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THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 2 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 4, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899
$1,100 DAMAGE BY
EARLY MORNING
FIRE WEDNESDAY
Firemen Experience Trying
Difficulties Fighting Fire
in Freezing Weather
Members of tbe local volunteer fire
company received their toughest as
signment in several years shortly aft
er 3 o'clock last Wednesday morning,
when fire destroyed the Mutual In
vestment Company's grocery store and
damaged Arph Latham's cafe and
Charlie Sherrod's barber shop on
Washington street near the Jamesville
road intersection. The home of Eva
Sherrod, colored, and other property
was threatened by the fire, b\it damage
for the most part was confined to the
store and cafe.
With the mercury below the freez
ing point and several members held
at home by sicknes the responding
firemen had a difficult time handling
two atreams of water during the great
er part of an hour. The spray froze
on the firemen's clothing, and three
or four of the volunteers were all but
drowned trying to handle the hose
with insufficient help. It was str'ct
ly an individual fire for the firemen,
spectators apparently finding the freez
ing wtather too bad for a visit to a
fire that early in the morning.
When discovered the fire was break
ing through the roof of the one-stor\
wooden structure, and occupants of
the Sherrod home were called before
they learned fire was burning a few
feet from their heads. The alarm was
given by local people returning from
a dance in Washington.
Damage to the building was estimat
ed to be around $700, while the gro
cery stock, valued at $400, was a com
plete loss.
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Volume and Number oi
Enterprise Are Changed
To have its files correspond with
the calendar year, The Enterprise in
its last issue advanced'its volume from
XXXVII, number 86, to volume"
XXXVIII, number 1. The paper was
organized in October, 1899, and while
the change creates a discrepancy in
the age represented, it was made in'
order that a volume cottld he hottmfi
complete the beginning of each year
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New Year Greetings
By Pastor J. M. Perry
The News and Observer in its last |
Sunday edition ol the old year 1734:
tabulated a brief list of the pageant 1
of events of the world during the ycar,
as given out by the Associated Vress.
There were more than 3(8) of them,
some of major and some of seemingly
minor consequence. However, a mere
tabluation does not tell the whole
story of misery, death, crime, woes,
joys, laughter, faith, hope, love, cheer,
pity, sympathy, hatred, war, distrust,
Selfishness, and the entire gamut of
human emotions on which history has
Pl*y*t during the year AroumrnicTc"
events, the cataloging of which took
but a single page, could be written 3(8)
volumes.
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? It is all history now, and we face
the new year of 1935 with hope and
LuutAsc. As ist face it,?we?can?he?
sure of one thing, and that is, as it
ever has been, the good, the true, and
the cheerful will be more happy than
those who are selfish, reckless, thought
less and unkind. So, we wish for you I
a happy, prosperous new year. May.
God bless you every one.?J M. Per-'
ry I
Christian Philatheas To
Meet with Mrs. Dunning'
The Philathea class of the Christian'
church will meet tonight at 8 o'clock
in the home of Mrs. A. R. Dunning.
Two Services at the Cedar I
Branch Church Sunday
W. B. Harrington, Pastor.
^here will be regular services at
Cedar Branch Sunday at It o'clock
and at 7 o'clock at night. This is the
first service of the new year. All
members are urged to be present and
the public is invited.
Credit Association To Start
Making Loans Next Week
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The Washington Production Credit
Association, serving the farmers of
this county, will start making loans to
farmers neat week, it was learned here I
today. A number of applications havrj
already been received, it is understood '
Farmers' Exchange Group I
To Meet Here Wednesday
There will be a meeting of the
Farmers Cooperative Esrhange in the
courthouse here next Wednesday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock, it was an
nounced yesterday by C. T. Rogers,
field representative. All members and
other farmers are urged to attend.
Hog Killing Under Way on
Big Scale in Martin County
Although a few farmers packed
their meat more than a month ago,
hog killings are just now getting
fully under way in this county, re
ports from several sections indi
cate. "There's a hog killing every
day in the week out our way," a
Qriffins Township farmer report
ed yesterday. Farmers in that sec
tion, with few exceptions, have
more than enough meat for their
requirements, while for the coun
ty as a whole a small shortage is
predicted. Many farmers experi
enced difficulty in raising their
meat this year, cholera having
killed many swine, and then the
season has just been a bad one
for raising bogs, Calvin Ayers,
Bear Grass farmer, said a few days
ago.
