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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 30 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 13, 1913. 0¥£> THE TOP FOR VICTORY UNIT'D STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS ESTABLISHED 1899 ■“* Oigantfr-Wasr -Bond Safe-Off To Successful Start In County With $328,800 Goal Already In Sightj Bonds Amounting to $281,300. Have Been Sold Here To Date —«— Big Purchases Feature Cam paign in County, Chair man Clayton Declares ^ Asked to subscribe to the largest bond issue ever floated, Martin County people, according to prelim inary reports released this morning, are mention with bright prospects of exceeding by a wide margin the $328,800 assigned quota. Reporting this morning, D. V. Clayton, chairman of the county drive, stated that approximately $281,300.00 had been sold to date and that not near al! of the county is represented in the preliminary figures. “The drive is off to a very successful start and the goal is al ready in sight,” Chairman Clayton explained. The bond drive got its first impe tus from the North Carolina State Treasury, the county getting credit for $75,000 worth of bonds bought by the State as part of a $30,000,000 dollar reserve fund. Martin County itself invested approximately $45, 000 in bonds, and several individuals made unusually large purchases. ^ “LRtle men” are participating in the drive, too, but their number is not hardly up to expectations. According to Chairman Clayton, hardly more than 200 persons are represented in the investment list. The number of small-scale investors is expected to grow to a formidable figure before the drive is closed the latter part of this month. With the exception of $5,000 cred ited to Jamesville, the bond sale re port covers only those sales made in Williamston, including those of the State and county. Geo. Haislip, Has sell; H. S. Johnson, Jr., Hamilton; N. W. Johnson, Oak City, and D R. Ev erett, Robersonville, have filed no formal reports, but it is understood that the prospects are unusually bright in Robersonville. One report from there stated that a sale of near > ly $9O,0Ofr and possibly more was in the making. Handled by team captains, the bond drive is being carried to ali parts of the county. In Williamston seven sub-teams were named last Friday night and the first two to re port today were unusually success ful in their efforts. The drive in this county, schedul ed to last until the latter part of this month, is part of a r.ation-wide move ment to float one of the largest bond issues ever proposed in all history’ Early reports from many states in dicate that the challenge will be met, that the issue will be more than sub scribed. Commenting on the drive m this county, Chairman Clayton stressed the importance of small investments. “There is no better way for a small wage earner to help his country and at the same time help himself than by investing in government bonds. Even $18.75 invested will have its (Continued on page six) —-—* Superior Court In Brief Session Here Yesterday Morning Judge Williams Opens Two Weeks Term for Trial of Civil Cases Only -m ■ - Opened at 11:10 o’clock here yes terday morning by Judge Clawson Williams, of Sanford, the Martin County Superior Court got off to a slow start in the trial of civil cases scheduled for consideration during a two weeks term. After studying and rearranging the calendar, tne court confirmed two consent judgments and accepted a voluntary non-suit in a third case. The services of the jury were not necessary, and the court recessed un til this morning at 9:30 o’clock after being in session hardly half an hour. Several divorce cases were ready for trial, but Judge Williams found that they had not been calendared and they were carried over until next week for trial. Based on two years of separation, the following divorce cases are being placed on the cal f endar for trial next Monday: Steve E. Stevenson against Florence Wha ley Stevenson, William Brown Win bush against Clavon Andrews Win y bush, Robert E. Harrell against Agnes Harrell, LeRoy Perkins against Al meta Perkins, Carrie D. Winston against James Winston, William Blount Baker against Hattie Baker and Julia Johnson against Frank Linville Tohnson. Five of the seven divorce actions are being brought by colored plaintiffs. (Continued on page six) * I Western Cattle Brought Into The County By Pulp Com pa ny Much has been said about cattle raising on a larger scale in this coun ty during past years, and it is an es tablished fact that more are being riased now than ever before, but the North Carolina Pulp Company has started a movement that may possi bly offer the West some real compe tition. Sunday afternoon, four carloads or j about 100 head of wesjgjj^ee^arj i tie were unloaded in TamesWre^me event attracting almost as much at tention as the unloading of a railroad circus. Handled by several horsemen the herd was driven from the rail road station down St. Andrew’s Street of the town to the lands of the North Carolina Pulp Company about four miles south of Jamesville. Wit nesses to the unloading state that the f I ctatle made the eight-day trip from the West in excellent condition. According to reports reaching here more of the western cattle are to be brought into this county by the pulp company for pasturage, and that the Dymond City section of Jamesville Township is slated to become typical cow country. With