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Watch the Label On Tow Paper Aa It. Carries the Date Whan Your Subscription Expiree VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 16 AT TONSIL CLINIC 247 OPERATED ON HELD IN COUNTY Nearly 200 'Children Were Treated Without Cost To Them Two hundred and forty-seven Mar tin County children were operated on in the several tonsil and adenoid clinics held during the past several weeks, it was learned yesterday from the county relief office. Of that num ber, 187 were treated free of cost to the patients, the remaining 60 paying a comparatively small fee for the op erations. The last of the clinics was held at Everetts last Friday, when 31 oper ations were performed, some of them being pay cases. In addition to the Everetts children receiving benefit of the clinic, there were 6 from the Parmele school; and 1 from Williamston. No trouble was experienced with any of the children, and all are reported by their parents to be recovering rapidly. Friends and patrons of the school cooperated in making the clinic a suc cess, and the opportunity is taken here to express appreciation not only to them but also to Dr. C. J. Sawyer and his assistants for this inestimable service to the Everetts school chil dren. BEER LICENSES FIXED IN BILL Will Cost Retailer $45 To Sell Beer on Premises After First of May A bill passed by the State Senate and now before the House provides the following tax, as far as it could be learned here: Manufacturer's license, SSOO annu ally. Bottlers, $250, plus a tax of 1 cent i bottle. Wholesalers, $l5O for each ware house distributing point. Salesmen, $25. Retail License* Town license, sls for sale on prem ises and $lO when beer is bought and carried out in container. County may charge up to sls, and State will exact a $5 fee. In addition to the license fees a tax of $3 per 31-gallon barrel is levied or one cent per bottle of not more than 12 ounces. In addition to the state, county and town license fees and tax, the federal government collects $5 a barrel from the manufacturer. If the maximum county fee, $25, is charged, an44t~is likely that it wit be in this county, then the retailer will have to pay licenses in the sum of $45 to sell beer on his premises, and S4O if he sails it for use oil his prem ises. The measure will be considered in the house, and definite schedules will be determined by Thursday of this week, it is understood. No alcoholic beverages may be sold within 300 feet of a church or school outside of incorporated towns or with in 50 feet of a church in town during church hours. Presbyterians Plan Meeting In Oak Grove Schoolhouse Beginning next Friday night at 8 o'clock, the Presbyterians of Martin County, who have been holding pray er meetings each Friday night until recently, and Sunday school each Sunday afternoon at 1:30 in an old vacant tenant house on the Mark Bal lard farm midway between William ston and Hamilton, will hold a 10-day meeting in the old Oak Grove school house now used as a tobacco pack room. The messages will be deliver ed each evening by Rev. Z. T. Piep hoff, the local Presbyterian minister. There will be enough seats to accom modate everyone and each service will begin with a song program. The Christians and citizens of this com munity are cordially invited to at tend these services. Five Plubs Have Canned Total of 939 Quarts Meat Five clubs have reported having can ned 939 quart* of meat, which if an average of 187 per club. It is vfry evident some are going to have Mfne meat canned, which i* safe because it was all canned by the steam pressure cookers- The meat is composed of beef, hog meat, and venison. At 20 cents per quart the meat canned would amount to SIB7JO and this is not the total report for the entire county. It is certain the folks in Martin County have canned more meat this year with the steam pressure cooker than ever before. With tke coming of spring and summer the cookers will pity * bis pert in preserving non-acid vege tables safely lor winter use during 1933. THE ENTERPRISE 20 Men From County Sign Up for Reforestat Twenty Martin County young men had aigned up for work in the Civsan Condensation porpfc up to yeaterday afternoon, and more are expected to enter the aervice between now and the end of the week, it waa learned from the re lief office here thia morning. Fif ty applications were qcmiklered yeaterday, but only 20 of the ap plicant* were eligible to enter the aervice. Only one negro report