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The Entei >rise
A County Newspap*. published
weekly at the Cou Seat df
Martin l»\
W. C. MANNING, Edit-- & Gvwier
SUBSCRIPTION TXTBE
One Year t oo |
Six MOD the *- .50,
Three Month* ?S
Strictly C*ah In ' itance
K«»*i«1 «t th«- I'M* Oflic/ Vilil«ni«inn.
H. C. M Setoml Cl«»" Mill V. ri
Address all Commur ntion* to
THE ENTHRP" ■>!.,
Wllllamston. C.
FRIDAY. NOVRMHKR H'ls
MUST mm
FOOD XPORTS!
America Culled •» by IMIII
of the War to -vpply
Added Mi ; ions
STILLNKKI)I.- ONOMY
witn the guna In 1 .pe Kllcncol, |
have now to coaslil. now wniiil
fond situation. Hut tl cAn he 11"
but>c that Hie volunip 'iir x
cab be Ughteaed to tl slightest •!«•- I
|TM with the cessuUoi fln »»st 1111 !••»« 1
Millions of people llbi > '1 from the
Prussian yolfe are t ili-pernling 1
upon us for the f»o1 will keep ]
then from starvation.
With food th© Unit Suites innilo 1
tt possible for the fi s of democ
racy to hold out to vie' To Insure
democracy In the worl' . must con
tinue to live simply I 1 ■ I-r thiii tve
may supply those Uho I naUmis .f
Buropo With food. 1 1 iimohj: n
people Inevitably I Is anarchy.
American food munt it i.-ie the woik
of making the world f"i ih IHIM
i«cy.
Last year we cent 11 i.ono tons of
feed to Europe, For 1 present your,
with only th* Kumpein Mes to feed,
we had originally pled ..III'MCIVCS to
• program that wou!> increased
onr exports to 17,f>nn ' HIS NOW.
te feed the liberated •ns, we will
l»»ire to export 11 total ■ ' I less than
SOYOOO.OOO toil H prni II IV tlie limit J
of loading capacity at;- r porta, lie
viewing the world fe, Itiintlon, we ;
find that some foods v .• olitaliinl'le |
In quantities audlelei to meet nil
world needs under 11 of ee>
nomlcul consumption u tl lli.r |
hnnd, there will he irked world
■hortiigea In some Imp -nit coniinoill-
Uca.
Return to Normal cad Loaf.
With the enlarge wheat crop* |
which American farn luivo grown,
and the supplies of A rnlia, the Ar
(entitle and other ni:r IN now ncccs
Bible tb shipping, >• nre I.read
grains enough to enal. iin« nations to
return to their noli . . wheal leaf,
provided we continue mill Hour nt ;
a percentage e v trail Inn and !
molntulirEconomy In .ting and the i
•tpltlanco of waste.
In fats there will he heavy short- j
ago— about 5,000,0n0 •) pounds— In j
pork products, dnln p'OduetH and
vegetable oils. While . re will he a .
ahorPige of about tl ■ million tons
In rich protein feed or dairy ani
muls, there will he i- • cionl .supplies
of other feedstuff* to >w economical
consumption.
In the mutter of I f, the world's
supplies are limited t■ lie capai I'.y of j
Ike a>njlnble refrlgei « ships. The 1
supplies of beef In A 'rulla, the Ar '
gentitie and the I'lilt stales are suf
flcjei I to lo:ii these "There "ill
lie a f hortage in tin .iportlng ci.un-J
tries, LuJ \ve cantic ipe to expand
•xporftlttjtbrliilly I ,ie next months
In vleV "(if the bol ' leek In trans j
portullon.
We will have a *.l ient supply of J
«Ug*r to allow norn.  insinuation In ,
04m ceiißtry If the er nations re
tain their present si • rations or In
rreaae them only s , itly. For the i
ricfi of linropi mvever, to In j
ereuso their presen 1 il.ins to n tmi |
t«Ji.l extent will tin itule our shut'
ion H part of our i . supplies wllh
them.
Twenty Million i» of Food.
