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NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING TFT 5NTEPRISE 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. ■aa ■■ .-. VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 77 W’illiamston, Marlin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 29, 1944. ESTABLISHED 1899 <4 f. » v - - JffitiJi/er Worker it***? Life Early Thursday in Wreck i rut’ er lunges Through HTv Guard Rail- Killing Or Drowning Man Matthew Bond, 30-year-old Bertie . County colored man and employee of the Standard Fertilizer Company here, lost his life shortly before 8 o’clock yesterday morning when the truck in which he was riding went out of control, tore through the guard rail just off the northeastern end of the Roanoke River bridge and plunged down the embankment in to several feet of water. The wreck victim is believed to have been badly hurt, possibly fatally before the truck came to a stop, but it is thought that death resulted from drowning. F'ew coherent details of the acci dent could be had immediately, but it was apparent that speed and reck less driving figured prominently in the accident that cost Bond his life and injured several others, none ser iously. First repoits stated that Frank Crew, driving a 1940 Dodge stake body truck belonging to the Standard Fertilizer Company, and Roland Out law, driving a 1940 Ford stake body truck belonging to the Williamston Package Manufacturing Company, were racing as they approached the river bridge. It was intimated that Outlaw was ahead and that Crew started to pass him and los* control of the machine. One report intimat ed that Outlaw, driving the slow er truck, pulled to his left apparent ly trying to block Crew. While the reports varied, it was reliably claimed that the Dodge truck travel ed on the shoulder for quite a dis tance and then tore into and ripped up the guard rail anchor on the left side of the road. It then swerved to the right, tore through or jumped the guard rail and plunged down the embankment into the water com ing to a stop with its wheels in the air and its engine nearest the high way. Bond, riding in the cab, was trapped under wreckage, but Crew and Harvey Lewis Outlaw managed to get out of the cab and swim to safety. Both were stunned a bit but their injuries were slight. Fred Coop er, riding in the truck, apparently was not hurt, but Wilbert Outlaw, another passenger, -was skinned and painfully bruised in a number of places. He was thrown out of the truck before it made the fatal plunge one report declaring that he skid ded and rolled thirty or forty feet down the highway. Outlaw either lost control of the Ford or was forced into the guard rail en his right. After striking the guard rail, the truck swerved to the right ,ran up on the concrete bridge and tore down two posts and knocked out several rails barely stop- ( ping in time to keep from plunging into the flood waters below. James Outlaw., John Mooring, Heber Baker, (Continued on page six) -£ ► * r Funeral Yesterday For Jimmy Hoard, Victim of Accident Twelve-Year-Old Youth Was Fatally Hurt Monday Afternoon Funeral services were conducted at the Holly Springs Methodist Church yesterday afternoon at five o’clock for Jimmy Jackson Hoard, twelve-year-old boy, who was fa tally injured in an automobile-bi cycle accident on U. S. Highway 64, a few miles from Williamston. Rev. B. T. Hurley, pastor of the church, conducted the last rites, and inter ment followed in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery here. The son of Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Laura Williams Hoard, he was born ir> WillvsTps Township on | 1932. A bright little fellow, he was in the seventh grade in the ocai school, and had never missed a day. Besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Clayton Hoard, of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Clark of Everetts, and Mrs. William Gurkin of Eglin Field, Fla.; a half sister, Mrs. Lloyd Lane of New Bern, and two half-brothers, Ray mond Williams of this county, and Cpl. Howard Williams who is with the armed forces somewhere in France. Returning home from school last Monday, the little fellow was riding his bicyde in the diiection of James ville on a mission for his mother. He was riding on the right side of the road and was meeting a car and trailer driven by Ralph Davenport, young Dardens man. Just as he met the car and for some unknown rea son he turned sharply to the left and struck the side of the machine. He suffered a skull fracture and his left hip was broken and part of the left leg was cut away. He was re moved by Mr. Davenport to the lo cal hospital where everything hu manly possible wns done for him. He died at 2 o’clock Wednesday after noon without regaining conscious ness. ! jfc'v Scoiits Will Coliect Pn hex. And Old Clothing Tomorrow I !