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Watch the Label On Tow Paper Aa It Carriaa tfaa Data WHO TOW Snbacriptioa Expiree VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 101 NEW BILL WOULD HAVE ROAD BODY MAINTAIN BUSSES Maintenance Already Cen tralized In This County's School System • - The legislators are still running a round Raleigh like chickens with their heads chopped off in search of ©:on omy and "revenoos." One of the lat est proposals mentioned in the sake of economy is to have the State Board ' of Equalization take over the opera tion of »:hool busses. The bill, introduced this week by Representative Roland Beasley, of Union County, will effect a saving of from $400,000 to $500,000 annually, it is claimed. | The bill provides that the state shall assume complete control and author ity over the school trucks and busses and that all of these shall be turned over to the State Board of Equaliza tion by May 1, and that thereafter it shall lay out all bus routes, determine the pay schedule for all drivers, and assume all control. At the present time there are 4,400 »:hool busses in operation in the state, for which the cost of operation is $2,- 150,000 a year. The state furnished the money for the operation of these busses, but it is expended entirely by the local county boards of education and county superintendents.' Another important feature of the bill is that it would provide for the maintenance of the school busses by the various highway commission re pair shops all over the state, and thus greatly reduce the cost of repairs and | maintenance. The cost of this work would be paid from the school fund, however, so that ,this feature can not be considered as another raid on the | highway fund, Representative Beasley t>oipted out. "I believe that fully $500,000 a year can be saved in the cost of school transportation if this bill should be enacted," Representative Beasley said, "Thire is no doubt that there is much inefficiency and waste in the present 1 school transportation system. Since j the state is supplying the money, 'it | should slso have the say-so as to how the money is spent and as to the route to be traveled by the busses. This bill will put the entire transportation system under the control of the State Board of Equalization, which also dis tributes the money and is in a posi tion to know how mu:h the bus trans portation should cost." Operation costs of busses in this county has been very small as com pared with costs of operation in many other counties. The county board was able to puYchase several new units with money allotted it by the State Board of Equalization last year, sav ing the taxpayers of the county quite a sunt. The plan proposed in the Beasley bill is already in effect in this county as to its major operation, and the State will save little by a change here, it is believed. 0 Rev. Mr. Moseley Makes Episcopal Announcements •9 Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, the Adult Bible class of the Church of the Advent will meet at the rectory.' Note the change from Monday to j Friday. On Ssturday evening at 7:00 o'clock all the men of the chitrch arc invitad to supper at the Woman's Club. One of the obje:ts of this meeting is to organize a chapter of the Brother hood of St. Andrews. Mr. J. L. Beckwith, of Lumberton, will be with us at this time. Special musical en tertainment is also planned. There will be the usual services Sunday morning and evening. At the morning hour, the subject of the ser mon will be: "The Absolute Demands of Christianity." In the evening, the minister will speak on ttie "Outlook for Christianity in China." This talk will be based on personal experience and several very important magazine articles of recent date. The public is cordially invitad. Schedule oi Prices for the Curb Market Announced ♦ All sellers on the curb market can obtain free egg cartons, and piper bags now when selling eggs. This has been made possible as a result of the two cents charged on each dol lar sale which has thus far bought all equipment and as our patrons patron ise the curb market we can make the market more efficient and of benefit to patrons aa wall as to sellers. The patronage is always appreciated. The following prices will be on the market this week: Eggs, dozen, 10 cents; hens, 10 cents a pound; irish potatoes, 1 cent a pound; cream (special this week) 20 cents; sweet potatoes, 1 cent a pound; collars, 2 pounds for 5 cents. We shall have black walnuts, cakes and pickles on the market thia weak. THE ENTERPRISE Weather Prediction By Groundhog Holding Up Groundhog weather atock con tinuea to hold up unuaually well in these parte. Fourteen of the forty