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Witch The Label On Your Paper, A* It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser! Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey. To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 52 William Hon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetday, July 1, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 Tobacco Market To Open Com ing Season Here On August 26 Opening Ih One Week Karlier Than the One in This Bell 1-asl Year * The local tobacco market will open Tuesday. August 26?one week earl ier than the opening last year. The date was fixed by the Tobacco As sociation of the United States in an nual convention at Virginia BeaJh last week-end. Dates for the open ings in all the belts were advanced over those of a year ago. Down in Georgia, the first sales will bp held on August 6th. South Carolina and the Border markets open six days later on the 12th, the local market and others in this belt opening on the 26th. Last year the East Carolina markets opened the season on Sep tember 3rd. The crop last year was much later than the one this year, and it was pointed out that East Car olina farmers will be further ad vanced with their work on August 26th, this year, than they were on September 3, 1940. J W Dunnington. of Farmville, Vs . was ic-elcclftl pn'SKleTiVof the , association. A resolution proposed by tobacco exporters and approved unanimous ly by the convention called upon con gressmen from the tobacco states to seek legislation for relief of ocean freight conditions; and a second reso lution. also adopted unanimously, pledged the association's support of the national defense program. Dunnington told the convention there was possibly of "serious short- | age" in storage spare for the 1941 crop and reported that a survey was being made of available facilities in North Carolina and Virginia. Good storage space available or in buildings which could be converted to such use was listed for about 240. 635 hogsheads, with other space shown by the survey thus far for 159.365 hogsheads, he said. Further! details will be made available to to bacco companies cooperating with the Commodity Credit Corporation in the current year's program. The survey of storage facilities, Dunnington informed the association, was begun by W. D Reed of the Richmond laboratory of the United States Department of' Agriculture, on April 1. Never in the history of the tobac co association, the president said.' have shipping conditions "been so chaotic as they have been during the past year." "The number of ports to which our exports may gn has been curtailed and even on the ships that go to these ports it has been more difficult to get room for tobacco than for many other commodities," he report ed. Learning the dates last Friday, Williamston tobacco warehousemen immediately took steps to make ready for the opening The crop prospects are very bright at this time, and all indications are point ing to a successful season for the Williamston market. Harvesting of the crop is already underway and farmers will be ready for the open ing on August 26th. July 4th Week-end Is Accident Hazard With North Carolina already well on its way toward the worst traffic accident record in its history, the Fourth of July week-end this year looms as a potentially murderous three-day period on the streets and highways of this State, the Highway Safety Division warned this week. Ronald Hocutt, director of the di vision. pointed out that the celebra tion of Independence Day always brings about abnormal traffic con ditions which result in many fatal accidents. Six persons were killed in this State last July 4th. "This year however, we may ex pect a heavier traffic toll than usual because the Fourth falls on a Fri day, and thousands of people will take advantage of the long week-end I holiday to make motor trips," he said "Then, too, the general traffic situa tion is much more acute this year. Already traffic deaths in North Car olina are running around 50 per cent above last year. This, together with the Fourth of July celebration and vacation travel, threatens to bring the greatest July traffic death toll in the history of the motor vehicle." Hie safety director pessimistical ly stated that he fears a toll of 15 to 20 deaths from traffic accidents in this State during Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 4-5-6, "Think of it," he continued, "15 to 20 of the worst tragedies that can befall us threaten to mar a joyous holiday?unless every person who drives makes it a personal and con stant responsibility not to have an accident and not to cause others to have one." "This shameful situation need not be," he declared. "Human actions? actions that we can control?are bas ic cause of nearly all our fatal accf dente. I appeal to the motorists of this state to exercise a rigid control over these actions?thoughtlessness, carelessness, and recklessness? not only during the week-end of the Fourth but throughout the remain der of the year." County Red