VOL. XV. NO. i.}
Spring Preparation oo Sonthern
Farms
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In no section of the country
does a well prepared seed-bed
give better returns than in the
Southern States. The best spring
preparation of the soil is practi
cally impossible unless it has been
properly turned and deeply brok
en during the previous summer
or fall. The necessity for deep
plowing in the South is probably
not realized by those who are not
familiar with the heavy rainfalls
in this section, which frequently
packs and runs the particles of
soil together so as to exclude air
and sunshine.® The absence of
freezing prevents any loosening
up of the particles, besides in
there is an almost
impervious hard-pan of subsoil,
either natural or brought about
from a continuous custom of shal
low plowing. In other sections
this deepening and loosening of
the.soil is done partly at least by
the forces of nature but can only
be accomplished by the plow in
the South. Such are the findings
of the Department of Agriculture.
The best implement for deep
breaking of the soil is the disc
plow which turns, pulverizes and
mixes at the same time. When
properly adjusted the disc breaks
the land deeply and thoroughly
loosens it, mixing this soil and
the subsoil to some extent but
does not turn to the surface
enough of the inert subsoil to in
jure the succeeding crop. The
next begt method for deep brew
ing is moldboard plowing, set to
turn furrows on edge and this is
followed by a subsoil plow in the
same furrow as deeply as desired.
AfSplendid Production
Two years ago, "Beverly of
Graustark" was presented to a
Williamston audience, and like
all the dramatizations of George
Barr McCutcheon's novels, gave
delight to a large audience. For
the second time it was presented
here on Wednesday night under
the management of Messrs.
Wheeler Martin, Jr., and Leslie
Fowden, who are lessees of the
Gity Opera House, and who with
careful attention to every detail,
furnished an evening of pleasure
to a large hoijse. Many people
were here from Robersonville,
Everetts and Hamilton.
Those who saw the first pre
sentation here were more delight
ed with the second. Instead of
being a tiresome repetition, it
was so charmingly interpreted
that encore after encore was
given tile players. Miss Dorothy
DeEcker as "Beverly Calhoun,"
a Southern girl from Washington
City, was perfect in the role
which furnished splendid oppor
tunity for a display of talent in
herent in her. As the mistaken
"Princess," or the' patriotic
American girl in love with
4 'Baldos,'' she was delightful, the
rapid changes from tears to
laughter or vice versa appearing
to be the real thing. "Aunt
Fannie," the old negro mammy,
ftirnished loads of fun for the
audience. The story of the play
is the old one of love and honor,
which were faithfully portrayed
1n the characters -o/ Beverly and
Baldos. "Gen. Mollaux" and
the others sustained their roles
easily.
The managers of the Opera
House will present "Bought and
Paid For" next. This is one of
the strongest plays on the Ameri
can stage. -t ,
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• Bllght Acquaintance.
"Are you acquainted with Mm. Hi-
Ky, your fashionable neisrhborf' "Only
to a roundabout'tvny. Her eat boards
It iay '•xo^se. r —Pittsburgh Pott
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THE ENTERPRISE
PERSONAL
John H. Martin was here from
Hamilton Sunday.
N. S. Peel left Thursday morn
ing for St. Petersburg. Fla.
P. H. Davenport and F. L.
Gladstone were here Weduesday.
C. B. Clark, of Durham, spent
Wednesday evening in town.
James Barnhill, of Everetts,
was in town Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Pope and
children spent Sunday in town.
A. R. Dunning went to Rober
sonville Tuesday.
Mrs. S. R. Biggs has been in
Washington this week visiting
relatives.
W. C. Manning left Tuesday
morning for Southport on busi
ness.
Mrs. H. D. Cook went to Rich
mond Monday to attend the fun
eral of a relative.
Emil Guemphrey, of Philadel
phia, is in town this week on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa T. Crawfod
have returned from a visit to
Baltimore.
filr. and Mrs. Jame£>S. Rhodes
returned from their bridal trip
South on last Friday evening.
Mrs. Arthur Anderson and
daughter, wno have been visiting
in Rocky Mount, are at home
again. . .. ...
Rev. Outlaw, pastor of the
Christian Church at Roberson
ville, was a pleasant visitor on
Tuesday.
Mrs. M. E. Bethea and chil
dren, who have been visiting rela
tives in South Carolina, returned
Tuesday.
