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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 89 MAIL SERVICE POOREST HERE IN MANY YEARS • Moon Deliveries Are Delay- j ed Until Next Morning as a Result of Changes ASK BETTER SERVICE » y Bug|Mt Extension of Babcock Line * Or the Hand line of Mail By ... I Bonn Ont of Raleigh , i * j Mail service to this point as well as J to others along the route served by the 1 Babcock busses is recognized at the I present time as the poorest in many years. The bus continues its runs to and from the regular stations, but the poor service resulted when a change in train schedules on the main tines was (fleeted a few days ago. Prior to the change in train sche dules on the main lines, the Babcock bus handled . alarge quantity of mail Following the train schedule change, j' the has handles very little mail; in fact, it handles only that accumulating ' along the schedule route between Tar- t boro and Plymouth. Heretofore, the city carriers 4iere delivered a large portion of the daily mail in the after- ij noon but now they handle practically ; all of it in the morning, the mail hav-j' itig reached here on the train arriving . here late in the afternoon and the one 1 coming here early in the mornings. : 1 Many complanits have been made to Postmaster Jesse T. Price, and lo- Ctl-Citizens are desirous of having the ;* Babcock line start at Rocky Mount j that the recent mail,schedule might be ' continued to this and other points , along the route. It has also been sug- ( gested that the Coastal Bus Line bring in mail" from all points beyond . Tarboro. Complaints have been made to the department through Postmaster Price, and it is hoped that some reme dy to the present situation might be effected in the near future. WISCONSIN MEN LEASE FISHERY i Bispings Will Operate the Capehart Fisheries The Coming Season ♦ i Edenton, Jan. 5. Capehart s fisheries, located about 12 miles from Edenton, on the opposite side of the I Albemarle Sound from here, has been I leased from Dr. L. B. Evans of Wind sor by August Bisping and his son, j Walter H. Bisping, both of Men.iha Wisconsin. The fisheries, located near ( Merry Hill, will continue to be operat- I ed by the Bispings, father and son, Who have obtained a 10 year lease on , the property. Walter Bispings, with his wife and ; three children, will make their home in Edenton. The younger man's father will remain here for about two months while the reorganization of the in- ( dustry is in progress, and will then re turn to Wisconsin to close out busi- l ness interests for himself and son in | that state. The Bispings have been in the fish ing business for the past 20 years, part oi this time having been spent in Mis sissppi and part in Wisconsin. We ex- ( pect to operate the Capehart fsheries , on a big scale. We haven't yet had time to see what improvements will be needed, but whatever they are, we will , make them." August Bisping told a Daily News reporter. STREET PAVING FINISHED HERE Last Of Paved Streets To Be Opened To Traffic About January 24 • The last of the town's paving pro gram, including the hardsurfacing of practically all the principal streets here, was completed, last Saturday when the Clark Paving company pour ed the last batch of concrete on Wil liam Street in New Town. The thoroughfare will be opened to traffic • not later than the 24th of this month, J and probably a day or two earlier, Mr. Jim Clark, lianager of the firm stated yesterday. With the opening of the street to traffic, the town will have an adequate system of paving, one that provides a loop oo both the north and south side* of the main street. # ' Fire Company Called Out Sunday Morning 4 The local lire company was callad out Sunday morning when it was feared that a chimney blaze would spread to the wood work of the Epis copal rectory. A green blaze was seen at the top of the chimney and a large volume of smoke poured out, resulting in the call of the company. Smoke was found in one of the rooms, but no dMNgt resulted. ■ev. and Mrs. A. R. Marshall, who Mm in the home, were away at the time. k 1 ! ■ . '' - ■ Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 6, 1931. County Commissioners Regular Meeting Yesterday DISCUSS SALARY ' SCHEDULE AND TWO OFFICES ♦ J. E. Pope Sworn In To Fill Unexpired Term of J. D. Woolard on Board IN SESSION ALL DAY • Correct Improper Tax Listings and Hand Out Small Sums To .Unfortunate Ones In an all-day session here yesterday, : the Martin County Board of Com missioners faced a complex of pro blems, tax refunds and the needs of the poor doming in' for much attention during the (lay. Even though the poor are with them always and tax refunds too, the commissioners found time to discuss salary schedules and the of fices of the county home and farm