Basketball Finals Are!
Scheduled for Tonight
Championship Race
Is Attracting Large
Crowds This Week
WiUiamston Boys to licet
Jamesville in Finals
of Tourney
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Getting underway last Wednesday
evening, the Martin County High
School Basketball Tournament has
been attracting unusually large
crowds, and a record attendance ui
expected tonight when Williams-!
ton's boys meet Jamesville and j
Robersonville's girls meet Bear
Grass in the finals
Roberaonville-Bear Grass
Bear Grass boys defeated Rober
sonville. 21-13 in the opening game
of the Martin County high school
basketball tournament before a
crowd of around 250 fans Bearj
Grass spurted into an early lead
after which their lead uas never
seriously challenged score being
13-8 at intermission _
H Rogerson led for the victors j
w ith ten counters, closely followed j
by White with five Bullock, and
Keel scored five and four respect-'
ively to lead the luckless Roberson
ville boys Bear Grass won by thi*
victory the right to meet Jamesville j
m the semifmatls.
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Bear Grass Jamesville
In the second game of the eve
ning the Bear Grass girls defeated
Jamesville girls in a closely fought j
encounter by a score of 18-15 The
score was knotted 7-all at interims j
sion and remained close until late
in the fourth quarter when Bear
Grass raided to win by a three-,
point margin K_ Rogerson led the^
Bear Grass lassies with II points
closely follow ed by R Raw Is withj
seven. M Martin tallied six for.
Jamesville Barber and Ange ring
ing up five and respect
ively. to conclude scoring for the ]
Jamesville girls K Rogers*?n fea
tured in leading the Bear Grass|
sextet in their que&t fur their' sK
ond consecutive tournamer.t title
Williamsloo f arm I-jfr
The Wjlliamslon boys defeated
Farm Life 31-17. the local boys
showing better passing and team
play than at any time .this year.
Riddick led WiUiamston with 12
points, followed by Anderson and
Peele w ho marked up 9 and 7 points
respectively. Griffin, with a fine
eye for the basket, led Farm Life
with eight points, while Daniel and
Lilly were counting for four each
WiUiamston led 17-16 at the half
and the score after the-first few
minutes was never in much doubt.
The locals have drawn a bye in the
semi-finals to be played tonight and
will plav the w inner of the James
viUe-Bear Grass game for the
county championship on Friday
night
RobersonviUe Farm Life
RobersonviUe girls defeated Farm
Life in a slow, low scoring game
Thursday night, punctuated only
by several pretty long range shots
Half time score was 6-2. Roberson
viUe pulling away to 11-8 at the
>?nd of play Button and Everett
led RobersonviUe with five points
each, while Peel and Manning each
contributed two points for Farm
Life The outstanding play of the
game was the excellent guard de
fense offered by Robersonville.
Bear GnuxWillumtM
Bear Grass girls performed well
in defeating WiUiamston 30-14 Wil
liamslon girls were slightly off
form while the Bear Grass lassie>
were in fine trim in running up a
19-7 score at half time R Raw is led
I MEETING I
v
A county wide
night. February 21.
n'rlork to discuss a program
Martin County. This nuli
j will he held under the
of the Eastern Ca
her of Commerce and is open
to the general public Matters
of supreme
tin ronnty will he
The meeting will he in the lor
of a supper affair and each pt
son will pay for his own pint
This is a follow np meeting
the business conference held
Kinston last week.
Addresses Local
Parents-T eaehers
Group Wednesday
(Continued from Page One)
the long axis of eyeball is relative
ly increased so that rays of light
come to a focus in front of the re
tina This is usually discovered by
Snellen cards Astigmatism consists
in some assymmetry in the curva
ture of either the lens or cornea and
may be associated with either my
opia or hyperopia. This. too. is like
ly to be discovered with Snellen
tards Of course, other, abnormali
ties such as diseases of the
iequint. inequality of pupils, oj
in the cornea or lens, pink-eye.
and other ev idences of infection are
looked for Many diseases such
trachoma, and brain tumors may b^
.discovered through a careful exam
ination of the eye.
In legard to the ears, the audio
meter is used and fairly satisfactory
[.results are obtained by this meth
od, unless there is an outside inter
jft rente in the way of noises.
T! " tonsils are sometimes claim
<-d t?v the extremely conservative
[group to be placed by nature where
I they are and as they are, and thus
they should in practically every in
stance be left there untouched On
the other hand, there are the "one
[rundied percenters" who believe
the tonsil to be a catch-all. a
terial loadstone, and a useless ap
pendage. I do not believe that the
size of the tonsil is in itself an indi
cation fo' removal unless it inter
feres mechanically with
or swallowing Pallor, anemia,
of weight, digestive disturbances
and occasionally arthritis as well
acute ffieomatie fever, are so?n
times caused by tonsillar infections.
