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Watch The Label Oo Tour Paper, Aa It Carriee The Date Your Subscription Expiree THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,800 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XUV?NUMBER 77 IF illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 26, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 Prices Nearing 40-Cent Average On Market Here Today Two Weeks Of Court Heard In Two Days By Judge H. Stevens Twenty-eighl Cases Cleared From Regular Calendar, 119 Old Ones Removed ? Crowding in one way or another two weeks of criminal and civil court into two days, Judge Henry Stevens cleared the criminal docket in a sin gle day last week and handled 28 civil cases on the current calendar in a single day this week. In addi tion to that fast work, the jurist or dered non-suits in 119 cases that had been accumulated over a period of years and which had been all but forgotten. Nineteen of the civil cases were cleared from the current cal endar in the one-day session this week, nineteen of them went to the jury. There may have been short er terms of court held, but it is quite certain that the regular September term handled more cases and clear ed more old actions from the files in the shortest time of any court ever held in the county. It is possi ble that the court this term set a new record for brevity, too, for just now it can't be recalled when any term cleared its criminal docket in a single day and then cleared the civil calendar in one day. ? Starting a day late when he went to enter his son in the Naval train ing department at the University, Judge Stevens caught up and went ?head of the schedule the very next day. Hardly had the court recon vened oh Monday of this week, be fore it had adjourned and the Judge was back in his Warsaw home. There were no unusually import ant cases, but there was much heat ed argument over what cases there were on the calendar Lawyers worked long and shouted loud over cases involving a mere $25 or $30 Several divorces were grant ed, and surveyors were named in other cases, some saying that that is a convenient way of having a case continued. Several cases were set tled by agreement, meaning in some instances that the action was taken just to get the agreements entered in the permanent records with parties to both sides of the suits still main taining cordial and friendly rela tions. The case of Standard Fertilizer Company against Robert Blackman was settled by agreement. In the case of T. M. Britton, ad ministrator, against Mrs. Helen Al len, the plaintiff was given a judg ment in the sum of $493.78. A surveyor was named in the case of W. W. Griffin against W. F. Bar ber. In the case of State of North Car olina on the relations of Mildred Wynne Jackson and husband, and Leon Wynne, S ,T. Wynne and Merl deen Wynne Coburn against L. D. Roebuck, administrator, and Nancy J, Wynne, administratrix, and U. E. Fidelity and Guaranty Company, a corporation, was settled by agree ment, the plaintiffs recovering $200. A voluntary non-suit was noted in the case o* the Linen Thread Com es-.: ^nst J?ff Rhodes. (Continued on page four) Twenty Cases For Trial Next Monday Idle during the past two weeks while the Superior tribunal was in session or was scheduled to have been in session, the county recorder's court has a large docket awaiting attention at its session next Monday. Twenty cases have already been placed on the docket, the number in cluding several old cases that were continued from previous sittings. Indications point to a session equalling if not surpassing in inter est in the criminal session of the su perior court of the early part of last week. New cases on the docket include the following: LeRoy and Elizabeth Anthony, assault with a deadly wea pon. L. J. Martin, reckless driving and operating a ear with a faulty steer ing apparatus. Robert T. Sparrow, drunken driv ing. D. E. Bunting, assault Orlander Brown and Tony Maaon, assault with deadly weapon. Linwood Williams, contempt of court. Rick Carson, assault on female. James Purvis, drunk and disorder ly Smith Thompson, possession of il legal liquor. Orlander Brooks, drunk and dis orderly. R. B. Biggs, assault with deadly weapon. Horace Dixon, assault with a dead ly weapon. Willaim Owens, possession of Il legal liquor. Leon Williams, assault with dead ly weapon. There are four other cases on the docket in addition to the old ones, but they are booked for trial on Oc . totoer <th. . Martin County Annual Fair To Open Tuesday CONGRATULATIONS Inspected at regular intervals, the Martin County Draft Board and all its