North Carolina Newspapers

- GET THE HEWS OF MARTIN COUNTY TWICI A. WEEK BY ' TAKING TB£ ENTERPRISE, ; In 1,1 ■ VOLUME 24—NXMBER 1. LETTER TO LOCAL TOBACCO GROWERS BY CO-OP. MEMBEK - .* ' Auttiaa Crewd Ma key Another At tempt to Break Up the Cooper More than 12,600 members in the Sooth Carolina fceK, wkkh includes the border Berth Carolina counties, re ceived their third ehecfca on February 17 th. Many birthday celebrations by lo cate aad .efcinty organisations leek pteeff laat week la dm three atatee. I« South Carolina county meeting* heard nifcWia by Governor McLsod, United Statea Senator Smith, aad Goo. A. Norwood, president of e«ur aaaocia tion. Locate in the South Carolina holt are putting on a drive to inaeaae memberships following their third pay aaaat, aad our aaedfllMon la depend ing upon volunteers to Make an active caavaaa for new contracts. The la teat attempts of the auction crowd to discourage members are re acting against them aa growera take up tho fight dlroct. The following loiter frani Oouaty Chairmaa W. H. Glenn of Friaae Edward county, Vir ginia speaks far itaelf: "Virginia Warehouae Asaoclation, "C. P. Baiaa, sec., treaa., - i "South Hill, Vau, "Gentlemen: "1 have nari with much pleasure your booklet, a 'Measage to All Far aaara,' and I ana writlag to edi you a few simple queations which I trust it will be your pleasure to aaawor. "First If the auction or open floor ayatem of aelliag tobacco ia better thaa rnnpi inlhw marketing, why are the ho moo of half the producers in ths ; " aiiM mortgaged, and the owner fed by a commission Merchant ?. Second. Is it not a fact that for 8 yeara prior to the war, or lffll, that .the floor average for aay one year was not aa much aa 7 cents per. Ibf. Third: Do yea know of aay peraoo except tho tobacco growera association that would cause the price to be any hih er thaa that now, when production is Ju&t aa largeT Fourth: la it not a fact that tho price of tobacco, aold under your system was lower during the fall of IffSO, sit>ce the war than it was daring almost aay year before the war, aad lent it a fact that these ataryatioa prices caused the farmers i to organise? Fifth: Isn't a fact that' the buyers purchased 159,00(1 pounds of Virginia dark tobacco dyring the) autumn nt an average of S4.M pit CWT? Sikh: Did your asso ciation of warehouse men at that titrfe do anything, or make any concerted move to help your good friends whom you now M to adviae what'a best for them without any aolirltation ? ,« "lent it a fst that a large amount of lu>-* aold for |I.OO per hundred, the warehouse men getting 60 cents ami t.eir good friend the farmer 40 cants. Doat you know that a largo number of farinon did not get en ough money for their tobacco thai year I to pay their fertiliser bills and that they tie now paying them off through the efforta'Of Our cooperative aasd ciation ia ita first year 'of 'flMineea* Don't you know that cooperative mar keting means succeaa and prosperity for the grower aad his family, while the sucttoa ayatem means ruin? "Dp you think that wo are fools enough to toko tho dap* you are try ing to hand as and go back to the anction ayatem which hae kept ances tors as weU as ouraeivee in economic slavery for generation? lant it a fact that you warehousemen will pros per much better if yen can kill our aoaarioUan than U B io made a per maneat succees, and iant tide the true raaaen why you are so aollrttioua ab oat the way we market our tobacco? j "I am a farmer aad tahoanf grower' •jow, but was drivaa from heme at the age of 1C by (he mmctiom ayotam of ■•Ring tobacco aad 1 pray to God that it will bo aa aholiahed during rWring year that no aambteam of it wfll remain to-cone my children, or aw country. "Dent yon believe thnt if the farm . ecj or tobacco groweiu allew their as ■ecinHan to go down, that the price of lakotaa will go down agaia aa it did ha 1920? Caa you fiua aa aay saoaiaaue that tt I caa give r»U every assurance that it wont as l«Mg aa wo staad aa nan, aad sup port our loyal aflkers, and friends, end my "Thanking you far the an early reply to the above ; THE ENTERPRISE .STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LAMII WILL BE HERE FOB>)NLY ; THREE DAYS The law requins evevry single per son who had in the calends r year, 192} a not iscShu of fIjOOO or more, 12,000 or more, and all corporations aad every married person wh% ha» whether they bad a net income or not , *o make a return on or before March Ifith. Set income is gross income less tho deductions, hot before the petooqal exemption is taken off. Ait partner ships an required to file returns for information. 