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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,#00 MARTIN COUNTV FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THI, ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 75 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 17, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1899 State Government Costs And Income Listed In Report Nearly Eiphty-six Mil litm Dollars Spent Two Years Ago -»-— The State of North Carolina spent nearly eighty-six million dollars during the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1944, according to a delayed report just recently re leased by the Department of Tax Research. While the State was spending that large amount its in come for the same period was nearly one hundred and ten mil lion dollars. A considerable in crease in both costs and ipcome has followed, and it is admitted that all-time income and out-go records were established during the fiscal year ended June 30 of this year. The legislature was not in ses sion during the 1943-44 fiscal year, but legislative activities cost $9,701 during the period. Nearly half million dollars was spent for the judiciary, and since then the $442,705 paid the judiciary has been hiked considerably by travel allowances. The executive and administrative department cost $2,929,445. Only $3,277,338 was spent on higher education, most of the money going to state-own ed and state-operated university and colleges. Nearly as much or $3,131,369, was spent on charita ble or correctional institutions. In other words. North Carolina is spending almost as much for the correction of a comparatively few persons as it is investing in the higher education of its citizens. State aid and obligations, includ ing money for the aged, depend ent children and blind amounted to $4.834,401. Pensions, amount ing to $267,774, were paid during the year, quile a few to widows of the Confederacy. Public schools accounted for nearly one-half of the total ex penditures that year, the report showing that $38,569,351 or nearly it ' • ■ urn—w——— for elementary education in the State, Debt service cost $5,233,590 that year, leaving an outstanding debt of $113,596,500 with almost $22, 060,000 in the sinking fund. The Department of Agriculture accounted for $638,783, or just seven-tenths of the total spent in a state predominantly agricultur al. The Highway Department spent $18,810,971 for its operations and applied $7,939,021 on its debt, boosting the total cost of state government that fiscal year to $85,999,006. The amount com pares with $1,530,178 spent in the fiscal year, 1900-1901. While spending that sizable amount, the State was busy col lecting an even larger sum, $109, 702,931, to be exact, as follows: General Fund—Inheritance tax, $960,355; licenses, $2,353,029, fran chise taxes, $10,664,624; income tax, $36,038,353; sales tax, $19, 652,071; beverage tax, $4,466,836; gift tax, $79,639; intangibles tax, $568,060; miscellaneous taxes, $27,MlLearnings, fees, etc., $1 , 61)2,6u;i.- We*general fund income amounted to $76,622,101. The Agricultural Department collected in various fees and ser vices far more than it spent, or $806,011. The Highway Fund received $32,274,819, as follows: vehicle li censes, $8,627,915; gasoline tax, $21,268,262; bus and truck fran chise, $2,059,496, and title and other taxes and services, $319,146. Forty-four years ago, the State income was placed at $1,398,037. At that lime there were no sales, beverage or gift taxes, and, of course, there was no State high way department and no gas or vehicle license taxes. Autos Damaged In Oak City Crash ■ ■ <Sa-— Two automobiles, one driven by Julius Cherry and the other by Miss Madeline Davenport, were badly damaged when they crashed on Oak City’s majr. street last Sunday evening. No one was hurt, according to a report com ing from Officer Edmond Early and Patrolman Whit Saunders who investigated the crash. Damages to the Fui d driven by j Miss Davenport were estimated j at $250 and that to the Cherry j Chevrolet was placed at $100, -Tobacco Sales Near Five Million Pounds On Market One of the greatest tobacco j blocks in the history of auction sales is gripping the local market this week, but even though tobac- ; co was placed on the floors on 1 Monday of this week for sale on Friday, activities are going for ward smoothly but burdened al most to the breaking point with delay. When the market closed last Friday for the week-end there was enough tobacco on the floors to hold the selling organization through Wednesday. Deliveries continued and sales were hardly completed Monday before more tobacco was being placed