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WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA
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Tuesday, June 5, 1928
An Anti-Harmony Year
The tost of carelessness is too km at. Saturday j
morning a young woman, only 1.7, poured kerosene j
from a can into a cook stove; the tan bursted, the
house was burned; and the woman burned so badly J
that she can not recover.
On Monday another young woman pourned kero- |
sene in her cook stove; the can bursted, burned her j
beyond hope of recovery, burned her 5-months-old
baby badly, burned the house, and her 18-m(inths-old
baby was consumed in the (lames. All this happened
right fyfre in Martin County.
What tragedy. All because they were in a hurry
and did not take a moment to think.
One of the very first things to teach a child is to
guard against fire. Teachers should teach the hor
rible danger in fire in the schools.
But teaching the danger is not the im|>ortant thing.
After all. the real thing to do is to teach ourselves and
all others to observe the rules of caution, of which
there are many. Among them, three are outstand
ing: Never let children have matches; never pour
kerosene on a fire. it~Ws burned too nutny houses and
too many people already, don'l smoke around gaso
line.
Fire makes no return for its destruction. When
you burn a building, there is no value left. When
a person is burned to death,, there is nothing but sor
row in exchange for a life;
The Toll of Carelessness
Is the race of men moving backward? Many peo
ple seem to fear that it is. Vet we can hardly think
COUNTIES HAVE
MATERNITY AND
INFANCY WORK
- Nearly Half Countes in N.
C. Have Benefited Since
Passage of Act
Forty-six out of tfit 100 counties in
North Carolina have 1ia«l maternity
and infancy work fcince the State began
cooperation under the Federal mater
nity/and infancy act, according to a
statement to be issued by the children s
bureau of the United States Depart
ment of Labor iu its annual report on
the administration of the maternity
and infancy act.
The average infant death rate was
80.8 per 1000 live births during the
period of cooperation under the ma
ITo The Citizens of
I Martin County
I feel it is my duty, as well as a very pleasant privilege to
publicly express my thanks for the confidence imposed ifri me
by their expression through the silent—but sacred—voice of the
ballot at the primary election on Saturday, June 2nd.
I also feel that I am under obligation to the people of the
% " county to perform every duty in my power in their behalf as
their representative in the General Assembly of North Carolina
I if elected at the General Election in November.
J. Alphonso Everett
it is true, wifti one million young men and women in
America attending the 965 colleges and universities in
the United States. As long as this holds true, there is
very little danger of decadence. With one person out
of each 100 getting college training, the race is,cer
tainly going forward.
- No nation or people in any age of the world's his
tory has had so many people educated as we now
have. Education has heretofore been restricted to
the classes, and it has fallen to our lot to educate
the masses. •- - »
As long as we educate the masses sanely and sober
ly, we need not fear any grave danger of going down
hill.
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The Race Goes Forward
This is a hard year for politicians to get together.
In fact, it is about the hardest year we have had since
the war for real harmony and love. Vet it is not
hard to find the trouble if you will just watch the
politicians. They are all trying hard to stand at the
head of the class. They have actually stamped on
each others' feet and trampled each other underfoot
in trying to get in |>ositions of leadership.
A 1 Smith's |*>pularity and slick campaign methods
have called many immature politicians out on the fir
ing line. His campaign has also aroused lots of discord
| and they have stuck their necks in the yoke and are
pulling just like sound mules for Al.
It apparently looks like an opportunity to land a
pay-roll job somewhere, from the cabinet to a village
|)ost mastership. Taking the folks on an average, they
seem to look at political affairs as' mere bargains for
! official favors. *' . _
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The Farm Relief Ghost
Those farmers who are going to march on the Re
publicari convention next week with hope of any favors 1
from that body of gentlemen will be wiser afterwards
as to the meaning of the Scripture, which says they
asked bread and received a stone.
The |K>licy of that party in its dealing with the
farmer has always Ijeen to give him just enough to
keep him in good working order and to enable him
to pay taxes. They have also succeeded so far in
making him enough promises to keep him following
on, hoping some good fortune will open to him. «
The farmers who\are going to do the marching will -
not disturb, those old inusty politicians, because they
will ha ye plenty of pacifiers in their pockets to stick
in the mouths of every one of them. But the thing
that is troubling the bosses is who is going to handle
the farm relief thunder. Coolidge and Dawes have
been in the storm area for some time, each one seek
ing to make the other hurst the bubble. They batted
the ball back and forth several times, Coolidge trying
to make Dawes choke it to death in the Senate, but
Dawes shot it through the line and landed it straight
on ( oolidge's desk, forcing him to put his cold hand
to the bill and veto it. ■
Now, the old ghost threatens to rise up and scare
the convention.
ternitv and- infancy act. as compared j
with 85.5 for a corresponding period I
prior to cooperation (1917-1921), ex- i
elusive of (lie year 1918, when the rate I
may have been influenced by the in- ;
Hucna epidemic,
l-ower rates are also shown for both j
white and colored infants during the
period .of cooperation, the rate for
white-MtlaMts being 74.1 for the period
before cooperation and 90.4 during the
period of cooperation, and that for c6l
ored infants 111.7 and 105.9, respective
ly, fc>r the two periods. The decline
was greater in the urban than iu the
rural areas, the white rate being 12
per cent lower during the latter peribd
in urban areas and 6.3 per cent lower
in rural area*. The rate for colored
infants was V per cent lower in urban
; areas and 7.7 per cent lower in rural
| areas.
