Advertiser! Will Fnd Our Col-
Dmi i Latchkey to Over Sixteen
Hundred Martin County Homes
VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 39
MAKE RECKLESS
DRIVERS PAY FOR
DAMAGES BY CAR
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New Law, Effective July 1,
Would Fix Financial
Responsibility
The new financial responsibility law
for North Carolina, enacted by the 1931
legislature, went into effect July Ist.
The new law aims to fix respoii3rft>!tlty
for reckless driving on the highways
and secure the collection of damages
where such damage results from care
less or reckless driving. Heretofore
owners of motor cars on the highways
have been liable fo damages by court
action. It was simple enough to bring
suit and collect if you won a judg-
ment. But persons without financial
responsibility could go on the road
and do incalculable damage, and there
was no recourse at law. The new law
aims to get that class of people.
As presented by one of the insur
ance companies the provisions of the
laws are as follows:
"The financial responsibility law per
taining to the operation of motor ve
hicles in the State of North Carolina,
effective July 1, 1931, compels the
commissioner of revenue to revoke the
license and registrations of a person
when a judgment in excess of SIOO has
been rendered against such person, a
rising out of the use of a motor ve
hicle, where such judgment remains
unpaid after 30 days uitiess such per
son shall furnish proof of his ability
to respond in damages for future ac
cidents.
"The failure on the part of opera
tors to fulfill the requirements of this
law will cause the commissioner of
revenue to revoke their operating li
cense and registration certificates,
thereby depriving them of the privilege
of operation a motor vehicle.
If any person fails to return opera
tor's license and regsitration certifi
cates, thereby depriving them of the
privilege of operating a motor vehicle,
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to a fine of not less than
SIOO nor more than SI,OOO.
"If any person shall forge any oper
ator's license and registration certifi
cate* after failure to prove financial
security, he shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and subject to a fine of not
lets than SIOO nor more than SI,OOO.
"If any person shall forge any evi
dence of financial security he shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject
to a fine of not less than SIOO or not
more than SI,OOO, or not more than 30
days in jail, or both.
The law is designed to protect the
public from operators of ,/motor ve
hicles who are unable to pay for the
damage caused by an accident. After
a judgment has been rendered,,and is
not paid, the owner must present evi
dence of financial responsibility before
he can again operate his automobile.
Financial responsibility may be es
tablished in the following manner: A
certificate of insurance issued by an
insurance company licensed to do but
iness in the state) certifying that the
owner carries public liability insurance
of not less than $5,000 for one injured
person and noT*»l#s* than SIO,(KM) for
two or more persons injured in any
one accident, and property damage in
surance of not less than SI,OOO for
damage to property.
A bond of either a surety company
or two persons sureties.
JUSTICE TRIES
SEVERAL CASES
Poplar Point Negro Gets 30
Days in Jail on Disorderly I
Conduct Charge
Charged with disorderly conduct,'
Frank Roberson, colored, of Poplar.
Point, was given a 30-days suspend-1
ed jail sentence here last Saturday in
Justice of the Peace J. L. Hassell's
court. The defendant was released,
upon the payment of the cost and as-,
sured good behavior during the next
12 months.
Dealey Purvis, charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon, was bound .
over to the recorder's court under a
SSO bond.
Charged with fighting, Jay Jones
and C. B. Roberson appeared before
Justice Hassell late Saturday night.
Judgment was suspended in the case
upon the defendants paying the cost. J
Judgment was suspended yesterday
in the case charging Fred Smith with
disorderly conduct.
Charged with passing a worthless I
check, W. M. Myers was found not
guilty in the justice of the peace court
last JFridjy. I
IV. J. Hodges Exhibits
Large Fig Grown Here
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One of the largest, if not the largest,
figs ever grown in this section, wis
exhibited here last Saturday by Mr.
W. J. Hodges. Grown on a tree in
hi* garden at his home on north
Haughton Street, the fig measured 3
1-2 inches in length and 8 1-5 inches
in circumference.
THE ENTERPRISE
County Commissioner !
Complaints as
The Martin County Board of
Commissioners, sitting as s board
of equalisation and review at die
courthouse here yesterday, heard
around 40 taxpayers lodge com
plaints against values placed on
their property by assessor*, and
then adjourned late in the after
noon until this morning, when they
resumed the hearings. Definite de
cision wat reserved in the case of
all the complaints, although it is
likely that adjustments will be
made in some cases.
