North Carolina Newspapers

Devoted to the Intmtt of Martm County in Ccnarkl li in Puuculti Volume 19. Number 4-1 Reception Given to Teachers On Monday night at the Grad c i School Auditorium a recep- c -tlion was given to the tearh . s of the town. Parents and l. :ends of the school children \M.'re meet in the entrance hail a il were presented by Miss Finnic Murt Manning and Supt. K E. Bundy to the receiving .me composed of the faculty. I' ie guests were invited into the i'litorium, where addresses of welcome to the town were made x > the teachers. Supt. of Schools A. J. Mann ing welcome them to Martin i i unty and Williamston, promis ■:i(* them his full support in their •ork. Rev C. H* Jordan wel comed them into the religious I lie of the town Mr Jordan not ug the size of the crowd pre sent very wittingly remarked that Williamston is very modern in its business and sooial life and as in our National life we leave the molding of our laws a:.d Government to a few, so our town leaves everything to a dele gation of a few even to the .tUending of a teacher reception Mr W. C. Manning gave an ucmized value of the new build in/, which amounted to approxi mately $28,000 Mr. Carter, pastor, of the Ictptist Church made a short and • leasing talk, and Mrs W R luirt'l! emphazied in a few sen i MiLva the need of cooporation t> 'tween teachers and parents. Miss Mildred McDamel very iharminKly responded for the v jachers to the addresses A Teachers and Parents Asso uation was urbanized with Mrs. (icorjfe Harrison President and Miss Penolope Secretaft. Toe Club is to meet twice a a month aud is a splendid organ i/ition, every mother in town .-.hituld join it and give an active .-.ii.d hearty support. The school ja our town has been neglected f \ the parents for a long time .and it is essential that they wake up and beeome interested. After the programme ice cream and cake were served Save Food And Sugar Wilmington, Sept The t.kiartermaster Corps has work •■ I out a special reserve emer gency ration for the Army con sating of hard bread, corn beef, corn beef hash, roast beef, sal neon, sardines, soluble coffee, and salt, to be packed in camouflaged galvenized iron tins ar,d hermetically sealed against ras as well as moisture. This announcement carries two important messages for the .\merican people. It teaches the necessity for saving certain foods md it also emphasizes the nec essity far building up a national reserve ration. Wheat, meat and sugar make •up most of the menu of this "luncli between shots" for our boys. That is the reason civilians are asked to eat war bread, to iiave the heavier cuts of beef and to make our national allotment of sugar go round. The abundant American har vests have brought rifts in the food cloud, it is true. But now is the time for a national reserve ation to make impossible any such dire conditions as faced the Allies early last spring. Remem ber those words of Lord Rhonn «!a, when he heard our wheat tupplies had been eaten up: ''The war is over, we are beaten." America did her part then and •.she must do her part now by preparing against any possible repetition of that call of distress. Boy Wanted A good positton open to some] bright, honest boy. Chance for l promotion and pay.—Apply to The Enterprise. If you won't fight, your moner! can. * • THE ENTERPRISE- Fourth Liberty Lou Mr. Joseph G Brown, State Chairman, has mailed to Banking Institutions, Local Chairmen of fommittees, and others the fol lowing concerning the Fourth Liberty Loan: ' After earnest considerations of the subject, tho Treasury De partment has determined that it will not provide any Govern ment installment plan, other than the usual plan, for an initial pay ment and three subsequent pay ments about one month apart." "It is the policy of the Treas ury Department to encourage or iginal issues of REGISTERED BONDS. Will you therefore please instruct all liberty Loan Committees who are planning to use special local application blanks, that provision should be made thereon whereby subscrib ers can indicate their preference for REGISTERED BONDS and give instructions as to registrar tion. We appreciate the fact that the banks prefer to handle Cou pons Bonds, but the interests of the public demands that the ful lest possible measures of protec tion be freely offered." "The Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds will be dated October 24th and the first coupons will be pay able April Isth, 1919, and for the following amounts: *SO bond $1.01; *IOO bond $2 02: *SOO bond *lO 10; #I.OOO tiond *20.20; $5,000 bond$101.00; SIO,OOO bond *201.99. 