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Watch The Label On Your Paper, Aj It Carrie* The Date Your Subscription Expires THE ENTERPRIS Advertisers Will rind Ot^r Col- 1 umni A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Home* Of Martin County. 1 ' VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 57 Williamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 18, 1941. - ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge W.H. Coburn Calls Seven Cases In Recorders Court Most uf Cases Are Continued For Trial Next Monday And Following Week Calling seven cases and continuing most of them for trial next Monday and the week following, Judge W H. Coburn spent a greater part of the morning clearing the case charg ing Ben Rogers with an assault with a deadly weapon from the docket. RugtflS malntaihed he was innocent, and a long review of the assault was aired in detail before the court. Ad judged guilty, Rogers was sentenced to the roads for a ierm of four months, the court suspending judg ment upon payment of the costs and assured good behavior for the next two years. Rogers was said to have dangerously cut Walter Hester and Joe Henry Brown at Hollis' mill on the Williamston-Hamilton road the latter part of June. Brown under went hospital treatment for several days. tiru.i.. *u? ntt . i . mine me \n uet-cuuiga uiieicu nothing that could be classed as sen sational or spectacular, a fairly large crowd was present for the last Mon day session. FotTr of the seven new cases on the docket were continued. Charged with issuing a worthless check, J M Davidson was sentenc ed to the roads for a term of two months. It was about the first, if not the first bad check ease lo rnme he fore the court carrying a road sen tence. I if hearty every other case. and there have been many heard in the court during recent years, the court suspended judgment upon pay ment of the check and the costs of the court Apparently unable to do either, the defendant in this case drew a term on the roads. The check, it is understood, was written in the sum of about $80. The case charging Clarence Wil with cutting James "Preacher" Ruf fin and Ruffin with cutting Joe Fer rell and Ferrell with an assault with a deadly weapon were continued for trial on the 28th of this month. The case chraging Clarence Wil liams Lynch with drunken driving was continued for the defendant un til next Monday Pleading not guilty in the case charging him with an assault with a? deadly weapon, Ralph Langley was adjudged guilty of a simple as sault. He was sentenced to the coun ty jail for a term of thirty days to be consigned to the county home where he is to work under the direction of the superintendent during that time. Farm Labor Scarce In Most Sections Farm hands, potato harvest work ers, and truck crop workers, have been placed with approximately one hundred farmers this season by the Williamston office of the State Em ployment Service. An outpost office was maintained tills sfrison at AiiroiH to sttoolv in bor for the potato harvest of Beau fort County. Several thousand place ments were made during the 19.41 harvest-season, by the farm place ment interviewers, Curtis Gilliam and S D Smithwick. ' Much of the labor directed- and placed by the Employment" Service men was from Southern states, who follow harvest seasons up the Atlan tic coast Several hundred workers were recruited from nearby points of eastern Carolina. Manager C. W. Bazemore,, of the Williamston of fice, and C W E Pittman. Farm Placement Supervisor for N. C., stat ed this week that the farm place ment men have had their most suc cessful season, handling labor for the 1941 crop. Contacts are now being made with many of the larger tobacco growers of this section, in assisting them with their labor needs for this season's to bacco crop. Farm labor is "tight" in some sections, and not plentiful in any area, at the present time, Baze more said. To Organize Youth Fellowship Forum Carrying out a program adopted at the Young People's Conference at Montreat in June, there will gather in the Williamston Christian Church next Tuesday evening the young people from all over the Roanoke District to organize a Youth Fellow ship Forum. This organization pro - pr>?eg to carry On the work hegnn in conference and to make its teach ing more effective in the church and the lives of those who attended con ference. The young people from all of the fourteen Christian churches in Mar tin County are urged to be present to welcome those who come from adja cent counties. Miss Sibyl Spencer, of Columbia, is acting secretary, and is writing the churches and young peo ple of the district to be preseht at S o'clock, Tuesday, July 22nd. Miss Evelyn Griffin is president of the local young people's Christian Endeavor Society and will complete plans for welcoming the guests at the Sunday evening meeting of the local group. Plans Being Formulated For Scrap Aluminum Collection With defense officials pointing out the seriousness of