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
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What Protection
for MOTHER?
? She who sacrifices so much for you?
wouldn't you dread leaving her to face a
future of need? A life' insurance policy
can serve as your protection for Mother
a Mother's Day gift.
W. G. PEELE
LIPS INSURANCE COMPANY of VIRGINIA
Willimmston, N. C. District Agent