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VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 28
808 R. REYNODS
SPEAKS TO BIG
CROWD TUESDAY
Condemned Prohibition and
Scored Mr. Hoover and
Senator Morrison
"Political campaigning, or slinging
the "hooey" on a large scale as some
would call it, was brought to a close
in this county last Tuesday' night
when the Honorable Robert Reynolds
advocated his candidacy for the Unit
ed States Senate nomination before a
packed courtroom here. And he made
a corking good political speech, one
that wu appealing in defkil from start
to finish.
He scored President Hoover, con
demned prohibition, favored the pay
ment of the bonus, attacked the unfair
distribution of wealth, opposed the 1
war-debt holiday, damned Senator
Cameron Morrison and favored a
measure guaranteeing bank deposits,
all to the delight of the large audience,
estimated at 650 with more than half
the number coming from points out
side the county.
After his well directed attack against
the Republican administration, he
pointed out what would result if all
war debts were cancelled, declaring
that every person in North Carolina
would suffer a loss of $740. He pledg
ed his efforts for the passage of a law
making bank deposits safe and making
possible the restoration of confidence.
The subject dealing with the repeal
of the prohibition laws was handled in
a masterly way, so squarely did he
center the fence that both the drys snd
the wets applauded his nearly every
statement. "Prohibition has never
prohibited, does not prohibit and never
will," the silver-tongued orator declar
ed, adding that it has debauched youth,
created hypocrites and raised taxes to
a point where they are intolerable.
Humbly pleading his cause with the
large audience, Mr. Reynolds denied
he is fighting for liquor. He recogniz- .['
ed liquor as a damnable thing and
would oppose the return of the open
saloon. The trouble is confined to the
law and not to the judges and officers,
he explained. And then he cited the
case of President Hoover brother-in
law who was caught with a sack of
liquor on his back out in California
some time ago. "If the officers had
known who the man was, they would
have run the other direction, and then
the judge returned a verdict of 'not
guilty,' expressing the regrets of the
court that the defendant had been em
barrassed," Mr. Reynolds jokingly
said. "The taxpayers are losing mil
lions every year on account of the
law," he continued.
Mr. Reynolds would take control of
liquor already here, take tax off land
and put it on liquor, and "unless that
is done one cannot own land," he ex
plained. "Prohibition has built up
the greatest criminal element this
coantry to be found in the world. Civ
ilisation is disgusting, for we worship
money. One's social standing is
measured -by money, the house in
which one lives, the sutomobile in
which one rides," he declared, pointing
out with emphasis the fact that he was
riding in an old Ford. "Love and
cleanliness of heart have little to do
with the social stand nig," he said.
In conclusion, he gave Cameron t
Morrison the "horse laugh", statihg
that be had the Senator running so
fast that he could play a game of cards
or checkers on his long coat tail as it
straightened out in the breeze. "I am
going to win in the first primary, for
this precinct and that precinct through
out the State will go for me," Mr. Rey
nolds said in ending his speech, one
that reminded the voters of old-time
political campaigns.
Mule and Buildings Burned
on Godwin Far Near Here
Local and county officers yesterday
were working on the second arson caae |
of the week, the stables on the Charles j
Godwin farm, near here, having been
mysteriously burned last Tuesday
night. A mule, a quantity of corn, and
other feedstuffs, valued at several hun
dred dollars, were burned.
• Sterling Williams, tenant on the
farm, showed officers tracks leading to
and from the barn, and it is believed
that some one went there to steal
chickens and accidentally dropped a
match and fired the hay trash around
tbe barn. Several men have been Ques
tioned but no arresta have been made.
Flea Beetles Damaging
Plants in Granville Fields
Granville County farmers are find
ing that the tobacco flea beetles are
following infested plants to the open
field and are giving considerable trou
ble.
A Profitable Investment
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Since 1867, when the United Statja.
purchased Alaska from Russia for SB,-
OOtyMO, minerals, fish, and furs valued
at more th* w have been
takea from the territory.
