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Wack the Label on Yom P*p~; It Cmits the Date Yem Subscription Expires *» ■ - 1 VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 10 COMMISSIONERS APPROVE LOAN FOR SCHOOLS Work Will Probably Be Started on Buildings Within Few Weeks GIVE NOTE FOR $50,000 Motion For Final Piiu(t of Order Carried by Close Vote, 3 to 2; Other Biuineu After a delay of two months, an or der was finally passed yesterday by the board of county commissioner* for the issuance of (50,000 in notes, mak ing possible the erection of two new , school buildings in the county, one at Robersbnrille and onl at Williamstoh. The motion for th 4 final passage of the order was made by Mr. J. E. Pope and was seconded by Mr. T. B. Slade. Mr. J. G. Barn hill, voting with Messrs. Pope and Slade carried the Messrs. L. P. Holliday and T. C. Griffin cast their votes against the or der. It is understood that work on the building projects will be started within the next few weeks, and that notes for the money to be borrowed from the State will be prepared and signed to day or tomorrow. The business before the toard, other than that relating to school-building programs, was of no marked interest. The orders passed during the day fol low: J. H. Revels was released from the payment at tax on $3,600 solvent cred its. improperly listed. John S. Cook was appointed County standard kaeper. Ordered that a public road leading Iron the Five Cent Road, near Lewis Taylors, to the J. D. Bowen road be laid off by the sheriff. The monthly allowance of Lissie Purvis was increased from $2.50 to $4.00 per month. W, W. and C. A. Robersou, of Robersonville, were released from the payment of taxes on $1,600 worth of property .improperly listed. Ordered that Z. T. Gurkin's estate be released from the payment of tax on $440 worth of property, improper ly listed. John D. Lilley was appointed county tax supervisor SCHOOL ORATORS HERE TOMORROW Representatives of Oak City and Robersonville Meet At Local School Representatives of the Robersonville and Oak City schools will appear in -the school auditorium here tomorrow , afternoon at 2:30 in the first prelimi nary of the fifth national and third in ternational oratorical contest. The Robersonville school is sending as its representative John Robert Jen- kins, while Rachel Rawls wiH carry the banner for the Oak City school. The winner in this contest will meet an other school's representative at a dis trict meeting April 20, wheu 12 out of the 30 taking part there will be chosen for the final State contest at Raleigh April 27. The winner in the Raleigh contest April 27 will meet with win ners from Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, and Flor •da, at Raleigh, May 11, in a regional' contest. From this contest the win ner goes to Washington, D. C., to compete with winners from seven other , xoaes. The successful contestant in that contest will represent the United labiates in an international contest to be in Washington October 13. | The larger newspapers from all over the country are sponsoring the con teat, and attractive prises are being of fered. The Raleigh New* and Ob server is sponsoring the North Caro liaa branch of the contest. The judges of the contest tomorrow afternoon will be selected, one by the Oak City school principal, ope by the Robersonville principal; and a third by tke county superintnedent. Bn I I J I WEDNESDAY I RANCBR I 'The Breed oi Courage' Also % I 2 - REEL COMEDY And I "Heroes of the WUd" I and ■ FREE TICKET ■ POK SHOW FRIDAY THE ENTERPRISE r } \ Select School Site Within Few Days Now that money has been ap propriated for two new school buildings in the county, the selec tion of a site for the local school will be made within the next few dafS. The selection probably would have been made yesterday tat for the abaence of one of the board members. According to unofficial reports the county board of education will decide upon a site within the next 10 days at a call meeting of that body. I > HOME AGENT'S - MARCH REPORT Holds Thirty-Eight Meet ings; Attendance Totals 507 !.. ' ..... LOR A L. SLLEPEU During the past month, thirty eight meetings were held, twelve of them .were held with the women over the county in Food Selection work. The total attendance at these meet ings was 189. There were twenty six meetings held with girls in con ducting Clothing Clubs in the coun ty. The attendance of the girls at these meetings were 368. Nineteen different homes were visited during the month, forty-two letters written, six office conferences and 483 miles travelled in conducting the work In the county. Three people were helper! in culling poultry I or marketing, and approximately fifty birds were sold Wednesday. Two demonstrations were given