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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 1.000 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 72 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetday, September 9, 19-11. ESTABLISHED 1899 Ned Laughinghouse Case Is Still Steeped In Silent Mystery Mrs. Laiighinghousr anil Par ly Warmly Received by U. S. Stale Department Still possessing a formidable spir it supported by faith and hope de spite long and?trying hours of uncer tainty and suspense, Mrs. Ned Laugh inghouse accompanied by her daugh ter, Mrs. Lim Blades. Mr Blades and Mrs. Elbert S. Peel, sought news of her husband at the United States Department of State in Washington last week-end. They were warmly received by high officials in the de partment, and official Washington ?willingly volunteered its services in an effort to run down some clue that would possibly bring some encour aging news to her and to the many friends of Mr. Laughinghouse. The case, carrying a bit of hope and yet not free from despair, is still steep ed in silent mystery. The Department of State opened a file possibly half an inch thick on the case to Mrs. Laughinghoue, the last answer stating that the German raid er upon which he was taken follow ing the shelling of the Egyptian steamer, Zamzam, in the South At lantic last April, had not been COIF" tacted in months. Despite all its pow er and might, the United States gov ernment can't learn whether the raider has since been sunk or wheth er it is still afloat. The information received there was not very encour aging, but with tears trickling down her face. Mrs. Laughinghouse dis cussed every possible angle of the case. Contacting high officials of the In ternational Red Cross, and Mrs. Laughinghouse was warmly received there, the party was assured that ad ditional appeals would be sent out at once 111 an effort to learn the whereabouts oTMr. Laughinghouse. Received at the German embassy, members of the little but anxious party, discussed the case freely with the Charge deAffairs. The German representative stated that the raider had not been contacted in nearly five months. Its fate and the fate of Mr. Laughinghouse are apparently known only to the high naval com mand, and that no information ran be expected from that source if it the cause. There was some hope ex pressed by the representative when he said that his government report ed all deaths excepting those of cer tain races. In that statement, Mrs. Laughinghouse continues to harbor hope for the safety of her husband. Senator J W Bailey, an old friend of the Laughinghouse family, left the floor of the Senate upon his own initiative to talk, with Mrs. Laugh inghouse and the party Urging her to continue to have faith, he assur (Continued on page six) American Legion Installs Officers at Ijrge Crowd Attends Supper And Ceremonies; Slate Officials Present ? An installation meeting of the John Walton Hassell Post of the Am erican Legion was held last night in the hut on Watts Street. Mr Roy McMillian, state commander, of Ral eigh, installed the officers and was the principal speaker. J. R. Winslow, of Robersonville, returned for another term as com - mander of thp rnnnty rmiL while Messrs. R H. Goodmon, J. H. Ayers and W. C. Wallace were installed as vice commanders. All the speakers of the evening discussed various phases of Ameri canism. Messrs. Carroll Kramer and Lloyd Griffin, post officials, of Edenton, gave a comedy skit, which was great ly enjoyed by all present. Other officials who attended were Rev. Sidney E. Matthews, of Wash ington, state chaplain; Mr. Paul Hoffman, of Gatesville, post com mander; Mr. Harry Greenleaf, of Elizabeth City, post official; Mr. Jesse Mercer, of Washington, state vice commander, and Mr. Leroy Hand, of Rich Square, fourth dis trict commander. Supper was served to the approx imately 100 members and guests present. Gift Car Damaged In A Freak Accident Latt Week The Ford car, won by Harvey Med ford at a ball grfme here back in 1 1938, was badly damaged by a fall ing tree limb near Oak City during a bad storm last Thursday night. The limb mashed the top in, mechanics stating that repairs will cost near ly $300. The owner and his family were sleeping when the limb fell. Buying a chance on the car, Mr. Medford lost his ticket and when he came to the ball game that afternoon he bought another one and that one won him the car. He had taken un usual care of the machine and had driven it hardly more than 13,000 miles. Poor