'lnterest thereafter will be payable October 15th and April 15th. "Initial payment willt be 10 per cent, payable with subscrip tion, and subsequent payments will be as follows: 20 per cent on November 21 20 per cent on December 19th; 20 per cent on January 16th; 30 per cent OB January 30th. Payment 1n full wiH b« p«r» mitted either with the applica tion, or so as to reach a Federal Reserve Bank on October 24th. "Denomination of bonds same as heretofore. "Maturity and amount of loan not yet determined." \ Miss Rutenberg Dead It is with regret that we learn of the death of Miss Pauline Rutenberg of Baltimore which occurred September 13. Miss Rutenberg had been in ill health for some time but physicians and relatives didnt think the end so near She suffered a great deal but always cheerfully and with a strong belief that she would get well. Her brother Mr. Simon Ruten berg of Williamston left Friday night for Baltimore for the fun erel. We sympathize very much with Mr. Rutenberg and his mother in their bereavement. Cited for Bravery It will be interesting 'to his many friends in Martin County to know that Dr. W. H. House of Oak City has been cited for brave/v by the British Govern ment. He treated more than 35 wounded English and French while the building in which they were being shattered by shots and bombs from German airpiaines. a great part of the building was totally de stroyed and many people killed, Dr. House stood at his post un til every man was treated and all rescued. Pay Up or be Cat Off A recent ruling of the War In dustries Board forces all news papers to cut off all subscribers who are more than three months behind in their subscriptions. This must be done by October lit- We shall very much regret to drop the name of a subscriber and urge every one who is be hind to forward amount due at once. The Enterprise. Williamston, Mar Henry Ford's Qneer Ideas Here is the latest queer idea from the brain of Henry Ford, of Detroit. After you read it. you will un derstand why certain indiviuals feel that Ford is unfit to sit in the United States Senate. (He will sic there, by the way. very soon ) Ford believed that soldier* wouided, even seriously, might make a living for themselves and their families, after the war, if they could get a small farm and a start in life. Ford does not merely talk when an idea occurs to him. He has asked Secretary Lane to pick out an average intelligent crippled soldier for an experi ment. Ford will do the rest He will supply a ten acre farm, cutting it out of his own good farm in Michigan. He will suoply the Boldier farm with up •to-date-date farm machinery, tools, buildings, house and barn. He will start in at once to see ,what a crippled American soldier can do for hiniself and family with that kind of u start. Ford's idea is that it is better to help a crippled man makea liv ing by a reasonable investment thankeephim asa pauper insomo poorhouse or half starved on a pension of twenty dollar a month. When he does to the Senate, Ford will tell the other Senators that what he is going to do on n small scale the country ought to do on a big scale. Jhere are millions of acres of land uncultivated in this country much of it belonging to the gov erment. There are untold mil lions of acres that could be re claimed by irrigation or drain age. Ford's idea, and the general public shares it, would be to le£ soldiers own and cultivate land, increase the nation '» wealth, add I fc) the food supply, and become independent, prosperous, land owning citizens. A man like Ford with "queer ideas" of this kind is not Ik to be a United States Senator, iH the opinion of Newspapers and others controlled by corporations or by prejudice. We have had Senators that voted cheerfully to give millions of acres of land to the.railroads We have had Senators that would enthusiastically give waterpower, mining rights, oil rights, public wealth in billions to big men and big corporations The presence of such men in the Senate seems quite appropri ate to those that dislike Henry Ford. But when you suggest send ing to the Senate Henry Ford, whose idea is "ten acres of go >d land and a start in life for a crippled soldier," who belives that the government