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- VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 7
PREVALENCE OF
CRIME DEPLORED
IN JURY CHARGE
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, 
Snow Hill, Makes Good
Impression Here
Cooling to this county for the first
thne in a judicial capacity, Judge Paul
Fruelle, of Snow Hill, made a splen
did impression on Martin's people, his
kindness, gentleness, fairness, and abil
ity gaining for him a ready friendship
among all classes.
la his charge to the grand jury and
a large audience, Judge Frizelle ad
vanced a different line of thought than
has been generally followed by former
jurists occupying the seat of justice in
Martin County's superior court. He
did not single out any particular crime,
explaining that, in this day, we have
sufficient intelligence to know when
any act, mischievously done and affect
ing the person or property of others,
it wrong and against the law.
The judge, however, impressively
stated that the office of a grand juror
Was one of great importance, that its
every act should be done in profound
sacrednttf.
Crime conditions and general law
lessness found in almost every county
ia the State were deplored iir'no un
certain term*. On an Alamance Coun
ty docket recently, the jurist stated be
found one case charging a negro with
crime, the many other cases involving
white boys from 14 to 21 years old.
Highway robbery, burglary, and sim
ilar offenses were faced by several of
the young white boys. A majority of
these young boys. Judge Frizelle point*
ted out, came from good families, their
own parents having had much to do
with making the history of this coun
try great.
No longer than last week, Judge
Frizelle said, one of the largest dock
ets prepared in Carteret County in 25
years was placed before the court.
Only four of the many criminal cases
oil the docket were against colored vi
olator*, the most of the others being
against young white men of that coun
ty- -»
Much of the present-day crime has
resulted from the failure of home train
ing, the breaking down of home rule,
the judge pointed out to be true to
some extent. One of the greatest
factors resulting in deplorable crime
conditions, Judge Frizelle said, has de
veloped during the past 15 years, when
the country failed to practice thrift
and economy in its methods of living.
Members serving on the gr»nd jury
include the following: L. B. Harrison,
foraman; R. H. Roberson, L. A. Clark,
W. F. Bland, N. P. Roberson, C. O.
Moore, D. A, James, Jno E Griffin,
J. E. Griffin, L. L. Coburn, J, Eason
Lilley, G. A. Baynor, A. L. Raynor,
A. R. Ausbon, J. C. Bullock, John A.
Grffin, R. J. Hardison, O. P. Smith.
TO HOLD GROUP
LODGE MEETING
Plymouth, Stonewall And
Conoho Lodge Members
To Meet Here Friday
A group meeting of the Perserver
ance Lodge, Plymouth, the Stonewall
Lodge, Robersonville, and Conoho
Lodge, Hamilton, will be held with
the Skewsrkey Lodge here next Fri
day night at 8 o'clock, it was an
nounced here yesterday. John H.
Anderson, secretary of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina, Raleigh, ar
ranged the meeting and he will be
here to lead the program, described by
him as important one. Member* from
all four lodges are expected to at
tend.
- The local lodge will bold its regular
meeting tonight at 8:00 o'clock, all
members' attention bping called to the
change in the meeting^hour.
Old Ford Church Will
Pres4pt Flay Thursday
Member* of the Old Ford Christian
Church, milted by the ladies of the
local church, will pre*ent the play,
"Mammy's Little Wild Rose," in the
high achool auditorium here Thursday
evening of thia week at 8:00 o'-
clock.
Mr. R. G. Thompson, announcing
the event, stated that much time had
beta given the practice of the play,
that it was well received in Washing
ton a few daya ago.
Bhctric Supply Company
Move* To New Location
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The Electric Supply Company,
dealers in electric supplies, lamps,
Frigidaires and radios, moved to new
quarters in the York building on
Washington Street thir week. Mr.
Paul Jones, owner and manager, ia
completing the arrangementa at the
present tftrf. J* addition to a large
stock of electrical supplies* the eom
pany will have on display shortly the
latest Frigidaire models.
THEJLNTERPRISE
45 County Children Entered in
Milk-for-Health Essay Contest
With nineteen schools, ten white
and nine colored, already forward
ing 45 essays and a number of
others to report today, the Milk
Campaign for Health Week has
proved very successful in this
county. The papers are being ar
ranged in the office of the eounty
superintendent today and &«y
will be forwarded to the judges
immedately.
Miss Hattie Thrower, of WU
liamston; Rev. J. M. Perry, of
RobersonviOs, and Mr. B. M.