Of the world tote North America ,
will furnish more t 1 60 per cent, j
The United States, I idlng the West j
Indies, will be callc. poll to furnish j
20,000,0**1 ions of fi 1 f all kinds ns
compared with our t war exports of ;
abciut o,uoo,t>oo tons
Whfle we will be : •> to change our
program lu many -peels, even a
casual survey of 11 world supplies
In comparison to \vi demands shows
conclusively that 1 'pe will know
famlno unless the noiican people
bring their houiu 1 vutnptlon down
to the barest minimi that will main
tain health and stri h.
Ttiere ure coudlti ■» of famine 1n
Barope that will be yond our power
'to remedy There ; 10,tKl0,0(N) peo-
In North lluss! whom there Is
chance of r> Ulng with food
titf* winter.' Their nusportiilion Is
demoralized In comi te anarchy, and
ahortly many of t: • ports will be
frozen, even If I rnal transport
could be realized.
To Prwaerve /lliiatlon.
At this moment rrnany him not
alone sucked the 1 and animals
from all those ma of people she
has dominated am! ft starving, hut
' ■*"» has left behind r n total wreck
age of sodal lnsi tlous, and this
maae of people Is n Confronted with
absolute anarchy.
If we value our  J safety and t lie J
■octal organization the wcyld, If we
value the preserva >ll of civilization
itself, we cannot pe. ..It growth of tills
cancer in the world vitals.
Famine la the 1 ■ >1 her of anarchy,
ftiom the Inability • 1 governments to
nenre food for t' ir people grows
•woiution char" From an ability
to supply their peot le grows stability
e£ government and he defeat of an
asdiy. Did we pu it on no higher
Uan oyr lo rests In the pro
trtV of opr int. -utlons, we must
la solution of tbia
WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK
| Plymouth, N. C.
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CAPITAL. $ 20.000
SURPLUS AND PROFIT $ 10.000
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\t»Ki II (Aliill IS'AN
MV!.s TESTIMONY;
Mn. Walston Dec !.!.•( •• Her Troti
hlcs Arc (.one .ind Sli*' Has
t. .1 iv, luy .wo I bs. Since I
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ly-l ,vn piiiiin! a.nJ !>•' 'i ro
lieveii of a st»i HHP ;.ml a;. r pri avat •
inn rlieuin itic i* 11 iition llirounli
(| lt . usi' ol Taiilar alli'r oilitT
it'i atiniMit had laiinl In lii'lp Ih'I"
JI or tin.m>l in Ih!I• •t' irln I In' I all
la*' Olli "s at Atlanta. (Jonrnia. '
is re|iiiiiltii'i**! hi'li'w:
' (ii'til'iMiH't,:
|'i is p to ,'pri i' thai I ha vo ,
ta . ji. !':i11 .a', w11 l ' Ihr li" ti|
J stills I s;iil'i epii it'li'iio' pain j
fi'i'itl t'hei.niiitisni ami I' the
(liK'tiir t t'l'iiliiiv' oil 1 l :, f !i \«• j
i til i:itl|s lull joit n i in Iter
I Siinu'iini' tnlil in.' In trv I'm ,
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result Tho lirst liuttli' a vtn.'! •o j
roliovi' tip' so I iv itiiiui'il li.kinu J
lit until I 'vns f*> -.tofeil to !..■:: i , j
and iihh' I f«'«'l like ;• p -i'
1 son I tiavi tali Ml nnly
i tlo.s h > far
i Wi.eti lln nan tisitur tlu- tin d j
■ it'ini* I witnlu'il niilv 1!S potiiiiis
anil I now wciph 1 It* I o'i'" ! - ami
i f cannot say t i T iii'ao.
Vou arc at I i • p. 1 i s !'
this as I w is!; ■ IV 1 .-n!
fp'.s '.it! 'li.'. ..'v ! II
Tail lac.
