MAKE EVEBY PAY DAY WAR \\ Jk bond DAT tm SKKDwt—SAn Mnum VOLUME XLM—NUMBER 59 THE ENTERPRISE Williamalon, Martin County, IS'ortli Carolina, Tuesday, July 27„ 1013. OVER Tilt TOP FOR VICTORY witb UNITED STATES WAR BONDS'STAMPS ESTABLISHED 1899 Fighting Continues Despite Diplomatic! Front Developments "AmcrwinsT! h a s i n g*Iirl In Slightly Hurt In /into tccitlrnl Monthly Sidney Scott, eight-year old girl, received a slight neck injury and an estimated $50 property damage resulted when two cars driven by Kelly Rawls and Jasper Scott crash ed head-on Monday afternoon about 1:30 o’clock on the dirt road lead ing from Spring Ck-vu:. Highway No. 04 near Robersonville. Vision on the comparatively nar row road was blocked by a corn field, and the drivers did not see each other in time to turn out, ac cording to information reaching here from Corporal W. S. Hunt, who investigated the accident. f ()\ ERPLANTKI) 11 V. ' —— _" ' .. j Approximately sixty Martin j founty tobacco farmers have planted in excess of their al lotments, intentionally or un intentionally, and the office of the county agent is asking those farmers to recheck their meas urements and report to the of fice. The second measurements are to be approved bv a member of the community committee, the office explaining that pos sibly an error was made in the first surveys. The recheck is to be handled immediately and the report submitted to the office by the latter part of this week. The farmer will gain nothing by destroying the excess plant ings this year as he wii! be sub ject to the 10-cent per pound marketing penalty in any event on the excess portion of his crop. A red marketing card will be is sued him. About one-third of the excess plantings were iimited to one tenth of an acre, but the excess ran as high as 2.9 acres in a few cases. Course Italy Will Follow In War and Certain «—bHi— Step Takt'ii lit Ki*iiit Dii.v lion V\ bon Mu*«ofini Is Givon the Gal** While its real meaning is not yet certain, the collapse of Mussolini's government in Italy last Sunday Is heralded as a step in the right di rection for tlie cause of peace, but there are wide speculations as to what course Italy wiii follow in the future. The guesses range from a continuance of active warfare against the Allies to an actual fighting al liance with the Allies, the less op timistic of the optimists hoping that the Italians under their new gov ernment will adopt and maintain a neutrality status. Mussolini’s downfall, predicted more than two months ago by Al lied leaders, was cheered by the war-weary Italians, but there is some doubt if the people's cry for peace will be heard by Marshal Ba doglio who succeeds t1' T' - as premier. The dour, ho cause Germany is stm®^ ’ ,i repre sen ted in Italy, and because a false self-pride is likely to cause the new leaders to defend their soil. Then, too, the Allies are not at all anxious to get Italy as a fight'ng partner, because her strength is weak compared with that of Ger many, and the liability is great. It is estimated that Italy represents hardly one tenth of the Axis power, but its withdrawal from the war will greatly upset Hitler’s plans. It is quite likely that the approximate ly twenty Italian divisions in the Balkans will be withdrawn, and that if there is any fighting to be continued it will be continued in defense of heme and country. Mussolini’s exit, coming either by the regular old Italian boot method or by resignation, and the possible and complete withdrawal of Italy from the war does not mean that’ victory will follow immediately for the Allies. It must be remembered that Germany still has around 300 divisions and the resources from twelve countries to draw from And bumper crops are being reported in every one of them this year. Yesterday, it was reported that Mussolini had been arrested by Ital ian officers while he was trying to i scape to Germany. The report pos sibly isn’t true, but many wondered •wtea* eh a r;«*:. no re fui'ii. He coUld be arrested on gener al principles, but more specifically as the world’s biggest liar, bully, thief and traitor. In all the confusion only one thing is fairly clear, and that is the Ital ian people are tired of war, never wanted war and are now begging for peace. The ousting of Mussolini has the earmarks of a desperate (Continued on page six) All Cas Coupons To Be Endors'd! Users of gasoline are now liable to lose their gasoline rations if each coupon in their possession is not properly endorsed in ink. The new policy on coupon en dorsements, the chairman said, was taken to assure maximum protection to book holders. Henceforth, motor ists will be required to endorse all coupons immediately upon receipt of renewal gasoline rations, so that they will never have unendorsed coupons in their possession. Endorsement consists of writing - in ink—on the face of each ration coupon, the license number of the vehicle for which the ration was is SUi d and the si-at.v •;?■!. >F-:-4Vr- .»•; is registered. Rationing Calendar Coffee: Stamp 22, 1 lb., August 11. Foods: NF^Q blue stamps, August 7th. Meats: PQRS red stamps, July 31. T red stamp. August 31 Sugar: Stamp 13, 5 lbs, August 15. Stamp 15 and 16, 5 lbs. each, Oc tober 31. Additional sugar may be secured for home canning from Boards. Shoes: Stamp 18, October 31. Gasoime. Bo. 0 A coupon.', Bo e-o-j-.