besides the regular food work in the women's meeting, one in bas ketry and the other in tying and dyeing. The junior clubs are planning to meet and continue their work af ter school closes. In this mnoth there are two im portant observances which all should be interested in, National Forestry Week or the preservation of the forests in America and Better Homes Week, both coming from April 22- 28. President Coolidge has issued a proclamation for Forestry Week. In the proclamation it was suggested that one day during the week be observed as Arbor Day, planting trees and shrubs and with the de crease in timber every year it is very necessary to endeavor to pro tect the forests from unnecessary fires. » Better Homr .n Week will be observ ed the same time as Forestry Week and everyone in Martin county should be interested in this National obser vance and take some part even though it may be small. This is an 'an educational organisation, started by Mrs. William Brown Meloney in 1922. One year later it was incorpor ated to become an information center on all matters relating to home im provement, to encourage thrift for home ownership and to help make homes of convenience and beauty a vai table for those with very modest incomes and in so far as possible to all American families. To accomplish this aim a study of the needs of homemakers was necessary and as a result there are labor-saving devices on the market as never before and plenty of splendid bulletins free con taining information relative to the convenience, beauty and comfort of tha home. Every county over the United (Continued on page four) COUNTY AGENT MAKES REPORT Three Cars of prain Tile Ordered During Past Month The draining of farm lands in the county was probably the most im portant work done during the month of March by County Agent T. B. Brandon, according to his report filed here Monday with the Board of County Commissioners. During that month three cars of drain tile were ordered, bringing the total number cars of tile used by farmers in. the county since January up to six. Many farmers are paying particular atten tion to drainage on their farms, and the work is expected to receive more attention during the coming seasons. Other activities of the agent are of a varied nature, dealing with orchards, seed, poultry shipments, and treatment of hogs. Tha report shows were the agent spent twenty-one days in field work, six days in kis office, writing 124 letters and four newspaper articles. During the month, 117 office con ferences were held, forty-aix farm viaits made, 440 pounds of pasture seed and 24 bushels of cotton seed were selected for farmers, 176 hogs were treated, twelve farmers were as sisted with their orchards and a ear of poultry was shipped. In perform ing his duties, the agent travelled 82S miles, the report showed. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 3,1928 COUNTY HAD 240 CASES MEASLES IN PAST MONTH *»- — ■*. Largest Number Yet Re ported in Single Month ! THINK WORST OVER County Health Officer Says Warmer Weather Should Result in Marked Decrease The number of cases of measles in the county reached a high peak last month when 240 case/of the disease were reported to County Health Of ficer Wm. E. Warren. The numbet of cases of the disease last month ex ceeded the number reported in Feb ruary by 101, this increase taking place about the middle of the month. An increase in smallpox cases was reported, but it was slight compared with the measlea increase, there be ing thirty-eight cases in March as I compared with thirty in February. 1 Three cases of diphtheria were re ported. • During the month, two hundred homes were placarded, and literature dealing with the disease was maileu to as many people throughout the county. "Now that warm weather is at hand, a marked decrease can be ex pected in the number of cases ol measles," Health Officer Warren stated yesterday. "But careful atten tion should be given present vic timea," the doctor went on to say. No deaths have been reported as a result of the disease in this county, but many deaths have followed meas les in various parts of the State. Doctors, teachers, and householders reporting cases during the month are, Urs. Ward and Ward, Robersonville, 74; Dr. J. E. Smithwick, Jamesville, 1; Dr. R. J. Nelson, Robersonville, 26; Dr. Wm. IS. Warren, Williamßton, ti; Dr. J. 11. Saunders, Williamston, 29; Dr. H. B. York, Vfllliamston, 3; Dr. J. S. Ithodes, Williamston, 14; teachers, 1; and householders, (JB. I Williamston township led the list with 110 cases, Kobersouville town ship following closely with 109 cases. Other townships reporting, Goose Nest, 26; Hamilton, 13; poplar Point, 1; Cross Roads, 9; Jamesville, 6; Bear Grass, 6, and Williams, 1. MANY