THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3)000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME L—NUMBER 9
W'illiamstaR, Marlin County, North Carolina, Friday. January .?/, 1917
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ
OVER 3.000 MARTIN
FAMILIES TWICE EACH
ESTABLISHED
Prifl^pal Reviews
Foundations For
A Real Education
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Offers Startling Figures
About Absences In
Local Schools
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Principal B. G. Stewart, one of
the speakers addressing the regu
lar monthly meeting of the par
ent-teacher group in the grammar
school building here last Monday
evening listed the foundation
stones for education, and went on
to cite a few startling figures in
connection with absences in the
local schools.
Mr. Stewart stressed the need
of the right kind of environment,
and went on to say that while the
three R’s are important the edu
cational program must be broad
ened to meet greater problems.
Education’s foundation must be
based on fundamentals, the prin
cipal explaining that character
building is necessary, that one’s
personal conduct and one’s health
must be considered. “We must
know and appreciate democracy,
and better our personal relations,
to learn how to get along with
our neighbors," Stewart said.
‘‘The child should become inter
ested in community improvement,
and taught to appreciate the
meaning of world citizenship and
develop a greater interest in in
ternational affairs,” he added.
Continuing the school man
pointed out that personal eco
nomics must be given a place,
that the child should be taught to
I be thrifty, to appreciate culture
and the beauties of life. The pupil
must learn how to use modern ma
chinery and understand a few of
its fundamentals.
He also stressed training in the
practical arts, including the use of
tools, and training should be pro
vided in the various vocational
fields.
Recreation was also cited as a
prerequisite to a well balanced
life. "We must learn how to use
our leisure time by developing
hobbies and learning to play as
| well as work together.”
(Continued on page six)
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Complete Repairs
To Local Streets
l
Local street, badly damaged
when conduits were laid for un
derground telephone cables the
middle of last month, have been
repaired. While the damage sears
art* vpiiic prominent f.s affic i>
agism moving without interrup
tion.
Travel was a problem on the
streets for weeks, but a climax
was reached last Tuesday after
noon when traffic filled the main
street from Watts to Haughton,
got wedged and remained there
the greater part of an hour. A
few vehicles broke over and ran
on the newly laid asphalt, but ap
parently caused not great dam
age.
The attack on the streets has
been committed and the wounds
are healed, but many local people
are still puzzled to understand
why the telephone cables could
not have been hung on poles in
alleyways and back streets.
Equipment for switching the
local telephone exchange to the
dial system has been placed in
the office here, but it could not
be learned when mechanics would
report to handle the installation
and pull the cables through the
newly laid conduit in the business
section.
GRATIFYING ||
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Canvassing the first returns
from the direct mail appeals
for contributions to the pro
posed $100,000 Martin County
war memorial, the finance
committee of the Memorial
Foundation this week an
nounced that more than $2,
000 had been received as a re
sult of the direct appeal. “We
are greatly pleased,” Mr. W.
L\ Dunn, a member of the
committee said in describing
the response so far as being
“very gratifying.”
The committee is urging
others to cooperate in creat
ing a fitting and lasting mem
orial to those men who fought
and died in past wars for
homo and country.
f
Big Bn rfie Wrecks Bridge
A mi Blocks 1 rafftc'TJere
Tearing loose from its mooring ^
eighteen miles up the Roanoke
late Tuesday night, a large barge
loaded with thousands of feet oi
logs and belonging to the Mengel
Corporation tore into the tempor
ary river bridge here about 5:00
o’clock Wednesday morning. The
structure, while stopping the loose
barge, was badly damaged and
engineers estimated that two days
would be required to repair the
bridge and restore traffic.
Barely missing the draw span,
the barge crashed into the bridge
approach, knocking the span al
most three feet out of line. The
accident was not immediately dis
covered, and some traffic moved
over the bridge before engineers
ruled the structure was unsafe.
Most of the fender guards were
torn away or shattered and two
of the main pilings supporting the
bridge were pushed several feet
out of linm
In addition to blocking high
way travel across th& Roanoke
at this point, the accident held
through traffic on the river at a
standstill during most of Wed
nesday. Through highway traffic
was diverted at Edenton and
Washington and local traffic de
toured around by Scotland Neck,
but there was little visiting from
one county to the other.
