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TEST BLACKOUT IN DISTRICT MONDAY NIGHT V- THE ENTERPRISE # ?VICTORY GARDEN' CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK! VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 11 ff'illiamiton. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February ft, I't 12. ESTABLISHED 1899 County Agricultural Leaders And Others Hold Meeting Here Stress Importance of Victory Gardens, and Support of War Effort ? Meeting in the agricultural build ing here Tuesday evening, county agricultural workers including (arm and home agents, vocational teach ers and heads of other public agen cies were told that food is fast being recognized as more important in the war effort than actual cash money, that every farm family and every other person in this county and throughout the land must bend his every effort toward supporting the war program. Hie meeting, one of several scheduled for the group in the coun ty was urged to carry the program to every nook and corner in the section. Health department workers, welfare workers, home economics and voca tional teachers were urged to spread the gospel of victory gardens and to urge every person to enter actively upon the huge task facing every man, woman and child in the land. Farm Agent Tom Brandon stress ed the importance of keeping the scrap iron collection program rolling along at top speed. All of the voca tional teachers explained that their pupils were participating in the movement, that most of them were selling useless iron and metals and buying savings stamps with the pro ceeds. Particular attention was given to the victory garden program, Miss Lora E. Sleeper, home agent, point ing out that there were approximate ly 400 farm families in this county without a garden last year, that this number should be reduced to an ab solute minimum. J. C. Eubanks. of the Farm Security Administration office, stated that his agency could finance victory gardens for any one. Under the new program, the day laborer may borrow money from the FSA for the purchase of seed and fertilizer and other materials. It is quite evident that added importance is being attached to food during the present emergency and that the gov ernment is making every effort pos sible to increase food and feed sup plies. Those attending the meeting were Thos. B. Slade, T B. Brandon, John I. Eagles and Miss Lora E. Sleeper, of the farm and home agents' offices; Miss Sarah Frances Ford, home eco nomics teacher, Robersonville; Mrs. Lucia Mclnnis Long, home econom ics teacher, Jamesville; Miss Helen | (Continued on page six) $, Jurymen Are Drawn For March Term Of The Su|>erior Court Judge J. Paul Frizelle Will Preside Over Two-Weeks' Mixed Term Action was taken by the county commissioners at their regular Feb ruary meeting to equip the March term of the Martin Superior Court with nine new grandjurymen and a regular number for the petit juries. Nine members of the permanent jury are completing their service next month, the remaining nine will serve six more months, and the nina chos en in March will serve for twelve months. Convening on March 16th, the court is scheduled to hold sessions for two weeks and to try both crim inal and civil cases. Judge J. Paul Frizelle, of Snow Hill, is to preside over the term. Names of citizens drawn for serv ice on either the grand or petit jur ies are, as follows: First Week Jamesville Township: Wm. B. Harden, Robert Moblevt W. H. Moore, R. G. Coburn and H. L. Ange. Griffins Township: Mack D. Har dison. Bear Grass Township: M. D. Tay lor. Williamston Township: M. T. Simpson, F. U. Barnes, W. C. Man ning, John D. Biggs, V. D. Godwin, Jr., and J. A. White. Wnberannvill. Township: II. E. Smith, R. A. Roebuck, Joe H. Mel ton, Jr., and T. C. Norwood. Poplar Point Township: R. H. Harrison. Hamilton Township: H. S. Johnson, Jr., R. T. Johnson and J. A. Haislip. Goose Nest Township; Harry Dan iel. Lee Cox, C. W. Copeland, J. M. Johnson, R. E. Hale and E. N. Har rell. Second Week Jamesville Township: Jos. Martin. Griffins Township: Ben Ira Hardi son, J. Raymond Gurkin, E. Dewey Perry. Bear Grass Township: Garland W. Htftta Williamston Township: Malgram Barefoot, M. D. Wilson, K. D. Wor rell Poplar Point Township: Z. E. Ed mondson and J. W. Harris. Hamilton Township: N. B. Bland, E. W. Lee, W. C. House and J. B. Goose Nest Township: Joe. Moye, ill Holliday and Lemon Strick Heading East For Coastal Defense Heading for the proving grounds at Aberdeen, Md., a big 240-mm. howitzer is hauled through Milwaukee streets after being turned out by a factory there. After tests, the mobile gun will become a unit in the wall of steel guarding America's east coast. Judge Robt. Coburn Calls Twenty-Five Cases In His Court ?