an aluminum shortage in the nation, public-spir ited citizens are rapidly formulating plans for a complete round-up of the "precious" metal in this county next week. Detailed plans will be an nounced next" week, but during the meantime, every householder is earnestly urged to start searching the corners and out-of-the-way places for a discarded pot or pan. It has been conservatively estimated that the aluminum shortage will approx lmate 500 million pounds in 1941 and national defense authorities declare that every pound of the metal that can be retrieved will be of value in defending the nation and our own hides along with it. Named Martin County Chairman of the North Carolina Council of Defense this week. Attorney Hugh G Horton has called upon Clerk'of Court L. B. Wynne to head the aluminum collection for the county, as a whole, but the voluntary coop- ] eration of everyone is necessary if the canvass is to produce results. Mr. Wynne is now mapping his plans of procedure. Collection places will be designated, while in Wil liamston the Boy Scouts are making ready to make a direct canvass of homes and places of business for aluminum. The day for the canvass will be-announced the early part of next week. The campaign is not limited to towns, Mr Wynne explaining that an aluminum pot or pan that can be found any place is wanted by the government. While no one is being asked to surrender those pots and pans now in use, it is a fact that some people are giving their aluminum ware away and replacing it with oth er types of pots and pans. Issue Last Warning To Non-Tax Listers -COTTON STAMPS Received here yesterday, ap nroximatelv S8.0<>? ?nHh ..f cot, tun surplus marketina stamps will be distributed to eooperat ina farmers in this county be ainnina about the middle of next week. T. B. Slade, assist ant to the county aaent, an nounced today. Farmers will be notified by direct mail when to call for the stamps with in structions to report to the office where they will sian for their purrhasina stamps. Additional cotton stamps will be made ready for distribution just as soon as compliance with the proaram is determined. Daylight Saving Time Is Virtually Certain In State VtilinilHry ( <M)|M'raliini lining Irgntl By Governor To Goimrrvr F.lnrtririlv Daylight saving time, effective Au gust 1, was considered almost a cer tainty for North Carolina yester* day following an announcement py Governor J M- Broughton stating that in response to an appeal look ing toward conserving electrical en ergp he had appealed to all town and county authorities and others urg ing them to cooperate in the move ment. The action was taken by the North Carolina chief executive af ter he received a request from Piesir; dent Roosevelt for institution of day light saving time in order to save electrical energy for national de fense. While the change awaits of-! ficial announcement, it is virtually certain now that all people in the! State and in a number of other Southern states will be asked to run i up their clocks cme"tnJuFon August 1st. Contacting the governors of Vir ginia, South Carolina and Tennes see, Governor Broughton was assur ed that they would cooperate, clear ly indicating that daylight saving will be in effect in those states along' with a number of others in the South. Governor Eugene Talmadge, of Ga., | was not contacted as the obstinate executive had already announced he would not cooperate in the move ment. While a step up in time may not prove convenient for everyone, it is r i almost unanimously agreed that some inconvenience can well be tol erated in the name of national de fense. At least local and county of ficials, while not contacted as yet, can be depended on to cooperate along with"the people In aiding na tional defense, even if it is necessary to cut out half the lights and sacri fice in other ways. Few Dog Owners Will Be Indieted Announcing voluntary compliance about complete, the office of the sheriff ia making ready to push the anti-rabies drive in the county to a close by indicting a few owners who did not have their dogs vaccinated. According to the sheriff there are possibly a dozen or eighteen owners who have not complied with the law requiring the vaccination of all dogs. Hie warrants will be drawn some time next week, it was learned. Un less the owner vaccinates or kills his dog he will be. tubjected to prosecu tinn in the ^urti ' To date, 2,401 dogs have been vac cinated in the county as follows: Jamesville, 281; Williams, 98; Griffins, 189; Bear Grass, 188; Wtt liamston, 407; Cross Roads, 185; Rob ersonville, 425; Poplar Point, 104; Hamilton, 142, and Goose Nest, 404. j Estimate More Than 100 Are Subject To Eaee County Courts] " | More Than 2(H) Latr LiMtern Have (!oni|?li<Ml with Ijivv, Paying $1,454.51 # A last warning is being issued those citizens in Martin County who for one reason or another did not get their names on the 1941 county tax hooks to report to the tax office in the courthouse -on or before next Wednesday or