Watch The Label On Your Paper, As It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1.800 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 99 WilliamBton. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 12, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 V * '' . Germany And Italy Formally At War Against This Nation Large Number Cases On Recorder's Court Docket For Monday Session Nexl Week Will Be The First Held in More Than a Month Idle for various reasons since the 10th of last month, the Martin Coun ty Recorder's Court will find an un usually large docket awaiting its attention next Monday. Forty-two cases have already been booked for trial, and possibly others will be added to the list. The court suspended its sessions on November 17 and 24 to avoid a conflict with the special term of su perior court. The session scheduled for the first Monday in this month was called off on account of the ser ious illness and death of Judge W Hubert Coburn. Recognizing the va cancy, the county commissioners named Attorney Robert L. Coburn to the post and he will enter upon his new duties next Monday morn ing at 9:30 o'clock. Of the forty-two cases on the docket, fifteen charge the defendants with failing or refusing to pay dog taxes. It is understood that agree ments have been reached in all fif teen of the cases, and that while the charges will be read in open court and entered in the records, the de fendants will be formally discharg ed upon payment of the tax and costs. Warrants were issued against the following by Special Tax Col lector S. H. Grimes, charging non payment of dog taxes: Walter Wynne. Jesse J. Bullock, Fernando Briley, Ed Moore, Fred Taylor, Hel lary Matthews, Lonnie Whitfield, Thurman Williams, John Bridges, Jeffry Spruill, Robert L. Cochran, James Glover, A. W. Boyd, James Glover, Jr., L. W. Williams. It is fairly apparent that old Rover will have to give a good financial account of himself or go the way of the Japs. Other cases on the docket, not in cluding a few that have been con tinued until a later session, are, as follows: Charlie Clark, drunken driving. Ivory Clark, careless and reckless driving. Joe Carr Eborn, assault with a deadly weapon. Haywood Spruill, failing or re fusing to pay dog tax. Spruill ap pealed from a judgment in Justice Hopkins' court in Oak City to the superior court und the case was then referred to the county court. Roy D. Harrell, drunken driving. Jeff Slade, disorderly conduct and assault on a female. Justice Andrews, assault. Charlie Williams, larceny. Maggie Davis Wilson, assault with a deadly weapon. Herman Clarence Taylor, colored, drunken driving. Early Goodman, drunken driving. Lester J. Martin, assault with a deadly weapon. Edgar Taylor, carrying a conceal ed weapon. Council Smith, drunken and reck less driving. Ernest Godard, drunken driving. Raymond Vinters, drunken driv ing. Floyd Wilson, drunk and disor derly and carrying a concealed weap on. Linwood Leslie Moore, carrying a concealed weapon and violating the motor vehicle laws. Walter Wallace Bailey, operating car without a driver's license, reck less and hit-and-run driving and car rying a concealed weapon. James H. Ward, speeding on the highways. Katherine Theresa Halpin, drunk en driving. Tim Council, Ruffin Council and Anna Council, larceny of a 14-pound turkey. Wheeler Smith, violating the li quor laws. Eight or nearly one-third of the regular cases on the docket charged drunken driving. Fire Department Gets Two Calls Wintry weather striking with in creased force yesterday aggravated the fire danger in many homes, and two barely escaped destruction dur ing the day. The local fire department was call ed out yesterday morning at 7:20 o'clock when smoke poured through large cracks in the chimney of Susie Hines' home on Wilson Street. No damage was done. Yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock fire, starting on the root around flue, damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perlie Moore, near here, on the Hamilton Road. Travelers saw the smoke, stopped and helped bring the fire under control. The local fire de partment answered a call from the home, and reached there Just as the fire was checked. A fairly large hole was burned in the roof. Neighbors, almost certain the house would burn down, had moved a greater part of the furniture out of the house. Country Springs Into Action To Cope With Serious War Dangers OBSERVERS v Maybe we are sale tucked some 100 miles away from the coast. Maybe Hitler and his bar barian hordes have never heard o( and care less for us. but or ders have been received by air raid observers in this county, in structing them to maintain 24 hour watches at their observa tion posts. The order is