Watch The Label On Your Paper, Aa It Carrlea The Date Your SubaCTiptlon Expire*. 'J rHE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will rind Our Col- II umna A Latchkey To Orer 1,000 (I Home* Of Martin County. II VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 80 ffilliamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tueaday, October 7, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 Missionary Tells Of Conditions In Conquered China ??? Dr. Chas. A. Leonard Pleads For Foreign Mission in Baptist Church Talk ? Speaking in the Baptist Church here last Sunday morning, Dr. Chas. A Leonard, Sr., told of the tragic conditions existing in China and pleaded for a continued support of foreign missions Dr. Leonard, ac companied by Mrs Leonard, is spending a few months in this coun try before returning to China to continue his work behind the battle lines. Talking on conditions in Man churia, Dr. Leonard said: "It is hard for us over here to real ize how little it takes to carry's mis sionary or preacher for a year. We were once lost just like the people in China. Let us not forget whence our blessings have come. $150.00 will support a lady missionary for a whole year Manchdria missionaries are supported by individuals. There is so much responsibility that I feel very humble and little in doing the bit that I do but there are so many men and women who can be support ed by you China is looking to us for support for those people over there. The work must be carried on and unless it is done, all past work will be in vain Wouldn't you like to have a church building in Manchuria or China as a memorial? It is impossi ble for them to build a church with out outside aid and it is impossible for the gospel to go to them unless we make it possible for the mission aries to go out in this evangelistic work. "We, Mrs. Leonard and I, have come over here in order that . we might go back. We have come over here in order that we might prepare for future work and go back again. The Lord wants us to go and lead those people out there and we are thankful for those who are making it possible for us to go. I want you to realize that there are two sides of the picture, that it is just as bright as it is dark This morning I want to show you the dark side. It is neces sary for us to see the actual needs in order to realize the needs there. First, let me speak of the poverty of the Chinese people. You can't realize how poor these people ac tually are The people are so poor that before daylight people are pick ing leaves up off the streets and the roots of the grass to use them for fuel. Often they fight over these leaves and roots The people are so poor that they are underfed The Chinese people, who have given themselves to the Lord's work eat still less. Yout average meal over here is such that they would have at a feast or wedding. Now since Ja pan has come there and ruined the set-up, the conditions are even worse. When we go back around the first of January, we are planning to go back in that part of China called Free China, back of the Chinese and Japanese lines in order that we might meet some of the needs in that part of the world. Our work in Manchuria has largely been pioneering. "Where the Japanese have come in, they have greatly increased the poverty of the people The spiritual poverty of the people is as great or greater than the physical poverty. "There are several different phases of practice which 1 would like for you to look into this morning. First, there is the practice of foot binding The origin of foot-binding is so old that they do not know when it be gan. A little girl around three or four years old, little toes are bent over and bound with canvas and some times infection sets in and joints and bones are taken out of the foot. Be cause of this terrible practice, they are unable to work and have to hob ble and hop around and have to work on their hands. Baby girls are slapped when they cry over their bound feet but the mothers tell them that they had to come up the same way when they were little girls and that if their feet are large, they can't sell them Those Chinese, who have become Christians, no longer prac tice this, but millions still practice (Continued on page four) Woman Run Down By Car Saturday > Beatrice, 30-year-old colored wo man, suffered a broken arm and bruises about the body on Washing ton Street here last Saturday eve ning about 8:30 o'clock when she darted into the street and was run down by a car driven by Warren Riddick, young colored man. Her left arm was broken in three places and she was badly bruised on her hip when she was knocked under another car across the street. She crawled from under the second ve hicle and ran away. One report stat ed that another motorist carried her to a doctor, but after visiting all the doctors' offices, Riddick