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WHEAT PRICES
CONTINUE RISE
Flour Advances to $8.95 A
Barrel on Minneapolis
Market Monday
Chicago, July 17. —The prophets
were correct when they predicted
"$1.25 wheat by September first" be
cause that price was passed today.
Wheat for delivery next May sold
at $1.27 1-4 a bushel with a maximum
advance of. 5 cents a bushel.
All grains, wheat, corn, oats, rye,
barley, were wanted by speculators
who acted as if this were their last
chance to buy. Trading was not a
noisy scramble, as has so often been
the case, but was an orderly affair.
The speculators were not selling
for profits. "Wheat, for example,
opened slightly higher and then pro
ceeded to march right on up the
'hill, almost without a pause, until
a maximum advance of 5 1-8 cents a
bushel had been recorded. Then the
market reacted a cent or more. At
the close, the maximum gains were
just under tour cents a bushel with
the May delivery at $1.26.
The advance on wheat was startling
enough, but was overshadowed by the
action of barley. Quietly and with
no ore fuss than wheat, barley prices
advanced 12 cents a bushel in the
short space of two hours and everyj
step of the gain was made by 1-4 and >
1-2 cent jumps.
I
The December delivery opened at
73 1-4 cents and never stopped rising 1
until it hit a peak of 83 1-2 which J
was 11 3-4 cents, higher than Satur-1
day's close.
Not only wheat and barleV but
rye, corn affid oats enjoyed a uKle
of prosperity. There seemed little
news to account for the advance, ex
cept reports from Canada that the
wheather was unfavorable for wheat.!
Flour rose to a five-year record in!
Minneapolis. A 3U-cent advance car
ried the price to $8 V 5 a barrel, in
cluding $1.38 pcocess tax to pay far
mers to curtail wheat.
Messrv S. K. Biggs and James A.i
Leggett were in Greenville last eve
ning i
ELECTRIC COOKING IS COOL
Electric cookery is cool because clean tl«ctric Heat is
concentrated on the cooking » not heating up kitchen »
and its adjustable to the degree you want. £ OQ | com f orl(
however is but one of many, many reasons why , . we || ove , #
ion American women are now cooking electrically. T 00( j t j # but
one of the many, many reasons why you should ii. „«|| -uto .
matic electric range nowl .3 *
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W«, ot yew d««lci, will b* jl«d to I f —Til
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HEALTH BOARD
TO MAKE STUDY
OF'REPEATERS'
Number Can Be Reduced by
Elimination of Physical
Defects
The Stale Board of Health will soon
undertake a careful and thorough
study of school "repeaters" in a num
] her of representative counties in the:
state, I>r. James M. Parrott, secre
tary of the board, said today. From j
this study it is hoped to learn not only j
| the basic cau-.es of "repeaters" but;
how much these "repeaters" cost the j
stale each year, lor more than twoi
I years the board of health, has been 1
j trying to get something like reliable
.'statistics dealing with the "repeater",
' problem, but ha-- been unable to get
| figures it considered reliable because
j of the variations in the different con- 1
j ceptions of "repeaters," Dr. Parrott
..a, |
1 The. term ''repeaters," as meant by
the board of health* are all children
I who spend more than one year in the !
I same grade, Dr. Parrott said. Yet j
I some of the school people included
under this term are children who are
unusually bright and who have skipped
several grades. But Dr. Parrott is
not interested in these .
Within the next week or so, Dr.!
Parrott and Dr. G. M.' Cooper, head
of the educational division of the.
board of health, are going to work out j
a program to be put into effect tliisj
fall for an intensive and exhaustive
survey of the "repeater" problem in'
the schools. Present plans call for
the selection of eight or ten represen
tative coonties in the state, in which
the school population will be care
folly sifted for these "repeaters" and
an attempt made to find the causes
as well a> the cost of the schools.
These "repeaters" can be classified -
■ I
generally into three groups, Dr. Par- t
rott said, as follows:
1 hose who are mentally deficient.'
2. Those who are retarded from',
physical ailments. I j
3. Those who are deficient because
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of improper environment at home or 1
in school.
V
"There is nothing that the medical i
profession can do for the first class,j
since su far we have not yet been able n
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to cure mental deficiency, so these
should be sent home and not permit
ted to continue in school," I)r. Par
rot! said. "It is not only impossible
for them to get any benefit from the
schools, but they hinder and retard
the normal children in the same grade
with them.
