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VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 92
FARMER MUTUAL |
FIRE INSURANCE
MEMBERS MEET
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Has Served 500 Members
at Cost of 40 Percent
Below Average
The Martin County branch of the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance As
-0 sociation was held in the county court
house here last Saturday morning with
a limited representation .•{ members
in attendance. Despite the unfavor
able weather nearly every township
had members present.
The report of the secretary-treasur
er was received, and it was pointed out i
that during the past year all property J
insured in the association had been ex- '
amined and reassessed. Values were '
lowered, lessening the liabilities by a-;J
bout 33 per cent, which reduction is i
considered in keeping with the trend
of the times.
W. C. Manning, for more'than 20
years president of the company, and
secretary-treasurer for about 12 years
prior to that time, declined reelection,
and Mr. Henry C. Green was elected. .
Rev. W. B. Harrington, of Griffins ,
Township, was reelected vice presi- ,
dent; and Mr. James L. Coltrain con-|.
tinues as the association's able secre- (
tary-treasurer. ,
The following board of trustees was
elected: Joshua L. Coltrain, W. B: ,
Harrington, Joseph S. Griffin, Thos.
L. Roebuck, S. T. Woolard, S. T. Ev- ,
erett, and T. B. Slade. |,
Since the organization of the local j (
county branch of the association, it j |
has served its membership faithfully,']
saving its approximately 500 members ,
as much as 40 per cent on their in- t
surance costs. The approximately 500 ,
members, associating themselves to ,
share each other's losses, have enjoyed ,
protection against fire, wind, and light
niing at a cost 40 per cent below that
charge by the stock companies for fire (
protection only.
i
Two Are Hurt in Railroad
Cross Accident Yesterday
H. R. Davenport, young white man
of Creswell, suffered a fractured skull |
and a broken leg, when his ear and ,
trailer crashed' into a Norfolk South
ern train near Plymouth on Highway
90 yesterday morning. He is expected |
to live. G. C. Craddock, riding with
Davenport, was badly cut about the,
body, but was not seriously hurt. |
The car was wrecked and the load
of chickens and eggs was scattered in]
all directions.
Cottage Prayer Meeting at
Home Mrs. L. B. Harrison
♦
CotUge prayer meeting will be held'
at the home of Mrs. L; B. Harrison
Wednesday evening at 7:30, it was an-!
nounced this morning by Rev. C. T.
Rogers, pastor of the Methodist
church. The public is cordially In- '
vited to attend, but especially the im
mediate community is asked to meet
with us. A 30-minutes service is held
at some one's home every Wednesday
evening. If you would like to have
a service, let Mr. Rogers know.
Hold Hearing In Robbery
Case Here This Afternoon
11(1
A hearing is scheduled to be held
here this afternoon when J. P. Watson
Roseboro merchant, will be question
ed in connection with the case charg
ing him with receiving stolen goods.
Justice of the Peace J. L. Hassell will
hear the case. Several witnesses are
here from as far away as Raleigh and
Greenville to offer testimony in the
cue.
Watson is alleged to have received
goods stolen by a group of robbers in
this county back in November and
December.
Luther Clark Ordered To
Jail in Beaufort County
Luther "Slick" Clark, young Mar-j
tin County white boy, was ordered to,
jail yesterday in the Beaufort Coun
ty Superior court for not complying
with a judgment of that body handed
down about a year ago. Clark was
adjudged guilty in a case charging
him with robbery of E. H. Roberson's
store at Batts Cross Roads in Beau
fort County. He is said to have failed
to pay the costs and fine in the case.
Noah S. Garrett To Addrsse
Kiwanians Here Tomorrow
Noah S. Garrett, lieutenant gover
nor of the Kiwanis sixth district, of
Ahoskie, will attend the regular meet
ing of the local Kiwanis club here
tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock. He will
address the members, it was said.
All Kiwanians are urged to be pres
ent, ' j Ji.l
County farm agents in tobacco
*" growing counties are now cleaning and
treating tobacco seed in preparation
for planting the beds.
