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VOLUME 4, Na 29
MOTORCYCLE
CAR CRASH
INJURES TWO
Eriypt Mason la Serloualy Injured
Aa Car And Motorcycle Collide
« ' On Highway
Ernest Mason, local young man
who mi thrown from a motorcycle
aa it struck a car on the Nashville
highway near here Monday night,
,'* was considered to be in a serious
condition at a hospital here.
Mason received a skuli fracture
and was seriously injured, it was re
ported but was resting quietly.
Clyde Brans, driver of the motor
eyole aa which Mason was riding,
TOM recovering today at a local hos
pital from less serious injuries, main
ly bruises.
Mason was thrown. 61 feet from
£e poiot of collision when mo
rcyele collided with a car driven
|>t>y Naah Deputy Sheriff P. H.
Johnston, inv.eatl«ting oncers stat
ed. As Deputy Johnston was attempt
ing to turn laft from the' Nashville
highway ant of the aity into hi«
dctana*, tka motorcycle bearing the
two young men waa attempting to
pass the ear, it was reported, and
jihe two vehicles collided.
State High wax Patrolman T. R.
Burdette the aoeideat.
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Crook* Try To
Reft Needy Aged
L Baloig^,—rJul* 11—information has
F 1 % til 1 * P»bUc Auiat
anee Division oTthe State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare {Eat in
irtma couutie* of thft atita fflrtifw
yRIWKb wH wiv, *v ■ -« ■ ■
nnaerupuloos persons are attempting
to fees (com aspirants for
u*sef Uw Social Seaarity
naued a statement ia which she aajk
he named againat
■i payment or any fees la aa ef
■t to aeeara favorable eansidera-
K«lt has come to oar attention,''
Pin. Boat "that ia several
neon ties affOKta have beast made by
peraoaa not aaasjnctad with our state
OE oouaty organisations to collect A
fee from applicants for Old Age
Aauatance under the Social Security
program.
"This ia a reprehensible practice,
and our department wishes it to t
become widely known that no fee
whatever ia necessary from any ap
plicant for benefits, either Old Age,
Aid to Dependent Children, or Aid
to the Btiad.
"Organizations have been formed
in all counties of the state for the
purpose of receiving applications
and making investigations to de
termine eligibility for assistance.
Workers in these organizations are
regularly employed by and receive
compensation from neither the state
or county governments, or both.
"Those eligible for and desiring
relief under the Social Security pro
gram should visit their county wel
fare department, where trained
workers will grant them interviewers
and investigate their conditions with
a view to determining whether or not
they are eligible for aid. Absolutely
no financial outlay of any kind by
the applicant is necessary to the
transaction.
"We cannot permit such a gross
Misinterpretation of the excellent .
law which was designed to help the
needy and underpriviliged—not to
obtain money from them."
E.C.T.C. Faculty
Members To Study
Nineteen members of the East
v Carolina Teachers College faculty
are taking graduate work in various
colleges and univirsitiea this summer.
Miss Katherine Holtzclaw, of the
home economics department, '8
studying at New York University;
Miss Mary Greene, of the English
department, is in the University of
North Carolina; Miss Lois Grigsby,
of the English department, is in the
University of Wisconsin; P. W.
Picklosimer, of the geography de
partment, is in Peabody College; M.
L. Wright, sociology professor, is
Hn Chicago University; Misses Pran
ces Wahl, critic teacher, and Dora
Coates, of the education department,
are enrolled for the summer session
in Northwestern University at Evau
ston, Illinois; Dean Tabor, of the
music department, is in Peabody;
»Miss Lois Gorrell, piano teacher, will
•Setiidy at Chautauqua, and Miss Dora
Mead, piano teacher, at Eastman
Sehool of Music, Rochester.
Miss Elizabeth 8. Brown, science
teacher, is completing work for the
Ph. D. degree at Chicago University;
R. C. Teal, teacher of French, is
studying at New York University;
Robert Sugg Fleming and Miss Gla
dys Hughes, critic teachers, are in
Peabody College; Miss Louise Gal
phin, critic teacher, ig in Duke Uni
versity, Miss Christine Johnson, crit
ic teacher, is in Columbia Univer
sity, Miss Louise Williams, of the
Mathematics department, is in Col
umbia University, Miss Eunice Mc-
Gee, critic teacher, is studying at
Oglethorpe University, and Miss An
nie Newell, of the education depart
t ment, is at Cornell University.
