Finals Program In School at Oak City The closing exercises in the Oak City schools get underway Thurs day evening of this week at eight o'clock when a music and expres sion program will be given in the auditorium there. This program will be under the direction of Miss Dorothy Flanders On Friday evening the seventh grade will have their graduating exercises and the seniors will hold their class day exercises. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the annual sermon will be preached by Rev. J. H Smith, pastor of Memor ial Baptist church of Williamston Monday evening, April 25th. Prof. R. C. Deal, head of the language de partment of the East Carolina Teachers College. Greenville, will deliver the commencement address Superintendent J. C Manning will deliver high school diplomas on the same evening close one of the most successful school years in the history of the Oak City school. From a viewpoint of good roads and bus transporta tion it is not probable that it will be surpassed Teacher interest and cooperation have been exceptional ly good. Promotions un an average are very good. The high school stu dent council has been a great help. Principal H. M Ainsley pointed out. The student body is anxious to see the work begin on the school gymnasium. This one project is bringing favorable comment from leading patrons and citizens of the community. With the gym complet ed Oak City school will be given a more varied schedule far extra school activities. Several of the Oak City school faculty are expecting to attend some summer school. Misses Mildred Smith. Adeline Tow and Myrtle Price from the grade department are contemplating a summer course Principal H M Ainsley will take advanced work at the University of A frequent cause of loss of property?yet you needn't risk los ing all. Just take out one of our low-prem ium WIND STORM INSURANCE POL ICIES. J.E.Pope Bogus Checks Are Given MercbMnts In Section According to reliable reports re ceived here at noon today, a num ber of bogus checks have been giv en merchants and other busine operators in this section during the past few days. All of the checks re turned so far are written for $12.50 each, and were claimed to have been for expenses incurred by represen tatives of various firms rivcti were drawn on banks at Charlotte and Winston-Salem. Machinery Set Up For Holding June Primary In County (Continued from pace one) was not changed in this district Griffins S Oscar Peel, registrar; W Tom Roherson and J. C. Gurkin. judges of election. No Republican was available for services and there I. sonnel Bear Grass J Hussell Rogers, reg istrar. William M. Harrison and Joe Shepard Holliday. judges of elec tion W. A Brown is the Republican judge of election. Holliday is serv ing his first time with the precinct election group WiUiamston: John D Lilley. reg istrar. Fred Taylor and J. Paul Simpson, judges of election. Mrs Gertrude Norton Carstarphen will represent the Republican party in the November election. Cross Roads J. S. Ayers, regis trar J B Barnhill and Willie A Ausbon < judges of election No change was made in the officials. Poplar Point: Slade White, reg ister. Luther Leggett and Herman Harrison, judges of election. No ! change made in the personnel I t Robersonville: Eli Rodgers, regis tiar: Claude T Smith and 1. M. Lit tle. judge:* of election. L. N Vick. Republican member. Mr. Smith is a new member of the precinct group Gold Point: Harry Roberson. reg istrar J. L Croom and Augustus Powell, judgoi.?of election;?HHb Keel. Republican member. Mr Pow ell is serving for the first time. Hamilton: C. D. Perkins, regis trar* S D Matthews and W. A. Beach, judges of election. Mr. Beach is a new member of "the -group. Hassell Dewey Edmondson, -reg-; Jistrar George Ayers and Mrs. George R. Haislip, judges of elec | Hon Mrs Haislip and Mr. Edmond s?jii are new members of the group Goose Nest B M. Worsley, regis "^"trarr-R- R. Rawls ami E ~T Smith, judges of election, Ernest Bunting, I Republican member. Messrs*. Wors ley. .Raw Is and Smith are new mem ? bers of the group in that precinct. State Employment Makes I3J293 Job Placements ?r During the months of January, February, and March, offices of the State Employment Service receiv ed legislations from t>6.311 job seekers and made 13.293 job place ments. North Carolina? Mr. J. ?. Mullei w ill be at State College for summei work in agriculture. Three New ELECTRIC Refrigerators for Sale AT COST We are closing out all our electric refrigerators at cost. This department will be closed and after these three ma chines are sold no other electrical re frigeration equipment will be stocked by us. J. Lawrence PEELE WILLIAMSTON, N. C. I Uncle Jim Says Vital Statistics Review For March Raleigh ? lniluenu deaths in North Carolina for March. 