There are 2U teeth in the decidu
ous set and thirty-two in the per
manent. The six-year molar is the
sixth tooth back from the center
on either side This is very tmpyr
tant to remember because it is the
first permanent tooth. Many par
ents are happy in the mistaken
idea that-the first permanent teeth
are the lower central incisors
even though the mother may
the decay of a six-year molar,
makes no particular impression
cause she feels that another tooth
will take its place Defects in the
teeth are more frequently found
than any other tissue. TOoth
ture is begun in about the seventh
or eighth week of fetal life, so that
; w e may. well realize the importance
[ of proper prenatal care
Good posture is generally ass*
ed to mean: chin reasonably up i
in. head slightly back, shoulders
flat, abdomen in. and the feet point
ing almost straight ahead with pres
sure evenly distributed on the
arches. Factors determined by
ture are first, general muscular
tone, an example is the i
relaxation of ligaments, muscles
and joints after acute exc
Bear Grass with twelve points, fol
lowed by M Bowen with 10 and It
Rogerson w ith eight For William
"Hon H7 Mishoe. M llardisun. E.
Mishoe and Jones each scored three
points Marie Hardison offered fuse
play at both forward and guard
Bear Grass rules a slight
over Robersonville. their
in the finals, due to the out
ing play in this set to
Ja
Jamesville routed a helpless
Glass quint 40-11 in the hrpt |
of the semifinals. Jamesville
20-11 at half tune, in the game ]
ed before 300 spectators. T.
led the smooth working
outfit with 14 points, followed hf E.
Martin and Carson who bagged It
each. H. Rogeraon garnered ? |
to led Bear Gr
Jamesville's
a short time and
well against a
Bear Grass Grant
Hack Gay lord have
officiating all the gaa
Palmolive
3 for 18
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SUPER SUDS
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3 for 25
Octagon Soap 4 (or 18
Octagon Powder 3 foe 14
Octagon Chips 2 for 18
Octagon Cleanser 2 for 9
Oct'n Granulated 2 for 18
Octagon Toilet 3 for 14
Save Octagon Coupons tor
valuable
J. O. Manning
METHODIST
Dr S A Maxwell.
CbuitA school. 9 45 a. m
Homing worship. II a m
Subject "Abraham the Altar.
Builder "
Holly Springs. 3 00 p m.
Young rtwpll Meet. 8 45 p. m.
Evening worship. 7:30 p. m.
Subject "The Christian's Junk
Pile "
Tonight at 7:15. local board of
Christian Education meets
At 7 45 tonight regular choir
practice
The Aldersgate Regional Rally is
to be held in Washington. Febru
ary 28 The youth rally mill be that
night Bishop P B Kerr, and E. H
Hughes with other outstanding
leaders will speak A large delega
tion from our church should be
there
EPISCOPAL
In. L F. Mtrlry. Sector
Sexage&ima Sunday
Church school 9 45 a m
Morning prayer and sermon. 11
a. m
Evening prayer and sermon. 7 30
p m
BAPTIST
Bible school. 9:45 a m
ll->rr..ng worship, 11a m
B T V . 6 30 p m
Evening worship. 7.30 p m
ligui secondly, positions assumed
through occupation such as the
proverbial stooped shoulders of the
old tailor, third, the effect of cur
rent or past diseases, such as later
al curvature of spin due to hip-joint
disease, club foot, etc.: fourth, _the
state of muid is reflected in posture
and that pusture reflects the state
at mllwl is a rather common obser
vation The person who is continu
ously conscious of a sense of fail
ure is quite likely to express his
mental state in the sag of his shoul
ders Good pusture should be en
couraged Freedom from defects.
uuldooi r re hit good musculature.
lack of chronic over-fatigue, and a
state.of mind deserving and desir
ing good pusture are all cuntribu
lory factors
In regard to orthopedic defects, a
technical and detailed examination
is nut a part of the routine exami
nation of school children The
school physician's examination is
largely limited to the discovery of
spinal curvatures, for fixation or
abnormality in the larger joints.
Atrophy of the limbs and for flat
JaaL?"?? i
Usually a fairly small percentage
of school children have true car.
