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VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 28 WUliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 5, 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge Peel Hears
Nineteen Cases In
The County Court
Large Docket Attract* Big
Crowd During Monday
Seaaton
Idle two week* while the Super -
lor tribunal wa* in 8es*ion'
county recorder's court faced a
crowded docket last Monday morn
ing When Judge H. O. Peel and Soli
citor D. E. Johnion went into action
to handle a big day * work. The court
had it* high spot* that rated on the
vulgar side, but for the most part,
the cases were turned out in rapid
order and after a routine fashiom
Charged with non-support, Mitcn
ell Peterson was directed to pay $15
a month to his wife for a period of
twelve months and report for fur
ther judgment at the end of that
"joe Thad Savage, facing the court
on a rather serious assault with a
deadly weapon charge, was sentenc
ed to the roads for a period of twelve
months.
Charged with larceny and receiv
ing. Sam Hardison was given three
months on the roads, the sentence to
begin at the direction of the court
at any time within the next wo years
The case charging Jasper Wilnams
with an assault with a deadly wea- J
pon, was continued one week after |
the defendant pleaded not guilty.
Pleading guilty in the case charg-|
ing him with larceny, James Horton ,
Hunter was sentenced-to the roads
for four months.
Charged with being drunk and dis
orderly and assaulting a female, |
Mitchell Moore was sentenced to the
roads for three months.
Jesse Williams was fined $50, tax
ed with the cost and had his
to operate a motor vehicle revoked
for a period of one year in the case
charging him with drunken driving.
Charged with drunken driving, L..
L. Davenport pleaded gui'ty ?f be
ing drunk on the highway. The plead
was accepted by Solicitor Johnson
and the court suspended judgment
uDon payment of the cost.
The case charging Willoughby
Jones with bastardy was continued
until thf first Monday in June
Jake Cooper was sentenced to tne
roads for three months in the case
charging him with larceny and re
-charged with larceny and receiv
ing Pete Peel and Wilson Griffin
were sentenced to the roads for nine
ty days, the sentence to begin at the
direction of the court. In a second
case charging Wilson with larceny
and receiving, he was sentenced to
the roads for ninety days, the sen
tence to run concurrently with that
meted out in the first case. Warren
Griffin, charged with larceny, was
sentenced to the roads for six
"""The case charging Charlie Ran
dolph with violating the motor ve
hicle laws and drunken driving was
continued until April J#
Adjudged guilty of drunken driv
mg .nd not heeding an officer's sig
nal to stop, Joe Lame Oodard, Jr-. of
Jamesville, was sentenced to the
roads for four months. His license
m operate a motor vehicle law was
revoked for a period of one year
In the smutty case against D. D
Hill, charging him with asaatHting a
female, the defendant was fined $10
and taxed with the cost.
Charlie Barnes, the colored fellow
who was arrested within an hour af
ter he completed serving a road aen
in the Martin County prison
camp, was returned to the roads for
ninety days in the case charging him
W JametwMRhodes was fined$80 and
taxed with the costs in the case
charging him with carrying a pis
tol. The weapon was ordered confis
cated by the court
Charged with aiding and abetting
larceny, George Ruffin was sentenc
ed to the roads for sixty days, the
sentence to begin at the directiOTi of
the court at any time within the next
tWHo?rt Ralph Hunt, of Kto'ton'
was fined $80, taxed with the cost
and had his license to operate a mo
tor vehicle revoked for one year in
the case charging him with drunken
driving.
Lists Contagious
Diseases In March
A marked drop in the number of
communicable diseaaea wai report
ed in the county last month by the
health department. The records with
one exception reflected good health
conditions for the period. For the
first tea la several months there
were no diphtheria cases reported,
the records Indicating that the drive
to check the disease is making no
ticeable progress.
Included in the list of reportable
diseases last month was a case of
typhus fever among the white pop
ulation in Williamston. Whooping
cough, while greatly decreased, hung
on with two cases being reported
among the colored population in
Jamesville Township. Twenty eases
of chicken pox were reported among
the white children in Williamston.
