News As lie ported
hi The Enterprise
Forty Years Ago
APRIL 28, 1911
Martin County's Population
Marlin County
Bear Grass twnshp
Bear Grass village
r oss Roads t’vnshp
Everetts town
Goose Nest twnshp
Oak City town
Griffir. township
Hamilton twnshp
Hamilton town
Janiesville township
1910 1900
17,797 15,392
1,023 873
56
1,012 1,263
146 127
2,077 1,013
251 115
855 798
1.733 1,645
452 493
2,370 2,025
Jamesville town 398
Poplar Point twnshp 992
Robersonvilie twnshp 3,077
Gold Point town 126
Parmele town 2?2
Robersonvtlle town 612
Williams twnshp 947
Williamston twnshp 3.321
Williamston town 1,574
235
805
2.612
124
336
275
875
2,473
912
Miss Belle Carstarphen and Mr.
Henry Waldo were quietly mar
ried on Thursday at Joy Cottage,
Virginia Beach. The bride left
here about ten days ago presum-*
ably to visit relatives in Norfolk.
but the story of her intentions
leaked out and the family here
were not surprised at the news of
her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Wal
do will make their home in Ham
ilton, where Mi Waldo is exten
sively engaged in farming nearby.
They have mans friends here and
elsewhere who wish them a long
life of happiness.
People were awakened by a fire
alarm about 1:30 o'clock Wednes
day night. It was soon learned
that the store of Ausbon Rogers
situated on the railroad two
streets above the depot was in
flames. Rogers has been in busi
ness several years and kept a gen
eral stock The colored Odd Fel
lows Hall and a church were con
sumed. Rogers had no insurance
and his loss is total in both stock
and building.
The City Hall is one id the
things ol interest to show visitors
but it is a bit embarrassing to heai
them saw "It is attractive, but
needs cleaning."
There is a curiosity on the Con
olio Farm in the cattle depart
ment. It is a tailless calf—perfect
specimen, too, with not the slight
est sign of a tail.
Miss Deborah Fleming and Mrs.
W K. Warren returned from Pae
Austin^NicKols
GREAT OAK
BLENDED
WHISKEY
$1.85
pinl
Tli« Straight Whitkoyi la (Mi prat
ait ara 2 yaeri ar aara all
30 % Straight Wkiskay, 70% Mm
I Mitral Spirifv, 20% Straight WMo
hay 2 yoart aid. S % Straight Whhkay
4 yoart aid, S% Straight Vhftkay
4 yaan aid. Ik pr»«f
BROADWAY AND MAIN STRUTT
The Charging White Horsemen
Of World War I Still a Mystery
-By BILLY ROSE
As I’ve mentioned before, whenever I come down with a case
of brain-blank I smash the crystal on a cheap wrist watch and mos
ey down to see an old ■watchmaker on West 11th Street. While he's
! tinkering with the timepiece, I gab with him about this and that,
and by the time I leave my watch has a new crystal and I generally
have the material for a column.
1 The other afternoon I noticed an unusual looking clock on his repair
bench—one with symbol* on the dial instead of numerals.
•‘It’* a Bavcrian miracle clock,"
laid the watchmaker, "and each
symbol stands for
a different miracle,
for Instance, the
little fish repre
sents the miracle
of the loaves and
fishes.”
"Do you believe
In that sort of
thing?" I asked.
“Whether you
think so or not,”
smiled the old man,
“miracles happen
all the time. For instance, take the
fire in Canada a couple of months
ago—the one that wiped out al
most the entire town but didn't
touch the church.”
"It could have been air currents."
I said.
“Maybe." said the watchmaker,
"but how would you explain away
the cross in the sky that two thou
sand Englishmen swore they saw
during an air raid in 1944? Or
would you rationalize the white
horsemen who are accredited wi'h
winning two battles in the first
World War?”
