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VOLUME 29—NUMBER 39
New School Budget
Submitted; 7 Cents
Lower Than Before
Budget Presented To
Commissioners Here
Yesterday
The Board of County Commission
ers met yesterday for the purpose of
further hearing complaints in tax
values. All members of the Board
were present and a full day was giv
eti to various complaints.
The Board of Education presented
its budget to the Board, and a seven
cent decrease from that of last year
has been made. The budget was ap
proved by the Board and is as fol
lows:
Teachers' salaries az 50
Operating equipment 20
Payment on loans 18
Total 88
The Board ordered that correction
be made in the list of Joe Gorham
so that it would read SIOO instead
of $l,lOO.
The Adeline DugfWn lot in Wil
liamston was placed on the tax books
at 700 instead of SI,OOO.
Application of John L. Kodgerson
for a reduction of valuation on house
and lot in Williamston was rejected.
Several changes were ordered to be
made in the property of the Harrison
Oil company. The lot and tank at the
river is to be changed from 100 to
SBOO, the Central Filling station
increased from 8,000 to $6,000, and
the Texaco Filling station to be chang
ect from to $3,000.
Dave Biggs was refunded $7.17 to
correct error in taxes collected from
him.
The valuation of the stables of
Mrs. C. A. Martin is to be decreased
from $6,000 to $4,500 and that of the
law office from $3,000 to $2,000. Mrs.
Martin is to be refunded taxes paid
on $2,600 listed by error in 1925.
Mrs. H. H. Cowing was charged
with $260 on one-half of Main street
lot instead of S6OO on whole lot which
she did not own.
The property value of Joshua L.
Griffin was reduced SSOO.
Amanda Canada was released from
payment »f (axes on $938 solvent
credits improperly listed in Bear
Grass township, year 1925,
The Board ordered that the vacant
lot in Williamston, listed by O, S.
and J. W. Anderson be raised from
S6OO to $2,500.
Other T»x Kates to be Levied
Tax rates outside of the the one
for schools will be levied at the next
meeting of the Board which will be
held the first Monday of next month.
There has been a decrease in valua
tion in most of the townships of the
County, and the exact rate the
Board will be forced to levy will de
pend party on this decrease and on
the present financial condition of the
County."
ENTERTAINMENT OF CHILDREN
BY CLUB GETS UNDERWAY
Mrs. A. R. Dunning held the first
children's hour at the rooms of the
Womans' club yesterday afternoon.
Many children were present and en
joyed the hour's entertainment.
An hour each Thursday will be giv
en to the children between the ages
of 6 and 10 and some form of en
tertainment will be provided * each
-time. , 4
Mrs. Stephen Gans, of Norfolk, re- {
turned to her home after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Lindsley.
Miss Elisabeth Braswell of Battle
bo ro is visiting Miss Velma Harrison.
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S THANH
THEATRE I J
Tonight Friday
Ben Lyon, and May
McAvoy in
"THE SAVAGE"
Pace Makers
"Three Bases East"
RADIO GIVEN
AWAY
Tomorrow, Saturday
"FIGHTING JACK*
Last Episode of
SECRET SERVICE
SANDERS
and "Our Gang"
TMT ENTERPRISE
The Enterprise
Sunday School
Lesson in Brief
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July 18. "The Call of
Mosea". Ex. 3:10-15 and
4:10-12.
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By C. 1 H. DICKEY
If you lift up the curtain it will
reveal to you some very interesting
things about many of the world's
leaders:
Aesop was a slave, Homer was a
beggar, Demosthones was i..e son of
a cutler, while Martin Luther was
th« son of a miner. Robert Burns was
a plow boy, Ben Johnson, a brick
layer and Blackstone, the son of a
draper. Carlyle was the son of a
stone mason, and the mother of Wil
liam the Coqqnerer was a washer
woman. Shakespeare was the son of a
bankrupt butcher, and a mother who
could not write her name, Beethoven
was the son of * consumptive mother,
while the father was a. confirmed
drunkard. Schubert's father was a
peasant, and his mother in domestic
service. Eleanor Duse was born in a
third-class rail road compartment.