Gross Chapter Is Making Plans To Start Work Delayed in its plans for one rea json or another during the past sev feral months, the Martin County I Chapter of the American Red Cross I is now just about ready to launch | a fairly extensive production unity, Mrs. A. R Dunning, production unit rehairman. announced yesterday. A | call for volunteers to aid the work | will be issued shortly by th^ chair man. Mrs. L. B. Harrison is cutting | out the material recently received from the National Red Cross, and 1 knitters and seamstresses are asked ! to make plans for aiding the work. No unusually large work quota has been assigned the county chap ter, and with a loyal response it can be handled easily and without any great trouble to anyone. According to Mrs. Dunning the chapter is be ing asked to make the following ar ticles. eight men's sweaters, 16 wo men's sweaters, 32 children's sweat ers, 24 shawls, 12 pairs of men's socks, 48 mufflers, 12 caps or bean ies, 24 bed sheets, 30 girls' skirts, 12 boys' shirts, 15 convalescent robes, 10 pairs of hospital pajamas, 16 girls' skirts and 20 layettes. Articles, sim ilar to the ones to be made in this county, are already being distribut ed to the destitute in Britain and subjugated countries. With neigh bors and friends embroiled in war. the unfortunate across the seas are more than ever looking to America for help. Local people are urged to make ready to answer the call when it is issued by the production unit chairman. Several busy farm women have already offered their services, and it is sincerely hoped that young girls and others who are not press ed by home and other duties will take part in the program. Fri-County Library Service Is Created i.. HOLIDAY A fairly "tight" holiday is scheduled in thr business world throughout the nation on Friday of this week, but there will be no long holiday in effect here. Banks and stores in many towns and cities will suspend business Thursday and will not reopen until the following Monday .Only one day will be observed as a holiday here. Making ready to harvest- their tobacco crop, few farmers will observe the day as a holiday, but many of them are expected to take time out and see the ball game here that afternoon. Several Are Hurt In Series Of Auto Wrecks In County L^iltl Suffers Broken Leg Wliett She I tushes Into Street Here Sntnriluy Three persons were hurt, two of IhemTiadly, injjrrtes of aulbmo hile accidents in this county Satur day evening and Sunday. While all of the victims are expected to recov er. Patrolman Whit. Saunders stated last night that several of them were fortunate in that they escaped with their lives: Pi opcrty damage in the three wrecks was estimated at ap proximately $600 Christine?Wynne, ' six-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Melvin Wynne, suffered a broken leg and minor injuries when she dashed into the path of a car driven by Miss Mil dred Purvis near the town limits on North Haughton Street early last Saturday night. The victim was car ried immediately to a Washington hospital where she was reported to day to be getting along very well. Within a few hours following the accident, a child barely missed be ing struck by a car when he rode a bicycle into the street or road not far from where the little girl was struck. Sunday morning about nine o'clock Charles E. Mizelle, of Columbia, lost control of his car when a tire blew out, the machine turning over into a ditch near Bethlehem church on Highway 64. Miss Gertrude Parker, also of Columbia, suffered a brok en collar bone, and Miss Alma Gray suffered a fracture of the hip. Mi zelle was not hurt. Damage to the car was estimated at $300 by Patrol man Saunders. Sunday night about. 11:30 o'clock, Rosebud J. Hardison plowed his practically new Pontiac sedan into a car driven by Clarence Hill King Ljust a- short distance beyond?the highway radio -station on the Ever I etts Road. No-one was hurt,- but Ed I ward Gupton, a passenger in the I King car, had a mighty sore neck (Continued on page six) BOND QUIZ Q. What is the price of a De fense Savings Bond? A. For the smallest bond, you pay $18 .75. The bond will In crease in value id ten years to $25. For $75, you ret a bond which will increase to $1M; oth er bonds are in proportion. Q. What will the Government do with the money I pay for my bond? A. Your money will be put to work at once in the National Defense Pro*ram to protect the freedom and safety of the Unit ed States, and of all Its people Note. ? To purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps, ro to the nearest post office or bank, or writs for Information to the Treasurer of the United States. Washington. D. C. Hyde. Beaufort And Martin Counties In New Library Set-up Bookmobile Will Start Oper ating in Three Conn lion Within a Short Time A meeting pf considerable inter est to the citizens of Martin County was held in the Washington Public Library on last Friday. Miss Mai - jorie Beal. secretary and director of \ the North Carolina Library Commis sion, met with the library commit tees of Hyde and