1938, to taled only 75. as compared with 257 the corresponding month last year, figures released by the vital statis tics division of the State Board of Health, of which Dr R T Stimpson is director, show. This is a decrease of 182 Pneumonia deaths were down, too. the total for March. 1938. being 314. as compared w ith 448 the same month last year, while tuberculosis deaths dropped from 190 to 135. The cancer toll for the month was 151 four less than in March. 1938. but measles, which has been present in epidemic form in many sections of the State Tor some time, took the lives of. 48 during the month, as compared with four last year. There was a sharp decline in deaths from preventable accident# 'last month, the' total being 101, as compared with 132 in March, 1938. Reports reaching the State Board of Health placed deatlis from automo bile accidents in March, this year, at 5r. complied w 1O1 63~last ~year. Railroad accident deaths were cut in half?from 8 to 4, while there were jh>. deaths from airplane acci dents,. compared with 3 in March. 1937 Twenty-five people died from j burns, compared with 36 a year ago.' |FFve were ^frowned, compared with 7 last year, while five were killed | by firearms, compared with 8 a year ago For the first time since March. 11937. there was a decline noted in the number of births, the total for March. 1938. being only 6.800. as compared with 6.861 a year ago. There was a noticeable drop in the number of deaths, .the total for March, this year, being 2.968. com pared with 3.277 a year ago. The number of infants dying under one year of age dropped from 476 to 386. but the number of maternal deaths this year in March was 47. as compared with 38 in March. 1937. Whooping cough took a toll of 11. compared with nine 4 year ago Chicken Population Is LowestJii 15 Years The numbel* of chickens on farms January I. 1938. is estimated by the Bureau uf Agricultural Economics at 337t351.0in. own pared with 420, 257.00 last year, a decline of 7 9 per cent. Present numbers are 3 4 per cent fewer than in 1936, 0 7 per cent leas than on January 1. 1935. and probably the lowest since 1922 Numbers this year are down from last year by about 10 per cent in the North Atlantic and East North Central States. 8 per cent in the West North Central and South Atlantic States. 6 per cent in the South Central, and 4 per cent in the Far Western States Of the total numbers on farms January 1. approximately 46 per cent were in the North Central States. 21 per cent in the South Central, 12 in the North Atlantic, 11 in the South Atlantic and 10 per cent in the far western states Four Marriage Licenses Issued Last Week-end Marriage licenses were issued by Register of Deeds J Sam Getsinger last week-end to the following: John David Perry, of Beaufort County, and Mary Bell Corey, of this county. Robert W Carter, of Roberson ville. and Nellie Marie Wynne, of Oak City. Elmer W Robinson, of Roper, and Emma Frances Bateman. of Plym outh. Howell L. House and Bet tie Keel Perkins, both at this county Orphans To Appear In Concert Here May 3rd The Oxford Orphanage singing class will make its annual visit to WiUiamston this year on Tuesday, May 3, it was announced today by J. C Manning. Skewarkey Lodge riaaL The public is cordially ask Commencement Marshals Chosen In High School The follow ins students of the lo cal high school have been chosen to serve as marshals during the com mencement acliviues of the coming Juniors Salhe Grey Gurkin, chief: Held White Dorothy Man ning Sophomores Kalherine Manning, J E Boy km Freshmen' S- C. Griffin. Jr.. Eliz abeth Parker. The marshals are chosen annual ly from students with the highest scholastic ranking, the chief mar shal being the highest ranking stu dent in the junior class I Makes Living On 26 Acres Of Land J R Puckett of Charlotte, route 19. Mecklenburg County, has an swered the question as to whether la man can make a living on 26 acres [of land. fg g True it is that Mr Puckett does I not have all of the luxuries that a I mure extended holding would Bi llow. but he has a neat farm house, a good barn. 50 hens, three milk frows, two mules, four hogs, a gar den and a soil that is gradually be j coming more fertile through the years. The secret is that his land is entirely covered with green crops through the winter, the fields are I well terraced and there is a balance I of soil improving and cash crops on I the limited acreage I have been living here forty five years." Mr Puckett said, and have been maintaining the home I for my mother I am now working in cooperation with the Soil Con I servation service in this area and they hive helped me recently in I building better terraces and in planting certain pasture and soiling I crops. Last year I had four acres in [cotton on which I made a bale or I more per acre, six acres in corn w ith an average yield of from 30 to 140 bushels: five acres in wheat from I w hich f sold $80 worth last season land 3.or * *"*c -r ?