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1 Advertisers WU1 rind Our Col 1 umni a Latchkey to over 1,600 I 1 Horpee of Martin County. 1 ' 1 rHE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your Paper, A? It Carries the Date Your Subacription Expires VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 38 * illiamtlon, Martin County, !\orth Carolina, Friday, May 12, /9.I9. ESTABLISHED 1899 Thousands Of Free Lunches Served To Needy Pupils Here Parents-Teachers Association Successfully Handles Huge Task The lunch rooms operated in pon-1 nection with the local schools by the Williamston Parent-Teacher associa tion provided for under-privileged children during the school year which ended recently. A report rendered the local asso ciation by Mrs. W. E. Old at its April meeting revealed that nine thous and one hundred and twelve free lunches have been served during the eight school months. In every in stance these lunches had been served to underprivileged and undernourished children who would - have gone unfed except for the fine work of the association and the co operation of local agencies. The value of the free lunches ot the chil dren is inestimatable. Contributors to the operation costs of the project include the Woman's club, the Am erican Legion Auxiliary, the Kiwan is club and private individuals do nated a total of $15.50. The Works Progress Administration cooperated by furnishing workers and the Mar tin County Welfare Department pro vided certain commodities from time to time. In addition to operating costs the association paid out $216.23 for equipment and other items purchas ed last fall in connection with the establishment of the projects at both elementary and high schools Con siderable expense was incurred for capital outlay and plans are now un derway to raise funds to clear the lunch rooms of all debts. The garden and canning project which proved of so much benefit to the lunch rooms last fall will be con tinued during the summer Garden tracts have already been donated by Mrs. McLawhorn, Mrs. John Wier and Dr. Thigpen and the soil prepar ed for planting. Mrs. J. B. Taylor, president of the association and Mrs. W K Parker are handling the gar den project. Produce from the gar dens will be canned and used next year for free lunches Much of the credit for the success ful operation of the lunch rooms has been due to the efforts fo Mrs. W. E Old, who without remuneration has labored tirelessly in behalf of the project which has benefitted so many children. Presbyterians To Organize Missions Two missions of the Williamston Presbyterian church will be organ ized by a commission of Albemarle Presbytery in Martin County on Sunday. May 14, 1939 The commission is composed of the following ministers and elders: Rev R E. McClure, moderator and stated clerk of the Presbytery, will be the chairman. Rev Chester Alexander, of TVrboro, and the Rev. John C. Whitley, are the ministers assisting. -Elder Alex P. Thorpe. Jr.. of Rpcky_ Mount, and Dillon Cobb, of William ston, will also sit with the commis sion. . The missions to be organized are Roberson's Chapel and Bear Grass. There are 49 members of the church at Bear Grass and 97 at Rob erson's Chapel. , . John H. Roberson will be the el der at Roberson's Chapel and the deacons-elect are Cheslee Jones, Ell Bowen, Fernando Bowen, C. D. Bul lock and Raymond Roberson. At Bear Grass, Sidney Beacham is the elder and the deacons-elect are Rosael Rogers, Pete Mendenhall, Keneezer Harrison and John Wynn. The members of the two missions have been dismissed by the Wil liamston church that they might place their letters there Following the sermon of the hour by R. E. McClure, the commission will receive those wishing to become members by letter and profession The officers will then be elected and ordained and installed The mem bers will then select a name for their church. Later they will call a min ister to serve them The public is cordially invited to attend these services. The Rober aon's Chapel service will be at four o'clock and the Bear Grass service at 8 p. m. Likes Martin County Better Than Big City Lee House returned Monday from New York where he apent days, accompanied by Meaari W. G Peel and Garland Barnhill, of Wil liamston. . "I had rather have one acre of land in Martin County than have all of New York including the fair," Mr. House said in commenting on his ex tensive trip. There are entirely too many peo ple there for me, Lee said, and 1 don't expect to return again either for holiness or pleasure. As to the fair, Mr. House stated that he only saw a small part of 1L "It would take a month to visit ev ery exhibit and go through all the buildings,'' he said. New Ruling Expected to Save The Partridge in This State Designed to save the quail from ex tinction in this State, a new ruling on guns was handed down this week by the Department of Conservation and Development, according to Coun ty Game Warden Bill