-?? Allegwl \ iolator* of Heultli Ijihx Arc (.ailed To An swer in Open Court Calling twenty-five cases at the last Monday session, Judge Robert L. Coburn was more than three hours clearing the docket, much of the time having been spent in handling alleged violations of the public health laws. Very few white specta tors were present for the proceed ings, but the colored population was well represented at both the bar of justice and in the audience. Solicitor Paul D. Roberson prosecuted the docket and most of the defendants pleaded guilty. Proceedings: The case charging Mark Parker with violating the motor vehicle laws was nol prossed, the court re serving the right to hear new evi dence should any be found. Charged with drunken driving week before last, Homer Russell Martin failed to appear for trial last week and last Monday his $85 cash bond was ordered forfeited. Steps were taken to have his driver's li cense revoked, and papers were is sued for his arrest. Probable cause appearing, the case charging Harry Davis with false pre tense was sent to the superior court for trial. Bond in the sum of $100 was required. The ease charging Columbus Brown with non-support was nol prossed. Facing the court on two counts, both charging him with having as saulted two victims with a deadly weapon, Charlie Razor was sentenc ed to the roads for six months in each case, Judge Coburn ordering the second sentence to begin at the ex piration of the first. Charged with disposing of mortg aged property, James Strawbridge failed to answer when called in open court and papers were issued for his arrest. The case charging A. E. Lewis with reckless driving was continued (Continued on page six) CROP INSURANCE I| . / Meeting in the agricultural building here next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, daylight time, agricultural leaders, in cluding all county and commun ity committeemen of the AAA, will discuss a government cot ton crop insurance program. Lit tle information has been releas ed in this section in connection with the cotton Insurance pro gram. and the discussion should prove of Interest. A review of the entire agri cultural program as it relates to the war will also be included in the discussions at the meeting. The insurance plans have oc casioned much interest in other sections. FIRST CHECKS | The fiist of the 1941 soil eon servation cheeks are now ready for distribution in this county, the office of the county agent an nouncing today that 84 vouchers, representing 47 applications and amounting to $6,811.05 were re ceived late yesterday afternoon. Owners will be notified by di rect mail when to call for their checks, the office urging the farmers not to report to the of fice until they had received di rect notice to do so. There are 1,153 applications pending in Washington, and more checks are expected shortly. About 400 applications are yet to be pre pared and sent in from this county for payments. Home And Contents Destroyed By Fire Here Tuesday Nighl us SiM'oml (lostly Firr Here Within Twelve-Hour Period Building 1 nans Still ! fes \vai able Believed to have been started ac cidentally or intentionally by Phil lip Thompson, Jr., six-year-old col ored hoy. fire destroyed the home of Dora West, colored woman, on WesJ, Warren Street here last Tuesday night. Most of the contents, valued at nearly $1,000, were also burned. Valued at approximately $2,500, the house was protected by insur ance until a short time ago, the own er, burned out and with no place to go. .stating that the policy had lans ed. No insurance was carried on the contents, and the few articles saved were either damaged slightly or broken almost beyond repair. No direct charge was made, but the owner of the house is of the opinion that the boy. rooming in the house with his mother until they (Continued on page six) Petitioned by the Martin County Building and Loan Association to make installment loans to its active ami 'potential customers, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued an order this week authorizing the lo cal association to make loans in ac cordance