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Atorttart Wtß Find Oar Col w a Latchkay to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Home* VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 40 POPULATION IN THIS STATE HAS 606,203 INCREASE Martin County Has a Gain Of 2,560; Total for the County Is 23,388 STATE TOTAL 3,165,146 • Guilford County Alone Reports A Greater Population Gain Than South Carolina and Georgia An increase of & 2-3 per cent was reported in North Carolina'* popula tion during the past decade. According to the census report, just made public, the population of the State increased from 2,559-, 123 in 1920 to 3,165,146 in 1930, a net gain of 606,023 or nearly 24 per cent. The percentage gain in , the State is nearly twice as great as the reported for the Nation. The Piedmont section of the State made the largest gain, Guilford county reporting an increase from 79,000 to 133,000. The increase of 53,000 in that county represents a percentage gain of 68, giving Guilford the largest popula tion of any county in the State. Meck lenburg, formerly the largest from the standpoint of population, now has 5,- 000 less people than has Guilford. The change is traceable to a large extent to-the-rapid growth of- Greensboro and High Point, in Guilford. Buncombe, Cleveland, Durham, Gas ton and Mecklenburg all show a gain of more than 50 per cent. The fourteen counties making up the First Congressional District made a ne' gain of only 18,561, the total popu lation now being 224,682. Twelve of the counties in the district reported gains, while two showed a total loss of 834. The census figures for the fourteen counties in this district are as fol lows: Beaufort 35,025 4,001 ,jp*mden 5,461 79 Chowan 11,282 633 Currituck ... 6,687 *565 Dare . 5.123 8 Gates 10,551 14 Hertford 17,649 1,355 Hyde 8,529 143 Martin 23,388 2,560 Pasquotank 19,136 1,266 Perquimans 10,668 *269 Pi, t 54,416 8,847 Tyrrell 5.164 315 Washington 11,603 174 Total . * 224,682 18,561 •Loss The population gain in Guilford county is reported as being greater than the entire gains in the states of South Carolina and Georgia. FIRE DESTROYS HAMILTON HOME J. E. Edmondson Home Is Quickly Destroyed By Flames Yesterday The home of Mr. J. E. Edmondson, of Hamilton, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning between nine and ten o'clock. According to re ports, the blaze is thought to have started from an oil stove which Mrs. Edmondson had lighted a few min ute* before and left to go down town a few blocks away for a short while. No one was at the residence at the time the fire started and the blaze had gained much headway when first dis covered. It it believed by those first reach ing the scene that the stove exploded as the flames were burning the en tire kitchen when discovered. A portion of the furniture was sav ed from the burning building, but much damage resulted in removing the articles, it was stated. The house was valued at about $!,• 21)00 and was partially covered by in surance. START PAVING . STREETS SOON Contractor* Here Making Preliminary Plana for Suiting Work It is understood that paving work on several of the principal streets of the tewn will be started within a very short time. Members of the contract ing company have been here this week making preliminary arrange ments for the work. It has not yet been definitely an nounced where the first work will be carried on, but several have suggested that the blocks from Main Street to the Methodist church and from Main to the liaaonic Hall should be paved first. North Carolina Still Leads | t In Amount oi Taxes Paid j \ North Carolina still stands ahead of j other States in amount of taxes paid into the Federal Treasury, except New York State. T" - ~~ North Carolina paid $274,263,218.0 J; Illinois was third with $247,139,211; Pennsylvania was fourth with $230,- 000,000. THE ENTERPRISE Many Cases Of Reported In OFFICERS MAKE THREE ARRESTS ♦ Eight Still Are Destroyed By Offlicers In Raids Last Week • Ten liquor plants of the copper and steam types were captured, four gal lons of liquor turned out and three ar rests were made last week by federal prohibition officers operating out ot here. The first of the raids was made last I'uesday afternoon in Bear Grass township where Warner- A. and Clar ence Bailey were arrested and a 75- gallon copper still was destroyed. Ap proximately 300 gallons of beer were turned out. The operators were re quired to furnish bond in the sum of SSOO each. Early Wednesday morning, the of ficers raided in the Mulberry Branch section