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Watch the Label on Tour Paper Aa It Carries tha Data Whaa Yoor Subscription Expire* VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 38 TOWN TAX RATE TO BE REDUCED ABOUT 15 CENTS Rate Will Probably Be $2.10 This Year; No Official Action As Yet NO PAVING PROGRAM Cnmnilaain—aa Unable To Oat To gathar Beat Method of Financing Paving Program While the matter haa not been passed upon officially, it ia understood that the town's operating budget for the year will not permit a 25-cent cut in the tax rate for the current year. Unless the budget is altered, the rate will, in all probability, be $2.10, a de crease of IS cents on the SIOO valua tion, as compared with the rate last year. The budget, conservative in the main, allows for certain improvements, but new sidewalks are not included in the list. Judging from the face of the operating medium, the town's af- Mirs during the period affected will b* patterned, to a great extent, after those of the past year or two. The paving of the town'* sidewalks continue* as a topic of discussion at tJie meetings of the town commission er*, but there i* some dftubt as to the best method of financing the work. Several of the commissioners would have the needed amount taken from the cash sum paid the town by the Virginia Electric tc Power Company. The treasurer expressed his doubt as tr» the legality of the procedure, and stated that the sidewalk improvement could be made by borrowing money on short-term notes. He explained that Ibis could be done without cost to the town, considering the amount (pent for patching old sidewalks yeat in and year out. It was pointed out that the lown spends annually something over SXOOO for streets, approximately half that amount being spent for patching sidewalks. With the property owners sharing in the expense, the sidewalks cuuld be paved, the coet of which would lie offset in a reasonsbly short time. LEONS WILL BE FAIR FEATURE Is One of Seven Pree Acts To Be Staged at Pair This Year The Leon*, aepalilt* of wide repute, will feature the free attraction* at the Koanolce Fair here the coming fall, Manager John L. Rodgerson haa an nounced. The act, Mr. Rodgerson pointed out, make complete a well-bal anced free act program for the fair this year, there being six other acts of various caste. The L«ons are known as the su preme aerialists of their own particu lar line. With their apparatus 35 feet in the air and a balancing pole on top of that, they afford one df the most hazardous thrillers of all times, a press report ttates in its description of th« Lcons and their acts. Plana for the fair are almost com plete, Manager Rodgerson stated yes terday, and everything points to one of the beat fairs yet held here. Pig With Two Mouths la Born Near Oak City Mr. J. W. Hinea, of Oak City, re port* a pig born on hia farm June 88 with two mouth a. The pig appear at? normal in all other reapecta. Juat below the eyea, a noae and mouth waa turned one to the right and another to the left each with two » aoetrila and two tonguea. ' The pig lived two daya and daring thai time milk waa given it with a medicine dropper. Mr. Hlne* haa preserved the pig in an alcohol and formaldehyde aotu tion. STRANH THEATRE I J WEDNESDAY RANGER in RANGER OF THE^NORTH Alee 2 . REEL COMEDY AND SERIAL FREE TICKET -FOR EHOW FRIDAY THE ENTERPRISE THE LEONS— BE AT FAIR ' * 9 • t The Leons, booked as one of the free attractions at the Roanoke Fair here this year, are noted aerialists. They will appear in two distinct acts twice daily during the fair, September 25, 26, 27, and 28, 1928, VALUATION IN COUNTY HIGHER Total Valuation Almost 13 Millions; $118,150 Above Last Year A valuation of thirteen million dol lars was placed on all real and personal property in this county by the tax list-takers, reporting to the commissioners here yesterday. The amount does not include the proper ty handled by the State Tax Com mission such as thst of railroads and other companies. The exact amount reported by the list-takers is (12,989,691 and is $118,160 above the amount lißted last year. There was a decrease of $84,- 226 reported, $48,077 of that amount keing in Robersonville township and the remaining $41,149 is in Goose Nest township. Offsetting this de crease there were increases reported in eight of the townships totalling $202,876, making a total increase to the valuation Rafter subtracting the two losses of 1118,160 as compared with the listings last year. Other properties not included in the listings received by the list-tak ers will carry the grand valuation in the neighborhood of sixteen millions of dollars, it is thought. The listings by townships follow: Jamesville $ 1,239,121 Williams 485,996 Griffins 817,896 Bear Grass 844,143 WilUamston 2,870,712 Cross Roads 839,864 Robersonville 2,864,014 Poplar Point 446,726 Hamilton 1,366,H86 Goose Nest £, 1,726,844 Total $12,989,691 Former Martin Man Files in Bankruptcy Richmond, July 9.