NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES Of MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 62 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 7, 1945 ESTABLISHED 1899 Thirty-three Youths An Induction Center Twenty**/ Then. Come from Industry; Ten Rejected Previously Thirty-three Martin County col ored men were called today to report to Fort Bragg for their pre induction examinations, the call be ing one of the largest received in this county in recent months. Twenty of the men come from oc cupations other than farming, the records showing that many of the thirteen from the farm had just re cently reached their eighteenth birthdays. Twelve of the men are just eighteen years old, while the ages of the others run up to thirty seven years, ft was pointed out that most of those, if not all, in the older age group were called because they had quit their jobs without per mission of the draft board. Ten of the men have made trips to the serv ice center previously and were re jected. Twelve of the men are married and they leave behind LWenty-six children, one leaving five. The names and registration and last-given addresses of the men call ed, are are follows: Herbert Feddarough Cherry, RFD 1, Robersonville. Herman Mooring, RFD 2, Rober sonville. Roland McKnight Latham, Wil liamston. . Burnice Roosevelt Brown, Rober sonville and New York. Elisha Speller, Williamston and Jamesville. Charlie Hardison, RFD 3, Wil liamston and Portsmouth. Frank Baker, RFD, Williamston and Flint, Michigan. John D. Griffin, RFD 3, William ston. Albert S. Boston, RFD 1. James ville. , Morris Brown, RFD 2. Williams ton. Thadious Spruill, Norfolk. James Bryant, RFD 1, Palmyra. Haywood Morris, Jr., RFD 1, Oak City. Walter Lee Wilkins, RFD 3, Wil liamston. James Elbert Daniel, RFD 1, Jamesville. Thomas Jefferson Purvis, Hamil ton. Willie Jasper Parker, RFD 1, Oak City. Edward Long, RFD 2, Hobgood. James Henry Williams, Williams ton. Jesse Lee Fields, RFD 1, Palmyra. Aulander Page, RFD 2. Bob'rson ville. Leon Brown, RFD 2 Williamston. Earma Staton, Oak Cit\ Joe Henry Spruill, RFD 2. Wil liamston. | Raleigh Albert Jonee RFD L Wi’ liamston. Robert Lee Gainer. P rr U Norman Little, RFD I Roberso: - ville. Aaron Andre Berner., WiPiai ifio: James Spruill, RFD 1, Roberson ville and South Norfolk. Abel Smallwood, Willnm.-ton and New York. James Mayo, Willi;- ton and New York. Andrew Wilkins, RFD 1 Robei sonville and Greenville. Gadys Peel, RFD 1, Jamesville and St. Louis. The following men were transfer red by the Martin County Draft (Continued on page four) County Authorities Hold Short Meeting In a short meeting held here yes terday, the Martin County Commis sioners drew sixty citizens for jury service during the September term of superior court, recommended the widening of a county road and hand led routine duties, adjourning before lunch. Final plans for establishing a re tirement fund for county employees similar to the one now in effect for school teachers, were made, the fund to be supported by a 10 percent de duction, four by the employees and six by the government. The commissioners recommended the widening of the road leading off U. S. Highway No. 64 at Nurney’s store and running thence in a south erly direction via Major Gardner’s Fairview church, Gus Moore farm, Andrew' Hardison’s and Dick Hardi son’s to Highway No. 171, a distance of about three and one-half miles. In his report to the commission ers, Tax Collector M. L. Peel stat ed that all but $5,417.93 of the 1944 tax levy of $194,044.17 had been col lected, that there remained unco llected $1,673.15 of the 1943 levy, $1,568.48 of the 1943 levy and $1, 444.U8 of the i941 levy. In her report for the month of July, the welfare department super intendent listed expenditures as fol lows: salcnes, $645.00; travel, $68.08, office expense, $42.74; county home expenses, $352 69; tuberculosis san atorum, $395.19; general relief, $118; drugs, $48.43; hospitalization, $337.83 and 221 old age grants, $2,583.00; 33 grants to dependent children. $947.; 11 aid to blind grants, $232, making a total of $5,769.96, of which amount the county paid $2,631.30. Ensign Nathan Edmondson rU^tm^ad~K41hdLOibJLvhf-i5- ■ Ensign Nathan T. Edmondson, USNR, was killed in operational combat the ISth of last month, ac cording to a message received last Thursday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Edmondscn, RED 2, Robersonville, from Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of Naval Per sonnel. Apparently there is some misun derstanding about dates as the young man wrote a letter and dated it July 16, the day after he was re ported killed in action, giving rise to the hope that the message was sent by mistake. The young man enlisted for serv ice at Atlanta in 1942, and was call ed for duty in January, 1943, train ing at Atlanta, Columbia, S. C., and Pensacola. He received his wings and his commission as an ensign in the Naval Air Corps upon comple tion of his training at Pensacola on August 29, 1944, and was immed iately sent to the South Pacific where he was serving on a carrier when he was reported to have been killed. In