should own railroads and manage the n for the public, who thinks that a big manufacturer should pay his men the best wages and sell his product at a low price -you dis turb many placid, conservative minds. It is presumably only a ques- tion as to the size of Henry Ford's majority in Micigan on election day. The man running ajjainst him on the Republican ticket is an honorable man of high char acter; he would make an excel lent Senator undoubtedly Hut in the nomination of IJenry Ford and in the unanimous opposition to his election on part of selfish corporate interests, there is inr volved an issue that will be set tled in the right wa; jndoubedtly by the State of M.cliigan. The Michigan farmers who ride with Ford will vote with Ford. They know him For Foch and freedom: buy bonds. MILITARY TRAINING, for Atlantic Christian College. Aca demic requirements of Govern ment satisfied. Enrollment con tinues to Sept. 24th. Write for further information to President R. A. Smith, Wilson, N. C. tin County, N. C. September 20,1918 Tick Eradication Endorsed By Council of Defense In a statement just issued by the Oklahoma State Council of Defense this bsdy goes on record as regarding the eradication of the cattle tick, which conveys a disease thai kills thousands of beef, producing animals and makes scrubs of all in a quaran tine area, a most important food conservation measure. At a meeting of the council heW July 27th a resolution was passed di recting county councils to endorse the action of ihe State and Fed eral agents in their work and to aid and cooperate with them in carrying it out in every w|iy pos sible. It is hoped, the statement says, that no misguided citizen, for reasens which may appear to him of personal importance, will in any way land himself to the oreation of any opposition to this important foad conservation measure which will also contri bute very materially to the pros perity of the State. The benefit to be derived from eradicating the tick is shown by the improved conditions after quarantine has been lifted. Re strictions on shipments of cattle have been removed, the loss from tick fever has been eliminated, more cattle are being raised, and a better grade of breeding stock is being introduced. Calves grow faster, cattle put on flesh more rapidly during the grazing sea son and go into the winter in better condition because of the absence of the tick. Dairy cows give a greater yield of milk, and the values of farm land are en hanced. In appearance the cattle show a marked contrast since the tick haH been erad.cated Pure-bred cattle have been brought in from other sections| to improve the native breed with out any loss from The southern animals can enter the show ring of the North without restrictions. The entire South is looking forward with confidence to an era of great prosperity in the crttle industry as the net gradu ally closes around the last cattle tick. Hamilton Items Mrs. J. P. Boyle, Mrs M. W. Ballard, Misses Effie Waido and Maggie Jones spent a few hours in Williamston Sunday. Miss Helen Council has accept ed a position with Salsbury Bnjtf Mrs. Lane, of Spring Hope, is visiting her father, Rev J L. Rogers. Mrs. J. B. Williams and chil dren have returned from Nor folk where they visited relatives. Mw. Nanie Hyman, of New port News is visiting Mrs. T. B. Slade Jr, Mrs. B. B, Sherrod and Mrs. .1. P- Boyle speit Friday in Uocky Mount. Mrs. Everett of Belhaven vis ited Mrs. B. B. Sherrod Jr., last week. Mrs. Mrs. Martha Purvis and daughter Miss Delia have re turned from Salsbury. Miss Blue Belle Everett has returned to her home in Bel haven after visit to her sister, Mrs. B B. Sherrod Jr. Miss Pattie Sherrod left Wed nesday for Raleigh. Willie Sherrod left Tuesday for Chapel Hi" Rev. J h Rogers has returned from Norfolk where he has been or treatment. WE will clean your old gold and silver ware cheap. No scratching. Bring it to, McGow an's store, t-f J. L. Hassell and Co. are tear ing down the oldwood and tin structure across the front of their store and putting up an awning. This will add light to the store and make an attractive ad dition to the looks of it Destruction of Rats Beginning with the week of Sept lfith, the Agricultual Ex tension Service of therState Col lege atid Department of Agricul ture will wage an intensive cam paign, which will be conducted until the first week in November for the destruction of