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4 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN^ COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK f THE ENTERPRISE IS READ fci OVER 3.000 MARTIN COUNT! » AMR)IfrmsT E AC rt W &ES W'illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. Soptombrr 12, 1*W7 Stinisoii Explains < Why Atomic Bomb W as Used in W ar Former Secretary of War ^ as Man To Make ihe Recommendation (Having suggested what the warning to Japan should contain. Secretary Stimsofi now discusses the suggestions as to the timing of the “final warning."—Ed.) There was much discussion in 1 Washington about the timing of ’the warning to Japan. The con trolling factor in the end was the date already set for the Potsdam meeting of the Big Three. It was President Truman’s devision that such a warning should be solemn ly issued by the U. S. and the U. K. from this meeting, with the concurrence of the head of the Chinese Government, so that it would be plain that all of Japan's principal enemies were in entire unity. This was done, in the Pots dam ultimatum of July 26, which very closely followed the above memorandum of July 2, with the exception that it made no mention of the Japanese Emperor. On July 28, the Premier of Japan, Suzuki, rejected the Pots dapi ultimatum by announcing that it was “unworthy of public notice.” In the face of this re jection we could only proceed to demonstrate that the ultimatum had meant exactly what it said when it stated that if the Japan ese continued the war. “the full npp'ication of our military power, backed by our resolve, will mean the inevitable and complete de struction of the Japanese armed forces and just as inevitably the utter devastation of the Japanese homeland x ui suv.ii u ^uipusi: me a mime bomb was an eminently suitable weapon. .^/TheNc w Mexio i lest oecu r! < ■< i v liilc we wfi't al^PffiSfam. on July 16. It was immediately clear that the power of the bomb measured up to our highest esti mates. We had developed a weap aeter that its u; e against the ene my might well be expected to pro duce exactly the kind of shock on the Japanese ruling oligarchy which we desired, strengthening the position of those who wished peace, and weakening that of the military party. Becatise of the importance of the atomic mission against Japan, tha detailed plans were brought to me by the military staff (or ap proval. With President Truman's w arm support, I struck off the list ol suggested targets the city of l^y'oto. Although it was a target of considerable military import ance, it had been the ancient cap ital of Japan and w as a shrine of Japanese art and culture. We de termined that it should be spared. I approved four other targets in cluding the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima was bombed on Aug ust 6. and Nagasaki on August 9. These two cities were active working parts of the Japanese war effort. One was an Army center; the other was naval and industrial. Hiroshima was the Headquarters of the Japanese Army defending Southern Japan and was a major military storage and assembly point. Nagasaki was a major seapor and it con tained several large industrial plants of great wartime import ance. We believed that our at tacks had struck cities which must certainly be important to the Jap anese military leaders, both Army and Navy, and we waited for a re sult. We waited one day. Many accounts have been writ ten about the Japanese surrender. After a prolonged Japanese Cabi net session in which the deadlock was broken by the Emperor him self, the offer to surrender was made on August 10. It was based on the Potsdam terms, with a re servation concerning the sover eignty of the Emptier. While the Allied reply mad ho pi onuses other than those already given, it implicitly recognized the Emper or's position by prescribing that his power tnust be subject to the orders of the Allied Supreme Commandet These terms were accepted on August 14 by the Jap anese, and the instrument of sur render was formally signed on September 2, in Tokyo Bay. Out (Continued on page seven) Report Crowded Condition In Most Of County Schools --* crown on conditions ana noavy > ! teacher loads were reported in i i many instances as fhe Martin] County schools completed their ] first week of the current term yes- 1 terday. Although efforts were : I made and arc still being made to ] relieve the