Abbltt. Ef fective next season, hunters will not be allowed to use an automatic gun that will shoot more than three times without reloading The ruling says. "All automatic shotguns will be plugged, and no per son will be allowed to have more than three shells within the barrel or mag azine." The law making il mandatory to limit the number of shells was passed at the recent session of the legisla ture. Mr. Abbltt said there were only nine other States In which a man could carry more than three shells In a gun while hunting quail. "Any person found guilty of violat ing this law may expect to have his license revoked for the entire year," Mr. Abbitt stated Advised of the decreasing number of the game birds, the State Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment sponsored the law in an effort to save the bird from extinction INCREASE V With tobacco transplanting ncarinr completion in most of the predicted weeks ago in the acre age planted to the crop is now measuring up to the guesses, ac cording to reliable reports re leased yesterday. Making a definite survey this week, Lloyd Weeks, former Mar tin County assistant farm agent and now tobacco specialist for the State, reports an expected in crease of 15 per cent in the acre age. as a whole. Activities on the tobacco front which are progressing rapidly de spite dry weather indicate that Martin County is well advanced in the program to increase its to bacco acreage by 25 per cent. Hundred and Thirty Names Apjiear On School Honor Roll Lint for Keffiil lVri(xl In One Of I.urp<*Ht for the Punt Term ? One hundred and thirty names ap pear on the honor roll for the year released today from the office of the Williamston schools Students quali fying for the honor roll have main tained an average of ninety on all | studies throughout the school year. Thirty high school students are rep- | resented The honor roll by grades follows: First grade: Rush Bnnduraht, Charles Carver, Warren Goff. Frank j Wynne, Madeline Chesson, Rachel j Chesson, Martha MacKenzie, Eliza beth Whitley, Jack Gray, June Bow en, Jessie Mae Mellon, Margaret I Wynne, Ann Lamm, Shirley Ann Beacham, Uleous Bonds, Garland Hardison, Pritchard Lindsley, Lu ther Pate, Russell Warren Second Grade: Jack Booker,' Lan dy Griffin, James Corner, Julian | Mason, Paul Peel, Jr., Zack Piephoff. John Watts, Billy Edwards, Sallie Hardison, Charles Cowing, Ellen Whitaker, Helen Howard. Hattie Moore, Dortha Rogerson Third Grade: Eunice Britton, Bet-1 lly~Sue Clark. Mary Lou Coltrain, | Helen Grimes. Edna Hadley, Bar bara Margolis, Ann Mizelle, Ger trude McLawhorn, Lola Peel, Laura Francis Peele, Doris Savage, John Gurkin, Eugene Andrews, Betty G. Perry. Fourth Grade: Lucy Andrews, Louise Griffin. Gloria Havman. Louise Hines, Elizabeth Hopkins, Dorothy Leggett, Elizabeth Man ning, Letitia Maxwell, Elizabeth Parker, Elizabeth Taylor, Hugh Hor ton, Charles Siceloff. Fifth Grade: Clayton Modlin, I Pearl Newbern, Frances Griffin, | Sylvia Green, Norman Hopkins, .Er wood Old, Billy Myers, Hal Dickens, | Jr, Dora Twiddy. Sixth Grade: Curtis Hopkins, Da vid Roberson, Lee Thomas, Joe Wynne, Isabelle Anderson, Jane Goff, Lillian Maxwell, Anne Mea dor, Violet Phelps, Betty Rogers, I Frances Jarmon, Thurman Perry, | Davey Van Landingham. Seventh Grade: Richard Margolis, I William Oscar Peele, Jr., J. D. Wool-1 ard, Jr., Lenora Melson, Nancy Mer cer, Delia Jane Mobley, Mildred Thomas, Julia Clyde Waters, Vir ginia Hinee, Noah Nicholson, Fran ces Thomas. Eighth Grade: Evelyn Griffin, Jo-1 seph Gurganus, Theron Gurganus, Robert Jones, Madelyn Taylor, Em-1 ma Belle Ward Ninth'Grade: Bill Bo wen, S. C. Griffin, Jr., Billy Mercer, Edith An drews. Mary Charles Godwin, Su sie Griffin, Elizabeth Parker, Daisy Peaks, Rosa Faye Mobley, Roosevelt Coltralne. Tenth Grade: Katherine Manning, Doris Bullock, James Daniel Nich- [ olson, Marjorie Grey Dunn. Eleventh Grade: Elbert S. Peele, Jr.. Dixie Daniel, Doleta Gardner, Sallie Grey Gurkin, Dorothy Man ning, Dorris Moore, Mary Revels, Virgil Ward, Reid White, Susie Whitley. ' Swaintland Revival Will End With Service Tonight I The Swainsland revival will be brought .to a close tonight. This has been a most successful series of meetings &nd the public is invited to attend the meeting tonight. County Court Holds line vent! ul Session Monday Morning Four CaM's Killed Oh ami Six Were Continued For Further CoiiMidoration The county court held an unevent ful session last Monday morning disposing of four cases and contin uing six for later consideration. Faced with a small docket, Judge H. O. Peel and Solicitor D. E. John son expedited the business of the court in about an hour In the case of the State versus Jul ius Woolard charged with assault with a deadly weapon, something unusual in the choice of weapons was revealed when it was alleged that the defendant assaulted William Keyes with a home plate during an altercation. Playing baseball in the Farm