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4 Give Liberally During War Fund Drive Opening In County Monday 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. VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 81 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 13, 1944. ESTABLISHED 1899 ■©im Killed And Etgtn " Hurt tir Amo Accident Colored Man Killed Instantly; Marine Loses His Left Arm —$— Six Other Marines Painfully But Not Seriously Hurt in Wreck Last Evening Herbert Collins, 13-year-old color ed man, was killed instantly and eight other persons were hurt, one seriously, in an automobile accident on Highway No. 125 about one and one-half miles north of here early last evening. Pfc. C. C. Thompson, 26, of Silvei Springs, Md., owner and driver of one of the cars figuring in the wreck, had his left arm almost torn off, making an amputation necessary be tween the elbow and shoulder. He was said to be getting along very well in the hospital here this morn ing. Others injured: Sgt. N. W. Tibbetts, of Massachu setts, multiple lacerations on the head. Sgt. W. Trimingham, of New York City, severe lacerations on left hand and right knee. Cpl. L. S. Vokes, of New York City, minor lacerations on face. Cpl. F. X. Delongchamps, of Mass achusetts, lacerations on right side of face. Pvt. V. T. Gagliano, of New York State, lacerations on face and hand. Booker T. Purvis, 23-year-old col ored man of Oak City, intenal in juries and head lacerations. Joe Purvis, 24-year-old colored man of Oak City, internal injuries. S/Sgt. M. J. Rowan, of New York City and the seventh man in Thomp son’s car, was not injured. Five of the six Marines were dis charged from the local hospital after receiving treatment. Booker T. and Joe Purvis were treated in a local doctor’s office and were later re moved to their homes in Oak City. According to one story, the Ma rines were traveling north appar ently at a fairly rapid speed and were meeting two cars near the J. B. Cherry farm when the old Mod (Continued on page four) -$ Last Call Is Issued For Bandage Room ———<•> A last call is being issued for vol unteers to report to the bandage room on the third floor of the town hall to complete 3,600 bandages. The room will be closed indefinitely af ter the cuiietii. supply *>f material - —’ •****«sr.’fc*iiatari«sd.'~th..se---*r charge are anxious to finish the job and ship the completed dressings by the middle of next week. The names of those volunteering since last Monday night: Tuesday afternoon: Mesdames W. E. Warren, Frank Weaver, Joe Roe buck, A. E. Browder, G. W. Lewis, and H. L. Vaughn. Tuesday night: Mrs. Bill Howell and Miss Bolton Cowen. Wednesday afternoon: Mesdames T. B. Brandon, J. W. Watts, J. B. Tay lor, C. C. Parker, J. G. Cheatham and J. V. Champion. Wednesday night: Mesdames Au drey W. Carter, Anna S. Harrison, B. S. Courtney, L. T. Carrow, S. W. Manning, Jr., and Abner Brown, and Misses Mary E. Keel and Doro thy Manning. Thursday afternoon: Mesdames Elbert Sherman, Cletis Griffin, Lena Manning, Eli Hoyt Manning, Frank Weaver and l#isses Ann Wilson Price and Lola Thursday night:Mrs. Marion Cobb. MISSING v James Samuel Roebuck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Conner Roe buck, was reported missing in action in France on September li. He is a nephew of Officer J. II. Roebuck of Williamston. Reject Sixteen Men When They Report For Final Induction —$— Forty-nine Accepted by Arm) And Twenty-three by the Navy September 28 -® Out of approximately 200 Martir County white men reporting for pro induction examinations some week: ago, about 112 have been inductee into the services, according to a re liable estimate heard this week. Drawing from the reserve the lat ter part of last month, the service: for the first time rejected a goodlj number when 88 men reported foi final induction. A few have failed t( pass the second examination prev iously, but the number rejected or September 28 was the largest report ed so far. Of the 88 white men reporting foi final induction last month, forty-nin< were accepted by the Army anc twenty-tl :ee by the Navy. Tin names of the rejectees could not b< learned officially, but reports cominj from those who were accepted stati that the following failed to pass th( final induction examination: Wil liam Cannon, Floyd Hardison, Wil liam Purvis, Clifton Cullipher, Ru fus Manning. Fred Rogerson, Wil liam Council Harold Ange, Macl Matthews, David Scott, Xawrenci Coltrain, Asa Rawls, Joseph Mar tin, Robert Everett, Jesse Beach am Rupert Turner. Names of the men accepted by thi Army: Ernest Hyman Johnson, Willian (Continued on page four) -® Consider Division In Roanoke Baptist Arei -®-. Meeting in Rocky Mount and Beth el this week, the Roanoke Baptis Association named a committee t study the advisability of dividin the territory into two districts. A the present time there are seventy six churches in the association, am it is becoming a bit too “crowded.” After an all-day session in Rock Mount Tuesday, the association re paired to Bethel for its remainin sessions Wednesday. Mrs. W. J. Hodges, Miss Ethe Guest, Dr. W. Mr. I S. Courtney represwuHr the loct church at the meeting. Order Two-Day Holiday For All Leaf Markets Next Week A two-day holiday for all tobac # Co markets has been ordered for next week, reports stating that the acute labor shortage in some areas had completely choked the marketing system and warehouse and redrying plants were bulging with tobacco. The double holiday was ordered last Wednesday after frantic appeals had been directed to the governors of this state and Virginia, declaring that unless something was done prices would slump. Much tobacco is said to have damaged on ware house floors and in the redrying plants where the !