herring catches*-—Htaa&g shipments of cattle I moving m, the Jamesville area is certainly in a good position to suc cessfully block any starvation at tack that Hitler or war. itself, may launch. The pulp company has pur chased quite a few wooded tracts in this part of the country in recent years, and the introduction of the western beef cattle is recognized more or less as an experiment. BANDAGE ROOM An urgent appeal for volun teers to report to the Red Cross bandage room to help make up 30,000 2x2 bandages and 1,800 cotton combinations was issued today. The bandages are to be shipped along with about $5,004 others within the next few days, It was explained. Since last Thursday the band age room has been virtually de serted, one report stating that not one person reported for work on several occasions. Vol unteers from Bear Grass, Farm Life and Jamesville have done an able work, and the response locally lias been encouraging un til just recently. The work of those volunteers who have given as many as 100 hours of their time during the past year will be recognized shortly by the National Red Cross. Battle Of Tunisia Apparently Nears Final Stage Today -— Japs Collecting Quarter of a Million Men and Big Air Force For Drive The battle of Central Tunisia end ed, the Allied forces are pushing on against the Africa Corps north of Sousse to enter the final stage of the battle of Africa. Just what action the enemy will take is yet to be learned, but if he offers to form a mountain line nea: Enfidaville he will cer tainly receive a severe pounding. Late reports state that the area is already under fire from the air and allied artillery units. The important base of Sousse about seventy miles from Tunis fell yesterday morning, and the hard-hitting British Eighth Army continued its drive on the heels of Rommel’s men, who, it was said, did not have time to plant land mines and block the attackers. Supporting the land march, allied airmen have pounded Hitler’s hordes heavily, destroying between sixty and sixty-five big transports and playing havoc with Axis shipping in the Mediterranean. Late reports state that the main action in Tunisia today is being limited to patrol work, that the in activity is possibly the lull before another raging attack by the allied forces. Talk of an evacuation attempt was heard today from underground sources in Germany, one report stat ing that the Italians had promised the Germans the use of twenty de stroyers, but that the Italians were plenty mad becouse it had been made possible for so many Germans to "scape while so many Italians were left behind. It is estimated that 33,000 Axis prisoners have been taken in the North African cam paign by the Allies. (Continued on page six) DOWNWARD - A marked downward trend in the number of local arrests was reported two weeks in a row by the police department yesterday. Week before last, only five per sons were jailed- and last week end, the number dropped to two. Liquor consumption has eith er dropped, the imbibers can car ry It better or they are just more elusive than they were a short time ago. One officer declared that crime outbreaks were re ported in about the usual num ber last week-end, but the elus iveness of the alleged violators had Improved. Library Directs An Appeal to General Public for Support Organization Complete* Five Years of Willing But Lim ited Service Here Weatherin gmany storms and try ing financial difficulties week after week and month after month, the Williamston Public Library last Sun day completed five years of willing but limited service to hundreds of patrons here and in the community. While the anniversary reflected a work well done, it was accompanied by a new challenge, the librarian, Mrs. J. C. Cooke, and the director, John L. Goff, explaining that vir tually all financial support had been withdrawn and that the organization was really threatened by financial disaster. As a last hope for maintain ing the service and holding the doors open, the library heads are direct ing an appeal to the general public for support either in voluntary cash offerings or in regular allotments. Just a short time ago, the Works Progress Administration withdrew from the field, leaving the organiza tion to shift here and there for funds. The town is offering $25 a month, the Lions Club $3.50, the Kiwanians, $5, and the two women’s clubs, $5 each per-month. The total income, and that is all the library has at the pres ent time, is not sufficient to pay the assistant librarian’s salary. Twenty five or more monthly donations of moderate size plus general contribu tions could keep the library open and make possible the addition of new books from time to time. The plea must be met if the library is to re main open. Reviewing the work of the library during the past five years, the librar ian stated yesterday that 55,960 books had been circulated to more than 1,000 registered borrowers. The library lias been kept open at least four hours each day for 1,518 days. More than 1,100 books have been added to the shelves and many hun dreds more have been borrowed Worn the North Carolina Library (Continued on page six) -* Resigns Position On Police Force —— Officer John Roebuck, for about eight years a member of the local police force, resigned last Saturday. His resignation became effective im mediately, the officer making ar rangements with Emmett Hines to serve a two weeks notification per iod. The