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VOLUME XLIII?-NUMBER 83 ~ IF'Miami ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tueniay, October 15, 19-ftf. ESTABLISHED 1899
Farm Bureau Begins
Membership Drive
State President
And Others Talk
To Group Friday
Important Legislation Rela
tive to Tobacco Price* Gets
Bureau4* Attention
?
Firmly convinced that a strong
farmer's organization is needed now
more than ever, 25 Martin County
farmers met in the American Le
gion hut here last Friday evening
to formulate final plans for bolster
ing the organization's strength and
to support important tobacco legis
lation now before the National Con
gress The meeting, striking at the
basic problems as they relate to the
future Of agriculture, was regarded
as the most successful ever held
here.
Opening the special session for the
m<mibership committee, county pres
ident, Charles L. Daniel, recogniz
ed the value of the work done by
those who have never reaped any
direct remuneration and who con
tinue to work for the good of agri
culture, as a whol**. Mr. Daniel ask
ed the farmers and business men of
this county to rally behind the or
ganization and help agriculture gain
its rightful place along with other
industry.
J. E Winslow, president of the
State Farm Bureau, addressing the -
meeting said that a strong farm or 1
ganization is needed now more than |
ever. He quoted J B. Hutson, of the
AAA. as saying that the Farm Bur
eau can't afford to slacken its work
if tobacco is to continue to hold its
own. Mr Winslow also pointed out
that a momentous problem is* fac
ing the peanut farmer, that there
must be soipe legislation another
season if the peanut farmer is to sur
vive. Single commodity groups can't
do much, but collectively they can
demand and get just legislation along
with other industry which has en
joyrti prosperity through tariffs and
concessions.
Keeping in close touch with farm
legislation in Congress, Mr Wins
low explained the status of the
Flanagan tobacco bill which will
raise the parity price of tobacco from
around 17 to 22 1-2 cents. "If this
bill can be passed, it will mean twen
ty million dollars more to the farm
ers for the current crop of tobac
co," he said Explaining the status
of the bill, Mr. Winslow stated that
it had already passed the Senate,
that it had been approved by the
House Agriculture Committee and
that there was hope of passing the
measure after the election. "But, my
friends, it will take a strong organ
ization in this county and State
working in close cooperation with a
strong organization throughout the
Nation to get action, to maintain re
spect and confidence in Washing
ton," Mr Winslow declared.
The Bureau president stated that
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, in its work for the interest
of big business had spent two and
one-half million dollars in Wash
ington last year. The Farm Bureau
with comparatively little money to
spend had held its own in Congress
because of its far-flung organization
in nearly -every one of the forty
eight states. The Farm Bureau is
recognized as a reliable organization,
and its data and recommendations
have a definite ranking in Washing
ton. "We must continue that reputa
tion by rallying to the support of
the organization," Mr. Winslow said.
In conclusion he said that the
State Bureau was fortunate in pro
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Places Are Listed
For Registrations
While the selective service regis
tration will be handled at the usual
voting places in a number of county
precincts, several shifts were nec
essary to avoid conflicts As far as
it could be learned today, the regis
trations will be handled in the fol
lowing places:
Jamesville Precinct: Town House
Williams Precinct: Township or
County House.
Griffins Precinct: Township
House and Ptney Grove.
Bear Grass Precinct: School
House.
Williamston Precincts Nos. 1 and
2: American Legion Hut.
Cross Roads: Everetts School
house.
Robersonville Precinct: Old C and
W. Motor Company building be
tween postoffice and Texaco Serv
ice Station, Main Street.
Gold Point Precinct: School house.
Poplar Point Precinct: Tenant
house on Mayo Hardison's farm.
Hamilton Precinct: "Courthouse."
Hasaell Precinct: School house.
Goose Nest Precinct: Oak City
school gymnasium.
The list is a tentative one, and
last-minute changes are possible in
one or two instances, tiut all men in
the 21-15 age group can follow the
crowds between the hours of 7 s. m.
and 9 p. m. and find the registration
places without difficulty.
Few Re frittering
For Presidential
Vote November 5
II was a quiet day for the pre
cinct registrars last Saturday
when they held to their posts
all day long and added no new
electors to their books. Possibly
the registrars did such a good
job in rounding up the voting
strength in this county last May
that they left little to do dur
ing the current registration per
iod. All precincts w ere not heard
from, but in most precincts not
a single new name was placed on
the registration books.
