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Watch The Label On Your Paper. Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1.100 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 25 B Uliamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 28, IVII. ESTABLISHED 1899 Cotton Stamps Vi ill Make Appearance in County Next August ? Farmer* W ill Be Pai?l J2.i Ail Aere For Takiujf (iolton Out o? Production Cotton order stamps to be issued in connection with a new supple mentary reduction program of the staple, will be seen in this county some time during the summer, ac cording to information coming from the office of the farm agent. Farm ers participating in the supplement ary program will be issued the or der stamps just as soon as they make known their intention to the farm agent's office and the plantings are checked in the summer for compli ance A picture of the cotton "money" I stamp appears elsewhere in this pa per. Questions and answers prepured in connection with the use of the stamp money follow: . q After the cotton farmer has been given cotton stamps for vol untarily reducing the cotton acre age under the Supplementary Cot ton Program, what can he do with them? A He can use them in any coop erating retail store in exchange for new pioducts made entirely in the United States and entirely from cot ton fiber produced in the United States. Bindings, buttons, and other fasten ers and trimmings shall not be cp"' sidered in determining whether such commodity is made entirely o cotton. .. Q How will he know whether a store is cooperating in the program ' A By asking within the store. However, experience of the Depart ment of Agriculture with a similar program, the Cotton Stamp Plan, shows that nearly every retail store which sells cotton goods does coop erate Most cooperating stores will display signs announcing their ac ceptance of cotton order stamps q What are some of the cotton products that can be bought with cotton sumps? I A?Cotton piece goods, dresses, shirts, sheets, pants, overalls, chil- I dren's and infants' clothes, under wear, mattresses, blankets, work gloves, plowlines. stockings, and any other cotton prorflirts Q?May cottdlT stamps be used to buy second-hand' clothes or reno- ! vated mattresses' A?No Cotton stamps may be used to buy only new products which are made entirely of cotton Q- -Will persons using cotton stamps get the same cotton products as persons who pay cash? A?Yes, and at the same price Q-May reUil merchants give change to customers using cotton stamps? A?No. Q Since merchants cannot give change and since cotton stamps are printed only in 25-cent denomina lions, what is done when the price of the cotton goods purchased does not come out exactly to 25 cents, 50 cents, or some other multiple of 25? A?Suppose the purchase price is 00 cents (1) The customer could give two cotton stamps representing 50 cents to the merchant and pay the additional 10 cents in cash, or <2) the purchaser could give the merchant three cotton order sUmps represent ing 75 cenu. and buy some other cotton goods product that costs 15 cents, or (3) the customer could give three cotton order stamps represent ing 75 cents to the merchant and re ceive from the merchant a credit slip for 15 cenU which could be used later for the purchase of cotton goods at the same store. Q Will retail stores accept cot (Continued on page four) Ten Facing Trial In Federal Court Ten Martin County men will (ace trial in the federal court at Washington next Monday when Judge Isaac M Meekins convenes a regular term of the high tribun al. Caught for alleged violation of the liquor laws, all of the men were bound over to the court for trial at preliminary hearings held here be fore United States Commissioner Walter Halberstadt during the past several months. Seven men from Ber tie were bound over by the com missioner under similar law viola tions. Names of seven of the men from this county to appear for trial are, Leroy Hopkins, Thomas Gibson, Ce cil Pippen, James Pippen, Robert Bailey, Win Rogers and Walter Pierce. Hopkins and Gibson are un der bond in the sum of $1,000 each, the Pippens under $900 bond each, bailey and Rogers under a $000 bond and Pierce under bond in the sum of $200 Toby Bowen, James H. Taylor and J. R. Cherry, charged with violating the Internal Revenue Act, were slat ed for' trial in the court at Washing ton next Monday by United States Commissioner Walter Halberstadt here yesterday afternoon. Names of the Bertie defendants are, Jeff Rice, G. M. Harrell, Rob ert Hairell, Vance Roane, Dorsey Ward, Rufus Bond and Edgar Smith. COUNTY'S MARCH SELECTEES The five selectees above left this county week before last for Fort Bragg. In the group is the first man to be drafted, twenty-two white volunteers having preceded liim to camp. Listed above, left to right, are Joseph Carl Williams, the second man drafted and the first to be accepted into the service; Joseph (iurganus. Lance Button Hardy, who was rejected on account of physical disability; Douglas Albert Currie and Wood row Wynne. . Values Changed Little By Equalization Board In the County Recently fisiiiim; After a slow start earlier in the week, the fishery at James ville