°af was left stack ed in high piles lor days. While the glut here has not ma terially affected prices, som, tobac co deteria ted and ivossihly resulted in losses, both for the farmer and the buyer. The two-day holiday will be i effect only next week, according 1 information received here. Aft( next week sales will be resumed c a four-day week schedule, it w; announced. Deliveries from the eastern ma kets taxed manv of the plants ar when the other belts opened a sho time ago the glut reached serioi proportions. The fast pace maintained in th belt during the past month or mo: can hardly be maintained mar more days. Numbers of farrr.e [ have marketed their crop in its ei ! tirety and many others have abo sold all of their crop. Sales on the local market tod; will boost the total for the seasjjj^ , nearly six and three-quarto-fh’ulTi: i pounds with the price average run jing just short of $42.41. Discuss Proposals J For A Lasting And An Enduring Peace , Dr. Burrell Leads Round Table At Woman’s Club On Wednesday Leading a round-table discussion, Dr. W. R. Burrell and members of the local Woman’s Club reviewed at a regular meeting of the organization Wednesday proposals so far advanc ed for a lasting peace. Various groups wherever possible have been asked to discuss the proposals in order that they may express their opinions when the time comes to decide defi nitely as to the kind of a world or der we are to have. Dr. Burrell was asked to explain the underlying principles of the pro posals so far advanced. The speaker pointed out that there were quiie a number of plans in the making but that there were only two that appeared to have any con I siderable amount of support either here or abroad. The first is the ten tative outline prepared by the so called Dumbarton Conference, re cently held. This plan, briefly, sug gests a sort of world parliament in volving representation of all free governments in the civilized world. At the heart of this somewhat large group would function a much small er group to be composed of the rep resentatives of the five major pow ers—the United States, Great Brit ain, France, Russia and China. The votes of this group to be divided into eleven in all. This group would be charged with the policing of the world, and would furnish the neces sary forces to this end. For the pres ent, at any rate their decisions will bo final in any controversy that might lead to war. The enormous difficulties con fronting the successful working of such a scheme are at once apparent. But we must do something, and do it quickly, if we are to avoid another and even more disastrous war in the not distant future. The plan involves the control and complete overlord ship of the defeated nations in the present war for probably a genera tion to come. The other plan is the so-called Lippman plan, originated by Mr. Walter Lippman, the columnist. This , plan involves the division of the world into communties. Viz: The Atlantic Community, The Russian ‘ Community, The China Community, The Moslem-Hindu Community. The Atlantic Community covering all the states that border on the Atlantic Ocean, North and South America, and extending out into the Pacific to cover the islands of that Sea includ ing the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. On the Atlantic side it would take in Spitzbergen, Iceland, Great Britain, Ireland, part of Scan dinavia, France, Spain and Portugal and all islands and South Africa. The Russian Community would cover all of Russia, Poland, the Baltic states, and eosf iosphere at influence bot ; j dering on China. The China Com [ munity would cover all China in cluding the border states near India , and islands off the China coast. Then there would be a community based , on religion, to be called the Moslem . Hindu community. This would in clude all peoples who accept either of these great faiths. Aradia, India, Syria, Turkey, all of North Africa j and all other “Native States’’ includ ing Java, etc., who are Mohamedan or Hindu in faith. Each of these ^ groups would hold in fee simple the t sovereignty of their own group , would arrange and establish their t own forms of government and be re sponsible for the keeping of the j peace among their own peoples. The representatives of the groups would f take over the control and adminis tration of all the conquered countries , of the present war until such time as in the judgment of all they wil j again be fit for self-ge-ernment They would also govern all unor 'j ganiz/d