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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 8 ff'illiamiton, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuetday, January 28, 19 U. ESTABLISHED 1899
Three Persons Are
Hurt In Dance Hall
Explosion Saturday
Fifty Or Mow Cm.h Window.
\nd Doors in Rush from
Building Here
Three persons were slightly^hurt
and others were iarr?d dvnamite
wmm
?ssfzas
months, the explos'on ript^d ^
n\ hoards from the dance na
aand rPUnured a small .jetton o
SSffigra*
ston's "Rowdy R"w
Made happy by fortified wmowd
beer, the crowd^Umated to number
STJSL of timber^truck^one Per^
c?_ anrf two others wtit ?.
were stripped from their
the crowd sought safety nooks nea
Sensing the seriousness of the
crime, local officers went into ac
tion immediately and rounded up
l,hrW , tlOUih.ve ^ brought
against anyone, but the police .?
rrwwr;
23 for investigation. Butler is
' .. M,,ar>i and the other
Portsmouth Negro,
(wo are natives and frequt ni p?
two are n aarden Wilson and
trons of the betr kbi" .
Butler have been released.^ two
others, Robert Powell, about i
vears old. and Johnnie Powell. 21,
were arrested late last night in con
nection with the explosion. It w
thought by pobce that the younger
Powell bought the dynamite, u
f?t it was planted under the build
ni by another party or parties
Police have not yet announced a
#r?r the serious crime, but
I
r^bSTw^^d
hU-Xndynamite reaiiy blew 4hr W
off the crime front and pushed Wil
Hamston into the ^f^he habd
county's most evil center. Th
Ual drunk, werejo^e here m^rend
er numbers during me r-~nt
? l any other time in recent
w^ks Raids were in progress
against the illicit liquor business^
fnj tft add to the activities ,a fire
alarm was^ heard a. m.dn.ght^In
addition to the program here there
were dastardly crimes in other part
of the county.
Native Of County
Dies Near Roper
Samuel Henry Hopkins, native
of this county, died at his home near
Roper Sunday morning at 5:50
o'clock following a long period of
declining health He had suffered
several strokes during the past sev
eral years, but following a stroke
about a week ago his condition was
*? 1 -
The son of the late Joel and Louisa
Lilley Hopkins, he was born in Wil
liams Township 57 years ago. He
married Miss Florine Andrews and
spent moat of his life there, moving
to Washington County a few years
ago to make his home on a farm near
fk)per He was-? an able ? fei ivier and -
had many friends in this and Wash
ington County.
Besides his wife he leaves the fol
lowing children, Mrs. Theda Sykes,
Mrs. Madeline Tetterton, William,
Rufus, Samuel Henry, Jr., and Rog
er Hopkins, all of Plymouth: Mrs.
Gladys Peel, of Jamesville; Misses
Myrtle, Delmarine and Evelyn Gray
Hopkins, all of Roper. He also leaves
one brother, John Hopkins, of near
Williamston.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon in the Riddicks
Grove Baptist Church in his old
home community by Rev. P. B. Nick
ens, pastor of the Plymouth Baptist
Church, assisted by Rev. O. L. Hard
wicke, Plymouth Methodist minis
ter, and Rev W. B. Harrington, Mar
tin County Baptist minister. Inter
ment was in the family plot in
Williams Township.
Colored Volunteer* Leave
for The Army Yeiterday
Four colored volunteers, filling out
Martin County's January draft quo
ta, left yesterday for service at Fort
Bragg. The names of the men are:
James Oliver Andrews, Charlie Ben
Williams, Daniel Williams and John
Slade. All of the four men except
Daniel Williams were subject to
draft call. -
First 1940 Soil Conservation
Payments Are Made County
The first checks earned under the
1940 soil conservation program are
being delivered to Martin County
farmers this week, a full two weeks
ahead of announced schedule. While
the first check in the county was
made out to Farmer Calvin Ayers,
the first one was delivered Monday
to Tom Pritchard, a tenant on the
farm of Mrs. Minnie Fagan in James
ville Township
Representing the first 97 applica
tions filed for payments, the 136
checks amounted to $7,751.65. With
the exception of those cases where
farm operators overplanted their
peanut acreages, the checks call for
larger amounts than they did a year
ago under the 1939 program. Addi
tional checks are expected from time
to time until the payments are com
pleted. Farmers will be notified by
direct mail when to call for their
checks.