daya over which he ia said to rule, have paaaed and he hasn't been far wrong in any of them. A survey of the weather during the paat few weeks shows many unfavorable conditions and a few favorable ones aa well. Road con • ditions in the outlying districts are declared the moat unfavorable iff two yean. Many thorough fares are all but impassable at the preaent time, and traffic ha a been delayed and even stopped in cer tain sections. School trucks have been running late, and several were forced to abandon their daily trips, it waa learned. f HOLIDAY 1 is ' Bank and poatal employees here will enjoy a holiday next Wednes day when the country, as a whole, observes Washington's Birthday. No buainess will be transacted by the banking institution, and op erationa at the post office will he greatly curtailed. No deliveries will be made either in the town or in the rural aectiona that day. Maila will be received and dis patched as usual, however. There will be no window service during the day at the local post office. i Ciller, Uian a few school pro- j gr«nu ananged in the various schools, the day will go generally uacL.erved in, tius section. In ether parts of the country, espec- j ially i.i tlic thickly populated areas ' the day is widely observed. HEAT ENGINEER ' VISITS COUNTY ♦ Instructs Janitors as To the Best Methods in Firing j Heat Boilers Valuable information in filing fur naces was given the several schoolj janitors in the county last Tuesday j by R. E. Beam, heating engineer, sent out by Uie State Board of Kqualiza tion. Instructions offered by the en gineer are expected to re>ult in de creased fuel co ts ill the several school plants. Principals and janitors from all the schools in the county were here for the meeting and they were urged to follow instructions as near as pos sible. Fuel appropriations made the coun ty by the state has been materially decreased duirng the past two years, and an additional decrease is expect ed for the next term. Probably if the instructions are not followed the next year, there will be a fuel shortage in Martin schools. Inspecting the various plants in this county, Engineer Beam found that there was too much radiation in some schools and not enough in others. In the Williamston colored school, the radiation is twice as great as is neces sary, but it was pointed out that the plant was operated as economically as any other in the county. Few al terations will result from the inspec tion, it is believed, but better methods of firing and caring for heating plants will be followed. Schedule of Presbyterian Services in the County • "The Church with an Open Door." Church school at 9:45 a. m., E. P. Cunningham, superintendent. Worship service and sermon at 11. The Rev. H. R. McFayden, of Pine tops will bring the message of the morning due to the absence of the pastor, who is beginning a series of services in Pinetopr.* tt Baar Grass Church school at 9:30 a. m. The lesson will be taught by Mr. John 11. Roberson, of Roberson's Chapel. Worship service and sermon at 7:30. Rev. H. R. McFayden will preach. Roberaon'e Chapel Church school at 2:30 p .m. Rev. H. R. McFayden will bring the mes sage. Prayer meeting every Thurs day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Ballard's Farm Prayer meeting tonight at 7:30 and every Friday night. These services are for you—make them yours. L. E. Young Opens Branch Egg-Poultry Business Here # L. E. Young, poultry and egg man, has established a branch here, and is now located in the Gordy building next to Willard's Shoe Shop and Am bers' Pressing Club on Msin Street. Lassiter's Barber Shop, recently open ed in the building, has suspended op erations. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 17,1933 Farming operationa have been interrupted and plantera in this section are hauling very little fer tiliser and few commodities. Fer tilisers are moving slowly over the varioua transportation chan nele because deliveries are made with difficulty to the .final deati nations. Curtailed traffic haa developed .an unusual quietneaa over county affairs, officers gating that there ia very little activity in the courts and in the varioua offices just at thia time. Probably for the first time in two yeara or more the ground is thoroughly wet, and the streams are taxed to capacity in handling the surplus water in many places. LOAD TWO CARS OF POULTRY AT THREE TOWNS; ♦ Farmers Receive $2,789 for 28,275 Pounds Poultry Sold This Week • Martin County farmers, shipped two carloads, or 28,275 pounds, of live pbultfy to iforthern, markets this week, receiving $2,78 V, and that tnu:h money j received by farmers in this county in one, two, or even three days, is con sidered a big'slice.