THE ENTERPRISE
BANK HOLIDAY )
Out of respect for that great
Southerner and military leader,
Robert E. Lee, the Branch Bank
ing and Trust Company here will
observe his birthdsy as a holiday
Thursday of this week, it was an
nounced today. It was also stat
ed that other banks in the county
would close for the day, but gen
eral business in stores, post offices,
and professional offices will con
tinue as usual.
Several schools in the coun
ty are planning appropriate pro
grams for the day, it ia under
stood.
INCLUDE PEANUT
IN RELIEF BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
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Bill Would Raise Price of
Lowly Goober Up To i
3 Cents a Pound
The lowly peanut, so long kicked
around as a step-child, gained recogni
tion in the nation's capital last week
when it was included in the domestic
allotment plan as passed by the House
of Representatives, Under the "Na
tional Emergency Act," the peanut
would sell for three cents a pound
during the initial marketing period,
j When the domestic allotment plan!
| was first advanced it only included |
I cotton, wheat, and hog products, but
jthe unusually low prices offered for]
I peanuts gained for the goober a place
lin the act. The peanut has held its
own in the HoUse of Representatives,
and now it has to face the Senate, and
even it it is successful there, it will
then face a probable veto at the hands
of President Hoover.
As the bill is understood here, pea
nuts farmers would offer their crop
for sale on the open market. If they
received one cent a pound on the open
market, then the act would allow them
two additional cents a pound up to a
certain amount. If the country actual
ly needed so many peanuts, the act
would see that the price would be held
to three cents for that amount. How-,
ever, if production was over and a
bove the consumption demand, then
the farmer would have to take what
he cpuld get for his proportion of the
surplus.
CHILD DIES OF
| HYDROPHOBIA
Last Rites for David Abram
Barnhill at Everetts
This Afternoon
David Abram Barnhill, 6 years old,
, died at the home pf his parents, Mr.
] and Mrs. ClarencC Barnhill, in Green
ville. early' Sunday morning of hydro
phobia.
Born in this county, the Child moved
with his parents to Pitt County two
or three years ago. Shortly before the
Christmas holidays he was attacked
and badly bitten about the face by a
mad dog there. On the advice of,
physicians, his parents had him given
tlje Pasteur treatment, the little fel
; low taking the last treatment a few
I days before his death. During the
holidays he visited in Everetts, and
his condition was not considered seri
ous. Last Saturday he was said to
have acted queerly, and a doctor was
called. The case was diagnosed im
mediately, but it was then too late to
save the boy's life.
Funeral services are being conduct,
ed this afternoon, and interment will
follow in the Barnhill burial plot, near
Everetts.
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Tax League Meeting Is
Called Off Last Friday
A meeting of the Martin County Tax
I League scheduled to have been held in
j the courthouse here last Friday was
called off on account of the unfavor
able weather. A date for the meeting
has not been determined, it was learn
ed today from Mr. E. P. Cunningham,
' president of the body.
Snow Reaches
Inches Here;
The snow falling last Friday,
starting at 6 in the morning and
continuing for 9 hours, reached a
depth of 10 inches here. It was the
biggest fall since the snow of
lfarch, 1927, when 20 inches cov
ered the earth, blocked traffic, and
handicapped business during the
greater part of two days.
Palling at the rate of more than
an inch an hour, the snow disap
peared almost as rapidly as it
cam*. Friday night a big portion
of tit* 10 inch** melted, and by
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 17, 1933
FURTHER CUTS IN
BUDGET ADVISED
BY 'EHRINGHAUS
Disapproves The Methods
Proposed by Former
Governor Gardner
Raleigh, Jan. 17.—Presenting a
greatly curtailed budget to the Gener
al Assembly last night, Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus in his accompany
ing message disapproved emphatically
of the methods proposed by former
Governor 0. Max Gardner for balanc
ing the general fund budget, which
shows an accumulated deficit of $12,-
690,652, of which $6,039,155 is charged
to this fiscal year.