and officers were unable to find her. Yesterday morning she reported for treatment. Riddick was driving slowly on the street in front of the old Buck Speller store on Washington Street. Cart were parked on both sides of the street, and people crowded the sidewalk and street, making a dan gerous setting for pedestrians as Market Has One Of Its Most Successful Sales Of Season Selling 268.424 pounds, the local tobacco market had one of its most successful sales of the season yes terday, the entire sale averaging right at 39 cents a pound The pound age was much larger than was ex pected, and the floors were barely cleared at closing time in the after noon. However, observers declare that every bit of 90 per cent of the crop has been marketed, and that sales will gradually dimmish from now until the end of the season Ap proximately 76,000 pounds were placed on the floors this morning and sales were completed before noon. Prices today were reported hardly as strong as they were yesterday, but the sales were interrupted fair ly frequently by damaged lots, the good tobaccos holding to the level reported yesterday. Dozens of farmers sold the last of their crops yesterday, but the mar ket operators are expecting fairly large sales during the next week or ten days No closing date has been definitely mentioned, but this morn ing it was fairly evident that the crop will have been disposed of in its entirety by the latter part of this month. Including the day's sales, the mar ket has sold approximately 5,tiUO.OOO pounds, the average for the season standing right at 29 cents. Sales dur ing the past few days have consid erably boosted the average, several sales ranging as high as 40 cents hav ing been reported for entire breaks in first one and then another of the houses. No general per acre price average has been figured, but individual far mers have reported receipts running as high as $550 and $600 an acre Gymnasium Projects Approved In County DEFENSE BONDS The people of this section may be for an all-out defense, but re liable reports clearly Indicate that they are not quite ready to help finance It. Repeated appeals have been made, urging the peo ple to help finance the defense program and at the same time lay aside extra cash to help cushion the shock that is certain to come when the present de bacle is ended. The purchase of bonds by small-scale folks is be ing urged, but apparently most of the sales have been to those in the higher finance brackets. Since May 1, the people in this immediate community or section have invested $25,381.25 in de fense bonds. The sales were un officially reported by months, as follows: May, $2,137.50; June, $0,018.75; July, $8,525.00; August $3,131.25 and September, $5,568.75. New German Drive Against Moscow Is Reported Underway, Tim-*- Million Men Are Said lo lit' On Mureli Toward tlie Soviet (lapilal One of the greatest offensives in war annals was reported in the mak ing this morning when unconfirmed reports declared that three million GermAis, 5,000 tanks and 5,000 planes had been turned on Moscow. Russian ? reports, ignoring?the?news telling of the vast offensive, declar ed that the Soviet lines were hold-' ing and that costly attacks had been made at widely scattered points against the invaders. Germany's high command merely stated that the of fensive was advancing according to plan, offering no details and making no staggering claims which have been embraced in most of all the Nazi reports. Spending nearly four months in Russia, Hitler apparently is disap pointed with the progress of his arm ies there. Failing in his drive against Leningrad, Hitler is apparently shift ing his attention to the Soviet cap ital and to the rich Ukraine basin and Russia's valuable industrial Military observers in London to day were quoted as saying that Hit ler was gambling everything on a quick and decisive drive into Rus sia before the dead of winter closes in on him. There is no doubt but what some great offensive is brew ing, that apparently Hitler is now making every effort to seal his east ern border before turning to the west and to the task of invading the British Isles. All is not well with Germany's al lies, a late report Stating that Ru mania is tired of the whole busi ness and is ready to quit after sus taining staggering losses at the hands of the Russians in and around the Odessa area especially. Twelve Ru manian generals are said to have been killed by the Germans for re (Continued on page four) BOOKMOBILE The B-H-M reftonal library association bookmobile complet ed lta first schedules In this county lest week after visiting nearly every nook and corner In the county. Operated by Miss Bern ice Ward, the eounty-State supported bookmobile placed tH books into the hands of readers, most of whom were children. A second trip will be made in this county