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VOLUME XXXXIV—NUMBER 3
TENTATIVE PLAN
FOR CLOSING OF
LOCAL SCHOOLS
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Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Will Deliver Commence
ment Address May 8
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Tentative plans, in part, for the
closing (regular, not forced) of the lo
cal schools were announced yesterday
by Principal Wm. R. Watson, who re
ferred to the scheduled exercises as
the best so far planned at any previous
closing of the Williamston Schools.
The first of the series of exercises will
held Friday evening of next week
when a library play will be staged.
Schools, activties for the 1930-31 term
will be brought to an end May 8 when
tk* graduation exercises will be held
in the new school building.
Announcements, in detail, will be
given from time to time, Mr. Watson
•aid, in connection with the following
event*;
March 20—Library Play.
March 27—Grammar Grade Operet
ta
April 17—'Senior Play .. —-
April 24 —Seventh Grade Exercises.
May I—Music Recital
May 3—Sermon to High School
Graduating Class
May B—High School Graduation.
The Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of
Elisabeth City, yesterday accepted the
invitation to address the seniors
graduating night, May 8.
A date for the, junior-senior ban
quet has not been determined at this
time and no preacher has been selected
to deliver the commencement sermon.
Mr. Wathon stated however, that a
local man would be chosen,
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LEGGE PREDICTS
5 CENT COTTON
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Statement Will Also Apply
To Tobacco Prices
This Fall
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Referring to the failure of growers
to cut acreage, Alexander Legge, re
cently resigned chairman of the Fed
eral Farm Board, said the cotton far
mer "is still trying to put the price
down to five cents," and the wheat
farmer will "quit growing wheat
when it gets down to 25 cents."
The former farm board chairman,
whose position is now filled by James
C. Stone, one-time tobacco member of
the board, did not mention the various
other crops, but his statement was ac
cepted as applying to tobacco.
When it comes to acreage reduc
tion, he said, farmers are too willing
i "to let George do it"
Asked if he saw any immediate pos
sibility for five cents cotton, Legge
said "there is no question but if they
raise as much this year as they have
been, the price will be lower than any
-* thing they have seen yet."
He believed, however, there would
be some reduction in cotton acreage
this year, but "not as much as it ought
to be."
Regarding wheat, while reduction
this year will be small, the chairman
atill saw the possibility the acreage
would be cut 20 per cent within two
years.
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SCHOOL MEN TO
HOLD MEET HERE
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Schoolmasters Club Plan a
Discussion of School
Legislation
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■ The Martin County schoolmasters
will hold their sixth' meeting of the
1930-31 term in the high school build
ing here Thursday evening, it was an
nounced by Professor W. R. Wataon,
president of the club, yesterday after
noon.
Two topica, a county field day and
achool legislation, will be discussed,
Mr. Watson stated in hia announce
ment, and a goodly number of the
male teachers are expected to attend
and take part. A county field day was
suggested by Professor R. I. Leake,
of the Robersonville Schools at the|
county .teachers' meeting held here
last Saturday afternoon when it was
referred to the Schoolmasters' club for
consideration. The "discussion, having
to do with school legislation, is ad
vanced in an effort to acquaint the
various school heads with all new mea
sures passed or proposed in the North
Carolina General Assembly.
The teachers will be served dinner in
the high school lunch room by the -
ladies of the Methodist Chnrch Aid
society, according to present plans.
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Kiwaniens To Hold Meet
- Here Tomorrow Mt Noon
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The local Kiwanit club will hold its
regular luncheon in the Woman's club
hall tomorrow at noon. The president
is req nesting all members who can
possible to do so to attend.
THE ENTERPRISE
4,000 Merchants
School Revenu
WOULD PREFER
PRESENT TAX
BE CONTINUED
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Action Not a Test Vote on
Sales Tax, But Shows
Strength in House
FAVOR NO'SALES TAX
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Prominent Merchants Declare Day
Sale* Tax Bill Would Com
pletely Destroy Them
Four thousand merchants marched
down on Raleigh yesterday to register
complaints, some against the Hinsdale
or so-called luxury tax, and some
against the Day tax bill or tax on
gross sales, and some against any
form of sales tax whatever. The
result was.a marked blow directed at
the Mac Lean School Bill, and gives
rise to an impending danger for the
landowners throughout the State. Fol
lowing what is said to have been a
state of pandemonium or near chaos,
the assembly money-raisers dissolved
joint session without a vote on the
sales tax.
