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Watch, the Label On Yoor Paper As It. Conies tba Data WbM Your Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 12 SEVERAL LARGE DAMAGE SUITS ARE SCHEDULED $50,000 Suit Started Against Dr. Mcßrayer as Result Of Automobile Wreck The calendar prepared for the two-, weeks term of Martin County Super ior Court convening next Monday for the trial of civil cases only during two weeks, carries some of the largest damage suits called in this county in years. Mrs. Lena Cochran, of Roberson ville, representing herself and son and the estate, is suing Dr. L. B. Mcßray er for $50,000. Mrs. Cochran and her son were injured and Mr. Cochran was fatally hurt in an automobile ac cident near Robersonville several months ago. She is asking SIO,OOO each for herself and son, and $30,000 as administratrix of the estate. The Southern Pines doctor, said to have carried a large amount of public lia bility and property damage insurance, has entered a counter claim and is asking SI,OOO for personal damage re ceived by him and $1,500 damage to his big Cadijjac car. It isn't likely that cases will be heard during the term, as the calen dar is crowded. The cases will prob ably be called at the June term. At torneys Smith and Horton are repre senting Mrs. Cochran, and Aattorneys Burgess and Baker arc representing Dr. Mcßrayer. Another damage suit, Oscar Peel, Administrator, against Roberson and Peel, is scheduled for trial. The suit, asking $15,000 damaged, developed when George Stokes was fatally in jured in a truck wreck on the Wash ington road December 24, 1931. A third damage suit is that of Gard ner against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, growing out of a train - automobile wreck several months ago near Plymouth. 16 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED Roosevelt Wave of Prosper ity Apparently Strikes * Martin Bureau The Roosevelt wave of prosperity was felt at the Martin County mar riage license bureau last month, when 16 licenses were issued, as compared with 5 the month before and in March of last year. Nine of the li censes were issued to white couples. Licenses were issued as follow*: White Clarence Hardy and Susie Wynn, both of Martin. Roy Skinner, of l'itt, and Sadie Ipock, of Edgecombe. John B. Cook and Reba Teel, both of Martin. Joe Ball and Mrs. Bessie Swain, both of Martin. >- William Marion Lilley and Martha Viol* Griffin, both of Martin County. Richard F. Andrews and Lillian Coburn, of Martin County. Leroy Whitfield and Elizabeth Mat thew*, both of Martin County. Warren Leggeett, jr., and Lizzie Marie Gardner, both of Martin. Colored O. C. Andrews and Annie J. Bry ant, both of Martin County. Roosevelt Woolard and Minnie Lee, of Martin County. George Harrell and Contelia Phil lips, of Martin County. William Arthur Parker and Mary Parker, both of Martin County. Simon Reddick and Mary Baze more, of Martin County. James W. Smith, of Halifax* Coun ty, and Luzanna Kuffin, of Martin. Everetts 4-H Club In a Regular Meet Monday The 4-H club of Everett* met Mon day in the school house. At the regu lar meeting a 4-H rug was exhibited which was made by Lishia Ballard. Thia it the first rug which has been made and completed to be shown other club members. Many of the club members are mak ing very good record books this year and much of the time it being spent upon pages which are due in the rec ord books. Plans were made for having a repre sentative from the club attend the State Short Course this year. Mem bers were urged to enter the biscuit contest.—Ruth Cullipher, reporter. Donates 25 Bushels of Sweet Potatoes to Needy The diet of the needy or less for tunate was varied last week through the goodness of Mr. Joshua L. Col train, Williams Township farmer and county commissioner, who donated 25 bushel* of cured sweet potatoes to welfare headquarters fcere for distri bution. Small portions were sacked and the sweets found waiting and out stretched anna. THE ENTERPRISE Fishing on Roanoke Picks Up Suddenly Early Today Fishing activities on the Roan oke took on much added interest early today, when the " catches wfere incrcpped two, three, and even (our times in sire over the catchea of a few days before. At Camp Point, a few miles be low Jameaville, one report stated that from 12,000 to 15,000 herring were taken at the first dip today. The Fleming Fishery at Jamas ville reported around 10,000 caught in the first dip there this mora ine, the catches averaging from 5,000 to 7.OQQ, Fishing up to that time had been