the last week in Oc tober when the books will be taken in and others distributed. The bookmobile Is operating in Hyde County this wesk. Board Of Education Visits New School AndTt sellers Home SeliooU nt Hamilton ami llart sell Art* To Be Repair ed, Board Orders Virtually "abandoned when the Works Progress Administration shifted its straggling forces from public and semi-public projects to strictly defense undertakings, the proposed gymnasiums for Farm Life I and Bear Grass yesterday were tak en under the financial wing of the county by the board of county com missioners at the- suggestion of the board of education. The authorities approved a $5,000 loan which will be handled through the State liter ary fund for building the playhouses, repairing school buildings in Ham ilton and Hasscll and completing the vocational building in Oak City. A baffling situation surrounded the proposed gymnasium projects. The WPA had agreed, or virtually so, to cooperate in the construction ?ernhe two buildings War plans up Iset the program and the WPA was forced to virtually withdraw when its dwindling forces reached almost bottom and a shift was made to de fense projects Patrons in the two districts had already made liberal i donations, and it was to match those donations that the loan was approv ed. Approximtely $3,500 was set aside for the gym projects, the remaining $1,500 to be spent equally on repairs jo_fee__niade at Hamilton and Has sell and the remaining $500~TO~btr^ spent in completing the vocational building ill Oak City. It was later learned that tlie Farm Life patrons will pool their labor and build the gymnasium there and that possibly some WPA labor will be made available to the Bear Grass project as soon as the Oak City vo cational building is completed. It is understood however that most of the labor for both projects will have to come from private ranks Each school will share equally in the $3, 500, it was pointed out. If Farm Life can build its gym for $1,000, the re mainder of its share of the $1,750 will be used for equipping the build ing, according to one report heard following the.meeting otthe ..S|ra ti?n group here yesterday. The new Parmele colored school was inspected, and the new teacher age in Robersonville was also in spected and approved. Occupancy expected possibly tomorrow, will be delayed a few more days, it is un derstood Farm Bureau Drive Gaining Momentum The Martin County Farm Bureau membership drive, launched in ev ery section of the county week be fore last, is gaining momentum, ad vanced but incomplete reports indi cating that the organization has al ready added more members to its rolls than ever before. Some believe the drive is nearing its goal of 1 000 members. Hard work on the part of many of the membership canvassers has been reported One canvasser claims that while he was serving as a pallbear er at a funeral some few days ago ? competitor in the campaign was writing memberships on the fringe of the crowd. Another report tells how one member is helping finance membership in the organization, and still another tells about bargain memberships with the 'canvasser making up the difference. Contrary to reports, the canvassers are receiv ing nothing for their work other than the satisfaction of knowing they are promoting and supporting a strong farmers' organization The member ship fee is $3 00 This Week In Defense Aid To Britain. Russia Lend-lease Expediter Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook. heads of the y. S. and British missions to Moscow, i announced in a joint statement the! United States and Great Britain have ?decided to place at the disposal of i the Soviet Government practically! every requirement for which the So-1 viet military and civil authorities have asked " The President told his press conference his rule of thumb of 50-50 allocation of war material production between this country and anti-Axis foreign powers is still in effect on the average. Agriculture Secretary Wickard. speaking in Memphis, Tenn., said this country has shipped or bought for England about half a billion dol- j lars worth of food, and "within the I next year we expect to ship or buy at least another billion dollars worth " Federal Loan Administrator Jones announced the third disburse ment of $75,000,000 on the $425,000. 