The county has a voting
strength of 5,424 units, accord
ing to a count of the registra
tions as of May 25. this year.
This number will be increased
very little, it is believed.
Registration books will be
open during next Saturday and
the Saturday following for new
registrations. On Saturday, No?
vember 2nd, the books will be
opened for challenge.
In Williamston's No. 1 precinct
Registrar O. S. Anderson has the
books at the Farmers Ware
house and in No. 2 precinct Reg
istrar S. II. Grimes has the books
at Clark's Drug Store.
Only one change has been
made in the official election per
sonnel, Mr. Wade Everett suc
ceeding Registrar Perkins who
moved from Hamilton to Nor
folk.
The registrations for the gen
eral election next month are not
to be confused with the draft
registrations tomorrow.
Jamesville Mail Is
Victim Of Serious
Assault Saturday
Jumr* llolli<la\ in Hospital
Here INur*iii^ Three Hail
Knife Wound*
?? r
J a m e s Holliday, 25-year-old
Jamesville farmer, was dangerously
cut and stabbed by Alton Lilley, al
so of Jamesville Township, in the
town of Jamesville last Saturday
evening. Sliced on the shoulder and
arm and stabbed in the back with a
pocket knife, the young man was
said to have been critically hurt.
Blood was said to, have been forming
around one of his lungs yesterday,
but he is expected to recover if no
complications result, according to
late reports coming this morning
from the hospital where he was en
tered for treatment following the
vicious attack.
No hearing has been scheduled in
the, case, and complete details are
not yet available. However, reports
reaching here stated that Hollidav
reprimanded Lillcy for slapping or
threatening to slap a small child by
the name of Calloway. A fight fol
lowed, and Holliday is said to have
gotten the best of the affray Holli
day declared lie thought the differ
ences had been settled and that he
thought no more about it. A few
minutes later Ijilley sprung his
attack without warning on the back
of Holliday.
County officers were already in
Jamesville investigating an attack
Lin Rhodes made on his wife and
mother-in-law. Shifting their inves
tigation, the officers arrested Lil
ley, but before they could start to
jail with him Jerry Perry, partial
ly under the influence of liquor,
butted in and he was placed under
arrest and brought to jail.
"There are many good people in
Jamesville, but we are having more
trouble with public drunkenness and
fighters there than anywhere in the
county," a county officer was heard
to have remarked here this morn
ing.
Oak City School fmun
Firtt Kdition Of I'a/tcr
Issued by the Oak City High
School, "The Acorn," a neat four
page paper, made its first appearance
last week. While limited to four
pages, the first edition reflects some
able work on the part of Gretchen
Tyson, editor-in-chief, and his assist
ants, Melba and Harriett Everett, Er
nest Johnson, Virginia Whitfield,
Margaret Johnson and Pauline Cox
Jewel Bunting, Marguerite Harrcll
and Leo White handle the business
for the new publication. Earl Thorn
as Harrell, Joy Stokes, Jerry Ray
nor, Rebecca Worsley and Thomai
Smith are on the reportorial staff
Misses Lucy Pat Meads and Rebt
McLamb are the faculty advisors.
Revival Services Continue
At Battt Croti RotuL
Revival services are continuing
nightly at Swainsland Community
House, Batta Cross Roads, at 7:45 p
m.
Tobacco Prices In
Williamston Higher
Than Market Level
All Market* ^ ill (!lo*e For
liepi*trution Day
I oniorroH
?
The official figures, released by
the United States Department of
Agriculture through its marketing
service, are out. showing the tobac
co sales and prices received by the
growers for the month of Septem
ber. Boiled down to rock bottom, the
official figures hardly come up to
the published reports. But taking i
the cold figures at their own value. I
tobacco is selling almost four cents
a pound higher than it did a year]
ago, and according to the same fig
ures. Williamston sold tobacco high- !
er than the market level?about for-1
ty cents a hundred higher, to be ex-1
act. Williamston averaged $16.66 as I
compared with $16 26. the State av- j
ei age The last month average of.
'$16.16 is $3 70 higher than the figure
reported for September of last year.
Yesterday, the Williamston mar
ket had another good sale day. While
the quality of the tobacco was hard
ly as good as it was last week, the
181.726 pounds sold for $44,795.46.
a resulting average of $24 65 There
are about 80.000 pounds on the floors
here today and the prices are hold
ing to about the same level reported
for the sales here yesterday.