THE ENTERPRISE
I BLUE MOLD AGAIN 1
Bin* mold, or a aimilar disease,
ia aaid to be attacking garden
plants in thia section, several thre
at home practitioners reporting
heavy damage done to their cab
bage and collard plants. In addi
tion to /that damage, it ia aaid the
beetles and bugs are thriving off
the vegetables. The disease ia not
threatening a complete destruction
of the gardens, according to relia
ble reports, but it ia noticeable in
many gardena. Chief of Police W.
B. Daniel exhibited a fine cab
bage [that had been attacked by
the diaease thia week.
RECORDER HAS
SEVEN CASES
Tuesday Docket Is of Little
Interest to Those Out
side the Court
•
Seven cases were called in the coun
ty recorder'a court last Tuesday, the
docket being of little interest outside
the realm of the litigants.
Teddy Jackson, adjudged (piilty in
the case charging him with disorderly
conduct and resisting an officer, was
sentenced to the roads for a period of
two months. The sentence is sched
uled to start the 14th of this month,
Jackson being at liberty until then un
der a SIOO bond.
Ollie White, colored man, was fined
and taxed with the costs in the case
charging him with violating the liquor
laws.
The case charging Claude Peel, Daw
son Corey, and Sherman Peel, all col
ored, with assaults with deadly weap
ons, was continued one week.
A nol pros resulted in the case
charging Clyde Silverthorne with be-'
ing drunk and disorderly.
Lucian Bellamy, reputed large-scale'
bootlegger of Robersonville, was found
not guilty in the case charging him '
with violating the liquor laws.
Prayer for judgment was continued
in the case charging Robert Williams
with non-support.
•Alton Sawyer, the man who is al
leged to have left his wife in Colum
bia and ran away with a young woman'
of the same town, was sentenced to'
the roads for 15 months. He appealed
the case, the court requiring bond in,
the sum of S4OO.
COUNTY BOARD
MEETS MONDAY:
Will Receive Tax Lists and
Consider Postponing Tax
Salea Another Month
The foundation for 1932 taxes in the J
county will be established here nextj
Monday, when the county commission
crs, in regular session, receive the prop I
erty lists from the 10 townships in the
county. A decrease is expected, opin
ions differing as to the amount of the
drop in property values this year as |
compared with 1931.
And then the board will find it nec-'
essary to dispose of the tax situation;•
that is, sell or don't sell. It is believ- I
ed and expected that the county com- 1
missioners will again postpone the sale, '
i but there is some doubt just what the 1
town authorities will do in connection
with the overdue tax sales; > !
Of course, the poor are exp&ted to
visit the county officials as usual, but !
now that summer is here, the number |
of appeals for charity is expected to
decrease.
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Presbyterian Meeting To
Close at Bear Grass Sunday
The usual services will bit held in
Williamston. Church school at 9:45
a. m. and the worship service and ser
j mon at 11 a. m.
J The daily vacation Bible school that
• has been in progress for two weeks at
I Bear Grass will come tcr a close ,Fri
i day night when the various depart
, ments will take part in the commence
i ment service. Some 80 or 100 boys
and girls have been attending this
school daily, walking for miles to at
tend. They therefore, request your
presence at their commencement serv
ice.
Sunday night at 8 o'clock, the meet
ing that has been in progress at the
church will draw to its close. Hun
dreds of people have met from night
to night enjoying the slides from
China, Japan, Korea, Africa, Mexico
and Brazil and the gospel messages
brought by Rev. F. M. Dick, of Ahos
kie. You are urged to attend the
closing service.
Church school will meet at 9:30 a. m.
Rober*on's Chapel
Church school wilt be held at 4 p. m.