The action of the committee last
night was not a test vote on sales tax,
but it does indicate that the House
is stronger for a sales tax than the
Senate is. In short, it looks as if the
line of defense set up by farmers and
landowners earlier in the session was
attacked by politicians backed by
more than 3,000 merchants in a last
battle of the season. That a counter
charge would be made by- the land
owners was in evidence today when
telegrams and petitions were for
warded to the members of the General
Assembly resenting the activities re
corded in the capital yesterday. '
The public hearing was featured by
the refusal of all those appearing
before the committee to expressing
any preference as between the pend
ing sales tax bills and statements by
several of the spokesmen that the
General Assembly had gone too far
in pledging itself to support the six
months school term without ad valo
rem taxes.
When the hearing was granted last
week there was a strong intimation
that if faced with a showdown be
tween the Day Bill carrying a gen
eral sales tax and the Hinsdale bill
carrying a so-called luxury tax, the
merchant would overwhelmingly fa
vor the latter.
However, if there was any auch in
tention it was abandoned before the
hearing yesterday.
Several members of the committee
were insistent in their efforts to ob
tain an expression and Representa
tive White, of Robeson, after stat
ing that he was opposed in principle
to any form of a sales tax, three times
asked the question:
"If this committee should find that
it is absolutely necessary to impose
some sort of a sales tax, which sort
would you prefer?"
"The best answer to that question
is that if this committee and the
House and Senate are to adopt a
sales tax we want it to be of their own
choice and we want them to bear
the odium and want none of it shifted
to the shoulders of the merchants of
North Carolina," declared Eugene
Newsome, of Durham, who directed
the hearing for the merchants.
"That is like asking a man to choose
between seven deadly forms of disease'
had been Mr. Newsome's earlier reply
to the same question, the position be
ing the same one assumed by Willard
L. Dowell, secretary of the North Car
olina Merchants Association at an
earlier hearing.
"It is like asking a man how he
wants to be killed," interjected Sena
tor H. P. Grier, of Iredell.
Yesterday's hearing, however, was
directed entirely at the Day general
sales tax (biO, whicjh »h prominent
merchants from all over the State
who spoke declared would utterly de
stroy them, by presenting a tax which
they could neither absorb or pass on
to the consumer.
Shortly after beginning of the hear
ing, further questions of the commit
tee were reserved by request until the
conclusion of the formal presentation.
Most of these dealt with the un
successful effort to secure an expres-|
sion of preference but some of them
related to other matters, particularly
the "graduated rates in the Day bill,
which levies a tax of one-half per
cent on sales under SIO,OOO with seven
brackets, the being 3 per
cent on all sales over $500,000.
'Which could more easily pass on
the tax, the small independent store
or the chain store?" inquired Repre
sentative Newman. 11
"Undoubtedly the chain store could
because they have unlimited re
sources from other states and would
absorb the tax, advertise to the world
that they wire doing it and ran the
small independent put of business.
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Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 10, 1931
Benefit Supper for the
Needy Friday Night
The Charity Committee of
the Woman'* Club will aerve a
Chicken salad supper at the Club
room Friday evening, March 13.
from 6 to 8:30.
All the proceed* will go to
help the needy ca*«* in the
community.
You are invited and urged to
attend.
CHARGED WITH
ATTACKING CAT
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Paul Bozeman Breaks Glass
Partition And Knocks
Cat Off Of A Box
Charged with attacking a house cat
Paul Bozemai. young white man of
near here, was carrief before Justice
of the Peace J. L. Hassell last week.
He was required to pay the damage
connected to the assault and justify
the court for its trouble.
A few days ago, Bozeman, partially
if not totally intoxicated, wandered in
to C. O. Moore's store on Washington
Street here. A large house cat, peace
fully sleeping on a box just on the
other sid of a glass partition, attracted
Bozeman's attention. The man cursed
and dared the cat to meow or growl,
and as the pet contiuned to sleep, he
became worried and with, pugilistic
force thrust his fist through the glass
partition. The cat, landed on its feet
several paces away. Bozeman arrest
ed and carried before Justice Hassell
to answer in the case charging him
with asaultiug a cat.