a big one (or the single observer, and so (ar there has been no unified in structions from the district ci vilian defense head. It is a set tled fact that one observer will be unable to maintain a contin uous vigil, and the observers are looking to other volunteers for help. Hugh Spruill reported move ment of four planes yesterday afternoon after receiving his in structions at noon. Other observ ers over the county are making similar reports. Some arrange ments will have to be made to help these observers who are volunteering their service gra tis Colored Residents Here Raise $74.29 For The Red Cross Total of $488.02 of $1,100 Initial Quota RaiM*d So Far in Chapter ? Receiving a liberal support from Williamston's colored citizens, the Red Cross membership drive now stands at $488.02 in the Martin Coun ty chapter or slightly more than $600 snort oi tne initial quota. The color ed citizens reported $74.29. Several of the five townships in this chap ter have not even made a report as far as it could be learned. Other chapters in the _ county and State have more than subscribed their ini tial quotas, and upon receiving a sec ond appeal issued following the dec larations of war this week those chapters are making progress on their second quota. As far as it could be learned late yesterday no second quota had been assigned this county, but it was unofficially learn ed this morning that the organiza tion is asking $2,000 more. A meet ing will be held in the courthouse next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock to outline plans for the drive. It is generally believed that Wil liams and Griffins Townships have made a canvass but have not yet re ported. Plans are being advanced to launch a more extensive campaign locally, and an announcement is ex pected in this connection within the next few days Martin County rais ed thousands of dollars for the Red Cross in the last war. The struggle now underway is far more serious and the need far greater and yet less than $1,000 has been raised in the entire county. When will our people wake up? Many are still waiting for someone to go around and beg and beg them. Others can't give up one single luxury for a sin gle day. Others find excuse to with hold a small donation. A few volun teer to go forward with a liberal do nation. If you haven't made your contribution, mail it or deliver it to Mrs. Jos. A. Eason, or leave it at one of the local banks and it will surely find its way to the national organ ization. If you have already joined and made a contribution, make an other one if you possibly can. It is no longer a sacrifice; it is a privilege to contribute to the humane organ ization. Follow the Red Cross thermometer in front of Clark's Pharmacy and (Continued on page four) REFERENDUM The importance of supporting the cotton program with a larger vote in the referendum tomor row la again pointed out by agri cultural leaders. Every cotton farmer la earnestly urged to par ticipate In the referendum which will be beld in most of the town It has been reliably pointed out that the price of cotton un der the program has been almost twice as high as it was in the early thirties without a pro Frscant Indications point to a light vote, meaning that the pro gram Is In danger. With this in mind, Martin farmers are urged to report to their polling places In large eambera. Millions Are Now Laying Foundation For Final Victory Our People1 Are Participating In Tank Now Facing The Nation Even before appeals could be had from national and state leaders, pa triotic citizens throughout the nation are coming forward to play their part in the war and lay the founda tion for final victory. It is encourag ing indeed to note that our people in Martin County are already partici pating in the tremendous task, and to believe that they will not falter when the ,load becomes greater and the going becomes more difficult. From Oak City comes word about a movement by the school children to promote the sale of savings stamps. Williamston's sixth grade is organ izing a savings stamp club. The band is announcing a savings stamp con cert. Others are expected to ad vance similar movements in every nook and corner of the county. Turning to the general public, one finds a marked trend toward post offices, banks and other establish ments for the purchase of savings stamps and bonds. The local postof fice yesterday had sold out its $25 bonds. Where a few faithful ones had been buying stamps with much reg ularity, the many started buying following the Japanese attack on ovir forces at Pearl Harbor. The sale of savings stamps and bonds has hard ly started however, and we will have hardly started on the victory road until we multiply our present efforts many