Up until last week-end hardly 1,
200 of the approximately 1,600 far
mers in the county had filed applica
tions for the payments. Hundreds of
applications were carried into sev
eral districts last week-end and the |
signatures were affixed by a large
number of farmers. The unsigned
petitions are now in the office of the
county agent where they must have
signatures before claims to payments
can be considered.
Those farmers receiving the first
checks Monday were well pleased in
most cases with the size of their pay
ments. No accurate estimate on the
total amount expected under the
1940 program by county farmers is
available at this time.
Man Seriously Cut in
Fight Saturday Night
FIRST HKRRI!N(;
Tilghmxn Coltrain. thr son of
a real fisherman and a fisher
man in his own right. found the
key to Martin County's smoke
house yesterday morning when
he dipped four nice-sixed her
rings from thr Roanoke at
Jamesville.
Last season thr young man's
father, Mr. Ira Coltrain, official
ly opened thr herring fishing
season on the Roanoke, but the
catch last year was not made un
til February 16.
The herring, regarded as a real
delicacy on thousands upon
thousands of breakfast tables, is
eagerly awaited by many hun
dreds of families along thr Ro
anoke each spring.
Man's Legs Broken
By Hit-Run Driver
John Hyman Revels, 54-year-old
Martin County farmer, was critical
ly hurt about 9:15 last Saturday
night when he was run down by a
hit-and-run driver in Williams Town
I ship, near Nurney's store. Both of
his legs were broken and his head
[ was injured. In a dazed condition,
the man was brought here for first
aid treatment and later removed to
I a Washington hospital where his con
dition is still regarded as serious.
Late reports from the hospital
state that one of Mr. Revels' legs
was so badly crushed that there is
some doubt if it can be saved.
Getting off a passenger bus in
front of the home of his sister, Mrs.
John Moore, he started to cross the
highway as a car traveling toward
Williamston bore down on him. He
was knocked about ten feet to the
side of the road. The driver of the
car, an old model Chevrolet, con
tinued on his bloody journey with
out stopping. Officers are working
on a "slight" clue, but no arrest has
been made in the case.
The accident was the second one
of a serious nature reported in Wil
liams Township within a week.
Revels, a man of modest means
but a diligent worker, was employ
ed on a farm just off the Everetts
highway, near Williamston, and was
going down to visit in his sister's
home during the week-end.
Aged Negro Dies At
Home Near Everetts
John L. Reaves, one of Martin
County's oldest colored citizens, died
at his home near Everetts last Tues
day mornnig. He was 97 years old
and despite his advanced years he
was unusually?active?up until a
short time before his death. Owning
a small acreage, the old man lived
peacably with his fellowman and
was highly respected by members of
both his own and the white race. He
was the oldest member of the Prim
itive Baptist Church at Wilson Cha
pel of the Correspondent Associa
tion.
GREEK FUND
The local fund for the relief
of embattled Greeks and suf
fering civilians In the war ter
ritory is gradnally being in
creased, the committee report
ing a total of 111 in hand at the
present time. Touching reports
are coming from the battle lines
where numbers of Greek sol
diers have lost their feet and legs
as a result of frost bite and the
bitter cold and snow which they
have stood In for days without
letup The committee hopes to
have lib* for the fund within
the nest few days.
decent donations: i
Mrs. Jim Staton llt.M
W. I. Hodges 14*
Previously deported 87 *0
*7Mt
Alton Lilley Again
In The Courts For
Attack With Knife
Preliminary Hearing Delayed
Pending Outcome of Carl
ton Reason"* Condition
A bloody climax to a week-end
crime wave in this county was reach
ed last Saturday night when Alton
Lilley. young county white man. cut
Carlton Reason, resident of the Har
dens Community, almost to death
with a pocketknife near Clarence
Taper's store in the Piney Woods
I section of Jamesville Township. A
|second knife attack victim, Nathan
Cole Washington County man, was
no so badly cut when Joe Lanier
Godard, Sr. Jamesville Township
man, joined Lilley in a ferocious
fight against the two men.