It was six hours after the crash
that powerful tugs belonging to
the Wells-Oates Lumber Co. and
the Wiggins Towing Co., were
dispatched from up the river to
the bridge. Both of the tugs,
their power combined, were bare
ly able to pull the heavy barge
free of the bridge. Previous ef
forts to pull the barge clear with
a steam skidder failed.
With the foundation repaired,
workmen were replacing the floor
and guard rail at 2 o'clock Thurs
day. making ready to reopen the
bridge to traffic within two or
three hours.
N egligible Reduction
In Tobacco Acreage
[ SMOKEHOUSE KEY
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Dipping: into the rushing:
yellow waters of the Roanoke
Mr. Ira Coltrain netted the
first herrings of the season at
Jamesville last Tuesday. The
dean of Roanoke fishermen
caught nine nice size her
rings, the catch equaling the
finding of a key to smoke
houses in this section.
No more than two or three
herrings were ever dipped
from the stream this earlv in
the year, but tbe summer-like
weather made conditions
ideal for the catch.
According to all signs the
1947 fishing season promises
to be a good one.
Hubert Smith Died
Suddenly Tuesday
At Sisters Home
Fiiitrnil Services Art* Held
Tliiirsihiv Afternoon At
3:00 O’clock
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Hubert Smith, chief mechanic
for the Stair Highway Patrol in
this district, died suddenly at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Clayton
Davenport, in Robersonville,
Tuesday morning of a heart at
tack. Suffering the attack at 5 40
o’clock that morning he died for
ty-two minutes later. On Feb
ruary 28 of last year he suffered
a heart attack and underwent
treatment for several months. His
condition improved rapidly and
he returned to his duties and ap
parently was getting along very
well up until a short time before
he died.
The son of Mrs. Lizzie Ross
Smith and the late A. C. (Tart)
Smith, he was born in Gold Point
43 years ago last July. An able
mechanic, he lived for a number
of years in Williamston where lie
was employ by the Williamston
Motor Company. In recent years
he headed the Highway Patrol
garage at the radio station near
Williamston but made his home
with his sister.
Wiien a young man he was mar
ried to Miss Pattie Wynne of Wil
liamston who survives with one
son, Hubert Davis Smith, who has
been attending a special sports
school in p'loridw for several
weeks.
Surviving besides his w ile and
son are his mother and sister with
whom he made his home and
three brothers, Roy Smith of West
Point, Va., Milton Smith of Wash
ington, and James Smith of Rob
crsonville.
He was a member of the Junior
Ordpr for number of years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at his late home in Roberson
ville Thursday afternoon at 3:(X)
o’clock by Rev. James M. Perry,
and interment was in the Rober
sonviile cemetery.
Members of the Highway Patrol
and associates at the highway ra
dio station served as active pall
bearers.
Farmers Doubtful
If Decrease Will
Maintain Prices
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No Kcdiiction for Growers
With Allotments finder
2.I Aeres
Making a token reduction in
1947 tobacco acreage allotments,
agriculture department officials,
farmers in this cuunty believe, set
the stage for a fairly large price
drop on the markets next fall.
The reduction was placed at 2.3
! percent of tho ltMti crop, meaning
| that farmers will be allotted 7.7
J more tobacco acreage this year
than they planted in 1945.
After all the figuring is done
and all the explanations are offer
ed, farmers are fairly well con
; vinced that cheaper tobacco is in
j sight. It has been pointed out
I that the British are having a heck
of a time trying to maintain dol
! lar exchange, that tobacco is not
a top priority, and that lower
prices are in the making to help
relieve the trade block. The gov
ernment is pledged to support to
! bacco prices at 9!>. percent.of par
ity. That promise, while wel
comed, can mean, in the long run,
only bankruptcy. Parity last year
was around 33 cents, and 90 per
cent of that figure does not sound
very encouraging.
In reality, the 1947 crop will
not be reduced 2.3 percent. The
grower with an allotment of only
2.1 acres or less will not have his
quota reduced. According to the
schedule released this week, the
following acreage reduction is to
be effected: growers with allot
ments from 2.2 to 6.5 acres will
have their quotas reduced by one
tenth of an acre, those with 6.6 to
10.8 acre allotments will be reduc
ed by two-tenth of an acre; 10.9
to 15 2 acres reduced by three
tenths of an acre; 15 3 to 19.5 will
be cut by four-tenth of an acre;
and so on down the line until it
reaches fifty acres which will be
cut by only 1.2 acres.