IN WASHINGTON
| WHAT
I ' s *
TAKING
S PLACE
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UNITED STATE*SDWTOR
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Although there has been no let-op
r in committee consideration of new
' tarm legislation, labor standards,
L Federal reorganization %nd numer
ous other matters, in preparation 'for
l _ Congressional action oriee the propo
| sal |p reorganize tk« judiciary U out
, of the way, the latter measure la now
■ the highlight of widespread interest.
| As this is beiag written, opponents of
( court changes are presenting their
i case, By tfce time this ia published a
vote ia the m»j ba aaaj.
Ha waver, developmemta asa oom
ing so rapidly that the snhject must
be lai* to daily grass %|d the ra
dio, which are keeping the public in
formed on the mora significant
ly m«ation of- a subject of unusual
interest to those unfamiliar with the
daily movements of their members
of Congress. In other words the Sen
atorial Day. - A
the Sjjiate headed for their offices
as early as six la'the morning. I
have h|4 visitors knocking at my
own door early as sevea. But by
nine ojeloek from ten to, twenty peo
qle are usually awaiting interviews,
and the number inereasea up to noon.
Some have appointments ud others
await their turn, the majority are
opeful of swistqaca in securing jobs,
and all feel that their demands can
b*. qxe,t. To dailj interviews is
MM anywhere front, one to several
1
calls required.
Many people believe that the pur
pose of Congress convening at noon
is to allow members to have the mor
ning free. Sack ia aot the case. The
average member of Congress ia on
several committees. Theae committees
meet during the morning hours. It
is the time when hearings are held
on important legislation and when
committee members confer on re
ports to be made to their respective
bodies, Senate or House, as the case
may be. And the. Congress functions
by committees. The new member be
gins, always, at the botton on a com
ipittee list, and moves upward over
a period of years to the coveted
chairmanships.
Senators and representatives as
well, unless they have some import
ant or pressing appointment at their
offices, go direct from committee
rooms to the floor of the Senate or
House. All endeavor to be present
for the roll call.
Shortly after twelve Congressional
pages begin the daily trek from re
ception rooms to the wells of the
Senate and House, with calls for
members. Constituents and even
strangers want time for interviews.
Unless the business on the floor is
M extreme importance, the interviews '
are granted. They result in every
conceivable request. Some are mere
ly friendly calls.
When free from duties in the com
mittee room, on the floor, or in his
office, the member must make de- 
partmental calls. Advice is sought on '
pending Federal appointments, con
tracts of interest to the Congress
ional member's state, or perhaps
some particular phase of governmen
tal activity in which the member is
interested. And while attending to
these missions, the member must be
in constant communication with his
office with regard to telegrams and
telephone calls. Not the least of the
time-taking demands, is the neces
sity for short chats with numerous
persons encountered by a member of
Congress when away from his office.
Upon completion of the daily ses
sion, then comes the time for reading
and signing mail, answering teleg
rams, dictation to stenographers—
always interrupted by telephone calls
and visits—sometimes running into
darkness.
Additional telephone calls and tel
egrams come well into the night, and
start again early the following morn
ing. It is all a part of the Senatorial
I>ay. It requires patience, energy,
and an understanding of people. And
the real friend of a Congressional
member is the person who under
stands the press of the daily routine,
and realizes the strain it imposes on
the individual.
The time required for writing and
making speeches, as well as weighing
the importance of various invitations
to speak, is another chapter.
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INTERPRETATION
North Carolina's Attorney Qeneral
has made a formal ruling that ail
clauses in laws, charters or other
legal acts, barring the sale of malt,
vinous or spiritous liquors are in
fact repealed by the 1837 county op
tion liquor law. This ruling allows
the opening of stores in many towns
that had thought themselves protect
ed by charter clauses.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1937
DONATE ICE
FOR VICTIMS
OF HEAT HERE
Heat Remain* Oppressive Here Aa
Rainstorm At Wilaon About Noon
Missea City
While the national toll from heat
1 rose to about 350 and temperatures
here remained intolerably high, lit
tle relieved by a breeze and prom
ise of rain this afternoon, the health
departments' request for ice for lo
cal unfortunates whom the heat op
pressed especially brought cordial
response, Dj. Allen J. Whitaker stat
ed.
