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Watch the Label OB TOW Aa It- Caniaa tha Data Wkaai Your Bohacripthm Expiree VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 4 SEED LOANS ARE APPLIED FOR AT RATE OF 40 DAILY Supply of Blanks Used Up; Additional Ones Are Supplied Office Applications for crop production or seed and feed loans were being filed here at the rate of more than 40 a day until the supply of blanks was ex hausted yesterday, according to in formation coming from the office of County Agent T. B. Brandon. It is believed that nearly 1,000 applications will have been filed before the latter part of next month by farmers in this county. Requests for the govern ment loans will be considered until the 30th of next month. Additional blanks have been called for, and the work will again be under way shortly. Homer Peel, a native of this coun ty, has an important position with the government in handling the applica tions at Washington, and it is under stood that applications will be con sidered immediately. However, there are thousands of such applications reaching Washington almost daily and naturally there will be some delay in handling the work. It is said that those applications properly prepared will be handled rapidly by the author ities. Just how long it will require for a loan to be completed and for the applicant to get the cash is not known, but probably two weeks or more will be required to complete the transaction. Early applications filed here last week indicate there will be a marked reduction in the peanut crop this year. Nearly every farmer applying for a loan states that he is contemplating a reduction in his peanut acreage, and it now looks as if the sice of the crop will be less by half this year as com pared with that for the past season. Turning strong from peanuts, farm ers are centering on increased tobacco and cotton acreages. Food and feed crop acreages will remain about the same, judging from tffe applications so far received in this county. Information has just been received by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce from Congressmen Warren and Kerr that the seed loan depart ment at Washington has agreed to figure the 30 per cent reduction on to bacco acreage not on what they actu ally planted last year, but on what was intended to be planted if the blue mold had not destroyed their plant*. In other words, a normal acreage is what they are supposed to figure on, according)to an official statement made to Congressmen Kerr and Warren. In no instance will be the acreage be lower than enough for one barn, the ruling says. According to the first regulations agreed to, each farmer would have to cut 30 per cent of what he had last year, and in many instances the blue mold cut the acreage so much laat year that another 30 per cent would have placed him in position where he would not have had enough for a barn to the mule. DRAW JURY FOR FEDERAL COURT Tonsils of Thirty Children During a Two-day Clinic There Twelve Martin County citizens have been chosen to serve as jurors at the next term of Federal court convening in Washington the 3rd of next month. The names oil the twelve are as fol lows; L. J. Hardison, Williamston, R. F. D. 4. H. A. Gray, Robersonvijle. C. L. Green, Robersonville. Joshua L. Coltrain, Williamston, R. F. D. 4. G. H. Cox, Robersonville. J. L. Rodgerson, Williamston. Mr. Rodgerson is now living in Lumber ton, his name having been entered subject to jury service before he left. David Grimes, Robersonville. Van G. Taylor, Everetta. J. P. House, Robersonville. W. H. Gurkin, Williamston. J. S. Ayers, Everetts. v J. Henry Roberson, Robersonville. The names of 60 men were drawn from seven counties, Martin, Bertie Beaufort, Pitt, Washington, Tyrrell, asd Hyde. Negro Charged with the Cruel Beating of Wife Wife beating apparently is a habit with one Will Brayboy, colored. Re cently he returned from the roads aft er serving a sentence for beating his wife. Charging that she did not of fer him a cordial welcome upon his return to her, Brayboy whipped her again. She was beaten so badly that a doctor was called to dress her in- juries. In default of a SIOO bond, Brayboy was placed in jail to awsit trial in the recorder's court today. - THE ENTERPRISE Applications Are Approved For Opening County Banks A return to normal banking ac tivities in the nation waa started this week when units ol the Fed eral system in key citiea opened for business, followed by banks in clearing house centers today. Gradually the re-opening process is expanding