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Advertisers Will Fad Our Col ■ms a Latchkey to Over Sixteen VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 23 HOUSE AGAIN MUSTERS STRENGTH TO WARD OFF AD VALOREM TAX PLAN ADJOURNMENT IS AGAIN TALK OF ASSEMBLY Plan Rejected Last Night Called for a 15-Cent ' Ad Valorem Tax The House last night, by the nar row margin of 60 to 55, continued the deadlock that has featured th« present session of the North Carolina General Assembly by rejecting an ad valorem tax. According to opinions advanced over the week-end sine die adjourn ment is now in order, but what: will j actually result is not knftwn just at this time. Rumors had it that the Senate was gathering strength for a •ales tax yesterday, but the body tem porarily ceased' its activities without taking a vote. The conference report rejected by the House late last night provided a 15-cent ad valorem tax, and would have reduced the six-months school budget from $20,000,000 to $16,500,000, which Dr. A. T. Allen, Sttae Superin tendent, previously stated would entail salary ruts of between 20 and 25 per cent for every teacher in the Stated- Chairman Spence brought in the con ference report. It was signed by five of the seven conferees Representative* Macl .ean and Connor not signing. Mr. Spcnce explained briefly that the conference bill was estimated to raise $16,500,000 for the schools. This brought a questions from Holmes, of Pitt: "This report contemplates a 20 to 25 per cent cut tor teachers, doesn't it? • Then if the same cut were ap plied to all administrative departments why couldn't enough be saved to run the schools without any 15-cent ad valorem tax? Mr. Spence said he was willing to go with the Pitt Assemblyman in ef fecting economies. State Responsibility Mr. Spence stressed the fact that under the conference report the State would be responsible for maintenance of the schools, regardless of whether the counties could collect their taxes or not. He also stressed the fact thaj they lev y would be on an actual and not a determined valuation basis. , Representative A. I). Macl.can, lead: er in the fight for State support, stat ed that he believed the time had come to lay aside differences and reach ■» correct conclusion in this matter. MacLaan Gives Arguments He Mated thit it was his purpose lay before the House, he hoped for the last time, the principal reasons' for and against the report. On the affirmative side, he said, the report admits and recognizes and at tempts to provide the revenue for the six months school term "and is equiv alent, as I view it, to the establish ment of the underlying principle we have been fighting for here." He added that it represented at least one-half victory in that respect and in the ad valorem tax cut to 15 cents represented about three-fourts of the ad valorem relief hoped for,* The third affirmative reason, he said, was that adoption would bring the legislature to a conclusion. Negative Outweighs On the negative side, however, he said there were three better reasons! why the report should not be adopted.' "It involves surrender of the prin ciple of school maintenance without recourse to an ad valorem tax," he said. "This report," he stated, "increases the rates on business beyond the dan ger point, I fear, and leaves the ad valorem tax." With the ad valorem \ tax removed, he said, the increases would not be too great. * Raises Deficit Isaua "The second major reason against it is that it almost assuredly means a million dollar deficit for school pur poses," he declared, adding that he had been informed that the Governor was very much disturbed over the pros pects of a deficit under this bill. He asserted that the rates in the bill were designed to produce a maxi mum of $12,000,000 for schools, point ing out that if it fell short only five per cent a substantial deficit would result. The third objection, he stated, is the 20 per cent slash in school costs, which according to State Superintend ent A. T. Allen would have to be ab sorbed almost wholly in teacher's sal aries. "Aaxious as I am to see economies introduced, I never expect to be will ins to see the common schools crip-i pled to the point where they can not carry on, and I fear that it ia what will happen if the $4,000,000 cut, great-. THE ENTERPRISE CHAIN STORE TAX IS UPHELD BY U. S. SUPREME COURT • * North Carolina Likely To Win Tax Case Against s The Chain Stores Washington. May 18.