with its usual policy after approval by the officers and board of directors. The local building and loan association has complied with the rules and regulations of the Fed eral act gnd is now in a position to make any bona-fide loan for build ing and modernization. By a special act of the President of the United States it became un lawful to participate in installment selling or to make installment loans j without certain restrictions or with | the approval of the Board of Gover I nors of the Federal Reserve System. Daylight Saving 1 ime l o uo Into Effect Monday Morning Effective next Monday morning at 2 o'clock, the nation will adopt a daylight saving time schedule. Re gardless of its merits or whatever its disadvantages may be, the new time schedule is the law of the land and all clocks will be advanced one hour that day. Restricted to limited areas last summer, the daylight sav ing schedule under the new law is nation-wide in scope, and everything will move in accordance with the new schedule. While the schools will observe the new time, the hours will be altered to care for those cases where the children are now leaving home be fore the break of day almost. In an order released this week by the of fice of the county superintendent. the schools will during the month of February, at least, begin the daily session at 9:30 and adjourn an hour later in the afternoon. It is possible that the schools yvill open the daily session at 9 o'cldcK"after February, and finally open at 8:30 later in the term. For the present, however, the schools will open at 9:30 (new time) It is pointed out that no one has to sit up or get up at 2 o'clock next Monday morning and advance his watch or clock one hour. The opera tion can be performed as the last chore of the day as one retires Sun day night. The law as passed and signed by the President a little over two weeks ago is to continue in effect for six I months after the close of the war. Depenitencv (liters No Sure Basis For Service Deferment (fOmtiiiik'hI ( oii-iilcriii^! Aid To I'lioA- \\ ho Maw Itoiiii fiilr Di'lii'ilili'iilx The old saying, "lie doesn't have a leg to stand on." does not apply to the man with two legs and an other wise healthy anatomy when it comes to service in the nation's eight-mil lion-man army Late reports from the National Selective Service head quarters state dependency offers lit tle hope for deferment from service in thi' armed forces or other stra tegic posts. No so long ago. Selective Service ruled that young men who married on or after last December 7th had no claim to deferment. A short time later, the Selective Service ruled that men who married on or after Sep tember 16th. 1940. now have no sure claim to deferment. Still later re ports state that there are no sure claims to deferment by any married man within the draft ages. Of course, the facts in every Sin gh- case will be considered, and it is possible that a man nial'l'yihg SIIU'O last December 7th may be deferred. Recent rulings will allow,deferment in certain cases for a short time at least, or until a proposed bill is en acted into law The man with 'de pendents and the man with depend ent's-to be may be deferred until the; law is passed allowing the registrant so much for the support of those de pendents while he soldiers for his country. It i.% estimated that there are ten million men now deferred on account of dependency. A law similar to the old "Allowance anil. Allotment Act" in effect last war i being proposed, and many of the ten million men will be made available for armed service The call for an eight million man army is certain to include many married men whose wives hold down jobs. The recent ruling states that it is possible that no man will'be drafted if such action, will result in a marked lowering of the standard (Continued on page six) Simple Air Raid Instructions Arc Cited In Leaflet Murtiii Citizen* Are I rjjed To lleail IllHtruelioiiH They May Save Live* Several thousand leaflets, carrying instructions-for combatting air raid dangers, are being distributed in the county through the office of civilian defence in the commissioners' room in the courthouse. Chairman Hugh G. Horton points out while the dan gers of an air raid in this county are a bit remote, all citizens should make every effort to be prepared to meet any eventuality Instructions on Lln_ leaflet?road, as follows: Should -air-mr-Trrtd crrmctrryrrur community, you can do your part while protecting yourself. Remem ber these six simple rules 1. Keep calm and cool. 3. &tny home. 3. Put out lights 4 Lie down 5. Stay away from windows. 