agents. But no definite action rela tive to the matters resulted, hut they wire continued and arc scheduled to he heard at the next- regular ing of the board. The hoard witnessed another change j in its personnel yesterday morning when Mr. J. K. Pope was sworn in to fill the unexpirede term of Mr. J.I D. Woolard, resigned. The board personnel is not so far different now j "It'in it ~ wars before "the" spirited prt n'aries. Three old members are back, Messrs. T. C. Griffin, chairman; H. S* Everett and J. F. Pope. Messrs. V. G. Taylor is' in the office for the first time, and Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain goes in for his second but not consecutive tctin. Adjourning after .nightfall, the board had officially passed upon the follow ing measures during the day: Mrs' Deborah Coltrain of James \ ille, township, was released from the paypicnt of special school tax on SI,BOO land improperly listed. Albert Coltrain, of the same town ship, was released from payment taxes on $244.00 improperly listed. C. C. Keys, colored, of Jamcsville. tt wnship was released fri/m payment | of 15.4 V school tax on 1>7,743.00 im properly listed for special schools. | Mrs. James I), (iurganus of Cross Road was allowed $3.00 per month for 3 months. Mrs. Fannie Page of Cross Road was allowed 2.00 per mouth for 3 months. J. Daniel Biggs was allowed $lO. on burial of Dennis Biggs an inmate of the Insane Asylum. Noah K. Rogerson was appointed Constable of Bear Grass township. : Mrs. Carrie Ange of Jamesville was 'allowed the-sum of 5,00 per month for 4 months. w - Eb. Hopkins, colored, of Cross Road, township was allowed 2.00 per- month (or 4 mouths. P. H. Coffield of Robersonville was released from payment of tax on $2,350 land listed twice. W. H. F.verett was allowed 25.00 for burial expenses of Letha Rhdocs, Mary Hardison, and Virginia Brown. H. L. Reddick of Williams, town ship was released from payment of 2.00 poll tax improperly listed. Aaron Davis, colored, was allowed 1.00 per month. | Lucian J. Hardison filed his bond in ■ th sum of 2000 as Constable of Wil liams Township and the same was duly accepted. F. L. Johnnson of Robersonville was granted relief from payment of tax on property valued at $1,500 improper ly listed. Allen Warren of Cross Road was grated relief from 1.00 dog tax. C. B. Roebuck filed a $5,000 bond by the American Surety Company which was duly accpeted. ♦ Around 10,000 Pounds of Tobacco on Market Here • i Approximately 10,000 pounds of tobacco were offered for sale*-on the Iccal market today, the first time the market has conducted sales since closing for the Christmas holidays the 19th of December,^ Prices were said. to be about the same as they were prior to the Christ mas holidays. Buyers and their employees return ed here yesterday for the re-opening, the market now operating with a full fore. « Dennis Biggs Buried Near Here Sunday Afternoon • Dennis Biggs, 25 years old, died in the State hospital, Raleigh last Friday afternoon, following an illness of sev eral month's duration. He had been in the hospital several months. The bo dy was brought to the home in Bear Grass township, near here, Saturday, where the funeral service was held Suirday afternoon, the Rev, Wilbur Bennett, at Beaufort county, conduct ing the last rites. The deceased is survived by his mo ther and several brothers and sisters. OBSERVE 105 TH ANNIVERSARY LODGE HERE « 107 Masons and Friends At Celebration Here Last Friday Evening J The 105 th anniversary of theSkcwar-, • key Masonic Lodge was observed here last Friday evening when 107 people | including masons, their wives and j friends assembled in the Woman's ;club hall to enjoy chicken dinner and an interesting program plannfcd for the occasion. _ • The program, planned by a com-j (in it tec of which Rev. C. H. Dickey | was chairman, consisted of a few short 1 talks which dealt with masonry and a brief history of the lodge here. Fol | lowing the short talks by Sheriff !James H. Harrism of Washington; J. |A. Pritchet, of Windsor; and Dr. J. i H. Saunders, W..C. Manning and Rev. ( H. Dickey, Carl Goerch, of Wash -1 ington, made an entertaining address, j offering snappy and original jokes as • IK- proceeded with his talk. | Judge Clayton Moore, ably presided and read the roster carrying the names |of the masters of the lodge from the : organization back in 182(>. The list was not complete, however, as some |of_ the records were destroyed by fire (luring the early life of the local It was also learned from the Grand Lodge furnishing the known names of past maters, -that the local hodge failed to report during several yiars the names of the officers, there by further limiting the list. The names of 25 masters serving the lodge from jits organization to 1832 were read by 'judge Mooree. They are: Alfred M. jSlade, Durham Davis, Lawrence t'her jry, H. B. Smithwick, Edwin- S. Sinith j Wick, Simon M. . Smithwick, Kader I Biggs, A. S. Mooring, Wm. J. Kllison, 1 «. L. Moore, John 1). Latham, Wm. W. Watts, Wm. W. Ward, John H. Thrower, S. W. Watts, Wm. P. Wil hi.nis, Wilson G. I.amh, Jno. G." Watts, Jos. M. Sitterson J. H. Ellison, W. H. ('..rstarphen, W. A. Burroughs, Jno. (. Swain, John 11. llutton and Wm. 11. Harrell. The hjdgc had several prominent masons and friends from other chap ter" in attendance, including James 11. 