1 T»>e deputy commissioners will vie it one or more towns ia each county and a-uist with their returns. The law prescribes penalties for failure to file returns, and for failure to Ale them the time prescribed i»y law { If an individual is in doubt whether a return is retniirod under the law ! or not, "this ofttee or a deputy eom- j mimioner should be consulted. The state taxes the salaries of all state, county, mmunicijal officra and employes, including HCTIOOI officers and teachers and road engineers and oth er employee, but* doea not tax the sal arics of United States efllcera and em ployee. If blanks have not been received, they can be h4d at tle office of the register of deeds, from this office, or from Mr. Luke Lamt>, Oeputy commis sioner, located at the Dennis Simmons Lumber company office. Mr. Lamb will he in the above office February 21, 22 and 23 He will also be in Oak City, Hemiltoa, Robersonville and Everett# this week—February 2»lth to 21th, J«23. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS FROM BEAR GRASS Elder B. 8. Cowan filled hi» regu lar appointment at Bear Grass Snn i*y. , an ' Friends of Miss Stella Taylor will be pleased to learn of her recovery futm a serious illness. v Miss I.ouallitt Taylor was thd guest, of Mise Jewell Overstreet Saturday, i There was a piny at Rear Grass school Saturday night. The program was aR follows: f.. (Scab.) l'lay by Reulati Cow an and Leon Muloue. , 2. Dot Entertain*, by Selma Ayers, and lieon Ma lone. 3. Piano Duet, by Jewell Overatreet ( i»iul May lto»'buck. 4. Proposal In Grandma's Day, by Martlia Bailey and Clayton Bailey. 5. Seng, "Quit Dat Ticklin' Me," by Ruzelia Harris and Helen Rogers. 0. "Kastus Blink's Minstrel," After the play the people were en tertained by square dancing from 7 until 11:30 o'clock. Mrs. Dr. Roebuck charmingly en tertained a large number of friends; at a lieauti-'ul Valentine party, send- j ing a message of St. Valentine to the I guests. Her home waa beautifully de corated with red hearts and the oth er colors were rod. White and blue., After mknj' spirited games of rook,, Miss Helen Rogeera and Mr. Hubeit Harris made the highest * score. Elegant refreshment* weere served in which the Valentine colors prevail ed. Those enjoying her hoapitality were: Mesdames Noah Rogers, Hu-, beit Harris, Elmer Rogers, Floyd Cow an, Wilbur Cowan, Marvin Gurganus, | Jaaa Bailey, Mr. Ed. Harris, Mr. and Mra. Nathan Rogers, Misses Jewell Ovorstret, Beulah Cowan, Helen Rog ers, Vara G. Rogers, Euxelia Harris, Mary Harris, aad Ruth Rogers. SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS ' WHEN HIS HOME BURNS Fanner Carried Na Insurance and Had 12.M0 la Cash Ia a Trunk WIfITEVILLE, Feb, 17.—The home of Mr. and Mra. Napoleon Powell, one aad a half miles from Whiteville an the Hhllsboro road, wds completely deetroyed by fire at an early hour Monday morning. Practically all of the household effeete were loot. The loaa is very heavy on Mr. Powell ass he no insurance. Both he and his wife were sick m bed at the time of the Are It ia said that in a trunk that waa destroy ed by fire, there were sixteen hundred dollars in currency, s»rver and geld, j The Mold, amoantm gto S2OO, haa b' en ferfovered intact, tho heat not berug great eaough to melt it. Only a comparatively amam amount of tho balance waa In advor. and thia wafc malted. The cumswf was. af courae, , WILLIAMSTON. MARTLN UHXTY, NORTH CAROUNA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1923. CHINESE BOYCOTT LAXDLORtfb IN ONE SECTION OF BO.STON BOSTON, Feb. 17.—A "gentlemen's agreement" has been invoked in Bos ton's Chinese district to combat rant increases in tenements and stores, By custom, jt is said, a Chinese will not move into quarters from which a fel low countryman has departed tulujt tartly or not, unless the latter eon sei.te. u Regardless of the landlord's view, on the subject of property rights, if the departing tenant is not satisfied with the landlord's treatment, he may refuse to release to another person a ee tain indefinable equity he is sup loaod to posses.