With Ins back ripped open and
seven other cuts on his body, sever
al of them deep ones, Reason was
said yesterday to still be in a criti
cal condition at his home Doctors
at the Plymouth clinic where he was
treated, give him only a 50-50 chance
to recover from the attack Direct
ing his sharp knife across the back,
Lilley is said to have punctured one
if Reason's kidneys Approximately
lifty stitches were necessary to close
the eight knife wounds scattered all
over the main part of the mans
body.
Cole, wearing an aluminum cast
to protect an injury suffered to his
body while working at the pulp
plant in the lower part of this coun
I ty some time ago, escaped with an
'eight-stitch gash on the side of his
face. Officers declare that had it
not been for the cast, GodardI pos
sibly would have carved out Coles
heart. The man's coat over the shield
was cut, to threads, and Godard s
knife point was badly denied While
Godard was working on the alumi
num plate, Cole was said to have de
livered a few telling blows full into
his assailant's face.
Reason is confined to his home
at present, officers stating that a
hearing in the case is being delayed
pending the outcome of his condi
tion During the meantime, two wo
men, Bertha Morgan, 22, of Pam
lico County and Norfolk, and Min
nie Owens, 25, of Norfolk, arw be
ing held in the county jail as wit
nesses. They were arrested along
with Godard and Lilley at the God
by Deputy J. H. Roebuck a"d "Tom
Brown and Whit Saunders of the
Highway Patrol.
The story, according to the Mor
gan girl, had its origin back in Nor
folk last Thursday morning wjen
she picked up the Owens girl Tn**y
rowed" a car from S. P. Price, the
Morgan girl's regular fellow and to
whom she is said to be engaged. A
visit to Carolina was planned^ the
(Continued on page four)
Seriously Hurt In
Carlnde Explosion
Clarence Gurkin and his seven
year-old son, Claernce, Jr., were ser
looslv burned?whfn a generator- m.
T carbide plant exploded at their
home in Griffins Township, near
Lilley's Hall, early last Saturday
night. Both the father and son were
burned on their arms and 11
was feared at one time that the
youth, a member of the second grade
in the Farm Life School, would lose
his sight, but later reports state that
he and his father are getting along
very well A few hours after the ac
cident the two victim* of the explo
sion were unable to see, and despite
the severe burns, they apparently did
not complain a great deal.
Mr Gurkin was testing the sup
ply Of carbide in the plant and the
I boy was standing beside him with
his hands on a pipe when the gener
ator exploded.
Wrangle Continues
Over Bill For Aid
For Great Britain
of Rioting in Italy
llrarcl; Germany Move#
To Help Miiftgolini
The wrangle over the lease-lend
bill, the proposal to give Great Brit
tain and other nations support in
their battle against barbarism, con
tinues in Washington where several
strong teeth in the aid program are
now likely to be knocked out by
the opposition. The House Foreign
Affairs Committee has completed
its public hearings, and now the
corresponding committee in the Sen
ate is re-hearing the evidence t?f~
fered by recognized diplomats, oth
er high government officials and the
self-appointed experts. The wran
gle is fitting 111 well with Adolf Hit
ler's plan, and while our nation ar
gues plans are going forward for a
drive of great proportions by the
totalitarians against Britain or
Greece.
While Congress hasn't yet reach
ed first base. Hitler is moving his
forces into the fight against the em
battled Greeks in Albania, and is
believed to be making preparations
for an attack on Birtish forces in
Africa The opposition, including
Nazis. Nazi sympathizers and ap
peasers and possibly a few conscien
tious ones, is making progress in its
fignt against the lease-lend bill. Ef
forts are well advanced for knock
ing strong teeth'out of the bill by
limiting the grant of power to a def
inite period and by prohibiting the
convoy of supplies to England. Ger
many is continuing its plans of ag
gression with the apparent belief
that the Congress will not have con
eluded its arguments in time to
start aid in sufficient quantity to be
of any material benefit to Britain and
the Greeks.
A mysterious inactivity marks the
air warfare over Britain, but a con
certed movement ?s believed under
way toward Greece and Africa. The
Greeks state that Nazi planes are
operating against them in Albania,
and the possibility of u concerted at
tack on the British fleet in the Med
iterranean is seen. After a lull of
over a week raids have been resum
ed over London. Four attacks, the
longest in day time since last Sep
tember, were made this morning,
but 110 great damage was reported
A serious threat is again facing
England on the seas, one report stat
ing that shipping losses last week
mounted to 58.000 tons. Britain has
appealed to the United States seek
ing to stop important leaks in its
hlocude against Germany. Hitler is
now claiming that Britain is fast
losing supremacy on the seas, that
a bloeadc is rapidly forming against
British shipping.