Out in Griffins the farmers just
seem to have the knack of raising
swine, and in that section the mean
ing of a meat shortage is all but
unknown to the people. There
have been times, of course, when
they did not have as much meat
as they wanted, due to feed short
ages or other factors beyond their
control, but, as a general rule, one
will End every smokehouse and
every corn barn there filled almost
to over-running every year.
?a$o800,1
CENSUS TAKERS
Enumerators %>r the national
farm census in this county started
their work this week, no official
time limit having been announced
for the completion of the work.
The names of the enumerators in
this county are: Onward J. Gay
lord, James^ille; Paul Harring
ton, Griffins; J. L. Tucker, Rober
sonville; Herman Rogerson, Pop
lar Point and a part of Rober son
ville; Mrs. Eloise Bennett, Wil
liamston; Rossell Rogers, Bear
Grass; and J. W. Hines, Oak City.
SCHOOL AT FARM
LIFE TO REOPEN
AGAIN MONDAY
Measles Epidemic Creates
Three-Weeks-Holiday
For Children There
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After a three-weeks holiday, the
Farm Life school olans to reopen next
Monday morning, Principal 4'harlea
Hough announced yesterday. The
school closed December 14, when an
epidemic of measles effected a marked
increase in the number of absences.
A reopening was attempted last Mon
day, but The attendance was* far be
Iuml.normal,., and activities wem. sus
pended for another week. Reports in
dicate conditions are greatly improved
rn the district and that a lionnal at
tendance can he expected next Mon
day.
Reports received from nearly every
other school in the county yesterday
indicated normal attendance with the
possible exception of the one here,
Professor 1). X. Hix^ reporting an at
tendance number Id le*s than The av
erage for the third month.
?in timis of the?state, the
schools were closed on account of
mild influenza epidemics. There has
been much sickness, very little of a
serious nature, however, in this coun
ty, hut the attendance upon the vari
ous schools has not hfen grratly af
fectrd so far, the records show.
DEATH OF MRS.
A. S. EVERETT
Funeral Will Be Held In
Robersonville Tomorrow
Afternoon
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Mrs. A. S. Everett, highly respected
Robersonville woman, was found dead
in bed at her home there early yes
terday morning, death apparently fol
lowing a heart attack earlier in the day
Funeral services arc being conducted
tomorrow ftcrnoon, and interment
will follow Ttf the cemetery ihere.
Mrs. Everett was, before her marri
age a number of years ago, Miss Hat
tie Ross. She was 65 years old.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by four children, Mrs. Turner T.
Grimes, of Titusville, Fla., and Mrs
S. A. Roebuck, of Farmville; and two
sons, Norman Everett, of Richmond,
and Cecil Everett. She also leaves two
brothers, Messrs. John T. and J. K.
Ross, both of Robersonville.
Schedule of Services at the
Baptist Church for Sunday
The pastor will be in his pulpit on
Sunady morning and evening for the
regular worship services after a short
visit to his father at Murphy, and
after having attended the sessions of
the Southern Baptist Sunday School
conference in Raleigh.
The Sunday school and Young Peo
ple's Union will hold their sessions
as usual The new year beginning
should find the church constituency
actively participating in all the pro
grams of the church.
RAPIDLY NEAR !?
COMPLETION OF
CARD CHECKING ,
About 100 Farmers Have b
Not Returned Tobacco ,
Marketing Cards |
('reparations for advancing the par.'t
J ity paytnent to tobacco farmers in this
county are fast being completed. As- ;
| sistant County Agent Murphy I..' s
j Barnes announced this week. Already i
[about 1,100 of the approximately 1,400 j
marketing cards have been returned to I
the agent's office and cocked. That }
number has been forwarded to Ra-1
leigh, where the cards will again be' i
checked and then forwarded to Wash- j
ington, where checks will be pre.
pared and sent back to the owners. I
To make the parity payments com- b
plete,' Agent Barnes states that every'
, grower must return his allotment of a
marketing card to. the agent's oHicel
where it will be checked Villi the mas '
ter marketing card. A farmer failing
to return his card wilf not share in
the parity payment il is nnrlo.i.w.1
while-no definite slate is known, it 4*4.J
believed some of those farmers deliv- j s
ering their cards to the office early in I
the season will receive their parity 11
payments within the next few weeks, i
The arrival of the checks will be an ! I
nounced directly to the*owners. [J
I?The?tobacco contracts?provide a|
payment ranging from 12 1-2 per cent f
down to 8 per cent on a determined
parity basis ol 21 cents a pound. II a
farmer had 1,01)0 pounds of tpbacco
and he sold it for 21 cents a pound,
he will receive a parity jayment rang,
ing from 12 1*2 down to 8 per cent
on $210. The amount of parity pay
ment depends upon the percentage sold
on the allotment card If th" farmer
I sold all the pounds allowed on the
marketing card, he will receive a par
ity payment at the rate-of 8 per cent
In other words, the grower selling
1,000 pounds, which represents fully
80 per cent of his base, will receive
$16.80. However, if the farmer did not
sell but 70 per cent of his base, then
he will lie liairi at Ho. est. n( I? t_?