face prosecution in the courts. In accordance with court order, sanctioned by the March grand jury and duly signed by Judge W C. Harris of the superior court, Solicitor Don E Johnson is expect ed to indict those who did not list their properties or polls for taxation during the regular listing period or during the days of grace allowed by~ the superior court jurist in his order handed down at the last term of the tribunal in June The days of grace were allowed that the non-listers might comply with the tax laws and escape com paraiively heavy costs which will be added to the tax accounts, and which must be paid by the defen dants who, in default, may face terms oil the did nut list during the special list ing period had reported and com plied with the laws and in accord ance with the order issued by Judge Harris. About one-half of the 220 paid the outstanding tax accounts and the other half listed and made arrangements to settle their ac counts, the total represented in the "round-up to date being $1,454.51. It is estimated that there are more than 500 persons who have not yet complied with the law and order of the court According to a study of the tax books by Commissioner C. I). Carstarphen, 1,024 persons in the county did not list their holdings or polls for the current year. Two hum died and twenty of those persons have since listed in accordance with Judge Harris' order, leaving 804 un accounted for on the tax books. It is possible that several hundred of the 804 had their properties listed un der names that did not correspond to their signatures as found on the draft registration books, the election poll books or on their certificates of automobile ownership According to Commissioner Car starphen, there are 88 persons who registered to vote and who have not listed, 194 who bought automo bile licenses and who did not list an automobile for taxation, and 522 men whp registered for possible military services and who did not get their (Continued on page six) Austrian Refugee Speaks To Kiwanisl "Austrus' independence was sacri ficed when the Socialist Democratic party and the Socialist Christian par ty refused to reconcile their differ ences," Oswald Blatt, Austrian refu gee, stated when speaking before the Kiwanis club here Thursday night. "Rather than make concessions to each other or adjust their controver sies through arbitration, the people of Austria, represented by these two major paries, were submitted to the will and domination of the German army." Blatt, only 19 years old, has been in this country two years. -His un usual ability was evidenced by his knowledge of the political situation in Germany and Austria. He has a good sense of humor and has come a long way in mastering the English language. Young Blatt is in school at High Point College and with the assist ance of North Carolina citizens hopes to continue his education in this in stitution. Baffled By Russia, Hitler Pleads With Japanese For Help Greatest Battle in All History Rapinp On 2.000-Mile Front in Russia According to an official announce ment coming out of London today. Hitter is about to taste defeat in his Russian campaign, the official report declaring that Hitler was pleading 1 with all his might to Japan for help. Accepted at its full value, the Lon don announcement indicates that Hit ler realized he can't whip Russia and her millions, and that he is looking longingly to Japan for help. The an nouncement comes at a time when Japan is in the throes of uncertain ty. leaving observers guessing what to expect. Indications now point to an invasion of Russia through Si beria by Japan. Just a few days ago Japan protested the mining of Siber ian waters by Russia, more as a pre text to break her treaty with Russia than anything else. Some action has been expected in the Far East during recent days The 11. S was reported to have minec^ its Phillipine waters, and observers looked for the Japs to turn on Indo-China as a first moved toward the Indies. _ On the Russian front, the greatest battle in all history is reported in progress along a 2.000-mile front. It is admitted that the German barbar ians have moved deeper into Russia during the* past few days, but?late reports state that the drive has bog ged down before Leningrad, jyios ' cow and Kiev. With an estimated nine million men locked in mortal [ combat, the Russians today stated | that they were stubbornly resisting the German hordes at Smolensk. 