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Wttch the Label on few Paper As It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expiree VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 88 FEWER LICENSES TO MARRY ISSUED DURING YEAR 1928 • 242 Issued Last Year, As j Against 256 During the Year Preceding COLORED FOLKS LEAD January and December Are Biggest ' Months for Cupid, While June And July Are Poorest "* Turning from business'' to the marriage register in J. Sam Get singer's office in the courthouse here, one finds that the year 1928 was not a very favorable year for Dan Cupid in this county, as compared to his work in 1927. In 1927 the register of deeds issued 256 marriage licenses, while the . number issued during the year just closed reached only to the 242 mark, a loss of 14. Of the 242 licenses issued during the year just past, 132 were issued to col ored couples, 22 more than were ap plied for by white parties. Only in two months were there more white couples married in this county than colored ones. In October the count stood 13 for the whites and 9 for the colored, while in September the whites led 12 to 4. Five licenses were is sued to couples of each race in July, the poorest month's business recorded iii the register. The season of the year had much to do with marriages among the colored people, for in January there were 26 ccuplcs married, while in June and July there were only 5 to take the solemn vows. The number issued to white applicants varied very little throughout the year, but last month's number, 17, ted the list during the period. While it could not be definitely learned, it is believed that the greater decrease in marriages is found among the whites; and that the percentage of colored parties marrying during the past year as compared with the per centage of white marrying in the same period is greater than any time-be fore. EXCHANGE HERE ADDS EQUIPMENT " ♦ Additional Unit Being In stalled for Long-Dis- . - tance Calls' Additional equipment is being add ed to the long-distance operating room of the Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. here this week. The new equip ment, when installed, will provide an extra unit to the long-distance phase oi the operating room, and, it is be lieved, will relieve a part of the con gestion now experienced in the switch ing of local calls. About three weeks will be required to put the new unit into operation, it was ifated yesterday by the local manager. When the present plans of the com pany are completed, four operators will be able to work in an effort to care for local and long distance service in the busy hours of the day, where on ly three are able to work at one time at the present. Episcopalians to Observe Epiphany Sunday, 6th Epiphany Sunday will be observed by local Episcopalians in their serv ices next Suiraay evening, it was an nounced by a member of the vestry here yesterday. The service will start at 7:30. Rev. A. H. Marshall, who has been vacationing with relatives in Ohio during the Christmas holidays, will be here for the service, it was stated. The church school will be held at the regular hour, and the pupils are urged to attend. The text for the evening discourse could not be learned today, but in his letter to a member of the vestry yes terday, Mr. Marshall stated that he would be here in time for the evening service. - STRANH THEATRE I J SATURDAY KEN MAYNARD in "THE GLORI -1 OUS TRAIL" 2 - RBEL COMEDY , NEW SERIAL JDONT MISS IT! THE ENTERPRISE RECORDER HAD FOURTEEN CASES • Judge Bailey and Solicitor Peel Start Year Off With . Session First Day » - Judge J. W. Bailey and Solicitor j Herbert Peel, of the county recorder's court, started their year's work off in hurry, starting the trial of cases com ing under their court's jurisdiction the very first day after the old year had expired. Fourteen cases were called, non of which attracted more Qian pass ing attention. The docket was mixed, all right, there being cases charging simple assault, violation of the liquor laws, assault with a deadly weapon, forcible trespass, operating car while intoxicated, drunk and disorderly, and so on. Some of them were continued, others were appealed, while the great er number was disposed of. The cases charging A. L. Carraway and C. A. Carraway with simple as asult were continued for one week. James Moore, pleading guilty to an assault with a deadly weapon charge, was fined SSO and taxed with the costs. A six-month road sentence was sus pended, and the defendant was allowed from Tuesday until April 1 in which to pay his fine. He was required to et.ter bond in the sum of SSO, and if he is sent to the road between now and that time, his bond automatically becomes null and void. Enoch Peel, violating the liquor law, plead guilty to the charge and was fined SSO and charged with the costs. The four months road sentence was suspended, and 30 days' time was al lowed in which the defendant might pay the cost. Bond was fixed at S2OO. Tom Bailey, violatirig the liquor law, bill his case continued one week. George Williams was found not guil ty in the case charging him with lar ceny and receiving. On a second count in which he was charged with forcible trespass, a pol pros resulted. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with driving an automobile while he was intoxicated, Roy Man ning was fined $75 and taxed with the costs. His license to drive an auto mobile was revoked fof a term of \2 months. Under a $l5O bond he was ailowed 30 days in which to pay fine and cost. Charged with being drunk and dis orderly, Timothy Keys was reversed by the court when he entered a plea of not guilty. Judgment was suspend ed upon Keys' paying the cost of the action. An appeal, was entered in the case of Johnson Corey, when he was sen ttneed to the roads for four months, the last. three and one-half of which were to have been suspended upon his good behavior. Appeal bond was fixed in the sum of S2OO. Eugenia Hughes, found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, was fined $75 and charged with the costs. A not pros resulted in the case of Burt Gorham, Rhoden Staton, Alonzo Biggs, Hattie Cooper, Ebb Clark, Ma rie Best, charged with fornication and adultery. ' t Is a case where the liquor laws were alleged violated, Woolard Richardson was found not guilty; James Clark was fined S2OO and charged with one-tfoird the costs and taxed with other require ments; Curry Jones was given a 12 months suspended road sentence upon his good behavior and upon his pay ing part of the costs. Clark plead guilty; Jones plead not guilty and was found guilty by the court; Richardson plead not guilty, and the evidence sub stantiated his plea. The case charging Jart Swinson and James Ridley with larceny and receiv ing was continued one week. Slade, Rhodes & Co. Begin Annual Sale Beginning tomorrow morning Slade, Rhodes & Co., leading merchants of Hamilton, wilf offer their entire stock of merchandise for sale at cost, accord ing to an advertisement issued by the company this The store is of fering extra specials in certain goods, and guarantees value and satisfaction in goods bought. Each year the firm clears its stocks, and begins the year with a fresh start. Of particular interest is their pre dition that while cotton goods are cheap now the price is going highw. The late Includes the entire stock of goods and will be handled on a cash basis, it was stated. Basketball Season Opens With 2 Games Tonight The Williamston High School Bas ketball teams will open their 1929 season hare tonight in a double-head er with Belhnven's boys and girls, it was stated yesterday. During the past few weeks Coach Hood has been holding regular prac tice schedules for the two teams, and while the pnlyers have not been In actual play this year, a good stowing is expected to be mad by both teams tonight A game with Windsor next Tues day night is pending at the present time, and wiH be announced later should definite arrangements be Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 4,1929 LOCAL GUANO ! PLANT EXPECTS BANNER YEAR • ' Factory Is Equipped Now To Handle 35,000 Tons Of Materials ! SIX BARGES IN RIVER ♦ , Many Orders Already Received; Plan I To Begin Carload Shipments Early Neat Week Preparations for handling winter and > spring shipments of fertilizer are prac [ ticallv complete at this time, and it is the aim of the Standard Fertilizer Co. > here to start carloads of the material : rolling tomorrow or the early part of ' next week from its plant on the Ro • anoke River here. "With the remodel ing of our plant about completed and with the new one in operation at this time, we are just about ready to start ' filling the orders that have been pour ing into our office during the past few 1 weeks," Mr. C. G. Crockett, general ' manager, stated yesterday. The company is expecting a good year ijn the business here, and in pre ' paring to serve its customers 35,000 1 tons of fertilizer material have been ' unloaded or will have been unloaded ' at the plant on Roanoke River before ' the season is well under way. Yes ' tcrday six barges -lay anchored at and near the wharf of the company, and 1 unloading o|>erations have been car -1 ried on rapidly for some time with the ' company's new unloading apparatus. 