resignation is the second low in the department jn recent weeks, J li Allsbrooks having turn ed in his badge about two weeks ago. According to reports other members of the force are planning to resign, but the report mentioned no names. Mr. Roebuck during his stay on the force served the town well and was highly regarded as an officer and citizen. The resignation was reluc tantly accepted, but the officer {joint ed out that he was finding it difficult to maintain his home op the salary he was receiving. He had served on the night patrol ever since he had been on the force. It is understood that he is planning to enter employ ment in the Elizabeth City war pro duction area Several applications for places on the police force have been received, but no official action has been tak en to fill the positions. Mr. Henry Gurganus was employed following the receipt of the Allsbrooks resig nation to handle the police phone and air raid warning center signals at night and Charlie Moore was shift ed to day duty. The arrangement is only temporarily. - TOWN - FA3»I— IN WARTIME -♦_— (A weekly news digest from the rural press section cl the OWI news bureau) Ration Reminder Gasoline—“A” Book Coupons No. ■- 2°°d for three gallons-**.;;:!-, and must last from March 22 to July 21 inclusive. Sugar—Coupon No. 12 good for 5 pounds Must last through May 31. Coffee—Stamp No. 26 (1 pound) expires April^25. Fuel Oil—'Period 3 coupons now valid and will be until September 30th. Shoes—No. 17 Stamp in War Ra tion Book No. 1 good for one pair through June 15th. Food—Red “C" Stamps, valid April 11, good for 16 points worth of meat, and Fats—"D" Stamps good Aprs! 18, and ‘ E" Stamps April 25. t eft.over A. B, C, and D Stamps good to April 30 when they expire—Ex piration date of “E" Stamps not yet announced. “They Give Their Lives— You Lend Your Money” The second war loan drive—which began April 12—must raise the as tounding sum of 13 lv.' -uMHlMMi support American armies that are now attacking the enemy. An offen sive army requires ammunition and materials that cost staggering sums of money. For • xample—one night raid of 1,000 bombers over the Rhineland takes $375,000 w-orth of gasoline. A million dollars worth of bombs may be dropped in that raid, and 10 or 11 million dollars worth of planes may be destroyed. In the future America’s armies will undertake still greater attacks, and these in turn will require still more money. The 13 billion dollars must be raised in addition to the reg ular purchases of war bonds and stamps that our people are making now. Slogan for the second war loan drive is—“They give their lives — you lend your money.” Farmers Get Points For Meat When a farmer sells a slaughtered calf direct to a retail meat market, the market operator must surren der the right number of points to the farmer, says OPA. The fanner must then turn the stamps over to the ration board. (Continued on page six) -* Hail Storm Strikes This Area Monday - &— A driving hail storm, accompanied by an inch rain, struck this section early last evening Considerable dam age was reported to property in some areas, but because they were small, damage to crons and gardens was limited. Some plants were bad ly battered and a few were washed away by the heavy rain, but the damage to tobacco plant beds and other crops was negligible, accord ing to first reports received here. On the Jack Cherry farm, two miles from Hamilton, the hail broke 1,500 glass panes covering a sweet potato plant bed. Ditches were part ly filled with hail in the Gold Point area. In Williumston where stones measures about 8 by 7 inches in cir cumference in some instances, a few window panes were broken. Just west of the town, the hail stones equalled hen eggs in size, but for the most part they were about the size of large marbles. No hail and very little rain were reported a few miles to the south of Williamston. -<*, Infant Diet* At Home Of Parents Saturday Wm. E. O’Neal, two months old, died at the home of his parents, Mr. Robert and Mrs. Chloe Williams O’Neal, on Smithwick Street here early last Saturday evening. The in fant was ill with a cold only a short time. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon by Rev. W. B. Harrington, and interment was in the Tyre Cemetery in Williams Township. DRAFT BOARD ___ Meeting here next Thursday evening, the Martin County Draft Board will continue its classification work preparatory to executing the difficult and un wanted job of picking out men for the May draft call. The class ification work will center on farm registrants who apparent ly have not qualified for special classification and on those reg istrants who enter appeals for deferment Married men with children have been “froaen” temporar ily, and it is fairly certain that enough men ounmtf he recruit ed from the other classifications to meet the May call, meaning that it will go partly unanswer ed. Many changes have been made in the draft regulations, but able-bodied men, married and with or without children, who are net in essential industry can look for a draft call sooner or later. Approximately One Hundred Men —■ Leave County For Physical Test j j At Anny Induction- Center Today Post Office Receipts Reach A New High Point Last Quarter Supported by business m general and particularly by an expanding volume of mail moving to service men at home and abroad, a ne w high figure in receipts was reported by the local post office for the