• j Maternity mortality rates show prac
tically the same differences in urban
l and rural areas. During the period of
| cooperation the average urban rate was
j 8.3 |*-r cent lower, the white rate lp
I per cent lower, and the colored rate
4.7 |>er cent lower than during the
| period prior to cooperation. In the
I rural areas the average rate was 8.4
per cent lower; the wh-te rate 10.4 per
1 cent lower, and the colored rate 6.4 per
j cent lower.
During the fiscal year 1927 North
Carolina's bureau of maternity and in
fancy reached more than 15,700 in
fant* under one year of age, nearly
3,000 prc-school children, and more
than 8,300 prospective mothers.
I
j Physicians conducted 386 combined
prenatal and child-health conferences
' and nurses made more than 32,000 vis
-1 its to homes to give instruction in ma
' tcrnal, infant, and child care.
One new permanent combined pre
■ natal and child-health center was es
i tablished as a result of the fraternity
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and infancy work, and ts supported by
State and County fundi.
"Five midwives' classes were or
ganized and more than T.JOO midwives
completed a six-lesson coarse. The
bureau reports that the number of mid
wives practicing has diminished about
one-fourth ajid that the type of mid
wife has improved.
North Carolina accepted the pro
visions of the Sheppard-Towner act,
through the governor's acceptance on
March 16, 1922, and through legisla
tive action on March 5, 1923.
The Federal act expires June 30,
1929.
New York City Schools
Bar Secret Societies
Ban on secret societies in high
schools of New York City will be
strictly enforced under the provisions
of by-laws adopted by the board of
education, which took effect February
1. These specify that high-school stu
dents who are members of secret so
cieties shall be debarred from partici
pation in school elections, from receiv
ing honors, ( and from representing
school groups in any capacity what
! ever. Diplomas will be withheld from
students who are proved to be mem
bers of secret societies after having
voted or accepted any popt closed tit
fraternity or sorority members. 1
School of Religion
At State University
A school of religion in tfie State Uni
versjty of lowa was inaugurated in
1927. It is a regular department in the
college of liberal arts. Control is vest
ed in a board of trustees on which
'( atholies, Jews. Protestants, and the
university are represented. Registra
tion in the new school was slightly
less than 100 students. Courses are
elective. Undergraduate studies in
clude the Old and the New Testament.
NOTICEI
{ I am deeply grateful to
the voters who supported me
in my campaign for the legis
lature.
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Julius S. Peel
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• ethics, and educational use of the
Bible. In the graduate field, causes
. are given in comparative religion and
i the history of religion.—School Life.
Only 225 Out of 2,000 Boys
Without Physical Defects
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In a recent health examination of
2,000 working boys 15 to 17 years of
' age, attending F.a*t Side Continuation
1 School, New York City, it was found
that only 225 boys were without seri
ous physical defects. About half were
' reported to have diseased tonsils or
decayed teeth, or both, and a fourth
had defective vision, in a few cases
corrected by glasses. Other defect*
were malnutrition, nasal troubles, and
heart defects, and 74 showed indica
tions of active or incipient tuberculosis
NOTICE
Having this day qualified aj execu
trix of the estate of W. M. Perry, de
ceased, late of Martin County, all per
sons holding claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present same to
me for payment on or before the 4th
day of April, 1929, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of th*ir recovery.
All persons indebted t* said estate will
please come forward and make immedi
ate payment of the same.
VIRGINIA PERRY,
Executrix of estate of W. M. Perry,
deceased. *27 6t
NOTICE
t North Carolina, Martin County.
In superior court.
Anthony Skiles, sr., -vs. Molly Skiles
i The defendant above named will
; take, notice that an actibn entitled as
above has been commenced in the su
perior court of Martin County, North
Carolina, to obtain an absolute divorce
on the grounds of separation, and the
defendant will further take notice that
she is required to appear ft the office
i of the superior court of Martin County
at Williainston, N. C., on the 14th day
of June, 1928, and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
' relief demanded in said action.
This 14th day of May, 1928.
K J. PEEL,
my 18 4tw Clerk Superior Court.
RESIGNATION
Williamston, N. C„ June 4, 1928.
To the honorable board of county
commissioners of lfartin County:
After serious thought and delibera
tion. and not until a candidate for. the
office of prosecuting attorney of the
recorder's court of Martin County had
sought • for and been nominated for
the office, thereby making sure that
the honorable board of county com
missioners would have uo' trouble or
delay in getting an attorney to fill the i
office of prosecuting attorney of the j
recorder's court, opon nly resignation. |
the office being an appointive and not
an elective office, anyway,. I hereby re
spectfully tender my resignation, to
take effect at oifcre, and immediately
upon being notified by you that the
resignation has been acted upon, 1
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An Appreciation
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I wish to express my earliest apprecia
tion for the generous support giveh me
in the primary Saturday. It is my sincere
wish to be deserving of the confidence
expressed, and I now renew and repeat
my pledge to serve the interests of the
county to the best of my ability.
Jos. W.Bailey
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Tuesday, June 5, 1928
desire to vacate the office and turn it
over to my successor, and I will assist
him in getting started and cooperate
with him if you desife me to do so.
I feel constrained to do this in view
of the demand of my private general
practice upon my tune, in juitice to
myself, and for no other purpose, as
my private practice is demanding all
the time that I can give it, and I feel
that I should pot my time to it, and
tender my resignation after serving
you, -for the past year and one-half as
best I could and after trying to give
j honest, upright, and conscientious
service only to devote ip> time to my
general practice.
The resignation is respectfully sub
mitted. this the 4th day of June, 192&.
HUGH G. HQRTON.
Prosecuting Attorney
Of Recorder's Court