on the floors. The selling time was re duced from five to three hours, and the schedule for the week was delayed by a full day or more. The new schedule is backing up the sales and deliveries are ap parently increasing the pressure from the producers’ end. It is now fairly certain that grading work will be slowed down because some damaged tobacco is making its appearance on the floors. No official ..nr,our cement has been made about the new selling schedule, but it is likely that it will be meftntained during a great er part if not during the remain der of the marketing season. Up until this morning, the local market had sold -1.704,350 pounds for an official average of 49 cents. Yesterday and today the price trend appeared somewhat strong er, and individual farmers report ed some of the best sales of the season, several declaring they average from fifteen to twenty cents more than they expected. However, inferior tobaccos are being offered in fairly large quan tities and the price there is un certain. Suggest Control Of Leaf Tobaeeo Sales CLUB MEETING Suspending its activities i during the summer months, the local Woman's Club will hold its first meeting of the new club year at 8:00 o'clock i this evening in the club build ing, Mrs. P. B. Cone, presi dent, announced. No formal program has been planned, but the sched ule of activities for the new year will be di:a:ussed, and teachers in the local schools will be entertained as special guests. Members are earnestly ask ed to be present. ffencai Viurrirti1!1 - Going To College n n Local young people, possibly in record numbers are leaving this and next week to continue their education in various colleges and universities. A complete list of those planning to enter institu tions of higher learning could not be had, but no less than thirty ) will attend, one report indicated. | Misses Jane Goff, Betsy Man ning. Elizabeth Ward. John L. Goff, Jr.. Maurice S. Moore, Jr., and William Oscar Peel are enter ing A. C. Coliege, Wilson, this week. John A. Ward. Jr., is entering State College, Raleigh, Thursday. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Ward who has accepted a posi tion in the capital while her hus band is in school. Miss Frances Griffin left last week for Lynchburg where she will continue her studies at Lynchburg College. Miss Mary Wallace of "Jam e* ville entered Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, a short time ago. Collin Peel, Bernard York, Con rad Getsinger, Dilion Wynne, George Edward Wynne, J. D. Bal dree, Reg Griffin and Miss Della Jane Mobley are leaving next week for East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville. Man Badly Cut In Attack Saturday Roy Pritchard, Bertie County white man, was dangeiously but not critically cut back of the ear when he was attacked by Elmcr Bellflower at the bus station here last Saturday evening. Bellflow er, maintaining he struck in self defense, said he struck the man with a water glass, part of which left a deep gash in Pritchard’s head. A hearing will be given Bell flower in the county court on September 30. Charged with public drunken ness, Pritchard was taxed with the costs and directed to pay $10 to the attending doctor. Pritchard did not ki”‘w how the i attack was made, and knew little 1 about it until he sobered up some hours after he was jailed. . Membership Drive For Farm Bureau Makipg Progress Group Urges Release Of Paris For Maeliinery Repairs On Farm Meeting in the county court house last Friday evening, repre sentatives of the Martin Farm Bu reau heard an encouraging report on the annual membership drive and discussed si veral urgent problems facing farmers in this section. It was pointed out that approxi mately 1.200 persons in the coun lords and tenants, and" business and professional men, had .joined the organization duimg the first two weeks of the membership drive, that the goal of 2,080 mem hers was in sight. The member ship report was bast d on tabula tions released by fifteen of about one-half of the canvassers. A sec ond report on the drive is due on Friday night, September 27, and President Chas. L. Daniel is ask ing the canvassers to push on to ward the goal and report their ac tivities at that time. The meet ing is to he held at 8:00 o’clock in the county courthouse. Reports from other counties de clare that tlie membership diive in the State is meeting with the greatest response in the history of the organization. Discussing the serious shortage in available parts for farm ma chinery repairs, the group, upon the motion of J. L. Knowles of Dardens, passed a resolution urg ing the state Farm Bureau lead ers, congressional leaders and