_Answering urgent calls relief of humanity in many war-torn coun tries and for paper to relieve the acute shortage, Williamston Boy | Scouts, including those in both troops and the cubs, and scheduled to make a town-wide canvass here tomorrow' morning. Citizens are earnestly ask ed to cooperate with the lads and help make the canvass a great suc cess. The boys will meet at the town hall around 10 o’clock and start the drive immediately. It is planned to carry the drive into every nook and corner, but should the boys overlook anyone who has old clothing or waste paper to spare, they will appreciate a call either to Gilbert Woolard or Mr. Wheeler Martin. Anyone wish ing to contribute extra large bun TnTa material will lx1 picked up directly Townspeople can materially aid the youths in the canvass by tieing iheir old papers in bundles 12 inches high and having the old clothes ready for them. No direct report could be had from the drive sponsored by the local min isterial group today for old clothing, but the response to the call has not measured up to expectations. Brief ly stated, the Scouts are coming to the rescue of the ministers, and they plan and hope to make the canvass a most successful one. The need for old clothing, most any kind that is serviceable except shoes, hats and silks, is stressed in increasing and urgent calls coming front a number of countries as winter approaches to find millions improperly clad. Sales of Legal Liquor Hold To High Figure f WOUNDED v__ Cpl. James Willis Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Griffin of Dardens, was wounded in the eye over in France a few weeks ago. The young man expressed the hope that he would be able to return to active duty and help finish the job. Double Funeral For ^reek Victims Held rhursday Afternoon —®— Srolher in Government Hos pital at Atlanta Unable To Make Trip Home -- Double funeral services were con lueted yesterday afternoon at 3:30 I’clock at the home on the Washing on Highway for Mary Alice and dinnie Pearl Mendenhall, the two 'oung daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S. Valter Mendenhall who were run lown and murdered near their home )y a drunken automobile driver sarly last Tuesday night. One of the argest crowds ever to attend a uneral in this county, gathered at he home to pay tribute to the mem >ries of the two young sisters, the :ars lining up almost half a mile on ;ach side of the road. Rev. Dennis Varren Davis, assisted by Rev. Guy launders and Rev. W. B. Harrington, :onducted the last rites and inter nent followed in the little cemetery icross the road from the home. The nother, still suffering from injuries md shock and overcome by grief, (Continued on page six) -@ L V. Ange Seriously bounded In France ——$>— Levin V. Ange, son of Mr. and Mrs. ^evin Ange of Jamesville Township, was seriously wounded in France on September 10, according to a War Department message received by the 'amily this week. No details could 3e had immediately. The young man was the 36th from ;his county to have been reported wounded in all the theaters of the war and the fourteenth in France to late. He has a brother, Mack Ange, serv ng in France, and it was reported ;hat the two had planned to meet on )r about the time L. V. was wound ;d. Another brother, John B. (Pete) \nge is a tail gunner on a big bomb er flying somewhere in the Pacific ;heater, and a third brother, Justus, entered the service yesterday at Washington City. Before L.. V. was forced out of service lie gave a splendid account if himself, an indirect report receiv ed just before he was wounded stat ,ng that he and another soldier had :aptured nine Germans. Total of $1,690,581.80 Is Spent For Liquor Since Stores Opened Second Quarter Sales Second Largest For Period On Record -$ wnue cropping 3>3,u;s;s./u below me gross income reported for the sec ond quarter in 1942, legal liquor sales in the four Martin County stores for last April, May