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Watch The Label On Your Paper. At It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will FukJ Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 73 Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. September 12. 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899 Prices Continue Upward On Williamston Tobacco Market Peanut Cooperative Squabble Is Aired In WashingtonTuesday ??? (U>iij?r?'t?Miiaii Bonner Auk* Fair Representation for North Carolina ? Differences of opinion centering around a dead-locked directorate in the Virginia-Carolina Peanut Grow ers Cooperative were aired before the United States Assistant Secre tary of Agricultuer in Washington last Tuesday when North Carolina peanut grower representatives ap pealed either for a new organization for this State or for a fair represen tation on the board of directors now serving the current organization. No ruling in the case is expected im mediately. Championing the cause of the North Carolina directors. Congress man Herbert C. Bonner explained to the assistant secretary of the agri culture department that he did not wish to enter into any argument, that it was apparent that North Car olina did not have fair representa tion on the two-state board, and that he would leave it up to the high de partment officials to decide wheth er a separate organization should be set up for North Carolina or wheth er representation should be based on production and the number of grow ers in each state. North Carolina, producing more than till per cent of the combined crops tor the two states, has no more directors in the cooperative than Virginia has, and the board has been dead-locked on several occasions, according to a re view of the minutes heard at the meeting last Tuesday, ? The following brief, read by J B Fearing and carrying his signature and those of the other directors; namely, W R Everett, of this coun ty; L. E. Hassell, of Washington County; J- G- Fields, of Halifax County; R V Knight, of Edgecombe County, and J G Wood, of Chowan County, was filed with the Depart ment of Agriculture: That notwithstanding their doubts from the beginning with respect to the possibility of successful opera tions uf Growers Peanut Coopera tive ,Inc . due to the representation of the board of said association from the states of North Carolina and Vir ginia. the directors mentioned have earnestly and conscientiously en deavored to make the association a smooth running and efficient organ ization and have tried as best they could to promote unity and harmony therein, however, they do not consid er the operations of the Association during the past peanut mai keting season to have been successful, nor do they believe that it is possible un der the present distribution of rep resentation on the board fcfr said as sociation to operate a government peanut program that will fully guar antee and protect the best interests -of the peemrt growers and shrHers in North Carolina That from the very beginning there has been sharp disagreement between the directors of Hie asso ciation representing North Carolina and Virginia with respect to the management of the association. For examples see copies of minutes of directors' meetings hereto attached That sometime in March of this year it was determined that some of the peanuts purchased by the asso ciation would be needed for the edi ble trade and the undersigned under stood that these peanuts would be available to the shellers In North Carolina and Virginia as the demands required, at prices approved under | the contract existing between the association and the Secretary of Agriculture. That the undersigned (Continued on page aix) ? Enrollment Gains In Local Schools Slight increases over the opening day enrollment have been recorded in both the high and elementary de partments of the Williamkton schools according to information coming from the principal's office today. Since opening day the elementary enrollment has, increased by 17 bringing the total to 579, while the high school enrollment has now reached 205, or 8 over the originals] enrollment Today's total of 784 falls short of last year's opening enroll ment by 18. In the high school the commercial department is attempting to provide instruction for the largest class since the establishment of the department four years ago. 52 students, includ ing juniors, seniors, and 10 post graduates