Uu s rospectfoils,
Mi : I, K Walston
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jp \\ i 1 t;, i ■iMI -»v lie S Iv
liiC'Li ; ' " in U«'s'« . -'"ii
ville by I 1. i' rum: in Has-srii
hv tlio Si'!. Inir\ Supply Co. ati)
in dak Vh\ lr. i! pi -\- llarrrll.
* rrs»«:>—»4a i» sg
J. K. I'OPI
Nolnry I'iihlic
( lili. i. ; M.. t1 p. O • I i! V S u mi;s ,\
Tills! Company
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k H. l». UUiNCH
Ant-'i". Tor
1 Carolina AUtal
,j \\ illiarrißt;>n. N. t' Phone 170
Mrs. Mattie Speller
Denier li»
(IENI3KAL MERCHi\NDiS
Also a fuH wall paper,
'j I'liouf 53 Wllllam«ton, N C
SAVE 16.000.000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING |
Farmers, Urged by Food Administra
tion, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
of Bread for Every American.
Itv adopting elonnor threshing moth
| ods mill li.\ lltcrully combing harvest
fields 1" gut her K iii I n formerly wnst
(>il, tliroshoriiieii and farmers of the
U ill It 1 Suites this y« a r saved full.*
Hi INKI.INKI bushels nf wheat, estimated
i»M •(]iil v nl ■ iit to about seveu one-pound j
loiivi'S of lni'iid fur every person In
tin- nniiilry. This result, accompanied
liy corresponding savings of hurley, .
ontii, rye nml other grains, Is shown hy
reports from !l!l grain slates to the l'. !
I'.ioil Alll II 111 Ist ni I Icm (lllier Hi a ten, j
although not prepared to 1111*111m11 defi
nite Ilgures of coiiKervntlon In the 1
grain llelilM, report greally reduced j
harvest louses.
Thin rural food Having achievement, j
accomplished In scarcely six months' J
lime, wiia In dlreet response to re- j
quests hy the Food Administration, ;
which asked farmers and threshermen I
to reduce harvest losses frinu about j
I ;i>4 per cent; the estimated nverage J
In normal times to tlie lowest possl
i hie minimum. Country grain thresh* j
| liir rommlttees earrled Into every :
I grnlii growing eommunlty the official
I ■'eeouiineiidatlons for accomplishing j
' the results deslrod.
In numerous Instances drivers of
| nick* with leaky bottoms were sent
, from the fields to repair their equip- j
! meld ami frequently had order thresh- j
j 111 y machines were slopped until the j
| cause of waste was removed. Hut In j
proportion to tflie numher of persons |
j engaged In gathWing the nation's grain j
crop, cases of compulsion were com- j
puratlvelv rare. The Vood Aduillila-
I trillion freely ntfrlhutes the success of ,
| t tie i: rn 111 threshing campaign to p«- |
I trlollc service hy gunners, thresher- [
men ami their crews. incidentally I
grain growers of the United States are
many millions of dollars "In pocket"
as a result of the gruln saved.
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.
The mnrvel of our voluntary food
t'livlng, now tlmt we nre "getting re
sults," Is that no one ever actually
stillcred uny hardship from 11; that
jwe . M are heller Iti healtn and spirit
! i;it i In-;tcr satisfied with ourselves be
i:,i,sc .if ot;, trioutiiy self-denial.
I o"i! control In Anierlen held the
price of I) rends tuff» steady, prevented 1
1 vlcli us speculation and extortion and I
preserved tranquillity at home.
| In no other nation Is there so willing
a sense of voluntary self-sacrifice as
i In America that was shown lu the
j abslllieice from wheat.
Find more wheal, It came; more ,
poik; It came; save sugar, It was done. -j
So Americans answered the challenge
of (.icriunn starvation.
flood will rules the new world as
fear governed the old world. Through
sh/frlng food America helps make the
whole world kin. V
\
Food control made sufficiency from
shortage, ki pi the '"ln on food prices,
• gave the It:. ....1 stieugtli exer
cise.
Starvation by Germany challenged
all Jlu' world; food conservation In
( America answered the challenge.
