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Wack the Label on Your Paper; It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires * - VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 8 LOCAL POLITICS SLOW IN TAKING DEFINITE FORM Candidacies for Number of County Offices Expected To Be Filed Soon BUT LITTLE INTEREST Pot Expected To Begin Boiling Within Next Week; Several Aspirant* For Sheriff's Office Ndw that the county board of elec tions has been named, politics in the county are expected to take on a more definite form and give chance for some of the rumors to become actualities. At the present time, politics in the county have been in a dark state; that i>, no candidacies have been officially announced, and all happenings will have to develop from now on. A three-cornered race is expected to result in the run for sheriff. The pres ent sheriff, A. L. Roebuck, while he has not filed his candidacy, will within the next few days, it was re ported from his office yesterday. The two probable candidates stated they were not in a position to say definitely just what they would do, that they would file with the county board of elections within a short time now, should they decide to enter the race.. J. Sam Getsinger, register of deeds, stated yesterday that he *ould file his candidacy within the next few days. So far as it is known, Mr. Getsinger will be unopposed on the Democratic ticket. 'As it now stands, I will not run a gain for the recordership,' Judge J. W. Bailey stated yesterday while speaking of the forthcoming primary. The sal ary of the office is not at alt attractive, the judge stated in giving his reasons for not running for the job again this year. Solicitor Hugh G. Horton stat ed yesterday that he would not be a candidate foe the solicitorship this year, but offered no Yeason for not enter ing the race, it has been pointed out that the work of the two offices re quires a great deal of time, and that the salaries, $75 and S6O, are not to be con sidered in running for the jobs. Just bow the land lies with the com missioners and their jobs could not be learned yesterday. '' ' Jmmesville-Everetts To PUy Here Tomorrow " in Martin county will have a marked closing here tomor row night at 7:46 when Everetts adn Jamesville meet in a Anal game to decide the champions of the county. One of the largest crowds ever to witness a basketball game hore is expected tomorrow night. Several of the players are playing their last time as high school students, and it will be a long time before two teams can be developed that will be more evenly matched than those of Jame.s ville and Everett*. Both the Everett* and Jamesville boy* are continuing their practice preparatory to the big event tomor row night. A close game ia expected. The game wa* scheduled for to night, but was called off by the Jamesville and Everetts coaches so a* to avoid a conflict with the high school play to be presented by the senior* of the local school here to night. Pitches No-Hit Game, But Loses on Errors The baseball season In the count/ ww opened yesterday afternoon wtasn Robersonville defeated James vilfc 4 to 8 in a well-played game RoberaonviUe. Brown, pitching for JamesvilK tamed in a at-hit game, bat hi* team loat on error*. Buck Jamas, Roberuonvi lie's moundsman, twirled a splendid game and allow ed only flv* hits. Brown beside* his excellent work in the box made two of hi* team's Ave hit*. Nest Friday, Bobersonville goef to JamssiUls. S THANH inaml J WEDNESDAY BUFFALO BILL JUNIOR in DEtJCE HIGH %' Ai Also 2 - REEL COMEDY And Serial "Heroes of the Wild" FREE "TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY Theatre Well Heated - ] nnnp FMTPDDDTCL 1 i-= 111 Ej EjIN 1 HilVr iC 10Hi ANOTHER POULTRY CAR HERE TOMORROW I L Rf' ~ 1 E • —t* K p I | -» I I I Hi ■ I This picture was taken when the first poultry car of the season was load ed here on February 29th, and shows a part of the crowd that was gathered around the car all day. Over 14,000 pounds of poultry were loaded, which brought the producers around $3,000. The second car will be here to morrow, arriving either tonight or in the morning and remaining all day. High School Senior Play Tonight, 8:15 The first of the commencement exerciaea of the local school will be held tonight when members of the senior class appear in their play, "The End of the Dane." The c«at haa been thoroughly trained, and a creditable produc tion is assured. The play will be staged in the school auditorium and begins at • :IS. BIBLE SCHOOL FACULTY NAMED School To Be Held At Bap tist Church Beginning Sunday 1 lie pastor of the local Baptist church said today that the faculty had been selected. for the Bible school which that church is to begin next Sunday morning and close on Easter Sunday morning. The school will be gratfed as much as is possible. There will be six classes, as follows: The Sunday, school class taught by Mrs. Cone and Mrs. Oscar Ander son will be taught by M". C. H. Dickey. • . The Sunday school class taught by Mrs. A. T. Crawford will have as its teacher, Mrs. C. A. Harrison. The two Sunday school classes as taught by Mr. Hugh Holloman and Mrs. John Biggs will be consolidated into one class and will be taught by Mrs. John Biggs. The Sunday school classes taught by Mr, B. S. Courtney, Mr. H. S. Grimes, and Mrs. Anna Harrison will be consolidated into one class and taught by Miss Lora E. Sleeper. The young people's class, made uu of young men