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Save—24th Series of Martin County Building and Loan Association Stock on Sale Tomorrow—Have Watch tfas Lata! on Tow Paper Aj It Carries the Data Whan Tow Subscription Expiree VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 1 REGULAR MEET WOMAN'S CLUB HELD THURSDAY • Thank Those Who Helped Make Tuberculosis Clinic Held Here a Success TO SPONSOR CONCERT Wake Foreat Band To Ba At Opera Houae 14th; Diacuaa City-Manager Form of Local Government The local Woman'a club meeting here l%ursady which was attended "by a majority of ita members, waa one of the buaiest of the year, much busi neaa being handled at the aeasion. A motion waa made to write let tan of appreciation to those of the State Sanaorium who helped in the reeant tuberculosis clinic and to the Waahlngton hospital for the use of ita X-ray machine. Dr. Tayloe gave the use of his machine, saving the dab about 925 per day, the amount | that would have necessarily been paid " had other machines been used. It waa decided to take five shares of building and loan stock in the new series opening Saturday. A contract was made with the Wake Forest band to give a concert on March 14th. This will take place in the City Hall, all arrangementa hav ing bean made. Mrs. Martin, as president, wrote the Mayor and commissioners about the V. E. Powr company cutting down tht trees here and considering that they do more thsn anything elae to baantlfy the town, it waa pointed out that the trees be saved. A very nice latter from Mr. G. H. Harrison, clerk, waa read, in which he pledged the support of the board in the matter. It waa voted to give the music loan flmd $lO and to make a donation to the scouts aa soon as possible. Mrs. J. G. Stston reviewed s previous resolution which received the whola-hearted approval of the club that Williamston chsnge its present farm of government to the city man ager plan. She was inatructed to write Mr. Elbert S. Feel, who is in the Lagialature to get a bill passed which would allow this, providing the cit isens desire. Mr* Davis of the city schools had a hearing and he asked the club to ' sell the advertising on the curtain for the new school suditorium. The report on the recent tubercu losis clinic will not ba given until an anthorative report comes from Dr. Mc Cain of th« State Sanatorium, which win not be for three weeks on sccount of the grest amount of work that he ia doing over the State along this Una Miss Sleeper announced that Mrs. Jaaa McKimmon, of Raleigh, will be hers during March under the auspices of the home demonstraUon clubs ol the county. The president asked the club mem- ' bebrs jnd the feomen of the town to read the maasage* of the State de partment, one of which is being pub lished. The departments are trying to reach the people and the one today from the Health department is a very vital message. Hie program for the meeting was fwaiahed by children from the rooms of Misses Lucy Claire Ivey and Katharine Cole of the local school. Miss Ivey's children gave the little play, "Famous Birthdays in Febru ary", and "The Beginninga of the Scoots." Herbert WhiUey of Miss Cole's grade told an appropriate atory very attractively. 9 Town and County Boards Will Meet Next Monday The town and county boards of commisaioners are expected to hold their regular monthly meetings here next Monday.' Aa far as it is known at this time, no bu sines a outside of that coming under the general rou tine head, will be before the meetings. WATTS 1 T THEATRE Saturday "" March 2 RANGER in "Fury of the Wild" Serial—" Vaniahing Wast" And Comedy—-Papa a Boy" Monday-Tueaday March 4-5 JOHN GILBERT sad GRETA GARBO The Screen'e Greatest Lovera, ia "A WOMAN OP AFPAIRS" Fabtoa •hows at 7:IS aad 9 F. M. Daily MUSIC BT PHOTOTONB Wgi i THE ENTERPRISE 20 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED r a Eight to White and Twelve , To Colored Couples; 29 In February, 1928 Showing a decrease now and an in crease then in his activities, Dun * Cupid just will not follow any co:i- j sistent schedule of work in this! 1 county, it seems, sccording to the j records of licenses issued from the office of the register of deeds during j January and February and a com j parative period last year. During the e month ending yesterday, 20 licenses . were issued, eight to white and 12 to colored couples. In January there . were 33 licenses sold at the local of t flee, while in February, last year, „ the number issued amounted to 29. p With one or two exceptions the f contracting parties were 22 years of t age or under. » The list for the month just closed, » follows: , • White Roy Sutton Edmondson, 87-Minnie , Matthews, 21; Gray Rawls, 18-Mat f tie Wynn, 20; Edward W. Lawrence, 56-Chrisie Scott, 43; Winston E. Hol