conditions, school of- ] ficials frankly admit that the [ problems are retarding progress. | Williamston, with a gain of 59 j pupils, has earned another teach I er, but there is no room, and the I little folks in the lower grades are I being shifted here and there to j balance the teacher load. Addi tional rooms were provided, but at least one other is sorely need l'd. While increased enrollment figures are aggravating the crowded conditions in some of the schools, a drop in the figures re port vet hy ctftsr schools is reliev ing the housing problem to some extent. Burned out, the colored schools at Jamesville and Everetts are still having their problems. New buildings, now under construc tion. will relieve the bad condi tions now existing in the two towns. E J. Hayes, principal of Williamston's colored school, is having his problems, too. The school reports a marked gain in enrollment and classes are being held in the halls and auditorium until more room can be provided. Incomplete reports show that nearly every one of the colored schools in the county has had an enrollment gain, especially the one here and many of the small er units. Tobacco Sales Pass Three Million Mark EXCUSED r I V Mrs. John VVier, one of (he first women ever called for jury service in this county, has been excused by Clerk of Court 1,. It. Wynne and she will not have to report for duty next Monday. Mrs. W'ier explained that her health would not permit her to serve. Mrs. Bruce Roebuck of Koh ersonville. whose name was the first drawn for regular jury duty, has not asked to lie excused, anil it could not he learned immediately if she planned to serve wl.ni the court opens next week. J. R. Bcacham Died Wednesday —*— John Robert Beacharn. age (it; died at his home near Williamstor I at 8 o’clock Wednesday night, aft er being ill for several months Funeral services were held at hi: home Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock by the Rev. Mr. Woodley Pentecostal Holiness minister Burial was in the Bowen Family Cemetery near Williamston. Mr. Beacharn was born anc reared in Beaufort County, lit came to Marlin County m 1919 His wife, Olivia Beacharn, died ir I 1932. Surviving arc four sons. Roy I Beacharn of the home, and Wil liam Lawrence Beacharn of Pit 1 t County ; five daughters, Mrs (James R. Wynn of Washington Mrs. Roy Taylor and Mrs. Roy Manning of near the home, Mrs. J F. Bai nes of Williamston and Mrs | Rudolph Goff of the home; a j brother, W. J. Beacharn of Wash I ington and a number of giand |children and great grandchildren -—» lwo In i.ourt ror Jamesville Figlii — — .&»■- —— Engaging in an affray on Iht streets of Jamesville, James Buf falo and Thelma Armstrong were Jcarried into Mayor Leslie Hardi i son’s court there last week. Each was fined and taxed with tht costs, amounting to $35.90. i Constable Paul Holliday declar jed yesterday that everything was peaceful in the county town. Jamesville is tearing down it? old town office and replacing il with a fire-proof building. With lout a jail for some time, the town I will include jail quarters in th< , new building. I 0 To Hold Mooting In Church at Janionvilli AnnnM.mival service •• ill gii'i al Jamesville Baptist Church on Sunday night, Sept. 14. at eight 1 o’clocK. Rev. C. W. Bazemore Missionary and field worker ol , the Roanoke Baptist Association will be the visiting, minister tc bring the gospel messages each night through the week of specia services. Rev. W. B. Harrington is the pastor of Jamesville church .The public is cordially invited tc attend, each oight at eight o’clock j [No Marked Change In Price Average Noted This Week —«►— Coiii|Kirnliv(‘ly I.illlr Received lly The (iovernnu ut Here - . -6, Fussing the two and thieo-quar I ter million-pound mark on Thurs day of this week, Williamston’s tobacco market is certain to go 'over the three-million pound jmark at the end of the selling | period this week, according to re i liable estimates offered by Sales ! S^ei^iMir John A I Through Wednesday 'or "this week the market had sold 2,643, 1228 pounds for $1,095,076.71, an average of $43 02. The delivery I of inferior duality tips in larger “quaTfflffW’nas had a ! weaken the over-all average, but it is holding to within $2 per hun jdred pounds of the peak sale av erage reported the first week of the season. The market had an estimated 250,000 pounds on the floors Thursday and eVen larger deliv