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> OLU^HPXII—NUMBER 36
CHAUTAUQUA MAKES
A BIG nil WITH lii>
UPtNlftU ri\UuKAi¥lJ
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taUi,ua ."SJLU . ,t::y al*ln .ll : 1 ii.._V eIIJOJ - !
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l'ovla..', butn a.uiilo.'U .ami night, , •
the in.-,i ,'.i ,ii. iiv i - give conex'it. HI
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in iiii.-a Chancellor lii.* i.oi'ii.
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ly 'iilj^-cnl in |iK»«lut aim
fui thf 1 r«'idc'llilU»if«l. 11l IMI\ % I.
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la t nann d i\troui« , l\ n. 111-1«• i \ \
makei .> all.
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H' i.n -.lu tr.fii akin* * ai ■ !
admitltd it. I'll.lane l»i.-t«.»y aIM-uu i
in inrnient- mul
ci wutc- "I I iui ■>. l'an|nmi , an
tin ir , U> l..ft'l'ls vil*ll Willi I.iu* U Il.lt lie* I I
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staiui', soakcil Kuini"' m lilixnl air*l H J
Cx*nil) (ioi 111;111>, tnumnh tl- nili'i
il tin wui'ul in twi
iUgl.l lie it' al l.oim* Im* H«'|itililu;.*
pail.. . 11;11■ I '• L the "l,i*.iy«.>*
trona" so lii I a- tlsi'v are i oiiivi in i! I
.
lci vinn 11ii11litn11 v ni.: n tl.i \*. i ii .ii. | (
sea al II .o. t \ t ' an i>a i I li.il _
hi.itoi} uml I**"-. ..* nuiiianit; j
must |i.i\ Hi ' ( 1 1 ii' l *.
It* im iai U "II t N.it 11II111 :ui■ t, H.I
flurvivi-il. It's wuriilerlul tliat ue -t'h
exi.-t. While we marvel at tin* won
der.s of nature ami our poiul.ar o.
toIV.-*. rouple'l v. It'll |ifliii' anrc nml .•
fishnrs. , we lieh&W- iti—lnnmimiy 1 ft 'l*
sire for anil an Ji - iea uif
int*rte —to twu- «~l .ii - ui t lie, iniik ■ i. l l—
which otl.erp founilcreil, an I 1
er ln we approarh tie iiteal- of 11 i 1
who said "I'eiife on earth, pootl • 1
towarils ma: ."
J. T .M. I Ktl ,
Ap*x, N. r.
| Q THAN II 1
|j THEATRE LI I
—1 RID.iV—
HAROLD LLOYD in
UK KASTERN WESTI. :\i:ir
SENNETT COMr.uY—
"OFFICER t l l'ID"
"Thinulerbplt Jack"—Episode 0
20c * and-- :1..e
.... - - j.
—SATURDAY —
ROY STJtWART in
"1 HE SIUENT RIDER"
ROI.IN cnw:iiY
"ANY OLI' TORT" -
20c and 30c
THE ENTERPRISE
HAKVEYS APPOINTMENT
WAS A GREAT BLUNDER !
I'lesident 1 laming has done noth
ing iime his inauguration that will
piove a floater curse to hini-ell, the
Kepuhliran party, the American peo
ple and Humanity than the appoint
ment ul. lieoriro Harvey to the l>iplo
matic courts of (ireat liritain.
JV*ihap> one of the clifef reason: i
why he was .-elected \va> to rehfil.i
Woodrow U ii.-on. We preditt, how
ever, that Mi. liai diiiK will take a
new and bioaifer view o, the xtuatien
later, lie will recognize that Wood
low Wii-on \,j>' 11111 ■i. cutting liini
'•li 100.-e I rill■ i l.'c mill'lull*' w uen lie
threw Harvey overboard. President
HardiiiK may llua ...in.elf c 1 r:.:*n*il in
the mil 1; t * 'tie ;ind n..i \ I c cai 1 U'd d"v> n
with it. the piiiicipal tronlile
llaiM'y i> mat lie is too vile to .keep
ois o.wi in -t cli an; \io.iiii""v W I 11
saw thut and kicked linn olf the lie-1
:Inl ■! 1. 1 v. in linn tie same
hut aiu , hi' may he too late, lie has
.i iiiili platen I.nil ill liaine s. he has
i;i\en liiiii the reins, In; lias placed ill
i.i hand the opportunity-to open his
\ile iimulii ami empty it \ 1 l.e fioi'son
■ ii IK 'inanity and lal-A >*t Lie' poitnui
'of tie Anieiican peiipie. 11 N tijtter
-111 .s ia .0 inteii.e Uiat it la suhject
111 lead t. - into tiouhle with even mil
tie. t 11 letnl.