1 More barges are on their way here ' laden with fertilizer ingredients that ' will be made up for farmers all over f ■ this State and bordering counties in • other States. * ' A gr>.at increase in business will be ' experienced by the company this year, J " judging from the number of orders al- j ' ready received. To .handle the de- 1 ' niand, night operations will be carried , on, beginning next week, it was stated . " by Plant Manager Rush Bondurant ' yesterday afternoon. Night operations ; carried on now will enable the plant j to handle orders promptly later on in the seasfln, it was pointed out. In planning for an increase in busi ness, the managers have not forgotten the service due their customers. They aic also, above everything else, pay in# attict attention to the. manufacture oi their goods, the quality of which i* alone bringing in thousands of addi tional orders already for delivery later on in the year. Material for''tobacco plant beds and truck crops is being prepared ready for shipment any time after today, it was ' stated by the plant's manager. > ♦ ! Episcopal Minister To Move Here Soon Although no definite data has been given, it is understood that Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Marshall will make their home here following their return from a visit to relatives in Ohio. Rev. Mr. Marshall will be here for the evening i service next Sunday, and it is thought jhe will move into the rectory on c Haughton Street some time ne:.t 1 week. » 1 The rector was recently called to ' the service of the Episcopal Church " litre and to the Hamilton Church, and i ! while he will make this his home he 1 ! will continue in the service of the " j Plymouth and Roper Episcopal 1 (churches. His residence here will be a I I great aid to Mr. Marshall in his work " as it is more centrally located among " the four churches he will serve. Friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall welcome them here, " and wish him success in his work in this section. ♦ No County Statement oi - Disbursements This Year * ! > Turning from the old custom fol ' lowed for many years in this county, • there will be no statement of disburse • nients published this year, according to e a revision of the law requiring such a • statement to be placed before the pub it lie. In the future condensed state- II ment will be placed in the hands of n the public, it is understood. r —, 4» Vital Statistics Reports For Past Year Not In r . Although the time for filing vital statistics in the office of the register h of deeds here has expired, none of the reports have been made from the 10 townships, Regster J. Sam Get singer stated yesterday. A record of t the deaths and births in the county is kept by both the county and the State, i- and in order to have this information 9 assorted and placed on the books at 1- once, a call is being made to those t who have handled the work in their respective sections during the year, h • Anniversary Service at d Baptist Church Sunday n Sunday will mark the third anniver g sary of the present pastor with the a Mt mortal Baptist Church, And fol lowing the yearly custom, mention will b be made of this Sunday, t The pastor will preach both morning r and evening* and the regular mid-week • service will be held Wednesday eve ning as usual. TEACHERS AND - PARENTS MEET Held at School Building Thursday; Attendance Very Good' The local parent-teacher associa tion had its regular meeting in the school building: yesterday afternoon, many members attending considering the circumstances. The program con sisted of several dramatised stories by the first grade children, and a talk on 'The Need fop Common Sense in Our Schools as Seen from the Mothers' Viewpoint" by Mrs. C. J. Sawyer, of Windsor. In her remarks, Mrs. Sawyer stat ed that the work of the parent-teach ers was a revelation to her as she had never worked in that field save through the Woman's club. She com mended the local association for its work and emphasized the fact that children were individuals and could not be made to conform to the same rules, in the same degree, without attendant injury. Examples she cited were where some children were sus cpptable to colds and could not stand the same amount of fresh air in the rooms as others. She contended there was little justification for ventilat ing cold rooms the first thing on cold mornings and leaving the windows up atl day regardless of the room's temperature. She suggested that chil dren be graded on the basis of their effort* and not on native ability. A system of grading she said would tend to give the slow pupil a chance and at the same time be conducive to morke work on the part of the whole group. « The priie went to Miss Peacock's section of the first grade for having the greatest percent of mothers present. This makes the fourth time that this section has won the prize which is open to the whole school. A cordial welcome was extended by the association to those parents who are regularly attending the meeting* and especially to the rural purents who have children coming to this school. YOUNG BUYS WHITE CHAIN * Gives Young Mercantile Co. Total of 21 Stores in Eastern Carolina I White's chain ftf S and 10 cent stores, numbering six, have been pur . chased by the Young Mercantile Co., according to information received here this week. The transaction was made last Saturday, but no definite date has been announced -when the new com- I pany will take over the stores. It is i understood, however, that the White I interests will turn over the manage ment to the new owners