Michael Faraday was born over a
stable. Jesus, in a stable.
If then, this man Moses who is to
be one of the greatest of the great,
was taken from the weeds at the
brink of the Nile, as a slave child,'
what of it? It mean& nothing at all.
God can use men like that. He often
times passes the homes of the world
ly-wise and the rich and picks out
just such characters.
- The Lord luxl a minhtv task to be!
performed. It stands to reason that
He employed the very best man He
had for the undertaking. His purpose
was to take the Hebrew fiation out
of Egyptian bondage, and usher them
into the Promised Land, and make a
great people of them—a people who,
by training and adversity and school
ing would be able, eventually, to give
the world its Savior.
The Lord thought Moses could per
form it. He was a man of natural
ability, He was also a man of train
ing. He was bom a slave, he was
reared a prince. He had both seen
how the oppressed and the oppressors
lived. He knew both sides of the case.
This fitted him to be the master of
any situation that might arise. And
he was the master, with God, as
further events disclose.
When God called him to his high
mission, Moses, of course, objected.
We all do. And that is one of the
very finest signs in the world. Hu
mility and these are the
qualities the Lord want* in His lead
era.
The Lord promised Moses to be
with him. And whether Moses real
ized then, or not, that promise was
sufficient. For, if God is with us, who
can be againßt us. One man and God
constitute a majority.
A man is too small for any great
God-given task alone; but with God
any man can perform miracles.
The objective which was set for
Moses was a most difficult one, but
was capable of being realized. The
Lord never calls a man to an under
taking that can not be performed.
The fact that He called Moses, was
evidence that with God Moses could
see it through.
Finally, accepting the call, and
leaning on the Everlasting Anns,
Moses marches back down into Egypt,
and from Egypt we shall see him,
one good day, marching out at the
head of a mighty army emancipated
siaves. And this army is going U>
change the face of the entire e|rth.
Ex-Secretary of
War Weeks Dead
Ex-Secretary of War John W.
Weeks, who resigned that office last
year on account of ill health, died at
his summer home in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire Mon
day. He had gone there after pass
ing some time in California and in
South America trying to regain his
health, neither of which proved of
any avail.
Secretary Weeks was appointed as
Secretary of War by President
Harding, being reappointed |>y Presi
dent Coolidge when he was elected,
and held the office until he was lin
kable to perform the duties required
of him when he resigned. He had
also served in the Seaate of the
United States from Massachusetts.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 16, 1926.
Fetleral Commissioner
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Rear Admiral H O SHokncy, re
tired, who has been appointed by Sec
retaries Hoover and .Kellogg ns Fed
eral Commissioner to the Sosfiul-Oen
tennlal Internationa! Exposition com
memorating the 150 th anniversary of
American Independence ami which
will be held In Philadelphia from June
1 to December 1. .Admiral Stickney
will be In full charge of the United
Status Government exhibit, which will
IM the largest of 1U type ever mad*.
East Carolina
Exposition at
Rocky Mount
Number Cities Bid for
Exposition; Rocky Mt.
Best Suited
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U«tM»4, J—ly It. HO city |
iMount was selected as the city for
the 1927 Eastern Carolina Exposition
by the board of directors of the East
ern Carolinu Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon at u meeting of
this body in Kinston. -
Several cities bid for the exposi
tion, but the board regarded the of
fer of Kocky Mount as the best suit
ed to the needs of the organization
and announcement was made this
morning to E.- C. Austin, secretary
of the local Chamber of Commerce
that liocky Mount had been select
ad.
The Shrine automobile show, an
nually conducted in the Spring at the
same time that the exposition will oc
cur has been postponed, announce
ments indicate, and will not be held
in order that all interest may be giv
en to the success of the Eastern Caro
lina show. No announcements concern
ing the program for the showing have
been made, but plans, it is under
stood, have been discussed and tenta
tive arrangements begun.
Methodist
For The Next Week
Slnday school, 9:45 a. m.—E. P.
