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Watch the Label On Yoor Paper Aa It. Carrie* the Data When Your Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 97 COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL BE MERGED BY PLAN Would Jflake Washington, Martin, Bertie, Tyrrell One Unit If the plan introduced into the North Carolina General Assembly to abolish the 100 county boards of edu cation and 100 county superintendents of education in the State is passed, then Washington, Martin, Bertie, and Tyrrell will be organized as division number 29. The bill would eliminate the county boards of education and the county auperintendents of schools in each of the four counties named above, and one board of education with members from each county woiild be organized and a division superintendent of achools be appointed instead to look after the schools in the four counties. This would also eliminate the office of rural supervisor and attendant offi-1 cer in each of the counties that have them and transfer their duties and re- 1 - sponsibilities to the division headquar ters. And the act speciies that the division superintendent's office would not be in a courthouse in either coun ty- The superintendent's office will be as centrally located in the division as possible, from the standpoint of high-1 way ac:essibility, economical and offic cient service to the entire division. The division superintendent will have an office costing not to exceed SSO monthly in rent. . - -«—* The division superintendent must be a person of goefd moral character, good business qualifications and execu tive ability and a grade of a standard college with a reputable physiean's certificate certifyng good physical fit ness, and freedom from any infectious disease, and he must reside in the di vision where he is working. The district superintendent's salary 1 will be $3,000 annually,'with an assist ant superintendent's or supervisor's I salary placed at $1,500 a year. Sal-j aries of the clerical assistants will not exceed $2,400, while office expense, is figured at $829.80, with $1,500 annual travel expense for the Supervisor and! superintendent. The division board of education for | the Martin, Bertie, Tyrrell, and Wash-1 ington Counties would be composed! of eight members, including two from! each county, and these members would be nominated, ele:ted, and appointed in the same manner as now prescribed by law. If this act is passed, then an organization meeting will be held the first Monday in April, 1933. The total salaries and expenses of the division' office shall be paid from the State's six-month school funds. The eight members of the division board will receive for their services a total of $512 for per diem and travel expanses. NO FIRE CALLS IN JANUARY First Time In Years That No Calls Were Received In First Month of Year —• For the first time in six years the loal fire company was not called out during the month of January. The company has averaged as many as six calls during the month of January and as few as one, but the past month was the first time that no calls were nude. During two or three months in the summer time, the company has had few or no calls. February and March are the moat popular months for fires, according to records maintained by the department. The last Cfll received was before Christmas, but the firefighters contin ue to hold their regular meetings and remain ready for action. Groundhog Sees Shadow But Observers Ignore lit With a summer sun shining down, there was nothing to prevent the groundhog from seeing his shadow yesterday if he looked for it. Except for a little fog in the early morning, the day was clear through out and the groondhog could not have found a cloud to hide behind if he had gone and looked for it. So, accoring to the tradition, he saw his shadow, became frightened at it and ran back into his hole to be safe from six more ' weeks of bad weather before spring. If he had not seen his shadow, tradition has it, spring would be st hand. But the weathermen take little or no sto:k in the groundhog's ability to forecast They say that whether he saw hia shadow or not, we will have six weeks and more of varied weather perhaps more cold than warm because it it still winter. But, did you hear the rain early this morning? THE ENTERPRISE Excellent Record Building and Loan Here in 1932; Earned 6 1-2 Per Cent FIRST MONDAY 1 J No buainess of any great import ance it scheduled for the Martin County commisaioners at their regular meeting next Monday. The board will likely be in session a greater part of the day, however, listening to the pleaa of the lesa fortunate, tax differences, and han dling business of a routine nature. The only variation in the program of events known at thia time will be the selection of a jury for the March term of superior court. EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL TERM IS PROPOSED Bill For State Supported School Term Proposed In General Assembly An eight months school term for all the children of North Carolina sup ported by other than ad valorem tax, was proposed in the general assembly" as a direct issue this week, fully sev eral days earlier than was expected, when Senator Mac Lean, the author of the famous Mac Lean school law of the 1931 Assembly and his colleague, Senator Bailey from this district, aU