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VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 19 Williamptoiu Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 2,1930 ~ .. ESTABLISHED 1898
RULING AGAINST
MARTIN'S RACE
FOR JUDGESHIP
Possible for the Authorities
To Contest Brummitt's
Action in Matter
RETURN FILING FEE
pressed himself as favoring a chance in
the constitution authorizing the classi
fication of property so that the rate of
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Mr. Wheeler Martia, of thii place,
was officially put out of the race for
laperior court judge in the second ju
dicial district early this week when At
torney General Dennis G. Brummitt
ruled: '*l am of opinion that under the
terms of the statute as uniformly in
terpreted and construed. Mr. Martin
did not 'file' his notice of candidacy in
accordance with its requirements."
The ruling was supported by the fol
lowing citations: "A paper or document
is said to be 'filed' when it is delivered
to the proper officer and lodged by
him in his office."
"The words 'to* file' mean 'receiving
a paper into custody.'"
"A paper is "filed' when it is deliv
ered to the proper officer and by him
received to be kept on file."
It will be remembered that Mr. Mar
tin mailed the letter here early Friday
morning, that it reached Raleigh the
following morning at 1 o'clock, one
hour after the filing period was officially
closed.
While the matter is apparently closed
it is possible that the action will be
coatested. However, this is not very
likely, as far as it could be learned
here.
The filing fee of S2O tendered by Mr.
Martin was returned to him.
SELECT OFFICERS
AT CONVENTION
Bear Grass Voters Select
Their Road Commission
Por Next Two Years
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Holding a convention in the Bear
Grass School auditorium last Wednes
day evesing, citizens of. thit town
ship nominated its body of road com
missioners for the next two years. The
names of two old members, Messrs. J.
D. Wynn and A. B. Rogerson, were, of
fered, Mr. W. A. Brown coming in as
i third member for his first time. The
meeting was sttended by approximately
M) voters of the township.
Havjng operated a great part of the
past term with only three members, the
invention Wednesday evening decided
to accept that number as a complete
beard instead of the usual five mem-
Mrs.
Daring the past term, the body
nsdc a splendid record, the type of
rork proving very Report
ng the finances of the body, the secre
tary stated that the total fund for the
torrent year was $3,711.30, that $2,-
584.85 had been collected. The present
itatement shows a debit of $335.31, but
with the collection of the complete levy,
the road commission there will show a
:rcdit of *791.24.
The district levys a |5 tax on all cars
ind a 30 cent property tax in the dis
trict, releasing the fellow who owns
to car and no property. His right to
walk the roads is unquestioned as there
s no poll tax levied there.
The township owns its road ma
rhintry and hires men to do its work.
FIFTH POULTRY
CAR IN COUNTY
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Last Opportunity To Clear
Barnyard of Surplus
Fowls
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The fifth and last poultry car of the
present season will be operated in this
couaty next week, beginning at James
villa Tuesday. Stops will be made on
follawing days in order, Williamston,
Robersonville and Oak City, it was
announced yesterday by County Agent
To* B. Brandon.
While there is a general decresse in
the prices, County Agent Brandon stat
ed that the car would be opersted to
mist poultry raisers in disposing of
their old hens and any other surplus
types around the barnyard.
General market conditions are said
tc be very unfavorable for the raisers
it this time, and the prospects for an
increase in price are still poorer. Color
ed hens are listed at 21 cents, and
colored broilers at 25 cents. Prices for
other types are also lower than they
were earlier in the season, it was stat
ed
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Thief Steals Gun from
Officer Grimes' Auto
Leaving the duties of office behind
iad paying a strictly social call. Deputy
Sheriff Grimes lost a nice pistol from
his car ia Hamilton early this week,
the thief taking the weapon from one
of Mrs. Grimes' car focheta The gun,
priced at $34. had been ia the office
several years, it was stated.