the manufacturers to take- immediate action in an effort to relieve the ' >• i >4 i n g -c or d it bracing the resolution, were ord ered sent to members of congress, Farm Bureau officials and mach inery representatives and manu facturers. (Continued on page six) Accident Victim Buried In County Funeral services were conduct ed last Saturday for Garland Boggs, young white man who was fatally hurt in an accident at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company in the lower part of this county week before last. Rev. E. J. Costner of Plymouth conduct ed the last rites which were held at the home of his father-in-law, J. F. Cox, and burial was in the Thomas cemetery in this county between Oak City and Hassell. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Boggs of Plymouth, former ly of Richwood, W. Va. He had been living in Plymouth about four and one-half years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vi ola Cox Biggs; one child, Sylvia Ann Boggs; his parents; two brothers, Adrian Boggs of Char leston, W. Va., and Stanley Boggs of Richwood. W. Va.; and two sis ters Mis. Foster Cook and Mis. Virgie Harper, both of Plymouth. Review Of Effect ! Air Power Had In European Area Excerpts Taken From Re port of Commander To Ilis Chiefs of Staff (Be'ow are the final group of excerpts from the report oi the supreme commander to the allied chiefs of staff and his conclusions concerning the effect of air power in the war in Europe.—ed.l 14. “In these concluding stages of the war the Allied air forces continued to afford the invaluable support which had been such a vital factor in insuring our suc cesses throughout the entire cam paign. As the Eastern and West ern Fronts closed together, how ever, opportunities for employ ment of the strategic bomber forc es grew more and more limited, former strategic targets having now become tactical ones. The chief occupation of Bomber Com mand and the Eighth Air Force by the beginning of May conse quently consisted of flying food supplies to the Dutch civilian population and of evacuating cas ualties and liberated Allied pris oners . . “The tactical air forces work in close support of the advancing armies of the north and south I went on, but their operations also were restricted by the danger of hitting advanced Russian ele ments and the large bodies of prisoners who, having broken loose trom their camps, were streaming westward along the roads. The last major offensive by the tactical planes was in the south, where attacks were con centrated ahead of the Third Army advance down the Danube Valley, destroying the enemy’s re maining dumps of fuel and other i supplit s in that area, and cutting the few communications still available for their distribution.” "Of enemy offt nsive activity in | the air there was no sign. A- the remaining airfields grew worse, and the number of aircraft de stroyed on the ground mounted in proportion. The demoralization of the German Air Force person nel was too far developed for any suicidal effort to be made with the jet aircraft squadrons left in Austria and Czechoslovakia, and by the beginning of May practic ally the only flights undertaken were for the purpose of deser tion. , . .” 15. “Throughout the struggle, it was in his logistical inability to maintain his armies in the field that the enemy’s, fatal weakness lay. Courage his forces had in full measure, but courage was not enough. Reinforcements failed to arrive, weapons, ammunition, and food alike ran short, and the dearth of fuel caused their powers of tactical mobility to dwindle to the vanishing point. In tin last stages of the campaign they could do little more than wait for the Allied avalanche to sweep over them. . . .” “For this state of affairs we had, above all, to be grateful to Tfie work of the Allied air forces. I Long before we landed in France, | the heavy bombers had begun their task of destroying the cen ters of production upon which the enemy relied, and the fiuits, of this effort were evident imme diately the land campaign began. Following the invasion, these stra tegic blows at the heart of Ger man industry were continued, and the task was also undertaken of cutting the supply lines which linked the factories to the fronts. Meanwhile the tactical aircraft, by their incessant bombing and strafing of the enemy before us in the field, broke his powers of resistance and prepared the way for the ground advances which struck toward the center of Ger many. Those thrusts, moreover, were made with a rapidity which (Continued on page six) Thoulvrs Often l inter ISeiv Management Here Leasing the Watts and Marco theaters here lor ten years, Messrs. Everett and Stewart took over the operation of the two movie houses Sunday, Manager C. W. Hamilton stated yesterday that the opening was very suc cessful, and predicted that movie goers in this area would soon be come accustomed to and like the new schedule. \sk kora! People To Aid Survivors Of Nazi Brutality -—.