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PAGE FOUR WELFARE MEET ATEDENTONON OCTOBER 10TH Welfare Officers of North- Eastern "District to Hold One Day Session The Northeastern District Welfare Conference will be held in Edenton October 10 under the auspices of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and the North Carolina Asso ciation of Superintendents of Public Welfare R/ H. Bachman, district chairman and superintendent of schools and public welfare in. , Chowan, will preside over the one-day session. Counties composing the Northeast ern District are Washington, Martin, Currituck. Camden, I'asquotauk, Ber tie, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans, Pitt Chowan. Edgecombe, Wilson, Greene, Lenoir, Craven, Pamlico, Carteret, Hyde. Beaufort, Dare, and Tyrre'l This meeting will be the third in a series which will liegin October 9 with the meeting of the Southeastern dis trict welfare conference in Wilming ton. The next day, the Ceutral Dis trict will hold a one-day meeting in Goldsboro. The second half uf the series will be held in Western North Carolina October 20, 21, and 2'. The public is invited to attend the district welfare meetings, as the pro grams will be arranged so lis to in* terest all concerned with the public welfare I'nemployment relief will be discussed at each meeting, lii addition to other problems of timely interest Discussions of plans for using i;itv and rural resources to aid the unem ployed during the coming winter will feature the meetings Among those who will enter into the discussions at various conferences will be Mrs. W. I. Bost, commissioner of public welfare, R. W Henninger, executive secretary of the Governor's Council on I'nem- ANNOUNCING! The Opening of the Electric Supply Co. Thurs., Oct. Ist In The Bowen Building On Washington Street ■' i Electrical applanaces, such as stoves, irons, heaters, hot plates, sockets and bulbs will be stocked along with hundreds of other electrical items. Store will be open from 7:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. * The public is cordially invited to visit our place of business and inspect our line of electrical appliances without any obliga tion to make a purchase. * You may depend upon our prices being in strict accordance with all * competition. ' •» - Electric Supply Co. PAUL JONES, Manager Williamston, N. C. FENNER'S WAREHOUSE Rocky Mount, N. C breaks season's record by selling on Monday 222,762 pounds of tobacco for $25,940.45, at an av- Highway's No. 90 and 40 lead into Rocky Mount from North, East, South, and West, giving erage of $11.64 per hundred pounds, which is th e highest average made so far in Eastern North you good roads to travel over from any direction you may come. Carolina this season, considering the number of pounds. Rocky Mount led all markets in the With eight (8) tobacco factories in Rocky Mount give plenty of room to take care of all tobac state with the highest average last year, and it is keeping up its reputation by being the high- co sold here and more when it comes Three (3) sets of buyers complete the sales in all ware est market in the state this season. houses practically every day. Good grades are selling better, some of the most desirable ones - : - s ——"* " are bringing $40.00 per hundred pounds or more. with TENNER in Rocky Mount means the Stare's highest market price with cordiality, Make Rocky Mount your market and FENNER'S WAREHOUSE your selling place, and you courtesy'and accommodations unexcelled by any warehouse on any market. By operating two will appreciate the extra dollars you will receive. You will not be a stranger in FENNER'S (2) houses, known as FENNER'S WAREHOUSE NO. 1 and NO. 2,1 get three (3) first sales WAREHOUSE, for it is home for every one who comes here. Sell your next load with FEN each week and some weeks (4). I have first sale Friday of this week and first sale Tuesday, NER, and be convinced it pays to sell with a warehouseman who sells your tobacco and does Wednesday, and Friday next week. not just stand by and see it sold. -——■. ; —~ : Yours to Serve Fenner's Warehouse -W. E. Fenner, Owner and Proprietor Presbyterian Services Sunday, September 27th "The Church with an Open Door" True sayings: "The man that's busy rowing has no time to rock the boat. Church schopl, 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon, 11 a. m. Sermon by the pastor. Roberson's Farm Sunday school, 4 p. m. I Prayer meeting ' each Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Bear Grass Sunday school, V;3O a m. I Worship service, and sermon, 7:30 ; o'clock p. m. | These services are for you. Won't I you come? i pioyment and Relief; Mrs. Jane S. Mc- Kiminon, State Home Demonstration Agent; Miss Lois Dosher, director of the -division of county organization, State Board of Charities and Welfare, presidents of chambers of commerce, county superintendents of public welfare, and others.