According to reliable estimates
the crop in this county will be re
duced 'w about 300 acres, leaving
the approximately 1,600 tobacco
farmers an allotment of about 14,
700 acres.
In announcing the 1947 market
ing quotas, Acting Secretary of
(Continued from page five)
| BAND MAN J
Jack Butler, popular band
Instructor and teacher in the
local schools before he enter
ed the armed service, is back
in civilian clothes, school of
ficials were advised here this
v celt. Butler, just out of the
service, is catching up with
civilian life during a current
two weeks’ vacation, and
plans to report here at the
end of that time.
Definite plans for reorgan
izing a local high school band
will be announced shortly.
Parents-Teaehers
In Meeting Here
On Monday Night
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Parents, School People and
Pupils Have Parts In
The Program
Holding their regular meeting
in the grammar school last Mon
day evening, local parents and
teachers and a pupil participated
in an unusual program which
stressed the responsibility of the
school, the parents and the pupil.
Previously the county superin
tendent and local principal had
discussed school finances and edu
cation foundations.
The treasurer reported a bal
ance of $83.50, and Mrs. Herbert
Taylor, presiding in the absence
of the president, Hugh G. Horton,
and the vice president, Mrs. J. W.
Watts, announced a project com
mittee, as follows: Mrs. D. R.
Davis, Mrs. W. H. Everett, Mrs.
M. M. Levin, R. L. Coburn, P. C.
Holloman and J. H. Edwards.
Members of the local organization
were asked to attend a special
meeting Thursday for the organi
zation of a county P.-T. A. Coun
cil. Mrs. John L. Goff, chairman
of the program committee, an
nounced the speakers.
Speaking as a parent, Mrs. I. M.
Margolis outlined what parents
expect the schools to do for their
children. Assuring the school peo
ple that parents were indeed
grateful for what is being done,
the speaker frankly stated that
the schools have a grave responsi
bility, and admitted that parents
often criticised certain acts before
they get all the facts.
“Leaders should have interest
in their work and in their pupils,”
Mrs. Margolis said. “The schools,”
she continued should guard the
healtli of tlie children by having
them examined, by properly
heating and lighting the build
ings, keeping the buildings cleun,
serving nutritious meals, provid
ing adequate playground equip
ment and maintaining a physical
education program for all the
children.” The speaker suggest
ed that the schools should have
an attendant in keeping the build
ings clean.
Offering the teacher’s position
in the education program, Miss
Mary Whitley cited the parent’s
responsibility, and urged parents
to carry their problems direct to
the teachers. She urged the par
ents to be concerned about school
and their children, and asked,
“Are parents glad when school
starts so they will have some
place to send their children? I
have heard some parents say they
were happy to have some place to
send their children.
“Are parents interested in what
is being taught their children’”
she asked, adding that it should
be the business of parents to know
what is being taught their chil
dren and that the teachers arc
competent.
“Are parents concerned about
their children? Is the child allow
ed to look upon school as a side
issue? Do parents demand the
child to do t/horough work? How
much does the child study at
home?” Miss Whitley asked. “I
am of the old school. 1 used to
have to study and I believe chil
dren should study at home today.”
Absences without bona-fide ex
(Continued on page eight)
Lodge Installs
Officers Here
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New oificcs were installed by
Skcwarkey Masonic Lodge here
at a recent meeting of the organi
zation.
George Harrison, Jr., succeeds
Ben D. Courtney as master. Other
officers include: Henry Griffin,
senior warden; Roy L. Ward, jun
ior warden; Paul Bailey, senior
deacon; W. Clyde Manning, jun
ior deacon; R. E. Cowan and
Joseph Edmondson, stewards; J.
D. Woolard, treasurer; J. C. And
erson, secretary; Ben D Court
ney, tyler, and K. D. Worrell, his
torian.
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Plan To Open Hunk
In Oak City Soon
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According to unofficial infor
mation received here yesterday,
the Edgecombe Bank and Trust
Company is planning to open a
branch in Oak City next Wednes
day with a big program.