About 5,000 pounds of ice had
been contributed today and most of
it had been directed by city health
officials to homes of the needy where
babies' -milk had been souring and
invalids had been sweltering in
crowded rooms.
Constituting actually an emergen
cy condition, the continued heat has
caused actual misery and suffering
in some quarters of the city, health
official* declared, where crowded,
aged and siok citizens can not af
ford even ice aa a relief from the
beat.
Aa continued contributions came ia
today, Dr. Whitaker estimated there
waa sufficient ice contributed to
take care of the demands for a short
while.
Tomorrow/ and aa loag a* the heat
wa*e laats, though, local r.isidenu
may perform a seal aervioe to re
lieve suffering by telephoning any
local iee company and ordering any
amouht of ice, to be delivered ac
cording to the directions of health
officials wherever it ia needed. Dr.
Whitaker expressed . t«d*jr hia sin
cere appreciation for the contribu
tions which have been made, declar
ing that flt*y have made possible
the relief oS pitable suffering.
Slight brepzea fcere early this af
ternoon, t|e only Indication here of
a heavy raiafaH and high winds
W , h £\ wson 4bout 12.30
o clock brought temperatures do«n
to 94 degrees ia ihe shade at the
oity gas plant and to 95 degrees at
the city airport. At the gaa plant,
though, it'was still 104 degrees in
the sua.
OUTING FOR
SCOOTS
A group Girl Scouts left the
city Mjoatyr afternoon to r Wliie
Lake, wW) they will spend the
week at "Camp Pioneer" at White
Lake. They were accompanied by
.Mrs. Bernard Taylor, captain of the
troops, J#a, D, L. Knowles, Hil
da Goddon, Miss Betsy Owen and
Mis s Ann Burnet who will assist in
the activities %ndi by Edward Taylor,
who will 4Qcye as life guard during
the encuuipnj&nt.
Includecf in the group of Spouts
were: Miss Ann Doraett, Miss Fran
ces Dorsett, Miss Jean William, Miss
(Mary Lee Parker, Miss Jane Gay,
Miss Tootsie Williams, Miss Marjorie
Lee Sexton. Miss Madelyn Knowles,
Miss Frances Gardner, Miss Fannie
Mae Lane, Mtss Dorothy Thompson,
Miss Mary L. Randolph, Miss Norma
Garland, Miss Gula Garland, Miss
Doris Proctor, Miss Margaret Page,
Miss Harriett Thorne, Miss Etta Mae
Hinea, Miss Emily Minges, Miss Jane
Hardy.
Mis# Mary .Lee Daughtridge, Miss
Reece Thomas, Miss Laßue Summer
lin, Miss Mana Byrd Burnett, Miss
Lillian Roney, Miss Frances Henry
Miss Marie Glasgow, Miss Elizabeth
Floyd, Miss Margie Hollowell, Miss
Marian Thomas, Miss Irene, Travat
han. Miss Lorene Barnes, Miss Aud
rey, Miss Nancy Hicks.
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Open Cotton Road
At Clinton Aug. 3
Raleigh, July 14.—Plans for a cel
ebration August 3rd of the open
ing of the Faison-Clinton cotton
road received a boost here today as
George L. Peterson of Clinton dis
cussed the event with state of
ficials.
Peterson, Mayor of Clinton, said
it was hoped to make the celebration
one of such scope that it would
attract wide attention.
Peterson said he understood the
link of cotton-built road was the
longest of its kind yet completed in
the nation.
W. Vance Baise, chief engineer for
the highway commission, said the
project and federal road forces co
operated to determine the usefulness
of cotton fabric in surface treatment
of highways.
Various weights of the cotton fab
ric are used in different stretches
of the road and other sections are
given identical surface treatment
without any cotton fabric. A com
plete check will be kept on the road
for three years. i
Baise said cotton fabric had been
used in construction of about 100
miles of other routes in the state
near Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Rocky
Mount and Sunbury.
