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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY over 3,000 martin county FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 62 THE ENTERPRISE Williamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 2, 1916 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISH ED 1899 Brief History Of uiajHam s nork In Armed Fore H o First Service Dates Back To Revolutionary War, Inly 29, 1 775 ——— July 29 marked the 171st Anni versary of the first recognized work of the chaplains of the Army. On July 29, 1775. the Con tinental Congress granted the first formal recognition of chap lains ir the armed forces by in cluding a chaplain on the payroll of the Army. Rt /. John Hurt of Virginia is usually considered the first Army Chaplain. He was among the min isters who went to the camps of the Continental Army to conduct religious services and administer aid to the men of the Army. After tl)e Revolutionary War, he served in the peacetime American Army. Chaplains were appointed to the regiments mobilized during the War of 1912; however, for the twenty years after this War the only chaplain seems to have been the one at West Point. With General Zachary Taylor in the Mi xicun War were two Catholic Chaplains, one of whom was killed by Mexican Guerillas. In 18(il. at the outbreak of the Civil War, regimental chaplains were authorized and Jewish Rab bis became eligible, thus paving the way for the policy of the Army today by which each di vision is represented by Protest ant, Catholic, and Jewish Clergy men in uniform. These chaplains are assigned to organizations do ing .garrison duty, training in the field, and accompanying troops into actual combat. Following a precedent set at the turn of tlie Century, indorsement by the churches to which the chaplains 1 clanged is required for appointment in the Chaplain’s Corps, Following tins indorse ment and acceptance of the appli cation, he attends the Chaplains’ School at Fort Oglethorpe, Geor gia, where he learns to be a sol dier—without a gun—as well as a clergyman. At the Chaplains' School the former minister studies Army or ganization and administration, military law, and the customs of the service. In addition to a chaplain's basic duties, which are similar ta those lie performed as a civilian ch rgyman, the course of instruction deals with practical duties such as counseling and mo rale and technical duties in com bat. His studies include courses in map reading, graves registra tion, and military funerals. The Chaplains of the Army have corvee! ail laitiis on '(ne bat tle fronts of the globe. They wi re spread from Europe1 to the far flung islands ol the Pacific and shared the rugged life of the fighting men. During World War II 77 chap lains were killed and 253 wound ed in action. Twenty three were freed from German Prison Camps, and 16 from Japanese Prison Camps. A total of 1543 chaplains received 2038 decora tions, including 18 Distinguished (Continued on page six) Budget Estimate Awaiting Audit Pending the completion of the annual audit of the town’s books for the fiscal year ending June 30, the local commissioners will not be able to discuss the 1940-47 bud get fifcUics when they meet in regular session next Monday eve ning, Treasurer N. C. Green said yesterday. Possibly a special meeting will be culled later in the month for a review of the budget estimate. Very little business is on the calendar for discussion at the meeting next Monday, Mayor Hassell said. -o-* Farm Income In State Last Year -i— Agricultural income in North Carolina last year was $652,307, 000. including $116,750,000 from the sale of livestock and livestock products and $0,306,000 in govern ment payments. The incenie in 1942 was $463, 037,000, in 1943, $496,794,000 and ill 19-14, $620,305,000. 