* The car, operated jointly by the Ro an !;e Mutual Exchange and County Agent T. B. Brandon in cooperation flub TtTTfYifduccrs'~Fxcfiange of I)ur j bam, picked up 4,294 pounds at James-1 ville, 12,470 pounds at this point, and 11,509 pounds at Robersonville. The | farmers patronizing the car at James ville and at this pointed received a total of $1,683.46, and those at Roller sonttlle were paid $1,105.54 for their offerings, . County Agent Brandon said. The shipment this week was one of the largest ever 1 made from this -seunty in a single week. Despite bad roads and unusually tow prices offered, farmers caught up thousands of birds and delivered them t> the cars..There is" little revenue to be fuund on the farms just at this time, and the need for cold cash probably influenced the size of the sale this week. Agent Brandon said this morning that tilt car was handled by the ex- | changes at actual cost, and that there was some doubt as to whether the of- ' ferings would command as great a price in New York as that paid farm ers here. Market prices" will be wat lied dur- ' ing the next few weeks, an u d* if fav orable selling conditions can be ob-! tained, a second shipment will be made about the middle of March, ac- j cording to plans announced today by , Agent Brandon. Last Two Days of Hunting Season Disappointing Here # The last two days of the hunting season that vlosed Wednesday of this week were not very favorable for quail hunters in this section. Warm and wet weather dampened the hearts and activities of many sportsmen who trailed the dogs in the woods andj fields of the county and section those two days. A lull in hunting activities is teady noticeable and until next Sep tember, sportsmen will have to center their attention on fishing or remain j inactive altogteher in the field of sports. Mrs. Wheeler Martin Is Slightly Hurt In Wreck ♦ Mrs. Wheeler Martin was injured J about the shoulder, but nut seriously,' in an automobile accident" near Au lander last Tuesday afternoop. rB - C. Sawyer, driver f the car, alsoj escaped serious injury when the ma-, chine turned over. Mrs. Martin was able to return l home that day and is getting along l very well at this time. -e Hotel Here To Undergo a Change in Management *~s ,| The Atlantic hotel here changes management the first'of next month, "the present operator, Mr. Moseley, surrendering the t*sk to Mrs. Z. 11. Rose, owner, at thfet time. Declare These Are Quietest Times During Past 71 Years 1 • ■ "I am 71 years old, "and 1 have nev er S£en times as quiet as they are now," Mr. W. E. Clark, of Wiljfim ston, R. F. D. 2, said while on a visit here yesterday. Despite his advanced age, the old gentleman gets around very actively. ARRANGE CLINICS IN COUNTY FOR NEEDY CHILDREN Are Now Examining Eyes of Large Number County School Children # Arrangements are fast nearing com pletion for further aiding the less for tunate and destitute in this county, according to information coming from county welfare quarters. Clinics for the examination of eyes and removal of tonsils will be held in the county within the next few weeks, it is planned. Bear Grass and . Oak City school and social workers are now complet ing arrangements for holding clini.s | in their respective districts, and one 'or two other districts are consider ing holding clinics for their destitute children. It is understood that interested cit | izens and welfare workers will place ' beds in the school buildings on de ! termined dates and a specialist will re move tonsils. The services of a nurje will be available, it was said. While most of the subjects eligible for treatment are school children, there are others outside in need of operations. The aid is not limited to school children, and any destitute child can share the treatment by ap plying to welfare workers. However, | the several communities will have to make complete arrangements for hold ing the clinics. The school children have a decided advantage over those on the outside because the teachers are acquainted with the conditions and are in a position to .make recommen jdatinns tjo Those in Tharge cWf the I worthy work. Eye examinations arc being made j here by a specialist, and already 40 |or 50 unfortunate children have been ! given treatment. Twenty-six children j ill the lo;a1 schools bad their eyes ex 'umined this week, and 16 of that'num her will be tilted with glasses, it was 1 said, t hildren from all over the Vounty can have their eyes examined I>y making proper arrangements with, the welfare heads. The aid is limited to- those children whose parents are unable to meet the cost Eye exam inations are held in Williamston. The parents of