"TAKE TOUR TIME with the
watch and details," 1 said
“Well.” said the old gent, “the
first time the horsemen appeared
was In August, 1914, when ttie Ger
mans were advancing through a big
hole In the Allied line at Mens. One
night when it looked as if there
was no stopping them, the sky sud
denly turned yellow and across it—
heading straight for the Jerries—
! rode three white figures mounted
on white horses, the center rider
waving a gold-tipped sword. The
enemy took one look, and that was
j the end of the advance."
"Sound* like somebody was
teeing things,” I said.
"Thousands of people were
seeing things—and they ranged
from privates to generals. And
later that night when several hun
dred oI the Germans were cap
tured, to a man they reported hav
ing seen the figures, too.
“The white horsemen didn’t show
up again until four years later.”
the watchmaker went on. "and this
| time they brought along a lot of
friends. It was during the last Ger
man push along tha Bethune line.
and when a Portugese regiment
cracked up under the artillery fire
a handful of British machine-gun
ner* were rushed in to plug the
hole. Tht gunner' tnew they didn't
have a chance of getting out alive—
all they could hope for was to keep
the enemy busy until reinforce
ments arrived.
• • •
THEN CAME THE miracle. Sud
denly the German guns switched
their range and direction, and be
gan blasting a patch of ground sev
eral hundred yards to the right of
the machine-gunners—an area that
was completely deserted. And then
half an hour later, for no discern
ible reason, the Germans turned
tail and began to run.
“At first, the British couldn’t be
lieve their eyes; then they figured
it was some sort of trick—although
under the circumstances it didn't
make military sense to bother with
a trick. Finally the English sent out
a reconnaissance squad, and it
brought back fifty prisoners from
various parts of the line.
"Each prisoner was examined
separately and, according to Cap
tain C. W. Haywood of British In
telligence, each one told exactly
the same story.
"When the Portuguese regi
ment retreated, the Germans be
gan to chase after it and only
flopped uhen they sate a detach
ment of cavalry riding forward
from the Allied line to outflank
them. This confused them be
came, for one thing, cavalry had
long been obsolete on the West
ern Front and, for another, eve.y
member of the detachment was
dressed in white and riding a
while horse.
“The artillery was Immediately
ordered to bombard the horsemen,
but when the men in white contin
ued charging across the open field
despite the curtain of shells, the
Germans got panicky and fled.”
"How about the English gun
ners?" I said.
“That’* the strangest part of It,"
said the watchmaker. “Captain
Haywood made careful inquiry
among his men but he couldn't find
a tingle British soldier who had
seen anything in the empty space
to the right—except space."
tolus Sunday. Mrs. Warren was
taken ill during her visit and had
to be brought home.
Mrs P. H. Drown and little
daughter. Thelma, have been the
guests id her sister, Mrs L. 15.
Wynne, this week.
Lit'le Miss Elizabeth Pope, of
Hobersonville, spent the week-end
with little Miss Martha Cotton
Crawford.
Miss Mamie Van Nortwiek, ol
Plymouth, is visiting Miss Eva
Wolfe this week.
W. S Rhodes and Miss Eulalie
Perkins were here from Hamilton
Tuesday.
Mis.- Irene Smith and A. 1J Mi
xed went to Hamilton Sunday
1 morning.
Miss Essie Peel returned home
from Tarboro last Friday.
An iee house is being built near
the ruins of the peanut factory,
so as to be ready for the summer
t rode.
J. G. Godard has enhanced the
beauty of his residence by enlarg
ing the lawn in front.
Rev. Morrison Bethea, of Au
burn, Ala., who recently accepted
the rectorship of the Church of
AM>
coM.ui/n: nu:
All Sizes
>i»ly '.lwii'jlai’tuii'i iif con
•rote pi }><• and blocks in
Martin County.
KOBKKSOMILU:
ICE & COAL COMPANY
Kubrrsonviile, N. C.