and June wore the second largest reported for any sec ond quarter since the stores were opened in July, 1935. according to a review of the last audit just releas ed by the Mai tin County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Compared with the second quarter sales in 1943, the gross income for the cor responding period this year was $27, 481 greater, and nearly three times more than the total for the peiiod just prior to the war. Only in five quarters during nine years the stores have been open have liquor sales exceeded those reported for April, May and June of this year. Despite war and repeated appeals for greater savings investments and support of the war effort, the liquor business still holds a formidable place in the commercial life of tiie county, the last audit showing that total sales since the opening of the stores have climbed to nearly one and three-quarter millions of dol lars. Add to the amount money spent for beers and wines and illicit li quors and the beverage bill for the past nine years will, it is believed, approximate three million or more dollars. Of the $81,098 50 spent for legal liquor in the county last April, May and June, $59,862.72 was turned ov er to the manufacturers. Sales reported by each of the fuur stores are compared for the second quarters in 1943 and 1944 as fol lows: 1943 1944 Williamston $45,428.05 $43,316 95 Robersonville 21,434.80 19,483.65 Oak City 9,694.40 9,215.60 Jamesville 10,453.95 9,082.30 $87,011.20 $81,098.50 Profits, dropping from $19,572 81 a year ago to $17,975.35 last quarter, are compared for the same periods under review, as follows: 1943 Williamston $10,566.34 Robersonville 4,671.33 Oak Citv 2,013.89 Jamesville 2,321.25 1944 $10,173.04 4,153.11 1,570.98 2,078.22 $19,572.81 $17,975.35 Profits from the soggy pie were <JU v State of North Carolina, $5,213.83; Martin County, $9,188.31; Town of Williamston, $1,338.19; Town of Rob ersonville, $524.05; Town of Oak City, $168.29; and Jamesville, $278.38. In addition to the above distribution $1,276.15 was set aside last quarter (Continued on page six) IX~" FALLING After reaching a crest right at 12 feet here last Wednesday at 11:15 o’clock, the old Roanoke started falling slowly but even today the stream is well over its hanks and likely will be several days reaching a normal level. The river fell short of the pre dicted high water mark by eight or ten inches. It is believed that the extra bridges placed in the river fill made it possible for the flood waters to move fast er. No great damage was dene by (he Hood waters in this immed iate area, but a few logs were seen moving down the stream and logging operations were in terrupted in the low grounds. ALES ' While the rush is still on, tue congestion on the local tobacco market Is easing a bit, ware some effect, but that farmers in many cases just decided to wait until the rush subsides before marketing more of their tobacco. It is now believed possible for farmers to place their tobacco on sale one day and sell it two or three dayls later. Earlier this week, the warehouses were crowded with new tobacco be fore much of the old was clear ed from the floors. Some deliver ies were moving in today behind the first sale yesterday, but the rush was not as bad as it W'as earlier in the week. The market to date has sold 4,408,748 pounds for *1.860,272.95 or an average of .'542.20. Prices for the better grades appear to be some stronger and will, it is believed, show added strength next week. The inferior grades are not quite as strong as they were earlier in the season. Few Reporting To The Bandage Room —<®— Attendance upon the surgical dressings project at the Kori Cross bandage room is dwindling and hit a low point last evening when only two adults reported. Several Boy Scouts aided the work a couple of nights, but even after they are count ed, the attendance holds to a low fig ure. A detailed report on the progress being made in handling the Septem ber quota could not be had immed iately. It was learned, however, that other units in nearby towns are making favorable progress. The names of those reporting since Monday at this point: Tuesday afternoon: Mrs. Garland Woolard, Mrs. D. R. Davis, Mrs. II. D. Carter, Mrs. G. W. Lewis, Mrs. A. E. Browder, Mrs. Frank Weaver and Mrs. W. E. Warren. Tuesday night: Mrs. Bill Howell, Mrs. B. S. Courtney, Misses Bolton Cowon and Dorothy Simpson, and