— Through Atty. Luke Lamb, of Wilson, James L. Wynne, of Henrico County, Va., formerly of Williamston, N. C., took advagrtage of the bankruptcy act here today in Federal Court, listing lia bility* of $96,661, with SIOO of as sets. Among the judgment creditors were: County of Martin, $40,696, transferred to J. T. Bamhill, Ever etts, trustee to Fannie Staton; Farmers and Merchants Bank, of Williamston, $8,480; J. D. Biggs and H. H. Cow en, executors of Jos. W. Whittaker, Williamston, 93,188. Included in the liat of unsecured c .-editors are: C. D. Carstarphen, William aton, 9800; A. R. Dunning, WiUiamaton, 9600; Clayton Moore, WiUiamaton, 9700; Dm. Boice and Willia, Parkview Hoepital, Rocky Mount, 9100. Employment Certificates Issued in New York Nearly 54,000 boyi aqd girls under 16 years of were released from full-time ichool attendance in New York State and were granted employ ment certificates during the year end ing August, 1926, according to figures recently compiled by the New York child-labor committee in cooperation with the State education department. About 90 per cent of the total number were from city achools. Nearly four fifths of the 53,644 children, 42,530 remained in jchool until their fifteenth birthday, and three-fifths of the pu-1 pils who left school to enter induatry had completed at least the eighth grade. Under the law no child under 15 may receive an employment cer tificate unless he has graduated from an ekmntary school. Only 9M per cent of those applying were refuaed permits, due in most caaea to lack of physical fitness. —School Life. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 10,1928 UNION PICNIC IS CHURCHES' PLAN To Be Held At Coleraine Week From Tomorrow, July 18th At a meeting of representatives of the various churches of the town held recently, a joint picnic for all the Sun day schools was arranged. While all the details for the picnic have not been arranged, the Sunday school members will go to Coleraine Wednes day, July 18th, for the regular an nual event. Although definite arrangements have not been made, it is expected that each of the Sunday schools here will be well represented at the beach that day. Announcements will be made later re lating to the means of transportation and time for departure. 300 LOST WHEN STEAMER SINKS Only Four Survivors Found; Captain Commits Suicide * Santiago, Chile, July B.—Upwards of 300 lives were lost when the army transport Angamos crashed on the rocks at Punta Chimpel, near the south Chilean coast town of Lebu„ Friday night. The exact number may never be known, as the vessel had made sev eral stops en route, and fts passenger list had been changed. Only four survivors have been found end they tell a terrible tale of a three hour strugggle for life preservers, places in the boats or even hand-holds on bits of floating wreckage which fol lowed the crash. The ship lost her rudder in a storm, and when the commander, 'lsmael Suarex, found himself unable to pre vent the catastrophe, lie committed suicide on the bridge,"*-'* Chilean naval vessel* and tugs, sum moned by wireless, rushed to the scene, but by the time they arrived there was nothing for them to uve. F.ight bodies were found oh tKe Beach near Cofonel. Miss Hazel Bethea Is Seriously Injured Miss Hazel Bethea, daughter of Rev. and Mr*. Morriaon Bethea, of 527 West Jones Street, Ralegih, was seri ously injured in s»n automobile acci dent in Fairmont last night. Miss Be thea wa* itill unconscious at 11 o'clock latt night, and the extent of her iu jurie* had not been determined. According to reports to the police, Mi** Bethea was riding with R. L. Gray, jr., when the car was struck by an automobile operated by James Nage, negro. Mr. Gray wa* consid erably thaken up, but wa* not serious ly injured. Mis* Bethea- is a former resident of Williamston, her father, Rev. Morri son Bethea, having been rector of the Episcopal Church here for a number ot years. J Arkansans Spending Honeymoon Here Married in June, Mr. and Mrs. William Thomaa Person, of Lake View, Arkansas, are a pending their honeymoon hare with Mr*. Person's aister, Mrs. Jeaae Whitley and Mr. Whitley. Mrs. Person ia pleasantly remembered here aa Miaa Gladys Benjamin, uhe baring taught in the local school in 1924. The party arrived by motor and will apend .aeveml weeks before re turning to Arkanaaa. , ' COUNTY BOARD MEETS TO HEAR TAX PROTESTS Forty-Four Citizens Present To Protest Against Valuation FEW ARE LOWERED Only 19 Adjustments Completed Yes terday; Meet Today To Settle Remaining 25 Forty-four tax complaints made to Martin County's Board of Commis sioners here yesterday carried the work of the body into an extra session and today the members of the board busied themselves with the matters set forth in the complaints. Of the forty-four complaints heard yesterday a reduc tion of $7,120 was made; yet on the other side of the ledger, an increase of $8,980 was recorded. Only 19 of the 44 