Mr. Jno. A. Getsinger
Dies Suddenly Today
GOOD RECORD AT
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Two Hundred Members at
Baptist School Last
Sunday Morning
Two hundred in Sunday school, with
six star classes, was the record made
at the Baptist Sunday school Sunday.
This was a record day in this church,
!as well as a record day in Sunday
I school for any church in the communi-
I ty. No special effort had been made
for tfce day, no drive or contest. The
people just came in large numbers un
til the 200-mark had been reached.
Six classes reported the entire en
rollment present. This made a very
formidable record for both the teach
ers and their classes. And few small
churches are ever able to report as
many as six star classes in one ses
sion.
Under the superintendency of Mr.
Bruce Wynne, the church school has
been taking on life and an increasing
interest has been gradually manifest- j
ing itself.
Next Sunday being Easter, it is ex
pected that the attendance will be the
| best of the entire year.
Local Man Liquidating
Bank In Robeson County
John D. Rodgerson, who was the
liquidating agent for the Caledonian
Savings and Trust Company, which
reopened its doors, is now
making his headquarters in Lumber
ton, where he is liquidating agent for
the Planters Bank.
Mr. Rodgerson is also the liquidat
-1 ing agent for the Bank of Whiteville,
the Bank of Chadbourne, and the
Bank of St. Pauls. He stated that he
would be in Fayetteville one day each
week to look after the affairs of the
LaFayette Bank and Trust Company.
TO MAKE FARM
SURVEY IN APRIL
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Each Farm Ownfer Required
To List Acfeage of
Various Cropa
Of the 2,651 farm operators in this
county, how many are actual owners? (
Any way, each land ownu is due to,
report to his tax lister the number of
acres of each crop that he will pr.ob-.
ably grow in 1932.
No, this is nothing new. It has
been done since 1918. Most counties
are reporting these survey* for prac
tically all of their farm*. This is
probably news to non-farm owners, j
, The Federal Farm Census was secur-:
| ed from farm operators (mostly ten
ants).
More than 200,000 farm owners
made reports for each of 1929, 1930
and 1931. These showed acreages that
are amazingly good. The jcost of
these surveys is extremely little, due
' to the commissioners using the tax
listing machinery. Whle considerable
| inconvenience a experienced by tho»e
: "waiting" 'to list their taxables, yet
the need and value of thi* farm "in
ventory" is too great to the farming
interests to be overlooked.
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, Exchange Buys Soybeans
For Its Members in 1932
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The Chatham County Farmers Ex
change has purchased 1,000 bushel*
, of soybeans for its members thi*
season, in additon to enough lespe
deza seed to sow several hundred
acres.
i fjmon County Farmer To
Use No Fertilizer in 1932
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Van Smith, of Marshvillc, Route 2,
i Union County, will purchase no nitro
-1 gen fertilizer this season as all of his
> crop* be planted on lespedeza
aod.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 22, 1932
Worsley, of Oak City, will select
the six best papers, three among
the white and three among die col
ored school*. The winners will be
announced as soon as possible,
probably next week.
Hundreds of essays were writ
ten in the vsrious schools of the
county during the week, only one
or two failing to take an active in
terest in the work, it was learned.
Many posters were made, and
a number of poems were compos
ed by the young people in their
drive for better health condition*.
WAS MEMBER OF
COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Was Taken Serious 111 At
His Mill In Plymouth
This Morning
John A. Getsinger, prominent coun-.
ty citizen and for several terms a
member of the Martin County Board'
of Education, died suddenly at his j
home in Dardens shortly before
today, his death coming as a decided!
shock to his relatives and friends!
throughout this section.
Complete details surrounding his
sudden death could not be learned at J
' noon today, but according to reports
| received here at 1:00 o'clock, he was !
found unconscious at his lumber mill j
!in Plymouth during the forenoon. He
was removed to his home where he'
J died a short while after he reached.
there. As far as it could be learned
I here, he enjoyed good health and j
the friendship of hundreds of citizens
in both this and Washington County.
When arriving at his mill in.Plymouth
this morning, he complained of "Ifr*
vere pains in his st.omach. Medical aid
was summoned there and his remov-J
al to his home in Dardens was advis
ed. The family physician, Drs. J as.
E. Smithwick, of James'ville, was call
ed but before he reached there, Mr.
Getsinger was dead.