*. Aa a result it ia declared there are today many vacant tenements in Chinatown. SEE COAL FAMINE , "FACING GERMANY RUHR MUTATION MAY -.11» HO'.fN FMILROADB AND ►' V.*- | TORfFS BY APRIL PARIS, Feb. 17 —Home American and other neutral observers here de clared to be in a position to know with considerable precision the roal stocks of both France and Germany, predict that the struggle going on between France and Germany in the Ruhr was likely to come to an end in \he early day" of April by the fuel starvation Of Germany. These observers estimated that Ger many, if the struggle was not termi nated sooner by negotiations, would be unable to operate her railways and factories after that time. The coal supplies of France alno will be run ning shyl, but France they contended was better able than Germany to buy of Great Britain, Poland, Cxeeho-Slo vak in end In other quarters. TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB .ENTERTAINED Delißhtful Program Enjoyed un Last > Tuesday Night M in. W. K. Parker entertained the Twentieth Century club on last Tups day night at the home of h*r mother. Mrs. J. B. 11. Knight on y k»wer Mai* street, The heme was attractively do with red aiul white camativn. ' and hearts and rupids, which with l "haded lights made a very beautifu , background for the hospitality of the [ hostess and her mother. The mconsisted of a paper i [ on ihe life and works of Mary John son, by Miss Vella Andrews, an ia- j strumental duet by Mrs. W. H. Bigg- j and Mrs. Wheeter Martin, Jr., a read ing by Mrs. W. H. Harrell, a vocal duet by Mrs. Tltun Critcher and Mis- I Vella Andrews and current events thai! had been prepared by Mrs. Sa under> J were read by Mm. P. W. Hoyt. At the conclusion of the program a salad course with ham sandwiches an-- hot chvolate and cream were serrel. Those invited in'addition to the clubj mem'ers were: Mrs. J. I_ William.. I Miss Millie Spruill, Mrs. Julian Orrj Anderson, Mrs. J. G. Godard, Jr.. '•!»«.. I W. J Hunter, Mra. tl f. C. Lhmnt.' Mr* M. n. V.atta, Mrs. F. W. Gra- e,. Mrs. M I:. Otiaiid>*rr, Mrs. H. 11. V »rfr Mra. Luke Lamb, Mrs. C. B. HaSael'. Mra. W. H. Crawford, Miss Cljrdr Hassell, Mra. Robert Churchill, Mn.' Elbert S. Peel, Mrs. F. M. Duns tan. Mra. Arthur White. Mra. C. A. Harri son, Mra. G. H. Harrison, Mia. J. W. Watts, Jr., Mrs. E. & and Mra. Oacas. Anderson. « j TO A SHIST CITIZENS IN MAKING THEIR RETURNS At the places and en the datea stat ed below United States revenue ag ents or deputy collectors will he aa ban to aaatot in making Federal in come tax returns. The laat day far making return# ia March 16, thaae failing to make them by this date will be subject to the usoal- penalty, so be aure and get your returns aiadr before that date. The date for oAciala to help cithtm and location* are aa follows: * I Belhaven, February 19 aad Fsrmville, February 27 aad XL Greeaville, February ?3 aad M; • March 6 to 8, and March 12 to'lt. Scotland Neck, March T and I. j Piaetopa, February 23. Robersonville, February 23 and M. Tarboro, February Iff to 21 Washington, until March I.V Williameton, February 20 aad tl. Windsor, February 2 7and VL HARKING ALMIMBTRATION TELLS US "TIMES ABB GET TING BETTER AW> BETTER " , Commercial failures ia the Lasted Slates during January, 1#23, am ISB, the largest dumber rsritlil laat April. Thi* informatiaa ia mm* -1 BANK RESOURCES I INCREASE FORTY MILLION IN STATE ! ' TOTAL BESOURCES STATE AND ! NATIONAL BAN Kb DEC. 29. 1922, UL.llß,«^ii W.th a net increase of oner 121,( 00,- UUO.QOU in the resources in the state banks during the period between De cember 31, 1921. and Decembei 2D, 1922, the banking department of the State Corporation commission estim ates that the total banking resources, state and aational bank; in North Carebaa have increased more than SSIjDO4jDOO during the same period, i The total resources of state banks and trust companies at the clo.-e of buahHos December 29. 