Advertisers Will Find Our Columns a Latch Key to 1500 of Martin County's Homes VOLUMIfXXIII—NUMBER 1( Human Interest Stories; "The Vast Unknown" By HKOWNLKE FRIX One night 1 went to a moving pic ture show with some friends, :» mar ried couple A mutual acquaintance of our was sick, and the lady, who was fitting between her husband and me. suddenly whispered that the sick friend was dead. The husband said that he could not explain it but he was satisfied that his wife was right. We went aorund and found that the wo man had died about the time this Metli odist friend had "felt" the sad news in a crowded theatre several blocks away. A real estate booster says that if Columbus and his little band had vis ited Pinchurst and Southern Pines the would no doubt have seated in that section and lived happily ever af terwards. Columbus did not see much of Aiatuva. he oid not visit Now York,' or Chicago or Denver or Los Angeles 01 Willian .-ton. It took fifty or seventy-five million people to dis cover America. Not all ©f it is yet discovered. Them are iron mines und oil wells and phosphate mines and 11 thousand other secrets yet undiscover ed. Our snentiesU have just penetrat ed a little way into a vast, un»xplor ed continent. Just as Daniel Boone and u few other heroic spirits with hiin„ crossed the mountains anil set tled away out West in Kentucky and Missouri, have a few sc entists pene trated into the vastness of science. They are entirely surround? i bj mys tery. Our most learned men and women know next to n:».hin about so com mon a thing as fire. What is liiv Where does it come f *omV Winn jou "put it out" what becomes of it? Voo may rub two stick-i together until they blaze, bea on an iron and gui it hot. Strike a st ine anil a spark of fire will flash from it. is the fire in the wood, Ue fen and the stone'. What is s c nibustion ? Oui great scientists do not know. Mr. Edison, who ha -. done miracu lous things with electricity, Joes not know what electricity i.-' One day | asked a friend af mine, a farmer, what it isa nd he sai l "1 dont know , hut you just let the lightning hit you and you'll find out!" i had rath?r stay ignorant on th'i subject than to find out in that way. Hut' would I find ou then? We k'io>v as little about gravitation as ae do about fire ami electricity. We are strangers, sur rounded by strange things. »;ur H.itronome.-' have discovered -Ih.'it the earth SW'IH. around (lie sun, "they haw weighed and measured some of the stars, the sun and the moon; they have discovered that Halleys Comet plunges through. space twent.\' times faster than a cannon hall and comes unerringly back over the samv loute in sight of the earth every sev r enty-five years, but where it goes and how it goes and why it Kwpft and what the vast universe is forJpSM 1 do not understand. apraC. There is a comet shone very brightly over the earth about the time that Caesar was assassinated, 44 B C. Jt again appeared in the year 531 and again TrTTTW ami agsm m U>U>L-.IL takes 676 years to complete its circle! It has only come in sight of the earth three times since Christ was crucified. Astronomy is a stupendous iriyste'ry. Our education is very limited.. We are babes in the woods. But we at* learning! TAX NOTICE Your town taxes for year 1921 are long past due. l'lease pay same anil save cost of advertising. C. F. PAGE, Tax Collector. HAMBONE'S MEDITAUONS DEYS LAU6HIN' BOUT ME 6WINE. T' ScEEP SUNDAY MAWNIN' IN CHU'CH.BUT AH WANT EK-SLTEP--AH* JE5' PLAYtN' PoSSUM OH COUNT pE WAY M PAHSON WU2 TECHIM' UP WE-AL& "W-IINUHS. 1 ✓ Y. THE ENTERPRISE SMILE AND HELP MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER What will lielp business? Nothing more than a few smiles and a lew words ol' cheer, liaise up anil smooth out tiio odl Hopped corners of the mouth. Stop the grumbling and com plaining. tnings will soon look bet ter anu w ewill all feel Letter if we loilow this coucse. Suppose every business house in town wold pull for community prog ress anil work as hard as some do. how difleient tilings would be. Some jxjople will not to to some towns be cause things are blue and there are so many gioans anil moans they are uscomlortable. Then after the wail injf come stiie fear of the people in tro.se towns if they have a dollar tj\al ihey are going to lose it and their certainty that it is the last dollar in the world makes them bury it. Now if the merchans will siaighten up, advertise, get the folks to come in to see them, please them with reason able prices and prices that they can get in neighboring