So far this season, the market has
sold 4,647,504 pounds for a total
of $868,754.94, a resulting average
of $18.69
Estimates vary, but it is generally
believed that at least 75 per cent of
the crop in this immediate section
has been marketed already, that a
greater portion of the best quality
leaf has been sold.
To Modernize Hotel
Building Here For
Five And Ten Store
000 Iti'iiioili'linu I'rojccl
On Old Atlantic Hotel
?
Leased to the Eagle Stores Com
pany, incorporated, the old Atlantic
Hotel building, corner Main and
Washington Streets here, will un
dergo an extensive modernization
program immediately, according to
Mr G H. Harrison who with Mr
N. C. Green owns the property. A
contract fo rthe $20,000 moderniza
tion project is being let today by
the owners, and work is slated to
get underway oh the structure pos
sibly tomorrow or Thursday
The Eagle Stores Company, oper
ating units in numerous towns and
cities in western North Carolina and
South Carolina, will occupy the
street floor, and the property own
ers will convert the second floor in
to apartments. Plans for remodeling
the building call for the removal of
th? center wall and throwing the
entire lower floor into one room. Six
apartments, three 3-room and three
2 room apartments will be arranged
on the second floor. A storage room,
15 by 60 feet, will be constructed to
the rear of the building for housing
the heating plant and general stor
age for the store operators. Entrance
to the second floor will be gained by
two stairways, one leading up from
Washington Street and one leading
up from the rear of the building
The contract calls for the completion
of the remodeling work for the store
by December 15, and occupancy of
the apartments is guaranteed by
January 1.
The new home of the 5c- to $1.00
store will be one of the most modern
in this section of the State. The
lease is to run for ten years.
Idle for the past several months,
the building was used by one of the
leading hotels in this section for a
long number of years. It was built
by the Hadley brothers.
Purchasing the property early last
summer, the owners have had sev
eral opportunities to lease it for a
general store, hotel and moving pic
ture house.
(jives rigures Un
Church Attendance I
By REV. 8. J. STARNES
Pastor, Methodist Church
With morning preaching services
in five of the six churches in Wil
liamston Sunday the attendance fig
ure filled to reach The figure or
last week. The Holiness Church did
not have a service at the. morning
hour Had they held a service it is
possible the attendance figure would
have gone beyond the previous
week.
Sunday School, while far from
what it should be in numbers, led
again in attendance.
The figures for all white churches
follow
Church
8.8. Y.P. A.M. PM
Baptist 107 15 82 67
Christian 113 11 120 46
Episcopal 16 , 36 18
Holiness 112 80
Methodist 85 26 68 31
Presbyterian 26 25
499 52 331 242
Machinery Ready For Handling Registrations
For Selective Service In Countv Tomorrow
Prominent Farmer
Critically Injured
When Hit by Vi heel
M. Daiu-y Taylor Keinowil In
lln?|tilal \\ 1111 Skull
Frartiirr
Mr. M. Daney Taylor, prominent
Matrin County farmer, was critical
ly hurt last FYiday evening about 8
o'clock when he was run down by a
hit-and-run bicycle rider in the town ,
of Bear Grass. Removed to a Wash
ington hospital, the 57-year old far
mer was reported to be getting along
as well as could hi' expected today,
but his condition was said to be ser
ious. ?;
Starting across the surfaced road
in front of Irving Terry's store. Mr
Taylor was struck by Joseph Whit
ley, 16-year-old colored boy, who
was racing another colored youth
with bicycles Mr. Taylor's feet were
knocked from under him and he.
fell to thi' pavement, landing on his J
elbows and head. Both elbows were
bruised and he suffered a fracture
of the skull. Rendered unconscious,
he was brought to a local doctor's
office and given treatment He re
gained consciousness and his con
dition was not thought to be ser
ious at that time. He became worse
Sunday and he was removed to i
Washington hospital
When arrested Sunday, the young
colored boy declared that he was I
afraid to stop after striking Mi Tay- |
lor "They could have beat me up,"
he was quoted by officers as saying.