- Dr. 1.. -Mi—lir.oufo, of the School of Public Welfare of the University of North Carolina, will be the luncheon speaker at each of the three eastern meetings, having as his subject, "A Program of Preventive Measures." j Dr. English Kaghy, of the Univer sity of North C arolina, will also be on the program at Edenton, speaking on the topic, "Knowing the Individual Child." Kirs. W. B. Waddill, of Henderson, president of the North ( arolina Con-1 fcrence for Social Service, will bring a message front conference to all the meetings. George 11. I .aw re mi-, pres-j ident cjf the North Carolina Associa tion of Superintendents of Public Wel fare, will outline-certain objectives of: the organization. School attendance problems will be taken tip by county su|x-rintendeiits of public instructions and others. A large attendance is expected. PUBLISHED KVKRV TUMP AY AMI FWIPAV ——— i J i ■ ! AGENT RETURNS FROM VACATION V Announces Curb Market Specials and Prices for Tomorrow ]' After a two-weeks vacation spent in Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Miss Lora E. Sleeper, Martin home agent, returned to the county this week.' j In announcing the curh market specials and prices for tomorrow, the agent stated: I "We arc hoping to have our patrons visit the market again Saturday. |Many of the vegetables which have .been plentiful arc becoming scarce and Saturday will /te*l 1 the bartons just what vegetables will he on the mar ket. With the price of eggs increas ing it will become necessary to in 'crease the price on a few of the cakes. This week the prices will remain the same. We regret this, hut we like to keep good quality products fill the 'market for our patrons. If your prod uct i> unsatisfactory, it will he greatly appreciated if it is reported to Miss Sleeper. The following prices will he.found at the market this week; Eggs, dozen, 2K cents; grapes, 10 cents a quart; corn, 23 cents a dozen; white potatoes 2 cents a pound; field peas, 13 cents a quart or two quarts for 25 cents; tomatoes, 7 cents a pound or four pounds for 25 cent*. "We* cannot guarantee that all of these products will he found at the market because of the scarcity of many vegetables at this time of year. Our products arc fresh and the sellers on the market desire to please their patrons in every manner possible." The world's largest library, which contains more than 4.000,000 books and an enormous collection of manu scripts and pamphlets, is located in the citv of I'aris, France. THE ENTERPRISE COURT ADJOURNS ON ACCOUNT OF EXCESSIVE HEAT (Continued from page one) case charging Hettie Powell with lar ceny. Norman Williams was sent to the j roads for a term of three months for carrying a concealed weapon. A nol pros resulted in the case charging 11. D. Rogers with non-sup port. No true bill was found in the case i charging J. T. Sarvis with incest. No true bill was found in the case charging Ernest Vick with murder. It was first reported that the grandjury had returned a manslaughter charge against Vick, but there was some mis take in the first report. Vick was held under bond in connection with a fa tal automobile wreck in which a man by the name of Price was killed. The following cases were nol pross ed: C. M. Barber, assault with a dead ly weapon; Sam Kay nor, house break ing and larceny; Charlie Keel, assault with intent to rape; John Griffin and Curtis Rhodes, affray; Mrs. Joe Shugar, reckless driving; - Golden Godard, cruelty to animals; Jane Powell, larceny. !. Henry Nicholson, charged with lar ceny, was found not guilty. | The following cases were continued: Fletcher Bryant, seduction; Primus Cherry, seduction; N. S. Godard, se duction; Spence Gurganu's, rape. | James Bullock, charged with lar ceny, was discharged. ) Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost in the case'charg-j ing J. T. Sarvis with an assault with a deadly weapon, and for being drunk and disorderly. Vernon Whitehurst, a minor, was sentenced to jail for eighteen months, on a charge of house breaking and larceny. However, the court accepted a plea of guilty to forcible trespass, 1 and ordered him committed to a re-| formatory. I The big case of the term was heard late Tuesday afternoon When Jeff Lit-! tie, colored, pleaded , guilty »f having | carnal knowledge of a white girl un-j der sixteen years of age. No evidence was offered in the case after Little pleaded guilty, the judge sentencing him to State's prison for not less than 15 or more than 20 years. The cause was called in open court following a [short recess. Several members of the State Highway Patrol and all county; and local officers were present. Ihe prisoner was returned to the prison in | Raleigh- immediately after the sen tence was passed. FARMJNOTES The Tennessee 76 'variety of lespe -1 de/a leads all other varieties for hay | in demonstrations conducted in Wilson , County this year, reports W. I* I Adams, farm agent. One hundred Cabarrus County farmers made a tour of nine farms last j week where Korean lespedeza is being i grown successfully for hay, soil im provement, and seed. -» The Columbus County Mutual Fx cliange has ordered 1,240 bushels of Certified Abruzzi rye seed for its I members. About 150 farmers partici- I paled in the order. ♦ I The success obtained with alfalfa demonstrations planted in Rockingham County last fall will cause a greatly enlarged acreage to be seeded this fall, says Fred S. Walker, county agent. - Carteret County sweet potato growers are coming to use the new storage' houses instead of the old system of bedding and banking The sweets keep better and selj for more. Results from alfalfa plantings in Lincoln county this season will cause an additional acreage to be seeded this fall. The new plots have been limed and seed beds well prepared. Twcnty-fivep ercent of the corn stalks in one Edgecombe county field are -now lying on the ground due to attacks of the larger corn stalk borer. Red Deer Valley, in Alberta, Can., where many fine specimens of pre historic animals have been unearthed, is, with the exception of the Mongolia field, in China, the world's greatest fossil territory. Mr. A. llassell was in Beaufort for a short visit yesterday. Only About Half of Those Eligible Vote In Elections Washington, Sept. 23.