The cotton fabric roadway near
Rocky Mount is a part of highway
95, the Rocky Mount-Leggetts
highway. Sections of the road were
built with cotton fabric about a year
ago as an experiment to compare the
quality and service of the cotton
fabric sections with the sections
built according to conventional meth
ods.
Honor Men at U. S. Naval Academy
JjfSg :'; ; ~^^MBPP^ :; - ••• "^ ;
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r" "* "* u«.-*!"wn |
Pi*tuc*d hero are year's honor mm at the graduating axer«Uea
th* United State* Naval ncademy. Jack A. Obermayar (1««), Maw
York, was selected as honor npan number ofin; taw A, Grantham, Al
hw. N. Yw numb* three; end »ui W U % Wallas* Waathrldaawat,*.
Pa., number two.
Light Plant Must Be Supported
The citizens of Rjoeky Mount will be called upon this
month to vote on the bond issye for the enlargement of
the power plant. As. stated in these columns before, we
feel that the city does not need expert advice to tell us
whether we need fn enlargement of the plant or not, for
we believe the Board of Aldermen is thoroughly capable
of deciding this question. We are told by the Beard of Al
dermen and those in charge of the various plants that it is
necessary to extend the plant in order for Rocky Mount to
preserve her normal growth.
The power plant has been Rocky Mount's constant sup
ply of extra funds and it is our duty to see that this
plant is not crippled. The bond has been recommended by
our Board of Aldermen for this purpose and we should in
vestigate and support this bond issue. If, upon our inves
tigation, we find that there is a necessity, we should give|
it our support with our vote. Much of the money that has
come to Rocky Mount from the National Government has
not been spent for the benefit of the average citizen, many
of whom will never receive one bit of enjoyment or con
venience from same. It is our duty to keep the electric
plant, our constant source of supply, - in fine shape, so
that we, as citizens and taxpayers, can demand our rights
to see that the income from this piece of property, which
is owned by all the citizens of Rocky Mount, be expend
ed for the use and benefit and welfare of all citizens
Therefore, we urge everyone of Rocky Mount that is in
terested in the development of their city to give considera
tion to this matter.
AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION
It is unfortunate that the charity office had to close up
their work before the first of August, rather than July
Ist, for many of our old people who have had to get their
meager living from the charity office will not receive any
thing for their support from the Old Age Pension, certain
ly not before somewhere along in August. This is leaving
these old people in right bad circumstances and the coun
ties and cities should have thought of this before they
closed these offices, even if they were forced to substract
or deduct the amount expended in July from the August
check. It is well known that credit is very hard to get
these days, especially for food and rainment, and for these
old timers it is well nigh impossible. They can get a gift
before they can receive credit. The automobile seems to
be about the only commodity now, that can be acquired by
purchase on long time terms.
17 PASS TEST
LIFE SAVING
SCHOOLHERE
American Red Cross life saving
awards were won by 16 boys and
one girl at the conclusion of a ten
day course of instrdbtion held at the
municipal pool.
Eight succeeded in passing the se
nior tests. Those winding the em
blems in this division were Mick
ie Bennett, Fred Wenk, William Dil
lard, Billy Avera, Joe Rollins, Felix
Bishop, James Strickland, and Alice
Suiter.
Those winning the junior emblem
were: Charles Worsley, Olin Perritt
Tom Harris, Curtis Oakley, William
Bryant, Charles Hunt, Joe Mooring
Billy Rooker, and Claude Mason.
Instruction was given by Moken
Faison and the examinations con
ducted by John Brewer.
Faison, director of the pool, an
nounced today that Charles Mix of
the national Red Cross organization,
would be here July 29—31 to give
the tests for examiners.
G. C. Green Resigns
From School Comm.
An announcement was made ear
ly this week of the resignation of
George C. Green, local attorney as
a member of the State School Com
mission.
Archie C. Gay, former State Sen
ator from Northampton County was
named by Governor Hoey to take
Mr. Green's place. He will repre
sent the Second District in which
Northampton and Halifax Counties
ar e located.
GROUND IS
BROKENFOR
NEW CHURCH
Dignitaries And Congregation Hold
Ground-Breaking Ceremony
Excavation for the new church
building of the Trinity Lutheran
congregation was begun Monday at
the Cokey Road and Tarboro street
site after the site had been blessed
and the ground broken in a church
ceremony conducted Sunday after
noon.
