Advertiaera WUI Find Oar
Columna a Latch Kay to 1500
of Martin County'* Homes
VOLUME 23—NUMBER 45 *
BOY DROWNED WHILE
BATHING AT BELHAVEN
»«aciuiigtou iAuiy Mews.
a omi ui'o*iuiig acciuent, the firs*,
una aeuoon, took piace ai
lAiUiuvui j estcruay wueii tiuuu> A>-
coc*. Luc iv jtfui oiu son oi mi. auu
in lit. C. 1. Ay coca, oi ljiiiiaven, was
ui o>> jita in uic imigo ikivt'i, at tiiai
place, lliu aceiUeut occulieU iu tile
aiu-moon wue na uuiuUcr or youii£
uicu and boys Went m swimming,
dames Ay COCK coulu uot swim bui
was enjoying himseii waning ui the
river, dome oi tne bo> n 1 wuO eouiu
swim stalled acioss tne ciiuui*d auu
Chailie tnuiiUiig peihaps he could
cioas over by waiting attempted to
lollow. Ail went well uuwi he icacneu
tue i>ioce wheie the dredge had daep
eneu tiic riVer for the boats, when
he at once went down below his depth.
VWiwa he came up he called for help,
but uetoie lie could be reached he
went i.owu lor tin; last time and the
body was not recovered until un houi
latei. Iwo brothers of Chains were
neany drewfoed trying to rescue him
anu out lor the help of pcopie on the
shore wlu> taw the accident might
have lost thksir lives. As it was they
were nearly exhausted when pulled to
shore and nad a very narrow escape.
The iuncial wiil be held tills aller
noon at 4 o'clock at the family resi
dence I'antego and interment will be
made in tiie family burying ground.
Tiic services will be conducted by the
Rev. T. E. Davis, pastor of the Metho
dist churches at I'antego and Bel
• haven.
The young man had only lately re
turned home from llsi L' university of -
North Carolina at Chapel Hill where
he was in his second year. He was
very bright and had promise of a
gieat future. Mr. C. I*. Aycock his
father, is chairman of the County
Board of Commissioners and a very
prominent man in the county.
The deceased leaves several sisters
and brothers also an aunt in Wasning
ton, Mrs. George Olds. The b"ioawu
faily have the sympathy of the entire
community in their sad affliction.
FIGHTING "T. B." IN 15
N. C. COUNTIES
In the fight against cattle tubercu
losis, according to Dr. Wm. Moore,
State Veterinarian, North Carolina
leads in area ,with 15 counties being
worked. During the month of April
there was a total of 9,161 cattle test
ed of which number 87 reacted to the
test. Buncombe county heads the list
1,709 cattle and Forsyth is second
with 1,104 tested.
Many other stati'B exceed in total
' number of cattle tested, but consMMk
ing the difference in siise of
North Carolina is making as good 11
not better showing than anp other
state.
In one month, Nebraska, wtukiig on
the aiea plan, te ;ted 1,000 cattlu/
while North Carolina tested
9,161, but herds in Nebraska ave/kge
30 head against five in North Caro
lina.
Figures for the past six month,
show 274 herds, with a total of 13,-
_7BO cattle, tested for this disease.
_ While' the total number appears small
Work is being pushed to completion in
several counties an liiutiiatlnns arc
that North Carolina will soon be up
with the leading states in the work
of eradicating bovine tuberculosis.
REPORT OF OPERATIONS OF THE
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1922.
New cases reported 43.
Adjustments made by the Superintend
ents of Public Welfare 8.
Applications withdrawn 8.
New homes offered for children 291.
Homes accepted 25.
Honjes rejected 13. , """"
* Horttes withdrawn by applicants 42.
Children received 25.
Children placed 24.
Homes supervised by Superintend
ents of Public Welfare 21.
Reports received from foster
parents 69.
Homes supervised by personal re
presentative of the Society 67.
* Legal adoptions executed 14.
Children boarded out 4.
Children withdrawn from homes not
up to our standard 1.