The *•»*• had vety ftw remarks to
make relative to his k»s, and withheld
aay halormation as to the identity of
the thief ar thieves. '-e
THE ENTERPRISE
$250,000 Of The
> 1929 Tax L
• NOW MAKING
ADVERTISING
, PREPARATIONS
n Office Force Working Day
and Night to Handle
Tax Work
• 4 PER CENT PENALTY
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Dr. Carl Taylor presented a strong
• argument against a sales tax and ex
t property that cannot be seen will be
Late tax settlements in the county
1 arc making night work necessary in the
1 sheriff's office here this week, dollars
by the thousands pouring into the coun
ty coffers that the property owners
t might escape embarrassment. Many of
j the settlements were made by the prop
f erty owners yesterday, the last day be
fore the penalty was increased to four
f per cent.
Crowded with work, the office late
yesterday was unable to give out an
( official report on the collections so far,
but it was Beputy Grimes* "BelfeT Wat
the $250,000 mark had already been
f passed, that the receipts so far this
year compared favorably with those of
. the same period last year.
~ While the final period for collection
might be less than they, were last
I year, the collectors are of the opinion
„ that the advertising list will be very
t litis larger in the county this year than
I it was last year. According to last-year
records, 366 parcles of land were adver
tised for sale, the number representing
approximately SIB,OOO unpaid taxes.
The year before that the unpaid taxes
t at advertising time amounted to around
> $13,000.
The failure on the part of many tax
payers to include the penalty in their
settlements is causing much trouble
> ot the office, it was stated yesterday.
Approximately fifty checks were re
ceived by the office yesterday, the pen
alty feature having been ignored in
- each of them.
Although the office will await the '
. action of the couaty board of commis
■ sioners who are scheduled to meet
) next Monday, preparations are now
. -underway for the final tabulation of the
lists for advertiaing, it was learned at
i the office today.
FINAL EXERCISES
AT BEAR GRASS
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Rev. E. C. Sexton to Deliver
Principal Address Next
Wednesday at 10:30
The play, "Lighthouse Nan," will
mark the final exercises in the Bear
Grass School Wednesday evening of
, next week, the school there being one
. of the last in the county to close the
1929-30 term.
The first of the school commence
ment exercises will be held next Tues
day evening, when the primary and
grammar grades present the operetta,
"The Golden Whistle." "It Ain't My
Fault," a "comedy in one act, is also
scheduled for that evening.
The main commencement address
will be delivered by Rev. E. C. Sex
ton Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'-
, clock, followed by the presentation of
certificates.
Going to an eight-months term this
year, the Bear Grass School is closing
one of its most successful sessions,
Principal Lee stated.
ALL SIX MONTHS
SCHOOLS CLOSE
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Only Few Days Before All
Schools in County Will
End 1929-30 Term
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The last of all the six-months
| schools havfc closed in this county, the
t Jones School, a four-teacher colored
plant in the upper part of the county,
completing its term today. ..One or
two of these schools closed several
weeks ago, a majority of them clos
ing within the past few days, it was
stated.
With the closing of the Bear Grass
and Hamilton schools within the next
few days, vacation days will be in or
der for all the several thousand school
children, it was stated at the super
i intendent's office here yesterday after
. noon.
Prayer Services at County
Home Sunday Afternoon
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Regular prayer services will be held
at the county home, near here, next 1
i Sunday afternoon at 3KM o'clock, Mr. 1
Chas. Daniel conducting the worship. 1
The public is cordially iavited to at
' taa4 ~ - _ g. f; ' J
Recorder's Court Holds i
Session Here Tuesday *
Seventeen cases were called in the
recorder's court here last Tuesday, the i
first session since the early part of the i
: month. All the cases were sniper ones, ;
1 Judge Bailey meting out one or two i
road sentences and a few fines. i
HENRY D. HARDISON
l'ormerly of Griffins Township, this
county, Mr. Hardison recently an
nounced his candidacy as solicitor for
the second judicial district.