230 I miles souhwest of Moscow, and that [the lines before Leningrad and Kiev | had fluctuated very little during the past twelve or eighteen hours. Germany's SOS to Japan came as heartening news to the Allies, and is the first admission by Hitler that he and his barbarians are really suf fering in their drive into Russia. That tlie German barbarians have moved into Russia is to be admitted, but Hitler does not yet hold victory in his hand, and there is some doubt if lie will ever conquer Russia. The millions of Russians are destroying their property ?ht?a?t nf Hith?r'? in human machine. While the British left the Rumanian oil fields intact to protect the pound sterling and France left her roads intact to pro tect the welfare of France, the Rus sians are destroying everything as they retreat, throwing dead hogs m to the wells to rob Hitler's gang dven of drinking water. The British continue to bomb Ger many from the air, but German planes paid Hull England. last night and did consider'able dam age to property and caused many (Continued on page six) ? Issue Twenty-nine w i * ri i ? W Iih'-lirrr I To County Dealers Two iVrhiiicul ViolalioiiH of Wine l.4iwa Have -\ I ready Been Reported ? Uncertain of its real meaning, law enforcement officers lit this coun ty are already getting headaches from the new State-wine law while the consumers of the fortified brands continue to get their headaches from the wine itself. The possibility of an extensive bootleg trade is already being rec ognized by the law enforcement agencies while two technical viola tions of the law itself have already been reported in the county. One entailer in-S&jd to have included the fortified or ether-packed brands in his stock; and the other is said to have had sweet wines of high al coholic content on his shelves, both claiming immunity under that part of the law allowing distributors un til the middle of this month to de .plete or clean out their stocks. The new wine laws became effective as of July 1st. Four licenses or permits to han dle wine have been issued in the county at $25 each. Even the issu ance of licenses is divided between the county and state, the county get ting $25 from the dealer who handles wines of less than 14 per cent alco holic content and nothing from re tailers handling wines of more than 14 per cent alcoholic content. The lone wine store in this coun ty-al_Bobersonyiik.iui.nQt heen II eenaetL by the county, one report stating that issuance was being de layed pending action, if any, to be taken by the town itself. The four licenses issued to date went to three retailers in Williams ton and one in Parmele. Grocery stores handling wine must file re ports showing that wine sales were not in excess of 40 per Cent of gross sales. No sales, according to rulings of interpretation uf the law, are to be made between midnight Saturday and 7 o'clock Monday morning. In addition to the four wine li censes issued, twentytfive beer re tailers have already purchased their permits from the county tax office, boosting the license revenue to $725. Martin County Jail Is Empty For First lime In Four Years Jailer Roy Peel made the biggest news around the old county's hall of justice this week when 4ie emptied thejioosegow of its last prisoner for the first time in four years. After lugging meals to from one or two prisoners to as many as 35 at a time, twice a day including Sundays, Christmas and all other holidays, the jailer declared he felt as if he was on a big vacation. Only three times during his eight years as jailer has Mr Peel reported an empty jail, and it is quite a joyous time for him as u..?11 iw prin>m?rs t?i havu th^ doors swung wide open. The last prisoner, a white woman charged with drunken driving, was released Wednesday afternoon, and Jailer Peel has been literally holding his breath for fear another wayward; soul will be housed before he ran en-1 joy a few more days' "vacation " Wihle the jailer is hopeful for a respite during the remainder of to- j day and early tomorrow, he doesn't even have the slightest hope the I week end will pass without ;i drunk en visitor or two before the week end is spent. It is encouraging to society when j an empty jail is reported, but the jail record in this county, and it is fairly, certain that conditions are no worse here than in others, is really ditihourtciung. During recent yeurs. per capita arrests have more than doubled with the exception of short, periods, and the age of the prisoners . is going lower and lower to include I fairly large numbers of boys and a , few women and girls. Draw Order Numbers For New Registrants Eddie Smith's Name Is the First Called In County Last Night J Nth Order Number** To Be* ~ FiltereilTnto Obi Lint, Be ginning w itli No. S-567 ? One hundred and forty-four young Martin County men were given their respective places in the national de fense program under the Selective Service Act last night when order numbers for all new registrants were drawn m the second national lottery held in Washington. Eddie Lee Smith's name was the first one called in this county. He is a colored man and gives his address as H F I). 