Rev. C. Ross Ritchie, pastor of the
church, conducted the ceremony Sun
day with the assistance of Dr. J. L.
Morgan, president of the North Car
olina Synod.
Two charter members of the local
Lutheran church, Mrs. L H. Hicks
and Joe Pulenwider, participated in
the ground-breaking ceremony. Oth
er participants were: O. F. Yount,
L. L. Minges, E. D. Skinner and
P. F. Holscher, from the church
council ; Mrs. J. W. Holliday and
Mrs. F. M. Davenport, the two old
est members of the congregation
Mrs. M. P. Dawson, W. L. Bur
rage, Miss Josephine Yont, Miss
Essie Holscher, Miss Susie Holscher,
Miss Eflise Monroe and Frederick
Holscher, representing organizations.
Mrs. J. M. Morgau of Salisbury,
representative of the Womans Mis
sionary Society of the North Caro
lina Synod, and E. W. Wagoner
of Salisbury, representative of the
State Brotherhood of Lutheran Men,
were especial guests at the affair.
After the ceremony members of
the congregatio nand their children
turned over spades of soil for re
membrance of the historic occasion.
PLAN FESTIVAL
FOR SCOTLAND
NECK JULY 23,4
Scotland Neck—With a speaker
from the Department of Agriculturo
scheduled to be on hand, plans
were completed here today for the
mammoth July Festival of Scotland
Neck which will be held Friday and
Saturday, July 23-24. The festival
will be the occasion for the formal
opening of the new concrete high
way No. 258 from Scotland Neck
north to the Roanoke river, and |
Chairman Frank Dunlap has agreed j
either to be here in person to
open the road or to have his rep
resentative here.
The celebration will start at 10:-
30 o'clock Friday morning with the
opening of the road to traffic, giv
ing Sco.land Neek the first direct,
comfortable-to-travel link to the
north in nearly two years, since
the winter of 1935-36 did so much
damage to the highway. The new
road has been under construction
since April.
At 11:00 o'clock, A. M. Dickson, of
Washington, D. 0., marketing jipec
ialist of the Departmmeat of Agri
culture, will address the assemblage
on phases of the agricultural situa
tion of interest to a sec
tion which grows chiefly tobasco,
peanuts and cotton. A parade
through Scotland Neck will precede
the address, and there will be one
and two bands in the line
o,f march, together with Boy SconU
and members of other local and
county organizations.
Following the parade there will
be a big barbecue dinner, while
those who do. not care for barbecue
will be served at bargain rates by
the restaurants of town. After din
ner there will be a special moving
picture shot* at which all will be
admitted at children's rate. A big
feature of the afternoon will be i
baseball game between the Tarboro
%ad Ay den teams of the Coastal
Plain league. The game waa origi
nally scheduled to be played at Tar
boro but the president of the lea
gue and the presidents of both clubs
hav« agreed to njove the game to
.Scotland Neck ia order to cooperate
in the July Festival.
Late In the afternoon there will
be a street dance which Till laat
until ten o'clock, at which time
there will be a subscription dance
at the Community House.
All during the day and the fol
lowing day merchant* will offer
special bargains aa a, portion of the
July Festival, stores will be deoo
rated and all organizations of the ,
town will cooperate in every way in
making the affair a great success.
STUDY PLANS
WIDEN ROAD
Tarboro, July 12.—The state high
way has a bid under consideration
for extending the paved road from
the limits of Tarboro to the Martin
county line, by four feet
The additional four feet, if let,
will be put down on one side of the
road, as an additional slab and will
insure safer driving.
The road through Bethel from Tar
boro is one of the old narrow pav
ed road types, and due to its ex
cessive narrowness has been the
scene of many side-swipe accidents,
which a little larger road would be
sure to escape.
Mother Of Local
Resilient Passes
Funeral For Mrs. J. P. Thornton Is
Held In Pamplin, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. E. -J. Thornton of
this city returned Wednesday af
ter attending the funeral services of
Mrs. J. P. Thornton, mother of Mr.
Thornton, at Pamplin, Va.
