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PAGE FOUR URGE COUNTY TO GET FULL-TIME WELFARE WORK State Pays Half of Cost: Work Especially Needed During "Hard Times" Special effort is being made this year to indttce a number of counties including Martin, to employ ~/ull-time superintendents of public welfare, ac cording to Mis» Lois Dosher, director of the division of county organization of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Miss Dosher appear ed before the Martin board recently, but little was accomplished at that time toward hiring a full-time welfare worker, and the prospects, it is believ ed, are not very bright for one just now. In visiting the counties, Miss Dosher is urging counties to include ed before officials here some time ago the welfare work in their program of handling the apptals of the needy. The fact that the state now pays half the salary of the welfare worker makes the service cost only half as much as formerly. Many counties could employ a full-time superintend ent of public welfare with an outlay ot only a few hundred dollars in addi tion to what they are paying the su perintendent of schools to do the work in an ex-officio capacity. The majority of the counties could, put on a worker without an addition tax levy. Numbers of superintendents of pub lic welfare have" saved more than their salaries by investigating the pauper list of their counties. The welfare of ficer in Surry, for instance, has more than saved his salary by reducing the pauper dole. He found relatives who could care for certain ones who had long been charges of the county and purged the list of all who were not in real neet With private donations and funds from organizations he was able to take care of others. In addition, he insisted that every pauper raise a garden So that lie will be self-support ing for a part of She year, at least, ,Us ually when a superintendent of public welfare starts investigating a pauper list he finds a number of actual graft ers. One county, for instance, had unwittingly supported a woman for years who was no longer a resident of the county as she had a job in an ad joining county. Hut each month she returned for her pauper check. When the legislature of, 19.il pro vided for stat? maintenance of the six-months school term, it also pro vided that the state pay one-half the salary of the superintendent of public welfare according to a graduated scale based on the county's population. The reason was that the* superintendent of public welfare has always received half his salary from the board of education because he is the chief school attend ance officer. Seeing the wisdom and economy in employing a welfare of- Ford Outsells Nearest Comp Forty - Eight States DURING MONTH OF JUNE America has again come through and recognized the super ' iority of Ford products. Ford outsold his nearest competitor in the District of Columbia and 42 out of the 48 States during the month of June —the last month for which official figures are available, and the first month in which the Ford dealers could se cure a complete supply of the new cars. Ford sales in the United States totaled 52,795, or 35.8 per cent of all sales. Its nearest competitor sold 36, 3, or 24.9 per cent of all sales. YOU TOO » 4 should be guided by the opinion ot the majority oi buyers in the selection of a new car. One demonstration in the New Ford will convince you that it is the best buy. WILLIAMSTON MOTOR CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA > lv> -aafei. 1 j r l i . -—. \MW --s?-• •* J'C-'*. '.Vt* - ... -• I 1 Btoum »»N make provision for them tliis June. Because of the unusual calls that have come during the depression, it is especially important that a trained ■worker handle the- welfare job, Miss Dosher pointed out. First, because funds for poor relief are limited and should be expended as wisely as pos sible; second, liecause families never appealing before are liable to become chronic paupers unless given the aid and encouragement that will assist them to become independent again. One bounty commissioner in a cer tain county told Miss Dosher: "Last \ear I told you I was going to fight jour plan, but I want you to know that 1 am going to fight with you this )ear It we had not had a warm win ter, 1 don't know what we would have done So many people have been in need." PUBLISH CD Kvnrv TUCTDAY AHP FWIPAV While Rome Burns Few Contagious Diseases In County Last Month Probably fewer contagious diseases were reported in this county last month than in any similar period since official records have been kept. The report included six whooping cough cases, all among white children, three in YVilliamston Township and three in Poplar Point. K . The month was an unusually warm one all right, and judging from the health report it was an unusually healthy one also. Gets Good Fruit By Using Lime and Planting Beans By keeping up the fertility of his orchard through planting soybeans and liming, L. A. Anderson, of Hay wood County, has secured good sets of fruit for the past four years. THE BNT BRPRISE 'ANT BEAR HALTS CHURCH SERVICE Walks Into Local Colored Church and Causes Uproar | —• i Plymouth, N. C., September 9. — An ant-eater, on whatever the ant- I mal's name is, went to church here re cently—and 30 frightened colored peo ple fled. The animal belonged to Jack Swain and for a time was kept in a pen at the plant here of the National Han -1 die Company. The keepers tired of troubling with him and turned him back to