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NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. 4 VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 66 Williamston, Marlin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 22. 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899 Williamston Tobacco Market Ready for Opening Monday More County Men Are Called By the Services Thirty Nine Youths Leave For Service Camp This Morning Call Leaves About One Hun dred White Men in Coun ty’s Draft Pool Thirty-nine young white men left the county this morning for final in IP duction into the armed services at Fort Bragg, the call leaving about ninety-five white men in the coun ty’s reserve draft pool. Eight of the men are married and they leave sev en children at home. The ages of the group range from 18 to 25, inclusive, most of them fall ing in the 19-year group. Twenty nine of the 39 called come from the farm. Names and their registration and latest given addresses, follow: James Elton Smith, Robersonville and Newport News. Edward L. Keel, RFD 2, Roberson ville and Parmele. Garland Clifton Tice, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Joseph Dallas Peaks, Everetts and ^ Portsmouth. Jesse Earl Rawls, Jamesville and Wilmington, Del. Leon Crafford Williams, James ville and Norfolk. James Bernest Keel, RFD 1, Rob ersonville and Baltimore. Roland Cecil Cherry, RFD 3, Wil liamston, and Jacksonville, Fla. Martin Luther White, RFD 1. Hob good and Oak City. Janies William Manning, RFD 1, Williamston. James Alphonso Everett, RFD 1, Palmyra. Walter Wesley Brown, RFD 3, Williamston. Dalton Edward Carroway, RFD 3, Williamston. Louis Tyler Wynne, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Oscar Leroy Robertson, RFD 3, Wfllicmston. Haywood Pi ice, RFD 2, WUliams ton. Albert Bullock, Jr., RFD 1, Oak City. Jimmie Baker, RFD 1, Oak City. Andrew Garland Smith, Rober sonville and Biltmore, N. C. Simon Claude Griffin, Williams ton. William Jenning Etheridge, RFD (Continued on page four) Tires Are Allotted By Ration Board Virtually exhausting the current month allotment, the county was al lowed an additional 100 tires for dis tribution between now and Septem ber 1. No large truck tires are yet available and the issuance of small truck rations are limited. Grade I tires were rationed to the following: Z. D. Cox. Clyde Revels, Henry Oakley, Russell Knox, Aimer King Riddick, R. T. Tavlor. G. H Man ning, S. R. Biggs, Cleophas Learners, Wier Furniture Co., Cleveland Manning, W. E. Manning, Bill Gay, A. P. Barnhill, W. D. Manning, Hen ry D. Hanison. Lester Bryant, Coy Griffin, W. G. Peel, John Edwin Manning, Mrs. Effie Rogers, Henry Dickens, C. U. Rogers, F. C. Stall ings, J. K. RugX-.wg Co., Frank Bailey, J. C. Ross, Russell Griffin, F. S. Scott, G. H. Davenport, Larry Barnhill, W. L. Lee, Robert E. Modlin, C. M. James, Margarette I I I 1 Ricks, B. D. Adams, W. U. Wallace, W. C. Hale, Z. D. Cox, W. R. Banks, Jack Biggs, C. N. Russell, Mrs. P M. Shearin, a,, os D. Roberson, Ray mond He ' Ace Tom Taylor, W'v.l B. B. B..S Courtney, William Fleming, Delbert, Whitaker, Warren Riddick, Tullie Cherry Taylor, John G Peel, Jasper Rollins, R. M. Quinn, Henry Bell, Raleigh Jones, Ernest Lee Lester, James Leathers, W. C Slade, Walter Gainor, Reuben Hester, Mayo Sim mons, Mrs. D. C. McLawhorn. Nora Cherry, Raymond Hodges, Charlie Bradley, Geo. D. Grimes, Jr., Alvis Curtis, Clyde M. Lassiter, Ada I. Price, Oscar Harrell, Johnny Brown, Lizzie Godard, G. R- Waters, James Briley, Mack Cherry, J. F. Flanagan, M. L. Robinson, Evan-Perry, L. E. Nelson, Wesley Jones, M. W. Cope land, Adolphus Cotten, Mrs. Tom Bailey, Augustus Griffin, Ben F. Roberson, James Outterbridge, Claude Bryant, Z. Cox, Ernest Best. Truck tires were issued to the fol lowing: Everett and Williams Grocery Co., Robersonville; L. R. Everett, Hamil ton; Standard Fertilizer Co., Wil liamston; C. L. Tyson, Oak City; L. W. Ange, Jamesville; Lindsley Ice Co., Williamston, and Williamston Package Manufacturing Co. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . With the exception of a minor wreck of a more or less contin uous nature, motorists traveled through another week on Mar tin County highways and streets without serious trouble during the period ending last Saturday. Fc^ several weeks now, no one has been badly hurt in an acci dent on the highways. 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. 