Outlook For Peanut and Potato Crop In This County Their attention centered on tobac co marketing, farmers have had lit tle to say about the prospects for sweet potatoes and peanuts this fall, but preliminary reports point to a marked reduction in the production for the two crops in this county. Dig ging fairly long rows, several farm ers said they did not recover enough potatoes to fill a single bushel bas ket. The peanut crop is a bit spotty, some farmers stating that there are very few of the goobers on the vines, and that indications do not point to even maturity. Softened by a burning September sun, the peanut vines are shedding the tender goobers, and while the potato vines are standing up well, the tubers are at a standstill under neath. It is believed that a continua tion of the dry weather will curtail both crops by more than 30 and pos sibly as much as 50 per cent, as a whole. The hot sun working in close coop eration with the dry and hot weather is maturing the cotton crop far ahead of the usual time, and the corn crop will be ready for harvesting within a short time unless there is a mark ed change in the weather conditions. Last month was one of the driest Augusts on record, the weather sta tion reporting only 2.38 inches of rain as compared with 11.07 inches in the same month last year. The last rain to amount to anything was rec orded on August 20th when 1.03 inches fell. Hardly half an inch has fallen since that time, the several rains combined being insufficient to stay the dust. Travel over rural roads caused dust clouds almost. B. & L. KXAMINKK J Mr. J. D. Taylor was recently appointed examiner for the North Carolina Building and Loan Associations, lie will begin his work in this department on October 1st and with his wife will make their home in Ral eigh. Alleged Robber Is P Returned for Trial Tom Pelt, member of" a prominent Wayne County family, was returned here from Richmond Sunday morn ing by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck for I trial in connection with the robbery >f the Central Cafe early on the morning of May 29, 1940. Pelt, brought here after serving a year's sentence for an alleged robbery in Norfolk similar to the one here, is alleged to have stolen $104.00 in cash from the local cafe. Pelt, about 27 years old, fought extradition to this State, and would have gained his freedom had the sheriff been five minutes later reach ing theTstate penitentiary in?ftich mond. The man could be detained only eight hours and he was at the gate and ready to go within five minutes when the officer called for him. Neither denying nor admitting the charge, Pelt is waiting to see what evidence is offered against him be for he starts talking. It is possible that he will involve others in the crime. Local Man Named B. and L. Examiner An appointment for examiner of the North Carolina Building and Loan Associations was received last week by Mr. J. D. Taylor. The ap pcintment was made by Dan C. Bon ey, insurance commissioner of North Carolina. - Mr. Taylor's association with the depajetmXntjvill become ef=) fective October 1st. Mr Taylor for a long number of years served in the auditing depart ment of the Southern Bell Telephone rVimpany in Mou/ Orleans. His for mer experience especially qualifies him for this new position and his friends throughout the county are delighted with the appointment. Returning to Martin County five years ago from New Orleans he de voted his time to various enterprises but for the past several months has been employed by Martin-Elliott Company. Mrs. Taylor, a native of Louis iana, is now employed in Raleigh where they will make their home. IN DANGER Reports from several rural communities declare that there la much uneaainess over the roads. Resembling 'tater ridges so much, farmers are likely to start digging them up in search of potatoes. The situation is ag gravated by the fact that some farmers are about as optimistic over the possibility of finding potatoes under public ridges as they are of finding potatoes on Three Hundred And Fifty-Four Men Are In H-\ Draft Group ??? More Than Half of lilt- laixl (Ratification I)cfcrrc?l lt> Draft Bounl Placing 142 registrants in Class 1-A for possible military service, the Martin County Draft Board recent ly deferred three hundred and fifty four men on account of their status, the number of married men leading the list The several other classifica tions, including 51 in the over-age group, six in Class 2-A. four in Class 2-B and 55 in Class 4 F, were report* t^Mast week. Tlie Class 3-A group. inClt'iding 221 white and 133 colored, is listed as follows: 3-A White; Wittiamston: Robert Lin w ood?Pate,? Hubbard?Edward Griffin, Robert Leslie Smith, Wil liam Howell Williams, Jr., Benjamin Franklin Britton, William Edward Cox, Loma Hunter Boyd, Travis Camps Kitchen, Cecil Hugh Bland, William Waddell Gurganus, Willie Ira Harrison. Paul Dillon, William Grover Cherry, Frank Fagan Car starphen, George Marion Peele, Ed die Mayo Hardison, Roy Fountain llarrell, Edward Latham Woolard, Wliliam Waddell Gurgnnns WilH?