associates were high ly commended for their efficien cy and impartial handling of their duties. After referring specifically to the several branches of the draft work, in cluding the government appeal agent's activities, Charles R Jon as, of the Coordination Division of the State Selective Service, said. "In general, your board seems to be functioning very ef ficiently and unusually satisfac torily." "We wish to congratulate you upon this record and to assure you that the fine work of the board members and your office personnel is appreciated by State Headquarters," Captain Jonas, speaking for the State Di rector, said. Reorganization Of Local Parents and Teachers Effected Mrs. Garluntl Wooluril Heads Association For the Current Term The Williamgton Parent-Teacher Association was reorganized at a meeting held in the high school audi torium last Wednesday afternoon I Approximately 75 parents and teach-1 ers attended the session which mark-"! ed the beginning of what promises | to be a very successful year for the* local organization. The Williamston High School band under the direction of Jack F. But ler opened the program with a brief concert which was well received by the group. The 36 high school and grammar school students composing . the concert band rendered several' numbers after which Mrs. J. B. Tay lor, retiring provident of the asso ciation, formally^ called the meeting to order. Miss Dorcas Knowles read the min utes of the last meeting and the re port of the nominating committee was then heard. Mrs. James Man ning nominated the following offi cers to serve during the coming year: Mrs Garland Woolard, president; Mrs B W. Nash, vice president; Dor cas Knowles, secretary; Mrs. W. E. Old, treasurer. These officers were unanimously elected by the group, and commended for their willingness to serve, as they took office. After taking i commended Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Old for carrying on school and asso ciation projects during the last year, and led the discussion of asso ciation objectives for the year. Af ter considering several problems, it was decided that the association in clude in its program for special at tention the central library at the grammar school, sanitation in the schools, and the equipping of first aid rooms in both schools. Mrs. Old, treasurer, in giving a complete review on the condition of the treasury, reported $260.60 on hand. D. N. Hix, principal, report ed on the lockers made last spring by the manual arts department, and stated that they were ready for use by the students. Pledged to a greater support all things pertaining to the welfare of the children of the school commun ity, the association selected the third Wednesday of each month for future meetings and adjourned to the home economic rooms where the social committee served refreshments. To Open First Side Of Fill Tomorrow Completed two weeks ago this afternoon, the first half strip of pav ing on the Roanoke River fill will be opened in its entirety to traffic tomorrow, Resident Engineer Franks said this morning. It is possible that the strip will be opened late this afternoon and then it is possible the opening will be delayed until next Monday, depending on the weather, the engineer explained. The shoul ders will have to. be repaired first, he added. Traffic is already moving over a large portion of the first strip of completed road. The pavers are nearing the first bridge east of the river bridge today, and they are Expected to complete their work by next Tuesday, mean ing that two-way traffic will be turned on the project not later than October 15th. Two or three addi tional weeks will be required to round up the shoulders and place the guard rails on the approaches to the bridges, but this work will not interfere with traffic, it was ex plained. x * Record Number Of Exhibits Expected At Fair This Year More Interest Being Shown in Agricultural Features of legion-Sponsored Fair ? Weather permitting, the annual Martin County Agricultural Fair, sponsored by the John Walton Has sell Post of the American Legion, is almost certain to set new records next week. Opening officially next Tuesday morning, the fair is al ready attracting exhibitors from a wide territory, especially from the agricultural communities, home demonstration clubs and schools. Stressing the agricultural features to a far greater extent than at any time in recent years, the fair operators are now puzzled as to how they will care for all the items that will go on exhibit between now and next Tues day morning at 11 o'clock. "It is fair ly certain that the main exhibit hall will