adjustments were made in the meeting yesterday, and 7 of that num ber resulted in increased valuations. Final action was withheld in the case of the other 25 complaints and today, with additional data at hand, the board is threshing them out. Yesterday's session went by very quietly with the exception of one or two happenings where tfiose demand ing relief were given no satisfactory answer. Under storm, the officials held their ground, refusing relief in certain cases and causing an increase in certain listings. According to un official reports, a new method is being followed by the commissioners in handling the complaints. When a complaint is made, the valuation on the property in question is examined. The findings there are then compared with thole connected with adjoining property. If there is a discrepancy, the adjoining property is in danger of having cast on it a higher valuation. It is understood that several increased valuations were effected this morning, but they had not been officially re corded at noon today; The high spot of the meeting yes terday came when it was stated by a private attorney that the list takers' had no right to increase property valu ations over and above the amount stipulated by the owner listing the pioperty. 'The most direct law in the matter held in part that the list taker did not have to put down the valua tion offered by the property owner. The question arose when certain pioperty was listed at $4,200 by the owner and when the list taker increased it to s6*ooo. The matter had not been definitely settled in time for publica tion today, but it was the prevailing opinion that the list taker was right in his action. CALENDAR OF 13 MONTHS URGED New Plan Would Make Months Uniform With 28 Days Each A movement is now being organized to change our present calendar and have 13 months of 28 days each. It is thought that months of even length will make everything work much eas ier in business. Then each ttfeek day would be on the same day of every month. Juliu* Caesar worked out a calendar before Christ was born which, with slight changes, served the world un til 1582, when Pope Gregory atruck 10 days from the calendar and changed the method of counting leap years. For many years afterwards time was counted both in the old style and in the new style. Thus George Wash ington was born February 11 by the old calendar and February 22 by the new. Many leading busines* men, teach er*, and professional men are urging the change to a 13-inonth year. The League of Nations recommends it; the State Department at Washington has a committee now working on plans for the change. This committee has suggested 1933 as the' year for changing from the present 12-month calendar to the 13-month calendar. Mission Sohool To Close Tomorrow The mission school of the Methodist Church here will come to a close to morrow evening when the 27 pupils appear in a pageant, 'The. Jubilee Party.' liter* will be no charge, and the public is invited to witness the program. , _ Directed by Mrs. John F. Thigpen, superintendent of the Junior Epworth League, the daily vacation mission school has had a successful run of three weeks. The daily programs have been divided into three periods, devo tional, handiwork, and recreation.- The pupils have been instructed by Mrs. W. C. Manonig, jr., Mrs. J. D. Bkrnhill, Mrs. O. P. FitzGerald, and Miss Minnie Robertson. The exercises tomorrow evening will be held at 8 o'clock in the church. County Rate Expected To Be Increased at Least Six Cents Increase in Budget Estimate for Interest and Sinking Fund Account Will Bring About Higher Rate; , School Budget Not Yet Completed A 6-cent increase in the coun- ♦ La it jrtai- where there was a 28- ty's tax rate ii practically inevi- cent levy to care for the interest table, according to the budget ot an ' , * n ' t ' n 8! fund, there will be a the county auditor, j. Sam Get- 34-cent levy thia year. Last year ••nger. The Increase ia separate ~ tood " * L33 and distinct from school opera- valuit,on - Accord.n, to tion. and while no official unction ■' ** bU *f "• " " n ° w » tand »- the could be had a. to a prospective in- I"® Wl " * 9l i 9 ,hl ' year Tlie crease in the school rate, it is like- ' % h " te d ° M not Uken lnto con ly that one will result there also. «P«cted increase in the school rate. The county general fund re- The budgetary work wiU be main* unchanged; that is, the rate completed, it is understood, within IS cents will apply this year as the next few days when it will be it did llit. The bridge fund, call- possible to get more accurate fig ing for a 5-cent levy on the 9100 ures as to the tax rate for the valuation remains unchanged. county for the year. CLUB GIRLS GO TO CAMP TODAY Thirty-Three Girls Under Leadership of Miss Lora Sleeper Leave Thirty-three club girls from all over the county with their leader, Miss Lora E. Sleeper, left today for a 10- day stay at Camp Leach, near Bath Packed in school