> Guy Robinson, Joseph Saunders Ed wards, Grady Thomas, Karl Patrick Bonds, Henry Jackson Hardison. Ben Bevely Daniels, Harry Edgar Mob ley, Whit Coffield Purvis. Floyd Ed win BuffJap, Thomas Randolph White. Benjamin Dunbar Courtney, James Lemuel Williams. Willie Da vie Modlin, Joseph Cleophus Revels, James Thomas Edmondsuiir~Elbt,rt Leo Sherman, Howard Thomas Rose, Oswald Douglas Stalls, Richard Hay wood McClenncy; Williamston R F D. 1 Warren Benjamin Cherry, Har die Maurice Gardner, Jasper Earl Jones, Charlie Albert Benbridge, William Clarence Hopkins, Morrison Bonnie Hardison, John Thomas Heath, John Earnie Gardner, Arthur Dewy Simpson, John David Daven port. Walter Alexander Manning. Ralph Brown Holliday. Lmius Kor. mon Reason, James Gilbert Tyre, John Henry Hoggard, Park Jefferson Hardison, Ruben Lester Rogerson* Woodrow Wilson Holliday, Roland Clcophas Griffin, Cleophous Mobley, Henry Saunders Griffin, Samuel Leo Andrews, Richard Sernz Corey, Al bert Grey Tyre, James Arthur Rev (Continued on page six) 1 Auxiliary To lloltl Ki'^ulur Mvvt Saturday $ The regular meeting of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary will be held in the Legion Hut in Williamston on Saturday, September 13th, at three o'clock. All members ar?- requested to at tend. Thirty-Seven Civil Cases For Trial In Superior Tribunal ? Few Important Caned Slated For Trial Duriirp: Two Weeks Term ?t Holding his first term of Martin County Superior Court next week. Judge Henry Stevens will find only a mediocre civil calendar awaiting his attention, a review of the docket showing very few cases of any im portance are scheduled for trial dur ing the two-weeks' term. Thirty-sev en cases have been placed on the calendar by the Martin County Bar Association, the first of the cases be ing scheduled for trial on Wednes day of next week. Boundary line disputes predomi nate the calendar, while there are two or three suits claiming damages as a result o.f accidents. The cases of Charlie KiHebrew against E. C. House and E. L. Glov er against J B Whitfield involve boundary lines while the cases of H. W. Barber against Vance Price. W W. Griffin against N B. Marriner. W. W. Griffin against W. F. Barber, and D. L. Howell against E P. Lea thers set out that the defendants went over fixed boundaries in cut ting timber. The North Side Lumber Company, of Greenville, is suing 11. 11. Cowen as a result of a disagreement over an account due the plaintiff. The Linen Thread Company is suing Jeff Khodes to recover an ac count allegedly due the plaintiff. Harry Jones in lus suit against W. 11. Carstarphen is asking $492.50 damages alleged to have resulted when the town decided to repair damages done to the river wharf by the flood last August In his suit against K. K. KdmoiuL son arid others. George Wynne is asking that a deed to certain lands be declared null and void. The suit claiming the pigs of Geo. | E. Uoberson damaged the 'property | of John K Coltrain goes to the high I court by appeal from a magistrate's court. James McGruw is suing to recover on an account against the Goldman Company Sharpleigh Hardware Company is suing C. C Bawls. Sr . to recover on certain notes. In the case of T M. Britton, ad Ion, the plaintiff is asking a judg ment in the sum of $280.78 In tin' case of Dill, Truitt. Cram er Corporation against L. B Wynne, clerk, the court will decide who owns $ 1,000 held in trust by the de fendant in the case the clerk ex plaining that the money was hand ed down by former clerks, but that (Continued on page six) During Robbery \ttompte<l Mere Approaching the cashier in Dar den's Department Store here last ^vatirrday evening about 9 o'clock, a strange colored man asked a dollar ! bill in exchange for two half dol ; lars Opening the register, the cash- ? irr, Mrs Laura Crawford, reached | for the bill when the Negro pushed | her aside and dashed toward the | money. She managed to block the j raid, and the robber fled when she ^ Called for