Martin Counties, and since the Beaufort Board of | County Commissioners had not ap pointed such a board, they were pres- ] ent in full force. Miss Beal presented the outlines for a permanent organization, but owing to Beaufort not being repre sented by an appointed library board the permanent organization will not be perfected until the next meeting on July 10th. Upon request, the chairman of the Beaufort Board of Commissioners, Mr. Moore appoint ed a temporary board to act until the next , regular meeting of the com missloners. The library boards of Beaufort, Hyde and Martin then went into ses sion as a temporary regional board. Eev. -John L. Goff was^vuted chair man, pro tern. The first item of busi ness to be considered by the board was the purchase of a bowkmobile offered this regional board.~by the North Carolina Library Commis sion. A very attractive price for the bookmobile was made because the ^eaufort, Hyde and Martin County library board was the first to be ac tually organize^ in the State. The bookmobile will be delivered short ly when new lettering will be done on the body. The purchase of this bookmobile is most fortunate with defense and school truck demands so heavy on body builders. Mr. Goff appointed a committee to consider the applications for a li brarian. Mrs. Luclla Swindell, of Swan Quarter, chairman of the Hyde board, was named chairman, along with Mr. Paul Roberson, of Martin, and Mrs. Roth, of Beaufort. All qual ified librarians from the three coun ties-will be given a chance to apply for the position. A tentative budget for the Region al Library Service permitted the op erating expense to be covered by the fund donated by the State allowing the county money to be used for books. The Washington public li brary, through its chairman, offered the use of the library for meetings and any other service that it could render. The interest manifested by all | present wa? surh that the longed-for. library service for every section of our several counties will surely be realized if the patrons of the sever al counties avail themselves of the service that will be rendered.?Re ported. "Borrowed" Car Is Found In County A car "borrowed" from Joe Tungstall in Washington Sunday was found in a woods in Poplar Point Township, this county, yesterday by Patrolman Whit Saunders and Sher iff Roebuck. A man named Byrd, a parolee, borrowed" the car and was said to have gone to Greenville where he was joined by an escaped convict. The two abandoned the car and got Jasper Roebuck to take them to Ham ilton. Roebuck reported to Consta ble Harper Peel who found Byrd I and hi* companion. While in the custody of the constable. Byrd was recognized by Buster Anthony, and Peel released the boys. Byrd and his companion accompanied Anthony to Washington where police missed them by a few minutes. This Week In Defense . Civilian Defense Director La Guardia announced plans for a na tion-wide Fourth of July celebra tion, with a radio address by Presi dent Roosevelt at (4 p. m. EST) to be followde by the singing of the national anthem simultaneously throughout the nation. Commenting on the arrangements, the President said, . it is alto gether fitting that we should redodi cate ourselves to defend and perpet uate those inalienable rights which found true expression in the immor tal declaration. Those words never had a deeper or more solemn mean ing for America than they have in this hour of anxiety and peril Foreign Affairs President Roosevelt told his press conference the U. S. would give all possible aid to Russia in its war with Germany but that no list of Soviet needs had been submitted yet. The Treasury Department announced -it liuil licensed Russia to use its $411, 000.000 in frozen funds here. Acting Secretary of State Welles announc ed the Neutrality Act. which prohib its American vessels front combat i would not be invoked in con nection with the Russian conflict. Aid To Democracies The President indorsed the British recruiting drive for 15,000 to 30,000 American technicians to aid in air raid detection in England. Ho also pointed out that American youth can join British or Chinese armed forces if they do not take all oath of alleg iance to any country other than the U S He told a press conference the pos sibility of sending rifles to Eire is being considered if the Eire govern ment gives assurance they would be used against Germany in the event of a German attack on Ireland Production Progress The President said the over-all defense production picture is not discouraging although there is a ser ious lag in munitions production be cause entire plants have to be built before quantity production begins, lie said, however, production of HOmo items is already at peak Army The War Department announced total strength of the Army us l, 441.50(1 officers and enlisted men, in cluding: Regular Army. 505,700; Na tional Guard, 288,800; Selectees, 594, 000, Reserve Officers, 53,000. Army Chief of Stall Marshall announced that Congress will be asked for funds to add 100,000 more fnen to the Reg ular