towns and sprinkle, a little good cheer, their customers' will hot only come again but they will tell their neighbors about it and they! will come. The bankers might give a little more cheerful greeting to their de positors and friends. Their assur ance that all is we'll and that they are doiug what they cn for us will make everybody think and say that things a rent so bad after all. Watch those fellows who advertise every None ■of them are broke and they are bet ter oir financially than anybody you see. WILLI AMSTON, 34; AY DEN 12 The Williamston Haskcthall team played a fine game Friday night in the Hrick warehouse with the Ayden tem. Even though it was cold and the wvuther bad a large number of fans were on hand to furnish the pep for the game. Our tea mis exception ally good this year and is out for thi championship in this district. It is up to us to help them. They are playing Hethe '(tonight on the home court ami it is oped that an unusually large crowd will attend. The line up and score follows: Ayden _ Williamston K. F 'Worthington, E. . Purvis L. F. Worthington, H Hritt C. Hooks * "'Orleans' K. G. Hurney- Margoli* L. G. Harrington Taylor Ayilen scoring: Field goals, Wor thington, E.', 1; Hooks .'1; Harrington 1; foul goals, Hooks 2. Williamston csoring: Purvis 2; Hritt 10; Orleans 1; Margolis, 2; Taylor, 1; foul goals, none. Score by halves, 4-16; 8-18. Kefeee: E. S. Peel. Time 220 halves. CONTENTION Martin Slid eiU?_ zens are contending over the (question of bad roads, each county claiming to liave the worst and many people Lie confii-ming wht they say with bitter oaths. Our impression is that Heau fort take sthe cake (and that means something) as a Martin county man was recently driving along one of Beaufort's leading highways and hi." mule mired so deep he could not be gotten out nd died in the mud. Now we are charitable enough to our neigh boring county to say that they have some roads when a Martin county mule of good striding and experience on Martin county roads has to give up the ghost. NEW WOKLI) RECORD FOR COURT JUDGMENT San Jose, Cal., March 2.—When George Jones borrowed SIOO for three months at 10 per cent interest monthly on anuary 18, 1837, from Henry It. Stuart; he did not figure perhaps that the loan would lead up to a judgment against him for $304,- 840,332,^12,685.16 yesterday in the Superior court here. Compound inter est is' the explanation. Stuart charged that oJnes disappear ed after the loan. He reappeared recently and Stuart brought suit. The court found for Stuart, named the figure and announc ed that it was the "only judgment it could return under the circumstances." It took the court and two accountants two hours to figure the amount of he judgment. PORTO RICO AND HAYMAN PO tato slips for sale. 76c per bushel. Phelps HardLson. 4t Wiliiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, TUESDAY, MARCH 7th, 1922 COMMISSIONERS IN REGULAR SESSION Proceedings of the Hoard of Murtin County Commissioners ut its regular meeting, March 6tch, 1922, was as fol lows: N R Manning was released from payment of $2.00 poll tax, improperly listed. C ii Clark released from payment of $26.00 tax improperly listed, Wil iiamston township. John T. Jones released from tin payment of SS.OS tax, improperly lilst ed in Williams township. Fannie Parker, estate, released from payment of $6.76 tax on land listen twice in Jamesville township. Ordered that William Thompson l.e required to list land in Williamston township at $676.00. P W Wright releasod from payment of tax on $676.00 land which belonged to William Thompson. Ordered that road supervisors in Poplar Point township be required to put roads in that township in puss able condition. Jim Nicholson of Poplar Point town ship was allowed $6.00 per nio«th.. The W A Haislip estate in Goose Nest township was released from paj ment of taxes on land valued at $8 440 listed twice. The Hoard adjourned to meet We'd nesday, March 16th. The following members were present: John L llas sell, chairman; Henry D Peel; Henry C Given; Joshua 1.. Coltruin and Dr. B 1. l.ong. HKTTKK LEAVE THE COUNTIES ALONE Governor Morrison seems to be get ting things in line to tell the counties how to run affairs now and no doubt much can be done to make coun ty government more efficient as there is much laxity in handling these af fairs. llut the governor might i be able to improve it even if he \vu i put in personal charge. The management of county mutter: is by a board of commissioners, elect ed from the body of the county am composed