Born and reared on a farm in Grif-'
fins Township, Mr. Getsinger was 55 (
years old. He was the son of the late
John Conrad Getsinger and wife,J
Sarah . Brown "Getsinger. In early
manhood, he moved to Dardens and
bought a farm where he has since re
sided. In addition to his extensive far- 1
ming operations, he owned and oper- (
ated a lumber mill in Plmyouth for a
number of years.
He was married tb Miss Alice Gib
son Darden, when a young man, and
she with four children, Miss Thelma
•Getsinger, a teacher in the Plymouth
schools, Thomas, Jack, and Dttncan j
Getsinger, all of Dardens, survives.!
tfe also leaves a sister, Mrs. Buck
' Roberfon, of Griffins Township, and
four brothers, Messrs. N. A. Getsin-j
ger, of Florida; Fernanda C. Getsin-I
ger, of Washington,- D. C.; Perlie G. I
Getsinger, of Griffins Township, and
J. Sam Getsinger, register of deeds of
Martin County, Williamston.
He was a member of the Plymouth
| Baptist Church for a number of years,'
j and in religious work as well as in
| community and county betterment ac-
I tivites he always took a - prominent (
part. He had served on the county
> board of education for several terms,'
| having been re-elected at the last'
| general election. In educational work, 1
ihe was a recognized leader, always'
I taking a marked interest in the edu
' cational training and development of
Martin's youth.
Funeral arrangements had not been
announced at 2:30 this afternoon.
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Plan To Open State Prison
Camp Near Here Saturday
That the new State Highway prison
camp, near here, would be ready to re
ceive Martin County subjects as ita
first prisoners this week was prac
tically made certain last night when j
Superintendent (Mobely said that
water connections would, at last, be (
made complete Thursday or Friday..
With a few prisoners from here, and
a few from there and yonder, the of
ficjaJs plan to fill the camp during the
first' week of its operation.
Newest Spring Creations
At Harrison Brothers'
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With an unique assortment of the ]
newest spring creations to select from,
Harrison Brothers and Company here i
are aiding Easter and spring shopper* |
this year with unusually low prices. ,|
The company is announcing in this'
issue the latest in styles for both men']
and women. Ji
PROCEEDINGS IN
SUPERIOR COURT
FOR MARCH TERM
•
Big Crowds Hear Trial Of
Relatively Minor Cases
at Opening Session
Judge J. Paul Frizelle, of Snow Hill,
presiding bver-a Martin County Su
perior Court session here for his first
time, started the machinery of justice
promptly yesterday morning. Rela
tively minor cases appeared on the
docket, but even then many people
were attracted to the hall of justice
during all of yesterday and a part of
today.
No heavy sentences were meted out
or substantial fines imposed yesterday,
but the nature of the docket scheduled
for today indicated lhat several de
fendants were bound for the roads.
The jury found Turner Hines not
guilty in the case clinging him with
an assault with a deadly weapon.
James Reddick failed to appear, and
the case chargng him with manufact
uring liquor was continued.
The case charging John Hag, smalt
colored boy, with the larceny of a bi
cycle, was dismissed, it appearing to
the court that the kid had been suffic
iently punished.
J. D. Harrison was found not guilty
in the case charging him with hunt-j
ing without license.
The jury found Hoyt Lilley not guil
ty of operating a car without proper
| license.
Lester Whitaker was given a six
; months road sentence, suspended up
' on the payment of a S2O fine and cost
- in the case charging him with being
• drunk and disorderly.
Haywood Myrick pleaded gujlty of
! larceny and receiving, judgment now
! pending.
I Charged with false pretense, B. 1).
I Burden failed to appear and the case
' was continued.
j A nol pros resulted in the case
charging L. E, Freeman with passing
a worthless check.
} The case charging N. S. Godard with
. seduction was nol prossed.
I Papers were ordered issued in the
case charging R. G. Jackson with pass
ing a worthless check when he failed
to answer the charge.
The case charging Ralph Bond with
, larceny and receiving was continued. .
J A nol pros resulted in the case charg
■ ing John A. Jackson with passing a
worthless check,
j Will Smith and-"Lewis Keys, plead
' ing guilty in the case charging them
j with manufacturing liquor, were given
I 12-month sentences on the roads, sus
| pended upon the payment of SIOO
fines and one-half the costs each.
Tiler James, fading a similar charm-,
was given a 12-nionUis sentence, sua
pended upon the payment
fine and the. costs of the case.
