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NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 88 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 7, 1944. NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS E .W1SJJR..EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 County Authorities Hold Short Session Yesterday Mornin Tax Relief To Few Parlies In Uneventful Meeting Meeting in regular session here yesterday morning, the Martin Coun ty Commissioners devoted most of their time to business of routine na ture, granting tax relief to a few, drawing a jury for the December court and handling a few other mat ters. The session, ending about the noon hour was an uneventful one. All the commissioners except C. D. Carstarphen were present. Elbert S. Peel, county attorney and solicitor, resigned for a temporary period so as to avoid any possible conflict with his duties as a Presi dential elector from this Congress ional district. It is expected that he will be a candidate for reappoint ment. It was not explained, but it is generally known that there is a pos sibility the Republicans and the dis gruntled ’crats would challenge the ^right of any elector holding office, appointive or <. (the Electoral College -’ou for Roosevelt. Of course, no issue would possibly be made unless the count is close, and while Martin County Democrats are not a bit pes simistic over the outcome of the vote today, they are simply taking no chances. Relief orders were granted for the year 1944 to: Edison Moore, $2, Williams Town ship, who is now in service. H. J. Haislip, $2 75, Goose Nest cripple. S. S .Slade, $2, listed in error in Wil liamston Township, and Ed Moore, $2, listed in error in Jamesville. A similar relief order was granted Ed Moore for 1941, and one to William Bland in the sum of $3.05 listed by error in Hamilton. Names of jurors drawn for the De cember term of superior court: Jamesville: Thomas Blount, C. N. Martin and W. M. Davis. Griffins: Ira F. Griffin, W. Saun ders Revels, W. B. Harrington and J. Staton Griffin. Bear Grass: A. B. Ayers and Wheeler Rogers. Williamston: Leslie K. Roberson. Robersonville: S. Bruce Everett. Poplar Point: G. W. Bland, Jos. R. Harrison, Pete Raynor and S. E. Taylor. Hamilton: G. S. Haislip. Goose Nest: J. E. Stroud and Jas per H. Harrell. -« Officers Take Two j Stills In County Raiding in Bear Grass Township last Saturday, ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked two large distilleries. Both plants were equipped wdth 100-gal ion capacity tin stills. The first plant, captured that morning, had 400 gal Ions of sugar beer almost ready for the kettle, and the second plant had 300 gallons of sugar beer and both outfits were fairly well equipped. Saturday night, the ABC officer and members of the local police made a tour of several outlying res idential areas, but were unable to develop a case. A colored man, un known to officers, was almost picked up. but he ran out of his coat. The officers found everything peaceful and quiet in Griffins Town ship Sunday, but two persons were booked for the courts when they were found operating motor vehicles without drivers' licenses. Improving Although he is experiencing some eye trouble. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, a patient in a Washington hospital since October 9. was reported to be improving rapidly today. He rested very well last night and his general condition is quite favorable. He is able to have some company for short intervals. The officer continues in mighty good spirits and hopes to be able to return home soon. GUM, LIKE MUSiC, HAS CHARM ~ ui'ENtt ENTHRALLED by the proffer of a third stick of gum (he’s hoarding two in his other hand), this little French tyke in the wooden shoes drools w ith his tongue as he reaches for the goodie held forth Ljr eight-striper Sgt. John J. Latwas of Washington, D. C„ tuba plajer ia an Army band stationed near historic Verdun. U. S. Signal Corps phot*. (international) . Seventeen Colored Boys From County Leave For Service —<*— Thirteen of Twenty-one Call ed Come from Non-Farm Oecn pat ions Out of twenty-one Martin County colored youths called to report for final induction this week, seventeen reported. Three others were trans ferred to other boards and one, Jo die Henry Jenkins, formerly of Par mele but more recently of Baltimore, was reported delinquent and his name is being turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Jenkins is 34 years old and is being called because he failed to comply with draft regulations, it was learn ed. According to information coming from the draft board, none of the men leaving today is married. Thir teen of the 21 men called held non farm jobs. Fifteen of the group are just barely eighteen years of age, the ages of the others ranging up to 27 years and to 34 in one case. Names of the men called for final induction and their addresses: Johnnie Gray Mayo, RFD 2, Wil liamston, and New York Jodie Henry Jenkins, Parmele and Baltimore. Harry Daniels, RFD 2, Roberson ville, and Baltimore. William Clyde Johnson, RFD 1, Robersonville, and Brooklyn. Geo. Henry Ruffing, Williamston and Norfolk. (Continued on page six) ! ROUND-UP "1 Little activity