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[TOLUME XXn—NUMBER 12
|U NOT TAKE MARTIN
STATE PRIMARY
y In our artice Friday on Represen
tative Moore's Bill to exempt Martin
from the State Wide Primary Law,
we fallowed the publication of the
bill by the state papers which proved
to be an error and the bill should
I have been captioned "Patting: Martin
I County under the State Wide PPrim-
I ary Law"
I We are glad to make thin correction
and to commend Mr. Moore for his
effort to ao clarify the law govern
ing Martin County Primaries. And
that our readers may be felly inform
ed we at* printing** Mil in full as
follows: . (
A bill to be u>li tfi'l ac act to re
peal chapter eight public local laws
1 1917 and amend section 6064 of the
consolidated statutes, placing Martin
Ceunty under the Atate Wide Primary
I Election Law. I
] The General Assembly of North
(Carolina do enact:
\ Section 1. That chapter eight of
«(*• Publir-liOcal Laws of one thous
nd nine hußdered and eaventoea en
ded met relative to the Primary
• election Law of the County of Mar-
J tin. State of "North Carolina, *• fa* and
1 the same is hereby repealed.
{ Section 2. That section six thousand
I fifty-four ef the Consolidated Statut
es be amended by striking out the
word "Martin" In line seven thereof
Section 8. That all laws and clause?
of taws In conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this act shall be In
force from and after Its ratification.
? COTTON MARKETING CAM
PAIGN IS ON
( ' / The sign up campaign for the Cot
I tfcn Growers' Cooperative Marketing
Association is now on, and according
to A. W. Swain, Sec-Treas. of the
N. C.. Division of the American Cot
ton Association, will continue until
I 100 per cent of the cotton growers
1 have signed the marketing contract,
rv A number of Wake County farmer?
. were waiting to sign the new cooper
association contracts when they
vn. frpjn jthr press .and Clnrant*
I Foe, ef the- Progressive Farmer, algn
i ed the fii At one before the printer*.*
Ink was dry.
A life Jong advocate of coopeiative
MhAeting for farm product*, Mr.
j Pee Is acknowledged to lie one of the
jbest informed men on cooperative a
j mong producers in the United States
(He has made a study of the subject
Uu Denmark and ether parts of Eur
frope, as well as havigg followed the
krrowth of the movement in the Unite-
Ptates. He has every confidence lr
the success of the present, or commod l
flp, plan of cooperative marketing of
cVtton which lr based upon the ex
perience of successful cooperative
rmqketiag association of growers or
the PMfk Coast.
-Dr. B, JV. Kil|ror\ Director of the
N. C. A griT-tfltiMfW 'Extension Bervlc
and Experiment signed air
.second contract, while Dr. Joyner,
President of the N. C. Tobacco Grow
traet. A number of leading Wake
County farmers have already signed
•rs, Association, signed the third con
up and the campaign is to be launch
ed in all counties within the next
typ.f—ka.
' The stack law la effective March
15th, e pbrepared. We have Just re
Reived two car toadf of wire fencing,
jriso 1 carload of Ne. 1 Timothy hay,
and 600 bushels of Butt's 90-day- aead
tat?- To be sold cheap, for cash. C.
D. Carstarphen | Co.
LOST: TWO NEW FORD TIREB
i between Williamston aad Roberson
ille. Return to Atlantic Hotel and
*ce!ve SIO.OO reward. 2-22 2'
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"Cooperative marketing"—sound-.
» lot better than "teoaomfc da very,"
—Wy.L.I II 1 ' 1
I® I RAN 11
■jheatiell
K —THURSDAY—
DOROTHY DALTON in
»"THE DARK MIRROR"
K . aad 30c
s •;
/ —FRIDAY—
i Liny Seme* in "The Fly. Cop"
5, ~Z: BENNETT COMEDY—
"UP IN ALPS PLACE"
"Velvet Fingers/ Episode Ne. 12
go aad . 80c
k * AY- :£
. jfe • ROY STIiWART in
"CACTUS CRANDALL"
j| """""totj
THE EN T E RPR IS E
N. C. Hat H
Birth-Rate in U. 5.
