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TAT DAT WAB L\i PAT Hip tnmmt—un mam THE ENTERPRISE oven me for FOR VICTORY Miasma mi BONDS'STAMPS VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 71 Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 7, 1913. ESTABLISHED 1899 Great Developments In Progress On All Major Battlefronts On New Guinea; Italian Peace Expected With great developments now’ in progress on all major fighting fronts, important turnnig points in the war are expected in some quarters. Brit ain’s Prime Minister Churchill is believed to be prolonging his stay in Washington in the apparent hope that Italy will call for peace very shortly. On the Eastern Front, the Russians are continuing their great est push of the war and are recov ering vast areas of important terri tory. The action is provin gcostly to both sides and there is no let-up in the fight. But there is the pos sibility' that Hitler has at last aban doned his plans to conquer the Bear and is withdrawing his armies in tact for action elsewhere Will he withdraw them and strengthen his forces to meet a new invasion drive is a question that is to be pondered. Over r New Guinea, large forces of American-and Australian paratroop ers blackened the sky Sunday with a landing in the Markham River val ley west of the Jup stronghold of Lae, trapping 20,000 of the enemy. The invasion of Italy is pregres sing rapidly and \« possihly ahead of ’ schedule. Little opposition is being offered, but one report today staled that a small force of Germans had been contacted in one sector. It is possible that the full-scale drive in Italy is being delayed pending the development of a peace move that will take Mussolini’s lost country out of the war. During the mean time, the main German forces are withdrawing to the north and bury ing themselves in holes in the hills to await developments. While Gen eral Montgomery’s Eighth Army Continues to expand a 70-mile in vasion front beyond a ten-mile in ward point, the Germans are ap parently expecting a new blow at some other point. Over in New Guinea, General MacArthur said, “We have closed a rin garound Lae and Salamaua,” in dicating that the airborne armada had sealed the death trap for the harried Jap forces at both Lae and Salamaua, about 21 miles to the southeast. Borne by the greatest aerial fleet ever assembled in the Pacific war theater, the paratroopers and sky- - riding artillery seized the western i inland approaches to Lae under [ cover of a terrific aerial bombard ment that literally flattened the enemy’s gun emplacements in the Markham valley. Hundreds of American paratroop ers were on the ground and in ac tion before the stunned Japanese a defenders realized what was hap- y pening. i Most of the enemy forces appar- 4 ently were engaged in a desperate o battle against the main body of Al- g lied troops that landed east of Lae n early Saturday morning. The Ameri- n can and Australian jungle troops in h the main body had pushed or< west and north from their landing spot r and last were reported about nine , a (Continued on page six) Tobacco Prices Are Stronger On The Local Market Today Tobacco prices, after shoving a latter parrot the local market today, reports bas •5d on farmers’ statements arid oili er reliable ;nfo’~rm'*ion indicating that all grades are selling higher and that the better and medium grades fire decidedly stronger. Quite a few piles were sold this morning for 47 and 48 cents, and most types outside the nondescript grades were going in the price range for 37 to 43 cents. Farmers, a bit disappointed last week over the price trend, were more optimistic yesterday and to day. They are still puzzled over the apparent variation in price aver ages reported by the Georgia and Border Markets and those in this belt. Where they were anxious over i ceiling price, they began talking last week about a price floor. j Block sales are still in progress hut the volume is gradually dim in* .h- » ! ‘armors to place their tobacco on i the floors one day for tiie next, bu t i ir some cases sales arc hardly pos sible until the third day. Convinced | that they have much to gain and lit tle or nothing to lose by waiting, tnany farmers are curtailed or stop ping in their entirety all marketin’ activities. It is the opinion of m> that the price average will continue upward as the glut is eliminated. The local market has sold slightly in excess of two and one-half million pounds today with maximum sales being recorded each day. The farm ers are beginning to realize that this is an abnormal period, and that full