ed, and aa he ia married he could not be accepted. The aucceaaful applicanta will probably leave the latter part of thia week and travel on trucka to TEACHERS AND PARENTS MEET AT JAMESVILLE Make Plans To Can Food For Use In the School Kitchen Next Winter The parent-teacher association of the Jamesville -school 'met on Tues day night and elected officers for an other year. They made plans also for canning food stuffs this summer to be used by the school kitchen during the next school year. After a short and interesting pro gram by children from some of the grades, the selection of officers for the coming school year. Mrs. Bettie Has sell was chosen president to succeed Mr. R. O. Martin, Mr. J. R. Manning succeeded Mrs. E. H. Ange; and Miss Louise Roebuck was chosen sec retary to succeed Miss Opal Brown. The attainments of the year were reviewed. The outstanding accom plishment of the year being the op teration of the hot lunch kirchen which has been managed by Mrs, P. C. Blount. This undertaking has met with unexpected success. The man ager of the kitchen has served all chil dren of the elementary school who do not go home for lunch. The aver age daily meals served during the first six months of the term was 242. The second undertaking carried out by this association was providing for the ade noid and tonsil clinic conducted by Dr. C. J. Sawyer. Thirty-one people received operations during this clinic. The new officers will have charge of the next meeting, and different proj ects will be introduced and planned at the meteing under the new officers. Plan Organization Of Baseball League Here Sport fans in this and several other towns in this section are considering organizing a baseball league and a regular schedule of play for this sum mer. A meeting of supporters was held here last week, but no definite .action was taken at that time. A sec ond meeting is scheduled in Ahoskie for Thursday night of this week, when it is hoped other towns will apply for entrance into the proposed league. The towns of Elizabeth City, Eden ton, Coleraine, Ahoskie, and William ston had representatives at the meet ing held here. DEATH OF MRS. MOLLIE BROWN Funeral Services Are Being Held This Afternoon Near Oak City Mrs. Mollie Brown, 86 years old, died at her home nepr Oak City about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Suffer ing with cancer, she bad been in ill health for some time, but despite her advanced age and infirmities she was very active almost to the end. Mrs. Brown was born in Halifax County, but had lived in Martin most all her life. She was married to J. T. Brown, Confederate veteran who died some time ago. She leaves five children, three soni, Thad, J. and 11. E. Brown, all of Oak City, and two daubsters, Mrs. James R. Perry, of Oak City; and Mr*. W. K. Hurst, of Greenville. Funeral services are being conduct ed from her late home this afternoon at 3 o'clock by Elder W. E. Grimes. Interment will follow in the Conoho Church Cemetery. Three Months Old Child Died Last Sunday Night Lois Marie, three-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Mack M. Bowen, died at the home of her parents, near here, Sunday night ctf pneumonia. Funeral services are being conducted this aft ernoon, and interment will follow in the family burial ground near the home. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 25, 1933 aome Army camp, poaaibly Port Bragg, near Fayetteville. Where there ia a member of a family gainfully employed, an other member of that particular family ia not eligible to enter the reforeatation work, it ia under stood. The applicanta mutt be between the agei of 18 and 25 yeara. Application* were received yeaterday from all parts of the county, only one being accepted from Williamston Townahip. The workera will receive S3O a month, |2S of wpiich they will be directed to aend home for family uae. They will receive their board, lodging, and clothing free, it ia understood. | BISHOP DARSTTO VISIT IN COUNTY Will Appear In Three Pul pits In County During The Week-end On Friday, April 28, the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of the Dio cese of Ka,st Carolina, will make his annual visit to the Church of the Advent here. Bishop Darst will re main in the county over th'c week end. ■ - . • I Friday evening at 8 o'clock, the Bishop will hold a service in the church here when he will speak a bout the plans and needs of the Diocese for the coming year. On Saturday evening the Brotherhood of St. Andrew