1. Oak City. When filter ed into the old list of order numbers, Smith's number will be S-587 which means that^fu? will be subject to call in the very near future Richard Haywood Reed, colored of Williams ton R. F. D. 3, was the next* man whose name was called. His order number is S-586. Julius Edward Gur ganus, of R. F. D. 1, Williamston, was the first young white man in the county whose number was called. His order number is S-605 If the order numbers in the second letter last night had been drawn in dependently of the first, Eddie Lee Spnth would have No. 1. Richard j Haywood l^ee would have No. 2, and Julius Edward Gurganus would have No. 3 and so on. On June 30, 548 order numbers drawn in the first lottery had been exhausted. In the second registration, 144 men regis tered in this county, and they are be ing filtered into the old list, taking their turn one out of every nine teen All those men having new or dcr numbers ranging below 1,010 ure subject to call to the service with a short time, because all of the old draft numbers from 548 up to l,(r49j have been virtually exhausted in filling the July quotas, meaning that about 28 of the new registrants are in line for immediate service, possi bly beginning with the colored in late August and the white in Sep tember. Those new registrants with order numbers above 1,049 will get their calls along with "the old regis trants at the ratio of about 1 to 18 Official order numbers have not been certified to the draft board in his countyr^but based on a prelim inary report on the lottery last night, the new registrants in this county will have the order numbers listed below An order number~for William Arthur Goeen, Williamston colored man, was lost in the published report and as a result a variation of one is to be expected in the numbers of the other registrants. For the most part, (Continued on page six) Eleven Selectees Leave This County j county yesterday for Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where they will be inducted into the Army providing the meet physical requirements. For the first time there were no volunteers included in a group of colored young men to, leave this county. Fifteen were scheduled to leave for the fort, Two, John J Joe Cherry, now of Portsmouth, will enter the service at the call of the draft boards in those' two towns. Council Cornelius Smith was defer red pending the examination of an appeal for reclassification, and Ar mand Lee Ward, who is said to be in Chester, Pa., failed to report. The names of the draftees leaving yesterday; Rhoden Purvis, Johnnie Peel, Curtis Roberta, Rufus Jones Jones, William Henry Wiggins, Goerge Spencer Jones, Henry Thom as Peel, Abram Fonville, James Jas per Neal and James Arthur Grimes. Twenty-seven youn#> white men are scheduled to leave the county next Wednesday. DKAFI' QUOTAS Martin County is being called upon to furnish twenty-nine men?fourteen white and fifteen colored?for the nation's arm ed forces during the month of August. The fourteen white men are to be inducted on August 6. and the fifteen colored selectees are to leave on August 22, the county draft board was notified today. While it is possible that a few of the new colored registrants will be included in the next quo ta, it is certain that none of the new white registrants will be called next month because there isnt' sufficient time for the draft machinery to complete its oper ations. Postal Receipts \t The Local Office Show Small Lain -s>~ Money Order llii?iiiew< Kr [lertH llrallliy Inerease During l'a?l Quarter On the outer fringe of defense ac ! tivities to the north and to the south. Williamston is feeling no direct and very little- indirect stimuli from the defense program However,?Post- | mast or I.eslie T. Fowdft \ reports " slight gain in his postal receipts from the quarter ending June 30, indicat ing that as far as normal business is concerned, the office is doing a lit tle more than holding its own. The gain would also indicate that gen eral business is maintaining a for ward advance.. ??? During the three months ending ill June, stamp sales at the local office totaled $5,263.72 compared with $5, 228.74 in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The postmaster still maintains that the receipts represent a large sale of one , two- and three cent stamps. Receipts were reported by months for the second quarter of this year, as follows April, $1,834.78; -j May, $1,732 39, and June, $1,696.55, j compared with the same period of last year, April, $1,821 34, May, $1, 705.75, and June, $1,701 65 Announcing the receipts for the period, Postmaster Fowden pointed out that franked mail, (mail requir ing no postage) is still beyig handled in large quantities The money order business for the period reflects a spurt, especially for the last two months in the qiiarteif. After falling below the April figured a year ago, the business regained the loss and went on to show a sub stantial increase in May. The.June business increase was proportionate ly larger, the total for the recent quarter amounting tu $23,410.01 as compared with $17,886.76 in the cor responding quarter of 1940 The gain for the last quarter over that report ed in the same months of last year was placed at $5,523 25. # Named Member Of Attorney's Croup Wheeler Martin, secretary of the Martin County Building and Ixian Association, received word today of States Savings and Loan