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A Job for the Legislature
' The Greenville Reflector well say*,
that one of the big things for the next
legislature is a law regulating the
automobile drivers.
It is almost as dangerous to the
public for an inexperienced driver to j
operate an automobile on crowded
highways as it is for a man who never,
drove a locomotive to pull a heavy
passenger train.
There is too much at stake to allow
•tither inexperienced or careless driv
ers to drive on the public highways
ct the State.
The Reflector further suggests that
no person be permitted to drive any
motor vehicle on such highways until
they have passed a satisfactory ex
amination and demonstrated their
The Young Criminal
Much i.s being said on every hand .
jibout young criminals. Yet whim
look around us, the cause may be eas-,
ily Been. A ""striking example has'
just presented itself in our inidst. I
l'our young men are now in jail here 1
facing serious charges.
The general trend of each of theii
statements was that while boys not
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yet of age they lounged around the j
j 00l rooms, liquor den , and followed
up bootleggers. They got out ol -
touch with the home intlu nee too
soon, went from under the gentle!
touch of mothers' hands and the warn
ing words from father and mother.
It is a real boy and' a real girl who
is able to keep honest and gentle in.
this world of vice and slang, "lfiere'
sire too many disreputable places a
round every town and city, and with
the advent of the automobile practi-'
cally every person is in daily touch'
with these vice dens, and even the'
automobile itself is too often made a
Vote---Then You Have a Right to Criticize
Election day is of all other oays
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the time that the people speak and
give commands to their servants. Any,
man or woman who vote.- for an of-j
ficial has a perfect right to criticize'
that official for any breach of trust'
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imposed upon him. Yet there is some I
doubt whether the non-voter ha* 1
much right to complain against the
official that he did not take enough
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interest to vote either for or against.
Every person should regard his
franchise with enough reverence to |
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exercise it whenever it is privileged
tc employ his servant. f ,
A largtT majority of the world's
Ship To
WINBORNE & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Norfolk, V a., Cotton Suffolk, V a., Peanuts
They loan until you are ready to sell, 75
per cent value on cotton and peanuts ship
ped to them. Holding charges lower than
others. - __— T —i ; j
Badness and Correspondence Solicited
Suffolk Office— Star Bld'g. Factory Street.
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• ability to handle a car in accordance j
with the trafliq laws and handle it In
' a satisfactory manner; and when once
licensed as to proficiency, if caught
wilfully disregarding traffic regula
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| Hons, such license to be revoked, even
li f whisky is found in the car, on
I person or on the breath of the driver.
Such a law Would save half the au
tomobile accidents, half the deaths,
and half the cripples. The lives of
at least f» people would be saved in
the State each week if such a law
.was in operation.
We agree with the Reflector that
this qtiea.ion should be fully investi
gated anil such legal regulations re
quired of all drivers, so that our high
ways may be called avenues of travel
■ rather than death rows.
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rendezvous for vice and destruction,
j A game of pool, a game pf cards, a
turn at the dance, a bottle of liquor,
J and an automobile ride are all sub-
I ject to shift the morality of "young
' men and young women.
The young: folks are really not so
i lueh to blame for their crimes as
I hose people who are too blind to see
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] the dangers and who refuse or neg
| ltct to remove such temptation.
The old idea that every bo.\ and
very girl should sow their wild oats
f has 'caused much .trouble in the land.
We should remember that there are
enough temptations, evon in "the best
regulated'' families, but that automo
i biles, dance halls, j>ool rooms, poker
' names and bootleg joints all add temp
tations—not strong enough .to get all,
to be sure; "yet they will get most
| of the weak ones.
Youth should be taught to ke«p in
a healthy environment. If they will,
wt will have fewer young criminals.
people have no right to select their
lulers. exceedingly anxious
to do so. Yet in our own country,
where things ure so free and easy,
more than half the people entitled to
vote pay no attention to an election.
If eyery voter in America would
vote Tuesday, it would be a shock to
indecent officials and have much to do
in stabilizing honest government.
It would be a fine thing to see every
person whose name is 011 the registra
tion books in North Carolina march
to the polls on November 2 and vote
for the man of his choice.
Thing 8 To £
hink About
r Hy JAMES D. TAYLOR
' How foolish men (sometimes are!|
Yesterday my friend sold his cotton |
for less than its cost of production.
This panic selling by individual farm
ers is making matters worse. While
it is to be very much regretted that
the farmers planted more cotton than
the market can absorb all at once,
there is no sound argument for giving
the product away. It is true that the j
furmer is to blame for the overpro-|
duction, but the fact that he has in i
the past been forced to plant a great
deal of cotton to make allowance tur'
the boll weevil should be taken into
consideration. .1—
This iR. not the first time that the
•Southern farmer has seen the price
o. cotton below cost of production.
Hut in other years the price of al
most every other commodity van low.
This year there seems to be a high
tide of prosperity except in the agri
cultural industry. The uses of cotton
into various industries are growing
larger all the time, and the thing for
the farmer to do is to market his
crop gradually. There are not many
farmers in a financial condition to do
this alone. But he can work out his
own salvation through cooperation
with others. Cooperative Associations
ere designed to give relief to the far
mers. They are able to inaugurate
' economies in the marketing and sale
of cotton. This can not be done thru
individual bargaining.
There are millions of dollars in
the South that can and should be
used to protect the many hundreds of
farmers who will be bankrupted if
they are forced to sell their cotton
below the cost of its production. The
(.rowers should more largely form
themselves into organizations and
thereby secure relief that is not so
easily obtainable in any other way.