e liday, 23-Katie Peel, 21; Henry G. \ Jones, 21-Hattie Griffin, 20; Maurice t Nelson Early, 25-Alta Mitchell Hines, 25; David L. James, 47-Nancy Wynn, 41; John Haywood Roberson, 26-An , nie Maybelle Peel, 18. t Colored j Johnnie Council, 21-Addie Ward, 19; t John Henry Taylor, 21-Lillie White } hurst, 17; Jasper Rollins, 19-Katie t Gray Best, 18; Roosevelt Butler, 22- Lester Hassell, 17; Ixell Roberson, 22- Mary Lou Powell, 18; Jimmie Bunch, I 21-Mary Macklin, 19; William Higg.s, 21-Catherine Lawrence, 18; S. Earl x Simmons, 20-Edna Stevenson, 19; a William Andrew Moye, 22-Annie Bell Stokes, 19; Lonnie Langley, 21-Ar selia Keel, 19; Julius Williams, 21- g Matilda Jones, 16; John Eddie Pitt, 25-Lula Hayner, 21. t* ' * Local Cafe Owner Is Married in New York s a x Arriving in New York City from . Famagusta, Cypress Island, in the Mediterranean Sea, early last month, 1 Miss Theodora Meniken was married , | to Mr. Jamea Pappas, local cafe own ! er, in that city recently. The newly ! weds arrived here this week and will . | make their home with Mr. and Mrs. i W. T. Hunter en Smithwick street. Ten years ago, Mr. Pappas left hi# , sweetheart, then a little girl in her : teens, in Famagusta to come to the . States. Since that time Cupid was i greatly handicapped in his work, for the mails were alow when so great a , distance waa to be covered, but even . then he scored a hit that resulted in i the couple's marriage recently. [ Mr. Pappas, during his stay here, has made many friends and his busi . ness is enjoying a splendid patronage. . Arrangements Completed For Inauguration Monday ; • With practically all arrangements completed for the Presidential inaug J uration in Washington City next , Monday, a colorful event is expected there when Herbert Hoover succeeds Calvin Coolidge to the Presidency. Evidently President Coolidge is tired of Washington and the office, for he is planning to catch • a fast , train for hia home in Massachusetts , aa soon as the insuguration ia over. , He will not accompany the incoming President at dinner, aa is the usual custom followed by retiring Presi dents. The arrangements for the inaugural ceremonies are more elsborate this r year than any since the Woodrow Wil son inauguration, and a record-break | ing attendance ia expected at the ex ercises. North Csrolina will hsve s , large delegaUon in attendance upon the exerciaes and several people from here are planning to viait the Captial City that day. a , Hancock Substitute ■ Passed By House Raleigh, Mar. I.—The House last night passed the Hancock substitute to the Mac Lean school and tax reduc tion bill on second resding 108 to 3 af ar defeating two amendments having to do with teacher proviaions and three oifered by Judge Winaton to raise the amount of state aid and to doubly insure ad valorem tax reduc tion- . . The Winston amendment to limit the ad valorem levy to 80 centa for all purposes except for fixed charges was beaten 43 to 66. The second Winaton amendment to increase the 8 months equalising fond was defeated 42 to 89. The third Winston amendment to increase the equalising fund for the six-months waa defeated 40 to 6s. Judge Winston obtained record votes on all the amendments. Only one member explained his vote. That was Mr. Mac Lean, wfio declared he was bound by compromise to sup port the aubstitue. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 1,1929 WOMEN TO STUDY SCHOOL ATTEND ANCE IN STATE e 128,632 Children of School Age Are Not Attending School MANY VIOLATE LAW a I Health Nurae in Bach County Would Do Much Improve Conditions, At Home and in School By MRS. LOufE P. MARTIN President Williamston Woman'a Club Excerpts from message from the division of child welfare, North Car olina Federation Women's clubs: I The program of Women's clubs of North Carolina for the next year will include a study of school attendance in the State. Statistics show us that in our own State, there are 128,632 children of school age who are not I attending school. For the past two years the clubs have been studying adult education, and there is no way in which the cause of adult education can be help ed more efflectivly than by seeing j that the future cHisenship of the' State be made to see the vrflue of, and forced to take advantage of its educational advantages. There are many causes for the fail ure of children to attend school, some of which are of the type which can be corrected. Weather and illness are I two causes which are often cited. A I nurse for the county would do much j to improve the health conditions both | in the home and at school. She could arrange with the State Board of Health for clinics to be held which will correct such ills as diseased ton sils, defective teeth and eyes. One of the greatest needs of Mar tin