generally of- good, sound men. Perhaps the greatest defect ii. the system is in not keeping men ii long enough to give the public tin value of their experience. One-ihin'H thut can be said of county governmen IH that while errors may creep ii they are usually business mistake rather than corrupt acts. The go vet nor mjiy help by suggesting cert ah plans but it is advisable for him to keep his fiands off. HALF MILLION SAVED More than one-half milion dollar has been saved and invested in Unit' States Treasury Savings Certifi cates in the Fifth Federal Keserve District during the month of January, according to a statement made by Postmaster J esse T I'rice of tlie Wil liamston Post Office. The postniastei has just received a letter from How ard T Cree government director ol Savings at Richmond, Va., in whicl. lie states that'sale sfor January hav so fr surpassed expectations. From 226 post offices reporting and mail or ders received at the Federal lieservt Hank in Kichmond, the sales total This new offering of certificates ha 7 proved very popular in that they ar issued in denominations of $26, slo and and may be purchased at a flat discount price of twenty per cent off their maturity value. I'eople seek ing a safe investment, with a guar antee as to both principl and inter est, have been quick to take advantagi of this attractive issue of "baby bond; and have bought them in large num bers. Mr. Price nays: "For those seek ing investment of funds, nothing i more attractive than these new sav irigs certificates which yield four an ome-half per cent interest on purchas* price, compounded semi-annually, il held to maturjty, five years from the date of issue.' WATCH YOUR ACREAGE! The suggestion comes from every quarter that a big acreage of tobaccc will mean low prices for this fall. Th carry over, from the past crop wa larger than any in several years. To bacco has been higher than any othei of the big crops for five years and when the farmers rush to the high side of the boat they usually capsrz it So the year is not distant when the price of tobacco will burst just as the peanut price has dftnc and the cause will be al arge crop. A fair crop of good tobacco will pay any year. Far mers don't plant the world In any one crop unless you want low prices. NOTICE On and after March Ist, we will sell all groceries atrlctyl for cash. Pos - itively nothing charged to ANYONE it J. O. MANNING 4k BRO. Local News Personal Mention Miss Louise Harrison of Atlantic Christian College spent the weekend at home with her parents, Mr. anil Mrs. T F Harrison. • • • • Mr. C A Benedict of tho American Issue Publishing: Company of Wester ville, Ohio, has been in town this week. • • • « Mr. James Manning of Wilson spent tho weekend at home with his par outs, Mr. and Mrs. Asaj). Manning. • • • « Mr. K U Harrison returned Friday noon from a business trip to New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Harrison is very optimistic since talking to the northern bankers as they not only say that there is plenty of money ii the country but are willing to produce the coin itself which means of course that conditions in the South will ease up. Dr. John D. Biggs went to SutTolk yesterday to attend a meeting of thi directors of tlie Cooperative Peanut Exchange income tux men are numerous, more numerous than incomes these days. Mr. Prank Murgolis returns tonight from New York where he has pur ciiused a lull stock of spring clothe for men, women and children. Mr. Hurry A. lliggs went to Hich mond this morning to attend the l'av lowa performance given there tonigb Mr. anil Mrs. Fitzhugh itoberson an dbaby spent sevaarl days this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph 1.. Robertson in New Town. Mi. Robertson lias been agent for thi W. and i'. railroad at Windsor for tin jpa.st year. He has now been promot ed to the position of uuditor of that road and W(U be located ut A hostile beginning March Kth. We are always glad to*see Martin County boys pro moted. Mr. Edgar Kobinsun of Philadelphia spent the weekend here with Mrs. Kobbinson who js visiting herlnothei Mis. Augustus Johnson, » • • • Mr. C K Fleming spent last night in Washington. 4> • ♦ Mr*. S It and baby have returned from Kdenton where they, have been Visiting the formers motiu.