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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 59 THE ENTERPRISE Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 2.1 1946 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 Will Take Action “fWrrrrrrrrt-t- i .,r An \vi-rafi»* of ASiout In (i«‘orpi« Fanners and market operators are not so certain about “good” prices for llue-cund tobacco as the Georgia markets make ready for the opening tomorrow, accord ing to unofficial but reliable re ports reaching here indirectly during the past fi w days. Sup porti d during the past several years largely by government pur chases for the British Empire and for Lend-Lease countries, the markets this year will depend on purchases in regular trade chan nels with only a support loan of 90 percent of parity to prevent a collapse in the p ice structure. Gucsst s for the Georgia open ing—and it should be remember ed they are only guesses—place the opening-day price average at about $37.00 per hundred pounds, a figure several cents below the avi rage lust year. Georgia is said to have a good quality crop, but rather light we ight. Despite the light weight of the leaf itself, es timates point to a crop of more than 100 million pounds. About the same uncertainty ex isting in Georgia over prices ap parently exists here and plans are being comple ted to have the- Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stab ilising Corporation step in if prices fall below 90 percent of parity. T. W. Allen of Creedmoor, a di rector of the corpeu ation. said that the organization did not expect it would be necessary to help main tain prices when the auction seas on gets underway Wednesday with The opening of the Georgia k lorida belt, but the organization was set up so that "it could be placed ill operation on two hours notice.’’ Allen said that he and other mend ers of the corporation ex pected that flue-cured tobacco would sell well above the parity figui\ of $35.03 per hundred pound- this se ason, but that it was ready to step in quickly "if any thing unforeseen should happen” to leaf prices. The corporation would go into operation if the average for to bacco prices fell below $31 80 per 100 pounds of the parity price, Al len said. This is how the agency is plan ned to ope rate: A so-called “stabilizing price” wouiei be: set for each grade of to bisesf) with the stabilizing price figured so that the average for all grades would be approximate ly $31.80, and ii a pile of tobaccei failed to bring the stabilizing pi ice, tiie cui pui aboil would pur chase' it. Tin tobacco would then be re dryed. given a government grade and stored in a warehouse, and the Federal Commodity Credit Corporation would advance to the stabilizing price on the warehouse Receipt. If. when the tobacco is ulti mately sold, it brings a price above the stabilizing price, the grower would collect the differ ence after certain operating costs are ih but: led:1 • sold below the stabilizing price, the government would absorb tiie loss. Allen said tiiat the system was (Continued on page six) -* Funeral Thursday For G. K. Glenn Funeral services were conduct ed last Thursday atternocn at 4:00 o’clock in the Prospect (Va.) Methodist Church for Mr. Geo. R. Glenn who died suddenly in his sleep at his home there last Tues day night at 11:00 o’clock, ills pastor conducted the services and burial was in the churchyard cem etery. . Mr. Glenn, 69 years old, was a farmer and well-known business man of the Prospect area. He had visited his son, Mr. Joe B. Glenn, here several times. Besides his son here he is sur vived by his widow, three daugh ters. Mrs. W. R. Vanlluss of Elizabethton, Tenn., Mrs. W. R. Cockrell of Kilmarnock, Va., and Miss Rebecca Glenn of Falls Church, Va., and a son, Harvey H. Gltr.n of the home, and a brother, Henry H, Glenn, of Prospect. Slight Increase In Postal AItor dropping nearly $2$®$ in hupi point reached' in the first three months of 1945. postal receipts at the local office just about held their own last quarter, it was learned t It is week from Postmast er W. E. Dunn. However, the re ceipts were slightly more than $200 less than they were in the months of April. May and June of last year, but $500 greater than those reported for the first quar ter of 1946. Income from postage stamp sales last quarter amounted to $8,214.28 as compared with $7, 654.77 reported in the first three months of this year and $8,448.48 reported in the second three months period, a year ago. The fade! p'iu V. liVloui the comp;;.•!.<•>) >•• limVsUjpMaiL's in June ul' tin.