) Food conservation In America has
beeu the triumph ot Individual devo
■ Uon to the.national causa,
LOST.—On Halloween night
one,oblong gold brooch with dia
mond in center. Finder please
return to Mrs. T. R. Gelfeinger
; and receive reward.
We Carry at ail Times a
Complete Stock of
Meialic and Wooden
Burial Caskets
Latest Designs
ANDKRSON,
CRAWFORD & CO.
j HARRISON Hani! COMPANY ,1
Kohl. (i. Harrison (ico. 11. Harrison
1
I OIJR SECOND CAR LOAD L
I '' 1 . f
of I'laycr Pianos left New York last
Monday and should reach us in a
week or ten days. Come in and select
one for a Christmas present for your
wife or daughter.
The soldier boys will be home in a
short while. Nothing will make them
happier than music, Get a piano and
give them a royal welcome when
they arrive
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! Ml HAYNES, SAI.ES MANMitB j
Next !o post office / Williiimston
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r WZ'MWi
ll ■ ■HI II 111 I I LT, I. .
Watts Garage
I lie Only Authorized
mttew
• # r |«M • 4 „
Agency hi WilliiitnHton. Wc* curry a Complete
Sloe It of (icnuine Ford l\irts
Storage Batteries
Repaired and Repaired
Your Ki pnir Work will Reeei\c Prompt
Attention Here
We Sell
Buick Ford and Saxon Cars
Phone 201
\\ illianiston, N. C.
♦
m \ A WORD
YOUNG MEN
Jjk i' wish even man in this town and counr\ could
yflmt I "' '' c k '' ns* starr a ''ark account with us. It would# not meai much to us hut it
MgL, |BS 18C AM' 5 \ tH,r town aiu ' countv could we sav to the world that even vounjr
! ■xT **••"!, - : " ,;m *-" arr ie'«.l a hank account. It would he worth more to the town
7Bsjb It ■ j,'±22( Hi ;•£&' than to adversise we had the greatest college on earth. Young men
J® | come in and let us talk this over with vou.
Farmers and Merchants Bank .
ASS^?jj. OVF ' R $ 8 °0,000.00
•a"-- o. I». CARS • ARPHEN, V-Prcs. GILBERT PEEL. Ass
K- ' v - SALISBURY. V-Pres. TURNER T. GRIMES, Asft. Cashier
C.'>. CARSTARPHEN,Jr. Bookkeeper ALMA SPARKS, Stenographer
' Flowers
For All Occasions
on Short Notice
Especially For Funerals
——.
The Hammond Co., Richmond
Mrs. Martin, Rocky Mount
W. H. GURKIN
Williamsion, N. C.
NOTICE
Under and by virture ot an or
der of the Superior C"Urt of
Martin County made in the Spec
ial proceedings entitled R. S.
Council, et als, ex parte, the
undersigned commissioner will/
on thr ?nrh day of Det;eiqt)gr,
1918, at 11 .o'clock A. M., on the]
the premises of the land herein*
after described and the land form-
Lerly owned bv Bake-r Council near
Oak C'ty. N . C. • offer lor sale to
I the highest bidder fur cash the
!three tracts o! land described as
follows:
Fik-i THAI. 1 : Adjoining the
lands of James H, Hvinan, I-. K.
Brown, et als. beginning at a
s« n 1 g u 111 in the said
('.. 1i ■ I .r.i 11 1 1. K . B .wn s
.11 ...... 1 _ 1 . 1 I dll'A I.
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I • O . 1 11.  . A • J K ;
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It -...id HK nt ' 'in 1 !
Tl'o"i .••> (' 11 • • . ; x:.- i i ■ 1 • w \
made line i>•l\t .1 1. Ihe in ?'• >1 1 111
1 - 1 • ilrgi e.st IJO pi .lo 1.1 a '
lit* lit Wood sf ike 1:1 lll'* M 'III I
Koad. theme along the . 1.«1 road
north 7.' 1-; degteo west 40 pules!
north K_' degrees west ■'"> pules:'
north 53 degrees west poles;
norih 4.' degrees wot Is poles;
to a 1 igthwood stake uti the west
side of the ruad,. the lames K.