county is a full-time nurse. There is little wf can do about children being kept at home 10 work. ■ This, however, is a violation of the State law, as to Child labor. It is time that we were making ourselves busy seeing that that law is more rigidly enforced. / The two causes that are most to be«deplored and possibly are more to blame than all others for delinquency are indifference on the part of the parent, resulting in children not be ing made to go to school, and indif ference on the part of the child, re sulting in truancy. It seems that the only way to combat this indifference is by making some sort of practical effort to educate our communities to the value of public education. This could posaibly be accomplish ed by cooperation with parent-teach er associations, by having contests in school attendance, by helping the teachers get the correct reasons for a child's absence from school, then help make the adjustments necessary in the home for the child's JXtlirjJ to school. It could be clear to all that these are only suggestions, and it must be understood that before any action is taken, the courtesy of consulting the teachers and county officers would be extended, and action would only be taken upon their advice. We do not wish to antagonise, but we do wish to help. So, as club women, let us make an ' effort to do our share toward raiaing the standard of citizenship in our i American communities by beginning i with the childrne. I - Let us stress this year: Keeping I the child well, Good school attend- ance; Wholesome recreation, Good ' home conditions, apd as our special i work, let us try this year to take as I our responsibility, the delinquent child. a Large Crowd Attends Funeral of Mr. Crawford The funeral of William Henry Crawford, held at the residence here last Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'- clock, was largely attended by rela tives and friends fsr and near. The stores closed during the service, the town, as a whole, paying a last tribute to one of its most beloved friends and citizens. Among the out-of- county visitors were W. H. Hardison, Rocky Mount, ' Mrs. T. H. Crudup and Mrs. Chloe Lanier, of Kittrell, B. C. Crawford, of Greensboro, Mrs. Delia M. Carson, of Wilson, Messrs. Daniel, Will, John and Charlie Wright, of Jarvisburg, Judge J. Crawford Biggs, of Raleigh, and Mr. W. A Ellison, Mrs. T. Free man and Miss Mary King Ellison, of Belhaven. a- Presbyterian Services f Here Sunday Morning The Rev. John L. Yandell will preach at 11:00 o'clock Sunday mora- ing in the Woman's club hsll here, and at Bear Grass in the evening at 7:80 o'clock, it was announced this morning. \ The Bible school will convene at 9;46 in the mornlpg here, it was stat ed. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. REMAINS IN JAIL FOR LACK OF SSO m | Liquor Law Violator Hasn't Enough Money to Pay Costs of His Case -a Plsced in jail here October 1, last year, Will Worley, Negro violator of the prohibition laws, would have been 1 a free man last night had he possess ed SSO, an amount necessary to pay the costs of his case. But as it is, Worley will continue in jail 30 more days, leaving at the end of that time upon a pauper's pass. However, it might be possible that friends will come to his aid, but for five months he has been in jail and no one has of fered him a loan. Ben Biggs, a friend of Worley's, gets out today and knowing the weight of a five-months' jail sen tence, he is expected to seek aid for his pal. Biggs and Vane Brooks went in a day later than did Worley to serve similar sentences, but the two beat him out after "all. a VITAL STATISTICS OF POPLAR POINT e 73 Per Cent More Births Than Deaths in Town ship Last Yeal Births in Poplar Point township shoW a remarkable gain over deaths as compared with the records in .six other townships in the ac cording to vital statistics filedTfrom that township in the office orthe register of deeds here. A gain of ap proximately 73 per cent, in births over deaths was recorded in that township during the past year. There were thirty-three births re corded there, 23 white and ten col ored, one of the .largest percentages of whites reported so fardn the coun ty for th year 1928. Again th e male births led those of the females by a wide margin, 20 boys bein born as against IS female births. The colored death rate was consider ably higher than that of the white in the district, four deaths being 're corded among the colored and five among the whites. However, there were one or two murders among the negroes, which altered the natural death rate. Three illegitimate children were born there, one white and two col ored. a _ Ford and General Motors State's Biggest Farmers Last Tuesday a year ago, the Wil liamston Motor company delivered its first