are enrolled in boukkeep ing. typing and shorthand classes. Classes in industrial arts include rather large groups from the eighth, ninth and tenth grades, gh addition to the morning class of|post grad uates and older boys which now numbers 12. Plans for work in this field are rapidly taking shape, and all indications point to a successful year under the direction of Mr. Col ard, instructor in charge of the de partment. Martin Farmers Plan to "Hog Dozen "Excess Peanut Acreage The approximately 2,000 excess acres planted to peanuts in the coun ty this year will, it is believed, be "hogged down" with some few ex ceptions. of course, according to re ports received during the past few days in the office of the county agent. Several factors will likely de termine this action, it* was pointed out. Among them is the penalty for marketing the excess production. Farmers are of the opinion that they can sell the excess production in the form of pork and make more mon ey than they can be harvesting it and selling to the oil mills. Based on current market quotations, deliver ies to the oil mills will gross hard ly more than two cents and deliver ies to the mills will, it is understood, bo chargeable to the growers. The issuance of marketing cards to farmers planning to market excess J peanuts will be very confusing, it J has been pointed out. Even under i normal conditions, farmers and'pick rr-operntors will be required to sub mit definite reports. A form, No. 509, will be mailed to all growers and picker-operators with instructions calling for a report of operations on the first and fifteenth of each month or just as soon as the crop is picked. The number of bags and estimated poundage will be asked for. Farm ers, hogging down the excess acre- i age are urged to report such action ! just as soon as the allotted acreage is dug as excess plantings disposition of the excess must be checked before | marketing cards may bo issued. Stern Warning Issued To Rattlesnake Hitler TO I'KKSIDK Judge Henry L. Stevens, of Warsaw, will preside over his first term of Martin County Su perior Court convening here next Tuesday morning for a two weeks' term. Branch Bank tyill Move To New Home Over The Week-end To Opt'ii for Business iii IIh Modern Building INexl Monduv Morning , ,'t Moving into its ultra-modern building between the Watts Theatre and the Woo lard Hardware Company over the week-end, the Branch Bank ing and Trust Company will open for business in the new quarters promptly at 9 o'clock next Monday morning. While all detailed con struction work has not yet been completed on the structure, Cashier Herman A Bowen announced that the main banking room, lobby and offices are now ready for occupancy, and that the banking force would be in its designated quarters and ready to serve the general public. The Martin County Building and Loan Association, housed by the Branch Bank for a long number of years, will move over the week-end also. Its quarters, conveniently ar ranged and strictly modern to fit in with the construction plans of the bank itself, will be open, to the pub lic without interruption. According to Mr Bowen, special workmen will start moving the banking equipment soon after clos ing time tomorrow afternoon about 2 o'clock. No definite hn"r m??n. tioned for transferring the money itself, but a special police escort will be detailed to the bankers when that task is undertaken. "All equipment ordinarily used in serving the pub lic and an ample cash supply will be (Continued on page six) r PAYING DEBTS One of the most encouraging reports heard following the opening of the tobacco markets the latter part of last month came from Merchant John W. Eubanks at Hasseil Wednesday afternoon when he said that to bacco farmers were paying their debts and that they were glad to be able again to do so. Business house* are reporting increased purchases of necessary goods, and much tobacco money ia being used to clear old and new tax accounts, but along with that action cornea reports telling of increased liquor sales and the Increased purchase of non-es sential roods. Nazi Boats (iomiii" P Into Defense Area Subject To Attack Btmla Reports Turning Tide In Fijrlit \luii- Her (rntral Front Comparing turn with a rattlesnake about ready to strike, President Roosevelt hi an address to the world last night warned Adolf Hitler that any Axis ships entering America's defense alias are subject to attack. The