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January Influenza Deaths \umher 224 In North Carolina ^neumonia Flaref I p T o Claim An Increased \iini bfr of Lim The influenza epidemic that swept many sections of North Carolina took it was announced by the Stat*- Board o' Health this week. This total pom p ired with only 53 deaths from this c: use reported in January, 1939 There was also an increase in pneumonia deaths in January, the with 315 the corresponding month a year ago. while deaths from pul monary tuberculosis numbered 155. as compared with 146 the. .same month itt 1939 Deaths from preventable accidents also look an upward turn as 1940 got underway, the total for January hav - ing been 142. as compared w ith 119 a year ago. It was explained by the Vital Statistics Division, however. that the total "includes deaths oc curring in 1939 but not reported un til 1940 '? Suicides jumped from 17 in Jan uary. 1939. to 30 in January 1940. w hile there was a decrease of one in the number of homicides, the 1940 figure being 29. as compared with 30 for January a year ago. There was an increase in both in fant and maternal mortality. Deaths among children under a year old in January, 1940. totaled 453. as com pared with 411 the corresponding month m-1239, throwing the month ly rat* up from 64.7 to 67.8 while the number of maternal deaths this yeai in January was 33. against 30 the" same month in 1939, making the rate for January. 1940. 4.9. compared w ith 4 7 a year ago. The total number of deaths re ported in January, this year, was 3.382. which was 554 in the 2.828 reported in January, 1939. a large portion of this increase hav ing been reflected in influenza deaths The number of babies born in North Carolina in January, 1940, was 6.680. as compared with 6.352 a year ago, an increase of 328, Diphtheria?deaths?m?January. 1940. totaled 27. an increase of 8 over the 19 reported for January. 1939, in spite of the State's new law requiring immunization of children between the ages of 6 months and a year and making immunization a condition for school enrollment The year started out with 9 drown % ings, compared with 3 the preceding* January \uto Industry Rolls 4loiis In "Higli Gear r r Probably there's no industry about whose "saturation point" the man m the-street worries so much about as the automobile industry. Vet it keeps rolling along near the front <>f the j whole business parade It just had the best February since that fabulous milestone year of 1929, with an esti mated 285.000 units. 37 per cent above February. 1939. and in sharp, reversal of seasonal trend. This is highly encouraging to, rubber, glass and steel, too For instariff nntiw j take 70 per cent of the plate glass ; made in this country This year marks the first full year in which the new high-test safety plate glass ranked w ith sealed-beam headlights j as outstanding motoring safety ad- ! vances?has been available for new The?steady turnover means a ' larger percentage of new cars on the road equipped with life-saving, bet- ; ter vision glass and lighting, and a consequent reduction in number and severity of traffic casualties. PEACE AGREEMENT A full agreement pointing to ward priif w as rfported to have been reached in Moscow this morning. No details of the re ported agreement were released, Imt it was believed that the way had been paved for the cessation of hostilities between Russia and Finland. As peace was talked on the linni^i front, increased activi ties were reported on other war fronts Fngland announced toda> that more than three hundred thousand Tommies had been re moved to French soil in prepara tion for any flare-up along the \\ estern I runt, and that the eco nomic blocade for Germany was he I ng tightened. Home-made Electric Fence Is Dangerous A v, arnj.ng t<> Nor tli C;.i"ur-a far rier f-> beware of the home-made elect tie fence has 1km n issued by Da -rrrt S W caver. head of the Depart - t: t.'?f?f Agricultural Engineering a.ild Extension specialistV>f State Cdl !< g- Hi say. that all electric fences ?present an element of danger, but that tin home-made device which >? r >t limit the amount of current and which does not include a fool proof controller to interrupt tlu fl? w ol electricity, is especially lethal. 