- d;. Youth Venturing Near Crime Trail ——. Possibly there is no marked ten dency on the part of youth as a whole toward the crime trail, but officers declare that the number traveling in “uncertain” places is increasing. Only last Saturday night, four youngsters from a nearby town were taker, into custody by local po lice, and two other teen-age lads were found shortly before Sunday night prowling around on the tops of store buildings on the Main Street. One false move could have presented a serious situation, for of ficer fully armed moved in on then Thi four out-of-town boys, ali of them in their teens, had imbibed too freely of wine and beer, and were driving up and down the streets and highways. Overwhelming Vote Is RATION BOOK 3 The distribution of War Ra tion Book No. 3 is now about complete or will have been com pleted by next Sunday, accord ing to reports reaching here. Those who have not applied for the No. 3 book and those who do not receive their books before August 2 are directed to the County War Price and Ration ing Board for the proper appli cation blanks between that date and August tOth. Those who have not yet re ceived their books as well as those who have not yet filed an | application for the No. 3 book are cautioned not to ask for an ap plication blank before next Mon day. They should call for the blanks between then and Au gust 10 only if they failed to file an application some time ago or have not received their books by August 2nd. Leaf Prices Down In Georgia Are Higher Than Those In 1942 I’l'itrs Kangt1 From Fourteen To Sixty Outs In Early Selling Today Jubilation reigned in Georgia early today when farmers sold the ^ first of their 1943 tobacco crop for prices ranging from fourteen to sixty cents per pound. No general estimate on the average for the early sales could be had here im mediately but one report out of Tif ton indicated that the price figure for the first sales would stand right at $41.50 or a good ten cents per pound above the opening-day aver age a year ago. The first report reaching here stat ed that Vidalia sold the first row for prices ranging from 20 to 60 cents you mgt Weeks oe fsic a fiiffjwO'iy Oi' »C1,YI i c. 1.* r’o.i.plci. the task in its entirety. In some cases, harvesting and curing will possibly continue until late August. Mr. Barber, according to one re- ' port, has a very good crop. TIGHTER r v j The lid on the issuance of spec ial gasoline allotments has been lightly clamped down, according to a report coming from the ra tioning board in this county this week. Special allotments are now be ing denied in ail cases except where the applicant has to visit a doctor, according to late in formation coming from the board office. And to get a spec ial ration in that case, the appli cant must first get a certificate of necessity from a doctor and list the number of trips and es timated mileage. Tobacco Program To Continue In Effect During Three Years Larly Return* Show Georgia Voiced Biji Opposition l o Three-Year Plan Led by Martin and Green Coun I ties, farmers in North Carolina fav ored with an almost overwhelming I vote last Saturday the establishment I of tobacco marketing quotas for an I other three years. Complete reports : are not to be had, but according to | preliminary returns, the program was passed by a large percentage. Down in Georgia, a strong opposi | ",,n was voiced against the program, but even there the vote favored the program. North Carolina picked up the weak spots and its sizable vote boosted the marginal total to near ly 94 per cent whereas a fid 2-3 vote would have been sufficient to estab lish the quota system for another three years beginning with the next crop. With 2.311 votes favoring the three year program and Id in favor of one year quotas and only 12 against, Martin County was second in the State in its support of the market ing allotments. Its record vote of 99.5 per cent favoring the program was second only to Greene where a 99.8 per cent vote was recorded in favor of the plan. Voting, while expressing the sen timent of tobacco farmers, was con siderably below the vote cast in 1940 when more than 2,800 farmers participated in and supported a three-year quota system. But no complaint was registered against the size of the vote and the referendum was handled smoothly and without incident in this county. Robersonville let) the opposition this year, but the six opposition votes were small compared with the total favoring quotas. A tabulation of the vote, based on unofficial but reliable returns, follows, by dis tricts •J amesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Gold Point Poplar Point Hassell Hamilton Goose Nest 225 95 267 194 401 184 350 85 93 98 83 238 vs. 2 0 0 2 1 0 d 0 0 0 0 1 2311 16 12 While this State voted about 20 to I in favor of the pwgr im the vote ratio ranged from about 7 to 1 in South Carolina down to a little ov er 2 to 1 in Georgia, the figures be ing based on incomplete returns. Unofficial reports give the vote for three-year quotas and against quotas as follows, by states: For Against 90,984 5,848 14,046 1,975 7,510 1,017 3,921 2,916 2,138 395 118,599 12,151 Out of an eligibility list of nearly 170.000 tobacco fanners, less than 100.000 participate din the referen dum in this State. ■ • ...*-r—rr. . North Carolina Virginia South Carolina Georgia Florida Considerable Hail Damage In County More than 130 tobacco crops in this county were damaged or vir tually destroyed by the hail and wind storm that struck this county ^a.st Thursday afternoon. No detail 'd estimate, on the. loss could be had immediately, but claims had been fil ed by Sixty farmers who estimated their damage vvpuW nrnge from a bout three percent to a cotal k-ss. The crops of Henry, Dave and Will Rogers in the Bear Trap community of Bear Grass Township were just about wiped out, one report stating that as many as fourteen leaves were ripped from a single stalk and that the remaining ones were dam aged. Farmer R. L. Perry was also understood to have suffered consid erable damage to his crops along with others in that section running from U. S. Highway No. 17 toward Bear Grass. In the Palymra area, Farmers A. P. Hyman, and J. A. Everett report ed substantial losses along with a bout twenty-five or more there. The corn crop was badly damaged by wind in several parts of the county, one report stating that the crop had been almost leveled with the ground in quite a large number of fields. It is estimated that 90 percent of the tobacco acreages in the county is insured, meaning that most of the farmers whose crops were damaged will recover something.