'Board Considers Purchase Of Home tor School Mail -H Going into the real estate mar f kef an .effort to solve the hous ing shortage as it relates to liv ing quarters for the new principal and teachers and after consider ing tae purchase of the remodel ed K. B. Crawford home on Smithwick Street, the local com mittee has received offers from several other property owners, Committee Chairman Robt. L. Co burn said this week. While it has not withdrawn from the market as far as the K. B. Crawford home is concerned, the committee yesterday was in vestigating the purchase of a two apartment home reportedly offer ed for $12,500. At least one mem ber of the committee is of the opinion that the proposal is the best yet received. No action on this or any other proposal is ex I pected, however, until the matter is fully discussed with the mem bers of the County Board of Edu cation. It could not be learned when a meeting witt^he county board could be dOTfefe itt', it was intimated that one would be asked possibly soon after the re turn of the chairman. Mr. J. D. Woolard. who is out of town this week and will not return before next Monday. The proposed purchase of the Brown property on Haughton Street is also still being consider ed for possible use as a teacher age, but it was pointed out that extensive repairs and remodeling would be necessary and that it would be impossible to complete them in time for use during the t arly part of the coming school term. Report High Prices On Border Markets | r s 999 DUE Vj ; During the course of his j work as register of deeds, Mr. 1 J. Sam Gctsinger has oblig ingly helped thousands ferret out facts in the office. In variably, those who were as sisted politely asked what they owed him. “Nothing at all,” was the standard reply. I “But vou ean bring me a wat ermelon sometime, if you | like,” he would add, jokingly, to he sure. 1 he situation lias presented itself easily one thousand times in just a few recent years. Itut this week, Farm er lliglismith of the Buber sonville section remembered the favor rendered him and Tuesday he delivered one of his nice watermelons to the accommodating register of deeds. It was the first one, and one from one thousand leaves just 91)9 due on pro mises. Funeral Thursday For Mrs. Lawrence --- Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock in the Branch Funeral Home chapel in Enfield for Mrs. J. Lawrence who died Wednesday morning in a Washington hospi tal. Rev. P. F. Newton officiated and interment was in Whitakers Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Lawrence, 64 years of age, came to Williamston about two wi i ks ago to viril her daughter, Mrs. Richard D. Elliott, and fami ly and was taken ill. She was re moved to the hospital almost im mediately, her condition gradual ly growing worse as a result of a complication of ailments. Mrs. Lawrence was an aunt of Mrs. Walter T. Martin and Mrs. Verner Godwin, Jr., of Wiliiums ton. Rerides he r daughter hero uie a son, John ,iilen X.,uw rence, and three sisters, Roberta and Sarah Pittman and Mrs. T. D. Lawrence, all of near Enfield. General Average Of About $48.00 For First Sales' Farmers Dissatisfied Vt illi Small Differential In Grade Priees A price average ranging from $-4(5 to $55 per hundred pounds was reported on the South Caro* lina Border tobacco markets fol lowing early sales Thursday morning. Farmers, generally were well pleased, but at White villo some dissatisfaction was ex j pressed when farmers compared : prices received by Georgia grow I crs for untied and ungraded leaf j with those received lay them for ! graded and tied tobacco. No record blocks were report ed, several markets explaining that heavy rains had interrupted deliveries. (Continued on page six) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . While some areas of the State were reporting as many as ten highway deaths in a little over a wyck recently, Martin County motorists traveled through another week without serious acci dent. But the record count continues to mount, meaning that it the number maintains its present trend, the piesent low ratio of seriously injured and killed is subject to change. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and lest and for each year to the present time. Thirtieth Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge ■ 1946 2 1 0 $ aoaJ 1945 3 2 0 000 Comparisons To Date t j 1946 77 67 3 19,300 1945 33 15 3 6,050 County Club Women Give Food And Money To Needy Heeding the call of the starving overseas, Martin County home demonstration club women re cently shipped seven cases of can ned meats, fruits and vegetables to a United Nations Rehabilita tion and Relief Association ware house in Maryland for delivery to help relieve the suffering in for eign lands. Commenting on the food con tribution, Miss .Elizabeth Parker, home demonstration agent ftir the ccunty, said that each club con tributed liberally in support of the worthy cause, that in addition to the canned food a cash contri bution was made in