He did not bother to tell anyone else
he had struck the man, but he read- .
ily admitted the deed when officers |
approached liim Sunday noon. Whit
ley is being held in the county jail,
a hearing being delayed pending the
outcome of Mr. Taylor's condition He
was arrested at the hom.? ?>f hi?{
uncle, Claude Williams, not far from
Bear?Grass, by Pntyo imaiT WIiil
Saunders and Sheriff C\ B Roe- [
buck
The accident, although involving
no motor vehicle, was the most dan
gerous one reported on a county
highway during the past week
Reorganization 01
Local High School
Rand Is 1 nderway
*
Call for Old InxIruiiK'iil* and
Financial Aid Sounded liy
School Alilliorilicn
The reorganization of a high school
hand here is meeting with a marked
interest by" both school pupils and
patrons, Professor Jack F. Butler,
the new band instructor and teach
er, stating today that more than
fifty students had already expressed
a desire to participate in the new
Commenting on the new program,
Mr Butler said:
"There are two things that the
school wishes to bring to the atten
tion of the parents and the town peo
ple: (1) that there is absolutely no
tuition charge for lessons as has'been
the practice in the past. The school
is developing this instrumental pro
gram 40 that every pupil who may
wish to learn, will have the chance.
(2) the hand is in dire need of in
(Conlinued on page four)
('.over Crops Are
Planted on Large
Scale in County
The conservation of the soil
is rapidly pushing its way to the
front as one of the new and big
factors in Martin County farm
ing, according to Farm Agent
Tom Brandon. More acres are
being planted to cover crops this
this fall than ever before, Agent
Brandon stating that green
grasses and legumes will he seen
on several thousand acres of
land In the county this fall and
winter.
Several hundred bags of Aus
trian winter peas have been de
livered already and an extra
shipment Is expected the lat
ter part of this week. Applica
tions are being received from an
increasing number of farmers
who are following the course of
their neighbors in planting cov
er crops. More than 105 bags of
vetch seed are being distributed
this week, the agent explaining
that the supply was limited and
that the entire allotment was
assigned a few days after the
first application was received.
In addition to the seed handl
ed by the agent's office in con
nection with the grant-of-ald
program, independent seedsmen
report record sales here this sea
Ministers and Laymen Group
ToDiscussCh urc/i A ttenda nee
Recognizing a problem in the
small attendance upon the various
religious services in local churches,
ministers and laymen are meeting
in the Baptist Church this evening
at 7:30 o'clock when plans will be
formulated in an effort to create an
increased interest in church services
and other religious meetings.
The session this evening is being
called at the direction of Mr. Hugh
G Morton who was named to head
the temporary organization at a
meeting held in the Christian Church
last Friday evening Mr W O. Grit
fm was named secretary of the or
gnniyation.
Dwindling attendances upon all
religious services in the town are
causing much concern not only
among the ministry but also among i
many laymen Commenting on the]
attendance records. Rev John W
Hardy, rector of the Church of the
Advent, said, "The problem is not
peculiar to any one church, so it is
i hoped that by discussing this mat
ter together we can pool our sugges
It ions and work together to make our
congregations larger "
The ministers and laymen group!
leaders are urging all people' who j
are interested in seeing the attend
a nee of local churches increase to
attend the meeting in the Baptist
Church at 7 30 o'clock this evening
Mr Hnrhm will?preside?ov er?t-i+e
j discussion which will be open to
anyone who wishes to participate
Little Crime Wa\e Is
Reported In Count)
riiirteen Jailed In
Local Jail During
The Past \\ eek-end
li^liliiif: ami Drinking Keep
Officers Coin^ Nijjlit
Vii<I l)a\
A little crime wave struck the
county during the past week-end. re
suiting in a record number, of ar
rests and*One of the busiest periods
experienced by county, local and
special officer, m?in.my.?uianv ;
"They just about fillet! up the
county jail," Jailei Roy Peel com
men ted late Sunday afternoon when !
a semblance of law and order dis
placed rowdyism, fighting and drink
ing
For a while it w as a race between
the jailei and the iloetors, hut a fi
nal count late Sunday gave the jail
er undisputed victory At the start
the doctors received two victims to
the jailer's one, hut helpless drunks
turned the tide late Saturday night
when officers started carrying them
in fin improvised stretchers of bag
ging and in groups.