rats and mice in North Carolina In this campaign, it is planned to awak en the people to the great de struct!venesa of these rodents, their utter worthlessness, and the importance of killing them out as a food conservation meas ure. The Extension Service has en listed the active aid of it's coun ty men and women agents out over the State, has received the hearty cooperation of the Food Administration, and will take steps to enlist the support of the Council of Defense in this im portant matter. There win be a period during the nest few weeks when the cribs and warehouses will not be filled with food and feed stuffs, during which time a most active effort is necessary to be made to clean these out. The brown rat is especially destructive in places of this sort, destroying enough food, it is estimated, to pav the entire taxes levied by the State on the farms of North Carolina. North Carolina is not alone in her concern over the destructive ness of these pests, as many campaigns are now being inaugu rated in different states of the Union, all of them trying to do their part in wiping out the ro llouts. The case against the rat may be sumnied up in the state ment that it consumes, annually, the food which it takes 2(H),()(M) men to produce. It also destroys property, increases the (ire risk, and menaces health In speaking of this campaign y«at«rday, Director ft. W. Kil gore of the Agricultural Exten sion Service states that he hopes all people nf the State will look into this matter carefully, devot ing all spare time possible to seeing that the eribs and out bouses are made rat proof, and that as many rats as possible are destroyed by killing, poisuning or trapping. Oak City Mr. and Mrs. Waverlv Holmes, of Norfolk are spending a few days with relatives. Miss Jefferson is spend ing a few days with her brother Mr K. 11. House. Miss Ruth Brown spent last week with Miss Annie Mae Daughtridge. Mesrss. James Templeton, N C Hines, and Misses White and Wilson, of Cary, wore HI town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cary Weeks and family, of Scotland Neck, were the guests of Mr. and N. M. Worsely Sunday. Mius Alma House, of Stokes, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. N M. Worsely. Mr. John T. Ross and wife, of Robersonville, were the guests of Mr and Mrs.'J. 0. Ross dur ing the week end. Miss Dare Daniels returned from a visit to Robersonville last week Miss Helen Everett is visiting Misses Beatrice and Dare Daniels this week Mr. and Mrs. George Council, of Norfolk, are visiting in town. Mr. and Mrs, Willie Eaugh inghouse from Tarboro spent a few days here this week, Mrs. Collins of Kingston spent the week-end with Mr and Mrs. Hyman Etheridge. Miss Esther Allsbrooks from Wilson spent last week with Mrs. R. J. House. Don't forget the day when the law makes us cutoff subscribers behind on subscription--Tucs day Oct. Ist —ASI.U() bill in a plain envelope will be safer If lost we will make good, sencMt along. Stalling s In sad but loving remem) UH of my beloved husband, Uriah Dosia Stallings who departed this life» one year ago today Sept. Kith. 19-17. Oh, dearest, sweetest husband, Since you have passed away, It seems not that it's a year ago - But only yesterday. When e'er we speak your lov ing name Our eyes with tears are wet, Oh husband how I loved you— And love cannot forget. A bitter cup, a shock severe, To part with one I loved so dear. My loss is great, I'll not com plain But trust in God to meet again. By his sad and loving wife Cathe ine Wimberley Stalling^. In loving memory of our loved one, Uriah Dosia StaNings who departed this life one year ago today, Sept Kith 1017, age years. One sail year since you left us, Whom we cherished and loved so dear, ('an we help but feel lonely When we do not see you here? Oh, how sudden was the sum mons When the word came he was dead Time was too short to say fare well, To our deai one beloved so well. A tear within a mothers eye— A mother's breaking heart ('an only twll the agony of llow hard it is to part. We do not know the pain he bore. We did not see him diw We only know his young life fled Before he could say good-bye. My Mr and Mrs. A. F Stall nigs and family. Another Veteran Dead Mr. Jease 15. Peele died Sept. 12th in the same house in which he was born on January 4th. 1K52 making him more than 8(1 years old, hehad livedon thesame farm all his life and always took