today reported increases in its catches, the number ranging from one to about five hundred. More shad are being taken, too, the seine yesterday dipping up six at one time. - A slight rise in the river yes terday is expected to improve fishing conditions, and within the next few days the plant is expected to start pushing toward a peak which generally comes about the second or third week in April. Yugoslavia-German Pact Is Repudiated By New Government J New Order Ou*t* l'ro-(>eriiiim b'adcr^ and Muki> Heady For Warfare Yugoslavia's non-aggression pact with Germany has been repudiated, and the pro-German leaders have either been chased out of the coun try or placed behind prison bars As cending to the throne before his time King Peter and his following strong against Germany, denounced the pact signed by the old government just a short time before, and made ready with British forces to repulse any invasion attempt by Hitler. The repudiation of the pact was hailed yesterday throughout the world as one of tht* greatest diplomatic vic tories to be credited to the British in the war to date. Officially the pact has not been re pudiated, but the new regime is anti- 1 German and Hitler can hardly ex pect cooperation from Yugoslavia Following the fall of Prince Paul and his pro-German leaders, Germany is sued an ultimatum to Yugoslavia and fixed h2 o'clock today as a deadline for an answer. The hour has passed and as far as it can be learned at this time, Germany is still patiently awaiting answer. It is Hitler's move now, and in anticipation of that move Yugoslavia has called more men to arms, increasing its forces to 1,500, 000. Britain is also said to have moved forces to join the Yugoslav armed forces apparently to chal lenge any invasion attempt by Hit ler. The reversal of the order left Ger man and Italian nationals on high and dry land, and reports stated that as aoon as King Peter stepped into power they made a hurried dash to get out of the country. PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC The response to William* ton's preschool ellnie on last Tues day and Wednesday equalled that of previous years as fifty - six children reported for exam ination and immunisation. The clinic was the first In a series arranged to prepare beginning children for school attendance in advance of the opening of the schools In the fall. The county health physician and nurses conducted the elln ie. -r Reductions Almost Offset By Increase In Other Listings Thirty-five* Property Owners l? Nam* Opportunity To Appeal To the lloanl a After untold worry and much head scratching, the Martin County Commissioners, sitting as a hoard of equalization and review, completed its review of the 1941 tax books last Wednesday. Changing values in 87 instances in addition to a blanket re duction (in cleared land in William ston TowiYship and a horizontal re duction on certain properties 111 Ev eretts, the hoard when it got through had reduced the total value of real property in the county by $32, not including a blanket reduction on certain properties in Everetts. The amount of the reduction ordered in Everetts could not be learned im mediately, the board ordering a fif ty per cent decrease in the listings on lots and a reduction based on 10 per cent for homes. The 10 per cent figure was used as a base, some own ers receiving possibly a reduction of 15 per cent and another five, and so on While the total values were left virtually unchanged, the commis sioners tore into the listings turned in by the boards of assessors and upped values in 35 instances and lowered them in 32 other intances. A total of $30,875 was added to the list, mostly with increases in values assessed against Williamston homes recognized by the board to be out of line with other similar listings, and a total of $30,907 was deducted from the list, the latter figure mclud ing a blanket decrease for cleared [ land values in Williamston Town ' ship but not the reductions ordered I on a horizontal basis in Everetts. When the Everetts listings are taken into account and reductions effected, it isn't believed that the real prop erty values will reflect a change of | more than a thousand or two dol | lars from the sums fixed by the [ assessors These changes, it must be remem (Continued on page four) Resume River Boat Service Here Today Suspended since last August when flood waters wrecked the wharf and washed the warehouse from its foun dation, freight boat service is being restored by the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line at this point to day. President Hogshire of the NBC line announces that regular sched ules will be maintained twice each week in the future Under the direction of J. H. Alls brooks, of the local police force, the now in good shape. Repairs to the structure cost approximately $650 including a^l materials and labor Inspectors declare that the building is in better condition today than it was before the high waters tore it from the foundation and turned it partly around. Loaded with fertilizers, the first boat to use the wharf and warehouse since last August is scheduled r to dock here this afternoon. W. H. fcar starphen, local agent of the line, said this