SUSPEND PROTECTS ) In suspending relief work proj ects for residents on farma, the Governor's Office on Relief said this week that the step waa taken to enable all farm families to more effectively devote their energies to gardening and farming. The sus pension was said to be a logical development of the plan to require all persons living on the land to cultivate their own food and feed stuffs as a prerequisite to further relief. It was pointed out, however, that whenever it it found necea aary direct relief will be provided farm reaidenta until their farma and garden* begin to produce their food. USE LIMESTONE IN MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZERS • Recent Findings of Federal Government Support Recommendations The use of dolomite or dolinitic limestone in complete fartilizers as advocated in North- Carolina for the past two or three years by leading farmers has found support by the findings of investigators connected with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture. In a recent rlease, the department cites results secured by K- C. Beeson and Dr. Win. H. Ross in which they say, "Dolomite or dolomitic limestone, added to complete fertilizers, which contain ammonium compounds will prevent them from increasing soil acidity." "For many years," says the federal statement, "the mixed fertilizers of this country contained approximately equal proportions of Chilean nitrate of soda and sulfate of ammonia. Such mixtures were not acid forming. The new developments that have recently taken place in fixing the nitrogen of the air have changed the situation. Many of the complete fertilizers now sold in this country- are therefore, acid-forming in their influence on-the soil. If the use of such fertilizers is to continue, a serious decrease in the crop-producing capacity of the soils of the United States is likely to re sult." The item then goes on to recom mend the use of suitable applications of limestone and says that the dolo mitic kind does not cause a loss of plant food when mixed with complete fertilizers as do ordinary limestones. Then too, the use of the dolomitic limestone in the fertilizer allows the use of a small amount at a time thus doing away with the danger of over liming certain crops. Farmers of North Carolina have been following this practice of re questing fertilizer companies to use this kind of limestone in their mix tures and thus do away with worth less sand as well as adil additional value to the plant food mixture. ■-+ — Oak City School News For The Past Week The music department of llie Oak City school will present an operetta, "The Golden Whistle," on Thursday evening, April 13, at 8 o'clock It is hoped that a large number will at tend. There will be a unall admis sion to offset expense?. Hot Lunch Hot lunch is, still being served to an average of 65 children, each day. Records of the weights of these Chil dren show a decided gain. The monthly examinations of last month show that pupils are improv ing rather than reatrindg.—L. Alls brooks. Caldwell Farmers Purchase BJOO Pounds of Lespedeza Caldwell farmers purchased about 8,500 pounds of Kobe lespedeza from the Iredell Mutual Exchange this * season. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 11, 1933 progressing slowly in the Roan oke, only medium life catches hav ing been reported. The season is now nearing a climax and by the latter part of thia and the early port of next week, maximum catchea are expected. According to reports received here, the river started filling up with the fish by the thousands about 4 o'clock this morning. A call for additional workers waa made at the fisheries. Farmers, tilling their Hands by day, are fishing by night at this point. MAIL SCHEDULES OF 87 YEARS AGO SEEM SLOW NOW More Than 30 Hours Were Required To Get Mail Here from Halifax Back in the old days a traveler would wait a week for a stage coach; today one generally grumbles if he misses a partition in a revolving door. Today, when speed is rate above hu man life, it is hard to believe there ever was a time when more than 30 hours were required for mail to reach Williamston from Halifax, in an ad joining county. The North Carolina Standard, a Raleigh newspaper, in its issue of December 30, 1846, carried a number of mail schedules, two of which were of great purport to the people of this section at that time. Through the courtesy of Mr. Warren H. Biggs, in whose possession the particular copy of the Standard is now in, two of the old schedules appear here: Leaving