When Mi Harding einbraced tieeiee
• llaney, he pi I hllp- did Hot know that
he was taking to his hn-oin a fn-inl
that was ilytnjf witii the h-pio >
hate, and inli ted w.th tin ti.mli*
nr I .imp —I tell. K»rt —IWV —I" I Imp—lu^
*ei - I'n- I. pi 11. \ ill air It I 1 . mil
. mi.inn tin* her t Mical ul' hi "pl..t I' i m
~1, , ; lie It. II ill 1111 hull! lit pnlitica-l
camp. Katller than aliu.o Ml. Ilaic
uu*. hmi lei 11 M\ 111 k on Jn
hand- -urli a charncter as Hanry.
, l |Y| AIIM i:Ml,\ I \ I I 111 N IT i
The follow invitation and pio
ra 11. 1H t.ii lecen id. Iroin lin 11 >
I « ..I,
The Senior  las■ m
I'limty ('ollei'i'
! 1 ei_| .. 1 l In- honor of \ i'UI pi 1 * lice
at the exercises «>f
i oininenceinclit Week
June fifth to eighth
inn. teen liundieil and tweiiti . n*
Ilu I'liam, N. t'.'
I'lo^riini
>uni|.i> June 5, S.;in I' M . Ilacca
! laureate a.l.lie |ti- hop I lian, \al
entine I>aiimntoii,' 11. !•-, Huntinifl'oii.
W Va.
Mm.day , June (i, s,'.'So I'. M. t.i-.nl
u;rtiutr Orations.
;i : .|, r i to 1I : I'l IV M lieei plioii in
..1 ■( i roil nut 1111* (la . .
Tue-dav. June 7, 11:11" A. M I lac
1 calaur#nte .Sermon, the Keveiend Jo
M*pll l£o-s Stel'i nsoii, 1.1. I'.. I'l nice
ton. N. J.
1 ;iili I*. M Alumni and Alumnae
I>i IIIK' 1 .
h::(ll I'. M. AIU ill 111 Eve 1 else,-; ad
; die-, I'.ti|fi'lie Clyde lilooks, l.f. I 1
'.if It'ai, Ix* h, N. I'
W'edne day, June si, II:"" A M.
- t'oiniiieiif eiiuait ni Id re -, the llmjoi
1 aide (iilln rt Mom II llilchcoek, Omaha
: Nell.
i  oiifen niKjy.f degrees.
NOTIt I *OI SALE
1 mler and 1" \ . tue of the autl." ■
II , ci. it 11 ■ 1 red ii./-' .1' ' '■ a' i'i* Ita 1 n ■lt 1 ■
'joj t.ii t executed hy J. I > *iu\ al.' 1
' wife, l-'annift S. Cray, en the Ist dav
of Alll iI, l!.2(l, and id' record a Mai
liii connt >* 1 ei'i try in hook A 'i at
(tape I'JIF., said deeil 61 trust ecui
iritf certairi honds of even date there
with, and stipulations therein/lot hav
inp heen complied with, I will evpo e
ti> [nil lie auction to the highest hid
der for cash, at the court house diioi
in Willianiston, N ' . at 12 o clock
on the 1 f»lli"day "f June 1921, the fol
• iowint/-'di sci ihed property:
1 the enmer of A. liaß
[ley's lot on Smithwick street'and run
ninp with said Hapley s line noith
w'ard 105 feet to a wire, fence; tln nce
| alonfC Raid fence to a Inancli, Mrs
I Smith's line, OK r eH; thence op sa(n
Inancli to Smithwii'k street, inn feet,
::''irv !'■ ' 1 1 feet to the
heginninx and containing 1 fi of an
acre, more or h*««, heinj.* the saint'
I hind purchased of J. H. 11. Knight by
j J. I). Gray, which i* of record
jtin county public registry in hook 1 1
1 page 4"8.
day of May, 1921.