000 loan to tsriiaihTHe also announc ed a second disbursement of $20, 000.000 of the $100,000,000 authorized for the Amtorg Trading Corporation, a U S. corporation owned by Rus sian interests. Freedom of Religion in Russia President Roosevelt told his press conference that W Averell Harri man. chief of the American Mission to Moscow, has been specifically in structed to take up with the Russian Government the question of religious freedom in the Soviet Union. Earlier he issued a statement that "it is hoped an entering wedge for the practice of complete freedom of re ligion is definitely on its way" in Russia. Post-War International Cooperation Supreme Court Justice Jackson told the annual convention of the American Bar Association that "at the end of this war we must either throw the full weight of American influence to the support of an inter national order based on law, or we must outstrip the world in naval and air and perhaps 411 military force." The tragedy and irony of the present position of the United States, he said, is that this country which would not join a League of Nations which ad vocated economic sanctions, is "now imposing those very sanctions against half the world in an effort to turn the fortunes of war." Inflation Control Price Administrator Henderson, speaking in New York, said that the country is now experiencing the "jagged, irregular price advances" with which inflation starts. Unless inflation is restricted, he said, it will prevent arming and undermine the priorities system because "the get ting of materials will depend not 011 tin- buyer's need but the seller's greed ? He said a doubling of prices means a reduction in value by 50 per cent of every insurance policy, annuity, savings account, pension or other form of savings. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, speaking 111 Chicago, said the Treas urv is anxious to divert into defense j stamps and bonds spending produced by pay increases and bonuses. He suggested every Christmas bonus be paid in defense bunds or stamps. Partially to combat inflation, the President plans to ask Congress to extend tin- Social Security program to 80,000,000 persons double the number now covered. Increased pay roll taxes undei the program woultf remove additional funds from circu lation. (Continued on page four) % Fifteen Young Men Leaving For Army Fifteen young Martin County men are scheduled to leave here tomor row morning at 11 o'clock for the Army induction center at Fort Bragg Seventeen were called, but one of them, Ell Clayton Rogers, of Route 3, Williamston, volunteered a few days ago, and a second one, William Harcom Capps, asked for a reclassi fication. Caons is asking to be defer red or reclassified on account of de pendency. The names of the young men leav ing tomorrow are: Jesse Dennis Wynne, Route 3, Wil liamston; Woodrow Bullock Sugg, Jamesville; Robert Asa Edmondson, Jr., Hamilton; Jrvin Clifford Griffin, 216 Haughton Street, Williamston; Craven Baker Roebuck, Hamilton; James McKimmon Saunderi, Jr., 109 Church Street, Williamston; Earl Woodley Griffin, Jamesville; Robert Thomas Pritchett, Dardens; Kelly B. Cowey, Oak City; Jesse David Heath, Route 1, Williamston; Cyril Harrison Respass, Route 1. Robersonville; Wil liam Nathan Cherry, EveretU; Archie Benjamin Griffin, Route ?L Williamston; George Wiley Keel, Route 1, Robersonville; Dave Dick erson. Route 2, Jamesville. No official notice has been receiv ed, but it is understood that no quo ta either for white or colored selec tees has been assigned this county for November. More than 1,800 men are being called in the State for induc tion next month, 1,530 whites and 331 Negroes. Eleven colored men are to report for induction on the 28th of thil All-Time Tax Collector Named For County By Commissioners In Regular Session Here Monday Postal Receipts Reach A New High Figure In I,oca I Office Postal receipts reached an all-time high figure for the third quarter when the income jumped from $4. 698.51 for thl? third quarter in 1940. to $5,653.15 during the period recent ly ended for a resulting increase of $954 64 Postmaster L. T. Fowden. admitting that the total figures look small compared with those for the big offices, is talking about the gain in percentage. Complete comparisons are not available, but the percentage gain here will, it is believed, hold its own against any tn the State Postmaster Fowden can trace the unusually large gain to no one thing other than a general increase in bus iness. He pointed out that letters, mostly love letters to sweethearts in he army, are increasing in volume and that the Williamston Peanut Company and Williamston Package Manufacturing Company increased their correspondence considerably during tiie recent quarter While postal receipts were show ing a gain of nearly $1,000, the mon ey order business was almost dou bled. jumping from $27,967.75 in the third quarter of 1940 to $51,952.65 in the corresponding period this year 1 The money order business in August | this year was more than double the , amount reported in August. 