While the rtlssasi has been centered
principally in Williamston, it went
out of Its old bounds during lest
month when a lone case wax report
ed in Robereonville Township. There
wee one eaae of soarlet fever, the
repeat plertng the disease among the
white population in Robemonville.
Board of Elections Will Name
Precinct Officials Tomorrow
Plans for holding the 1940 elections
in this county will be virtually com
pleted tomorrow when the board of
elections meets in the courthouse
here and names the registrars and
other precinct officials. The board is
almost certain to create an addition
al precinct for the Williamston vot
ing district, and thirty-nine officials
will have to be appointed to handle
the elections in the thirteen pre
cincts. >
Even though wages to registrars
have been materially increased no
large number of applications for jobs
have been received, as far as it could
be learned here today. Registrars are
paid at the rate of $5 a day for the
three registration days and two cents
a name for registrations entered on
the books on other days from the
time the books open on the 27th of
this month until the Uth of May.
The members of the county board
of elections are going into the meet
ing without recommendations for ap
pointments to the precinct positions,
Wheeler Martin, acknowledged lead
er of the Republican party in the
county, and E. S. Peel, titular head
of the Democratic forces, stating this
week that they planned to offer no
suggestions and that they would
abide by the action of the board.
It is very likely that many of the
old precinct officials will be re
tained, but a few changes are certain.
It is understood that two and possi
bly all three members of the board
have made investigations that are to
determine, in part, the appointments
at the meeting tomorrow morning.
"More importance is being attached
to the registration this year and we
are anxious to get the best officials
possible," one member of the board
said this week
Unofficial reports from the
several enumerators state that
the census survey is progressing
slowly but steadily in this coun
ty. Some of the enumerators
have placed well over a hundred
names in the records, but in the
rural communities, the agricul
tural census and housing survey
are holding the enumerators to
a slow pace.
"The people are cooperating
willingly and no one has even
hesitated to answer the numer
ous questions." an enumerator
said this morning, adding that
he was finding a few who were
indifferent.
Congress Exj>ected
To Amend Tobacco
Act This Session
Delegation Supports Changes
At Hearing in llapltal
This Week
Discussing the tobacCu situation at
a conference this week in Washing
ton, farm leaders, business men and
national legislators harmoniously ap
proved five amendments to the Agri
cultural Adjustment Act as it re
lates to the tobacco control section.
For once, Senator Josiah Bailey came
out into the open with a vote har
monizing with ideas and wishes of
farm leaders. The wholehearted up- i
proval given the proposed amend
ments at the conference is expected
to have its effect when Congress is
asked to amend the tobacco section
of the agricultural act.
J. E. Winslow, president of the
Farm Bureau Federation; Eld ward
O'Neal .president of the American
Farm Bureau, and Billie Woolard,
Greenville banker, were among those
who conferred with the senators and
representatives, including Messrs.
Bailey and Warren.
The six amendments as listed fol
lowing the conference, follow:
1. "Hie determination of marketing
quotas shall not Include any tobacco
which the Secretary of Agriculture
determines Is stored temporarily in
the United States because of war or
other unusual conditions delaying
normal exportation.
This amendment would make it
possible, in fixing the marketing
quota, to make allowance for any
temporary increase in the carry-over
of tobacco in this country arising
from the storage of toba<*o, which,
under normal conditions, would be
exported and stored m foreign coun
tries.
2. Substitution of 20 per cent rath
er than 10 per cent as the margin by
which quotas could be adjusted up
ward "to avoid undue restriction of
msrketings in adjusting the total
supply to the reserve supply level."