throughout the na tion and by the end of this week actiritiea in the financial world will be advancing under normal conditions, it ia believed. Authentic reports received here this afternoon stated that the ap plications of the several banks in this county had been approvsd, and would re-open just aa aoon aa certain formalities are handled by the Governor. Commissioner of State Banks Hood said today DRAW JURY LIST FOR APRIL TERM SUPERIOR COURT Thirty-Six Citizens Chosen For Service During Two- Weeks Term Thirty-six citizens were selected this week to serve as jurors at the April term of Martin County Superior Court, convening the third Monday of next month. Eighteen were chosen to serve during the first week and 18 for the second week of the term, ar ranged for the trial of civil cases only. While it could not be definitely learned this week who would preside over the court, it is understood that Judge Clayton Moore will probably occupy the bench. The names of the citizens chosen to serve during the first week are as follows: Bear Grass Township: W. S. Rev els, J. C. Rawls, E. G. Taylor. Williamston Township: W. E. Luther Peel, Joe G. Corey, W. L. Taylor, Herman Bowen, and J. A. Roberson. Cross Roads Township: Gaston James. Robersonville Township: Ernest Ward, W. Heber Everett, and L. R. Ausbon. Hamilton Township: Robert.A». Ed mondson. Goose Nest Township: M. H. Sav age, Ernest Bunting, A. P. Hyman, J. T. Matthews. Second Week Griffins Township: Perlie B. Lilley, Bear Grass: L. J. Peel. Williamston Township; W. D. Mishoe,- George Harris, N. C. Green, James E. Griffin, N. K. Harrison. Cross Roads W. F. Crawford. Robersonville Township; C. L. Vick, T. L. Roebuck, J. C. Martin, Roy G. Coburn, W. J. Ward. Poplar Point Township; Charlie M. Hamilton Township; P. C. Edmond son, Leroy Beach, L. B. Brown. Goose Nest Township: Wiley Craft. TONSIL CLINIC AT OAK CITY Bear Grass Community Is Making Plans for One There This Week Twenty-eight school children in the Oak City community had their ton sils removed last Friday and Satur day at a clinic arranged by welfare workers and leaders in that section. Dr. C. J. Sawyer did the operating. Reports received here yesterday stat ed that the children were getting a long very well. Other clinics are being arranged in the county, and it is believed that more than 100 children will have been giv en the treatment before the schools close for the term. The clinics, paid for by welfare money received from the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, are only available to those chil dren who are not financially able to meet the costs. Harry Manning Fatally Hurt in Auto Accident Harry Manning, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John A-. Manning, was run down and fatally injured by an automobile near the Sandy Cross school a few miles from Elm City last Friday noon. The young man was returning to school and started across the highway when he was struck by the car, driven by a traveling sales man. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday afternoon, interment follow ing in the family burial ground on the home place in Nash County. The young man had a number of relatives in this county. Messrs. Per lie Manning and Darrel Price attend ed the funeral from here. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 14, 1933 that no announcement in connec tion with increased banking ac tivities for tomorrow would be made until late tonight or early tomorrow. It is understood how ever that the banks in Martin will be among the first to reopen throughout the State. Announcement of increased ac tivities tomorrow is being delay ed on account of the illness of Governor Ehringhaus who has to issue licenses for banks to re open. Reports from Raleigh to day indicated that he was unable to attend to the duties. He is said to have had a fever of 103 while addressing the General As sembly last night and that his secretary had to assist him from the legislative hall. YOUNG NEGRO STRUCK BY CAR J. B. Nichols Suffers a Bad Injury To Head and a * Broken Leg J. |B. Nicftols, 14-tyear-old negro, suffered a broken hip and leg and a bad injury to his head last Saturday when he was run down by an auto mobile driven by A. B. Malone, 52- year-old colored minister of Peters burg, Va., near his home about S miles from here on the Jamesville road. Nichols was said to have been plny ing with a companion and carelesiily ran into the road in the path of the car. The minister was not driving very fast and stopped his car within IS feet of the place where the boy was struck, it was said. Patrolman Btaswell, investigating the accident, reported that Nichols had one of the ugliest head wounds he had ever seen. The gash was nearly six inches long and wide enough for one to touch the skull without touch ing the skin or flesh. The boy is getting along very well in a Washington hospital. EDUCATIONAL LEADERS HOLD MEETING SOON Three General Sessions To Be Held at Raleigh March 23 to 25 Raleigh.