NINETY HONOR
STUDENTSHERE
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Students Neither Absent i
Nor Tardy During
The Year
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Showing unusual punctuality through
out the term, ninety pupils in the local
school were honored last evening by
principal W. R. Watson when he pre
sented the young girls and boys cer
tificates certifying that they had
neither been absent nor tardy during
the eight months ending yesterday.
The certificates'; while merely a sheet
of paper, represent a determination that
points to much worth in the com
munity's citizens of tomorrow. The
list follows:
First grade, section a—Joseph Thig
pen, Jack Suljivan, Marjorie G. Dunn.
Second grade, section b—Garland
Hardison.
Second grade, section a—Ned Cun
ningham, Dick Dunn, Willis
Ward, Louise Melson, Nettie M. Gut*
ganus, Susie Whitley, Sallie Gray Gars?
kin, Caroline Stalls.
Third grade, section a—Hazel Wynn,
Rosalie Hardison, Thelma Griffin,
Lewis Wallace, Lee Burt Jenkins, Reg
Manning, John Ward, jr., Bill Hol
loman, Evelyn Riddick.
Third grade, section b.-—Geo. Bunch.
Fourth grade, section a—Janie Gur
ganus, Eloise Godwin, Alma Godwin,
E. G. Wynne, Whit I'urvis, Carlyle
Hall, Burras Critcher, Julius Gurganus.
Fourth grade, section b—Marie
Hardison.
Fifth grade, section a—Ella Wynne
Critcher, Frnaces Cherry, Jessie Mae
Holloman, Kathleen Price, Brinkley
I illey, Ben Manning, Joe D. Thrower.
Fifth grade, section b—Thelma Bur
roughs, James Williams, James Straw
bridge, Oswald Stalls, Leland Hardi
son, Lorene Weaver, Carrie Williams,
Jim Manning, Braxton Godwin.
Sixth grade—Alta Critcher, Alice
Harrison, Annie Wynne, James D.
Bowen, Billy Griffin, Marie Nelson,
Tom Crockett, Bruce Holloman, At
wood Gurganus, Margaret Williams.
Seventh Krade —Ruth Jenkins, Fran
cis Peel, Olive McCabe, Alverta
Weaver.
Eighth grade, section A.—Grace
Barrrhill, Russell Roebuck, Henry D.
Harrison, Nettie F. Mcador, Jennie G.
Taylor.
Eighth grade, section b—• Louise
Peed, Marie Peel.
Ninth grade, Carroll Crockett, Ruth
Ward, Ernest Harrison, Rebecca Har
rison, Eva Harrison, Leslie Gurganus,
Sarah Gurganus, Julia Daniel.
Tenth grade—Frances Bowen, Hai
el Brown, Ruth Norton,* Edith Peel,
Albert L. Clark, Wheeler Manning,
Mary Clyde Williams, Charles Man
ning, Reginald Simpson.
Eleventh grade—George W. Taylor,
jr., Josephine Harrison, Mary Anne
Crockett, Ollie Marie Roberson and
William Clyde Griffin.
REGISTRATION
BOOKS TO OPEN
Books To Open Tomorrow
and Remain Open Urfffr
May Fourth
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Registration books in the eleven pre
cincts in Martin County will be opened
tomorrow for 'new names. The ma
chinery for registering the new voters
in this county is complete, the citizens
being allowed until the 24th of this
month to get their names on the books.
The registration is not a new one,
making it unnecessary for those citi
zens who have already placed their
names on the books to register again.
Those who have become of age and
those who have changed their home
address should register. Lt is no bad
idea for every oae to visit the place
of registration and make »ura that his
fianfe is on the list.
With a large,number of candidates al
ready out and more expected to an
nounce before the filing time expires
May 24, it Unexpected that many new i
names will be entered during the reg
istration period.
Report Gives Williamston
Population of 2,736 People
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WilHamaton has a poulation of
2,736 people, according to a pre
liminary report given out by the
office of Ml. David Henry, super- •
visor of the census in this district,
at 1:30 today.