At this time prosperity is the gen
eral rule. This being true, gankers,
business men, and farmers should co--
operate in getting the money neces
sary to warehouse cotton until prices
are better. Arrangements should be
promptly made to reJuec substantially
the acreage next season.
Democratic
Meetings
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The candidates of the Democratic par
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ty will hold meetings in Martin County at
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the following places at 8 o'clock p. m., on
dates mentioned below.
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All citizens are cordially inYited to at
tend the meetings.
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Friday Night, October 29th— Bear Grass
Saturday Night, October 80th—Mills Schoolhouse and Fairview
Monday Night, November Ist— Everetts
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Clayton Moore
Chairman Executive Committee
THE BNTKfct»ftI3&—WILLI AMaTOM. N. c
What Williamston Can Do to
Improve and Enlarge School
In WilM—aton tax district
f there is now in the neighborhood of
i $1,600,000 worth of taxable property
j on which is levied annually a special
! tax of 36 cents on each SIOO of it.
' This yields somewhere between $5,000
{ und $6,000 of special tax annually to
supplement the appropriations for
ruhning the school for six months,
which are made by the county board
t,f education.
Somewhat outweighing this reve
nue for maintenance is the load of
4!55 school children, about 70 of which
are in the high-school department,
and an annual sinking fund and inter-
I ost payment on bonds outstanding. I
| This revenue provides for three teach- J
■ ors in the high-school department and;
| tun teachers in the elementary depart- j
j ment, covering the first seven grades.
For some fene it has been the policy
' of the local committee to admit chil
dren from the outside non-local tax
districts without charging any tuition
[ lor the seventh and eighth months,
because under the present law the
larger the average attendance of a
given year the greater number of
teachers are allowed and their salaries
paid for by the county board of edu- 1
cation for the ensuing term.
For the above revenue a limited
course of study provided by the high
schools of class B, group 11, is what
Williamston can offer at present and
expect her pupils with any decree of
certainly to gVt credit for «nen they
desire to enter the University or ap
ply for a certificate to teach school,
(t therefore stands to reason if a
lurge variety of course of study is to
be offered it will be necessary to in
crease the revenue. A number have
wondered why the course of study of
fered in Williamston does not afford
as wide variety as Kobersonville now
offers, which is a class A, group 11,
school. In addition to the increase
in income for its support, numbers are
necessary. Robersonville had 104 in
the high-school average for term 1926-
1926, and is therefore entitled to 5
teachers for the present term.
If the surrounding schools, Biggs,
.Sandy Burroughs, and Whit
ley, and their territory, were added
by vote of the citizens of same, the
ichool in Williamston might then ri-
Mothers Treat Cold*
The New "Direct" Way
N* I in|ii Nactiwrr to "DaW CUT
4raa With Internal M«dlfhii tm
Break C«U1».
Children's diges
tions are easily up
jlset by too much
aK' /?. • "dosing." Vicks
-rf;* ip Vapoßub being ex
ternaliy applied.
J does not upset littk
At the first sign of
croup, sore throat,
or any other cold trouble, apply Vicks
freely. There is nothing to swallow—
jm just "rub it on."
visas
QvmZlHmMjgmAM UtcoYumr
t val that of Kins ton in respect to reve
: r.ue, numbers, and course of study of
r ftred. Petitions from citizens of these
I respectived istricts asking for an
. election to ascertain the will of these
> people on the question of annexation
, U. Williamston district will be neces
■ sary before any move can De made.
The figure of Williamston School as
I tc enlarging its course of study, as
well as improving the condition of
. the rural school child is wrapped up
' in this program. The retarded chil
i dren, those too old for their grade, in
i our school are largely from the weak- '
er schools, and we are gradually re
ducing this group to a minimum, but
it will be almost impossible to make
I greater progress in this respect until
both the rural child and tbwn child
enjoy like terms. When the rural
child enjoys like opportunities with
the town child, the records show sim
ilar improvement.
It is entirely possible, seeing that
the interests of all the children would
be served, that within 6 years a move
will be male to make this plan come
true. What is needed? The united
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EVERETTS, N. C
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effort of Williams ton's citibens to
make her school the most attractive
school and of greater service to the
county is necessary. But from time
K' time the school should and does |
invite outside children to come to Wil-'
liamston and try it out. In r. all. all
in all, we need to say we arr willing,
act we are willing, and know we are
willing to try the plan. When we
have proved our soul, we will have
a township school district. , With ihL.
provided we can look back with pride
and say we have arrived and ask what
is next. Lntii then, citizens of Wil
liamston, we are highly proud of the
children's attainment*, and we are
sure ail will be done by your officials,
teachers, pupils, and patrons that is
ROCKY MOUNT MARBLE WORKS
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Makers and dealers in granite and marble
monuments and iron fencing
R. Sherrod Corey
Local Representative Williamston, N. C.
within their power to be worthy of
what we now have. Who knows
this crop of boys will bring forth?
' You and I may be obliged to borrow
money from one of them a score of
years hence, or perhaps he will preach
tu us, or maybe be will stand aproned,
, | nerve steady, and instruments in hand, f
i by you as the effects of ether steals
s throughout your veins. What he will
. be is in our hands today.—Contrib
uted.
STRAYED OR TAKEN FROM MY
Home Tuesday night; October 19,
I one female hound, black with brown
> back and legs. Will answer to the
, name of Queen. Finder please noti
i fj J. E. Harrison.