and young women irpm the classes of Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Mrs. W. S. Roberson, and Prof. Davis will be taught by Mr. Hugh Horton. The adults, men and women, will be taught by the pastor of the church. Next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the Sunday school and church congre gation will assemble in the church au ditorium at 11 o'clock, where a short devotional service will be held. Then the congregation will break up into these six classes, where, (or short per iods of time, they will study the life of JesUs. The second session will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. %*hen there will be an evening session on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. And the clos ing period will be Easter morning at 10 o'clock. The pastor has 1,500 pictures for the children of the school. In other words, on every class period each have from one to three pic tures illustrating the particular lesson under consideration. And since the school is graded, everybody will be tak en in from four years old and up. The pastor of the. church announces that the class of adults will be open to the general paMfe. That the men and women from the town, and from other churches, are 'ovited to come with us if they wiil, and when they are not engaged in religious cervices of their own. Rem'■wittering the noble success of the school of missions held by this church one year *go, the congregation is expecting that this pre-Easter Bible school will likewise be a success. Ask Consideration In Use of Main Streets I' la their general discussion last night, the town commissioners passed an erder, asking the taerelmntß of the town to be considerate in using the sidewalk* in displaying their ware*. In the order, it wa# stated that it was, not the purpose at the hoard to prevent the display- of good*, bat in it the commissioners suggested that bulky goods be kept from in front of the stores. ,■ \ - v,. v. - Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 27,1928 TO BUILD NEW THEATER HERE J. W. Watts, Jr., Gets Per mit To Erect $25,000 Building A building permit for the erec tion of a $25,000 theatre was issued thia morning to Mr. J. W. Watts, jr., local theatre man. Mr. Watts recently purchased one of the lots in the Hassell property from Mr. C. D. Caritarphen and an nounced this morning that he would start building operations within the next few weeks. If possible, Mr. Watts plana to open the new theatre some time in the early fall. The building will be modernly equipped and will have a seating ca pacity on the lower floor of 750. Mr. Watts has considered the erec tion of a modern theatre here, for some time, and the announcement of his plans is being well received by people of the town and community. THIRD OF TAXES REMAIN UNPAID $171,692.77 Have Been Col lected by Sheriff Up To Present Time A fraction over two thirds, or $171,- 692.77, of Martin County's tax assess ments have l>een paid to Sheriff Roe buck, county tax collector, according to a statement made yesterclay by Deputy S. H. Grimes. For the past several weeks, collec tions have been small, but with the time for advertising the list of delin quents so near at hand, many of the property owners are settling their ac counts with the sheriff. The sheriff is making a last drive for the funds now past due, and while he knows there will be many pieces of real estate advertised it is his opinion that the majority of the unpaid taxes will be receipted by April 31, the laHt day of grace. After complying with the governing the collection of taxes, the collector will drop the hammer. Plane Here Few Weeks Ago Crashes in Rocky Mt. The airplane which was here about three weeks ago taking up passengers fell at Rocky Mount Sunday and was totally wrecked. The pilot and two passengers were the plane at the time of the accident, but suffered only a scratch or two. As the machine was taking off the controls failed when it was about on a line with the tops of trees, and the plane plunged into a tree and cut the top out, causing it to nose downward and strike another tree about IS feet from the ground; it then went ou down and wound up by standing on its nose at the root of tjie tree. The pilot suffered a smair scratch on the nose and one of the passengers had a small piece of skin knocked off his leg. The plane belonged to the F.agte Rock Air Co. • Royal Arch Masons' Meeting Postponed The meeting of Conoho Chapter, No. 12, R, A. M., appointed to be held Thursday, March 29th, has been con tinued until Thursday night of next week, April 5, at Which time all mem of the- chapter* are especially re flueslsd to iTttend. , N. K. HARRISON, Recorder. No Dance At Woman's Club Monday Night There wffl be no dance at the Woman'* clttb next Monday night, ac cording to an announcement made by Mr*. Louit' P. Martin, president. The dance 'was called off on account of church services here that night. Announcements of the next dance will appear later, i f. RUFUS T. TAYLOR DIED SATURDAY Was One of County's Most Popular Men; Lived In Robersonville Kufus T .Taylor, one of the coun ty's most popular citizens, died at the home of his son in Robersonville early Saturday morning after an ill ness of three and one-half weeks. He would have been 73 old, had he lived until August 23, his birthday. Mr. Taylor was born and reared near the present town of Gold Point. Coming up in a day when educational opportunities were rare, he had