Home A?qit Tells of Activities uhCounty For The Past Month The home agent (pent 21 1-2 days in the field and 4 1-2 days in the of fice during the month of August wrote SO individual letters, prepared seven circulars and distributed 1582 copies. In conducting the work dur ing the month there were 24 homes visited, four of these for the first time. There were six home demon stration club meetings during the month. Bad weather prevented two meetings. Farm Home Week ? There were six women in attendance at Farm and Home Week this year for the full week. Four other women were prevented from attending. The pro gram was well planned and offered more classes than the women could take it. There were 12 in attendance at the State Federation meeting on Thursday, The women reported a profitable week at little expense The Holly Springs Home Demon stration Club was represented at the Coastal Plain Test Farm, August 8th. Mrs. Dean's Home Demonstration Club women in Franklin County gave an excellent demonstration on hammering copper. Recreation and club picnics had been planned but floods disrupted the program, some The Annual Field Day was held in Parmele at the Methodist Church Thursday. August 29th. with 51 in attendance. The program arranged by the home agent was in charge of older boys and girls in 4-H clubs. A picnic supper was a fitting conclu sion to the much-enjoyed meeting. Mattress Project ? Flood families have been contacted to secure ap plications for mattresses. Cotton and ticking have been received and the project will soon be started in the old shirt factory at Everetts. A total of 346 applications have been mail ed in August 31 was the last day to apply. Curb Market?Nine women selling through the curb market took in $144.75 during the month. More sell ers have been added and new buy ers make the small market a prob Stokes High School Established In 1927 Ha* Functioned Smoothly Since Beginning; Num ber Improvement* Greenville, Sept. 1?Stokes high school was established in 1927. The school got off to a good start and has functioned smoothly since its begin ning. In looking over the minutes of the Board of Education one will sel dom see report of a school contro versy or problem form the Stokes community The total capital outlay for the Stokes building and equipment was $55,000, which amount was borrow ed from the State special building fund. If the present rate of payment is continued, the Stokes loan will be retired in 1947. The Stokes enrollment for 1939 40 was: High school 115; elementary 286 These figures indicate u steady school advance from the upper gram mar grades into the high school. For ty per cent of the Stokes elementary enrollment continues in school af ter finishing the seventh grade. The state average of elementary students going to high school is around 25 per cent. Stokes school built the first voca tional arts shop in Pitt County in 1932. This shop was built and equip ped by funds raised within the stokes community. Some very excellent manual arts work has la-en aeeom plislied in litis sliop. ? Combined with the manual arts work are full courses in agriculture, home economics and public school music are also features of the spe cial curriculum in the Stokes school. The attendance in this school is very stable. This is due to the large number of home owners in Carolina Township. Economic conditions too are subject to less fluctuation than has been noted elsewhere. The teacher list for 1940-41 is as follows: W. C. Latham, Bethel; W. M. Britt, Stokes; Miss Selma Gur lem Kerr Canning Contest ? Thirteen women placed exhibits in the home agent's office Thursday, August 29tli. President Meets His New Defense Board President Roosevelt poses at the White House with his newly appointed defense board, which will consult with a similar Canadian board on mutual defense problems. Left to right (standing): Capt. H. W. Hill, Lieut Col. J. T. McNarney, Capt. F. P. Sherman. Lieut. Gen. S. D. Kmbick and J. D. Hickerson. In front are Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (left), of New York, chairman of the board, and the President. (Cooperative Growing In fti*cu9*pd By Truck Farm* Growing fall vegetables coopera tively and selling them in Western North Carolina cities is being dis cussed seriously by New Hanover truck farmers, says Farm Agent-at Large J. P. Herring. North Carolina had 37 pedestrians j under 15 years of age killed the first j six months of this year. ganus, Robersonville; Miss Vera Dare Rouse, Wintervilie; Eyerette i