be filled, but every arrange ments possible will be made to care for the exhibitors and their dis plays," Manager W E. Dunn said this morning. Receiving the cooperation of the farm and home agents' offices, the schools and other agencies, the fair management is looking for one of the best all-around displays ever seen at the fair here. Added interest in the annual event is assuring the fair a larger swine and cattle show, J?ut the manager pointed out that the outlook itl the poultry depart ment was not very bright, that only a limited number of exhibits were anticipated. Work 011 arranging community booths has already been started, and it is expected that some keen com petition will be offered for the $50 first prize. Other prizes in this de partment are $30. $20 and $10 for all others meriting recognition Mrs. Jimmy Harrison is receiving exhib its, and entries can be made up un til about 11 o'clock next Tuesday. The Kaus Shows, a North Caro lina institution, will start arriving here Sunday afternoon from Ashe boro. The grounds will be open to the public at that time, but the man agement urges caution on the part of the sight-seekers. Advertising 18 ridt's and 18 shows, the management announced this week that one ride had been destroyed in a wreck on a Virginia mountain road, and that it could not be replaced immediate ly. Manager Dunn declared yester dav that the midway would be free of objectionable features this year, and that nine special police, in ad dition to county, town and fl number of State and Federal officers, would see that order is maintained on the grounds all during the week. Tomor row afternoon at 3 o'clock, the spec ial police, ticket-takers, ground keep ers and others connected with the operation of the fair will meet at the fair grounds to formulate plans for handling their assigned duties. The grandstand attractions, in cluding several unusual features and an extensive fireworks program, will be offered at 3 o'clock each after noon and 8:30 each night. The white schools will close for the fair next Wednesday noon, and the colored schools will have a half day holiday for the fair Thursday, the office of the county superintend ent has announced. Harmony Restored Among Peanut Men With existing differences appar ently iron out. members of the Grow ers' Peanut Cooperative in annual session yesterday re-elected its of ficers and made preliminary plans for operations this coming season. J. Mayon Parker, peanut farmer and newpaperman, of Ahoskie, was re elected president, and J. B. fear ing, of Windsor, was re-elected sec retary of the organization. W. T. Parker, of Virginia and around whom much of the contro versy in the organization had cen tered in recent weeks, was re-elected manager, and E. P Debnam, of Edenton, was elected assistant man ager. The election of Mr. Debnam was well received?by peanut far mers in this county. Operating plans for the current year have not been announced, some observers believing that the open market will rule the marketing pro gram with a price schedule over and above that of the stabilization pro gram. It is apparent, however, thaf the cooperative will be ready for action in case of a falling market. Last season, the cooperative paid $10,702,836 for 82,219 tons of pea nuts, the government subsidizing the purchases with $1,183,249. Seventeen Selectees Leaving The County For Army October 8 ? ? Firnl Service Man front the ('oilnty Released by Army Few Days Ago Seventeen young white men are scheduled to leave this county on October 8th for the Army's induction center at Fort Bragg, according to a list to be posted by the draft board here late today or tomorrow. The group is one of the largest called at any one time by Uncle Sam. and come? from nearly every section of the county. One out of the* seventeen. Robert Thomas Pritchett, of Dardens, is vol unteering his services while the draft call is yet 1.000 below his or der number. Draft Board Clerk Mai ion Cobb said this morning that 1, 556 order numbers had been ex hausted to date in this oounty, or just about half of the registration list. The names of the young men scheduled to leave on October 8th are. Jesse Dennis Wynne, of Route 3, Williamston and Norfolk; Wood row Bullock Sugg, of Jamesville and Oak City; Robert Asa Edmondson, Jr., of Hamilton; Irvin Clifford Grif fin, of 216 Haughton Street, Wil liamston; Craven Baker Roebuck, of Hamilton; James McKimmon Saun ders, Jr., of 106 W. Church Street. Williamston; Earl Woodley Griffin, of Jamesville; Eli Clayton Rogers, of Route 3, Williamston; Kelly B Cowey, of Oak City; Jesse David Heath, of Route 1, Williamston; Cy