eries are certain for Friday. Sales are going forward very smoothly and ordeily under the Iboo'king system, and farmers are well pleased with the plan. Comparatively small amounts of I tobacco are being received by the j Flue-cured Cooperative Stabiliza jtion Corporation, and the general I price average is holding to a fig ure slightly above the govern ment grades, the sales supervisor explained. Estimates on the size of the 1947 crop have been revised upward, the Federal Agri lture Depart ment announcing this week that the crop will approximate 2.151, 000,000 pounds, or about one per - cent more than was estimated in ear ly Augus*. While the estimat ed poundage is 161,000,000 less than it was last ’ nr fir any otl i ilue j cured crop, estimated at 1,318, 1000,000 pounds is only 34 million 'pounds under the 1946 production, | it was explained. Change Veterans’ j Training Officer Charles A. Brown, training of ficer here for the Veterans’ Ad ministration for several months, is I being transferred to the Gr eens-j I boro office, it was announced this] | week. He will leave this week j end for his new assignment. ; Mr. William M. Perkins, a na j live of Gr eenville, is succeeding I Mr. Brown, and he will maintain his office in the agricultural j building. . — . . ] -» Soil I'.onservution h ones Hold Merting Soil conservation work units in four distr icts of the northeastern section of the Slate were repre sented in a meeting held here j l Thursday in the courthouse. Prominent ^uri conser valiorusts I addressed the forty representa • tives. Herman Jackson Fatally Hurt In Mill Accident • Worker Was Cleaning Trash From Saws al Wil liamston Lumber Plant J. Herman Jackson was fatally injured in an accident at the Wil liamston Lumber Company plant on the Washington Highway late last Tuesday afternoon. Render ed unconscious, Jackson was re moved in an ambulance to the lo cal hospital where he was pro nounced dead a few minutes lat er. Operating a ground mill for the company a short distance from the main plant, Mr, Jackson was using a stick to clean saw dust and trash from the small rip saws, Th<> machinery caught the stick and drove it into his neck, wit nesses saying it happened so quickly they hardly knew how it happened. Operations at the plant had just about ended for the day and most of the workers had departed when Mr. Jackson start ed to clear the trash from the saws. A dependable and capable worker he had been employed at the plant since last January. Mr. Jackson, 58 years old last April, was born in Beaufort Coun ty where he spent his early life on the farm. He entered the timber ing and milling business and lo cated in the Jamesville section of this county about the middle twenties, operating ground saw mills mostly since that time. When a young man he was mar ried to Miss Mary Beacham who survives with seven children, Mrs. Daisy M. Barber, Mrs. Min nie Idol 1 Barber and Mrs. Ruby Lee Hardison; four sons, James Holmes Jackson of Williamston, Jesse Ray Jackson, Mayhew ,Jack and fourteen grandchildren, all of the heme community; a sister, Mrs. Stella Concklin of Washing ton; two half-brothers, Bonner «*iid Otlib .T/wlo.on i,r ■*j, of Wu-:. ington; and two half-sisters, Miss es Lillie and Mamie Jackson, both of Washington. Funeral services were held at the graveside Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by Rev. W B. Har rington in the Barber Cemetery, near the home, Mr. Jackson was a son of the late Thomas and Polly Ann Jack son of Beaufort County, and was a member of the Methodist Church for a number ol years. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Current year highway acci dent figures continue to climb in this county, leading these of last year by five. However, 24 fewer persons have been injured this year in road acci dents than were hurt in the first 36 weeks of 1946. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding week^hWhis year and last arxOo^ach year to the present time. 36th Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 194V 3 2 0 $ 520 1946 2 0 0 150 Comparisons To Date 1947 92 45 3 $20,275 1946 87 69 3 21,200 Murder Charge On jDocket For Trial In Superior Court Export Little Interest In Proceedings of Court Here Next Week William Kirkman, colored man charged with killing Fred Little, colored, in Parmele on August 24. will go on trial in the Martin County Superior Court here next Monday. Almost certain to plead self-defense. Kirkman is now at liberty under $1,000 bond. The killing climaxed a barbecue sup per in Parmele. Judge Clawson Williams of San ford is scheduled to preside over the court which has criminal cases booked for trial next Monday and Tuesday. The divorce mill, with nineteen separation suits on the calendar, is to start turning on Wednesday. The civil calendar, carrying several large damage ■ suits, is to be called on Monday, September 22. Other cases on the criminal docket for trial next week include the following: The case charging John E. Wil I liams with obtaining money from R. S. Critcher under false pre tense back in July, 1945. is on the docket again. Richard Vines is charged with breaking into Roberson’s Slaugh ter House and stealing $180 in cast, on October 4 of last year. Charged with manslaughter as a result of an automobile accident between Robcrsonville and Stokes last December 5, John David Wooten and Webb Ward are slat ed for trial. Three persons, Hen ry Ward, Mary Brown and Mae Riddick, were fatally injured in the accident. | W. Tony Curry is charged with disorderly conduct on the streets of Jamesville. (^^jdj^^sUEgsL charged vOHiHie possesMonotffhcit liquor! *"***** Walter Lee Wilkins is charged with trespassing and attempting to break into Riddick Equipment Ummnanv near WiMiapisjon on HasHIHiTy 26. Steve MeCaden is charged with 'attempting to rape Daisy Jenkins i in Hamilton on August 9. j Charlie Lewis is alleged to have | attempted to rape Julia Williams, | a girl under 14 years of age, on j August 27. i James Walker, Jr., is charged j with the larceny of a car from Edward E. Early in Williamston last July 4. i Charged with the larceny of $750 from Willie A. Davis on June 25, 1945, Mack Peterson was ur ivsted a short time ago and is slat ed to face trial next week. Burnice Bullock is charged with bastardy. Warren Griffin, Bill Gilliam (Continued on page eight) Making Changes In Bus Schedules —♦ Effective Monday, September | 15th, the arrival and departure 1 time of some Carolina Trail ways buscewmerating through U'e local Cenromn will be revised, accord ing to an announcement made by company officials this week. Patrons planning a trip on or after this date are asked to tele phone the bus station at. phone 2154 for the revised schedules over routes served by this car j rier. County School Enrollment Martin County’s nine white schools, contrary to expecta tions, barely held their own with their opening day enrollment figures last week compared with those recorded a year ago. While several of the schools reported fairly sizable enrollment gains others lost heavily with two or three just about holding their own. A county-wide gain of six pupils was reported, four in the elementary and two in the high school. JaiiiesviJlc Farm Life Bear Glass Williamston Hober$onville Oak City Everetts Hamilton Hassell 1943-47 Term Ble If .T«tA 325 •"*'65" • <rh? 151 45 IPtl 2112 5<i 338 GC7 156 853 420 180 600 258 141 399 ... .!•>.. !.«.S Total s.>- - 135 53 193 28(1 68 348 746 166 912 432 160 592 213 117 330 1947-48 Term 220 166 65 220 166 65 231 155 60 231 155 60 Totals 2584 663 3247 2588 665 3253 T Climax to Band Fund Drive Slated Friday More Than Half Of Fund Already In The Treasury —•— Rraml Now Rami To Mukc Its First Appearance 10:30 Friday , — • A climax to the Williamston Band Fund Drive is slated for 10:30 o'clock Friday morning of this week when Professor Jack Butler and his youthful musicians make their first formal appear ance in public. Promised a free ride on the Manning boys' (Jack and “Blue”) big truck, the brand new band will make brief stands at several places on the main streets and in Tobacco Town. Sponsored by the Beta Club and aided by the band majorettes, a band tag sale will be advanced at each of the brief stops. A liberal support for the band is cordially urged, direct reports from the band stage declaring that the youthful musicians have worked hard to earn a liberal patronage, and that there’ll be keen disap pointment if the people of the town and community fail them. While they are asking for only $1,5(10, the band leaders say that approximately $2,000 is needed for the purchase of additional uni forms and instruments. Other communities, smaller than ours, have recognized in their bands a valuable asset to child and town and came forward with a liberal support. Approximately