'Tht recent death of a Wilson County child who was electrocuted by a fence-on. his father's farm fn ; t used attention on th< electric fence now being widely used to restrain livestock in the State." Prof Weaver stated "I., wish to reiterate the posi tion of my department, and that of ? the . entire . State College Extension S?TVlK ; that all electric fences pre sent definite safety problems, but home-made electric fence devices an especially dangerous " Tfie State College man said that -the Wilson County -ehild died ?s a result of coming in contact with a h< r* ? made electric fence, which did not allow for the fence wire to be charged intermittently, and which had only a small electric bulb to re duce the amount "f current from a 1 !') volt line. ? ? ?Electnc .fences manufactured 5yT reliable com pan a- restrict the amount, (jf c urrent, and interrupt the current at regular inte rvals in order tliat a person oi animal may be freed from contact with the charged wjjec. usually without fatal damage. I repeat tfic~ w arning w hich We have ft equently'issued that an elec tric fence i> extremely dangerous unless it is properly made, correct ly: installed, and carefully used." Weaver said ! ? ^ recks Increasing \t Intersections Commenting recently on intersec tion accidents in North Carolina, Ronald Hocutt, director of the High way S a f e ty Dmsion. pointed" out that * this type of accident is becoming in creasingly frequent Last year," lie said, "there were ; 2.300 accidents at street intersections and 388 at rural intersections in North Carolina The drivers involv ed in these accidents were guilty in way. crashing a traffic light, disre garding warning signs or hand sig nals. or some other infraction of the rules of safe driving, ,or of failure to practice common courtesy. J_ icse accidents can be prevented ! if motorists will only follow the three C's of safe driving -courtesy, cau tion and commons? rise Solicitor Don Klplionsa Johnson visited friends in NVwt'oii last week end. FORMAL OPENINC FRIDAY I.Ytli 10 V. M. I II. I I IV M Taylor Electric Co. 801 OKKKNX II.I.K. N. C. Telephone Nil. 2(>.H) Plenty of FRESH MULES FOR SALE OK TRADE We Are Ready To Trade At Any Time For Any Thing. HOLT EVANS WILLIAM STON. N. C. Allies Concentrate on Cutting Nazi Trade Lines Germany's greatest war problem is one of supply. Iron, oil and food import* are of vital importance to ner. Her iron problem involves Sweden and Norway. Her oil shortage involves Rumania and Russia. Her food needs put Hungary and Rumania on the anxious seat. Italy comes into the picture as a transfer agent of supplies bound for Germany. Progress of war sees Allies concentrating mors and more on cutting the Nasis' import and export linea. (Central Pru$) 'Spy" Returns Debarking in Boston from the Ex-' rumbioH, Virginia Davis, 22, reveals that she was jailed for two days in Paris as a spy suspect, after losing her identification card, and when freed was warned to leave the French capital by spring. She is maestro from Philadelphia Nazis Extend Front ?Sem . J ITALY i ? V . \ Germany is reported extending her Westwall defense line in modified form the entire length of the Bel gian and Dutch frontiers to the North Sea. Dotted line indicates old forts. Line of squares indicates the new fortifications, which Ivould serve as hopping-off places if the Lowlands are invaded by the Nazis. Works for France Miss Anne Morgan, sister of J. P. Morgan, the noted financier, sailed from New York for Europe to en gage in relief work as president of the American Friends of France. Arretted For Alleged Theft Of filial Here Alplmnso MOore, colored, was ar retted last week-end for the alleged theft of a pistol and about $4.SO in Cash from tha colored pool room on Washington Street. The pistol, val ued at $30. was recovered. Mobre was at one time employed by Bruce Pay ton, operator of the pool room. He was said to have slipped in the back door and slipped out unnoticed. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . While 1940 is building up quite an accident record as compared * with the early part of 1939. the wrecks are not proving as ser- % lousas those of a year ago. How* ever, last week the wrecks ap preached a serious point, but even then the victims came through with their lives. Com paring the accident records for the tenth week in 1939 and 1940. the latter period is leading 21 to 7 in the number of automobile accidents on, Martin County highways, but the record this year shows no serious injured or dead. \ year ago. the dead column claimed a highway vic tim, and a year a-go last week a 'small boy 'nearly lost his life on Williamston's main street. A little tot was run over on a local street last year, but fortu . nately he came through with only minor bruises and cuts. If the car had been speeding, pos !?iably 11child wuuld have been killed The accident clearly shows .that it does not pay to is open and the driver has the full right to step on the gas. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. Tenth Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'fe 1940 3 3 0 $ 175 1939 1 1 0 000 Comparison To Date 1940 21 10 0 $2110 1939 751 875 R.