CLuiT MEETING
AT JAMESVILLE
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Agent Explains Curb Mar
ket and Urges Support
Of Club Members
The Home Demonstration £lub of
Jamesville held its regular monthly
meeting in the club room oil Friday
March 6at 2:30 p. m. In the absence
of the President, Mrs. Lessie Holliday
Vice President presided. Thirteen
members and two visitors were in at
tendance. The club decided to assume
the responsibility of supplying milk
and fruit for a sick child in the com
munity.
After the regular business meeting
at which time Mrs. Bettie Hassell was
appointed News Reporter,"Miss Sleep
er took charge stressing the need of
hot bed* and cold frames for starting
early vegetables. Names of quick
growing vegetables and those of new
favor in the state were suggested to
the members. She explained the mana
gement of the curb market that is to
be opened in Willlamston soon and
urged every club member to support
the market. She also gave her plan for
Better Homes week. Her special work
for the afternoon was remodelling and
Restyling old garments.
After adjournment the Club was de-j
lightfully served a salad course with
coffee by Mrs. J. E. Sniithwick.—Club
Reporter.
RED CROSS AIDS
TWO MILLIONS
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Contribution* to $10,000,000
Relief Fund Totals
$9,704,654,00
Washington, March 7. The full
disaster measure of last summer's 1
drought was calculated today by the
Red Cross.
Approximately 2,000,000 persona in
850 counties of 22 states were being
fed or otherwise aided by the Red
Cross on the last day of February—
a month-end summary believed by of
ficials to represent "peak load."
In the shortest, leanest month of
all, February, 460,240 families were
being fed, as against 255,737 families
the month before. The national relief
scene was etched in terms of families
aided, with the explanation that four
and one-half persons were considered {
the average per family.
By states, aid was given as follow*:
Alabama, 22,752 families; Arkansas,
161,114 families; Georgia, 1,122 fam
ilies; Illinois, 4,785 families; Indiana,
2,356 families; Kansas, 26" families;
Kentucky 40,903; Louisiana, 51,251;
Maryland, 567; Mississippi, 31,389;
Missouri, 22,626; Montana, 569; North
Carolina 2,120; North Dakota, 280;
Ohio, 8045; Oklahoma, 52,616; Penn
sylvania, 549; Tennessee, 16,467;
Texas, 26,519; Virginia, 9,175; Wml
Virginia, SOO9.
Contribution* to the $10,000,000
drought relief fund totalled $9,704-
«54.
SCOUTS HOLD A
HONOR COURT
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Twenty-eight Boys Attend
Meeting Held Here
Friday Evening *>•
BY L. L. HALLMAN, Secy.
1 Sincerely hoping that every father
and mother that sees this article will
read same, as we are not asking for
any thing but we do offer you infor
mation that you should he eager to
get.
The organization of Boy Scouts is
an International Institution that stands
for the greatest things that life holds
for man.
Is Your Boy a Scout Why?
Scouting offers the boy more than
be can get any place that I know of
away from his parents. Just consider
for a moment the oath that the boy
j takes before being admitted to become
I a scout any you will see that he is
compelled to gain some benefit from
the organization that he is joining.
The Oath.—On my Honor— 1. 1
will do my best to do my duty to God
and my country and obey the scout
laws. 2. To help other people at all
times. 3. To keep my self physically
strong mentally awake and morally
straight.
If your boy is a Scout help him to
be a better one, if he is not get him
in. ->
The advancement at present in the
troop of your town is great indeed,
within the next few months you will
have some boys that will have reach- j
ed the highest rank possible in scout-'
ing, why not let one of these boys be
yours.
The last Court of Honor held in
the Court House presided oveT by the
chairman of the Court Scouter Z. T.,
Piephoff. There were also present L. j
L. Hallman Secy. Wheeler Martin
Scout Master, William Manning an-|
other H. 1). Harrison Couii-,
cillor for Firemanship Merit Badge.
There were twenty eight scouts pres- J
cut, We also had in attendance a great {
number of visitors, of which we were
very proud.
The following young men were j
presented to the court for advance-1
ment, in a very impressive ceremony, j
There were three young men dubbed i
scouts by becoming Tenderfoot Scouts,
they were Howard Cone, Thad Har
rison and Exum Ward.
For the Rank of Second Clata—
Harry Taylor.
For higher advancement, being merit
badge work the following were present
ed for the various awards in the dif
ferent subjects.
Civics Merit badge—W. F. Clark,
jno. H. Gurganus, Ben Hopkins,
Wheeler Martin Jr.