morning. Plan For Jacking Up Farm Prices Is Being Considered # liicrcaM'd Rat?? of Loan* To Boo*! Farm Income Vhout V Billion Dollar* No sky-high prices arc anticipat ed. but far-reaching plans are be ing considered in Washington for jacking up the annual income for agriculture. Declaring that farmers are entitled to their fair share of the national, income, and defense ?prosperity." members of the Unit ed States Senate Agriculture Com mittee this week unanimously ap proved an increased rate of loans to farmers Senator Bankhoad (D.. Ala.) au thor of the bill seeking to increase prices for cotton, wheat, com, to bacco and rice, estimated it would "add about a billion dollars (an nually) to income of these produc ers." The committee action won immed iate support from Edward A O'Nealr president of the American Farm Bureau, who said the farmer was the "Forgotten Man" in the nation al defense emergency. In brief, the Bankhead bill pro poses to use government loans to raise prices of cotton, wheat and corn well above recent market prices lb the level of previous government loans on these commodities The theory is that markets or buy crs would be forced to pay farmers these higher prices, or the crop would be placed under go v er n m ent Jo a ns Before farmers would be eligible for these higher loans they would have to comply with rigid planting and marketing regulations. Bankhead said his bill aimed at giving farmers "full parity by a loan that would place a floor under these prices." A "parity price," under existing farm legislation, is one that would assure a farm product the same rel ative purchasing power it had in some previous base period, usually the pre-war period of 1900-14. Bankhead said the legislation would order government loans at a "parity price level less the amount of soil conservation payments." As an example, cotton has been selling at near 10 cents a pound and recent government loans have been below this figure, although the pres ent parity price is 15.87 cents a pound. Because growers receive 1.37 j cents as "soil conservation pay ments," the proposed new loan would I be 14 1-2 cents, or nearly 50 per cent above present market prices. Schools In (louiitv To Present Series Of Pageants Soon Fir?t of (lie Slatr Historical Programs To lie Staged At Farm Life % The larger elementary schools in Martin County in cooperation with the American Legion Auxiliary are putting on a North Carolina Pageant as part of the summary of the year's work The program was planned last September and all of the schools have been working toward this as part of their commencement exer cises. The pageants are planned to por tray the growth and development of North Carolina since the first col ony was planted on Roanoke Island. Some of the schools are using every child in th?- elementary department and all of the schools are using more than a hundred children. These pag cants are scheduled to last approx imately one hour and a half. The pageants will be rated by] judges supplied by the American Le gion Auxiliary. It is the plan at the present to have one of the p^geantsl re-enacted as part of the program of the Martin County Fair which will be held next fall. The schedule of the pageants is as follows: Farm Life, Monday, March 31st, 2 p. m. Robersonville, Tuesday, April 1st, 2 p. m. Oak City, Wednesday, April 2nd, 2 p. m. Bear Grass, Thursday, April 3rd, 10 a. m. Everetts, Friday, April 4th, 2 p. m. Williamston, Tuesday, April 8th, 2 p. m Jamesville, Thursday, April 10th, 2 p. m The date for holding the Hamilton pageant has not been definite set tled at the present time. It is the hope of the people who are sponsoring these pageants that the public will show their interest by attending. An attempt is being made to give the teachers and children of each school the privilege of attend ing a pageant in another school. Plans for this will be worjeed out later. ? Oxford Singer t To Appear In Hohertonville April 2 #? Wednesday, April 2nd, at 7 30, the singing class from the Oxford Or phanage will appear in a concert in Robersonville at the high school. The public is invited and urged to attend. Increased Activities Reported On All Draft Board Fronts In Anticipation Of April Quotas Red Cross Reorganized Here, Production Unit Established Reorganizing its Martin County Chapter at a meeting held in the agricultural building last Tuesday evening. tin American Red Cross formulated plana for an increased ac tivity m this county in the future., James C Manning was made chair man to succeed Harry A. Biggs who lias held the post for nearly ten years. Rev. John W Hardy was named vice chairman for Williams ; ton and Mrs Noah Rogerson, of Bear tlrass, vice chairman for the county Other officers were named, as fol lows: Mrs K. T. Walker, secretary, and Herman Bowen, treasurer Har ry Biggs will serve as chairman of the roll call next November. Addressing the meeting of nearly 75 women and a few men, Red Cross Field Director C. Loo Wilhelm stat ed that out of 120 chapters in North Carolina only four did not have pro 1 duct ion units. lit' told of war con ditions in Europe and explained how the Red Cross was trying to care for the overwhelming number of pitiful cases in the subjugated coun tries. He pointed out that there was a great need for additional supplies, and that the thousands of Red Cross I chapters in the nation were sewing j and knitting for the war's unfor | lunate victims Refused by several who were too busy, the position of production committee chairman for the local chapter was accepted by Mrs A R Dunning who will, no launch an effective drive !