one-half of the fund lias been solicited and paid into the band treasury. It'll re quire a liberal response to urgent pnppeal ' to riu+TT.iVe o il/r the $1,500 goai. The fund drive chairman ac knowledges the following contri butions tabulated to date Volunteer firemen, $i(K?T”K! wanians, $100; M M. Levin, $10; Williamston Package Manufac turing Co., $25; Margolis Brothers, $25; Samuel Zemon, $10; Wi 1 - liamston Peanut Co., $25; Harri son Oil Co., $25; Williamston Sup ply Co., $25, Sinclair Service Sta tion, $10; Harrison Office Supply Co., $5; Alpha Cleaners, $10; Cen tral Service Station, $5; G and H Builders Supply Co., $15; Farm ers and Carolina Warehouses. $25; Roanoke - Dixie and Planters Warehouses. $50; Belk-Tyler, $25; George Peete, $15; McClees Groc ery, $5; Chas. H. Jenkimi Motor Co., $35; Dixie Motors, $35; Grif fin Motor Co., $20; Wear-Right Shop, $2; Roanoke Chevrolet Co., $35; Enterprise Publishing Co., $25; Welch Auto Supply Co., $10; Williamston Motor Co., $35; Moore Grocery Co., $25; W. G. Peel. $25; Branch Bank, $35; W. I. Skinner Co., $25; King Tobacco- Co., $25; Clark’s Pharmacy, $25; Critcher Shoe Co., $5; Davis Pharmacy, $25; Dr. W. C. Mercer, $10; E and W Grocery, $15; Brown Com munity Hospital, $20; Herbert Taylor, $J5; W. H. Caistarphen, .j.i; N IT ffaiiisun, $5. -*—.— Officers Wreck Still In County Raiding in Beai Grass Township last Tuesday, County ABC Offic er J. H. Roebuck, Deputy Roy Peel and Alcoholic Tax Unit agents of the federal government wrecked a 50-gallon capacity cop per still and poured out four bar rels of sugar beer. Moving toward the Beaufort Martin boundary, the officers found and wrecked a plant par tially equipped. No beer was found there. To 114-1 ft ItrCCtlclK To Hvi[i«l4‘r4‘d Slock —’«■ , - ■f- ta&nsr.fhg"connections ‘With the recognized bleeders of puie bred swine, the office of the Mar tin County farm agent is in a posi tion to help gt l registered stock for interested farmers, Assistant Agent D. W. Brady said this week. “The initial cost is greater than that for ordinary market hogs, but in the long run purebred stock will pay valuable dividends,” Agent Brady said. THREATENED ^ Heavy rains falling in this section during the past sever al days have not materially delayed the peanut harvest season but they are threaten ing the crop, several farmers reported yesterday. A few crops have already been harvested, hut the work w'ill hardly get under way on any appreciable scale before the latter part of next week or the week following. If the weather is favorable during the next three or four weeks, Martin farmers are expected to harvest one of their best goober crops in sev eral years. Vital Statistics Gradually Change In Martin County —i— ltirlli* Decrease aiul Deaths Show a Slight increase In l*as*t Year A fairly marked*decrease in tlio number of births atic. mi Increase of one in the number of births were reported in this county for the year 194(1 as compared with vital .statistics entries made in 1945, it was learned a few days ago in a study of the figures. The decrease in births is trace able to both races, but where the colored reported only five fewer births in 194(1 than they did in 1945, the white births hist year were 51 fewer than they were ill v. - I a reversal of the order recorded , the year before, the intent lignins showing that the number of white deaths decreased from 9(1 to (11 wioie llie iuJTiiber oi cuioivu deaths increased from 83 in 1945 tc 99 last year. It is fairly apparent that the over-all birth rate is gradually decreasing in the county, especial ly among the white population. Eleven years ago there were 793 births recorded. In 1945 there were 759 births and last year there were only (183. including ten stillbirths. The statistics as they are record ed do nut offer a true condition in every instance, but they do re flect a fairly definite trend. In Goose Nest Township there were only four white births recorded in 194(1 as compared with 55 colored births. It is quite certain that many while births were recorded in other districts where hospitals are located. Exclusive of the ten stillbirths, one reported each in Goose Nest, Hamilton and Jamesville, two in Robcrsonviile and five in Wil iiamston Townships, birth were recorded by races in the ten town ships, as follows for 1948: W. Col. Tot. Bear Grass i Cross Roads Goose Nest Griffins Hamilton Jamesville Poplar Point Robcrsonviile Williams 7 18 4 2 18 22 8 47 5 IH 29 55 11 29 21 7 9! 