per cent, or $26.25. If the grower sold
from 72 to 74 per cent of his base he
will be paid at the rate of 11 per cent;
from 74 to 76, 10 per cent; from 76 to
78, 9 per cent; and from 78 to 80, 8
per cent.
Most of the farmers in this county
sold 80 per cent of their base produc-1 '
tion and, of course, their parity pay- j
( merits will be 8 per cent of the parity j ^
figure, 21 cents. Agent Barnes stated
that the adjustment payment does not
mean that the price will be raised to
21 rents a pound for rvrry farmer
grower averaging only 10 cents for his
tobacco will only receive payments in
line with those paid growers averaging
25, 45, 50 cents or more.
I A farmer desiring to know what hi)
adjustment payment will lie he should
multiply the poundage sold by 21
cents and then multiply that amount
by the percentage amount he is en
titled to under the contract.
The important thing about the par
ity payment just now is the return of
all cards. If any farmer has not done
so, he will find it is to his advantage
to return his card immediately.
'Roll Call at Presbyterian
Church In This County
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Sunday, January 6th, has been desig
nated by the Presbyterian church as
. roll call Sunday. The roll of meni
I hers for each church and mission will
j he called at the regular service of the
day. It is hoped that each member
will be present on this, the first Sun
day of the new year, to auswer to the
calling of his or her name.
The regular services will be held by
the pastor at all points.
Whether you are a member of this
church or any other church?begin the
new year by going to church neat, Sun
day.
Why not go to Sunday school, too
48 LICENSES TO
MARRY ISSUED
IN PAST MONTH
Largest Number Issued in
Single Month This Year;
Below Last December
Selling 48 licenses during thc-month
>f December, the Martin County mar
iagc license bureau eclipsed all other
ales (or the year 1934, hut fell short
>y 13 of the number issued in Decern
>er, 1933, one of the busiest months
>n record for the bureau. The yea
towever, was the most successful, a
ar as the sale of licenses was con
erned, since the depression struck
'ack in 1929, the sale last year total
ng 281, as compared with 269 in |u,t,t,
54 in 1132, and 123 in 19J|
While the colored applicants con
mucd to lead the white in number,
he colored* applied for one less li
ense last year than they did the year
efore, and the whites showed a gain
'f 13 in 1934 over 1933
'-a!,t year 116 licenses were issued
o white and 155 to coli?red couples.
-a>t month 21 licenses were issued to
rltite and 27 to colored couple-. .
I'llows:
White
Robert W illianis and Janie Ia>uise
Yrry, both of Bertie Cnnniy
?Desmond?Trot -and Etbrf?Bnnting,
oth of fioose Nest Township,
l-'bert Moye Wilson and Uary
ietlfa Griffin, both of W illiamstuiiT
Noah ti,inllier, of Hear Grass, and
iargarct Wpolard. of Beaufort foun
ts
William Dewey Hardiaon, of W.Isli
ngton C ounty, and Mildred Roher-'
on, of Griffins.
George II Burnett and Mrs Ora
ackson, both of Jamesville.
_W illiatn Jesse Gardner and liussie
?lac Kdnioudson, both of Wilhantston
William Ramsey aiTtt Rcrht Bril ?
>owns, both of Hamilton'. I
C liarles T. Lamb, of Ouantico, Va ,
ml Tentpie Merrit, of Robersonville !
Albert Manning and j'earl Bullock,
?oth of Williamston.
Leonard tlltsstTn',' of I'lli v< 11 ntv ^
? nil Bettie Klizabeth Harrison, of
tear Grass.
Noah IT ferry, of New York, and
dattie Gertrude Kawlings, ,,t Hone
cell, Va.
William Hen r e Hta.,,1 ?; j
scat, ami Malimla I illev. ul William
ton.
William II. Carstarphcu and tier
rude, B. Norton, of Williamston.
George Edward Berk, of Old Point
"omfort. Va , and Chesaie Mizelle,
amesville.