— Several Hundred Letters Are Being Distributed This Week The1!' earthly possessions wiped out by Nazi terror and war, Jew ish survivors are appealing to a thoughful people in this nation for aid. Supported by people of all faiths but with a common pur pose to relieve suffering human ity, a non-sectarian campaign to raise 100 million dollars has been launched in this country. Rev. John Hardy and Rev. John L. Goff have agreed to head the drive in this immediate commun ity and appeals are being direct ed to all people for support. No personal solicitations will be made, but either of the chairmen will gladly receive contributions from anyone and forward the money to headquarters, 342 Madi son Ave., New York City. Letters, explaining the urgency of the re lief call, are being addressed to a goodly number of citizens in the community, and it is earnestly hoped that the appeal will receive a willing and liberal support. It has been revealed that of 1 , 500.000 Jewish children in pre war Europe only 150,000 are alive today and most of them are or phans. It is conservatively esti mated that forty million dollars will keep body and soul together for them. Today there are still 85.000 Jews whose position is tra gic. They are pleading for a hold on life until they can find a place to call their own. The Jewish people are support ing the drive liberally, a report from Dallas, Texas, stating that the Jewish Community there had raised nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. The need is too great for any one group to handle, and non-Jews have stepped in to help. In one southern city, two I a Methodist minister antl^u Bap tist layman headed a successful drive. Locker Opening Here Successful The formal opening of the Col onial Frozen Foods of Williams ton plant on Haughton and Grace Streets here was quite successful, Manager Claude J. Goodman said last evening. Most of the locker keys were delivered to the patrons last Sat u'rday and yesterday Mrs. B. S. Courtney placed the first food in the plant for preservation. She delivered a quantity of lima beans, and Mrs. R. H. Clayton placed in her locker several pack ages of the beans also. Several patrons placed some pork in the plant, and one locker owner transferred a quantity of food from another plant to the one here for convenience. Manager Goodman stated that several hundred patrons were searching l'oi beef cattle a tic? "frogs and explained that large quanti ties of beef and other types of meat would be in storage at the plant within the next few weeks. Locals Lose 4-3 To Robersonville — <» Despite the fact that they were outhit, Robersonville eked out a 4-3 overtime win over the Martins hen Sunday. Robersonville look first blood when they scored two tallies on two hits, two errors and two fielder’s choice in the third inning. Williamston scored three runs in the 5th inning to take the lead which they held until Roberson ville tied it up in the 8th on a safety and a miseue. Billy Peele pitched effectively for the Martins throughout the game allowing only five hits but was in trouble seveial times due to costly errors. Robersonville pushed across the winning marker in the 10th on an error, tickler’s choice and a hit by pinch hitter Bullock. Williamston threatened in the tenth inning but the ball game ended with the lieing run on sec ond base. Reese Bullock scatter ed eleven Wiliamston hits and came through well in the clinches. Judge Cites Crime! Inerease In Charge | Stresses Need For j Better Relations Among All Races —»— Jurist* W. H. S. Burgwyn Substituting For Judge Henry Stevens In a lengthy and serious charge to the Martin County Grand Jury, Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, substi tuting for Judge Henry Stevens, this week cited the alarming in crease in crime and stressed the need for better relations among the races and followers of the various creeds and religions. The Jackson jurist also assailed the efforts of big business men in of fering excuses to escape jury duty. Opening his address, Judge Burgwyn told the jurymen it was their duty to see that law and or der are maintained. “You do not have to be a detective but you should bring to the attention of the solicitor any law violations,” he said. “Crime is on the increase in the nation and in the State and to such an extent that it is alarm ing. The trend