Life section the defendant and Keyes became involved in an argu ment and it was alleged that Wool ard picked up the home plate and used it to carry his point. The court nol prossed the case when the pros ecuting witness withdrew the charge. \ Walter Freeman and Jesse Wals ton, charged by the State with lar ceny and receiving were found guil ty and sentenced to the roads for three months. The defendants, who have been hailed before the courts frequently in times past were con victed of stealing tie plates and spikes from the A. C L. railroad. Charlie Godard, local Negro, charged with violating the A. B C act was foynd guilty and fined $25 and court costs and given a sus pended road sentence of three months. In the case of the State versus Da vid Williams, who was charged with non-support of his illegitimate child the court suspended the case upon payment of the costs when a compromise settlement was worked out between the defendant and the prosecuting witness. Farmer Dies At His Home In Bear Grass Funeral services were held here last Monday afternoon at 3 o'clcok for Lewts Rogerson, Bear Grass far mer, who died at his home there on Sunday afternoon ai four o'clock following a long period of ill health. He was a native of Bear Grass where he farmed until his health began to fail several years1 ago. In early manhood he was married to Miss Mamie Biggs who survives with the following children, Reuben Elmer, Annie, Slade, Fred, May Em ma Rosie Mae and Esther. He is al so survived by one brother, Buck E. Rogerson, of Bear Grass and one grandchild, Rachel Rogerson. Rev Z. T. Piephoff conducted the last rites and interment was in the Mobley cemetery in Bear Grass Township. Singing Class In Concert Tonight Making its annual visit in this sec tion, the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will appear in a special con cert in the high school building this evening at 8 o'clock. Coming here under the manage ment of J. H Clements, assistant to the late L. W Alderman for a num ber of years, the singing class has one of its best programs it has had in several years. Mrs Sadie Hutch inson, woh has faithfully served the orphanage as director of the singing class for a long number of years, ac companies the fourteen boys and girls Following the usual custom, no admission fee will be asked, but a free-will offering will be taken dur ing the concert Entertained as special guests in private homes, the singers will leave tomorrow morning about eight-thir ty o'clock for Camden where they will spend the week-end. Sitael Home Church Will Hold Fellowship Service A fellowship service will be held at Sweet Home Church of Christ on Saturday night at eight o'clock. The devotional service will be conducted by Jsmes D. Taylor, the sermon de livered by Rev. Q. C. Bland and the Lord's supper will be observed with local elders presiding. Newspapers Asked To Push Campaign For Road Safety | llipliway Accident Problem Far More Serious Than Past Warfare Recognizing the serious highway accident problem existing In this State, national safety leaders, in a three-day safely seminar ' held In Raleigh this week, appealed to the newspapers to awaken to the bloody facts and start a movement that will promise relief. As a result of the school, one can expect to see In the dally and much of the weekly press repeated appeals urging greater safety on the streets and highways of this State Startling facts were disclosed dur ing the three-day meeting, which at tracted safety leaders of International recognition. Years of study have been given the accident problem, and the findings by the heads of research groups, utcludlng Dr Miller McClln tock. of Yale University. Lieutenant Franklin M Kreml. director of the Northwestern University Traffic In stitute. and others were vividly por trayed to the 50 or more newspaper representatives in the series of classes that convened at 9 each morning and were dismissed at 5 In tire afternoon duruig the three-day seminar Oovernor Clyde Hoey. Commission er of Revenue A J Maxwell. Judge E Earle Rives, of Oreensboru. Ron ald Hocutt. director of highway safe ty In this State; Dr Clyde A Erwin. Mrs B P. Flythe. of the State High way Safety Division; Miss Marian Telford.?diHTtui education division of the National Safety Council. Lew Wallace, past president of the Amer ican Association of Motor Vehicle Ad ministrators; Robert Monaghan. of the American Automobile Association; Col A B Barber, manager of trans portation. Chamber of Commerce of the United States. C. C McOUl. di rector public relations of the Auto motive Safety Foundation. Maxwell Halse.v. associate director of the Bu reau for Safety Traffic Research, Yale University; Reginald M Cleve land, of the New York Times editor ial staff, John W Darr. trustee of the C. I T Safety Foundation and vice president of the Commercial In vestment Trust; Arthur T Robb. edi tor of Editor and Publisher, und Dr F K. Nuffslnger, educational