ril Harrison Respass, of Route 1, Rob ersonville; William Nathan Cherry, of Everetts; Archie Benjamin Grif fin, of Route 1, Williamston; George Wiley Keel, of Route 1, Roberson ville; Dave Dickerson, of Route 1. Jamesville, and William Harcom Capps, of Route 1. Williamston, and Pritchett, of Dardens. Don Elphonsa Johnson and John Leon Rogorsv-two-eounty young men who were subject to induction in Oc tober, have gained stays of indue tion. They are studying at State Col lege subjects of recognized import ance to national defense, Johnson studying Diesel engineering and Rogers studying production man agement. The county is also to fill a quota calling for 11 colored selectees the latter part of October. Two of the last group of ten col 6red men to leave the county were | rejected. They were Hezekiah Spruill, Jr., and Gabriel Williams, Jr. Spruill had flat feet The first man from this county to receive an honorable Army dis charge returned a few days ago. Clayton Lee Leggett, young William ston R.F.D. 1 man volunteered his services about a year ago. The grounds for the discharge could not! be learned immediately. Application for release has been filed by Joseph Brake Hoberson, young Robersonville white man who Entered the service last May. De pendency was advanced as the basis for the application for release, ac cording to a report received from the Army by the county draft board. As far as it could be learned here today, the young man's release has not been effected. The draft board was notified this afternoon that Eli Clayton Rogers had beat the call by enlisting in the Army at Richmond yesterday. Colored Schools To Reopen October 6 ?*? Forced to close when over half of the pupfls were directed to the, cot ton patches and to the tobacco pack houses, fourteen of the 23 colored schools in this county arc to reopen on Monday, October 6th, according to information received today from the office of the superintendent. It is believed that a large portion of the tobacco crop will bave been pre pared and marketed and that much of the cotton crop will have been picked by that time. The fourteen schools closing sever al weeks ago are, Jones, Whichard Jones, Bowers, Oak City, Hamilton, Salsbury, Gold Point, Robersonville, White Oak Springs, Poplar Point, Burroughs-Spring Hill, Biggs, Bear Grass and Williams, Lower NEW TAGS j North Carolina's revenue col lectors are making ready to tag all automobile, truck and trailer owners In the State before long. Four thousand seta of automobile license plates were delivered to the local license bureau this week and will go on tale Decem ber 1st. The numbers, appearing In black on a yellow background with the name of the State and year underneath, run from 463, 001 to 467,000. To date, the local bureau has sold 0,410 automobile, truck and trailer licenses of the 1941 vin tage. Majority Of Sales Range From $38 To $44 With All Types And Grades Showing Added Strength Coast Artillerymen To Move Through HereSaturday Noon Traveling in 302 vehicles and farming a convoy nearly ten miles long 1.500 men and officers of the 244th Coast Artillery and of Com pany A. 80th Quartermaster Battal ion will move through here tomor row about noon en route from Camp Pendleton. Va . to the fall maneuv ers in the vicinity of Wadesboro and Hoffman. Under the commond of Lt. Colonel E. T. H Colvin, the convoy will en ter North Carolina tomorrow morn ing at 7:15 o'clock on U. S. *17. Block ed by the river fill project here, the Army contingent will detour over Routes 37 and 64 to Williamston and continue on 64 to Bethel, Green ville and GoldsbQ.ro, making an ov er-night stop in the latter town. The convoy is limited to a maximum Hiirh Court Affirms Decisions In Cases Handled In County Jiitljiint'iil Vllowinn !?<'<' *1, 04)0 ill (:???' VxaiiiHl Rol? rrunn I" 1' Activities in Hi'1 Martin County Superior Court wen- Riven a stamp of approval recently wlien tin- Stale Supreme Court upheld the lower tri hunal m three out of three eases A fourth decision handed down by tin lower court was affirmed by the Stall- tribunal a few weeks ago. The $1.00(1 judgment favoring W Lee in Ins $15,000 damage suit against the D M Roberson Slaugh ter House was Tipheld by the State court, hut there was one dissenting opinion accompanying the decision Lee. young county white man, lost several of Ins fingers in a sausage mill at the slaughter house some months ago The defense maintain ed that the plaintiff sustained Hit injury as a result of his own negli genee The courts ruled otherwise Although appearing contrary ti principles of justice, the lower court was upheld in the Barrow land