— I "Education is the insur ance policy of democracy" is the con vention theme for the 49th annual* meeting of the North Carolina Edu cation association to he held in Kal eigh Memorial auditorium, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 23-25, with President Clyde A. Edwin, of Rutherfordton, presiding. The program,' outline of wliidi *is contained in an article ii£ t'he North Carolina Teacher ior March, by Secre tary Jule B. Warren, shows that three general sessions will he held, Thurs day evening, Friday evening and Saturday morning; two divisional meetings are arranged for Friday morning, and departmental meetings will be held Friday afternoon. T. L. | Bland will give a reception at the Sir Walter Hotel, in charge of the Ralr eigh Teachers association, Friday night. William J. Cooper, United States' Commissioner of Education, Wash ington, has accepted an invitation to speak, as have Dr. W. D. Reeve, mathematics, Columbia University; Dr. Gerald S. Craig, Columbia Uni versity; Dr. Douglass Freeman, co author, Richmond News-leader; and Edith Putnam Parker, Chicago Uni versity, co-author of the recently a dopted geography books in the State, and K. W. Gunther, Michigan Normal School. Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus has indicated that he will accept the invitation to speak Saturday! morning, and Dr. Frank Hickman, Duke University, will appear on one of the general programs. Coburn Home at Dardens Burglarized Last Sunday The home of £)ennis Coburn, white farmer of the Dardens section, was entered early last Sunday night by a party or parties unknown to any mem bers of the family. A suit of clothes, a shirt, pair of shoes, and a necktie were stolen. The theft was not discovered until yesterday morning, and officers called but no arrests were effected. Local Seniors Will Stage Play Here Next Week Seniors in the local school will pre sent their annual class play, "A For tunate Calamity," in the high school auditorium Friday night of next week. Regular practices are being held, and present indications point to a success ful presentation. REVALUATION OF PROPERTY THIS YEAR IS FAVORED Bill Calling for Revaluation Has Passed the Second Reading in House A bill calling for the revaluation of property in the State is being consid ered by the General Assembly, and was passed by a big majority in the house last week, it is understood. The bill will probably come up for its final reading in that body tonight. Property list-takers are scheduled to meet at»d disscuss the listing work next Monday and start the task on the first Monday in April, or as soon thereaft er as is possible . Property will be list ed as of April 1. The legislature last week passed a bill abolishing the sheriff's tax sales ordinarily advertised in May and sold the first Monday in June. Just how the new law is intended to operate is not known here. It is understood, however, that the taxes will remain a charge on the property and 6 per cent interest will be charged on the unpaid taxes on and after June 1, This ap plies to 1.932 taxes unpaid on that date. On January 1 next judgments against all tax delinquents on that date will be docketed. The cost of the proceeding is limited to $6. The delinquent will have 28 months—pre sumably from the time the judgment is docketed—in which to pay taxes, the $0 cost and interest. That relieves the delinqut it of the publicity. Whether the penalties for delayed payments, much protested, and the dis counts for advance payments will be continued will be determined by action on the revenue machinery bill, yet to be taken. JANUARY RELIEF WORK REVIEW Nearly 500 Men Employed On Projects in Martin During the Period Four hundred and ninety-one men were employed on relief projects in this county during the month of January, it was learned from a re.eut report issued by the Governor's office of relief. These workers were paid $3,956. A total of 95,686 men were employ ed in North Carolina and paid from relief funds during the period. More than $750,000 was paid but in wages, or aproximately 65 percent of the sl,- 250,000 which was spent for all relief purposes