Army to replace those sent to outlying bases. The Army also an nounced it lias recommended to Hie President that steps be taken to ob tain authority to continue the Nation al Guard and Reserve Officers on ac tive duly for more than one year. Navy Navy Secretary Knox announced the U. S.JIcet expansion program is "setting records every day." He also announced revision of enlistment contracts for the Marine Corps Re serve to provide service for the dura tion of the national emergency, and asked Congress for authority to con tinue _all_naval enlistment personncd in service for thc'Tluraf ion. Air The War Department announced unification of its air activities in u new unit known as the "Army Air Forces," consolidating present units in a single command under Major General Arnold, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air.. Secretary of War Stim son said the air forces are now in dependent within the department. The Civil Aeronautics Authority [announced a $95,000,000 program to complete work on 250 airports now underway and to construct or im prove 149 additional airports Aluminum Collection Civilian Defense Director I-a Guardia announced July 21 as the date when governors, mayors and other officials, local defense coun cils and such organizations as the American Legion, Boy Scouts, wo men's clubs, labor, farm and relig ious organizations will cooperate in collecting unneeded aluminum from every home,in the land. Mr. l>a Guardia estimated that 20,000,000 rpounds uf aluminum- enough for 2,-1 000 fighter planes?Would be col lecled. ? - Nurses Medical officials of the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service, (Continued on page six) Worker Attacked , Former Employer Eddie Watts Brown, operator of the "Little Savoy" cafe on Washing ton Street, Was attacked and badly cut +>y Erasmus Lloyd, former em ployee in the establishment early last evening. Brown received an eight ineh gash across the muscle of his right arm. Said to have attacked and cut sev eral other persons in past months, Lloyd was discharged by Brown a short time ago following some trou ble originating between the two. ning and when Brown ordered him out he drew his knife and launched the attack. Running from the establishment, Lloyd escaped arrest, reports stating he left town. Young Men Of County Register Here Today Many Youths Turn To Vital Statistics For Correct Ages Draft llour<l Office To Re main Open Until 9 I1. M. Thin Evening The United States Government is building up a greater reserve of its armed forces with a second draft registration underway throughout the nation today. It is estimated that approximately 750,000 men will reg ister throughout the country before closing time at 9 o'clock this evening, the local draft board stating that ap proximately 130 men will register in this county. The first of the young men to reg ister in thus county this morning was Howard Edwin Whitehurst, of Par mele, who became 21 years of age jttst a few days ago. The young than was at the office of the draft board before 7 o'clock and had signed his cards a few minutes later. Asked if be was ready to go. Whitehurst said i he was not at all anxious to join the I ranks, but that he would be ready to answer when Uncle Sam called. Whitehurst is not married, and re port shows that he is without de pendents. Benjamin Barber was the second to register, and he explained to the board that limited education would likely keep him out of the draft. Oscar Cherry, who came here from Henderson to work, was the third man to register. He missed the first draft by only a day, his birth anniversary falling on October 17, 1919. Quite a few young men, not cer tain of their ages, were busy during the early part of the day searching the vital statistics records in the courthouse. One or two were caught m the registration ages by as few as two daya. ... No blood tests were called for tlVis time, and the registration is attract ing very little attention as compar ed with the rush and accompanying excitement that featured the first registration last October 16th. On or about the 9th of this month, the registrant* wilt get their serial numbers, and a short time later a national lottery will be held to de termine the order numbers. At two o'clock this afternoon sev enty young men had been register ed and fifteen or twenty were wait ing for the over-taxed registrars. The little draft board office, was crowded and hot, but the work was being advanced as rapidly as possi ble. Estimates were revised, and it is now considered?likely that the registration will reach 150 before the day is spent. The white registrations up until 2 o'clock this afternoon we re far outnumbering the colored, Draft Board Clerk Marion Cobb stating that 53-white young men and only^JT, colored boys had registered up urt -Ul Utal time. When the registration rush pushed toward a climax this af ternoon, Draft Board Chairman K. 11. Goodmon immediately took steps to relieve the situation. It is estimated that 27,000 young men will register in the State before the registration