consult ant of the American Automobile As sociation. were among those who ad dressed the three-day meeting, and vividly pointed out the need for ac tion by all North Carolinians In their drive for greater safety on the streets and highways of their state The automobile In a single year has claimed more lives than were lost by the United Slates in three wars, it was pointed out. and yet we remain almost indifferent to the bloody facts that appear on the front pages with a certain degree of regularity week In and week out. Such startling facts as these were pointed out and sup ported by recognized statistics The property damage cost, not to mention the value represented by the perma nently Injured, equals the cost of all new car purchases Other facts equally as shocking were reeled off during the three-day school which seemed to awaken the newspaper rep resentatives out of their lethargy and aroused in them a determined desire { streets and highways In their respect lve communities throughout tli State Hope Tit Invludt> Rtntii Iti Ijt'ffin Arrangements for including tl Old Mill Inn-Smithwicks Creek roi in the next contract letting by tl North Carolina Highway and Pu In Works Commission were unofl cially announced virtually comple ed this week The last obstacle the advancement of the project understood to have been cleared i will be cleared it is hoped in time get the project in the hopper for co sideration week after next. According to present plans, tl project will be let to contract by tl highway commission on Tuesda May 23 If the bids are acceptable is possible that work on the rot will be started possibly in June The project is the first in th county to be included in the cor mission's program in recent yeai At the present time, the commissio using its own maintenance and r pair forces, is widening the Conii Creek bridge. It is understood th the two bridges and the fill will I widened by State forces, but th the widening of the drawbridge ov Roanoke River will be let to contra at a later date O'Malley Returns To Line-u For Martin Thit 4fternooi Skipper Paul O'Malley, out of the game with an injured finger since last Monday returns to the game to day when the Martins meet Wilson in Wilson. The injury located be tween the thum and finger has not healed completely, but the red-head ed Inshman says he is able and ready | to get bark into the game Mother'? Day Program To Feature Church Services I Mother's day programs will fea ture the services in the several local | churches here Sunday, and large at tendances are expected. Plan Radical Change In Tobacco Program Will Change Quota From Poundage to Acreage Unit Basis o Lawmaker* and Kciirfwuta liven of Farmer* in Meet Til in Week1 Simplification of the farm bill pro visions under which Individual tobac-1 co quotas are set was agreed upon by I growers and representatives from the i tobacco states meeting 111 Washington] City this week, and Representative J. Bayard Clark.; of North Carolina. I and a member of the legal start of, the tVparlment of Agriculture were instructed to prepare a final draft of1 amendments designed to accomplish' the desired changes, the pruicipal one of which changes the basis of quota' determination front poundage to' acreage Representative Clark said he ex pects to have the amendments com pleted within the next two or three days The amendments wll be sub mitted to tobacco growers and other interested groups for their approval. Another meeting of the tobacco group will be held 111 two weeks, after which the amendments will be presented to the house committee 011 agriculture Agree on Proposals The growers and members of Con gress attending Hie session lit the of fice of Representative Lindsay War ren. found themselves in general agreement on the various proposals submitted The conferees quickly turned down a suggestion that refer endums on control be declared passed when approved by a simple majority lather than by a two-thirds vote Absolute revolution" was predicted by Representative Warren if such a change was made, while Representa tive Clark warned that the program would bog down" if two-thirds of the farmers were not in favor of it The amendments agreed upon would change from a poundage to an acreage basis the method of deter mining individual quotas, but would not affect the determination of state quotas; permit growers to sell all of the tobacco grown on their allotted acreage, with the exception of scrap; modify the small grower provisions to permit un acreage Increase of 20 per cent or up to 3.200 pounds; set the collection of penalties at a given rate in cents per pound rather than in percentages, and continue non-quota years 111 computing allotments. Not To Change 1-tu It was explained (hat the amend ments would not affect the present act. these changes being additions to the law hi other words, If the amendments were declared unconstl (ullonal the growers would still have the "protection" of