THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 27, 1946 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 69 ESTABLISHED 1899 FCX Stockholders Hold Annual Meet Here On Thursday j —-e made for the purchase of in tructional supplies. It was point 'd out that home economics, lib ary and agriculture fees are to be ixed by the individual school. fow.eye.rjw it. y«ts..er.pla.v'ed that he .commercial .course, available, n most of the high schools, will •ai ry a fee of $1 a month or $9 for he term. The schedule of fees will be ex ilair.ed to the pupils on opening lay and the small amounts are to >e paid the following day. Pupils Plan Own Transportation Said to have been denied pub ic-supported transportation to he Oak City School, high school upils in the Ilobgood district esteraay were said to be plan ing to furnish their own means f travel and would attend the phool in this county, according to noffieial information received ere Monday. The State Board of Education ad made arrangements to con olidate the Hobgood High School bth the one in Scotland Neck. After the school building was urned in Hobgood, tentative Ians were made to transfer about fteen elementary pupils to the lak City school. The State Board ; to arrange their transportation, ut denied transportation to Oak hty for the hign school pupils in e Hobgood district. Growers Turn To | The Stabilization Plan For Relief Wednesday, August 28, Markets Reopen September 4tli -• Recognizing crowded conditions in redrying plants and tobacco factories and observing a general decline in prices for many types, a special flue-cured tobacco mar keting committee last week-end ordered sales suspended for one week on all markets in the Bright and Border Belts and delayed opening dates for markets in other section.:. The holiday will go into effect at the close of sales on Wednesday of this week and on Thursday morning, September Awiniing tu^¥pmTs* reaching here, Fred S. Royster, chairman of the committee, declared that the holiday was ordered in an ef fort to bolster sagging prices in the two belts and to clear up near-critical conditions in many The markets in this belt will re open with the same selling sched ule now in effect but a reduction in the selling hours from five to four ea'-h day is exnocicd within a short time after the reopening. During tlie meantime, farmers are being asked to make plans for the orderly marketing of the crop, the committee members pointing out that orderly market ing would be in the best interest of farmers, buyers, and ware housemen. They appealed for the full cooperation of all concerned. It was fairly apparent that sag ging prices prompted the sudden action, and it is believed that plans will be formulated to throw the full support of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation “ "TbiehThd" the price schedule and check the price de crease noted from day to day since the markets opened on Mon day of last week in this belt. It is possible that the plan will help -eturn prices to tile level report ed on opening day, especially those offered for the inferior grades. It was pointed out that about forty farmers joined the corpora* ion last Friday on the Williams m market, and it is likely that others will join in large numbers f the prices continue to sag. There is little or no red tape to he plan, warehousemen point cut. If a farmer offers a pile of :obaceo for sale, and the price is lot up to parity as shown on the lack of the government grade sheet, the farmer may join the or ganization by paying a $5 fee and share in the government’s price support program. If the pile of tobacco is sold for fifteen cents a pound and the 90 percent of pari ty or “advance” price is 25 cents a pound, then the farmer is en titled to the ten-cent differential if he is a member of the organiza tion. Payment is made gt the time of sale. The government through its agents takes the to (Continued on page six). Tobacco Prices Regain Part Of Losses Monday —«— Average Bobs Back Up To Figure Well Over $50 Hundred .- » After sagging to the lowest lev el of the season last Friday, to bacco prices on the local market showed considerable strength yesterday, observers declaring that the average for the day would range well over $50 per hundred and possibly go to $52.50 or $53 for the entire sale. It was pointed out that the medium grades had regained possibly all their losses and were averaging around 10 cents a pound higher than they did the latter part of last week. While the top grades still rang ed around 65 cents a pound, a few' were taken by the buying com panies at 67 cents Monday. Pos sibly the poor or nondescript types were some stronger, too. one report stating that few piles went for less than ten cents and that less than half dozen farmers resorted to the Flue-Cured Coop erative Stabilizatio.i Corporation plan for price support on those grades. Approximately 300,060 pounds were on the floors, but official poundage and price figures could not be had late Monday. Tobacco is moving in fairly rapidly for the sales scheduled for the remaining days before the holiday goes into effect at the close of sales Wednesday after noon. The first and second sales were just about filled for Tues day Monday afternoon, and farm ers were making plans at that time for deliveries Tuesday for the sale on Wednesday. Including Tuesday’s sales the market has sold within about 10p, 000 pounds of the two-million mark. Last week the market sold 1,307,722 pounds for $668,450 95 or an average of $51.22. In the first five days of the 1945 selling seas-, son, the local market sold 1,274, 972 pounds for an average about nine cents a pound below the cur- < rent figure. _____ a.