Lincoln Farmers Mixing
Their Guano At Home
Lincoln County farmers are mix
ing their fertittxeri at home from ma
terials purchased for cash. Good re
salts were secured from this practice
last season, they say. s
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 3,1932
PROPERTY LISTS
SHOW $76,286 LOSS
IN 3 TOWNSHIPS
Cross Roads Reports 4 1-2
Per Cent Decrease in 1932
Property Values There
Martin County property values for
the year 1932 continue to tumble as
the listings are turned in here, two
townships reporting a drop of nearly
$40,000 this week. Goose Nest, the
first district to report, shows a loss
of $37,469, making a total decrease of
$76,289 for the three townships, Pop
lar Point, Cross Roads and Goose
Nest.
Poplar Point, with a SIOO gain in
real values and a decrease of $8,096 in
persopal property values, reports the
smallest decrease which is 2 per cent.
The disastrous fire in Everetts several
weeks ago represents the greater part
of a $6,504 loss in real values in Cross
Roads Township. In addition to that,
the district reported a decrease of $24,-
320 in personal property, the totals
representing a loss of 4 1-2 per cent,
of the listed values last year. The per
centage decrease in Goose Nest was
about 3 per cent of the 1931 listed val
ues.
The 1931 and 1932 listings and the
resulting losses in the three districts
are, as follows:
Township 1931 1932 Losa
P. Pt. $ 385,335 $ 377,339 $ 7,996
C. Rds. .... 707,116 676,292 30,824
G. Nest 1,469,112 1,431,643 37,469
$76,289
Other township list-takers are sche
duled to turn in their lists at the regu
lar meeting of the county commission
ers here next Monday. Indications are
that the decrease in values! will be
around $500,000.
TRASH PILE FIRE
CAUSE OF ALARM
—• —
Stink Floats Over Town as
Garbage Heap Belches
Forth Fire and Smoke
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The local volunteer fire company
was called out early this morning when
fire broke out on the town trash dump,
near the river hill. The' unsavory
smoke and the bright blaze sent the
firemen and a large number of their
followers hurrying to the scene. No
damage was done, but vigorous pro
tests against the dump will likely be
made to the commissioners.
Officer Allsbrooks, making his reg
ular rounds, saw the blaze from the
warehouse section, and before inves
tigating he turned in the alarm. A
large fire appeared to be burning and
the apparatus was carried out in a
I very few minutes. A return was or
dered and this morning the stinking
trash heap continued to burn.
Several fires have broken out in the
, dump heap during the past few months
and they have been looked upon as
j orphans are looked upon, the street
department calling them to the at
tention of the fire fighters, and the fire
| department calling them to the atten
tion of the street department. The
! fire company was as the dump pile
about three weeks ago and put a fire
• burning there at the time under con
' trol, but another one and a ht» one
at that broke out last night there.
Judge Smith's Answer to News
And Observer's Questionnaire
Mr. J. C. Smith, declared Democrat
ic nominee for the House of Represen
tatives from this county, clearly stated
his position this week when questioned
on problems of major importance and
ones that are now facing the next
legislature. The questions propound
ed by the News and Observer and Mr.
Smith's answers follow:
1. Do you favor the removal of the
15-cent State tax on property for the
six-months school term?
A. Yes; I favor the removal of the
15-cent State tax on property for the
constitutional six-months school term,
regardless of what other sources -may
be substituted, and mainly for the rea
son that property seems to be no long
er a dependable source of revenue.
2. If you favor the removal of the
tax, what other forms of taxation
would you substitute?
A. It is impossible, at present, to
foresee what businesses will be pros-|
pering and income producing during
the biennium beginning June 1, 1933;
but I suggest increase on franchises,
excess profits, and tax on the earn
ings received from all classes of bonds,
both state and local, and possibly elec
tric current. . ~ - _
J. H a salts fax appears necessary,
would you favor (a),a tax on non
essentials, sometimes referred to as a
luxury tax, or (b) a general sales tax?