In announcing the result, Assist
ant Supervisor Rouse stated that
report was one of the best so far
received in the office at New Bern.
His congratulations were in order.
As compered with the 1,800
reported in 1920, the census just
completed shows a 52 per cent
gain.
The district office at New Bern
is almost flooded with reports, Mr. .
Rouse stated and tabulations for
other towns and diatricts in the
county were not available today.
Several of the other towns and dis
tricts have reported to the office,
and the results will public
within the'next few"oays.
MANY PLANTS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
Transportation of Plans Is
Considered by Farmers
In This Section
The transportation of tobacco plants
j from beds in South Carolina is being
, considered in this section, according to
reports received here late yesterday.
Facing a shortage here, farmers have
looked the section over, the request for
plants reaching a* far as South Caro
lina and Georgia.
Mr. Gus Perry, auctioneer s for the
Roanoke Dixie warehouse here last
season, has just returned from South
Carolina and states that the plants are
plentiful there. Farmers in this section,
desiring to make a trip cooperatively,
to that state for plants might see Mr.
W. T. Meadows who will be glad to
make arrangements.
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Seventy-Year Old Inmate
Dies at the County Home
Reuben Davenport, 70 years old, died
in the county home here last week of
a complication of diseases. Services
? were conducted by Elder B. S. Cowin
last Saturday afternoon, interment fol
lowing in a cemetery near Everetts.
The aged man had bean at the home
only a short time, and during his stay
there he suffered much with rheuma
tism.
It will be remembered that Mr.
Davenport was attacked while he lay
helpless in bed at his home near Bear
Grass several months ago by intrud
ers.
He is survived by eight children, six
of this county and two in Colorado and
California.
Former County Man Out
For Solicitor's Post
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Henry D. Hardison, a native of this
county, recently announced his candi
dacy for solicitor of the second judic
ial district,- comprising the counties o(
Wilson, Nash, Edgecombe, Washing
ton, and Martin Counties.
Mr. Hatdison, the sou of the late
Seth R. Hardison, was born and reared
on a farm in this county. He was ed
ucated in the schools of this county,
Campbell's College, and the State Uni
versity. He taught school two years
in Williams Township, and was for
several years connected with his fath
er in the mercantile business. For sev
eral years he worked with Tar River
Oil Company, Tarboro. In 1920 he
was elected mayor of Tarboro, serv
ing two terms. For four years he was
judge of the recorder's court, which of
fice he held in addition to his regular
law practice.
Mr. Hardison is in the race for the
solicitorship with Messrs. Gillam, of
Ttrboro, and Barnes, of Wilson.
Dr. E. W. Gillespie Will
Preach Here Sunday at 11
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Sunday, May 4, 1930:
"The Church with an Open Door."
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Depart
mtnlaj classes.
Worship service and dedicatoin ser
mon, 11 a. m.
Dr. E. W. Gillespie, of Greensboro,
will preach in the local Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning at 11 a. m.
The public is cordially invited to hear
Dr. Gillespie.
Begin the week right by going to
church Sunday.
Bear Grass
The regular services of the Presby
terian church will be held in the Bear
Grass schoolhouse at 7:30 p. m., Suit
day, May 4th. Everybody welcome.
Farm Life
Rev. Z. Ti Piephoff, of the Presby
terian Church, will preach in the school
house auditorium of Farm Life School
Sunday, May 4th, at 3 p. m. The citi
zens of Griffins Township are cordially
ttrvited to attend this service. The sub
jc-ct will be "Our Christian Heritage."
V. E. P. Tests Out New—.
Power Line to Plymouth
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Testing out its line last Monday, the
V E. P. Company hooked on to the
distribution plant at Plymouth late yes
terday. Dardans snd Jamesville will
be serviced within a short time.