3. The option of having a one- or
three-year control program would
be presented to the growers The
(Continued on page four)
Politics Warming
Up As Period For
Filing Nears End
With the treasurer** team of
flee candidates remaining the
?use. Interest In county poli
ties drifted to the commissioners'
front when Mr. Joshua L. Col
train today announced for a
place en the board, creatine ?
race between himself and Com
missioner C. C. Fleming from
the JameovUle- W illiajns district.
Mr. Fleming, earlier In the week
announced his candidacy for the
re-nomination in the Democra
tic primary on May Z5.
There is a marked absence of
Interest in several county of
fices, no candidate* baring filed
fer the three open places on the
beard of education, the Judge and
solicitor of the recorder's court.
J. Sam Oetsinger is filing fer
of deads today.
of
Prominent County
Citizen Passes In
Hospital Thursday
Funeral Service* Today For
Benjamin M. Worsley
In Oak Citv
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Benjamin M. Woraley, prominent
county citizen and a recognized lead
er of the Oak City community for a
long number of years, died "in a
Rocky Mount hospital yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock. Experiencing
failing health for some time, Mr
Worsley entered a Rocky Mount hos
pital for treatment last Friday. His.
condition was not considered criti
cal, however, until just a few days
ago, death being attributed to a com
plication of ailments.
The son of the late Nathan W
Worsley and wife, he was born at
the old family home near Oak City
in Goose Nest Towjiship 52 years
ago the second of next month. He
spent his early life on the farm, but
.?iimn f'tlfflgerl in merenntilo ..-..rL
la tor entered the banking business
ill Oak City. In more recent years
he devoted his time entirely to farm.
ln? Interests In the Oak City area
On August 3, 1922. he succeeded by
special appointment Mr. Joseph T
Waldo as a member of the Martin
County Board of Education. He held
that position until April, 1931, when
he accepted membership on the Oak
City district school committee which
place he held at the time of his
death.
Mr Worsley led an active life, but
he always found time to devote at
tention to those affairs that were up
lifting and for the betterment of his
community and county. The thriving
nttw community in which he lived
and loved looked to him for counsel
and leadership, and he was recogniz
ed as a trusted friend by persons in
all walks of life. He lived and had
his beingsn the interest of his family
his community and his fellowman!
Few men devoted a greater interest
and gave of his time and means
more freely than he did in the ad
vancement of general education. He
seemed to find enjoyment in his
work that centered around educa
tional progress, for in his humble
opinion he recognized in education
the means of attaining a definite
end, a means to the finer ideals In
life.
His walk through life was an un
selfish one. He shared freely with
and had compassion upon the less
fortunate. In the home Mr. Worsley
was a thoughtful husband and a
considerate father, and while his
passing is recognized as a great loss
there, hundreds of others including
those With whom he lived and
worked for many years In the com
munity share the burden of sorrow
and recognize in his passing the loss
of ^a good friend and a noble neigh
When a young man ha was mar
ried to Miss Nannie House, of Pitt
County She, with four children,
Benjamin, Francis and Hassell, and
Miss Nancy Worsley, survives He
is also survived by one brother, Mr.
Nathan Worsley, of Oak City, and
five sisters, Mrs G C. Weeks, of
Scotland Neck; Mrs John Wiggins,
of Tarboro; Mrs. B. L. Johnson, Mrs.
W Gray Keel and Mrs. Effie Ches
son. all of Oak City
Mr. Worsley was a member of the
Masonic order for a long number of
years and Masons of the Skewarkey
lodge here and those in other lodges
in this section will conduct the last
rites at the grave. Elder A. B Ben
s'"''Prj"lltl*e Baptist minister of
Rocky Mount, will conduct the ser
vices at the home this afternoon at
3 o clock. Interment will follow in
the Oak City Cemetery
Work Started On Garage
For Power (lompany Here
Work on the construction of a gar
age for the Virginia Electric and
Power Company was started here
yesterday by Contractor F. B. Bir
mingham at the direction of the Bap
tist Church Trustees. The building
is being located on the church par
?mage Just back of the power com
pany's store room between Church
and Main Street in the busineaa dis
trict.