in the state "during the month. These figures indicate that about two-thirds of the heads of destitute families in the state were working for the aid, which they received. The others were given direct relief either because no one in the family was physically able to \york or because there was no work available for them to do. " The jobs performed--l*v-gliesf work ers vary considerably, the reports show. Always tliey Constituted work of one type or "another which was for the public good, such as highway re pairing and bcautification, school house building and repairing, street repairs and construction, etc. In many instances the work per formed by relief labor was the type of public improvement which could never have been realized except for the present emergency. Such projects were decided upon only aUer thorough consideration by local public official! and always were launched only when it had been determined that the work done would be of genuine public benefit. WELFARE BOARD HOLDS MEETING Discuss Plans for Handling of Free Garden Seed In This County A meeting of the county welfare board was held in the office of Sup erintendent J. C. Manning here yes terday afternoon, when plans for the distribution of free garden >eed and other relief problems were discussed. J. Raleigh Manning, case worker and assistant administrator of relief, was made direct administrator and virtually all the welfare and relief work will be handled by him or thru hi* office. The welfare board authorized the appointment of district supervisors to investigate the planting, of seed and the 'cultivation' of gardens by' the needy. No appointments have been made public at arrangements for the supervision are not yet complete. Mrs. Vernon Ward, of Roberson ville, Mrs. J. W. Andrews, of Wil liamston, Mr. R .O. Martin, Superin tendent J. C. Manning, and District Supervisor Miss Ward, members of the board, were present for the meet ing. Governor Recommen Tax in Message CLINIC HELD AT OAK CITY LAST WEEK SUCCESS Twelve Martin Men Called To Serve in Washington Court Next Month The tonsil clinic held in Oak City Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, at the Oak City school, was a huge success. Dr. Sawyer and his three nurses. Misses Barker, M°dli»> and Williams, assisted by Dr. Pittman, did a very great and beneficial piece of work. The clinic was well planned and well organized from the beginning. There were committees to meet every need and to supply every want. Those par ents were' unaMe to secure the necessary articles for the operation were furnished them through the kind ness and consideration of these com mittees. RegulaV classes were held in the school building Friday, except for the fact that they were shortened, as school was' dismissed at 12:30. Dr. Sawyer spoke very favorably of the students as to the way they conducted while the operations were taking place. Quietness was observed every where and * alt students showed due consideration for the patients. There were 30 patients to undergo the operation, including those on the free list and those who were paying. Twenty cases were handled Friday, and the remaining 10 Saturday morn ing. All patients stayed overnight at the building, leaving early the next lain uing. All patients have been re ported as improving rapidly, and it is hoped that they will all be able to re turn to school by Uiv«middle of this week Thanks are- extended to Dr. Saw yer, the nurses, Dr. I'ittman, parents, school pupils, teachers and other out- side friends who helped to make this | clinic a . success. Special thanks are | due Mrs. Wiggins, matron of the tea- herage, for her kindness and con sideration during the clinic. l*he well-planned and., organized work of the clinic is due to Principal II M. Ainsley and his teachers. The The securing of cots and bed linen was a big poblem, but was handltyl ef ficiently. Iloys acting as scouts serv ed in cases of emergencies.