When it is found it is
usually incident to: first, one of the
a rule communicable diseases,
ondly. to acute .rheumatic fever, or
lastly, to possibly some congenital
malformation
The examination of the lungs in
the school is limited When a child
has a symptom of a tubercular in
fection it is referred to a clinic or
the sanatorium Tuberculin testing
and X-ray are relied on for diag
nosis of early tuberculosis more
than the physical examination of
the lung fields
The health officer has not the
time to make detailed neurological
examinations or to study personali
ty traits Potential psychoses a
behavior problems are without
doubt fairly frequent, in school
children, but the teacher probably
picks up mote cases |)un the doc
uxr could possibly do in the limited
time at ha disposal.
As many of the common
conditions as it is pailili: to find
such as scabies, pediculosis, ring
worm. impetigo, etc.. will be'mv
ugated and the proper instructions
given these cases referable to the
avoidance of spread and proper
therapy, and they will be leferred
to their family physician when this
I seems advisable
| The entire health program was
briefly outlined and ductulert.
for anall pox. diphtheria, and ty
phoid fever, the school health pro
gram. the perfection of organiza
tions for the correction of physical
defects and for the reduction at
maternal and infant deaths, the
mc and a supervisory peo
toward the correction of e
sanitation, the work
and duties at the public health
at mid
other phases
Wants
Notify C H. Ay
R F. D S. Willi?rtnu. N. C
COCK
Ft ikoto cwrton
n^y.
M. C flRJt
Martins Mark Up
Twelfth Victory
The Martins scored their twelfth
victory of the season last Tuesday
night when they invaded the Edge
combe County capital and came
home on the top end of a 41-11
count over the Tarboro All-Stars
This win brought the locals per
[ cenlage for the season up to .667 as
they have sis losses to go along
with 12 wins. The average includes
games played in the Bethel tourna
Dunng the first half the going
was slow, the score at intermission
being 12-6 in favor of the winners.
However, after the rest period, the
locals soon pulled themselves to
gether and scored 29 points, while
holding the losers to six. The best
performer for Tarboro was George
Rimmer. who most sport fans re
call as being a star outfielder for
Tarboro's professional baseball team
while the entire Martin squad play
ed well and everyone had a hand in
the scoring, leaders were Anderson
with 12 points and Edwards with
1).
The Kobersonville Aces will come
here Monday night to battle the
Martins in a game that is due to set
lie the question as to which town
has the best semi-pro basketball
team in Martin county. Starting
time is 8 p m
J. C. Downs Released Under
Bond Following Accident
^ ^ Downs. Martin County man
and driver of a Slade-Rhodes com
pany truck, was released under
$250 bond following an accident
near Edenton last Wednesday.
Downs" truck struck and critically
injured a school child.
FOR GOOD QUALITY NO. 1 AND
No 2 Fuel Oil. Call 181 or 182
Harrison Oil Company.
FOB SALE?COMPLETE SET OF
golf clubs and bag. Very reason
able Mr O F Gilbert, Sr William
ston, N C
12?6 CANS OF HAVOL1NE HO
tor Oil purchase today Havoljne
a 100 per cent Pennsylvania oil,
and there is no finer motor oil to be
had*at any price Central Service
Station. "Chick" Manning
- - AliMINISTB4TKIX Mivr^rr
Having this day qualified as ad
ministratrix of the estate of T J
Sexton, deceased. late of Martin
County. North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to exhibit them
for payment on or before the 18th
day of February. 1939. or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate settlement.
the 18th day of February.
MARTHA SEXTON.
... . Administratrix of the estate
of T. J. Sexton
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Martin County
Lnder and by virtue of the power
?J *?* contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to Edward E.
Rhodes, trustee, by Helen B Rhodes
on the 2nd day of March. 1925. and
of record in the public registry of
Martin County in Book X-2 at page
^ having been sub
stituted as.Trustee, default having
been made in the payment of the
said note, and stipulations contain
ed in the said deed of trust not nav
mg been complied with and at the
request of the holder of the said
note the undersigned substituted
trustee will on Saturday the 12th
NW.n M,*/Ch" 1938 a< 12 " Clock
r r town of Williamston.
North Carolina, in front of the
courthouse door offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing described real estate to
Beings lots Nos 2 and 3 in plat
of land on the South side of Grace
!" ?the Town of Williamaton
ui what is commonly known and
orHHe^BaSRhtrJameS S Hhodes
ST, B- Rhodes property, said
jots 2 and 3 being more particular
Davllt r" M^J!l Pla, tlhereof made by
Das id G. Modlin. which said plat is
m ^TCord?m the Public registry of
J?*"'" County in Land Division
Book No. 3 at page 240
lh* 8th d?y of February,
r l o ELBERT S PEEL.