-. year w ei e nearly $' .nun h ■ s than they were in June of 1945, but gains in April and May this year While stamp sales were barely holding their own, sizable gains were reported in the money ord er business, the postmaster ex plaining that the office handled $58,053.95 in money orders during April. May and June of this year, a gain of nearly $20,000.00 over the business handled in the same period last year. The increase followed right behind a gain of more than $22,000.00 reported in the Iiist quarter of this year over the total business handled in Jan uary, February and March of 1945. Addresses Local Lions Thursday 4 James W. Kirkwood, widely known speaker from California, will address the regular dinner meeting of the local Lions Club Thursday evening. In addition to the members, the club is extend ing invitations to other local eiti zens to attend as special guests. Mr. Kirkwood, who is on a speaking tour of this section of the country, comes here highly recommended as a very interest ing speaker. He holds A. B. and M. A. degrees from the University of Southern California, where he gained national recognition by winning three National Intercol legiagte Championships, namely, 1. U. S. After Dinner Speaking Championship 2. U. S. Extempor aneous Speaking Championship. 3. U. S. Debate Championship. During the past year Mr. Kirk wood lias spoken before more than four hundred Service Clubs, Women's Organizations Forums.! Masonic Groups, Chambers of Commerce and similar bodies. In tile past ten yeans he has appear ed before over three thousand audiences in almost every major city of the U. S. Mr. Kirkwood was released from the armed ser vices about a year ago, where he hud served as an Army Air Fotces Instructor during the war. The topic for Mr. Kirkwood’s talk Thursday night is his dis tinguished lecture, “Private Worlds.” All member of the club arc urged tu be present for this week's meeting. --1 1 1 ... ' f Injured In Car Wreck Yesterday Mrs. Dave Daniel was painfully but nut seriously hurt Monday morning when the car driven by her husband crashed into a road machine on Highway 171 about one mile north of Old Ford in Beaufort County. Thrown against the windshield, Mrs. Daniel suffered a cut on her forehead ar.d a broken rib. She was removed to Brown's Com munity Hospital here and was re ported late Monday to be getting along very well. Mr. Daniel was not hurt. One report placed the damage to the car at about $75. Local Hoys Discharged By Services Recently Billy Mercer, after serving with the Marine Corps in Japan for al most a year, was discharged last week at Camp Lejeune. “The ‘Dick’ is the best thing the Marine Corps puts out,” the young man said. He plans to complete his schooling at Chapel Hill. Fred Wheeler, seaman first class, was recently released by the Navy at Charleston, More Tobacco Is Lost In County —-—*— After suffering an estimated loss of more than two million dol lar? as a result of excessive rains during June and in the first two weeks of July, Martin County far m< rs are now losing considerable tobacco as a result of labor short ages and inadi quale barn space. The crop is ripening so fast that available labor cannot harvest it, and in those cases where there is sufficient labor the farmers, in many cases, do not have adequate barn space to receive and cure the crop. In an effort to save the crop in the fields many farmers are over crowding their barns aggravating the fire hazard and actually caus ing their barns to catch fire. Estimates coming from various sources declare that county farm ers will lose ten percent of the current crop because they can’t get labor or because they haven't adequate curing facilities. If the estimate proves correct, Martin County farmers will lose a mil lion dollars in addition to the es timated two million aready lost as a result of excessive rains. Quite a few farmers are finish ing their harvest this week, but many have not pulled their fields more than twice so far. The quality of the crop is re ported poor in some sections, es pecially in those areas where the leaf was just about drowned, one farmer declaring that some of the damaged tobacco he had taken from the field was rotting in the curing barn. In addition to the loss resulting fit ir. excessive rains, labor short age and inadequate equipment fm handling the crop, farmers m tliis county have lost at least a dozen barns by fire. All in all, the current season has been a very disheartening one for quite a number of farmers in Martin County. -1 Former Resident Died Last Sunday —$— Mrs. Oliver Gilbert, former resident of Williumston in the late thirties and early forties tor about ■fear. " her sisters, Mrs. Jennings, in