1922 were IStfIBJIIN representing an in crease since October 21, 1913 of $170,- • tually double the total resources ia 1913. I The total hanking requires of ataie bank* aad trust compaaieo reached a high mark of |298,&40.407.66 in 1919, drafted off twenty million in 1920, and an additional twenty five million in 1921. "The 1922 figure, indicate that the banks of the state are atill aovea million short of coming back ta the A rat drop in 1920 and thirty four milliou of reaching the high mark established in 1919. Complete Cycle for the Texas Company Oil. COMPANY MAKING LARGE INCREASE IN DISTKIBI'I. NG POINTS What li known as the 'complete cy cle" ia the pertoleum industry has now been completed throughout the United Statea by the Texas Company, pro ducers of Texaco petroleum products. Has complete cycle includes produc tion, refining and marketing facilities, and Ihe Texas Company now has fa cilities in all three pluses from coast to coast, and from the Gulf of Mexi | co to the Great Lakes. This complete cycle has been acltiev ed by the recent developments ami rj t passion of th Texas Company in tiie . far west, which was the link needed to make the activities of the company ' countrywide. i The production is from the compa- I ny's wells in the Salt Creek fields in | W)oniißg, and the refining facilities J have been accomplished by the ere j tiou of a splendid new refinery at | Casper, Wyoming. Along with tliewc" j production and refining facilities has j been the Urgaaixation of a vlestenl I sales department. with headquarters at J Denver, Colorado, and tlie establish | ment of station* and other marketing j equipment throughout the new tern I tory.' Fred W. Freeman has lieen IMIIICI las general western manager, and II I W. Dodge has be»*n appointed western • saiqp maaagr [ The people of Williaim-tnn are in | terested ia the development of this ; concern through ilie eiiterprise «.f the Harrison OU Company, who have de ' veloped a progressive business here handlingr the products of the Texas i Company, and this concern is broad- ; enmg its scope of territory in (In same propirtion as the refining com pany. adding new customers to if , Hat each day ia new sections of tlii> : - iij«. Notwttbatanding all the criticisms 1 of college educations they are all right ' for the fellows who would never get i any ether load. —Toledo Blade. What's Going on in Your Town? And what'a going 'on in your county, iu North Carw linn: in the Unitod Statea, and beyond ? i 4 The first requirement for a keen interest in liA— for happiness, therefore,-—is a knowledge of Events in your own world end the world outside. There is one way, and one way only, to §* tHflh knowledge. Read The NewspapeA( Tour own local newspaper first, of course, but others . too, if you can poaaibly afford them. g| And remember that when you read oMteapflfyou get not only newa but alao the fruit oTOhe wdjjjla wiadom. For newgpapan record the worda a work of the greatest doctors and lawyers, srientists, scholars, preachers and greatest bankers, merchants and da£a They are all talking to you—through Read the newspapers and especially your JhHf r«c eatse ae mar ®i®oiii ■seal aweiMr ee tariee ee the Sssraisry Of • - toe Msrtn csroMaa Sim aimiems. Hirgie TEAK N. C. LENT TO BE OBSERVED IN WILLIAMSTtIN Ihe Leuteu reason, conunemoratuig the forty days fast of our Lord in the wilderness and a seasun of sell denial, deeper devvtional life on Wednesduj which w_s Ash Wedne.«- day and the period will l>e observe*: in tt ililaruston as usual. Easter tlus year comes on April first. The date can always be figur ed by remembering the simple rule relative to the ful Imoon. Eartcr is a,ways the first Sunday alter the Pas chal Full Moon, that is the fi.et Sun day after the full moon after March 21st, and therefore cannot be earlier than March 22nd, or later than Ap ril 25th If the full moon falls on Sunday, then Easter is tne next Sun day. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, forty days before EaUer Sunay, no» induing Snnays. SEEK SHOW DOWN ON FARM CREDITS FARM BLOC LEADERS IN HOUSE FORCE THE ISSUE ON FARM LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Farm bloc leaders in the house undertook today to force the issue on agricul tural credits legislation. They ob tained sufficient signatures to a call for a conference of the republican membership, but withheld ita present ation to Chairman Towner, on the promise .they said, that the banking committee would report out a compo site bill within a day or two. They "aitl also that arrangement had been made to take up the legislation next Saturday. Tike whole subject came up today 'Ui the rules committee ami Chairman Campbell announced subsequently that as soon as the bill wat brought out his committee would report a re sol u tion giving it right of way. Passage of the legistion within a single day was the plan. THE HONOR ROLL OF HAMILTON SCHOOL Folluwmg is the honor roll of at tendance for the Hamilton school for the month endihg Februarv Id, 191 ii: Fifth crade: Sarah Moore Ed | mund.