places close tonigh. Nine Colored Men Filtering the Army Nine young colored men, eight of them volunteers, left the county on Monday for service in the Army at Fort Bragg. A tenth one, Randolph Ormond, was temporarily detained on account of a physical defect He is expected to go later. The names of those leaving yester day, Ben Bennett, Doc Perkins, S. T Jenkins, J E. Clark, J. T. Wil son, L. Rodgers, Lonnie Woolard, Wilson Williams and Woodard Col lier. -Perkins, anxious^tu gvi ipio the Army a few days ago, was not so eager to leave ..this, rporning, but he joined the group, offered a pugilis tic pose and boarded the bus inward ly hoping that he would fail to pass the physical tests at the Fort today. Vacation Bible School Ends Term The colored Vacation Bible school closed Friday night. June 27, 1941, with commencement exercises at the Shiloh Baptist Church. A very enjoyable program was rendered by the Bible school stu dents. During the two weeks of the Bible school the enrollment was 382, and the average daily attendance was 258. A total collection of $10.15 was raised. This money will go to the Red Cross fund for refugee children The pennies brought by the chil dren durine the two weeks amount ed to $$.31. This amount was in creased to $10.15 at the commence ment program. Appreciation was expressed to the friends who helped to make the Bi ble school a success. FIRST DRINK Hubert E. Manning, superin tendent of the town's water de partment, took the first drink of water from the new deep well being installed bv the latyne Atlantic Company's representa tive, C. II. Brown, here this morning at 10 o'clock. Hut for a little iron pipe taste, the super intendent said that he could not tell the water from that now flowing through the town sys-_ tern, The taste was determined just after the well had been pumped free of muddy water. \ test for tiuantity will be made shortly, and if 300 gallons or more of wa ter can be taken from the well per minute, permanent pump ing equipment will be installed. All Foods Are Now Exempt From Tax In North Carolina Nicw ami Broader line Tax M ill Affeet Mail Or der Purchase* North Carolina's sales tax. enact ed as an emergency measure to hot- | ster the State's finances and credit nearly ten years ago. has been lifted from all foods, and the "uno" or sales I tax on articles bought outside the State has been broadened to include, j it is understood, merchandise bought from mail order houses and other| firms outside the State doing busi ness inside the State The major change in the sales tax law becoming effective as of today j is the amendment extending the ex emptions to sales by retail merchants from ten (10) specifically named and defined conditionally exempt arti cles of food, namely, flour, meal, meat, lard, milk, molasses, salt, su j gai\ coffee, bread, and rolls to com plete exemption for sales by retail merchants oMood and food products for human consumption As defined 111 the law food and food products for human consump tion" shall be given its usual and or dinary meaning. It shall not include, however, malt or vinous beverages, i soft or carbonated drinks, sodas, or beverages such as are ordinarily sold j til" dispensed at stores, stands or soda I fountains or in connection there- j with. candies or confectioneries, medicines, tonics, etc.. sold as diet ary supplements; nor does "food and food products for human consump tion" include prepared meals or food sold or served on or off the premises by restaurants, cafes, cafe terias, hotel dining rooms, drug stores, or other places where pre y?ixred meals or foods are sold or J served. Generally speaking, the exemption j will extend in all "sgtrs?of fund or food products sold by grocery stores, j Sales of all articles of merchandise by grocery stores which cannot be classified as food or food products: sold by grocery stores. Sales of all i articles of merchandise by grocery stores which cannot be classified as j food or food products including bot tle drinks, sodas, and beverages, arid candies and confectioneries, will be taxable at the same rate and in the same manner as in the past. The principal changes in the Use Tax Law to become effective as of today are the changes in the defim- ' tions and the amendment making it mandatory for the retailer to collect the use tax for and on account of the j State and report same in accordance ! with requirements of the law. "Every retailer engaged in busi ness in this State shall collect the tax from the purchaser or consumer notwithstanding how or in what manner the order is placed or ac cepted, either by mail, agent or so licitor or as a result of acceptance from an established place of busi ness in this State-. The tax shall be collected for and on account of tin State by the seller us trustee and submitted to the department month- ! ly in accordance with the require ments of the law," a review of the nrw law sa$s TOBACCO CURING A busy season, inquiring 24 hours of work each day, is being launched on Martin County farms today as a few fanners start harvesting