The building, estimated to coat ?5,
"00, will be of concrete and steaL
Late Tobacco Crop
Is Predicted For i
Section This Yeari
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Plants Said To B?* As Murh
As Thrw Wooks Late
In County
Present indications point to a late
tobacco crop in Martin County this
season, numerous reports from far
mers stating that transplanting ac
tivities will range from two to three
weeks behind the schedule of a year
ago. No general alarm over the pros
pects has been expressed, but many
farmers who were completing the
transplanting of their crops last year
by the middle or latter part of April
will hardly start the work before
the tenth or middle of May. It is es-1
timated that transplanting activities
as a rule, will get underway this
year about the same time they were
completed a year ago. Last year quite
a few farmers had transplanted their
crops by the middle of April. Plants
at this period of the month a year
ago were forming rapidly, and far-1
mors were getting ready to prepare!
their lands for transplanting.
Reports now state that the cur
rent crop of plants is considerably
behind a normal growing schedule,
that the plants, as a whole, are no
larger than quarters and few as large
as a half a dollar.
A few farmers maintain that some
type of disease is already attacking
their plants and turning them a pale
yellow. There is some doubt if it is
blue mold, one report stating that
possibly the cold weather damaged
the plants.
Farm work is being advanced rap
idly in the county at the present
time. Most farmers will complete
"breaking" their land this week, and
a few have already started planting j
corn. Next week will see many
planters in operation.
Reports from Georgia state that a
few farmers have already started
transplanting their tobacco crops,
that the work will get underway on
a large scale about next week. There
is an ample supply of plants there
or enough to double the size of the
crop allotted under the soil conser
vation piogiain.
Unconfirmed reports from other
counties in this State indicate that
while the Crop wil| he late, the de--.
will hardly be as long as it is
expected to be in this county.
Native Of County
Passes Wednesday
Mrs. William H. Hopkins, aged na
tive of Martin County, died at the
home of her daughter in Rocky
Mount Wednesday evening at 6:30
o'clock following a long period of
declining health. Going to visit her
daughter about two weeks ago, Mrs.
Hopkins suffered a stroke of para
lysis oh Wednesday of last week,
death coming gradually a week la
ter.
The daughter of the late David and
Mary Ann Stallings Carraway, Mrs.
Hopkins was born in Jamesville
Township eighty ye'rrs ago. More
than half a century ago she married
Mr Hopkins and the couple lived
most of their lives with the Smith
wicks in Williams Township She
was a' member of the church at Fair
view for more than a quarter of a
century, and walked humbly before
her Creator. She was a good woman,
a thoughtful neighbor and friend.
Besides her husband she leaves
five children, Mrs. Theodore Mob
ley, of Rocky Mount; Mrs Ben Dan
iel, of Williamston; Lee Hopkins, of
Bertie County; Howard Hopkins, of
Williams Township, and Thade Hop
kins, of Bear Grass. She also leaves
two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Webb, of
Greenville, and Mrs. Ida Hoff, of
Richmond, and two half-sisters, Mrs.
Tim Waters and Mrs. Cornelia Dixon,
both of Plymouth.
Funeral services are being con
ducted from the Daniel home, near
here this afternoon at 3 o'clock by
Rev. W. B. Harrington assisted by
Rev. John L./Goff. Interment will
follow in thi family cemetery in
Williams Towrnship.
Decreased Liquor
Business Reported
Experiencing a relentless enforce
ment program, illicit liquor manu
facturers in this county are on the
way out, according to the opinion of
A. B. C. Officer J. H. Roebuck. "They
keep on trying, we keep on cutting
their plants down and the opera
tors are now working on a compar
atively small scale," the officer add
ed in commenting on the enforce
ment'bureau's activities for the pest
month.
Last month the enforcement bur
eau head and assistants wrecked thir
teen illicit liquor plants in the coun
ty, poured out 6,200 gallons of beer
and 31 gallons of liquor. Four per
sons were arrested, the courts con
victing three of them. The officer tra
veled 1,222 miles handling his work.