IN~PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF N. C. Has More Than Any Other Southern State Except Texas North Carolina has more children in its public schools than any other southern State except Texas. The State leads Missouri by 100,- 000, Georgia by 130,000 and Virginia by almost 300,000. Our total enroll men for 1926-27 was 818,769 and the average daily attendance was 611,- 797. Dare county ranks highest in aver age attendance which is 92.9 white, and 76.5 colored. Vance county is the lowest with an average of 61.1 per cent for white and 54.2 per cent for colored children. As compared with the other coun ties in the State, Martin county ranks 19th in white attendance and 29th in colored attendance. The aver age attendance in this county is 80.2 per cent for white children and 74.7 per cent for colored. Baptist Bible School Is Well Under Way Tonight wil| mark the fourth ses sion of the Bible School which is being conducted by the Baptist people in their church this week. The school began Sunday morning, with another session Sunday night, meeting for the third session last night. The achool has averaged well over a hundred per session, and the work being done is of a high order. Graded pupils and graded literature are fea -1 tures of the school. Sunday night Professor L. H. Davis of the local school delighted the audience with a lecture on the Youth of Jesus. The pastor of the church has taught the adults each time, ex cept Sunday evening when Professor Davis lectured in his absence. Those in charge of the school are gwing to feature the Friday night's session. It will be the Crucifiion les -1 son—one of the most important in the series. At this session, Mrs. P. B. Cone will sing, "Bearing His Cross for Me." There will be no classes Saturday night, but the final period will be Easter Sunday moming at 10 o'clock. Becauae of this week's intensive 1 activities, there will be but one regu lar church service, and that will be the 11 o'clock Eaater Service. At 1 this time the choir will render a 1 beautiful Easter Anthem. I i ESTIMATE COST OF WHITE WAY FOR TWO STREETS HERE Engineers of the Ceneral Electric - Company are here today making an I estimate of the cost of a white way for Main and Washington streets. ' 2 NEGROES HELD FOR BURGLARY Accused of Entering Home of E. L. Ward Friday Night John Alonzo Hussell and brother, William Hassell, colored, were held by the .Recorder's court today on u charge of burglary, Judge Bailey re lusing to accept bond for their ap pearance at the next term of Martin superior court. The two negroes are charged with attempting to enter the W. G. Lamb home on Smithwick street last Fri day night shortly after nine o'clock. They first went to the back porch of that home where they opened the screen door und found the other door locked. Deliberating there a few minutes, they became frightened and ran, Miss Annie Lamb calling to her sister, Miss Mayo, who was up stairs, about that time. About twenty min utes later ,an attempt was made to open the front door, lt»ut just as the j knob was being turned, Miss Lamb latched the door. The police were j called, but before they could arrive j the negroes made their escape. Miss Lamb stated she saw ona of the negroes, but could not'identify him. It was the opinion of officers that the men had given up the idea of mak ing other attempts, and they left the scene. About ten-thirty ,the home of Mrs. Kxum Ward was entered, supposedly by one of the two negroes who had attempted an entrance to the Lamb home not more than an hour before. No one was in the house with Mrs. Ward except two small children, and the first noise that attracted her at tention was made when a negro open ed the door to her room. The man de manded Mrs. Ward to hold up her hands, repeating the request several times. Mrs. Ward ordered the intrud er out, stating that she would shoot him if he did not leave. She rushed to an adjoining roomtfor a pistol and upon her return, the burglar had left the room. She followed him into the hall, and arrived there just in time to see the front door close. She fired two shots through the glass of the fftmt door, but neither shot found its mark. Several more shots were fired and the attention of neighbors wn* attracted. Police were called and a search was . started. At the window of the home, tracks were found. Following the trail the search led up Smithwick street then up Smmons avenue and on to the home of the Hassell brothers Just a short (Jistance from the end of that avenue. This was about 12 o'clock. 