All Men Between the Ages of 45 and 64, Inclusive, Are to Register Next Monday, April 27-7 A. M. to 9 P. M. MAKE EVER * PAY DAY X* BOND DAY THE ENTERPRISE JL KW r ??? KLOIHNSI BONDS STAMPS VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 33 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 21, IV42. ESTABLISHED 1899 Transplanting Of New Tobacco Crop Started In County Farmers Plan To Take Advan tage of 10 Percent In crease in Quota Starting well ahead of the season, a few farmers in this county are transplanting the new tobacco crop this week, but the main work is de pendent upon weather conditions, blue mold and the size of the plants. The advance settings were made and are being made to "head off" blue mold which is already attacking the plants in many sections of the coun ty. Farmer Sidney Beacham. of the Bear Grass community, is under stood to have been the first to trans plant any of the new crop in this county, the indirect report stating that he started the work last Tues day afternoon. Scattered reports heard this week state that the blue mold is rapidly gaining a foothold, but That no ser ious damage has yet resulted. Plants are well advanced and in some cases where early plantings are not want ed the farmers are almost welcom ing the blue mold attacks, or at least they are not at all alarmed about the presence of blue mold. In some few cases farmers are pulling plants from their beds and throwing them away rather than transplant them in the fields this early in the season. With good weather and other fav orable factors, farmers in the county are expected to start transplanting the crop on a fairly extensive scale about the middle or latter part of next week and approach a climax the following week. Sometimes it is almost June before the transplant ing is completed in its entirety. The transplanting schedule is very un certain, farmers stating that weath er conditions and the blue mold can alter scheduled plans over night. The growers in this county are planning to. take advantage of the - 10 per cent increase in acreage al lotments despite aggravated labor conditions and the urgent call for more food, feed crops and those pro ducing oil. In the State, tobacco farmers plan to plant 560,400 acres this season as compared with 505,400 acres last year, or about 111 per cent of the 1941 crop. The estimated plantings are well under the average for the 1930-39 period which was 647;070 acres. It will be remembered how ever, that the depression period cur tailed the crop and control figured prominently in acreage reductions. In the country na n whole, the growers expect to plant a 1942 to bacco crop of 1.446.200 acres, or an increase of approximately 7 per cent aly>ve the 1,350,500 acres harvested last year. If present plans material ize, this year's acreage will be 14 pre cent below the 10-year (1930-39) ?average of 1,678,200 acres. An indi cated increase of 12 per cent in flue cured acreage is mainly responsible for the higher 1942 acreage of to tal tobacco. The acreage of fire-cured is expected to be increased 4 per cent above 1941, while growers of air cured types intend to plant a 1942 acreage 3 per cent above last year. All cigar classes show a decrease in the 1942 prospective acreage. AAA marketing allotments, which continue in effect on many of the tobacco types, are practically un changed from 1941 except for an in crease of approximately 10 per cent for flue-cured types This year grow ers of flue-cured, fire-cured and air cured types expect to plant an acre age nearer their allotments. Prices received by farmers for most of these higher than a year earlier. The 1942 total cigar tobacco acre age is expected to be approximately 8 per cent below 1941 Growers of cigar tobacco are still somewhat un certain as to their 1942 acreage, since available labor and materials are expected to be influencing factors. Twenty Seniors To Return To School Williamston high school students devoted the first period yesterday morning to arranging courses to be studied during the 1942-43 school term. Home room teachers held the advance registration, advising stu dents as to work required for grad uation as well as the electives to be included in the curriculum next year. The advance registration permits completion of student schedules and assignment to the various classes prior to the opening of school. Twenty members of this year's graduating class signified their in tention of returning for the twelfth year of instruction which Is to be of fered next year for the first itme These students filled registration forms, which are to be approved by their parents, and returned to coun ty and state school authorities. Twelfth grade English, a new so cial science course, along