Measles Epidemic
Likelv To Spread
To County Schools
(Continued from page one)
cause real trouble for several rea
sons. Some of the cases of measles
are German measles in which the
quarantine period is seven days and
the disease is not dangerous, while
other cases are Red measles, which
are quarantined for 14 days and can
kill. When the case has been a light
one of Red measles the parents get
in a hurry to keep the child in school
and then trouble starts two ways. It
is not safe and others think that sev- ;
en days is all that all measles should
he quarantined
Whooping cough is hard to diag
nose If the child whoops or vomits,
and the cough is spasmodic in char
acter. anyone can tell what it is but
many of these cases never whoop
or vomit, so the wise mother when j
she knows or thinks her child has
been exposed to the disease and a
cough develops, will treat it as
whooping cough until it proves oth
erwise Such a mother willv under
stand her physician when he in
forms her that he is suspicious and
for the safety of the public is ie
porting to the health department
which can recall quarantine if. he de
rides it is not whooping cough
My experience in several instances
has been w hen German measles, art
being reporu-d it means then arc
several light cases ol scarlet fever in ;
the community which are being diag
nosed by parents. No matter how
light a case of scarlet fever, it is wise
to have a physician in attendance.
Martin County Health Department ;
is warning the public of the quaran
tine laws we are expected to enforce
but first of all we are warning the
parents when the child has an errup
tion of any kind or a cough that pe r
sists for a few days, Call Your Doe
tor
Si\l\ Students To
Represent Local
Schools In Contest
(Continued from page one)
ed for the Greenville competition
villi be presented in assembly at the
high school next Wednesday morn
ing at 1CT30 ThV.puMy: ig-tordially
invited to be present
The following students are in the
glee club and mixed chorus Ruth
Ward. Mary Charles Godwin. Anne
Fowden, Albeita Swain, Lucille
Jones. Marie M??ore. Mary O'Neal
Pope. Mildred Thomas. Dorothy
Shaw, Anno Chesson. Hazel Gur
ganus. Elizabeth Parker. Beatrice
Cherry. Lenpra Melson, Betsy Man
ning. Anne Meador. Susie Revels,
Jam G<>ff. Frances Thomas. Delia
Jane Mobley, Courtney Jenkins, Al
berta Knox. Mary Kate Swam, Mary
Warren, Mary Trulah Peele, Martha
Whitley. Julia Clyde Waters, Betsy
Anderson. Frances Jarman. Elizabeth
Gurganus, Ethel Taylor, Anglea Mc
Lawhoin, Annie Hoard, Luthei Peel,
Bill Peel, Jaspei Browder. Hewet.t
Andrews. Frank Lilley. John G<4f,
James Ward. Garland-Wynne, Rus
sell Bullock. Simon Perry, John Mil
ler. Gerald James. Billy Peel. J B
Taylor Jimmy Manning. Howell
Peel, Roosevelt Coltrain. Irving Gur
ganus. Slade Revels. Bennie Godwin,
Charles Mizelle and Carlton Phelps.
Miss Grace Talton will accompany
the groups on the piano and Miss
Kathryn Mew born will direct.
County R oman U ins 925
I nittnl Stair* Hand
Mrs. Glady& Barefoot, of Route 3.