new Ford to a purchaser in this county. Gradually th e size of the deliveries increased until during the last two months the cars have been going at the rate of one each -day from the local agency, almost. The country is just full of 'em now, and once where the whole population was talking about the coming of the car, one attracts the attenlon of a pros pective purchaser now only. "A man about town" commenting upon the rapid distribution of cars in the country yesterday said, "Some one should write the manufacturers and tell them thid North Carolina is still in a splendid position to buy au tomobiles. It only takea the entire tobacco, cotton and one-half of the | corn crops in the' State to pay for what we are getting now, and there is still the peanut, potato and one or two other minor crops to draw from." It can be correctly pointed out that Henry Ford or connected credit agencies and the General Motors Corporation are the biggest farmers in the State, if not in the entire South, at the present time. Episcopal Rector Moves Here From Plymouth Rev. and Mrs. Arthur H. Marshall moved here from Plymouth this week and are now at home in the rectory on Haughton street—'" ( Rev. Mr. Marshall serves several churches in this snd Washington counties and established his residence here that he might be centrally lo cated for his work. He will continue as rector of the Grace Episcopal church in Plymouth and 'other churches in that county. The citizens of our town extend Rev. and Mrs. Marshall a hearty wel come here and are glad to have {hem make their home with them. a Keep Off Hamilton Road Unless Business is Urge/it The Hamilton road is still holding down traffic. Very few people are wil ling to take chances of being stock in the mud. Mr. T. B. Slade, jr., chair man of the county board of commis sioners stated yesterday that his ad vice to everyone is to keep off the road unless the business it very im portant He expressed the hop® that, some day, 125 will be paved. ' * MISSING GIRL IS THOUGHT TO BE IN CHARLESTON a Two Men of This Section Report Seeing Her in South Carolina City LEFT FEBRUARY 6TH a Promised To Come Back Home With Men, But Could Not Be Found When Time Came to Leave Mary Emily Gardner, the 14-year old girl who disappeared from her home in Bear Grass the 6th of Feb ruary, is thought to have been seen in Charleston, South Carolina, sev eral days ago, according to informa tion received in the sheriff's office here this.week. It was reported, un officially however, that the girl was stranded at that time iii the South Carolina ciy wihout work and witi no definite plans to follow. While is believed she is in Georgia at the present time, she was last seen in i Charleston, according to information received here up until yesterday aft» ernoon. Several days ago, Rufus Keel, of Stokes, and a traveling salesman by the name of Harris, of Lenoir coun ty, were in a Charleston hotel and noticing the forlorn look of the girl's face in the lobby, they questioned her. The two men had read accounts of her disappearance from home and suspected her as the missing girl. She was invited to dinner by the two men, she gladly accepting the invi tation. She gave her name as Gard ner and stated that she had seen Harris somewhere before. In telling Sheriff Roebuck of the meeting here this week, Keel stated that Harris had traveled in Grass com munity. During the dinner conversa tion the traveling salesman began to i call over his acquaintances in this section and when the girl was asked if she knew the man by the name of "Will" she showed signs of great un easiness, and started to leave the hotel dining hall, it was stated. The conversation continued, the girl refusing to offer an explanation of the affair, but she did say that she knew people in Kinston and that she wanted to go to that town. It was understood that she should accom pany the men to Kinston, that they would leave the hotel the next morn ing at 8:00 o'clock. The girl then stated she was penniless, that the boarding housl' j was holding her clothes for room rent. Keel accompanied her to the j house and the bill was paid by the men, according to the information given here. The following morning the men were late in reaching the | hotel, and the girl could not be found. I They returned home without her, Mr. | Keel later coming here to relate the affair to county authorities. While Mr. Keel stated that he and Mr. Harris were not certain as to the girl's identification, they were of the Opinion that she was the one missing from Bear Grass. He stated that he could return to the house in Charles ton where he last saw her, but that the address was not recorded as his party was rushed to leave for home. The case is in the hands of public weh'are authorities but they have