The failure of Governor Ehinghaus
to propose an alternative plan was
regarded as making sonic sort of a
sales tax inevitable. The 1931 Gen-1
eral Assembly deadlocked for five J
months between a general sales tax
and a selected commodity or luxury
tax and ended by rejecting both and
adopting a bill which fell far short i
of balancing the budget. Although he
has never publicly committed himself,
Governor Ehringhaus has been sup
posed to prefer the general sales tax
of these two plans. A production tax i
to apply to all manufactured articles i
and other sources has been proposed
at this session.
However, the deficit has now reach-1
ed such proportions that no one plan
is expected to solve the problem.
Members of the General Assembly
were last night reticent in commcivt t£n
the Governor's message and the out
look for a sales tax, but nearly all of
them expressed a determination to bal
ance the budget regardless of conse
quences.
—The deficit lor this .year, plus the
j $3,950,000 to be lost by removing the
: 15-ccnt ad valorem tax for public
schools makes around $10,000,000 by
which the budget would be out of bal
ance next year on the basis of present
expenditures and present revenues.
The budget report, signed by Gov
ernor Gardner and prepared with the
assistance of the Budget Commission
proposed to get the $10,000,000 by a
combination of the following four
methods:
(1) Reducing present expenditures
by $3,000,000 each year.
(2) Refunding general fund bond
maturities ($1,150,000 the first year
and $1,738,000 the second year)-.
(3) Transfer of $2,000,000 of high
way revenue to the general fund each
year.
(4jy Replacing the property tax by
increasing the present taxes on an av
erage of 20 per cent so as to raise $3,-
850,000 each year.
Ehringhaus Objections
Predicting that the activities oHhc
reorganization committee headed by
Senator Larry 1. Moore, which is
scheduled to report on Friday, will re
sult in still further economies, the
Governor voiced his approval of those
economies and made this criticism of
the economies proposed in the bud
get! -. J
. "I am impressed, too, with the idea
that the reductions here proposed fol
low too largely the idea of horizontal
decreases without considering, as is
| vital, the difference between the es
] sential and the non-essential service.
' I am also of the opinion that all sal
j ary reductions should be graduated."
Concerning the proposed transfer of
$2,000,000 of highway revenue each
year to the general fund (out of a to
! tal estimated revenue of $16,353,600
the first year and $15,411,200 the sec
ond year) Governor Ehringhaus said:
j "I cannot give my approval to this
| suggestion." He calls attention to
that portion of his inaugural address
dealing with the same subject and cites
the decreased revenues for the high
way fund, which at its peak received
more than $20,000,000 in State funds
each year.
j On the suggestion for refunding gen
eral fund falling due in the next
two years, Governor Ehringhaus said:
J "Most respectfully, but emphati
cally, I suggest that this does not
constitute a balanced budget. Cer
tainly, it does not accord with my idea
of the necessities of the present sit
uation."
Depth of 10
Melts Q
Sunday afternoon there were few
signs of the blanket to be -seen.
No serious traffic delay was ex
perienced in this section. High
way plows were put in operation
shortly after the snow started fall
ing and traffic, while slightly re
urted,. continued. Unemployed
forces were used in clearing the
sidewalks and streets here, it be
ing th* first time in the town's his
tory that thcr* was a concerted
effort to remove the snow from
the sidewalks and streets a la city
fashion.
Seed and Feed Loan Bill Passes House;
Will Be Help To Ma
★ ★★★ ★.★★★★ ★★★
Under suspension of the rules,
the House of Representatives yes
terday passed the Seed Loan Bill
for crop production during the year
1933. Republican Leader Snell and
other Republicans vigorously
fought the measure, but its friends
were able to muster the two-thirds
vote by which it was necessary to
pass it. No amendments could be
offered. Representative Warren,
of North Carolina, asked unani
mous consent to offer an amend
ment to make the loans applicable
to local farm organizations, and
Representative LaGuardia tried to
get the interest rate fixed at 3 per
cent, but a single objection on the
BARTER SYSTEM
PROVES POPULAR
WITH READERS
Nearly 100 Bags of Peanuts
Are Exchanged For
The Enterprise
Offering two cents a pound for pea
nuts in exchange for subscriptions to
The Enterprise, the paper's force is
more than assured of a fat year ahead.