B. DI KE CRITCHER, Trustee.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having C|ualified as executor of the
estate of I . M. Martin, lato of the
county of Martin, all persons indebted
to said estate are hereby notified to
I r.ouie forward and settle same at once.
j Al pfTaons holding claims i.hi''
id estate will present same for pay
ment on or liefore April 9. l!>22j or
this notice will* be plead in bir of
their recovery.
This the (.tli dav of. April, 1921.
11. L. JSRiTTON, Executor
r—T
CHAUTAUQUA
1 ~ ; MAY 21 TO MAY 26 /
WilJiainston. Martin County North Carolina,Tuesday, May 24th, 1921
NORTH CAROLINA HAS I.
LARGE NUMBER BLIND
Atlanta, (lu., May 21. In the SuitijT
of North Carolina live I of tlie .«I
. 2 blind people ol the I lilted tates. J
accorditiK to limlies y i,\ en '.out by the
Southern hea4i;«iarjers for the Com '
inittee for l.iirhti oilse- for the lllitnij
here toilay. N'oitn Carolina ranks til
teenth aiilotiK 1 1 ■*' -19 -states listed ac
cording to blind persons per IIKI.IMHI
population an I 01 the above numiier,
tKil are white and t!2i'! negroes; ;c_".'
of the white sare native horn and 2
uneit: II burn, lei !; u tn- -how that
there are now 27:» blind p* i on- ben:.:
cared for in North Carolina in iitu
t ions.
The committe foi liuhthouse- loi
tlie blind of whii'li I'lesident Warren
1: l!.,r.hnn is honotary cliaii nian, wa- ,
C'IUIHI. A \ew York 1 ' yeai - aeo
b\ Ml- 'mi-led llolt. Sever..
"1.1 il4l a 1 u -e.-" :ls t lie\ are called (
places of instruction I'm blind person.-
to 1 liable them to become sell sup |
porting and to provide broader and
more reimmei at iv !•'lield- ol laboi
were e- ta-lilished at-that time, undei.
Mi llolt'-. direction. They proved
so .• •ci'c sful that now be, lit hmi .• ai 1 j
I'unciiottint' in Italy and Fiance. Plan- i
uie now under v\av for I'Vteii.luiK tin
"United States so that blind peoph
e el,\ where Will be assisted. Spoti-01
ed and supported by soine ol the ivreat
est national lixrht -- -in finance, indu
v 1 v and politics, the Coinniiltee i - a
In ul to. launch an appeal
le '!f2,olMl,(MMr with Which to broaden
m- 1 e*i I i'"d ibe scope of it wolk at
home. Contributions may be addie
i d to l.ewi- 1.. ( larke, trea.-uier, t •
eittee for I .it'lit'liouses for the lli.ird
.11 mist I'i ft \ Ninth treet. New -Y oik
11 > .-
\monif otliei niteie-tiliu: data con
l.eni'd ill the t 'oinmit tee' tate.e. Ml
'le blind I: the tact tha. I
,'i |, a*; Ive. t mat I'd ill tin -1 mm
fry. 1,900 of that number wen* 'inn
without sight. Of the total blind pop
illation in America, T.'JTli are earning
tht'ir own Imiig; A7s;s are white am
t.l'.i.'t The above ligui''- in
elude all sightle • pel oil ' *ai'l 1,I!\
making their own way independent 01,
others," who-e vocations vary from
tint el a 1: t icu It 11 ra Ii st to tore clerk
ami clergyman.
LOL MI HE M» IN UEH
Sund.i .i' iTniriiing' when Mis. J. I!.
Anthony' awoke she found her liu
hand cold in death. Mr. Anthony luu
always been a very- healthy man all.l
wl|ethe,i he died from heart trouble,
apoplexy, acute indigestion or soon
.illn , lan e 1- not known. I!ut lie w'u
appaientlv in , good bealtTi wTTen Til
went to bed the night before,-whirl
was rather late, .'is he remained u 1
... |*ive hi wife, who wa- sick, niedi
c'ine. When she had gone to slee|
he vvrnt to bed and nothing more i.-
I now 11 until liis Mife.awoke and touii'l
AI !I UL.
Mr. Anthony was about (12 year oh
||, i'ii.d Mi 1.111 a I .lad-tone, win
with three cli lid len -urvive lillll. They
ale Mr. (iladslone Anthoiiy of lloh
good, Mrs. Mary llarii-on and Mi,,
Annie Autliony oT Hamilton.