*T llr>r| f,,, I feed Mr Puckett s wheat, by the way. I weighed t>l pr.ur.ds to the bushel in I spite of the poor season He has all lof his cotton land covered with bur I clover. His pasture is seeded to a [mixture of orchard grass, red lop, [red clover and alsike clover. Les jpedeza has been seeded in the small [grain and Austrian peas is used as [a winter cover crop Phosphate and limestone has been used on muct^of [the land slv.p -npfing is fol lowed on the steeper slopes "A man can't live on land and al low it to wash away or run down in fertility." Mr Puckett said Infant Mortality Hate Drops In 1937 Raleigh .? North Carolina's in tant mortality rate dropped from 68 4 per 1.000 live births in 1936 to [64 9 in 1937. the provisional report [of the Division of Vital Statistics of ihe State Board of Health, of which [Dr. R. T Simpson is the director, | shows The maternal mortality rate drop, [ped from 7.0 to 5.4 or. numerically, I from 532 to 432 Considerable progress was made [during 1937 in the work accomplish, [ed at maternity and infant centers conducted by the State Board of Health, of which there were 124 underway on December 31 These [ centers are under the supervision of [ and a part of the important work being done by the Division of Pre. ventive Medicine, of which Dr. G. IM Cooper is the director The declines reported "above are thought to be due. in a measure, at [least, to (his work, according to Dr Carl V Reynolds. State Health of. I ficer. During the yeai of 1937. the pro visional report shows, births in North Carolina exceeded deaths by 146.544, or more than two to The number of births reported dur | the year was 80.444. ? compared I w ith 76321 the previous year, while the number of deaths was 34.100 as compared with 35380 in 1936 ? In other words, the birth rate [jumped from 211 to 231. while the death rate declined from 103 to 96 | the report shows The number of births in 1937. therefore, was 4 323 greater than in 1936. while the num. ber of deaths was 1.480 ??~ Numerous declines m deaths from certain causes were reported, while ?n some instances, the number and rates increased. Deaths from continued to climb, the rate increas ing from 51 6 in 1838 to 54 1 Ust year ?numerically, bom 1,785 to 1380. _ . ?H8fat_feB9k pulmonary tuberculosis the 1937 to to! bemgl.TSJ, a. compmed with 1,. 905 in 1536s the rate < M-l to 48.8. T?iere were only 78 ? *rphoid and paratyphoid fever to 1M7- ?? compered with ? u?d to ??r totorn Uto d^a of use The 72. HINTS FOR HOMEMAKERS By Mia JANE PABKEB. Scrrict Dlncte, Virfiaia Meals Around Meat With meat as the main dish of any meal, you should try to select vegetables, salad and dessert to blend with it. Here are some sug gestions for simple, every-day meals. Roast Beef: Browned potatoes, string beans, sliced tomatoes, brown bettey. Swiss Steak: Baked potatoes, glaz ed carrots, asparagus and Egg sal ad. baked apple with whipped cream Meat Loaf: Au Gratin potatoes, buttered cabbage, waldorf salad, baked custard. Liver: Spanish rice, buttered spring onions, pear and cream cheese salad, chocolate cake Baked Ham: Candied sweet po and cheese salad. Lemon chiffon pie. Pork Chops: Buttered new pota toes, spinach with egg sauce, apple and date salad, chocolate pudding. Broiled sirloin steak: French fried potatoes, fried onions, head lettuce with French dressing, apple pie. Leg of Lamb: Creamed potatoes,! baby lima beans, baked tomatoes, apricot whip. Roast pork: Browned potatoes, glazed apples. cole slaw, lemon sherbert with cookies. Veal Pot-roast: Steamed rice, cauliflower with cheese sauce, orange and grapefruit salad, butter scotch pie. Special Term Superior Court Opens Here Today Judge Clawson Williams, of San ford. opened a two weeks special term of Martin County Superior Court here this morning, the court observing yesterday as a holiday. Through Friday of next week, the court is to hear civil cases only. Small crowds were present for the opening" day session. The docket carries no unusually important cases and the term is expected to attract very littla attention. Revival Services At Oak City Baptist Church Revival services are to be held at the Oak City Baptist Church be ginning Wednesday. April 27 and ending Wednesday May 4. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend the services which begin each night. at 8 p. m Rev. John R. Link, pastor. * Large Number Arrests In County Last Week-end Martin County officers had a busy time last week-end when they ar rested and jailed thirteen people. Half of the number were booked for being drunk and disorderly. Four others were charged with larceny and receiving, one for non-support, one for murder. A thirteenth was arrested on an old charge. It was the largest number of ar rests effected in this county in so short a period during many months. How To Rid Tobacco Fields Of "Big Root" The worm that causes "Big Root" i/i tobacco will live indefinitely In (he soil after it has once been . in troduced There are no immune crops and it is advisable to grow such crops as grains, peanuts, Iron and Brabham cowpeas, velvet beans and soy beans for three or four years before planting tobacco. These crops produce small galls and as a result the worms do not multiply so rapid ly. It would also greatly reduce the losses if a crop of weeds were al lowed to grow on the land at least one year prior to planting tobacco. IN MEMORIAM ? In kiv ing memory of my dear son, Raleifh Mendenhall. who departed this liie w hen Jesus called him April 15, 1937. One year ago today. No one knows how much I miss you And the many tears I shed; I have suffered since I lost you; Life has been a weary bed. In my heart your memory lingers. Sweet, tender, kind and true. There is not a day or hour, dear son. That I do not think of you. saw your faded face and hands. But could not make you stay; I also nursed you with tender love Until God called you away. Dearly loved and sadly missed by his mother. Lydia Mendenhall NOTICB or APPRECIATION We are indeed appreciative to the town authorities, through Mr. Rob ert Manning, for the constructive improvement made at the ravine crossing on South Smithwick street. Mr. J. D. and Mrs. Mary Gray WANTS Wl BUT BOGS FOB CASH. It*. Martin's PCX Service Telephone US. I POUND IN WHX1AM8TON?LA dy's small pocketbook. Owner may have same by identifying the puree and paying tor this ad. Enter Co. FOB SALE ? 1*M BED CHICKS. Rhode Island and New Hampshire Reds, all from accredited hatches. U. S. pollorium tested. Colter's cot ton seed. Martin's FCX Service. Tel ephone 119. " JOHNSTON OUTBOARD MOTORS for sale. We have several Johns ton Outboard motors for sale. Have been rebuilt. Guaranteed. They are good as new. Grady Smith, Rober sonville, N. C. al5-3t PIANO: DUE TO PREVIOUS PUR chaser's inability to complete con tract, we will transfer to any re sponsibile party for the balance due, beautiful upright piano. This piano looks almost like new and fully guaranteed. Credit gladly arranged. For particulars where piano may be seen, write Lee Piano Co., Lynch burg, Va. alS-19-22 Candidate Cards FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT I hereby announce my candidacy (or the office of clerk of superior court of Martin County subject to the wishes of the voters in the Dem ocratic primary on June 4th, 1938. if renominated and elected I pledge myself to serve as your clerk to the best of my ability. L. BRUCE WYNNE. FOR TREASURER Subject to the action of the voters in the June 4, 1938, Democratic pri mary, I hereby announce my can didacy for Treasurer of Martin County. If nominated and elected, I pledge again my best efforts in properly handling the duties of treasurer. C. A. HARRISON. ECONOMY AUTO 8UPPLY <_ Wllllmmrton Easy Terms on Goodrich Tires and Batteries FOR SHERIFF Subject to the wishes of the peo ple in the Democratic primary on June 4, next, I offer my candidacy for the nomination of Sheriff of Martin County. In announcing my candidacy for re-nomination, I wish to express my great appreciation for the support accorded me in the past and assure the people that it will continue to be my sole aim to han dle the duties of the office so as to merit the support of everyone In the future. C. B. ROEBUCK. FOR COMMISSIONER I hereby announce my candidacy for county commissioner from Jamesville and Williams Townships, subject to the expressed desire of the people in the June 4. 1938, pri mary. If nominated and elected I promise my best efforts in repre senting the wishes of the people and will handle the duties of the office to the best of my ability. C. C. FLEMING. FOR COMMISSIONER Subject to the wishes of the vot ers in the Democratic primary on June 4, next, I hereby announce my candidacy for county commission er from Griffins and Bear Grass Townships. I assure the voters that any and all support accorded my candidacy will be greatly appreciat ed. - R. L. PERRY. FOR COMMISSIONER Subject to the wishes of the vot ers in the Democratic primary to be held on June 4, 1938, I hereby announce my candidacy for county commissioner for Poplar Point and Williamston Townships. If nomi nated and elected I promise my best efforts in the interest of good coun ty government. J. E. POPE. FOR SALE?two NEW "TIGER" transplanters, cheap. One good second hand mule. Salsbury Supply Co. Hassel, N. C. al9-22-26-29 SO ECONOMICAL!! IT MAKES k 92 BIG ICE CUBES ~1? I W at local electric rates ... PROOF OF KELV INAT OR ' S ALI AROUND ECONOMY KELVIN ATOR'S mmmrn If i>n