time sales cannot be maintained without glutting the factories and plants. Authorities Establish County Reserve Fund REFUSED Making a determined request to the local town commission ers, S. W. Dickens, Halifax County man, was denied a li cense for the opening of a wine store here. It was intimated that the applicant was of the opinion that a wine store could be open ed here with or without a spec ial license from the town author ities. Mayor J. L. Hassell, advis ing the man of the action taken by the board in its regular meet ing last night, kindly reminded the applicant that several appli cations had already been reject ed. that a concerted public action had been taken against granting a wine store license to any one. A final report, the only other matter to come before the meet ing, placed swimming pool re ceipts for the season at $1,290.85, an amount almost $300 greater than the 1942 income. The board is appropriating $2,425 for the operation of the pool next sum mer. Vative Of County Dies In Cincinnati ——-*>— Mrs. Elizabeth Waters Woodhouse, native of Jamesville and for many ears a resident of Williamston, died i Cincinnati Sunday morning at :30 o’clock following a long period f declining health. She had under one hospital treatment during many lonths for heart trouble but the im lediate cause of her death could not e learned here today. The funeral party is expected to! each here some time late tonight, nd the last rites will be conducted (Continued on page six) Prisoner Hangs Self In Jail Late Sunday Night Woman Angered At n Officers Who Foiled; Her Suicide Attempt —®— Faye Walker Mizelle Had Been Jailed for Assault ing Her Stepchild Faye Walker Mizelle, 28-year-old white woman, missed death by a matter of a few seconds in the Mar tin County jail last Sunday night when she attempted to end her life * by hanging. She *nst J breath when Patrolman Whit Soun ders ana Officer Chas. R. Moore- err tered the jail with a drunken pa tron. Hearing her gasping for breath Patrolman Saunders called Jailer. Roy Peel who was on his way to the cell block to get a bunk mattress for | the drunk and they found the wo man dangling from an improvised noose attached to one of the cell doors. She was unconscious and her body, dripping in a death sweat, was ( a blue-black. Jailer Peel immediate ly lifted Jier bodily and Patrolman Saunders untied the noose. Artificial respiration was applied and a doc tor was summoned immediately. She c was several minutes regaining con- * sciousness, the attending physician r stating that death would have result- r ed had the officers been a few sec- c onds or a minute later in finding 1 her. c No motive for the suicide attempt 4 was offered, but she was quoted as ' saying that she could not get along ' with her husband and was tired of 1 (Continued on page six) 1 TIRE QUOTAS Martin County’s September tire quota—128 Grade I passen- " ger car and pick-up truck tires, 105 Grade III tires and 61 new truck tires — amounts to little more than the proverbial drop of water thrown on a big fire. The rationing board could use the entire quota at one sitting and leave between four and five hundred applications pend ing. The quota of Grade III tires was exhausted last Friday night when the board allotted a total jf at Otafc ■kypit’-at fc.ro in tifc&fWTB allowance for f tne entire month. About one third of the Grade I ear and truck tires were rationed at the one sitting. Six new cars have been allot ted the county for September, and one of those has been is sued to Dr. V. A. Ward, of Rob ersonville. ■nil For Red Cross Setring Room Articles Before resigning and leaving the ounty, Miss Lora Sleeper delivered led Cross material to many Home temor’tration oluh members to he lade into garments. A few of the ompleted articles have not yet been eturned, and since no complete rec rd of the distribution is now avail ble here, Mrs. N. C. Green, chair nan of t.he dewing project for the ! /lartin County Red Cross Chapter, j s asking those who have not return-' d the articles to do so by October' st, if possible. j Special Clerk Will Assist Fiiliiic With* Application Forms Tux Collector Settlement Is Accepted l»v Commission ers Here Yesterday -$ Martin County Commissioners in regular session here yesterday made ready to help Uncle Sam over the top in the Third War Loan Drive and build up funds for retiring outstand- : ing debts when they proposed the creation of a special capital-surplus reserve fund that will make possi- ■ ble the purchase of $30,000 worth of 2 1-2 per cent U. S. Treasury bonds. The action is subject to approval