-t Mrs. Fagun, for several weeks. • • • • Mr. and Mis, Holund Robertson anil children of Suffolk spent the end lieie with theii parents, Mr. anc Mrs. J. L .Robertson. Mr. Kobertson left for Suffolk Monday and Mrs. Robertson and the children went to visit Mrs. Susan K. Reel in the county Mrs. Fred Rullock and son, John llullock returned to their home in New York this morning after attending tin funeral of the former's father, Col Wilson G. Lamb." They were the guests of Dr.' anil Mrs. J II 11 Knight while in town. Mr. V G Taylor, Cashier of the Hunters and Merchants Hank in Ever yesterday Mrs- True. Rage Fierce to her home in New oYrk this morning after spendng the wii tei months with her sister, Mi>. J II H linight. « • • • Mrs. Renu Little iel.ii i.eU to her home in l'aetolus ye..U;i 'nv after at tending the funera 1 here of her lis ter, Mrs Wiliam E. Warren. » • • • Mrs. Murtha ILivdison of Rocky Mount will arrive tonißiit to visit hei daughter, Mrs. Arthui Anderson at her home on Haughtnn street. > • • • • Mrs. Marion Inge has returned from Ralegh where she had been visiting her parents, C'apt. and >lrs. C J Rhem. Friends of Captain Rber.i will be pleased to learn that he is much improved from the serious illness he wus recently afflicted with. '-v„. « • « ' ■« Mr. F L Haislip of lluinilton paid us a pleasant visit Monday. • * • • Mr. Wilson G. Rullock went to Wil son yesterday. • * • • Messrs. R F Meyers, P H Davenport and Fiank.L Gladstone of Hamilton were business visitors in town yester day. *** " . Mr. F'rank Hassell of Wilson spent Sunday with his father, Elder Syl vester Hassell. ROOMS FOR RENT: FURNISHED and unfurnished. Apply "E" cane Enterprise. i RURAL NEWSPAPER GREAT INFLUENCE Columbus, Ohio.—Country newspa pers wre classed with the schools and the church and were stcamped us one of the three great influences for good by A D Kobiason, publisher of the itavenna Republican, president of the Buckeye l're*s Association, in iiiu an iiunl address to publishers of weekly tMtDttvwtn Whio. He spoke at a dinner tendered the cor.ventioners by the eMi chants and Jobbers' Association of Columbus. "It is going to fall more and more upon country newspapers to maintain high ideals that iucalculate good citizenship," he declared. G W C ("Commodore') Perry, pre*- about of the Associated Ohio Dailies and superintendent of the state board of pardons and paroles, received u round of applause when hu told pi. the absence of newspaper men in the Ohio Penitentiary and Mansfield re j forniatory. "I haven't foand a news paper man in either place," he declar ed. "One man 1 have met was once a reporter on a Cincinnati paper," he .continued, but he was in the banking bpsine.su when lie was arrested. I haven't found a printer among the convicts," he added. Tim; above article from the Publish ers Auxiliary seems to place newspa pers in the light column when it comes to honor but the writer did not say how many newspaper people he had swn in the county home but from self experience we would guess it a right high per centage. HAMILTON MI KDKH CASK IS CLEARED I P The mystery of the Hamilton mur der on the Milburn road near Raleigh, late in December has been cleared in the confession of Ked Hi'yant, negro. Bryant says that he and John Rich mond, another negro were together, iigd that Richmond fired at the auto mobile for devilment apparently not knowing or caring who was in it. This confirms the statement of Miss Guess who was with Hamilton at the time, as she testified that the shoot ing was done by wo neggroes. All circumstances at the inquest indicated that Miss Guess was not giving the facts as they happened and much stress was luid on immorality and a rival attack... Richmond is still at large but llry ant is in jail, having been caught at a still late in February and since con fes.sed the murder. He says Richmond was diunk when the murder was com mitted. SUCCEEDS COLONEL LAMB Colonel R M F'earsall has been ap pointed chairman of the State Hoard of Elections to succeed Hon. Wilson G. Lamb, deceased. Colonel Rearsal has had wide experience in public mat ters, knows the State and its inter ests and will no doubt make a splen did official, though the Stae cannot hope to have in Col. Pearsall a more faithful competent and fair chairman thn Colonel Lamb was. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARF STARVING Washington March 6.