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THE ENTERPRISE IS REA® BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 97 THE ENTERPRISE Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December .‘I, 1946 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ESTABLISHED 1899 I o Ignore Health Rule Js To Invi te Attacks by Germs —1 ' TB Kills Greatest Number Of People Between 15 And 35 Years of Age In the Victorian era the con sumptive heroine was a popular literary figure. It was consider ed fashionable for a young giri to pine away for love, go into a de cline and, coughing delicately, die of a broken heart. Today we laugh at those old novels. We en courage our teen-age daughters to be pictures of blooming health, not “interestingly pale.” But do we always recognize the fact that they, too, may be in danger of tu berculosis? Very likely the old fashioned heroine “died of a broken heart" because she neglected simple health rules and gave TB germs a chance to work. The same thing can happen to the modern girl. As youngsters grow older, travel about and mix with ail kinds of people, there is a constant threat of TB germs sneaking into the body from the outside. A healthy body can fight these germs, sealing them into a small area in the lung. But if the rules of health have been ignored, the germs have a good chance to da mage lung tissue. It may even happen that tuberculosis germs sealed away in the body for years will break out of their prison and cause the disease to develop. Parents of teen-age girls, and boys, too, should remember that, of all disease, tuberculosis kills the greatest number of yung peo ple between the ages of 15 and 35. We must recognize that tubercu losis is an ever-present danger to our hopes for our children’s fu ture, to their education, their jobs and their chance for successful careers as home-makers and in the business world. The best in surance we can give them is good general health and regular check ups by the family physician. It is important not to wait until a person looks “sick,” has a per sistent cough, loses weight or spits blood, before going to the doctor. In its early stage, tuber culosis gives little warning, but it is then that the disease can be cured with the least loss of time and money. A tuberculin test and regular chest X-ray examinations by the doctor either lead to the early discovery of TB or will give assurance that everything is all right. Parents can't afford not to know. Wc can arm our children against the ravages of tubercu losis by seeing to it that they ful fil! these requirements for health: plenty #f sleep, a good diet, clean liness, fresh air and exercise and regular physical examinations at intervals advised by the doctor. In the next article, high protein diet on a limited budget will be discussed. Minor Accident In This County — ♦ No one was hurt and no great damage resulted in a highway ac cident on U. S. 64 just west of Robersonville late last Wednes day night, according to Patrolman W. E. Saunders who made an in vestigation. John Henry Rogers, driving his 1937 Chevrolet in the direction of Behel. started to make a left turn when Dorsey Alphonso Lewtcr, of Old Deep Creek Boulevard, Ports mouth, Va.. plowed into the Rog ers car and sent it headlong into Rogers’ front porch. Damage to the cars and building was esti mated at about $225. | OBSERVANCE ) In observance of the an nual "Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions” the young people of Memorial Baptist Church will present a special program at the church on Wednesday night at the regu lar prayer meeting hour, 7:30. This is a church-wide obser vance and everyone, young people and adults, are invited and urged to come and par ticipate. The young people of the various WMU organiza tions are asked to bring their Lottie Moon Christmas offer ing for toreign niL-dom, at (Jilt NAZI DOCTORS ARRAIGNED IN NUERNBERG ACCUSED OF MASS MURDER, twenty-two German doctors stand up In Nuernberg, Germany, for the entrance of the judges during their arraignment on charges of killing thousands ol concentration camp inmates in medical experiments. In this courtroom top-ranking officials of the Nazi hierarchy were tried recently before an Allied tribunal. Back row (1. to r.) are: Gerhard Rose, Siegfried Ruff, Victor Brack, Hans Wolfram Fomberg, Herman Becker-Freyseng, George August Weltz, Konrad Schaefer, Waldemar Hoven, Wilhelm Beiglbosk, Adolf Pokurny, Herta Oberhauser (the only woman doctor on trial) and Fritz Fisher. Front row (1. to r.) are: Karl Brandt, Siegfried Handloser, Paul Rostock, Oskar Schroeder, Karl Genzken, Karl Gebhart, Kurt Blome, Joachim Mrugowsky, Rudolf Brandt and Helmut Poppendick. (International) Christmas TB Seal Sales In County Climbing Rapidly | The sale of Christmas TB seals : is progressing very well in the | county, according to incomplete reports from the community chairmen, County Chairman Chas. H. Manning said today. However, the leader pointed out that the drive was still