the present act. The amendments would not change the status of exporters or provisions dealing with new growers The amendments would greatly simplify the determination iff quotas and remove many of the doubts 110 surrounding the law. which hi caused many farmer and congressloi al headaches. Under the ugreed-upi... method, the national poundage qnnit. would be set, with the Secretary Agriculture given the frower to brei it down Into state quotas The sta quota would then be broken dov Into acres and allotted to individu farmers. The farmers would be a -linml_Ui-markel and sell all ?f 11 tobacco grown on his acreage In addition to simplifying the di termination and collection of pena ties, the change from the percental to the flat cents-per-pound basis wi included to stop the collection of pel allies 011 low-grade tobacco and tl substitution of higher grades. Th penalty probably will be set somi where between 5 and 10 cents 169 I'lifnls Attend liible School Here I The annual daily vacation Bible school, getting underway here last Monday, is attracting a record en rollment, Miss Ruth Manning, prin cipal of the school, announced this morning that 169 children were in attendance upon the classes as the school brought to a close its first week The directors and members of the faculty state that the school is proving quite effective and that it has the promise of being the most successful one ever held here Bible stories, drills, music, work, play and art are claiming minute at tention of all the pupils The faculty is composed of the following Be ginners' department, Mrs S. A Maxwell, Mrs. Williams and Misses | Nancy Biggs and Katherine Man ning; primary, Misses Josephine Har rison and Marjorie Dunn, juniors, | Mrs. J A Eason, Mrs. Curtis Leg gett, Mrs J H Smith and Mrs Ce-1 cil Weeks intermediate, Mrs E M Trahey and Miss Bernice Ward Miss | Irene Mi/.elle is heading the handi craft institution for the girls in the advanced classes and Mr Gordon | Bennett is in charge of the play per iods for the older boys The public mvited to observe the children at work and at play, the directors stating that a visit with the little tots of pre-achool age will prove unusually interesting. PRESIDENT V. J \V. II. Woolard. executive vice president tiuarunty Hank and Trust Company, was elected" president of the North Carolina Itankers Association this wrck at tlieir convention now in ses sion al the Carolina Hotel, in Pinehurst. N. C. Former Citizen This Comity Head Oi State Bankers \\ . II. \\ ooluril lids Pom \i Meelinu This Week in Pint'liiirsl a W H Woolard, well-known East ern Carolina citizen and vice presi dent of the Guaranty Hank and Trust Company, was named president of the North Carolina Bankers' Associ ation at a meeting of the organiza tion's membership in Pinehurst this week For nearly a quarter of a cen tury, Mr Woolard has been execu tive vice president of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, and it was. in recognition of his faithful service in the banking field that the organization membership advanced him to the honorable position. A native of Martin County, be had Ins first bunking experience as cash ier of the Bethel'Banking and Trust Company in Bethel. Later he was a State bank examiner for several years Before going to Greenville in 1920, he was engaged in the fertiliz er industry in Washington Since his becoming associated with the Guaranty Bank nine branches have been established in East Caro lina, and assets have increased from $ 1.000,000 to more than $7,000,000. Mi Woolard was advanced to the presidency by custom, placing K. P .Molding. Smithfield banker, in line for tin- post next year Thu l.if/li s|...i ... ti?. rHiiv of the convention was the report showing the healthy condition the I banks in the State are now enjoying. H L Pope, retiring president of the organization, took a fling at the present national administration in its budgeting?nrtivitn ?deelaring. "We cannot with increasing speed continue to pile up huge deficits and increases in our governmental debt without corning to a day of tragedy, and our mounting national debt and tax burden will continue to remain a deterrent to business progress un til our income and expenses are brought into balance and the burden of increasing tax abated." Pope then added that better busi ness conditions have been accorn pi is bed in spite of many difficulties and handicaps and in the face of threatening dangers of a world war and are a compliment tAlhe genius, initiative and courage of our people. Martin County took a front posi tion in the administratvie ranks of the organization when Mr Woolard, a native of tin* county, was named president; R G. Harrison, also a na tive' of the county and now a promi nent banker of Henderson, was made vice president for the national bank division, and S. L. Koberson, popu lar banker of Robersonville was placed on the organization's execu tive committee. Mr. and