Buy A War Bond Today And Get A Free Ticket To Special Show Just Ten More Days To Kaise Bond Quota THE ENTERPRISE Raise S569.228.00 Of $856,000 Bond Quota VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 51 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 27, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899 Sale Of “E” Bonds Is Below Expectations In All The Districts Bear Grass First To Go Over The Top With Over All Subscription Martin County's $856,000 war loan drive felt its first big push during the past few days when the total sales were boosted from around $125,000 to $569,228 leaving the campaign $286,772.00 short of its goal. The week-end developments are really encouraging, but the drive is rapidly drawing to a close, and the people of this county will have to get busy if the goal is to be reached by Saturday of next week. While the over-all subscription to date is encouraging, the sale of “E” bonds is lagging and lagging miser ably. It is quite apparent that the general public has not awakened to the challenge, that individual pleas ures and acts that are questionable in these trying days continue to squeeze in ahead of the war effort. The brazen acts of some, it is re ported, is badly hampering the sale of “E” bonds in some quarters, and leaders of the drive are not at all optimistic over the sale to date. The sale of “E" bonds and distri bution of tickets for a special show in the Marco Theatre here Wednes day evening will have to get a large last-minute support if the undertak ing is to meet with success. A special show, “Two Sailors and a Girl,” will be shown free to all pur chasers of “E” bonds. The offer is open to any one in the county As for the picture, it is being released ahead of schedule, and it is hoped that it will play to a packed theatre tomorrow evening. If you haven't bought a bond and received a ticket, act at once. Reviewing the bond sales as of Monday afternoon. County Chair man Herman A. Bowen stated that Bear Grass had already gone over the top in its over-all subscription. Although the outlook is not as dis couraging as the preliminary figures would seem to indicate Jamesville reports $$487.50 sold. Williams has subscribed to almost one-half of its quota. Griffins has raised about one-fifth of its quota, mostly in “E” bonds. Bear Grass reported sales in the sum of $70,237.50. William ston is well over three-quarters of the way in its purchases. Purchas es total about one-third of the goal in Cross Roads. Rnbersonville is about one-half complete. Popular Point is over the half way mark while the sale? in Harni’ton total about one-tenth of the quota. Litiie has been heard from Goose Nest, the first reports crediting that district with sales in the sum of only $75 against a $29,000 quota. The following tabulation shows the original quota and amount sub scribed and reported up to late Mon day afternoon by the several town ships: Jamesville WiUiams Griffins Bear Grass Wilhamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Goose Nest Quota $ 25,000 11,700 46,800 30,000 1,600 30.000 257,999 12.000 52,500 29,000 Sales i 487.50 4,850.00 9.243.25 70,237.50 294,475.00 10,881.25 128,127.50 6.956.25 5,018.75 75.00 $856,000 $530,351 00 “E” bond sales were reported by districts, as follows: Jamesville, $487.50; Williams, $1,350.00; Grif fins, $8,243.25; Bear Grass, $1,237.50; Wiliiamston, $33,475; Cross Roads, $881.25; Robersonville, $23,127.00; Poplar Point, $956.25; Hamilton, $3,018.75; Goose Nest $75, a total of $72,851. In addition to those pur (Continued on page six) Award Purple Heart To Local Young Man Wounded twice in recent weeks somewhere in Italy, 1st Lt. Billy Biggs, young son of Mr .and Mrs. S. R. Biggs of Williamston, was recent ly awarded the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster. According to indirect reports re ceived from a returned friend, Lt. Biggs I a» been in the thick of bat tles for weeks or until he was wounded. The young man was in a tank when it was hit and blown up, but he didn’t get a scratch. Just how he was wounded could not be learn ed, but it was stated that he was hit by shrapnel in the leg and hip, and that he is to undergo an operation for the removal of the objects soon. Lt. Biggs is now in a rest area, one report rtating that he was able to walk around O. K. County M ell Represented in New Guinea Martin County is well and ably represented over in New Guinea, the above picture showing nine county youths or en ough to give a spot on the island a Martin f lavor. They are, top row, left to right, Russell Roebuck, John W. Gurganus, Hay wood Wynne, Morris Stalls; bottom row, Gilbert Ward, Robert James, Ben Hopkins, Maurice Pate and Dick Slade. The boys say they are getting along well. PRISONER J Missing since May 10 in a raid over Austria, R. J. Hardison, Williamston youth, is now held prisoner by the Germans, his parents were notified this week. Martin County Well Represented In The Pacific War Theater Vine County Young Men Form A Single Croup Over In New Guinea Even though the European War holds the spotlight and possibly has more men and equipment, the Paci fic War is no sideshow. Late and far from complete reports clearly indi cate that Marlin County is well rep resented in the Pacific theater all I the \vcy