League for 1941. Paul Endicott, Pomona, Calif.' president of the league made the ap pointment aad the appointee said that he will accdph ThcV;ommitt>e includes twenty five savfTTgiKtfnd loan association at torneys and executives who sponsor the activities of the national organi zation specially designed for law yers in the savings and loan institu tions. They sponsor a monthly pub lication for savings and loan attor neys and a sectional meeting of the lawyers at the annual convention of the United States League, to be held this year in Miami, Fla., December 1-5. Farmers To Discuss V ital Problems At Meeting Next Week \lal>amu Farm Kurruii Pre? To Sp?'uk in (?reen \ill?' \i-xl Friilav ? . Concerned with vital questions facing North Carolina agriculture us a result of the present unstabiliz ed conditions, Fariii Bureau leaders in this State are calling a meeting for a discussion of those problems to be held in Greenville next Friday. The -meeting y our nf fnnr tn he htdij? in the State during next week, and Martin County Farm Bureau-mem bers and others are invited to at tend The meeting is to get underway piomptly at 3 o'clock. The discussions will be under the supervision of Walter 1. Randolph, president of the Alabama Farm Bur eau Federation, and an expert on the cotton problems of the south. Mr. Randolph was one of the leaders in the congressional fight for 85 per cent parity In addition to Mr Ran dolph, J B. But son, president of the Commodity Credit Corporation and perhaps the best informed mail in the United States on flue-cured to bacco, will address the Greenville meeting, and Don Kilguie, executive secretary of the Kentucky Farm Bur eau and James ThTgpen of the Agri cultural Adjustment Administration will address the Ashe_ville_ and f;if"iKkii-ii . Hiiwnvpr Mr Shaw states that I. W Duggan, di -icotor of?the?Southern?Region, has been invited to discuss the cotton sit uation. President w ins low and Secretary Shaw state that these meetings are being called for the following pur poses: To explain Farm Bureau Parity Loan Legislation recently passed by Congress and the benefits each in dividual farmer will receive front this new legislation To plan organized movement throughout the State to get this temporary parity legislation made permanent To inaugurate a campaign for par ity loan heiii lib, to producers of nouiJaasic crop., like truck- crops, vegetables, etc. The North Carolina Farm Bureau, says Secretary Shaw, is very proud of its record in cooperation with the American Farmjlureau in sponsor ing the recent parity loan legislation in Congress which will mean $25, 000.,000 additional "money to our growers of tobacco, cotton, peanuts, and vvtiont :u?l WI- :u.i __an vimiiw In explain all details of this new legis lation to the larmers of the State, particularly just how each individ ual farmer will benefit therefrom. Wr -hope, therefore; itrat we WTtt" from every county at the district (Continued on pa&j six) Father Of Local Man Dies In Pitt F.unerul services weie held Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home near Pqctotus in Pitt County for Mr George Gilbert Ward, prom inent farint r and respected citizen, who died Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock following u brief illness. Rev. 1) W Arnold conducted the funeral. Interment was in the family ceme tery, near the home, members of the Grimesland Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member for over forty years, conducting the last rites at the grave. Mr. Ward, 70 years old, was unus ually active for his advanced age, and was busily and contently occu pied with the duties on his farm on Wednesday of last week. Late that night he suffered a stroke of paralys is. The stroke was followed by a second one last Saturday, after which little hope was held for his recovery. Fifty-one years ago Mr. Ward married Miss Sally Rodgers, of Beaufort County, and she survives with the following children, John A. Ward, m-uI WilUamston; Aldolphus Ward and Mrs Archie Bullock, of Eaetolus; Asa Ward, of Gates Goun ty, Mrs Hoyt Leggett, of Stokes; Mrs. W. L. Edwards, of Newport News; Roy Ward, of Greenville, and Paul Ward, of Chester, Pa He also leaves several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. ; ? , ~ Start Paving River Fill In Two Weeks ?'"CM I'H m g to an official report re LClVL'd lll'll' 111 IS uftl'l'llUOII fl'OHl Cuu tractor B. H. Martin, of Easley, S. C., paving work on the Roanoke River fill at this point will be start ed in two weeks, weather permit ting. The contractor also said that the project would be completed In sixty <}ays. The dirt fill has been finished, the contractors. Kiker and Yount, haul ing the last load of dirt on the cause way last Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock Recent rains, making the route almost impassable, have washed the sides to some extent and more dirt had to be hauled to fill In the washouts, but as far as the fill itself is concerned work on it was completed Wednesday.