—In a fivc-to four decision, the Supreme Court to day upheld Indiana's chain store tax. The taw compelled chain stores to pay more for operating than independ ent establishments. Lafayette A. Jackson, operating 223 yfores in ln jdianapolis, brought suit/ claiming the statute was unconstitutional. Unusual attention \yas attracted to the case by protests against the growth of the chains and by similar attempts in other states to tax them. North Carolina's tax on chain stores is now pending before the court. Judge Roberts said, in presenting the majority opinion, that the case hinged upon the power of the legisla ture to classify businesses, "so long as its action is not unreasonable and arbitrary." He took the view there was enough ditTe:r|nij:e in chain stores and independ ent units to justify the Indiana law. Chief Justice Hughes, Justice Holmes, Justice Brandeis, and Justice Stone a greed with him. Dissenting Opinion j Justice Sutherland, in a dissenting opinion concurred in by Justices Mc- Reynolds, Van Devanter, and Butler, held the law obviously was discrimi natory, and added: "The power to tax is the power to j destroy, and this constitutes a reason t why that power, however moderately exercised in given instance-., should be jealously confined to the limits set by !the Constitution.'' "The problem of taxation is funda mental to the very existence of the government of states," Justice Rob erts said . . . "The fact that a statute in favor of a certain class does not make it arbitrary, if the I discrimination is founded upon a rea sonable distinction." ♦ Action of the United States Supreme Court Monday in sustaining as valid the Indiana law imposing heavy license • fees on chain stores probably will re sult in a favorable decision by that | court on the Constitutionality of a sim ilar tax imposed by North Carolina, at present under attack, Attorney Gen eral Deiinin.Jui,...Brummitt said yester- ' i day. I The Indiana law imposes a license] , tax on chain stores graduated in ac-1 cordance with the number of stores I under the same general management, Mr. Brummitt said, while the North > Carolina tax, passed by the 1929 Gen- j eral Assembly, imposes a SSO tax on each store of a chain above one. The North Carolina law yields the greater revenue as the highest listed in Indi ana is $25. Mr. Brummitt said he did not think it necessary to revise the North Car- olina brief filed in answer to the ac tion brought by the Atlantic and Pa-, cific Tea Company, and carried to the United States Supreme Court. The North Carolina Supreme Court sustained the State's tax. Branch Bank Employees Hove Holiday Tomorrow The Branch Banking and Trust Company will observe tomorrow, Mav 20th, Mecklenburg Day, as a holiday, Cashier C. D, Carstarphen announced this morning. The day marks the, signing of the Mecklenburg Declara tion of Independence atyl is limited to j North Carolina. As far as it could be learned, no other business firms will observe the day as a holiday in this county. Chevrolet Employees Go Back On Full Time Basis All plants of the Chevrolet Motor Company are now operating an aver age of five and one-half days a week, with workers back on a full-time basis, W. S. Knudsen, president and general manager, announced Saturday. The total company pay rbll is now 1 in excess of 36,000 employees, and. some plants are on a heavier product-1 ive basis than at any time since tljf ' fall of 1929, Mr. Knudsen said. - er than that for any other department, - is imposed." He stated that it was his conclu t sion that the arguments for the nega tive outweighed thofte for the affirma > tive, and urged the House to defeat t the report in hope that the Senate t would come around to considering the j matter on a more satisfactory basis. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 19, 1931 EIGHTH MONTH HONOR ROLL OF LOCAL SCHOOLS Names of H8 Students Ap pear on Roll«for Last Month of School The eighth-month honor roll in the local schools was the largest of the 'year, 148 pupils meeting all require ments to have their names appear in the list. The sixth grade led the list J with 27 honor pupils, the number be- , ing the largest ever reported by any | one grade in" the Williamson schools. ; The list follows: .Grade 1-A: Oniley Cowen, Reg Griffin, S. C. Griffin. William Lilley,! Haywood Rogers,"Berry Howell, Mary A. Cherry, Bina Jackson, Carrie Jones j Elizabeth Parker. ■\A- j . Grade 1-B: Kathleen Nicholson, Et- ta Mae Wynne, Garland Wynne, Nina. Mae Bunch, Irene Crawford,, Mart'm Whitley. B-A: - * Dorothy Mary Ruth Ward; Sarah K. Taylor, j Madeline Pope, Evelyn Corb.itt, Sal lie 1". Thomas, Eleanor Brown, Alice B. Jenkins, Marjorie G. Dunn, Kath erine Manning, Nina Bland, Raymond Rawls, Stuart Critcher, Jerry Man ning, Emory McCabe, R. J. Hardison, Joseph Thigpen, Jack Sullivan. Grade 2-B: Leslie Coltrain, Robert McClaren, McDonald 'Sarvis, Doris Bullock, Eniina Lou Daniel, Dorothy Jones, Arna Wallace. Grade 3-A: Bill Ballard, Jerry Clark, Dick Dunn, Jack Edmondson, Julian Jackson, Gordon Manning, James W. Ward, Bernicc Cowen, Sal lie G. Gurkiu,_Margaret Jones, Doris Moore, Louise Melson, Pearlie Rob erson, Susie. Whitley, Virgil Ward, Julia 'Watts, Rachel Keel, Eleanor Taylor. Grade .1-B: lien Godwin, Ben Hardy Ellen M. C'oburn, Mary E. Leggette. tirade 4-A: Cottie M Wynne, Mar ion Pender, Virginia Lilley, Nora j Grimes, Thelma Griffin, Mary 11. [Barnhill, Grace Barnhil!,. Lewis Wal lace, John Ward, jr.. Keg Manning. Grade 4-B: Muriel Bland, Beit Hop kins. Grade 5-A: Melrose Bonds, Addie L. I Meador, Nellie Rogerson, Charles' Dickey, E. G. Wynne, Jr. ' Grade 5-B: Beulah Bennett. Grade 6-A: Edna Ballard, Essie L. Biggs, Ethel Coltrain, Bolton Cowen, Frances Cox, Ella W. Critcher, Ma rie, Griffin, Allie Harrison, Ruby Har rison, Marjorie Lindsley, Kathleen I Price, Myrtle Price, Frances Sti|l- j man, Doris Teel, Gweti Watts, Jean Watts, Howard Cone, Robert.Grimes, Robert Gurganus, Tliad Harrison, Milton James, Brinkley Lilley,' Ben Manning, Clayton Moore, Densel Simpson, James Williams, Ellis Wynn. Grade 6-B: Jessie B. Swain, Lorene [Weaver, Elec Nicholson. | Grade 7: J. D. Bowcn, Tom Crock [ «-tt, Billy Griffin, Lawrence Lindsley, I John Pope, jr., Exum Ward, jr., I Frances Barnhill, l'attie R. Bennett, Alta Critcher, Mary B. Edmondson, Eula Green. Hennie Gurganus, Alice j Harrison, Blanche Harrison, Grace Manning, Irene Rodgerson, Annie Wynne, Edna Rodgerson. Grade 8-A: None. Grade 8-B; Jessie Mae Anderson, Mattie Gurganus, Olive McCabe, Ed na Coats, Roger Cjritcher, Wheeler. ! Martin, jr., Julian Raynor. Grade 9: Jane Moore, Jennie G.' | Taylor, Grace Barnhill, Marie Peele, Russell Roebuck. I Grade 10: None.'• Grade 11: Raymond Gurkin, Wheel er Manning, Frances BoWen, Nellie Ingram, Edith Peele, Thelma Peel, Mary C. Williams. SCHOOL FINALS AT HAMILTON I More Than 400 People Hear I Literary Address of the j Hon, R. O. Everett Hamilton, May 18.—The people of Hamilton and surrounding Community enjoyed having the Hon. R. O. Ever ett, of Durham, a native son of dis tinction, to deliver' the literary address to the graduating class Wednesday night. An 4»dience of more than 4001 'people listened attentively to an in-j teresting and instructive message on! the subject, "The Eleventh Step in' Human Progress," which wis handled' in a scholarly and masterful manner.. Following this address certificates! were presented to having . 