6 Don't telephone. Don't run?walk. Don't scream be quiet Don't crowd into pub places. If the raid starts when y are away from home, lie down und shelter. Keep your mouth open ting it between your teeth. Put your hand* over your ears. Protect the back of your head. Don't look up. In the house, go into your refuge room and close the door. Make your self comfortable. Relax. If bombs fall near vou. lie doW'n. A good place is under a table with sturdy legs, or (Continued on page six) Will Hold Sc hool for County Registrars in Courthouse Tues<la\ l.ur^r Number* \ olmileerilip For Srrvii'f in llaiiilliiif: Draft Kt-gUlriitioii Plans and ways for handling the draft registration in this county on Tuesday. February 17. will he < \ plained in detail by draft board of ficials at a -wording of volunteer reg istrars to be held in the courthouse I [next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, daylight time Large numbers of cit*j i/.ens in each of the eight establish ' ed registration centers have already ? lunteered their services and they j are urged to attend the school of in ?truction next1 Tuesday ovetimgThe-! Iregistration forms will be explam-J |ed and answers to various questions relating to the registration will be | answered. Minor changes have been made in I | the registration personnel. Chair ' man R. 11 Goodnion stating that Mt , |Joe R Winslow will supervise the pstration m?RoUei'son-v-rU*-?wod-' I that Mr Hill Beach will serve as I |chairman of the registration in Ham ilton. The registration for the Roh ersonville community will Ik- held m the old C and W Motoi Company | building next to the post office on Main Street. Jamesville registration headquarters will he maintained in [the gymnasium, and in W'llliamstoTr | the registration will ..he handler!, in the American Legion Hut on Watts Street In the other five regi t rat ion |centers, the subjects will re ister a1 the schools; All men who attained the age of 120 years on or before last December 131 and others who do not become 45 years of age on or before Monday. February 16th, must register How ever, it is not necessary for anyone who registered either in the first registration in 1040 or m the second registration last year, to register week after next Chief Registrar F. C Stalling.-- an nounced the Jamesville volunteer i registrars as follows: Mrs Titus Mar tin, Mrs. P. C. Blount. Mr. Ray Imond Kniss, Mrs. Edgar Brown, Mr |Stella Ilyman, Mrs. James l*ong. Misses Virginia Hansel 1. Gladys Ipock [and Lota Hardison and Messrs. J T Uzzle, R. L. Shillings, Ernest Capps |and C. C. Fagan Tin- following are volunteering Itheir services in handling the regi Itration in Williamston ley, Edna Rarnhill. Ruth Waid. Dor othy Manning. Main Griffin, Tin lah Ward Page. Hojton Cowm, Mars Carstarphen. Mrs. David Modlin. Al [ma Godwin, Mary Elizabeth Ke< I. Lorene Weaver. Mamie Clyde Tay lor. Sarah Cooke. Burnice Ward. Mr Reg Simpson, Mrs Tillman Coltrain, Dixie Daniel, Mrs. Edwin Holding, and nine girls from the commercial j class at the high school; Sarah Conk. Mrs N R Manning and Katht l ine |-Hardison.^ The dab* -for holding the t honj was changed to avoid a conflict with jthe test blackout scheduled loi next Monday night. Funeral IVIoii<la\ lor Mrs. Frncst Lc?gcll Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 71:30.o'clock l"i Mrs Ernest Li ggett who dud at In i home in Poplar Point Sunday aftot noon at 1:15 o'clock Rev John W Hardy, local Episcopal nnm-h r, con ducted the last r ites at the horhe and interment was in the Leggctt Ccme tery in Poplar Point Township Mr Leggctt had been in declining health for several years, during a part of Which tune she had und< rgnin treatment at Sanatorium! Sin- ic rntly underwent an operation and I her condition was considered critical for several weeks before the end. The daughter of Frank and Mary Worrell Edwards, she was born in Southampton County, Virginia. 33 years ago When a young woman she was married to Mr. Leggett and located in this county fifteen year ago, making many friend in her idopted community. Besides five small children she lleaves three sisters, Mrs. R. JL Ovei Iton. Mrs Ralph Waters and Mrs T I A. Newsome, all of Roanoke Rapids County Tax Collections Near Record For The lltne Of Yea) With $140,276.62 oi the 1 !