From Oak City to Janvesville, the
officers worked as rapidly as possi
ble to keep up with the calls, and in
Jamesvillc it looked as if rowdyism
would win out over law and order,
onr report stated Peace and quiet
were restored, however, when Shei i
iff C. B. Roeltm k brought in a load |
of drunks and fighters James Hoi j
liday was dangerously cut by Alton j
Lilley, wind I .eon Rhodes went on a
rampage in his own home. When
Rhodes completed his work he had
broken his wife's shoulder and an
arm for his mother in-law, Ethel j
Gilmorc. The mother-in-law just re
eently completed serving a 90-day
jail sentence for alleged violation of
the liquor laws.
In addition to making 13 arrests,
the officers flushed several homes
where the occupants were alleged
to have been retailing illegal liquor'
Several, charged with gambling,
were arrested, but the liquor traffic
after a brief interruption was re
sumed according to schedule "1
counted 11 White men coming from
a Negro home on Railroad Street
where liquor is reported sold at re
tail on a big sale,"?an officer was
(Continued on page four)
Mother Dies Oil
Way To Hospital
Mrs. Daisy Cowen Mendenhall,
wife of Spencer Mendenhall, died
while on the way from her home
near Bear Grass to a Washington
hospital yesterday afternoon at five
o'clock. Her child, just a few hours
old, died at 4 o'clock
Tin- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan
ey Cowen, she was born in Bear
Grass Township 31 years ago. In
rarly womanhood she was married
to Mi Menden ha 11 who?survive*
with three children, Ralph, Lorraine
and James, She also leaves her par
ent sand two brothers, Garland and
Linwood Cowen and two sisters,
Mrs. C. Forbes and Mrs. Rawls, all
of Robersonville Township
Mrs Mendenhall's condition was
not considered at all serious yester
day morning, but she became sud
denly worse and the end was near
before medical aid could be extend
ed.
She was a member of the Free
Will Baptist Church at Rose of
Sharon and her pastor, Rev. Mr.
Adams, assisted by Rev. Z. T. Piep
hoff, Presbyterian minister, is con
ducting the last rites at the home
this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. In
terment will follow in the Cowin
Cemetery in Bear Grass.
h:\mts I
Ilardly before the last of the
crop has been dug. a feu ."Mar
tin County farmers are making
preparations to start picking
peanuts. A feu farmers will
place pickers in operation in the
Cross Koads and Kobersonville
sections this week, according to
reports reaching here late yes
terdav.
Along with the plans lor he
ginning the peanut harvest,
conies a warning from buyers
urging farmers to be absolutely
certain that the goobers are
thoroughly dry before starting
picking operations.
Opposition Looms
For I lie Nazis In
The Balkan \reas
I'...ml.. I In i I London anil llrr
lin in Kii'rcol Vir \l- '
lark, of llii- \\ ar
Running highrwulc and handsome
over entire nations and over a great
er part of tin- Kuropcan Continent,
Germany rs now about to face a ser
ious opposition in tin- Balkans No
definite pacts have t>ecn entered in
to, tint the threat of the Nazis to ov
errun Greece and Turkey is eaus
ing great alarm in Russia, and Tur
key- is now virtually assured that
she (an depend upon Russian aid if
llith i continues his drive into the
Balkan territory It is also virtually
assured that Turkey will aid Greece
in II.e i vent ol ?IH attack there ~BrK
lei's next move is not known, but it
lie should attempt to march on the
Dardanelles he will have to atiswei
to Russia, and that tin- showdown
will come long before he moves di
recti y toward the Dardanelles'.'
The long awaited break between
Rumania and I<ondon haJ? not (level
ped, but the trouble between the
two countries only awaits formal an
nouncement Oil wells have beeri de
stroyed in Rumania and it is appar
ent that all is not welljthere for Hit
ler and his hordes. /
The fiercest air warfare ever re
ported struck both London and Ber
I it i last night. London was bombed
:it 5(i different points last night, and
German invaders moved over Eng
land with clock-like regularity. Day
break this morning failed to relieve
the situation German airmen said
that London offered a picture of
near destruction, that extensive fires
were burning from One end of the
edy to the other.
Germany admitted heavy damage
to industrial plants and to Berlin
itself. Nearly every Hospital m Bel
lin has been damaged or wrecked,
the events of the past 24 hours point
ing to a total warfare between the
Britons and Germans in the air
Prime Minister Churchill, in an
address ol the House of Commons,
gftid this morning that world opin
ion was shaping up rapidly and firm
ly behind Britain and her fight for
democracy. His remarks are believ
ed to have been directed at events
centering around a possible pact be
tween Russia and Turkey against
tier many.? ?? '
The Petain government is still
having its troubles. Siam has pre
(Continued on page four)
Farm Office Force To
iitl Draft Renin!ration
The county agent's office will be
closed all day Wednesday in coop
eration with the registration or draft
board
Several of the clerks are being as
signed to duties in the precincts over
the county, Agent Brandon said.