Kaleiifh,' N. C., Feb. " 22—North
Carolina now leads the entire United
States with the highest birth rate u>
tha, Union according to statistic? ior
1920 just compiled by the stale Ikoafd
of Health. At the same time this state
has one of the lowent death rute».
Reports during the past year aWjS'
a total of 83,966 births in the Aate,
a fate ef 82.8 per thousand. These
figures do not include the stillMfths,
which amounted to i.1"7l for the yea.
During 1930 every six minutes a
new lifo was born iatq the world;
every fifteen minutes another life
was snapped off. That the birtfrs in
crease in the population of tha state
during the last decade as shown by
the last census figures, for the state
has had little increaua by reason oi
immigration. ~ ,
A comparison for .the past three
years shown the following; 1918 tot'
births 76,176 or rate of Soj6, and total
deaths 42,411 or ratT of 17.6; 1919
total births 69,791 or rate of 29.5,
aad total deaths 80,114 or i#te ef 12.4.
The very high death rate fbr 1918
was caused by the epidemic of influ
ensa, aad this probaoly also accounts
for the lessened rate of bath births
and deaths during the follo#ing year
of 1919. In 1920 the birth rate went
forward considerably while the death
rate shows a difference of only flw
per hundred thousand.
North Carolina has been exroeded
In birth rpte heretofore only Utah
which in 1918 had a rate of 31.9. Th
rate for the entire registration ares
of the country the sama year wa
-24.4. For the same year the death
rfcte fer the *smP anna was m.£.
THE NO FENCE OR STOCK LAW
'T S 1
Many questions are being anked a
hout the operation of the Stock Law
The law as it now stands places Cross
Roads, Goose NestHamilimi and Willi
amston Townships under the No Fenc
law after March 15, 1921. This ws>
done by a vote of the townships ex
cept WinfamrttoTiHiich was placed i
the Stock Law territory "by a niacin
act of the Legislature. The state di"de
No once Law takes I n all other pdrts
of Martin Countv but will not go in
to effect until January 1922. This
means that all the fire tdwnshipr
named above will havw to take nl>
stock after March Ifith and all oilier
parts of the county will have to de
so after January 1, 1922. No line
fences will be required and , those
people living near the townships men
tioned will not be permitted to let
their stock run at large In the *ai'
townships.
MRS. KING EXONERATED
In the investigation of the killing
of C. S. King of Belhaven last week
by his wife, the jury found that Mrs.
King killed her husband In self-de
fense. According to the testimony
King was pursuing his wife with a
club and she was retreating and pleat 1
ing with him t« stop yut he continued
to rush on her, when she shot him
striking hi ft in the knee. He still
pursued her, again she shot him, hit
ting him in the thigh this time, h
continued to rush on her and she fired
the shot that penetrated his earth,
killing him instantly. King was sale
to be drinking. He was considered
cruet and 4angerou« and also had a
wife living in a western state.
Trustee's Sale ef Land ..
I'nder the power of sai>; cont>.in«'d
in a dead of trust executed to me by
J. A- Powell and wife, recprded in
book V-l, page 186, Martin County
Registry, I will sell at the court house
door in Williamston, N. C., at public
suct'on to the highest bidder for cash,
on Tuesday, April 6th, 1921, at 12
o clock, noon, the following described
real estate, to wit:
First tract: Adjoining tha lands
of Moaas Harrell, deceased, Joseph
Harrell aad othera, containing K>
acres, mere or leas, being the tract
ef lead conveyed to T. H. Combs by
Alex H. Smith and Wheeler Martin,
Cenuniasfeawt, by deed recorded to
book FFF, page 300.
Sfecoad tract: Adjoining the lands
ef T. H. Combs, Margaret Staton and
others, containing 60 acres, more or
toss, being the identical tract of la#d
conveyed to T. H. Combs by B. B.
JHowell aad others, by deed recorded
la Book MMM, page 198. --
Said two tracts of land being the
identical lands this day, (January 1,
1918). by T. H. Combs aad Annie
Comba, his wife to thejaaid }. A-
Powell, and reference is hereby made
to all said deeds for a further and
more particular description of said
lands. sMH j
February 28th, 102 T.