100 j per cent attendance, those promoted fo 'liigh sclnxd, and to the graduating' ' class. The Parent-Teacher Association pre sented two beautiful pictures to the high school, which won the "Father Night" contest. The program was concluded after, awarding the following medals: Vale-| dictorian, Gleen Grimes; Salutatorian, Floreid Cox; Expression, Faye Wynne liobley; Declamation, W. E. Grimes. The school reports a very succe>i |ful year for the 1930-31 term. REVIVAL MEET AT BEAR GRASS ENDS SUNDAY Seventeen New Members Added To Church Roll During Past Week . The series of evangelistic services conducted by IV. E. E. Gillespie, of Greensboro, in 4he Community Chapel at Bear Grass was brought to a suc cessful close last Sunday evening .when more thaii 3(H) people attend ed to hear the visiting minister in a last of the scheduled services. | The little chapel, recently complet ed at a cost of approximately $5,000.00 (was comfortably filled each eveuing throughout the week, 1,668 people Ji'rom a radius of several miles, attend ling the services during the period 'Perhaps the largest crowd to attend a , revival service in the community pack led and jammed the chapel Sunday |evening. Every seat was filled—many I parents held their children to make room for others—and still they came. Quite a few patiently sU>od about the door and listened'to Or. Gillespie de liver the' last of the special series of sermons. . A marked interest in the meeting was shown by the people of the en tire community and as tlve Gospel of Jesus Christ was presented in a way in which the smallest child could un derstand it, many Christians reconse crated their hearts and lives to Jesus, while young and old came forward for j the first time to take their stand for I Him. People came from far and near-- tlvey came in carts, buggies, wagons, ' and automobiles. Many walked sev- | eral miles each night to attend the service's, while on one occasion as thirteen "bead" were counted in one wagon. —~> At the conclusion of the last serv ice, the sacrament of Baptism was ad mini>tered to seven boys and girlfj and men and women, while ten others were received by letter. ♦ ■ NEW FURNITURE FIRM IS FORMED —«— To Handle Used and Hand Made Furniture and Antiques Arrangements were completed this ( week for the opening of a new furni ture store in the flat-iron building on j Washington S(treet (here within the next few days, it was announced to-' day by Mr. Guthrie Strawbridge, part-j the business, While efforts are ' being made to have the store opened by Saturday of this week, the owners 1 were not certain this morning that ! all the details could be handled by that time or not. Mr. Kenneth Lindsley, a former resident of this place but who now , lives at Virginia Beach, will be asso- j ciateil with Mr. Strawbridge, it wa> stated. It is understood that Mr. | Lindsley wiH tna4nta+u-4m -residence I in the V irginia City. During the past several niontih.Si Mr. Strawbridge has successfully op* crated the Handmade Furniture Coin- j pany, a manufacturing plant special- j izing in hand-made furniture of select patterns, 'sie new store will carry, in stock a general line of the hand made products, antique goods, and used furniture, it was stated. • Political Pot Was Boiling In County One Year Ago One year ago the "political pot", was boiling in the county. Fifty-, seven candidates, it will be remember-j ed, were, doing the fiiring and there , was a marked interest in the out-j j come. The shortage of tobacco plants land politics were the main topics for conversation. There wa*s little room l or time left to discuss "hard times" j and everyone apparently got along fairly well or all right. This year, there were no candidates and farmers found sufficient plants to set out their tobacco crops, leaving nothing but the deadlock in the legislature to divert our attention from ourselves. The assembly fias about spent itself, 'land | there, is cause for one to fonder what I will be provided next to divert the mind front "hard times". Jimmy Brown To Again Play on Hgrtfor-d Team 0 | Jimmy