times, possibly 50 or 100 times more. lne dark spot in the picture is the support accorded the Red Cross in this chapter. Comparative reports would indicate that we are slackers when it comes to supporting an agen cy that is doing more for suffering humanity on more fronts than any other. The failure to support the Red Cross is regarded as serious in some quarters. Other chapters, much smaller than the Martin County chapter, over subscribed their first quotas, and are making marked prog ress in raising their second quotas assigned following the declaration of war the first of thi* week. If the Martin County chapter has been as signed a second quota, it has not been made public by Harry Biggs. A movement is now underway to switch from the Christmas card to the savings stamp and to exchange savings stamps or bonds instead of ordinary presents. Several thousand dollars could be invested in savings stamps and defense bonds if the money ordinarily spent for Christ mas cards and postage stamps in this county were diverted to the war pur pose. The soldiers of this nation have a right to look to and even demand of the general public a strong sup port, and the man who falters in that task should be branded as a (Continued on page four) Brother Seriously Attacked With Axe James Boston, Free Union colored man, was critically attacked near his home early yesterday afternoon by his half-brother, Newsome Boston. Using an axe, the attacker cut the brother in the back, knocked him down with a lick on the shoulder and then delivered a well-directed blow on the victim's forehead. The man was still living, according to last re ports reaching here. Coming home unexpectedly about 1 o'clock, Newsome Boston found his wife In the bedroom with the half brother. Just as the husband knock ed open the door, the wife went out the window, taking the sash and carrying it in record time to the home of a neighbor. As the husband rushed at his wife with the axe, the half-brother skipped out the door. Unable to get to his wife, Newsome then turned on the half-brother with the axe, striking the first two blows as they both ran Neighbors would not let him get to his wife, Newsome stating later to the sheriff that he would have killed her if he could have gotten to her. Going to a telephone, the husband called the sheriff and told him of the attack. Reaching the store where the man waited, the sheriff was inform ed that the attack victim was not yet dead. "Let me go back and- finish the job," Newsome was quoted as say ing. The enraged husband Was ar rested and is being held in jail pend ing the outcome of his brother's con dition. Eight-Hour Convoy Goes Through Here For New Positions Industry Already ou Twenty four Hour Schedule Seven Davs Each Week Snapping out of a deep sleep en joyed during the past two years while treacherous murderers moved closer and closer to their objective. this nation following the stunning blow received at the hands of a yel low Japan last Sunday is rapidly springing into action to meet a new crisis, described by many as the most serious to ever face the American people. That the new emergency can and will be handled is certain, but the people believe the task will not be an easy one and that it cannot be handled in weeks or a few months. American industry is humming in igtv gear, running full speed-attract 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Lifted from their feet by high powered trucks and other types of motorized equipment, troops are moving Trom their camps to new po sitions. The American public who only a few days ago passed the ser ious situation by as n national or world-wide joke is awakening to the grave dangers ahead and taking action to support its government and the men in the front lines. The trans formation has been so sudden, so great, that its full meaning can hard ly be grasped in the space of a few short days. The meaning, registered at the moment by a sickening lump in one's throat, will be revealed in the mass production to come in the days that lie ahead and in the ac complishments on the battle fronts on land and sea and in the air 4 Unannounced and their destina tion held secret, several thousand | troops moved northward through here Wednesday afternoon and night. Reverberations from Japan's declar ation of war were heard, but the movement of troops, fully equipped and their guns in hand, through here during the greater part of eight hours added a realistic touch and brought closer to home the dangers emanat iiigLfrum a little empitc thousands of miles away in the Pacific and from a murderer's roost across the Atlan tic. There was a gum determination on the faces of nearly every one of the several thousand men who pass ed through here Wednesday