President explained that as Command* r in Chief of the Army and Navy he had given instructions to the Navy to start shooting when Axis ships are seen in the defense arras The President clearly defined and in very simple terms America's policy, and while the isolationists started grumbling and mumbling, early reports from over the nation indicate that his stand has the sup port of the American people. High spots in the speech follow In spite of what Hitler's propagan da bureau has invented and in spite of what any American obstruction ist organization may prefer to be lieve, I will tell you the blunt facts that the German submarine fired first* upon this American destroyer (the Greer) without warning, and' with deliberate intent to sink her. This wat piracy legally and mor ally. It v. as not tin first nor the last act of piracy which the Nazi government has committed against the American flag in this war. Attack lias fulluued at luck. It is the Nazi design to abolish the freedom of the seas, x x x For with [-control of the seas in their?own hands the way can become clear for then next step -domination of the United States and the western hem ispliere by force. It must be explained again and again to people who like to think of the United States Navy as invincible that this can be true only if the Brit ish navy survives. That is simple I arithmetic. It is time for all Americans of all the Americas to stop being deluded I by the romantic notion that the Am ericas can go 011 living happily and peacefully in a Nazi-dominated world. Normal practices of diplomacy ? note writing~-are of no possible use ?n dealing with international <?utlaws who sink our ships and kill our cit izens. One peaceful nation after another has met disaster because each re fused to look the Nazi danger square (Continued on page six) Reorganization ()f Boy Scouts Planned ? Plans outlined at a meeting held in Wheeler Martin's office last Wednes day night call for complete reorgan ization of Troop No. 27, Boy Scouts of America, at an early date. Local citizens attending the meeting evi denced renewed interest in the fu ture of Scouting in Williamston, and pledged themselves to greater and more faithful support than has been given the movement during the past two years. Herbert Stuckey, organ izer and head of Eastern Carolina Council of Rny Semite of Amr?rir;i from 1924 to 1931. Al Hodges and J A. Gaskins, scout leaders, joined lo xat citizcTiSTn the discussion of Scout problems in Williamston Next Tuesday night at 7:30 has been set as the time for Troop No. 27 to begin its sixteenth official year of service. All old Scouts who are interested in registering at the be ginning of a new year of Scouting are urged to be present Tuesday night at a meeting place which will be announced through the schools. Judge W.H. Colmrn Calls Six Cases In The County's Court -? IVery Small C.otii|uirtMl Willi Keeord Number of Cases Called Cast \\ eek ? ? rrH Following a record-size docket | last week when fifty-four judgments were entered in the records, the county Court last Monday had an un- I usually light schedule. Judge W. 11 Coburn called only half a dozen cases, and the session, attracting very few spectators, lasted only a short time. Proceedings: State vs. Alon/.a llassell. Failure to list taxes, llassell pleaded guilty. | Judgment was suspended upon pay- j merit and listing of taxes and pay the costs for which the county would be liable. State vs. K. R. White: Careless and reckless driving, lie pleaded not j guilty. The court for its verdict de claret! the defendant not guilty. State vs. Harvey Bryant Nou sup port Bryant pleaded not guilty. The court declared the defendant guil ty. Judgment of the court that the defendant pay into the court for j tin1 use and benefit of his wife and children the sum of $4 a week, pay the costs and re appear when call ed for further judgment. State vs. Robert Crow ell: Violat ing' liquor laws. Was Continued un til September 29th. State vs. Willie Smith; ' Assault | with deadly weapon and non sup port. This case was continued until i September 29th. ?Stale vs. James Blind Price: Bua lardy. Pleaded not guiFty but was declared guilty. The defendant was ordered to pay for tin- use and bene- i fit of his illegitimate child the sum | of $2 per week for a period of six ; months, pay tho cost and re appear at the end of that time f?u further , judgment. The first payment to be due and payable oir the 15th of Sep tember, and eacli week thereafter. ? [Nearness of Himtin?l Season Brings Mew Warning By Ahhitt ?