*41 levy already in the bank, Martin County Tax Collector Luther Peel is believ ed to have established a record in the collection of taxes. In his month ly report to the coun^commission ers a few days ago, Mr. Peel stated that only $65,729.83 of the $206,006.45 remained uncollected He added that property owners are continuing make payments and that present in dications pointed to sizable collec tions between now and March 2nd when the penalty is creased. In addition to the 1941 or current collections, the tax collector explain ed that $1,882.77 had been collected from the 1940 land sales accounts. The land sales originally :>m.mi.l. H to $6,997.02. Handed an "insolvent" list amount to $5.821.50 for the year "TTTTuT FTTT tTTx collector .stated that tin amount had been reduced by $ 1. 444.92. Conditions are quite favorable for the tax collector this year, and if tin record is maintained there'll be a very small insolvent list next fall. Property owners, instead of buying automobiles, tires and other article's, are H:t efitu: tin ir obligations, appar ently The first ol Wie 1941 KOI 1 inn ervation eheeks have just rfeen f? < eived and tax collections are ex pected to show a gain as many far mers use the "come-back" money in squaring their tax accounts. While the -eolleetor is busily en gaged with the 1941 taxes and the old 1940 aecoqnts. the county tax machinery is still turning and male7 ready the 1942 tax books. Order Test Blaekout in I his Area Monday m:? i \ssii i< vno\ Meeting in special session here this evening at K:00 o'clock, the Martin County Draft Hoard will consider ahout twenty-five ap peals from registrants for re classification. In appealing to the hoard, the registrants claim that new conditions or circumstances have presented themselves and warrant a change in draft rat ings. Registrants wishing to appeal for a reclassification must give official notice within ten days after their get their classifica tion. I'nder a new ruling, only the registrant may appear be fore the board and then only by designated appointment, or his case may he placed before the hoard in writing. Final appeals may he made to the district ap peal hoard bv the registrant only after he signs regular appeal form to he found in the draft hoard office. Japanese l)ri\e In Pacific (Inutilities Toward the South Kcrnii l w'iii? Slnm Thai Thin I 'omilry I- in War l'p I'll It- Nl'l'h I'll. Dinted Stall s, Britain. Dutch and Chinese are offering a fierce op position, no doubt, hut the Japanese dirvt in the Pacific continues to niov forward gradually toward the south, recent events proving that up until now the allies have fought a losing light There are the bright spot to he sure, but before the tide can hi' turned extensive aid must he made available in many places. Cornniunieations with important ha < in the Netherlands Kast Indies have been m \ ered. indicating that the Japs hav taken them over T+rr-siege of -SiHgajwuv us well ad v.meed with the British defenders holding ap advantage in big guns hid at the nn lev ot tin mv.id??rv; the an Traveling through William .-ton night before hist, a native of the Indies was not very encouraging over the futin? of Singapore Coin ing to this country and establishing eiti/t n lup ? ight years ago. the trav elei aid that unless the defenders had (inprnved ibe'ir positions since Tie wa there eight months ago. Sin ?gapon would find it extremely dif I ieu11 to hold out. However, he did ? y that it this country could 01 Would '.wake up to the seriousness ol the .situation and get supplies to the de I endei m quantities the Japs would never succeed m taking the trail gir has. I hate to say it be caiise they are my own people, but fed with propaganda and offered a howl ol I lei and given a gun. the na tive' are lilo ly^ fcwwjnm' against the d;< lenders in ^dfhe sections of the indies," the traveler said. Having 11iiight 'with the , Allies on (Continued on page siXJk riivsic\L i i sis _ : > The health of Martin County young men is apparently improv ing or else the Army doctors are not so exacting as they were once in passing out straight tick els to the camps, forts and bases. Fxamining quite a number of Martin County youths litis week, the Armv examining Center in another county is said to have rejected four white youths and only three colored boys. Various physical defects were listed In those seven eases, but for the first time a draftee this week was rejeeted because of a speech im pediment. No. he wasn't fooling, for the draft board officials and examining hoard had tried to make conversation with him bc^ fore. Vssistant (" i \ i I i a 11 Defense ( Mlicer \\ ill (Misery e(ompliaiice i ?? Warning To ll?' SoiiiiiIimI Bc lucrn II and 10 P.M.: Lih I o Kr<|iiir?