will give a supper in hon or of the minister. At the morning service Sunday, the Bishop will preach and confirm a class. In the afternoon he will preach at the Holy Trinity Mission, neac Bear Grass, and in the evening he will preach at Hamilton. Bishop Darst is well known here and his many friends are looking for ward to his visit. The public is cor dially invited to be present at the several services. BEAR GRASS HONOR ROLL Fifty-Three Names Appear On List for Past School Month Fifty-three names appear on the hon or roll of the Bear Grass School for the past month, as follows: First grade: Vernon Roebuck, Jack Roberson, Wade Mjobley, Haywood Mobley, Luke Mizelle, Mayo Harrison Dallas Harrison, Gilliam Rogers, Mil dred Bowen, Sudie Martin, Eula M. Gurganus. Second grade: Edward Bullock, Ruf us Gurgamis, Naomi Brown, Bessie Harrison, Sybil I'eele, Jeannette Rog erson, Olivia Rogers. Third grade: Mary Lou Hodges, Nina Lee Britton. Fourth grade: Rongld White, Rachel Ayeri, Rachel Hardy, Magdaline Har rison, Carrie Dell Terry, Virginia Whit aker, I'eggy Martin. Seventh grade: Lee Cherry, Leon Rogers, Elizabeth Bailey, Irene Hodges, Elizabeth Knox, Mary Bet Rogers, Vady Shaw, Bessie Mae Ter ery, Catherine Wynne. Eighth grade: William Mizelle, Hil da Roebuck, Retha Griffin, Susie Gray Harrison, Louise Taylor, Dan I'eele. Ninth grade: Mary Elizabeth Keel, Clifton Malone. Tenth grade: A. B. Ayers, Theresa Rogers. Eleventh grade: Ralph Mobley, Tay lor Malone, Roland Rogers, Ruth Haz el Rogers, Viola Harrison, Ruth Roe buck. Woman's Club Meeting To Be Held Thursday at 4 p. m. The local Woman's club will bold its regular meeting in the club rooms Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, it was announced today by the presi dent. All members are cordially urged to attend. Select Poultry Breeding Stock at 8 To 12 Weeks Culling of cockerels and pullets is almost a continual process, but where all cripples and undersized birds have been eliminated the first culling should be made when the birds are between 8 and 12 weeks old. The birds, how ever, should be carefully watched dur ing the entire growing period, and those that lack vigor or are slow in developing should be discarded. Orange 4-H Club Boys Plant One Variety Corn 9 ~ One hundred 4-H club boys in Orange County are planting the Jar vis Golden variety of corn this season. CANNING MEETS IN COUNTY TO BE HELD THIS WEEK Meetings Will Be Held At Jamesville, Williamston And Parmele In an effort to further advance the live-at-home program and provide food for the needy next fall and winter,. Miss Lora E. Sleeper, county home agent, has arranged meetings for can ning demonstration in the county for Thursday and Friday of this week. The first of the meetings will be held in Jamesville Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the club room. Inter ested persons from Hardens, Poplar Chapel, Angetown, Hardison Mill, and Jamesville sections are urged to attend the meeting there. A second meeting will be held in the home a gcnt's office in Williamston and rep resentatives from Bear Grass, Mace donia, Holly Springs. Cross Roads, Robersonville, Parmele, Gold Point, Hamilton, Poplar Point, and Oak City are urged to be present. The following day the agent will hold meetings among the colored peo ple. At 10 o'clock next Friday morn ing colored**representatives are asked to meet in the Williamston colored school. That afternoon at 2 o'clock a secnd meeting will be held in the Parmele Training School. These schools, Miss Sleeper pointed out, are very important in that those depending upon relief agencies and yet who fail to make an effort to pre serve food for winter use will be de nied aid next fall and winter. Instruc tions will he offered as to the various ways of preserving food, and it is im portant that the needy know them. SCHOOL NEWS AT OAK CITY Commencement Sermon To Be Preached There on Sunday Night May 7 Oak City, April 24—The commence ment sermon of the Oak City public school will be preached Sunday eve ning, May 7, at 8 o'clock by Rev. 1.. V. Harris, pastor of the Scotland Neck Methodist Church. Monday evening at 8 o'clock, the class night exercises will be held in the high school auditorium. On Tuesday eve ning at 8 o'clock, Judge Francis D. Winston, of Windsor, will deliver the commencement address. The public is cordially invited to attend these exercises The next two weeks of school will be very busy ones for the school of Oak City. Much work has to be accomplished