as soon as ( stock inventories have been made. 1 Just how the new chain will be op ' i crated-is not known here at this time. t I Some are of fhe opinion that they will ( I be handled as a department in the reg- ular stores of the Young chain, while others, think that the stores wilt be ) handled as entirely separate j of the purchasers is said to be lfr-fT j his home in Greenville, and no infor mation pertaining to the transaction ) : has been given out ,at this time. I j The local store .was opened by O. (.. Miller last summer and was later sold to the White interests, who are now selling out to the Young Com *! pany. Everetts Woodmen To Meet Monday Night At the meeting next Monday night if 'the Everetts Modern Woodmen, plans will be made for the installation of 1929 officers, it was stated yester day in an announcement made by the clerk of the camp there. One can didate will be initiated, it was stated, and a targe attendance from the mem bership is urged. Bowen Brothers Moving To Larger Quarters • Since entering the mercantile field here a year ago, the Messrs. Bowen Brothers have found it necessary to move to larger quarters that they might adequately care for their in creasing trade. —.The -firm-wttl -open in its new store, located next door to the old establishment, next Monday, it was stated yesterday by one of the partners. The store, located on Wash ington Street, was formerly occupied by S. Dljdtan, cafe man, who moved to Kaurinburg a. few weeks ago. • Holidays Put Crimp in Tax Collecting Business Holiday trading has caused a slump in tax receipts, both for the local gov ernment and the county, according to tax collectors here. Tax Collector W. 11. Daniel stated yesterday that col lections have been negligible during the past few days, less monies hav ing been assembled to pay current ex penses. Mr. Daniel, for the town, and Sher ifi Roebuck, for the county, were a gtt cd that it won't be long now ..lor. the final drive to start C. F. ALEXANDER VICTIM SUDDEN HEART ATTACK Federal Prohibition Agent Dies Suddenly While Raiding Stills HOME IN CHARLOTTE Recent Attack of uIF Thought To Have Left Him in Weakened Condition Physically # Charles F. Alexander, Federal In hibition agent working eut from this place, fell dead Wednesday between ' one and two o'clock in a small field i while making a liquor raid about six miles east of Jamesville. He«rt fail- | ur e was given as the cause of the ! nan's death by Dr. Wm. E. Warren, local physician, following an exami nation of the body, " About three weeks ago Mr. Alex ander suffered a severe attack of in fluenza, from which he never fully recovered. He had had several slight relapses and was troubled with a bad cough. His condition apparently led U» the sudden death, according to the examining physician. Wednesday morning Mr. Alexan der with Federal Agent M. A. King and Deputy Joseph H. Roebuck was working on a report from what is known as the Freen Union section in Jamesville township. The officers left Williamston shortly before the noon hour and upon their arrival in that section they parked their car ami started walking. They had gone hard ly more than 250 yards before they suw smoke rising in a near-by woods. Arrangements were made to handle the raid, Mr. Alexander directing one of his assistants to the left of the smoke and the other to the right of it. He was to wait a few minutes and j continue straight ahead. The two of | fleers followed directions and after ' reaching the still they cut It up and ! destroyed a second in sight of the ! flrst one. Messrs. King and Roebuck ! thought it strange that Mr. Alexan- I tier had not reached them, and the.v signalled to, him but no answer was j heard. Thinking something wa.+ I wrong, the two men started back to I the little field where the party had ! separated a half-hour before;. Upon • entering the field they the agent i lying oh the ground and when they reached him found hp had died some minutes before. Judging from his po sition when found the two officers stated he had died suddenly and with out a struggle. The ttfes of his shoes were found in the tracks wtiere he had been standing when stricken. He fell forward with his left hand Still in his pocket and not a sign to show that he had moved hand or foof could be seen in the .soft ground where he lay dead. Before leaving the car to make the raid, Mr. Alexander stated that his hands were cold and that he thought he had someting similiar to acute in digestion. Mr. Roebuck insisted that Mr. Alexader remain in the car while the raid was being made. He refused, stating that it would soon wear off. The body was brought here and"«r grained .preparatory to shipment to Charlotte, his home. Wednesday night the body was carried to Washing ton and shipped to the home were the funeral and burial ore being held to day. The deceased was 60 years old, a member of the Presbyterian Church from youth. He was prominent in frutemal orders, and was a mason