been unable to establish any true facts as to the whereabouts of the girl at the present time. When the girl left the home in Bear Grass the early part of last month, Will Knox of that community was thought to have been connected with her disappearance. A warrant, charging kidnaping, waa issued but he was cleared of the charge in a session of the recorder's court here the following Tuesday after the girl's disappearance. Two letters, supposed to have been written by the girl in Greensboro, were received here, one by her mother in Bear Grass and a 1 second by the clerk of the court here.! She sUted in one of the letters that 1 she did not intend to return home, j and that any attempt to have her ! brough home would prove useless. a Regular Services at Cedar Branch Church Regular services will be held in the Cedar Branch Baptist Church both Sunday morning and evening by the pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, it was announced this morning. . The public is cordially, invited to hesr Rev. Mr. Harrington at each of the services. • Prayer Service at County Home Sunday Afternoon Prayer services held st the county home near here Sunday after noon at 8:00 o'clock with Dr. O. P. FitzGrald, of the local Methodist church, In charge, it was announced yesterday by a member of the Chris tion Federation here. The public is invited to attend and take part in the service. POULTRY PRICES HAVE ADVANCED ! a Car to be Here Wednesday; In Robersonville on Thursday With favorable weather conditions existing between now and next Wed nesday, poultry loadings at the local | station are expected to equal or sur- * pass those of last month, was the be !"lief expressed by County Agent Bran don this morning. The prices an nounced to be paid for the fowls next | week are higher, and many farmers will not wait longer to clear their j "boarders" from their barnyards. The condition of the roads will have I much to do with the size of the load- I ings, it is believed, many farmers pre ferring to wait and sell later rather than travel bad roads to market their chickens. The car will not be placed in j Jamesville this month, but it will be ' stopped here Wednesday morning for i | the day, and in Robersonville Thurs- I day, the only two stops to be made in j the county this month. RECORDER HAD BUT SIX CASES a Fines Imposed Total $150; Several Get Suspended Road Sentences a The last Tuesday session of the county recorder's court here went by practically unnoticed, there being only six minor cases called for trial. How ever, fines in the sum of $l5O were imposed and suspended road senten ces were placed over the heads ot two defendants. The court, after hearing the evi- j dence in the case charging '- Abner James with larceny and receiving, found him not guilty. Roy Prichard plead guilty in the case charging him with driving an au tomobile while he was intoxicated and was fined $76 and taxed with the costs. His right to drive a car within 90 days was revoked. Pleading not- guilty in the case charging assault and injury to per sonal property, Leßoy Perkins was reversed in his plea by the evidence heard, and Judge Bailey fined him $25 and added the costs. A four months suspended road sentence was meted out. Charged with assattlt and an at j tempt to rob, Ben Reeves, Negro plead guilty to assault and drunk ! and disorderly charges. Th e plea was accepted by the solicitor, and Reeves was fined SSO and charged with the costs. A nine-months suspended road sentence was attached Last Sunday J night while Reeves was drunk he hop ped on the running board of the car of Mr. G. S. Bevins who with Mr. E. S. McCabe was in the "Blood Block" section trying to employ labor. Reeves, a workman at the J. F. Thig pen stables here, ordered the two men out of the car and threatened j them, but when Mr. Bevins speeded J the machine up, the man turned j away. The case charging Frank Demby with violating the liquor laws, was continued for two weeks. A nolo pros resulted in the case of Wiley Green who was charged with trespass several days ago. The regular session of the court will not be held next Tuesday, court officials being called ,as witnesses in federal court at Rockingham for that day. The trial of cases will be re sumed in the court here the following Tuesday, it was stated by Judge J W. Bailey this week. Everetts Team In Championship Series Entering the North Carolina Gold I Medal, Amateur Independent Basket- I ball Championship series, sponsored I by the Rocky Mount Y. M. C. A., the j Everetts team will play its first game |in the contest in Rocky Mount to morrow morning. The team drew a bye today and will meet the winner in first bracket at 11 o'clock tomorrow. Tonight Everetts and Jamesville, ' boys and girls, will play at Everetts for the first time this season. The games are scheduled to begin at 8:00 o'clock. a Program of Services At Church of Advent Rev. A. H. Marshall, Rector Sunday school at 9:45. • Evening prayer and sermon a( 8:00 clock. a . Sheriff Roebuck A gal n* Able To Get About After being confined to his home with rheumstism for several days, Sheriff A. L Roebuck is now able to sttend to a few duties at his office in 1 the courthouse. Although his condi tion is much improved, Sheriff gets : about only with the assistance of a 1 stick. 