of Williams township and de stroyed a 100-gallon capacity still of the copper type and four gallons of liquor. Following a path leading from the still to the home of Mr. L. J. Lil ley.one nf~tht officers saw Mr? Litley carrying four gallons of liquor across the road to hide the spirits. He was ar rested and given a hearing before a U. S. commissioner. Late Wednesday afternoon, the of ficers, accompanied by Policeman Pearson, of Oak City, raided near the Halifax-Martin line and found three small steam plants and around 500 gallons of beer. One of the plants had been in operaiton a short while before the officers reached it, but no one was seen near at the time and no arrests were made. In their raids Friday the officers captured a steam plant in the Bear Grass section and destroyed 300 gal lons of beer. Saturday morning, the raiders went into the Hassell section where they destroyed a big plant and 500 gallons of beer, bringing the num ber of gallons of beer destroyed up to 3,140 during the week. FORMER NATIVE DIES IN TEXAS ■ • Mrs. Pattie Harrison Dies At Home of Son In Guion, Texas • i . Mrs. Pattie Harrison, formerly of this county, died at the home of het son, Mr. J. D. Harrison, in Guion Texas yesterday morning at 10:30 o'- clock. Very few particulars could be had here this morning, and the cause of her death is not known. Following the death of her husband Mr. George Harrison, of the Bear Trap Mill section of this county, she moved to Texas to live with her .son. It was atound 35 years ago that she left her home in this county for Texas. Be fore her marriage, Mrs. Harrison wat Miss Pattie Taylor, of the Bear Trap Mill community. She has a number of relatives in tlii? county who survive. Interment was made in a cemetery at her new home in Guion this after noon. B. & L, MATURES ITS 14TH SERIES $26,300 Are Paid Out To Holders of Fourteenth Series Stock Today The Martin County Building & Loan Association matured the fourteenth se | ries of its stock yesterday, and today paid off to the holders of this series 1526,300. Most of this stoclc was held by people of Jamesville, Williamston. and Everetts. This series matured in 332 weeks, and made for the investors 6 per cent net. The condition of the association is luiw regarded as in the best shape it has been for years. The holders ot stock are generally paying promptly, even through the hard times. The association will open for sale the twenty-sixth series of stock on the first Saturday in September. FIRE DESTROYS WINDSOR HOME Fired by Lightning During Storm Laat Sunday Afternoon The residence of Mr. Sol Cherry, of Windsor, was completely destroyed there when struck and fired by a light ning bolt during the storm last Sun day afternoon. There was no one in the residence at the time, and qs far as it could be learned, no one was hurt. I The location of the building made it impossible for the fire department to successfully combat the flames and the structure was consumed in a short while. A few articles belonging to Mr. Cherry and Holly Bell were «aved. The damage is estimated at around $5,600 with $3,300 insurance. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 15, 1930. 3000 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ONE COUNTY Granville County Health Officer Prepares Timely Article on Disease CASES NOT*REPORTED Vitamin Deficiency In Diet Given a* the Main Cauae for Pellagra By Health Workers a More than one dozen cases of pel lagra have been reported in Martin county during the past few days, it was learned from the office of County Health Officer Wm. K. Warren, yes terday. While there have been only a doten cases reported, it is believed that there are many ntore\people in this county suffering from the disease. Around 3,000 cases of pellagra have been reported in Robeson county so far this year, and several other coun ties have reported 1,000 ot more. Un able to purchase a variety of foods, many people have turned to bread arid molasses" winch when "used to ex cess without the introduction of other foods into the diet is causing many of the cases of the diseases, it was stated by l)r. Wm. E. Warren. In an effort to check the disease, so common in North Carolina and es pecially in the eastern part today, Dr. J. A. Morris, Granville county health officer, has prepared a timely article, as follows: The cause of pellagra, it is believed, is a vitamin deficiency in diet. Those who do not accept this as proved argue that there are cases in families where the greatest variety of diet is available. Where the variety is available, yet it may