Athol, Massachusetts, lust Sun day. She had been in declining health for some time. A native of Milford, Delaware, Mrs. Gilbert lived a number of years in Elizabeth City where funeral services are being con ducted this morning at 11:0(1 o’clock. Mi. G ibcit died while making his home here in 1941. Surviving are a son, Oliver Gil bert, and Miss Mary Mitchell Gil bert, both of Elizabeth City. Minor Car Wreck Near Cross Roads —t— No one was hurt and no sizable property damage resulted when two cars, one driven by James E. Ayers and the other by Mrs. Gil bert Mobley, crasned at an inter section a short distance from Cross Roads church last Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. Investigating the'accident, Cpl. W. T. Simpson of the highway patrol, estimated the damage to [ both cars at about $250. It was explained that the vision af both drivers was bloekcAi by a :orn- field. Phantom Com id CouiitY 1‘nTidh L>mhiT1'' \iirin]*h'!T,ff*^»Tv^ oral Yo(iii<> (iolornl Girls In This Soctimi A colored man wearing a beatd and possessing unusually large feet and believed to have escaped from a prison camp either in this or an adjoining state has been op erating in this area during the past four or five weeks, attempt ing assaults upon at least two young colored girls. So many re ports on the man s activities have been received that officers are be wildered by the case, and the man is now referred to as the "Phan tom Convict.” Officers were first notified of the man’s appearance about a month ago when he attempted to assault a small Tyner girl in the Jackie Springs community, not far from Williamston. The child screamed and the man was fright ened away. Working on the case, officers learned that the man had been sleeping in Skewarkey church, but every attempt to run the man down there was fouled by couples who would park near the church and by others who even entered the building for im moral put puses. An attack was feared there, but officers kept the case quiet, hoping to trap the man. An out door bed was found along the railroad, not so far from the town's main street, officers stating that they believed the man was hi ing shielded. Th" next outbreak was report ed in Griffins Township when a man, believed to have been the same one who attacked the Tyner girl, sneaked out of the woods and frightened several children who were working in an adjoining field. Officers picked up his trail on the Riddick farm not so far from the Coast Line water tank on Sweet Water Creek early last week. They got in sight of tile man in that chase, but lost him in the woods. Last Friday he attempted to as sault a young colored woman on the old Riddick farm, not far from Cedar Hill He was again fright ened away. Going to the scene of the alleged attack, officers traced him ovei a course of possibly hull a mile and lust the trail when he entered the woods. Examining the man’s track, officers found that the right shoe was run down at tile heel, that the left one was apparently in good condition, that both of them were believed to have been stolen. Apparently some one tried to harbor the man as an escaped convjct, but following the at tempted assaults quite a few have volunteered information and tried to help set traps for the man. Any number of farmers in those sec tions where the man is alleged to have been seen are wot king with their guns close by, and sooner or later action is anticipated. Officers Capture Liquoriuik>uwty Raiding the premises of Abra ham Pierce in the Free Union sec tion of Jumesville Township last Friday, Officers J. If. Roebuck and Roy Peel found seventeen and one half gallons of illicit* li cjuor in the man's bum. Pierce wasn’t at home when the officers arrived and quit his work at a neighbor’s tobacco puck barn when he learned company was visiting his premises. Word was left with iiis wile advising him to report to the sheriff’s office, and he made his appearance later in the afternoon. Placed under bond, Pierce is to report for trial in the county court on August 5, the authorities allowing the man un til then to finish harvesting his tobacco. Carrying a search warrant, the officers were invited into the Pierce home by the man's wile who is believed to have disposed of a small quantity of illicit li quor before they started the search. Finding nothing in the home, the officers went to the barn where they found the sev enteen and one-half gaiions of white lightning. Pierce maintained that some one planted the liquor there "just to get rne into trouble.” Moderation Must rales! Condor! Vm rnuiimir :t 11 Ii^’^TTTTTtT Kx»*rti«n Dan^'routi lo OiicV Health erRTWwins is one in a . .Ties of articles prepared l>v the Nodli Carolina Tuberculosis Association and sponsored by civic organiza tions.