an active interest in the airairs in the community, Hear Grass, in which he lived. He was stricken with a light stroke of paralysis three years ago but recovered and was in ►Kood health utnil he had the second stroke about live weeks ago, suffering a gr»ut deal from his aflicition but conscious un til the end. Mr. Peele married Miss Mar tha J. Godwin and to them was born seven children, Mrs. Sarah K. Goltrain, Mrs Evaß. Nelson, Messrs. Herbert L)., Hen, Law rence, Oscar and Willie Peele. Mr Peele belonged to the 17th N. G Regiment Go A and fought with a great many other Martin County sons in Virginia around Richmond Petersburg. He belonged to the Primitive Baptist Church at Bear Grass and was one of its faithful mem bers. Rev John N. Rogerson held the funeral services arrutng a host of sorrowing relatives and friends at the home Friday af ternoon, and the interment was made in (he family burying ground. The Williamston Graded and High School opened Monday Sept Kith, with an enrollment of 22 6. We have more pupils than ever before, a magnificent building and a splendid corps of teachers so lets make this the best School year in the history of Williamston. The teachers car't do it alone, they must have the interest and cooperation of the parents. Visit the school and keep in touch with the work of your cbfldren. ? w Afortbtta will fted our Column# » Latah Kay to 1100 Martin Cmatjf Homes Established 1898 | Williamaton Personal ibrary It m VtfAllsbrook. of Tarboro ia in town this week. Mrs. Bettie Gurkin is visitir g in Kearesville. Solomn Orleans is visiting in Washington this week. Mrs. Albert Perry is vistir g relatives in Norlfolk. Klmer Lilley, of Jamesvilii, was in town Monday. Mrs. Lizzie Woodhouae spe .t last week in Seven Springs. T L. Pippen, of Harailb n was in town Wednesday. Mrs. W. S. Haasell, of Jamev ville, was in town Monday. Mrs J. (J. Godard and litt e son spent Monday night i.i Greenville. Miss Ida Orleans is visitir % relatives in Washington th 3 week Clarence W. Proctor, of A? - den, was a visitor in town Sui - day. BHI Peel U. S. N., of Norfoll, is visiting relatives in town tb i week. Miss Musa Kure left Saturday for Louisburg, where she w I enter college Miss Helen Powell, of Pa - mele, ia visiting friends in tow i this week. J Misses Alma Sparks and Si a Leggett spent Sunday in Robe - sonville. Rev. and Mrs. W B Humb e of Elizabeth Town N. C. are vi iting relatives this week. George I). Wynne is at home i few days from ('amp Jackson b> - fore leaving for France. Miss Annie E. Mixell is tie the guest of Mrs. C. D. Carsta - phen on Smithwick Street. Dillon Simpson was in tow a for the week end. He is on tl e tobacco market at Waahingto . Mrs. Harold Clark, of Jackson ville, Fla., is visiting her par ents on Haughton street. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Robera n and children, of Suffolk are visa ing relatives here this week. Misses Virginia Herrick ar d Virginia Jordan left Tuesday f r Raleigh to enter St. Mar. a School Mrs. Lucy Roberson left Thur >- day morning for Raleigh, whe e she will enter King's Busine s College. Mary (J. Watts and Elizabeth Hassell made $1().(M) this we> k for the Junior Red Cross sellii £ j sandwiches. Miss Frances E. Knight let Sunday a. m. for Battlebo o where she has accepted a por tion in the High School. Mrs. Bettie Pope, Misses Am a Pope and Martha Cotton Cra\ - ford znd J. E. Pope matored o Seven Springs for the week. James T. Thomason who is stationed at Camp Gordon ape t a few days in town this wee , with his wife, who has been ve y James Edwin Harrell, Clyc e Anderson and Roland Crawfo d left Tuesday for Raleigh to tale military training at the A. ai d E College. Misees Essie Peele and Dai y Manning, Messrs. Herbert Peel . Ben BarnhiH a d Captain Juli s S. Peele drove to Ro«ky Mou t Sunday for Captain Peele o take the train to Columbia S- The scarcity of cars out Sun day last certainly shows t e Eastern Carolina patriotic spii it to be commendable. Not an at tomobile was seen in this part ».f the country that couldn't give a good excuse for being used. Fire broke out in Stephen Li tham's (a colored man) hou e about nine o'clock Saturd: y night. A crowd rushed to t. e scene but the building could n)t be saved. The town hose cs 't presented a rather ludicrous pi •• ture being slowly dragged to b e fire as the crowd was leavin (. No household effects were sa/- td.