Missionary Tells
Of Conditions In
Conquered China
(Continued from page one)
this. Due to thii. the Chinese have
become weaker and weaker physi
cally. An Amerioamsoldiar can do as
much work as five Chinese laborers
Early marriages have caused weak
ening of the race They marry at the
age of 9 and 10 and the girls become
slaves in the "in-laws" families.
Many kill themselves because life is
so miserable for them Babies are
drowned by the thousands because
the parents have more than they can
support. They go to people asking
them to take care of a child and if
they promise to do so, they promise
to spare the child's life.
"Another terrible practice of the
Chinese is tiie little bodies of the
dead babies are given to the dogs to
devour When a child dies, the lit
tie body is carried out in the fields
wrapped in uld clothes, ahd then
early m the murmngs the dogs come
to the fields looking foi the little hu
man bodies Every family has a dog
and a fence for protection around
their house to keep people from
stealing from each other Occasion
ally a dog can be seen rynmng down
the streets with the body *>f a little
dead child in his mouth. Even the
best people in China do it They be
lieve the dog god" controls the pop
ulation of the race They believe that
when a child dies and is devoured by
a dug that more children will be
born m that houae.
"Coffins are 011 display ah along
the streets for sale but there are no
coffuis for children Some of the
Chinese, who have become Christ
ians. realize what they have done. If
asked how many children they have,
they say so many living and so many
thrown away
Banditry is also terrible in China
They are all over the country We
must travel in the winter when it is
so cold that our noses and foreheads
Ireeze and when the bandits cannot
hide behind trees
"The Japanese kill the Chinese be
cause they have fellowship and as
sociation with the American mission
aries We don't talk to tin people on
the trains any more. They used to
come down tn forties and fifties to
meet us at the train and now* they
don't even come down to tell us
goodbye as they ale abused so bad
I RtmcmwR
TOUCflNOETHi
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Service Series At
Roberson's Chaj>el
The annual (all evangelistic pro
gram of the Presbyterian Church in
Martin County will get underway
next Thursday night at 7.30 p. m.,
when the Rev R S Boyd, D.D., will
begin a ten-day meeting at Rober
son's Chapel Presbyterian Church
Or Boyd" is one of the outstanding
men of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States, and is recognized
as an interesting and inspiring and
helpful minister of the Word of God.
This meeting will be featured by
music .story telling, and Gospel mes
sages. Be sure to attend these serv
ices and help us make Martin Coun
ty spiritually strong and aggressive.
Miss Louise Strange and Rev Z
T Piephoff will actively assist Dr
Boyd in this meeting
Tell your friends about the meet
ing and be sure to come yourself.
The Bear Grass Presbyterian
Church's membership will attend
, this meeting in a body next Sunday
[ night at 7.30 p m The young people
of the church will be at Nahalah
church neai Scotland Neck, next
Sunday afternoon and night and
I there will be no service at Bear
I Grass
Luther Peel Given
$3,000 A Year Job
In County Shakeupi
(Continued from page one)
A relief order, valued at $2.41 was |
allowed representatives of the C. J
j Sawyer estate for taxes listed in er-1
ror in Williamston Township.
A $5,000 loan was approved for
the county board of education, and
jurymen were drawn for the two
weeks civil term of superior court
convening in November.
The sale of 1 1-2 acres of Dan Tay
lor land to Calvin Ayers in Bear
Grass was ordered. No price was
stipulated.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET
?
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Club will be held to
morrow afternoon in the club rooms j
fat ~3t30 o'clock.
ly by the Japanese.
? When a man is caught by bandits
they twist the gold out of his teeth
and mouth and cut off a finger or
ear to send to his people to prove
that he is in their hands.
"It is hard for us to realize that
the Chinese people worship idols of
mud. It is such as if we worship an
automobile, we're no better than that
automobile and the same is true of
the Chinese worshipping mud. They
have thousands of different gods
j There is a big temple in Harbin
' where a great many of the Chinese
I go to worship. The people are forced
| to plant opium and then it is sold to
the people to raise money for the
temples.