Children in the Receiving Home
' May 81, 1922 26.
Children in College 1.
NORFOLK FAIR
The Norfolk Agricultural and In
dustrial Fair which will be held Sept.
- 4t09 is already making great prepar
ations, and are advertising extensive
ly in Enstern Carolina. They are urg
ing exhibitors to get ready for the
'event. -■
If our people want a great fair this
fall, they too, must prepare for it.
Remember the date of the Martin
County Fair is the first week in 0ct0...
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THE ENTERPRISE
SUGGESTED BUSINESS
CREED FOR BANKERS
1. 1 believe that the future welfare
of my state is, in a large measure,
uependent upon agricultural prosper
ity: Therefore, it wiil be my purpose
to encourage those farmers with
whom 1 have influence to do those
things agriculturalily which ihey
ought to do, and to stop doing those
th-ngs that may be haimlul iu con
nection with sale and SUD« iariiiin 6
operations. •
a 1 believe thai »-•' fiili.ity is
fu' .f nentai; an >. knowing is«t the
i'lain rally speaking
i deficient it: eigi.uic ui«uci, 1
will strongly advocate the improve
ment thereof by drainage, liming and
by the planting of leguminous and
noiileguniinous cover crops; and by
intelligent crop rotations.
3. lbeiieve that every farm should
be sell-sustaining: therefore, I will
urge and encourage the growing of
food and feed for the family, for the
work-stock and for ail domestic ani
mals on this farm, with a small sur
plus for a cash income.
4. lbeiieve that no farming system
is complete without livestock: there
fore, 1 will encouruge and help those
farmers worthy of credit to get more
and beter livestock, such as milk cows
hogs, sheep and poultry, in order that
each farm shall have a well rounded
system of agriculture and may have
an income independent of the money
crop or crops.
6 lbeiieve that the scrub animal,
and the scrub field-seed should be
discarded: therefore, 1 will encourage
the juse of better sires and better
fcettdjtiiCor bigger profits.
*. that r.o time should be
in making a safe, sane and
well balanced farming program: there
fore, 1 will use the intelligence and
power with which God has endowed
me to bring about, in due season, the
realization of "The Fullness of Our
Day," as expressed by the eloquent
and gifted Georgian of a former
generation, the Honorable Henry W.
Grady:-
"When every farmer in the South
shall eat bread from his own fields
and meat from his own pastures and
disturbed by no creditors, and en
slaved by no debt, shall sit amid his
■teeming gardens and orchards, and
vineyards, and dairies, and barnyards,
pitching his crops to his own wisdom
and growing them in independence,
making cotton his clean surplus, and
selling it in his own time and in his
chose market, and not at a maaetr's
bidding—getting his pay cash and
not in a receipted mortnge then shall
be breaking the fullness of our day."
C. A CAItDWELL.
Agricultural and Industrial Agent,
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
S? HARDISON MILL ITEMS
Mr. John A Hardison spent Sunday
afternoon anil evening yith Miss
Ifthel Griffin in Williamston.
Mr. Joe Gray Coney spent last Sun
day evening with Miss Mildred
Waters near Bear Grass.
Mr. John Dave Mizelle went to
Washington on business Saturuay.
We are all glad that our friend,
W Harrington has been
nominated for County Commissioner.
Probably we will get that bridge a
cross Keeper's Branch sooner or
later.
Miss E. B. Daniels of Oak City is
visiting friends n the neghborhood.
Elder W. B. Harrington was called
to Bethel this week to attend the
funeral of Mrs. O. G. Carson.
The Plasterers have begun work on
the dormitory at the new brick school
house.
Mrs. J. R. Corey is in Washington
buying goods for their new store
jriiicjv will be completed in a few,
ELDER SYLVESTER HASSELL AT
TENDING CLASS REUNION AT
CHAPEL HILL
Elder Sylvester Hassell left Monday
morning to attend the reuniolf of his
class at Chapel Hill which is to be
held on Alumnae Day June 13.