11 Harris, deputy grandmaster and his • (I;.lighter, Mrs. Lindsay Warren, and '(Mr. and Mrs t art Grwrch, of. ' lington;lington; Mr. and Mrs. Jno. 11. luihanks lof Hasscll, Mr. Phelps, and .Senator-' I ' elect Pritchett, of Windsor. A letter : was read from Judge F. D. Winston, lof Windsor, expressing his re grets for not being able to attend. An ' expression for his interest was made by a standing vote, and the secretary ' | was ordered to make it known to the 1 veteran mason across the way. * TORNADO KILLS FIVE_IN_STATE SIOO,OOO Property Damages Reported in Warren and Rockingham Counties ♦. Warren and .Rockingham counties ytsterday afternoon killing five peo i pie and doing from S7S,(XK) to SIOO,OOO - property damage in the former coun s t) and injuring two people and de molishing buildings in the latter. » Warrcnton, Jan. 5. Five persons t j are known to be dead and one is - i'i a hospital in a critical condition. Houses are strewn along the ground i and property damage is estimated at between $75,000 and SIOO,OOO as the| ' result of a tornado that struck be-1 i tween Wise and Norlina this after-, noon shortly before 5 o'clock. Jim Dunstan, Negro and three of jlus sons were killed when their home f , twn miles north of wise was torn down by the force of the wind. A '.fourth child was badly hurt and is '| in the Jubilee hospital at Hender ; sou. Dunstan's wife and a three-year r'old child escaped. The Negroes were i blown clear of the hotise and were I lying several yards away in a corn ■ field Edna Harris, Negro girl, boarding at tlve Warren county training school ■ within a mile of Wise where the, , greatest property damage occured I v.as killed when struck by a piece of timber and blown beneath a garage tl.at housed the school trucks. - ■ ♦ i Shriners Meet In New Bern Next Thursday I t V } Plans for the winter ceremonial of - Sudan Temple/ New Bern, were an i flounced by the Shrine club of that - 1 place yesterday. The program be r ginning Wednesday night and con , tinuirtg through Thursday of this 1 week is a varied one, including cruises r on the United States Cutter, "Patn - lico," oyster roasts, parades and con ctrts. Many shriners from this coun ty are planning to attend, it is under stood. u rrf ; w TAG SALE HERE IS 2,000 BEHIND THE ONE IN 1930 —t- Present Sale Expected To Be from 25 to 35 Per cent Smaller The sale of automobile licenses at | tlie local bureau continued to trail the 1"31 sale yesterday when it was learn -led that the plates sold so far were 1 hardly more than half the nuitityer ; sold for 1 *#3o. l.ast year, 4.0X1 plates j were sold at the local bureau. Up un til yesterday, the sale had only reach ed the 2,150 mark. However, the local bureau will remain eight more days, hut even at the expiration of that time, it is believed that the sale- will be trailing the 1930 one by 1,000 and I probably more. December 31, 1 1 '29, the Uical bureau ' sold 737 licenses for approximately $12,000. On the same day in 1030, the bureau sold 5(>5 licenses for ap proximately SO,OOO, a decrease,.in re venue of $3,000 in one day. The sales, nil those two days are the largest re corded in any one day here. With the exception of one class, the |s4o mc, there is a decrease in the silo jof tags. In the S4O class a slight in crease over last year was reported, but 1 the number is very limited and counts for little. Perhaps the great drop is ' found Among the old Model T Fords, ; the owners believing it cheaper to Ijiink their cars rather than spend ; $12.50 mi them for plates. Patrolmen, county and town officers 'were - rdered to start makingarrests | of owners who had. not displayed the I new tags on their cars. No arrests had been reported in this county up until 'noon today, but the warning* is out, I and mvners operating their cars with old licenses are subject to arrest, ac cording to advises issued from the mo tor vehicle bureau, Raleigh, last Sat- I i.rtlay. TOWN OFFICIALS , HOLD MEETING i » Order Bicycle Riding On Sidewalks In Business Section Stopped *> Meeting in regular session here last evening, the town board of commis sioners passed an ordinance, requested ( liief of Police Daniel to watch skaters on Main Street, inspected and 'approved bills and adjourned all in --a very slurl while. Only thfi-f ni"ein 'lurs of the board, Messrs. t". C). .' Moore, (i. H. Harrison, and N'. ( ■ Green, were present. I An ordiinanefi', prohibiting biciycle on the sidewalks in the business dis trict, was passed. Many complaints hi've been entered against the practice ant' en effort will be made to check ' 1 No law was passed, but special at | tention was given skating on Main ■ Stree.t The practice was referred to a.