the sum of approximately $125. Special canvasses made here and in other parts of the county previously had raised approxi mately $2,ObO for the starving overseas. While the contributions are small when compared against the urgent r. eds, it is believed that this county ranks well in the list of liberal donors to the worthy cause. Martin County club women have spent much time in preserv ing food this summer, much of the work having been handled de spite labor shortages which ne cessitated much work in the fields and around the tobacco barns. Commenting further on the part accepted bv county club wo men, Miss Parker said, "Those of us who have never experienced starvation or even prolonged hun ger have no idea what even this small amount of relief will mean ! to those who haven’t tasted a bal- ! anced diet in months and months. And what we send them will sup port two things,t a new hold on life for some and the building of 1 a foundation for worldwide I peace.” 1 Seventeen Places -YefTo' BtfPiHWf* In County Schools -ft Seven New Teachers A<hle<J To Family Here; Three Places Open -* With the opening of the schools in this county less than a month off, seventeen teacher positions arc yet to he filled, it was learned this week from tne office of the superintendent. The vacancies are reported in Jamesville. 2; Wil liamston, 3; Everetts, 2; Bear Grass, 2; Robersonville, 3: Oak City, 2, and Farm Life. 3. The faculty positions in Hamilton and Hassell have been filled in their entirety, it was learned. Seven new members have been1 placed under contract by the Wil liamston committee, and applica tions for the three remaining posi tions are being considered, one for the third, another for the sixth grade and still another for sci ence teacher. In addition to those three positions, the appointment of a public school music teacher has not been definitely complet ed, it was learned. Among the new teacher ap pointments here arc: Mrs. Ralph Gorham, eighth grade; Mr. Ralph Gorham, social sciences; Miss An na Bell Privott, of Edonton, mathematics; Miss Flovinc Clark, of Everetts, home economics; Miss Dora Bailey, of Everetts, fifth grade; Miss Jaynes, of Kings Creek, i ightli grade, and B. G. Stewart, of Lcaksville, principal. In accordance with state school regulations, local committees are not bound to accept teacher resig nations within one month of the (Continued on page six) -e Plan For Farm And Homo Work —*—. Several Martin County club women are making tentative plans for attending the annual Farm and Home Week confer ences in- Raleigh August 1!) through the 23, Miss Elizabeth Parker, home agent, announced yesterday. Fiorella H. LaGuardia, director of UNRRA, is scheduled to ad dress the group, and other inter esting features arc being schedul ed, including special tours of homes and scheduled demonstra tions. Club women interested in at tending the special session arc in vited to contact the home agent. Reservations, costing $2, should be made immediately, Miss Park er explained. -- Base Price For Peanuts Fixed According to unofficial reports received this week, base peanut prices were fixed at $170 a ton or eight and one-half cents per pound for the Virginia type and $157 a ton for runners. Determin ed on parity as of a recent date, the new base price for the 19-10 crop is about tin, same as it was i'ot .season. The price of eight and one-half cents per pound for the Virginia type is based on 55 percent meat, meaning that a good quality crop in ' this section sbbulu commann nearer nine or more cents a pound. The base prices were announc ed by the State Department of Agriculture. -j, New Distributor For Westingliouse Employed by the Virginia Elec ric and Power Company, most of he time in its offices here for the >a.st sixteen years, Mr. K. D. Wor ell resigned this week to handle he Wi stinghouse Company pro iuets in this section. Recently appointed distributor jy Weslinghouse for Martin and Washington Counties, Mr. Wor ell at the present is maintaining leadquarters at the Pioneer shoppe Where fie is taking orders or refrigerators, ranges, water leaters, home freezers, washers, roners, water coolers, beverage coolers, dishwashers, combinptipn adios and phonographs, commer :ial refrigerators and small elec rical appliances. (h en close Of Sun Person’s Health; ; —•— IVlIer lei Avoid a Horn Than Kxperieni’e Agony Of lieuiiuu Oik* -<»—-— (The follow mg is one in ;i series I of articles prepared by the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and sponsored by civic organiza tions.