many of those chil dren who eyes were examined locally have not applied fur aid, hut are. un-J able to meet more than their daily | meager living needs. In several ' cases, parents of the children paid a ' dollar or more in offsetting the cost The work is iieitiK carried on by the 1 reconstruction finance corporation and ; at no cost whatever t> the county tax payers. * r Much good can result from this par I ticular work, and the attention of ( those interested in the welfare of their 1 fcllowman is called to the opportunity made available utider the relief plan. I * Vaudeville at the Watts Here Monday • Tuesday | ♦ Mary Laync, 17-year-old beauty,] who has created a sensation in tliea Itres all over the United States during ( the past five years with her clever and I extremely difficult acrobati: dance, and who became international!y\known last year when her feat was included I by Ripley, famous cartoonist, in his j "Believe It Or Not" drawings in j newspapers all over the world, is play ing at the> Watts. Monday and j day of next week on the stage. In addition to the acrobatic feats in i I musical rhythm by Miss I.ayne, which I . is the headline act, are Jeatie Oxford,' i . I i featuring her famous country girl flap per song and dance, whi.'h is a laugh t scream from start to finish, and Speedy Texas, the boy with the fiddle, bring | mg back memories of those Dixie mel odies. The vaudeville acts are in addition ito the regular picture, program, in ' eluding "Infernal Machine," a laugh riot with Chester Morris, Genevieve | Tobin and Victor Jory; also a short ' and news. No advance in pri:es. I Buck Saunders Recovering From Auto Wreck Injuries ♦ | Buck Saunders, a student in the | University of North Carolina, is re- | covering in Chapel llill, from injuries ' received there in an automobile acci- | i dent a few days ago. The young man was hurt about the nose and head, but not badly. The car, a Ford Se dan, which he was driving, was badly 1 damaged, it was said. Young Sunaders was driving around a curve and was struck by another car in a head-on collision. ,| ♦ Attorney H. L. Swain Opens Law Office Here 0 H. L. Swain, a native of Tyrrell County, and an attorney in Raleigh for several, years, has moved his law I office now located in the Leggett building orPMain Street. Feed and Seed Loan Blanks Expected in Next 10-12 Days MAKES ATTEMPT TO TAKE LIFE OF GOVrROOSEVELT —♦ — Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chicagq, Is Seriously Shot at Miami Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chicago, | was seriously shot and four other persons were wounded in Miami early last Wednesday night when an Ital ian, Guiseppe Zangara, attempted to take the life of President-elect F. D. Roosevelt. The President-elect bad just land ed a short time before from a shtfrt cruise and stopped in Bay Front Park to make a short speech. "After I had finished speaking," the Presi dent-elect telling of the. attempted assination said, "someone from the talking picture people climbed on the back of the car and said you must re peat that speech for us. I said I would not. He said, 'We have come 1,0(10 miles for this.' I said 'I am very sorry, but I can't do it.' "Having said that, I slid off the back of the car into my scat. "Just then Mayor Cermak ..came forward and I talked with him about a minute about Chicago in general. I hen he moved off behind the car. 'Bob (.'lark (one of the secret service men) was standing right by him. As j he moved kWiy, S than came for ward with a long telegram and start ed telling me what it contained. While he was talking, I leaned for ward. Just then I heard what I thought was a fire-cracker. Then sev veral more. The man talking* with me pulled back and the chauffeur start ed the car. ''l looked around and saw Mavoi l crmak doubled up, with Mrs. tiill collapsing. -1 told the chauffeur to stop, lie did about 15 feet from where we started. The secret serv ice men shouted to him 'Get out of the rovvd.' The chauffeur started again and I stopped him again, this time at the corner of the bandstand". "Looking back, I saw ( crmak be ing carried along, ami we put him in our car. He was alive,' but I was afraid he wouldn't last I got my | hand on his pulse and found none. He was ou the seat with me anil I had my left arm around him. He slumped for ward. A detective from Miami, stand ing on the i uuutiiK board on that side of the car, was leaning over him. lie said after we had gone a couple of blocks he was afraid Cermak would not last. "I, 100 was fearful. Just then Cer mak straightened up and I got his pulse That was surprising. For three blocks I actually believe his heart hail stopped. held him all the