far short from the $2,000 goal, and added that a liberal support will be needed throughout the county if the quota is raised. The chair man again pointed out that unless the goal is reached, the county will possibly lose the opportunity of having most of tne school chil dren and many adults examined in the drive to eradicate com pletely tuberculosis. In Williamston, approximately $500 was raised during the first week of the drive. The sale of bonds accounted for most of the amount. So far about one out of Home Burns Here Early Yesterday Its origin unknown, fire de stroyed the small home of Valter Rogers on Faulk Street near the colored school at 8:30 o’clock Monday morning. When discov ered the fire was burning through the sides of the house and a strong wind out of the north swept the black smoke over several blocks. Unable to make a connection with the town water lines, firemen were only able with the small booster hose to keep the fire from spreading to other property. No estimate on the loss could be had and it is not known whet he i insurance was carried on the property. Workers at a lum ber mill saw the fire but they were too late to save the first piece of furniture from the burn ing structure, a small one-story frame house. It was the second or third home Rogers has had burned, one hav ing gone up in smoke about a year ago. No ore w as home when both of the fires started. --e Man Found Dead In Home Monday —•— Henry Rogers, colored man about 35 years of age, was found dead at his home in the Rogers town section Monday morning, reports reaching here stating that death was apparently caused by alcoholic poisoning or overstimu lation. Coroner S. R. Biggs inves tigated the death, but ruled an in quest w'as unnecessary since there was no evidence of foul play. The man was said to have been found drunk and down on the road late the night before. He was carried home, members of the j family thinking lie would be all right after a few hour.’ sleep. Funeral arrangement# were not completed immediately. I every live direct letter appeals 1 has been answered. Only one per i son returned the seals, and fewer | than half dozen bought less than S 100 of the sticker seals, the chair . man said. Griffins, the only other lown (ship in the county to submit a preliminary report on the drive, stated that twenty-five percent of ! those receiving direct mail ap peals had responded favorably. I Indir ect reports indicate that the sale is going forward rapidly in i nearly all of the other districts. J While the sale is scheduled to I last until Christmas, the chair man is anxious to go over the top I within the next ten days or two | weeks. | The bond sale in Williamston is about two-thirds complete and a list of the purchasers will be pub ( lisbed either the latter part of this or early next week. I ROUND-DP v ! Comparatively little activ ity was reported tfn the crime front in this section over the week-encl a review of the jail entries reveals. Only three persons were arrested and Jailed during the period, one for murder or manslaughter, and one each for larceny and drunkenness. One of the trio is white, and the ages of the group range from 26 to 45 years. Destroy Liquor Stills In County —«— Accompanied by Beaufort County officers, ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked two liquor plants along the Martin-Beaufort boundary last Fiiday. Buth plants were crudely equipped, Officer Roe buck staling lhat the operators soldered two tin tubs for use as a kettle and use four one-half gal lon capacity syrup cans for con densers. There were two ferment ers but the operators had used ill the beer, the officers stating that the still was hot when they found it. The second plant was equipped with a 100-gallon tin kettle and five fermenters. The officers poured out 100 gallons of inferior quality beer. Last Saturday, the county offic ers wrecked two partially equip ped plants in Hamilton Township and poured out 100 gallons of mo lasses beer. -1 Lucul Womun Improving In Rocky Mount Hospital ———<* Entering a Rocky Mount hos pital for treatment about ten days ago. M's. B. S. Courtney, local woman, was reported this week to be improving rapidly She is ex pected to remain a p4ti».nt in the hospital for about four wtcL. 1 Mrs. Bailey Died Sunday Morning —*— Mrs. Amanda Moore Bailey, wife of J. Thomas Bailey, died at her home near Williamston on the old Greenville road last Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock following an illness of several weeks. She had been in declining health for some time. The daughter of the late Jacob Moore and wife, Mrs. Bailey was : born in Pitt County on August 24, 1878, but had spent much of her life in this county. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church at Rob erson’s Chapel, and1 the last rites i were conducted there Monday ‘afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Burial was in the Mobley Cemetery in Bear Grass Township. Surviving are Mr. Bailey and a daughter, Mrs. Charlie Mack Me | zellc, and six grandchildren. Commissioners In Meet Last Night Meeting in regular session last evening, the local town commis ness and limited their problem siontrs handled very little bust discussions to less than an hour. They were advised by the town attorney that all lax liens are be ing foreclosed, that the few ob stacles would be cleared shortly. The town was asked for side walk paving on the north side of Beech Street between Biggs and Watts Streets. The one block will be paved when 51 percent ot the property owners sign a petition accepting their proportionate share of the cost and as soon as materials and labor are available. Robert Ormond was granted li cense to sell beer on Broad Street, near Woodlawn Cemetery, and between Hyman and Center Streets. —--o Jaycees Calling For More Toys —<*>— After having made two collec tions of old toys, the Jaycees find that still more toys are needed if they arc to have enough to give to the underprivileged children of the community at their second an nual Christmas Cheer party later this month. Holding their second collection, last Sunday afternoon, the eight participating Jaycees were disap pointed at tne results, and are making an ugent appeal to the people of the community who have old and discarded toys to round them up and take them to T. P- Davenport at the Williams ton Motor Company, or call 201 and a member of the Jaycees will call for them. 'The Jaycees feel that there are still a large num ber of old toys that are not being used, that if donated for their party, will make an otherwise bleak Chrt-t.rr.a* a ch. rtul one lor xme unfortunate tot. Twenty-Seven Get Marriage Licenses In Martin County —$—. Issuance Last Month Larg est For Any November In Five Years -* Twenty-seven marriage licens es were issued by Register of Deed's J. Sam Getsinger in this county last month, the issuance being the largest for any Novem ber in five years. Present indica tions .point to the largest issuance this year on record in the county’s marriage license bureau. On Mon day of this week, the number was just three short of the record of 293 reported for the year 1937. Licenses were issued in this county last month, ten to white and seventeen to colored couples, as follows: White Floyd Mayo Hardison, RFD 2, Willianrston, and Sadie Pauline Jackson of Greenville. Roger Benjamin Riddick of Ev eretts and Alice Gretchen Tyson of Hobgood. Earl Mayo Roberson, RFD 2, Williamston, and Susie Marie Wobbleton of Williamston. David Samuel Gray of Stokes and Maxine Smith of Roberson villc. Wallace G. Rawls and Virginia Louise Harrell, both of Aulander. Wilbur Davenport, Jr., of Ply mouth and Belva Rae Davis of Jamesville. Tom Washington Skinner and Katherine Louise Manning, both of Williamston. William A. Gurganus of Wil liamslon and Elizabeth Baker of Greenville. Willie Dalmus Rogers and Mil dred Lorene Bonds, both of RFD, Williamston. Richard G. Slade of Hamilton and Mamie Clyde Taylor of Wil (Continued on page six) ■o World War II Veteran Dies ——<*— Lewis A. Brown, Jr., veteran of World War If, died in a veterans’ hospital, Richmond, on Tuesday, November 19, following an illness of about six months’ duration. Entering the Army three and one-half years ago, the young man served overseas two years. Following ids discharge last Feb ruary 9, he returned home and spent about three months with lus parents. Falling victim of a dis ease which was not definitely di agnosed, he was entered in the government hospital at Richmond and was reported to be getting along very well until early on the morning of the 19th. llis condi tion became worse rapidly, death following about noon. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Black Swamp church on November 24 and burial was in the family cemetery, if is parents survive. -o REVIVAL UNDER WAV IN THE MACEDONIA CHURCH -a Rev. Harvey C. Bream, evan gelist of the Roanoke District Churches of Christ, is conducting a series of revival services in the Macedonia church near here. Opened last evening, the meeting will continue through the week with services each night at 1) o’clock. Mrs. Bream, assisting the evan gelist, meets with the young peo ple at 7:09 o'clock each evening. YIKIUIKY DIMM* ] _ j After holding to summer time readings with the excep tion of a few frosty mornings, the mercury, battered by a strong north wind, tumbled to the twenties here over ■Sunday night. This morning the mercury hovered in the low twenties, but a gradual ri.se. In something like normal was produced for later i!n the day. f illing stations and garages were busy yesterday and to day handling winterizing jobs on motor vehicles. Unofficial reports state the mercury dropped from 72 de grees Hunday to 28 early Monday, Recovering about ID degree:; duuug the day Moo dr/, the mercury tell to ,2 j early tlm» morniUi,'. Plans Go Forward For Handling New Year Tax Listing __ H Reorganization Leaves The County Government IJ11 ehanged for New Year Holding their first meeting