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Watch the Label on Your Paper Ai It Carrisa tha Data Whan Your Subscription Expires j VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 99 298 CHILDREN OP LOCAL SCHOOL ARE EXAMINED Given Tuberculin Skin Test At Clinic Sponsored by Woman's Club IS PRELIMINARY STEP Second Sldn Test* Will Be Given on Thursday and Third Examination Made in Washington Exactly 296 children in the local school district were given the tuber culin skin test yesterday in the T. B. clinic in progress here this week, and permission cards were given to 100 mors for a second time in an effort to make the work of the clinic 100 per cent complete. This morning, how ever, the authorities were greatly disappointed when only 72 of the 100 cards were returned, giving the spec ialist permission to make the exami flatten*. The first tests were made yester day 4>r. Lee from Sanatorium and Miss Josephine Sykes, special nurse, completing the tests before noon. To morrow the last of the skin testa will be nude and Thursday the spec ialist will examine the children a second time and all those showing positive results will be examined ■ a third time. The third and last ex amination will be made in Washing ton, according to present arrange ments. While th« specialist says that from 14 to 40 per cent of the chil dren will show positive signs, it does not mean that there are that many children suffering from tuberculosis, for the skin test is used, more or less, in determining a dividing line. Usiqg the averages in other schools when similar tests have been made, it is esUmated that st least eight children will be found in the school hers who have a clear case of T. B. That this average will be greater in the school here can not be determined until the final examinations are made next Friday. It was pointed out yesterday that cards had not been returned in three capes where the disease is thought to h« gaining a sure foothold. In one of the casefc it is said the child belongs to a family when two children have died with tuberculosis during recent years, and in the other two, the chil dren are apparently suceptible to the disss sc. When the clinic is completed, it is believed thst at least 870 of the 460 childern in the district will have been examined. While the records for sight? of the children will not be com plete, it is declared that the clinic will prove of great value. In making the tests yesterday Dr. Lee had very little trouble, the children behaving well as they filed by the physician's desk for the skin test All members of the faculty were given the test, to make sure, as far as possible, the good health of the pnpils. Sponsored by the Woman's club, the clinic is signslled out as one of the club's greatest undertakings. While it will prove very costly to the club, It is expected that the return, indirect in nature, will be great and worth many times the cost ot the work. • a Williamston Dance Anounced Over Radio ■ » , Henry Collette and his Carolinians Ire booked to play for a dance here next Friday night. The dance has been widely advertised by cards and personal solicitations and was an nounced over the radio at Raleigh last night. As far as it is known, this is the first time that a subscription dance has been announced over the radio in this section. Hugh Bums, jr., saw where the Carolinians were to broad cast last night at the Raleigh station, so he made a special trip there to talk with the announcer at WPTF. Last night young Burras tuned in to check up on the announcer, and though the static was bad he heard "Williamston" and "Friday night." WAT T S| T T Wednesday February 13 TOM TYLER in TERROR MOUNTAIN" 2 Comeiit "Scared Silly" And "Curiosity" ' Thursday-Friday Fab. 14-13 BEN LYON in ~ "Dancing Vienna" NEWS REEL COMEDY Shows at 7:13 and 9 P. M. Daily MUSIC BY PHOTOTONE THE ENTERPRISE Petition for Paving Main Street Sidewalks Has Two-Thirds of Tha petition for paving the side walks on Main Street from tha home of W. D. Ambers to that of Paul Ballard was within 652 feat of the necessary majority this morning, according to Chief W. B. Daniel, who is circulating the paper. Although little work has been done on the petition since last Friday evening, more than 900 ad ditional feet of property fronting the street have been signed up. The number of property owners turning the petition down has in creased by one, making the total BOYS LOSE, 27-26, TO MIDDLEBURG ——• Is First Defeat of Local Team Out of Thirteen Starts | Thi/sidefeat of the local basketball turn it the hands of the Middleburg boys last Friday night might have ■ been attributable, in part to the num bei 13, for the locals had triumphed over twelve teams up until