by the State Local Government Com mission, and will direct profits from the ABC system and whatever sur plus may accrue from the general fund to the reserve fund. The com missioners made the stipulation that each township quota in the Third War Loan Drive should be credited in proportion to its assessed proper- , ty valuation. While the $30,000 is 1 a small amount when measured be side the $<118,000 Third War Loan quota, it is, at least, a beginning and will help, no doubt. Ever since rationing was institut- s ed, the general public has had no \ end of trouble in finding willing ^ workers who would prepare their c applications for various types of , rations. Some who could prepare L their own applications pestered oth- c ers, and in many cases the applies- - tions were improperly executed. a Moving to help relieve the situation, i the county authorities upon the mo tion of Commissioner Joshua L. Col- b train agreed to employ a special ( clerk to assist the public in prepar ing the applications. The salary, the commissioners ruled, will be in line [ with those received by regular ra tion board clerks. No one had been [ employed early yesterday, but sev eral have been mentioned for the j post. The assistant will be located c right in the ration board office. Tax Collector M. Luther Peel, ap pointed to serve another term in that j position, filed an accounting of his collection of the 1942 taxes. Start- t ing out with a total levy of $214, 276.04, the collector accounted as fol- a lows’ Cash turned into the treasury, $203,002.67; releases, $195.00; land v sales, $2,679.97; dog vaccinations and disemmis*.$2,14S.29; personal prop- , erty accounts uncollected or'i/rsolv ent, $6,242.53; collections not turn- j (Continued on page six) --*-£ Fire Department fc Gets Three Calls k —*>— a Local volunteer firemen last nigiit , answered their third call in four ^ oa>s VtfiTfcii the home of Jeannette and almost bucned.dowvt.on Riddick Street, a short distance off West Church Street. Owned by Barissa Slade, the house is believed to have caught fire from a defective flue. The top was burned away and the second story was wrecked. Most of the furniture on the first floor was saved. No official estimate on the damage could he had immediately, but the building was said to have been in a bad state of repair and the loss was not expected to exceed $400. Last Friday afternoon ,the firemen were called to the Farmville-Wood ward Lumber Company plant on the Washington Road where the large shavings room n°er the planing mill caught fire. The blaze was confin ed to the one room, and damage was estimated at about $300. Friday night, the volunteers, us ing the department’s auxiliary equip-1 Tnent, answered a call from the J.! M. Oakley farm, a few miles out j on the Hamilton Road. A small ten-1 ant house burned down, but no es timate on the damage could be had. Dr. Ralph McDonald Addresses Labor Day Croup In Plymouth I ^VlitfhiW unlilV-iiijijnli itlosj ll.iiiucrous to Spoedv ! Aiid Complete \ ietory “The most dangerous obstacles to complete and speedy victory against 1 our enemies are home-front obsta cles, Ralph McDonald declared in addressing a patriotic Labor Day meeting in Plymouth yesterday. He identified the chief home-front ob stacles as disunity, overconfidence, selfishness and normalcy. “Only a united people can achieve their utmost in production of arms, food, and othe implements of world warfare,” said McDonald. “Now as never before in our history it is im perative that the differences between individuals be tolerantly approach ed and settled, that the divergent in terests of groups, such as capital and labor, be amicably adjusted. A wide spread contagion of good-will among the American people right now would go a long way to shorten the war. We need the same unity and good will among and toward all of our dlies. A whispering campaign against 1 Russia, or against England, or be- ' ittling China, is nothing short of labotage against victory. United we ihall- wm eempletel’/ - and- V) •easonabl" time; disunited we shall win only partially and after long ind hideous sacrifice.” Striking at the "unrealistic opti nism" with which many Americans , ■Xpert a sudden victory, McDonald | warned against over-optimism as an , ibstacle to victory. "Only a hard , ind bitter struggle can possibly win ] 1 complete and final victory for free- • lorn. We have just begun to pene- , rate the European continent; in the , Pacific we are still on the outer | ringes of Japan’s vast empire. It is j beer folly to think in terms of any- ( hing except a continuing struggle 