<" production. Plans for the production j unit have not been completed, but the American Legion has offered the | use of its building here, and it is ' likely that headquarters will be sta tioned there and activities started at an early date Plans For INew 1941 Soil Program Ready Farmers Vi ill Sijrn New Schedule This Week in the County (lotion Slump Application-. Will AIho lie Rwived in Tin* Several l)i-liii l ???? Martin County farmers will, to a ! large extent, determine their farm plans for 1941 today and tomorrow when they make ready to participate in the new 1941 soil conservation pro- . gram They are expected to make j known their reaction to the cotton j stamp plan when they visit the com | rnitteemen in the respective districts to study their individual farm plans. In connection with the sign-up this Week, the agents' office is issuing the following letter In order for a farm to receive any payment under the 1941 Soil Conser vation Program, it will be necessary for the operator to sign a Farm Plan by April 15, 1941 The Farm Plan for your farm has been prepared. For your convenience in signing, your committeemen will have this Farm Plan at the place in your community on the dates shown below. After these dates, it will be necessary, for you to come to the Agricultural Building in Williams ton. Bear Grass: Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, Bear Grass. Cross Roads, Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, Everetts. Goose Nest: Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, Oak City. Griffins: Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, Manning's Store. Hamilton: Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, Hassell. Hamilton: Monday and Tuesday, March 31 and April 1, Hamilton. Jamesville: Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, Sexton's Store Robersonville: Friday and Satur day, March 28 and 29, Next to post office. Poplar Point: Agricultural Build ing, Williamston. Williams: Agricultural Building, Williamston. Williamston: Agricultural Build ing, Williamston. The several community commit tees were in a meeting here yester day going over the new program. Under the Cotton Stamp Plan, an additional payment in Cotton Stamps can be earned for voluntary reduc (Continued on page four) Respected Citizen Dies Near Oak City Mark L. Bunting, respected Mar tin County citizen, died at his home yesterday morning at 1.30 o'clock following a long period of declining health. A sufferer of cancer, he had been confined to his bed for several months. His suffering he bore pa tiently and without complaint. Point nearly 73 years ago. After spending his early life there he lo cated on a farm a few miles from Oak City. In early manhood he was married to Miss Susan Whitfield who survives with four children, Joe R,, Ernest B. and Kelly S. Bunting, and Mrs. Z. D. Cox, all of Oak City. Funeral services are being con ducted at the late home this after noon at 2 o'clock and interment will follow in the Gary Bunting or old Whitfield burial ground, near Gold Point. PKANl I Kil l. Safely over all congressional hurdles,.the hill providing mar keting quotas for. peanuts and a referendum is now awaiting the President's signature before be coming law. The C hief Kxecu tive is slated to sign the paper immediately upon his return to Washington early next week. During the meantime, plans are being advanced for holding a referendum within the next two or three weeks and certain ly within the next thirty days. The bill as passed by C ongress provides for diversion when and if the price of the goobers falls below a certain figure. Number ( i\ iI ( last's Sol I led l>v Leneral Agreement In (lour! J J inl^meiil- I'lnrnl in lluml* Of (llrrk of (lourl Tlmr* (lav for Docketing Piling a number of judgments yes terday morning with the clerk, the Murtui County Superior Court com pleted another term which was mark cd by the absence of important cases in fact, there were comparatively few cases on tin- calendar and the court would have completed its work Tuesday had it not been for a long drawn-out trial in the case of E. II Jefferson against the Southern Land Sales Corporation Starting tin trial of the case Monday afternoon, the court cleared it from the docket Wednesday afternoon Jefferson was suing the corpora tinn fur a title to certain. lands, the court awarding him a judgment in the sum of $1,000 with interest from July 13, 1036 An appeal wj#s noted by the defense. In the case of Slade Rhodes Com pany against Smith-Douglas Com puny, the plaintiff took nothing, but an appeal was noted. In the case of Sarah Copeland against W R Copeland, the court or dered the defendant to appear be fore His Honor, Judge W C. Harris, in Tarboro next Monday and show cause why he should not be attach ed for contempt for failing