—As re ported. Windsor Fire Cause for Alarm Sounding Here * . The town's fire siren was sounded Sunday night at 10 o'clock when a ■ all was'feceived from Windsor. Ac cording to information , coming from the local department, a negro home wirs burning in the Her tie rapital and some one, apparently excited, called the fire company heret'for help, hief Harrison got in touch with Windsor authorities and learned that no help •was needed. Local volunteers turned out in large number!) and were all ready to go when it was learned that a visit was not necessary. • Many Juniors Expected Here for Meet Tonight 11. C. Siskc, representative of the Rand McNally Company and a promi nent figure in the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, will at tend a meeting of- that organization here this evening, it was learned this morning. Many members from a number of councils in this section are planning to be here for the supper and initiation exercises this evening and night, J. H. Harrell, local secretary, said to day. -> Skewarkey Masons To Hold Meeting Tonight The regular communication of Ske warkee Lodge, No. 90, A. P. & A. M., will be held in the lodge rooms Here tonight. All members are urged to attend and visiting Masons are cor dially invited. Clean Brooder Every Day To Protect Baby, Chicks To protect chicks that are being raised in a brooder, the area under the canopy should be thoroughly cleaned every day and the litter' re placed with clean material. Beginning the first of the second week, the en tire house should be cleaned and this operation repeated every five days. 'lf the ground has been used within the past two years as a poultry run the brooder house should be moved to clean soil. [ DEPRESSION CURE 1 \ / Depression cure of "Fanner Jim" Ferguson, husband of "Ma," the Texas Governor: "Put your trust in God, your Ford in the garage, and your wife to work." And as for things in general, "Pa" told a farmers' convention at Dallas: "Take the oil business. They've got a trust. Take the lawyers. They've got a trust. Ypu farmers have to organize ai trust—bind yourselves together with hoops of steel because we are ruined if we don't do it. I want you to get this. If the farmers do not or ganize like everybody else, then this country is going to hell in a handbag." "We sit idly by and pass reso lutions and feebly protest against the of marketing fa cilities and the result of it is we are in a business that is the great est failure of all vocations of man. It ought to be the most profitable and the most honorable." RESUME OF WORK BY HOME AGENT IN PAST MONTH Council Meeting Is Largely Attended; Report of Canning Given Following is the report of Miss, Lore E .Sleeper, county home demon stration agent, for the month of Feb-! | ruary, as submitted to the board of I I county commissioners at their meet ing Monday, Match tj; 1 "The home agent traveled 696 miles |difrtsng the montU, conducted 14 meet j ings with the girls and 8 with the! women. There were 42? in attendance at the meetings. The home agent spent 18 days in the field and 6 days in the office; 1/ different homes were! visited; 11 letters were written, and; 2 copies of circular letters were pre-1 pared with 1,609 copies circulated. | One council meeting was held for the women, and this was the largest 1 meeting of its kind since the council was organized. There were 26 in at- I tendance, representing 7 clubs, l'lans : were made for the county program! jto be put on at the district meeting Jin Plymouth. At this meeting 5 clubs j {reported having.canned well over 880 j | quarts of meat with the steam pres sure cooker, a saving of S2OO if the nars were valued at 25 cents per quart, j [This is not the total figure, and no | doubt there is double that amount of ! j meat which has been canned using i the pressure cooker, but has not been , , reported. •* | Mrs. (J. 11. Angc at the last club meeting held in her community vol | unteered to have a demonstration gar* den and to assist Mr. Morrow, horti culture specialist, in learing the value ■of vegetables raised at home to the j 1 farm family. This will be done for j Wine For several )ears, Mr. \ Ange lias been a successful home | gardener, planting no tobacco or cot- | ton, but depending on poultry, pea-1 nuts, and the home garden for cash crops. The curb market took in $76.97 dur iug the month, SJ6.2J of this being; | taken in on cakes. There were 44, j sellers selling through the market i I during the month, which is a gain of I 2 sellers over last year, i PRESIDENT ASKS FOR LEGAL BEER Passage of Legislation To Legalize Beer Expected By This Week-end Washington, March 13.