LEIGON'S JUNIOR
TEAMS IN FIRST
GAME TUESDAY
Williamston Registers Win
Over Jamesville Boys
in Interesting Contest
I Two of the three proposed American j
1 Legion baseball teams went into action |
last Tuesday afternoon in Jamesville, ,
; when the local juniors defeated the I
i Legion juniors of that town by a 5 to
'4 score. It was the first game of the
season, the boys on both teatms mak
! irig creditable performance in the init
! ial try-outs.
j A third Legion junior team is being
considered at Robersonville, and the
best players of all the nines will be
formed into a team to meet other
. county teams later on in the season,
it is understood.
1 The young boys are in line tor some
enjoyable and profitable recreation this |
summer, and there is room for a few i
more who were not 17 years of age I
before the first of this month, Charles
Davenport, manager of the Jamesville
nine said yesterday.
This afternoon the Jamesville boys
are playing the locals here, and any
support accorded the teams will be
welcomed.
Gardner pitched a good game for
the Jamesville lads Tuesday, Peel go
ling all the way on the mound for the
| locals. Anderson showed up well for
I Williamston, making two 1 hits and two
'runs. There is some promising niater
| ial on the two squads, ' and Gardner
; has a future before him.
The box:
Williamston AB R H PO A E
Rose, cf 5 0 0 0 1 0
Peele, p 5 0 1 0 4 0
Anderson, 2b, c 4 2 2 5 5 0
! Bowen, 3b 5 10 114
Rhodes, If "3 0 0 1 0 0
Hassell, rf .1110 0 1
Martin, lb 4 0 0 12 1 I
' Malone, c, 2b .3 0 0 8 1 1
Williams, ss ... 4 1 10 10
Totals 36 5 5 27 14 7
Jamesville AB R H PO A E
Tlolliday, rf, p 4 0 12 10
C'offield, If 5 0 0 2 11
Williams, ll> 5 117 0 2
, Gardner, p, ss 4 2 3 0 11
I (iaylord, 2b 5 1 0 4 3 tl
i FTardfs6fl, 31)-* 4 0 1 1J 1
Blount, cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 Ange, ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
t Reason, ss 1 0 0 0 1 1
Corey, rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
, Walters, c 1 0 0 9 1 1
L. llardison, c 10 12 2 0
Totals 37 4 7 27 13 7
Score by innings: RH E
jamesviljp ~l 000 101 020—4.7 7
Williamston \ 000 201 110—S 5 7
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Full Program Arranged at
Baptist Church (or Sunday
♦
A full program of church activities
will be carried through ""at the Bap
tist church Sunday.
Beginning with the Sunday school
at 9:45 o'clock, there will follow the
morning church service, which, on this
day, will lie turned into a service of
appreciation for Mrs. Fannie S.
Biggs, whose worth to the church and
community is so well understood as to
deserve special notice. At this serv
ice there will be floral decorations,
special music and many interesting
tributes.
At 8 o'clock in the evening the pas
tor will preach, following the sessions
of the B. Y. P. U. And to all these
services the public is invited.
IS AGAINST LAND
TAX; IN FAVOR
OF REVALUATION
Against Sales Taxes, But
Believes Them To Be
Inevitable
A. I do not favor any kind of sales
tax, but in my opinion a sales tax will
i be the inevitable if the State budget
, is to be balanced by legislative action.
■ I would prefer a tax on non-essentials
■ first, but not a narrow and unfair to
■ bacco tax such as was suggested in
the 1931 session. I would support a
! general sales tax if absolutely neces
i sary. In my opinion, the Federal gov
ernment already excessively taxes to
i bacco.
4. What economies in State Govern-
I ment do you favor?. ,
; A. I favor every possible economy
,' that can be effected that would not
• impair efficiency, including elimination
, of non-essential bureaus, departments,
•' and employee*.
| S. Do you favor any reduction in
, appropriations for public schools?