W. A. HAST, Trusted.
Just received two carloads wtre
fearing. Be prepared for «e dtfcfr
[law mkm It gees Into effect on the
Wth. Cheap for ea*h. C. D Carstar-
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 1,1921
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY
IS NOT GOOD FOR U&
Times ot prosperity lat* J
ten bad for business. Strange as it
may sound, this stament will appear
very piai aand true upoa .a little con
sideration. We may say.what we pleas
about the business conditions which
have hit the country during the last
two'months, but the real damage was
don* when everybody said that every
thing was lovely-and the goose hung
high. " ft
By the same tokea, this period of
depression - through which • we have
been going has been good for busi
ness. The beat thiag that could have
happened—it did net happen to soon.
Business is on a better basis today
than it was three months ago; it wl'
be on.a better basis neat month than
it weald have been had not a hal
been called.
These are-simple ideas, but they s
worth turning over. .. v ; J
You can *ep the good effects of
poor, business by just looking at the
stores, the corner stores and the big
downtown concerns. It was not long
ago that the ordinary frugal buyer
was somewhat In contempt Clerks
caught tha contagion, of thp profite
ers, and it wks "Byy it or leave it"
almost wherever you went. The mor
ale of salespeople slumped at a ter
rifflc rate, and that is a pretty seri
ous thing for business.
. Not so very long ago the coal mer
chant sat in his office with* the air of
a king dispensing favors. His attitude
in many cases was, "1 do at know
whether I will sell pou are not — I'D
think it over." It was bad for him and
his customers. When any business
man In any line of business becomes
independent of the public, or even
thinks he is, it is a calamity for his
business.
In some industries all that has re
mained for salesmen and manager* to
do during the last few years has been
to take orders and deposits, and a
dopt that air of, "We may let you
have it In aliout months—lf you
deposit enough now." Orders came
without effoit. Cu limner* were doing
ull t'.e rtamm'lnK ami worrying.
Whereas once it was the customei
who fuvored Jhe merchant by dealfn*
him, conditions have changed tan
til it was the merchant who favored
th«? ..customer by selling to him.
Now alf that is Bad for business
MonopJy is bad for business. Profi
teering is bad for business. The lacV
of necessity to hustle is bad for bus!
( ness. Business is never so good an-
sound and healthy as when, like ?
chicken, it must do a certain amount
of scratching for what it gets.
This are coming toj easily. There
w£s a let d&wn ef the principle that
a 4 honest relation ought to obtain
betwqpn values and prices. The public
no longer had to be "catered to."
The** was even a "public be damned'*
attitude in many places.
It was intensely bad for business,
all that kind of prosperity.
But there has come a change. Th«i
| era of rampant prosperity so-calle I
died down. The reckoning-up tim*
came. Customers no longer beseigel
the doors. Indeed, customers have a
memory and they remembered that
In the reyday of trade they were
treated rather cavalierly. Many mer
chants are discovering today that he
was a wise man who was just an
to serve and please his cus
tomers when trade was brisk, as he
is now when trade is a little slow-
The beat point of all I sthat thff
period of slackness Is showing up the
damage which false prosperity did
to business ethics and efficiency. A
rood business is one that can saP
along comfortably in the face of ad
verse gales. Since 1914 almost an
fool could do business. There war
more business to be* done than there
were business devices with which te
do It.—Dearborn Independent.
Mortgagee's Sale of Land
North Carolina, Martin county.
By virtue of tha power of sale
cotnaaied in that certain mortgage
made by William Sylws and wife,
Alice Sykes to S. J. Everett, of date
December 16th, 1017, and recorded ia
book V-l, page 102 of the public reg
iitry of Martin county, I will sell a*
the court house door in Williamson
N. C., at 12:00 noone on Monday, Feb
ruary 28, 1921, to the highest bidder
at public auction, for cash, the fol
lowing described tract of ljmd:
Fifty (50) acres, known as thi
Llghtfoot land, adjoining the lands, of
T. P. Moore on west, Codar .Branch
on South and South cast, aad the-land
of B. D. Davis on east and the public,
roaCon north known as the.MiU*Ne«k
road, It being the landhaaghtof V
% Thi? JO2J *|
Lpcal New• and j
'Personal Mention
*« - •
Mr. Wr M. Sitterxon, Cashier pf the
Bank of Col rain was in town Sunday.