is sufficient to cause thinking people to stop and consider the seriousness of the problem and to cause them to do | something about it. Pick up your | papers any day and you’ll see where many serious crimes have been committed. Most of the vio lators are young people between tlif- ages of 16 and 24 years, the average being right at 18 years. They are just over-grown chil dren who have not been properly trained at home. They are chil dren who have had poor examples set for them by their own parents and elders. They believe they are heroes when daring to commit cl imes, gi t drunk up And today, thousands are working on the roads, most of them young boys. “We talk about juvenile delin quency but when we stop to an alyze it, we find it is due to adult delinquency.” The judge declared that mur der, rape, robber seem to lead the crime list, “and yet we call our selves Christian people,” he said. “We boast about our being the most civilized nation, the best educated nation and the nation with the most advantages, and feel we should be recognized as the boss and leader. Yet, we com mit more crimes than any other country in the world, excepting none of our former enemies. With such a record do we have the right to ask others to follow us. There were 143,000 murders in this nation last year. England had only 25. There were more mur ders in the city of Charlotte per capita than in any other city. Yet, Charlotte has more churches per capita than any other city in the world excepting Edinburgh, Scot land. Something is wron^, either people, maintenance of law and order or the officers. I do not believe the trouble is with the officers or law. It is right here at home. We call for jury service and the big business man comes into court and asks to be excused. His business is too big for him to serve, and yet the big business man is the first to criti cise the courts when they do something he does not like. There are too many shirking their duty, and instead of shirking their duty and criticising the courts they should be willing to serve and help correct any existing faults. I (Continued on page six) Grand Jury Gets 9 New Members Their names drawn from the hat by Little Miss Caroline Mar tin, nine Martin County men Monday entered upon their new duties as members of the {{’and jury for the coming year. James Harrington, serving as foreman for the past six months was re tained in that position. The new grand jurymen are, Jim J. Pierce, Joe Johnson, Jr., C. B. Siceloff, James Garland Bailey, Leslie Smith, Riley Mizelle, C. D. Cavenaugh, L. L. Keel and A. M. Long. ROUND-UP r V. A J Nine persons, charged with violating various laws, were rounded up and jailed in this county last week-end. A re port from Robersonville stat ed that the liquor store was unexpectedly ordered closed there last Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, and that peace and sobriety reigned during the remainder of the day. Of the nine persons arrest ed and jailed here, six were charged with public drunken ness, and one each with drunken driving, assault and breaking and entering. The ages of the group ranged from 18 to 56 years, and two of the group were white. Badly Injured In a Highway Accident ■-^-'S> William Brown, colored man, was badly injured in an auto bicycle accident at Sandy Point near here on Highway 125 last Saturday afternoon about 3:BO o'clock. Suffering a compound leg fracture and bruises, Brown was removed to a Rocky Mount, hospital in a Biggs ambulance aft er receiving first aid treatment here. Riding his bicycle toward Wil liamston. Brown started zigzag ging on the road as Miss Mildred Thomas, accompanied by her grandmother and Luther Peel, Jr., and driving a Chevrolet se dan, rounded a curve. Miss Thomas turned to her right and when- Brown turned in front of her car she turned to the left. Brown also turned and he was run down on the left shoulder, the Witnesses stated that the driver of the car did all site could to avoid the accident. -o Conclude Meeting At Maple Grove Rev. M. L. Ambrose, the pastin', concluded a successful series of revival services in the Maple Grove Christian Church Sunday. Ten members were added to the church roll, and a baptismal sei vice, attended by a large crowd, was held in the old Hardison Mill pond Sunday afternoon. The services were largely at tended each evening during the week, and a record number was present for the Sunday morning service and picnic. It was consei vatively estimated that between 1,200 and 1,500 attended the picnic dinner which featured country ham and barbecue, prepared to a king’s taste along with all the salads and no less than half dozen kinds of delicious