—0n1y abotit one-half of the people eligible to vote |in the United States .go to the ballot box in a presidential election. ■ Of the 72,943,624 persons over 21 listed by the census bureau today for j 1930, a total of balloted j for Hoover and Smith and three other candidates three years ago. The 1928 election, however, brought j the largest popular vote in the nation's j history, and for that year the percent age probably a little more than 50 'per cent since the eligibles were few |er than the census figures indicated to jday. All of the 72,943,624 are not eligi | ble to vote, several millions being un i naturalized. The 1930 total over 21 years of age was an increase of 19.8 per cent over 1920. Men of voting age exceeded wo men in 1930 by only 1,169,890, num being 37,056,757, compared with 35,- i 886,867 women. Of the total, 72.3 per cent were na tive whie; 17.3 per cent foreign born white; 9 per cent Negro. St. Martin, Hamilton * Sunday school at 10 a. m. Holy Communion and Sermon,-at 4 p. it).- Evening prayer and sermon at 7:30 p. m. The regular monthly meeting of the vestry will be held at the close of the afternoon service. All members of the vestry arc asked to be present. Church of the Ad-'"vt^ Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a. m. , The regular monthly meeting of the vestry will be held at the close of the morning service. All members of the vestry art - asked .to be present. Last Call Pay Taxes Pay Your 1930 Taxes Before October Ist i * You are urged to pay your taxes for 1930 before October 1 ... in order to avoid advertisement of sale of your property. The commissioners have delayed advertisement as long as the law permits, and on the first day of October I have been ordered to levy and advertise the delinquents. Save yourself the cost and embarassment of being advertised by paying your taxes this month. / Don't Delay . Do It Now " ? ' w ■( '* . w * " C. B. ROEBUCK SHERIFF OF MARTIN COUNTY Baptist Services At the Baptist church Sd'nday morn ing fhe pastor will have for his theme "Some Great Refusals of Scripture." And at the evening service, at 7:30 j o'clock, the first sermon in the series I of five Sunday evening discourses will i be delivered. , \ ' This address will have to do with ' the origins, growth and development !of the Methodist church. It will un dertake to set forth as lucidly as is i possible some of its great cornerstone t beliefs, and mention some of its con tributions to our common religious ef j forts and to humanity at large. The Sunday school sessions are | held at 9:45 each Sunday morning, with classes for all who come. An es | pecial invitation is extended those who I have recently come into the commun ! >ty. | The Intermediate B. Y. P. U. will meet at the church at 6:30 Sunday I evening; and the following Sunday i evening at the same hour, the Junior jB. Y.' P. U. will begin it* fall i work. WANTS ■-■ ■ i GIN YOUR COTTON WITH HAS t sell Gin Company, Hassell, N. C. j ( Modern system ginning, highest prices paid for cottonseed, or will exchange 'for meal. Gin every day. sll 10t M .... WANTED: WORK, NURSING, ■ j sewing or housekeeping. Mrs. Van nie Jones, Williamston. NOTICE: AFTER THE 15th OP i September, I will grind corn for I cash only, at 25 cents per bushel. Mill ' | days arc Tuesdays and Fridays. John H. Mi/ell. sll 15 18 29 /CHAIRS REPAIRED AT REASON e : able cost. Work guaranteed. Roy ! Wynn, county home. tf Friday, September 25, 1931 Christian Church • Rev. R. A. Phillips will preach »t the 11 o'clock in the Christian church here Sunday morning, it was announced today. Communion will be observed during that hour. Sunday school will convene at the usual hour, 9:45 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend each service. Methodist Services C. T. ROGERS, Pastor Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m. | Kpworth League, Monday, 7:30_ Hi-League, Tuesday, 7:30. " Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:30. POUND: 1 CYPRESS DUO-OUT canoe in Sweeten Water Creek low grounds. Owner can get sajne by seeing J. D. Bland, at his home near Fair Grounds. 522 3t LOST: SMALL BLACK SUIT | case between Jamesville and Ply mouth Thursday morning. Finder, please return to Charlie Weeks, Ply mouth and receive reward. It FOR RENT: SIX-ROOM HOUSE on Watts Street with water and lights. Apply to W. A. Ellison, Bel haven, N. C. s-25-lroo WANTED AT ONCE: USED trac- - tor and peanut picker. Must be in good condition and cheap. J. W. Green. 't FOR SALE: ONE FINE DUROC- Jcrsey sow. J. W. Green. It WANTED:TOBACCO TO GRADE by experienced grader. Mrs. Lee Glenn, East Main Street on River Hill. »-25-2t FOR SALE: GOOD BURROUOHS adding machine, almost new. Price right. See Noah Cherry, Williamston, N. C. it-pd
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