Plymouth Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday of each week, an hour after midnight, the carrier would serve patrons at Gardner's Bridge, Williamston, Washington, Swift Creek bridge, and New Bern, reaching the latter place at 10 o'clock p. m., about 21 hours being required for the trip t Today, mail is brought here from Ply mouth in about 25 minutes and is in Washington about 30 minutes later. On the return trip about 90 years ago, the mails left New Bern each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 o'clock a. m, and arrived in Plymouth at 11 p. m. the same day. The other schedule covered the dis tance between here and Halifax. The mails left Halifax each Sunday and Thursday at 6 o'clock in the inroning and reached here at 4 o'clock the fol lowing day. Mail for Halifax was dis patched at 6 a. tit. each Tuesday and Saturday, arriving at Halifax the fol lowing day at 4 p. in. SMALL WOMAN IS SHOWN HERE Mother of Three Children Weighs Only 37 Pounds, Is 28 Inches Tall Mrs. Doletta Bu.k, the smallest mother in the world, is spending a few days here this week, and regular ex hibitions, sponsored by the Woman's Club, are arranged in the store for merly occupied by the W. J. Hodges Grocery Company. The little woman, weighing only 37 pounds, and measuring 28 inches in height, was born in Quincy, 111., 51 years ago. When 11 months old, she walked and talked, but thru she was only 9 inches tall and weighed only 4 pounds. A brother was normal in size and weight. Unusually active despite her small size, Mrs. Buck was graduated from the Furman, Neb., school, and she later taught for three years in the public schools of that city. She went on the stage at Concord, N. C., in 1905. There are three children, two stal wart young men, one fl and the other 21 years old, and one daughter, 8 years old. The husband is 6 ftet tall. Their home is in Enid, Okla. Mrs. Bettie M. Hudson Died Near Parmelc Friday Mrs. Bettie M. Hudson, widow of James Allen Hudson, died at the home of her son near Parmele last Friday of cancer. Mrs. Hudson, 65 years old, had been in feeble health for some time. Born in Pitt County, Mrs. Hudson had lived in this county for some time. Five children, three sons and two girls, survive. Funeral services wtre conducted on Saturday by Rev. E. C. Shoe, Meth odist minister of Robersonville. In terment was in the Hardy burial ground between Greenville and Grimesland. SMITH EXPLAINS BILL RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS Will Be Surprised If Beer Will Raise $500,000 In Taxes Annually The bill relating to the payment of assessments for street improvements in Williamston was explained by Rep resentative J. C. Smith in a letter re ceived here last Saturday. Under the provisions of the bill enacted into law last week, the town authorities, are empowered to accept street improve men bonds in settlement of assess ments against real estate in the town. The bill reads: "That the Board of Commissioners of the town of Williamston be, and they are hereby, authorized sind em powered to accept at their face value any and all bonds issued by said town for street improvements, whether said bonds are due or not, as credit on or in settlement of assessments against real estate in said town for street im provements." The bill was forwarded to Mr. Smith by Attorney E. S. Peel at the request of a number of holders of William ston street improvement bonds. While the law does not affect the town in the least, it will probably be of value to holders of street improvement bonds. Referring; to other activities, Mr. Smith said, "There is a regulatory act now being considered with very strin gent provisions, and this may to some etent take care of the beer problem in the state. The suggestion that it will raise more than a million dollars in revenue, in my opinion, is a mistake. If SSOO, (XX) is collected from that source, it will surprise me, unlet* everybody is going to drink beer to excess. "The question of when 1 am com ing home to live is inded very inter esting. I am feeling pretty tough since nobody is doing anything at present to feed my family. "We adopted the conference report on the appropriations hill, but I doubt if we can ever raise revenue enough to take care of the appropriations. The committee on finance is to report the revenue bill today, carrying a 3 per cent sales tax, and this 1 do not favor, but 1 have long since learned that 1 am not going --to get the things that I favor, but it is only a case of doing the best you can under the cir cumstances. It is my