trucks, the young girls are off for a week's outing at the beach, where they will receive instruc tion in the various phases of home eco nomics. While several of the girls go to the camp for their second time in as many summers, the majority of them are making their first trip as a result of Miss Sleeper's successful work with their clubs the latter part of the 1927-28 school term. During the stay at camp, regular classes will be held for the girls, and certain periods of the day will be given over to recreation. Next Sunday is visitors' day, and a cordial invitation is extended by the campers to all their friends to visit tliem that day. M'LEAN URGES LOWER TAXES Declares Lower Rates Are Essential to Industrial Development Declaring that local taxes can and should be reduced m North Carolina, Governor McLean yesterday I&sueu a statement appealing for lower rates and rigid economy in the operation of local governmental units. The Gover nor declared that it was 'essential to industrial development the tax rate he kept down. 'One of the most important consid erations cmitlng before the officials in the counties, .cities, and towns of North Carolina at the present time is that of holding the local tax rate down and ptacticing rigid economy in the oper ation of these local units,' the Gover ■toi stated. Kemedy for the situation is to be foijjid largely ill the series of county government acts passed by the last legislature, the Governor stated, add ing that he liad received most encour aging reports as to their operations. Since the beginning of his stration, the Governor has laid em phasis on better local government ntructure, and upon his recommenda tion the State Tax Commission was created. This body is now engaged in surveying the tax situation in the State. Tobacco Crop Has Had Surprising Improvement After reviewing the tobacco crop in this section the latter part of last week, Mr. W. T. Meadows states there has been a remarkable im provement during the past two weeks in the crop. Yet, he is of the opinion that even if there is a large acreage this year than there was last, the poundage will not be as great as it was in 1927. "Well, they might be higher or they might be lower," Mr. Meadows stated when asked about the prices expected this fall. "It is the general belief that the prices of 1928 crop will compare favorably with those of the past season," he stated. Practically half the farmers in this c unty,, have housed the first of the crop, and by the middle of next week all of them will have their prim ings in the curing barns or in the packhouses. C~ First Sweet Potatoes Grown By Mrs. Staton Mrs. J. G. Staton is the Arst farm er (garden farmer) to bring sweet potatoes raised this year to this of fice. The potatoes were dug last week and are unusually early for this section. Stores To Be Closed Tomorrow Afternoon Tomorrow afternoon will be dullness itself when all, or prac tically all, the merchants close their stores at 1 o'clock for the remainder of the day. The cus tom to close for a half day, es tablished here this year for the first time, will hold throughout this month and the greater part of next, it was stated in the pe tition signed by 21 merchants of the town. Besides the mer chants, the local bank will ob serve the afternoon as a holi day. GAME KILLED IN STATE LAST YEAR Total of 4,529,590 Pieces of Game Fall Before - Sportsmen According to preliminary estimates furnished by Wade H. Phillips, di rector of Department of Conserva tion and Development, then; were 4,529,590 pieces of game killed in the State during the first season the new State-wide game laws were in effect. The estimates are based on re ports from 40 per cent of the hunt ers in the State, reply cards having been mailed to all those purchasing hunting licenses during the first sea son. The report states, Leading the field in popularity with the hunters is the lowly rubbit, the most übiquitous of all the game birds and aniitmls, being found in every sectioin. A total of 1,555,270 cottontails went down before the hunters, or slightly more than one third of the combined bag of the nimrods. -• 1 Ne*t in order in volume of bag was the squirrel, 1,263,860 of whicli were taken during the seasons, showing almost as wide range of distribution as the rabbit. Among the game birds, the quail was by far the most prevalent ' and popular with the hunters, who are estimated to have killed close to one million in the entire State, or in more definite figures, 982,980. Its distribution covers the greater part of the State with the exception of part of the high altitudes in the west. Of the larger game animals, the deer was the moat important, th» number killed amounting to 4,510. Eastern counties furnished the larg est number of these animals with western counties situated around State and Federal game refuger. pro viding most of the rest. Following are the preliminary esti mates of the game killed during the hunting year: 1,555,270 