- being very dangerous, and Chief 1 I.«ir.iel was requested to keep children' ov A the street with their skates on.; ! Te»i dollars was appropriated by 1 ' the commissioners to partially offset the costs of the burial of Melvina Sinallwood, negro woman murdered by her husband on Main Street here a ' few weeks ago. i; . . STATE SOLONS ( TAKE UP WORK i 1 • Wrangling Now Over the Various Jobs and House Speakership i The legislature opens formally in! Raleigh at noon tomorrow.' Already j bi.ttles are waxing warm over the speakership of the house and other j ' jobs, but all that is a issue with the j ' people back home who care little who 'who leads, hut who do care in which I direction they lead. All tliis week the legislators will wrangle over speakerships, committee I heads and probable .alignments, and it will be next week before the people learn much about what is going on at | the present time. Matters of finance and governmental organization that will claim serious attention later on ; are back issues in the capital city to ! clay while a three-cornered race for the speakership of the house is underway. With Willis Smith, of Wake, and I Fred L. Sutton, of Lenoir, both claim-; ir.g clear majorities on the first bal ; lot, O. B. Moss, of Nash, vigorously , relenting rumors that he would with draw from the contest, and mention : tiling of the name of H. ii .'Connor, of Wilson, as a dark horse 1 : candidate, the race took on the hectic • aspects of the-famous three-cornered ■ battle of 1927. II Senator Elbert S. Peel and.., Repre sentative J. Calvin Smith, represent • ing this district and county respectve ■ 1)-, left for the capital this morning, ■ and will be there for the opening pro • gram this afternoon and tomorrow neon. i J t 4 County Outlook Meeting to be Held Here Friday Morning SPEAKS BEFORE COUNTY BOARDS Pat Johnson Urges Equal Valuation Of All Properties Addressing the Martin County j Board of Commissioners and the Mar-i tin County Board of Education in joint session here yesterday morning. ! Senator Pat Johnson, member of the 'State Equalizing Board, stressed the ' importance of an equal valuation of all piopertly in the State. In his thirty j minute talk, the equalization board i member assured his. hearers that an 1 equal property valuation would make I 'for a fairer distribution of the equaliz-| nig funds, x that it would be to the I advantage of the county to see i that its property is valued on the same base that is* used in valuing Ipioperty in other counties. Several factors to be considered, IMr Johnson said were the location of an acre of land, the surroundings and productivity. The senator also stated that (he matter of taxation in valuation as well as rates will be determined b\ action of the general assembly in | | distributing the equalizing fund in the luture. It was his expressed opinion, ith'at the legislature convening tomor row would increase the school equaliz ing fund Just how much the increase will be.-the speaker could not say, SCHOOL AT OAK ! CITY RE-OPENS Pupils Plan To Follow and Discuss Proceedings of State Legislature j-' . ■ * I lie Oak I ity Schools reopened yes- U"'day after a suspension of two weeks for the Christmas holidays, the prin-' cipal reporting a large attendance on j [the first day of the winter term. How- I ever, it was pointed out that the many families moving to and from the dis ' trict would likely distrub the member ship during this month. Organizing a currant history club, the pupils are planning to observe the | workings of the State Legislature; convening in Raleigh tomorrow. The club will post daily proceedings of the -legislative body jmtLjaauhlEl discussions. Mid-term examinations will begin ! Monday Jan. 12th. Most parallel, books are completed. Very good library record for fall term." Mrs. VV. D. Hyman a patron of the school directed the hot lunch Monday with several timely suggestions. The following >f Oak City spent the holidays with their parents and have ri turned to their respective schools:. Misses Syble Ross and St'lma Johnson, Fayctteville, N. C. Miss Erma John j soli, Bath, Miss Pauline Davenport Angier and Mrs. Ira C. Ainsley Ahos kit. Miss Mary Kathlyn Ainsley a stu ■ dent at the North Carolina College j | for Women after spending the Christ mas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ainsley returned | Sunday for the spring