Residential. Area j
Expanded Almost j
Over Night Here
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Two Hundred Forty-Two
Persons Living In West
End; Many New Homes
Confined to farming for years
and years with an occasional shift
toward business undertakings, in
cluding a fair, more or less agri
cultural, that section lying just
west of Williamston's town limits,
has, almost overnight, been de
veloped into a thriving residential
community. Approximately fifty
new homes have been constructed
there within the past twelve or
eighteen months, and the popula
tion count as of January 29, this
year, stood at 242, according to a
census survey conducted by
“Mayor” Exum L. Ward, who
pointed out that ten homes are
under construction.
Operating a sandwich shop, Mr.
Ward said that the population
figure is increasing rapidly, that
business enterprises are spring
ing up from time to time, that
there is a possibility that Wil
liamston will be {he suburb in
time.
Most of the buildings in the old
Martin County fair grounds have
been moved away or torn down
and fifteen or more new homes
constructed there. Five new
homes are under construction on
the Martin property while still
farther west the gaps are being
filled in rapidly with new homes
and business houses to form a
solid front almost to Mickey’s Inn.
A generation ago traffic moved
into Williamston from the west
via Skewaikey Church. Mr.
Wheeler Martin granted a right
of-way across his farm, but for
years the new route was thought
of as a country road right up to
the intersection of Sycamore
Street. Now, the route is known
as West Main Street. Develop
ment was slow down through the
years. An occasional home was
built, and then several individuals
constructed homes for rent. Prior
to that time the old Martin Coun
ty Brick Company operated a
brick kiln at what was later
known as Poe’s Siding. The busi
ness suspended operations more
than a quarter century ago. D. M.
Roberson years later established
a slaughtering business there, and
the area gradually developed.
Filling stations were built. Groc
ery stores were opened. Repair
shops, garages and other business
projects were developed. A crc
osoting plant on the railroad is in
the making, and plans call for the
construction of other business
quarters and structures, including
a community church.
Less than a year ago, the fail
grounds were sold to Jesse Whit
ley for a reported $30,000. Build
ing contractors moved in and the
area was converted almost over
night from a scattered settle
ment into a thickly populated
community.
Rumors about incorporation
either as an independent unit or
as a part of Williamston have
been heard, but no official action
has been taken in that direction.
The people there and Williarr.s
ton’s citizens are content not to
disturb the status quo.
The community’s first census
lists 242 residents as of C p. m.,
January 29, as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Banks, Wal
ter Banks, Charles Banks, Elean
or Banks, Sadie Banks, Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Black, Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Bellflower, Robert Bellflower,
Jimmy Bellflower, Etta Bellflow
er, Mr. and Mrs. I). W. Brady, Dur.
Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Bailey,
Brady, Jane Brady, Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Bailey, Julian Bailey, Bill
(Continued on page eight)
Firemen Called
Out Wednesday
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Local volunteer firemen were
called out for the first lime this
week when a grass fire just off
Grace Street went out of control
early Wednesday afternoon aim
threatened property. A pile of
lumber back of the Dr. J. S.
Rhodes home caught fire and a
hedge was damaged. The proper
ly loss was negligible, firemen
reported.
Two hours later the firemen
were called to a gras's fire on West
Main Street at the underpass. No
damage was done there.
Half Million Dollar
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Over $116,700 Is
Paid Out Of Fund
Raised In County
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County, .Slate ami Federal
Cooperate In Financing
education Program
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Speaking to members of the
Williamston Parent-Teacher As
sociation in the grammar school
auditorium last Monday evening.
County Superintendent of Schools
J. C. Manning stated that a total
of $482,048.49 was spent in financ
ing public education in Martin
County during the 1945-46 term.
The superintendent'? talk was one
of several heard during the regu
lar meeting of the organization.
Discussing the school finances,
the superintendent stated that
North Carolina is the only state
in the union with a state-support
ed program. “But that program
makes only minimum provisions,”
he explained, adding that the
county is charged with the re
sponsibility of expanding its
school plant, carrying insurance
on its property, employing addi
tional teachers, supplementing a
niggardly fuel supply, bettering
transportation and purchasing
books. In addition to that offer
ed by tjie county and state, other
support is derived from the feder
al government for the employ
ment of vocational teachers, and
financing lunch room projects and
farm veterans' training. Still an
other source of revenue is center
ed in special taxation in the sev
eral districts.