^? Reports llii\e il I lial Oanir I. IIifiiI I .oralis ; Open Scumihh Willi hunting season in tin- <>ffmu Game Warden Mill Al.lutt is warning ..li;iilist tlir shooting uf game la-fore tlw seasons officially open, as wt'll ns to strict otTsrrvanrc of big limits | when tin- seasons oprn Reports have il that game is very plentiful this year which always invites a louden > I V lo iliiu-egaril Iho Iiinil Ml Alilnll. , too. feels that some hunters fall, to observe tile opening of the seasons as well as pureliasing hunting Ii-j reuses, and in event any are caught > violating the game laws, the penal j ties prescribed liy daw will i>c eat lied out. For the information of hunters, Mi Ahhitt announces the following open seasons, as well as the bag lim its m this section Bear October I to January 1. Bag limit, day, two; si ason, two Deer (Male) October I to Janu ary 1 Bag limit, day, one; season, three Opossum and Raccoon (with guns lor dogs only) October I to Fcbru l ary 15. No limit. Opossum, Raccoon, Mink and Muskrat (trapping) November I to February 15 ^No limit Otter No open season. Quail November 20 to January 21 Bag limit, day, 10; season 150. Rabbit?November 20 to January 31. No limit Squirrel?October 1 to January 15 Bag limit, day, 10; season, no limit Turkey?November 20 to January i -34- Bug limit, day. ntie;--soat*Wr-Rtm-J Dove September lfi to October | 27. Bag limit, day, 12, season, 12 Duck -November 2 to December 31. Bag limit, day, 10; season, 20. | Geese -November 2 to December 31. Bag limit, day, three; season, six Mr Abbitl especially warns against hunting on Sunday, which is un lawful. and urges those who hunt to secure a copy of the game laws, so that the provisions may be under stood and thus prevent any possible expense and embarrassment by be ing arrested for any violations. NOT SO HAD Home on a few days' Irave, Privatr William C. Haisllp de clared this week that the Army was not half as had as It had been pictured to him. Kxplain Ing that he Is not any too happy over his new affiliations, the former local banker stated that hr survived three weeks of heavy drilling after a fashion, that he had been promoted to a Job in the office at Camp Craig, Srlma, Alabama. Individual Averages Reported As High As $44 Per Hundred Pounds On The Market Here Earl\ Todav Receiving Applications For Soil Consei'vation Payments The first of tin* applications for 1941 soil .conservation payments) are being received in the office of the county farm agent this week. Mr T B. Slade stating that those far ' mers who did not ovorplant any of their crops and who have met their soil building requirements are being notified to file their claims. Other farmers who overplanted will not be notified to file applications for pay ments until certain conditions are met. ;t was stated. ?No estimate as to the amount Mar tin County farmers will receive in soil conservation payments for the 1941 crop years could be gained, but it is believed that the total amount w ill be equally as large if not slight ly more than the amount received under the 1940 program. 'Plus opin ion is based on the belief that in those eases where excess plantings woiv made to p? anuts. 11:? tanners j will "hogdown" the excess and qua! | iis for maximum benefits allowed j unci*a llu- program Applications aro being made about sixty days * ai li* r than tin y wore re 1 ccived last year, moaning that the first paymonts under tho ltMl pro- ; gram will bo offocto*! possible sonic time during tho month of Decern j ber. Plans for tho PM2 program arc ho I ing signed in the county today and ] tomorrow, and farmers arc discuss 1 ing with their respective committee-1 men ways and moan's of meeting the soil-building requirements I'm tlie| crop year Any fanner finding it 111 Iconvenient to contort his committee j man today, or Saturday may sign a J worksheet later at the office ot the county agent Will Di ?aw Permanent * (?rami Jury Next Week Superior Court Has Small Number Cases On Criminal Docket 11 a'lir > Sli-wip. To Hold I wo Weeks' I'erni of "Mixed" 4 onrt Martin County will get rn f?sl peimancnt grand jury next Tuesday morning wJien .Indue llenry I. Stevens. ,,f Warsaw, Collies here to "pel, n two Weeks' tern, of .superior court for the tin,I of criminal and ' 1 ^ 1' 1 ?' 