—Final con gressional action to legalize and tax beer before the week-end was pre dicted tonight by Democratic senate and house chieftains following Presi dent Roosevelt's sudden request to .Congress - for immediate modification of the Volstead law. Machinery for complying was set into motion by house leaders within a few hours after the President's 72- word message was read in both chani bers. The chief executive said: "I recommend to the Congress the passage of legislation for the im mediate modification of the Volstead act, in order to legalize the manufac ture and sale of beer and other bev erages of such alcoholic content as is permissible. under the constitution; and to provide through such manufac ture and sale, by substantial taxes, a proper and much-needed revenue for the government. "I deem action at this time to be of the highest importance." Advertiser* Will Pad Oar Col urns a Latchkey to Ovw SliHia Hnndrad Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 WOULD ABOLISH ALL TAXES FOR EXTENDED TERM Governor Docs Not Take Sides with Either of the Proposed Sales Taxes Raleigh, Mar. M.—A definite plan to balance the State's budget by some form of sales tax and to provide an appropriation of approximately $15,- 500,000 for a standard uniform school term of "a full eight months or as near it as the funds available will per mit," with abolition of all extended term school taxes except for debt purposes, was laid before a joint ses sion of the General Assembly Mast ninlit in a damatic message delivered in person by Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus. Except for an increase of approxi mately $1,500,(KM) a year in the appro priation for public schools, Governor Ehringhaus advocated the sums rec ommended by the appropriations com mittee aggregating over $25,000,000 a year for the general fund and "over $lrt,000,0()0 a year for the highway fund as tlve minimums needed to carry on necessary State functions and pre serve the credit of the State. 'Speaking in an intense atmosphere with every foot of .available space occupied. Governor Kbringhaus at times, showed considerable emotion as he unfolded a definite plan for budget balancing, voked,lTfs fatih in the schools and other institutions and demanded that the State's credit be preserved at alf'costs. I he Governor took no sides on the two sales tax plans presented by the sub-committee of the joint finance iininiittee, stating that "method is your prerogative, but every other phase that the controversy "''"Aver proper budgVt balancing has waged tor the U9 days the iiencral Assembly has been in session, the executive took an unequivocal position. I'Yiends of the eight months term have maintained that is the smallest sum on wTiich the schools can hope for adequate • maintenance the appropriations committee recom mended $14,500,000 including s(>oo,- 000 for extended term aid and Judge T, C. Bowie and others are contend ing for $10,000,000. Governor Ehringhaus fixed his own figure, pausing to declare that the $10,000,000' plan was a "starvation wage and that stopping all support at six months would mean a "cruci fixion of child opportunity in North Carolina." Pointing out that the appropria tions have been reduced hy the coni niittee, which in most instances fol lowed the Budget Commission by 28 percent from the last appropriations and 60 percent from the peak, the invrrnor took hK stand both against those who want further cuts and those who would increase present recom mendations. I here has also been considerable difference of opinion among advo cates of»-the tf eight month term, as to whether local communities particu larly those now supporting a nine months schodt, should be left free to continue local supplements to State support. Governor (de clared against this plan, urging that the lull amount now levied by dis tricts amounting to 37 cents in the Ra leigh district and even more in some districts and average 20 cents for the entire State including districts with mi lax, be saved to tthe taxpayers. I his saving would be in. addition to the 15 cents State-wide levy now made. Two Women Charged with Assault Upon Another One Millie Sniallwood and Martha Mills wire given a preliminary hearing here yesterday before Justice J. L. Has sell for the alleged assault upon one Isabelle Brown, negress. Using a large knife, the Mills woman is said to have badly cut the Brown woman. Millie Sniallwood used an ice pick, but the attack wa»-.beateu off. The case is scheduled for Atrial in the county court today, when differences result ing over the alleged attention one wife paid another wife's husband will be aired again. Attend Britt Funeral Mrs. D. G. Matthews, Mrs. C. D. Perkins, Miss Annie Jones, Thurston Pippen, of Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Price, Mr*. Cliff Kuffin, lira. Bogey, Mrs. LiKy McCabe and If. H. Haynes, of Tarboro; and Mra. W. H. Newell and daughter, Miaa Vivian Newell, of Scotland Neck, were a mong those from out of town attend ing the funeral of Mr. J. H. Britt hero last Friday afternoon.
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