** t* cm- j livery of large quantities of in | it^Hf***' m -*. A jay helped pull the average down :o about $48.00 per hundred. At he same time therp was a notice able .sag in the price Itself. Farm ’rs. holding some of their grades iver until Monday, averaged from en to twelve conts_a_i3pumLmoiX Jie hey did last Friday, it was learn ■d. Forty Patients For Eye Clinic Forty persons, mostly adults, had their eyes examined at a clinic held under the sponsorship of the county welfare department and the N. C. State Blind Com mission in the Williamston Wo man’s club last Friday. Twenty six of the group were fitted with glasses. Six of the others were found to have cataracts, one re port stating that operations were vanced age. Dr. G. D. Thornhill, Jr., of Dur ham, handled the clinic, starting at 9 o’clock that morning and working until 7 p. m. with only twenty minutes for lunch. Mrs. Merle Jones represented the Blind Commission. /" 1 1 1 ■■ "v Application forms for ter minal leave pay will be made available in Williamston within the next day or two, John W. Hardy, commander of the John Walton Hassell American Legion Post, an nounced last week-end. The blanks have been ordered and delivery has been promised this week, the post command er stating that Mr. N. K. Har rison has agreed to distribute the forms and help with Uieir preparation. Mrs. W'heeler Martin, Jr., veterans’ service officer for the county, will also help prepare the applica tions, it was announced. During the meantime, the Army Recruiting station in Greenville will deliver the application form upon re quest from the veteran. BLANKS i Review Of Effect Air Power Had In European Area Excerpts Taken From Re port of Commander To His Chiefs of Staff The following are some perti nent excerpts on air power taken from the report of the Supreme Commander to the combined ehiefs of staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expedition ary Force, just publicly released a short time ago: 1. "As part of our basic strategy, and in accordance with the task given to the Strategic Air Force under the Casablanca Directive in January 1943, the bombing of Germany, begun early in the war by the British Bomber Command, was intensified in May 1943 and continued with mounting strength to the end of the campaign. Neith er tire contemplated invasion of Europe nor the direct attack on the German industrial and eco nomic system would be feasible until we had achieved supremacy over the German Air Force. This struggle for air supremacy, which had been going on throughout the war, was given added impetus by a new directive (known as Point Blank in January 1943 which aim ed at subjugating the enemy air force by the spring of 1944. In the event, German air might was thoroughly dominated by D-day and we were fife to apply the im mense strength of the Allied Air forces in the manner we wished and to launch the invasion confi dortt that our plans could not be seriously upset by the German air force. In addition, air bombard ment had disrupted the German communications system, immeas urably aiding our ground forces by impeding enemy movements.” 2. “Prior to my arrival in the Theater, the Combined Chiefs of Staff hud approved a combined bomber offensive plan against Germany which included the stra tegic bombing of critical* indus trial and military targets in the Reich. It had been determined that Germany’s vulnerability lay terns indispensable to the Ger ,_ _ craft, ball bearings, oil, ruboer, and communications. Of these six targets, aircraft, oil, and com munications became the three which were to occupy the con tinuing attention of the Strategic Air Forces throughout the war, targets were to assist materially in weakening the enemy’s po tentiality to resist our offensives and immeasurably to aid our ground forces in their advances.” .5. “This mastery ot the air was maintained1 throughout 1944 and 1945 by continuing attacks against production centers. But the ene my was able, through factory re construction and dispersal, to gether witli the development of jet aircraft, to maintain into 1945 a fighter force of a theoretical strength by no means negligible. Nevertheless, it still was not qualitatively good and proved in competent to perform successfully for any substantial period any of :he normal missions of an air force. . . : ” ■ ■-‘•mm 4 “In addition to iho strategic rombing of oil, aircraft, and com nunications targets, we were, luring the campaign, to call upon he Strategic Air Forces for lac teal support. At the time of the rreakthrough in Normandy and several times later, including the 3attic of the Ardennes, strategic combers were employed in itrength to attack enemy posi ions, supply bases immediately aipporting the enemy front, and itrongpoints and communication ■enters within the battle area. In hese instances of tactical assist ince, the Strategic Air Forces aid id immeasurably in turning the lecision of battle in our fav ir. . . .” 