whe had gone through all the chairs in his home lodge. He had been used at various times au a lecturer in many of the lodges around Charlotte. As a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics he had held the office of State Councilor, the highest office in that order. During the past two years he had been stationed in this district, and up until months ago he worked out of Washington. His headquarters were established here and during his work of six months here he has done an efficient and honest service. He leaves a widow anil five chil dren, the youngest a daugher 17 years old. He had two sons over seas during the World war and he himself was In the clerical service of the government %t that timV He also leaves a father, well past 80 years. . ♦ Presbyterians To Have Regular Services Sunday ♦ Regular service* of the local Pres byterian Church will be held in the Woman's Club hall here next Sunday, it was announced yesterday. The Sunday ichool recently organized in the church will be held at 9:45 and the morning preaching service has been announced for the 11 o'clock hour. The evening services will be held at 7:30. While it could not be learned defi nitely yesterday, it is understood that the newly called pastor, Rev. Mr. Dick, of Schoolfield, Va., will not be able to reach here in time for the first service of the new year, and that Rev. J. Crane, of Tarboro, will come >hcre for the two services. NUMBER ROBBED BY PICKPOCKET: Openated Here At Peanut ' Exposition on Last Day -* 1 "Anil who would have ever thought a pickpocket would have come to such a small a place as Williamston? 1 didn't and I lost $35," Johnnie I'hilpot stated last night while tell ing about how several people lost their purses and-money inr the expo sition building Saturday. "1 gained $35 worth of be-enreful experience, i at one time too, but 1 think it's just j too late to be of much more use to j me," John continued. Johnnie can't j fully decide whether the pickpocket ■ was a - professional at the work, or; just one with meagre experience. "To even suspcion a poor fellow like me ! having money proves he Was no pro fessional, but he grot my $35 so easily that he must have been extra-profes sional," John stated. While the extent of the pickpocket's J work is not known, it is understood that a number of people lost money from their pockets during the last any of the show. Robert Brown, jr. local boy, is said to have lost sls and others are said to have lost from $5 to S4O the same day. No arrests have been 2 TOBACCO MEN KILLED IN WRECK J. N. and S. G. Gorman, of Greenville, Killed in Georgia ,* • • J. N. Gorman ami S". G. Gumma, borthers of Greenville, were killed ii. Georgia near Louisville last Monday when tIM-iY car, driven by Calvin Gorman son of J. N. Gown, skidded into a concrete abutment. A. G. "Got man wrnrtitted instantly and J. i N. Gorman lived only n few hours j after the accident. Young Gorman! escaped serious injury. J. N. Gorman called by his friends I "Nick" was ftir many years .Hmr.ngV the leading tobacco warehouse nen ' In Kh litem Carolina. For many -ten dons he led the Greenville mark t. ! vT-he two brothers wre bnm in Rul eigli. J. N. who was 60 years old at the time of his went to Dur ham when a young man'and enter- 1 I'd the tobacco business, letter he I went to Richmond and when Green- • villt- began to give promise of u big tobacco market, he moved there in 1893 and helped build i*. 8. G. Gorman who wa. a builder j and dealer in tobacco shipping and ' handling equipment also lived in ; Greenville. He leaves a widow and 1 one son. J. N. Gorman leaves a | widow and three sons, one of them living in Richmond, the uther two, j lUchard and Calvin, were members of j the warehous efirm of J. N. Gorman j and Sonb, of Greenville. Interment • was ihade in Kaleigh Wednesday. *• DROPS LIQUOR IN POST OFFICE The Moral Is: Don't Carry a Bottle of Liquor in a Thin Paper Bag ♦ It was just about the time the busi in-s-- of tin day had quieted down for I the people's evening meal when a j l.iiihling contractor from another town j was said to have visited the local post ' office for the last mail of the day and ] while manipulating the box combina- \ lion accidentally dropped and lost a ! pint of contraband "spirits." An oath ! vas heard, The heart-broken old man, deciding it was of no use to stand and cry over spilled liquor, made a quick start and went on his way up the street rapidly, carrying an empty paper bag and probably entertaining thoughts a- Ix ut his carelessness. A few minutes later a boxholder came in for his mail, and a* few minutes 4Stef°anothcr lioxlinliler called for his mail. Both hail colds and) being ,uii alile to decide upon the nature of the' l st contents, asked a colored man who came in about that time to determine what the loose fluid was. Before he was within 10 feet of the spot where occurred, the colored man said, "If that glass was not mixed up v.'ith it, I would show you