"Through these years, there are |
people who have supported the mis
sionaries This work has gone on I
w ithout the aid of some of us If you |
have a share in it. you should be hap
py. Some of this filthy lucre is filthy
1 lucre ucl xuuXe when given to this j
uuuse. The American dollar is worth
I more today than ever before. The
people are crying for the gospel.
Wouldn't you like to have a share in
! doing something about it? May our
I work not be in vain?"
Seed ? Seed ? Seed
AUSTRIAN WINTER PICAS. HAIRY VETCH.
RAPE. RYE CRASS ami OATS
C. L. WILSON
ROBERSONVILLE, N. C.
SOLID CAK OF
CHANNELDRAIN ROOFING
JUST ARRIVED!
Thii is the last car that we will be able to purchase
for many months, possibly until the war is over.
Better see us at once for your present and future needs. It will
save you MONEY and TKOl'BLE by buying NOW!
WILLIAMS Tm-SUPPUUXt?
"The Building Line It Where We Shine"
Building material and Mlllwork at the right price
delivered to your door. FHONI 1W.
OUR PRICES ON NEW 72-INCH
PEANUT BAGS
ARE REASONABLE
See U? Before You Buy!
Martin Supply Co.
College Dean at 22
!?va&Se2
Harden-K?> 1"'"ColUge. Btlten^Tex^
This Week In
Defense
(Continued from page ?"e)
Taxation |
?&?aauu
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau,)
?Ji, Ins Chicago speech, also said de
fense expenditures are inadequate
I'nd the mi tax bill -as ??*
and the uwi . el
start but not large enough to raise
he necessary revenue, check .nf^
tion or take the profit out of war He
v. id the U S. is trying to b< the ar
senal of democracy by devotmg only
20 oer cent of factory and mining
'output to defense, only 30 per cent
of durable goods produced, only 16
oer cent of national income
P The Bureau of Internal Revenue
announced it will pros^ute dealers
?sudsussisg
selves when actually passing them
on to the consumer.
Employment, l-abor Training
and Supply
Labor Secretary Perkins said to
tal non-agricultural employment of
39.542.000 last month -as 3 640^)00
workers more than m AuKust, mO
and 1,166,000 more than in August,
1929 Miss Perkins said the 'unusual
demand in the canning ?ndustry is
giving the country its most ? xtra
ordinary expansion of employment
in history."
Ships
The Navy announced 38 keels were
1 hud and 26 ships launched from Sep- j
lembei 1 to October 3 The depart
ment predicted "even greater accel
eration in October." The Maritime!
Commission chartered two ^'Ps l?
the Irish Free State to be under Irish
flag with Irish crews, and charter
led three more to carry nitrates lb the
U S. from South America.
Army
Lieut Gen. McNair, director of
the l<ou isiana maneuvers, blamed of
I1MUIIU ii'",,v
fuel leadership for "a mess of
lice I leaueisoiH ? -
faults including weak discipline
revealed m the war games. He said I
leadership-would be improved by rh
moval of unqualified officers but
tins dot's nut mean there will be a
? purge" War Secretary Stimson
denied tumors there is a plan to re
duce the Army's man-power to free
more equipment for Britain and
Russia He said "our Army has an
CIUII Minus lann ? ~ = _
fined to the defense of the U S but
nnea 10 inr uoe.- ~ -
has the work of manning a large line
of outposts " He noted present Army
Strength is merely 1 4 per cent of U.
S population and about the sire of
the quickly defeated armies of Hol
land and Belgium.
Captain and Mrs. B C. Swain, of
Norfolk, visited Mr and Mrs. Bob
Everett, and Mr. and Mrs. Harrell
Everett here yesterday and today.
It lakes 20,500 cantaloupes to
serve the soldieis at Fort Jaeksom
for one breakfast.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Going through fair week and
with increased traffic on all
roads, including the by-ways,
hedges and 'tater ridges, Martin
County motorists well demon
strated that it is possible to trav
el around with a certain degree
of safety. Only one accident was
reported in the county during
the period. And that's a mighty
good record in any county where
large scale army movements
were reported and where a
county fair was held. Patrolmen,
maintaining a close watch at the
fair grounds, are due much of
the credit attached to the good
safety record.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present timO.