was again re ported on the crime front in this area over the week-end. Accord ing to a review of the jail rec ord, only four persons were ar rested and detained in the hoose gow during the period. Three were charged with being drunk and disorderly and one was charged with being drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest. Three of the four persons were colored and the ages of the group ranged from 32 to 54 years. Early Indications Point To A Record Vote In County Today -& Early indications this morning pointed to a record vote in this coun ty, political observers venturing to say the vote count will range be tween 4,500 and 5,000 before the polls close at 6:30 o’clock this evening. In the nation the vote count will exceed 42 million, some observers predict ing that it will push close to fifty million. Even though there is no opposition to the county ticket, Democrats in this county are showing consider able interest in the election today. That the Democrats will score an ov erwhelming victory, early reports indicated that Republicans were vis iting the polls in possibly greater numbers than they did four years ago. However, it is believed thai the total Republican vote in the county will not exceed 230 aii-1. tlist peon: bly it will range between 100 and 150. In the nation, the observers are still guessing. Some give Mr. Roose velt 35 states outright while others maintain that the outcome will rest on the way Pennsylvania goes. Still others say that the serviceman’s vote may decide the election. Chairman Hannegan says a landslide favoring the Democrats is in the making. The first returns from today’s vot ing should start coming in about 7:25 or 7:30 this evening. However, it is possible that the outcome of the elec tion will not be determined immed iately. Polls on the west coast do not close until 11 o'clock tonight, and the count is certain to be slow in those counties and states where the contests are close. And if neither party holds a substantial lead, it is , likely that it will be days or until that time when the delayed service | man’s vote can be counted before the issue is finally determined. f NO MEETING I .* Last night for the first time in months no meeting of the lo cal town commissioners was held on account of the absence of a quorum. Only the mayor, John L Hassell, and one com missioner, R. T. Griffin, report ed. There was very little busi ness on the calendar, however, and the few routine matters were carried over for considera tion at a later meeting. Sixty-Three Tires Allotted By Board Sixty-three tires — fifty-five for automobile and eight for trucks — were allotted in this county by the War Price and Rationing Board last Friday night. Grade 1 tires were issued to the following: fyeslie E. Hardison, J. C. Manning, W. B. Harrington, Leon Earl Griffin, J. C. Bullock, Milton Godard, O. G. Carson, J. O. Keel, D. L. Hardy, Clar ence Hardy, Elmer N. Modlin, Mat thew Ores, Larry Barnhill, Luke Harrell, Jr., Claudius Hardison, Love Williams, L. S. Davis, J. M Perry, Ed Warren, Daniel DeMary, William H. Taylor, J. J. Meeks, F. C. Wil liams, Starling Bell, H A. Johnson, A. E. Browder, Jim Lynch, Foy Rog erson, J. F. Manning, J. W Taylor, Joshua Herbert Coltrain, Isiah Green, J. Elliott Barnhill, Mrs. Al vis R. Jordan, W. H. Coburn, W. W. Hinson, Jesse L. Hale, Lester Best, Mrs. H. J. Haislip, James Taylor, S. G. Burnett, J. D. Knox, Irvin G. Rob erson, Frank Weathersbee, Frank Hopkins, Mrs. Tom Bailey, William Whitaker, Ben Cross, J. H. Hopkins, R. H. Salsbury, Andrew Mobley, R. S. Price, Claude Bryant, Willie Wil liams, Clarence Carr. Small truck tires were issued to the following: L. T. Carrow, John A. Manning, R. A. Critcher and Bro., Holt Evans, G. and H. Builders Sup ply Co., Manning and Gurkin. -a, Youth Will Undergo Operation On Heart Seriously wounded in France last June 11, Pfc. Lewis Thomas Taylor, young son of Mrs. Maniza Taylor Whitaker of this county, is expected home shortly from England to un dergo an operation on his heart. Few details could be had, but a late re port from the War Department in dicated that he was not improving satisfactorily. Following the War Department message, Mrs. Whitaker received sev eral letters from her son and he in timated that the bullet was still in his heart, and he thought they would send him back to the States where he will undergo an operation for its re moval. It was reported in early Septem ber that ihc young man had already undergone one operation on his heart, but apparently it was inadvis able to try to remove the bullet at that' time. Lt. Col. Howard B Kel logg, U. S. Army doctor, operated on the youth in a hospital in Eng land. A brother, William L. Taylor, is in a government hospital in Georgia suffering with eye and head trouble, 'iiid another brother, Charlie, was re cently reported to be getting along jail right somewhere in the Pacific | area. c EARLY EDITION *'j j __✓ ! In ail effort to make possible i the distribution of the second edition of the week in as many rural communities as possible before next prise will appea^KeaWiscfiecF^ ftd}»ing to re lease ~the edition some time Thursday evening. Those parties or organizations planning to in sert notices