FARMERS START
' TRANSPLANTING
TOBACCO HERE
Farm Work Will Center
Around Transplanting
Next Week
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While a few farmers here and there
have transplanted their tobacco crops,
the \vork will hardly get underway in
full force before the early part and
middle of next week, according to re
ports coining from several sections of
the county. That there will be a de
crease in the acreage is almost certain,'
however, those farmers who report
• poor beds are raking the territory in
an effort to secure sufficient plants for
their anticipated acreage. "They are
just not to be had," one farmer re
ported when asked how the" plant beds
were in his community yesterday. "A
few farmers will be able to complete
their transplanting, but many will find
it impossible to get plants in time to
complete their," the farmer continued.
The season this year is the latest in
several, according to reports from all
sections of Eastern Carolina. While
many farmers will be limited in trans
planting their crops by the plant short
■ -age; there are a tew who*~wttf practically
•be forced to abandon the idea of cul
tivating the weed this year, it is under
stood.
With the shortage appearing as a
big factor in the crop, it is next to im
possible to estimate the acreage this
season in this particular section at the
present time.
CHANGE MADE IN
PRIMARY FORCE
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Conflicting Duties Force
Several To Resign as
Registrars
Several changes in the June primary
machinery for this county were made
yesterday by the County Board of Elec
' tions, when conflicting duties forced
the appointees to resign their posts.
Mr. J. K. Ross was made registrar
in Robersonvilte Township to succeed
1 Mi. J. L. Roberson.
' In Hamilton, Mr. J. Purvis will reg
ister the citizens, Mr. R. O. Edmond
son finding it impossible to serve in
that capacity. Mr. Jule K. Bunting
will take Mr. Purvis' place as judge
of election.
Announcing his candidacy for judge
' of the recorder's court, Mr. J. L. Has
sell was forced to give up the duties
of registrar. Mr, Luther feel will reg
ister the voters. No appointment to fill
Mr. Peel's place as judge of election
j had been made late yesterday."
One'or two other changes in the ma
chinery are likely to result, Chairman
Sylvester Peel stated yesterday, but-as
a whole, plans are practically complete
' for the first day of registration tomor
row.
28 PUPILS GIVEN
CERTIFICATES
Complete Work Required in
The Local Grammar „
School
Twenty-eight pupils in the local
school were awarded certificates of
graduation admitting them to the eighth
grade last evening, Principal VV. R.
Watson making the presentations. The '
following pupils have completed the
work in the seventh grade and are
scheduled for work in the high school
next fall: ,
Ernest Cox, Roger Critcher, Shelbon
Hall, Jack Mannipg, Wheeler Martin,
jr., Raymond Matthews, Farncis Peel,
Julian Raynor, Warren Roebuck, Jessie
Mae Anderson, Naomi Andrews, Dora
Ballard, Martha Bo wen, Helen Col
train, Chloe Gurkin, Mary Gurganus,
Mttie Gurganus, (Catherine Harrison,
Nellie Clyde Harrison, Annie Belle
Hopkins, Ruth Jenkins, Mildred Jones,
Lavinia Lilley, Olive McCabe, Billie
Pope, Mary Price, Alvareta Weaver,
Olivi* Griffin,
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Eight Per Cent of Town
Taxes Are Collected
Tpwn tax collections on the 1929
levy amounted to $30,284.95, according
to a report made by Treasurer N. C.
Green late yesterday afternoon. The
amount represents approximately 80
per cent of the total levy of $39,701.11.
The office has had a busy time of it
during the past few days, several thou
sand dollars, in small amounts, having
been paid in during that time.
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State Board Extends
Seine Fishing Season
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Scheduled to close May 10, seine fish
ing on the Roanoke has been extend
ed, the fishermen being allowed to oper
ate their plants until May 20.
The action, taken by the Board of
Conservation and Development, fol
lowed an investigation of the season,
stated County Game Warden J. W.
Hines yesterday afternoon. The season
was unusually late opening this year,
and the board ordered the season to re
main open ten days longer than the
announced closing time.