This was the class of 1862 and a
most remarkable circumstance is the
fact that nearly fifty per cent of it's
members are still living at an average
age of eighty. Elder Hassell is honor
eld with an invitation tor make a short
address on the "Evolution of the
Spirit" at the Alumnae banquet.
Elder Hassell was especially look
ing forward to meeting his roommate,
Mr Webb, an attorney of Knoxville,
Tennessee, who is one year older than
Professor Hassell.
WILLIAMSTON'S DOG POPULA
TION INCREASING
It would be-interesting to know
how many dags there are in Williams
ton. Prom the noise they keep, and
the fleas they scaMer they must num
ber well up in the thousands.
(Villiamston, Martin County.-North Carolina, Tuesday, June 13,1922
NEWS LETTER FROM
THE STATE CAPITAL
Raleigh, June 13.—Despite the ur
gent and persistent efforts of the
otatc Commissioner of Kevenue and
special counsel engaged by the Gov
ernor, tc compel the big rail road sys
tems to settle their taxes with the
State of North Carolina and the vari
ous counties of the state, Uu re now
develops another legal snag that will
make it necessary for 'he counties
and local taxing units to wait sonic
months yet to get the $775,000 in ad
valorem taxes that have b'-en du.
them by the railroads since 'ast Oc
tober.
The State Revenue Commissioner
had won all his legal battles cov
ering the last six months or so, in
the U. S. courts, and before the trio
of federal judges, when this latest
"legal technicality" (which so often
disgusts the ordinary layman not so
highly "versed in the law") arose.
Counties and local taxing units of
North Carolina wil have to wait
a while longer for $775,678 in ad
valorem taxes that have been due
they by the railroads of t'.io state
since October 1, 1921, while the ques
tioa of whether the state can now
collect $208,081 in franchise taxes
will be determined by Judge-" James
E. Boyd, of Greensboro, as the re
sult of a hearing held here before
Judge Edmund Waddill, Jr., of the
Fourth Circut of Appeals and Judge
Henry G. Conn r of the Eastern Dis
trict of North Carolina.
The two judges agreed to issue n
restraining order forbidding collec
tion of the ad valorem taxes pending
decision of the United States Supreme
Court on the railroad's appeal from
the' refusal of three judges to grant
an Interloculotory injunction against
tha collection of the taxes, but di
vided on the question affecting the
franchise taxes, Judge Connor hold
ing with the state and his associate
with the railroads. Income taxes of
$145,000 due the state are involved In'
separate suits which will be heanHtv
Judge Connor this week.
The difference between the two
judges necessitatd referring the
question to Judge Boyd, the tniril
member of the court. Judge Connor
and Judge Waddil announced thoy
would write out and transmit their
views to Judge Boyd and leave to hint
the question of whether he would
he ir argument by attorneys for each
siile. The two opinions will be with
held, but the one in which Jtidg*
Boyd concurs will probably become
the opinion of the court and the othei
the dissenting opinion. ~
Difference as Co Boyd
Judge Boyd was variously quoted.
At the beginning of the hearing J. R.
Prince, of counsel for the Southern
Railway, stated that when the ques
tion was first raised some weeks ago
that Judge Boyd had stated that the
railroads wene entitled to the stay
and that was merely a question of
who should grant it.
However, Judge W. P. Bynum, of
counsel for the State, later stated
that Judge Boyd had told him that
there was nothing for the throe
judges tf do except affirm their pre
vious refusal to stay the state.
This victory was the first for the
ra'lroads since the Southern Railway
instituted suits before Judge Boyd
last October to enjoin the state from
the collection of ad valorem, fran
chise and income taxes. The federal
statute provides that an intei locutory
injunction be issued only by three
judges, and the action was consoli
dated with later suits brought by the
Seaboard Air Line, the Atlantic Coast
Line, and the Norfolk Southern.