Brown, of JamesviJle, who played third bite on Hertford*! cham -1 pionsbip baseball team last summer,' hM been hired again l»y the Hertford team to play on the team, which H being assembled for this season. Edgar Morris, manager of the Hert | ford club, was in Raleigh recently i|t , terviewing isomer prospective players at State College:, However, Jimmy! Brdwn it" the only one of the three! hired players allowed on the team to be definitely / liired. * * , Brown was one of the mosi popular |- members of tfoe team last year. - ~'| . . ' ..i METHODISTS OF ELIZABETH * CITY DISTRICT MEET HERE Summer School Here; Begins Will Give High School and Grammar Grade Students An Opportunity To Remove Conditions and Prepare Clean Slates for Opening of New Term In an effort to assist those pupils| who are 'delinquent in one or more, school subjects, local school officials) are planning a summer term to begin , next Tuesday and continue for ski weeks, Principal W. U. Watson stat ed yesterday. The school is hying I | planned at a nominal cost to the pros pective students, and will be conduct 1 ' ed according to State rules. In announcing the proposed school yesterday. Principal-, Watson stated,' "The primary purpose i>T"TTte summer school is to afford an opportunity to J remove conditions on regular school | iwork. In this way pupils may, keep tip regular grades without falling be jliind in difficult subjects. ■j . ':' ; , 1 ANNOUNCE MEET INLOCALCHURCH Rev. John Barclay To Con-1 duct Series of Services Here Next Week The Christian church feels very fortunate in securing the return «i Rev. John Barclay, of Wilson, to I conduct again its summer meeting. I'hose who heard him last year re member him as an outstanding speak er and thinker and a man oi charm.- ing persMtialitv. Mr. Barclay has been pastor of the Wilson Christian Church for over six years, ministering'at the same time to the students' of Atlantic Christian College. The .(several A. I C. alumni residing here were instru mental in securing tin: services of Mr. Barclay last year and were anxious for his return, lie was also pastor ol the church at Bethany, \V. Va. where Itcthau) College is located. He is not' a theological or academic preacher, but deals with the realities of life. His constant association with j college young people lias given this , very definite characteristics ring to his every sermon. He is thoroughly acquainted with every phase of our j social and economic problems and has thought them out in relation to the! teachings of Jesus. This has made him a favorite with both old ami .voting interested in living the | Jesus'way in our complicated, machine H; . - , lie is a man of deep convictions, delivering his "sermons with—ari—carilJ jestness that leases no room fur doubt, j : This, iio dount, has been one of the great secrets of his success. The local pastor will open the meet I I ing next Sunday, Mr. Barclay arriv iffß- Monday, May 25, to remain j I throutfh the following Sunday or. longer. We are bringing t!» the com-,; muiiiiy one of our strongest men, and we cordially invited everyone to at tend these services.—The Pastor. TAX COLLECTION SHOWS BIG DROP i. . 1 Payments for Both County j and Town Have Been Practically Stopped I Tax collections, both for this town i and county, have been very limited so far this month, according ti> reports coming from the collectors' offices. Payments ran into the thousands of; dollars during the first few days of, May, and they have been fair since r then, considering the fact that tax! sales were ordered stopped by the com missioners. Several thousand dollars have been paid into the'town treasury, since the Bth of this mouth, it was stated. t % Everetts Demonstration Club In Regular Meet Everetts, May is"—Last Friday!aft-J eriiuuu at 2:30 o'clock, the Everetts home demonstration club held its regular meeting in the home of Mrs. Prank Edwards. The meeting discuss ed the steam "pressure cooker and its uses in.the home. Miss also stressed the. importance of buying from home manufacturers, and had ] with her some very interesting sam- I pies of the products made in the State. * The members completed their old j\straw-hat projects started at a prev- I iou» meeting.