Port\ Volunteers
Prepare To Handle
Registration Here
*
\ll Mrn in 2 I V(!i- 4. roup,
IiicIiimm'. I'o lti'?ii>trr
Vt I'llni'Milav
Machinery for handling the Se
lective Service registration in this
county is ready to go into action to
morrow morning, most of 'the offi
cials stating that able volunteers
were reporting in numbers and that
very little difficulty was unticipat
od m handling the work- Plans for
handling the iijst step m the draft
proeram :m? eomph-te the, officials
m the WiMiamston precincts having
held a school of instruct ion in the
agricultural building last evening to
acquaint the volunteers with the
registration cards and certificates.
Registration, is slated to get un
derway m the legion hut on Watts
Street lien- tomorrow morning at
7 o'clock All men in the 21 35 age
group, inclusive, will be required to
register between that hour and 5)
o'clock Wednesday evening, October
ltj praft boards, advanced reports
state, are skeptical about excuses and
IIlose who fail to register are sub
ject In a five year prison term or a
$10,000 fine or both.
Chief Registrars O. S. Anderson
and S II. Grimes will have between
30 and 40 volunteers to assist them
in handling the work in the two pre
cincts which are being combined
for the event In addition to that
number, a special group will han
dle registrations for men employed
in numbers by large industrial
plants. The special registration group
will maintain headquarters in the
courthouse auditorium and certain
liours wilt be assigned to those men
employed in the various industrial
plants R-cfist r:it ions Will LiLiJ bu_
a I lowed on the plant properties The
special group will greuttynvlievirTRe
rush that is expected at the legion
hut ?
No complicated questions will be
asked the .registrants tomorrow. If
,i man in the specified age group can
give his name, age, address, place
of birth, name of a person who will
Irkely know his address at all times,
the address of that person, name of
employer- and employer's address,
he will have no trouble in register
mg
While plans arc complete for han
tiling the registration.and while the
registration machinery is Certain to
operate smoothly tomorrow, the draft
prugrain itself is getting off to a
slow .-tart. The three men on the
draft board, Dr Jesse Ward, of
Kobei sonville, Joe If. Avers, of Oak
City, and Hay If Goodmon, of Wil
haiosl??n,?have?not received their
official appointment They cannot
perfect their organization and make
ready for handling their duties un
til they receive official notification
of their appointments.
ft is apparent that the schedule the
draft hoard vcill hjilnWMs already
Ian or tliia* .lay,, behind Possibly?
the members will receive their offi
cial appointment by tomorrow and
that .in organization can fie per
fected and arrangements completed
f<?i receiving the regi ti ition cards
by Thursday morning The schedule
of draft board duties call for action
on Thursday when tin- registration
raids aie |o he received and serial
ly numbered. A complete list of the
registrants' names is to be made out
in triplicate and one list forward
ed to Raleigh. On October 26 the
first drawing will be effected in
Washington Questionnaires will be
sent out oh October 29 to those
whose names.?ww-drawn on the
26lh. Classification of registrants will
get underway on November 3, and
on November 4 all Class 1 registrants
will be notified to report for physi
cal examinations
White membrrs of the Martin
draft board have not yet received
their official appointments they are
being flooded with instructions. R
II Goodmon, local member, sat up
until the early hours of the morn
ing studying the instructrons coming
m six volumes and in lengthy typed
sheets.
It isn't likely that any of the
schools will be called upon to close
tomorrow that the teachers might
aid in the draft registration. Howev
1 Continued on page four)
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Fire Prevention
In Local Schools
Firr prevention was observed in
the local schools last week when
Mayor J I,. Hassell and Fire Chief
G. I*, liall visited the several plants,
checked fire drills and made short
talks.
The 52U grammui-grade pupils
filed out of the building in 37 sec
onds and in perfect order Burden
ed with added years, the 280 pupils
in the high school were 58 seconds
in clearing the building. Crowded
and cramped, the 330 colored chil
dren were 70 seconds getting out
of their building.