of their new terms, the Martin County Commissioners Monday left their organization unchanged for the period with R. Lee Perry beginning his fourth term as chairman of the body. All other positions were filled with the same personnel, and the shift from the old to the new two-year term could hardly bo detected. On the motion of Commissionei Joshua l.. Colt rain and with a sec ond by Commissioner C. A. Rob erson, the board reappointed Paul I). Roberson as solicitor of the re corder's court. Opening of the county court was delayed until the appointment of Mi-. Roberson was made and he had subscribed to the oath of office before Court Clerk L. B. Wynne. Elbert S Peel continues as county attor ney. John Bland was renamed L head the county home as its sup erintendent and M Luther Peel I was reappointed tax supervisor I lor the 1947 tax year. The reorganization of the coun ty government was started early Monday morning when Cler k oi Court Wynne subscribed to the oatrr of office before Justice John L. Hassell. Mi'. Wynne then ad ministered the other office oaths, [ and the new term was oil1 to a fast start about an hour later. Bonds of the various officers were approved, but one was de layed when Coroner S. R. Biggs was called to handle an investiga tion and could not subscribe tn the oath of office immediately. The Branch and Guaranty Banks in Williamslon and the Guaranty Bank in Robersonville were designated us county deposi tories. Constables were appointed for three townships: Harper M. Peel for Hamilton, Edmond Early for Goose Nest, and Paul Holliday for Jamesville. At least one of the tr io qualified by submitting bond before the day was spent. After discussing property as sessments for' taxation, the board agreed to order 'no revaluation I'm' 1947, and they ruled against any horizontal increase for the period. “If we tear up tire present tax structure and changes in con ditions follow, we would have to contend with high tax values un til a new revaluation period,” Chairman Perry explained. “We just decided to leave the tux values on real property unchang ed for 1947,” he said. Plans for handling the 1947 list ings were advanced when the boar d reappointed M. Luther Peel to supervise the wor k. He is to name list-takers for the ten town strips and go over the instructions with his appointees on December 16. An order was passed by the board, instructing tire county re presentative in the General As sembly to support any legislation offering to relieve the list-takers from taking the annual farm cen sus. The board also instructed lire representative to support leg islation that would make tax dis counts and penalties optional in struments tn the individual c> un ty The board recommended that the Ange and Ward Roads in Jamesville Township be added to the stale highway system, and referred a complaint directly to the commission w hen W. B. Can non of Goose Nest pointed out that drainage for his property had been blocked by the highway. Tin board also recommended that the road from Gold Point to Oak City, it distance of about 7 5 miles be paved as soon as possi ble. 'I’ax relief orders were issued for the year 1945 to the following Richard Moore, Jamesville, $«! on account ot disability. William James, Jamesville, $6.83 on ac count of death. William Henry Slade, \V iliianiston, $3 11 on ac count of death John L Hou. i . Robticonvilk $3, army, and Ld t Continued on page sjju PEANUTS v.---J Delayed wpck after week ! by unfavorable weather, the peanut harvest got under way in full swing on Monday of this week after a strong wind out of the north had made conditions ideal for harvest. Pickers were running that day in every section of the county, and with favorable weather the harvest will have been completed possibly by the latter part of next or early in the following week. Few peanuts were moving to market Monday, but they are expected to roll in num bers soon. !t is estimated that a third of the crop has been hiirvested and marketed in this section. Prices this week were said to be holding right around 111 1-4 cents per pound. Education Hoard Holds Meeting ,_ r Meeting in regular session or Monday of this week, members of the Martin County Board of Edu cation received a request from Parmek for a $10,000 quonset gymnasium. No action was taken on the request, but the superin tendent was instructed to investi gate detailed costs and other facts in connection with the proposed j project. * An increase of ter, perceu! in the amount of insurance carra I on larger school buildings in the county was ordered. The board discussed the need for placing no trespassing signs tin school property, hut decided > to leave the police work to the various enforcement departments in tin* several towns. Many com plaints have been directed against , trespassers and late car packers , on the grounds of several schools. Youth V ictim Of Hunting Accident — — Vance Whitfield, young man of Goose Nest Township, was pain fully but not seriously hurt last