communities. The difficulties of this plan appeal , almost insuperable and cannot bt intelligently discussed in the lifih’ of the present world situation. (Continued on page four) n. o •r n IS d is is •e y rs l lt y to BANDAGE ROOM Once the current supply is prepared no more material for surgical dressings will be ship ped to the Martin County Red Cross Chapter, or not right away at least, according to information released last night by Mrs. I. B. Taylor, production chairman. Just why the project is being discontinued, temporarily at least, could not be learned, but it was intimated that the de mand is now much greater for production in the sewing rooms. It was announced that Red Cross authorities are anxious for the bandage room volunteers to transfer to other projects, espec ially the sewing roon' vhere a few faithful volunteers have licid the room open for more than two yean. j r-—-■ > V.ENSVS - ---— —--' «• Ail of the churches here are cooperating ufttwtkc minisferial association in taking a religious census of the entire area on Sun tVv afternoon between 1:30 and 3:30 o’clock. AH persons are ask ed to please remain at home un til the person assigned their ter ritory has visited them. We hope everyone will readily and will ingly cooperate in this simple request if at all possible, because this census is very important to the effective and progressive work of our churches. If it is necessary for some member of the family or house hold to be away, it would be very helpful if they would leave the following information to be given to the visitor: Name, age, whether a church member and if so where, whether attend Sun day school and where, denomi national preference, and local church preference. Bitter Fi^ht Ra^iiijr As Enemy Tries To Retake Aachen Area —<$-— Mijrhlv Attack Made On Jap Island Of Formosa Wednesday -$ A bloody climax to the fierce fight at Aachen these past few days was expected momentarily today as the enemy hastily formed reportedly large tank reserves and one or more infantry divisions for an apparent attempt to retake lost territory in and around the battered old city of nearly 150,000 people. American de fenders were said to be without full air support on account of weather conditions, hut the Allied Command was ready to ignore other areas on the Western Front in preparation for the expected counterattack. After circling the city, the Amer icans arranged a truce to give the enemy a chance to surrender and save the ancient city. The ultimatum was ignored and today 85 per cent of the city is in ruins and the officer who rejected the surrender offer is a prisoner. There is little the Germans can regain in the way of military advan tages by counterattacking, but it is apparent that a pattern is being cut for the continued defense of German territory. If Aachen can hold out, other cities can do the same, the Ger mans seem to figure, ignoring .the frightful property damage and loss in human life. The all-out artillery and air at tack on Aachen had its sorrowful notes. Thousands of civilians, an xious to save their city, placed white flags on the roofs of their homes. The peaceful gesture was made in vain. (Continued on page four) -.......7^ Call Firemen Out Twice Shortly After Midnight In two tries, one shortly before 1 o’clock and the other about 2 o’clock this morning, local volunteer fire men were unable to find any fire at Sunny Side Inn. However, it was reported that there was a small fire in a small store room, started possi bly from a match or cigarette drop ped by a careless smoker. As far as it could be learned no damage re sulted, and the dance in the old oyster bar was hardly interrupted. Both calls came during a heavy rain, but that did not stop the late travel lers who were there fully dressed and “ready to go. Sheriff Roebuck Continues Quite III in Hospital Today Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, after un dergoing treatment since the early part of this week continues quite ill m a Washington hospital. However he was quoted as saying this morn ing that possibly he felt a little bet ter. His temperature, after goinp mighty high yesterday, was lower this morning. It is believed that nc operation will be necessary, that he will soon respond to treatment. --<®> Services At Smithwicks Creek Sunday Afternoor -$ Preaching services will be held a Smithwicks Creek Sunday afternoor October 15th, at 3 o’clock. The pub. ' is cordially invited. There will be no service in th< church on the fourth Sunday in thi month when the association meetinj will be held in Greenville, it was an trounced by the pastor, Elder P E Getsinger. Farmer Produces Extra Large Sweet Potatoe -% Harvesting his crop this wee! Farmer Lester Rogers dug out tw extra large sweet potatoes, on | weighing sjx and the 'oilW^ frv ! pounds. The farmer fai® vieV was only fair, however. Goals Set TTTid Orgimizafitvjis, Are r Per'fected for llif",\niuial United"" War Fund Drive In Martin County Missionary Relates Experiences in Jap Internment Camp -<s> Mips Pearl Johnson in China Twenty-two Months After War Deelaration -<$> Speaking to a fair-sized group