greece yielded and had she gone down under the onslaught of the aggressors, it is Questionable whether the morale of embattled Democracy could have survived. C.urrvrlion In Darilrn'* hollar Itay -iilvarlitemenl In running the dollar days ad vertisement of Darden's Department ] Store, The Kntrepri.se failed to spec ify the number of yards, LL Sheet inn, offered for $1.00. The Enterprise gladly makes this I correction and wishes to advise dol lar day shoppers that 14 yards, best; grade LL sheeting, may be purrhas- i ed at Darden's store for only $1.00. I (ontrol PI an For Peanuts Is Given \|>j?ro\al l>\ House V I lot IIICIll- \llll<>IIIK-?')l It ?* ccntl* ill ( oiiiiIi Will Not Itr t liuo?!t-<l Till N.ltlliTI.il Hull . Ill KipHM.ll latives by a voice vote approved the Paiv lull providing for a peanut con trol program': and AAA benefits to producers The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration, re ports stating that the proposal will get a favorable vote there. Following the passage of the bill by the House, it was learned that allotments made available to \lar l m County erowt iixc-tlie eurrent? Avar will n?'t be ..affected by the proposed I aw. and that m the pro posed three war program acreage will not he tvdueod more than five per eeiit m anv one your below the 11M1 allotment Passage game after two hours of debate in which little opposition was expressed to the peanut legislation, but in which Republicans availed themselves of an opportunity for an assault 011 tho entire production con trol philosophy of the New Deal No effort was made on the floor to amend the* bill as reported trorn the House agriculture committee de spite the fact that a determined fight previously had been made to amend the acreage allotment provisions of the measure to permit an upward re visions of North Carolina's peanut acreage allotment. Injection of this issue into the de bate wvoid have.jeopardized the en tity-'. bittr - TarHeel legislators con tended in endorsing the benefits -xrfTTFh the measure is design to bring to North Carolina peanut grow ri s even with present" propos ed allotment Representative John 11 Kerr pointed out to the House that the peanut divetwon program has in i ieastd the income of growers near ly $200000.000 during the past five yeai at a ? >? t to-'the government that is "almost- negligible" in com pal ison Hut expel ts agl'ee that this program can no longer meet the .needs of the peanut producer, he st l essed Repiv . ntat ivt Harold I). Cooley, North Carolina member of the House Agriculture Committee, joined Kerr in urging favorable action on the measure While I regret that apparent in e(|ualit les in acreage allotments could not I'l leliloved. I flunk this (Continued on page six ) Keviscd IMit ion 01 Book On Birds Will Be Printed Shortly Orilrrn Will lit- Taki-ii l>y llin Shilr Mom-hoi for l.iinileil Ximilirr of V iiloior-. (ionig ..ul <?l pi int' iiiiic years ago and now commanding a high price, the book, "Birds of North Car olina," is being revised for a second printing, within the near future at the direction of the North Carolina Bird Club and other individuals and organizations interested 111 bird life Planning to have a limited number <>! copies printed, the promoters, working on a non-profit basis, are ? eking pre publication subscriptions which may he entered at the State Museum Raleig+i Citizens and school people have found more and more place for bird studies in our cultural and educa tional activities. More and more there have been requests for authen tic and usable material on our na tive birds. These come to the State Museum and other State institutions. It is clear htat a revised copy of the hud hook is tin?vt ry best answer to? these requests. The original authors, Messrs. Pear son, Brimley and Brim ley, were gen erous enough to proffer their serv ices, free, for a new and revised edi tion Most of tin* original color and ' black and white plates are available for a new edition The State Depart ment of Agriculture agrees to un derwrite the printing on a non-prof it basis The budget commission would like to be shown that there is a reasonable sales prospect for 3000 copies before approving the expen diture The active North Carolina Bird Club then comes into the picture. They secured estimates of printing and other coats Based on these, they feel that tentative pre-publication subscriptions can be .set at $2 25 per copy The program is to keep the cost low and make the book avail able for a wide distribution. 'Hie Bird Club, with other associated and interested groups and individuals, ui e now engaged in getting such pre publication subscriptions to show the necessary demand. Tills book, with serviceable cloth binding, will have approximately 400 pages, some 300 black and white Il lustrations, and 24 or more full page color illustrations. Hie text will have accurate and up-to-date infor mation. descriptions and i cf rfo, about 385 species of birds found in North Carolina.
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