During the meantime, the Greeks
are holding their <>wn against the
Italians in Albania, but they are do
ing it at a great sacrifice. Reports
state that many Greek soldiers have
lost their feet as a result of frost
bite. The British forces continue
their mopping up operations in Afri
ca on all fronts. The Greeks are now
said to he launching an offensive
along the coast of Albania in a strong
bid for Valona .important Italian
base.
Rumors of uprisings in Italy are
being heard, but such accounts are
(Continued on page four)
Officers In Three
Liquor Raids Here
Holding the manufacturing busi
ness fairly well in control, ABC Of
ficer J. H. Roebuck with Deputy Bill
Haislip and Officer J. H Allsbrooks
turned his attention to the illicit T7-~
quor retail business here last Satur
day. While Williamston's Railroad
Street still is recognized as the main
retail center, it is fairly apparent
that the business forms a fairly
complete circle all around the town.
Five pints of illicit liquor were
Griffin and Sycamore Streets Sat
urday morning. Jim's wife, Mary,
admitted ownership and her trial
is slated for next Monday in the
county recorder's court.
Martha Brown, White Street resi
dent, is to face the court for the al
leged possession of illegal liquor, the
officers having found about four
pints of the spirits in her home Sat
urday.
Raiding Joe Wilson's home on War
ren Street about the time the lid
was being blown off at Buck's beer
parlor, the officers found a quart of
liquor inside and eight pints in Wil
son's car. The liquor holds a legal
ratin gni the eyes of the law, but
the officers booked him on a charge
of possessing liquor for the purpose
of sale.
Volunteer Improving
After Vnaumonia Attack
Jesse Robcrson. young Martin
County man who volunteered ror
army service several months ago,
is recovering from a severe pneu
monia attack in an Army hospital
at Fort Jackson, S. C., according to
a telegram received here yesterday
from Little Pete Fowden, a member
of the National Guard unit at the
fort.
R. Flake Shaw Declares Farmers
Must Organize 11 They Are To
Compete With Labor and Capital
County Rainfall?I '40
Rounding out a ten-year record the first of this month, the
weather station on Roanoke River at YVilliamston has. during that
period, recorded only one annual rainfall approaching a normal
of 47.79 inches. The annual precipitation has fallen to a low of
36.60 at times and reached a high of 35.48 inches in 1939. The table
below, taken from the records of Hugh Spruill. bridgekeeper.
rivet a monthly picture of the rainfall m this counts for the past
decade. Possible old 1940 was the most hectic In the weather bur
eau's history. Following several snows in the early part of the
year a dry spell set in to threaten the crops. Then in August one
of the largest rainfalls in the decade was recorded. The worst
flood in history followed, but despite the rains and floods. 1940
was one of the dry years in the decade
The table below, pasted in a convenient place, will serve as a
guide to those dr> and wet years in the past:
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
Jan.
2.17
3.74
2.43
2.51
3.53
4.95
7.22
3.14
4 03
2.80
Feb.
2.03
3.02
4.06
4.23
2.35
4.35
3.57
1.59
7.07
1.99
March
2.84
3 48
2.75
4.65
4.78
4.89
2.24
2 04
5.16
2.74*
April
4.62
1.76
3.04
4.02
4.70
4.50
7.03
6.98
3.31
2.81
May
5.51
3.37
5.45
5.27
2.54
1.09
1.41
6.76
2.26
1 98
June
5.11
2.33
1.94
3.26
1.57
7.46
1.62
9.71
5.40
1 52
July
5.26
3.45
6.08
7.38
11.41
9.46
7.29
6.49
7.64
4.56
Aug
11.65
5.16
6.25
6.97
7.50
2.74
2.79
1.95
9 88
11.07
Sept.
4.21
1.79
2.47
8.73
3.20
3.16
2.60
7 50
.92
2.34
Oct.
.33
6.99
.25
.33
.32
4.89
2.29
2.14
4.51
.52
Nov.
.34
4.74
.65
2.51
4.04
3 11
3.48
2.81
3.38
3.57
Dec.