• j A. In my opinion this question has
i no place in your questionnaire, since
' no gane man would favor any reduc-
I
Complete Arrangem
Receiving Returns Saturday
Nearly all the poll holdera in the
county have agreed to count the
first three contests on the state bal
lot, namely, for the short and long
term for the United States Sena
torial nomination and the race for
governor, first, and then turn to
the county ballots. If the poll hold
ers find it convenient to adhere to
that method, returns should start
breaking between 8 and 9 o'clock.
In any event, the Enterprise bul
letin boards will be put to use just
as soon as possible, and primary
WAR WIDOW TO
GO TO FRANCE
Rosa Roberson, Colored, Is
First From County To
Ask for Free Trip
♦
The first application made in this !
county for a special pilgrimage "pass
port to France was filed in the clerk
of court's office this week by Rosa
Rob«(rson, colored, of this place. She
plans to leave here week alter next
to view the grave of her husband, who
was killed in France during the World
War. Her expenses will be paid from
this point anil back by the Govern
ment, but she will have to travel third
class, it is understood.
A number of Martin County boys
were killed during the war, but few of
the bodies were left in foreign soil.
Mothers whose sons rest in cemeteries
of France and widows whose hus
bands are buried there are given a free
trip to the battlefields and American
cemeteries over there. It is under
stood they can take other members of
the family along with them, but the
Roberson woman is leaving behind her
12-year-old son and other relatives she
might have.
Will Spruill Charged with
Burning Harrison Barns
Will Spruill, llyde County negro,
was arrested in Washington Tuesday
-awl i*-- h«4ng -Uvhl in tluc- county... jaiL
here in connection with the burning; of
the J; K. Harrison stock barn, near
Bear (irass, last Sunday night. Spruill,
who had been in- the Bear (irass sec
tion at intervals during the past 12 or
18 months, denied the charge.
| No charge has been preferred a
gainst the man, hut he is being held
pending a further investigation of the
lire last Sunday night. Several peo
ple in the Bear Grass section are said
-to have recognized him near the scene
of the fire, his actions just about the
time the blaze was discovered appar
ently creating suspicion.
Aurora Section Starts
Shipping Irish Potatoes
Large shipments of irish potatoes
were started from the potato sections
of Beaufort County around Aurora this
week, prices for first shipments quot
ed at $2.50 a barrel "at the shipping
centers. A good crop is reported in
that section, and the price is consid
ered fair.
Ij will he about ttvo weeks before
growers in this section start digging
their crop, but as usual no large acre
age is pUmted to-the potatoes in this
' immediate section.
tion in appropriations - ior public
schools, but it is my opinion that those
who have given the subject mature
thought will agree that we will be forc
ed, temporarily, at least, to eliminate
many features that are now not abso
lutely essential ami reduce the cost of
the operation of our educational insti
tutions and in this manner adjust our
expenditures to our present earning ca
pacity. I would under no circum
stances favor any reduction that would
impair the efficiency of our education
al institutions.
6. Do you approve the present con
stitutional tax limitation of 6 per cent
on incomes, or do you favor the aboli
tion of this restriction to clothe the
North Carolina legislature with au
thority such as ia vested in Congress
and in the legislatures as all the other
states of the Union which levy in
come taxes?
A. No; I do not approve of the
present constitutional tax limitation of
6 per cent on incomes. I favor the
abolition of this restriction in order
that the legislature may increase such
levies, and in all cases- apply common
sense and reason.
7. Do you favor a proposal to value
and" fax' fofjlgn siocki on the" same
basis that houses and farm and busi
(Continued on page four)
farts will aid the undertaking by
keeping in mind that a large rote
or even a medium one will make
impossible very rapid returns.
The precincts have been earnest
ly asked to forward the returns of
each important contest as soon as
the count is completed for the in
dividual contests, and Vhere this
is done an unbroken chain of in
formation should find its way to
the publishing concern's office.