Mrs. J. H. Staton left Monday
to attend a conference of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Dio
cese of' East Carolina, which
meets in WilmingtQn this week.
Miss Jennie Swanner, who has
done much professional nursing
in the county, has located here
and is boarding with Mrs. Sue |
Ewell on Smithwick Street.
Mrs. W. R. Fowden went to
Rocky' Mount Wednesday to meet
Mrs. C. B. Clark and little son,
who arrived there from Durham
and will visit here for several
weeks.
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Need More
The post office has undergone
a much needed improvement re
cently—a large wire waste paper
basket has been placed so that
people who tear the wrappings
off bundles and papers can de
posit same within its depths, thus
giving the office a cleaner and
more-to-be-desired appearance.
Some one placed another basket
at the corner of the Bank of Mar
tin County, hoping that all the
paper which usually is thrown
out on that portion of Smithwick
Street in front of THE ENTER
PRISE office, would be deposited
in this basket. But alas, - for
human hopes, that basket has
been removed and the street still
looks like the dumping grounds
oj gome city before the fire has
been started. Strange that peo
ple care so little for the clean
liness of the town in which thiey
live. The street comniissioner;' i f
there is one, should have the ac
cumulation of paper and trash
taken up, or enforce the law r&
latingto the throwing of paper
and trash in the streets. Let
the town furnish baskets and see
that the paper is thrown in them.
Clean up!
WILLI AMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, „Qi4
Mr. Fagan Resigns
It has been known for several
weeks that Mr. Frank F. Fagan
had accepted the position
Cashier of the Bank of Rocky
Mount and would leave March
the first. Wednesday at the an
nual meeting of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, Mr. Fagan for
mally tendered his resignation,
which was accepted with regret
by the Directors of that institu
tion.
This decision of Mr. Fagan is
regretted by not only the patrons
pf the bank,, but by..a host of
friends in Williamston and thro
ughout the connty. Mr. Fagan
came here on the organization of
the bank in 1905, and to his
energy and strict application to
business, the institution is large*'
ly indebted for its success, for
he has helped place it among the
first banking houses of the East.
Mr. Fagan has not only striven
to enlarge the scope of business
here, but has always interested
himself in whatever stood for the
betterment of the town. He is
an enthusiastic Mason, one of the
charter members of the Lotus
Club, a vestryman of the Episco
pal Church and for years the
Treasurer of the parish, for the
welfare of which he has been an
earnest worker. The good wish
es of the people of Williamston
go witlj him, and the Bank of
Rocky Mount is to be congratulat
ed upon his acceptance of its
cashiership.
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Hamilton lt«M
Mrs. R. W. Baker, of Williams
ton, is visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Sherrod
and daughter with Miss Codie
Purvis motored to Tarboro Sun
day.
Mrs. E B. Darden has return
ed to Norfolk after a visit to her
mother, Mrs. C. H. Baker.
P. H. Davenport and D.
Perkins went to Williamston
Monday.
Frank Roberson, of Roanoke
Rapids, is here with his grand
parents. *
Messrs. Harry Waldo, Asa
Johnson, J. M. S. Salsbury, Tom
Davis, F. L. Haislip and Dr. M.
I. Fleming have been in Norfolk
this week on business.
E. A. Council, of Morehead
City, was in town Sunday.
Dr. M. I. Fleming, S. D.
thews and Harry Waldo went tol
Tarboro Sunday.
Mrs. C. H. Baker entertained
the Sewing Club Monday. >
Miss Winnie Nicholson, of
Washington, is the guest of her
sisters, Mrs. Dan Taylor.
Oak City Items
Messrs. York and Roebuck left
for Greenville Monday, where
they have gone into business.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Weeks and
children, of Scotland Neck, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. N. M. Worseley.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wiggins,
Miss Suggs, Miss Lizzie Weeks
and Joe Harper, of Tarboro, spent
the week-end here.
E. L. Perkins left for Green
ville Monday.
T. W- Davenport and Loomis
Chesson have opened a store of
general merchandise.
_ Grover Hardison, of Williams
ton, was here Tuesday.
Mrs. W. T. Hurst, of Rober
sonville, and Mrs. Bill Purvis, of
Bethel, werelthe guestS of Mrs.