40th Week Comparison
Accidents InJ'd Killed Dam'ge
1941 1 1 0 $ 000
1940 2 1 1 900
Comparison To Date
1941 71 49 3 ) 19,030
1940 70 43 1 8,006
The death count for the two
periods is-the same It behooves
every motorist and every pedes
trian to hold that 1941 count to
its present figure. Won't you help
by slowing down a bit, by recog
nizing the rights of others on
the highway, and by eliminating
as much chance in your driving
as humanly possible?
New German Drive
Against Moscow Is
Reported Underway
?
(Continued from page one)
fusing to carry on against the Rus
sians
Finland continues a spirited fight
against Russia, and now it appears
that Britain will formally declare
war against her.
From the conquered countries and
behind the German lines in Russia
are pouring stories of unrest and sab
otage. In their guerrilla attacks, the
Russians last week-end wrecked and
destroyed numbers of important rail
road and highway bridges used by
the Nazis in moving equipment to
their advanced armies. Much equpi
ment and many men have been lost
by Germany a hundred miles or
more back of their lines in Russia at
the hands of the guerrillas. The re
volt spotlight was turned on Greece
today where reports stated that
thousands of the vaihant Greeks had
I sacrificed their lives in an effort to
sabotage the German movement
there
Survivors of the I. C. White, the
merchant>hip that was torpedoed
and sunk on September 27th, had
grim stories to tell when they first
landed today. Without warning, the
torpedo struck, firing the oil tank
er The crew of 37 men abandoned
the ship, and saw the sub fade away
into a fog
Meeting with party leaders today,
President Roosevelt discussed pro
posed changes in the neutrality act.
and it is likely that the proposals will
"be aired in Congress within the next
few days. While a filibuster is being
talked by the yellow isolationist
*;roup leaders, It Is generally believ
ed that public sentiment will demand
drastic changes in or the elimination
of the act altogether.
A bill to curb inflation by placing
a ceiling on wages, rents, prices and
profits was said to have been favor
ably received by experts, but so far
the price trend has almost duplicat
ed that of the last war
Farmers To Name
Farm Committees
Starting tonight,. .Martin Ctamty
farmers cooperating with the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration
will elect their committeemen and
delegates to the county convention
All farmers are urged to attend the
meetings in their respective com
munities.
The meetings will be held as fol
lows, at 7 30 o'clock P. M
Tuesday, October 7i Jamesville I
school, Bear Grass school and Oak I
City school.
Wednesday, October 8 Farm Life
school, Robersonville grammar
school, Hassell school.
I Thursday, October 9 Williamston
and Poplar Point, agricultural buitd
|ing; Williams at county or township
house, and Everotts school.
"H is important that every far
mer attend his respective commun
ity meeting and elect committeemen
for 1942 and a delegate to the coun
ty convention."
Fertilizer Application* For
Small drain Production
*
W. H. Rankin. Experiment Station
agronomist, points out that fertiliz
ers are just as much a part of small
grain production as ?or cotton and
tobacco although applications are not
as heavy. Complete fertilizers such
4-10-6 on the average soil follow
lnK crops and 2-10-6 or 2-12-6"
for soils where a good legume sod
has been returned are recommend
ed. Fertilization will depend some
what upon local conditions, but 200
to 400 pounds of the above mixtures
give desired resu 11s.
GAS REBATES
Martin County farmers, entitl
ed to tax rebates on psoUae
used in tractors and for the op
eration of other farm machin
ery, must file their claims not
later than next Wednesday, Oc
tober 15th, accordinf to Mr. G.
H. Harrison of the Harrison Oil
Company here. Claims to tax
refunds on all gasoline used by
farmers during the months of
July, August and September will
be considered by tbe State De
partment of Revenue.
The offices of the Harrison Oil
Company have willingly offered
to assist farmers in preparing
their claims.
Number County Men
Showing Interest In
I. S. Naval Reserve
(Continued from page one)
ocean navy, the local newspaper of
fice has received a few inquiries
from ambitious Martin county youths
and today the Navy publicity is
contained in a two-page spread,
through the cooperation of a number
of business institutions, suggesting a
community interest in the under
taking.