The public is invited to be on
hand for the returns.
FARM BUILDINGS
BURN LAST NIGHT
Third Mysterious Fire Re
ported in the County
This Week
| A third rather mysterious fire of the
week was reported in this county last
night when the ham, stables, and pack
| house on the Spencer Lcgxett farm,
several miles from here, were burned.
I Turyice Heath, tenant operating the
(arm, believes that the barn was acci
dentally fired by thieves or through
'malice, but he nor Mr. E. H. Hotter
|son, owner, were unable to understand
.why any one should wreck the prop
erty.
The buildings, valued at about SSOO,
were burning rapidly when the fire was !
first discovered. Eighty barrels of corn
and 350 bales of hay were burned, j
running the loss up to around $1,000."
The two mules generally housed in the
stables were left in the lot and were
not burned. It could not be learned
'whether there there was any insur
ance carried on the property or not.
6 LICENSES TO
MARRY ISSUED
Number Marriage Licenses
Has Dropped from 24
In January To 6
Six marriage licenses were issued in
the county last month by Register of
I Deeds J. Sam petsinger, the number
| being about the same as those issued
for the two previous months. Since
I January the number of marriages in
I this county has dropped from 24 to 6,
j the records of the past, three months
indicating that the. depression has a
hout reached bottom in the marital
realm. ■(*
The whites vied the colored last
month (or the first time since last De
cember, fiTur of the six licenses" last
month having been issued to white
couples.
Names of contracting parties dur
ing May are as follows:
J ■ White
John H. Gurganus and Bettie I-eg
gett, both of Martin County.
I Jos, S. Bailey, of Martin, and Alma
Whilehurst, of Beaufort County. -
I Jno. U- Wihlman, of Martin, and
YVilina Clendenen Brown, of Hyde
Counjy.
| Wheeler Briley and Ethel Whitaker,
both u( Pitt County.
Colored .
' Charles C. McGlona, Hertford
County, and Elizabeth Congleton, of
I Martin.
j John Wilder and 'Roxie Everett,
both of Martin County. *
HEAVY VOTING IN
STATE EXPECTED
Arrangements Being Made
To Haul Voters To the
Polls in This County
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l.ast-mi|iute developments indicate
there wiW be a comparatively heavy
vote cast in thin county tomorrow, ar
rannements now heint? made here ««d
there to have tliany voters hauled to
the polls in the various precincts. Sev
eral Reynold* supporters have already
filled their «as tanks ready for tlie
contest tomorrow, and it is reported
that other aspirants' supporters will
crank up for jitney service during the
day.
One of the latest votes ever polled
in the State is predicted for tomorrow,
and it will he late in the night before
a definite trend of the outcome can
hardly he established, it is believed.
The heavy vote predicted in the State
is based on the large number of boun
ty contests.
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Local Young Man Sails
For Visit To Europe
Cecil G. Taylor son of Mrs. Henry
Taylor, left Chapel Hill yesterday for
New York where he sailed on the
Rotterdam today for 9 trip abroad.
Mr. Tjrytor, an titimrctor lit the Uni
versity of North Carolina, will sp«nd
the summer traveling in* France and
Germany.
Advertiser* Will Fnd Our Col
ons a Latchkey to Ortr Sixteen
Hundred Martin County Homes
ESTABLISHED 1898
WOMAN'S CLUB IS
SEEKING GIFTS
FOR CLUB ROOMS
Big Miscellaneous Shower
Is Planned by Members
For Next Thursday
By CLUB REPORTER
The following invitation has been is
sued to every one in town and a most
cordial welcome is extended to all:
"The Woman's Club of Williamston
invites you to a miscellaneous shower
on Thursday, June 9; at the club rooms
—from 4 to 6 o'clock. Refreshments
will be served."