5. ‘‘While our assault forces vere tossing on the dark waters if the Channel en route for ■'ranee, the night bombers which vere to herald our approach pass 'd overhead. Shortly after mid nght the bombing commenced, ind by dawn 1,136 aircraft of RAF 3omber Command had dropped 1,853 tons of bombs on 10 select id coastal batteries lining the Bay if the Seine between Cherbourg ind Lellavre. As the day broke, he bombers of the U. S. Eighth \ir Force took up the attacks, 1, CContinued on page six). Special Meeting Of Farm \ Bureau To Be Held Friday j Holding a special meeting in the county courthouse Friday evening of this v.eek at 8 00 o'clock Farm Bureau leaders will lead a discus sion of the government's tobacco support price plan advanced through the Flue-Cured Coopera tive Stabilization corporation. Plans will also be mapped for ad vancing the 1946-47 membership campaign for the Farm Bureau, President Chas. L. Daniel an nounced Monday morning. President Daniel attended a re cent meeting where the price stabilization plan was fully ex plained and discussed, and he is in a position to outline the pro gram in detail in the event a rep resentative of the organization finds it impossible to attend. Mr. Daniel, discussing the plan brief ly, explained that the price sup port program applies to a farm er’s crop by grades. If one grade sells above the guaranteed price it is untouched by the corpora tion. If another grad" f-ti- belov the average, then that grade can be turned over to the corporation. The plan applies to all grades where necessary, but the corpora tion cannot accept wet or dam aged tobacco, it was explained. These and other facts will be ex plained at the meeting by the president who pointed out that the Farm Bureau with the help of other organizations had done much to have the program estab lished. It can mean millions of dollars to tobacco farmers, es pecially to those whose crops do not measure up in quality as a re sult of heavy rains during the growing season. Appealing for a strong mem bership in support of the work done by the Farm Bureau, Presi dent Daniel believes over 2,000 Martin farmers will rally behind the organization for the year 1946-47. Schools Open Term! In County Thursday j Expect To Enroll Well Over 6,000 Pupils This Year — Plans Virtually Complete For Opening At 9:00 OVIock A. M. -»— Anticipating an enrollment well over 6,000, including both white and colored children, the several Martin County schools will open the 1946-47 term on iThursday morning of this week at 9:00 o’clock a. m. in accordance with a schedule fixed by the board of education a short time ago. mm planned in any of the schools, hut wTose children enterin^schooMor the first time. The first daily session, schedul ed to last until 12 o’clock, noon, will be devoted mainly to the re gistration of pupils and room as signments. Returning on Friday -bn’*‘ will pay certain fees, receive their books and draw assignments for a full daily schedule of work the following Monday No lunches will be served before next week when the daily sessions will last until 3:10 o’clock in the after noon. It is possible that one or two of the schools will operate on a short daily schedule for a while, the county board recommending that where the short schedule is ob served the sessions be started at 8:00 o’clock and continued until 2 p. m. In the Williamston school, Prin cipal G. B. Stewart stated that the sessions beginning next week will open at 8:30 and close at 3:05 for (rfiijfcSV’H'fh'en in the primary and elementary schools and 3.10 for the bus children. The five-min utes in time discrepancy was planned to get as many children as possible off the school grounds before the busses arrived. The high school will be dismissed at 3:10 each afternoon. On rainy days, Principal Stewart said that parents calling for their children should try to be at the elementary school promptly at 3:05 o’clock. Child;er. entering the schools should be vaccinated against smallpox and diptheria and they are asked to bring certificates showing they have been immun ized against the diseases. School authorities would not comment on the size of the enroll ment expected in the school this year. However, a fairly sizable increase is expected in most of the schools. Quite a few families have returned from war jobs, and the eleventh graders of last year are returning for the added (Continued on page six) — t--— Revival Meeting Under Way At Cross Root Is -«. Rev. Ivl. L Ambrose is conduct ing a series of revival services at Christian Chapel (Cross Roads). The public is invited. / KOIJNIMJl' The round-up of alleged law violators here atnd in the county last week-end was un usually small considering the fact that a large shipment of liquor was distributed during the period and that it marked the close of the first market ing week of the season, not to mention the operations of a gambling joint on wheels. Eight persons, including three white were jailed, three for drunkenness, two for as sault, one for drunken driv ing itnd one for disorderly conduct. An eighth victim, i breaking under the strain of the fast pace the world is traveling, was booked temp or.vilv no ml in,’ her to the asylum for the insane. J LionsSiipplemcnt Salary Of Coach Meeting in regular re."