"But the board of health and the
medical profession can be of great as
THE ENTERPRISE
ODD - BUT TRUE
sistance in the children in the second
tlass of 'repeaters,' since we can to a
very large extent either remove or
correct the physical defects that serve
to retard many children and make 're
peaters' of thetn We can remove
tonsils, adenoids, and teeth, correct
eye defects and find other troubles
that detract from a child's ability to (
do normal school work. It is these j
. hildren with physical defects that we
want to find and help. That is why
we are going to make this new sur
il vey."
.1
I The "repeaters" in the third class,
I resulting front improper or infavor-
I able environment, are problems either
j for |he welfare deiwrtment 'or the
I churches and schools, and can not be
| helped by the board of health or the
i doctors, Dr Parrott said. Many of
| these cases are the result of malad
justment and improper home training
and surroundings. Much of this could
You Can Depend on the
Man Who-
ADVERTISES
Nine timet out of ten you will find that the man
who advertises is the man who most willingly returns
your money if you are not satisfied.
He has too much at stake to risk losing your trade
or your confidence. You can depend on him.
He is not in business for today or tomorrow only
—but for next year and ten years from next year. He
knows the value of good-will.
You get better merchandise at a iairer price than
he could ever hope to sell if he did not have the larg
er volume of business that comes from legitimate ad
vertising and goods that bear out the promise of the
printed word.
Don't miss the advertisements. This very day they
call your attention to values that tomorrow you will be
sorry you overlooked.
DON'T MISS THE
Important
When you ask for a product by name, at a result of
advertising, do not accept a substitute—eubetitutee
are offered not as a service to you, but for other
reasons.
NEW ACT BLOW
AT PATRONAGE
President Moves To Place
Postmasters Under Civil
Service Rules
•
Washington, July 13. —President
Roosevelt s move to place all post
masters under civil service fell with a
thud today on Democrats in Congress
who realized suddenly that about 15,-
000 jobs thus would be taken out of
the 'political patronage category.
Senator McKellar, of Tennessee,
chairman of the post office committee
and ranking Democrat on the civil
service committee predicted Congress
would reject a bill such as the Presi
dent recommended to require that all
first, second, and third-class postmas
ters be under civil service.
These are now and
have been for years appointed by the
President on recommendation of Sen
ators and Representatives. Only fourth
class postmasters are at present re
quire&to stand civil service examina
tions.
Pending submission of the bill at
the next session, the President or
dered afl future aplicants for post
masterships now filled by political ap
pointment to take examinations unless
they are already qualified under civil
service or regularly commissioned
postmasters.
The order and legislative recom
mendation surprise house democrats,
but many of those in tch city refused
to comment pending a study of the
order and inquiries to determine its
full significance and all the reasons
for it.
be corrected by more careful handling
on the part of the schools, he believed,
j "There is no doubt that the 'repeat
ers' in the schools of the state have
I been costing the taxpayers hundreds
'of thousands of dollars a year, to say
nothing of the detrimental influence
| they have on the other school chil
dren," Dr. Parrott said. "We believe,
|however, that a very large part of this
•cost can be eliminated if the "repeat
|ers' are carefully segregated and stud
' ied."
FOR SALE: IRON SAFE. WEIOHS
1,000 pounds. In excellent condi.
tion. Price cheap. See Enterpriac,
i 7 tf
Tuesday, July 18,1933
COTTON CUT IS
HAILED AS HELP
TO MERCHANTS
Charlotte Secretary Looks -
For Increase in General
Conditions
Charlotte.—The indicated success of
the federal government's cotton acre
age reduction campaign was described
today by V. P. Rosseau, secretary of*
the Charlotte Merchants Association,
as being "the best news for the re
tail merchants in a long time."
The secretary added that the recent
advance in cotton prices at Carolina
spot markets to what may be a per
manently higher level was a cause for
"real gratification" to the merchants.
The advance in cotton prices will in
crease the buying power of the rural
residents and "should- mean better
busines. throughout the Cerolinas,"
he pointed out.
At present the level of retail trade
in ilie Carolinas, according to reports
coming to Mr. Kosseau's office, is re
flecting the usual seasonal lull, though
comparisons with the same period of
last year are encouraging.-
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our great appre
ciation for the many acts of kindness
shown us since our home was burned
near Oak City on June 17th. We lost
everything we had except our children,
who were nearly burned alive.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Craft.
WANTS
CRAZY CRYSTALS CAN NOW
| be secured in Williamston from
| Mrs. Emma Thomason, 608 W. Main
! Street, or phone 145 and a represen
| tative will call. Ask your neighbor
(about this wonderful health-giver.
| Fine for all stomach complaints.
;je23 6tpd
LOST: ONE WHITE POINTER'
female Hog with tan head and a few
tan spots, named "Queen". Findtr
will please notify Elbert S. Feel or
Henry I). Harrison, Williamston,
N. C. 1-t