Articles desired by the club: 12 table
cloths, all sizes; 36 dish cloths; 48 cup
towels; 33 chairs; 79 ice tea spoons;
34 ice tea glasses; 64 individual des
sert bowls; 95 salad forks; 35 dessert
plates; 5(1 punch cups;- 63 bread and
butter plates; 4 platters; 2 water pitch
ers; 4 butcher knives; 4 cover pots, 5
or 6 quart size; 4 baking pans; 2 roast
ers; 4 large mixing bowls. Gifts of
money appreciated.
Any gift you may select will be
greatly appreciated and will enable the
club to render more efficient service.
\\ e arc confident thtat you will enjoy
this meeting and wish to assure you
that we have - endeavored to form an
entertaining program for you. The
program consists of yry pretty mu
sic, both vocal anil instrumental num
bers, and ttie social committee has
planned a most appetizing menu for
i refreshments.
The annual meeting of the club was
j held on May 26, 1932, at which, time
the new officers began service. Mrs.
.James Grist Statou, retiring treasurer,
'delivered the books, they having been
{audited by Mr. Norman Harrison, to
1 Mrs. George H. Harrison, the present
treasurer. As a retiring gift, Mrs.
Staton presented to the club a hand
isonte 12-column journal, most grac
iously expressing her pleasure at hav
ing been able to render the club serv
ice in the capacity of treasurer.
I There are 49 members of the local
'club. The records show that the re
ceipts for the preceding years, the club
having been organized in September,
J1925, amounted to $4,096.10, and the
I receipts lor the past two year*, tho ■
'duration of Mrs. Staton's treasurer
'ship, amounted to $1,393.24, seeming
|ly a most favorable comparison. The
J expenses incident to the treasurership
I were defrayed by the treasurer.
I The welfare department, of which
j Mrs. L. It. Harrison serves as chair
■lman and Mrs. YV. C. Manning assist
ant chairman, is to be greatly com-,
mended for its service to both the com
jmiinity and countyr Last winter when
I children were coming to school most
j scantily- clad, in fact many children
j would have been forced; to stop school
I had they not received clothing from
some source other than by their par
ents, it was the welfare workirs of the
Woman's Club who came first to their
rescue, and many were the children
and families who were furnished with
warm and comfortable clothing, as
well as food. Not only did they beg
for the needy, but they saw that food
and clothing were furnished. During
the months of December, January,
February, March, and April food and
clothing supplies were purchased in
the amount of $312.75.. In this con
nection, the club is greatly indebted
to the Boy Scouts, as they exhibited
a most cooperative spirit in collecting
clothes and homing -vrramls in their
rtisual Courteous manner. '
The sale of Government sugar en
abled the club to clean the'cemetery,
together with the appreciable favor of
the town by furnishing motor truck
ami driver to expedite this work. The
amount received, from the sugar w'as
$75.25. $41.25 of this amount was paid
33 men for cleaning the cemetery. Not
only did the town receive benefit by
the cemetery's improvement, but the
men who were jobless were greatly
benefited. Coo, while cleaning the
cemetery, tlm»ugh the auspices of the
club,-*the Williamston Supply Com
pany and Murracy and McCabe, local
lumber concerns," kindly donated more
than 100 markers for the graves. $lB
of the sugar money was expended for
groceries and sl6 "I, for clothing for
school children.
One who is not a member or has no
contact with 'the club and its work
has no idea, nor can they imagine, its
great work and help to the communi
ty. Many school books have been
purchased for children who otherwise
would have been forced to stop school.
The club has also furnished much med
. icine to people in dire need of same.
W. A. Jenkins Exhibits
Bunch oi Potato Onions
Unusual specimens of the''potato, or
bunch, onions were exhibited here this
' week by Mr. W. A. Jenkins, local
gardener. Five good-si* ed onions,
grown together, were removed from
one hill. Each onion ha* > top of lt»
own, and the bunch grow* in a circle.
[ an area two miles long and one mile
I wide near Harriaburk in Cabarrus
County by the recent hail storm.