in the Baptist Church here last Tues day, Miss Pearl Johnson, 29 years a missionary to China, recalled her experiences during 22 months she was held a prisoner of the Japs in and near Shanghai. Returning home on the Gripsholm last November, Miss Johnson has been telling of (he missionary work in China and relat ing her experiences since the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. She led a Bible study for the women of the church that afternoon and was special guest at a supper in the church that evening. Apparently those acquainted with conditions in the Far East had ex pected an outbreak of some kind, and Miss Johnson declared she was not greatly surprised when she woke up that fateful morning and heard the Japs were bombing ships in the harbor. “A British ship fought back and it was sunk,” Miss Johnson said, adding that she did not know what became of the crew. An American ship, apparently unarmed, surren dered, it was explained. Shanghai was in the hands of the Japs and the missionaries and oth ers expected to be interned immed iately, They packed and made ready to go to concentration camps, but no order came immediately. “We wci e questioned and were warned to re main quiet and obey all Japanese or ders and regulations,” she sgid. For fourteen months, the mission aries, while confined to the city it self, were allowed to go and come and carry on their work unmolested. “Our Chinese friends were anxious about our fate, for they expected that since we were enemies of the Japs we would suffer as the Chinese had been made to suffer. The Chi nese proved very loyal friends, di viding their little earthly posses sions freely and most willingly with us. “We continued our schools during the winter and spring, but in the summer we limited our activities to our homes, receiving special visitors from time to time. “Things beg*'1'1 to tighten up in the fall of 1942. We anxiously awaited the arrival of the exchange ship. But it did not come. We were rcifuired ) to’ wi-ar "lYm' ii.'iikeTWliC-li 'ei‘CTJ'.u't'. d in the streets. On December 5, 350 men from several different countries were interned without advance no tice. We felt that our time to go into camp was near, and we packed. It was not until February 10, 194,;. that we were interned, and then not un til we had received 10 days notice. “The camp was primarily for wo men and children but there were a few men, or a combined total of l,05fi. We were housed in (wo build ings that were once used by an old Chinese university. About thirty per sons were crowded into each of the larger rooms and twelve were hous ed in smaller rooms. A common kitchen was used and everyone worked, the men doing much of the cooking. “We had cracked wheat for break fast and that was the best meal of the day. For dinner we had stew made of sorry vegetables and the meat was as tough as that of the buffalo. For a while we had fish. Soup was on the evening meal menu, i There was a definite lack of whole some food and on an average each person lost 20 pounds during the internment, some losing as many (Continued on page four) PACKAGES ___. . 11 -> More than 1,000 packages — 1,076 to be exact—had been mail ' ed at the local post office up un til this morning for the boys overseas. Mailings have been fairly regular up until yesterday when business jumped to a rec ] ord figure, the office receiving ' 135 packages for overseas distri bution. Heavy mailings during the past day or two have just about exhausted the supply of the regulation packing boxes, but the shortage was met after a i fashion and another busy day is in the making at the office tc , day. ) The time for mailing packages a has been e^tpjjiJjj^by a late or el dcr, making it possible to send i 1 packages to the boys up until six o'clock next Monday. \ DIES IN NEW GUINEA Cpl. Arthur T. Brown, son of Elijah Brown, local merchant, died in New Guinea on October 2, relatives here were notified a few days later. No further in formation about the youth's un timely death has been received. Two County Boys Slightly Wounded In Italian Theater Pfc. I\1tirvin It. Maiming Has Item Slightly \Yomulcd Twice, Message Says Two Martin County young men, Pvt. Daniel Leo Andrews, RFD 1, Williamston, and Pfc. Marvin Brent Manning, Williamston RFD 3, were slightly wounded in action over in Italy last month, according to mes sages received by relatives near here this week. Neither of the messages offered any details. It was the second lime that Pfc. Manning had been slightly wound ed, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee Manning .having received a mes sage from the War Department last June stating that he had been slight ly wounded in Italy presumably in late May or early June. In a letter written in August arid just received by his parents last Saturday, the young man stated that he had sprained his ankle and was out of active duty at the time. Apparently he recovered from his first wounds and returned to combat, later to be ‘ ,‘t iVeeci’ Mi'll fly SI I IS i O' ■< f hrk.lt>. I’l'l.i still later able to return to the front. The young man has been in service about two years, spending much of the time overseas. According to the message received by his parents yes terday, he was slightly wounded the (Continued on page four) Suits I'or Alimony Ami Divorvv Filed In Court -%.