Scouts Rex Gardner, Jerry Alls brooks, Warren Goff, Tom Williams, Bill Gurganus, James Gorman, How ard Moore and Jimmy Osteen. Wednesday afternoon: Mesdames Herbert Taylor, J. W. Watts, C. C. Parker and T. B. Brandon. Wednesday night: Misses Mary E. Keel, Dorothy Manning and Ethel Guest, and Mesdames Anna Harri son, Lonnie Bullock, Leslie Fowden, and Neda Stalls. Thursday afternoon: Mesdames W. E. Old, G. P. Hull, Frank Weaver, G. W. Lewis and F. B. Birmingham. Thursday night: Mrs. M. M. Levin, Henry Dennis Griffin and Scouts James Gormari, J. D. Hines and Tom Williams. -<$. Local USO Receives Needed Equipment —— The Wllliamston USO has been re ceiving much of its needed equip ment in the lust few days and is now preparing to open the building from 2:00 until 11:00 each day. This time may be changed as need develops. The chairman of the USO is hap py to announce that Mrs. Joe David Thrower is the new supervisor. Mis. Thrower will take over next Sunday afternoon when the new hours be come effective. Mr. Bob Leggett wifi remain as canteen director. The new committees will be released in the near future. Beginning next Wednesday and Saturday afternoons the committee on sewing and mending will take care of the repairs that any service man may require to his clothing. Word had just been received that the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com pany is making available thousands jf record albums of famous sym pfiqqjesti^Rif^USp. Our loc'd unit is ichedulM^u^^reeive ifj alburns of :hese records. This most generous gift will certainly add to the pleas ure of music lovers. The USO would like to have the use of a record player permanently, if you have one call the chairman at 199. Four Cases Heard By Justice Hassell Four cases were heard by Justice J. L. Hassell in his court here this week, two of them going lo the coun ty court for final disposition. Jerry Gorham was fined $5 and required to pay $0 costs in the case charging him with operating a mo tor vehicle with improper brakes. Oliviva Purvis, charged with an affray, w'as taxed with $6.50 costs. Henry Bond, charged with reck less driving, was bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $60. Charged vdth assaulting another with a deadly weapon, Lucy Brown was held in $25 bond for her ap pearance before Judge J. C. Smith in the county court next Monday. Most Of Tiu^roup ( Leaving Yesterday Are From the Farm Conliu?ipnl About tbr Lar$i«‘sl Ever To Leave the Coun ty At One Time Eighty-eight young Martin Coun ty white men left here early yester day morning for final induction in the armed services. The group, in cluding 82 from the farm, was about the largest to leave here at one time for final induction. About one-fourth of the group had just turned eighteen, the ages of the others ranging up to 24 with one ex ception and that inductee, 29, was scheduled to report some time ago for final induction or before the age limit was- lowered to exclude those over 26 years of age. Only eight of the men are married and they leave behind only six children. The original call was for 91 men, but one stay of induction was grant ed and two others, William Edge" Price and Ernest Lee Matthews, ask ed for transfers to boards in Vir ginia. The stay of induction was granted Earl Taylor Mendenhall whose two sisters were run down and killed last Tuesday evening. Nearly every one of the men leav ing Thursday who were over eigh teen years of age had been granted farm deferments, and that explains why so many were available for im mediate call. Names and addresses of ninety of the men called are as follows: Fred Rogerson, RED 2, Williams ton and Stokes. William Jay Council, RED 3, Wil liamston. Ernest Hyman Johnson, Palmyra. William Stanley Peele, Jr., RED 2, Williamston. William David Scott, RED 1, Jamesville. ® William Edgar Price, RED 1, Oak City and Norfolk. Love Clayton Moore, RED 3, Wil liamston. McClendon Matthews, Parmele. Marion Taylor Holliday, RED 1, Jamesville. Guy Ausborne Rawls, Jr., RFD 1, Robersonville. Leonard Harold Ange, RED 1, Jamesville. Rupert Turner, RFI) I, Palmyra. Robert Lee Everett, RED 1, Rob ersonville. Lawrence Edwin Cultrain, RFD 1, Williamston. Winded Carlyle Gardner, RFD 3, Williamston. William Edumnd Earley, Jr., Oak City. Vernon Leroy Gurganus, RFD 2, Williamston. Payton Alle nVanderford, RFD 2, Robersonville. Johnnie Hyman Ross, RFD 1, Robersonville. Joseph