his letter to his parents under date of July 16. the young man said “I'm OK and getting along all right, and expressed the hope that all were well at home and were not worrying too much over the crops. Ensign Edmondson was a fine young man, and had a promising ENS. NATHAN T, EDMONDSON future. He went from the Roberson ville High School into service, and was in line for promotion. A brother Pfc. Roy H. Edmondson, is serving with the American forces in France at the present time. He is the fifty-fourth Martin County young man reported to have made the supreme sacrifice for his country in the war to date. r MORE BARNS BURN v* At least two more tobacco barns have been destroyed In the county by fire, reports stating: that County Commissioner Josh ua L. Coltrain lost one over in Williams Township last Satur day and Farmer E. N. Harrell lost one in the Oak City section last Sunday morning. At least fifteen barns are known to have been destroyed by fire in this county so far this season. Many farmers arc completing the harvest in the county this week and by the latter part of next week virtually all of the tobacco crop will have been har vested. Authorities Allow New Sales Outlets For Beer and Wine Discuss Possibilities of an Air Port for the Town and Martin County Aside from a study of the tentative 1 udget for the 1945-46 fiscal year, t' e town commissioners in their rr ;i iar session here last night dis cussed varied subjects, but limited action to just a few cases. Two li cense- to sell beer and wine were issued, one to Russell Griffin, oper ■ tor of the Sinclair station on Wash ington Street, and one to Dr. Edward Early, owner of Duck Inn (and duck out) also on Washington Street. Li pi ns -s to sell beer were denied Ethel R;u Wilson, daughter of Joe Wilson, o’- Warren Street, and J. D. Gray on South Smithwick Street. No action was taken in connec tion with a storm sewer leading from the haeklots at the rear of the Sta ton store buildings to Church Street. The owners propose to sell the sew er line to the town for $200. The trash pile at the end of East Church Street was mentioned, but no action was taken. The possibilities of building an air j ort for the town and county were discussed by the board at the sug gestion of E. S. Peel. It was point (d out that population centers had been budded first along the rivers, and then along the railroads, and still later on highways. No cost figures could be had immediately, but the authorities plan to look in into the matter and search out the possibilities of building a modern air port in this area. It was learned [that several independent companies | were interested in establishing air line service for this section, and that Congress had adopted resolu tions to include small towns on air (Continued on page four) -* Gum Vendors Yield Lions Much Money The approximately forty ball chewing gum machines being oper ated by the local Lions Club yield ed $263.55 in cash, along with a lib eral quantity of slugs, during the six weeks period ending last week, according to Lion K P. l.indsley, chairman of the gum machine com mittee. Of this amount, 20 percent goes to the club’s fund for the blind. The amount is r.ot a record take, hut if the gum can be made avail able, the committee hopes to push the sales to the extent that the club will realize $1,000 for its Blind Fund during the current fiscal year. Several Lions have beer, placed on the committee in an effort to keep all the machines in this area serv iced and supplied. Farm Security Has Meeting of Special Committee Here Albert T. Gurkins Succeeds W. ill. Ilar/ison As Mem ber of (Committee The Martin County Farm Security Committee met in the office of the organization in the courthouse last Saturday to begin making plans for the work to be done in 1946. The committee is composed of Mr. Chas. L. Daniels of Williams, Mr. George Oglesby of Hamilton and Mr. Albert T. Gurkin of Griffins. Mr. Gurkin succeeds Mr. W. M .Harrison of Bear Grass, who retired as a regular committeeman last June 30. The committee review some of the work done in the past, and re-certi fied to that work, and laid the foundation for recommendations to the county personnel for the work they are to do for the next twelve months. It is the duty of this com mittee to steer the program in every respect in this county. The pro gram consist chiefly of three main divisions: the farm ownership phase which deals with the loan to tenants with which to buy a farm and home. No application can be processed by the county workers until the ap plicant has first been approved by the committee, and no loan can be made to an aproved applicant until the committee inspects and approves that farm that tJie loan is to be made for, the Rural Rehabilitation loan program which makes loans to the low income farmers to purchase fired, seed .fertilizer, hired labor, living expenses and medical service. Every application for this type serv ice must be approved by the com mittee before the county personnel can process the loan docket. Those who have been on the program three or more years are required to be recertified by the committee before further