Already around 100 hags of the goob
ers have been delivered in exchange
Aor the paper. Several hags have al
ready been parched and eaten, and the
rest are being held for-that higher
price every one hopes for.
Last year the paper received around
300 bags of the goobers on the ex
change plan, advincnig its subscribers
as far ahead as 1936 in some, cases.
However, there arc a few who are fast
getting in the arrears class and have
not taken advantage of the offer. The
exchange or plain out-and-out barter
idea is not limited to peanuts. Old
liens are gladly accepted, the paper of
fering a nine-months subscription for
each old hen. Several hundred old
hens were received last spring, and
then, too, a few loads of wood, pigs,
and other farm produce were.offered
in exchange for the paper.
Down in Texas and in 15 other states
of the Union, the barter system is
being widely used, but those states arc
more than a year" behind The Enter
prise in realizing that money is scarce
and that business is not solely depend->
ent upon gold. However, a limit has
to he placed on certain commodities,
and those of our subscribers who have
not taken advantage of the exchange
offers are cordially urged to do so im
mediately.
Peanut deliveries have been made by
the following:
C.' B. Fagan, Hardens; Hoy Clark
and Mrs. \V. A. Clark, Williamston,
route 2; H. B. Smith, Kobersonville (
route 2; lr.-i Harrison, Williamston; .
Mrs. Lydia K|»gerson, Williamston, ]
R 1". 1).; Zenobia llaislip, Ilasself,
J. B. Whitfield, Hobgood'j \V. A.
Bailey, Williamston, route 2; Haywood
Rogers, Williamston, route 2;
Roberson, Williamston route 4; J. A.
Ellis, Jamesville 1; I'. E. Manning,
Williamston 4; W. I'. Hadley, W'il-J
liamston 1; W. A. Coltrain, William
ston, 1; J. J. Roberson, Jamesville 1.
L. G. Taylor, Williamston 3; W.
M. Hardison, Williamston 2; W. S.
Mallory, Williamston 2; J. R. Keel,
Williamston 2; C. C. Bailey, William
ston 2; Mrs. J. T. Griffin, Williamston
2; W. S. l.eggett, Williamston 3; G.
R. Silverthorne, Williamston 3; A. D.
Hadley, Williamston 1; W. S. I'eel,
Williamston R F. D.; C. E. Simpson,
Robersonville 3; Joshua L. Coltrain,
Williamston 4; Blanche ' Simpson,
Jamesville 2; M. A. Price, Williamston
1; Ira Price, Williamston 1; J. 11.
Peel, Williamsti n 2; J. W. Gurkin,
Williamston 1; Mrs. N. S. Cherry,
Williamston 4; W. Henry Rogers,
Williamston 2; J. D. I'rice, William
ston 1; H. A. Cullipher, Williamston
2; C. W. Slade, Robersonville 2; Mary
J. Mobley, Williamston 1; S. H. Mob
ley, Williamston 1; W. M. Harrison,
Willianistfin 1; D. A Roebuck, Wil
liamston 3; J. L. Holliday, William
ston 1; G. L. Savage, Williamston 1;
G. C. Jenkins, Williamston 1; J. T.
Allen, Williamston 2; Z. N. Roberson,
Jamesville; B. F. Lilley, Jamesville
1; Henry Bryant Oak City.
Bennie Bryant, Oak City; W. C.
Jones, Williamston 1; C. B. Roberson,
Williamston I; J. F. Jackson, Dar
dens; H. L. Davis, Jamesville 2; C.