that time. It was a closely played game, the Mid eleburg boys winning, 27 to 26. I The locals trailed in the game right , up until the last, when George Shcr | rill, star forward for the locals, caged two 6eld shots and tied the score at j 26-all. An extra period) of 3 minutes jwas called, the Middleburg boys win ning with a point made from the foul line* As a whole, it was one of the best games the locals had played this sea son. The Middleburg school has a good record in the sport, having played several of the teams in the larger schools. The game was played in Henderson, and a return tilt has been scheduled to be played here the latter part of this or early next month. ECONOMICS CLUB IN MEET FRIDAY e Jamesville Club Discusses Kitchen Campaign Now In Progress a Discussing the "Better Kitchen Campaign," the Jamesville home dem onstration club held a-very successful meeting there last Friday afternoon. M iss JLora. E. Sleeper, the county home agent, had charge of the meeting and conducted several projects relating to the work around the home. While no one joined in the kitchen contest, it was stated that several women in that community are planning to take part later on. According to present plans, the club there will arrange a suitable room for demonstration purposes, and some time the early part of March the mem bers are planning to give a short pro gram before the Williamston club here. Several of the members there are planning to attend the news report ing school in month, it was stated. " " " ♦ »'■ ■ ■ Resume Work on Kitchen Campaign Last of Week Work in the "Better Kitchen Cam paign" in this county will be continued the latter part of this week upon the return of Miss Pauline Smith, special home demonstration agent, according to the plans announced by Miss Lora E. Sleeper, the agent for this county. Fifteen kitchens in several communi tier have been visited and scored in the kitchen contest so far by Misses Sleep er and Smith, and the two women plan to score numbers of others in various sections of the county. The contest is attracting much atten tion throughout the county, the ladies taking an active part in competing for honors in the campaign. Plenty Applications For Gift Railroad Denver, Ftb. 9^—Officials of the Colorado & Southern, who recently offered to give a well-equipped, slightly used and unprofitable 158-mile Denver- Ltadville branch to any one who would operate it, have fopnd the country is lull of potential railroad operators. Applications by the hundreds have been received from housewives, ste nographers, carpenters, preachers, actresses, boys, ; business men, and even hoboes. A Chicago woman wrote she wanted her 7-year-old son to have the line, l>eeau«e a professor said he was cut out to be a railroad president A stenog rapher from the same city admitted in her application that she was "young and not bad-looking." Another woman telegrapher, from Council Bluffs, lowa, that ''she could make the road pay by working her relatives on it. An inventor in Claw son, Mich., said he would use the prop erty to test his "new discoveries on a fuelless motor," and * Baptist minister in Pennsylvania would take the tine. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 12, 1929 stand at 5 against and 35 for tha paving. When checked this morning, the petition carried the signatures of owners representing 2,885 feet of Main Street property, or more than two-thirds of the amount necessary to put the program into effect. Chief Daniel was busy with his regular duties Saturday, and yes terday he assisted in the man hunt in Bertie County, and during those days very little work has been done in circulating the petitions. He is back on the streets with the peti- NEW ROAD BILL WOULD SAVE COUNTY $25,710 Would Increase Gasoline Tax From 4 to 5 Cents NOW BEFORE SENATE Bill Haa Already Pasaed Houae of Representatives and But Little Opposition Is Expected Martin County's road taxes will be reduced approximately $25,710, provid ed the county road bill now up for con sideration meets with favor in the State senate. The bill, calling for an in crease of 1 cent on the gasoline tax, has already passed the House by a big majority, and it is expected that the Senate will also favor the measure by a large margin. The I-cent increase on the gasoline tax bill will raise approximately $2,- 500,000, which amount will be increased to $3,000,000 dollars from the proceeds of the old 4-cent tax, the $3,000,000 to l»e allocated to the counties, for road maintenance. The counties may par ticipate only ou condition that ad valorem taxes for roads be to the extent that funds produced by the county levy plus the amount received from the State aid fund do not exceed by more Mian 