Cunningham, supt.
Preaching, 11 a. m.
Junior Eyworth league, 2:30, p. m.
Mrs. J. P. Thigpen, supt.
Preaching at Holly Springs, 3:80
p. m.
Senior Epworth league, Monday at
8 p. m.—Martha Leggett, supt.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 8 p. m.
Intermediate Epworth league, Thurs
day, 8-p. m.—Mrs. W. H. Booker,
superintendent.
Womans' Missionary society, Mon
day, 4 p. m.—Mrs. W. C. Liverman,
president.
49 Banks Closed In
3 Days in Georgia
A blow that Will be felt all over
the State of Georgia caused forty
nine banks to close their doors in
three days this week. The blow is
said to have been delivered by the
boll weevil. This little insect has
caused great financial disaster in a
large part of all the cotton growing
states, and no doubt, the cause of the
failure is due to it. It may be, how
ever that Florida land speculation
helped to weaken the banks, as the
nearness of the two atates aroused
the sympathetic feeling.
SPLENDID PICTURE AT
STRAND THEATREJ^NIGHF
Ben Lyon and May McAvoy appear
in a splendid picture tonight at the
Strand Theatre. "The Savage" is
worth seeing according to the state
ment* of those who have seen it
Advertising of
Local Market
To Begin Soon
i
Definite Plans Drawn up
At Meeting Hold
Wednesday
Definite plans were drawn at a
meeting of the advertising committee
oi the local chamber of commerce
when the committee met ii: Lawyer
It. L. Coburn's office last \\ ednesday
night for the purpose of staging an
advertising campaign during the re
mainder of this and the m\t two
months.
The work accomplished last year
was reviewed and the committee
hopes to surpass the work of 141-1
year. The plans offered at tJuj
ing will be announced from time to
time, and it is safe to say right now
that the. local tobacco ®firket, the
merchants and the town as a whole
will be well advertised thh year.
Mr, James E. Griftin, an alumnus I
of the University of North,jOirolina'
has been appointed to take tji'i active j
work of the campaign ove; .and he!
will devote his entire-timo or the
next several months to f>s work. |
lie will work in conjunction: with the
advertising committee which wa. .0-
lected at a recent meetiii of the
chamber of commerce.
The amount of money to l> used in
the campaign this year has hot been
determined," btit •twtcordinj to the 1
Preside lit, Mr. Frank J. Mai olis, the :
amount will exceed by at least threw
times that spent last year.
Last year ■ was the first year in
the history of the locul toL. :co mar
ket that the chamber of P 1 tmerce
joined hands and worked foi b» good
of market, merchants, farmers town
and all.'The cooperation of h»e two
units went a lonic way in riu**iiu\ lust
year one of the host in the market
history. With last year's uiipafir-iiri- :
the work this year should bo "belter |
directed und should prove lii be of.
even more value than that of the pas l
year.
There were grounds to _j%L'itis(
our market on yiatT "ineso
grounds are even better this year,
anl there is no reason why a most;
extensive advertising campaign shoigf
not, be staged this year.
The exact nature of the proposed
plans will be made knowi from time
to time, the first set to be announced
soon as a joint meeting can be
arranged with the commerce advertis
ing committee and the local ware
housemen.
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Tobacco ( TO|J Kst imal ed
(»6 Per Cent of Normal
The North Carolina Crop Reporting
service in it July report predicts the
tobacco production to he around 600
pounds to the acre this year.
The acreage is about the same a,s 1
that of last year, but the condition'
is about 66 percent this year eompar-j
ed with 81 percent a year ago.
The report says, "The northwestern]
part of the State shows th* poorest
area of growth, the average being
about 69 percent normal, while the
eastern part of the .State shows an
average of about 77 percent."
The outlook for thi- immediate
section is very good.
In early spring crop conditions ap
peared very unfavorable, but the past
few weeks have seen much improve
ment in the growth of crops, and the
counties of Pitt, Beaufort, Pamlico,
Bertie and Martin have line crops. In
fact, all the counties east of Wilson
have good crops.