—ed.) Keeping cool in the summer is an art. It's an art well worth cul tivating when tne rays of the sun beat down at their hottest in mid summer. It's an art which can be learned if one thing is kept in mind- moderation. Moderation in eating, in play, in all types of physical exertion will make the summer heat spells more bearable. Getting all “het up” about the weather will only make us more uncomfortable. Since we cannot change the weather and many of us cannot move on to cooler climes, when hot days approach, it is just as well to resign ourselves to the heat and to try to be as comfort able as possible. Here are a few simple rules which, if followed, may help make the summer more pleasant. 1. Dress comfortably. Light clothes that are not too confining should be worn on hot days. 2. Kat sensibly. Heavy foods, difficult to digest, should be avoided. This does not mean liv ing on sandwiches and salads throughout the summer. A well balanced diet is necessary at all times, and hot meals, it' well plan ned, will not add to the discom fort ol summer. Rich, heavy foods, however, cause the body to work overtime in the digestive process and should be omitted from the dii 1 in hot weather. 3. .Drink plenty of water and fruit juices. Because tile body perspires more in the summer than in the winter, it is necessary to consume an extra amount of liquids. Cool water and lemon ade are particularly good on hot days. Kxira salt is needed, too, because the body loses much salt in perspiration. This salt may be obtained by adding it to fruit drinks or by eating salt tablets. 4. —Be careful to avoid over exposure to the sun. Many people look forward to getting doses of sunshine during file summer, but too much sun may prove a health hazard. It may cause a painful sunburn or it may lead to sunstroke, which swiitly brings on unconscious ness and may cause death. Sunstroke occurs most fre quently among people exposed to the direct heat of the sun and who ale loo heavily clad', it is more common among men than among women and children. It may come on suddenly, but usually i! is the result of long exposure and may come on gradually. The symp toms are a pain in the lit ad, dizzi ness, a feeling of oppression, the absence of perspiration and, sometimes, nausea and vomiting. While a doctor is bring sum moned, the patient should be re moved to a cool spot. His cloth ing should be loosened and an ef fort made to reduce his tempera lure rapidly Tf he is conscious, heshouldbe given salt anil water to drink or fruit juices. Moderation practised duiing the sumnii r months will make these months pass more pleasant ly and comfortably. In tlie next article, the respon sibility of the family lo the TB pa tient will be discussed. Decline In Game Law Violations fish and game law violations in North Carolina in Juno do dined slightly from the llf-lti peak established in May, according to records released by C. 1). Kirk patrick chief of law enforcement of the Division of Game and In land Fisher ies. * During June the division’s fish and game protectors obtained 440 convictions, as against 400 for May. Violators last month paid out $1,681.70 in fines and $2,013.61 in court costs, as against $2,152.11 in fines and $2,696.14 in costs paid in May. Largest single type of violation in June was fishing without li cense, which accounted for near ly one-third of the convictions. Next was the taking of undersize fish, of winch about one-lilth of the violators were convicted. Close Vote Predicted In A close vote was predicted to drr "rwr*-!' scheduled to be held m tne James viUe district on Saturday of this qualified voters will decide whether the schools there will ha'To a 20-cent tax to supplement the minimum state supported term. According to reliable reports reaching here, the opposition has, possibly unintentionally, spread the false report that the election is calling for a 20 percent tax. Proponents, appealing for the welfare of the schools in the dis trict, are working in various areas pointing out that the proposal calls for a tax of only 20 cents on the $100 assessed property valua tion. They state that if a man’s property is valued at $1,000, he will he asked to pay only $2. to support better schools. “We are throwing away a hundred times more money, and it u; about tune i worthwhile,’* u citizen way quot 1 ed as saying here yesterday. It was learned unofficially hi m yesterciay I iiat ' fdT-eTi district which embraces parts of two townvhips. had registered for the election. To insure its pus | sage, the measure must