'or perhaps two or three years to onne. If the courage and fighting (Continued on page six) « I Licenses Issued To Fifteen Couples in County Last Month SuinlM'r of Marriage* Among White Population Holds To I .on Average -4b Fifteen marriage licenses were to iled in this county by Register of )eeds J. Sam Getsinger last month. Vhile the number issued to colored ouples was above the average, mar iages among the county’s white pop lation held to a fairly low average r just about half the number issued year ago and two under the low verage for the first eight months of his year. Licenses were issued, four to white ml eleven to colored couples last lorith, as follows: White Geo. T. Bailey and Mo!lie Ayers, oth of Williamston. Archie Mizelle and Faye Walker, oth of RFD 2, Williamston. Clinton White Johnson, RFD 1, lobersonville, and Aliena Elizabeth mith, Robersonville. Colored Joseph Nichols and Pearl Morris, oth of RFD 1, Williamston. Askew Green, Oak City, and Bet e Ann Wynn, Hassell. John Alton Roberts, Williamston, nd Emma Whitehurst, Williamston. Clarence Williams and Essie Mae /oolard, both of Everetts. Louis Craig and Thelma Bunch, oth of Windsor. _ _ . David Slade, Robersonville, and Esther Bynum, Parmele. James Willis Williams and Verna tokes, both of Williamston. Edgar Williams and Aria Rascoe, oth of Williamston, William B. Hill and Novella As ew, both of Robersonville. Russell Armstrong, Robersonville, nd Katie Mae Latham, Williamston. Elmer Riddick and Maude Purvis, oth of Williamston. 1 1 i l i 1 t i j c < ( c \ t s f a I t t e e v t f s a 1: t n li n P t n V t! ti tl P t< ti fi tllEHECOKD SPEAKS . . . The advantage the 1943 acci dent record held over the 1942 figures is gradually disappear ing and in some instances the picture for 1943 to date is dark er than it was in the 1942 corre sponding period. Up until a short time ago, the number of highway accidents was less than the 1942 figure, but now the count stands at 32 against 48. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 36th Week Comparison Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1943 1 1 0 $ 25 1942 0 0 0 000 Comparison To Date 1943 32 16 5 4850 1942 48 29 2 0243 f! V c f: C 1; c o f. P e t' E ti t: c c f g c e u t V J p Increase In Activity On The Illicit Manufacturing Front Possibly as a result of legal li quor shortages coupled with the fact t is enough money to set. himself up in business, a fairly markon increase in the illicit liquor business has been reported in this county during fair ly recent days. And there is a pos sibility that the illicit business will try to increase its volume, unoffi cial reports stating that the demand is so great that the price for the bot tled-in-the-bush liquid compared eery favorably with the established price list in the legal stores. During recent months, the supply if legal liquor has been nearly ex lausted on several occasions, but ibout a week ago the thirst of the icvvly rich absorbed the supply to he last drop, and none was offered 'or sale for several days. The supply s being gradually increased, but it s fairly apparent that the demand .vill be about ready to soak up the \bundant Supply of Pood Found in Farm Security’s Larders lus|)<M'lion Reveals Marked Progress Made tl> ilie Program in County -«. The Farm Security program, in iuding tenant-purchase and reha* >i I it at ion projects, is making marked >rogress in this county, it was re ’ealed in an extensive tour made >y an inspection party last Saturday. Phe group, including county offi ials, officers, agriculturists and sev •ral individuals having no connec ion with the program, was greatly mpressed by the success of the work o date. Well-cured hams hanging in or terly-kept smokehouses in numbers, lundreds of chickens running in and iround the tidy yards and pastures nd new crops coming from the >rooders, a milch cow and a com ortable home at each stop impress 'd the visitors as they observed a eturn to what may be called a bas c agriculture. It was an off season or the family garden, but evidence hat there had been one was found n the hundreds of neatly packed iirs of vegetables, fruits and meats tored away row upon row and sev ral tiers deep in every pantry. Ev ry piece of machinery was shelter d and the appearance of the stock learly indicated that the farmers /ere interested in their work. But hove all there were healthy, wide wake children, the small honor cer ificates framed and hanging con- ( picuously on the walls showing per •ct attendance and excellent schol stic records. There were the cattle erds on some of the projects and