help. The store owner ' chased the man out the back door and through the backlot, but could j not catch him. Following the trail as it led from tin- back door, Mr. Darden found a | dollar bill, two small bundles and an old hat the robber had dropped in a fall at the back of the store. The attempted hold-up was one of | the most daring repoited lure in ai long time Called to the stole, offi eels were unable to make any pro j gross in the case. THIS WEEK In Defense. The President established in the OPM a Division of Contract Distri bution with Floyd Odium of New York as director to "face the Respon sibility of alleviating the hardships which have resulted from the de fense program and ... to marshal our productive capacities to the ob jective that no plant or tool which can be used for defense shall be al lowed to remain idle." The order was issued, the President said, "in fur therance of a determined move . . . to help the smaller business units of the country obtain a fair share of the defense orders and to prevent, as far as possible, dislocation of indus try and unemployment of workers in plants where production has been curtailed by priorities and material shortages." The division will set up branch of fices throughout the nation where there will be available: procurement representatives of Federal contract ing agencies to negotiate contracts and subcontracts, technical engineer ing advice on conversion of plants to defense work, representatives of the OPM Labor Division to plan reem ployment or training of workers in plants involved, and financial facili ties of the RFC and other Federal agencies which may be necessary to | finance plant conversion. - J To spread defense work "among as great a number df firms and in as many localities as possible," the di vision will revise Federal procure ment practice in favor of the small er production units?"as yet large ly unused"?and promote organiza tion of pools of small manufacturers to undertake defense work jointly. The division will also establish ex hibits showing purts of defense ar ticles needed .their number, the tools necessary to make them and all oth er information so that machine shop owners and manufacturers can de termine "then and there" what they can do and arrange to do it. Production OPM announced military aircraft manufacturers delivered 1,854 planes during August, a record and 394 planes more than in July. OPM re-' ported 2,420 defense plants have been built or expanded since the be ginning of the defense program. The President told his press con ference armament production will be accelerated by greater expenditures' The new Supply Priorities and Allo cation Board, stating it will stimulate and reorganize defense production "to the limit of the nation's re mands curtailment of less-essential industries which use materials and facilities necessary to a "realitie de fense program." Navy Ships The Navy reported that during the first eight months of 1941 a total of 213 Naval vessels Were completed? including one battleship, one cruis er, eight submarines and eight de stroyers?and keels were laid for 436 ships, including two battleships, 13 cruisers, 18 submarines, two aircraft ? arriers and 57 destroyers. Merchant Ships Maritime Commission Chairman I*and announced the Commission's building program will place in op eration 1,153 new ships of approxi mately 12.410,000 deadweight tons between July 1, 1941, and the end of 1943 He said production is running 25 per cent ahead of estimates made in May, and that from 130 to 134 new vessels will be completed this year instead of the 105 estimated in May Admiral Land said an additional 90 vessels will be delivered in the first three months of 1942, 146 in the sec ond quarter, 154 in the third quarter, (Continued on page six) Local Leal Market Sells Record Poundage For Season Yesterday Early Cotton Crop May Force Few County Schools To Close Bursting forth after a snowy pat tern, the early cotton crop in this cbunty is almost certain to upset the schedule for a number of the color ed schools. Hardly had the schools opened before teachers and school heads started noticing the cotton fields and saw ahead a decrease in | attendance figures. Ordinarily, the colored schools chalk up their best I attendance records during the first | month of school, but the cotton crop, bursting forth to set an early record, bids fair to upset the attendance fig ures. The county superintendent is 1 visiting the schools today, and while no official report has been received