The funeral was citfiiliu toil by Rev
Henderson of the I'.apti-t church 11
Rev. -Clark of the Episcopal cliurm
\() L L( E OF S \I.E
1 1 id. 1 nml I vll tue of I lie aid hor
II \ conferred in me, by a certain deed
of trust, executed by J . YV. Ilriley on
ml day of Januarj. 191-1, and of rec
oil! in Maitin County registry in TIOOK
I) I, page 111, said deed ol 11 net e
11111111* ci itji'n bonds of even date
therewith, and flu- stiputatfoTts there
ni not having-been complied with, I
will, expose to public auction to tin
lug-hest bidder for cash, at the court
bote e door it) W illianiston, N. ( ~ al
12 o'clock M., the Kith day of June,
1921, the following described prop
erty :
Beginning at Heaver Dam Swamp
at t i ,tj Wild Cat Road, running thenee
a nortlrwestetly course 111> the load
- -to.. » KllOll rawed pine ui front o
tenant house, Simpson K Peel corner,
thence a southwesterly eoue.«e to a
forked tree, Burroughs, Simpson and
Peel corner, thence a southwesterly
course up a branch to a post oak, Bur
roughs and Simpson line, thence »
straight line to Bear Crass road, Bur
roughs and Simpson line, thence a
southwesterly coarse to the A. ('. L.
railroad, thence down said railroad to
Beaver Dam Swamp, thenee down
falil swamp to the beginning, con
taining 220 acres, more or less. Be
•irig the same land this day sold to J
W. Ilriley by Johh l>. Simpson. —»—rr
Tiiii 1 titb day of May, 1921.
' S. A. NEWELT*. I'i
Nf/ricr.
I have took up on; steer, yellow.'
white and red spot-ted, crop in riglr
ear. Owner wil please I'omo, foi same
Cli AS. M. BEACHAM,
: Williamston, N. C., R. F. D. No. 1
, neaf" Macedonia church.
Local News and
Personal Mention
«» * • * «
Mix. I'lank llitch arrived l'ritla) to
join her husband who will ho located
hero. They will ionic at the Hutt
Hotel for .some time.
* » » •
Mr. and Mis. I . I;. Harrison, Mrs.
tirovor llardison ami little daughter,
kathormo anil Mi>s hssie I'eel ir
Uirned Sunday ivciniii; from Peters
burg.
♦ » » ♦
Mi> Auna Loll Green -pent the
week end in town with Mr . Inn. W.
.Manning.
» • • «
>
Messrs. James ami \\ . I' Manning,
\
Jr., ai riveil >esterda> horn I'ai m*ille,
where they attended a house part*
at tin' home of .Miss Nell Moye.
» • • •
Mr. (Inner \\. Ilardl-on returned
I'roin I'loiida Silt 11 it Ia > alter spend
illK several **eeks theie on a hu>ini■-
trip.
* • * •
Miss Sullie lito**ll 1. * 1 ,11111 u he 1
sister. Mr-". I l '. M Sliute in Unauokc
Rapid'.. I l '(.lends of Ml . Sliule \,*ill
he glad to know 111: "t I -he i icciimi
ing rapidly frojn an operation for ap
pondicitis. .
Yon call now buy omr kodak and
■ upp'hei right hole in -\\ ifhaniston
See J. \ I eggctt - ad on the hark
page.
Mos.-rs. Jos. Kali* and llelii'y liar
of Palmyra aie m town tod.i
attending, the road meeting.
* • * •
Ma. Ii r Stuart 1 and Harvey
IJohersonare \ 1 11111 Chief t'. I''. Pago
tills week.
Ml. lioheiT Slade id U eldoii ** a a
liusini" s visitor here la t week.
Miss Irene Smith 1 expected home
this week fioni Raleigh. She return
eil li* way of Norfolk to do OHIO shop
ping.
Ml. ami Mi.-., t'. I! SoeelnlV are 111
Greenville this week.
* * * •
Mi. I leu r \ O. lairiy, Ldinoii'd I'. nil*
Joseph Kaily, Unbelt I'.* e let t and II
tHarrington of Palmyra were 11
town today attending the Inch**,
meeting.