Knight, Bynum; Miss Florence Ty- ( ler. Gates; Miss Antoinette Charles, Ahoskie; Miss Lucy Fleming, Grif ton; Miss Katherine E. McClees, Wendel, W Va ; Miss Henel Har rington, Sanford; Miss Bruce Exum, Greenville and Miss Edna Melton, Rocky Mount. More Homicides In Past Seven Months ? ? So far this year there have been more homicides and suicides in North Carolina than occurred dur ing the first seven months of 1939. The 1940 homicide total through July was 208, compared with 192 a year ago. or an increase of 1G, while 175 North Carolinians have died at their own hands since January 1, an in crease of ltt over the 1939 figures through July. The greatest number of suicides to occur during any month in either year, so far, was 44, in May, 1940. Of course, there can be no reason as signed to this, any more than it can be figured out why people continue to take the lives of each other. Typhoid Continues To Take Few Lives Typhoid fever continues to take a slight toll, there having been 13 deaths from that disease so far this year, as compared with 20 through July, 1939. However, inoculation and sanitation have formed a blockade around this once prevalent and deadly disease, which continues to hold down the number of deaths. This is shown by the fact that tin* fjpnoir Farmer* Join IS. C. t.rop improvement (*roup Five Ijpuoir County farmer; have frrttietithe--Rr C Crop Improvement Association and will grow certified cotton, corn, and sweet potatoes front which they will harvest and sell seed typhoid death rate in North Caro lina in 1914 was 35.H. In 1939. it was 1.3, a drop of 34 and a half points. Even in this jhsease. however, in which such a remarkable progress has been made as to its control and eradication, figures for a year or two diujagfthe past 20 years would have in?*ant little. NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina. Martin County In The Superior Court. County of Martin vs. William Stokes And Others. Under and by virtue of an order of sale and judgment in the above entitled proceeding made by L. B. Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court of Martin County on the 12th day of August, 1940, the undersigned com missioner will, on Saturday, the 14th day of September. 1940, at twelve o'clock noon, in front of the court house door m the town of Wilhams ton, offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash the following described real estate, to wit: One lot in the town of Williams ton adjoining the lands of C'has 11. Jenkins, 1{ A. Lloyd and others, be ginning at a stake on Washington Street and running 50 feet along said street and being 210 feet deep, said land being more fultv describ ed in deed from Wheeler Martin, 1 commissioner, to William Stokes and wife, Hannah Stokes, recorded in Book D-3. at page 231. { Tins the 14tb day of August, 1940 CHAS. H MANNING, al6-4t Commissioner NOTICE North Carolina. Martin County. In The Superior Court County of Martin against Tom Per ry and others. The defendants, Annie Perry Mob ley and husband, John Mobley, and Whichard Bros, a corporation, above named, will take notice that an ac tion entitled as above has been com mriici'd in the Superior Court of Martin County, North Carolina, to foreclose the taxes an land In Mar tin County in which *aid defendants have an interest; and the said defend ants will further lake notice that they are required to appear before L. B Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court of Martin County at his of fice in WiUiamston, North Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the completion of this service of publi cation by notice and to answer or demur to the complaint of the plain tiff in this section, or the plaintiff w ill apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 13th day of August. 194U. L. B WYNNE. . Clerk Superior Court of alti-4t Martin County Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C. Sun.-Mou.-Tues.-Wed. Sept. 8-9-10-11 "BOOM TOWN" C. Gable. C. Colbert. S. Tracy, H. I.amarr (Special admission prices for this show) Mat.: Child 15e; Adult 30c plus 3c defense tax Night: Child 15c: Adults 45c plus 3c defense tax Thursday September 12 "lit Old Missouri" WEAVER BROTHERS and EL1VEHY Friday-Saturday ' September 13-14 "If hen I he lhillon? Rinle" KAY FRANCIS and RANDOLPH SCOTT ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS New! New! Soiuelhiiif: ilml ha- never happened before. A liraml lieu pemi 111 ili^ier liy Kopter-on Itrolhern. \ maehiiie dial look ?r?i'ii yearn lo I>1111