Wood L. Hallman.
First Aid*—J. S. Rhodes, Jno. H.
Gurganus, Leslie Fowden Jr.,
Lawrence Lindsley.
Handicraft—J. D. Rhodes Jr., Les
lie Fowden Jr., Jno. H. Gurganus,
Horace Ray, L. L. Hallman.
Firemenship—H. D. Harrison, Jr.,
William F. Clark, O. S. Anderson Jr.,
M. J. Ben Hopkins, L. G. Lindsley,
Jack Manning, Horace Ray, Donnie
Harrison, Jno. H. Gurganus, Reginald
Simpson, Leslie Fowden Jr., L. L.
Hallman.
Cycling—J. Ben. Hopkins, H. D.
Harrison Jr., Donnie Hardison,
Horace Ray, O. S. Anderson Jr.,
Wheeler Martin Jr., L. L. Hallman.
Personal Health—J. S. Rhodes Jr.,
Reginald Simpson.
Basketry—L. L. Hallman.
Pioneering—L. L Hallman.
Automobiling—L. L. Hallman.
The court was closed by the chair
man and the meeting was turned over ,
to the scout master, after which there (
were numerous games played, both
entertaining and educational.
Fertilizer Man Voices His
Opinions on Conditions
Mr. S, Y. Priddy, associated with
the C. W. Priddy Fertilizer Company,
of Norfolk, was a business visitor in j
our town yesterday.
Mr. Priddy, is of the opinion that
high prices for farm products have
departed and will remain so, far quite
awhile unless something unforseen
come to light. Mr. Priddy, says condi
tions are not so bad in his territory
where farmers have been operating on
a conservative basis, and he believes
conditions will adjust themselves
where the farmers will follow a con
servative course of crop variety.
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|( ANSWER BOX I
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Q. When was the first agricul
tural fair held In lfjutin county?
A. About 1(54.
Q. Where was the first agricul
tural fair bald in lCgftin county?
A. In Hamilton.
Q. What waa the mimw pro
party valuation in Martin county?
A. 115,887,039.00.
Q. What una the estimated pro
perty fluartnn in Martin county?
A. $25,000,000.00.
Q. What to Martin, county*■
bonded debt?
A, $928,000.00.
Government Seed
Available to Martin Farmers
Eleven Convicts Cremated
In Duplin County Prison
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Forty-one Save Lives When
Camp Burned Early
Saturday Morning
Eleven Negro convicts were burn
ed to death at two o'clock last Satur
day morning when the Duplin County
stockade was destroyed by fire, An in
vestigation, conducted by State au
thorities held no one responsible for
the tragedy, but efforts to have the
old State Prison replaced by a modern
one were redoubled as a result of the
Duplin tragedy.
The fire, starting in the kitchen of
the camp, was discovered by two
guards, . but before they could give
the alarm and release all the 52 pris
oners, stiffing smoke pushed tlieni
back. Eleven trapped in a back cell,
were left to perish. The flames never
reached the 11 men, but the heat from
the burping structure around them
scarred thein- bodies, making identifi
cation impossible. ~
Starting from what is believed to
have been a defective wire, the flames
advanced so rapidly that when dis
covery was made, it was too late. The
officers ran into the center entrance of
the blazing building and released the
first 16 men in the cell blocks. These
screaming and howling, maddened by
terror, fought wildly in a stampede
for the door.
Owen Hasley, Jr., guard who re
leased them, was thrice knocked down
in the rush and received painful head
injuries.
Hut when the guards sought to un
fetter the men in. the second cell block
they found fiery death and preceded
them.
Crowded into :t -single cell of the
block containing f ve barred sections,
the negroes had died, impotent to
struggle against the red hot iron bars
which both imprisoned and tortured
them.
As a result of the Duplin tragedy,
near Kenansville, pressure from a
number of quarters was being -brought
to bear on members of the general as
sembly to secure, passage of a bill now
before the body to re-appropriate
$400,000 in order that a fire proof cen
tral prison may he erected at Carey
prison farm.
Though all prisoners killed at
Kenansville were county charges, the
state department of public 'welfare and
state's prison immediately dispatched
investigators to the scene.
Close on the heels of the news of
the fire Mr. Pou gave every member
of the general assembly a communica
tion warning them that "if proper and
safe buildings are not authorized, then
members of tlnyfrueral assembly and
those who oppose the bill must ac
cept the responsibility in the event of
a fire and the loss of human lives."