Sunday Program
at Baptist Church
"When God Disciplines His Chil
dren" wiJL be the genual subject of
the germon at the. Memorial Baptist
The summer audiences have held up
remarkably well at this church, and
the pastor takes this means of ex
pressing his gratification.
The initial service of the Bummer
Evening Meetings," wKicli was held in
the Christian church iairt Sunday
evening, was well attended. The
house wall filled, and chairs were
placed in the aisles. The splendid be
ginning should be carried on to a
great success.
The pastor of this church noticed,
with pleasure, that a_ large number of
his people were in that service
.Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, the
Union Service wil be held in our
,church. Rev. T. W. Lee will preach
the sermon. '
We should all feel especially soli
citous about a good attendance at
this service, since our own church is
the host.
"Behold! how good and how pleas
ant it is, for brethern to dwell to
gether in unity."
Woman's Club Invites Women '
of County to Meet Home Agent
at Reception Tuesday, Tuly 20
i'he \V illiamston Womans' Club
will entertain the women of the
county with an informal reception
next Tuesday afternoon from 5
to 7 oVtock. They are invited to
meet Mips Anna Trentham, our
new Home Demonstration A Kent.
I lie I luh will not be able to
send invitations to every woman
in the county and they extend
thjrough this column invitations
to all of thein.
It is reallay for our women to
Kinston Paper
Lauds Martin
1
as Place to Live
Says Farmers Have Bet
ter Diversification
Than is Usual
I'he following article comes from
•- kinstoii Free Press, Kinston's
I've daily noW >aper. The article is
of real merit,' d we reprint it, feel
ihg,i!Ur inde *dncss to the Free
Press,
"■Martin Cod farmers have solv
ed 'what ails ste.rn Carolina. They
are diversify ut and their varied
crops this -.mi t promise to be a
mong the besi. 11 the entire South.
I'tit • many mi| iti alt directions
from the towi' f Williamston, the
county peuti, bump, r yields of tobacco
.0.4 cotton are in prospect, along with
v.ooil yii Ms of coin, peanut,-. and other
'■"Ojii I'he countrysides are overrun
•v.th pigs imd poultry. There are hun
dreds of cattle gracing in the meu
w and pastures. Barns are being
til'ufe ready to housti the harvests and
additional slie'lters have lieeli erecttnl
lor the additions to herds and
Hocks.
"the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
omnierce today cited Martin as one
the most progressive counties in
! srv... u ji. rnKwttiri n iiiiuinvrnn
and Koher onvilie and between Wil
li. unston anfi the Beaufort County
line the country is in better shape,
is better kepi, than in most any other
part of Eastern Carolina,' it was stat
o'i at the commercial organisation's
ti. ul.ju;iiters here.
"'.Such enterprising people pay little
hi i-d to drops in the prices of cotton
and tobacco. They grow other crops.
1 hey are acquiring more and more
fowls, swnie- and dairy—eowx—Their
I ~rns are larger than the average.
I heir homes are better, kept than the
average in the cities of tlu; section.
Their fanning equipment. i Extensive
and well cared for, They have (rood
n ads and they are finding markets
lor the increased production.'
"At the edge of Martin Cminty
■onie miles from Williamston is a com
munity once regarded as slothful and
rather lawless. This neighborhood is
now a model 'for all of the south.'
I he towns are thriving. 'Williamston,
i. very small city, has a fine civic
spirit. It has rather imposing busi
ness buildings, pretty homes and »rood
streets. Williamston is growing. Ap
parently it intends to continue. The
corporate line extends in one direction
nearly a mile beyond the last street
in the town. There are five hard
surfaced roads leading from It to
ward Norfolk, Richmond, Raleigh and
other centers."
Town of Tarboro Makes
Proposal to Buy Power
The Town of Tarboro has made a
proposal to purchase from any com
pany wishing to connect with them at
its city limits at the sum of .01.2 c per
kilowatt. This figure seems to be
the low cost of production that Tar
boro lia.- reached with its' present
plant. '
The Virginian • Power company has
alitady contracted to furnish some of
the Tarboro cotton mills and are go
ing to that town anyway.