• • • •
Mr. I. J. Havenpoit. John l.*an
. 111 I (i ill el 11 Sulll* .111 ol dak 'it. ;..i
tn In** 11 (inlay attending the road ic
ing.
Ml. 1.. \. Liggett and I k 'M.
,f ?T- iie.ooii SvTo 111 10U li I l d.IV nf
lending the mad meeting.
* * * .*
Ml.. \V. I I 'a* is, Many Wuln
111 I ollg, Ml. Reuben Lllliuindsnll
Mr,. I Ik .Slaile Mi, (). I Lvorett, Mi
I- rarik ll&isiip, l> G. Matthew ,an
Mr I 'it Ihivenpoit of Hamilton we
111 InWII toila* alii tilling 111 email mis
Illy.
si'i.t 1 \i. MI 1.1 I\g ll Mm hTTI:
(i.i 11
Them will lie a very important luce
inn of the Mother's ( lull and the I' .■
eid I eai liei..' A oelalion at I in- 1 Inn
and it in ium Saluiday allernnoii at h.
o'elnek. The sen etarj 1 e|ii t « tl a
eierj men die r of the Mother's ('lul
hilling tliei 1 due.- In tlii meeting *'. 1 1 ■
oul fail.
'I lie President ha some *ery impoi
tarit matters to bring Tiofnro the Clu!
for their consideration and it i vet \
us. eiftTal that eve.iy mineher allelic
J.OUK I'. M Al! I I '
IIt(iAMZVHOV Mil VI.I « 44\.
PLFTID
r
The Farmers Peanut Kvchuiige ha
not yet secured rullieicnl signoi I■
put the proposition over.
No movement undertaken by 111 •
peanut growers is "of so much im
pnrtanee. livery local canvasser diouc
push thu Nign-l'p Campaign, ipinl.l
arid vigorously.
Ihe Fanners cannot alloid to le
.luclian imporiaTTt matter dir TV"
members in Martin count;. ■ plea
Ul've 1 your neighbo Ito .-I gn. I'll
the movement as hard as >Oll ran'fie
it has already caused peanuts to ad
vance about a cent in price.
HLKTIF HKLKGATION I.AlttiK
Thin morning at the appointed hou
the Highway train took aboard forty
eight of liertie, North Carolina'!-. Hi
citizens, made up of fai'mers, lite
chants, lawyers politicians-, etc.
This party was headed by our sum
(fiend. Flatlets I). Winston, whir i
living his life that others may liavi
blMminffK IhkiW aUurnlarifty. MmeH!
such men are nets|e4 in 'be worh
today. .
HUH - M* - TISM
■Fh a powerful Anlinfiilic and P-iii
killer, rures in feclcd cuts, old sir 1
tetter, atv Keileva* Sprain*, Neural
gia, li'.ijjmotigm. «.
WEEKLY NEWS LEHER i
FROM STATE CAPITAL
ot.-pvcial to the l.nterpn-ei
Kaieiuh, N. C., May IV. flu- Ad ,
julani Cteneral's otlice was keenly yi 1
ii ie>u - il 111 tlie verdict gi*en hy a ,
Davidson jury against Col.
■I. I. tiardner, fiT Shelby, a damage-
Inr luinilliatlon sullered h* a pi n ate.
named 'Allen who ** a - ordered "jug ,
'| l 'luring the riot in Charlotte when ,
I'le.oleut Wilson Wlict there.
11 the ease 1 sajipealed, and it 1 .
1 \ peel ed here that it will he, Attor- |
in , deiieial Manning fill appear lie ,
line the Supreme Court Willi Colonel
(■..Killer's cou.-el. Tho \ lew. of the de
p.iranenl) hero Is that disiipliiii' ol
iinilornnd men within the guard 1-
..t -take il the *enhct against Colonel
liaidiiei stands.,
1 I mil leport.s of tin' ca-e recei*i*l
aeie, a pi i* ate named Allen wont to
( liai lotto with tho Lexington corupanv
■ o uatl 111 t receiv ed a di.M'hargo .11'oni |
tin I nited States Aim* and when 1111
lakeit lor a militia man lie was tn
a* led to join the company. Refusing,
on.m i (lanltier urdored his arrest
and . mearcei at 1011. lie hiought slid
Im ilaiuaee,, alleging and provim:
lU.. I-J ir luu I heeip thschaiged
lh.it In had heeii thschargt'd and w a
"'I. -iiictl* -peaking, amenable In
111111 1.11 \ regulation ~ The tlepai tinent
here litdds that so long a- he wme,
Ihe I lilted States A 1 niy uniform, the
natural pie uniptiun, and a reasonable
one, *wi -that lie wa 111 sei \ n.'e 'and
in si'i*ue with the Lexington com
pany since lie was loitering with tin
I'Utt'U. ITIO case IV fXpected to come
in the Supreme court, although tin
idjatant general has nof liceii advised
id Colonel liariliier's intention to ap
peal.