'Policeman Allsbrooks arrested John Alonzo, the older of the two negroes, aiid carried him to the home for Mrs. Ward to identify. Mrs. Ward stated that he was not the one who had entered her room. Bloodhounds were brought from Enfield, and sev eral hours later they were put on the Hrail. In starting, the hounds follow ed the trail to the corner of Sim mons avenue and Smithwick street. From there they were brought back to the Ward home, and they again followed the same course to the corner. They were then led to the I jamb home where they caught a trail back to the Ward home, about 50 yards away. The trail led from there to the Hassell home. When the residence was reached, the dogs were carried in each of the rooms, but they paid little or no attention to anything until they reached the room where John Alonzo and William were sleeping. A pair of shoes, fit ting the tracks at the Ward home, were found in the room. Four people were taken before Mrs. Ward for idenitfication and none were recognized until William Has sell was brought in, and although it is said he had a polka-dot handker chief tied across his mouth when he first entered and wore a rain coat, she at once recognized him. The two brothers were then placed in jail, ahd at the hearing this morning B. A. Critcher, attorney, waived examina tion for both defendants and they were ordered held in jail without bond until the June term of Superior court. , John Alonzo Hassell is about 80 years old and up until his capture, he operated a pressing club on Wash ington street. He was a soldier in in France. His brother, William, is hardly more than 16 years old and for some time, he had woiked with Mr. F. J. Margolin. Pitches No-Hit Game Against Robersonville Bunching its hits in the fifth inning, the Everett* baseball team defeated Robersonville 4 to 0, yesterday after noon in the first game of the season between the two teams. Arch Roe buck, holding the box position for fc.veretts, turned Robersonville down without a hit. Moore, for Everetts, performed well behind the bat. James, pitching for Robersonville, was master of his opponents until the fifth, when Everetts bunched its hits and registered its four runs. Roger* received behind the bat for Roberson ville. RESULTS FIRST GROUP - CENTER COMMENCEMENT i Robersonville School First in Group A Schools | With 19 Points EVERETTS IS SECOND - Bear Grass People Prove Themselves j Excellent Hosts; Second Group At Everetts This Week The first County Group Center j commencement for the 1927-'2B term was held last Friday at Bear Grass where representatives of the twelve schools in Group 1 .wore royally en tertained by the hospitable people of that town and community. Geographically and educationally spekaing, the western half of the ! county inaintanicd its splendid eleva ' tion at the meet Friday and the school spirit was excelent. "If true economy is the practice of increasing { returns for constant expenditures in | school matters, it was there for the j taxpayer and even the most cynical could take pride in it," Superinten den f R. A. Pope stated yesterday. The ghosts of the politicians of the old days who once said the schools were unpopular must have been stir red from their grave on last Friday when a crowd mounting' toward a thousand boasted their pride, the schools. In a splendid bit of impromptu specialty the hosts and teachers of Bear Grass school brought irony to bear. On a stage which the parent teacher association had very hand somely and Adequately furnished and in a building, the pride of any com munity in North Carolina, the usual grouch pictured as his past in a one act play the bankruptcy of the State on account of school expenditures which the short-sighted can always predict, but the grouch was hustled from the stage by the far-sighted optimists who represent the spirit of the day. Then the young people act ing the part of mothers and fathers in a parent-teacher association pie dieted a time when Bear Grass chil dren will enjoy an eight months' school. Who can tell ? They may. i There was no "boast of heraldry j nor pomp of power" nor ev_en the j , tinsel of a tinfoil purade in the com ing of the splendid little story tell ers. There may have been some pardonable desire to earn a little bit of honor for one's tiny self when "Little Red ltidinghood" was portray ed or "Mr. Coon ate so muny frogs that there was not a wrinkle in his stomach." But by far the gieater was the evidence that each little one had effaced himself or herself in trying to win for the home school team. It could not be what individual won but how he won and what renown was earned for his or her school. iSchools were once for an aris tocracy of the Belect few. Now they are for the welfare of the muss. Any way parents that rank all along the social scale and up and down the gamut of financial success—were there anil glud of it. And best of all they were there active for the wel fare of all. There Was the law-maker who, though a post graduate in the school of