Dan C. Boney, commissioner of in
surance, said the Duplin fire should
"forcefully call to the attention of our
present general assembly" conditions
existing at the central prison and the
hospitals for the insane at Raleigh
and Morganton. Mr. Boney said "just
such occurreces tan happen any day"
at any of the institutions.
"Th.e conscience of Hjie state is
shocked beyond measure at the ca
tastrophe in the Duplin prison fire
which tortured to death 11 helpless
convicts early this mroning," Governor
said in a statement tonight.
"I 'am inexpressably distressed at
the occurrence,. whicJi, while not ex
pected, could |bave happened in so
many places in North Carolina. I
shudder to think of what the out
come would be if a similar fire should
occur at the state's prison.
"If anyone needs to be convinced
of the duty that the state owes it
self as well as the individuals on whom
it lays its hand of restraint, the mute
ly eloquent charred bodies of these 11
unfortunate wretches I think fur
nishes it.
"I hope to see the administration
recommendation for tihe relocation
and rebuilding of the state's prison in
suitable units, and according to prac-,
tical modern standards, go through in j
time to prevent a truly distressful oc-i
currence happening again in North
Carolina. I wish it might have been
done in time to have prevented this."
Pneumonia Deaths More
Numerous In the County
Although- the disease Ti far from the
epidemic stage, pneumonia has result
ed in a number of deaths in several
sections of the county during the past
few weeks according to reports com
ing from the various, practicing physi
cians. The percent of pneumonia
deaths is said to be larger than usual,
and practically all the cases developed
from influenza, it is believed.
Clothing Specialist
To Hold Meet Here
Miss Willie Hunter, State
Clothing Specialist of the Ex
tension Division at Raleigh will
be in the County Wednesday for
an all day meeting in die Home
Agent's office beginning at 10.30.
Thia is the first meeting to be
open to women interested in the
subject "Children's Clothing."
Miss Hunter has asked that the
women bring old garments from
which chldiren clothes can be
made.
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DOINGS IN THE
LEGISLATURE
Introduce Bills Providing
Further Delay In Real
Estate Valuation
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Countless bills, humorous ones and
minor one* along with a few worthy
ones are being enacted into law by
the present legislature, such good luck
so far for the revenue bill that would
create funds for operating the six
months schools.
The Senate yesterday passed the ad
ministration bill to reappropriate $400,-
000 to state's prison to provide for
the erection of a modern, fire-proof
central prison.
l ighting to postpone a revaluation
of real pro|>erty in N. C. until 1933,
members of both-houses of the general
assembly yesterday introduced bills
continuing the effect of the Neal law
until January 1 two years hence.
Early in its session the assembly
passed the bill of Representative Neal
of McDowell postponing the revalua
•tion until March 25, though it was sup
posed to have started January 1, a
week before the legislature met.
Due to evtraodinary times existing,
with land values at unusually low fig
ures, Governor Gardner urged the as
sembly in -his biennial message to pos
pone the work until 1933.
The new bills are by Neal of Mc
' Dowel I in the house and Pritcfiett,
' Campbell, Hendren and others in the
' senate.
' Coming before the Senate as a sub
stitute with, committee amendments
designed to allay opposition by reduc
ing its cost, the State-wide automo
i bile drivers license bill became in-j
1 volved in a running debate yesterday
and emerged, after its third reading,
ias a mere gesture toward greater
| highway safety.
Under the bill as amended, mem
bers of the highway patrol, sherifft,
' police officers and other constituted
authorities in the name of the state
may issue licenses to drivers of auto
mobiles after January 1, 1932, but
| may charge nothing for this service.
I It has been agreed that no new
bills would be introduced in the two
branches of the legislature after to-
I morrow. Probably no record has been
I established, but apparently there have
already been sufficient bills introduced.
U. S. SURVEY OF
SCHOOL FOLKS
Lengthy Questionnaire Is
Sent To Each Teacher
In the United States
In an effort to make a survey of
the demand for and education of tea
chers "throughout the United States,
the Department of Interior, Wa>>hing
ton, Washington, is sending ,nut to
every teacher in the country a ques
tionnaire propounding numerous ques
tions. The blanks are , being mailed
from the superintendent's office in the
county this week, and the teachers will
have something to really amuse them
over the week-end. The questionnaire
is complete in every detail.