t a e ol Life or Heath
Attoinejs I'hiunas A. Jones.and
I'rank t'al ter, id' Ashe* die, are in
lialiegh til lie present when tin 1 appeal
in tho J. T. Harris case c'uines up be
fore tho Supreme Court. Harris was.
tiled in the Superior court upon tho
charge "of having murdered J'. \\ .
Allium, h, a prominent churchman, the
limiting taking place at JtnlgoiTcst,
last summer and wa.. convicted and
-eiitciii td to pay the supremo penalty.
An apjical was taken to the Supreme
CiiYwt and too hearing will be had
till- week.
Vga.lll: lte» are of Oil stot k Salesiiii'U
( 1> 11 s 1111.111 nc 1 of I nuiaiiic Wade,
1* Im ha, been paying special at ten
Hon to saving sucker.s I'loin paiting
wit 11 the long green by buying worth
h\- 1* 11 ,tock ollereil foi male 111
...olina by loimel Tar Heels, ha
put ted another get -i n h ipnek fakei
. 111 I lie mail .. Ifcad and, heft ai e. Mf.
Wade 1 * that hotel clerks'and utliei
..'■l. i . 'iplnye. in Ninth * aiolina are
a . citing letter 011 stationer* ol the
. lean Pet rnleiilu Syndicate ol
I 1 x.i . I! reckon ridge, Texas signed by
one James 11. I long 1a.., Jr., pleading
With them to follow ll I 111 nut of the
liolcl husinc. and into 1 r.llll Is of oil)
mi..lice, where I'm tunes are made ovci
aigl.t and there 1, 110 inoie -lasirig al
nidi 1 di k Im lung hours ami small
pa*. Mi. 1 (oughts claims to nave been
a liolcl clerk at one tune in Ins caieer
11., h lei II I Is colli In i| in terms el
deep interest and friendship.
'.* li noughts la> .-. claim to absolute
Iraiikin , and tan ne. and po .e- as
one wli i Would not, loi all the'wealth
' 11 i ,e \aiild, dccel*! 1 ' all* one.
. "'l'lil company is not the only Tcxa
01.11 o now engaged 111 hshlllg for.
-in kci 111 the water of North Caro
lina. They are all using the malls,
teiy wisely avoiding .solicitation by
1■ ■ i , and the State Insurance De
partment can only wain the people
again I lliom. That the jienple aie nn
tin look out and anxiou lo help dis
-111 dit Ihe,c wildcatters, is c*lilenre4
by I he.large number of letter-, cnvUtA
ia 1 and advf'lti-iiig 1111111 ph Ie t lluf
tie lurwardoil tn the the cominissigß*'
n.
liie lii-urance Department is ail
*i 1 nii all iinpinie-1 to make tin in
vc 1111 c 111 in an* of these oil concerns'
until after a lull and complete in
e. ligalioil of then claims have been
" TiTrrdr; — Tin' t niteil Mtale.i —tirntnp-rr"
,-uivev has investigated and mapped
■veiy known oil held in the I niteil
." tale , and before any* one purchases
;«•. (ill lease, or stock in a company,
.» should write to the Geologic Sur
cy, Washington, l>. C., for a report
en the field that he proposes to in
,( !*t ill.
In a recent article in the Iteview of
Itevn ws an offlcef of the Geologic Sur
vey. -ays that the small investor haH
no chjince whUtsoever against the
•barks now' operating in all of the
I exa oil fields. He says that in every
ca' e where there is any chance of
Tldarig nfl, thrre- ir plenty of mttney
available to finance operations, and
thai practically .\ll of the companies
oHenng stocks at a few cents per
share 'are fakes. He advises all per
f.uiis.lnterested not to Vnirry into mak
ing an investment lint to ask the.