semester's work Miss Madeline Davenpfirt, a student jat the East Carolina Teacher's Col- , ' lege spent the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Davenport. SIK returned Sunday to resume her U "rk at. the college. ♦ Inspector Gives Sally Ann Bakery A High Rating j "You have one of the cleanest ba rkeries I have inspected in the State," iW. O. Hammond, state bakery ins pcctor told VV. H. Gurkin, manager of jtlu Sally Ann Bakery here last week following the inspection of the plant. "You don't have the best building, but I would be pleased if I knew that every time I eat bread it came from a bakery as clean as yours," the ins- . pector added. ' "Yes sir," Sal said, "and I had known you were coming 1 would have , rtally cleaned the place. " • Mrs. Susan Hopkins Dies \ In Yorktown Thursday Mrs. Susan Hopkins, grandmother i i of Mr. C. G. Crockett, of Williamston, ' died at the home of her daughter in Yorktown,, Va., last Thursday at the iige of 93 years. Mrs. Hopkins had 1 been in a feeble condition for some time, death coming gradually. liurial took place in the cemetery in the Virginia town Sunday, Mr. and 'Mrs. C. G. and children be ing among the 300 kinspeople attend ing the services. The deceased is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Crockett, t 22 grand children and 23 great grandchildren. ——;— 9 . - Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Hancock are at home in the house formerly occupied by the Hights in New Town. ■ '■ =g=Bß——B ESTABLISHED 1898 /. E. Pope Appointed County Commissioner Mr. John E. Pope, local man, j was appointed county commis sioner by Clerk of the Court R, J. Peel late last Saturday to complete the unexpired term made vacant by the resignation of Mr J. D. Woolard. The names of several men were considered, but since Mr. Pope had had experience in the county's government, the clerk favored his appointment. I Mr. Pope was elected to the office back in 1926 and served on the board since that time. He did I not file for the office in the last primray, but did . run for county treasurer. Mr. Woolard resigned to ac cept a position with the Ford people in Goldsboro. ; —« ___ AGENTS RETURN TO WORK HERE 1 Local Agents Assist Search For Alleged Murderers In Jones County ' Federal prohibition work in this sec ! tion, after a several days period of '. inactivity, was renewed yesterday ! afterhoon when Agents Coats', Roe- '' 'buck, and Grumpier returned to "their ; post here and started a series of-raids ; 1 in this and neighboring counties. Dur ing the past several days, all agents in j eastern port of the State have been j down in Jones county where they took 1 part in the capture of Clyde and Tom Morton, alleged murderers of A>a j Hawkins, federal agent, near Kinston I on December .20. 1 he two Mortons, after 14 days and nights in the swamps of .lone* county, walked out early Sunday morning and ! gave themselves up, declaring they could not stand the suffering caused by > cold and hunger. Hawkins and M. R Morton were shot j from ambush near \Jaysville the eve j ning of the 2(lth. They were members | of a party of five still raiders. The par ty divided into two groups. Hawkins and Morton entered thick woods by one rouio the other three by another." Hawkins and Morton had proceeded i but a short distance when a fusillade was tired from the brush. One man is i said to have stood erect to fire. Sev eral others were prolix in the scrub 'growth and behind trees\ Hawkins died almost instantly. Morton was severely wounded I'lie anibushers broke and ran through the woods. hive men were arrested tiff follow ing two days. Federal dry agents from many points, Lenoir and Jones county | officers, secret service ufen sent by the government and' Gardner Collins, a smart young motor cop borowed from ! tjlie Kinston police department, en gaged in the hunt for the flayers. Ma ny square miles oi the Jones county [countryside were,scoured yard by yard. Bloodhounds were used j federal Agent ( oats is in Greensboro j | today, but he is expected back tomor row to join the other two agents in raids planned during the next several weeks. AGENT CLEANS TOBACCO SEED j• ♦ I ! Prospects Are For Increase In Crop In Martin This Year * The wheel of chance on the 1931 to-j bacco crop was started tin-. wrek_wlien fanner-, began delivering seed to the. county agent, for l«iiii to clean and j ti r tu at against certain plant bed diseases ! 1 Farmers will start preparing antT sow- ! lii.g their beds within the next few » days, preparatory to what promises to be one of the biggest crops raised in | this section in years. 