Most of those appearing before
the board Monday were said to be
rsther indefinite in making their
complaints, which were made more
on the line of general principles
TOWN BOARD IN
REGULAR MEET
MONDAY NIGHT
Cooperation Asked in Dis
posal of Rubbish; Few
Other Matters
Members of the town board of com
missioners, in session here last night,
had only a number of minor matters
'for consideration, the work of the
street cleaning department taking up
most of the time of the board. Mayor
Coburn and all members of the board,
L. I'. Lindsley, K. C. Green, Luther
Peel, E. S. McCabe, and G. H. Har
rison, were present. The meeting wab
originally scheduled for last Tuesday
night, but was postponed because of
the absence from the city of several
members of the board.
After auditing and approving a num
ber of current accounts, the commis
sioners turned their attention to work
men's compensation insurance, and al
though the rates for this type of insur
ance seem to be high, a majority ap
peared to he in favor-of retaining the
insurance rather than take a chance
on some one being hurt while in the
employ of the town, for which the
town would be liable under the term*
of the workmen's compensation act.
No record vote was taken on the prop
osition, but it is presumed that the
municipality will continue to carry the
insurance.
Following a discussion of removing
trash throughout the town, the board
decided to call upon the citizefhs to
cooperate by placing all rubbish in
barrels or boxes inside their yards,
where it will be called for twice each
week by the street' cleaning force.
Heretofore, it has been cust«anary to
put rubbish containers on the 1 outside
of yards, but since the streets have
been paved, it was decided that a bet
ter appearance could be maintained by
keeping the trash boxes inside the
yards.
... Superintendent of Streets Jesse W,.
Harrell stated that the trash wagon*
would call twice each week in the fu
ture, and that the wagons and carts
would make regular rounds, calling at
each home on the same day each week.
Townspeople are asked to bear this
in . mind, and have their rubbish and
refuse placed yards where
the truck or wagon can get to it on
the same day twice every week.
Tannic Acid Kills Fish
Ip Roanoke Near Salem
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Roanoke, V'a., July 12. —Roanoke
River below Salem as far as Roanoke
and probably for some distance farther
downstream was a poor habitat for fish
yesterday. It presented the strange
spectacle of thousands of fish fighting
to get out of the water, leaping into
the air and crowding the banks of the
steram. The surface of the water wa;
thick with them late yesterday after
noon, many of them dead and others
apparently dying. Hundreds were
caught by hand.
Release of a large quantity of waste
liquor from the Salem tannery was giv
en by C. E. Momaw, game warden,
| and C. W. B. Korb, game warden,
president of the local chapter of the
Izaak Walton League of America, as
'the explanation of the phenomenon.
This liquid, containing a high percent
age of tannx acid, was discharged in
to the stream on Monday night from
the storage ponds in which it had/ been
: kept awaiting high water.
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Methodist Sunday School
I Picnic Set for Tomorrow
| The focal Methodist Sunday school
| will hold its annual at Coleram
' Beach tomorrow afternoon, according
I to an announcement made by the com
mittee in- cjiargel " All members are
asked to meet at the church tomorrow
afternoon in time to leave for the half
day outing at 1:30 o'clock.
The several other Sunday school* in
town are planning for picnics, but the
Methodists are the first to complete
their arrangements.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 14,1931
than on actual merits. There were
some cases found where property
in one neighborhood is valued
much higher than like property in
other sections where similar con
ditions prevail. These will prob
sbly be ironed out by the commis
sioners when each case is taken
up individuslly and reviewed by
them at s later date.
The commissioners also found
instances where property was list
ed much too low, snd the absence
of solvent credits is particulsrly
puzzling in some cases where it
was felt sure people had them.
The board did not anticipate hav
ing very many additional com
planits at the aession today.
LOCAL MASONS
WILL JOIN IN
ANNUAL PICNIC
To Take Part in Event at
Eden House July 30th;
Benefit Orphanage
' Arrangements will be completed at
a meeting of the members tonight to
have the Skewarkee Lodge take part
lin the annual Masonic picnic to be he'd
at Kden House Beach the 30th of this
month, one of the local lodge officers
[stated this morning.
The picnic, strictly a charitable act,-
has been held for many years by the
{Masonic lodges of- Hertford, Uertie,
jand Northampton counties, and Mar-
I tin comes in this year to make it a
[four-county affair.
I Eaclv lodge makes a definite contri
bution to I/.- used in serving dinner to
the visitors, the receipts derived there
from going to the Oxford -orphanage.