in the 30-mile-long convoy. Some, it was learned, were disappointed because Christmas furloughs were cancelled, hut they were notwngry with anyone except the Japs Moving out of Camp Davis Wed ? nesday morning, the first of the 94th iCoast Artillery units passed through here at 2 25 that afternoon The last of the several hundred vehicles speeded through at 10 15 o'clock-that i night. There were an estimated 600 j vehicles, the estimates of the num | ber of men ranging from 2,000 to 4,000 in addition to a special contin gent moving northward from Fort Bragg and camping here over night Hundreds of search lights, guns and signal units, mounted on special trucks, were included in the con voy. Brief comments coming during a short pause now and then from the men clearly indicated that the arm ed forces are ready for action and possibly more unified and more an xious to wipe Japan off the face of the earth than are the folks back home, if such were possible. Running -into the convoy out of Camp Davis at tins point, a special contingent from Fort Bragg was side tracked here over night. Headed by Captain Merwyn C Lennon and Lieutenants W. D. Workman, Jr., Lu ther M McBee, all of South Caro lina, and Kichard D. Curtin, of Mass achusetts, the Fort Bragg anti-air craft headquarters' battery was made up of 85 men traveling in fifteen trucks and several cars. The men set up camp at the high school and were quartered in the gymnasium and one school room. Free pictures and other entertainment were arranged by the USO and individuals. The group moved out the following morning at 8 o'clock, traveling northward possi bly for duty some where along the Atlantic Coast. Aged Negro Woman Lo ses Life In Fire Jennie Bennett, aged colored wo man was burned to death in a (ire that destroyed her home in Hamil ton early last Tuesday afternoon. Ninety-three years old, the former faithful slave, had betn sick several weeks and was not seen outside the house during that morning. Her daughter was working away from home, leaving the aged mother alone. When the fire was discovered, the small three-room house was burn ing rapidly. Some one rushed inside and found the aged woman already burned to death in a pile of old pa pers and rags, and efforts to remove the body at that time were futile. She had been a hard worker throughout her long life, and was an appreciative old soul, neighboni pointed out. Fierce Fighting Continues In The Pacific; Fool Blow Is Expected From The jNazis In The Atlantic Plans For Listing Property Will Be Outlined Monday Tax Supervisor Names List takers for the Ten Townships Plans for listing property in Mar tin County as of January 1, 1942. will toe-formula ted at a meeting of'thr" tax supervisor. C. D. Carstarphen. and the ten list-takers at a meeting in the commissioners' room in the courthouse next Mondy morning at 9 o'clock \ In addition to determining a sched- | ule of values for personal property, the tax authorities will discuss the | new tax laws such as those exempt-1 ing certain types of farm produce. It is possible that the elimination of I all farm products grown in 1941 from I the tax hooks will cause personal property values to topple to a new low unless the schedule for other personal property items is increased. The meeting is expected to decide on a definite course for the list-tak ers to follow Just how much the elimination of farm produce from the books will affect the total values cannot be .determined, some tax ob servers stating that the loss will not! be very great. Preliminary plans for a tax list taken in strict accordance with the terms of the law. Every property owner and every person subject to | poll tax will be required to list. It is not likely that any names will be brought forward. It is also fairly cer tain that late listers will be made subject to a penalty Thos who fail oe refuse to list wilt be^itiade sub - ject to prosecution in the courts af ter very much the same pattern fol lowed in rounding up alleged tax dodgers in the county a few months ago Quite a few changes in the tax listing personnel has been effected, Supervisor C. D. Carstarphen stating that six new list takers had been ap pointed along with the four ojd ones to handle the job this year. The names of the list-takers are: J. Lin wood Knowles, Jamesvillc Townshij; Vernon Griffin, Williams Township; W Tom Koberson, Griffins Town ship; Rossell Rogers, Bear Grass Township; John R. Peel, Williams ton .Township; Wr L Attsborr, Cross Roads Township; H. S.Everett, Rob ersonville Township; LeRoy Ever ett, Hamilton Township; LeRoy Tay lor, Poplar Point Township; and J. A. Kawls. Goose Nest Township. Thej frist six named list-takers succeed others. Tax Supervisor Carstarphen was! in Chapel