life, came back to do honor to little children and felicitate them for their school achievements. Moth ers with words of encouragement offered their tribute and praise and took stock in the corporation activi ties, hoping for great dividends from their children and the people's children, In their memories they were school girls of a few decades past, spellnig with the spellers of to day, all the while lending a good au dience support and sympathizing with those who misspelled and took their seats; welling over at last into applause of love for the winner. Each year the seventh grade spellers are a little smaller of stature. Perhaps this is what draws one toward the spelling matches. Whatever it is or was, the crowd | hanged on closely till dinner was an nounced by that master of entertain ers, Nathan Rogers. Quantity in abundance and quality unsurpassed and a people whose hunger was satis fied, —this describes meagerly a won derful repast. The honors went more specifically as follows: In points, Robersonville led the list with nineteen, Everetts was second with sixteen and Oak City was third with thirteen points in the Group A schools. In the B Group, Gold Point was first with twenty-one points, Parmele second with eighteen points and Hassells third with nine points, in Class C, Smith's was first with thirteen points and Keel was second with ten points. The winners in the contests of story telling, spelling, arithmetic, and geography will compete here April 18 with the winners of similar con tests to be held at Everetts next Friday. Mr. S. O. Perkins left this after noon for Gatesville whre he will complete a soil survey of Gates. Washington Street Ordered Widened I ■ * RIVER MOUTH TO BE DREDGED —— j U. S. Engineer Recommends Channel 10 Feet Deep, ! 150 Feet Wide According to a recent announce- j ment, a channel 10 feet deep and | 150 feet wide between the mouth of ; Roanoke river and Albemarle Sound,; has beei> recommended by the Chief t of Engineers of the Army, who.*e re-1 port of a preliminary survey on the conditions at the mouth of the river has been' submitted to Congress. The estimated cost of the improve ment is placed at $46,500, and an an nual maintenance of SI,OOO was con sidered advisable by the engineer in his report. For some time now, there have been very few boats that were able to enter the river's mouth without encountering trouble caused by sand bars. Many complaints have been filed and shippers are eagerly await ing action on the part of Congress. 21 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED Smallest Number Issued In Several Months; Below March, 1927 Register of Deeds J. Sam Cetsin ger issued twenty-one marriage li censes during the past month, the smallest number in several months. A sharp decrease in February was recorded when 26 permits were is sued as compared with 50 in January. The number for March, this year, was one under the number issued in March of last year. The licenses follow: White Noah Daniel Griffin, 21-Roxie j Jones, 20; Parker iloggard, 24- | Lyndal White, 19; David S. Caskins, i 29-Mary Clyde 1/eggett,. 25; W. H. Rogerson, 20-Myrtle Biggs, 22; Geo. Wilbur Uarrett, 27-Margaret Hines, I 19; Archie W. Tetterton, 28-Irma ! Allen, 28; John Gay, 21-I.ona Man-1 riing, 28; Stancill Perry, 2'l-Della Leggett, 22. Colored 3ohn Chatmon, 27-Ixittie Williams, 80; James Kullin, 21-Katy Itoburson, '2O; John Battle, 29-Maigaret Dug gan, 28; 'Joseph Williams, 21-Chrig,- tian Spruill, 18; Claud Wiggins, 21- Dessie May Fleetwood, 19; I.attie Jones, 28-Cora Williams, 20; Sam Lilley, 24-Lena Dempsey, 18; H. G. Moore,-42-Anna M. Bryant, 18; Silas Saunders, 61-Mariah Brown, 39; Her bert Williams, 20-Lillie May Hives, 20; Kichurd Burnett, 20-Ina Knight, 19; Mack Perkins, 29-Mary Vines, 29; Wright J. Smith, 22-Addie Dol feorry, 1it...... .. . . ■ '" "' ——» COMMENCEMENT j AT FARM LIFE |. " Exercises Will Conclude With Commencement Address Friday The first of the Farm Life com mencement programs was held last Sunday when Rev. C. H. Dick ey, of the\ local Baptist church, preached the annual sermon there. ( ' Character Building" was the subject of Mr. Dickey's sermon which was wr! received by a large number The music students will have chui ye of program tonight, and they will appear in piano recitals and choruses. Tomorrow's program will I bo. featured by an operetta, "Mid- 1 Summer Eve", the primary grades appearing in the exercises. "Indian Days" a musical comedy; A pageant, "The Red, White and Blue" and Negro minstrel plays and songs constitute the program for Thursday night. Friday, the final exercises will in clude the commencement address by Rev. R. G. L. Edwards and reading and declamation contests. Christian Church Services This Week * The first of the Passfbn Week serv ices at the Christian Church were well attended, and a satisfactory attendance U expected throughout the remainder of the week Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 Mrs. J. O. Manning will lead in a prayer service. At 7:30 that even ing, 'Example of Wort-hip Set by Peter." Thursday, 7M p m.