Mr. C. K. Proctor, superintendent
of the orphanage, with a number of
(he orphanage children, will attend the
picnic , this year, it was stated.
| The picnic goes to Kden House this
year for the first time, the committee
I having selected the location on ac
count of its accessibility to a large
part of eastern North Carolina. Thou
sands of people are expected to attend
the picnic oji the 30th, a time when old
friendships and new ones meet to ad
vance a "worthy cause.
GAINS PLACE ON
STATE PATROL
iWiley Crawford One of Few
To Get Place on New
Highway Patrol
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Wiley Crawford, local young man,
earned a place in the State Highway
Patrol following tests and examina
tions held at Morehead City during
.the past fifteen days. Young Crawford,
'successfully completing his final ex
aminations last Saturday returned
home Sunday, and is now subject to
!call to Raleigh where he will be giv 3 en
practical training before going in as
a regular partolman about August 1.
More than 100 young men from all
over North Carolina trained for po
sitions on the patrol force, but only
36 of the number gained places, many
of the others being in line for posi
tions when vacancies develop. Dennis
Roberson, of Robersonville, and the
only other young man from this coun
ty to train at the Morehead camp,
passed his tests and examinations ai.d
while he did not gain a place, it is
Understood he is subject to call at
any time.
Crawford stated that thorough
training tests were required, and that
a full work) schedule whs arranged
I for the boys while they were at the
camp.
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John Hines Displays Hen
Egg in Shape of Peanut
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Following publication of the recent
story about the large egg laid by a
hen belonging to Dr. R. J. Nelson, of
Robersonville, wdierein ,Dr. Nelson's
pullet was declared to be the champion
!arge-«gg layer of the section, County
| Game Warden John W. Hines came
to town yesterday claiming to be the
possessor of a hen that lays the most
freakish-looking eggs in the county.
As evidence he was displaying an egg
about . the size of and shaped almost
! exactly like a jumbo peanut. It was
laid by a Plymouth Rock hen, had a
hard shell, and just just like any other
egg except for its unusual sire an I
shape.
Baptist Philatheas Suspend
Meetings Until September
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The Baptist Philathea class here has
suspended its regular meetings for the
remainder of the summer, it was an
nounced yesterday. The next regular
meeting will be held in early Septem
| ber* it was stated.
NEGRO IS BADLY
CUT BY ANOTHER
EARLY MONDAY
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Tom Dove Carved Up For
! Paying Attentions To
Wife of Another
| Tom Dove, colored man originally
from South Carolina, but a resident of
|this place for some time, was painfully
ibut apparently not seriously stabbed
lin several places about his body yes
iterday morning by Booker T. Brad
ley, colored. Bradley escaped and
| Dove stated that he was at a loss to
iadvance any reason or cause for the
lattack made upon him.
| At a doctor's office here, Dove
'laughed while the physician closed the
| wounds, the blood soaking the man's
shirt and trickled down his trousers
legs during the sewing period.
A short while before the attack,
Bradley had lt>om Williams get and
away his clothes, Bradley ap
parently reasoning that he could make
a quicker .get-away with his clothes
in some v'tl'er spot. Williams, after
removing the clothes to a home on the
railroad, reported to Bradley, .and the
two went to the home of Gus Wig
gins, near the riv«r hill, where, with
out warning, Bradley attacked Dove.
Officers worked ahead of Bradley
following the attack, and he was forced
to flee without many of his clothes.
He was arrested late Monday after
noon by Chief W. B. Daniel and Sher
iff C. B. Roebuck and lodged in jail
here for hearing before the recorder
today. *
Bradley stated after his arrest that
lie attacked Dove because the latter
had been paying attention to his wife.
The whole matter will probably be
aired in Judge Bailey's court this morn
ing.
| Bradley, formerly of Hamilton, is
, said to have left a board bill unpaid in
I Moore County several weeks ago, re-
I turning to this county, where he had
evaded officers since that time.
FIREMEN HOLD
I REGULAR MEET
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Elect Delegates To State
l Meeting in Statesville
Next Month
j Members of the local fire company
held their regular semi-monthly meet
ing in the mayor's office in the town
hall last night. Aside from the regu
lar business, W. Ira Harrison, W. C.
Manning, and Julian H. Harrell were
elected delegates to the Hireling of the
Stale Firemen's Association which will
'be held this year in Statesville, be
'ginning August 24 and continuing
through the 27th.