• • • •
Kev. L. C. Lark in is indisposed this
week with LaGrippe. j ■
• • * •
Mesn.it. Frank Haislip, T. B. Slade,
Jr., and Frank Gladstone of Hamilton
war* in tuWfe. ytstsrday.
• • • •
Mr. and Mm. Vance Bunting and
baby of Bethel are visiting Mrs.
Albert Perry this week.
•• • •
Messrs. Marriott Britto and Louis
Horton of Plymouth spent Sunday in
town.
'•• • •
Mr. Robert Everett of Palmyra
•peat Saturday night in town.
• • • •
The two month* old haby of Mr.
and Mrs. George Jenkins of Bocky
Mount Was huried here Friday after
nooA. The child had been ill with
pneumonia for several days before its
decease. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins lived
IS WilKamston before movinK to
itocky Mount.
, WADE MOBLET*
Sunday morning, Wade Mobley, the
elghi-year-old nhn of Mrs. Lent-
Mobley of BetfNGrass township, died
after a six dayr Ulness with inftuenxn
and pneumonia. The child was ap
parently .strong nnd in good health
until the ravafees of the disease, whic
took, his fnther, Mr. Mack Mobley,
ffom him two ydars and a half ago
bora down upon Kim. The funeral am
burial services vt*ro held yesterdaj
afternoon by S. Cowing and
tery right a thoidK
GIVES BIKI inVv. PARTY
vlrgina Ht&i* >n, the ten year oM
daughter of ]kfr. %nd Mrs. I{. G. Har
rison was hostess to about fifty of
the children of the town Friday after
noon fitom four five thirty o'clock,
Her birthday ♦lslhe occasion for the
*estl«Mf.' WashliMon's Birthday fav
ors wJrs given al Jthe guests and the
birthday cake wore t*n lovely red vhit
and blue candles. Ice cream and cake,
peanuts and candies«were servei' dur
ing the afternoon. J
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKER HERE
Mr. J. T. Jerome, of Durham, Sun
day School Field Secretary of the
North Carolina Conference jrave two
very Interesting and Instructive Tec
tures at the Methodist-Episcopal
church Sunday. Mr. Jerome empha
sized the great need of the Sunda>
School and the broad service it might
render the growing generation by
graded work. There was special mil
sic at both services. Mrs. J. S. R'no«les
sang a solo in the morning and Mr
Jordan Ward and Mrs. Rhodes gnve
| a duet at the evening service.
Mr. Jenyne taught school In WII
- fot three years and he hav
, adiarnJuunilber of f Wends who were
'dSfght/d to see him again. He wn.«
tM guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Larkln
while in town.
KEEP WELL!
L Ventilate every room you occupy.
2. Wear loose, porous clothing,
suited to season, weather and occu
pation.
8. If you are an Indoor wotker, be
sura to get recreation in the outdoors
4. Sleep in fresh air always 7in the
open if yuu ean.
. Held a handkerchief before your
mouth and nose when you cough ot
sneete, and insist upon others doing
so, too.
6. Always wash your hands lieforc
eating.
,7. Do not overeat. This applies
especially to meat and eggs.
8. Eat some hard and bulky foodr
soma fruits.
». Eat slowly, chaw thoroughly.
- 10. Drink sufficient water daily.
. 11. Evacuate thoroughly regularly,
15. Stand, sit aad walk erect.
18. Do not allow, poisons and in
fections to antar the body.
14. Keep the teeth, gums and
tongue clean.
18. Work, play, rest and sleep ir
moderation.
16. Keep serene, worry .•«„ th« foe
of health. Sultivate the compatlTtm
ship of your fallow man. 'v
17. Avoid self-drugging. Reware.
the plausible humb»jr, «f the' pateni
medicine fakar.
18. Have your doeto/examine yea
carefully one* a year. Also const#
yonr dentist at regular intervals. 1
«-U. S. Ppblic health Service, Posted
series No. 8. .