have at least eighty-one votes since the vote is against the registration. Opponents to the nv asure will not find it necessary to go to the polls since every uncast vole will count against the proposal. | The polls will be kept open from (1:110 a. in. until (1:110 p. in. on Saturday, July 27. in tin town I house m Jamcsvillo. j The proposal is receiving strong support from several citizens who have no children bid who are in j terested in the betterment of their communities eve > though it will cost them. Five More Barns Burn In County Five more tobacco barns were destroyed by fire in the county last week, according to incom plete1 reports reaching here over the week-end. Farmer A. P. Barnhill lost a new barn on the Burroughs farm between Williamston and Ever etts last Wednesday. Woolard Peel lost a barn on his farm near Everetts last Friday. A third barn was burned Fri day on the Wilson farm near Wil liamston, and a fourth was re - ported lost on the old Greenville Hoad Friday evening. Dr. J. S. Rhodes lost a barn cm his farm near the high school building here Saturday morning. Placing near 1,000 sticks eif his best tobacco in the barn,early in the1 week, Charlie Robertson, ten ant, had just removed a loud of tobacco from a second barn and was carrying it to his puckhouse | near the cemetery. Officer J. H. | Roebuck, seeing the smoke as he' i rode out North ilaughton Street,! turned in a fire alarm, but the top of the barn hae! fallen in be- | fore firemen reached the' scene. ■ No insurance was carried em the barn and tobacco. Approximately twelve barns aie’ known to have beam destroy ed by fire in the county so far this season. Farmer Beach almost lost a barn on his farm near Everetts Monday whe n one erf the oil burn ers went out of control. Smoke was pouring out the top and strings on the tobacco weie burn ing when the l'armei went into the barn and cut off the oil. He almost blinded himself by going into the barn. Most of tiie bains lost by fire so far this year in the county were equipped with oil curers. Farmers Plant In Excess of Quotas ——*— Chocking 1,004 out of the 1 583 tobacco farms in this county, “sui - veynij'1 ji found 2u.i of Uicm with acreages in excess of allotments, according to a re port released this week by the of fice rf tiie county agent. The excess ranged from a low of one-tenth an acre to 8.2 acres, and the total excess of 156.6 acres. Quite a lew of those exceeding I In ir allotments are experiencing much difficulty in handling the crop with insufficient labor and inadequate facilities. The task of measuring the 1,004 farms has been figured at $1,044, it was learned. Eye Clinic To Be Held August 23rd The Marlin County Welfare de parlment with the cooperation of the Williamston Lion’s Club and the Health Department will con duct a one-day eye clinic for adults on August 23rd. Dr. Thornhill of Raleigh, will be the examining physician and the medical social worker from the state commission for the blind will assist him. Only those adults who are ab solutely unable to pay for eye ex aminations and glasses will be eli gible to attend tiiio clinic. KOUMM I r j Seven persons were arrest ed and placed in the county jail last week-end, the num ber holding to the same ten ure reported for each of the several preceding weeks. With a fairly large ship ment of liquor to draw on during the latter part of the week, the drunks took over, the jail register showing that six of the seven were booked for public drunkenness, that the seventh was charged w ith drunkenness plus an assault. Two of the seven were white, and the ages of the group ranged from 21 to 51 years. State Bird Crop Reduced by Rains —«—— Excessive ruins in many sec tions of the State have destroyed much of the young bird crop, ac cording to reports coming from the Department of Conservation and Development. Protectors Alex Davis of Car ten t County and Eugene Jones of District 11 (Chatham, Dec. Moore, and Randolph counties) have dis lurbing reports on possible dam age to game, and Protector Lester A. Pierce of Pasquotank County, although reporting food condi tions for fish and game good at present, drops a hint of danger ahead if thi re is more rain, flood reports otr game come from scattered sections. Protec tor II. Grady Earthing, noting the finest crop of young quail on hand that has ever .-sen ,.t 11,,., time of year, .says it appears that hunting will be good on both quail and grouse in Watauga, Ashe, and Allegheny counties, and on quail nr Wilkes, lie also reports that young rabbits are very much in evidence this year. Protector George Barr of Stoke.