#
Re v. II .(). A mlreu * To
(.omlut'l Everett* Revival
Rev. W. O. Andrews, Robersonviile
minister, will conduct a series of
revival services in the Everetts Bap
tist Church beginning Wednesday
evening, October 8th. All members
are urged to be present for each serv
ice. and the public is cordially invit
ed to hear Mr Andrews.
Three Divorce Eases Are
Tiled In Superior Eourt
1
Three divorce cases, based on two
years of separation, were filed re
cently in the Martin County Super
ior Court, as follows: Joseph Harrell
against Ruby Harrell; Beulah Purser
against Roy Purser, and Frances R.
.Worsley against Julian B Worsley.
??$ :
Sweets
National defense priorities of f i -
cials have urged candy packaging
companies to cut down production
| as a means to "saving essential paper
materials.
i CARD OF THANKS
We want to express our heartfelt
| thanks to our relatives and friends
who extended their sympathy to the
family of J. R, Keel, who gave veg
etables and flowers and so forth, to
relieve their burdens during the long
and dreary months of his illness.
Also the beautiful floral designs
-that were, placed upon his grave
which mark a trend of friendship
for all this we shall ever be grateful
and may Jesus bestow upon those
the richest blessings is our prayers
Wife and Children.
Wants
WANTED?YOU TO KNOW THAT
you can have your office machin
ery made to work like new. Type
writers and adding machines a spec
ialty. Call H T Hyman, 118 E Main
Street. City. o3-3t
HI KOI. SERVICrSfATTOfrSTOCK
and fixtures for sale. Located in
Bear Grass, Average selling 1000
galluns gas per week. Good proposi
tion for right man. See or write A.
C Harrison, route 2, Williamston.
s26-6t
PEANUT BAGS
We are now booking orders for some of thr very
best first year second hand peanut bags that you
have ever seen. They have good tops, free from
holes, and they will liold more peanuts than new
hags?becuuse they are well stretched,
f.'ome and see them ami be convinced. Let us book
your order noir. Take them out later
and pay on delivery . . .
Williamston Peanut Co.
Wanteds
Scrap Tobacco
FAYING MARKET PRICE
W. M. Scales Leaf
Tobacco Co..
ROBERSONVILLE, N. C.
VILL PAY CASH FOR SMALL
farm. State price and conditions.
Vrite Farm Buyer, care of the Com
aonwealth, Scotland Neck, N. C.
V ANTED ?SALESMAN TO SELL
city used cars. Apply to L. N.
'ames Auto Co., Bethel, N. C.
o7-3t
XARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
\>r Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
ir money refunded. Clark's Phar
wey. mtt-tf
EIPPERS REPAIRED OR RE
placed in leather coats. Willard
shoe Shop. s23 tf
.ET US DYE YOUR SUMMER
shoes, colors guaranteed. Willard
shoe Shop. s23 tf
DONT WAIT1 UNTIL COLD WKA
ther. Have your stoves and heat
ers repaired now. Expert workman
ship. J. C. Norris, 126 Smith wick
St., Williamston, N. C. V. ?23 4t
RADIO >'
REPAIRING
Bring us your Radio
for Repairs. All work
guaranteed. Reason
able Charges.
Western Auto Store
W. J. Miller, Owner
NEW AND SECOND-HAND
PEANUT BAGS
See lit Before You Buy!
PRICE RIGHT
Farmeis Supply Co.
THIS man is happy because he has just made a wise
deal. He's signed a Sinclair Fuel Oil contract which
sets a maximum price. He may buy for les's if oil goes
down but he never pays more than
his contract price even if oil goes
up during the winter. Why not
phone us today for full details?
Find out how a SuperFlame con
tract may save you money.
CiarlfUW IUI h MmIM JUAaU# Ommxt <!? I
N. C. GREEN, Agent
Attention?
Sweet Potato
Growers
Give iih your orders for Sweet
Potato Baskets. (Iontemplate
your needs, so we can supply
your requirements promptly.
Good BASKETS
At The
Right Price
Our liankela are made well, yet they
can be bought at no extra priee.
Visit our plant and see our fine
quality baskets in the process of
being made.
Call or Write
WILLIAMSTON
Package Mfg. Co.
TELEPHONE No. 5 WILLIAMSTON