% I igliN (hil In .u 11>i 'I tin ? with an order trum W I Nii.ii i. Si.it. A istant Direct or ?>f C*iv iiiaII Di'toil.-- a te t black out w ill bo observed in this district next Monday night District Air Raid Warden CI P Hall announced today C'oiiu)lc1i- d? tails for observ ing! the blackout o'rdor could not be had here today, but in accordance with recently enacted"..law no person shall burn lights m his home, store _Q_r_ place of busjn.e>_< unless windows and glass doors are covered to keep the light from leaking out. Local au tomobile traffic will ho brought to a standstill, but' it ?s not" certain if through traffic will be stalled In ad joining districts, all .traffic was halt ed during the test The fire siren w ill he used to give the alarm hen . Warden Hall stating that all lights are to be turned <nit or -Window s. si i at led s.u no. light can be? seen from (lie outside w hen five short blasts of the siren are sotiiidetl The all clear signal will be one long blast of the siren. These signals will be used only lot blackouts, the warden stating that any other blast or series u.f blasts of the siren will be taken to mean that there is a fire The warning signal will lie sound led some tune between.eight and ten O'clock that night Just how long the blackout will last is not known, but I no lights an to be turned oh until 11lit* fill clear signal is sounded. I The blackout will be in effect in 'that portion of Bertie c'ounty. south j of .tii east w est line through Buona ! Vista and oast of a north outli line 'two miles cast of <>ak City in Martin (County and east of north south line two miles east of Robci SOIIY I lie and all of Washington and Tyrrell Coun ties, according to instructions receiv ed from Director Nub i Towns in |. eluded jn the. distnets are. Windsor. '.Qii.itsna, Oak City. Dardens, Plym I out 11 Roper Cle.Urll .iM,r CohlMl I bill I Uniformed nun .li.ave been present ! for the test blackouts, in sniiic dis i tin ts, but it could not be learned il 'any would accompany Director Nu h\r Monday for the n t in tin the Wrlliamston district According to uudllicial; reports (C.ont iiiiii. il on page six ) Marriage License Issuance Mils Low Figure In County r j Niimher of W liitr Marriages In (Iniinty Ii -1 Month Is Smallest in ^ ears Aft? r holding to a fairly large fig ure and maintaining a fairly even trend during the past several years, the issuance of marriage licenses to white couples in this county almost scraped buthurrdtTst month. It is hot even suggested that ?' single mar riage in recent months was prompt hv ih" v.c:.r silii.iliou, In 11 it is in (teed singula! for the bottom to fall out of the man lage license business tin?-vary find month -tt-ft-n?thtr tie - ing of a knot was ruled out! as far as dependency is concerned. There were only three licenses issued to white coupb in the county last month. Rules and regulations cut no ice in the tootsie-wootsie love schedule among the colored population, for in January, there were nine licenses issued by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger to members of the colored race, the number being the same as the January issuance last year while" the number issued to white couples last month was less than half the number issued in January. 1941. Licenses were issued, to the follow ing last month: - & White Jasper David Woojat'd and Velma Revels, both of Williamston. Janu s FJton Smith and Nellie Gray Matthews, both of Hobersonville. Daniel Wesley Jones, of Williams - ton. and Pauline Modlm, of James ville. Colored William Crandall and Marjorie La tham. both of Pitt County. Nathaniel Brooks and Annie Lu cille Staton, both of Jamesville. Samuel Slade and Ollie Lee Ev erett. both of Hobersonville. l.ee M Raw lings ami Lottie Page, both of Robersonvillo. Joe Purvis and Lovie Ewell, both of Williamston. Wallace Moore and Annie Ellison, both of Jamesville. Riley Williams, of Hamilton, and Minerva Ellison, of Bethel. William Godard and Hattie Lee Spruill, both of Williamston. ?Roscoc Little, uf Bethel, and Dtn*? Stancill, of Robersonvillo. E