Charlie Hurst Tuesday.
I. S.'Bowers, of Burgaw, was}
Annual Meeting
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The stockholders of the Far
mers and Merchants Bank held
their annual meeting on Wednes
day afternoon, 195 of the 250
shares of stock were represented.
The bank has just closed the moat
successful year in its history and
all the stockholders are highly
pleaded at the continued growth
of the institution. The same
board of directors was re-elected
for the ensuing year. After the
stockholders meeting adjourned
the Directors met and re-elected
the following officers: President:
John D. Biggs, Vice President:
Chas. D. Carstarphen.
The election of Cashier and As-
R Cashier was deferred for
two weeks. Cashier Fa
dered his resignation ef-
Feb. 28th, 1914, at which
leaves Williamston to be
come cashier of the Bank of
Rocky Mount. A committee was
appointed to draft Resolutions of
Thanks to Mr. Fagan for his ef
forts ip the upbuildinif.of this in
stitution.
Sneak Thieves
There is a set of sneak thieves
here that hang about the post of
fice and open the letters in such
bopces that happen to be unlock
ed. The police have been asked
to put a »top to the robbery, but
have paid no attention to the re
quest, or have not cared to look
into fye matter sufficiently. For
sotfte time, many of the letters in
THE ENTERPRISE box have been
opened, and often the papers are
taken also. The thief evidently
likes to read the news. Perhaps,
he is looking for a reward to be
offered for a sneak, and wants to
be on the alert. He need never
fear of being caught here, though
he walked out with the contents
of the office and the entire cleri
cal force. The only thing to do
is to ask the Department for a
good detective—he could do the
work in one evening. For the
benefit of the sneak who searches
THE, ENTERPRISE box, the Post
master has been asked to place
the mail elsewhere until further
arrangements can be made. If
this sneak will look carefully, *he
probably will be able to locate it.
Griffin—Roberson
On Sunday afternoon, at 6:30,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Roberson in Griffins Township,
was the scene of a pretty mar
riage when their daughter,
Gurthie, became the bride of Mr.
William Griffin, Justice Edward
Griffin performing the ceremony
in the presence of a large number
of relatives and friends. They
were attended by Miss Oia Corey
with Hoyt Manning; Miss Leda
Lilley with Henry Griffin; Miss
Laura Griffin with Durward Rob
erson; Miss Letha Roberson with
Donald Griffin. After the cere
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin with
the attendants and other friends
drove to their new home, and
held a reception at which delici
ous cake and wine were served.
At a late hour, the guests depart
ed after expressing many good
wishes for the* newly weddeu
pair.
the guest of Miss Hannah Long
Sunday. .. ,
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Dan Moore arid family from
near Fountain spent a few days
here with friends.
Messrs. Van Taylor and Grady
Smith from Robersonville, were
the guests of the Misses Pearl
and Jefferson House Sunday.
T. W. Davenport and wife and
little daughter motored to Roper
Friday and returned Sunday.
LOCAL
New moon on Monday at 12:34
a. m. ,
Watch for the opening of the
moving picture show. It's sure
ty coming. /
Services at the Methodist, Bap
tist and Christian Churches on
Sunday morning and night.
God willing I will preach at
Holly Springs next Sunday at 3
p. m. The public is invited to
attend.—J. L. Cherry.
- LOST—One plain gold - lady's
watch. Finder will please return
to B. A. Critcher, and receive
$5.00 reward.
Head carefully the bank state
ments in this issue. They show
the financial condition of the
county, and the strong institu
tions which the county contains.
STRAYED: —A spotted sow
marked two spilts in the right ear
and over square in the left car.
Has been at my house about two
months. Owner will please come
and get her. W. M. Perry.
An alarm of fire was given at
nine o'clock Saturday morning,
amf„soon a crowd of people with
both engines rushed to the home
of Mrs. Fannie Biggs, where the
roof of the wash house was found
to be on fire. Before the crowd
arrived»_a hose had been turned
on the fire and it was held in
check.
WANTED AT ONCE.-Three
white families for one and two
horse croppers to grow tobacco,
cotton and peanuts.—Harrison
Bros & Company, Williamston,
N. C.
BOARDERS WANTED-Any
one wishing table board can se
cure same at Mrs. Ray's Boarding
House on Main St. Reasonable
Prices.