They are interested in the town's
contract a.s -tliey_-wi.il have their lines
. 0 near the limits.
To Erect New Parish
House in Washington
Accopipanied by impressive , cere
monies, in which the Bishop of the
Diocese, a number of visiting clergy
men, the rector of the local parish,
and visitors from neighboring towns,
will afce part, the cornerstone of a
new parish house of St. Peter's Epis
copal church in', Washington will be
laid next Tuesday. The exercises will
begin at 11 o'clock.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Ci H. Yost
and daughter her sister,
Mrs, Lawrence Lindtley and family.
Ret together and get acquainted
so that they can support the
scent in her work, and help each
other in any cause that is for the
betterment of our County.
Women, don't forget the day
and be at this informal party.
The Club greatly desires your
presence.
The reception will be held in
the club rooms of the Masonic
huildinK on Church and Smith
wick at reels.
Power Offers
Discussed at
Meeting Here
Representatives From
Plymouth, Windsor,
Williamston Here
Representatives frorii Windsor, Ply
mouth and Williamston met at the
Mayor's office here last night for the
purpose of studying the tentative
propositions of the various power com
panics to run high power lines to this
section.
Messrs. C. L. Groves, A. L. Owens,
I. \. Norman and Mayor Austin, of
Plymouth, J. H. Matthews, Dr. J. L.
Pritchurd', J M. Catling anil J. B.
Davenport of Windsor, Mayor R. L.
Ceburn, M. S. Moore, W. T. Meadows
and W. C. Manning of Williamston
were present.
A genera discussion of the condi
tions which have and are now pre
vailing in the sevetal respect
ing their lighting; problems, and the
needs for the future were the main
features of the meeting.
There was some degree of caution
expressed, yet, "it was apparent that
all would be willing to contract fo£
power at a reasonable figure, with an
assurance that the future could be
properly guarded.
Most .towns are a. nil. sc.tjoucai a
bout doing away with, their equip
ment anil getting power at a reason
able figure under- a contract which is
sufliciently elastic to endanger them
t,i the point of burdensome rates at
Home future date.
It has to be admitted that the
power companies can furnish power
cheaper- than it can be. gotten in any
other way so lon>c as they generate
il by water. On the other hand, there
fear that we" were
surrendering our opportunities to a
giant combine that wants us as a
business asset only.
Those present were unanimous in
the opinion that we should ask the
power companies to present us with
proposals, both for power at whole
sale and al retail at a meeting to
be held here' at any time after next
week. The same representatives of
the three towns will bear the repre
sentatives of the (tower companies.
The Town of Plymouth is now, ap
parently, in need of a bijf increase of
power far in excess of what the town
if now able to furnish. The new far
lory now under construction there by
the National Handle company will
need as much power as the town itself
is now generating. The Wilts Veneer
company is usinK in its own factory
twice as much as the town makes, it
,is said- These concerns would buy
ru.rrent if they could get it in larip;
quantities.
The Williamston and Windsor
plants are at present sufficient for the
requirements of the towns, but could
not .furnish new industries, requiring
large amounts of current.
The Virginia company proposes to
run a standard line from Kocky Mount
to Williamston, Windsor and Eden
lon and would run a loop to Plymouth
il proper arrangements could be made
To Organize League
At Holly Springs
The Senior Kpworth league of the
Methodist church will go to Holly
Springs church Saturday night to or
ganize an Epworth league.
There will lie "a program Bfranged
and the different members will tell
what the league is and what it means
to the young folks, of the church.
Little Child Dies
of Colitis Monday
Thurman A., the one-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Corey, of
Maple Grovg, died Monday after a
two-weeks illness with colitis, which
failed to yield to medical treatment
and nursing.
The funeral was held at the home
on Tuesday by Elders A. J. Man
ning: and W. B. Harrington. Burial
was at the family plot in the Reber
son-Hardlson burying ground.