gentlemen what, 1 thought was in that bottle." Margolis Brothers Having Annual Sale j_ In. their January clearance sale, be ginning this 'morning, Margolis Bros., are offering exceptionally high-class merchandise at unusually low prices, according to a large number of articles advertised by the store week. The reductions, ranging from to one-half, and more, in many instances, are found in every department of the store, and are said to be the greatest ever offered by the firm. The January Clearance Sale ppt on bv the firm is an annual event,'.and during the past, it has been very suc cessful, and with greater reductions effered the sale now in progresi is expecteJ to break all records. • J '■ ■■ | '■■■■" Advertisers Will Find Owr CoL umns s Latchkey to OreylJOO Homes of Martin /County ESTABLISHED 1898 BOARD BANS USE OF UNSANITARY DRINKING CUPS Martin County Board of Health Holds Meeting Here Tuesday REELECTIXRTWARREN Drug Stores and Hotel Lobbies Must Use Sanitary Cup Approved by Health Officer 1 "W' Meeting here last Tuesday, the Martin County Board of Health made ar. earliest appeal for the cooperation oi the people in carrying out health work in tlis county during this year. The- jvork of the-past year was re-' viewed, and a tentative program for health activities in the county for the fjjitaeut ->xat tM^etHtrt-tf —-Rie'rmrer- ing. the first of the new year, and held in the office of Dr. Willuim K. War ren. was attended by all members of the board. Dr. William. !•'. Warren, County Superintendent of Schools R. A. I''{P«'. Mayor R 1.. Coburn, of this place: Dr. Vernon Ward. Rolierson ville; Commissioner T. H. Slade, j... ot Hamilton; and Dr I K. ISniith wick, of Jaiuesville. I'o lead the work "hiring the year, Dr. 'Warren was again i -elected roun . t> physician quarantine officer. I/i. Warren .has successfully served the county during the i>ast several veurs as its physician and quarantine i Ilicer, .nd he enters upon his duties again this year with his energies di rected toward better health conditions throughout the section. At the Tuesday meeting, the board passed a resolution providing the use of sanitary drinking cups by drug stores and 'other public drinking places. While the resolution touches the use ot drinking cups or glasses in hotel lobbies, it does not apply to those k'.'oe* —whtrrt —drinks are served .with limals. While, the law was duly pa-sed last Tuesday at the meeting of i the board of health, members, no time | for it to go into effect was mentioned, llowc-vcr. it i» understood that'tht? new | order gQCii into effect at once. 3.500 AUTO TAGS ARE SOLD HERE Number Is Behind Record Of Last Year by ' About 1,500 * \ esterday's sales at the local motor ! license bureau, brought the total iiuin her of tans sold here since the office | v,j|.- opened in December up to 3,500. According to last year's .license ref olds, the sale this year at the close of 'yesterday's business was exactly ,1,500 behind the total sale of last year. However, managers of the local bureau ate of the opinion thai last year's mark will he reached before (lie bureau I closes the latter part of 151# month. Inspector A. Mc'Kenzie, State Rev j ci-tie Inspector, of Windsor, has been ■ lit re this week, and the sale of the I plates- has been continuing ' rapidly, j l.ast however, was the big nest day for sales recorded this year. Fight hundred tags wen- said to have ~been sold that day. ..The inspector, while here Wednesday, left his card in a number of automobiles,, writing there I Qji, "Your last warniim, put license oil." i J . MOVE TO MERGE TWO COUNTIES Plan Would Abolish Hyde and Make Beaufort the Largest in State ■ # There is some .ugitution to abolish a few of the North Carolina counties and attach them to adjoining coun ties. There is some talk o-f abolishing Hyde county and annexing It to Beaufort in order that the expense of county government might be re duced. If a consolidation should be effected it would make the consolidat -1 ed county the largest in the State. The question of the name for th' new county" has not yet been raised. It is presumed that it will either bo H aufort-Hyde or Hyde-Beaufort. It i» generally conceded ill the event that the consolidation is made that the county seat will be either at Bath, Pantego or Belhaven as .these are the most -central points in the territoty. The taxpayers suggest thut the public buildings, courthouses and jails of the present counties are of so little value that neither Swan Quarter nor Washington would have any special appeal for the location of the new governmental seat in case a consolidation of the two counties is effected. „ • Emancipation Day Ic Observed by Negroes New Year's Day was fitting observ ed bjr the colored populace of the town and section here last Tuesday when the Elks conducted the exer cises for the day. A parade was held and sddrsssss were made, tke cele bration closing with a ball at one of the local warehouses that night.