Mrs. J. P. Thornton, who was 74,
died Saturday ur&!,t at Boanoke hos
pital in Roanoke, Va., after a criti
cal illness of about six weeks. Since
suffering a stroke of paralysis sev
eral weeks ago she had remained in
a semiconscious condition.
Before marriage Mrs. Thornton
was Miss Minnie Haskins of Virginia.
She is survived by two sons, J. P.
Thornton of here and Harold Thorn
ton of Pamplin; and three grand
children.
CAN'T STRIKE
President Roosevelt says that gov
ernment employees are free to join
unions if they like—but they cannot
resort to a strike. The president
stated that Civil Service Rules for
bid strikes, ai d since the wages of
government employees are fixed by
congress no contracts can be entered
into.
NOTICE
Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount
Herald may do so by sending $l.OO with name and
address to "Hie Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount,
N. C.
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Sen. Robinson
Dies Suddenly
Arkansas Solon, Democratic Leader
Since 1922, Victim of Heart Attack
Washington, July 14 —Senator Joe
T. Robinson, Democratic leader since
1922, died suddenly today at hia
home here.
Robinson's body was found by the
family's negro maid, Mary Jasper.
Coroner McDonald said death ni
[due to heart disease.
I Dr. George C&lver, capital phyaiei
-1 an. said Robinson had apparently
gone to the bathroom where ho fall
face downward.
Tentative plans were made to Mad
j the Senator's body to Arkansas Thur.
CONVENTION
OF VETERANS
HERE IN 1938
Stale Spanlak War Vetera** Se
lect Rocky Hoaat For Meetias
West Year
Breaking its. custom, of holding
conventions always in the home city
of the commander, the North Caro
lina Department of the United Spti
iah War Veterans decided, to meet
in Rocky Mount next year.
The veterans ended Tuesday a
three-day convention in Durham,
during which they eleoted XIL
Mabery of Charlotte commander to
succeed Bobert P. Hackney, of Dur
ham.
Mayor J. Q. Robinson invited the
veterans to hold their next conven
tion here ia the following letter to
Be tiring Commander Hacknoy *t
Durham:
The City of Bocky Mount extend*
to the Department Of North Caroli
na United Spanish War Yatarana V
most cordial invitation to hold their
next meeting in our city. As yon,
already know our geographical con
dition highly convenient for your
meetings. Our hotels,
shops, theatres, and o.ther entertain
ments are unsurpassed and are pro
vided for your entertainment and
enjoyment. It is my sincere wish
that you will come and take advan
tage of all that we have."
I 4t the conference in Durham
George W. Hartley of Fayettevill*
was elected senior vice commander
and J. B. Stradley of Asheville ju
nior vice commander. Mrs. Cora Ma
bery, wife of the new commander,
wag named president of the auxil
iary.
Naval Recruiting
Station At Wilson
Navy Opens Temporary Station Thla
Week For Four Days
A temporary Navy recruting sta
tion was opened Monday morning
in the post office building at Wil
son. During the day thirteen men
applied for enlistment in the navy.
Of the thirteen men who applied,
two were seeking information, elev
en were examined and two accept
ed for enlistment.
The station was open from 9 A.
M. to 4:30 P. M. for two days, July
14 and 15.
To be accepted, young men must
meet the following requirements:
1. United Sates citizenship.
2. Between the ages of 17 and 24
inclusive.
3. Applicant must be found quali
fied physically, mentally, and moral
ly. as a result of examination and
thorough investigation.
4. Applicants are not accepted who
are married or have dependents.
5. Satisfactory references must be
furnished covering a period of sev
eral years.
6. Men under 21 year sof age can
be enlisted only with the written
consent of their parents, or legal
guardian.
The term of enlistment is for four
years from date of enlistment, ex
cept in the case of men who are un
der eighteen, who are enlisted for
a term of minority; that is, the en
listment expires on the day preceed
ing his twenty-first birthday.
The local recruting station is in
the charge of H. G. Fleming, chief
fire controlinan, U. S. Navy, and J.
E. Adams, boatswain's mate, first
class, U. S. Navy.
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LAW ABIDING
Major A. L. Fletcher, Commission
er of Labor, says employers in the
state are obeying the maximum
hours law passed by the last Gener
al Assembly with »on!y a few ex
ceptions.