Hill yesterday attending a meeting of county tax authorities from over the State for a discussion of the new tax laws and problems. Travels Long Way To Fight Germans Captured while fighting to de fend his country, Stanley Salkowstt formerly of Poland, traveled thous ands of miles, rhanged countries and with a grim determination volunteer ed in the United States Army to car ry Un the fight against all mankind's worst enemy, Adolf Hitler. Unable to speak English fluently, the young Polack nevertheless told an interesting story while his com pany camped here last Wednesday night en route from Fort Bragg to an unannounced destination possi bly somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard. The young man, his friendliness and genuine appreciativeness off setting his abbreviated stature did not dwell on the horrors accompany ing Hitler's ruthless invasion of Po land Falling prisoner to the barbar ian hordes, the Polander was thrown into a concentration camp Only the hope of escape kept him alive there. Once that hope materialized, he fled through Warsaw and on across the Balkans, finally reaching Portugal where fortune again smiled down upon him Traveling on the liner President Roosevelt, Salkowski reachi d this country aboijt two years ago All was not easy in his newly found home, but he was determined to solve the problems as they pre sented .themselves, and after over coming them he cast his lot With Uncle Sam's Army in April of this year He's making us a good soldier, his superior officer, Lieutenant Work man, declared, and although the la dles say he isn't the most "polish ed" dancer in the world he made quite a hit at the impromptu dance held in his honor and in the honor of his comrades at the Woman's Club hall here Wednesday evening. CHKKK FI ND ('aught between the war and thoughtlessness, the needy are staring squarely in the lace a bleak time this Christmas sea son. Few toys have been collect ed and few articles of clothing have been offered to the Christ mas Cheer fund committee for distribution among the needy this Christmas. No second can vass of the town for the articles has been planned, but individ uals will aid the cause by leav ing any old toys or clothing at the Fnterprise office. If delivery isn't convenient, call 48 and a , messenger will be dispatched for the bundle. Make your cash do nations to Kev. John W. Hardy, treasurer of the fund, who re port $39.75 contributed by the following to date: Mrs. John A. Ward. $1; Mrs. Herman Bo wen. $2; Miss Kate Philpott. $1; Wo man's Council of the Christian Church. $5; Junior Woman's Club. S5; Mrs. Abner Brown, 75c; Harry Biggs. $25. Maii\ Men ^ ill Be Called To Colors In ( loiiiiii" Months r Kryi-lt.il ion for VII Vli-n from III lo II V cars of Virr I- \ou Kxih'cIi'iI With thr nation cn^ulfi'il in wai on two sides, leaders of tho armed .forces ait: said to be planning to is* sue a rail for all available manpow er. To date no instructions have been receiv ed bv the Martin County Hi ai t Board for speeding up the draft ma chinery, but an order calling for in creased activities is expected almost daily Other than tin call for fifteen white, men on .January 8th, this county has no orders for adding to the armed forces. The board has Iclassified 2,800 men to date and ex j hausted 1,550 order numbers in fill ing the county quotas, leaving about ! 500 men to be classified and more I than 1,500 to draw on m filling fu iture quotas. [ TJ7 loffieial reports reaching .'?.??here indicate, however, that the board | will be instructed shortly to finish jits classification work, reclassify all men heretofore deferred on account [of the 28 year age limit. It is I expected that those men placed in the 4 A classification on account of previous service with the armed j forces will he reclassified and made Subject to recall to the colors of the country Men, scheduled to leave the army they were 28 years old or older, are being detained, Woodrow Kay, local young man home on a brief furlough, stating today that he did not expect to get out even though he wa.v one uf alxwt 3,001) scheduled to get an honorable discharge just before?Japan declared?war-mi the United States. - A new regj^fration-is u> the offing, the tentative plans calling for the registration of all men between the ages of 18 and 44 years for possible military service and also the regis tration (if all others, up to 84 years of age for varied service in the ci vilian defense ranks Increased calls for men are i x pected beginning in January or just as soon as arrangements can be made to handle them. No action is anticipated ufimedi ately, but plans are bein considered looking toward the registration of women for possible service in the defense of the