or other items are asked to submit their copy im mediately. Items reaching the office after Wednesday after noon are not certain of publica tion. Armistice Day will not be ob served as a general holiday, but no town or rural mall deliveries ... will be handled on Saturday, the 11th, and the banks and a few other business houses will close for the day. Draft Registration For the Past Month Twenty-five Martin County boys, reaching their eighteenth birthdays, registered for the draft A 28th one, PerttPEogcra, coi^flWF the Jamesvllle section, got his name on the third registration books for the third period. He had been un avoidably detained by the authori ties, it was said. Eleven of the twenty-five 18-year olds were white. One Brantley Ber nard York, although he had volun teered and served in the Army and later discharged, registered when he became 18 last month. He will hard ly be called again, however. The registration list in the county for October: Brantly Bernard York, w, William ston. Joseph Thomas Johnson, w, Rob ersonville. Chester Marriner, c, Jamesville. Charlie Brady, Jr., c, RFD 2, Rob ersonville. Raymond Albritton, c, RFD 1, Bethel. Willie Lilley, Jr., w, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Jonah Mack Stalls, w, RFD 1, Rob ersonville. Johnnie Pharrar Williams, c, RFD 2, Williamston. Jonah Peel, c, RFD 1, Jamesville. Ellen Warren Whitaker, w, Wil liamston. J. C. Savage, c, Oak City. Oliver Lynch, c, RFD 1, Oak City. J, D. Willoughby, w, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Walter Raynor Keel, w. Roberson ville. Sammy Thomas Roberson, c, RFD 1, Robersonville. Vernon Randolph Moore, w, Wil liamston. Ben Octavious Nichols, c, William ston. Walter Clayton Purvis, w, RFD 1, Bethel. Cecil Benjamin Whitehurst, w, RFD 2, Williamston. James Arthur Briley, c, 605 Free mason St., Norfolk. Floyd Edward Brown, c, William ston. Osborn Williams, c, Williamston. Burnett Webb, c, RFD 1, Robersan ville. William Daniel Leggett, w, RFD 1, Robersonville. No One Hurt In Car Accident In Street No one was hurt hut considerable property damage resulted when Dr. A. J. Osteen crashed into N. K. Har rison’s car parked on Ilaughton Street in front of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harrison here last Thursday evening. Tearing into the rear of the Harrison car, the Osteen Ford was badly damaged, and the Harrison car, knocked forward, crashed into and smashed a fender and radiator grill on Miss Margarette Ricks’ car. Damage to all three ma chines was estimated at $500 by Corporal W. S. Hunt of the Highway Patrol who investigated the acci dent. Dr. Osteen was quoted as saying that he was blinded by the lights of an approaching car and forced to the right side of the street. He had just driven from under a filling sta tion, half a block away. | MEMORIAL SERVICE Memorial services for Pfc. Asa J .Taylor and Pvt. Bernice L. Roger son, two county young men who made the supreme sac rifice for their country, will be held in the Rose of Sharon Free Will Baptist Church, near Bear Grass, next Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev. Charles Hamil ton, will conduct the service and the public is invited. Pfc. Taylor, a member of the church, and Pvt. Rogerson both entered the Army at the same time, August, 1943. Young Rog erson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil bert Rogerson, was killed in ac tion on May 26, this year, and Pfc. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Robert Taylor, made the supreme sacfU'ite a few days la ter on June 2. Asking County To Buy $700,000 War Bonds A 6th Bond Campaign Quota $155,000 Less Than One Last June —»— Drive To Get Underway 20tli Of This Month and Will End December 15 A new challenge—not an impos sible one by any means—has been made, and it is reasonably certain that Martin County citizens will meet it and more. The Sixth War Bond Campaign opens on November 20th and Martin County people are being asked to invest at least $700,000 — $245,000 in E's and $455,000 in nego tiables—before the drive ends on December 15th. The quota for the new drive is $155,000 less than the one assigned last June. It will be re called that this county over-subscrib ruojwaunmximatoly $263, 200, but the pmcTvffh’oT K bonds*fed;* $22,833.50 below the $285,450 quota. When the county failed to reach its E bond quota in that drive, it did not win a place for its name on one of the nation’s fighting ships. Many counties met that challenge. “There is entirely loo much talk about V-Day which tends to make us complacent and neglect our duties in prosecuting the wur," Mr. W. II. Woolard, regional chairman and president of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, said last Sunday in a meeting at Washington of all the county chairmen for the Sixth War Loan Campaign. The ten counties in this region were represented at the meeting, and the large delegation was guests of Mr. Woolard, after the meeting in the Washington Federal Court building, at his home on the Pamlico River. A barbecue and brunswick dinner was served all the county chairmen and others in terested in the War Loan Drive. “Although we have sold $31,000, 000 in bonds in this region since the war