33rd Week Comparison Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge 1944 1 0 0 $ 150 1943 000 00 Comparison To Date 1944 44 23 1 7850 1943 26 12 5 3575 Montgomery Quoted As Saying the War in Europe About Over -4 Americans By-Pass Paris and Leave II For Patriots To Fa?nHe -Js Scoring a great victory over the Germans in northwestern France and driving rapidly up from the south, the Allied Armies have brought the end of the war in sight, according to General Bernard Mont gomery. Predicting the end of the European struggle, Montgomery urg ed the Allied forces to push steadily forward and get the mess over with as quickly as possible. The progress of the Allied forces has been so rapid in the past few days that reports offer nothing bet ter than general information. The Americans are advancing their spear heads, leaving it to the French Pa triots to clear up the muddle and settle with the Germans. Paris has been virtually circled and by-pass ed, and the Patriots are now mop ping up there. After driving across the Seine north and south of Paris, General Patton’s Army is now push ing toward the “rocket coast". In southern France, the French forces are fighting inside Toulon and the march on Marseille is progressing, the over-all progress being well in advance of the time schedule. Since June 6th, the Germans are estimated to have lost half million men in killed, wounded and captur ed. The enc-my is surrendering in waves, one report telling how 10, 000 submitted yesterday in a solid block. On the Eastern Front, the Rus sians have cracked heavy enemy de fenses around Warsaw, but they have suffered reverses on the Baltic front and it is apparent that the op position is mounting as the war is carried to German soil. Sideswipes Cars On Main Street Here Driving into town last Saturday digtet.itte/ut 10:30 o’clock, Alexander Rogers, colored man, sideswipea three cars on West Main Street, do ing about $100 damage to his owi and about $50 damage to the others His recklessness still unexplained Rogers tore into Dick Taylor’s Buici parked in front of the Taylor home and continued several blocks anc sideswipea a Ford and Chevrole onrwior efranf frnm 4 It t parked across sireei iromine Riees' larieraffllr.t . Cinable‘78*S!R rtnyfai'ui <T, Kugci a deserted 3 car and ran away. He was located by patrolmen later that night, one re port stating that they could not rouse him from a deep sleep. LABOR HEARING v Contract prices for stacking peanuts will be established fol lowing a public labor hearing in the Martin County courthouse on Tuesday, September 5, it was announced by the office of the county agent this week. Farmers are invited to attend the hearing between 10 a. m. that morning and 4 o’clock that afternoon to present evidence. Workers are also invited and urged to attend the hearing and present their side of the case. The agreement, it is understood, will affect principally war pris on labor and will be advanced on a task basis. Only Few Positions i j Vacant In County’s Schools At Present Most of the Vacancies Are in FacrHy for School at Hear Grass -* Despite a nation-wide teacher shortage there are only a few nosi ! tions vacant in the various school | faculties in this county at the pres ent time .according to a report re leased this week by the office of the superintendent. Most of the vacan cies are at Bear Grass, but the situa tion there is not as bad as the report would seem to indicate. Contracts are pending in several cases there, it was explained. It was admitted, however, that it will be difficult to fill every position in the county, but the outlook is fairly encouraging for a successful opening on Septem ber 18th. Quite a few new teachers are in eluded in the faculties this year, and a good number will come from the local communities. Several teachers are returning to the school room af ter an absence of several years and a few others are changing from one school to another within the coun ty. The faculty line-up for the ten white schools follows: Williamston: *E. G. Bourne, prin cipal; Mrs. A. R. White, Miss Ann Golden, ‘Miss Verna B. Lowery of Trenton, Miss Evelyn Baker, and Miss Mildred Watson; Elementary school: Mrs. Evelyn II. Manning, Mi's. C. B. Hassell, 'Mrs. Ruby Ma lone Rejuv -ny, Mrs. Elizabeth Eagles, ‘Miss Lucille Bell of Nash ville, Mrs. Velma I! Coburn, Miss Katherine Bradley, Miss Margaret Elliott, Miss Ruth Manning, ‘.Miss Leta Brantley of Spring Hope, Miss Estelle Crawford, Mrs. Mary Ben son Carstarphen, Miss Lima Baker, Miss Grace Talton, Miss Frances Turnage, and Miss Kathryn Mew born, music. One position, that of English teacher in the high school, is yet to be fill* d. (Continued on page four) (Resident Of County Passes In Hospital Mrs. Theodore Coker of urear Wil liamston died in a Richmond hospi tal Sunday morning at 1 150 o’clock following a long period of declining health. She was a victim of an un usual kidney ailment, reports from the hospital stating that hers was the first case ever observed there. In declining health for about two years, she had been confined to her bed during most of the past year, and underwent an operation about two weeks ago. Apparently she was get ting along very well early last Sat urday evening when she suffered a relapse, death following a few hours later The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hedgepeth, she was born near Tarboro on August 20, 1914. She was married to Mr. Coker about twelve years ago, and after spend ing several years in Halifax County, they moved to this county where Mr. Coker has been employed by the county school garage for about four years. Besides her husband and parents she is survived by two children, Randolph