—ed.) Many people think of summer in terms of suntan. Unfortunate ly. in their enthusiasm for a healthy tan, they sometimes for get that an overdose of anything, even of sun, may be dangerous. Children need sunshine and fresh air to grow up sturdy and strong. Men need light and sunshine to keep healthy. But too much sunshine ,il one time can be dangerous and should be avoid ed. Suntan may look healthy and it may enhance one's looks—but don't rush nature in getting it. Too much exposure to the sun over a short period of time can have painful consequences. The sun can burn as severely as a man-made fire. No one would deliberately burn himself with a hot coal. Why, then, expose oneself to being burned by the sun? During vacation or week-end trips to the shore, the sun should be taken in small doses, at least until the skin has become accus tomed to the heal fu the sun’s rays. It should be renumbered, too, that some types of skin burn much more readily than others. People whose skin burns easily should be very careful to avoid direct exposure to the sun. Sunburn can be as dangerous as an ordinary burn. It may cause the skin to blister, or may bring on a headache, nausea and fever. It calls for tri tdment just as a burn from a fire does. 11 line knocks his hand against a hot stove and is severely burn ed, it is unfortunate, but it is an j accident If one hurries 1o the beqeh the first warm day of sum I mer and deliberately lies in the isun for hours, it is no accident if j he is burned. The burn is the re sult of inexcusable carelessness. Sunburn cun be avoided. If the sun is taken in small doses at the beginning of summer or at the beginning of the vacation, it can J be taken in increasingly large | doses as the days pass without liming the risk of being burned. | Gradual exposure to the sun is ! more apt to lead to suntan instead 1 of blisters. The person who is careless or I forgetful and is beguiled into j loitering in the sun for a long (stretch on the lirs.i day of his outing must expect to suffer a burn, He should remember, then, that the burn must be treat ed as any other type of burn, Ap plications of plain baking soda and water or of a greasy salve will provide relief. A burn is not just a local affair. It may upset the entire system. The patient should rest, in a cool place, and drink plenty of liquids and eat only light foods. Rather than go through the agony of healing a burn, why not avoid it? In the next article, infantile "pIWLyris will be disco Laziness Induces Cramp for Writer — Ilomi for a couple of days Hi is week from his summer retreat at Pamlico Beach, Joe Godard said that lie hud not made very much progress on his new book. Al though lit1 has gathered much ma terial and data the task has been difficult because of scant library facilities at tiie resort, he explain ed. Although a name has not been definitely assigned what promises to be a master , trnkc in the liter ary field, the book introduction has been carefully outlined and briefed. Getting down to the actual sit uation, Mr. Godard admitted that the atmosphere of the retreat hud induced laziness which, in turn, had induced writer’s cramp. De spite the virtual holiday, the writ er maintains he’ll come through with a volume of several hundred pages, more or less. No marked progress is to be expected, how ever, until he gets away from I the care-liee and 1c i.-un ly life of the summer retreat in September | or early October it was learned. Extensive Building' »■»<* i iMji MmtmmnrmifF*' Program Under Wav I i Bamby Bread Firm Has \4iirtPiteioii Center Near Herej —$— Rr.Wick Farm Fqiiipinriit Company Is Building Plant Near Town Despite hint' costs and short ages an extensive building and expansion program is well under way and apparently is gaining momentum in West End, an. up and-coming suburb of Williams tori, if with “Mayor” Ex Ward’s permission, it may be called a suburb. No cost estimates on the expan sion project are to be had, and if available today they would in all probability be changed tomorrow. However, measured in terms of units and proposed plans, the sec tion already has forty-seven homes, most of them completed, several filling stations and stores, a motor company, motorcycle es tablishment, radiator repair shop, cafes, a warehouse for the distri bution