Icsse Harrell of t \
5my Griffin, of Bclhav
lizclle, of .
Jest sod I
?en.
' I liomas M. Tisdalc, jr., of Clarks
dlle, - Va , and Alica?Grayson- Nor
nan, of Robersonville,
Clarence Dow ell Taylor and Edna
?iatl Bazentore, of Bertie County. I
Leon Lassiter and Ruth Rogers, of 1
Icrtic County.
Henry Hopkins, of Hohgood, and
darie Moore, of Hamilton.
Robert Outlaw, of Pitt Count, and
Tvangeline Kdlison, Hohersuin ille.
George Lock and Viola Ethcridge,
?oth of (,oose Nest Township.
l-'loyd Caine, of Hamilton, and Ma.
ene Brown, of Goose Nest.
Ben Ira Brown, of Goose Nest, and
?aiinie Bella Thompson. Haniili,,., ,
Jonah Whitehurst and Mollie Lee
'urvis, both of Robersonville.
Wright Jones and Clara Carter, of
?ViJIianiston.
Willie Scott and Rose Etta Rascoe,
loth of Williamston.
David George Gilliam and Allie II
(filler, both of Bertie County.
Henry Moye and Lctliia Skinner, of
roose Nest Township.
Ira Cherry and Katie Cherry, both
if Williamston.
Willie Razor and Rose Ella Wil- '
jams, both of Cross Roads.
Tofin H Hudson, ol Hamilton, and
ioldia Little, of Robersonville.
Ashley Brown, of Goose Nest, and I
k'aoini Williams, of Hamilton.
Jasper Clentmons, of Stokes, and
uii11tic I arr, of Koliersonvilfc.
Herbert Brown, Williamstem, and
Cleatter Sheppard, Hamilton.
W illie Watts, Willjamston, and
3crtha 3. Little, Washington, N. C,
James Thomas and Pauline V.
iValkcr, both of Hamilton.
Lester Tepon, of Martin County, and
' annie Glover, Edgecombe County.
Sam ( onglcton, of Cross Road., and
Cora Andrews, of Robersonville
Calvin Best ami Rachel I (unter,
>oth of" Robersonville.
Thomas Wilson and Eva Williams,
H>th of Goose Nest.
Justus Everett and Sarah Crandall.
loth of Cross Roads.
Augustus Clemmont and Marjorie
Mills, both of Williamston.
James Wynn and Bernie Brooks,
>oth of Washington County.
Henry Bell and Carrie Dell Smith
wi-k, both of Williams Township.
James Henry Speight, of W illiam
Hon, and Helen Mills, Hamilton
Rudolph Parker and 'Annie Mae
W illiarns, both of Goose Nest. ,
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flic 900 bale cotton crop of liurke I
County in 1932 was worth $27,000.
The crop of 600 bales allowed to be
Peanut Campaign in County
Will Gel Under Way Monday
TWO ARE FINED
BY MAYOR FOR
USING 1934 TAGS
Man Tries To Evade Law
by Using 1934 Virginia
Tags on Truck
The day for lining 1934 license tag*
in this section was spent this week
when member* of the highway patrol
started arresting drivers for using the
old plates I'wo cases were carried
into the court of Justice I I Has.sell
here yesterday, each defendant being
fined $10 and taxed with the cost.
John Little, colored, living neai
here, thought lie could capitalize on
the similarity of the 1935 North Car
olina tags and the 1934 Virginia plate.
He found and placed some old \'ir
ginia tags on his car, hut His scheme
failed to work, it was reported
The other defendant, Linwood
Jones, Roanoke Rapids white man.
was requested tnirchase new tags in
addition t>? paying the tine and eost. ?
V ery few old tags ate seen <>n ear*
in this section at the present time, re
ports stating that a goodly number of
ears have been placed under shelters
to remain there until the owners can
pure lliiML Lite new tagk.* _ '
The sale oi licenses at the local I
bureau continues, hut not as rapidly J
as it did last Week and the early part j
of this week.
Town auto tags are on sale. Mayor ;
llasscll announcing that local auto
owners would he given until next
Monday to display the tin .'plates tin !
their cars.