1940, and I reached new high pratetast month 1 when $33,298.34 was bundled up and I, sent through the local postoffice!: mostly to mail order houses. After these many years, mail order busi ness is now subject to the State sales or use tax ' ' . , Town Asked To Study j Car Parking Problem Committee Admits Nothing Has Been Done At Cemetery Col Id-lion of lluck. Taxes Now Underway; Warrants Due Within Short Time Representing the chamber of com merce, a special committee appear ed before the regular meeting of the town commissioners here last eve ning and asked a minute study of the complicated parking problem on local streets While the committee merely discussed the problem in gen eral, the spokesman, Mr J, [), Wool ard, asked that new plans be given a trial The possibility of parallel parking on one side of Main Street, one- and two-hour parking in the business district, and of opening up J the back lots to care for overflow parking wus proposed A weak dis cussion followed, the board taking no action other than ordering an investigation of the possibility of lighting the backlots and opening them to parking. The commerce group also appeal ed to the board about sanitary facili ties, and in addition to suggesting the opening of public rest rooms mentioned the possibility of mstull Ing drinking fountains. The sugges lions were dismissed for the pres ent. Reporting to the buard the prog less made in the round-up of buck taxes, Mayor J L. Ilussell said that $225 had been collected, and that u similar amount is still due. Warning the non-payers of their obligation some time ago, the town'Is making' plans to issue warrants in those cases where the past-due accounts have not been paid The first of the war rants are due the early part of next week. While the proposed improvement program may not be as dead as some of those old citizens who now lie at Jest there, a member yf the commit tee admitted that nothing had been done about enlarging the cemetery No mention was made about an all time keeper for the cemetery. Mem bers of the committee agreed, how ever, that something should be done, and some action is expected within the next few days. It was pointed out that the town's street employees had almost cleaned the weeds and much of the rubbish from the plots and drives. All members of the board were present for the meeting which was one of the shortest held in recent months. Contract Let For Office-Apartment A contract for the construction of a medical office and apartment was let last week-end by Dr. E. T. Wal ker The lot on Smithwick Street just back of the Alpha Cleaners is being cleared and work on the ?structure will be started just as soon as materials arrive. Dr. Walker stat ed yesterday that the materials had already been ordered, and that he was hopeful of occupying the build ing within three months. Thirty-two feet wide and fifty feet long, the building will house the doctor's office on the first floor and a four-room apartment on the second floor. The office will have six rooms and the building will be of white brick construction, embracing all modern features. No contract price FEW ARRESTS 11 Rights and general disturb ances ordinarily accompanying a fair were marked by their ab sence here during last week, a report from the police front showing only, two arrests dur ing the period and in those cases the law infractions were recog nized as being of a minor na ture. If there were other dis turbances, they were not called to the attention of the officers. Activities on the county's crime front were considerably below normal, the jail record showing only six persons jailed during last week. NuhiIht County Men Showing Interest In II. S. Naval Reserve Information Leaflet* Avail-! Available to \ ontifg Men ut The Liilerpri*e Offier U. S Navy officials advise regis- J ( trants under the selective service act that enlistment in the Naval Reserve or the regular Navy exempts them from call by the draft board In ad dition special inducements are offer ed to men between the ages of 17 and 50 to enlist in the Naval Reserve, these inducements including short term enlistments with the privilege of choosing the type of work they want to do before enlistment. Regular enlistment in the Naval Reserve is for four years, but Secre tary of the Navy Frank Knox now promises those who enroll that they will be released to get back to their civilian jobs as soon as possible af ter the emergency is over. The rate of pay and chances for advancement and training in the Naval Reserve are the same as in the regular Navy. the Naval Reserve may choose the type of work he prefers before he enlists, and it is also pointed out that requirements for the Naval Reserve are not quite as strict as for the reg ular Navy, men?up to 50 being eligi ble. It was explained that the Navy affords long leaves for vacation. Those enlisting in the Naval Reserve have about 50 trades and vocations to choose from, and a qualified Naval Reservist receives petty officer rat A free booklet "Life in the U. S. Navy," is available to all interested upon application at the Enterprise office. It will be mailed upon re quest. Following the appearance of the first advertisement 4n the Enterprise of a series designed to enlist new re cruits for Uncle Sam's new two (Continued on page four) PREPARED No gasoline shortage will In terrupt the normal travel In Bennie Bryant's family In the Oak City area any time soon. Rewarding hia nephews for a good year's work, the old color ed man went to Hamilton a few days ago and bought 1150 worth of bicycles at one time. Ranging In ages from about 12 to about II years, the five boys are now pedaling around under their own steam and thumbing their noeea at all this drnlle ah??