"Bird of Paradise'
Stars Debra Pagel
The enchantment of flic islands
, the spectacle of volcanic erupt im
and ‘lie beauty ol Technicolor n
tin tropics are the combined in
dueements of "Bird of Paradise,
the lavish poetn romance enuinat
iny from Twentieth Century-Fo:
and opening Sunday at the Watt
Theatre. Louis Jourdan, Debit
Paget and Jeff Chandler arc star
red in the island epic
‘‘Bird of Paradise,” a complete
Iv new film inspired by the titli
of the famed hit play of the earl.\
1900 s, was recently filmed ot
location in the Hawaiian islands
It reunites three of the prineipa
talents responsible for the succes:
of "Broken Arrow," stars Debri
Paget and Jeff Chandle? ant
writer-director Delmer Daves
who directed the earlier Film
"Bird of Paradise” was develop
ed along lines suggested b;
"Broken Arrow" in its treat
ment of native manners, :-us
toms and culture, as well as th<
love story between a white ad
venturer and island maider
Debra Paget is again the nativ
beauty, with Jourdan, not Janie
Stewart, as *hc invader.
From the original "Bird of Pa
radise" the final scene, the tribe
sacrifice of a young innocent I
the demands of the erupting vol
ram), ha.- been retained and giv
i'ii the realization which only tli
unlimited resources of the Techm
I color movie theatre screen coul
effect.
I Photographed amidst the corn
cocoanuts, volcanoes, orchids an
pie-sized hibiscus of the lush, sul
tropical Hawaiian islands, wit
hundreds of natives employed
several in important acting, «inji
ing and dancing assignment
"Bird ot Paradise is reported t
emerge an epic Polynesian pool
reflecting the culture, lose, su
persitions, and tragedy ot th
South Sea Islands. In terms i
sheer spectacle, its like has m
been approached in many year
and bids fair never to be- agair
in view of the rising shortage an
cost of materials.
World Bank makes loan of $1
alJO,000 to Ethiopia.
1 the Advent here, will arrive oi
May 16th and have service th
frdl.ving dev.
"Tripoli" Coming
To Marco Sunday
When the motion picture direc
tor Will Price called "action" on
the set of Paramount's outdoor
adventure drama, “Tripoli." which
opens at the Marco Sunday, he
used the right word. For, ace >rd
, ins to preview reports, this Teeh
l tricolor film is a high-powered
thriller from the opening scene
I to the final fadeout.
Starring Maureen O'Hara. John
, Payne and Howard da Silva,
“Tripoli," re-creates one ot the
I most exciting epoode: m Maim.'
Corps history, the story of Lieu
tenant Presley OBannon. A fear
less fighter. O’Bannon won a per
manent niche in the Leatherneck
hall of fame when he organized
and led an army against the in
famous Barbary pirates of Trip
oli who were seeking to exact
tribute front the United Stabs
Dairymen sometimes add more
protein to the grain mixture than
is "needed h r effieient milk pro
duction It is olten possible b
eiiminate the 'out ing of protein
concentrates if the herd is fed
high-quality forage.
AN ORDER U'THORIZINO
THK ISSUANCE OF S'Ja.OtMl OF
bonds or Tin; rot nty of
MARTIN TO KS.i l NO OCT
si andint; Siontt^
BK IT ORDERED, by tin Boa: d
of Commissioners of the County
ot Martin, as b Hows:
Section I. The Board of Com
missioners of the County of Mar
tin has ascertained and does here
by determine and declare that
said County has heretofore issued
( 1) bonds of the aggregate pi inci
pal amount of Sla.OOP, designated
Hunting or Fishing
• • •
each of thus* great outdoor sports has
its big appeal. Which is bust? It's a mat
A ter of opinion!
I , Jut itPdL'&C
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• Custom-Made Havoline has ama/ing abil
ity to reduce engine wear. When tested against
many of the best Premium motor oils. Havoline
proved twice as tough! It even exceeds heavy
duty requirements! This means more power and
gas miles, fewer repairs, longer engine life. Drive
in. Change to Havoline!