North Carolina, according to
the county superintendent, spent
$334,426.35 for education in Mai
tin County during the 1945 46
term, including $7,412.39 for the
superintendent's office, $288.
845.22 for teachers salaries, $11.
746.46 for fuel, lights and water
and janitors’ salaries, and $26,
422.28 for transportation.
The transportation costs, the
school man pointed out, amount
ed to exactly 5 cents a day per
pupil.
Costs to the county for educa
tion that term were listed: $1,
615.til for thi‘ board of education,
$22,397.92 for instructional serv
ices, including salaries paid to
commercial teachers and one
third of the salaries paid to voca
.1 O -ichc ■ y*.f>74'."r '-,r [drill*
operations, $14,585. 4 for plant
maintenance, $8,781.34 for insur
ance and $282.92 for special trans
portation. In addition to those
items, other funds financed by the
county include: $65,749.59 for cur
rent expenses, $27,244 78 for cap
ital outlay including the purchase
of a school site, and $23,709.10 for
debt service. Commenting on the
debt service, the school man said
that it hud been reduced from
right at a half million dollars to
$99,900 in recent years.
Last year the county levied at
the rate of 48 cents on the $100
property valuation for its schools.
While most of the income came
from advalorem taxation, $12,864
was received in fines and forfeit
ures from the various courts, $1,
500 from tuition paid by pupils in
commercial classes, $1,400 teach
erage rents, $111 from the sale of
property, and $12,284 from the
state for the vocational programs.
At the present time the county
has $775,000 invested in school
properties.
In addition to paying one-third
or the salaries received by voca
tional teachers, the federal gov
ernment last term spent $15,203.81
for lunch room, and at the present
time is maintaining farm veter
ans’ training program in the vari
ous agricultural departments, the
superintendent said.
The Uoards of Commission
ers for the county and town
and Education will hold regu
lar meetings here next Mon
day morning and evening.
Reports from the chairmen
state that very little new
business is scheduled for con
struction at any of the three
sessions. A few requests for
roads arc to be expected by
the county commissioners.
TAX LISTING 1|
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Tax listing is just about
completed in most of the ten
townships in the county, Tax
Supervisor M. I,uther Peel
announced Thursday after
noon.
While no extension has
been allowed by the county
authorities, several of the list
takers plan to be in their re
spective offices on Saturday
of this week to complete the
work.
No official statement has
been released, but indications
point to an increase in both
personal and real property
values.
Judge j. (. Smith
Has Twelve Cases
In County’s Court
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Fines Imposed In Yinomil
Of $150 \l Session
Last IVlomlay
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Judge J. Calvin Smith culled an
even dozen cases hi the Martin
County Recorder’s Court last
Monday when fines were impos
ed in the amount of $150 and sev
eral defendants drew sentences on
the roads. A comparatively small
number of spectators attended the
session which lasted hardly more
than two hours.
Proceedings:
The case charging David I!
Harrell with non-support was
continued until March 10.
Pleading guilty in the case
charging him with assaulting a fe
male, Joe Taylor was fined $25
and required to pay the costs.
Junior Warren, charged with
larceny, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to the roads for sixty
days. The sentence was suspend
ed upon the payment of the court
costs and on the further condition
that the defendant he convicted of
no criminal law violation during
one year.
Charged with assaulting a fe
male, Klton LeRoy Ruffin pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to the
roads for sixty days. The sentence
was suspended upon the payment
of a $25 fine and costs, the court
ordering the defendant confined
to the county jar1 .tvto days
James Turner w is 'fined $25 and
taxed with the costs when he
pleaded guilty of the .ndecent ex
posure- of tiis person.
Judgment was suspended in the
ease charging Joseph Taylor with
issuing a worthless cheek when
the defendant reimbursed the
prosecuting witness, Henry Jones,
and paid the costs. The check was
issued in the sum of $5.
Charged witli being drunk and
disorderly, Allen Warren pleaded
guilty and was fined $25 and tax
ed with the costs.