'I am going to reduce my acreage [to the crop this year," several farmers 'Were heard to say, Past records show [that some of them mean what they , 'say, but others apparently change their I minds when transplanting time ar- J rives. *, "I plant, so little that what I do in' the way of acreage reduction will mean little," a.score of others remark- j ed when asked what their plans were I for the coming season.' ' Fite Destroys Barn and All Contents Near Here A barn and contents, valued at SIOO, and belonging to Jim Beacham, of near here burned early last Sunday night. _ The. Are, of undetermined origin, threatened the man's home, but neighbors rushed to the scene to hold the blaze to the one building. ' FARMING FOR A LIVING" WILL BE DISCUSSED HERE Farmers and Wives and Business Men Urged To Attend -• « AGENTS TO BE HERE Meeting, Local In Nature, Is One' of™ - Many Being Held Throughout , The State This Month A Martin County's "Outlook meeting," one of a series being held in i every county in North Carolina during the months of January and February, i> scheduled for Friday of this |wi ekr January '), at 11) o'clock a. in., it I was announced this week by County. I Agent . T B. Brandon. The meeting I will be held in the* courthouse here. | Fanners and their wives, business ] men, merchants, bankers, members of civic organizations, doctors, lawyers, I agriculture teachers, newspapermen, land county officials are particularly urged to attend the meetings, • which are being held for a discussion of the agricultural situation in each section, j The meeting will he purley local in , j nature, it is understood, and there will IK- two State extension service wor kers here to assist in every way pos sible One of the workers will be I man from the extension service staff, vliile the other is a woman from Mrs Jane Mckimmon's State Department jof home economics. Problems pecu liar to Martin County will he brought up and discussed, and the loutlook for the year reviewed, j Mr. Brandon""stated that the team o! extension- workers will reach Wil iiaiirston the afternoon .of the day be lore the meeting and they will be glad to meet with groups of husjuc -i men. representatives ( ti vivic clubs, etc., and • explain to them iu a brief way the outlook for agriculture in 1931. They wilt also present local county facts and I try to acquaint the business people with the agricultural situation in the county. Preparations for the meeting are un der the direction of Mr T li Brandon and Miss l.ora Sleeper, county f.:rni and honif demonstration agents, respectively. They are urging every farmer and his wile in the ctninU' -to- —. - lie present for the gathering, which wilt begin at 10 o'clock and last as I long as necessary The primary purpose of the meeting is to have it serve as a get-to-gether affair for the farmers and business people to the end that they may better un derstand the problems facing them and cooperate more effectively during the present business and agricultural emergency. •" Farming iu Martin county, as .well as in the other eastern counties of the State, has readier a low ebb during the past few years presenting a situa tion that calls for much thought nail study. It is a situation that demands ;■ concerted- effort on the part of all No one knows an exact course to j follow,- but Friday of this week I"l' arming . for a liv ing 1 ' will IK- dis cussed. Mr. Troy li. hergUson, district farm agent, with dfliers, will have valuably information for Martin far mers, and it is assured that many of the perplexing problems now facing the farmer in this county caii be solved at the meeting Letters are being . addressed to , si hodls and other organizations throughout the county requesting them to announce the meeting and to urge ; the people to attend. The campaign in the State was for ! inally launched today when five teams j ■>( extension workers swung into, ac tion HI a broad educational movement —i > j \to make the State self-supporting. The li,mis are on a four-weeks tour and will cover every county in the State. As a result of last year's effort the food and feed crops were increased by $19,000,000, Governor O. Max Gard ner being the guiding spirit behind the campaign which resulted in thou sands of new jtcres being planted in the things that previously the peo ple of North Carolina hail been pay ing out hard cash to buy from other sections of the 1 nation. Durjng 1931, I'the governor has called upon the farmers of the state to add another $40,000,000 to the $19,000,000 increase lof last year. ' The program for the five teams of extension workers is the most anibi t'ous ever attempted in this state. Correct Identity • In the recorder's court news item of last Friday, Elmer James was J jr barged with criminal action. Mr. Elmer James, of Everetts, wishes that we make our report more definite as the Elmer James, to which the article refered was a colored man J of the Free Union Section.
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