G. Gurkin, Jamesville 2; H. Gurkin,
Jamesville 2; Johnnie Gay, Jamesville;
J. T. Bennett, Oak City; W. B. Ben
nett, Oak City; Mrs. M. G. Taylor,
Williamston 4; Alonzo Roberson,
Williamston 1; Alice Bell, Williamston
3; Luther Cratt, Williamston 2; J. L.
Whitfield, Robersonville 2; H. C. Nor
man, Robersonville; Jesse Whitley,
Williamston; C. A. Pate and J. E.
Pate, Williamston 4; J. E. Whitfield,
Palmyra, H. L. Manning, Williamston
4; J. A. Taylor, Parmele; W. D. Dan
ieir Jamesville route 1; Mrs. Chas. M.
Peel, Williamston, route 1.
to the House the high rate of re
payments from the Southern States
The bill now goes to conference,
and it is hoped that it will reach
the President in a week. The De
partment of Agriculture will ad
miniater the loans as formerly.
Nearly 300 loans were made to
Martin County farmers last year,
and already many of that number
are anxious to know if they will
be able to get help from the gov
ernment this year in financing
farming operations.
No plans have been made locally
for handling the loans this year,
but arrangements will be made as
soon as the bill becomes law with
in the next two or three weeks.
STRANGE ANIMAL
Raiding chicken coops in Goose
Nest Township one night last week
some kind of animal believed to
have been a wild cat, killed a num
ber of chickens in various places in
that community. A similar num
raid was reported in Cross Roads
Township just before day last Sun
day morning. Six or seven coops
were visited in that section, it was
stated, the animal killing from one
to five at each place.
Two farmers are said to have
seen the animal, but were unable
to tell what it was.
1,823 PLATES SOLD
HERE BY AUTO
LICENSE BUREAU
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Sales Less by 521 Plates;
Revenue Drops From
$34,448 to $24,395
Martin County automobile and truck , '
owners, with the aid of a few from '
neighboring counties, spent $24,395.6!
for 1933 State licenses at the local .
bureau since December 15. The-bu-l
reau'during the month it offered the ! ]
plates for sale here sold 1,823 plates, |
as compared wcjth 2,344 sold last year. J
The number of tags was decreased by
521, and the cash revenue was less by i
a little over slo,ooth- Figures on the
sales made direct from Raleigh to au- '
tomobile and truck owners in the coun
ty are not available, but it is believed'
less than 500 plates were bought di
rect, and that the total amount spent
for licenses in the county will be un
der the $30,000 mark.
However, despite iHc decreased sale '
business at the license bureau was a-!
bout as good as it was anywhere. In
-other words, Martin County automo-1
bile and truck owners spent more for [
license tags than they have paid on ,
their 1932 taxes, not even mentioning j
the upkeep ami gasoline costs.
The bureau has packed the un- 1
sold plates ready for shipment back to
r-Raleigh. Automobile owners in this
BELIEVE IT OR NOT—
By H ATT IE THROWER '
Nineteen thirty-three found William
ston still on the map with route 30,
U. S. 17, splitting it in the middle
right down Main Street. It is still
bounded by Robersonville on the one I
side, blanked by Hamilton on another,
and watered by the Roanoke, over j
which breezes blow from the great
State of Fish come to its
markets from the great herring cen
ter of Jamesville in the spring, juicy
hams and honey-dew yams from Grif
fins, and the odor of Scuppernongs i
from Bear Grass. In the "rtieantinie,
peanuts are selling so cheap that it j
seems cruel to even eat them parched, j
However, the market remains the
largest in the world for the Virginia
nuts.
Business has held up ve,ry well and
is yet strong. .Only one groceryman
went out of business, and he just simp
ly retired. Gas stations are as many
as ever, and in some of them one may
get "hot dogs/' and thus help the in
digestion powders man.
The church spires are still pointing
heavenward and are functioning prop
erly to keep the sinners from starting
any new stunts in the wild rounds of
pleas for whfch Williamston is noted —•
so the outside world claims. This
outside world likes mighty well to
shake a wicked foot, too, in William
ston.. .The parsons of the several con
gregations are letting their lights shine
and are ministering to the sick and
afflicted. In all things these men are
on the level.