first quarter of this year, according to As sistant Postmaster Frank Earl Wynne For the first three months ot iy<*3, stamp sales in the office amounted to $6,030.73. In the first quarter of this year, the amount was boosted to $6,522.78, a gain of $492.05. That increase is not bad when one con siders that it was made up princi pally of three-cent stamp sales. Pos sibly quite a tew people are staying at home and writing more to rela tives in other towns and cities of the country. The increased business, it Seven Persons Badly Hurt in the County By Tornado Monday -® Home and Number of Other Kiiil<liii£s Destroyed In Angetown Section -<» Seven persons were injured, none seriously, and several buildings, in cluding an abandoned schoolhouse, were wrecked early last evening when a tornado struck the little peaceful community of Angetown in Jnmesville Township Mrs, Jesse Ange, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Ange, Jean, Delores, Kenneth and Luther Ange were listed among the injured. They suffered no broken bones, but nearly all of them were badly cut and painfully bruised when their home was wrecked by the tornado and they were buried under the debris. Just before the tornado struck in [full, force, members of the family sought safety under the house, the move being credited by one report with saving their lives. The five room bungalow was wrecked and much of it was blown away, the debris pinning the little group un derneath where they were rescued a short time late*-. In addition to the dwelling, a to bacco barn and stockhouse were blown down and shattered on the farm of Mrs. Ange. Nearby, the toftiado struck and blew down three buildings, including a tobacco barn and packhouse on the Leman Ange farm and the old Angetown school house. Stock on the farms were struck and dazed by flying timbers, but none was killed or hurt very badly. No estimate on the damage could be had immediately, but the loss will run into several thousand dollars. (Continued on page six) -—.- - Youth Owned Three Cars And No Ration —*— Sad tales and tall stories have been heard by the thousands, but the Martin County Rationing Board last night heard a youth tell how lie had owned and operated three cars without ever applying for a gas ra tion book. It seems as if Clifton Wig gins got a liberal supply of gas when ho purchased each car, that before the supply was exhausted in the fiist two he had wrecked them. He had the third car only a short time before Roy Cullipher was charged with speeding up Highway 60 at 60 or more miles per hour with it. The supply lasted at least until he drove to the hearing before the rationing hoard, hut Wiggins pointed out that the gas gauge was right on zero. Explaining that he hud done right well without a gas book, the board decided to withhold rations from him for another thirty days. In the case charging Cullipher with driving the car at the excessive speed, the board took no action because he had no car and had not received any gas ra tions. No action was taken in the case charging A. T. Edwards with pleas ure driving. It was pointed out by the defense that Edwards was trav eling from Greensboro to Williams ton, that he stopped iri Tarboro to attend a dance Charged with speeding on High way 64 between Conetoe and Bethel, Jesse Ayers lost his ration book un til July 22. The defendant explained that his speedometer was broken, that he did not realize how fast he was traveling. A fourth case was continued when the alleged speedster, Dennis Whit aker, of RFD 1, Williamston, failed to appear before the board. was pointed out, is being handled by j a greatly depleted force. Several men have been lost to the armed services, and there is no such thing as a sub stitute to be called upon to fill most of the posts in the office at the pres ent time. While the stamp sales were in creasing, the money order business jumped to a record figure also. The business was increased, ■irmn $23. 383.01 a year ago to $30,960 94 dur ing the first three months of this year. It is estimated that this amount would be twice its size if all the or ders had b:en filled In addition to their regular dute« in the mail. drpartmrrit the post of fice personnel handled the sale of $4,775.00 in war stamps, most of them being of the 10- and 25-cent denomi nation. -N | SOME FISH V--.-J Small catches have been re ported on the fishing front around Jamesville in recent days, but when Henry Price fishes, he lands the sizable ones. Proving that persistence really pays, Mr. Price, failing to get a "nibble” in seven tries, was mak ing his eighth skimming trip in the Roanoke at Jamesville tftis week when he snared a 44 pound rock, the fish measuring 46 inches from stem to stern. The fish was so large that Mr. Priee feels certain that had he (the fish) put up a struggle the net would have been torn to pieces. Oh, yes, there was no doubt about the poundage and length —they were verified by Wendell Peel. Labor Shortage Is Serious In Nearly All Business Lines I -_ One Local Finn liaii Its Fon c KciIiic«mI by Thrity-two Mrn Since Pearl Harbor That tlie labor shortage is riot only serious on the farms, and that d is threatening industry directly and indirectly supporting the war was pointed out by a representative of the Williamston district of the Virginia Electric and Power Corn pany here today as three more of the company’s employees left for an Army induction center for final physical