United States Geologic Survey about
it first. J
CHIILDREN OF NATION I
NEED MORE EXERCISE (
Lite's Fresh Air Fund is the title 1
i t a movement in New York City that
has tor its purpose Hiving the poii
city boys ami ({iris an opportunity t > 1/
vet a breath of fresh air. This is a n
i u"stioi: that gives us m a wide, five i
o| ti, lountry little coiiccni, hut it
we take time to think that there lie •
thousands of children horn m Ne \ 1
\ rk I it\ that n«'\er get it hreatli of i
■fresh an. In fail ever) passing
hree/o which they snilT has passed b\
thou anl before it finally i
them, anil it i : only a process of usiny- i
I the unic ol»I air from the time it c
strikes the city limits untfil it finally |
pa - -es out of the city. When we i
think that in' one little spot of only c
a few mile.s tlieie are more than twice i
a> many people as there are in all I
of N'oilh Carolina, wlijc lilias more v
than ,Sit,mill square mile, i% area. With I
the.se things in uiirtil we may appre I
ciate the need of fresh air advantages i
11 iliiisc hoys could yet down by
the hanks of some creeks and no swim I
mint; as country hoys do, they would t
alive a new v i ion of life and rt new
i low of health, liut rinht here home,
w )>• >ii ue' look around us and see so
inanv liovs and irirls are without .
■ *
r shape we wonder why such is the
Ic. e when we have all the opportum
ties for fresh air and Oxercisc that
could he desired, In spite of al lthe-i
opportunities we fail to v.ot the best
cut of them.
We, can increase oui energy by
I hi ildmg— trp — our liealtli—and—natui i—
takes care of our health unless we
are too lazy to (five nature a chance.
We need a better system of cxercis
ng lor children nut only ill the cities
ill l towns but ill the country as well '
The pimcipal trouble with- baseball,
foot ball and basket ball is that only
a lew engage HI these sports Col
b'l-es all over the land, are puzzled
1 ■ find some sport that will engage
the attention of the greatest number
of their student body. Major athletics
in colleges as well as those same
can.es among chilVlren in lural and
city communities tend to more fully
de elop the strongest .stiident.s and
illi.vireu and not benefit at all the
I ge number of students and children
that Ivre> iM»t |4«ysically able oi men
tally inclined to take part in them
djMtHtnd of modern athletics is to
tir.d some sport that will enlace the
i. *" let of the dull and slow child a
vvcll as the naturally .strong and ekgei
tii vi i \i (ji \ >i vki:s ;ooi>
I lie ( liaiitaui|ua is iiieasui nig up ,to
the highest expectation, of all who
. are attending. The til t day s■ lecture
by l>r- Paul Wilson Quay was inVich
enjoyed. The concert wa especially,
/food and each number .measured up
to a very lii(fli standard' with Miss
Alici Coulter of Memphis-, T'enn., the
-,lii.
The lecture by Walfred- l.indstioin
on "Rural Problems" Saturday night
was a masterly ell'ort and calculated
to arouse a lumber and better stall
dard for puople to follow. The united
.services Sunday flight under the I hau
taiupia tent were well attended. '1 lie
Mendelssohn Orchestral I lub render
ed several sacred selections. Tin* ser
mon by Mr. Lindstrom was pronounc
ed by many to be the best they had
ever heard. Monday afternoon's pro
enim did not make a (Meat lot, but
the Clark , are good ju.st the name.
I he evening program caught the peo
ple in ;i better mood and the singinb
by Mr. Kdwaril Clark with Miss Ua
chel Clark at the violin and Mr. Itolick
at the piano was exceptionally line
The lecture by l>. Thomas Curtis on
"Today and You" gaVe us more Tor
t ihcnuii' \ than wo have ever hul he
i know of worhl affair*
Igjld to l»c ernlles.s and his way ol
IttllfcK it makes one hunger for more.