Early this morning it was believed
| that the court wbuld complete the
criminal docket some time today or
early tomorrow morning.
WILL STIMULATE
REPAIR BUSINESS
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National Agency Has Been
j *Dut Into Operation To
Boost Building Work
♦
I A national agency designed to aid
in bringing about a revival of business
. through country-wide simulation Wjf
[ the repair and improvement of resi
l dential, commercial, industrial, and
] institutional property, supplemented
by local community organization, has
just been put into operation in Wash
l ington. This undertakng is comprised
I in the program of the committee on
( reconditioning, remodeling, and mod
( ernizing of the Department of Com
merce.
] Inquiry has disclosed that more
than 50 per cent of the many import
ant lines of materials and equipment
produced ,Jor construction in 1931
were consumed by remodeling and
projects, and it it pre
dicted that a still larger percentage of
such materials will be used in this
same field in 1932. Th* annual repair
and replacement bill of the United
States aggregates hundreds of mil
lions of dollars. A considerable por
tion of the normal repair and im
'provement projects has been deferred
'for more than three years, and there
jis evidence to indcate that this large
| field of potential business can be stim
ulated into actual accomplishment'.
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j Injury Confines Volunteer
Fire Chief To His Bed Here
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Mr. Henry D. Harrison, chief of the
local volunteer fire company here, con
tinues in bed at his home here as a
result of an injury received when the
home of Bruce Chesson burned on the
I Hamilton rotf bl&re fhari two" weeks
•go. The fireman received a bad cut
on his ankle, and since that time he
I has been running temperature. It is
feared .that he will have to undergo
( specal hospital treatment before full
Recovery can be expected.
List-Takers Meet Monday To
Discuss Valuation
OUTLINE SERIES
OF PROGRAMS AT
LOCAL SCHOOLS
First of the Commencement
Exercises To Be Held
Next Friday Night
♦
A series of interesting exercises, has
been planned for the closing of the lo
cal school this year, it was announced
by Principal Williim R. Watson this
week. The schedule at exercises, be
ginning Friday evening of next week
and ending Friday, May 6, is made pub
lie at this time that any conflicting
.events might be avoided, the principal
Isaid^.
The first of the commencement se
ries will be the junor-senior banquet
in the Woman's Club hall Friday,flight
April 1, with Miss Bessie Willis in
charge.
"At the of, the Rainbow," will
be staged by"he senior class under the
direction of Miss Annie Shields Van-
Dyke on Friday evenng, April 8.
The nekt event on the schedule wilt
be the music recital by Miss Frances
Overton's pupils on Friday evening,
April 13.
On the evening of April 22 the sixth
and seventh grades will present their
exercises, with Mrs'. C. B. Hassetl di
recting.
Tljc grammar grades will present a !
scries of exercises the following Fri- I
day night, April 2V, with Miss Velhta 1
Harrison and Mrs. Herbert Taylor in
charge. " . " {
The commencement sermon, will be
preached Sunday morning. May I, the i
minister to be selected within .the next
few days. All services will be called
off in the several churches that morn
ing, in keeping with the custom fol- 1
lowed in the past, it is understood.
.Graduating exercises will be held on
Friday, May 6, bringing to a close the
1 1931-32 school year.
| All events, with the exception of the
banquet, will be held in the high school
| building. i
FORMER* CITIZEN
HAMILTON DIES
ft
Funeral for Miss Mary E.
Gardner Being Held In
Hamilton Today
Miss Mary Elizabeth Gardner, a na- 1
tivc of Hamilton, died at her home in
! Kinston afternoon in
her 71st year. She had been in feeble
nefelth for some time, the end coming
as a result of a paralytic stroke. Since
last August she was confined to her
bed.
The .daughter of the late William t
and Mary Jape Gardner, she spent her
early life- in Hamilton, moving to KJn
"sfoii ToKowTng the death of her mother,
to live with Mrs. Lina Webb, widow
of'a Methodist minister. She was the
last of a family of six children, five
brothers preceding her to the grave.
A niece, Mrs. Clara Davenport, and a
nephew, Earl Gardner, both of Dur- |
ham, survive. She was a cousin to
Mr., Frank Gladstone, of Hamilton.
Funeral services are being conduct
ed at 2 o'clock, (his afternoon from
the Hamilton Methodist church, the,
pastor, Rev. A. E. Brown, of Rober
sonville, conducting the last rites.