-inn las! agreed to offer a $500 supplement to the coach’s salary in an effort • to promote a sports program suit able for a town this size. The mat ter was discussed at length after 1 the members yore advised that the existing salary schedule did ' not offer enough inducement to attract a coach. It is understood 1 that the supplement will make 1 possible a salary of about $2,200 I and that the figure will attract 1 applicants to the post which has 1 not been filled. Reports were submitted by ‘ various committee chairmen, one ‘ stating that the “white cane sale’’ I would very likely exceed the ' quota. Most of the money raised 1 will be turned over to tin- State ' Blind f.. .-i,:, ■ yhw ! ance of the work throughout the ; State, but a portion will be used locally. 1 Plans for the club's Harvest ’ Festival, scheduled for next 1 month, are progressing rapidly, 1 the chairman of the committee ( stating that the ticket salt on the * new car to be given away on Sep- i tember 2-1 is up tu expectations. c The Lions had as their guests, c Mr. Johnson of Raleigh, and Mos- 1 srs. B. G. Stewart, new school c principal, and Jimmy Lomax, a ‘ newcomer to this community. t Car Wrecked In ' Sunday Accident j No one was hurt but consider able damage was done when Chas. C. Carson, of Oak City, lost \ control of his old model Chevrolet s in Gold Point last Sunday night v about 10 o’clock and the machine i tore into a stump. Running off the left side of the r highway, the car struck the stump s at about a 40-nule-per-hour clip. 3 The left side of the machine was' e ripped away almost, causing dam- v age estimated at about $300 by h Patrolman W E. Saunders who y investigated the accident. 1 Federal Plan To Medical Program I*i\ Frank Graham Speaks At Farm-Home Week In Raleigli Addressing the opening session of the 30th annual North Carolina Farm and Home Week at State College laj|L week. President Frank P. C frail am of the consoli dated University of North Caro lina emphasized the "primary meaning of the Medical Care and Hospital Program for the rural people” of this State. “The proponents of this state program,” he said, “have been the most active in advocating the pas sage of the Hill-Burton Bill which recently became law with the sig nature of President Truman. “This Federal act provides fed eral aid to states and localities for building hospitals in reach of rur al people and fits in admirably with the North Carolina program on a three-way basis of financial cooperation between the nation, the state and locality with local autonomy preserved.” President Graham said the North Carolina program is ac knowledged throughout the na tion to be the best now proposed by any state. "North Carolina, now at the bottom in hospital and medical facilities, plans to move up toward the front in medical and hospital care.” I resident Graham explained that the North Carolina plan is a six point program with two main objectives: ' 1- To provide more hospitals and rural health centers, and 2. To train in North Carolina moje doctors, nurses and medical tech nicians for those hospitals and centers. This State’s On these two pillars,” he said, ‘ the program stands or falls to gether. The few who would e di inline either pillar are strik ing at the (Viuridatiuns of the total program. Without more hospitals, rural health centers and diagnos tic laeilities, as far as I am con cerned tlie heart of the program W.Mjlrt.hf Ifft- _ has been the position of all the at\ ii a tf o nq tg<> A 1 record clearly shows. Only a few of the opponents of dn program speak otherwise. '\nd there are both the obvious md desperate need for the train ng of more doctors, nurses and nodical technicians and the obvi ritals. rural health centers and di ignostic facilities strategically wailable for rural people arid for he scientific use of modern train ’ll doctors and technicians. “A few opponents of this total ‘oordinated program are seeking 0 divide and conquer,” President jraham said. "This six-point irogram for providing more hos pitals and diagnostic facilities and or training more doctors and «‘clinicians accessible to the rural is well as to city people has been iverwhelmingly recognized and indorsed as one undivided total irogram by the Governor’s Medi al Care Commission, by the lead os in the North Carolina Medical Society, who inaugurated this >lan as the practical woy of lift ::g Nortn Caralina out of in r law fate; by 55 of the 65 county medi al societies; by both Houses of lie State Legislature; by the plat urms of both the democratic and epublicun parties; by the North arolina Good Health Associa inn; by all the organized farm roups; Ivy the leaders of religi us, industrial and business edu ation, the professions, women’s rganizations, and all the organiz d labor groups in our state. Part 1 tlie six-point program concern d with the expansion and loca ion of the State Medical School ras wisely referred to one group (Continued on page six) -o-— oins County's Soil Conservation Staff A n. Pleasants of Angier this /oek joined the soil conservation c>'vice staff in this county and ill be associated with H. E. Mo Lmgh! in the special work. Afier five years in the Army, rore than two of which were pent with L T. Fowden in the Oth Division. Mr. Pleasants join d the service last. November, forking in Harnett County until is transfer here this week. Hie oung man attended State Col ;ge.