Williamston. was the winner of a
$25 United States Government Sav- j
mgs bond awarded last week by the
Coigate-Palmojive-Peet Company for
her Super Suds slogan This meth
od of awarding prizes is to focus at
tention on this important form of
Federal financing
1
S|KN'ialist Believes
Outlook Promising
For Hog Marketing
(Continued from page one)
specialist there is an average varia
tion of ten pounds in weight of pigs
when furrowed in clean lots over
those farrowed under insanitary
conditions
Hi was ready to answer all tech
nical question^ relative to diets and
feeding hut was not certain of the
value of peanuts as a hog feed It
has been found in some tests that
290 pounds of shelled peanuts are
necessary to place 100 pounds of
weight on a pig I would like for
some of your Martin County farm
ers to make comparative tests and
determine the value of grazing a hog
in a peanut field," Vestal said One
farmer in the audience claimed that
five hogs weighing 75 pounds each 1
will add 125 pounds on an acre ol ,
peanut.' Their i. soil a ? doubt about
the value in running hog> in a pea :
nut field where the crop lias been
hat vested, experts pointing out that
a hog roots the fat off as rapidly as:
he puts it on
Htigging down" crops is appar- i
ently becoming more popular, the |
specialist pointing out that the prac
tice savos much labor The value of i
"hogging down" oats, wtieat and bar
ley was pointed out. the specialist >
stating that oats are a good feed for i
hogs He,offered a formula for crop I
production in connection with swine
raising and at the same time assur
ing sanitary conditions. For spring
farrowing plant small grain and
clover or oats and rape. In the fall,
sow small grain for harvest, and
continue the rotation method." he
said
Questioned about the value of var
ious feeds, Mr, Vestal said: Lespe
deza is a splendid feed. Wheat is an
other good feed for growing, but not
so good for "finishing" the hog for
market. Sweet potatoes are worth
about ^one-thud jis much for feed as
L'orn About three and one-half
pounds of Irish potatoes will equal
about one pound of corn us a hog
feed. Cabbage will do for hogs, but
jo nut use them as a feed within two
Weeks of marketing time Cotton
>eed meal can be fed in any quantity 1
as long as the animal has some green
feed along with it
There is an apparent shortage of
minerals and green feed in the diet ,
?f hogs raised in this county, and
u special formula was suggested sim
ilar to the one offered for cattle by
Agent Hill Hays at a previous meet- j
uig of the farm group
The meeting, touching on nearly
evrey phase of hog raising and mar- J
keting, proved quite interesting, and
the farmers |>ossibly asked mole
question:- than at any previous meet j
nig. *
Sweet potato diseases will be the
discussion topic for the next meeting [
to he held on April 7.
HEAR Till: PEARLY GATE Ql AR
tette Sunday afternoon. 3 o'clock,
court house in Williamston. Negro
spirituals and jubilee music. 15c and
25c Sponsored by Ransomc Green
and Clco Tyner m25-28
COTTON STAMI' PLAN TO HKLP BUSINESS
Farm people of North Carolina
and otluT Southern states are pre
paring to "wear a part of the cotton ?
surplus" By voluntarily reducing
their cotton acreage in 1941. farmers
will each receive as much as $25
worth of cotton stamps which they
can exchange at retail stores for cot
ton goods. Where a sign similar to;
the one pictured above is displayed,
it will be found that the business
man as well as the farmer is benefit
ting from the Supplementary Cot
ton Program. Details of the plan may
be learned from county farm and
home agents of the State College
Extension Service, or from county
and community AAA committee
men.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Martin County motorists piled
wreck on wreck to put the 1941
accident count to date ahead of
the record established in the
corresponding period in 1940.
Fortunately the fifteen or more
victims escaped with their lives,
one report staling that only three
of that number were hurt
If a history of accidents is
worth anything, motorists would
do well to recognize the cold
facts and place a greater value
on the rules of safety
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.
12th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1941
4 :i . 0
$ 429
1940
3 0 0
325
Comparison To Date
1941
20 10 2
$1744
1940
25 10 0
$2463
Several Are Hurt
In S< 'lies 01 Auto
Accidents Sunday
(Continued from page one)
$200. Damage was distributed as fol
lows: wrecker. $100; Corey's' ear.
$25; Sheppard's car. $10. and Peel's
ear. $15 Corey's wife was slightly
bruised and cut. but no complete
report could be bad on the injuries
received by passengers in the Shep
paid ear It was stated however that
two or three were slightly bruised.
-Sunday evening. Jesse Rollins.
Edenton Negro, in trying to dodge a
ear on East Maui Street, ran into
Rupert Cowen's in front of the court j
house, causing damage estimated at '
$25.
Sunday night about 11 o'clock.
Joseph Jackson Edmondson plowed
into the rear of Floyd Ulysses Stalls'
rar near the fair grounds, causing a
damage estimated at $254. $182 to
the Edmondson car and $72 to Stalls'. ,
Edmondson, accompanied by Thorn
lis Stewart, of Washington, said that
Stalls, driving toward Williamston,
apparently slowed up to make a
left-hand turn into the road lead
ing to the slaughter house, that he '
did not see his signal in time to ,
stop. Stalls reported to Patrolman
Saunders that he gave the proper I
signal for the turn. No one was hurt.