3.93
5.08
1.23
2.32
4.05
4.81
2.08
2.59
1.92
1 99
48 00
44.91
36.60
52.18
49.99
55.41
43.62
53.70
55.48
37 89
snows including 2 traces 1.2 and 2 inches.
4 1-4 Inch snow .
Legislative Review By
CountyRepresentative
Liquor Referendum!
Will Be Proposed In
Stale Assembly Soon
Flexible School Term Law Is
Now Being; PropoM'd
lb Lawmaker*
By CLARENCE W. GRIFFIN
Martin County Representative
The work of the General Assem
bly is still largely in the hands of
committees. The appropriations eoin
inittee is staying busy hearing peti
tions for increased appropriations.
During the past week then1 was an
increase in the number of public bills
introduced A bill was introduced
to allow tin- State Highway Commis
sion to award construction contracts
without competitive bidding where I
the commission feels it would ex
pedite the project This bill passed j
the senate but will receive several
amendments before it passes the
House which will tend to curb the
arbitrary effect of the hill.
A bill to increase the State sup
ported school term to 9 months was j
introduced. This bill would allow
rural localities to have not more than
seven months where board of edu
cation thought such action advis
able.
Another bill was introduced pro
viding for teacher and other State
employees retirement. This would be
done by income from an annuity
created by joint contribution from
mployee's salary and the state. Dis
cuss ions of these bills are due to come j
up in the near future before the com- j
mittees. A joint resolution was pasa
rd by hbllc Houses designating Jan
uary 23 to 31 as peanut week in
North Carolina.
Other bills introduced provided
for a mandatory road sentence of
not less than 90 days in case of sec
ond conviction of drunken driving.
Another bill introduced would al
low clerks of court to sign judgments
on any days in the week other than
(Continued on page four)
Two Accidents On
Washington Street
Bobby Clayton, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. V. Clayton, was slight
ly skinned and bruised on his hand,
hack and knee but not badly hurt
late yesterday afternoon in a bicy
clw-automobile?collsinm?on Wash -
ington Street here. The youth rode
his bicycle off the sidewalk in front
of the Williamston Hardware Com
pany and struck the side of a car
driven by W. E. Hall, of Roxobel.
The front wheel of his bicycle smash
ed, the youth started home on foot.
He was later picked up and carried
to a doctor's office where his injur
ies wen- found to be of no serious
nature.
Yesterday morning a new Ford
driven by E. D. Harris, of Bear
Grass, and a small truck belonging
to Ward's Wood and Coal Com
pany crashed on Washington Street
at the Haughton Street intersection
near the Dixie Warehouse. No one
was hurt and the damage to both
vehicles was hardly more than $30.
km; im'sii
Threatened with penalties and
even prosecution in the courts,
personal property owners are
rushing to their respective list
takers to Ret their names on the
county tax books before the end
of the current week. "The big
rush is now on." one list-taker
was quoted as saying late yes
terday. .Some list-takers declare
that even by working night and
day they will not be able to
complete the lists on scheduled
time.
Real property assessors, de
spite unfavorable weather, are
continuing their work, the board
in Williamston stating last night
that it had appraised the prop
erty on several local streets and
all the farm properties in the
township.
Five (louiifey Bovs
Volunteer In Army
Five Martin County young men
volunteered here yesterday for serv
ice in Uncle Sam's Army, the group
leaving later in the day for Fort
Bragg where they were inducted in
to service. The boys signed up for
three years Four of the young men
were subject to call under the se
lective service act, but none of them
was in line for immediate call.
The young men signing up are,
Henry A. Roberson, son of Mrs Mag
gie Roberson, of Robersonville K.
F. I) No. 1; Jasper E. Jackson, son of
Mrs Ten ic Cfurgtmus, of Williams
ton R F. I) No 3; Mack II. Leggett,
not Mi and Mis Mark 1? leggett,
of Williamston R. F. D. No. 2; Levi
H Davis, son of Mi and Mrs. Levi
Davis, Sr., of Jamesville R. F. D. 1,
and Therman T. Beach, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Beach, of William
ston R. F. D. No. 2
Roberson and Beach signed for
duty in the 36th Field Artillery,
Fort Bragg Jackson signed with the
8th Engineers' division at Fort Jack
son, and Leggett and Davis are to
go with the 22nd infantry at Fc^c^
McClellun
It is understood that no immediate
credit will be reflected in the draft
(junta for this county.