-on, Mary Waldo, Frank llaislip, I Herman Whitlev Second gra.!": Belh Lone. First grader I'aul Salisbur), Jr., Frederick ilughe.-, James Taylor I Wlritley, llarry Stubbs Peel A WORD OF APPRECIATION Having lived ill W'illiarablon all my life nnd having visitevl larger and smaller cities 3s well, I be I eve I am in a position to know soinetliing ab ojt Wllliamston as a place" to "li ve, cornpaivd with other towns and cities, and I ito not hesitate to say this old lotrn is a kxxl place in which to live and the splendid file department wheih we have is one « f the reasons for my "aying so. Our fire department was called on to respond to two fires last Saturday, and the members responded with in credible promptness Every one of the members ia a busy man and especial ly on Saturday. The people of Wil liamston should and I believe they do greatly appreciate the service tho members of the fire departoaant are rendering ia making our town a saf er and bettor place in which to live. An Appreciative Citisnn. AMERICAN COAL MINERS GO FAST ONE DIGGER HERE DOFS AS MUCH AS THREE WORKMAN IN GREAT RRITAIN WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Onc co;.l mater In this country produces a# much in a doy as three miners in Great Britain's coal industry, accord ing to statistics compiled by W. W. Adams, of the United States bureau of mines. One American miner's speed in |»ro duotiin, however, is shown by the loss of a most twcie as many lives aad by three times as many accidents auf-* fere 1 bv British miners. '''be slower speed at which British coal mi lets work, and the fact *h#t most of them are more experience l, having been '"b M re'd* 'in* 'the", bfihrdl having been "bred in the occupatiou through several generations," are ex plained by Mr. Adams as precipe causes Tor *Hlr lower acciden* rat®. About IS per cent of the British coal is undercut by machine" as com pare-1 with over 660 per cent in the bitum ionus industryln this country, and this fact together with the use of cimmon language so that safety in srucions may be undersood, are said also to be factors in the lower British accident rote. IS BURNED TO DEATH IN SHACK ROANOKE, Va„ Feb. 16. Mrs. | Emily Mess, aged 80, was burned to j death in a tire here this afternoon in j u little one room shack, located on I Eighteenth street, Northwest, j Clarence Webb, whqjhed lews the street front the shrfck, came out of his house and saw the blase. He tele ! phoned in the alarm and rushed back | and started across the street. Half , way across the street he saw Mrs. H«'ss stagger out of the door and drop. When he reached her, she was dead. It i.s thought the Are started when the aged woman got too close to the fit*. She is survived by a son, the Rev. K. 1,. Hess, lecently moved to • Konnoke. rt _ ■ I sAI» DEATH OK MRS. PEARL HARRISON With a sail heurt I will try and an -1 noimce the death of my dear sister, , I'rai l Harrison, who departed this life 1 January the ' the 2nd of October, IX9I, muking her I .-lay on this earth 32 years, 3 months and 11 days. lii HMM! she was married to James It. Harrison ami to this union were iMirn three children, two girls and one I l>oy, the youngest, leiu gnearly two years old. | She was taken ill with influenza that J developed into pneumonia. She bore ', her suffering with and | a.s the end neared she said the Lord L wan with her uud would stay with her. She loaves her husband and three children, her father, one brother and j one sister to mouri) her loss, but our > loss is her eternal gain. I hope the Lord will hold His Guiding Hand ov er her dear children. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist church. A dear one to me - has-gone; a voice 1 loved is still; a place is vacant in that home that nev er can be filled with me. —Written by her dear sister, Mrs. A. F. Harrison. • W. J. BRYAN TO SPEAK AT TAKBORO FEBRUARY 22 TAKHORO, Feb. 18.