case Knowledge Barrow, the plaintiff, left his home and a house full of little children who managed to live through adverse circumstances by vu-jng-buiefooted m the snwws-Abrat twenty-three years later, the father returned home During his absence. Ins soil, Nicodemus, had sold timber valued at about $285 to the Far.n ville Woodward Lumber Compuny to keep the family's body and soul to gether. The court ruled that the son had no right to do that and that the father was entitled to recover. The decision was affirmed by the Su preme Court Since the case was tried Knowledge Barrow passed away, and the money will go to his children, after all. Justice comes in mysterious forms and ways, and now the children Will enjoy what was about to be denied them. In a thud case. Jefferson against Southern Iaind Sales Corporation, the high court sustained the lower tribunal. Tin- plaintiff recovers about $1,000 This case has been ponding in the courts for many months, and (Continued on page four) -*> Dry Weather Has Hri|> On Section Without ram smce August 20th. this section is now in the grip of a serious dry spell. While the dry wen thrr re crratmg nrr crrttcal situation at present, farmers are said to be hauling water from deep wells for their stock. Creeks and other small streams are actually drying up, and tin- old Roanoke is down to the low est levels in many years. It is down to one foot on the gauge when the tide is out The stream backs up when the tide comes in, the water, raising to 2 5 feet on the gauge at high tide Objects thrown into the river yesterday floated up stream and were seen drifting hack this Since August 20, when 1.03 inches |of ruin fell here, there has hardly been enough precipitation to meas ure Since that time a total of one tenth of one inch has been record ed by Hugh Spruill at the weather station dh Roanoke River. Light rains were reported near here night before last, but they hard ly laid the duat. To aggravate the situation, weath er prognosticators said this afternoon I that no rain was in sight. speed of 30 miles an hour in the rur al areas and 15 miles in -towns It is estimated that the convoy will be going through here during the great er part of an hour The schedule calls for a stop of thirty minutes just west of Williamston, but details could not be learned It is under stood. however, that the vehicles, mostly trucks, will be parked along the highway while the men have lunch. While it is possible the Convoy will slightly interrupt traffic here for a short time, the Army spaces its vehicles about 150 feet apart to permit a fairly free flow of regular traffic. Local police will aid in every way they can to expedite the move ment. and the general public is ask ed to cooperate in every way it can. STANDARD 11MK North Carolina along with ad joining states will return to Eastern Standard Time Sunday morning at 2 o'clock after work in* halfheartedly on a daylight schedule for several months One does not have to remain up until two o'clock Sunday to get back In step with Father Time; he can wait until Sunday morning when instead of getting up he may hack his clock up an hour and turn back over and sleep another hour without be ing late for Sunday school and church. (Germans Arc Facing Stubborn Resistance In Leningrad Rattle r ?* Itrt-ukiiijt I'oiiil in CmitcM Slrujttslr i?f All I iin*' r.\|M-<-ii-il Sliortlv Apparently making a last ch,ugc before digging i'l -fin the winter. German forces are engaging tie Russians in one of the greatest bat ties in all history around Leningrad, late reports staling that the defend ers of the Soviet's second largest City Wcl'e llV'I'c than matching TTTe~ invaders blow for blow Yesterday, The Russians staged an offensive and smashed German siege lines. A break in the battle is expected al most momentarily, the repotts de claring that the human slaughter and untold damage to property can not last much longer. In staging their offensive, the Kus sians used armored trains carrying the most deadly type of guns ever built Behind them, Russian tanks and artillery rumbled into the breaches 111 the German entrenchments, while hard riding cavalrymen and infaii trymen stabbed at the German -ttanle Savage fighting On this scale is go ing on day and night, the dispatches said, ahd the woods and swamps sur rounding Leningrad are littered with thousands of unburied German dead, the wrecks of tanks and planes, and the rumble created by one of the most intensive battles of all times. (Continued on page four) 1 ? ii From County In Federal Court ?Teh Msrtln L'ouluy men ale lacing" trial in the federal court at ashing tion uf the