[ Doctors are very busy these days^-
part of Clarke, of New York,
blocked both amendments.
Representative Lindsay Warren,
who introduced the seed loan meas
ure on the first day of the session
took part in the debate and replied
to Snell, of New York, and Staf
ford, of Wisconsin. Mr. Warren
told the House that the measure
was vital and absolutely necessary
and its failure would mean disas
ter. He said that the new regional
agricultural credit corporations
were almost worthless under the
rules prescribed by the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, and that
no average farmer could secure
loans from them on account of the
security demanded. He also read
BAPTIST PASTORS
|TO HOLD MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
Ministers from Six Church
Associations To Meet
Next Monday
BapTfst ministers in the Atlantic,
Chowan, Ntuit, Pamlico, Roanoke and
West Chowan Associations will hold
a conference here next Monday morn
inn at 10 o'clock in tlie Memorial Bap
tist church, it was learned from Rev,
C. H. Dickey, local minister. Around
75 preachers are expected here for the
meeting. •.,:
Ministers of the associations in east
ern North Carolina recently organized
the con.fcrenccj and the meeting here
I next Monday is the first of a series of
three to he held during the year, it was
said. Rev. 11. I'. Brinson, of l.ewis
ton, is president of the group,- and R.
B. Lineberry is secretary and treas
urer.
The following program has been
leased by Rev. J. Iv. Carrick, chairman
of the program committee:
1U a. m. Devotional,. Dr. Oscar Hay
wood, New Bern,
1(1:21) a. m.—How I an I bis Organi--
nation Dovetail Into Our State Work?
|H- F, Brinson, Lewistott.
10:4(1 a. m.—How Shall the I'r ach
|er Adjust Himself to the Changing
Financial Circumstances? W. ll.Cov
| ert, (ireenville.
! 11a. m.—What (an the Pastor Do
To Overcome the Discouraging I'rus
, pects in Finances for J93A? ), iW,
, Kincheloe, Rocky Mount.
11:20 a. m. —-Our Weapons of War
fare, J. L. Peacock, Tarboro. "
11:40 a. in. Business session.
section who bavp nut bought the new
plates will now or«lcr direct from Ra
leigh.
Licenses were issued at'tlic Ideal bu
reau in the following classesr
Passenger cars: No. 1, 1,447; "No. 2,
114; No. 3, 42; total, 1,60.).
J'ruck*; 1-2 ton, 75; 3-4 ton, 5; 1
ton, 48; 1 1-2 tons, 81; 2 tons, 6; 2 1-2
tons, 5; total, 220. (irand total, pas-,
senger cars and trucks, 1,823.
going night and day to any who call
on them. I'ercy Cone still handles
molar extracts and docs it with a smile
which adds to the harmony of his deep-
I seated bass in the Baptist choir on
Sundays. There is no higher type of
dotjyrs in all the country than those
in this old town.
The author of "Small Town Mus
ings" might entitle his last article
"Two Bvys in a Bed, To Say Nothing
of the. Dog." Withotit doubt the dog.
had the best of it and will dig in again
j when the folks go away once more.
The favorite beverage during the
Christmas season was a concoction
made of 20-cent hen fruit and home
brew with Kdgewood Dairy cream to
make it fit for the gods. Nothing
more and nothing stronger, they say.
To every one who loves the beau
tiful in- nature, the snow which lay
to a depth of II inches on Friday was
a sight not to be equaled in any land.
Streets had to be scraped and the snow
hauled off so as to aid the motorists.
On account of the snow, school
closed Friday, but the streams were on
j a rampage and Principal Watson could
not go fishing, a sport in which he ex
' eels, so he remaihed indoors and had
a try at a jig-saw puzzle.
As Willianiston has a number of
farmers who live in town and board
in the country, many menu cards
prominently display all kinds of
"freshies," from "reed birds" to pigs
knuckles. There is nothing better.