—Hon. William Jennings Bryan will speak at Tar bo ro on Thursday night, February 22, under the auspices of the Tarboro KJ wanis club, for the benefit of the Ki wanis educational fund. Governor Cameron Morrison has been invited to introduce Mr. Bryar and it Is expected that this event will from all over this aec- Q/*a||P North Carolina. * BBTTER TREAD ON OAS LIGHTLY NEAR WILSON Speed OBcfr Takes Heavy Tall Tt Durinp Past Week ■ ' ' WILSON. Feb. 19.—Th« automobile speeders in and around Wilaon are be ing Uught that It ia much cheaper to "step on the gas lightly" than to go at a break neck an 4 dangerous gait over the public, thoroughfares, endangering life and limb. - Wilson's new, wide aw«ke motor cycle cop, Mr. J. E. Williams, daring tha present noath has run in between forty ud fifty speeders, aad almost Invariably offenders kev« had to mm •croes with the "cut amLdtM sAta" : Which Mayor KUlette never fails to i THE BEST ADVEKTISnCO MS. IHUM FOR THIS SECTION WILL BE FOUND IN THE ENTERPRISE. established imc FRENCH SAY THEY ARE MAKING GOOD HEADWAY IN RUHR DECLARE MUCH COAL AND GOES y NOW BEING SENT TO BEL GIUM AND FRANCE DL66ELDORf/F«b. 17. Rapid stiide> toward realization of Fmn'l aims, in the Ruhr are being Ga&ie dai ly,/according to announcements from the occupational headquarters, which point out that from eight to nine trams of coal, and coke, or approxi mately 6,000 tons are leaving the oc cupied area every twenty four home for Belgium and France. These trains are entirely manned by French civil ian and railway workers imported for the purpose. In addition there are some 12,000 raihnen now familiarising y themselves with the operation of the ' German lines. The French maintain that the RUm traffic also shows marked improve ment, coal and coke being sent out quite regularly in barges byway of Strssburg. Twenty five steamships in all have been requisitioned and man ned by French and Belggian sailor* The river fleet includes also hundreds of barges, many of which are alresdy loaded with fuel. * •* The French pin great*hopes upon I this movement of fuel by water, but admit that the system is not yet work ing as smoothly as it should within a short time. In addition the French are maintaining Ave daily passenger trains from Mayence to Duesseldorf, some of which carry Germans hawing special permits granted by the French. Even within the newly occupied ter ritory freight trains are running. And these are mostly composed of coal and coke cars, but when the occasion ar ise# the French also transport the in tra-Ruhr freight for the Germans and shift cars of food wnerever they are needed by the population. LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS FROM OAK CITY "Nothing Hut the Truth," a three act play, will be given at the Oak City school auditorium, next Friday night, February 23rd. Admission will be 25 and 50 cents. I'rofensor H. T. Bo wan wa sin Bath Wednesday night, whyre he took part in the Scarboro-Bowen wedding. Misses Kate Bowcn and hula Col lins and Messrs. E. K. Barrel I and Du gan motored to Rocky Mount Sunday afternoon. Mr. Marvin Everett who is in school at Chapel Hill spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Ev erett. A number of Oak City's young peo ple were delightfully entertained by Mis" Grace Starling at a Valentine l>arty on Wednesday evening, Febru ary the 14th. Mr. Garland Barnlull of Everett*, was a guest at the Teacherage on last Sunday. On Sunday, February the 4th, the following people were very hospitably entertained for the day by their good friends, Mr. und Mrs. F. M. Hanell: at Oak City: Kev. Von Miller, Ifuaea Gladys Faust, Inda Collins, Kate Bow en, Alta Hinew, Christine Whitley,*and Messrs. B. K. Harrell, Doo|*n «H Frank Wilson and Hilary Bo wen. The Betterment Association enter tained Friday evening by a very en joyable Valentine program, that was rendered by the music elaaa directed by their tutor, Miae Yarboro. Mr. Tom Maddox was in the city last Sunday. , „ Miss Adeline Tew sister spent the week end with Misa Virginia Hines. •»> * .v'ijM Mr. J. W. Eubanks was in the eity last Sunday. rr Mr. anr Mrs. H. & Everett enter Uh»d Saturday evening, February 10, i* koaer of thrir aon, Marvin, who was home for the wwok end from Cha pel Hill. The nice maak, games, etc., aad especially the congenial hospital £ Ity, made every one have a moot a*- joyable time. About ten o'clock, the gMote wore invited into tho *°®m. fhore delicious ice cruam. can *Mtg *** tnto vmmm,-