Twenty Candidates
: For County Offices
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Jamesville Orchestra
To Broadcast Tuesday
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Jamesville, May I.—On Tues
day afternoon the Jamesville
"Kraay Rat" Toy Band will go
'j on the air from Station WPTF
from 3:30 until 3:50. This band
has ben coached by Mrs. Char
lie Davenport, and has furnished
many delightful programs for the
local people, and have played in
other schools.
They invite the public to tune
in at 3:30 and hear their pro
gram. *
This is the first time that any
Martin County talent has been
invited to broadcast from WPTF
at Raleigh.
FINALS HELD
AT JAMESVILLE
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Judge Clayton Moore De
livers Principal Address
Last Wednesday
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Jamesville, May I.—The last number
of the commencement finals at James
ville were brought to a close Wednes
day evening with the graduating exer
cises and literary address.
The different commencement events
have been attended by huge crowds.
The large auditorium was filled and
overflowing nearly each evening. The
large crowd seemed to enjoy every
event, and went away more than sat
isfied. *
The musicalc rendered by the pupil*
of Miss Lucy Stuart, event was one
of the reading contests, Viola Man
ning, Daisy GayTord, and Lucy Gray
Martin participating. The latter was
declared the winner,
All the preachers invited to deliver
the baccalaureate sermon were engag
ed for Sunday, and for this reason the
sermon was slated Tuesday evening,
Dr. A. Paul Bagby being the preacher.
Dr. Bagby comes from the First Baptist
Church of Wilson. The sermon was
declared to be a powerful ony.
On Wednesday evening the seniors
rendered their class day exercises as
follows: Wendell Griffin, president's
1 address; Bertie Martin, salutatory; El
la Mae Gaylord, history; Lenora Ange,
prophecy; Willie Modlin, gittorian;
Ruby Mizelle, will and testament; Sta
tistician, William Gaylord; Hazel
llardison, valedictory.
Every one present enjoyed very
greatly'the address delivered by Judge
Clayton Moored Judge Moore dis
cussed the need of learned men and
women to cope with the .rapidly ap
proaching exhaustation of our natural
i resources. "The British Isles have long
ago exhausted their natural resources,"
declared Judge Moore. "Wherever you
meet an Englishman you usually meet
"sn educated person. Had they not
been mentally well trained they would
I not have been able to live, to say noth
, ing of making rapid progress. Seventy
t per cent of the scientists who make
oil tests in this country are ioreign
born."
At the the address Mr.
Hickman awarded twenty-seven of bis
seventh graders with certificates of pro
motion to the high school, and immedi
ately following this, Mr. Pollock, prin
cipal of the school, awarded medals,
prizes, and diplomas to the seventeen
graduates of the high school.
The scholarship medal, given to the
member oL the graduating class who
possessed the best personality, dispo
sition, attitude, and who must be an
outstanding student, was awarded to
Dorothy Carson.
.
For met Pastor to Preach at
Holly Springs Sunday
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Sunday school, 9:45 W. R. Watson,
superintendent.
Morning worship and communion at
11a. m. Sermon by the pastor on "The
Power of the Cross."
Evening service, 7:30. Sermon theme,
"Christian Reconciliation."
A good choir leadß the hymns and
renders special selections. A warm wel
come awaits you at any or all of these
services. j „ xzzrf
Holly Springs Revival Closes
Sunday afternoon .at 3 o'clock, the
revival at Holly Springs will close with
a serman by Rev. T. W. Lee, or Tren
ton. Mr. Lee was pastor of the local
church for several years and was in
strumental in creating the building pro
gram of the new Holly Spring church.
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Services at the Local
Baptist Church Sunday.
Program of services at the William
ston Memorial Baptist Church, for
Sunday, May 4:
Sunday school at 9:45.
Preaching at li e. m. by President
Edwards, of Cbowaa College.
B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. m.