opinion that, if we are to have a sales tax, that we should make it 4 or J 5 per cent in or der that the merchants might be forced to pass it on, thereby saving himself and get from that source of revenue an amount sufficient to take care of appropriations set out in the bill. All sources of revenue seem to be declin ing daily, and there seem to be no source untouched that a majority will agree to tax. Legislation is a com promise like a jury verdict, and in this age, when the people are in such a disturbed frame of mind, it is hard to get a half dozen to agree on one proposition, not to say a word of 120. "While I am not enjoying my stay here now, it is pleasant to know that I am not harassed by constituents, but 1 am willing to listen to any sug gestion my folks may have to offer. If I had been harassed like most of the members I think 1 should have resigned long ago." Bear Grass School News For The Past Week The Bear Grass baseball team de feated Williamston's nine at Bear Grass last Tuesday afternoon by an 18 to 5 score, in the first game of the season for Bear Grass. Henry Gur ganus allowed Williamston only four hits. Batteries for Williamston were, Manning, Harrison, Cooke and Hop kins, Gurganus and Malone holding the important positions for Bear Grass Play a Success The senior play entitled, "A Noble Outcast," which was presented last Friday evening was very successful. A large number of patrons and stu dents were present. Jig Saw Puzzle Mania Is Due To Neurotic Mania New York.—Now Charles Gray Shaw tells what he thinks of the jig saw puzzle fans. It will be recalled that Shaw, phil osophy professor at New York Uni versity, was the one. who caused a storm when he said in 1931 something about whistler* being moroni. "The jig-saw, like the cross-word 1 puzzle," he declared recently, "it a self-imposed intelligence test, by which the puzzler wishes to asiure himself that Ije is not in the moron class. "Such tests on a smaller scale are used in determining degree* o! ibe cility. "The present craze for puzzles is a neurotic condition. A symptom of a nervous disorder." Order Horizontal Cut of Third In Land Values in This County School Teachers To Get But 70 Per Cent Pay This Month Drastic reductions in all school teachers' salaries were recently or dered by authorities, and now the instructors are about to end their labors with a deficit. A 5 per cent reduction, made retro active [to 'the beginning of the term, has been effected in the sal aries of teachers, truck drivers, and all other school employees. A teacher who has been receiv ing a monthly salary of SIOO will get only S7O for the sixth month, it is understood, and so on down BETTER BISCUIT CONTEST WILL BE HELD IN COUNTY Being Staged for 4-H Club Members Over 14 Years Age By Miss Lora E. Sleeper A better biscuit contest is being planned (or alt 4-H club members over 14 years old in the county. This is the second such contest which has been conducted in the state. It is neces sary to have 10 club members com pete in the county contest, which will be held in the home agent's office at the courthouse April 15th to make the county eligible to enter the dis trict contest. All contestants should send or mail in their biscuits by April 15. The standard recipe fallows, and this will be used by all contestants: 2 cups sifted flour, 2 tablespoons fat, 4 teaspoons baking powder, about 3-4 cup milk, 1 teaspoon salt. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the fat and with two knives cut into the flour until well distributed. Add milk slow ly and just enougn to make a soft dough. Place on a floured board and roll out to about 1-2 inch thickness, t'ut with biscuit cutter (not over 2 1-2 inches in diameter, preferable size 2-inch cutter), place on pan and bake in hot oven (475 degrees) 10 to 15 minutes. Any brand of Hour is per missabie and any hntupl of baking powder. Use the standard recipe for best results which appears on the can of baking powder. The biscuits will lie judget April 15th, the winning contestant submit ting her biscuits in the district con test. The prize offered is $12,50 to be used for the girl in attending state short course. Wake up, girls, and get busy trying for the biscuit contest! If 10 girls compete the girl who wins in the county contest will not only get a chance at the district contest >but will receive prize of money for going to camp. 4-H Girls, Attention All. girls unrolled-m 4-H clubs, 14 years old by July 1, arc eligible to niter the contest. The cuunty con test will be held Saturday evening