and Naomi, several broth ers and sisters, two of whom are in the armed services. Funeral services were conducted at the borne of her parents in Rocky Mount yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock by the pastor of the Baptist <*****:*■*/-i merit followed j® 11 Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro. Heads Airborne All AMERICAN and British para troop and glider forces in the Euro pean theatre have been consoli dated to make up the Prst airborne army in history. The new army wil! be under the command of Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, of the U. S. Army. (International) MARTIN COUNTY In WORLD WAR I (Reviewed from old Enterprise files twenty-seven years ago) November 23, 1917. J. W. Anderson has received a mes sage from his son, Leroy, who is in training at Fort Oglethorpe, stating that he had been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the regular army. He probably was in the list of men be tween the ages of 21 and 27, who were to be sent to the regular army for further training, as provided by the War Department. According lo authority given by Governor T. W. Bickett, fifty men were chosen in Martin County to form the Home Guards, and these with only a few exceptions report ed here Monday afternoon at the Court House. W, C. Manning, chair man of the Martin County Council of Defense' presided over tiir1 meet ing. After necessary proceedings the company was formed and formally mustered into services by Col. Wil son Lamb, a member of the Martin County Council of Defense. The com pany then proceeded to elect its offi cers with the following result: Cap tain, W. C. Manning; 1st. Lieut., K. B. Crawford; 2nd. Lieut., II A. Gray, Chaplain and Drill Master, W. R Burrell. At a public meeting at the Mason ic Hall, Dr. John D. Biggs, temporary chairman, presiding, the Williamston Red Cross Chapter was formed on Friday last. Mrs. Rome Biggs was made temporary secretary. The fol lowing officers were elected: Chair man, Mrs. Charles H. Godwin; vice chairman, Mrs. Warren Biggs; secre tary, Mrs. John D. Biggs; treasurer, Mrs. C. B. Hassell. Oak City Hoy Promoted To Technician■ Fifth Crude Fort Bragg — Promotion of Pfc. William H. Johnson, of Reception Cer>h r,-to the rank of Technician Fifth Grade, was announced today by Brigadier General John T. Ken nedy, Commanding General of Fort Bragg. Corporal Johnson is the on of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 11. Johnson of C."k i j City. ; j Fort Bragg officials stated that in , {promotion was bared ability and attention to duty. Mayor John L. Hassell Extends A Cordial Invitation To A ll To Visit In Williamston jfato L. 1 ' nf we i nproach another tobacco j marker opening for the Bright Leaf Belt it must give us pause when we stop and reflect that the history of tobacco culture in North Carolina reads like a romance. The discovery which was destined to give North Carolina the primacy in the tobacco industry was in 1852 where in Caswell County Eli and Elisha Slade grew the first bright leaf tobacco. The lemon yellow leaf that receiv ed immediate recognition took its abnormal color and quality from the nature of the soil. Since that time the world caine to know North Carolina for its tobacco products and as in Colonial days the growers of tobacco were known as the tobac co aristocracy so in these modern times by improved methods of farm ing and the inventive genius of man tobacco is the aristocratic crop in this section. Cotton has long since yield ed his crown to the Golden Weed King. We read in Moore’s North Caro *9( TmT-R,,f,,r whei some of Sir Walter Raleigh's Colony cuv.e up the Roanoke river to \ ri Williamston now stands i hoping to find gold in the yellow j hills. They returned empty-handed but about 45 years ago the farmers of this section commenced to grow tobacco and they have for these j many years harvested gold from the j golden weed. The Williamston tobacco market opens for the 1944 season on Monday, August 28, 1944. Since 1902 this market has been in operation and while not the larg e t in the Bright Leaf Belt it has ranked among the best down through ! the years. All of the warehouses in Williamston are in readiness for the) opening and are being operated as. in the past by well known and ex perienced warehousemen with a | competent corps of assistants and will be able to accommodate the far-I mer and to see that every pile of to- j bacco brings the top price. The buyers representing all the! large companies and independent i T . .oi>are | assured to get 'tfie high price for your tobacco Wiiliamston is easy to reach from all points with its system of hard surfaced roads converging here from ail points of the compass. We welcome the farmers from Mai tm and adjoining counties to bring tobacco to Williamston on opening day and all through the season where you will be shown ev ery courtesy and consideration by the warehousemen, buyers and citi zens of the town. Our merchants, always wide awake, have been to the markets and have ample stocks to supply your every need for fall and winter. | Aside from her geographical loca tion and natural advantages her ! greatest asset is the hospitality of | her people, warm and generous and strangers coming under its magic I spell are loath to leave our town, j Williamston has that friendly at | mosphere tnat counts for so much I and her citizens hold an interest in i their fellnwrnan. Progressive And Widely-Known Firms Will Operate Four Large Warehouses Here This Season Red Cross Bandage Room Calling More Volunteer Workers -$—.