10 per cent the amount levied for roads last year. Should the road bill pass the Sen ale, and it is expected to do so by an overwhelming vote, the tax rate on gasoline bills will be 5 Cents a gallon oil and after April 1, 192* J. The tax has remained at 4 cents for the last four years. The effect of the bill will IK? to cut nearly $3,000,000 from the ad valorem lax bill in the 100 counties. Whereas the measure passed near ly unanimously, it did not reach that stage without a stormy course. The real test vote canie on the amendment offered by Representative Hancock, of Granville, who led a strenuous fight to go even further in reducing taxes by taking a million and a half dollars additional from the proceeds from the present 4-cent levy and adding it to the two and s half millions scheduled to be collected from the addition of the extra cent. This makes the fund to be allocated among the .counties for tax reduction $4,500,000 instead of $3,000,- 000. Representative Hancock launched his fight last Thursday, and continued it Friday, but his following dwindled when it became known that the gover nor had reconsidered his views at the time he delivered his inaugural address and now, instead of favoring the pro ceeds of 2 cents gas tax goine to the counties, was in'favor of the committee bill, which sent only 1 cent back, but augmented the proceeds with half a million from other funds and set up another half million in an equalising fund. The test vote came after four amend ments had been defeated and one passed. The only successful amend ment was one offered by Mr. Woodard to clarify the section of the bill allow ing county commissioners to exercise discretion in what they wanted the State money applied—to direct mainte nance, new roads, or debt service. Forcshsdowing the defeat of the Hancock amendment w&s the defeat of an amendment offered by Pruden, of Chowan, which would have taken sl,- 300,000 of funds from the 4-cent levy and made the equalizing fund a mil lion instead of a half million dollars. # Recorders Court Having Very Busy Session Today The regular session of recorder's court in session hers today started off with the appearance of a session of superior court. A felony charge came up and $6,000 bond was fixed for the appearance of the defendant at the March term of superior court. Other cases of note had to do with seduc tion, assault with deadly weapons. Several minor cases were also on the docket, and men, women and children an present in large numbers interest ed very much, apparently, in the pro ceedings. The first case called had not been dosed up to about noon, and the court is expected to bs busy the re mainder of the day. tion today, and plans to complete the one for Main Street within a short time now. Approximately 1,000 feet of prop erty have been signed on Haugh ton Street by nine owners, but so far the petition has been circulat ed among a very few and has not been turned down by s single property owner. A bill making possible the ex penditure of a part of the funds re ceived from the Virginia Electric ft Power Co. will, in all probabili 2, be introduced in the legislature is week. OUTLINE PLANS OF SCOUT WORK District Scout Executive And Local Committee ih Meeting Last Night Meeting in the office of Attorney Wheeler Martin here last night, the Martin County Council of Boy Scouts, headed by District Scout Executive Stuckey, of Wilson, outlined the work to be followed in the council and dis trict during the year. Officers of the council were elected for the year, and a more extensive work is expected to be carried on this year than in the past. Assisted by Dr. O. P. FitzGerald and Messrs. -Harper Holliday and L. H. Davis, Mr. Wheeler Martin will car ry on the regular duties of Scoutmas ter. Chairman of other committees named at the meeting last night include George Harrison, finance; Frank Mar golis, civic service; Leslie Fojvden, commissioner; Rev. C. H. Dickey, or ganization-promotion; C. I). Clark, vice chairman, and Bill Manning, pub licity. - f SCHEDULE OF HOME AGENT .. • ■ » Four Club Meetings and Kitchen Contest Work On Program Four club meetings and kitchen contest work are on the home agent's schedule in the county this week. To day Miss Sleeper is meeting with the Bear G&BS girls' clothing club while tomorrow she meets with a similar club Jn Everetts and the boys poul try club. Next Friday Bhe meets with the woman's demonstration club in Jamesville. Miss Smith is expected back Friday to continue the kitchen contest now in progress in this coun ty, the agent stated last night. / Yesterday Mrs. John D. Biggs ac companied Miss Sleeper to Ange Town for the regular club meeting there. A demonstration, "meat sub stitutea", was