examinations. Covering eight counties and serv ing twenty-nine towns, the William ston district of the Virginia Electric and Power Company has lost 32 of its (18 employees since Pearl Harbor Six of its eight engineers entered tin service immediately after Pearl Harbor. The line crew has been re duced from sixteen to six men, and "if we were to have a severe storm, it would be next to impossible to restore service immediately,” the representative explained. The com pany’s drafting department person nel has been reduced from four men to one, and he is connected with a job required under direct order of the government. The department, handling new business, industrial power and rates, has been reduced from ten to one and efforts to get a replacement for him as well ac for the others have been unsuccessful, it was pointed out. The meter serv ice and industrial power department has been reduced by half, the two regaining men finding it next to impossible to handle all the work. Alter pointing out the near depic tion of lbe Company's personnel in this district, the representative ex plained that government require (Continued on page six) f POLITICS 1 v_ Politics on the town’s home front continue inactive for the most part as the nominating con vention draws near. Officially, only two candidates have an nounced, J. L. Hassell for may or, and Roy T. Griffin for com missioners It is well under stood that the other old mem bers of the board are candidates to succeed themselves. At the convention to be held in the county courthouse Friday evening of this week ai. 3 o'clock, the people will nominate five commissioners and a mayor. As far as it can be learned, there are no qualifications barring partici pation in the convention. Most Of The Group Vi ere Married Men Without Children --«, Meaning of Vi ar Strikes Near er Home as Crowd Gathers To See Young Men Leave --<® Numbering right close to 100, the largest draft call ever received in the county was filled this morning when two tractor trailer loads of y ung white men left for their physi cal examinations at an army induc tion center. An official list of names and numbers could not be had, but ninety-nine men were counted as they entered the two big busses and about eighty-one of the number were recognised. Most of the group were married m m without children, but there were a few youngsters who appeared to have hardly grown out of short trousers. The meaning of war ap parently struck closer home as the contingent moved out than at any previous time. A large crowd gath ered in the town’s main intersection and traffic v as all but blocked for a short while. A few tears went un checked, but for the most part it was a gay and well-ordered group of men, and offered none of the heart rending scenes characteristic of the departures for the army in the last war. The group moved out on time. None was late, but friends reported that two in the draft call were to catch the bus up the road or were to report direct to the induction sta tion for their examinations. It was learned that Joe Henry Melton, Jr., could not make It to Williamston in time to catch the bus, and arrange ments were make to pick him up in Bethel. Beverly Woolard was to re port to the center direct, it was learned The following list of names, ga thered as the men entered the buses, is unofficial and incomplete, and it is possible that some of them are in correct: Alonza E. Bland, Williamston. Itobi.j! Gurganus, Williamston. J O Daniel, Everetts. W. A Manning, Jr. RED 1, Wil liamston. Andrew E. Long, Jamesville. Joseph Jackson Edmondson, Wil liamston Ellis Elmore Chesson. RED 3, Wil liamston. Roy Harrell, Williamston and Nor folk. Albert W Lilley, RED 1, William ston. James L Williams, Williamston. Jack Bailey, Williamston. James Carrow, Williamston. Oswald D Stalls, Williamston. Carroll Jones, Williamston. James David White, Williamston. Clabon Summerlin, Williamston. Delmas Barnhill, Williamston. Joseph C. Williams, Everetts and Portsmouth. Ernest W. Griffin, Williamston and Hampton. R J Langley, Robersonvi’le. Vernon Page, Robersonville (Continued on page six) -<*, Guy R. Waters Dies Suddenly Monday at Pulp Company Plant Fimrral Services for Popular Jamesville Young Man Tomorrow Guy R. Waters, popular Jamesville young man, died suddenly while working in the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company in the low er part of this county yesterday morning at 9 o’clock. Apparently the ♦Scum of a heart attack, Mr Waters had not complained ©f being ill /and was thought to be in very good health even up until the time he was strick en. The son of Mr. Lloyd F. and wife, Mrs. Fannie Jenkins Waters, he was born near Jamesville thirty-three vears ago, the 12th of last June. He spent a greater part of his life on the farm. He was married in April, 1932, *o Miss Mae Overton, of Jamesville. Soon after the pulp company open ed its plant, he entered its employ and wao one of its trusted employ ees, working as a machinist. Mr. Waters was a member of the Corrinth Free Will Baptist Church for about ten year?, and runs held in high esteem by ail who knew him. Besides his wife and parents he leaves four children, Guy, Jr., Dor othy, Helen and Jacquelyn, all of Jamesville, and one brother, Larry Waters, of Savannah, Ga. Funeral services are being con ducted from the Corrinth church Wednesday by his pastor, Rev. D.W. Alexander, of Bethel. Interment will follow in the churchyard.