Burial will be in the Hamilton ceme- ,
tery.
Griffins Township Farmers
Lose Small Chicks >ln Fire
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A number of bicjdies was burned,
and the chicken house .of Mr. A. C.
Roberson in Griffins Township
threatened by fire last Sunday morn
ing 'while Mr, 'Roberson was attend- i
ing church. Neighbors saw the smoke
poufing from the chicken house and
l-ushed there in time to prevent much
loss. The blaze started from a defect
ive brooder, it was stated. i ( ,
Mr. J. J. Roberson, a neighbor, 10/t ,
about 50 biddies Tast week when vie ,
brooder in which they were held
caught fire. No other damage result
ed.
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To Receive Applications
For Husbandry Position 1
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The United States Civil Service
Commission ha* announced that until 1
April 12 applications will be accepted
for the position of associate dairy ,
husbandman in the Bureau of Dairy
Industry, Department of Agriculture,
for duty at Lewisburg, Tenn.
The entrance salary will be between i
$3,200 and $3 f 800«»* year.
Full information may be obtained
from F. E. Wynn, secretary of the
United States Civil Service Board t>f i
Examiners at the postoffice in Wil- i
liamston. ~ i
LOSES MEAT H
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Fire yesterday morning burned
about 500 pounds of meat and
•lightly damaged the smokehouse
of Mr. W. Oscar Peel, who live#
about nine miles from hers on the
Washington road. Mr. Peel was
smoking around 25 nice country
hams and about that many shoul
ders when the hooks broke and
dropped the meat into the fire. The
smouldering logs burst into flame
and threatened the building. Mrs.
Peel discovered the blaze and
summoned help in time to check
it before any damage resulted to
the building.
TOBACCO FIRM'S
PROFITS FOR 1931
'SHOW INCREASE
American Company's Net
Earnings for the Past
Year Are $46,189,741
p
In its annual financial report last
week, the American Tobacco Com
pany announced a net earning during
1931 amounting to $46,189,741, as com
pared with $43,294,769 earned in 1930.
The president of the company, Geo.
W. Hill, was paid $2,383,000 for his
services, giving rise to an argument a
niong stockholders and a few di
rectors.
11l his statement to stockholders,
George W. Hill, president, stated that
in 1931, a year of generally reduced tax
receipts, the company paid" Federal
taxes of $158,000,000, "a high record,
1 believe, for any corporation or en
terprise. For -every dollar of profit
our company earned, we earned, in ad
dition, nearly $3.50 for the United
States Government.
"At the same time, our company
has been mindful of the difficulties
which have confronted the tobacco
grower through the collapse of the
export market, by substantially enlarg
ing its purchases of leaf tobacco, and
thereby increasing the American de
mand."
The company's balance sheet showed
cash of $26,810,000 and accounts re
ceivable ol $2,683,000, Accbunts pay-,
able amounted to $3,584,000. Surplus
was carried at Total is~>
*cts were $294,390,000.
The company was Able- during llie
year not only to maintain its former
wage scale without laying off work
men, but in addition to give employ
merit at full wages to a greater number
of employees.
JUDGE TO SPEAK
AT KIWANIS MEET
New Members Will EeKer
ceived at Meeting
T Tomorrow
Reception of new members, and a
brief address by Judge-Paul Frizelle
will feature .the regular Kiwanis pro
gram at their bi-weekly luncheon here
Wednesday,, at 12:30 o'clock.-
The membership of the local group
is being increased as the result of a
( pre-Easter program of expansion! A-1
bout a half dozen leading men of the
community will be enrolled at the
meeting Wednesday. And with the
attendance, the group is get
ting all set fop>one of its most import
ant years. , ,
Judge Frizelle is presiding the
sessions of the court vyhich is in prog
ress here, and has kindly consented to
make a brief address at this noon-day,
meeting. The membership will hear
the judge with unusual pleasure.
Sw
Owners Sell Smokeshop j
Fountain and Fixtures
The Smokeshop, operated by Clarks'j
Drug Store, rnc., during the past j
several months, went out of existence
this week when the fixtures were sold
to a firm in Richlands. For many
years, the store located next to the
Hranch Banking and Trust Company,
|iad been recognized as a meeting place
by the people of the town and com
munity. About a year ago, Clarks'
moved to a new location several stores
up the street, and since tha,l time the
Smokeshop carried on a soda, cigar,
and cigarette business.