with elec tives offered in Spanish, natural science and the commercial sub jects enable any senior returning for study next year to choose a full pro gram of work. , ,M Commercial Registration For Sugar Allotments Next Week The commercial trade?wholesale and retail dealers, operators of cafes and boarding houses and processors ?will register at the six white high schools in the county next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28 and 29, be tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. for May and June sugar allot ments, Herbert L. Roebuck, sugar rationing administrator, announces following a special school of instruc tion held in Windsor Tuesday. Indi vidual consumers will not register on those days, the administrator ex plaining that the general public will apply for their quotas on May 4, 5, 6 and 7th. Registrations for the com mercial trade will be handled in the white high schools at Jamesville, Farm Life, Bear Grass, Williamston, | Robersonville and Oak City under the direction of the school principals. Any one in the commercial group failing to register on the designated ? days will be forced to wait about two weeks and appear before the county rationing board in the county court house on or after Monday, May 11. In applying for allotments, re tailers should submit a record of sales of all meals, vegetables, gro ceries. etc.. for the week ending to morrow, and show receipts for su gar bought during last November. The wholesaler will aid the work if he will prove the amounts of sugar delivered and accepted during 1941 Messrs. N. K. Harrison. C. D. Car starphen, Ben Courtney. Bill Spivey, Reginald Simpson, Luther Peel, D. V. Clayton. Jack Biggs and Bruce Wynne will assist in handling the registration for this district. Plans for the registration of individuaj consumers will be announced next week. No sugar sales will be made dur ing the period beginning "April 27 and ending May 4th Classify All Men In Early Registrations Kil l Kf) IN ACTION John CJoldle I.eRRctt, young Martin County man. was killed In action at Prarl Harbor on last December 7th, relatives in this county were notified recently, lie is the fourth Martin County man to make the supreme sac rifice for his country in the prea - wit war. Fourth County Man Makes the Supreme Sacrifice In War John G. l <-?p'tl Wuh Killed in Aetion al lYurl Marhor, Recent Report Suva John Goldie Leggett, Martin County young man, was killed in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor last December 7th, relatives in this county were recently noti fied by the Navy Department through Mrs, Leggett who is at her home m Seattle, Washington. The young man, the fourth one from this county to nave made the supreme sacrifice for his country, was believ ed to have been lost in the attack, but the Navy message announcing his death was just recently received by relatives in this county. No details of the young man's death, but it is almost certain that he was on the U. S. S. Arizona when the ship was blown up on that fate ful morning and that he lost his life in the attack. As far as it could be learned no trace of the body has been found. Young Leggett, volun teering his services nearly five years ago, had been a member of the Arizona crew for about four years. Completing one enlistment in the Navy, fie" volunteered again last September and at the time of his death was a machinist's mate, first class. The son of the late Mr. Jesse Leg gett and Mrs. Goldie Pierce Leggett, he was born in this county 26 years ago. When he was only about three weeks old, his mother died and he went to make his home with an aunt, Mrs. Will Bland, near Williamston. He attended the Williamston schools and after completing two years in the high school he located in Poplar Point and started farming A few years later he entered the Navy and a little over a year ago married on the West Coast. He with Mrs. Leg gett visited here last fall, renewing old friendships. Leaving his wife in this county, the young man re turned to his ship, and he was not seen by Mrs. Leggett or relatives in this county since that time. Mrs. Leg gett later returned to her home in Seattle. (Continued on page six) Draft Board Places 9 Of 2.1) Men In 1-A Classification 1 i I Dcluy CluHHificatioiiH in Few Claw* IVmling: Furtlirr InvHligftont The status of the approximately 3,400 men registering in the first and second draft registrations this county lias been determined, the draft board last Tuesday night completing that task with the ex ception of a few cases that are be ing delayed pending investigation of claims advanced in the ques tionnaires. As usual, most of the registrants were placed in either 1-A or 3-A, the first group including unmarried