—Humlieds of thousands of men,, women and chit dren in Austria are "at the door of and diseases that accompany starva tion unless early relief is obtained,"' Edward A Filene, prominent Boston merchant, warned in a letter to'Sena 7 tor Walsh, of Massachusetts, wljich the latte rread in the Senate. Pood Held Up Washington, March 6. —Enormous quantities o ffood sent by the United States to relieve the hunger pangs of Russia's starving millions are tied up in Eureopean ports because of the breakdown of Rtissias transportation system, {Secretary of Commerce Hoov er announced today. American relief officials who are supervising the distribution of the re lief supplieu in Russia aer encounter ing great difficulties in getting tin food stocks to the famine stricken areas owing to the chaotic state of the transportation sy.steiu in Russia, Hoover si^d -UUtWn the fiat 30 days Hoover as serted, 100,000 tons of American re lief shipments have been* landed a seven Russian ports, Reval Riga, Li bau, Danzig; Theodosia; Odessa and Novosisk. Seventy-five thousand tons of relief supplies are already on hand at these ports, Hoover said, and 140,- 000 tons more will be landed ■ then within another manth. t . LOST OR "BORROWED". ONE 33x4 Unco Tread U. 8. Tire on rim. Finiiei will please return to J. W. Jr GOOD MILCH COW FOR SALE. Will hp fresh in about two weeks. Has given 6 gallons of milk and made two pounds of butter per day. N. R. Roberson, Willlamston, R F D 4. €o-Op Marketing Is Biggest Thing The In South Today WIN $5; GET IN ON THE PRIZE CONTEST Aprize og $5.00 will be given by one ol' our subscribers to the person giv ing the best answers to the following questions: Whut are morals? Where morals originate? Did morals come from rcvelution or evoultion. 'five party offering this prize asks all who will to send answers to The Katerprise and they will be handei. over to three judgeji best an swers will be publishA||p ths> name of the winner announwS. Remember this offer is opun to grown people as 'well a* children. SADDEST SCENE IN LIFE About Uue saddest scene ui life is tu .see the old things pass away to Kive place to the aew. Such an event in our own country within recent years was the running away of the rabble from Woodrow Wilson in u vain clamor for something new. lVr haps there are millions of good Amer icans who now see their mistake, they are realizing Ilia tthey threw down statesmanship and picked up puny pel itics. There aie indications now that the English people are turning away from tiie little Welshman and that the great David Lloyd George will have to go. It is doubtful if tiie British Empire lias eiMM produced a great man than tliq present humble, Geroge. They have had their Gladstone, Pitts and many others but Lloyd George is not only the great statesman but tlio com moner as well. He has held up first the principles of right and then mack? the people conform to them. No ltical cli(|ue could make the politics for his people. Such men are rare in the history of nations and it will bv u world calamity tin: day Lloyd George is remopod from the leader ship of Grca tliritain just as it was when Woodrow Wison was removed from American leadership. UETTKK THINGS AH LA I) From every business center comet the statement that things are getting bete rand while i may Ins Hume ime before it reaches he rernoe place#, yet it is safe to say that good times are soolT coming. Our country is full of money and it is hidden and locked up rather than out at work. If those who have it would loosen up things would gneatly improve. Folks ate strange things. Only a few years ago we all thought we were rich, now some of us thing we are poor which is right. Hut it is more in the thought than it is in the fact. We have the same property we had then and owe less monty on an average. We ate perhaps looking on the dark est side of things.. IMPROVE FINANCIAL STANDING That tobacco growers'who have join ed the marketing association have Im proved their financial standing is made clear by a statement of thu pies idents of the Tobacco and oCtton Mar Wiling Associations as follows: " Dear Sir: The association desires to inform bankers, merchants and member grow ers that there is no reason that any conflict of interests should Come be tween the associations and any one in terested in the crops. The member-grower can execute mortgage in good faith on his crop. In that even the Associations can is sue all certificate sand checks to joint order of member-grower arid mort gagee. We believe that mortgage or lien will IK better puper if maker is u member of the associations, a.s every other member will be interested in his delivering his crop to the As.socia tions. W. H. Austin, Pres., North Caorlina Cotton Growers A.s sociatioa. G. A. NORWOOD, PieHident, Tobacco Growers Cooperative Assn. Raleigh N C Feb. 26th, 1922. NOTICE To Fernando Little and all other per-' uons: You will take notice that 1 purchased 42 acres of