Advertisers WUI IWi Oar
Colim i Ltkk Kmj tm UN
•f Mutii (xwuy'a hM
ESTABLISHED 1898
MILLIONS TO BE SPENT
ON SCHOOLS AND ROADS
IN "OLD NORTH STATE"
Accordi if t> iD'.tnnution furnished
Ly th.• Male L'cj i. i tmcnl o: Education
in'.illy le nmillion ii'j 1 uu has been
voted I , tl.L'H'.'pio '.l' res of towa
i, » h«•• >1 «11--ti id.-, ar.it t: wns for the
.iectn ai I" ne a . i.'hmjl t „i.uings so fur
It'.i- >eui Mine tin 1 I •;i > «lure passed
iln* t-'Ual.'ii::! arts, anil two million Uol
a I lo'l. I' v 11 1 loi low.
lar. Ui ''liool development during thx
pre.- ent oar, designed to provide for
complete rehabilitation .of its. school
plant . From that "great figure the
loMei runs downward to the rural
communities that found $5,000 suffic
ient to meet their needs. Must of the
bonds have been sold already, and the
work well under way. J. who
has supervisiori of the buil.foig work
for the department, i.s one of the bus
iest men in the State.
kintson, in the middle of the belt of
hard times months buck when the bot
torn fell out of the tobacco market,
take-. M'cond place in the li.it of cities
with s'.>oo,ooo, Winston Salem, third
with s.hoo,ijuu and High I'oint fourth
with sooo,ooo for immediate improve
ments. Wilson has a three hundred
thousand project and Elizabeth City
is spending $400,000.
Several of the issued were.passed
upon by the people last fall but de
fect-. m the machinery by which they
were voted required legislative cor
rection,aiidthe issuesd®re not floated
until after the passagejßif speciaTvali
dating acts. Most of#them are new,
authorized for the fijst time by the
recent session of thcAjeneial Assem
bly.
Telephone Kates Decision
There was no order filed today by
the State Corporation Commission in
I the telephone rate case .which was
heard some time ago on the applica
tion for an increase in rates by the
Hell Telephone Company, which ap
plies to all towns in N'orth Carolina
where llell exchanges are maintained.
The commission was expected to tile
a decision about Uiis time, when aik
ed about it today tm' commission could
not sa 1 )' just when the decision would
be filed.
The- application of the Southern
Wateipower Co., for an increase, and
which is os hotly opposed by a string
of cotton mill owners who obtain pow
er from the company in the I'iedmont
section, is also still hung up.
Tin? Carolina I'ower and Light Co..
which the Commission ordered to re
duce rates from $2.30 tu $1.1)0 over a
month ago,-JA-iUi.l collecting the j'hl
rate I'iir gas consumed by people here
whose'cooji stoves have slot meters,
and thousands of dollars are being
advanced thereby through these forc
ed loans to the loca loctopus—if the
consumers even get the excess collec
tions hack.
Itig Koad Contracts Let
Chair■man Frank I'age, of the State
Highway Commission, announces the
letting of contracts in the fourth,
fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth con
struction districts, totaling approxi
mately one million dollars, work to
begin at oncer
Following are the contracts, the a
mount of road and the amount of the
contract:
Chapel Hill to Durham-county line,
four and three tenths miles.
Chapel Hill to Durham county line,
four and three : tenths miles.
San foul to Moote county line, four
an. 1 lUe I -nth- miles, ?Sr SHO, gravel
i on 11 iii tion.
Troy to Moore county line, eleven
miles, $4M,5007 gravel"construelion.
Cjirthage to Lee county line, eight
and three-tenths miles, $36,000, gravel
construction, awarded to W. E. Gra
ham, Salisbury, '
Marion, concrete road, bridge be
tween Yancey and Mitchell, $12,000.
»parta to Elkin, 15 and ninetenths
miles, (other sections let) contract let
to W. E. Graham, bituminous macad
am, $2110,000.
W C. H4ul A. Uutlierfordlon t> ('him
ney Hock, gravel road, let to Greer
and Wilson, $56,300.
Cherokee, Andrews and Trockton,
eight miles, $84,900, shale surface, let
to Ross Jlros.
Sylvia to Balsam, seven and five
tonths miles; gravel, let to Wright A
Nave, $i 32,000.
Macon, 10 miles, Franklin and Bry
son Cits, gravel, $137,900.
All projects include bridges. i
LOCAL MANAGER WANTED: AT
once by- the largest concern of its
kind in the world to develop and han
dle local business. No investment ot
experience required. $2,500 to SIO,OOO
profits first year, according to popu
lation, and wonderful futuy possibil
ities, as ours is a staple commodity
with constant unlimited demand and
we undersell all competition. Guar
antee Coal Mining Co., 1371 Como
llldg., Chicago. r > H
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