JAM. VS. CHURCH
More peoplr were confined In
the county jail during the week
end than were in attendance
upon the religious services in
one of the local churches last
Sunday evening. It la true that
the number of arreata waa un
usually large, hut the situation
is startling even when Increased
arrests outnumber the church
attendance.
It has been suggested thai
while the nation moves to de
fend Itself against the Invader,
this town and county should
move to protect themselves from
crime and to holster its morals.
More than one crime chapter was
written In this county last week
end, the subjects dealing with
fallen girls, slarkiusia on the
part of the courts ami the cheap
ness of human life as It Is valued
Agriculture Now
Faring Emergency
r n J
Of Great Moment
Farm Him-uu Stfri-lan Talk-.
To Si\i\ Vlariiu Farmer*
II* TC I -lx| Ni^lil
"Agriculture must organize its
(ranks if it is to successfully com
pete with lalnir and capital in the
\ ast defense program." It Flake
I Straw. North Carolina Farm Bureau
I secretary* told sixty Martin fanners
| in a special meeting held in the
county agricultural building here
I last night.
I Expressing appreciation for tin
loyal support given and the splen
did cooperation advanced the Farm
Bureau Federation by Martin Coun
ty farmers and other citizens, Mr.
Shaw while offering no bright pie
tuiv of the agricultural Situation for
the immediate future declared that
hi' was still an optimist But here
are some things we must keep in
touch with if agriculture is to main
tain its rightful place along with in
dustry and labor," Mr Shaw said.
Continuing, the bureau secretary
said, "We could spend a week dis
cussing the problems facing agri
culture and as they relate to the for
eign situation, but there is little we
can do in changing coiubtions over
there. It is certain that the world
turmoil is going to change the future
course of agriculture especially for
the South No one knows what will
he the course of agriculture after
the war. There are some who believe
it won't be so bail They point out
that we have ample natural re
sources, that we can regain a large
part of our lost trade. .Others are not
so optimistic
It is true that'lhe approximately
35 billion dollars to he spent for na
tional defense w ill boost some com
modity prices, hut the basic crops
of cotton and tobacco are facing an
uncertain . future It is to meet this
emergency that farmers should or
ganize and ask that agrciulture be
given it.s share Industry hail to he
assured cost plus contracts and amor
tization before a tap was turned La
bor was assured that its gams of the
past few years would he maintained,
hut agriculture has been made the
goat Organized farmers must main
tain that if money can he found to
finance other things and agencies
it can he found for finunctng coi
ton and tobacco farmers
"Agriculture is the No I problem
facing the nation today. Young men
continue to leave the farm. Few
young men are applying for farm
purchase loans Most of the appli
cants lor loans are fifty years old
or older. Empires have fallen be
i a use the agricultural income dwin
idled and the same thing will happen
J to the United States unless agricul
jture is given a comparable rating
along with capital and labor in the
field of industry.''
That agriculture is being ignored
(Continued on page four)
Seeking Support For
Ninth School Month
A small delegation from Rober
sonville appeared before Represen
Hugh (1 llorton here Saturday af
tornoon and urged them to support
a nine months State supported
school term. The group, led by Prin
cipal L. W Anderson and represent
ing leading citizens of the commun
ity, was quoted as saying that the
extra month would he far more ben
eficial than the twelfth grade be
cause the added grade would reach
only a comparatively small number
while the extra month would reach
soid prove beneficial to virtually all
YVmiI children
. wl'rs. Charles Gray, Mrs. Mayo Lit
tle and two representatives from the
school faculty accompanied Mr. An
derson here for the interview with
the representatives in the General
Assembly
Both Mr. Griffin und Mr. Hofton
attcntatively heard the delegation, it
was said, but reserved definite com
mitmcnt on the problem.
According to Mr. Griffin there is
some opposition to the longer term
in this county. While several claim
it will upset labor conditions on the
farms, others frankly state that the
children with the apparent approval
of the parents are not taking full
advantage of the educational oppor
tunities provided by the State.
The ninth month term is schedul
ed for consideration in the legisla
ture this week.
Mason* To Hold Re&ulmr
W n't in It Thin Ev+mim$
Skcwarkey Lodge Masons will
hold a regular meeting in the lodge
hall this evening at T:S0 o'clock All
memberi are urged to attend.