in the home agent's office. Ten girls are necessary to participate in the contest and make the county eligible to enter the district contest. The prize offered in the district is $12.50 to be used for the winning girl going to the State Short Course. If there are ten girls in the contest the, win ner in the county will receive prize money sufficient to take care of ex penses for the club camp. All girls sending in biscuits should select the four bicuits and wrap in oiled paper and place in a box, tin or cardboard, and mail, into Miss Lura E. Sleeper, Williamston. The ,biscuits are due at noon April 15. Any biscuits re ceived later than that time will be eliminated from the county contest. Use Stable Manure for Fertilizing Bunch Grapes A light application of stable manure should be made before the spring plowing around bunch grape vines. If this is not available nitrate of soda may be used and scattered around the vine at the rate, of one-half pound per vine. Do not put this material close to the vine but scatter in a circle about one foot away. On light soil*, acid phosphate and potash .used at the rate of two pounds of phosphate and one-half pound of potash will prove beneficial. Davidson Exchange Sells $3,053.68 Worth of Poultry The Davidson County Mutual Ex change sold $3,053.68. worth of poul try and other produce for its farmer members during the month of Febru ary. the line. In other words, a teach er drawing SIOO monthly should have received S6OO during the aix months term, but the authorities came along and said that 5 per cent should be deducted from the S6OO. A nominal reduction in salaries would -probably have been accept ed with grace, but it is believed that the drastic decrease will bring bitter and apparently just protests. It is not known how the salaries for the seventh and eighth months will be altered, if any. APPLY FOR LOANS ) The seed and feed loan office in this county will be closed after this week, it was announced today by Field Manager Roy Hearne. Only a few applications are being received each day, and it is be lieved the work can be completed easily by Friday or Saturday of this week. Any Martin farmers desiring to apply for loans and who have just failed to do so are urged to visit the loan office in the courthouse at once and have the work handled. More than 600 loans have been advanced to farmers in this coun ty so far, Mr. Hearne said yester day, and the lending is about com pleted for this season. HONOR ROLL AT FARM LIFE Total of Fifty-Nine Names On List for Sixth Month The Farm Life School hail a size able honor roll for the sixth month, recently completed, the list being one of the largest reported during the cur rent term.*'" Fifty-nine names are in eluded in the list, as follows: . First grade: Josephine llardison Reba Kaye Ciriftin, Dorothy Roberson Koali Mc Donald HardUon Second grade: Elizabeth Manning Lola V. llardisoii, AI lie M. llardisoii Allie M. llardisoii, Evelyn llardisoii, Martha Alba Kobcrson, Blanche Heath, Mary Maiinii.iK, H. F. Lilley, E. 11. Manning, Alton Faye. I'eel, Paisley Corey, Hazel Corey, Farease Manning. Third grade: Cleo Robefson, I.aura I Lilley, l.alo Smith Sniithwick, I ranl - Manning, Carlyle Manning, ( hloe llardisoii, Thomas. Daniel, Karl Heath, 1 Robert Whitley, Vera I'earl Williams.l Fourth grade: l.avauglm llardison, Ksther Williams, Oscar Wiggins; Ida Mae Corey, lloyt Coltrain, Herbert! I. Maiiiuuu, I-1 be i t 11 eat li Fifth grade: I'.tbel Lilley, Ola Lee| I.illey, William Lilley, \"ernil Lilley,| Bettie Louise Lilley, Mary Maiinintf, Kula Williams. Sixth grade: Sarah Getsinger, Joe Peel. Seventh grade: Mamie Clyde Man ning, F'va Manning, II ugh 11. Griffin, Daniel T. Lilley, Annie (ietsinger, Kv elyn l*eel, John H. R oberson. Fighth grade: Jay Daniel, VVVndell llardison, James Peel. Ninth grade: Sarah Robersoji, Thel ma Coltrain, Carrie Dell Grillin, Verna Griffin, Bettie Rutli Heath. .Tenth grade: Louise Manning. Eleventh grade: Archie Coltrain, liva Brown Coltrain, Mildred Rober son, Veona Kuberson. Bank Will Observe Halifax Day as a Holiday Tomrrow Tomorrow, Halifax Day, will be observed as a holiday by the Branch Banking and Trust Company here, it was announced today. Halifax Hay, marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence, % widely observed in some sections of the State, but other than with the bank and its employees, business will continue as usual. Millinery School Planned Here Thursday, April 13 By Mi*( L. E. Sleeper New bonnets front old straws will be the most interesting