internal revenue laws. An tion of the internal revenue laws A. eleventh one, Lonnie Johnson, Ber tie County blind man. is also to ap I pear in court for trial following a preliminary hearing given him be fore U. S Commissioner Walter Hi.tbfrif'lt here a short timcagu Johnson was booked for trial when it was alleged that operators of an illicit liquor Still maintained a base at his home. His dog was also found at the still. Those from this county scheduled to appear before Judge I M Meekins are, Foy Rogers, Lome Williams, Charles L. Smith, Llewellyn Barber, George Barber and Lewis Simpson, all white, and Charles Razor. Joseph A and Williams James, and James Keys, colored. The two Barber men and Simpson were involved in a wreck with a federal officer's car, and were held for the court when part of a pint of liquor was found I in the Barber truck. Predict Lir^e-Size Break and Stronger C/ Prices For Monday Farmer* \rc Slill Jiltrrv ami I ?i//\ from lli?li I'rire* For I Ik- drop The price peak on the Williamston tobacco market is being pushed high er and higher as the buying com panies, realizing the crop is short, are offering the strongest competi tion ever seen here with the possi ble exception of those hectic days hack in 191!) when the price situa tion ran away. Activities on the mar ket today are patterned after those days, for most any kind of tobacco is bringing from 38 to 44 cents, as a whole. There are, of course, some higher priced piles and there are still some that are on the low side. But any type of tobacco that can be used for smoking is selling in the forties today, farmers themselves de claring that the price trend is from three to four cents a pound higher Jiian_it_was even last Monday when i a peak lip until that tune had" been I reached Those types of tobacco placed in tin- trash grades just a few years ago an- now selling in the high thirties. Farmer Lucian Hardison said this morning that prices are in the tree tops and apparently are stifl seeking a higher limb Farmer Albert Gurkin declared that prices today are. from three to tour cents higher than they W. iv Mundav. nrCorriiiy to the in come received for half a barn last Monday and that received for the remainder of the same barn this morning No, one can be Certain, but the expressed opinion on -the market is that a record size sale will be rec orded lure next Monday, and that the price trend will continue as strong as it is today with the pos sibility ol even higher prices. Tymg up nearly 1,000 pounds of , tobacco just as it Was taken from the barn; a patron on the ideal market today sold the five piles for 43 cents a pound each. Observers on the market tins morning with no tobacco of their own on the floors, were heard mak ing arrangements to start hauling tomorrow, preparatory for the sale next Monday! The market Will clear its floors easily this afternoon and be ready for the big sale expected next Mon TTay yesterday and those tect ived on opening day ft >llows: (trade Sept. 25 Aug. 26 Lemon Leal flood $43.00 $37.00* Faii 42 00 35 00 Orange Leaf Good 42.00 36.00 Kail 40.00 31.00 Low 36.00 24.00 Common 28 00 14.50 (Continued on page four) I J. S. 0. Is Aiding Service Men Here A complete report for the entire ?county is not available at this time, hut according to Treasurer John W. Hardy the United Service-Organiza tions fund is being put to work here I on a larger scale all the time. Dur ing the past few weeks, fourteen [young men have been aided by the fund, the treasurer pointing out that [the demand^tirTgpFrted to increase seei i :i 1 hnndfud p?-r i ( lit vv i< 11ill thy next few months. Unnecessary use of the fund has been blochodt the fWastrrer explain lnjjHhai where service men were able to finance their own way, no aid vv-as4*ffcred. In nearly all of the four teen cases serviced, by-the organiza tion, the recipients were very appre ciative and the aid offered seemed to strengthen the morale of the young men, Treasurer Hardy declar ed. Reporting :il the local hnt?l a fww? nights ago, two young New Jer sey chaps inquired about a room. They had only^ a dollar between ' them and they were making com paratively slow time on their trip from Camp Davis to their homes for a short visit. The U. S. O stepped in and financed their over-night stay, Treasurer Hardy stating that they gladly accepted the cheaper of two rooms offered them. While no large sum of money has been drawn from the fund for uae in aiding service men in this county, the $350 turned into national head quarters has been put to use in build* ing chapels and recreational ters.
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