The cases were| argued before
Judges Waddill, Connor and Boyd in
in January, and on
March 18 the three judges signed an
order danying the interlocutory in
junction as to the franchise and ad
valorem taxes and holding that the
income taxes were not properly be
fore the court, An appeal was then
taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States and a motion for a
stay of proceedings successively
passed from Judge Connor to the
three-judge court and so to the Su
preme Court. On Moy 29 the Su
preme Court advanced the appeal for
a hearing on the first Monday in No
vember, but held that the question
of a stay' of proceedings was one to
be determined by the judges who
originally heard the case.
NOTICE
Peanut Growers Meeting at opera
house, Williamston, N. C. Saturday,
June 17, at 10 A. M.
Representatives of The Exchange
will be present to give first hand in
formation about the workings of The
Exchange. All Growers and Business
men are invited to attend.
Martin County is vitally intereeted
in the success of Cooperative market
ing and should keep in eloae touch
with this great forward movement
Ljbcal News and
f Personal Mention
Mrs. A. D. Mizelle and son, A. D.
returned to their home in Tarboro
. estcrday afternooon.
• • • •
Mrs. J. G. Staton has returned from
Uuleigh.
• • • •
Mrs. W. S. Moye of Rocky Mount
was in town yesterday afternoon on
business in regard to the Martin Co.
Fair which wil be held Oct. 2,3,4, and
5.
• • • •
Misa Mary King Ellison of Belhaven
is here visiting Mrs. Latham Thrower
..t her home in New Tow'n.
• • • ♦
Miss Evelyn Hurrison left Saturday
morning for Durham where she will
join Ruv. and Mrs. L. C. Larkin, and
from there she will ge to Sanford
and Carthage for a few woeks.
• • • •
Misn Eh telle Crawford is in Greens
boro where she is attending the com
mencement exercises at th North
Carolina College for Wom.'ii.
♦ • • •
Mrs. J. A. Mizelle is iu Roberson
\Uie spending a lew days:
f •> • •
Mrs. T. R. Hodges, Mrs. B. C.
itomes, Mrs. Ja> Hodges and Messrs.
utland and Brown Hodges of Wash
..igton were here Sunday visiting Ml.
and Mrs. Arthur White
• » • •
r'riends of Mrs. H. T. Roborson will
.giet to learn that she is very ill
with Typhoid fever at er home in
the Grove.
• • • •
Dr. W. H. Harrell of the U. S. S.
i.arimee is here visiting his mother,
Mrrs. W. H. Harrell.
« • • •
Chief A. K. Haxstun has boen in
Kaleigh this week on business.
• • • •
Mr. Herbert Lilley of Jumcsville
wus in town Monday morning for a
iw ours. 11
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. John L. llogerson and
daughters, Miss Margaret and Mary
lelt via automoile last week for Green
wood, S. C. to visit Mrs. Rogerson's
relatives.
• • • •
Mr. A. W. Brown returned Satur
day from Petersburg and Norfolk.
• • • »
Messrs. Collin l\eel and W. Henry
uurkin motored to Washington Sun
'
day.
Miss Emma Robertson left Monday
afternoon for Asheville where she will
attend a summer school fur teachers.
• • • •
Mrs. A. V. Joyncr and Miss Bessie
I'uge wil leave tomorrow for -Heiider
■soiiVille. They are delegates from the
Philethea Class of the Memorial B.
Church to the Daracca-Philethea U
nion which will convene in that city
during this week.
• • * •
Mrs. J. W. Watts, jr. returned from
Williamsburg, Vu. yesterday ufter
noon.
* • • • \
Mr. F. W. G«ivcs and children wiil
leave Wednesday by automobile for
Dan villa, whci.2 tiiey will visit Mr,
Graves' mother for eomo tilce.
• • • •
Mrs. Erah Cobb and son, Marion
leave for Louisburg tomorrow morn
ing to visit Mr. und Mra. S A. New
ell.
• • • •
Mrs. A. T. Crawford left yesterday
for Norfolk to spend a few days.