&L. Associations Set Record In L i tie building, savings and loan as socifitions of North Carolina made the largest amount of loans during 1939 that they have in the past de cade, it was announced by Wheeler Martin, secretary of the Martin County Building and Loan Associa tion These home financing institutions made, last year, total loans of ap j proximately $25,600,000 enabling ov ! er 15,000 individuals . to construct, purchase, refinance or repair their homes. Tins record-breaking total represents an increase of more than $3,000,000 over 1938. The largest increase in type of loans was in construction of new homes for which $10,956,000 was loaned during 1939. During the past year 3.400 homes, to the value of $5,500,000. were pur chased through these local institu tions. The balance of $9,000,000 was loaned for refinancing, repairs, mod ernization and miscellaneous pur poses. A combined total increase of over $10,800,000, by the building and loan and Federal savings and loan associations, which is one of the lar gest annual gains in the past decade was also predicted by Martin. C.on*truction Work On Npw Homp Startpd Hfrrp Construction work on a new home for Mr and Mrs. Garland Coltrain , is to get underway immediately on Haughton Street here. Located next to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Edwards, the ? home will be two stories and of frame construction. : I at mi Additions To Enterprise Listed among the j^*ent additioni | to the Enterprise mailing list are the following: W. S Peel. Williamston; W O Peel, Williamston; Mrs. J. W. Peaks, Everetts; W. B Gaylord, Whiteville; Noah Daniel, Jamesville; Roy Ward, Williamston; Mrs R. G. Rogers. Wil liamston; A. F. Lilley, Williamston; Dr J. D. Biggs. High Point; Mrs. J. W. Wright. Jamesville; J. F. Bailey. Roborsonville. Ellis Malone, Williamston; H. H. Williams, Everetts; Mrs. Vlrgie Ba ker, Merry Hill; Henry L. Everett, Plymouth; James Keel. Everetts; Mrs. Nathan Rogers, Williamston; Mrs J N Biggs. Williamston; S. L. Ellis, Jamesville; B. F. Peel, William ston. Speed Causes Many Accidents In State "Entirely too many accidents oc- i ;ur on North Carolina streets and i lighways because somebody is dnv- ( rig too fast," Ronald Hocutt, direc tor of the Highway Safety Division, dated recently in discussing the problem of speed. "The 1939 accident record for this state shows." Hocutt said, "that driv ?rs who were exceeding the speed limit were involved in 796 traffic accidents, 188 of which resulted fa tally. In addition, speed too fast for renditions entered into a number j >f other fatal accidents. It ii safe to say that at least one in every four traffic fatalities in North Carolina last year were directly attributable to speeding. "This most common of all accident rauses must be curbed if our^streets ind highways are evef* to be saf?. rhe Highway Safety Division urges all motorists to cooperate in reduc ing the great number of deaths cauted by speeding and asks all ~en fnrromont office is of the slate?tn~ wage an unceasing war on speeding drivers." The ENTERPRISE WANT AI) HATES One cent a word (this type) each insertion. 25c Minimum Charge 2c a word ill in ni/.i Cash must accompany all or ders unless you have an open ac count with us. We reserve the right to revise or reject any copy. The ENTERPRISE PHONE 46 FOR SAFE: ELEVEN PIGS JUST ready to be "fed-out" and several gilts bred one time, and a Poland China male hog half grown. Also a No. 1 mule B F. Peel, Williamston, Route 2. BABY CHICKS: I.ARGE HUSKY chicks from N. C. and U. S. Ap proved flocks only. All popular breeds. Hatches each Tuesday and Thursday. Phone 241-1. Lancaster's Hatchery. Windsor. N. C. ml2-19-26-a2 LET CS REFIMKH YOUR Fl'RNI ture with DuPont air brush hand rub finish. Makers of Colonial and Early American furniture. Telephone 349-J, Hand Made Furniture Com pany, Williamston. N. C. FOR SALE ? AN t-ROOM HOUSE on Warren Street with terms to suit the purchaser. Also several building lots in good location two blocks from Main Street. J. F. Thig pen. ml2-2t FOR SALE: UNDERWOOD AND Royal typewriter ribbons. Guaran teed non-smudge carbon paper. Sten cil ink. Enterprise Publishing Com pany. n!4-tf WANTED ? 500 HENS, 5.0M CORN hams. R. S. CHlcher. Williamston. mB-15 FOR RENT: FURNISHED BED rooms. Reasonable. Hot water. Tel ephone 19-W. m5-2t SERVICE ? RADIOS. VACUUM cleaners and refrigerators.