ic number of pigs ranged from ■venty to forty and fifty. The paint- ( [I homes and well-kept yards point d out Ihe projects, reflecting a mil-founded prosperity and con- ' •ntrnent. , The city holds little* or no appeal >r that group; in fact, the well- . ;ocked smokehouses and pantries nd the apparent ease surrounding fe on the projects hold an appeal for ic salaried city dweller. For the lost part the Farm Security fami es were an appreciative group, lany of them entertaining happy rospects of retiring their obliga ons to the last penny this year and ext. Taken suddenly sick the night be (Cor.tinued on page six) , iix Changes Made iii Local Facility' Only six changes were made in the Williamston school faculty during ie summer months. School authori es employed three elementary and iree high school teachers to com lete the faculty of twenty-five now •aching the local schools. Teachers employed for JJhe first me and their teaching assignments illow: Mks F;v>ae*-.T -fer/-of- -A-ydbn.,, i.-,t giatk'. -Mia.i ij.r.a Ttk* v of ( 'rtshington, second grade; Mrs. ower Crosswell, of Williamston, fth grade; Miss Ann Golden, of ‘ arthage, eighth grade; Miss Eve- i ■n Baker, of Washington, commer- J al subjects; .Miss Mildred Watkins, r Louisburg, science subjects. Miss Turnage has taught the first rade in the Plymouth school for the ast several years. Miss Lamina Eak- , r was employed in the Wake Coun- t r schools last year. Miss Evelyn j aker was also in the same system, . .■aching the commercial subjects in ‘ ie Apex High School. Mrs. Gower j rosswell is a graduate of Winthrop . ollege, and taught in the South J arolins* schools. Miss Golden is a , raduate of Queens College, and imes to Williamston after a year of;' mployment with a government (J gency in Washington, D. C. Miss Miidred Watkins was grad- , ated from Eastern Carolina Teach- J rs College last spring, where she , as laboratory assistant to Dr. R. ‘ , Slay, head of the Chemistry De- , artmer.'. deliveries as made. apidly as they Officer J. II Roebuck wrecked'eight [ complete liquor plants in the county , last month, inr’qding two equipped ! with coppe- and one with flue iron More than 1,000 gallons of beer and two gallons of liquor were poured out. One violator of the liquor laws was arrested and convicted. Last Fri day, two plants, equipped with gas drums, were wrecked in the Hassell section of Hamilton Township. The operators, placing their plants close together, raided a saw mill nearby and poured out gallons of oii and stole the drums. The officers found two barrels of molasses beer at one plant and sixty pounds of meal that had just been mixed with water at tiie second. Sugar beer is being found in larger quantities, especially in the Free Union section where rationing has not been applied thoroughly. GETS HIS *1 AN rf man ht the upper part of the eountv who went to jail and spent sev eral days there before he would register for the draft about a ! year ago. ran afoul of the law again last week U was. just a. .1! minor infraction of the law- this j time, but that same old defiance crept to the surface. Armed with a warrant charg ing the man w ith trespassing on the property of another, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck went to the man's home last week. Williams was seen coming down the road, and seeing the officer, Williams veer ed to the right and slipped in the back gate, lie released his ferocious dogs and went into the house. The officer tried to make friends with the dogs, but the canines would have none of that and finally he withdrew quiet ly. Williams won Round No. 1 that evening, hut next morning the man had hardly got out of 1 sight of his dogs before the sher iff nabbed him and scored a 1 complete knockout. The officer would prefer no charge against 1 the man, but he warned that if ever he has a warrant charging ( a serious crime, some dogs would be eliminated with gun and shell. Bicyclist Badly Hurt I, When Struck by Car!' -<*-- ' !, Anthony Moses, 21-year-old col- I >red man, was dangerously hurt f ;arly last Friday evening when he vas struck by an automobile on the ( Washington Highway in front of warmer Clyde Williams’ home, a few niles from here. Hiding a bicycle, t Vloses v.