rabbits; !,- 263,360 squirrels; 4,510 deer; 28,620 coons; 824,210 opposums; 16,810 mink* and skunks; 720 wildcats; 84,- 140 muskrats; 981,980 quail; 6,110 turkeys; 500 grouse; 2,820 pheasants 17,640 snipe; 1,220 rails and coots; 12,740 woodcoqks; 170,070 doves; 5,- 280 geese; and 108,690 ducjcs. .These figures are not final, and are subject to aome revision when final tabula tions are completed. Commenting on these estimates, Director Phillips said, "While these figures are only approximate, they are sufficiently accurate to show that it is not too late to make North Car olina the first game State in the Union." Accordinig to the census figures, more game was taken per hunter by those having State licenses than by either of the other classes of licenses which is believed to be partly ex plained by the fact that those who buy State licenses, hunt in many parts of the State and probably more often than the others average. Mr. J. Y. Stokes, pf Reidsville, was here on business today. Advertiser* Will Find Our Col. imiiM a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 PROPERTY HERE SHOWS INCREASE 1928 VALUATION Williamston Township Val uation Now Nearly INCREASE OF $80,000.00 Larger Increase Expected Next Year On Account of Large Building Program At Present Property valuation ill Williamston t wnship practically reached the two ami one-halt million mark this past May, acvording to the returns of the list taker made public here yesterday. Ait increase of approximately $80.00*) was shown in the listing this year as compared with the totals on the scroll f r the year I''27. The increase, one i i the largest reported in the county for l'>2B listings, was derived front numerous si urces, only one or two several thousand dollar sums lieing added. While there was a substantial in let ease in the listings for the town ship this year, prospects Jor an even latger increase in tax valuations are good for the year I ( J2 ( ). New build ings now under construction here and representing around a $200,000 invest ment. are not included, in the listings tli.s year, and theretore played no part i'l the SBO,OOO increase recorded by the list taker. l'hc new buildings will be valued as of "May" I. I"^'. STATE THIRD IN TAX-PAYMENTS Now Headed Only by New York and Pennsylvania In Internal Revenue Washington, July B.—-North Caro lina has nosed out another State and moves up -tiv-th+fd -posit iim- ■ m—thr~T — mount oT mtetuitl revenue collections for tlie fiscal year 1928, according to a statement made public today by the Treasury Department. I «r the fiscal year ending June 30th, North Carolina taxpayers paid into the Federal treasury the sum of $204,- y(i.>,857 in miscellaneous taxes and $20,- ,152,303 in income taxes. This was an increase of $1,147,546 over 1927 in in come taxes, North Carolina being one of only seven States showing atf crease in Federal income payments, which indicated .the steady progress bung made by the various industries of the State. North Carolina anil Itxas were the only Southern States reporting an increase in Collection of income taxes. New York and Pennsylvania were the mil) States leading North Caro lina in the total amount of Federal taxes .tor the fiscal year IV2B, the State reporting a total collection of $225,.M0.101, taking third position from Illinois, the latter State reporting to tal collections of $222,029,673. Regular Meeting oi Masons Tonight There will be a regular communi cation of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90 A K. and A. M., tonight at 8:00 o'- clock. This is the first regular meet ing since the new officers were in stalled and N. C. Green, the new. Master, urges a full at tendance of the members. Visiting Masons are cordially invited. Cars Collide On Eden House Hgad Sunday The running hoards of cars belong ing to Mr. J . A. Manning, oi this place, and an Edenton citizen were torn off last Sunday night when the two hit on the Eden House road in licrtie County. Other damage result ing from the collision made it neces sary for Mr. Manning and hU fam ily and Mr. and Mrs; O. Anderson and children to travel home in an other car. No one was hurt. Lindsay Warren To Speak To Kiwanians Congressman Lindsay C. Warren, of Washington, will address the Ki wanis club here tomorrow at its regular luncheon', it was announced this morning by Mr. B. S. Courtney, who has the tomorrow's ~meet in charge. The topic of Mr. Warren's dis course has not been given. Aurora Borealis Display Alarms Many People The Aurora Borealis which pre sented a beautiful scene Saturday night, alarmed many people nursing superationn. The display was one of the most beautiful seen in years and affected wire circuits and put many of them out of order temporarily. While some people in this country aeem to fear the great phenomnon the Greenlanders are greatly chaer- i ed by it* light and beauty during their long six months' nights.
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