On Wednesday of this week the
officer and his assistant, Hoy Feel,
wrecked two plants in Bear Ona*
Township. There were only 400
gallons of beer at the two plants.
Fanning operations are getting un
derway, and a dull month is antici
pated for the illicit manufacturers.
Postal Receipts Near Record
Figure in First Quarter Flere
Williamston's pos toff ice neared the
all-time high record in its stamp sales
for the first quarter this year when
Postmaster Pete and his force sold
one-, two- and three-cent stamps to
the tune of $5.022.70 In two-cent de
nominations. the sales represent some
over 250.000 stamps, or just a quar
ter of a million. The high record was
recorded in 1937 when first -quart*!
sales totaled $5,197.34.
Up until this year, the record for
the first quarter was established in
1939 when the office receipts
amounted to $4,643.65. The upward
trend is considered encouraging by
Postmaster Fowden who is optimis
tic over the prospects for the cur
rent year.
The gain is not traceable to any
one source, the postmaster stating
that the revenue was bolstered over
the business front as a whole. Meters
were installed by two firms here dur
ing the quarter and while the ma
chines, the first ever used locally,
may have boosted postage sales they
did not materially affect the busi
ness income for the three months
period "Wr are just naturally grow
ing. that's all. and when you sec
gams in postoffice receipts, you can
generally rest assured that your
town is on the forward inarch."
Postmaster Fowdoit said. "Of course
there'll be variations, and possibly
slight losses, but when you stop and
consider that the postal business has
more than doubled itself here with
ing the past decade or thereabouts,
you can bet that progress has been
the keynote for the town during the
| same period." Mr Fowden added
While stamp sales were increasing.
tin- psail order ?>r money order bus
iness jumped from $18,221 07 in the
first quarter of 1939 to $19.875 72. a
I gain of $1,654 05.
Decrease Reported in
Building Construction
Downward Trend Is
Reflected In Home
Construction Costs
Fifteen New Home* ami Nine
Commercial House* Itiiilt
Here in Pant Year
"""BTTTTcfTng1 construction, reaching an
all-time high peak here in 1938. re
flected a downward trend for 1939,
according to a report released this
week by Building Inspector G. P
Hall. In numbers, the high record
established in 1938 was almost main
tained last year. There were fifteen
new homes built here during the
period at a total cost of $43,200. Con
struction of non-residential houses
underwent a marked decrease, but
the unit count was larger than in
1938. The cost of nine pew ctimmer'
ciul buildings was placed ut
by the inspector for the past year.
The town's building expansion
program last year for both residen
tial and non-residential construction
activities was valued at $76,635. In
addition to that amount, owners
spent $4,275 repairing their homes
and $1,600 remodeling or repairing
commercial buildings, making a
grand total of $82,510 for new con
struction and repairs.
The $43,200 spent for home con
struction in 1939 compares with $89,
700 spent .for that fype of construc
tion in 1938. The average cost of the
nineteen homes built in 1938 com
pares with $2,880, the average cost
of the fifteen homes built last year.
Several costly homes were con
structed in 1939, the figures running
as high as $9,000 in some cases, but
in a number of cases, the cost was as
low as $500.
In 1938, non-residential construc
tion was boosted by $45,000 for the
construction of the new postoffice.
Commercial construction was valued
at $96,650 as compared with $33,435
last year.