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WAM T.TP BT Y DORK. State How
moch_forsale lowest.price.
r HAYWOOD ROGERS, WTOfamH**,
"BUILDING OF HIGHWAY
IS A BIG UNDERTAKING
• #
Saturday, Mr. A. K. Haxton, En
gineer In charge of the Bertie-Martin
County Highway and Assistant En
gineer J, W. Starr took us in a gas
boat four miles up the river aad about
a mile through Little Croek to the
Bertie highland. Here we found a
mite and a quarter of finished dirt
road; ranging anywhere from eight
to twenty-five feet high and about
twenty-one feet wide. A narrow guage
railroad covers this entire road and
is prepared to haul dirt in the re
maining fiH- as soon as the high water
subsides. There are three active dirt
trains and two more waiting to be
put on.
Mr. Haxton has prepared himself
splendidly for the work on hand. The
camp constats of a blacksmith shop,
pumping house, eating and sleeping
quarters. About a dor.en white men
are on the ground all the time. It
is impossible to appreciate the emu
mlty of the project undertaken until
one sees the results obtained and real
ises the task of getting equipment
and supplffes for operation to the
scene. Everything, including coal, is
carried up the river by boat to Spel
lar's Ferry and hauled by truck to
the camp. The Roanoke has been
high since November delaying ser
iously the wrok ori the orad but it is l
estimated that When operations be
gin In full,thenighway will he com
dieted within three months. The trip
was an enjoyable one and the dinner
served by the hosts was an Important
detail after footing it over Conine
Swamp.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED IN FEBRUARY
WHITE
Willie Rogers 23 —Becca Ausbon 20,
L. T. Winberry -23—llertha 'Manning
18,' Taylor 26—Mamie Tay
lor 29, Benjamin F. Lilley—Ruth
Rolierson 18, Luther Nicholson 36
Emma Rogerson 38, Albert Coltrain—
Annie Rogers 26,, Bernard Boulden 20
«r—Susie Rawls 18, Ernest Bunting 21
—Willie Rawls ltl,-Frank M. Sexton
W—Lillie B. Hardison 26, Carl Bui
nock 22 —Geneva Edmondson 19, Bis
coe Biggs 32—Eula Manning 28, C.
Slwon Corey 18-" Ethel Mae Cox 18,
Thomas U. Rawls 46—I.ydia Wilson
39, Willie Taylor Stinnette 26—Vir
ginia Dare Casper 81, Clarancc Wal
■ lace 2.1 Allen Sexton 21.
COLORED
William Adkins Cross 21—Idell
Wiggins 18, John Bell Boston 22
lassie Outerbridge 21, Willie Bonds
22—nancy Moore 20, Dennis L. An
thony 22—Lillian Wilks 18, Willie
Moore 21—Elsie Savage 22, Jesse
I Everett 27-rßosa Bonner 22, Robert
Danniel 29 —Fannie Felton 24, Alonr.n
Grimes 26—Henrietta Yarrell 19,j
Joseph Staton 22—Mary Hill Everett
18, Richard Smith 63—Philli* Willi
ams 41, Haywood Bond 29—Mary
Eliza Mabry 19, John Roberts 20—
Sudie Grimes 18, I>ee Davis—Minnie
Jones 17, Johnnie Rhodes 22—Mag
nolia Bonner 20, lister Dawson 23
Beulah Fleetwood 16.
LITERARY SOCIETY
The Athenian Literary Society met
Wednesday night, February 23, 1921,
in thflr school auditorium. Jhc presi
dent called the meeting to order. The
secretary called the roll and read the
minutes of the last meeting which
were approved. The chaplain then
read the scripture and led the society
in prayer. A« the various committee*
had no reports to make the business
part of the meeting was taken up. It
was suggested and decided that the
society should have a fine for thos«
not attending the society without a
sufficient excuse and for thosa not
participating in the programme when
ther are on the programme. Misses
Margaret Everett, Elisabeth Hurras,
Lyda Cooke, and Sarah Harrell were
appointed as a committee to attend
to the excused and unexcutied absen
ces. Mrs. White, Mrs. Harrell, Miss
Martha C. Crawford, Misn Elizabeth
Burras, and Miss Johnson were ap
pointed to draw up a new constitu
tion for the society by the next meet
ing. The fallowing programme was
isndared and ployed:
Song Stafftfifagled Br.nnrr—Socie
& i i .
' yketeh —Pattle Harris.
in Longfellow Minnie
Quarts All through the light.