1 . H 'ln Advertiser* Will Find Our CoL Bums • Latchkey to Over 1,000 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 NEW SERIES B.&L. STOCK TO GO ON SALE TOMORROW ' ♦ • Prospects Are That 24th Series Will Be One of Largest Issued MANY APPLICATIONS a Demand for Building Loans Increases; More Than 4,000 Shares Stock Are Now in Force * That the 24th series of the Martin County Building and Loan association | opening here tomorrow will be one jof the largest in some' time is evi ! denced by the many applications al ready being received frpm new and old savers for shares. Several hun dred shares will be issued shortly aft er the series opens judging from present indications, one of the officers | of the organization stated this morn- I inST-" The demand for building loans in (creases here, and in 4his connection the sale of shares is showing a steady and consistent increase. The number of people using it merely as a means of investment is very large, and these savers are aiding greatly the con tinued progress in the town's build ing, it was pointed out. More than 4,000 shares of stock are in force in the organization at the present time, and the series open ing tomorrow will boost that number upward considerably. The officers of the organization ar e planning an ac tive drive for new business this series, in an attempt to makft pos sible a larger building program here during the next several months. The small accounts are as welcome as the ! larger ones, and everyone is asked to j investigate the method of saving and ■ subscribe in the present series. The ! series .opening tomorrow remains I open for-i JH) days, but planning to subscribe will find it best to do so j as early as possible, it is believed. . Baptists Announce Sermon Subjects 1 # "On the side of, the Angels" will b" the subject for Sunday morning's sermon. "The quest for Perfection" will be the theme for Sunday evening at 7:80 o'clock. Mrs. Harper Holliday will sing at the Sunday services. This church proposes a series of three lectures on the general subject of "Church Efficiency" to be given in the church on three successive even ings—Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day, which will be March 11, 12 and 13. The church wants to enlist its en tire adult membership for these ses sions, and gives this advance notice in order that time may be set aside for their attendance. There will be no expense incurred. The sessions will be i brief, and it is believed that the i course will be very profitable. An nouncement in detail will be i made j from the pulpit. Next Wednesday evening's service | will have for its subject, and about which the discussipn will center, "The Rise of an Immigrant." The pastor is pleased with the pro nounced increase in attendance upon all the services of the past week. •—~ "Fagan Special" Made Its Last Run One Year Ago ' ■ ♦ ■■ ■ On February 29, last year, the Fagan Special, plying between Tar boro and Plymouth on the A. C. I* branch, was rembved. Since that time not a single person has missed the train. It's no telling how many would have missed it had the dinky con tinued to ruh, not many to b« sure. And to prove that the thing was a luxury, not even the schedule hag been missed. If last month had as many days as February of last year had, it would have been one year ago today that the train was run on its regular schedule for the last time in this sec tion. The train made its last run through here with one passenger, a bundle of express and its attendants aboard. The mail is handled over a special bus in connection with passenger service over the route one served by •» the train. Locals Wondering Where ' Maysville "Wonders" Are The basketball game scheduled be tween the Maysville Wonders and the local high school team was not played last night as was scheduled, the locals still wondering what became of the "Wonders". The game scheduled to be played with Middleburg tonight waa off by the Middleburg boys, they stat ing that it would be impossible for them to come here to play. A game has been arranged with Washington, however, and the teams will play in Robersonville tonight, it was stated this morning by Coach B. E. Hood eft the local school.
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