Advertisers Will Pod Our Col
nma ■ Latchkey to Over Sixteen
Hundred Martin County Homes
ESTABLISHED 1898
668 FAMILIES OF
COUNTY HELPED
IN PAST MONTH
Nearly 500,000 Receive Aid
From Relief Body In
North Carolina
Nearly 500,(KM) individual North
Carolina are being provided with the
necesities of life by relief and welfare
organizations in the various counties
of the State, according to figures re
leased today by Dr. Fred W. Morri
son, director of the Governor's Office
of Relief.
A total nt 122,2X1 families was ac
tually given aid in the various coun
ties during , the month of December.
On the basis of four to a family, 389,-
124 individuals were thus affected. In
addition to these families, 21,912 non
family persons were given aid in De
cember.
I Ins represents an increa.se in the
relief need of more than 100 per cent
over October and more than 50 per
cent over November. The total num
ber aided in October was 241,784 and
352,704 in November.
The estimated relief need for Janu
ary and February shows an equally
proportionate increase. Carefule esti
mates show that 143,325 families will
need help in January and 151,272 fam
ilies in February. The high rate of
j increase is attributable to the tact that
| family reserves available for use dur
ing previous months have become ex
hausted. Particularly is this state of
affairs true among families depend
ent upon agriculture For their living.
Tire' auiount of money spent in pro
viding this relief has increased in prac
tically the same ratio as the case load.
During October $444,57f> was spent,
in November, ami-4,4)28,936
in December, or a total of $2,252,821
' for the three months period. Of this
amount $1,147,069 was provided, from
Federal relief funds and the remain
ing $1,105,572, or nearly 50 per. cent,
was provided locally, either through
local government or Red C ross ap
propriations or private gilts.
Dr. Morrison pointed out that not
.all families who have been aided were
completely .dependent upon charity. In
niaiiy instances they have been given
only Red Cross Hour, and "ill the case
oi many rural people tfkir aid has been
confined to clothing, largely for chil
dren entering school.
Since the relief work was started on
a large scale back in October, more
than (>(>o families .in Martin County
have received aid. In October, 492
families were aided, and in December
the number of families clamoring for
aid reached the M>B mark. >
STATE PROGRAM
IS APPROVED BY
ECONOMY GROUP
If Assembly Follows' The
Program Outlined No
Criticism To Result
Raleigh.—"The program anonuhced.
by"Governor J.C. It. Ehringhaus in
his 'inaugural address last week is in
cold harmony with the program of the
National Economy League in North
Carolina, and in general meets the
approval of our .organization?' said
former Lieutenant Governor J. Elmer
l.ortjf, of Durham, commenting on the
new Governor's message Gen
eral Assembly. ' \
"His address and message call for
the strictest economy in government
al costs, the consolidation of divisions
and activities to give the essential gov- '
ernmental services at the lowest cost
consistent with efficiency, a division
of the essential and non-essential serv
ices so the K°vernor, as director of
the budget, may reduce or eliminate
allotments to the non-essential serv
ices, and, otherwise halt the expendi
tures of the State's revenue at this
time when taxpayers are groaning un
der the tax burden," said Governor
Long.
'.'lf the Genera! Assembly follows
the suggestions of Governor hhring
haus and brings about the economies
proposed by him, the North Carolina
State Branch of the National Econo
my League will have on criticism of
the program for the next two years,"
said Governor Long. If, however,
strong minorities seek to secure pref
erential treatment in appropriations,
or in evading the taxes they justly
should pay, we shall take up-the cudgel
and fight such movements to the end.
Mr. Long was named by Chairman
Frank Page, of the North Carolina
branch of the league, as a member of
the legislative committee to make a
study of the report of the tax commis
6ion and the buJget report, and mak»
a statement of the findings to the
State committee. If these report* do
not meet the approval of the commit
tee, the league will bring about strong
opposition to defeat undesirable fw
tures. If the reports meet the lea
gue's views for economy in govern*
ment, they will be approved.