Cost Of Living Has
Boon Pretty Stable
Cost of living has been, all things |
considered, pretty stable despite
war economy". "Hie Department of j
Labor's index for same is now only
about 2 per cent higher than in Au
gust, 1939, the month before out
break of war Yet officials in Wash
ington fear that as production be
gins to roll, shortages in materials
will cause sharper rises in prices of
consumer goods, setting off cycle
of higher living costs, more wage in
crease demands to meet them, con
sequent increase in labor trouble,
leading hack again to more short -
ages, in manufactured goods. Miss
Harriet Elliott, consumer commis
sioner of NDAC. has made public
some suggestions on general pricing
policies to forestall rises as much
as possible. Main points arr that (1)
retail price advances should not be
made on basis of anticipated cost in
cieases, only actual ones; (2) that
when prices of new goods advance,
inventories should be averaged-out
instead of flatly marked up to new
level; (S) that traditional mark-up
should not be applied proportionate
ly to new goods that cost the retail
(, ran villi' Terracing I nit
To Turn Out Record Work
If weather conditions are favor
able. the Granville County terracing
unit will turn out a record amount
of work this spring, reports Assist
ant Farm Agent W f3 Jones
er more, except so far as to cover
increases in general costs of operat
ing the store.
Drive For Greek Relief
Fit ml Sou: At StamlBtill
The drive for the Greek Relief
Fund has reached a virtual stand
still here, the committee reporting
only $1 collected during the past
several days. Mrs. Bruce Wynne con
tributed a dollar to boost the total
to $103 A total of $200 has been
raised and forwarded to relief head
quarters in New York Other con
tributions will be received either by
Rev John W Hardy, treasurer, or
by this paper.
?
WatonM To Hold Regular
Meeting Here Tonight
Skewarkey Masons will hold a
regular meeting in the lodge hall this
evening at 7 30 o'clock. Work in the I
first degree is scheduled, and all
members are urged to be present.
WantS
BABY CHICKS ?LARGE HUSKY
chicks from N. C. and U. S. ap
proved flocks only. All popular
breeds. Hatches each Tuesday from
modern electric incubator. Reason
able prices. Phone 307-6. Lancaster's
Hatchery. Windsor. j24-tf
DAFFODILS FOR SALE ? SEE
Mrs. Marina Whitley.
WANTED ?REGULAR ROOMERS.
Price reasonable. Hot water. Tele
phone 19-W. m21-2t
SPECIAL? OIL BURNERS TO BE ,
sold at cost or less. B. S. Courtney.
m21-4t i
GIRL W ANTED ? TO SELL NA
tionally advertised brand of cos
metics Apply to Enterprise.
LOST ON HIGH SCHOOL
grounds ? 10-K Earle pocket
watch with chain Also key ring
Finder please return to Sammy Tay- '
lor . ^
STRAYED TO MY HOME?DARK
brown sow, two splits in right ear.
Owner may get same by paying feed J
costs and for ad. Guy Napier, Route ,
I, Box 50. Jamesville.
LOST ?STRAYED FROM MY FEN
Sunday afternoon, one white fe
male pointer pup. 2 months old. S.
H. Grimes. m2S-28
FOB BENT: FOL'B-BOOM AFABT
ment Tile beth and hardwood
floors Marshall Avenue. Apply to
J S. Whitley, Williamston. m31-It
Pay Your Taxes
NOW AND SAVE THE PENALTY
WHICH INCREASES AT THE
RATE OF ONK-IIALF OF ONE
PER CENT EACH MONTH UN
TIL ADVERTISED.
Increased Penalty
On All 1940
TOWN TAXES
becomes effective
APRIL 2. TOT.
W. B. DANIEL
TAX COLLECTOR.
Words Without
Meaning
TIIK endless repetition of
liaekneyed udvice takes no
root unless rightly impressed.
Consider that you must save
not merely because it is a
good habit ? hut because it
means safety and financial gain
for you.
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
"THE SAFE EXECUTOR"
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
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