Soldiers Chorus—High School Chor
further buslnoni
' EflpffS ARRISON, Secretary.
IC
This Year to be
"Quality Year"
(By Julius Peel)
One of the brightest hopes for a re
tum of prosperity to the people of
Martin county is the new attitude to
words farming taken by the planters.
Heretofore, we have been careless
in our production, with a mad scram
ble for quantity, regardless of cost.
Tobacco has been overproced in quan
tity and under produced in quality,
the name Is true of peanuts and cotton
Such large crops have been .rained
that the harvesting has been decidedly
mismanaged. Peanuts have been al
lowed to decay after being dug; cot
ton has been exposed to the weather
and deteriorated considerably after be
ing ginned; tobacco was left untopped
and allowed to grow rampant, with
out regard to body thickness or purity.
But all this will soon be a dull mem
ory, for every farmer whom I have
talked with say* they are going to
plant less money crop this year and
devote more time to better crops; and
also raise plenty of hog ami hom
iny.
With this resolution carried out,
there is no reason why the Martin
County farmer Bhould not be the most
prosperous cultivator there is, Na
ture sas provided us with much mow
aids to living than in most parts n
the United States, and good faro
land today in Martin county at
per acre is a great deal cheaper that
it) the entire Western states com par
ing same by production value.
All aboard for a quality year, and
then next Fall we can put aside nom
money for a savings account. Hoot
fertilizers are not worth hauling out
of town; poor crop seed the same; s
how can the fanner expect poor
grades of peanuts or tobacco or cottor
to be worth anything. Don't plant so
much you cant properly harvext it
and dont plant 80 much you can't
properly cultivate it. There is one
section of Martin county where per
sonal attention to farming iias been"
their motto, and today thisJiection ol
the County is supporting financially
then entire other part. A little more
book farming would not hurt the gro\i
er. Figure up the interest' on yoi ( •
land, the co.t of fertiliser, the cos'
of labor, the cost of harvesting, an
try to stay within your cost estimate
and if you find you cannot raise your
to sell at a profit for thirte
or fourteen cents a pound, your In"
bacco for n profit at an average ol
twenty five cents a pound, and pea
nuts at an average of 5 cents a pound
then you hail better do some mot'
figuring, or e*le put your .-.quality ef
forts away up high, and turn bacl
your lower grades onto your farm f»
fertilizer.
A BRUTAL MI'RDEK
Saturday morning about eight o'-
elaek, Mr. E. G. Worthington, a mer
chant of Washington was found wit l
his skull crushed and badly beaten am
bruised otherwise, from which he died
in the late afternoon of the same day
Mr. Worthington had not long been
in business in Washington, havim
gone there from Greenville, where hi
family) still live*, lie slept in hi
store, had built a fire, placed thin'"
in order for the mornings' trade, had
several cusomers and soon after eift
o'clock a small boy who was takinp
his breakffcttyto him found the front
door barred and bad to go to the bac'
door to enter. He found Mr. Wuit
ington behind the counter In a pool;
and it was found that money drawet
were broken open and things all about
that store ransacked. It is thought
that he had about $600.00' in cash In
the store and there is no doubt but
that robbery was the cause of the
tragedy. No clue,has been discovered
connecting anyone with the crime and
the police are still investigating. It
is thought that the Beaufort County
authorities and the Governor will each
offer (j* suitable reward for the mulf
dererJobber, . 1
H you want good fertilizer, and (ft
the right prices, dAn't fail to see Laf.
lie Fowden. .
966 will break a Cold, Fever and
Qrippa quicker than anything we
know, preventing pneumonia.
Z 4
"WANTED—A representative in Mar
tin County, one capable of securing
business. Past experience no(| abso
lutely necessary. Designs and aawylps
furnished. Good commission. :
I Address—
DEES MONUMENT WORK#
Greenville, N. C.
TWO HOUBES FOR REMT: withj
six and seven rooms each. Goad n»rJ
ter. Electric lights. Houses la good
location in the, town of
N. C. For farther Inform
to A. R. Dunning, WllHnmstop, N. C.
W T. W.