country. It is now estimated that the draft will take in hi least 500.000 men dur ing the early part of 1042, meaning that as many as fifty or more men wlil leave this county at one time. TKN MOID. DAYS There are only ten more days to complete the Christmas shop ping task and mail all the pres ents (or timely delivery. Wll liamston merchants, pointing out that their stocks are being re plenished almost daily, are again inviting the patronage of all the people in this section. The time is getting short for making com plete the shopping list. Postmaster I,. T. Fowden is al so cordially urging the people to mall their packages early. It has been poined out that Christmas cards, mailed late and as second class matter will not be assured of delivery. Declares No Separate Peace To Be Made w ith Nazis Jll|iaill'KI' l,ll?IWli 111 I'ant Two Days \r?- U.port.'cl I Vh llMW Formal declarations of war by Italy an! German against tlu- United 1 States and by the United States again t Germany and Italy were made yesterday, the action merely recpgni/ing the state of conflict that had existed for some months. The situation, regarded as serious beyond c< >mprehension, was little aggravat ed by the action which in itself was hardly regarded as news. Entering a j taxi in New York yesterday, a pas i soiigor asked the driver about the late war news, .lie explained that there was nothing new. A few min utes later he casually mentioned the German and Italian declarations of war against the United States. Hit ler's two-hour verbal barrage, cli maxed by the war declaration near the close yesterday morning, was virtually ignored in this country. Secretary of State Cordell Hull re lused tp receive the German repre sentative at the State Department and the war declaration was placed in the hands of a minor clerk there. Within a few hours, President j Roosevelt addressed a message to the Senate and House, but the mes sage was not delivered m person. A J short time later the Congress unani mously declared a state,of war ex 1 isted between the United States and Germany and between, the United ?? States and Italy. The late develop J im nts leave few spots neutral on the face of the earth, and even in those spots the effects of war and strife ! will be tell Coming without demon ' stratum, the two formal .declarations j of w ar strengthened the ties of un , ity that Nyere so effectively made I w hen Japan launched its dastardly attack on American lives last Sunday morning in the Pacific. Kecoyormg from the shock of*the iirprisc attack the United States is .striking hack at the yellow dogs in the Pacific. The Japs may have the uppei hand in the battle of the Pa cific. hut the forces of this nation and Britain and other allies are scor ing ?some 1 Three Japanese ships have been sunk and another badly damaged in the five day battle in the. Pacific. Reports also state that many Japan i < plane fiav? been shot down, that American h>rOe^ are masterly fight ing the yellow skunks. Unconfirmed reports from ? Hono lulu said that at k a^P-one Japanese irt i ift carrier and four submarines were sunk in Sunday' Honolulu ac ' lion. Th ? 1 ? i? < up oi Naval reprisal I wriu'^bt again..t the Japanese, jtiounci 1 in War aiul Navy depart ment communique,^ Sunk: The 29,000-ton battleship Haruna t.vWX to me boti. .m yesterday by Army bombers off the northern j coast ot i.u/ou, m the Philippines. One cruiser and one destroyer, nei ther identif.ie.d-, sunk bv naval air ac tion off Wake Island by defending Marine garrisons 1 Bombed and badly damaged: Another 20,000-ton battleship, a .ister ship of the Haruna and believ ed to tie the Kinsima hit by bombs from naval patrol planes off the coast vCoiiliniied on page four) To Present Pageant Here Sunday Night Tin pageant uf The Nativity," staged this morning for the school children, will he presented Sunday night at eight o'clock for the public. Taking pari in the presentation are ipproxun itely two hundred children including the elementary and high school gh e clubs, a reader and var ious characters who portray the Christine, story. Miss Kathryn Mewborn, public school music teacher, directs the glee clubs. Included in the list of traditional Christmas carols are: "Westminster Carol", "Carol of Shepherds", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "In the Silence of the Night", "llark the Herald An gels Sing", "Long Ago A Star", 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear", "We Three Kings", "Joseph, Tender Joseph Mine", "Silent Night", "O Holy Nifht", "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming." Churches of the community will not have regular services but will I join in the school wdTship |

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