lubject for all the club women and others in terested in remodelling old hats and make them look like new. Miss Wil lie Hunter is due to be in the county to help you in this work which many women are interested in. Come and bring your lunch to Miss Sleeper's office Thursday morning at 10:30 o'- clock and spend your time profitably. Advertisers Will Fad Oar Col nma a Latchkey to Ow Slittw Hundred Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 TAX RATE TO BE UPPED TO CARE FOR DIFFERENCE Several List-takers Ordered To Start the Listing of Property at Once A horizontal reduction of 3i 1-3 per cent in all real property values in this county was ordered by the Martin County Commissioners in special ses sion here yesterday. The blanket de crease was ordered after the commis sioners discussed a complete revalua tion of all properties and found. that a revaluation would cost at least SI,(XX) or more, The horizontal reduction gained added' favor when it was agreed that there was insufficient time to re value, properties and t complete the work for this year. V In short, the action of iHe commis sioners yesterday is going of little value to taxpayers. But the de mand for a lower valuation has been too great to let values go unchanged, and now there will be a reduced valua tion and a higher tax rate. Everything being equal, the rate this year will lie about $1.70, as com- Tiared with $1.25 last year. However, the 17 cfrnts levied on property for schools will be removed, dropping the rate to about $1.53, or 28 cents .above the 19J2 rate. Real property values in the county last year were $9,- 516,400 Decreasing that amount by one-third, there is left a property val ue of $f>,.544,'313. The per sonal prop erty will remain about the same as it was lust year, it is believed. The per son:.! property value last year, $1,423,- 042, added to the reduced feal estate values make a total valuation of $7,- 767,355, as compared with $10,939,511 last yeSr. s l'he $1,25 rate on the amount last year raised $137,500. The same rate on the decreased valuation, will raise only about $97,01,94. Naturally it fol lows that the rate will have to be in creased by 45 cents to make up the difference. I lie $1.70 rate will be low ered by 17 cents, the amount levied lor the O-nionths schools by the leaving the 1933 rate at about $1 53. I here may be other changes to effect the increase of the rate even more, but that will be determined by the commissioner* after all the values are established. A recent law was passed making commissioners not criminally liable for not levyll1 K a sufficient tax to care for bonded indebtedness. However, they are authorized to do so, and it is not expected that the commissioners in this' county will fail to levy the re -1.111:red amount I'llv fixing of a rate i* months off, the big problem now being to gel the values oiuthe books. l isting work was to have been held up until the first of next month, but yestfrilay iiitnriiiatioit .wait., received instructing the list-takers to , start work iiinnediaely. The earlier listing will enable the list-takers and ac- rrnTrtTarri fn complete the work and have the books ready lor the collector al t be proper time next fall. Clinic Held Here Yesterday Is A Very Successful One Ihe tonsil and adenoid clinic held lime yesterday for Children in the farm Life and Dardens school dis- Iricts was very successful. Around 30 children were operated on, and no un usual difficulties were experienced. But it was a happy crowd of children— happy to know the operations were over and done with—when the par ents carried theni home early this .morning. Tlie next clinic will be held in ftfcb ersonviUe this week; and the cam pai«u will be brought to a close at Kveretts next wek, it is understood. Why Fertile Eggs Fail To Hatch in Incubators Then- are many factors causing the failure of fertile eggs to hatch out in an incubator, but the lack of vitality on either side of the breeding pen, carelessness in storing eggs for hatch ing, ex trine variation of the temper ature or humidity in incubator are the principal reasons. Care in the selec tion and storage of hatching eggs and constant attention to the incubator for temperature and humidity will give a larger hatch of healthy chicks. Alamance Farmers Are Tanning Hides This Year Twenty-five Alamance -County far mers have tanned hide* for. a home supply of leather this past winter ac cording to the formula used by the animal husbandry department at the State College.
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