1 I j it* j iii y vv 111 I it ?? (j row n I" dniM'e Witt, penal lejji.s liitive net passed the early part of II,,' year I lie tu.st nine men drawn will he called ut?>n to serve for a year, and a foreman will be select yf'- Jjjjm_tha| groin. The ni) gioup ol nine men will serve only SIX months and at the end of that time nine additional men will I,. drawn lor a year of service as mem " I" pointed out that a permanent grand jury will l,e ,,, a position to render a better service to' the county because its members will gam through longci , xpera nee an increased -knowledge of , rune Conditions us they exist and ?dsn h, can , Ihey can check up on mm recommendations The jury was to have licet, drawn next Monday, hut Judge Stevens no 'da d C leik of Court E H. Wynne ' aila r Ibis week that his son was en I' ling the university and the naval reserve and that it was necessary for linn to accompany the youth that day A fan ly complete charge to da I",y IS expected when the court convenes Tuesday morning. \So far. very few criminul cases haVI been placed on the docket, and in, nibe, ot the county bar associa ;~|. d. dale that the etvrl doelcct is a p',,,1 one I .itI It- importance is at tactic, to the eases, and the criminal d<?< ki't carries nothing that will even approach the sensational. Several of the dozen ra.s<? on the criminal docket are carry-over's and quite a few of the ethers are slated ??r 1111,1 flon> judgments handed OftwII II, me county recorders court. (Continued on page six) First Hunting Law j V iolal ion Reported I ( barged with opening the stjuir 'el huritmg season ahead of the law, M |{ Gurgarius, Cross Roads resi dent, was fined $5 and taxed with the cost in Justice J L. Ifassell's court tide tilts week. The violation was cited to tin court by County Game Warden Htlf Abbitl who explains that the squirrel season does not leg allv I.III'II until October I In the justice's court Wednesday If irttfin ft f I. o. ... li. . . / ? ' i vv ?'uiit*Miay Horace I) Dixon, Dear Gram man, was fined $5 and taxed with the cost for permitting a minor to operate an automobile Tin- base was brought into the court by Patrolman Whit Saunders. Charged by Patrolman J G. Spiv cy. with operating an automobile without a driver's license. Lonzer Dcmpsey, colored, was fined $5 and taxed with tin cost in Justice Has sell's court here yesterday. IIKM T C\l.I With a call tor eleven color eel men already pending, I'ncle Sam this yicek issued a call for seventeen Martin County white men to re|>ort at Fort Jackson on Oetoher Hth. The following eleven colored men are to- report next Thurs day: William Jones, Itiehard Haywood Keed. Marvin Lloyd. William llenry Black, Willie Hoy Brooks, Ldmotid fierce, Sylves ter foulard. LI wood Hellamy, fiabr.iel Williams, Jr.. William I'aul Alhritton, and lle/ekiah Spruill. Jr. \ 11 Oueslionnaires Plaml In llamlsol County lir"islrunls r 'I'll Kciirli To \ImmiI I ..">.'{0 Onlrr JNiiiiiImt Sending out (lie last of its quo tioiuiains on Wednesday of llu |Waek, tin Martin Comity Dial! > Hoard is expecting to Met the low down on all of the 3.41)3 registrants l"i the county within the juxt week or ten ilays No offuial explanation I accompanied the order for-the com plete d'istl 11nit ion of all ipieslfori naires is recognized as tin fust step | toward induction, hut it i pie. ihle that the actual call to m i vio- w ill not he received within a year for those whose order number run in to the high figures No one knows, however, for it is possible that tin entire registration list will he ex hausti fl and a call lsxued to tini e men ol tin lower id a ificat loie within six months or a year Reviewing the distribution ef questionnaire.--. Draft Hoard Cle.fk Marion Cobb stated that 1,832 went to young white men and 1.001 went to colored registrants. Of the 3,4.83 to receive gin stionnau i s, '51 voluiifeet's out nle the ilralt They received <pu tionnaires just as the others did, hov. ever. Most ol those volunteering their service were young colored boys. 