only the chance of a few weeks each year in the little country schooL He never accumulated very much wealth, the bigness of his heart made him give in a trade rather than take when dealing with his fellows. He was full of sympathy and always showed a willingness to help his fellowman. He was a great Bible reader and was able to quote a large portion of the New Testament. When a young man he married Miss Susan V. Andrews, of this county. She died about 20 years ago. Tow daughters and ftive sons sur vive. They are, Mrs. W. A. James, of this place, Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Wil lie, Cleveland and Clarence Taylor, of Robersonville, Elliott Taylor of Richmond and Dallas Taylor, of Rox boro. t The funeral was held at the resi dence of his son, Willie Taylor, Sun day afternoon by Rev. C. B. Mash burn. The burial was at the old home farm near Gold Point. The attend ance at both the funeral and burial was very large and the floral tribute was beautiful. Arbor Day Program At Woman's Club Friday Friday afternoon, the Woman's club will make a .special attempt to beautify its grounds and add to the attractiveness of itd building. If any of the members have cuttings of shrubs or plants that would add to the attractiveness of the club yard, they are asked to bring them. Sev eral ladies will be at the club to re ceive them and assist in the planting and setting. , If there should be any persons trimming shrubs at any time in the next few days or weeks and they cannot get cuttings that they might give to the club, notify Mrs. Clayton Moore and some member of the Civic committee will call for them. Cold Hurts Tobacco Beds Very Little Injury to tobacco plant beds in this section during the cold weather the early part of this month has turned out to be not serious, and it is the opinion of farmers that the supply will be plen tiful when transplanting is started the latter part of next month." In some communities the damage by cold to the plants has proved fatal, but as a whole the injury has been slight. Farmers reporting on the condition of the plant beds state that the plants range in size from a dime to a nickel. Duco Demonstrator At Courtney's Saturday There will be a free demonstra tion given by a Duco decorator at the store of B. S. Courtney next Saturday, March 81. If there are any finishing touches needed to make your home attractive, the decorator will give you ideas and tell you how to fix things and should you want any small article painted and decorated, you are invited to bring it along and it will be done over for you free ot charge. Colored Schools To Have Fiqld Day Exercises 30th The colored schools ef the county will hold their field day exercises next Friday, March 80, at 10:30 a. m. at the Williams Lower school, near Wilts Siding. Mary Gray, county supervisor of colored schools, says it is necessary every colored school in the lounty be represented. Athletic contests and many other exercises will be held. Woodman Lecturer To Be Here Tomorrow The national lecturer of the Modern Woodmen of America, Mr. Renner, and the State lecturer, Mr. M. L. Tre maine, will address the Woodmen of Martin County at the courthouse to morrow, Wednesday, night, at 8 o'- clock. This will be a public meet ing, and the Woodmen extend a cor dial welcome to both ladies and gen tlemen to attend the meeting. An excellent program has been pre pared and several good speakers are scheduled to make talks. There will also be music by a quartet. The Woodmen expect to have a packed house. ' y , WRITES OF TRIP TO MEETING OF STATE TEACHERS Jamesville Principal Gives Brief Resume of Pro ceedings 1,500 ATTEND SESSIONS All-State Orchestra Was Feature of The Gathering; Several Make Splendid Addresses By J. L. JONES Having had the privilege of attend ing the North Carolina Teachers' As sembly, I would be glad of the oppor tunity to give to the people of this county some idea of the proceedings. It was a great treat to he there and mingle with those who are leading the young lives of this great old State and ! to hear those splendid meq.,.who are | connected with the larger colleges and universities of our land. Thursday evening, at 7:30, some 1,- 500 teachers gathered in the auditoriunv of the Hugh Morson High' School and, to the great delight of all. the re were about 100 young musicians seated on the stage, and they gave us some of the finest music that we had ever heard from such a source -These boys and girls were selected from all over the State, and they did credit to tin schools from which they came. After the concert by the orchestra, the assembly went to the discussion* of the evening. It was a treat to sit and listen to the masterful address of the president of the assembly, Mr. T. Wingate Andrews, of the High Point school. His address was a distinct, challenge to the people of North Caro lina to see to it that every child in North Carolina, whether -in town or in the country, whether rich or poor, or it matters not what, should have the same opportunity of ah eight mouths school term. Friday morning, at 9:'30, the assem bly gathered again, and after the busi ness session we beard l)r. L. T. Liles, who spoke on having the right kind of playground equipment for the chil dren. He to|d us that one .of the neces sary things of the school was to guide the boys and girls in the right kind of play. Friday ai'tcrnoou there were JO group Ineetings held in the different rooms of the school