given at the home of Mrs. Willie Gardner. Mrs. Higgs prov ed an able assistant in helping Mms Sleeper out of the very deep mud on the way to the meeting, the agent stated. Kidnapping Charge Is Denied by Will Knox Charged with kidnaping Mary Emily Gardner, 14-year-old girl of Bear Grass last Wednesday, Will Knox Is here today for a preliminary hearing. The warrant was served on Knox upon his return home from Nash county Friday night. In an interview with the accused kidnaper Saturday, the charge was denied. Knox stated that he was rid ing with a man in another county when the girl was said to have left home Wednesday evening. No trace of the girl has been found since her disappearance # Wednesday, and, at this time, the case remains a puzzle. The hearing to be given Knox be fore Judge Bailey in recorder's court here had not been called at S:3O this afternoon. German Reports Invention Of Non-Inflammable Paper Kon-inflammable paper has been in vented by Fritz Frank, a Berlin chem ist, according to the German corre lopndent of. Industrial and Engineer ing Chemistry, journal of the Ameri can Chemical Society. Frank, the cor respondent writes, has obtained paper which will not burn at temperatures up to 700 degrees centigrade,-ami which ir an extremely poor conductor of heat." X teat H the paper,, according to the correspondent, was made by filling an envelope made of the new substance with ordinary newspapers. The en velope was then held over a Bunsen burner for some time and neither it nor ita contents were affected. "Work looking toward the invention of combustible paper," the corespond ent writes, "is being carried on in many .countries. The production of this incombustible paper i> said to in volve a transformation of cllulosc. Frank Is now engaged in experiments for the production of an incombustible ink." SOON TO START CARP SHIPMENTS t ♦ New Yorkers Have Secured Services of Number of Fishermen After investigating fishing conditions on the Roanoke and creeks in this county, Messrs. I. Schwartzman and Marx Epe%tein are now making prep arations catch and ship carp from the stream# in this section, in carload quantities, to New York, according to County Game Warden J. VV. Hines. The promoters of the- undertaking have already employed a number of fishermen in this section, and more than 100 nets are being shipped to the county to bag the. carp. Operation! will be started about the middle of next month, and while some here doubt the outcome of the project, Mr. Hines stuted that the two men from New York were well pleased with the out look and were/ sure o1 the undertak ing's success. The first few shipments will be made in regular fish boxes, but according to present plans arrangements will be made to handle the fish in carload quantities before the season is over. WOULD CUT ROAD TAXES IN HALF — * — Proposed Law Would Re duce County Taxes From $48,600 to $22,890 According to allocations made to the 100 counties in the State by the road bill, the taxes for road mainten ance in this county will be reduced more than one-half. During the post year, the county through the several townships and road districts collect ed $48,600.68 for the maintenance of its roads. The amount alloted to the county will reduce road taxes to $22,- 890.63, using the figures of the past year in determining the saving. The various townships or special road districts collected each th e fol lowing specified amounts: Jamesville township, $4,408.68; Williams, $2,619.60; Griffins, $2,- 888.91; Hear Grass, $2,641.90; WU liamston, $7,092.91; Cross Roads, $3,- 678.49; Poplar Point, $1,840.19; Ham ilton, $6,659.15; Goose Nest, $5,870.80 Robersonville, $11,506.00. The rate varied from 25 In two or three of jthe township to 40 cents in one &f- two of thfe districts. Special | poll taxes were collected in adding to | the road funds in two of the town ships. Mrs. Virgie Keel Dies in Robersonville Sunday Mrs. Virgie Keel died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eli Roberson in Robersonville Sunday evening. She was bom in this county in June 1847. Funeral services were held yester day afternoon by Rev. C. B. Mash burn, of Robersonville, and interment was made in Bethel. Mrs. Keel leaves four children, Mrs. Eli Roberson and George W. Keel, of Robersonville; Mrs. Ed Daniel, of Interlachen, Florida, and Charlie Keel, of Hamlet, New Marriage Law Booms Business in Kansas Town Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 11.