Hardy Stroud, RFD 1, Pal myra. Robert El wood Brown, RFD 1, Jamesville. William Asa Rawls, RFD 2, Rob ersonville. William Beach, Jr., RFD 3, Wil liamston . Gordon Carlie Price, RFD 1, Jamesville. John William Fulford, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Jesse Delma Beach, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Roy Howard Edmondson, RFD 1, (Continued on page six) -^ Soldier Speaks At Lions Club Meeting —$— Speaking before the members of the local Lions Club and guests here last night, Master Sergeant Byrnes of the local POW camp, gave an in teresting talk on the care and treat ment of prisoners of war. According to Sgt. Byrnes, thp local camp as well as all the other camps in tins country are rigidly enforcing and carrying out to a letter t,he j^l-s and regulations laid down by the Geneva conferences, arid agreed upon by most of the nations, for the prop er handling of war prisoners. Follow ing his talk, Sgt. Byrnes answered questions that were asked by the club members. f COUNTY COURT i V' Idle for two weeks while the superior tribunal was in session —or while it was supposed to be in session —Judge J Calvin Smith and Solicitor Elbert Feel will find a docket fairly crowd ed with cases when they return to their posts next Monday. Already more than two dozen cases are on the docket, and oth ers will likely find their way before the deadline is reached. Eight of the defendants are charged with operating motor vehicles without drivers’ li censes, nine for alleged viola tion of the liquor laws, two for assaults with deadly weapons, three for drunken driving one for interfering with an officer in the performance and one or two other alleged violations. ■Drunken Qtokrr Rims " Down and Kills Sisters | Last Tuesday Evening r l WOUNDED 1 “Slightly" wounded in France a short time ago, t'pl. Roger “Kitty” Riddick in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Riddick of Everetts, said that his back was giving him much truble, that the doctor had just dressed his wounds and that it would be six or eight weeks be fore he could leave the hospital. Hope For An Early End Of The War In Europe Has Setback Airborne Division Reverses Do I\ol Materially ('bailee The Omrse of War -$ While the defeat of an important mission undertaken by the British First Airborne division has put a cold dumper on hopes for an early peace, development" in the Arnheni leave the course of the war virtual ly unchanged from what it was be fore the daring feat was attempted two weeks ago. It is true that had the mission succeeded, the Allies would have been in a much better I position to swing down from the north, flank the Siegfried Line and drive almost directly into the rich industrial Ruhr area. Approximately 6,000 of the 8,000 Airborne force were wiped out, but since that time it is understood that a new Ameri can Army has taken positions in the drive against Germany and it is reasonable to believe that the fate of one division cannot have but so much effect on the course of the war when there are nine whole arm ies in action. It is quite possible that the suc cessful accomplishment of their mis sion oy the Airborne forces would have hastened the end, but since they did not succeed, the attack will now rest on the full power of the millions of men in the nine armies. It is frankly admitted by leaders that the war may go into 1916, but others be lieve partial if not complete sur render will come within the next two or three months, if not before. In Holland today, the British Sec ond Army is battling in the Nijemen sector in an effort to trap 200,000 of the enemy. Bitter fighting is raging further to the south, and the French are battering at Belfort Gap in an effort to break through and drive to the rear of the Siegfried Line from (Continued on page six) Arthur P. Fowler Fireman 1/c Arthui Pohl Fowler, U. S. Navy, is missing in action, pre sumably in the Pacific War Theater, according to a message received from the Navy Department Wednes day morning by bis wife, the former Miss Millie Louis Coltrain, RFD 1, Williamston. The message, while offering no details, climaxes a hectic careei for the young men in the service of his country. Volunteering for service before the war, the 23-year-old young man was seriously wounded at Pearl Harbor. Recovering from those wounds, Fowler returned to active service arid was seriously wounded in the North African invasion. It was while he was recuperating from those wounds that he met Miss Coltrain in Norfolk and married her on August 5, 1943. He visited here last April and returned to ac tive service the following month. No details could be had, but it is be lieved he was wounded a third time, presumably in the Pacific, but not seriauslly, And now he has been reported missing. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fowler of 649 Markea Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah. 9 Man From Beaufort County Beinjs Held Under $2,000.00 Bond -$ Criffin. White Man, la Said To Have Admitted (’rime Before Officers -<$> Mary Alice Mendenhall, 14, was killed instantly and her eight-year old sister, Minnie Pearl, was fatally injured about 7:45 o’clock Tuesday evening when they were run down by a drunken automobile driver along the Williamston-Washington Highway near their home just a short distance this side of the Martin Beau fort boundary line Their moth er, Mrs. it. Walter Mendenhall, was accompanying the two sisters and she was painfully but not seriously hurt. The young sister died about twn hours later in a Washington hospital where the mother was treated for bruises and severe shock. The little child, carried to the hospital by a Tennessee motorist, suffered a skull fracture and never regained con sciousness. The older sister suffered a skull fracture and a broken neck, and her left arm was firoken in tw<! places. The driver of the car, Jesse Grif fin, Beaufort County white man, did not stop and it is thought that he did not know what he had done until he sobered up in the Martin County jail the next morning. The accident was reported without delay and at least half dozen patrolmen started converging in that area. Picking up the man's trail. Patrolman W. E. Saunders tracked him over a course of six or eight miles and finally ran him down at Tom Norman's filling station in Beaufort County Griffin ran his car, a Ford coupe, into the side of the station and was so drunk that he could not hold his head up. He was placed under arrest by Pa trolman Saunders just about the tin e that several othei patrolmen reached the station. Removed to the county jail here, Griffin Wednesday asked sum of $2,000. Griffin is reported to have said he drank wine and took a headache powder, that he stopped at a filling station and his two companions got out and refused to ride with him. He claims he got mad and started driv ing toward Washington. Just before the tragedy occurred, he claims that he lost control of the car and almost went into the ditch on his right side of the road. Driving at a high rate of speed, he pulled the car to the (Continued on page six) Well-known Farmer Died Yesterday In if fins Township —$— Funeral Services Are Being Held 'Phis Afternoon for W. Jesse I.illey -- W Jesse I.illey, well-known and highly respected county farmer, died at his home in Griffins Township early yesterday morning. After a hard day’s work Wednesday, Mr. I.illey ate a hearty meal and was in his usual health when he retired. Apparently he suffered a heart at tack about 4 o’clock and died peace fully. When he did not answer the call to breakfast about 5 o'clock yes terday morning, members of the fam ily wi it to his room and found him dead. ftrV."v and wife he was ago next month in Griffins Town ship where he lived and farmed all his life. A hard worker, he enjoyed the simple and fine things in life. A member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 28 years, he was devoted to the doctrines of the church and he was always present for worship services. In late years, he held mem bership at Lilley’s Hall. His pastor, Elder Joshua Ross of Pitt County, is conducting the funeral services at the home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and burial will follow in the family plot in the Tice Com munity Cemetery in Griffins Town ship. Mr. Lilley was married to Miss Pennie V. Corey on April 20, 1904, and she survives with four children, T L. Lilley, Marion Lilley and Mrs. Aubrey Gurgunus of the home, and Grover Lilley who recently moved from Williuinston to Raleigh to make his home. He is also survived by three sistew, Mrs. R. B. Brown and Mrs. A. Ward of Wendell and Mrs. R. G. Sexton of Jsmesville Township, and ten grandchildren. A brother, Rev. J. W. Lilley, promi nent ngure m uie Methodist Church in Georgia, died on the 13th of laat month.