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"Read and Bind ye Bonds," dated
March !. 1922 and payable March
I. 11152. and (2) bands of the ay
yregate principal amount of $10.
000. designated "Road and Bridge
Bonds,' dated April 1, 1920 and
payable April 1. 1952, and that all
(if said bonds are now outstanding
and that said bonds were issued
on or about their respective dab s
and that said Countv received in
payment therefor not less than
the face amount el said bonds and
that all sums received in payment
for said bon 's have been applied
to the financing o' the cost ot eon
s!rueting roads and bridgiin
said County and that no part >f
the principal ef any of -aid loivl.
has been p.,ul and that all of said
bonds are valid and binding >l>li
all interest winch has accrued
«at!•>!>. of said Comply md that
I
1 thereon has been paid.
Section 2 For the purpose >1
refunding Ihc <It• t>i evidenced by
said bonds, ti.tr> shall be i aied.
pursuant t.> The Count'. Finance
Act, a amended, bonds of the
County of V a tin, of an at.};rebate
principal amount which shall n >1
txtee.l Twt nl\ Five Thousand ,
Hollars < S25.000)
Seel II 'll A tax . :! I ficieilt to
pa\ the principal o* and inlnt.-.l
on slid bonds when due shall be
annuals levied and collected
Section -t A statement of the
County debt of the County of
Marto has been tiled with the
Clerk ef the Board f Conitn’s
su 111 re ,if lies (' . liity and is open
te puhlie inspection.
Sivii iii a. Th ■ irder ■ hall t-ike
, effect hi on it pa: -,e c. and shall
not I . cibnutle i t' the voters
The foregoing bond order was
finally passed on the 19th day ftf
April, ID51, and was first publish
ed i n the 19th day of April. 1931.
Any action or proceeding ques
ts nine the validity of said order
mu i be commenced vvitnin thirty
day after its first publication.
.1 Sam Getsinger. Clerk of
the Board of Commissioners of
Martin Countv, Nortn Carolina
api 19-29
Now is The Time
to go to
COrttTNFY’S
For
FURNITURE
BELK - TYLER’S
ANNUAL
1-2 PRICE SALE
On
TUSSY
Regular
$1.60 Size
Starts Friday Morning.
DURANT
50c
BELK
TYLER’S
\\ ilii;iiU'loii.
IT started the very flay llie I do I
ROADMASTEK made its first
apfiearance—and lias been build
ing u|> ever since.
Folk* looked at the fresh new
styling— the power—the features
— the fabries — the cloud-soft
cushions and the finer*-~~■■ifml
said, “Here's the smart buy in
1 the fine-ear field.”
i AX/hy don't you come ami see for
yourself v»hal a sensational buy
this proud beaut) really is?
li b a bdney to handle—a joyous
/
I
thrill lo rifle in—and just alioul
I In* liamhomesl tiling on wheels.
II has room, and pois«% and a
Jr\el-»oin" "ail llial rome.s from
roil springs front ami rear.
There > a triumphant thrill in tlir
\\ illili" ohedirnrr of its lirrhall
power ami llie luxurious ease of
h* |)\ nallow l)ri\r, w hit ii df>< sif t
cost \ou a penn> extra.
I liereV a swrepin" view lore and
Ijvcii 11ic' lirakrs arc nrw. self
coolinj'. willi a "rip llial lakes
Imld like .»l re I linden ill a \clvct
fi'love.
Herr indeed i> a car dial is line
in licariii!!. in action, and in Inc
jircci-ion of <’\cr\ drueinral part
a Id > \I>M \> I I II (‘iislmii Imill liv
dunk, \\ In n will \oii lr\ one as
our o;11c-1?
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* AIH? V*t'lt
ail lhronj:h "H «•«*|*111“ I\ broad
glass areas, ami ihe new
riant) of an inMnimeiil
|»a nr I willi greater
visibility at night.
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