SALESMEN WANTED —To
look ai'ter our interest in Martin
and adjacent counties. Salary
or Commission. Address The
Victor Oil" Company Cleve
land, 0.
Saturday afternoon, a mule be
longing to Henry Williams stum
bled and fell blfore the F. & M.
Bank, an'd expired instantly. It
is thought that he had just seen
the fine mutes attne stables of
Ward & Co., and was so ashamed
of his own condition that he died
frw/rt mortification. .
W. T. Wrird &Co., brought the
largest and best lot of mules here
last week, which experts have
eve/' seen in this section. They
are the genuine Kentucky breed
and will stand the test any whefe.
Better and bigger crops can be
raised with these mules than with
the average animal. See this lot
at the stables on Main Street.
Supt. B. J. Hughes, Travelling
Auditor Fishel and Road Master
Cobb were in town Tuesday look
ing over the A. C. L. Railroad.
It is rumored that a new passen
ger station will be erected some
time this year. The new yard
made by the section force in front
of T. C. Cook's residence is a
"dream." Unless something
better is done, it will become a
"nightmare."
There are two things in Will
iamston which the! police never
seem to see—these are cows and
' 'tigers." The one is a nusiance,
the other a menace to every man,
woman and child in this com
munity. Sunday the cows had
the town and little children were
afraid to go home from Sunday
School. Some people will pjtjpose
to close the schools and let the
cows roam at will, as other things
do.
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si.oo a Year in Advance
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Seed Selection \
This is the period in the itfeef
the farmer when he musiHw
carefully the foundation? for the
raising: of another harvest. I)e9
plowing and winter cover crops,
perhaps, have put the soil in e*-
cellent condition, and the neat
step is theselection of seed to
bring forth strong healthy plants.
No one phase of farm life in more
important than a properselection
of seed. Scientific farming has
made it a stupendous factor «
the production of any crop, an#
farmers everywhere are paying ~
more attention to their seed beds.
In this county, where such
splendid crops of tobacco am
raised, the attention of -the to
bacco farmers is called frequent
ly to the proper selection of the
best seed for the plant bedsu
These beds are now being pre
pared, and the seed will soon be
deposited therein, and it behooves
each planter to lobk carefully af
ter his seed. It is said by those
who have made the subject a life
study, that seed are
far preferable to foreign seed.
There are plenty of home-grown
seed among the farmers, whe
have carefully selected the plants;
on such seed matured.
Thos€F who failed to carefully sel
ect for this season's plant hel%
should secure seed from some
successful raiser, who has the
best variety of the weed. This
is a vital matter to the tobaces
raiser, and unless careful atten
tion is paid to the plant* there wiH
not be splendid curings this sum
mer. The seed should be care
fully cleaned so that all imper
fect ones and all chaff ar*» re
moved. With this done and the*
soil of the bed in good conditio®,
there will be no lack of
strong plants for the fields. Mar
tin County farmers should plant
for great crops for 1914.
Died This Morning
As we go to press, the death of
Mrs. Samuel H. Ellison is an
nounced. She was stricken ewrfy
aftei; midnight and death came
about four o'clock. The funeral'
will probably take place tomorrow
aftereoon. A sketch of her life
will appear later,
Martin County Cotton Crop
The final total and the correct
ed amounts of cotton raised in the
State and different counties wene
made public by the Bureau of the
Census on .January Dth. 1014.
The total for the State for 755„-
840 against 857,189 for 1912. Thai
of the County of Martin was
8,050 against 1 -9,899 for the pre
vious year. Roberson County, as
usual, raised more than any"
county in the State, the number
of bales for 1913 being 50,325.
Mr. Arthur Keith Dead
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The death of Mr. Arthur Keith
occured on Monday morning at
his home on the Hamilton roacL
He had been suffering with
Bright's Disease for some months
though had been able to attend
to his duties on the farm. Ih*
for some days prior to his deatfti
he had been in bed under the
care of his physician* Dr. W. EL
Warren.
He was the brother of C-
Keith and had never married
and for years had farmed for *
livelihood, living quietly at hone *
and attending to his duties faitib- -
fully. A '• '
Tuesday afternoon, the funeral i
services were conducted by Rev.
J. T. Standford, pastor of the
Methodist Church, and the intee
ment was in Oakdale Cemetery-