the first of the 1941 tobacco crop. Farmers Jim Staton of Wllllamatoli, and Rob ert long, of Oak City, are pull ing the lugs from a few acres to day to start the harvesting work. S. I,. Ellis, of Jamesvllle, plans to barn his first tobacco from the current crop later in the week. As far as it could be learn ed here, Messrs. Staton and Long are the first Martin fanners to start housing the 1ML crop. Farmers who are starting the harvesting work and whose lands have not been measured to determine compliance, will find It advisable to get In touch with the agent's office. Fierce Fighting Is r P Reported Along the Russo-German Front liattlr Continue* To Kage in Folaiul Willi UHMITank* In Readh^k Hitler may successfully invade Russia, but when he does he will well know that he has been in a big scrap. Conflicting reports are heard from Berlin and Moscow, hut it is apparent thta the Russians and Ger mans are locked in one of^he great est battles of the war in^oland to day. A battle of 4.000 tanks started a few days ago is still in progress with both sides admitting terrible losses in men and equipment Gains claimed by Germany have been refuted bv Russia! and neutral reports would seem to support the Russian rather than German claims Moscow has admitted withdrawals in some sections, but the w ithdraw ills have been in territory outside of Russia proper, for the most part Minsk, capital of Wlute Russia, was still offering resistance according to last reports despite German claims that it had been captured over the On paper and "according to plan," German forces are on the road to Moscow, and some German papers are pointing out that Britain will fall via Moscow. The following re port from Russia,would seem to re fute Hitler's paper claims Russia has fallen back to a new battle line in the Lwow sector of the European-wide battleground because of a flanking threat from Hungary but the Red Army is stubbornly and tenaciously resisting fierce attacks from Minsk to the Arctic Ocean, it was reported. It was announced that the Russian soldiers retreated from Lwow. 111 old Poland, in a delaying action since the entrance of Hungary into the war opened a possibility of a move to out flank that former Polish city and the western Ukraine. Of Germany's claim that the Nazis have occupied Minsk, White Russian capital 20 miles within the old Rus sian border and some 450 miles west of Moscow, the Russian communique said "In the direction ol Minsk and Bar anowicze, oftr forces are waging a tenacious fight with numerically su perior mobile troops of the enemy, checking their advance at intormed i,it" pusdiui)**" The German have claimed their Panzer units are thrusting ^beyond Minsk but the communique gave no indication where the cheeking ac tion occurred ? ' ? . Russia wa nt on an all out basis at home as well a . on lite fighting front Because of the seriousness ??1 the w', i r si tuition. a ?council headed by Premier Joseph Stalin was announced. It took over powers of the government and all Russians were told they must carry out the mandates of the committee. The Russian communique dealt with tin- action by fronts. A fierce clash is in progress with German soldiers in the Murmansk ? (('oldlimed on page six) Two Dangerously Assaulted Sunday Walter Hester and Joe Henry -Brown, young county white men, were dangerously attacked and cut by Bon Rogers at Hoi lis' mill on the Hamilton Road last Sunday after noon Officers, investigating the case, are still baffled to find a motive for the attack, the victims ami the at tucker offering different versions. His arm cut from the wrist to the elbow and with cuts-on bis back and side, Brown was carried to the local hospital where doctors closed the wounds with 36 stitches. Hester suf fered a five-stitch gash in his hand, and was able to leave the hospital soon after he was treated. Brown ( continues in the hospital. Rogers, arrested shortly after the attack, declared that Hester and Brown were going to beat him> and - lie attacked them After the attack, Rogers jumped info ..the mi 11 pond to escape others in the group. Hester and Brown told officers they were at a loss to explain the attack, and declared that Rogers openej his knife and moved on them without warning. According to rumors, the trouble is believed by some to have started over a poker game held the Sunday Jx'fore at the mill. County officers raided the game, and Rogers was quoted us saying that the others grabbed the money from the table, including some of his. Officers are ' of the opinion that there was anoth | er motive for the "attack, but they have been unable to detenrtinc that motive. Chet Taylor. Wheeler Beach Alvis Curtis were said to have been i in or close by when the attack was made, reports stating that they left the scene with their clothes bloody ; and with skinned spots on their an atomies. They have not been ques ! tinned. Sheriff Roebuck said yesterday that Brown and Hester were not in the game when the raid was made the Sunday before, that none of the young men was drinking last Sun day.