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
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Rogerson Bros.
KOitKKSONYlMi:, N. C.
Announcing the Opening of the
G. and H. Builders Supply Co
IN WILLIAMSTON
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 th
Yon Are Cordially Invited
We Sell and Stock
We extend to the people of Martin and ad
joining counticg a cordial welcome to vigil
our new plant. We'll have our opening on
Monday, September 9th. Our plant and gtock
are not complete in every detail, hut you'll
find a modern huilderg' gupply factory equip
ped with all modern machinery. When in the
market for huilderg' gupplieg we trugt you
will give ug the opportunity to quote priceg
and give egtimateg.
We well lime, cement, builder*' hardware, nn<l
plate glaw*. and we have a grinder to fit auto
glaw*. AIho window and door frame*, doors,
sash, column*, molding*, roofing of all kind*.
In irk flue lining and Aemc paint. We will
stock many other item* needed and used in
the cofistriietion of home* and building*. All
you have to do i* a*k for it. We ran easily
get it or make it for you. For reasonable
price* and extra <pialily, see us.
Henry Griffin?Bill Harrison, Proprietors