men [ or men married after last December 7th, and the 3-A group including I married men or other men with de pendents. These classifications are subject to some alteration, but the registrant must show good cause be fore any change* can be effected. I last Friday night the board class ified 26H men _und placed 70 in-the I 1-A classification. Last Tuesday I and placed 79 in the 1-A group, boosting the total number of regis trants, including both white and I colored, to a figure slightly in ex | cess of 500 In filling past quotas, the board has exhausted 1,875 order numbers, leaving 1,525, or approxi mately that many, order numbers to draw from in filling future draft quotas before reaching into the third or last February registration group for manpower. In handling its work last Tuesday night, the county draft board placed 79 men in 1 -A, 143 in 3-A, one in 2-B, 2 in 1-C, 1 in 4-F, leaving four class ifications pending at least. Three young men whose order numbers were in the group had already vol unteered and - entered the service, and possibly a fourth one hud vol unteered, but the board had not been advised of suck action and natural ly he was placed in the 1-A group. Those men placed in 1-C had enlist ed in the armed forces and are sub ject to call wthin the next few days One registrant was classified as a placed before the Federal Bureau of Investigation The one registrant placed in 1-B was given six months deferment at the request of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation. Classifications effected by the board this week are, as follows: 3052?Classification pending 3053?Matthew Gainer, c, 1-A 3054?Garland Bullock, w, 3-A 3055?K. O. Rogers, w, 1-A 3056?Harmon Peel, c, 1-A 3057?Perlie Benjamin Ayers, w, T^A ~ 3056?Nathan Worsley Johnson, w, 3-A 3059?Edom James, c, 3-A 3060?Jasper Ellis, w, 1-A 3061?Dennis Earl Hardy, w, 3-A 3062?Willie Benjamin Everett, w, 3-A 3063?John Finner Bonds, w, 3-A 3064?Leroy Fearrington, c, 3-A 3065?Sam Coffield, c, 3-A 3066?King Thadius Woolard, c, 3-A S-3066?Oscar Lawrence James, c, 1-A 3067?Francis Baldwin Worsley, w, 3-A 3068?William David Fields, c, 1-A 3069? Welton Daniel Biggs, c, 1-A 3070?Turner Roosevelt Howell, c, 3-A 3071?Mayo Andrews, c, 1-A 3072?David Ramsey Davis, w, 3-A 3073?Joseph Redden Tyre, w, 3-A 3074?Ferdinand Clarence Stalling*. Jr., w, 1-A 3075?Homer Gee, c, 3-A (Continued on page six) UNCLE SAM BATTLING TO UPHOLD Americas Freedom THE 19TII WEEK OF TIIE WAR War Production Chairman Nel son, speaking in New York City, said the United Nations have now out stripped the Axis in war production Because-of the accumulated reserves of the enemy, however, "we have not yet won the battle of production," he said. Vice President Wallace said by July of this year, the U. S. will be producing more war material than any other nation1 in the history of live world The WPB said as of April 1 the Government had di^bpr^ert pyiri' than $23 billion on the war effort. Chairman Nelson asked all prime contractors to establish sub-contract-' ing departments, and to make sub contracting needs known to the nearest WPB field office. He also asked that workers' vacations be staggered, and overtime and em ployment of substitutes be increas ed so vacations will not disrupt war production. The board listed the first 500 plants to set up voluntarily la bor-management committees and j launch production drives Manpower Mobilization Federal Security Administrator McNutt was made chairman of a nine-man war manpower commis sion set up by the President to "bring about the most effective mobiliza tion and the maximum use of the nation's manpower." Mr McNutt said the commission will establish a la bor priorities system to allocate manpower on a voluntary basis. If j this system fails, he said he would ask for authority to assign men and women to specific jobs. He report ed an additional 10 million workers will be needed in"war production this year, many of whom will have to be obtained through recruiting of women, young people and retired workers. ' The President proclaimed the week of May 3 as National Employ ment Week and asked employers to train and employ women and older men as a means of avoiding a labor shortage The President's committee en i,hi employment practice order-, ed in companies holding large war contracts to cease discriminating against -workers because of race or religion. The War Front War iSecrctary Stlmson lold a I tress con ft ti ? r ice t he IJ. S. Army is i almost ready for thcoffensivc. Army common upu-.s reported 13 Australia based Aiiicman bombeis, in a 4,000- 1 mile round trip raid on Japanese in stallations in the Philippines, sank foili ene my ships, damaged four j others and Paused widespread dam