—Club reporter. | "The secondary purpose of the! summer school is to give an oppor tunity (or review and special work in | subjects .that have caused worry hi the past. 'The summer school is planned and j operated according to the "regulations I |oi the State Department of "Krtncation | and credit- earned are acceptable to i auyhigh school or elementary school. • "Courses in all high school and ele-| mentarx school, subjects will be of j fered provided there is sufficient de-l : maiul for them." Prospective summer school students' | and parents interested in placing their | children in inniner school are invited jto'confcr with the director at the high [ school office "»•> soon as possible. 101 CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE ARE GIVEN HERE 14.2 Per Cent of All Pupils In Local Schools Attend ed Regularly in 1930-31 I One hundred and one pupils in the j local schools made perfect attendance records during the tertn just closed, Principal Will. R. Watson announced \c-tcrdav Fot ty-etght; ot the num iber were buys, the girls leading In the small majority of five. The primary 'and grammar grade ' pupils led the "jhigli school students by one per cent, 'the total perfect attendance- percent age lor the entire school being 11.2 of [an average enrollment of 711. Perfect attendance certificates were 'awarded last week to the following [pupils: ! Grade 1-A: Keg Griffin. S. C. Grif fin, jr.. Daisy Straw bridge, j tirade 1-1!: Garland Wynne, Warren 'Nicholson, Simon Amos Perry, jr. ' Grade 2-.\> K. J. Uardison, Doro thy Harrison. Manning. Madeline Pope. (irade 2-1$: Arna Wallace, tirade'3-A: Jack Fdmonilson, Julian Jackson, Frank Weaver, Bernard W'd i liams, James Willis Ward, Nettie M:tt- Gurgauus, S'allie Grey tiurkin, Mar garet Jones, Helen Lindsley, Louise Melson, Pearlie Mae Robersoii, R chel Keel. Grade ,1-H: Haywood Wynne, Ben jamin Hardy. | 1 irade 4 -A: l.nla Mae Gardner, l.eW- Ijs Wallace, John Ward; jr.,• Alfred ! Strawbridge, Keg Manning, Virginia I l.illey, Thclula Griffin. | (irade 4 li: lien "Davenport,-Howard' Simpson, Marie Perry. Grade 5-A: Bciijta 'Swanson, Marie Uardison, Janie Gurgauus, Alma God | w in, Melrose Bonds, t'arlyle Hall, li. (i. Wynne, jr., William S. Peele, Pet' i Kgau, Hurrus (ritcher, Lois Taylor. I tirade 5-R: (', If Roger'son. Grade (> A: Densel- Simpson, Hen Manning, Brjnkley l.illey, Milton James, Knbe.rt Gtifgamts, Marj«iric l.indslcy, livelyn l.illey, Allie llarii j son, Marie tiriffin, Frances t ox, F.dnaj | Ballard, Jean Watfs. V tirade 6 li: Lorene Weaver, i. arrie William's, Lena Mae Glenn, I.eland ; Uardison. I tirade 7: Hilly Griffin, Atwood tiur- Igamis, Evan Perry, Fxiun Ward, jr., Alta ( ritcher, Mary It. Fdmondson, Ftila (ireen, Alice Harrison, Grace Manning, 'Christine Rogcrson, FiuuWtt , Whitley, Barnhill, Margaret Williams, .Annie Wynne, -John Pope, I Jr tirade 8-A: Louise Peede. Grade H-H: Slulboii Hall, Francis I'eele, Koger t ritcher, Jack Manning, Raymond Matthew*, Klsie Mae Jack con, Dora Mallard. tirade Jennie (ireen Taylor, Irvin Griffin, Marie Peele. -(irade'lo: Ernest Harrison. James j Jenkins, Sarah Daniels, - Carroll Crockett? Julia Daniids. Grade 11: Edith tane Peele, Milton IW. Griffin, Mary Clyde Williams, Jo sepTi W. GrTffiii, TTazeT Franees Brown, Gladys K. Griffin, Sarah Frances Peel, Large Crowds Attending Recorder's Court Today Although the docket carries only a few cases, an unusually large crowd is attending the regular session of the recorder's court here today. Several assault cases are before the court, at tracting a''few white witnesses and It goodly number of colored spectators | from Robersonvllle. Watch the/ Label On Your Paper Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 7898 MORE THAN 200 , VISITORS HERE FOR MEETING Dr. H. E. Spence Makes Splendid Talk at Session Held This Morning - = • The Methodist Quarterly Confer j ence of the Elizabeth City District was opened „here this morning witlv j a large tiuyiber of representatives at tending from the various charges. \ j slow registration was reported at j noon today, but it was estimated that , more than 2tM) pastors and delegates .were here from the twenty-three charges included in t]ie district. I The first of the series of services j [ scheduled during the two-day session .of the conference was'held this morn jing at () o'clock when communion w as | observed. Following regular confer ence business, reports advancing the activities and financial condition of the various churches were T made by the various pastors. Dr. If. S. Love, , prominent Raleigh minister and a trecognized leader in the Church it* this State. -idilEcssed the meeting this Lmorning. Dr. Love has been heard by thousands ot people throughout the State in his' sermons broadcasted .over radio front Raleigh. ■ At 11:.!(), Dr. II F. Spence, noted 'minister of Durham, spoke on "The j Work of the Board of Christian Edu cation." Dr. Spcnee's talk was one of the highspots of the conference, com |tilanding a close attention on the part rf the large congregation hearing him. i \ . The conference adjourned at the noon hour, members of the local charge serving lunch to the visitors m the Woman's Club ball. | Following the opening exercises this attertlocVn, the "Laymen's' Hour" was held at 2 o'clock which/was foil-. ''lowed by a report of the Woman's j Missionary Societies by Mrs, K. 11. j Willis, district secretary, of Hert ford. Following the election of dele gates to the annual conference, the j afternoon session will be brought to a close. " u Rev. M F. Cunningham, ot Avail, i is scheduled to preach this evening it o'clock and a goodly number of the townspeople is expected to join the , visitors at that service. The tentative program for tomor row as announced by Presiding Elder i (). W. v l)owd, of Fli/aheth t ity, ut I noon today, follows: "I Wednesday Morning • I Devotional sef'vice by Rev, B. F. ' Boone. Pastors' reports, continued. FmphiTsis upon district goals; be • nevolfnces in full; improvemeri f of church property; worthwhile program ■ of Christian _ .stewardship; eomprelien— Is ion program of Fvangelistn; the en i riihtlient of o"ur spiritual life; special | work for steward pastors in certain b areas of .the district: monthly letters, • check up meetings and an early wind up of financial program before the annual conference. Reports from special * committees. | Flection of-delegates to the annual conference, continued. Roll call of local preachers and \ their repifts. j . ' • Wednesday Afternoon i Devotional service by Rev, R. G. 1., Edwards, - j Flection of delegates of tile third ' session Invitations for the next session of the'-district conference. Reports of special committees, con tinued. i Resolutions. Reading of minutes of jhe fourth session. , Adjournment, doxolygy and benedic tion. , * C Many of the pastors serving the local church in past years are here for the conference which is under- x"*'* stood to be one fthfe largest held in the district in some time. Following this afternoon's service, the delegates will be assigned to the various homes of the town wdicre they will be en tertained as guests until, the confer ' ence is brought to a close tomorrow afternoon. " | Move Old Fire Trap from Near Tobacco Warehouses The old Hemby house, squatting for years between the Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse and the Planters Ware house on Washington Street here, has been moved to a new location further out on Washington Street. The re- k , v | moval eliminates an old fire trap, the local fire company having answered aa many as two calls to the building in one week. Rumors that the lot owners were going to erect a building op the site were declared unfounded yesterday. I '•«