began we still have a long ways to go and a hard road to travel be fore we get to Berlin and Tokyo,” the regional chairman stated. Mr. Woolard introduced Mr. C. T. Leinbach, chairman, N. C. War Fi nance Committee, who made a short talk and answered many questions regarding the next campaign. Mr. Leinbach said the drive would offi cially begin on November 20, and end December 15th. However, ac cording to the state chairman, all bonds sold during the months of No vember and December would be credited to the drive. “There can be no complacency, no letup in our efforts until Germany and Japan have been completely and unconditionally whipped,” Mr. Lein bach said. “The war in the Pacific is decidedly more expensive than the European conflict. It takes twice as many ships to transport equip-’ m«nt because of the distance and the cost of all items is more expen sive in the Pacific fight ” lie pointed out that North Carolina’s quota in the Fifth War Loan Drive was $ 148, 000,000. This year it is only $121, 000,000 and in many farming coun ties the quotas should be easily rais ed and exceeded because of the splendid financial conditions exist ing as a result of high prices for (Continued on page six) War Fund Is Still Short of Its Goal Boosted by contributions report ed in several districts, the United War Fund in Martin County, accord ing to the latest available reports, is now just $320.47 short of its original quota. Eight of the eleven districts in the county are over the top, and a ninth one is expected to start and complete its drive today, leaving one district and the colored citizens in five townships several hundred dol lars behind their quotas. Hamilton added to its fund over the week-end to go over the top, and additional contributions were listed by James ville and Williamston Townships and the colored citizens boosted their to tal by $55.32. Chairman N C Green is hopeful the drive can be completed in the county before the end of this week. Many of the other counties have al ready reported, most of them exceed ing their quotas by wide margins. A review of the fund collections in the various districts, based on the latest available reports, follows: Quota Amt. raised Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton: Hassell Hamilton Goose Nest Colored Citizens 650.00 150.00 450.00 450.00 4,277.02 350.00 1,500.00 135.00 $ 845.00 454.37 498.58 5,006.11 425.27 724.69 162.40 100.00 275.00 300.00 900.00 85.00 282.67 442 69 289.30 Totals $9,537.0 $9,216.55 | STILL LAGGING v J A sharp reduction in cotton production is still reflected in the latest ginning report just recently released by Mrs. Strel sa Griffin, special agent for the Bureau of the Census. Up until October 18, 1,129 bales of cotton had been ginned in the county from the current crop as compared with 1,973 bales ginned during the corre sponding period a year ago. The reduction is traceable to a decrease In acreage principal ly, but farmers explain that they are experiencing much trouble in having the crop pick ed. Hold Centennial ^Meelinir In Wilson North Carolina Disciples will hold their one hundredth State convention in Wilson this week, a cordial invita tion having been extended the mem ber churches by the First Christian Church of Wilson to attend. Attracting national leaders, the centennial convention is expected to attract a record number of delegates and visitors. The first of the sessions will be held tomorrow afternoon when the ministers meet. The first of the regular sessions will open on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, the program for that time including an address by Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones, pastor of the Central Wood ward Church, Detroit, and a promi nent national figure in the religious field. The convention Thursday will dis cuss timely subjects, including “The Church's Place in the Postwar World”, by Arthur Wilson; “Mis sions and the Present Crisis,” by S. J. Corey, and special addresses. A business session will be held that afternoon, followed by an address by J. Wayne Drash and a centen nial play that evening. Addresses by John L. Davis and Dr. Virgil E. Havens, missionary, will feature the session Friday morning, and that afternoon Dr. Eugene C. Bench, pastor of the Youngstown, Ohio, church will address the conven tion. I -. __ Callh Attention To Three Percent Transportation Tax Pointing out that a 3 per cent tax is due the Federal Government on all receipts from "for hire” or trans portation tax, Deputy Collector John D. Lilley for this district said this week that very few were comply ing with the law. All persons who haul or transport anything for profit are suppOiVCii to vegistcv and "pay tie three per cent tax each month. It was pointed out that there is a $50 penalty for those persons who do not register and meet the tax require ments. MO HOLIDAY No Thanksgiving holiday will be observed by the schools in the I county this year, it was announc ed this week by the office of the county board of education. It is likely that a short session will be held on Thursday, the 23rd, mak ing it possible for the children to get home in time for a late Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks giving Day programs will be held in many of the schools, and in some communities, religious groups will join the pupils for a special sermon that day. The Christmas holiday sched ule has not been fixed, it was stated. However, it is likely to be limited to a feu days since there was considerable delay in starting the fall term. Allies Score Gains All Along Western Front Last Evening ^ f »i Armies Poised for Final Great Offensive Although attention is centered for the most part on the fight around Vossenack, near Aachen, the Allies were reported to have scored gains all along the Western Front last night setting the stage for what many be lieve may be the final great offen sive of the European war. In the Holland sector, Allied forces have cleared the approaches to Belgium's great port of Antwerp and reports state that supplies have already started moving through there for use on the Western Front. The successes there shorten tho supply lines for the Allies by approximately 400 miles. During recent weeks supplies have moved mainly by truck from Cherbourg across the muddy roads of France by truck. The opening of Antwerp places the supplies within about fifty miles of the front where the British are battling and about U11' n."V s from the American First Southeast of Aachen the Ameri cans under General Courtney Hodges had met the challenge and hurled back German counterattacks after losing ia.st Saturday some of the ground gained a short time before. American dive bombers moved into the Huertgen Forest area ^o relieve the Americans as they engaged in terrific battle. Working in close cooperation with the western strategy, Russian forces are in Budapest, and military ob servers see a drive toward Austria In tiie making. On the East Prussia front no developments have been re ported during the past few days, but increased activity in that sector is said to be brewing. Hitler and his generals are shift ing men from one spot to another, apparently expecting the lid to blow off at several points within the near fluture. The drive in Italy apparently is still bogged down, but tire fight there so lar has been about as bitter as any. Over in the Pacific theater, Allied forces are pounding Manila and still reducing Japan’s might on the seas. Singapore was attacked over the week-end by Super-Forts, leading some observers to predict a drive in the Malay or Burma areas. Observing (he 27th anniversary of the Soviet Union, Marshal Joe Sta l lin yesterday said that the Red Army (Continued on page six) . — -<j.-.— Eight County Boys Accepted By Army Kif>ht of the ton Martin County white boys reporting to an Army center for final induction on Octo !>ei 25 were accepted by the Army, according to a report reaching here a few days ago. The names of those accepted were: I.uke Harrell, Jr., Julian Robert Rawls, Jr., Marvin Elmo llaislip, Earl Taylor Mendenhall, Malotha Bowen Price, Alton Thomas Johnson, Spen cer Eldred Coltrain and Otis Clifton Roberson. According to unofficial informa tion, Carey Garland Bunting and Robert Worsley James did not pass. A fairly sizable pre-induction call is to be answered by white boys, mostly those in the teen-age group, about week after next, and a final induction call, a comparatively small one, is expected for whites the lat ter part of the month. Improving Mr. Will S. Rhodes, a patient in a Washington hospital for about I three weeks, was reported improving | yesterday. ' Undergoing treatment in a Wash ington hospital fur injuries received j in a fall from a ladder last week, Mr. Kader Rogerson was reported much ! better today. Block Cleared on Market For First Time In Recent Weeks ♦ After being blocked tight for about seven straight weeks the local to bacco market is clearing its floors today, making for one of the most unusual marketing seasons to date in the history of the market. The block, however, was not cleared un til an estimated 90 per cent or more of the crop in this immediate sec tion had been sold, making another block tins season next Co irtipOs, i ble. Returning to the five-day selling week yesterday, the Wiliiamston market yesterday had one of its most successful sales of the season. While fancy types held their own, the in ferior grades, including green and I nondescript grades, reached possibly ! the highest peak of the season, veter an warehousemen declaring that many of those grades were selling as much as two to five dollars per hundred higher than any previous figure recorded during the current marketing period. To date, the lo cal market has sold 9,679,726 pounds for $4,180,308.33 or an average price of $42.98. Between 150,000 and 175, 000 pounds were on the market early today, and sales are almost certain to pass the ten million-pound mark by Thursday of this week. With 90 <« i/5 per cent of the crop already sold, it is expected that total sales for the season will hardly reach elev en million pounds. Reports from the belt state that 301,314,722 pounds had been sold through last Friday at an average of $42.49, that sales for all the mar kets had averaged .$44 65 during the past week. Kales on the local market last week averaged right close to $45, the figure having been exceed ed once during the period.