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THIEVES ACTIVE
HERE THIS WEEK
Steal Coat and Article from
A*utomobiles Parked on
Main Street Here
! V
[_ Thieves arc reported t?? haw*' been .
active here this week stealing property,
mostly clothing, from automobiles :
parked on the streets. Early last Tucs j
day evening, Miss Caroline Davis, a j
teacher in the Hamilton school, lost !
a brown fur eoat, several dresses and
Other artirb'w wln-n -In- vO?pp.-.l lu-rr
for a short while on her way from
New Bern to Hamilton. Her traveling 1
bag. roblwd of nearly all the contents-,
was recovered from under a tobacco
warehouse yesterday, but no trace of '
the other articles has been found Shei
iff ( B H oehuck investigated tlo
case, and he and local officers are now ,
searching for the missing property
The following night, a thief ?
the coat has been found.
Services in the Episcopal
Church Are Announced
?Rcir t*r. P. Mosley, rector
Epiphany Sunday:
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Holy Communion and sermon, 11
a. in.
Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30.
It is urged that every member be
gin the new year right by attending j
church thi>, the first Sunday of 1935
Holy Trinity Mission
Sunday school and preaching at 2:30
p. in.
Free Movies of Machinery
at Theatre Here Tuesday
Recently appointed agent for the
famous John Dccre line of farm ma
chinery, the Lindstey Ice Company is
sponsoring a free moving pirttmr show
at the Watts Theatre here next Tues
day. All farmers and their families
are invited to sec the picture, which is
described as very entertaining as well
as educational
Remove Christmas Lights
From Streets Wednesday \
Wiljianiston's streets in the business
districts took on their old appearance
Wednesday night following the re
moval of the Christmas lights earlier
in the day. The change offered a
marked contrast, and at first several
people thought some of the regular]
street lights were missing.
The Christmas lights added greatly'
to the appearance of the town andj
! enhanced the holiday spirit to a very
marked extent.
I
Presbyterian Auxiliary To
Meet In Church Tonight I
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Pres-j
byterian church meets tonight at 7:30
in the church. All members are urged
to be present.
BOARD MEETS I
I J
Holding t^cir first meeting of
the new year next Monday, the
Martin County commissioner* will
have only routine matters before
them for consideration, unless
some new business finds its way
on the calendar between now and
then. J. Sam Getsinger, ex officio
clerk to the board, said this morn
ing.
The local town commissioners
will hold their regular meeting
that evening, and as far as it could
be learned, no business of any im
portance is slated for considera
tion at that time by those author
ities.
No meeting will be held Monday
by the county board of education.
the county superintendent an
nounced yesterday.
ANNUAL MEET OF
CREDIT GROUP IS
TO BE HELD 16TH
Farmer - Borrowers of Pro
duction Credit Associa
tion Are Invited
The annual meeting <?t" the Wash
ington Production Credit \s.sociation,
serving the counties of Beaufort. Mar
tiii, Hyde Tyrrell and Washington
Counties will he held on January 16]
at the courthouse in Washington, it
was announced this week by J E.
TTull, secretary of the association. ;
Not only are all of the fanner-bor
rowers from the association, the hold
er vrrf Class B stock, expected to be
present, but Mr. Hull said today that j
tended t<> all other farmers iu the ter- i
litory served by the 'association and
that it was hoped that large numbers.
Would accept the invitation.
"Every member ot the association," !
said Mr. Hull, "is urged to bring one
or more in?n-inemhers with him, as;
-this section shall acquaint himself,
with the credit service which our or I
ganizatioir has to offer.
"Directors of the association for the j
ensuing year will he elected at this
meeting. Every member of the asso
ciation is entitled to east one vote,
regardless of the number of shares he
owns, and it is to his interest to vote
for mep .ot, the highest integrity and
business acumen.
"At the meeting a complete, report
of the year's operations of the associa
tkm will he submitted. The Produc
lion Credit Corporation of Columbia
will he represented at the meeting by
Mr. W. M Webb, who will outlim
~thxr"set-iip of the Minn Credit Adnltrr
istration of the third district, the nieth
production cre?lit associations, and
will give an explanation ??f the asso
ciation's operating -tatement from
organisation, through December"4 31,
1934." i
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BIG DOCKET FOR
COUNTY COURT
Approximately Twenty-five
Cases Scheduled for
Trial Tuesday
While a docket of Uo record-break
ing size is cxpetted, Clerk ??f Court
I. B. Wynne said yeslertlay there
would he around 25 cases scheduled
for trial in the County?court?next
Tuesday. The docket has not bfen
completed, hut the cases already schcd
uled will keep the court husy all day
in its first session of the new year.
The session is the first to be held since
the Tuesday before Christmas, and,
considering the time the court has
been inactive, the number of rases is
not so large, after all.