A review of residential and non
residential construction and of re
pair costs for 1939 by units, follows:
Residential N<m-Residential
Homes Repairs Stores Repairs
$ 6.600
$ 700
$ 2,500
$ 250
3,000
1,200
0,500
50
3,700
1,000
150
150
700
600
5,000
100
500
700
700
1,000
500
50
1,000
750
25
4,000
750
400
2,500
185
7,500
5,500
0,000
700
700
800
$43,200 $4,275 $37,435 $1,600
A review of constriction for the
past five years including all types,
follows:
1935 $117,090
1W $125,150
1937 $130,895
1938 $188,350
1939 $82,510
Despite the heavy building pro
gram during the past five years there
continues a scarcity of homes and
commercial buildings. Rents con
tinue at a fairly high level, and new
(Continued on page four)
Rural Free Delivery
Service I$ Extended
Rural free delivery services will
be extended on No. 1 out of the
Williamaton office on April 16, ac
cording to information received here
yeaterday from the office of Con
greaaman Lindaay Warren. The route
extension, covering around aeven
miles, will offer a direct mail ser
vice io 26 families or about 100 per
sons, Postmaater Fowden aaya.
The extenaions are centered in
Griffins and Williams Townships
near the homes of John D. Williams
and Wilts Siding; Perlle Lilley,
Ephraim Peel and others.
f
hi I I\ i k^
l nable to canvass all the bids
by last Monday, the free delivery
of parcel post in Williainston
was not inaugurated according
to the schedule announced a few
days ago by Postmaster L. T.
Fowden. ''We are planning to
inaugurate the service next Mon
day. if possible," the postmaster
At the present time packaices
are called for at the pontoffice
b.v owners llvinie in town.
Collins Sjieaks To
Farm Forum About
?Peanut Crop Tests
| Twu. DfJiumalralimu Arrang
ed in (lomity lb Agent
Thin SeiiMUi
Speaking to the regular meeting
of the Martin County Farm Bureau
forum in the agricultural building
here last evening. Dr. E. R. Collins.
state agronomist, stressed the press
ing need for an intensified research
[in the production of peanuts Ac
cording to the specialist who is con
ducting forty experiments with the
crop this season, the production of
peanuts is almost an individual prob
tem for the crop and study fertilizer
for one farmer may prove detrimen
tal to another farmer.
The farmer who would work to
solve the problem surrounding the
successful production of peanuts,
should test his individual soil, fol
low about a four-year rotation sys
tem fo rthe crop and study fertilizer
needs. He told about the work being
done in an effort to buse recommen
dations to peanut farmers, hut so far
no recommendations can be made
Judging from Mr. Collins' talk, it
is possible that many Martin farm
ers ar? needlessly applying landplas
ter to their peanuts. "A long time ago,
somebody started applying landplas
ter or gypsum to their peanuts, and
the practice has continued. It is
about the same thing when a man
goes into a cafe and orders a glass
of water, and he is given a glass of
water and nothing else upon each re
turn visit. He may have needed the
water When he called for it, but he i
cannot live off water alone. The same j
principle applies to peanuts. You I
must find out if your crop is get !
ting too much calcium, and if it is I
then little is to be gained from the
(Continued oft page four)
Fish Are Running
In Great Numbers
At Fishery Today
Alter experiencing near fail
ure during the past two weeks,
the Fleming fishery at James
vllle struck its early season
stride with catches running as
high as 1,000 herring and a few
shad.
"It is beginning to look more
like fishing," Mr. C. C. Fleming,
nwnrr-operator, said following
the first two hauls early this
morning,
For the second time this week,
a California shad was trapped
in the net, old-time fishermen
stating that it had been years
since they saw one taken at the
Jamesville plant.
With continued warm weath
er, the fishery is anticipating In
creased catches of herring, shad
and rock. However, very few
rock have been taken to date, bat
the number of slud caught so
far till* season fat far greater
than is usually the case.
Late reports state that the
catches were approximating
four to five thousand in number
Just before !