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ESTABLISHED 1898
DECLARATION OF INDE
fLNUtNCE FOR FAKMLR
ih« Peanut (..rower; Association
lias sent air. J. t rank Fooshe to or
ganize Mtuun County tor the purpose
ol taking tare e£ Ha peanut crop.
Mr. fcoosue now ,'secretary-Manager
of the Exchange wngjyr a number of
j earj connected v. itn Ine Progre&aivo
farmer ot HaieigK but at toe time
of taking up litis work in was
Director oi cite V trginian Division of
.Market*. Otheln helping in the Mar
tin County canvass ure i". E. Waldrey
who lot several ) ears was an officer
of the Farm Lout Bank, Messrs A.
C. Lyon and b'% V. Shelfcon both of
whom have been County Demonstra
tiun Agents and connected with other
farm work, are thoroughly nwore of
the disadvantage* the fanners have
in marketing their crops and are in
a position to render much valuable
assistance to'the farmers.
Mr. O. F. MeCreary and E. W.
tiaither, District. Agents are also as
sisting in the jmrrk as representatives
of the Extension Division.
The Exchange has the unrestricted
endorsement of the Agricultural De
partments of both Virginia and North
Carolina. The farmer* have for many
years realized that they are slaves. It
is hard to l'ind one whq has ever
heard one word to say about the
price of his peanuts, tut*acco, cotton.-
All the farmer does is to say "what
will you give me?" And yet ft would
be the easiest thing in the world for
them to say " I will take such a price
for these commodities" if they will
I organize. The farmer does not
know who eats his peanuts nor does
I the fellow who eats them know the
farmer who raises them but one fact
remains, the man who eats them pays
a high price .and the who
I raises them gets a low price. The
speculator has always been smart e
uough to know the farmer and hold
i him with one hand, and at the same
time know the consumer and hold •**-
him with the other, so if the organi
-1 zation is completed it will mean a
complete emancipation for the farmer
and the speculator is the principal
fighter of thj work. —»• .•«.
1 About thirty-seven hundred farm
ers have, id ready signed up and It
Martin County comes across as she
should it assures the success of the
organization aud will mean more for
the ji'.'iimit industry than anything
ever undertaken by the peanut grow
ers. Our farmers* have been "bit" so
many times by sharks they are hard
to move and because of the number
-of ye+»r- -I'ui- wliu: h they have i,u_sign
lip they ore u little ciiutjocs but If
they will remember that the contract
they are called on to sign only goes
over a period of seven years and that
it is with their own fellow men they
I are, dealing, men with tho same In
terest as themselves, when the farm
[ er remembers that he has lieen in the
hands of the speculator all his life,
can he see any danger in lining up
with his neighbors and friends for a
period? Or will it be better for him
to go en in the same old way and bo
pilfered and gouged by the speculator
j all his daysi Remember It is the specu
lator who is fighting the farmers or
ganization. We would not for u mom
ent fight the speculator and many of
them are just as good people as ever
lived but why should the farmer feed
him when he can get better prices'
without him If they will organize..
This method of organization origi
nated with farmers in California and
has proven so satifactory to them
that they would not think of abandon
ing It- The cotton and tobacco farm- {
era are now undertaking Just such tf
an organization each of which is be
ing led by the best people of the ■*.
South. Farmers! You cannot afford
to pass by (Tie opportunity to organ
ize and Wberf organized you fix the
price on your tobacco, cotton and pea
nuts. ~
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by vixtoe of the author
till!!, to the undersigned trustee by
John Uespftss, Jr., undtwlfe, laila Re*- .stfK
pass, and of record injthe public rag-
Ntry of Martin counter in book U-l '|3
at page 376, to secure the payment J
of certain Immliftjtiveen date and ten-£jg
or therewith, and ife. stipulations in 1
said deed of trust not having been 1
complied with, and at tho request of
the parties interested the undersigned
trustee will on Monday the 4th day ef I
Mri\, 1921, at the court
in the town of Williamston, N. C, I
12 o'clock, M., offer at public ante to I
le highest bidder for cash, the
fig deserted real estate. jjM
. Being the san.r»
"ate on W#st Elm
N. C., that (to
by W. H. Williams and ■
recently conveyed tutdfl
December 10th, IMI, J
and others to John JNjfl