not be consumed; or it may be improperly cooked and served. It is common to use soda in cooking. This very much injures the best articles of diet. It kills the vitamins. .Overcooking likewise kills the vita mins. This is a common practice. The desire to have vegetables mushy done makes the cook put in soda anil then cook twice too long. Granville County people arc great bread eaters. Most of them eat bleach ed flour and bolted meal. The best of the vitamins are not in these, Ihe meat of our working people is mainly fat salt cured pork. Molasses, syrup, or sorghum and coffee are largely con sumed. All the foregoing impart the sense of satisfied hunger, impart heat and energy for work, but do not pre serve the integrity of the tissues of the body. Indefinitely they maintain weight, but there comes a time when for lack of the proper vitamines, weight is lost, the tissues are so loose ly organized a# Ux-permit, nf easy, breaking down. Then we say we have pellagra. Pellagra is a tissue condition of the body existent sometimes long before the sunburned skin appears. Ihe burned skin appears rather suddenly; but the tissue condition' leading up to the sunburn does not as suddenly oc cur. Granville county people must have better food by choice and preparation, else the death rate from pellagra sure ly will leap to the front. out of the diet bleached flour and bolted corn meal. Eat less sweets and fats except butter. Eat what you may not like, if it be what you need. Think less of suiting your taste and more of f saving your life, and then you may live. As one way to this end, throw away your frying pan. Fry nothing to eat. Diet List Milk, butter, cheese, fowl meat, fish, canned salmon, eggs, but not tried, lean beef, mutton, leafy vegetables, as cabbage, collards, rape, turnip salad, kale, spinach, snap beans, lettuce, sauer kraut. Whole wheat bread, home water ground meal of corn. Apples, peaches, various kinds of berries, lemons, tomatoes, oranges, grape fruit. Take no vinegar, but use lemon juice. Kipe bananas may be eaten. Dried brewers yeast is so rich in pellagra preventive vitamine, it should always be taken in tablespoon doses in water, milk, soup, or with any food you may select. Take dose four times a day. ■ * , Farmer Breaks Arm In Fall from Pile of Wood • . James Horton Coltrain was veVy painfully hurt about three o'clock last Saturday morning when he fall from a pile of wood at a tobacco barn on the State farm near here and broke his wrist. He was rushed to a local office where Dr. J. H. Saunders set Mid bandaged the arm. Mr. Coltrain could not meet the se vere pain caused by the break, and it was necessary for the physician to put him to sleep to bandage the injured limb. W. E. MANNING DIES AT HOME IN GRIFFINS Funeral Held At Residence Today; Burial In Plot Near The Home William E. Manning died at his home in Griffins township last night at eight o'clock at the age of 71 years and ten days. He had been in feeble health for some time, but with the ex ception, of a very short time he was able to continue his duties around his home and farm. Death resulted front an attack of pneumonia. The son of Edwin and Elizabeth Manning, he was born July 4, 1859 on the same farin where he died, having resided there during his entire life. He was a member of a large family of children, only three of whom now survive. They are B. Me. Manning, of Jamesville, John J. Manning and Mrs. S. Florence Peel, of Williamston. Mr. Manning married Miss Mary J. Roebuck, of (he Flat Swamp sec tion of the county in January, 1881, she having died about three years ago He is survived by seven children three boys, A. E. and J. R. Manning I of Jamesville, and John E. Manning of Athens, Ga., and four daughters, U r i« Hy,»i«v .ilallatd, .oi.. -U.nl»»r»tpn--j ville, Mrs. j. 1), ,Mi*clley of James I ville, Mrs. B. B. Bigg*. of -Everett* ! and Mrs. W. Shcrrod Corey, of Wil liam is fonT * ——— . . «—• He was one of the county's hardest working farmers and had always suc ceeded by the frork of his own hands lie was always prompt in his dealings and square with his fellowman. Ihe funeral was held from the resi dence at- 2:30 this afternoon by Rev K. G. L. Edwards, pastor of the Plym outh M. E. Church knd Rev. W. B Harrington, of harm Life. Mr, Man ning had been a member of the Prim itive Baptist church at Smithwick's Creek for about forty years: The burial was in the family plot near the home. GENERAL RAIN IN THIS COUNTY * Rains Renew Hopes And Farmers Are Now More Optimistic in County * Hope was renewed and the smiles on , the faces of