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Local Bank and Schools
To Have Holiday Monday
Easter Monday, March 28, will be
observed as a holiday by the local
bank and schoola, it was announced
by the "lieads of the institutions yes-
General business will con
tinue aa usual. The day ia not a na
tional holiday, and the poatal serv
ice will continue as usual.
Watch the Label On Yo«r.
Paper A. It CarriM the DatJ
When Your Subscription Expire*.
ESTABLISHED 1898
FIX SCHEDULE
OF VALUES FOR
MANY ARTICLES.
Cost of Production, arid the
Selling Prices of Farm
Products Baffling
Martin County property list-takers
and tlieir supervisor, meeting in the
courthouse here yesterday.,-readily real
ized the huge task just ahead of them
w hen they attempted to determine basic
values to be referred to in listing per
sonal properties and various commodi
ties for taxation Ut the year 19J2.
While it was agreed that certain fluc
tuations would he necessary in some
eases, the group decided to follow as
far as it was feasible to do so the fol
lowing schedule:
torn, $1.50 a barrel; peanut hay, 15
cents a bale; oats and fodder, $lO a
ton; lard and meat, 8 cents a pound;
sweet potatoes, 25 cents bushel; soy
beans. 50 cents bushel; field peas, $1
bushel; horses, top value, $100; fliules,
top value, $150; sheep and goats, $1
each; pigs and hogs, 5 cents pound on
the hoof; , milk cows, $75 each (top
value); beef cattle, top value, $25; cot
ton, S3O bale; peanuts, $1.25 bag; au
tomobiles and trucks, 70 per cent of
the purchase price downward, accord
ing to trade-in value; refrigerators, 75
per cent of purchase price: talking ma
chines, 75 per cent of the purchase
price; radios, 75 per cent of the pur
chase price. Real estate values will
be the same, and store stocks will be
listed according to inventory sched
ules, it was determined.
The supervisor and his list-takers
found it difficult to determine a fair
valuation for many commodites, and
while one or two itenuf might he rated
at top market value, in no case are
the values above actual production
costs. The values set up this year are
considerably below those of last year
| in* virtually every case, but it is be
lieved that the larger quantity of prod
uce on hand as of April 1 will more
than offset the valuation decrease.
However, it was admitted at the meet
ing that values on automobiles, mules,
and farm machinery, in general, would
show a marked loss for new purchases
have been few during the past year,
j Several or the list-takers will start
t the property listing work'the first of
|next month, while a few arc planning
wait until about the second or third
week in April to st;irt. Property will
lie listed strictly as of April 1, and the
delay in starting the work will have
no effect on the final outcome. Lift
ing schedules will be advertised and
| property owners will be given until the
first of May to give in their property
valuations. Listing after May 1 is
subject to penalties, according to pro
visions of the law.
The following list-takers met with
visor Lveretts • .
F. C. Stallings, Janiesville; George, C.
Griffin, Griffins; L. J. llardson, Wil
liams; H. Kobersen, Bear Grass;
K. Williamson; G. G.
ll.uley Kcwds; J. 11. Kawls, Rob
ersonviilqTjliirG. Taylor, Poplar Point;
T. B-Slade, Hamilton,' and "J. *A.
Rawls, Goose Nest.
GIVES FIGURES
ON ATTENDANCE
Everetts Schools Report an
! Attendance Percentage
I of 85 First Six Months
With an. average daily attendance of
1232.37 elementary school and -5(5.99
i high school pupils, the Everetts schools
I reported an average of 85 per cent in
i attendance during the six months term_
recently, ended, it was learned from
, Principal 1). N. Hix this Week. The
I school reported an enrollment of 342
pupils during the period. Last- year
I the school reported an average of 88
i per cent for the six months period, the
3 per cent decrease resulting mainly
' from new conditions brought about by
consolidations last fall, in the opinion
of the school's head. Unfavorable eco
nomic conditions are believed to have
affected the attendance very little, if
any, as the "union relief committee
there handled needy, cases very effic
iently, it was explained.
Accepting the report as final, the
school there is in line to operate next
[year with the same number of teach
ers, the attendance fluctuatiqn being
too small for the school to add an
additional teacher.
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Woman's Club To Hold
Regular Meeting Thursday
The local Woman's Club will hold
its regular meeting in the club hall
Thursday afternoon of this week at
3:30 o'clock, it was announced by the
president this morning.
A large attendance U requested.