Mr. Swain, j Ir) the midst of the service the ani mal walked into the church and look ed around. Women screamed. Be wildered deacons sought to frighten him away. All to no avail. So the I congregation left the Spring Green church here on Fourth Street. ! Men with weapons drove the ani-. mal out of the church. The animal did not bother any one, but stubborn ly refused to leave the church at first, j The animal resembles a coon except I that it has a long tail and the mouth j of an ant-cater. Announce Curb Market Prices For Tomorrow ♦ There arc more sellers at this time of yvar tliiin last year, which is most encouraging for the curb market. Eggs last week were scarce"and no doubt will be this week. With the increased price of eggs, it will be necssary for all sellers to get more p:r pound for their cakes. We are hoping in spite of this to have our patronage con tinue. A partial list of prices follows for this week: Kggs, dozen, 20c; butter beans, 3 | quarts, 25c; string beans, 4c lb.; field peas, 3 quarts 25c; corn, 15c do*.; to matoes, 2 lbs. sc; salad, 4c lb.; irislt | potatoes, 1 I-2c lb.; cabbage, 2c lb.; [ cakes, 18c to 21c lb. i Revival Will Begin at Sunday At Gold Point I Rev. A. h. Purvis, pastor, will be gin a serits of revival services in the Gold Point Christian church next Sunday, and the people of the entire community are cordially urged to make j arrangements to attend. The pastor and members of th: Congregation are extending "every one a hearty iuvita- | tion to attend and take part in tile song and prayer services and join ] them in worship. It was not stated I just liow long the series of services ! will continue, but detailed announce jiiienK will be made later. ! WANTS PIANO—WE HAVE A BEAUTI | ful upriiiht piano in this community that will be returned to us. For lack of storage space, we will transfer this ' account to some lltf.ponsibV party, ' allowing all that has been paid on ' same. Terms if desired. Quick ac tion necessary. Address Box 478, Con-" cord, N. C. s9 3t BICYCLE POUND ON MAIN j Street in Willianiston Monday, September sth. Name of bicycle, "Simmons Banner." Owner may get same by proving ownership.—Sec i Clinton Johnson at Parker Grocery ! Company, Williamston. 2t WIULIAMSTON NMTNCAMUNA COTTON PRICES TAKE DROP AS REPORT IS MADE ♦ Resulting Losses Average From $3 to $4 on the Running Bale Cotton prices tumbled yesterday when the .September report indicated an increase of about 4,000 bales over the August 8 figures. The crop re-j port was followed by losses of from $3 to $4 a bale ?nd continued heavy selling of contracts extended these losses ami brought the market to a bout the lowest level at the close. The 1932 cotton crop was forecast 'l yesterday by the Department of Agriculture at 11,310,000 bales on the -onditions cxisiting on September I. A iiK-nth ago 11,306,000 bales were forecast. Production last year was 17,990,000 bales. The condition of the crop on Sep tember 1 was 56.6 percent of a normal crop as compared with 65.6 pircent a month ago, 68 per rent a year ago and 65.1 percent the ten year September 1 average. The indicated yield is placed at 149.8 pounds per acre as compared with 149.6 a month ago, 201 pounds produced last year and 1i>1.4 the ten 1 year average. The preliminary estimate of acre age remaining September 1 for pick ing is placed at 35,611,000 acres were i in cultivation comparing with the av erage abandonment of 3.1 per cent in the last ten years and 40,495,000 acres lacked last year. The acreage remaining September is for picitig, the September 1 condi tion and the indication production fol low: North Carolina: 1,251,000 ; 61 per cent; 615,140. Cotton ginnings of this year's croj Roanoke - Dixie Warehouse Averaged 12c THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER B'* We are offering to the tobacco growers at the Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse a superior service, and we invite you to come and see for yourself. Bring us a load next week. We can please you with highest prices. Joe Taylor-Claud Griffin ROANOKE-DIXIE WAREHOUSE WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Depend on C. Heber Forbes to Offer FALL FASHIONS 77 First At Savings * % ■ , ————— ) - «- _ • Here we are —right on the threshold of a new fashion season with new merchandise arriving nearly every hour! Still Forbes keeps prices in mind—and keeps them lowest, consistent with satisfactory quality—that is the policy that makes the discriminating shopper come back! PARIS IS ENTHUSIASTIC SO ARE OUR CUSTOMERS * C. Heber Forbes GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA grown prior to September 1 were I reported yesterday by the Census Bu- 1 ureau to have totaled 865,252 running j bales compared with 565,753 bales a year ago and 1,879,919 bales two years j I ago. JOIN Roanoke Burial Association, Inc. 25c TO JOIN 15c Assessment When a Member Dies THIS ASSOCIATION FURNISHES A Nice Casket Hearse Service An Undertaker's Service Come in and Ask for Information B. S. COURTNEY WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Association Authorized Undertakers Friday, September 9, 1932 I Walter Burch, of Clay County, has j increased his corn yields during the past 10 years from 10 to 40 bushels an acre. Red clover and peas get the credit, and County Agent Bow- I ditch says that other crops on the farm have been increased in the same 1 ratio.'
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
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