'Fti datt\~the draft buaid nieinbi? rs have classifu d 2,300 registrant giv (Continue d on page six) CIUZY?NO SCNSK Word from representative taxi drivers hi Washington is not" very flattering for one Boh Rey nolds. one Burton K. Wheeler, and the one-time Colonel ( has. am a .Moose and I can't say much about him. hut he just hasn't ae\ Berne." one taxi diiver said referring tiL^l'iiiir" Bob. "Mr. Wheeler, why lie's craxy," anoth er taxi driver said. And still an other taxi driver averred that theie has been something wrong with Lindbergh ever since the child wax kidnaped. There wax general agreement of opinion on the subject of the three per sonages. Estimatel>H\v<vn 10 Vml t") Per Out Of ( roji Has IJeni Sold Market Will Narrow Ij Mi,* ltl.uk S do I .ale This Ul I'riiiNin ^ <i* 1 init? lit 11 upward was no tir. ,1 III pru t . as 11,a local tobacco '! at K. I brings it third week of mar keting activiti. s It. a close today. Kai hot., war. agreed that the bet I tobaccos an bringing Hie high ? 1 prii ' ? ot tin vcar. while the com mon end ot hps remain alrout the sam. ..i slightly weaker than they w.i. on opening day The lugil I'1 f.t .ire 11 truet in g tains itierable at tention. Hi, market officially re ftorlipK lit, to $47 this morn niR W illi .1 lew . ales roiiir above 50 " HI lull those-m the latter Rroup W i, lew and lai betWeen-W'lth the w.,1 hoiist bearing the brunt. As foi individual sales, averages wen nported .it $41 this morning One f.11 inei sold more than one-half a-'t an entire bam for $?!? per liun tbed and aveia'ges between forty mil lorly lotii rents a pound were '?I" lv 'limit rims Tb,...,. donh^ bill what till better grades are sell ing higher today than at any-time this s(.'?{.soii SiiU s yi-storduy hoostod tht* poundage to above the three-million pound mail., and today's offerings w 111 a .it I w el I o vet a quarter or near lv *' third of a million |totmd to that fil'ine. Despite the huge amount of Ulterior types of tobacco being of lei. .1. Ill, average lor the sea ion still Ii.d t I" aioiind 27 cents' i lie tii.il k.11 t'.iliy r I.... allet'tlootl wa (xfH'eted to narrowly miss a block today, warehousemen belicv mg al thai time that Hie flnois would be ilt-arcd and ready for sales ac ts. i.ting to schedule next Monday. Official 10(101 ts released by the State .,nd federal Departments of Aj;i a 1111u11? y, iterday and covering isalt ,lining (lie last few days of ^ \ugti I .tiow that William on w*as "t highest market in the . idii."la It Art .tiding to tin depart 111.ml leport the market here sold i H29.208 | a .It 11( I lot ail aveiage of J$2tl.t;t fins aveiage compares fav orably With the $2t;.?ts ligur, report jtal lol tluJ lit-ll as a Whole. and also W ith ar. lag, released as follows: tiin iivilli $21113, Kiiislon a$25 39 Wil. "it. $21137 While ,t , ftossiblr' lb. type of tobacco ..It, i, ,| for sale '" i1 < ? 111 a In II, i ,111111s?t1 urn that offered oil Othi-I rkcts. the offi . ial tepoi i would indie ate that no matter what kind ot hibuc, o is of h rod lol ale It brings price that 1 w ill 'arid up against any m the belt. I ' m at. released today indicate th .i between 4u and 45 per cent of the crop in tills seel ion has been .sold. III. production outlook is not as i bright as the preliminary reports in I dieateif it would tie. late estimates dropping ft,,, production figures sev , l a I p. r cent ''"luting put that the market is gaining new customers daily. Sales Supervisor Henry John on aid that the m.II ki t tills Week Is expected to - t a new high sales record. Sales hav. progi, soil smoothly, the buy ers an niton ?..! in every pile, and there i . some keen comptition for all 1 ?' J 1I u. if I. it i [.rent |o nnpthfr ' ftlmg pel toil in the history of I lie trial kit nex t w eek. I'ill Paving Half * (omplclnl Today Th. paving |.tojeet ,,n the Roan oke River fill here is now half com pf. led, ieporls du'eet from Superin Di ii.li nt Poole tin morning stating , ili.d every effort is being made and ""hi continue to be made to com I I'l' te tile firojeet w ithin the next II v.el.s. Pouring concrete to 'thin thirty feci of the river bridge I this afternoon, the pavers made ready to move their equipment back I?hi eastern end of the fill where t aviiig work will be resumed possi bly next Monday aflerrromr or Turs lay morning Traffic will be turned iin the new crete from Conine Crt-f k bridge trt the eastern end of the project the early part of the With favorable weather and un j.le: n ?rmal eoe litions, the e. I n tract - ors are expected to get ahead of the ? hedot.. ..wrong ttmt operation! w III have to be delayed a day or two or until the first half of the road hardens during the fourteen-day cur ing period. Facing a bottle neck while work was m progress near the river " idge today. through traffic was ? ivetted for the moet part over kn alternate route.
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