land known as the Robert oeßhyck old Homeplace listed by Little in Cross Roads township at a sheriff's saTe for taxes at the court house door in Wil liamston, Martin county North Caro lina, on Monday June the 6th, 1921. You will further take notice that un less redemption is made I will demand a deed for said land under the said tax sale at the explrtion of ene year from June 6th 1921.. This March 3rd, 192& E. 8. PEEL. IF YOu QUICK RESULTS USS A WANT AD IN THX ENTERPRISE • -*- ' . ESTABLISHED 1898 Announcement thta nor* than 66,- UUU tobacco farmers from the Caro lina* anil Virginia ui« now membars of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association, establishes this organiza tion as the largest Cooperative Mar keting Organization ia the United States. The first s&p towards the establish nient e*f warehouses and redryuig plants for the Association was by tiia directors whea a cammiWN was appointed to make a survey of ue tobacco marketing equipment in the three states, at the recen meeing of directors in Kaieigh. This committee composed of Dr. 4 Y Joyner of North Carolina, chairman; N H Williama of Virginia aad T ii Young of South Carolina, wdl determine thosa prop erties in the three sttea which eeeni essential to the furtherance of the pluns of the Associaion. Be* HUM of the large number of ap plications which have reached the di rectors of the Grower*' Association from warehousemen, Boards of and marketing centers expressing the wi-ih to do business with the A*so nation —no difficulty is anticipated in securing all properties needed lor the marketing of the hundreds of millions of pounds now under contract Ln the Association. The appointment ef the committee to prepare for the lease nr HieltM* of such waivhouses as are needed for marketing the 1922 crop of ail Aseo ciation members, was made after the report of those directors who re turn el from Kentucky as eye witnesses of the successful operatiea of the Ken tucky Hurley Growers Marketing As sociation which controls and operates ever 100 warehouses in Kentucky, la diana, Wast Virginia, and 9hio.. *■ First hand study of the successful methods of finance aJtd marketing used by the organization of 66,000 Kentucky Growers who have made profitable sales of milions of pound* of their crop of 1921 is aiding tho di rectors of the Virginia-C'axSUna AIM ciution m preparing to market the crop of IMQI. While praising the operation of tho Kentucky Hurley Association, the \ijr ginia-Carolina directors say that tke * foundation of success for the Ken tucky growers lies in their ability to make tobacco pay by raising sufficient grain, hay and live stock to support th«ir families and improve their land. I'he directors of the organised grow ers of Virginia aad the Carolina* are earnestly urging their members to lay the same foundation for success aa the Kentucky Hurley Growers by rais tag their feod, feed and meat at home ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator upon thu eatata of Wilson G. Lamb, .Sr., late of Martin county, this is to notify all persons having claims a gajnst the said estate to preeent thein for payment before the 28th day of February, 1920 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. AU persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 28th day of February, 1922. WILSON G. LAMB, JK., NOTICE OF SALK We will sell to the highest bidder for cash at public auction in front of the riaoters and Merchants Bank, at Everett, N C., at 2:00 P M on Ssiv urday, April Bth: one Ford touring car to satisfy a lien of labor and re pairs. W' car belongs to WO Coun cil. This the Bth day of March, 1*22. CHAMPION AUTO CO. Nonas To and all other persons: You will take notice that I purchas ed 2 acres of land listed to Lura Moore in Williams township at a sheriff's suel for taxe sat the court house door of Mrtin county on Monday, June oth, 1921. You will further take notice that unless is made I will demand a deed for said land under the said tax sale t the expirtion of en* year from June 6th, 1981. This March Brd, 1922. E. S. PEEL. FIGARO CONDENSED LIQUI» Hickory smoke. The best amok* *»r your hams and bacon. Come to eee me. M B MtGoWfc ; t BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGOS for setting, from the rant* 1 1 - 9 ® per ftfteea; from special mated paaa, either light or dark, *2.(0 par ftfteea. Our roosters came from the be* m the U. 8. We introduee new Wood every year. J. J. Rebereoa * Sana, Rout 1, Ja*eevtMe, N. C. t Ml

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