— Only Thirty-three Registered For Service Since Last Thursday Afternoon The Red Cross Bandage Room af ter working ten days on its current surgical dressings quota reports com paratively little progress during the past few days. Only thirty-three per sons found time to visit the room from last Thursday night until last night, a late check showing that less than one-tenth of the current task had been completed. No report has been received from centers at James vilie and Bear Grass, but it is only reasonable to believe that those who generally volunteer their services have been and are still busy with other tasks just now have not been able to visit the rooms as much as they would like to. Various club members, circles and individuals are earnestly urged to schedule as many hours as they pos sibly can and help handle the task. The need for the dressings has been described as urgent, and those in charge of the project are being ask ed to ship the finished dressings as soon as possible. The room is open each afternoon from 2 to 5:30 and each evening from 1! to 10 o’clock, including Saturdays and Sundays. The names of those who found time to lend a helping hand since last Thursday night follow: Friday afternoon: Mesdames Geo. Thorpse, J. D. Page, Dean Speight, T. C. Kitchin, R. H. Clayton, Jr., J. Frank Weaver and John R. Peel. Friday night: Mesdames Samuel Zemon, B. S. Courtney, Anna S. (Continued on page four) Nineteen Colored Men Are Accepted Nineteen of the thirty-three Mar tin County colored men scheduled to report to a service center on Au gust 9 passed their pre-induction ex aminations, and are now subject to call for final induction possibly some lime before November 9th. One of the thirty-three called, Er nest Daniel, failed to report. Samuel Haywood Scott’s acceptance is still pending, and Robert L. Roberson was transferred to Philadelphia. Names of those passing the exam illation follow: William Slaton, Jr., Frank Bell, Jr., Southey James I.acy, Elijah Whitehurst, Charles Gable Slade, John Daniel Slade, Willie Herbert Whitfield, Paul Lawrence Slade, Milton Baines, Waiter Thompson, Arbor Lee Fields, Willie I.ee Rogers, Van Linds ley Griffin, William Mar e, Haywood Clark, Ciar ence Dallas Hopkins, Roscoe Harris, Jesse Aulander Griffin and Brown, Jr. Of the approximately 411 white men reporting for the duction examination last Wednes day, it was unofficially stated that e'C'Oho' passed. Henry young pre-in > SMALL IIKKAK Present indications point to a small break of tobacco on the Bright Belt Marketing opening next Monday, reports from many sections stating that few farmers have had time to grade and prepare any tobacco for the first sales. The crop is unusual ly late and in quite a large num ber of cases the growers are hardly half through with the harvest. In some sections of the county a few farmers have started grad ing their lugs, hut If there is to be a full-day sale next Monday the work will have to be in creased considerably between now and then. Varied Historical Subjects Reviewed In Tobacco Edition SouriTH of Information anil Aid of Volunteer Work ers Acknowledged The- Enterprise is offering its sev enteenth annual tobacco edition to its more than 3,000 readers today af ter many trials and tribulations ex perienced more or less directly as a result of the uncertainties charac teristic of the times. We are not of fering any apologies and we are not complaining, but it is only fair to point out that the ups and downs were numerous, that possibly with out Mr. Warren II. Biggs as one big source of information and the help of Miss Doris Leach, former teacher in the local schools, and Mr. C. B. Has: < !!, a«i' townsman we would have been forced to skip the edition. After straining with the usual work, members of the force tackled the extra work at night over a per iod of many weeks, and they did a pretty good job, considering. There are quite a few bungs that are not quite just right. We are sincerely sorry, but we earnestly hope that our readers, including <he more than 1,000 servicemen in all parts of the world, will find the pages entertain mg and interesting. We sulicitiously call attention to the various adver tisements which, we believe, give a fairly complete current picture of the business of the town and com munity. Turning into the first few of the 36 pages, the readei will find a story about a native author and her books. On the same page there is a little skit about a cat light, the few lines clearly showing that the lads of long ago had a bit of devilment in them