' Six or eight members of the local
department are attending the quarter
ly meeting of the Eastern Carolina
j Firemen's Association in Greenville
I tonight. The Greenville department
Jias , made -elaborate plans for, the en
tertainment of the visiting firemen, in-
Icluding a banquet, and members from
here who planned to attend were an
ticipating an enjoyable occasion.
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Henry K. Parker Dies
At Home Near Windsor
j Henry K. Parker-die«} at his home
near Windsor Friday morning at .1:30
o'clock, after a lingering illness. Mr.
Parker was 74 years old, a proriiinent
farmer and a member of St. Thomas'
Episcopal church in Windsor. He
leaves his wife, who before her mar
riage was Miss Lucy Bernard; one
daughter, Mrs. Herbert Spivey, of
Portsmouth, Va,; five sons, Sam, John
'and Robert Parker, all of Windsor;
William and Gillain Parker, of Wil
liamston; also one sister, Mrs. Annie
Jenkins, of Murfreesboro. F[e
juried at the home place last Sat
urday afternoon. A large number of
friends- and relatives were in attend
ance at the services.
Local Masonic Lodge To
Install Officers Tonight
Officers, both elective and appoint
ive, will be installed in the Skewarkee
Lodge here tonight at a regular com
munication of the order.
The following officers, elected last
, month, and those reappointed, will be
installed tonight: Master, W. H.
Booker; senior warden, Milton I.
Moye; junior warden, J. C. Anderson;
, treasurer, R: J. Peel; secretary, Wil
liam R. Watson, all elective; senior
deacon, V. J. Spivey; junior deacon,I
S. H. Grimes; _htewards, R. L. Perry
and John Daniel Biggs; tiler, George
j Harris, all appointive.
Watts Theatre To Run
Bargain Show Saturday
Manager J. W. Watts, jr., of the
W®tts Theatre here, announced this
morning that he would run a special
bargain matinee Saturday afternoon
from 1 to 5 o'clock, when the admis
sion will be 10 cents to everybody.
Sandy Ridge School Election
Will Be Held Next Monday
BERTIE COUNTY
UNABLE TO PAY
CURRENT BILLS
Court Decision Halts Sale
of Refunding Bonds and
Presents Puzzle
Windsor, July 13.—Foe the first lime
in the long and illustrious history of
Bertie County its board of commis
sioners last .Monday was without funds
|with which to pay the countyjj current
bills.
A largo stack of accounts, including
the vouchers for salaries of county of
ficers, employees ,and the outside poor
| list, were left in the Register of Deeds'
office with vouchers already signed by
the board of commissioners in their
regular meeting Monday, but none of
them were delivered because the coun
ty is overdrawn at the bank and W
funds are available to pay the vouch
ers with.
| On several occasions during the past
school year the school funds were short
and teachers' checks were held up and
a part of the last month's salary due
the county's teachers is still unpaid,
but Monday was the first time thy
county commissioners have failed to
pay off courthouse employees and cur
ircut operating expenses.
I The situation was brought about by
the Supreme Coyrt decision last week
which held the law permitting the is
sue of funding bonds by counties,
I which was passed by the legislature
this year, to be unconstitutional. Ber
tie County had everything in readiness
to sell $120,000 in funding bonds tJ
take care of the overdrafts caused this
year by poor tax collections, and with
the money froiu these bonds be able
to carry the county through the sum
mer until the new tax books are
opened. But the supreme onirt decis
ion has complicated matters,, held up
sale of the bonds, and thrown
Bertie financial atfairs in a muddle.
|The sale of the funding bonds is be
jitig handled for the county by Bray
I Brothers, Greensboro brokers. They
I hope to be able to get at a solution of
I the puzzle some time in the near fu
ture, negotiate the sale, and furnish
( the county with funds, but they are
not able yet to say exactly when this
will be done.
In the meantime, the county is pay
ing no salaries or. hills.
GO FOR BOY BUT
GET DISTILLERY
Deputy Marshall Locates
Distillery in Bertie
Last Week
—Deputy U. S. Marshall Dennis Rob
erson missed his man hut picked up
new and unexpected business last
week while working in Bertie couu-
Mr. Roberson went to the home of
Daniel VVaril in that county with a
Lwarrant calling for the arrest of a
, hoy who geherally ma4e his home
, there. And while searching for the
boy, the officer and assistants found a
' still worm, cap and other equipment,
'including a hag of sugar. Continuing
their search on the -premises, the of
ficers found the kettle, two kegs and
several toca cola barrels. However,
there were nrj signs indicating recent
use of the kettle.