—Ne braska's ten days' requirement of no tice before marriage is making busi ness brisk for justices of the peace and ministers in tlve northern tier of Kan sas counties*.. The young folks refuse to wait 10 days. They borrow dad's car, run down to Belleville, Kan., and get mar ried. The service stations are not asleep, either. One in Belleville has a bride's re st room with a woman attendant who ht Ips the bride make up, without charge. County Teachers Will Meet Here Saturday The sixth assembly meeting of the Martin County teachers will be held here next Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, it was announced frtJin the office of the superintendent here this morning. Nothing of any great im portance was said to come before the meeting, but the regular routine mat ters will be placed before the body and reading circle work will be carried as usual, it was stated. A large at tendance upon the meeting was stressed by the superintendent. Benefit Dance at Local Woman's Club Tonight To defray, as far as possible, the expenses of the tuberculin clinic being held in the -Roman's Club here this week, a benefit dance will be held if the club hall tonight, it was announces yesterday By a member of the dance committee. • Methodist Ladies to Have Silver Tea • The ladies of the Methodist church will have a silver tea at the parsonage tomorrow afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock. The public is invited. Windsor Policeman Shot Down by Negro DROP CHARGES OF INFANTICIDE —-* Officers Unable To Secure Evidence Against Oak City Negroes Unable to establish a charge of in fanticide in the case of Walter Lee and Ella Davis, colored, of Oak City, county oflicers referred the case back to J. W. Hines, justice of the peace, last Thursday, and a hearing was held in Oak City Friday night. While it is believed by some that the newly born child of Minnie Davis was killed by the grandmother and Lee, no facts pointing to their guilt could be main tained by cither county officers or Justice of the Peace Hines. At the hearing Friday night, the two defendants were fined $lO and charged with the costs for burying the infant's body without a burial permit. STATE SENATE PROCEEDINGS Resolution That Would Kill 8-Month School Bill Is Introduced Raleigh, Feb. 12.—An effort to kill the eight months school term before the Mac Lean bill even gets to the floor of the House was launched in the Senate last night by . Senator Lawrence of Hertford who introduced a resolution to the effect that an ef fort to increase the length of the school term at this session is "in portune and ill advised." On his own motion, Senator Law rence's resolution was put on the calendar for today. Consequently, it will be voted on in the Senato before the Mac Lean eight months school bill is taken up by the House. Other important developments of last night's Senate session were: '•The passage of the Ewing bill whereby who enters H 'party primary must pledge himself to support all the candidates of his party. The introduction, by Senator Person of Franklin, of u bill to in vestigate State College and the po litical agjivities of ita president. The introduction, by Senator Whedbee, of a new bill relative to the confiscation of property on which the taxes have not been paid and the recalling of two other bills to this effect, which had been set as a special order for Wednesday, to the committee, to be considered with the new measure. Senator lAwrence's resolution came like a "bolt from the blue" and had the lobbies buzzing for 10 min utes after it had been put, on the calendar. If it passes the Senate today, it 'means that thfe- Mac Lean House bill or any other eight-months school bill has little if any chance of passing. The resolution follows: "Whereas, a demand 1B made upon the General Assembly of 1929 by the tax payers of the State for a reduced tax upon real estate: "And whereas, in order to main tain the public schools of the State, ad valorem taxes have been in creased, from time to time, until they are now unduly oppressive and burdensome: "And whereas, the General As sembly can best serve the interests of the State, as a whole, in dtevoting its attention to the inequalities in subjects of taxation, and in provid ing ways and means of reducing the ad valorem taxes in the several counties; "Now therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, tho House of Representa tives concurring: "Section 1. That it is inopportune and ill-advised, at this session of the General Asemblv, to increase the term of the public schools of the State, from aix to eight months; and that the term of the public schools should, for th« present, be maintain ed for a period of six months. "Section 2. That this resolution shall be ill force and effect from and after its ratification." Broken Part Puts Town Clock Out of Commission For v several days now, the tow n's clock in the City Hall tower has proved its value to the people of the communi ty, but to