-, Couirty reports seeing the first young quail of the year, and says prospects for the tail are gond ii flooding rains don't cur.u.-. 'pro lector Robert Wade reports the sighting of young lut'ki ys rrr Granville County. Dr. F. E. Wilson Joins Red Cross -* Pr. Frank F. Wilson of Concord. N. C . for the past several months health officer of Cabarrus and Stanley counties, was recently ap pointed deputy medical director of the American National Red Cross. After five years with the Army Medical Corps, Dr. Wilson was released last February with the rank of Colonel, lie served two years overseas in the European theatre as surgeon of the Third Replacement Depot with the First Army and later as commanding officer of the 807th Hospital Cen ter which commanded five gen era! and two station hospitals. His earlier medical career in eludes three years in the practice of general medicine in Moores ville, N. C : Martin County. N. C. Health officer in 1039, and district health officer for Edgecombe and Greene counties, N. C„ in 10-10. He is a graduate ol the University ji Tennessee college of medicine. Muddled OPA Bill \is<l >Viiat«‘XYoiip gafeSBSSS H<‘Ih!('i «»f A^rncv !lan Vlorr Or l,r-> Control Out Va The OPA has been given a new lease on life, but after being bat tered and strangled bv big busi ness there is some doubt if the agency will have more or less power to control prices. At its best, the proposed legislation cooked and rehashed by a Senate House conference committee, is nothing more than a leg muddle. The measure opens the way for another 30 days of holiday on price ceilings for meats, dairy products, grains, cottonseed and soybeans and fond and feed pro ducts made l'i«mi them. There is no assurance that controls will be restored on these items at all. Chairman Spence (1) Kv.) of the House Banking Committee, who led the adm inist i at ion battle for a strong OPA, said: “l don't think it is a very ef fective bill, but it is the best we can tin. I think the House and Senate will doss it. I believe the president will sign it as a ast re course.’’ However, OPA Administrator Paul Porter declined to say whether he would recommend an other veto. He1 told reporters We now are working on an analysis of the bill’s economic conse quences for submission to Presi dent Truman.” The compromise finally arrived at does not restore price ceilings immediately on meals, dairy pro ducts, grain.-, cottonseed and soy beans and foods and fret! products made from them. Ilowevt r, it ci eats a thret man hoard with higher authority than OPA to determine whethei these items -hall be recontrollcd. If this board tails to act by August 20, OPA then will have authority to restore the ceilings at its own t lection. There was a difference of opin ion among the conferees whether tiie bill tin y drafted would per mit the control board to restore prices on these food items before August 20 under any circum stances. They will have another look at the measure tomorrow on that point before tossing it to the House and Senate, Tiie board, however, would have authority to restore ceilings, prior to Augu 1 20 if it sees fit on poultry, eggs, food and feed pro duets made from them, tobacco and its products, and petroleum and its products. This was the middle ground on the troublesome food issue arriv ed at after agint- foj tiie House vigorously insisted on erasing from the bill all the Senate bans an I'm ther prict c<introls. fi r maj* in market basKet items. As the bill will go to the House and Senate Tut-day for show down votes, lu re are the major provisions: 1. A year’s continuation of modified price control, and rent authority unchanged. OPA would !iuV( all its old power tu set rent rulings, since the compromise knocks out a St mate bill provision r ' would havt e1iw>.uv,vto.d.fs4* end controls where state- had en tered the rent field. 2. A new pricing formula that will mean higher prices fur many manufactured articles. This for mula requires 1 but producers, manufacturers and processors’ •filings be placed high enough to lake care of tiie average increase .n costa in then indusliy since (Continued on page six) Wins In Physical Culture Contest Bill Hollumun. young son of VIrs. W. J Smith of Williumston, ecenlly won first place in a j>hy •icul culture contest at Miami leach and incidentally his pic ure made the front pages of the supers there. Instructor in physical education or the South Seas Hotel, Miami Beach, the young man is at home attending a reunion of his family. ‘It is the first time in seven years ill of us have been together,’’ he laid. A veteran of Guadalcanal, /oung Holloman plans to spend iart of a month’s vacation at ionic and visit in New York and