Following a hearing held here, Ward
was released under a S2OO bond on the
charge of possessing equipment design -
ed for use in manufacturing liquor.
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Prominent Bertie Man
I Held for Federal Court
a
C. J. Jlarrell, prominent white man
|of Bertie County, and his son, Wil
! liam T., 19 years old, were, arroted at
their home near Roxobel last Friday
I by federal prohibition agents in con
' nection with the illegal manufacture
lof liquor. A Chevrolet car fell into the
I hands of the officers and is now being
, held by the government, pending the
I outcome of the trial of the man and
I son in federal court next October. t
■j *At a hearing held • hete JtyU after
noon, the defendants pleaded guilty,
the father being released under a sl,-1
000 bond and his son under a $750
bond.
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Referee Has Case Tried j
Here Under Advisement
♦
I Completing the evidence in the Dili-1
j Cramer-Truitt Corporation case a
gainst Downs, here last Friday after
noon, litigants are now awaiting the
decision of Attorney J. Calvin Smith,
referee. Much time and study will be
necessary in making the decision, and
it will be several weeks before the ref
eree hands out his opinion, ft is be
lieved.
SURVEY DYMOND
CITY ROAD MADE
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Road Is 2.6 Miles in Length,
Will Probably Be Made
24 Feet Wide
State Highway Commission engi
neers yesterday completed a survey of
the proposed road through the old J.
& VV. tract of land to the site of Dy
niond City, A report has been made
to the State Highway Commission, and
it is expected that the road will be
jbuift as soon as convict tabor for the
undertaking is available in this sec
tion.
The survey was made by Mr. E. S.
Peahody, district engineer, of Wash
ington, assisted by Mr. W. A. Cherry,
of this placs, who is in charge of the
( roads in this section. According to
preliminary plans, the road will be 24
( feet wide and 2.6 mdes in length. It
.will lead up: to what will probably be
jheadquarters of the 15,000-acfe cattle
ranch being established on the old J.
W. property.
MANY ACCIDENTS
jPAST WEEK-END
Six Dead and 13 Hurt Over
Week-End; Autoes Lead
In Causes
—Six accidental deaths were reported
and 13 people were injured in North
Carolina during the past week, the
I toll closely following the record set
! during the first week-end of the montn.
Three people, -Mrs. John Ilatloy, M.
I.uther Hatlcy, H. G. Dick,' were killed
outright or died in a hospital follow
ing a train-auto collision six miles
north of Albemarle Sunday morning.
Elizabeth Bass, colored, of Raleigh,
was drowned in Roanoke River, nenr
South Hill, Y'a., when she was thrown
from the car in which she was riding
into the stream. The car collided with
a truck on a narrow bridge.
Kyle Bush, 21-year-old man of Hud
son, N. C., was killed when his car
overturned and pinned him under
neath it near Lenoir.
Arthur 1.. Sprinkle, of Marion, N.
C, was drowned in Myrtle Sound Sun
day afternoon.
i Several other people were hurt in
[the train-auto collision and the two au
tomobile accidents. Several others
were hurt, two seriously, in automo
bile accidents reported in various sec
tions of the state. No accidents were
reported in this immediate section over
the week-end.
Cigarette Consumption
In U. S. Is On Increase
| ~Production'*"of 11 We-cured tobarrri in
the United States more than doubled
| since 1921, 'Recording to government
.estimates. Flue-cured tobacco is used
'chiefly in the manufacture of cigar
ettes and the gain in production of
this type of tobacco is the result of
the increasing numbers of men and
women who are reaching for cigar
'ettes. According to government rec
ords, production of flue-cured tobacco
last year amount to more than 870,-
' 000,000 pounds, as compared with only
|.172,000,000 pounds in 1921. Production
.in 1930 set a new record for flue-cured
tobacco, the next largest being about
( 750,000,000 pounds in 1929.
Margolis Brothers Begin
| Clearance Thursday, 16th
| The annual store-wide July Clear
ance Sijje of Margolis Brothers will
begin Thursday of this week, July 16,
and will continue for several days. Mr.