Wednesday afternoon when he was accidentally shot by his | brothel', Kate Whitfield, not far from Oak City. Squirrel hunting, the young men were in a swamp and Vance circled a distance of about 45 or 50 yards and when he stepped from behind a tree, Fate thought he saw a squirrel and fired. The entire load of shot struck and peppered the victim almost from his left hand to his head. Removed to a hospital in Tar boro. the young man received treatment over night and was able to return to his home Thurs day. -n_ Conference Held In Attack Case —«— Cuming litre last Friday, Solic i tor George Fountain conferred with county officers and reviewed the evidence and statements ob tained in the attack ease pending against Otis fmgland, Soiieitor Fountain also talked with Mrs. Moore, the victim of the attack, but the conversations were not revealed and the solicitor would offer no direct comment for pub lication other than that he was ready to prosecute the ease to the limit. ltagland n. slated to go on trial for Ins life in the superior court next week, but the day and hour tor the Inal have not been fixed. Jayrers 1‘lnti Informal Indus' \ight I'rovrtnn The local Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold an informal Ladies Night Friday evening of this week. The meeting will be held at the Woman’s Club, be ginning at 7:00 o’clock. A program is being airanged tor the occasion, and all Jaycet.. arid w:ct> or girl friends are ex pected to attend. INazi Doctors TcT~ -* * j Medical Crimes \ K lims of Human Vivisec tion Were Treated Worse I lian Animals Twenty-three leading Nazi doc i tors, including Hitler's personal [physician, go on trial this week before the international tribunal ■ it Nuremberg on charges of hav ing conducted forced experiments on humans resulting in “innumer able’’ deaths among the victims. In the long category of Nazi atro cities, perhaps none—not even the systematic slaughter of millions of civilians in concentration camps— will so chill the blood of civilized people as the fiendish, sadistic acts of these physicians perpetuated under the cloak of Nazi science. The crimes of the Nazi doctors 'already have been extensively studied and reported on by a jury of then peers. The revelation in that report would be incredible, even to those already exposed to irrefutable proof of fascist bes tiality. were they not rendered by an impartial group of eminent sci entists and backed by solid docu mentation. j The formal investigation of this aspect of fascist criminality was launched some months ago by the Mission to the European Theater Concerning War Crimes of a Med ical Nature. This group will present its evi dence of medical monstrosities at i the Nuremberg trials this week. I Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, one of the foremost American medical sci em. ts and vice-president of the University of Illinois, helped in vestigate the Nazi medical atroci ties as an official representative | of the American Medical Associa tion and consultant to the U. S. Secretary of War. He went over the e\ idence with British and French medical leaders and made a personal on-the-spot inquiry on | his own. Dr. Ivy recently submitted a 26 page report of his findings to Sec retary of War Robert P. Patter son. His conclusion was that the German doctors were far more cruel to the human subjects of their experiments than American vivisoctors are to experimental animals in their laboratories. He appended to his report the stand ard rules guiding American sci entists in animal vivisection, with the remark that these rules were vastly more humane than those observed by the Nazi doctors in (Continued on page six) Triple A Meeting Attended By Few Premliminary reports declare that ttie nominating conventions held by the Triple A were poorly attended in most sections of the county last night. Williamston and Poplar Point delayed their nominations when the attendance fell short of a quorum. Only four leported for the meeting here. In another meeting, nominations were made possible only after hurried telephone calls were made. Hassell reported only eight pre sent for all of Hamilton Town ship. Oak City had ten, but they wi re greeted by a cold house and the meeting there was described as short and sweet. Griffins held it:- nominations, but no reports could be had immediately from other districts. „ . Williamston and Poplar Point .re expected to call another meet ing m time to nominate a ticket for the election to be held on Sat urday of this week. ! first tags s The first of the new 1947 state motor vehicle license tags moved rapidly immedi ately alter they were placed on sale by the Carolina Motor Club m the offices of Harri son and Carstarphen in the George Reynolds Hotel build ing here yesterday morning. The first tag, No. 392,901, went to Larry J. Bullock, local man, and forty others were sold in less than two hours. Numbers of the licenses run trom 392 001 up to 3%,900 for automobiles at the bureau of fice here. '! i» <fc9Bf.au