6 38 59 13 45 43 15 138 11 (Continued oh page five) Farm Leader In County This Week —«— E. Y. Floyd, head of the Plant Food Institute and a recognized faim leader, inspected several | eastern tobacco markets Wedncs Ida.y and continued to Jamesville I to confer with vocational agricul ture leaders and sindeut i ivtivFioyd wild aided in the cre ation of the tobacco stabilization corporation, expressed the opinion that tobacco prices would be much lower if the markets hud no support price, Asked what will happen after 1948, the farm leader expressed the opinion that a strong farm or ganization would have to be main tained to plead the case of the farmer in the legislative hails. | Seventeen Cases in County Court | Monday Morning Next Session of Tribunal Will Hr Held Mofnlay, September 29lli -o Judge J. Calvin Smith held the county court in session until noon last Monday, clearing seventeen cases from the docket. The court was adjourned until Monday, September 21), giving the right of-way to the superior tribunal which convenes for a two-week term next Monday. Several defendants drew terms on the roads and fines were im posed in the sum of $280 last Monday morning. It was open season on women beating last week, the docket carrying seven cases charging assaults on fe males. Proceedings: Pleading guilty in the case charging him with assaulting a fe male. Oscar Whitley was sen tenced to the roads for twelve months. Judge Smith suspended the road term for two years upon the payment of a $40 fine and costs and on the further condition that the defendant pay $4 to his wife every week during the period of suspension. The case charging Tom Sessoms with petit larceny was continued under prayer for judgment until November 10 after the defendant pleaded guilty. Eddie Lee Salsbury, pleading guilty of an assault with a deadly | weapon, was sentenced to the roads for six months. Adjudged guilty over his own plea of innocence, Henry Wiggins, charged with assaulting a female, was sentenced to the roads for four months The court suspend I i'd Uie sentence for two years on |condition Ihnt he pay the trial j costs and does not go home or be condition. He is not to mistreat j iiis wife dui mg the i .vu }eurs. .i Harry Land, pleading guilty of ! assaulting a female, was sentenc lor 'xiy ua^TTn?^’’'' court suspending the term upon the payment of a $25 fine and the trial costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs in the case charging Robert Purvis with assaulting a female. Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Alvin Lazarus Britt was lined $100, taxed with the cost and had his license revoked for one year. Leo Hooker pleaded guilty when charged with bastardy and judgment was suspended upon the payment of the costs. Charged with reckless driving, Delbert I). Allen was found not guilty. Charged with reckless driving | and violating the liquor laws, Lonnie Crisp was found guilty only of reckless driving and the |court fined him $20 plus costs. | George Eddie Wooten was sen tenced to the roads for sixty days for speeding. The road term was suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine, and the defendant’s license to operate a motor ve hicle was revoked for four | Judgment was suspended upon | the payment of the costs in the lease charging Thomas Jefferson i Purvis with speeding. Caesar Purvis, Jr., was fined j $25 and required to pay the trial cost.-, for assaulting a female, j Pleading guilty of assaulting a (female, James Biggs was fined j $20 and taxed wdth the cosls. Charged with an assault w ith a deadly weapon, James C. Over boil pleaded guilty of simple as sault. The plea was accepted by Solicitor Paul D. Roberson and the defendant was sentenced to the roads for thirty days. The sentence was suspended upon the payment of the costs and on the further condition that the de fendant does not molest A. S. Leg gett in his fanning operations and j mb. t:i!_ y.;.". i". ■ 5f iu!d_ his family from the house he now oc cupies on the Leggett farm w ith in ten days. Theodore Watson was sentenc ed to the roads for sixty days for assaulting a female. The sen j tence w as suspended for two j years upon the payment of the costs and a $25 fine, and on the j further condition that the detend (ConUnued on page eight) _
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