building. I was in the group of high-school principals and teachers. We had several inter esting papers read, and then Dr. Judd, from the University of Chicago, spoke. He gave a very helpful and inspiring speech to that group. Friday evening, at 7:30, the assem bly met again in the auditorium and after another splendid concert by the all-State orchestra, President Andrews introduced Dr. Dennis, of I'cnnsyl- vania, who spoke of the "guidance of the child in the home community, and in school. It is a greater task than many teachers think. There is more to be done than to just teach boys and girls books. They have to be guided in the selection oi the vocation of their life. So many people think that a child after he or she passes through school~is ready for life. If, however, a child is not guided, he may be an absolute misfit in the vocation which he chooses. It is up to the parents,, home influence, and the school to really see that the child is really guid ed in the selection of his vocation. -- - On Saturday morning, the assembly met for the last meeting of the con vention. After the business was trans acted, President Andrews introduced Dr. I rank P. Gaines to the assembly, and lie made one of the outstand ing speeches of the convention on 'The Kthical Character in Education.' Dr. Gaines forcefully pointed out the great task of the teacher. He said that the student's life was molded a great deal by the attitude of the teach er. First, he said that the teacher should direct the social life of the stu dents. So many times a child is a mis fit in the social life of the community for the very reason that he has been misdirected, or not directed at all, by the teacher, Second the teacher should give the student some happy experience from real ..life, trying not to give them all the learning from books. So many teachers go into the school room with*ugly m»ods. The child will soon be attracted to the very mood in which the teacher is. It is a great thing to be able to look upon each child as an individual possibility, (Continued on page four) County Board of Elections ' Was Named Last Wee J Messrs. Sylvester Peel, Williamston; B. K. Jenkins, RobertonviUe; and C. B. Fagan, Dardens, will serve on the Martin County Board of Elections this year, according to an announcement made by the State Board of Elections. The appointment by-the State body was made last week. These men name thejr,own chairman and secretary and appoint election offi cers for the various precincts in the county. There are 11 precincts in the county, making 33 appointments nec essary. While it has not been an nounced, it is thought that the county board will meet for its first session here next Monday. Little Prospect of Getting New Streets Poultry Car To Be Here Wednesday The second poultry car of the season will be loaded here tomor row by County Agent T. B. Brandon, cooperating with the Division of Markets. The car will be brought here on an early train in the morning and will be here all day. Prices announced for the offer ings tomorrow are about the same as those paid for poultry when the first car was loaded. In some instances the price is a little higher and in others it is lower. There we're 15.000 pounds t loaded in the first car. and ap proximately >3,000 was paid to ,/ the farmers. \ - MASONS PLAN BIG MEETING To Be Held Here Friday Night; Many Expected To Attend The regular communication of jSte warkce Lodge, No. 90, A. F. and A. M., will be held tonight at 7:4f>. In ad dition to the regular meeting this week there will be a special gathering on Friday night, at which time there-will be work in the Master Mason's de gree. All members are urged to at tend these meetings, particularly the one"on Friday night. Alter the latter n\eeting the lodge will adjourn to the Woman's t'luli rooms, where refresh ments will be served. A large attend ance i>i Masons is expected at this meeting Visiting Masons are invited to attend both communications. MEETINGS HELD BY HOME AGENT Parmele and Gold Point Clubs Met Yesterday; Jamesville Ijfriday By LORA E. SLEEPER County Home Demonstration Agent The girls of Gold Point held their regular meeting Monday, Mijrch 26, with all members present. The girls in this cluli are doing good work. They have been given a room in the school house, and they are very capable little housekeepers. One feirl in the club thought the members should meet,some day soon to wash the floor The girls had cleaned up the room before the agent arrived fur their meeting. With such ambition, any club is bound to be successful and will oitjy he of more credit to the school. •The girls of Parmele held their reg ular club meeting Monday. afternoon, with only one member absent and that one because of sickness in the home. Mr. W. J. Smith, superintendent, re ported that the club members gave a very good program at the society meet ing on Friday of last week, and the teachers were much.pleased, since they had not given them help in any way. The girls in this club are deserving of very much credit'for their good work and the number of garments made thus far. Nearly all of the members have completed two garments worthy of ex hibition, and many are working upon their third garment. The teachers have cooperated splendidly in this club, and no doubt much of the good work of the club is due to the capable teachers of this school. . One girl in the club during the qieeting said, 'You know, Miss Sleeper, Mf. Smith will not al