vanced a resolution which, if passed, would make it mandatory upon the legislature to provide that school op portunity where it is wanted. It means a wiping out of thousands of special school district lines, consolida tions and economies which will bring to the taxpayers at home who are | now paying fo'r extended terms, relief,' of at least $3,000,000, the introducers of the bill claim. The Ma:Lean-Bailey resolution for the .eighMnonthf school follows: "Whereas, there is now in opera tion in the state a dual system of > schools, consisting of a uniform term ! of six months supported by the state, I and supplemented by ad valorem taxes and various extended terms in certainl of the counties and districts of the state, and "Whereas, experience has shown that such dual system of operation, comprising 1,371 units of administra tion, d es not permit the effecting of all possible economies of the maxi mum of efficiency in the administra tion and operation of the schools of the state, and "Whereas, it is now an undisputed and acknowledged good fact that the several counties and school districts of the state are wholly unable to continue to support and operate an extended term of any length what ever beyond the constitutional term of six months, and ''Whereas, a uniform term of schools of a length of eight months is recognized as being a minimum standard term of schools, and wh»:h the state is unwilling to deny its children, and "Whereas, a uniform term of the schools of eight months can be oper ated in the state at an annual saving approximating $3,000,000; now, there-1 fore, "The general assembly of North Carolina do enact: ( "Section 1. That there shall be operated in every county and district in the state which shall request the same a uniform term of schools of eight months. "Section 2. That said term of , schools of eight months shall be sup- * ported wholly by the state from I sources other than ad valrem upon property. "Section 3. That the committee on education of senate and house of representatives are directed to pre-, pare and report a school machinery bill to be enacted by this general as-l sembly providing for the carrying out the provisions of this act, and the committees on finance and ap-' propriations of the senate and house j of representatives are directed to in clude in the finances and appropria-i tion bill provisions for the necessary funds to defray the cost of the term of schools herein provided." Sales on Curb Market Reach the $2,485 Mark The patrons of the curb market will be pleased to receive all eggs in convenient cardboard boxes. The car-j tons were received here the past week, I also paper sacks for the benefit of the sellers on the market. This was made possible by the 2 cents charged on each dollar aale. The total sales |or January were $51.05, even though sjyall, this wu sl2 more than for thf same period of last year. Total sales since the mar ket opened amount to $2,485.40. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 3,1933 THIRTY-SECOND SERIES STOCK OPENS IN MARCH Only Recently Paid $22,900 To Holder of the 19th Stock Series The annual statement of the Mar tin County Building ahd Loan Asso ciation recently released here shows that the organization earned for the year 1932 6 1-2 per cent for its stork holders. Since there is no tax on building and loan stick, the earning is net to the stockholders and one of the highest offered by any investment source. In addition to its earnings, the as sociation only a few weeks ago paid to its holders of 19th series stock $22,900, proving itself a real friend at this time. Again in addition to the earning power of the association stock and the maturity of its 19th series just at this time, the association during the past five years has advanced or made possible building activities valued at more than $130,125.00. Most of that amount was lent to home builders in this immediate community. During the past year the associa tion has had to foreclose only one deed of trust and the property in question was sold at no loss to the association. According to the annual statement as of December 31, 1932, appearing in this paper, the. association has $104,- 753.77 loaned on real estate and $20,- 387.98 on stock of the association. The operations of the association have proved it to be in sound and in good condition. No stockholders have had to wait for their money when they wished to withdraw it, and sto:k loans have been made on demand. During the month of Jannary, 1933, the association paid to holders of prepaid stock the sum of $287.50 in dividends and to holders of stock ma turing January 10 tire sum of $3,833 in earnings was paid. The stock is non-taxable and the earnings, were net to the investors, i Next month the association will , open its 32nd series for subscription, 1 and it is believed that several hun dred shares will be seld during that time. STANDARD OF LIVING GAINS —•— - Value of The Recreational Industry in New England Is Shown by Survey Boston.