1n addressing the questionnaire to the
teachers, the department says,
The present unemployment of many
' experienced and trained teachers led
the Seventy-first Congress, at the re
quest of professional organizations, to
provide for a nation-wide survey of the
demand for and education of teachers,
supervisors, administrators and other
specialists in' the public school systems
of the Unite'd States. You may have
answered similar questions for local
studies. However, to secure data com
parable between States, all teachers and
other professional employees are ask
ed to reply to the same set of ques
tions.
This study is solely for the im
provement of American education.
Watch the Label On Your
Paper Ai It Carries the Date
When Yoor Subscription Expires
ESTABLISHED 1898
INCLUDE COUNTY
IN CHANGE MADE
A FEW DAYS AGO
$189,000 Has Already Been
Lent To North Caro
lina Farmers
$5,000 LENTLAST YEAR
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County Agent T. B. Brandon Will
Handle Seed-Feed Loans
In This County
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1 hat Martin County farmers will be
eligible, after all to share Jn the
United States $25.000,(XX). seed and
feed loan fund was announced last
when several additional
counties in this immediate part of the
State |Were included in the ,ltst of
drought sufferers. Late in January, a
list of the State and counties eligible
for participation in the loan fund, was
announced, but Martin county was not
included. The requests for loans con
tinued, and at a last minute this coun
ty was included.' '
The allotment available to farmers in
this county is not known, but it is be
lieved that all those who are eligible
will have an opportunity to share in
the fund. The rules for securing the
loans are not known at this time, but
it is understood that similar methods in
effect last year will continue again this
year. Farmers losing their crops on
account of dry weather and finding
it impossible to finance themselves this
year can borrow from the fund, giving
a lieu on his anticipated crop as se
curity? It is also understood that no
loans will be made ytiless the bor
rower agrees to plant ample feed and
food'crops during the coming season.
County Agent T. B. Brandon will
handle the loans in this county, it was
announced. Those eligible to partici
pate ill the fund should see liiin at
once. It is specifically stated, how
ever, that iio loans will he made to
finance other than farming activities,
anil money secured from the fund can
not be used to pay taxes or other debt ß
of a similar nature.
Last year, approximately $5,000 was
lent to about a dozen farmers in this
county, it is understood. According to
reports coming from those sharing in
the $8,000,000 loan fund last year, the
benefit was marked. One of the far
mers coming in for a loan remarked
that he accomplished as much with the
S.IOO cash lent him as he had been
doing with around S7OO worth of cre
dit.
Practically ,all the 1930 loans have
been paid off. ..
Approximately $189,000 has been
loaned io North Carolina farmers un
der the drought relief appropriation,
'Dean I. O. Schaub, of N. C. State Col
lege, says he has learned from Wash
ington.
" Approximately 900 loans have been
made in the state, he said.
1 "We have had one of our district
agents, O. F. McCrary, in Washington
for the past two weeks assisting in ar
ranging these loans," Schaub
said. "He returned to Raleigh this
week and will be replaced by John W.
Goodman, district agent in the south
western part of the state."
Mr. Schaub said a large number of
the applicants for loans from farmers
in Stokes and Surry counties, where
the drought was most severe last sum
mer.
He said the demand for application
blanks in Stokes county was so great
two weeks ago that the local commit
tee and county farm apent could not
keep supplied.
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Tar Heel Farmers Plan
Banquet in Jamesville
The members of the Young Tar Heel
Farmers' : club of the Jamesville High
School, will hold a Father-Son ban
quet in the school there Friday eve
ning of this week from 8 to 11 p. m.,
it was announced yesterday.
Each year, the young farmers of that
section get together with their fathers
for a'general discussion having td do,
more or less, with farming. The stu-'
dents in the agricultural class of the
Jamesville School are doing a mark
ed work, according to reports, and the
Fattier-Son*banquet is looked forward
to with much interest.
False Fire Alarm Received
By Volunteers Here Today
The local fire company was called
out at 12:30 this afternoon when a fire
was reported near the old convict
camps at the foot of the river hill.
The truck went down the hill, and
when the firemen could learn nothing
about the report there, they returnM.
The alarm was turned in by FsnMfe
Respass, local colored man.
No definite details have b«p de
termined at this time, but an investiga
tion will be made* it is understood