— Two suits for alimony without di vorce and two actions for divorce were filed in the superior court of tiiis county during the past few days, Bel tie Outterhridge is suing Jim Outterbridge and Bettie Ann Green is suing Askew Green for alimony without a divorce. Adell James is suing for divorce, the action being based on two years of separation The divorce action brought by L. E Hyman against Ada Hyman alleged adultery. Ask People To Give $9,537 In The Drive To Start On Monday Clinirinnii N. C. Green Hope ful Gimipaign Cnn Be Com pleted in a Short Time ——<s With goals set and canvass organ izations perfected, plans were an nounced virtually completed this morning for launching the 1944 an nual United War Fund Drive in Martin County next Monday, Octo ber 16, County chairman N. C. Green stating that he was confident the challenge would he met, that the $9,537.02 quota would be reached and passed. Spending much time in planning the campaign and contact ing those willing volunteers who will head the drive in their respective townships or districts, Mr. Green declared that ho was well pleased with the response he had received from the workers, that everyone had pledged his or her best efforts in successfully meeting the challenge. Its activities increased in response to greater demands, the National War Fund increased the over-all quota for the county this year. However, the county oversubscribed the 1943 quota by $2,514.98 and credit was given for that amount on the quota this year. In other words, the 1944 quota originally was $12,052.00. The amounts may seem a bit large, but the $9,537.02 has been accepted by the several townships, as follows: Jamesville, $650; Williams, $150; Griffins, $450; Bear Grass, $450; Wil liamston, $4,2277.02; Cross Roads, $350; Robersonville, $1,500; Poplar Point, $135; Hamilton, $375; Goose Nest, $300, making a total of $8, 037.02. In addition to that amount, the colored citizens of Jamesville, Williams, Griffins, Bear Grass and Williamston accepted a quota of $900. Mr.;. Camile Fleming Turner and (Continued on page four) Thirty-three Negro Men Enter Services Of the thirty-four Martin County colored men reporting for final in duction on October 3, only one was rejected. Many in the original group called several weeks ago had been rejected when they reported for their pre-induction examinations. The name of the lone rejectee at final induction was not disclosed; Names of the colored men accept ed by the Army: Columbus Williams, Willie Roy Davis, William David Brown, Wil liam Redic Bryant, Leo Whitfield, Robert Andrews, Jr., Robert James Reddick, Hodge Black, Henry Wil liams, George Bonds, Jr., Joseph Arthur Cherry, Jr., Leroy Saunders, Jr., Robert Henry Short, William Sta ton, Jr, Samuel Haywood Scott, Chat les Gable Slade, John Daniel •Slade, Willie Herbert Whitfield, Paul Lawrence Slade, Walter Thompson, William Marvin Wallace. Names of the colored men accepted by the Navy: Charles Richard Williams, Henry Gurganus Spruill, Frederick Doug las Lanier, William Robert Willis, Luther Jesmore Cordon, Jr., Frank Bell, Jr., Southey James Lacy, Eli jah Whitehurst, Milton Baines, Wil lie Lee Fields, Van Lindsley Griffin, Haywood Clark. Registration Books Will Open Saturday for Corning Election -<t> Registration books for the gener al election on November 7 will open in this county tomorrow, the regis trars to hold them open each Satur day through the 28th at their respec tive polling places or announced lo cution. The books are open for the registration of new electors, election officials pointing out that those whose names are already on the books will not find it necessary tu register again. A new registration was held in this county in May, 1940. If one has not registered since that time, he will find it necessary to register on one of the designated days if he would vote in the general election next month. The registration books are being opened principally for those per rons who moved into the state a year ago, next November 7, or more, for 1 those attaining their 21st birthday 1 and for those who have moved from one precinct to another since the last election or before and haven’t regis tered in their new precinct. The books will be open on No vember 7 for a challenge of regis trations. Approximately 5,502 persons plac ed their names on the books during the new registration four years ago, and it is believed the count has re mained fairly stable. The registra tion, on that basis, stands, by pre cincts, us follows: Jamesville, 528; Williams, 261: Griffins, 430; Bear Grass, 412; Williamston No. 1, 681; Williamston No. 2, 739; Cross Roads, 400; Robersonville, 963; Gold Point, 150; Poplar Point, 206; Hamilton, 170; Hassell, 150, and Goose Nest, 402. Williamston Precinct No. 1 Reg istrar J. H. Edwards will have the books open at the Chevrolet place, (and No.Jl Registrar O. S'. Anderson will have the books open at Wier’s furniture store.