ESTABLISHED 1898
Operating Cost
School Trucks
Is Very Small
( ost Less Than Quarter
Cent Per Mile Per
Pupil Last Year
Ihe school transporation figures
in Martin county for the past season
gathered from the books of the
Hoard of Education of the County,
show that it cost less than a quarter
oi a cent per mile to convey each
pupil to school last year.
The cost per day for each truck
was as follows:
Kveretts, 24 miles • $3.10-
Jamesville, A., 14 miles 1.44
Ji.mesville, B , J4 miles 2.80
Jamesyille, C., 115 miles 3.40
Oak City, A., IK miles _ 2.50
Oak City, I!., 27 miles 3.12
Oak City, C, 16 miles 3.82
Oak City, I)., 10 miles 2.46
Oak City, tv, IK miles _ 1.93
Oak City, F., 23 miles 2.0',
Hamilton, A., 14 miles 3.25
Hamilton, I!., 20 miles 1.89
Hamilton, 23 miles 2.63
Williamston, 1!) miles . 1.34
Farm l.ifc, 22.3 miles".. 2.00
Hear Grass, A, 24 miles 2.04
Hear Grass, It., 20 miles 1.45
Private transportation was provided
for three pupils in llassell school at
u cost of $44.10 for 08 days for an
lis miles haul.
Sandy Ridge, school, 17 pupils, 8
miles for 120 days showed a cost of
s4f>o.oo.
Farm Life, 11, Hi pupils, 14 miles
for 60- days show ml a cost of $102.15.
Gold I'oint spent 1(157.09 foi four-pu
pils for 10 miles during. 06 days.
I he statement for the 1925-26 term
shows a slight reduction in cost from
that of the previous year. The items
include all things necessary to run the
trucks except depreciation.
if school children can be transport
ed over muddy rodas in rain, snow
and sleef for a quarter of a cent per
mile, how much can a street car
make hauling passengers at 7 cents
per ride?
J. L. Williams To
Move To (.reenville
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1,. Williams* will
ii> the near future, move to Greetitfille
where they will make their home.
Mi. Wiliams will open a lvaily-to
wear stole for both women and men
in one of tin- best locations of the
busipess section of Greenville. Assoc i
e.ted with him in business will be Mr.
Lloyd Chapman, hi.-, hrother-in law,
rot' Griftmu' —
Mr. and Mis. Williains have leased
V home in Greenville and are already
t" take up their residence there in
the early fall when Mr. Williams will
begin business.
Itotli Mr anil Mrs. Williams are
very fine citizens and they will be
greatly missed here. Mrs. Williams
'came here as a primary teacher and
made a reputation of being one of the
liliest teachers ever in the local
schools. Mr. Williams came here from
Norfok about the same time, 6 years
ago, and has- been with Harrison
Hi others where he has, through as- '
sociation with our people, become one
of the most popular store men in the
town .and county,
Scotland Neck May
Make Power Contract
The Virginian l'ower company has
made a proposition to the Town of
Scotland Neck, according to reports
made in the Commonwealth, the
town's newspaper, asking permission
to enter under a three years' contract
and to sell power for lights and motor
purposes on a 'flat wholesale basis.
The proposal is made with the under
standing that if at the end of that
pi; rind the town found that it could
not operate withotrt m additional ex
penditure on its local plant the au
thorities would enter into a new con
tract.
The town authorized a committee,
representing it, to make a full investi
gation of all features of the pro
posil. i 1 : ——~—r—
Tobacco Curing (iets
Under Way in Martin
The manly job of housing ami cur
ing tobacco was started in this sec
tion the early part of this week. Fires
were seen in several sections of the
county this week, and while they were
i not at all thick there were enough
to signify that the job is well under
i way. "-i- .
i Statements from various sections
; of this county are to the effect that
the tobacco is curing up very nicely.
! Similiar satments come from our'
■ neighbors over in Washington coun-
I ty, and even go so far as to say that
■- the tobacco crop in that county is
better than the one in our county.