age. The Army and Navy withheld comment on reports that American bombers had raided Tokyo, Yoko hama, Kobe and other Japanese cities and inflicted extensive property damage. (ion. MacArthur named the mem bers of his staff assisting him as head of the United Nations southwest Pa cific command. Gen. Wainwright said Corregidor Island could and would hold out. He said art estimat ed 00,000 American and Filipino com batant and non-combatant troops on Bataan are now in the handsdh^the enemy. Eight United Nations ships were reported sunk by enemy sub marines in the Atlantic. Foreign Relations lease aid amounted to more than $3 billion by the end of March. War supplies sent ToRussia in March were two and a half -times as -groat as those sent in February. President Roosevelt notified Ambassador to Vichy Leahy to return to this coun try for instructions, because of the domination of the new government of France by the pro-German Laval The Statu Depai tnu'iit?said tlnee American ships scheduled to carry food and clothing to France and North Africa are being held here pending clarification of the Vichy (Continued on page six) ADDRESS TOPIC __ W R. Ogg, ranking officer in the American Farm Bureau Fed eration, will discuss the sub ject, "The Farmers' Part in Winning the War." in his ad dress to the annual meeting of the Martin County Farm Bureau in the high school here following a barbecue supper in the gym nasium. In his address, Mr. Ogg will discuss some of the difficulties to be overcome in winning the war, the program and activities of organized farmers through the Farm Bureau to properly safeguard agriculture, and to promote the war effort. The address will be a timely one and should be heard by all members of the county organi zation. A large crowd Is expect ed. Board Passes Resolution Urging Adoption ol Ninth School Month OliSim IN<; ANMVEKSAin Superior Court In Final Session Of Term Wednesday Tribunal W urki'il Only liiri't' Duyn hill ing Spcciul Term For Trial of Ci\il Ca*rs After railing (iff the fust, the Mar tin County Supe rior Court worked only three days of tin* second of a two weeks term created by special legislative act for civil cases and folded its tent and adjourned Wed nesday afternoon. Tin- court remov ed a fe w cases from the docket un der the direction of Judge R I) I)ix on, of Edentpn, but the- files are now alx?ut as crowded with pending li tigations as th'ey were before tin term was opened. Few cases were scheduled for trial for one reason or another The sessions this week went by virtually unnoticed by the general public. One or two cases attracted fairly large hurrfbers oTlitigants and witnesses, but at times the bar mem bcrs and court attendants far out numbered the audience. Suing L>. M. Ruber son for dam - t ages alleged to have resulted from 1 an alleged assault back in July, !941,' Margaret Whitaker, former young employee of the plaintiff, was award ed $200 actual and $300 punitive ' damages. The complaint, alleging that the plaintiff, suing by her next friend, J. J. Whitaker, slapped hor-j when she went to his place of busi ! ness to get her wages, was denied, j At the trial it was brought out that ' the defendant was attacked by an other employee of the firm. The jury deliberated the evidence about 20 minutes before .. reaching a verdict In its judgment the court ordered that execution was to be issued against the property of the defend ant and if it was returned unsatis fied in whole or in part, execution was to issue against the person of the defendant. An appeal to the high er courts was noted, the court allow ing the defense 60 days to serve the case on appeal. The ap)>eal bond was fixed at $75 and stay bond was re quired in the sum of $500. Claiming the defendant's train fired approximately 17 acres of woodsland on October 23, 1941, Mat tir Davis sued the?Atlantic Count Line Railroad Company for $425 damages. She was awarded a judg ment in the sum of $300, the court directing the defendant to pay the case costs. An appeal was noted and bond in the sum of $75 wus required In the case of E. M. Gordv against Kate B. York, the court ordered an old deed of trust, lost some years ago, cancelled, proof of payment hav ing been established. The Church of the Advent is ob serving; the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the occupancy of its build ing with a fitting program Sun day. Rev. Morrison Bethea. belov ed rector of the church for a num ber of years and who preacheddhe consecration sermon on April Hi, 1917. is returning from Keidsville to preach the special anniversary sermon. A special leaflet, recalling briefly the early history of the church hut dealing?with those events transpiring during the last quarter century, is