There are around 24 prisoners in the
jail awaiting trial. While most of the
defendants will be removed from the
jail next Tuesday, several will con
tinue there until thay face-trial in the
superior court next March
Congress Begins Its 74th
Session Yesterday Noon
Convening yesterday, the 74th Unit
ed State Congress started its third act
in the New Deal drama. Leadership
has been placed with members from
the South, the complete organization
to be announced.
More than 2,400 measures were in
troduced in the house on the opening
day, hut, as is the custom* no bills
will hardly be introduced in tbc sen
ate bfore the third day of the session.
President Kogpevelt is delivering to
day his address on the "State of the
Union." The bonus and 30-hour week
measures were among the first intro
duced in the House.
PLANS OUTLINED
AT MEET HELD
HERE THIS WEEK
Newly Named Committees
Meet Here Wednesday
For Final Instructions
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Arrangements completed, the cam
paign for control of peanut acreage
and production during this Coming
crop season will get underway in this
county next Monday, Assistant Coun
ty Agent Murphy L. Barnes an
nouneed yesterday morning. Filial in
structions for the campaign were given
the newly appointed committeemen at
the meeting clearly indicating the
movement will meet with success in
nut-growing areas.
In explaining the .sign-up. Agent
Barnes cited two important and ncjes
sary duties of the farinersSn applying
for contracts. An accurate measure
ment of acreage planted to the crop
in 1VJ4 should be made and complete
biJJs oi sale should be presented the
committeemen in asking for a con
tract No contract can be completed
without this iuformatn>n, it was point
ed out However, the sign-up can be
made very easily it the farmer will
lake time t<> measure his peanut acre- -v
age for 1V34 and present that informa
tion along w ith the'bills of sale when
4tc -applies for a contract
The agent explained that at least "10
per cent of the acreage measurements
would be checked by representatives
wf the government, the selection of
plots to"be made at random. To pre
vent misunderstanding and avoid un
nece-sary dHavs. the farmers should
exercise care in an effort t<. get cor
farmer* participating in the move*
tnent will receive an adjustment pay
nient on their PM4 crop at the rate of
a ton or ahout 40 cents a bag.
I hese adjustment payments will be
made immediately after the 1935 crop
planted ami evidence is advanced
snowmg compliance with the terms of
tin agreement by the grower
As the sign-up campaign must be *
completed by the 10th of this month,
growers are urged to visit their
respective committeemen. the
acreage figures and hills of sale and
i,c<>nipicte iheir contracts as early as
possible.
| LiiS ? UIK1 of Llli! committeemen
arc as follows:
j Janiesville Township, ( larence Stal
I lings.
Williams Township, Charles Dan
iel.
Griffins I owiiship. George Tir iff in.
Bear (oa-s 1 owiiship: A. If. Ayers.
?\\ illiainston.?aud Poplar Point
Township, Walter Halbcrstadt.
?I ross Roads 'Township, J. S. Ayars,
Rohersouville Township, H. S. Ev
erett and flevc 'Taylor.
II ami I ton 1 ownship: Dewey K. Kd
[ iiiondson ami Reuben A. Kdmondson.
! Mr. Dewey Kdmotidson will be located
c-eJ?Nassi ll ami Mr?k'i nlun f
son will handle the campaign in Ham
j ilton, as far as it could he learned to
day.
I The appointment of Mr. Daniel was
j not definite, hut it is believed he will
handle the work in Williams Township
Mr George Griffin stated he would
. not he aide to serve on account of an
injured hand. His successor will be
' named and ready for work for next
Monday when the other committee
men will start their duties.
Three County Boys.on
University's Honor Roll
The names of Clarence, Irving, and
Milton (iriffin, Martin County boys.
appear on the University of North
( arolina honor roll for the first quar
ter ending just before Christinas, it
was unofficially learned here this week.
C|arence is the son of Mrs. Jesse
(iriffin, Milton is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira (iriffin, all of Ciriffins Town
ship; ami Irving is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Claude (iriffin, of Williani
ston.
Rev. Davis To Preach at
Fair View Next Sunday
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Rev. Gilbert Davis, of Plymouth,
will preach at Fair View Church o?
Sunday and Sunday night A cordial
welcome is extended to all.
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More Than 51 Inches Rain
Fell in Section Last Year
This icction had one of the heavi
est rainfalls in 1934 that it has had in
any year since I'>,10, Hugh Spruill re
porting 51.18 inches during that year,
as compared with 36.60 in 1933, 44.91
in 1933, and 48 inches in 1931. More
rain fell last July than in any other
month since August, 1931, when near
ly 12 inches were reported.