Margolis says his firm is cutting and
slashing prices in order to make room
I for fall and winter stocks and that
I every item in the store, regardless of
former price, will be further reduced
I during this clearance. Extra clerks
! have been secured for the sale and
| every convenience for the customer is
| being provided,.,
Heaviest Rains of Season
I Are Reported m County
During the past week-end Heavy
rains fell throughout this section, sev
eral sections reporting the heaviest
downfalls of the seuon. Although the
rains have been heavy during the past
few days, it is believed that no dam
age has resulted so far to crops in
this county.
Small streams were swollen by the
downpour Sunday afternoon late, and
a rise was reported in all the larger
streams of the cection.
North Carolina leads all Southern
States in the value added to raw ma
terials by manufacturing. She rank*
thirteenth amoag all the State* in this
reapect.
Watch the Label On Your
Paper As It Carries the Date
When Your Subscription Expires
ESTABLISHED 1898
ISSUE NOT CLEAR
BECAUSE STATE
TO BE IN CHARGE
Question Is On Consolida
tion of School With
One Here
A close election is predicted in thi
Sandy Ridge School district, Williams
Township, next Monday, when the citi
zens vote on the Consolidation of that
school with the one here. The regis
tration books were .closed last Satur
day, 125 citizens qualifying to take part
in the election to be held at the school
house in the district next Monday be
tween sunrise and sunset.
The books will be opened for chal
lenge of any of the.-names entered up
on the books,, it is understood. Messrs.
Golden Godaril and N. R. -G'riffin, th?
judges of election, and Mr. Lee Har
dison, registrar, will handle the con
test.
! The proposition before the citizens
j there is a peculiar one, and especially
•so, just at this time when the state
sis introducing so many major changes
into the 'school system. With this
condition existing, and no definite in
formation to lie had as to what might
Ibe expected from the turn of the elec
tion, it is impossible to predict the
I outcome.
I It was learned from a member of
I the equalization board, however, that
the- transportation system maintained
in the district in the past.would be
changed. The order of this change
! could not be learned, but with the con
tinuation of the school under the old
syiteni, there are only two alternatives
!to follow. In one case, pupils would
i be allowed so many cents each day for
I transportation. In the second case,
trucks might be rerouted to serve a
second school. *
| The status of the Sandy Ridge
I school case call not be definitely learn
ed until several hundred other similar
cases are fettled throughout the stat".
| There were approximately 55 ,pupils
I who attended regularly last year, a
[number of others coming to the school
ihere at their own individual expense.
The election calls hir a special levy
[of not more than 35 cents on the SIOO
,valuation, the cost in this district hav
ing averaged around 22 cents for sev
eral years.
HOME AGENT'S ~~
JUNE REPORT
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Canning More Poular Than
Ever Before in County,
Home Agent Says
That canning is more popular in the
county thia year limit ever before is
•evidenced ijj the report of the home
''agent, Miss J.u'ra K. Sleeper, for the
month of June. More than SIM) was
'spent by home demonstration club
'members during the period?* the report
stated, and many vegetables and fruits
have already been preserved, with the
possibility that an adequate supply of
'food will be made available in all club
members' homes during the coining
J winter.
| The agent's report in detail:
I "During the month of June the home
agent traveled 1,009 miles in the coun
ty, Conducting 14 meetings with the
girls, with 11*' in attendance, and 13
with the women, with 125 in attend
i ance. Twenty-one days were spent in
the field and five days in the office.
Eleven articles were prepared for the
| press, 89 bulletins were distributed,
25 individual letters written, 4 circular
letters were prepared with 628 copies
circulated. Eighteen different homes
were visited. A total of $147.80 was
taken in through the curb market. The
women continue to buy canning equip
ment, there being $57.30 spent the past
month. Women wlio have never ()onc
much canning are this year canning
in larger quantities than ever. The
total taken in through the curb mar
ket to the present time is $465.61. This
includes the sales to July 1, this year."
W. G. Peel Is Again
** Honored by Company
Mr. W. G. Peel, prominent local
agent of the Life Insurance Company
of Virginia, has again been honored
by his company, and tonight he leaves
for an •*tended trip to Canada at the
[insurance company's expense. Mfr r-
Peel will join a group of other honor
men of the company in Washington •
City, and travel by special train from
there. / {
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Dr. Carl Rothrock, of Lewistown,
Pa., who wai caught in a recent storm
at a nearby State foreat park, reports
that rain, which froze as it fell, en- j
case a live rattlesnake and held it faat
to the ground unt lithe clouds passed
and the sun melted the ice.