of a popular brand of bread and bakery products, a farm equipment company, pack ing house and other types of busi nesses. Proposed plans call for the immediate construction of at least twenty-eight more homes and a lot lias been purchased for a community church which is to draw its support and patronage from the followers of several de nominations. Nearly every lot beyond the fairgrounds to the to bacco barn on the farm formerly owned by the Cowens and now owned by 1). M. ltoberson lias bt en sold to prospective home builders. Quite a few of the homes were built within the past ye dr or are now under construc tion. Much of the expansion program in the comparatively new devel opment centers around the Bam , (Continued on page six) CAKKIKS The special school election held in the Jamesville district last Saturday carried hv one vote, it was learned this week alter the State Attorney Gen eral, Harry MciYIullan, ruled that two names on the regis- I t ration hooks were placed there illegally. The final vote was 78 for and 77 against a special tax of 20 cents on the Si00 assessed property valua tion for the support of the minimum state supported term. One of the names on the books challenged was that of a person who had moved into the state early this year, the law providing that one must he a resident of the State for one year to he eligible to par ticipate in an election. The j other name belonged to a per son not yet 21 years of age. The ruling was handed dow'ii by the Attorney Gen eral Wednesday morning when the issue was placed be fore him by the county auth orities. | BARNS BURN |j vJ Fire destroyed at least eight tobacco curing barns in this county since Sunday, boosting the loss to about twenty-live for the season, to dale. Losses were reported by Farmers F'erd Pollard, Ernest Keel and David Grimes in and near the Robersonville section. Geo. A. Oglesby near Hamilton. iVIaekie Hyman near Oak City, William Fields near Hubgood. Hardv Coun cil, near Oak City, and .Mrs. Clara Everett, near Hamilton. F’armcr Oglesby lost a barn year before last, and Hyman lost ten barns of tobacco when his packhou.se burned three years ago. The Hyman barn destroyed this week bad 1,390 sticks of tobacco in it. Marriages Last Month Approach All-Time Record —_«*>— Twenty Licenses Issued In This Unnnty During; The Period , Issuing twenty marriage li censes in the county last month, the office of Register of Deeds J. Sam Gt tsingo.r had the busiest July since 1037 when the largest number on record was establish ed for the particular month. Licenses were issued, eight to white and twelve to colored couples, as follows: White Johnnie K. Nelson of Roberson ville and Marjorie Earl Ford of Bethel. Charles Ernest Jones and Cath erine Bullock, both of RED 3, Wil liamston. Rowland Rudgc of Philadelphia and Jerodine Humble of Wil liamston. Charlie 11 Bennett, 12(5 Sugar Street, Leipsic, Ohio, and Edith Elaine Andrews, of Williamston. David Harris of Plymouth and Myrtle Lee Jones of Roberson ville. Russell Mobley of Everetts and > Nellie Medan, RED, Williamston. I Ernest E. Brown of RED 3. Wil ! liamston, and Martha Louise Buck of Tarboro. Benjamin Samuel Coburn of Robersonville and Babe PiPman ! Bridget's ot Rocky Mount. Colored Sylvester Scott and Ruby Hardy, both of Williamston. Eddie Lee Salsbury of Hamil ton and Gladys Davis of Oak City. Herbert I). Andrews and Emma Lee Hudson, both ot Hamilton. Arthur E. Bullock and Marion Johnson, both of Washington, D. C. Willie J. Jones and Margie Mu dica, both of Robersonville. Lonnie Woolard, RED 1, Wil liamston, and Violet Anne Wil liams of Hamilton. John Waldo Moore and Naomi Slade, both of Williamston. Johnnie II. Horton of Edenton and Mary M. Gray of Williams (Continued on page six) Peanut Finn Installs Big Motor A nd Enlarges Plant Preparing for the 1040 milling season, the Williamston Peanut] Company owners are installing I one of the largest motors ever seen in this section and are en larging theii plant, The mode rni- ] nation program calls for a switch 1 from steam to electric power, the ] managers explaining that the 250 horse power motor will replace the old steam engine, but that the boiler would be used lor heating j the plant. In addition to the motor which: weighs about 7,000 pounds, the firm is installing a new hammer | mill for crushing hulls. The building will be enlarged ay about ten feet on the nortn- j west side, the addition