Eeasern Carolina farmers were many,yesterday as a re sult of a general rain that fell over the section late Sunday afternoon. Ac companied by much lightning and wind, the storm caused much damage in certain sections, but as far as"Tl could he learned no damage resulted in this county. A holt struck and fired a residence in Windsor; anil several hales of cotton, two. mules, and other property were burned when another holt struck and caused a barn to hum in Wayne County,.near Inltlshoro. "A fine rain," twenty-five or more farmers answered when questioned as to ..tile showers in their sections. Farmers were able to enter their fields with plows yesterday, hut fol lowing the rain late yesterday it is doubtful if plowing can be carried on all farms or not todays A heavy rain was reported west of here yesterday, but it was not an excessive one. According to reports from the Oak. City section the rain fall 'tip until late this morning 11 had In-eh unusually light. Local Kiwanians Will Hold Meet Tomorrow ; ' f ! The local Kiwanis club will hold its i regular luncheon tomorrow at 12;30 in I the Woman's Club hall, the president, I Mr. C. A. Harrison, urging all mem bers- to he present. Numerous busi iness matters will, be offered for sug gestions and discusions, it was an- J nounced today. Labor Plentiful and Cheap In This Immediate Section - V Labor Costs In Housing Tobacco, Reliable Reports State, Have Been Decreased As Much As 400 Per Cent, Indicating That Harvesting Is Done Cheaply With unemployment general and all classes of labor plentiful, wages in this section are said to have reached the low level reported years ago when ordinary hands received from 25 cents to SI.OO a day7~Xt the present time. the tobacco fields are calling for much of the surplus labor, but even theijc the demand has been under the im mediate supply. Labor costs in housing tobacco this year, in some cases reliable reports state, have been decreased as much as 400 per cent, indicating that the crop jb being raised and housed very cheap to sls last year and year before to house one barn of tobacco, the cost this year was given at $3.50. Primers were paid $1 a day in the particular case reported, that figure being a lit Receipts And Disbursements Of Town For.The Past Year No Third Primary Will Be Held In H. S. EVERETT IS DECLARED THE NOMINEE * J. A. Everett States That No Further Primary Will Be Asked For ABIDES BY RULINGS No Proviiion for Holding A Third Primary Is Given As Main Reason for the Ruling * 1 hat there will he no third primary held in this county to determine who shall >it on the Martin County Board of Commissioners as a fifth member was practically made certain yester da> when Mr. Sylvester Peel,. chair .rrrnrr^pt''T+n,~raTmTv board of elections, stated: "If the rulings of the attorney genera Us. office aud- the advice- ot the chairman of the North Carolina State Hoard of Elections 'mean anything, I think it my duty to declare Mr. H. S. Everett tlvc nominee and stop all con troversy whether I tike it or not." According'to a letter received from Mr. J. Crawford Bigtjs, chairman of the State Board of Elections, one of tlu reasons' why another primary is not railed for in this county is that there is ito provision for holding such a contest. Mr. "Peel pointed out the conditions existing following the sec ond . primary, but apparently they were Viewed in another light by the State chairman and the attorney general's oflice, ami the two authorities .state, "Mr. It S I vcrett should be declared .tin nominee." . All hope for the holding of a third primary was abandoned when Mr, J. A. Everett stated soon after the rul ing of tlit* attorney general's office was announced that he would not ask fur ther for a third contest. Mr. Everett states: "In the interest of party har ipony and public economy, no further primary will be asked. My friends and I will support the ticket from the top to the bottom and do our bit to secure a big Democratic victory in November." Chairman Biggs' letter- to County Chairman Peel follows; "I have your letter of the Bth inst., in reference to the vote in the second, primary for county' commissioners in your county. I note that Mr. T. C.j Griffin received a majority and was duly nominated, and that Mr. +f S.' Everett received the next highest vote, 1 hut less than a majority for the other Luininisiiuncr. "I have taken this matter up with tin Attorney General's office, and Mr. Nash, Assistant Attorney General, ad vises me that lor eight years it has been the consistent ruling of this of fice that there is no