James Bannerman, charged
with an assault with a deadly
weapon, was adjudged guilty over
his own plea of innocence and was
sentenced to the road for two
months, lie appealed to the high
er courts and bond was required
in the sum of $200. Bond was not
arranged immediately.
Charged with being drunk and
disorderly and damaging personal
property, Lollie Williams pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to the
(Continued on page six)
Child Painfully
Burned This Week
A Her Hicks, 13-year-old color
ed girl, was painfully and possibly
seriously burned at her home
here on East Main Street Wednes
day morning. Removed by the
welfare department to the local
hospital, she was said to be get
ting along Thursday afternoon us
well as could !**' oxoceted
Few details could be had from
the welfare office, but one report
staled that the girl, attired in a
glass skirt, was doing the hula
hula dance in the yard and got too
close to a In c around a wash pot
and the dress caught fire. She
was burned on the back and arms,
one report saying the girl receiv
ed second degree burns.
Linir Progress
"TTe| juried So Far
la ihc Legislature
ISiIk Oealing Loral Flrrtioi
Primary Expected In
V Few Days
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Although nesring the end of i
first month, North Carolina’s
General Assembly has accorm
plished little in the way of legis
lative enactments, but a great
stage has been set for a whale of
a lot of wrangling.
State employes have been as
sured a bonus, but a salary sched
ule for them is yet to be fixed.
A few minor bills and a number
having to do with local political
subdivision have been introduce
and passed. Several bills of
state-wide nature have been of
fared, some of them having bee
aimed at drunken diving. It it
proposed by some of the lawye
legislators who apparently iiavi
an eye on their chances in thi
courtroom, to leave it in the diS'
cretion of the trial judge whether
a drunken driver’s license shoul
be revoked. Another would plac
dJ. unken driving charges in th
inferior courts. Still anothe:
would demand jail sentences an
$2(M) fines for drunken driving.
It is also proposed to shift th
farm census from the tax liste
to designated census takers whc(
would be paid 10 cents by the;
State and 10 cents bv the county!
for each report.
A proposal to take insurance
business out of the hands of
money lenders has been altered |
and the measure will be left up to
tin’ law makers.
Still another law is being pro
posed to ban the sale of fireworks'
but to permit their manufacture,
in North Carolina.
An issue• almost certain to be
hotly contested was dropped irr,
(Continued on page six)
March Of Dimes
Nearing The Top
The March of Dimes, advanced!
,11 support of the Inf;,null I’araly-j
sis Fund, is rapidly moving into!
big money in this county, Drive
Chairman L. 15, Wynne announce
ed Thursday. “The goal is it
sight, and I believe we will ej
eeed it by a comfortable margin
when the canvass is completed
Friday afternoon of this week,’1!
the chairman added.
Led by Bigns School which1!
Ua! r_h I1' -,:, :. itil
$11.15 this week, the colored
schools have given the drive
liberal .■ ipport. the chairman said.-!
Seven coluied schools the first
report, contributed $111.45 ind
eluding the $41.15 Biggs donation,!
as follows: Dardens, $14.50; Ey*
eretts, $25.50; Hamilton, $17.30
Williams, Lower, $13.50; Bea
Grass, $5, and Poplar Point, $4.2
The Maple Grove Sunda
School forwarded $10 this week
and $247.01 was collected in til
Williamston theaters.
So# far a total of $1,411.13 hs
been raised and reported. It wi
pointed out that few of the larg
er schools have reported, thg
possibly the local schools wott|
contribute $450 or $500.
Contributing almost $1 eaeS
the six pupils in the Hassell whit
school boosted the total rais
there to $12.00, it was repof
Wednesday The six sixth grg
ers donated $5.80 to the cause. ’
The county was assigned
quota of $2,120 this year.
I SIGHT IN THE CAJ
"It’s getting to he one
sight in the camp," an observe,
er allowed this week when)
was apprised of the
trend in accidents on sea, I
and air right here in Mg
County.
Automobile accidents
numbers ha vs been aece
unfortunately, as a mutter i
be expected, Itut last w«
an airplane crashed near]
in Urii'lins Township,
then a large log barge
out of control on the
oke, drifted eighteen
down the stream in
seven hours and eras!!
the temporary bridgft
blocking river traffic I
hours and highway (
better part of two j