8-41 Substituted Trustee. I
Palmoiivc 3 for
18
3
tot
125
Blue Super Suds 3 for 25
(far wuhimc cbUnl
Octagon Soap 4 for 18
Octagon Powder 3 for 14
Octagon Chips 2 for 18
Octagon Cleanser 2 for 9
Oct'n Granulated 2 for 18
Octagon Toilet 3 for 14
Save Octagon Coupons for
valuable premiums.
McCiees Bros.
Farm Life Juniors Visit
State Capital This Week
The Junior* end Senior* took a
trip to Raleigh Tueaday *nd visit
ed many place* ai interest They
were chaperoned by their principal.
Mr C. B. Martin
Miss Mary Bachelor who is with
the division of county health work
in the Slate, was here today from
Raleigh.
M CASES. TANS Of NEW
Texaco Motor Oil bought this
week Come and see us for quallty.
service, and Texaco. "Chick Man
rung. Central Service Station
TWO TONS GARDEN SEED jrST
arrived, including most varieties.
For sale in bulk at reasonable
price* Martin's FCX Service. Tele
phone 119
CABBAGE PLANTS
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Plants, obtained from very t?tseeo
Pecan Grove Farm. H C Green.
Williamston. N C )25 28_F4_1U18
FOR RENT: THEEE ROOM AT ART
ment See or call Mrs T. C. May
nard- Phone 9114.
PIANO: WE HATE USED i rRFGHT
piano of standard make, almost
like new. which the purchaser is un
able to keep Will be sold for the
small balance owing Easy terms
if desired Answer quick for details.
Credit Manager. Lee Piano Co..
Lynchburg. V*_ tll-?-l?-P
FOR SALE ? BAB* C H I C E 8.
Parks. Britt reds and English white
leghorns from good well bred and
culled flocks. Hatches weekly every
Tuesday, also, started chicks. We
will custom hatch your eggs weekly.
For further information see J C.
Griffin or Landsley Ice Co
fll-18-25-m?
SI PERIOR BAB* COCKS. L*. 8. N
C Approved Blood-tested for pol
lorium Rigidly culled by state in
spector. Barred rocks. New Hamp
shires. Rhode Island Reds, $S-50. 100,
3U0 and over. ??.00. 100 Postage pre
paid. 100 per cent delivery guaran
teed. Get prices on Hanson Strain
Superior White Leghorns You can't
get better chicks. Don't pay more
Hatches Tuesdays and Friday*
Prompt delivery. Also started chicks
Superior Poultry Ranch, Windsor, H.
c * ?-tXAwj
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of J. W.
Anderson, deceased, late of Martin
County. North Carolina, this is. to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to exhibit them
ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY
Willis it?
Easy Ten? ? Gesirtrb Tlrea
for payment on or before the ninth
day of February. 1939 or
tire will be pleaded in bar of, their
recovery. All peraoni indebted to
laid estate will please make i
iate ?
This the 9th day of February. It
J. C. ANDERSON.
Administration of the estate of
111Ai J. W Anderson.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Having this day qualified as a
ministrator of the estate of Mrs. 1
C. Manning, deceased, late of Martin
County. North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to exhibit them
for payment on or before the 18th
day of January, 1939. or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re.
covery. All persons indebted to sniff
estate will please make immediate
settlement.
This the 18th day of January, 1938
WILLIAM C MANNING. JR.,
Administrator of the estate
j28 6t of Mrs. W. C. Manning
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as a
mimstrator of the estate of W.
all persons having
against said estate to exhibit
for payment on or before the lMh
day of January, ISM. or this aottw
will be plcnded m bar of their re
covery All persons indebted to i
estate will please make
This the ISth day of January. 1M
WILLIAM C MANNING. JR..
Administrator of the estate
jMAt of W. C. Manning.
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of Mary E.
Anderson, deceased, late of Martin
County. North Carolina, this is to
notify all ueiions having c;
? -MA
against said estate to
for payment on or before the ninth
day of February, 1939. or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immed
iate settlement.
This the 9th day of February. ISM
J. C. ANDERSON.
Administration of the estate of
fit At Mary E. Anderson
Fire Chief Gasoline
1. Fire Chief gasoline vaporizes
completely.
2. It is transformed into full power
quickly.
3. It has high anti-knock value.
4. It is free from objectionable
odors.
5. It burns completely and cleanly.
6. It is made for local altitude and
temperature.
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FROSTY MARTIN
H. CABE ROBERSON
CEORCE GRIFFIN
Agents For
Peoples Trading Co.
ROBKRSONVILLE
WILLIAMSTON