—Communion and the Passion Week incidents. Friday, 3:30 p m.—Prayer service led by Mrs. J. H. Hale. Friday, 7:30 p. m.—Passion Week incidents. Good Friday service. Advertisers Wtu Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to Over lftOO ! Homes of Martin County v - —_ ■» ESTABLISHED 1898 "CONTRACT LET LAST NIGHT Hugh Wyatt Contracts To Widen Street 7 Feet ■ For S7OO BEGINS IMMEDIATELY Take No Action On Opening Up New Streets Beyond Ordering Property Appraised I f .Problems concerning streets and proposed streets reached a complicated climax at the regular meeting of the town commissioners held here last iiight. lor two hours the commission- I er *' discussed- the issue. Sam Faulk j was the first up, and his request was met when the commissioners ordered | that the street running from Wash ington Stryet to Warren be worked. I lie widening of Washington Street was then discussed and by a unani mous vote a cotract was awarded for the widening of_ Jhat thoroughfare. Ihe contract, calling for an addition of 7 feet to the street, was given to Hugh Wyatt, contractor, at S7OO. According to the agreement entered in'o last night. Mr. Wyatt is to do the grading, move the curb from Main Street to the railroad back 7 feet and. pour\hc concrete. - The town will move one tire hydrant and three light poles. The property owners.on the west side •>f the street are expected to cooperate with the town by connecting the side walks where it is necessary to keep the dirt from washing into the street Work on the project will be started within the next two weeks, it was sta'ted by the contractor, * Ihe discussion dealing with the two streets proposed to he opened, one from Main to Warren and another from Main to Church, was rather long (irawrf out, resulting finally in an order tn.it will li'.iil to the appraisal of the property involved. Immediately after the property is appraised by three men, a call meeting of the commissioner* will be held when, it is expected, a definite ..decision will be made in the matter. This meeting will be held within the next few days, it wa s s stated. Clyde Everett was given permission to hold a dance here some tune around the tenth of June. William Cook wa> .also granted permission to give a dance some time during the month of August. In a general discussion, the board in directly mentioned the paving of side walks, hut nothing definite was done toward that end. 11 ■ Was intimated, however, that the improvement ofr side walks would be considered at a future meeting. Tax-relief orders were issued in one or two cases where property was improperly listed, and a tfcw other minor details were attended to during the meeting. SCHOOL DEBATE FRIDAY NIGHT Local Negatives Go To Pan tego; Affirmatives Here With Belhaven Among the joo high schools in North Carolina that are debating in the an nual triangle contest, Williamston will be found. The time of this con test 'is April (i, when 800 high-school students will represent the 200 high schools. Schools will debate in tri angles, and winner of both sides w ill contest at Chapel Hill for the Ay-, cock Memorial Loving Cup. The date 'of these finals is April 19. William ston speakers are working hard for the preliminaries with Pantdgo and Bel haven next Friday night. The question to be discussed is whether the McNary-Haugen farm re lief bill should be passed in the same i form that received the president's veto. Each school has two teams, one de fending and the other opposing the bill. Miss Marjorje Taylor and Clyde Griffin will defend the bill here against ticlhaveu's negative team Friday night at 8:00 o'clock. Misses OUie Marie Koberson and Josephine Harrison will oppose the passage of this bill against P.'intego's affirmative speakers in Pan ti go at the same time. Should the de cision he won at both places by the local school, iu will send its speakers t.i Chapel Hill on April 19. Everetts Faculty To Present Play Tonight "Nora, Wake Up", a oomedy drama in three acts, will be present ed by the Everetts school faculty at Everetta tonight at 8:00 o'clock. The play, typical Irish one, is crowded with wit and humor, and will be well received by a large audience tonight. The teachers of the school there who make up the cast of characters, have been busily engage# fti the play's preparation daring the past few weeks, and advance reports hold that they will make a hit in their respective parts.
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