as well as gradu ation activities. Every pupil is urged to be present during the last two weeks. Senior examinations will begin next Monday, May 1, due to the fact that graduation exercises must be giv en practice. Examinations (for re mainder of high school will begin on Thursday of that same week. I Due to the fact that there is some doubt as ti> whether teachers will re ceive their full salaries for the eighth month, the town of Oak City is spon* soring their board for two of that period. Committees have been appointed to collect food which is to be served at the teacherage. Mrs. J. H. Wiggins has kindly offered her services in preparing and serving the meals. * Hot lunch is still being served ev ery day to sixty or seventy children. Records show a decided gain in the weight of these particular children. — Keported by Miss Lena Allsbrooks/ Local Man Gets Quilt Made by Church Women Holding the lucky number, "137," Mr. B. F. Perry, local man, received a bed quilt made by members of the Riddick's Grove Baptist Church. The number was announced at the church Sunday, the scheme netting the so. ciety a comparatively large sum. Schoolmasters to Hold Last Meeting This Week The Schoolmasters Club will hold its last meeting of the year at the Everett* High School Building jon Thursday, April 27, at 6:30 p. ui'. Bus iness matters of considerable import ance to elementary and high- school principals will be discussed. Mid-week Prayer Service in Presbyterian Church Here The regular mid-week prayer meet ing of the Presbyterian church will be held here Wednesday night at 8:00 o'clock. "We are studying the pe culiarities and char»;teristics of our own church," the pastor said. The picture* taken two weeks ago will be shown on a screen. Be sure and at tend. ' Judge Smith Say Might Adjourn ( "We hope to finish up all work and quit Raleigh by Friday night of next week," Repreaentative J. Calvin Smith said while here yea terday attending to buainess mat ters. The Martin representative Mid that the beer control legislation would be made complete within the next day or two, and (aid that it was hit belief that the beverage would be so heavily taxed that its sale would be almost prohibitive. And then there is the revenue bill to be considered, Mr. Smith said. "We passed the bill providing for a 2 per cent sales tax, and it looks as if the senate is going to increase the rate to 3 per cent. Then we Nominate Hassell f TRANSPLANTING I v * While tobacco transplanting hat been under way for several days in this county, the work will hard ly get under way to any great ex tent before the latter part of this or early nex week, a number of farmers said yesterday. No seri ous damage by blue mold has been reported in this section so far, and a sizeable crop is now almost assured. Many farmers questioned yester day said they preferred to delay transplanting until about May 5, but were afraid to throw away any plants and take a chance on others developing later on. PROCEEDINGS IN SUPERIOR COURT «— - Two Cases Heard By Jury; One Results In Mistrial After Long Study Starting into its second week yes terday, the Martin County Superior court tieard two cases during the day. One of the two called resulted in a mistrial when the jury failed to reach a decision after deliberating for about three hours. Oscar I'eel, administrator for Geo. Stokes, was awarded a SSOO verdict against Uoherson and I'eel. Stokes, a colored man, was killed in a truck ac cident on December 24 The case of Mrs. Sudie Stalls a gafnst W. A. I'erry resulted in a mis trial. The plaintiff was suing for J certain amount of money alleged to he due her liy the defendant for fer tilizers purchesd about the year 192 V. The jury is said to have stood 11 to I, but which side the body favored could not be learned. The court, in session Tor the trial of civil cases only, will end the ses sion *this week. SCHOOL CLOSES AT LILLEYS HALL Exercises There Tomorrow Mark End of Six Months Schools in This County Lilley's flail, the last of the six months schools in the county, will close the 1932-33 term tomorrow. Ap propriate exercises will he held and a community picnic dinner will be served, it is understood.. The Macedonia S:hool closed the term about a month ago, and Ciriffins School finished its six-months work last Friday, the closing exercises hav ing been held the Friday before. The closing of the Lillry's Hall School tomorrow marks the end of six-months schools in this county. Under recent laws passed by