to make payments to the plaintiff as order ed in a former judgment. The de fendant, a WPA employee, was un able to be present for the trial here this week as he had to attend a meet ing elsewhere. An appeal by the defendant was dismissed and the judgment of Jus tice J L. Hassell's court was approv ed in the case of Salsbury Supply Company against George Wynne. Robert Purvis Latham was grant ed one-half undivided interest in certain property in her case against Elizabeth Purvis and others COTTON After rcuhlni 11 low point In cotton production In 1939, Mar tin f'ounty farmers staged a healthy comeback last year to ch?lk up a record In the produc tion of the lint for recent years. Nine times as much cotton was produced In 1940 than in 1939, the Department of Commerce this week listing the 1940 pro duction at UN hales as com pared with Stl bales the year befere. Ouostionnaiivs \re Briiijj Dt'livt'ml 10 Number Rcjjist rants ('.all Mi-ii in \|iril; Hoard Si'lirdiilt'd Til Vlert Wxl Monday INiplll Anticipating tails for at least 39 men in April, the Martin County Draft Board is reporting increased activities on all its fronts with the possibility that the draft machinery will be running lull speed during the next lew days According to unofficial informa tion received from otherwise recog ni/< d sources. Martin County, will be called upon for twenty five colored selectees during April, ten next Tuesday and fifteen between that time and the 21st Fourteen white trainees are scheduled to report to camp duVing the month, ten on Apt 11 II and tour some tune after April H. Advised of the tentative call Wednesday, the board turned to its records and found that it had hard ly enough white men classified to till the April quota. A meeting of the draft board. Messrs K H Good mon. chairman. I)r Jesse Ward, sec letaij, and J II Ayers, will meet next Monday to classify more men Dming the meantime the draft hoard office is mailing <ml addition al questionnaires at the rate of 50 a day I he office of the examining I board physicians is Working from one j to two days each Week Assistants toi tilling in questionnaires lor reg istrants are now getting busy again, meaning that there is an increased activity along all the draft board fioijt hven the appeal officer may go into action shortly. Following the April tails, this county will have to furnish 5tf men t" round out its first yeai quota of 147 men, and it ls quite evident that sonic of the selections will be made 11"in order numbers fairly high in the list To date only fifteen white men out of every 100 have found then way into the service, and these figures are subject to change before the Aprjl quotas arc filled Approx imately 170(1 white men in this cdun ly registered last October Fight hundred queslionnain . have been i mailed and returned The board has , classified 400 of tl?. goo. (>j tju. 20ti j white classification thirty one men j have been selected for service. Had it not been for 22 white volunteers, the draft hoard would possibly have had to classify 150 more registrants to fill the quotas through April. N" colored men have been drawn fioni the draft list as yet, but when the April quotas are filled there will he only seven volunteers left Alto gether. 58 colored men have volun teered By lute next month 39 will have left for camp Eleven of the 58 withdrew and three faded to pass the physical examinations, leaving m ven in reserve for future calls <>l ten white men examined this week five (ailed to pass, and"one of the five passing the examination is appealing for a re-classification be cause he got married a short time ago Unofficial hut reliable informa tion gained this week clearly indi cates that a young man can defeat or dodge the draft by marrying be fore he receives orders to report to < anqc While it is possible that some young men will prefer a- marital? status to a year's army service, it should be remembered that many marriages are going forward accord ing to plari, to use Hitler's vernacu lar A young man may be called for examination today, and if he marries before he receives his induction pa pers he has a right to appeal for a reclassification. Two deferments have been granted in this county in recent weeks to.young men who en (Contmued on ptige four) Four Permit Town Improvement Bonds ^ ? ? Selling $60,000 improvement bonds in Raleigh this week, the Town of Williamston is making preparations to advance a general improvement program including street paving, an added water supply and extensions to water and sower lines. Just when bids will be called could not be learned today as the town engineer, Henry Rivers, was ill in a Durham hospital. His recovery is expected shortly and the program will be launched as soon as According to first reports receiv ed here last Tuesday afternoon from the Ixical Government Commission, the agency handling the sale of the bonds, the $60,000 issue was report ed to carry a four and one-quarter interest rate. Later reports stated that the issue will carry only a tour per cent interest, that the bonds were sold to the Equitable Securi ties Corporation at a $1 premium. Four firms, Phol, Dickson. Lewia and Hall and the Equitable Company, submitted bids.