extending the full height of the foui stories, j Workmen have been preparing , :he foundation tor several weeks and arc now making ready to place the standing timbers. Grading tables are to be placed in the new addition and the pro duction capacity of the plant will be materially increased. No official estimate on the cost of operating the large motor could be had, but it is possible that the charges vull run around $1,000 a month when the plant is in lull operation. The plant enlargement pro gram will call for a number of additional workers, but the num ber' could not be learned. The management is planning to complete the modernization and enlargement program in ample lime to test out the entire plant end star t receiving peanuts when the new crop starts moving to market along about the middle or latter part ot October. Judge J. (’. Smith [n Count} *s Court F«*w . Ilaws Vn* (!onii(iii('(! lo Vvoid Interruption Of Leaf Ilarvot -■«——— Continuing a tew cases in an ef fort to avoid a conflict with the tobacco harvest which has been ‘'tight” in the face of a labor shortage, Judge J Calvin Smith called only five ca is for trial in the Martin County Recorder’s Court last Monday. Several of the continued cases arc being booked for trial next Monday and the remainder of the carry-over will be handled the following Monday, according to prearrang ed schedules. The court was in session little more than an hour this week and few spectators were present. Fines collected at the session amount to only $60. the small in come reflecting the first real sum mer slump in the court's financial business. Proceedings: Cato Andrews, charged with speeding, pleaded guilty and he was fined $30 and taxed with the costs. The court recommend ed that the defendant’s license be suspended for forty days. Pleading guilty in the case charging him with speeding, S. T. Jackson was fined $30 and taxed with the cost. His driver’s license was ordered suspended for ten days. Charged with as.-uniting anoth er with a deadly weapon, George Harris, young colored man of Hassell, pleaded not guilty. At the conclusion of the state’s evidence, Judge Smith found the defendant guilty of simple assault. He was fined $10 and taxed with the cost. Charged with whipping his children unmercifully, L. H. Hamm pleaded not guilty, but ad mitted that he flailed them gpod with an inner shoe sole. Neigh bors called as witnesses in the ease, . aid they lu ard the children crying and screaming, that the father went into a room, lowered the window and shade and “work ed” on them in turn The defend ant said that lc1 returned to his home and found that the children had slipped away, that he found them in the picture how one night last week. After taking them to task, tin father carried the youngsters to White Lake for a vacation the following morn ing. Alton "Buck” Raynor was re called for a hearing on a suspend ed sentence rendered by the court last April, but the cu e was con tinued until tie: .-rend Monday in October, 11)1(1, wie. the '.lefond ant under a $auO bond. Raynor was fined and given a suspended road sentence a short time ago for drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle while he license was .- uspended. After the sentence had been pronounced and the de fendant had It ft the courthouse, it uus learned that a suspended sentence previously imposed by Acting Recorder It. L. Coburn was hanging over Raynor’s head. Judge Smith ordered the il.tt.nd ant returned to court for a hear ing on the suspended sentence. Hear Three Cases In Mayor s Court ——*— Little activity was reported during the past few days in Jus tice John L. Hassell's court here. During the period only three cases were called, the number be ing about the smallest heard by the trial ju.-.ticc .n wcra! v.atKs, Charged with allowing minors to play pool, James Slade was re quired to pay $6.50 costs. lien Clemmons, drunk and dis arderly, was fined $5 and taxed with $U.50 costs. Gilbert Peel and William Henry Williams, both colored, were each lined $5 and taxed with $J.50 Hosts for an affray on Washington Street. -* County Commissioners To Drtuv Jury Monday Meeting in regular session here next Monday, the county com missioners will draw jurymen for lie September term of the super or court and handle current mat ers, Clerk J. Sam Getsinger stat ng this week that very little new justness had been calendared lor .•onsiduation at that time. .