way to tlie bos'- pital, and his pulse constantly im proved. It seemed like 25 miles to the hospital. I talked to him all the way. I remember I said, 'Tony, don't move—keep quiet—it won't hurt if you keep quiet and remain perfe.tlv stiu," "* - y "I found that a bullet—the one probably that,hit Cermak Krazed the top of Clark's liartd. His baud was | ..II bloody and scratched," Mr Roose. ' velt said. Gangara was immediately arrested, the people man-handling liitu quite a 1 hit before he was placed ill the Dade i County jail where he said he had no regrets to offer in connection with the attempted assassination. He will he tried on four attempts to assassi-1 nate and is now subject to 80 years imprisonment. Additional charges | are pending the outcome of Mayor Cerniak's and Mrs. Gill's condition, | Latest reports from the hospital said the mayor is resting quietly and sleeping at intervals. His pain is less. severe and his general condition very' satisfactory. Mrs. Joe H. (till, Miami resident, was showing slight improve ment last night. Others wounded, a New York poli.eman, Russell Cald-I well, oL Cocoanut, Fla., and Miss Margaret Kruis, o( New Jersey, are recovering. » Schedule of Services at the LoQal Methodist Church C. T. Rogers, Pastor Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Churrh services at 11 a. ni, and 7:30 p. m. Fpworth League Union meeting at Holly Springs. » Holly Springs Church Sunday school, 10 a. m., Church services at 3 p. in. and Missionary Society at 4 p. m. You need the church services, but if you cannot or do not come, you will be remembered' in prayer. All are cordially invited to meet with [US. COULD BE WORSE ~ ... "The people of this section are j enjoying good times as compared with the experiences of millions of others," declared an old Kentucky coal miner as he passed through here this week on a long trek in search of work. "For nearly Jour years I have had no steady job. Mining opera tions were stopped in our little town back in Kentucky. The com missaries moved out nearly all the food there was, leaving the bare walls. When you get hungry and go to a neighbor's house, you only find hunger there. But down here when one is hungry, his neighbor generally goes to the rescue," he said. And he picked up his earth- _ ly belonging to continue his jour ney. DESIGN A STATE WIDE FARMING PROGRAM IN 1933 Propose Four Objectives in New Program Recently Planned for Needy A comprehensive state-wide farm ing program designed to produce a sufficient amount of food/-and feed stuffs to supply the needs of -North Carolina's destitute families has been formulated "through the joint efforts of the Governor's Office of Relief and the agricultural division of the North Carolina State College. hour definite objectives are- propos ed, .is follows: I. lo aid every, relief family livihg oii a farm, whether owner or tenant, to produce foojl, including gardens and farm cropland feed crops of suf ficient variety ami quaiilitv for home ct■ nsuui.ption and to conserve Iruits and vegetable-. fiT"Winter use. 2 lo trail ler from the cities and towns to farms as mail} as possible of those families now living in town but who have had farm experience. - •> lo promote subsistence gardens in town-, .and cities. 4 lo establish, uitder competent supervision in the vicinity of towns ami cities, community farms on which relief workers living in the towns would produce food. Ihe central administration of the program will be in charge of the Gov ernor's offi e of Relief and the Agri cultural l''xfen.siou Division of State College. The details of putting the plan int.i practice in each county will he the responsibility of the person who is now serving as relief director, aided by a local advisory council composed of the present relief com mil tee, the hoard of agriculture and representatives of the public. The utility farm agents, homedemniistra tioii agents, and teachers of agricul ture and home economics, in coun ties where such exist, will actively assist the county relief director in carrying out the program. Already steps have been taken to put the program into action. Letters of instruction to agricultural exten sion workers an I ounty relief direc tors have already -been written by Dean I >. Srliaub, of State College, and Dr. Fred W. Morrison, State I Director of Relief. | The leaders in the movement feel that if properly put into effect it will [virtually eliminate the need for pub | lie expenditures for food and feed (luring the coming summer and next winter. As an added inceptive to pro mote the movement it is planned to deny financial assistance to destitute families in the future unless they a gree to produce their own food. A. and T. College Band to Appear in Concert Here ' The A. and T. College colored band of Greensboro, will appear in a con cert in the colored school building here next Tuesday evening. The band will also be accompanied by the college glee club, it was announced. Special seats will be arranged for white people, and a small adini/sion fee will he charged to offset the ex- I penses. 