from the frozen north right on down through the Marshall and Solomon Islands to New Caledonia and possibly New Zealand. The coun ty boys are so numerous that they are running around in groups of nine, and impromptu meetings of the home boys while still a bit rare are being reported. The following letter written by Cpl. James Dalburgh Riddick to his parents just a few days ago tells about a chance meeting in the Marsh alls: “The first thing 1 want to talk about is the big surprise I had a couple of days ago. I had been to the post exchange with some of the boys and we were on cur way back when II saw a guy resembiihg Juflan Koe I buck standing an the beach, Wiien we got nearer I could see it was him. We were so surprised to see eacli oth er that we just looked at each other a couple of minutes before we could say anything, and then we shook hands for almost five minutes. I am telling you we were really glad to see each other. We have been living (Continued on page six) LONELY V. ] Anticipating the certain lone liness that would follow the re moval of approximately 200 Martin County youths to a pre induction center two Martin County boys who were not in cluded in the current draft call, are said to have volunteered and reported for their preliminary examinations this week. They are Slade Revels, RFD 3, Williams ton, and Dallas Russell Lynch, of Hamilton. |Bennie Weaver Is Now Stationed In Pacific War Area I’inils Australian Money a Bit (.(implicated To Handle In New (iiiinea After a long wait, the mail is coming through from New Guinea where Martin County lads, if it were possible for all of them to get to gether, could carry co a fairly siz able war of their own. Bennie Weaver, In a recent letter to his parents, tells about the big is land. Since that letter, the young man is recovering from an operation for appendicitis in a hospital there. His letter follows, in part: “Well, 1 finally heard from you and I really was glad to get the let ter. Today we haven’t been doing much except trying to get nome floors in our tents. Last night we had one of those New Guinea rains and it sounded like the sky fell out. This morning everything was muddy and when I say muddy, 1 really mean muddy. Some of the men told us it was just a shower to some of the rains. Wow, now I wonder what it’s gonna be lilie "when it does rain. “Hope everything is okay at the dairy and on tiie farm and hope the crops turn out O.K. “The natives here look just like those I've seen in books, bushy hair and some of them have red hair. They love American cigarettes. We have to sleep in mosquito nets all the time. I only hope I don’t get the malaria like I did at home. We have been taking atabrine. We have a stream nearby and I’ve already been swimming. It’s just like the Ole Swimming Hole. “I hope I get the ‘Enterprise’ soon. I could stand some good town news. Y:r.-asl Siiliinluy Morning; -•- , Funeral services were held at the home near here last Sunday after noon a* 5 o’clock for John II Mizell, prominent figure in the Primitive Baptist Church, who died in his sleep some time during the early hours of last Saturday morning. Elders H. S. Cowin, his pastor, and A. H. Ayers conducted the last rites and interment followed in Wood lawn Cemetery here Suffering a stroke of pal a lysis about • igld years ago, Mr Mi/ell had be at in feeble .health since that time. Ilnv. i v r. he was able to bi up mo: t of the lime with the ex eeption c I short j criod: 11“ re tired last. Friday evening feeling as well as usual and apparently had a second stroke during the night. When he failed to answer the call for breakfast, members of the fami ly went to his room and found him dead. Apparently he died three or four hours before he was found. The son of the late James A. and Charlotte Coburn Mi/eil, hr u as1 born on ;; farm near WiPiamston, on Oclobet 18, 1872 He spent bis early life there, moving to Wiiliamston years later to engage in the build ing trade. More recently he had operated a grist mill near here. When a young man he was mar ried to Miss Mary Ella Peel. Two (Continued on page six) CLOSED -/ The supply ol' material ex hausted, the local Ked Cross bandage room has been closed for an indefinite period, Mrs. J. K. Taylor, chairman, announced this morning. Increased cooper ative effort during recent days made it possible to complete the June quota slightly ahead of schedule, it was explained. Additional material is expect ed shortly and the room will be reopened as soon as the goods arrive, it was announced. (('oniinui'cf on page six; Slightly Injured In Accident Sunday Mrs. E. T. Walker suffered a pain ful but not serious arm injury and considerable property damage when two cars crashed at the Watts and Warren Street intersection here Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock. One re port stated that the small bone in her arm was cracked or broken. Mrs. Walker, operating a 1941 Cad illac, was driving south on Watts street and Iteg Chesson, operating a Chevrolet, was driving east on War ren Street, the two cars meeting squarely in the intersection before either driver could hardly see the other. Damage *o the Cadillac was esti mated at $500 and that to the Ches son car at $50. Each party was re ported to have accepted the damages *o his own car.