provision for a second primary, and that under the conditions set forth in your letter, Mr. 11. S. Everett should l>e -declared the ! nominee." Man Walks Several Miles To and From His Work Walter Griffin, local colored man, finding work unusually scarce in this immediate vicinity, started walking to the Kveretts community several miles away a few weeks ago for employ ment. Griffin, according to Night Of ficer Allshrooks, starts to his job in the early morning hours and returns late each evening. tle under the average paid, it is be lieved. While wages are at a very low level, the labor situation in this section has been Kreatly relieved since the to_- I iicco harvesting season opened. All types of cheap labor are required, and rnMiy of the workers, for the first time* in weeks'and even months, are accepting their first job offered them. Unemployment in this section is ex pected to , show on upward trend be tween the end of the harvesting sea son and the opening of the tobacco markets, but the lull* will be of oply short duration. Between now and the the lull is ovef. bet ween the harvest ing season and the opening of thf to bacco markets, it is believed that real danger will not present itself in this WILLIAMSTON ' NATIONALLY ADVERTISED .Trade Journal Advertises Town In Connection with the Peanut Plant Here "—• \\ illiamston was given national ad vertising recently when the Columbian I'tamit Company inserted a lull page advertisement in the National Nut News, a peanut trade journal with a large circulation. The advertisement tells of the erec tion of the nineteenth peanut plant of the Columbian System, and carries the name of the town in big type. _A.?iS.' UlliiiL —wveti+U*—(fiven the advertisement in Chicago where Mr. H. C, Smithers, president of the Col uinbian Company, forwarded 1 a-eopy of the journal from carrying the page advertisement. In referring to the location of the plant, the advertisement reads, "Right in the heart of one of the best pro ducing sections of the I'eanut Melt.-" I'lic -ad continues, " This new plant will have a capacity of I.IHKI bags per day. At this plant the Columbian will also adhere to its policy, of buying direct from growers." HOME AGENT'S JUNE REPORT Annual Girls' Camp Given As Biggest Event of lyfonth I Hiring tlic tit i >lllll II! June the home demonstration spent 7 days in the field, 1 in the office, anil 17 on annual leave. I he bin event of the month was the annual girls' camp held at Camp l.each, The ( biggest and best camp was held this year the first week of June, 35 girls were in attendance ln struction was given the girls during the week by the agent in the making of beach bags from old inner tubes, making of lamp shades from brown] wrapping paper, making homes more attractive at little excuse. The girls reported a very enjoyable week. There were approximately two dozen visitors while the camp was in session. To the preselit date, the agent has traveled 4,f>10 miles in the county, dis tributed 1,380 bulletins, written 12 cir cular letters, with >Ht) copies, written 30 press articles, held 133 meetings withal total attendance of 1,750; in ad dition held two community "Live at TTome" meetings at which 250 attend ed, held three advisory council meet ings and the girls' encampment. ROBBERS ENTER HASSELL STORES o Steal Quantity of Cigarettes and Chewing Gum and $5.00 In Cash Thieves, working in the liassell community, robbe'd two stores there in us many nights this week, entering the. store of J. 11. Knox late Sunday night. A second rohhery was made in the store uf J. K. I'ljrvis there last night. -' r 'I he thief or thieves did not enter the J. 11. Knox store, hut removed a quantity ofy-andy, chewjnfe gum and 'other articles by prying open a window afld reaching for the goods. Forcing their the I'urvis store, the several dol lars ill cash from a nu>i>(y drawer and a quantity of cigarettes, vanned goods and otfier articles. The owner was unable to determine the exact amount vf liis loss. N-o arrests have been made in either of the cases, but according to reports, several suspicious characters are being hi Id under observation in an effort to learn the guilty party. THREE KILLED IN AUTO WRECK 4k Two Young Men and Girl Meet Sudden Deaths On State Highways m Charlotte, July 14,—Three persons lost their lives in automobile wrecks in North Carolina yesterday. Miss Mattie Stanfield, of Franklin, and Carey Tuck, 24, of Muleville, Va., were kilted when eight miles from Franklin when their car failed to ed into a concrete bridge. F.lder Hunt, IV, of Oxford, died in a Raleigh hospital some hours after he was injured in a collision near Clay ton early Sunday morning. Watch the Label on Your Paper At It Carriea the Data When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 189* 'PROFIT SHOWN BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT Report Reflects Efficient Handling of Town's Business AUDIT IS COMPLETED | Condensed Form Appearing Today. O'vea Total Receipts and Dis bursements for Past Year An audit of the town's books for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1930, reflects a highly efficient work on the part of the officials in handling the town s finance and carrying on the municipality's affairs. 