asistance is given; the third program division is the Farm Se curity Administration’s assistance to the returning veteran. An additional member is added to the committee to assist with the veterans’ pro gram. This member is Mr. Hugh G. Horton, of Williamston. At present the Farm Security Ad ministration has only one returned veteran of World War II * on the program. This applicant received assistance to purchase work stock and equipment and subsistance for the current farm year ,in order that he could return to the farm and take his place as a citizen again. Other applications were taken, but refer red to different agencies due to the fact that they were applying for help outside the field that Farm Se curity is set up to handle. The committee was enthusiastic throughout the meeting, and made several solid and firm recommenda tions to be followed for the coming year. They based all recommenda tions on strict business, and adher ed closely to the general policies of the Farm Security Administration on all decisions. Many applications were approved and a collection policy was established to be followed for the coming heavy collection months. The committee adjourned after a two and one-half hour ses sion to meet again upon call of the county supervisor, who is executive secretary to the members. ■-\ Army Twenty-nine Martin Countv men, most of them just have reached their eighteenth birthday, registered for the draft during the month of July. Sixteen of them were colored. In cluded in the group of thirteen white men were five veterans of the cur rent war, but in accordance wdth the regulations, they registered after receiving their honorable discharges. Twenty-four of the men are grouped in the sixth registration, two were added to the first regis tration which began in October, 1940. and three tire listed in the third registration which began in February, 1942. The names and addresses of the latest group of registrants follow: Sixth Registration James Junior Taylor, col , RFD 1, Oak City. Willie Davis Hassell, col., RFD 2, Williamston. James Vend B. Reddick, col, RFD 2, Williamston James Whit Clemmons, col.. Wil liamston. Cortez Hassell, col . RFD 2, Wil liamston. Raymond Jasper Modlin, w, RFD 1, Williamston. Clyde Delmus Holliday, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Augusta Wiggins, col, Williams ton. Eugene Fields, col, RFD 1, Pal myra. Raymond Moore, col., RFD 1. Wil liamston. Melvin Brady, w, RFD 2, Hamil ton. Ingran (Jack) Tillery, col., Star Route, Hamilton. Vance Lee Clark, w, RFD 3. Wil liamston. James Howard Keel, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Marshall Augusta Scott, col., Wil liamslon. James Harrison Ghee, col, RFD 1, Jamesville. Alton Ray Bullock, col., RFD 1, Robersonville. Joseph Harold Harrison, w, RFD 3, Williamston. Manule Edward Harris, w, RFD 2, Williamston. Samuel Morris Rogerson, RFD 2. Williamston. Merlin Lee Ward, col , Hassell. Robert Andrew Williams, col., R FD 1, Oak City. James Edward Lee, col., RFD 3, Williamston. Clarence Edward Hooper, col, R FD 1, Jamesville. First Registration Howard Franklin Williams, w, of Williamston. Linwood Knox, w, Hassell. Third Registration George Ben Warren, w, Rober sonville. Earl Caudill, w, Robersonville. J. D Taylor, w, RFD 2, William ston. Funeral Yesterday Funeral services were conducted in the Hamilton Baptist Church yes terday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock for Mrs. (Pennie) Margaret Mizelle Clark who died in a Philadelphia hospital last Saturday following a long illness. Rev. E. C. Wilkie, a former pastor of (he church, officiat ed and interment was in the Hamil ton cemetery. The daughter of the late Eli Mi zelle and Mary Catherine James Mizelle, Mrs. Clark was born near Teens in Pitt County on January 2R, 111(12. Completing her education, she located in Goldsboro where she taught school for some time and mar ried B. Frank Clark about thirty years ago. Following her marriage, she moved to Collingswood, New Jersey, where she had since made her home. Mrs. Clark was a faith ful member of the Baptist church since childhood, and was held in high esteem in her adopted homo community. Besides her husband she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Everett of Hamilton, Mis. M. FI. Faison and Mis W. G. Lynch of Roanoke Rapids, six brothers. Billy, Ben, Sam, P. Les ter, Grover and Chester, preceding her to the grave. The body was carried to Hamilton yesterday morning where it lay in state in the Baptist church until services were held. County Youth Hoping War With Japs W ill End Soon -3> -- Writing from a distant point in the far Pacific to have his mailing address changed, Pfc. John Rodgers sa'd, "I hope the war will soon end so the boys and I can come home.” The young man continued, "I’m somewhere in the Pacific, doing well and filing fine. I'm still get ting The Enterprise although some of them are far between. Yet, I'm aware of the fact that this is due to the many thousands of miles the paper has to travel. While in the Hawaiian Islands I visited Pearl Hurboro, Honolulu and many other places of interest including the famous Waikiki beach."