-as knocki d or carried 47 eet down the highway when Ray- | < nond Holloman, white man from Clizabeth City, ploughed into him1 t vith his 1040 Plymouth from the: ear. The victim’s head was badly rut,; I (Continued on page six) Quota Is Exhausted For Grade III Tires By Rationing Board I his County I nst Fri day INi^ht Witli more than enough applica tions already on hand to cat up the entire quota for the current month ai'd many to spare, the Martin Coun ty Rationing Board last Friday night allotted 107 Grade III tires, the ac tion exceeding the actual quota by two tires. In addition to the clean sweep of Grade III tires, the board allotted thirty-nine or about one third of the current new tire quota, and nineteen new truck tires. Grade I tires and tubes were allot :od to the following: C. E. Jenkins, Williamston, one ire and one tube. Eula W. Coburn, Jamesville, one ire and one tube. Joe Bunting. Palmyra, two tires ind two tubes. S. 1). Perry, RED 3, Williamston, me tire and one tube. N T. Tice, RED 1, Williamston, mo tise.aad-®B©-tisb( J. I) Price, RFD 2, Williamston, me tube. John Mizelle, Robersonville, two ires and one tube. G C Godard, RED 1, Williamston, tqbe. K 1< Cullipher, RFD 2, Williams on, one lire. Mrs. Janie Fleming, Hassell, one ire. C. II. Godwin, Jr., Williamston, one ire. J. W. Eubanks, Hasseli, one tire. J. Dawson Roberson, Roberson ille, two tires. Oliver Carter, Parmele, one tire. Wheeler Rogerson, Williamston, wo tires. Joe Waril, Hassell, one tire. J. Robt. Moore, Williamston, one ire. H. P. Mobley, Williamston, one ube. Geo. H. Leggett, Hassell, one tube. Williamston Package Co., two ubes. J. L. Gibson, RED 1, Williamston, wo tubes. Hugh Roberson, one tire and one ube. Henry D. Harrison, Williamston, me tube. J. E. Jenkins, Parmele, one tire md one tube. Jasper Everett, Robersonville, one ube. Armuza Cherry Roberson, Wil iamston, two tires and two tubes. Elbert S. Peel, Williamston, one ube. Geo. W Keel, Robersonville, one ire and one tube. Bessie C. Carman, Robersonville, iiie tire. J. W. Bellflower, RFD 1, Palmyra, no tile and one tube. J. H. Peel, Williamston, one tire. C. C. Fleming, Jamesville, two ires and two tubes. W. B. Cannon. RFD 1, Hobgood, ne tire. J. W. Perkins, Robt rsonville, two in's and one tube. II R Smith, Palmyra, two tires. R A. Criteher, Williamston, one In and one tube. (Continued on page six) Poplar Point Nearing War Loan Bond Quota ON THE AIR ) I iliiton Everett, son of Mr. Le V.oy Bverett, iuu.V«* one of three brothers in the serv ice, was on the air last Sunday evening when he appeared on the “Stars and Stripes” program ( somewhere in North Africa. Many people heard him, while others had their radios fail them just at that time. The young man’s commanding officer told how me (Everett) l' had helped save a big plane and V its crew. The service man ex- t; .j'la.v'ert tb.c. .Incident..In . 3.. fsjv 1 words and sent .greetings to his 1 * wife, the former Miss Edith '■ n Ward Roebuck, and his father. 1 happenings In The Williamston School •— Attendance at the Williamston chool was at a high mark yester day when activities were resumed fter tha week-end recess. Teachers eported nearly perfect attendance n all rooms, indicating that parents nd pupils are cooperating fully in he school programs. Classes were nesting on regular r»b«dnl* and pn iils evidenced much progress in ad usting themselves to their program f studies. The high degree of interest mani ested during the early days of the lew term indicates that both parents nd pupils are determined that the naximum good shall be derived from U tl ti b P F a is t! P d c ii s j' a t I a P a h (Continued on page six) Man Bond Rally In The School at Bear (,rassrriday ru^fli J O -cv— iliairimin Herman Bowen Nairn's Canvassers for This Township Public spirited leaders are pois 1 and ready for action in the Third far Loan Drive opening in the coun on Thursday of this week when ie people wilj be asked to invest MH.uoii in "war bonus while tne re taiiidi-i of tfi! ”riatf..p“w?frgo'about using the rest of fifteen billion allars for the The quota for It county is admittedly large, and ie amounts to be raised by the dis icts are of towering heights, possi ly, hut according to reliable re arts tiie little township of Poplar oint has its goal in sight already, ad if that district can do that, it only reasonable to believe that le other ten districts can meet and ass their quotas. It’s a big job, no oubt, and the drive will have to be srried into every nook and corner 1 the county. It may be even neces iry to stop buying liquor, cut out >y riding, ration our amusement nd put our ohouldor to the wheel fter a meaningful fashion to raise ie amount, but it has got to be done. The report, coming directly from oplar Point, states that landlords nd tenants arc teaming up in sup ort of the drive with the mutual nderslanding that such action will elp the war program and place them (Continued on pa^e six)