from him it is fairly certain that at J least five of tin- colored schools will suspend operations for a few weeks or until the cotton picking task is handled. Negro Enters Home r And Attempts Rape In Hamilton Sunday Officers, Working on Cast-. Ilavo Hi poi lril l.illlt- I'ro (il't'ss I I > ( 111 i I Now Breaking through a screened win dow, a Negro attempted to rape Mrs. WrstcyiHaker. young whrte ^womnrr and. an expectant mother, at her hum bit home in Hamilton .shortly after midnight Sunday The Lutlid. screams of Mi's. Baker and her five tear old dawghtei frightened the man away, hut not until hcNhad made, advances toward the mother. Asleep when the man broke through Hie window, Mrs. Baker did not wake up until tin- intruder had -placed his hand on her. A small lamp Was burning and she was able to identify the man as a Negro, but badly frightened and unnerved she was unable to offer a detailed de scription of the man. Frightened by. the screams, the intruder jumped out the window and fled before Harper M. IVel and others who heard the screams could reach the home which is located just about a block from the Slade. Rhodes Company store. In the absence of Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, win) was in, Richmond for a prisoner, Officers Haislip and Roc buck wa re culled They, ordered bloodhounds I loin Washington, and the dogs traded the man over sever a I pasture fences and lost the trail on the highway where officers be hove the man hoarded a car and es caped; ()l I icers have cert a i n suspicu > us characters in mind, and thry are con tinning their investigation, but no definite progress has been reported hp niitif this lime During recent months prow lei s Jiave been active in Hamilton, and it is possible that the man wl?o has been disturbing resi dents Thei e on previous occasions is the same one who entered the Baker home. lifviral Svrvivvn living 11 fill l( llnlly S/iriiiHH Revival services are being held tin week in tin- Holly Springs Metti odist Church. Services begin prompt ly at B o'clock E. S. T. <8>_ W1LL BE LATE Clerk of Court Bruce Wynne stat ed today that the regular session of Monday, 'hie to the fact that Judge Slev?hs will not be able to reach here until Tuesday. Reports, although still incomplete.! indicate that the attendance upon ! the colored schools during the first two days was not up to expectation, that instead of showing an increase on subsequent days, the figures are dwindling in most of the schools. Opening-day enrollment figures in the white schools have shown slight increase, but they continue to lag behind those of a year ago Cot ton picking holds comparatively fe white children out of school, but it is apparent that the all important tobaeco crop is holding many of the youngsters at home There'are some hbmes. however, where- the educa tion of you-Vhs is not made secondary to crop marketing A dip in attend ance figures is*certain when peanut digging time roljs around i.i <ao\ hi u> Low Oualitv Leaf Is Now Appearing hi Larue Ouantities ; g- ~ Itclli'r (ir;iilt'< < oiitimic To S. II \. Ili?cli \? IH I t nl- a I'oiiiiiI A seasonable record was establish ed here Monday when the local to bacco market sold 308,112 pounds of leaf, the largest' sale of the year for any one day's sale. Tips arid low quality tobaccos predominated and nioi< danuoVd tobacco' was offered * for ile than on all the other com - binet,1 sales days of the season The. oil', i int. were of a low and medium quality w ith a large propor tion.of 11ps hut despite the block tips and damaged tobacco the market av eraged $25.96 Many baskets of tobacco sold for. 45 and 48 cents and many individual wei made by growers selling on the local market. The better grades o! tol aeco continue to sell at hand son y prices and there is a gradual increase in ,the number of patrons of the Wilhamston market as the sea son progresses. Boasting of an unus ually line crop of buyers, local ware housemen are making satisfactory sales for tobacco growers from at least a dozen counties m the Bright Belt. Sales yesterday were market! with spirited bidding and all the foreign and domestic'companies offered com petition on practically all grades. Tin- mail..el blocln d again -yhtuej da\ w it 1V. approximately 75,000 pounds of tobacco left unsold on the floor of the Koanoke Dixit* ware house- Sales were heavy today and ill the warehouse llooi are cleared at all. Vl will take most of the day. Unless inclement weather sets in the mark el -hoiild pass the three million poiuul