the Leg islature, all schools will operate for eight months and probably longer in some places. Larger schools, operating for eight months in this county, will start clos ing about week after next. Marshals Are Chosen for Finals at Local * School f Chosen for their scholastic leader ship during the first seven months of the term, seven pupils in the local high school were named marshals last week for the school finals next month. Jessie Mae Anderson was chosen t)ead marshal, and she will be assist ed by Cora Lee Patterson, Roger Critcher, Grace Manning, Alta Critch er, Ben Manning, and Florence Lowe. The naming of marshals is one of the highest honors accorded in the local high school. will have to vote on the bill a gain," he added. According to Mr. Smith, there are about 60 bills up now for con sideration, but if too much time is not required to pass the sales tax measure, all work should be completed by Friday night of next week. The representative said he was tiring of his stay in Raleigh and that he along with most of the others is ready to return home. There have been so many bills and so many changes effected, Mr. Smith said, when questioned here yesterday about a certain bill, that he found it difficult to remember all the details once the bills are passed John L. for Mayor 'PRESENT BOARD IS RENOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION Election Will Be Held In Municipal Building Next Tuesday Mr. John L. Hassell, justice of the peace, was nominated to succeed Rob ert L. Coburn as mayor at a nominat ing convention held in the City Hall here last Friday night. No contest resulted for places on the board of town commissioners, and Messrs. L. I'. I.indsley, Luther Peel, G. H. Har rison, V. I). .Godwin, and N. C. Green were renominated by acclamation. The nominees will go into an election May 2, and 111 all probability will be unopposed. An independent ticket has been advanced by rumor, but the reports were made merely as a joke or to add interest to the town's bien nial convention and election. More than 20(1 citizens attended the convention, and in less than one hour they selected one of three candidates for mayor and renominated the old hoard of commissioners. A little rukus developed when the question as to whether a majority or a plurality vote should be considered ill the race for mayor. The convention, all pow erful within itself, agreed that a plu rality vole would determine the win- Completing the rules and regula tes governing the convention, Judge Clayton Moore, permanent chairman, asked for nominations for mayor. El hert S. feel nominated J. 1.. 11 assell, explaining that the law permitted a justice of the peace to also hold the office of mayor. , Mr. li, I'.. Cunning ham, in a few appropriate'words, of fered the candidacy of Mr. VV. T. Meadows, Mr. J. K. King seconding the nomination. Mr. J E. I'ope was nominated for the place by Mr. S. rr. Crimes, the vote getting under way a few miuuteii later. The count was tabulated by Chair man Moore and Secretary CV D. Car starphen, Mr. Hassell, the successful candidate, receiving 14.1 votes, or a majority, over his two opponents. Mr, Meadows was second with 41 votes. Mr. Pope received 22 votes. Mr. Hassell extended his thanks to the convention for the vote given him, and pledged his best services in head ing the town government during the two years beginiiig the first Monday in June, subject to the election of May 2nd. The other two candidates had a few words to say, and the convention, aft er renominating its commissioners by acclamation, adjourned and went home from oiie of the quietest political events -held in the town in several Memorial Service Tonight for Former County Man Large numbers'* of former friends and acquaintances throughout the county are epected to attend the memorial service for the late A. R. Dunning in the courthouse here to night at 8 o'clock The service was arranged by members of the county bar association and they with several others will take part in the program which Will last for about one hour. Judge Clayton Moore, a former law partner of Mr. Dunning, will pre side. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. Returns from Hospital Mrs. Kobt. McClaron returned to her home here yesterday from a Washington hospital where she un derwent an operation several weeks ago. She is getting along as well a« could be expected, but continue* in bed. Advartiaara Wfll Fnd Onr Cot umi a Latchkey to Ow Burtaan Hundrad Martin Cotmty Honaa ESTABLISHED 1898 MINISTER HOPES DRUG SHOPS NOT TO SELL 32 BEER Fears Radical Change in Complexion of Drug Store Crowds ♦ By CHARLES H. DICKEY Possibly in all the world, no drug stores have come to be such happy and wholesome community -centers as those in YVilliamston, Into them, mornings, afternoons, and evenings, go a stream of men, women, and children who have found them not only places, but about the only places, the community offers where every one, of whatever sex or age, may go at any hour and pleas antly while away a few moments in innocent and pleasurable pastime, pass ing the time ut day with .neighbors and friends and enjoying r the convivi ality of the well-behaved groups. It means a great deal to a communi ty to have such places on its main thoroughfare. Children dropping in on the way to or from school; little tots running in for a sucker or a cream cone, young men and young women coming in lor a soda, and women drop ping in for a resting spell in a .pleas ant environment and men standing about talking crops, politics, and bus iness. It is submitted that tew communi ties any where can "offer a happier pic ture than the mixed groups of small children, young people and men and women who, smilingly and happily, greet each other in our drug stores, and have come to look upon them as community centers and ptaces of in nocent and wholesome pleasures, where the crowds are decent and the conduct of the people on the square. Now it is commonly said that many people want these places—our public commons—to add 3.2 per cent beer to their stock, selling the same for consumption in their premises. I o have beer or not to have it is not now any longer the question. But where to have it is, reasonably, a ques tion, and one that is of tremendous concern, one believes, to a large group of people in this community. When one grants, for the sake of argument, that VVillianisHin is "wet," anil that a large percentage of its men, and of its women, feel free to drink what th)ty like, when and where they like it, it is likewise true, on the other hand, that there are sizeable groups of men and women in the town who con sume no alcohol at all. And what is more, one imagines that a large number of the men who drink would prefer that their women do not; and in cases where both men and women drink, one can not but be lieve-that they would just a bit rather their children would not. And, following out this "course of logic, it is believed that in Williatn | ston, and primarily for the sake of some of its women aqd all of its chil dren, a great proportion of the par ents of the town would tatlier that no alcohol at all be handled in the places where their Children, from babies, to | young men and young) women go, every day. I —N> out., *>- ,4. |.H4«»V, van «4I what difference the sale of beer in our drug stores would make, Hut a few conject ures are in order anil conjectures whkh are reasonable; It is believed that the sale of alco hol in these drug stores would perceptibly change the complexion of the drug store crowds. Now, this may not happen all at once; but it'will quite likely happen. This changing of complexion in the drug store groups would possibly manifest itself in these two ways: l'irst, the selling and drinking in the premises of 32 per cent alcohol would quite likely attract to these pub lic places a type of men, -and of women, who heretofore have not been attracted to them. Second, the incoming of this unde sirable type, would tend to have the ef fect of eliminating from these same places some of the men, women, and children who have always frequented them, because the environment was wholesome and because the groups were largely devoid of the undesir ables. Now, let's see how this runs; Al cohol, of any content, will always at tract those who want alcohol. It will tend to repel those who do not want it. The consumption of alcohol does not tend to add to any one's poise, grace, or charm, but on the other hand, does have a tendency to pro duce a certain type of roughness, boisterousness, and "whoopee." But alcohot, roughness and boister ousness and public "whoopee" do not tend to offer a conducive place to small children, school children, and to some women—and, for that matter, some men. This writer has no commiaaion to speak for any one; but be does be lieve .that Williamston has a great who would quite natur ally prefer that the public pi*:** (Continued from Page One)
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