Start Drive Next
\&eek For Cancer
Control Movement
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PrPHidriil Proclaims April As
< ancer Control Month
In the Nation
Rccugni/mg in M?r the number
,'au**' '"1 death, medical lead
its. scientists and governmental ex
ifutives are lending their support
to a drive in April for funds to ad
vance control of the disease. Head
ed by Mrs. Joel Muse, members of
the local Junior Woman's Club will
conduct the drive tor funds here,
and the support of everyone is urged
In declaring April as Cancer Con
trol Month' throughout the Nation
President Roosevelt last week issued
the following proclamation;
Whereas such public resolution re
quests that such proclamations m
c He the medical profession, the press
and all agencies and individuals in
terested in a national program lor?
the control of the disease of cancer.
education and other cooperative
means, to unite during the month of
April in a public dedication to such
program and in a concerted effort to
impress upon the people of the na
Hon the necessity for such a program
and
Whereas, the fervent desire of the
American people to rid themselves
of the disease of cancer, which now
ranks second among the causes of
deatli in the United States, by wag
ing unremitting warfare against it.
is evidenced by two specific acts of
Congress, namely, the National Can
cer Institute Act. approved August
5. 1937, and the Public Resolution
mentioned above; and
Whereas, through the National
-Caiumr tm-i.|n[r ,|f ,)??
Public Health Service, the Federal
government is leading the way in
advancing research, in promoting ef
fective treatment methods and in ad
.vocaling tin- provision of adequate
facilities for cancer patients, as arc
the several states which have adopt
I'd programs for the control of can
cer, as well as voluntary groups led
by the Women's Field Army, which
's conducting an intensive eanioaivn
against iour ol Ihr more accessible
types of cancer cancer of the breast,
the uterus, the mouth, and skin
alilili allliuully lliTTe Hie llv'W uf W.
000 men and women, most of whom
could be saved by early diagnosis
and competent treatment; and
Whereas, the subject of cancer is
a matter of concern for the whole
people, since it strikes all classes,
races and age groups, and therefore
calls for a united effort; and *
Whereas, medical authorities have
assured us that several types of can
cer arc curable if the victim reports
to lus physician or clinic soon en
ough and receives competent treat
ment; and
Whereas, great improvements in
treatment facilities for cancer pa
Henls have been made during the
past year, with cancer clinics approv
ed by the American College of Sur
geons now reaching the encourag
ing total of 307; and
Whereas, it now remains for the
individual citizen to shoulder his
responsibility by informing himself
regarding cancer symptoms and by
impressing upon himself and others
the necessity for early diagnosis and
treatment.
Now; therefore, I, Frankhrr -
Hoosevell. president of the United
?states of America, do hereby set
apart the month of April, 1940, as
Cancer Control Month, and invite
Similar action on the part of the gov
ernors of the several states, territor
ies, and possessions of the United
States, and, m order that the Amer
ican people may become better in
sconccrning the prevalence
t*"nrrr the effective?Htepti ?
which can ho taken to control it I
commend to the medical profession
scientific groups, all organs of opin
ion, including the press, radio and
the motion picture industry, and edu
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Scott Addresses
Local Kiwanians
W Kerr Scott, Commissioner of
Agriculture and candidate for re
election, spoke to the members of
the Kiwanis Club here last night.
Mr Scott, a farmer of Alamance
County, and at one time a county
agent, spoke at length on the accom
plishments of the State Agriculture!
Department for the past three or
four years. "Salaries have been ad
justed, dead wood' removed from
"the State offices, and a continuous
check is being made on all shipments 1
of feed, seed and fertilizers through
out the State," Mr. Scott said.
Miss Mewborn, teacher of public
school music in the local schools, at
tended the Kiwanis meeting with the
pupils who will represent the local
school at the State Music Festival in
Greensboro this month. Solos were
sung hy Mary O'Neal Pope and Juan
Crufton. Katherlne Manning, Mar
jorle Gray Dunn and Elisabeth Par
ker sang a trio. aqd a quartet was
given by Juan Crofton, Roosevelt
Coitrain, Irving Gurganus and James
Willi. W.rrf .
The high school debating taago
composed of Marjorle Gray Dunn.
Joseph Thigpeh, John Ooff and Bil
ly Mercer, and their coach, Robert
Barrett, were recognised.