mark "b\ Thursday and certainly not .lab r than Friday. Tlx qtialily ol the l? at offered today ua said to he considerably better than Nesterday and today's average slmu.ld he one i?l live l>e.st this sea eon. The New* Carolina Warehouse has 'fust al> Thursday and\pn Friday i the III -1 sale W ill he held at the Plan In Wait house Farmers Continue j to market their tobacco jrist as quick - ' In as po 11 tie and exceptionally I large sale:, al e anticipated over the 1 W cek end. Premium Lists For (utility Fair Arc llcing Distrilmted rr> Niglit; Improved tirtiiwhfaiwl Aotn j ()| ti l ing increased and added cash award . the 194 F edition of the Ani erican Legion agricultural fair prcm luin list i . being distributed over the county and section this week by Manager W F Dunn Kntries are; be ing elicited from tlie general pub he, and any .one wishing to compete for the pri/CN arid who does not re ceive one of the premium lists is di i cited to the manager at the Dunn Plumbing Company simp in William ston. i "It is too early to comment on the outlook tor the fair, but since the evmt r- entirrly under tiome man ..g?ment .then , ,, greater interest j i|i i' Managei Dunn said yevSter W' air making extensive prep i..fi 111: for the fan this year, and it i the rum of the Legion to offer oincthing valuable to- this agricul tural section and at the same time provide an entertaining program," Mr Dunn added ? t he Katis Kxpo it ion Shows, billed a? "America' Clean, t Traveling Carnival." will h. on the midway igam this year The grandstand attractions will be Pit s? ntfd by the J aim i y Daley Com - pany of Albany, N Y Harry Taylor and his Kewpie Doll Hevue will pro vide the comedy, singing and danc ing The main attraction of the fair will be acts created by Buddy Lu mar and his All-American Death Dodgers. Many daring and thrilling acts will he performed by the com pany of speed demons and reckless daredevils. Fireworks will be shown each night in a bigger and better display and a regular concert baqd has been booked for the fair, Mr. Dunn said. Offirerx l)e*troy Quantity Of Iteer In Free llnion ? ? Hauling in the Free Union section of Jumesvilie Township last Satur day, Officers J. H Roebuck and Roy Peel poured out four barrels of beer, hut could not find the copper ka and other equipment used in manu facturing. ?Joe K. county man of Kohersonville. was installed as commander of the John llassell Post of the Am erican Legion at the regular meeting held here last night. Work On l\i\cr Kill Progress in?; l\a|?idl\ Despite numerous handicaps such ; bn akdo tiaffie, tin paving | rojfct on the Ho auola IL\ < i till i . progr ssirig at .i fairly rapid pan Last Ki iday the p tvihg new pom cd 1249 lineal fc< t, the l< hgest .Spall I>egan c >ti Saturday a total of 11H2 linear fetf- wi ? n ? pen in d a i id yt'sti'f day nppfoxiniately 1000 foot Were paved Through Saturday a total of 88?3 feet of the 2 .07 miles I,ad heel, paved and unless some unforeseen' difficulty, such as breakdowns, arises the contractor hop? to teach the river bridge by Thursday night After the lirst section of the 22 foot road is complete*!, the contract ors will have to wait three of four days before starting the paving of the ond section The state requires that all traffic be withheld fmrn the road for at least 14 days The heat, dust ond unusually heavy liaflie have been no small far po in holding back the work. How ver, a representative of flic state nd tlie second section of the road mid be completed considerably quit kt i than the first Former Loral Miaislrr lnjitrrtl In Far icriilral 1 Dr. S A Maxwell, former local Methodist minister, suffered a hrok n shoulder, and Mrs, Maxwell and three children. Lillian, Let tic and Klizabeth, were slightly hurt in an automobile accident near Rocking ham recently. The Maxwell car. a -new -1941 Chevrolet, was struck by another machine and Tfadly darnag d. <9 Dr. Maxwell i supplying the Ab rdeen charge Late reports state that he is recovering gradually from his injuries and that Mrs. Maxwell and the children are getting along all right. r~ Mrs. A. K. Dunning, head of the local production center. Am eriran Red Cross. Js issuing an appeal for a sewing machine She Ntated there wax an urgent need for garments which can be made with a sewing machine and any person who has a ma chine, not in use, is kindly ask ed to contact Mrs. Dunning. The local chairman said addi tional help could be used in making the garments.
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