|| n. Ma akaaieaa Luther Peel Given $3,000 A Year Job In County Shakeup ? Status of Tax Collection Sys tem Not Definitely Deter mined at This Time $ Breaking away from an age-old system under which the sheriffs of fice handled tax collections, the Mar tin County Commissioners in regu lar session here yesterday named an all-time tax collector, the appoint ment going to Mr Luther Peel and i-aFrying a salary of $3,000 a year plus a limit of $900 for clerical help. The collector, it was pointed out in the meeting minutes, is to furnish his own transportation. The status of the tax collection sys tem as proposed has not been defi nitely determined, leaving the new plan to adjust itself after the new and all-time collector qualifies for the job Mr. Peel, accepting the job night that he could arrange bond night htat he could arrange bond required in the sum of $40,000 with ing a few days. As it is understood at this time. Mr. Peel is to start off with a clean slate, so to speak. He will take the 1941 books from the auditor's office jfisjt as soon as he qualifies and sets up his office, leav ing the 1940 bonks in the hands of the sheriff for the time being, and leaving all previous accounts in the hands of a special collector until they are properly settled It is the apparent aim of the commissioners to eliminate, the jobs handled by special collectors, meaning that be ginnihg in 1941 all accounts will be paid or the collector will turn to the courts for action In other words, there'll be no accounts in arrears from the 1941 levy and future lev ies, Mi Peel stated that he would hardly be interested in the job if all past-due accounts were placed in his hands for collection. He is of the opinion that starting off with clean slate now, it will be possible to keep it clean in the future. Just how much the new plan will alter the expense of county govern ment was not set forth in the min utes As it appears now, the new plan will add $3,000 to the budget cost. At the present time, the sheriff's office is receiving $475 a month The jail er gets $20 from that amount. The deputy sheriff jjets $100 a month from that amount, and tiavel ex pense, averaging $100 a month, is deducted from that amount, leaving about $255 m salary, or about $5 a month more than the salary and tiavel to be appropriated for the all time collectors job. No plans for opening a collector's affice were made at the meeting yes terday, and while the commission ers recommended one for the cltri i-al position, the appointment is to be made by the collector. Kegister of Deeds J Sam Getsinger was named temporary collector, and 1941 taxes are payable to him in the register's iff ice. I he commissioners were in session .intil almost six o'clock, much time having been- used in discussing the collection of back taxes and a per centage of allowance. No definite decision was reached, the board de ciding to consider the problem when i final audit is made. Clinton Clark, colored in William dtui Tow-uxlufv Wtt* -Felieved -of-tho payment of poll taxes for the years >f 193ti, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941 on account of physical disabil ity Moses Sheppard, colored of Hamilton Township, was relieved of payment of poll taxes for the same years and for the same reason. Kelly Moore, white of Bear Grass Town ship, was also relieved of poll taxes jn account'of physical disability. {Continued on page four) Native Of County Dies In Florida Frunk Everett, a native of this county, died at his home in Florida late last Thursday following a long period of declining health. The son of the late Simon Petar and Martha Moore Everett, he was born in Everetts 79 years ago. He was a successful farmer in this county until 1916 when he left to make hii home in Orlando, Fla. He never re turned to his native home Mr. Ever ett first married Miss Ellie Mc Naughton, and following her death he was married to Miss Ruby Mc Nair. of Laurinburg. She survives with four children, Edward Ever ett, of Washington City; Charles and John Alfred Everett, of Orlan do, and Peter Mack Everett, of 1\ie son, Arizona. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Mattie Hunt, of nell. Fla. Services were conducted in I do Sunday morning, and ink wtti in tht fiinily plftt thwft.