do that it had to stop its operations. An escapement wheel ill the mechanism broke s6me time ago, and since then the operations of the huge timepiece have been greatly missed. , \ » The broken part has been ordered from the factory in Connecticut and will be here any day now, Mr. H. D. Peele, jeweler, stated yesterday after noon. Upon the arrival dt the part, the clock will be put back to work at once. Adverdam Will Pind Oar CoL nana a Latchkey to Om 1,600 Home* of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 SLAYER ESCAPES DESPITE EFFORT OF LARGE POSSE Systematic Search Now Be ing Made in Bertie For Fugitive NEGRO IS WOUNDED Murdered Officer, Chief Pat White, Was One of Most Popular , Men in Section Charged with the murder of Chief of Police Pat White, of Windsor, there last Sunday afternoon, Percy Miller, Negro, was still at large at noon today after an extensive search made by officers assisted by hundreds of citizens during the greater part of two days and nights had failed. The fugitive was followed by the hunters into swamps around Windsor all of Sunday night and most of yesterday, but as the search continued the find ings became less favorable and this morning officers here were at a loss to give any definite information as to Jiie man's whereabouts. The dead man's body was buried in Windsor yesterday afternoon, most of the members of the searching body attending the services to pay their last tribate of Respect to one of the section's most popular men. Sunday afternoon, Officer White ar rested Miller in a gambling game in the negro section of Windsor, and as the two were walking to the jail Mil ler pulled his gun from his pocket and fired several shots into the police man's body, killing him almost in stantly. According to reports, the of ficer shot Miller several times in re turn, but this could not be firmly es tablished. The Negro escaped into a nearby swamp and was late seen and fired upon by Julian Hecks tall, but the shot failed to take effect ,it was stated. From that point bloodhoundir were started, and -the search led through all partß of the swamp, often the hunters were in water above the knees. Blood signs, indicating that the man was wounded by bullets fom the policeman's gun, were found along the trail, but evidently the injuries failed to retard the fugitive but little in making his escape. Yesterday about noon Miller was, said to have crossed the Roanoke over into this county, about half way between here and Jamesville, but this report fell through when officers went to that section and made an investi gation. The search was carried back to Bertie county, and was last in progress in a field between here and Windsor. Numbers of homes have been searched in an effort to establish a new trail, but no clues could be ob tained. It is believed by some that Miller is dead in the swamp, having died from wounds and exposure, but this belief is not general, it was stated. Mr. White was a member of a prominent family in this jiart of the St#te. His father, King White, was a member of the State Legislature for a number of years. He leaves a widow and three children. t » Within the pust eighteen years two of Windsor's policemen have been killed. Marcus Conner was killed when he attempted to arrest a Negro there about eighteen years ago. Jamesville and Aulandep To Play Here Friday 1 he Janicßvillc and Aulander basket ball teams will play in the Brick Ware house here next Friday night at 730 o'clock in the first game of the State championship series. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina, the championship series' for the eastern half of the State was arranged in Ra leigh last night by coaches from all over the section meeting there. There arc five team, Jamesville, Aulander, Woodland, Nashville, and West Edge combe in the fourth group, and the elimination will Jbe applied for the first time all over the State next Fri day night. » A victory for Jamesville in the Fri day night game here paves the way foi a second tilt in the series here to night week, that team, playing Wood land. «—; . j- Wyoming Refuses to Let Women Serve on Juries Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 9.— The Wyo ming Senate today defeated a measure « allowing -women !to Serve on juries. In the debate it was pointed out that Wyoming, a pioneer woman suffrage Slate, had experimented with such a § law 58 years ago. Senator D. A. Pres ton declared it worked a hardship on husbands and fathers, who were sum moned home to care for babies and do the housework. Ht quoted a popu lar refraiu of that day : [ \ ' Baby, oh baby, don't get in • fury, Your mamma's been called to serve on a jury.
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