—The value of the recrea tional industry in New Kngtand in raising the standard of living while both manufacturing and agriculture have steadily declined, is shown in a survey of a typical community by A. J. O'Brien at Dartmouth College, an nounced by the New England Coun cil. In the community studied by O'- | Brien, the report stated, the popula , tion and standards of living have risen conspicuously since 1920, although manufacturing and agriculture, former-1 ly the town's chief sources of liveli hood, have both declined steadily since the early years of the century. During the period 1920 to 1930, tel ephones, automobiles, bank deposits, and high school enrollment rose at a faster rate than was shown by the State as a whole. Property values al so rose tremendously. Cottages, ho tels, and restaurants have been built ( to meet demand, and grocery and gen eral stores have "doubled in number, the survey showed. Announce Sermon Topics at Church of the Advent On February 5 there will be both morning and evening prayer with a. sermon at eajh servke at the Church' of the Advent. At the morning »erv-j ice at 11 o'clock the subject of the sermon will be: "Encouragement Amidst Discouragement." In the Eve ning the subject will be* "The Char acter of Legion Indoor Circuses Closes Here {Tonight The indoor circus, sponsored by the American Legion post in this county, has had a comparatively small patron | age during the first three nights of I the four-day program. However, good sized crowds have attended the dance each night and a large attendance if expected here tonight when the pro gram is brought to a close. BELIEVE IT OR NOT ] * (Tarboro Southerner) Tuesday morning Harvey Pitt* man, who runs an eating stand in Tobacco Town, came to The Sou therner office and had with ham something that ia not often seen by any one. In a tin cup he had an oyster, and in the mouth of the oyster was a small rat whose front leg had been caught by the oyster and held there fast and strong. The rat was afterwards killed. Evidently this rat wandering a round in the night looking for something to eat had stepped on the oyster which closed down and caught him fast. The unusual happening waa re ported by Lowell Thomas over the radio this week. 13 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED IN PAST MONTH Number Is Much Smaller I Than That Issued Year Ago Thirteen marriage licenses were is sued by Register of 4 Deeds J. Sam GeU singcr in that county last month, the number being 11 under the January issuance of a year ago. Last year there were 17 colored weddings in the county during the month of Janu ary, but the custom ordinarily fol lowed by tenants, who take unto them selves a wife, rent a piece of land and start work together is not so much in 1 vogue this season, as tenants are find ing it difficult to find places. The number of colored marriages dropped from 17- in January, 1932, to 8 last month, Licenses were issued to the follow ing: White Maul Kathleen Roebuck, Mart in County. Raymond Lee, of Martin County, and Hell Hriley, Pitt County, t ' Jospeh H. Everett, of Martin Coun ty, and Catherine Parrisher, of Beau fort County. Dillon C. Peel and Louallie Taylor, both of Martin County. Herman Moore and Eleanor Bonds, both of Martin County. Colored 1 Jesse Davis and Rosa Lee Sim mons, both of Martin County. John H. Hasseti and Eva Clemons, of Martin County. i Columbus Salsliury and Mary Sabellj j Mooring, both of Martin County. I Van Wilson and Ruby Little, both jof this county. Levi Purvis and Alice G. Carr, Mar tin County. | Dave Bonds and Eulala Jones, Mar tin County. | S. L. Rogers and Annie Gray Bos- Iton, both of Martin County. Frank Speller and 1 iattic Speller, of Martin County. TAX COLLECTION IS NEARLY SIOO,OOO « ——- Many Property Owners Are Paying Their Taxes on Installment Plan County tax • collections these past few days have been advanced by leaps and bounds, hut the collector fell short of the half-way mark by a few thous- \ and, it was learned yesterday. During the past week, collections were in-' creased from $83,000 to $97,670.59, and' there are some big accounts expected within the next week or two, the sher iff said. The collections to date are slightly more than they were up to the same date late year. That the property owners, or at least many of theni, arc niaking a worthy effort to square their tax accounts is shown by the partial payment list. Nearly $2,000 have been paid into the office since last November in this man ner. Little by little, the individual accounts have been reduced, but the payers find it a good way to meet their tax obligations. ( POISON BARRELS v Somebody is liable to drink some poison liquor if barrels stol en from several Griffins Town ship farmers are used for the man ufacture of liquor, it was learned here today. Persons believed to be engaged in the liquor manufact uring business stole several bar rels in that section a few days ago, and one of the containers had been used for mixing poisons, the owner said. The several water barrels were stolen within a radius of only a few miles of the Hardison mill, it was reported. PROFITABLE AND LONG SESSION OF COUNTY COURT Fines Amounting To $235 Are Imposed by Judge Peel Here Tuesday Calling thirteen cases,, the county recorder's court had an unusually long and profitable session last Tuesday, the session going well into the after noon and attracting fairly large crowds Judge H. O. Peel bore down on the victims and called for fines amount, ing to $235 in addition to costs a mounting to more than SIOO. J. VV. Cates .and Joe Childress, the two Durham white men charged with transporting a large quantity of li quor, pleaded guilty. Catcs was fined SIOO and Childress was fined" SSO. Early May Boston was found not guilty in the case charging him with the manufacture of liquor. Astor Clay and W. H. Weeks, jr., both pleaded guilty of violating the traffic laws. Weeks was fined SSO and Clay $25, each defendant to pay one-half the costs. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, William Sherrod was found guilty of simple assault, the court suspending judgment upon the payment of the costs. Charged with cruelty to animals and carrying a concealed weapon, Jesse Bland was found guilty of the second charge. The court suspended judg ment upon the payment of the costs The case charging Henry L. Harris with killing guinea chickens was nol prossed. Spencer Hyman was adjudged guil ty in the case charging him with vio lating the liquor laws and appealed to the higher courts, when judgment was suspended upon the condition tTiat he pay the costs. Appeal bond was fixed in the siim of SSO. A nol pros resulted in the case charg ing Spencer Hyman with abandonment and non-support. - I Charged with an assault with a dead ly weapon, Kan Manning was found »uilly of a simple assault, the court suspending judgment upon the pay ment of the cost. Judgment was suspended in the case charging Will Bell with violating the liquor laws upon the condition that he pay a fine of $lO anj the costs of the actioq.. , A nol pros resulted in the case charging Howard Whitehurst, J. (J. Andrews, J. (J. Andrews, jr., and Mat tie Andrews with (orcil)le trespass. 'I lie case charging Herman Farmer with operating a car without license was temporarily dismissed from the docket when it was learned that he had been sent to the roads since the chaise was instituted against him and that his arrest had not been elTected since he left the camp. The case charging G. F. Benson and William C. Harris with violating the traffic law was continued. ~ Better Chevrolet Company Opens New Agency Here Completing arrangements only a few days ago, the Better Chevrolet Company has opened an agency here 1 and will maintain complete sales and service units. Mr. S. Collin i'eel/ex perienced automobile man, has been manager of the agency here, and he entered upon his duties Wednesday J The company will operate in Bertie Washington, Tyrrell and Martin Counties, and will offer an up-to-the minute service to all Chevrolet own ers, Mr. Peel said. Ihe company is placing new cars in its show rooms here, and the own ers invite the public to visit them at their business home on Washington Street. Presiding Elder To Preach for Methodists here Sunday C. T. Rogers, pastor. Members will take notice of the fact that our first quarter of the church year will close with February. "Take due notice thereof and govern your self accordingly." A quarterly report will be sent to each piember at the close of this month. Our new presiding elder, Mr, Mc- Cracken, will preach Sunday at 11 a. m. We "hope for a large attendance. Ouarterly conferei>:e will be held im mediately after the morning service. Services for jhe week at the usual hours. The public is cordially invit ed to attend. m Methodist Missionary Group To Meet Monday The local department of the Wo man's Missionary society of the Methodist will hold its regu lar meeting with Mrs. J. E. Harrison Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clo:k. • Fifty demonstrations in growing a better quality of tobacco will be con ducted in Edgecombe County this sea son under the direction of E. Y. j Floyd. I Welfare Work Helps 6,000 in This County ( TAX LEAGUE MEET I A meeting of the Martin Coun [ ty Taxpayers' League will be held I in the county courthouse here on ! next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'- clock, it was announced by the secretary, E. P. Cunningham, here this morning. Officers of the league expressed a keen hope for a large attendance as there are several important mat ters now pending before the leg islature that could be discussed to an advantage to county taxpayers it was said. W. T. OVERBY, OF JAMESVILLE DIES OF PNEUMONIA I ——« Funeral Held Yesterday at Home of His Parents In Northampton County I ■ • W. T. Overby, popular professor in the Jamesville schools, died at his home there at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, following a long illness of influenza and pneumonia. His con dition was considered serious for more than a week before his death. I Suffering an attack of influenza more than two weeks ago, the school man went to render a service for a neighbor and it is believed to have ag gravated his illness. Born in MargarcttsVille, Northamp ton County, he was the son of Mr and Mrs. J. D. Overby. After com pleting his education in the schools of that county, Mr. Overby entered State College, Raleigh, where he was graduated in 1926. During the fall of that year he went to Jamesville as vo cational agricultural tea her in the schools there. Entering, whole-heart edly upon his duties there he soon en deared himself to the,, people of that section. Rapidly lie carried his activi ties to all communities of the district, j willingly, offering his services to all 1 who needed him in handling baffling farm problems. He did much in that community for its betterment and few men have made themselves as usetul to a people as he did. The people of the county, espe.ially those among whom he worked during the