'y le statement of receipts and disbursements, ap pearing in condensed form elsewhere in this paper; shows, an ungual year in the town's financial operations and clear profits in the water department. I'lie investment in the w.0.-r -drpart mcnt is not considered other than per manent improvements ipade during the | year 'period. .. ......... . ;. • , According to the statement of re ceipts and disbursements, the water department made a profit of $2,010.67, a much smaller sum than can be ex pected from that source during the y»ar just begun. The expected increase in profits for the current year is based o:i the fact that the water and sew erage system is now in good shape, as a whole,- and improvements will be much more limited this year than they were last. Approximately $8,7411.00 were received by the water depart ment from its customers, $3,343 29 of tin amount being used for permanent improvements, Ihe actual operating cost of the department during the year was $3,394.07. The total figures in both the feceipts .ind disbursements columns mdjcajg iiiiu'li book work, the treasurer, Mr. N. C. Green, pointing out that this resulted w lieu every item, regar.lless of its nature, was handled in its re ,pec tive place. For instance, "other re ceipts" includes one item of $1,132.70, the amount being practically offset by miscellaneous accounts payable, the transaction representing money re- $ ciivcd from the Town of Kveretts and paid over to the \ irginia Electric and Power (ompany 'according to con tracts controlling the sale of electric current. I cmporary loans* are placed at $29,000, but offsetting the amount to a great extent is the payment of notes payable iu the sum of $18,571 43. Ihe paving program last year runs up the totals to a great extent, $47,- 060.25 having been spent i>• r side ! walks (Turing the period. In looking over the receipts, it will be noticed by the observer that the tr wnVrhief revenue originated from direft taxes and water customers, only a few other items entering in to alter the statement. The treasurer's balance, as of June 1, 1929, is practically taken U|l by the paving program, it will be noticed. It would require many pages to of fer a complete explanation of all the transactions and that is out of the ques tion here. The complete audit is in the hands of the mayor and commissioners and is open to inspection. In the dis bursement column, general administra tion expenses are listed at $5,303.64. The amount represents fifteen or twenty items, including the mayor's and commissioners' salaries, auditing fees, legal fees, insurance, costs of re moving hotel porches, tax refunds and the Modliu case compromise and al lied costs. Interest on bonds is a thing to be faced yearly, the water depart ment and tlie old light system ac counting for that one item largely. General administration, under perma nent improvements, includes a river warehouse and repairs to other build ings. Under permanent improvements is charged the installment on~the new fire truck and equipment. The $165 for permanent improvements on streets was spent for paint, and other items of a similar nature. Mr. B. K. Perkinson, oT the Perkin son Ambling J'oinpany, in commenting o:i the statement, said that it was an unusually good one for the period, that it reflected efficiency in the handl ing of town affairs. Small Child ,of Hassell, Dies in XtrtioTo Hospital The 18-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Haislip, of Hassell, died in a Tarboro hospital late last night of colitis. The child had been ill for several days and .Mr. and Mrs. Haislip carried the child to the hos pital in a last effort to save its lifr. —Services were held from-the ban this afternoon and interment followed in the Haislip cemetery, near Hassell. Mr. W. A. Ayers, of Hassell, was 4 business visitor her* yesterday.
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