cakes and des serb>, .... Meat hungry, large numbers from various communities attend ed and a warm welcome was ex tended them by the people of the community and the church pas tor. While the crowd was con siderably larger than was expect ed the supply of food was ade quate and there was much to spare. Lunch Room Burns On Railroad Street Its origin not definitely known, fire gutted the interior of the small lunch room owned and op crated by Mrs. N. C. Godard on Railroad Street here at 5:00 o’clock Sunday morning. The owner expressed the opinion that the fire was of incendiary origin. Awakened by a barking dog, a young member of the family ran all the way to the fire station to turn in the alarm. Confining it to the front interior of the small one story building, firemen stat ed that the fire apparently start ed under the lunch counter near the front of the building and burned a hole almost through the floor before spreading to the walls and ceiling. The call was the first handled by local volunteer firemen in sev eral weeks. Criminal Socket--' Trial Completed In Court Monday -—. Divorro Miii Thrown Into Operation By Jud^e Burjiwyn Today Tn one of the shortest criminal sessions held in this county in several years. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn Monday completed the trial of the docket and cranked up the divorce mill this morning. There were only fifteen cases on the docket, and most of them were continued, a court observer advancing the belief that many of them would be worn to a frazzle by continuances. Only one case reached the petit jury, and judg ment was not pronounced imme diately. The opening session was delay ed about half an hour Monday morning because of an error made by the governor’s office in the judge's commission. Exchanging courts with Judge Henry Stevens for convenience. Judge Burgwyn was directed to proceed to this county for the trial of civil cases only. The error was corrected by telephone. One of the smallest crowds seen in the court room in many months was present. Proceedings: James Bannermnn, colored man I who almost cut Josh Hascoe to ■ death in Williamston, entered a [ plea of nolo contendre. He was | sentenced to the roads for eigh I teen months. There was an op jtional judgment under considera tion under which the defendant may pay a $500 fine and costs and have the sentence suspended- Fin al action in the case was not an ti ouneed immediately. John A. Eberhart did not an swer when he was called in the case charging him with drunken driving. Convicted of drunken driving for the third time. Eber hart was sentenced last Monday I by Judge J. C Smith in the coun fm.hdt. • ihiuim-* ove-w Km* i Aft on load.- lb- appealed to the j lug court. It was learped that I the man had been in an auto ac cident and that he was having trouble with Ins teeth, and the ease was continued until Decem ber. The ease in which Frank Belch er stands charged with drunken driving and manslaughter was continued again when it was learned that the main state wit ness, Mr. Marcellas Newssome, was not able to appear in court. Critically injured in an auto ac cident. last February Mr. News spme was a patient in a Durham hospital until a short time ago. Me continues in bed, his hip brok en, at his Hertford County home. The following cases were con tinued: Peter Williams, false pre tense; Joe Bell, false pretense; Early May Boston, assault with a deadly weapon. This case was continued in Mon.li, June and September. Henry L. Harvey, charged with drunken driving, was continued for the third time, one report stating that the de fendant was sick again. John E. William, charged with false pre tense. has been in the courts since last December and his case was again continued. Ben Nichols, charged with breaking and entering, did not appear in court and his case was continued again, leaving the $200 bond unforfeited. The ease charging Willie Sav age with false pretense was con tinued again. The case charging P. A. Bal lard with violating the sanitary law: namely, the slaughtering of beef within W'ilhamston's town (Continued on page three) Witnesses Fined $25 By Jurist Apparently disturbed by the practice followed by some wit nesses, Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn in Martin County's superior court this week imposed $25 fines each on Maggie Rascoe, Mollie Clark, Ed Purringtoji and Sallie Little. They were supposed to appear in court and testify against James Bannerman, colored man charged with assaulting and dangerously wounding Josh Rascoe some months ago. The fines were lifted when it turned out that Williamston of ficers had failed to summon the witnesses into court,