past sev eral years,- will sorely miss him. Besides his parents, he is survived by six sisters, Mr. 11. P. Atkinson, and Misses Julia and Eunice Overby, of Richmond; Mis 4 s Ethel Overby, of Durham; and Misses Lucile and Mar garet Overby, of Margarettsville; and two brothers, Henry and Robert Ov erby, of Northampton County. His wife, formerly Miss Cosie Roland, of Willow Springs, with one daughter, Violet Sue, two years old, also sur vives. *• • Mr. Overby was 33 years old, a Ma son and a member of the Baptist church. The body was carried to the home of his parents yesterday morning, where services were conducted that afternoon. Members of Skewarkee willingly offering his services to all lodge here and other masons held the services at the grave. Announce Sermon Topics for Baptist Sunday Service "The Tantalizing Goal of Perfec tion," is the. subject of Sunday morn ing's sermon at the Baptist church, and at the evening hour the theme will j be, "The Deadliest Sin." | The people are reminded not to for sake the assemblying of themselves to gether in their places of worship, for there is tremendous moral and spirit ual tonic in placing, and keeping, one self under the influence of religious • *1 . -i . sem:eu. At no time in this century has there b«Jen more need for the stabilizing values of religion; and those institu tions' which try to keep aflame the moral torch and bear it high merit the steadfast and willing cooperation of every one who is interested in, and who profits by, these eternal and im perishable values. „ • — Few Contagious Diseases Are Reported in January Reportable contagious disease cases are few and far between these days in this county, according to report re leased by County Health Officer J. H. Saunders for the month of February. Only five such cases were reported during the period, and they were all measles, four cases in one family and the fifth in another. All were among white people in Williamston Town ship. Advertiser* Will Fnd Our Cot am* a Latchkey to Onr Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 TOTAL OF $12,000 SPENT TO DATE; DEMANDSHEAVY One Out of Every Four Persons In County Is Receiving Aid Nearly 6,000 people or about one out of every four persons have re ceived welfare aid in this county since the work was started on a large scale hack in the fall and up until the first of this month, it was learned yester day from the county welfare depart ment here. Approximately $12,000 have been spent in caring for the needy during the period, and the de mands, heavy in the past, are expect ed to increase during this month and a greater part of March, The report includes activities of all agencies and gives a complete sum mary of the relief work done. It is believed in some quarters that this money is raised and iloled out at the expense of Martin County tax pears. That is not the case. Relief money is raised by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and is deducted (rom the road fund ordi narily alloted the several states by the federal government. In other words, this state as well as others will - not share in the federal road building fund to as great extent as has been the - case in the past, for part of the fund has already been advanced for relief work. ~—■——- ■■ -■ —.—,— However, a small portion of tke money spent is raised in the county, including that for tlie indigient or pauper fund, a fund that has been and most surely will always be with it. Jlie following is a summary of the number of people re. living aid in the Un districts: District No White families Total James ville 139 557 Williams 33 177 Griffins 10 38 Bear Grass - 41 151 Willianiston 88 3m Kverctts 19 94 Kobersonville 56 248 Poplar l'oint-" 18 87 Hamilton 42 192 Oak City ' 6 2 254 I 4 511 2249 District No. Col. families No. People Janiesville 169 785 I Williams 55 227 jGriffins 3 19 j Hear Grass 4 7 Willianiston 223 943 Kwrctts 22 102. Kobersonville. * 64 275 * Poplar Point . 4 21 j Hamilton 131 5^5 Oak City 55 757 727 3721 District No. families No. People Jamesville %, 308 1402 Williams • 91 402 Griffins 13 57 Hear t.rass 42 158 Willianiston 3H 1334 Kverctts 41 196 Kobersonville * 120 523 Poplar Point :1 - 22 108 Hamilton 173 777. Oak City 117 ' 1011 1238 5970 SCHOOL FUNDS ARE SLASHED Appropriations Committee Allows $13,375,000 For School Operations Making some concessions to uncer tain revenue conditions and the prob able rewriting of a revenue bill, the joint appropriations committee in the legislature this week made murderous slashes when the publi: schools were reached. Some of the cuts would have gone Jo $4,000,000 in the recom mended $13,375,000. The school trim niiug has been pretty artistic. But it was decided to let the $13,375,000 stand, along with the $75,000 for emer gencies in the support of the six months term, and $600,000 in the con tribution to the extended term, a tax reduction measure. That, figure represents a cut of $2,- 750,000 as compared with the amount requested for the term; a cut of $2,- 267,923 as compared with actual op erating expenses for 1931-32 and a cut of $2,072,240 as compared with esti mated expense* salary slahes of 15 per cent for teach ers, 25 per ceqt for superintendents, and 22 per cept for supervisors are contemplated under the approved a mount. • . . —>~J
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