being issued in connection with the anniversary observance. The church building, donated by .Mrs. James f Norfolk; Elizabeth and Lovick Modlin. both of James ville She also leaves three sisters,] Mrs. Hoy Moore, of the Jamesville Community, and Mrs. G. C. Lilley and Mrs. Naomi Gardner, both of Hardens. Funeral services are being con ducted from the late home this af ternoon at 3:00 o'clock by her pas tor, Rev. W. B. Harrington. Inter ment will follow in the family cem etery, near the home. Teachers Re-elected B\ Local Committee hi Special M< 'ctinjr ?i? Scvcriil Men IVuelier* Siibjccl Id \rim (.all; Mrs. (xavt foril Kr.i^n-. Advancing plans for operating the local schools next term- members of the local committee Hi a special | meeting held in the high .school i building Wednesday evening re elected the faculty members, discuss | ed other problems and passed a ros |olution urging the adoption of a ninth-month term. Boa id members I l(. I.. Cobui n, K It Good mo n and C IV Clark were present. Provisions for a ninth month for j the Williamston schools were dis [cussed at length, the Committee members pointing out that it was I becoming more difficult each year ? to retain or employ new teachers for an eight-months school The resolu tion-passed by the local committee this week will tie placed before the county board of education at its next ; meeting where it will be considered. If the proposal is favorably, received by members of that group, it will be recommended and a petition for a special election will he in order It is well understood that the proposal has a strong support among the pa trons as well as among educators and others interested m education | Details, of the plan aS'TEey relate-. | to cost have not been definitely-de I tcrmined. as far as it could be learn ed, but it is hoped that action can be taken in time to provide the ex ten month during the tinning tcim Disposed to grant every possible consideration to the tnen teachers who may he called into tin armed service of the country within the next few months; hoard members discussed their status at considerable length. He appointment was made in these cases, and the applicants in structed to determine their draft status and report the facts to the school board as soon as possible af ter the close of sidiOiiL dLa^r-4^>e<'4-^ ?d that Harvey H Yates ami J. H Mason will enter the service during ing the summer. Jack K. Butler al ready has ah application pending W't I utile U S Navy ;hk| -aJ?t-he same tune holds a temporary deferment with?the Selective. Service Board. The resignation of Mrs Mildred Tnlloy C'rnwfoid. sixth grade teach ; er for the past five years, was?ac~~ | cepted, and a resolution passed ex pressing appreciation for her per J iod of service. Other faculty mem bers were re appointed. i no establishment of the twelfth year of instruction in the local schools was approved. Classes will he graduated this year and in 1943, with the twelfth year optional for the present senior and junior classes, Students in the ninth grade and be low, in accordance with the general county plan, will be required to I progress through the twelfth grade before being awarded diplomas. Reports coming from the several school districts indicate that com paratively few changes are being made in the faculties for the coming term, that few teachers were resign ing and that re-elections were being effected in moid'nines. Seveml teach ers in the county are said to be plan ning to ritin at the end of tlie Our rent term. Creation ()t A Pifew War Front Planned Said to have agreed'on plans for carrying the war to Adolf Hitler and his common hordes, England and the United States are believed making ready to open a second front with in the near future. Rumors declare that action on a second front is to be expected about the latter part of next week. I j The situation for the Allies looks very favorable on most of the fronts but in Burma the Japs are continuing to drive toward Mandalay, late re ports stating the invaders are with in 140 miles of the city made fam ous by Kipling. "We are over the hump in Aus tralia," General MacArthur said this week, but no official communique has been issued by Washington dur ing the past two days in connection with the fighting on the far-flung battle fronts. I Germany now says her 16th army has broken out of the trap she den ied the approximately 100.000 men were in. Not as many came out as went in, however. Russia is scoring successes all along the front, moving with telling effectiveness in the Cri mea within the past few hours. Japan is still guessing about the recent air raid on Tokyo and sever al other cities, and the Japs are still worrying over what is yet to be car ried home to them.