low one of us to drop out of the club.' With such cooperation there should be a few 100 per cent cl\ibs in Martin County this year. Such ii rlub is a credit to any school and tlitPfounty, be cause it is the highest achievement possible. By such a club, an explana tion may be necessary, the same num ber complete the work of the year that enroll for the work at the beginning. Thq agents' schedule for the rest of the week will be as follows: Tuesday, Farm Life and Holly Springs; Wed nesday in Williamston helping with the loading of poultry; Thursday, Wil liams junior girls' elub and Poplar Point women's club; Friday, Hamilton girls and women. The two girls' clubs of Jamesville had their regular meeting Friday. Vi ry few were absent at this meeting, and only one girl of the jtjnior group had stopped. The girls have dun# c(jdi table work in the club. Many have, completed their firit garment and be-1 gun the second. The women held their regular meeting in the afternoon, and the home demonstration agent dis cussed the food value of eggs as meal substitutes, cooking eggs in two dif ferent ways. The women of this club Ji*v£ learned two nutrition songs and are working upon a'poster showing the sources of the energy-giving foods. ESTABLISHED 1898 OWNERS WANT $14,700 FOR LAND Property Owners and Com missioners Hold Meeting Last Night TO DECIDE MONDAY Street From Main To Church-Would Cost $5,700; From Main to Warren Owners Want $9,000 At a joint mooting uf the town commissioners and several citizens of the town, a valuation of $14,700 was placed oil the property over which two streets have been proposed to be run by the town. The price placed on their property by the owners was generally considered high by the members of the board, but the matter was deferred until next Monday night, the time fur the regular monthly meeting. The high price, it is understood, will likely cause the attempt to open the streets to fall through. Kspecillay is that 'true in the case of the street pro posed to be run across the Hassell property east of the post office. It is generally believed thai no further attempts will be made to run a street from Main to Church west of the Tar Heel apartments because a street at the place would be too near Haughton. However, final disposition of the project, calling for a street across the same block but east of the post office* will be made next Mon day night when definite action will be taken in the matter of opening up a street from Main-to Warren street. « The question of opening the street from Main to Warren was considered first, and it was learned - that it would require approximately nine , thousand dollars to buy the property i the .street. A, U. Dunning, repre senting the owner of the property where the H. W .Stubbs office how stands, asked $:i,000 for the'"twenty 's>ix and one-half faet there. Mr. L. 11. Harrison, representing Harrison Hiothers and I'UIIIDUIA stated he would spll their property, a private driveway, in proportion to what Mr. Dunning charged for that which he was representing. For their property other than that facing Main street and which runs all the way to the railroad, Mr. Harrison stated it was worth three or four thousand dollars to them. He explained why the property was valued so highly, when he stated that the proposed street would practically eliminate his company's railroad siding and would interfere with their warehous ing facilities. _ According to the figures offered by Messrs. Dunning and Harrison, it would cost the town SB,OOO for the porpejrty from Maint street to the railroad. From the railroad to Warren street, one thousand dollars was mentioned as an approximate cost for the property that the street would run across. Mr. J. (jr. Ntaton said- he woud donate that pait of land next to the Union Storage Company which would be used should .the street be constructed. Mr. Joe' Cherry ,who owns property next in line, was not present and the price he would want for his property could not be learn ed last night. Mr. J. G. Godard men tioned . SSOO as a fair price, in his estimation, for the one hundred and thirty-five yards of his property that yrould be used in case the street was put through. Mr. James A. Iegg*ett stated that he was sure hia father, the owner of the last strip of proper ty that Would be needed in running the street, would agree to anything that was reasonable. Valuing his property upon the same basis as that of the Godard property, It would add s4(>o more to the cost, bringing it to approximately $9,000. The property that would be neces sary for the street from -Main to, Church would cost around $5,700, Mr. Staton saying that he would sell at $94 a front foot for tfie property fac ing Maint street and S2O a front foot for that facing Church street. 'lVesep rices along with the cost of * construction an/ other work neces sary to the construction of the streets, will be considered and pass ed upon next Monday night by the commissioners. Commissioners Order Water Tower Painted After recording the prices oi property that would t be ' used shouln two proposed streets 1 be built, the commissioners in their >apecial ses sion last night ordered the painting of the water tower at the town's municipal plant. The job was given to lieamon Painting Co., of Suffolk, and ia to coat $217.75, The contract demands that the tower b« scraped and other work done before the paint ii put on.
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