1 Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hardison Dies Here The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. El | iner Hardison died at their home in the Sprinkle Apartments on Church Street Wednesday. At Home with ths Cunninghams Mr., and Mrs. W. K. Anderton are , now at home with the E. P. Cunning* I hams on West Main Street. ESTABLISHED 1898 EXPECT AROUND 1,000 FARMERS TO ASK FOR LOANS $60,000 Already Asked for From Regional Credit Corporation Application blanks for seed and feed loans will be available here within the next ten or twelve days, it was learned from Lindsay Warren this morning. The exart date the blanks arrive will be announced along with other data necessary in filing applica tions for loans., . It is not certain that the same pro cedure will he followed in advancing the loans this year as was in effect last spring, but it is believed the prin ciple will not be greatly altered. According to estimates here it is believed nearly 1,000 farmers in this immediate territory will ask for gov ernment aid in financing their oper ations this .coming spring and sum mer. More than 100 farmers have in quired already about getting loans so anxious arc they, to get aid. I hirty-eight loans have already been | applied for by Martin farmers from the Regional Agricultural Credit Cor poration, but none of them has been Completed. Supervisor Me Daniel for this district is in the county today investigating the security offered by the luaitaptdicanK, ■ #mf as sfwn, as — I his reports'are received and inspect ed by the office in Raleigh they will bu returned here for attorneys to check the titles to the property pledg ed. When the- titles are proved - , the papers will be returned to Raleigh, | when ami where the checks will be ! prepared. These applications call for loans in the sum of around SOO,OOO, Mr. N' K ... ! Harrison, who is handling the appli cations; said yesterday afternoon. According to information received here the regional loan office is swamp ed with applications in Raleigh, indi cating that everybody and his relatives arc out for the cash, even thouglrTKey have to pledge everything except their {•wives and children These regional credit - corporation loans arc different (ro.ni those soon to lie available under the seed and feed loan ait. By the first of March, if not before, it is hoped application blanks will lie in the hands of local authorities, for farmers in this county. QUIET SESSION FOR RECORDER — # — Gold In the Country; Man Is Accused of Stealing $2.50 Gold Piece * A session ol little consequence was held by the county court here last Tuesday when six cases were called ! for trial. One or two other case's were continued for the defendants, and two 'of those called were remanded to the juvenile court for trial. I The feature case of the court was ' the one charging I.eßoy' Keel with " stealing a $2 50 gold piece from a i fellow brother in the theatre gallery I in Robersonville a few days ago. Keel was found not guilty. Judgment was suspended in the case charging Sam Brock with reckless | driving. The case charging Karl Mary and John Hassell with larceny and re ! ceivinfe was remanded to the juvenile court for trial, both defendants being under 15 years of age. Elijah Rogers was fined $lO and taxed with the "Osts for violating the liquor laws. A .similar fine was im posed upon Will Sherrod for violation of the same law." The case charging J. H. Whitfield, jr., with larceny and receiving was y remanded to the juvenile court for tiial, when the recorder learned that the boy was a minor. • Announce Sermon Topic For Baptist Church Here •"Counterfeit Christians" will be the subject of the sermon at the Baptist church Sunday moaning. At the eve ning hour there will be a service without a sermon, in which the mem bers of the congregation will partici pate. There is no better way to spend the Cord's day then by frequenting the public places of worship. And the churches in this community have done much, and are still doing, it, to keep alive the spirit of Christ in the souls of the people. Every church here is a servant of both the people and 01, the people's God.- And they merit the steadfast cooperation and loyalty of all the peo ple they serve. . _ ,
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