AdwtHnri Wfll Find Oar CoL
umai a Latchkey to Ov«r 1,600 i
lowa of Martin County
'SIX RACES ARE
ON SLATE FOR
JUNE PRIMARY
J. G. Staton and J. D. Wool
ard Announce for
Commissioners
RACE FOR - CORONER
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the tax problem as it now affects North
Carolina, discussed from every angle
lower than the rate on tangible or vis-
With five already scheduled, another
political race was announced this week
when Messrs. B, S. Courtney and S.
Rome Biggs came out for coroner.
Present indications point to a very in
teiesting primary in this county as the
candidates pitch their hut.i into the
ring. "Mr. STyvester„Peel, chairman of
the county board of elections, is find
_ ing little timf inr
those connected - with the June pri
-1 mary.
Latest indicaitons lead one to be
lieve that we,will have a board of com
missioners in spite of all the hardships
. connected with that office Messrs. J.
G. Staton and J- D. Woofard announc
ed their candidacies today,, Messrs.
r T. C- Griffin and Joshua L,
. announcing several days ago. Mr. T. B.
. Slade, the efficient chairman of the
• present board has not exactly announc
ed at this time, but he is considering
i the race, it is understood .
Reports circulated hcrq that several
I other citizens were considering a part
'■ in the politcial .race were denied yes
[ today, and as far as it could be learn
■ ed this morning, the following list is
compete to date
• For sheriff—C. B. Roebuck and R
'■ 11. Brown
For clerk of court—R. J. Peel, J. I
Y Rodgersotj, J. L>, Lillcy
' For treasurer—C. A Harrison, W.
11. Carstarphen, /. E. Pope
r Register of deeds, J. Sam Getsinger"
Coriyier—B. S. Courtney and Rome
e Biggs
;■ . -County commissioners—T -C, Grif
'• fin, Joshua L. Coltrain, J~ GT"Staton, T.
1 B Slade, J. D. Woolard
s For judge recorder's court— Jos, VV.
Bailey and John L. Hassell
•i* For House of Representatives—J. G.
a | Smith
' For Senate'—Elbert S. Peel.
; LOCAL SCHOOL
I CLOSES TODAY
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, Last of Commencement Ex
: ercises Will Be Held .
j This Evening
The 1929-30 term in the local schools
1 will come to a close this evening with
I Mr L. H. Davis, attorney of Burling
• ton, making the commencement ad
, dress. Mr. Davis was selected to de
t liver the address by the seniors. He
t headed the local schools several,years,
\ leaving last summer to enter the law
profession at Burlington.
With one or two exceptions where
the schools opened late, Martin coun
ty's several thousand school children
arc now vacationing, many of the teach
ers having returned to their homes and
others planning to l#ave over the week
end.
Receiving their reports and promo
tion cards this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the pupils in the local school will return
this evening for the last of the com
mencement exercises. In addition to tli
address, the program will lie featured
by the presentation of diplomas, to
twenty-five students in the high school.
The exercises starting several weeks
ago have been well attended so far,
and a large crowd is expected at the
closing program this evening in the
high school auditorium. ,
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' Find Bible and Whiskey
In Pocket of Automobile
An Holy Bible and a pint of whisky,
the two making rather a unique combi
nation, were accidentally discovered in
the pocket of an automobile door park
-1 ed oii the streets here a few days ago. '
The owner just carried all kinds of .
The machine was a foreign onejpand
rather than check the plate, the dis
coverer allowed the owner to go on his
way without establishing his identity.
The citizen making the find went to
the car thinking it was his, the ma
chine answering the description of his
own very closely, and was shocked
when he happened to run his hand in .
the door pocket and find the two ar
ticles.
Regular Services at the
Hassell Christian Church
Regular services at the Hatsells
Christian Church .Sunday:
Services at 11 a. m. and Bp. m. ,
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. -J 5.
Services coad*Ct«4 by G. H.
van, of Witaom pastor oi the church.
The public la cordially in#ned-