too. The story is one related by War ren Biggs and that lie had a promi nent part is more or less accepted as a fact. Then there are quite a few accounts about tobacco and smoking, I one tolling how the smoking habit bad ins beginning nearly 400 years ago. Many of the facts and in some cases, we admit, the stories were (Continued on page four) Jamesville Opens (tannery To Public The Jumesville cannery will be open for use by community mem bers each Tuesday and Thursday af ternoons. For those who wish to use cans the management has a sup ply on hand in quart and pini sizes. so, n was announced. Fruits, vegetables and meats may be canned at the cannery. No mat ter how large or small the amount may be, members of the community are welcomed to use the cannery fa cilities. DELIVERIES No big rush is expected in the delivery of tobacco to the mar kets before the latter part of this week ,although some houses will be open after tomorrow. No rec ord opening is expected on ac count of the late harvest, and it is believed that the deliveries can be easily handled on Friday and Saturday. The apparently unnecessary delivery of tobacco on Sunday has about gone out of style, and most of the leaf to be offered for sale next .Monday will be un loaded on Saturday. Successful Season Predicted for the Williamston Mart (iriffm, Taylor, Barnliill and Lilley, Gurkin, Langley and Manning, Props. Announcing the opening next Mon day morning at S) o'clock, two able and widely-known firms predicted a successful period of operation for the Williamston Tobacco Market this season. Everything is in readiness for the opening, the 43rd in the his tory of the local market. Messrs. S. Claude Griffin, Jimmie Taylor and Leman Barnhill with Jule James as assistant sales man ager will jointly operate the Roan oke-Dixie and Farmers warehouses. Francis Hicks is returning as auc tioneer and John R. Peel will head tlie bookkeeping department. The partnership, recognized as one of the strongest ever to head the joint operation of the two houses, has an able corps of assistants all the way down the line. Messrs. Sylvester Lilley, Carlyle Langley, Johnny Gurkin and John A. Manning are continuing at the helm for the joint operation of the New Carolina and Planters Ware houses. They, too, have an able corps of assistants, guaranteeing the mar ket patrons every advantage for I marketing tobacco. Jakio Taylor is I returning as auctioneer for the two houses. Urbin and Rossell Rogers have again been named as sales supervi sor for the market. Their close con nection with tiie farmer and their experience gained as supervisors in tiie past especially fit them for the job. The selling arrangements on the marl:<•■■■( w;i! 1 ■ imilar to those fol lowed last season, a spokesman for the market announcing that every effort will be made to cooperate with the buying companies and farmers for the orderly marketing crop. Sales will be limited to three and one-half hours, beginning at 9 a. m. and ending at 12:30 p. m., and will be limited to 300 piles per hour. While it is quite possible to exceed that count, the spokesman pointed out that sales in excess of that schedule will over run the redrying plants and influence prices. With this in mind, the market operators plan to place about one day's sale in a warehouse, giving the grower a fairly definite idea when his tobac (Continued on page four) Ens. Bernard Hurley Now On Car^o Ship Writing to The Enterprise under f<iiil.y recent chile, Ensign Bernard Hurley, son of Rev. and Mrs. B. 7* Hurley, and .NgV.es >s ' \ the South Pacific, said: I have received several copiet /f The Enterprise and have thorougnly enjoyed each one. It is most interest ing to learn where one’s friends in the service are and what they are doing. I also enjoy learning what the people there at home are doing. The ■Emmpinr^"doing a job in relaying that information to its readers. 1 am extremely proud of the contributions Wiiliamston is ren dering toward the war efforts, both m the giving of her sons and in the work on the home front. Since leaving the States in March my experiences have been varied | and interesting. Up until a month p.go the good fortune to be transferred to a large cargo ship. My present duty is, in my estimation, one of the best to be had. We have very comfortable quarters, good food (including ice cream every day), and we have a movie on board the ship every night we are in port. On top of all that I am seeing quite a bit of the Southern Pacific and occasionally hit a good liberty port. Since censorship regu lations strictly forbid the divulging of information pertaining to ship’s movements, I cannot tell you about any of the places I have been. How ever, 1 can assure you I will have some fine tales to tell when I get back. If any of you Wiiliamston boys who are out in this area should see the Cossiopeia sail in some day, be sure and come out to see me. So far 1 haven’t seen very many people from North Carolina and none from Wiiliamston. I have the officer of the deck watch for the next four hours, so must close now.