Ilvman corner; tlienre his line
along a small drain, south v/ 1-2
degrees west 1-• south ''j
degrees WcM 1-' poles; south 7s
degrees west 50 poles (o a Black
(inlll. the s. 11 I Ilyman s corner!
theme smith 4 degrees west 8K
poles to i 1 iiner maple and gii 111;
theme s 11,tli 15 degrees west 4.4
poles t'i .1 lightwood stump.
Brow n - 1 ii in r; tlienre south 41
poles t.. tin t: si sjati'iti, 1 iitit.un.
Ing ].• .1 •. , in. nc» or less
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We Sell Your Farm, City or .
Th» Atlantic Coast Realty Company I
F, Quick and Profitable Results I
Or' i i. irlliiifr farm, rity and suluirlun property by aiirtinn—that «• know
li w i. c :»foiMzcti l>y the lettcn of appreciation we receive from every one of
i>ur ciieiiti.
Wo CJjcividennd Sell at Auction All Kinds ot Prop
cr'y WiiS Satisfaction to Both Buyer and Seller.
Compete!*/ c ;>p' I v i*h ii efficient corps of publicity experts, accurate
ti ' * «»:ictri a.ul sales force. Our method* have won the confident eof
•»w pui-:".
i/'rile for our representative who will emit to you
c.-it hot ixed to ait. He Mill submit yeu a liberal
{ontra.t. It'e guarantee satisfaction. Our biokiit
plaining our methods will be sent upon request.
FARi«i .iALES OUR SPECIALTY TERRITORY UNLIMITED
ATLANTIC COAST REALTY COMPANY i
The Name that Justifies Your Confidence
PETERSBURG, VA. OFFICES —GREENVILLE, N. C.
Reference: Any Bank in Peferrbtirc. Va. or Greenville, N. C. a
SECOND TRACT Beginning at
I the bridge across the and ifi
said .ii rim' . r .inning
down the canal in SJ..I i •AM h to
the Main run of the swamc; then
up the run of said swamp
poles to F. j, .HarreU's lorner;
thPfiTrtS line' * OTJT+T -y tr -degreei
west 225 poles to a lightwood
stake, said Harrells corner;
thenee north 59 degrees west 11;
pulps to a post oak. aid Hariell's
•corner; thence south 36 degrees
west 58 l-z poles to a stake. Jamee
R. Uyman's corner on the edge
of the Main Ko.nl; then along the
said road to the first station, con
taining 104 1-j acres more or less.
THIKH TKAC 1 Tnat trait ad.
i lining the lands ol |, | Long.
/.r\i Wli 1 teharsl,. the land on
vvhu'i M 1 s w Mi.l H- Harrell lived -
and the lands o* !• S, ('olimil.
• 11 t.I 111 ill g 1/5 a 11s more 1 F IT- ss,
ami K.' AII .is t!IE It —ll land, and
o- 1 it•• :I, s.iiin- 1 ,1 ,1 pur, h.iscd by
I ! S, (*. 11 1 MI ■II rtm 1 1 u x nt Ici •
• IPC IN I' IK K K K , page :>)>,
AND J>11«• • BASED I»v | S, Council
LI'IM () 1 I' L INES. .01, IN uril in
15'iijis K k K,. at page rol
This 1 »;H day ol November,
lvl*.
I>. A. Crill her.
Com missioner
Notice
Having i|ia lifted as executors upou (
the Kstite ol W 11, Hill deceased; Ne
tire l» hereby j(ivc'i to all pr rso n 8 holit
inK claims against said Kstate to pre
seut them t" the uuder«l|(ned for piv
inent 01 m before the l9tli ilav of Nov.
1 /19. or tills notice w 11 be plead in bar
ot receiver).
All [K-rmti* imlebtej to said Fsiat
are requested to make immediate pav
tn -nt
This 19th day of Novemlier, lyiH.
Alexanner Hill
Wm A. Hill
11 21 f" Ktr'-ulrr