- All work guaranteed. Call us for serv ice. Phone J45-J. Koger Radio and Refrigeration Co. Washington Street d2A-tf WE CHARGE AND REPAIR BAT teries. Expert service. Purol prod ucts. Red's Service Station. Location Next to Bus Station. js-tl SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION North Carolina. Martin County. Ii The Superior Court. Fannie Grandy vs. Ueael Gready. The defendant in the above vn Suicide Marks End Of Tragic Life Of Harvey L Gardner (Continued from page one) and finally his own death. Harvey Gardner was a good neigh bor when sober, thoughtful of oth ers and kind to everyone. He was a hard worker and accepted fata as U| came It is thought that the act re I suiting in the death of his son caused him to worry much in late years, that unable to dismiss the tragedy from his mind, it preyed on him more and more as the years past. | His life was pathetic as well as tragic, for he held no malice against anyone and recognized the value of virtue and good citizenship when he was fro* of liquor. It just seemed as if tragedy follow ed the family. A brother. Wiley, was shot and fatally wounded on the Whitley farm near here nearly thir ty years ago. Another brother, George, was run down and fatally hurt by an automobile at Sweet Wa ter Creek. The fatal attack on his son followed in 1932 and then his own death. The record over a period of years was enough to drive his crazy j and to the final tragic act, an ac-1 quaintance remarked as news of the! man's death was heard on the streets ! here Sunday morning. He was the son of the late Loten and Jane Hopkins Gardner. He was married three times, first to Miss Ce cilia Lilley, of Griffins Township, and second to Miss Lizzie Moore, al so of Griffins Township. His third wife, formerly Mrs. Lula Johnson Moore, of Poplar Point, survives. No children were born to the third un ion, but he loaves a son by his first wife, George T. Gardner, of William ston; and two daughters by his sec ond wife. Mrs. Joe Wells, of Wash ington, and Mrs. K. F. Bennett, of Murfreesboro. He also leaves one brother, Charles Gardner, of Tar boro, and two sisters. Mrs Henry Williams and Mrs. Frank Hardison, | both of Williams Township. Funeral services were conducted [from the Presbyterian church here yesterday afternoon at two o'clock by his pastor, Rev. Z. T. Piephoff. Inter ment was in the Roddicks Grove church yard in Williams Township. ; titled action will take notice that this 'action is one to obtain a divorce a vinculo from him on the ground of two years separation and that he js required to appear and answer the complaint herein filed in the Clerk's Office within thirty days from March 26. 1940. or the relief prayed for in the complaint will be granted. This the 26th dav of Feb.. 1941L L L. B WVNNE, Clerk Superior Court. H. L. Swain. I Attorney for plaintiff f27-4t, ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE North Carolina. Martin County. Having qualified as administratrix of the estate of C. A. Harrison, de ceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned wihin twelve months from the date of this notice or this notice will be |>leaded^r^ba^o^ny^ew persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate pay ment to the undersigned. This the Itch day of Feb.. 1940. MRS LOSS IE A HARRISON. Administratrix of the estate of f20-?t C. A. Harrison, deceased NOTICE North Carolina. Martin County. In The Superior Court. County of Martin against C. A. For rester, W. C. Manning, Jr., admin istrator, Emie Knutti and town of Williamston. The defendant, Ernie Knutti, above named, will take notice that an ac tion entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Martin County. North Carolina, to foreclose the taxes on land in Martin County in which said defendant has an interest; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear before L. B. Wynne. Clerk of the Superior Court of Martin County at his office in Williamston, North Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the completion of this service of publication by no tice and to answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff in this ac tion. or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 17th day of Feb., 1840. L. B WYNNE, Clerk Superior Court of f20-4t Martin County. Like your glove fits your hand Jo6-T?ctfed TRUCKS FIT KEMO? JOB ? Enjoy the fr eater satisfae tion and economy of trucks that are designed. built and powered to fit YOUR job better.' You get more efficient, all-'round performance. Your truck.coats you leas to buy, operate and ma'ntaln when you've fot the rifht Dodge job-Rated truck on your job. Let's get together and select from our wide range the BEST truck you ever owned ... A Dependable Dodge Job-Rated truck! PRICED WITH TH| LOWEST POR EVERY CAPACITY! Dixie Motors, Ine. Williamston Don't Wait! dome In Today Or To morrow And Buy Stork In The 46th SERIES Martin County Building & Loan Association START A SMALL SAVINGS NOW. You Can Pay In As Little As 50c PER WEEK THIS SERIES WILL- REMAIN OPEN UNTIL APRIL 1st. Office In BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST CO. BUILDING
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