Mrs. D. V Clayton, Mr. and Mrs Dewey Dayman and Mi Herman Bowen attended the con vention from here Plan To (Ipan Swimming Pool Alton! June Firs! 1 An rmr?ffirnrbannouncement com ing from town authorities at noon to day stated that the WPA municipal swimming pool would be ready for use on or about June 1. Work on the pool itself is virtually complete, and the installation of the filtering plant is well underway Private contract ors have stepped in to rush the con struction of the bath houses, and the WPA forces are fast completing the walks and making ready the grounds for occupancy. Steam Engine Goes Out Of Control At LuiiiIht Plant Here Worker* E*eap?Ml Injury, Bui \1achiiie Tore It*elf To Bil* Several workmen at the local plant of the Fannville-Woodward Lumber company miraculously es caped injwy late yesterday when a big steam engine went out of control and tore itself to bits The machine, with its drive wheel measuring eight feet in diameter and weighing several tons, went out of control when the drive belt ran off and the automatic governors failed to function in the emergency Ap proaching the engine to cut off the steam. Engineer Wuddell turned hack .when he saw the huge machine start rocking as a rnujlf Attaining? a speed possible several times great er than it was supposed to run, the engine was out of control hardly more than a minute before it started breaking up One large section of the fly wheel, weighing possibly 500 pounds, tore through the top of the buildings and landed in the Bob Junes' yard, about three or four hun dred yards away The piece of iron completely buried itself The huge spokes in the wheel broke under the strain as one would break a tooth pick in his fingers. Other pieces of the machine tore into big piles of lumber, splintering boards and jar ring that section of the plant where the planing mill is located a short distance from the main mill. Workmen were so badly frighten ed that they were almost too weak to stand up as the bits of iron were scattered all around them No exact estimate of the damage is available, but the loss will possi bly approximate $1,000, Superinten dent Dean Speight staling this morn mg that he is not* certain but what a new replacement will be neces sary Plans are already well advanc ed to put the plant back in operation and the workmen will be continued on the payroll of the company with out any loss of time, it was stated. The planing null was just recent ly enlarged and modernized, and the crew of seven men were work ing overtime to catch up with a rush order. College Students Tour The County I ?t? The growing imporinner of the sweet potato as a crop and Its com paratively meat rood value were stressed by County Agent T B Bran don before nearly half a hundred Slate College students at a field meet ing of the group la the agricultural building here last evening Represen tatives Welch and Sawyer, of the hake Phelps project 111 Washington County, were in attendance upon the meeting and outlined llic work that is being carried on there by the Fed ral Government Accompanied by Professors Forster and Green, the fofty-flve young State College students are makuig a tour of this section of the State, observ ing?t-hc?practical side of am leillluie and making a field study of general In...i pts.i tfollowed hv farmers? in tills and other eastern counties Spending last night In the gym nasium here, the students, after tn speetlng the large sweet potato cur ing house owned and operated by Jun Staton. left for the upper part much of today on the Everett estate The group was entertained at lunch by Ben Everett. Tivo Nearly Lose Lives la Roanoke Two young white men, I. H. Wal lace and J T. Edmondson, barely es caped with their lives when their small boat turned over in Roanoke River just below the plant of the Standard Fertilizer Company here the early part of this week. Edmondson, unable to swim, held to the over-turned boat, and Wallace, afraid to desert his companion, drift ed down stream several miles Wal lace, using his bare hands, finally paddled the boat to the shore just before they reached Sweet Water Creek The two men had been miss ing for more than an hour and a half. After they had been missing for more than an hour several went in search of them but the two men were returning along the bank on foot. Vacation Hi bit' School At Poplar Point End* Friday The Daily Vacation Bible school now being conducted in the Poplar Point Presbyterian Mission will close its session on Friday at 11:30 a. m. The school has been in progress for Hi,, past two weeks. The enrollment has been between fifty and sixty Those teaching in the school are: Miss Ezefferlee Griffin, Miss Mary Rogerson, Miss Mildred Hardlson, Miss Ruby Bennett and Rev. Z. T. Ptephoff The commencement for the school will be given Sunday at 1:30 p. m. A splendid program has been worked up by the pupils and the public la in vited to come and enjoy it with the membership.