• • • •
Asa Crawford, jr. was operated on
at the Washington Hospital yester
day, and it is reported that he is get
ting along very nicely today. The
operation was very serous and he
was in a weakened condition, but he
camel through it all right, and the
doctors feel very hopefiil at present.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and Miss
Anna Crawford were with him yester
day.
• • • *
Mr. W. J. Whitaker's condition is
much better than it was the last of
the past week, and it is thought by
his physicians that he will convalesce
from now.
• • • •
Miss Mary King Ellifon and Mr.
William Carptarphen left this after
noon for Belhaven.
• • • *'
Miss Mammie Clyde Ross and Miss
Ina Massengill left this morning for
their home in Dunn after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Anderson.
• e e. •
Mrs. Clyde Anderson, Misa Martha
Slade Hassell and Mj. Marriott Britt
motored to Tarboro Sunday.
• • • •
.Misses Sallie and Ethel Harris,
Ellen Cowing and Peterson and lfr. C.
B. Holder left this morninsr for
Bern to attend the quarterly Con
vention of the B. Y. P. U. J
HENRY FORD PROVES
HIMSELF A GENIUS
Henry Ford has proven himself a
genius. The recent report of the Con
gressional Committee recommending
me acceptance ol the Ford proposJ
also stated in it's reoinmcudatio%
that ol the several proposals to lease
Muscle Shoals none but Ford's had
any elements of worth.
It came somewhat as a surprise
that the committee stood as a unit
sn this great question. Many trusts
and great combinations fought Ford
very hard and coming out the victoi
over them all shows his mastery in
all great business affairs.
We may now expect to see one of
the world's business districts develop
ed in Southern Tennessee, Northern
Mississippi and Georgia.
The power for it all is coming from
water that lias been held up for thous
ands of years only as seeming waste,
Hut God knew in the creation that
the day would come when man would
need this very stream and He unfold
ed the knowledge of this rich property
to man at this time and he is just
reaching out to enjoy it's blessings.
The Ford car wonder will not rank
Henry Ford in history but his develop
ment of Muscle s.hoals.
INFORMATION ON CITIZEN'S
MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS
Location dates and courses of train
ing offered:
Camp McClellan, Alabama, July 27
to August 26; Infantry, Cavalry, Field
Artillery, Engineers.
Fort Barrancas, Florida, July 27 to
August 26th, Coast Artillery.
Eligibility and qualifications:
Red Course (elementary)—.any phy
sically At citizen, aged 17 to 25, of
4'iod average intelligence and of good
moral character. No educational qual
tAcations. Qualities candidates for ad
mission as privates i nthe organised
Reserves or National GuUrd.
Whte Course (2nd Year) —any
physically fit citizen, aged 17 to 26, of
good average intelligence, and of
good moral character. Must be gradu
ate of Grammar school, and of Red
Course last year. (Or have received
eqivalent military training). Qualifies
candidate for warrant as non-commis
sioned officer in National Guard or
Organized Reserves.
Blue Course (3rd Year,)— Any physi
cally fit citizen, aged 19 to 27, of good
average ihteligence and of good moral
character. Must be graduate of High
School, and of former courses (or I
have received equivalent military
training). Qualifies candidate for'
commission in Organized Reserves or
Natonal Guard.
Note:- No graduate of the Red
Sourse last year will be disqualified
on account of age. Any member of the
Army of the United States during
the World War, under 35 years of
age, can be admitted to any coursy
for which he is otherwise qualified.
Application for Admission
Each applicant for admission shall
be examined physically at his own ex
pense, and receive smallpox vaccina
tion and typhoie-parathyphoid inocu
lation before entering camp. All army
posts perform these services froo of
eharge for the applicant and all de
partments of the government offer
all aids possible to reduce the cost of
these serviices to the applicant. List
ogenices is furnished each applicant.
A certificate shall be furnished also
from a schoolmaster, clergyman,
priest or rabbi, to the effect that'
candidate is of good moral character
and average genera lintelligence. All
applications, certificates, etc., must be
on officia lforms furnished the appli
cant.
Travel Expenses will be paid by the
Government Scope of Instruction
The instruction includes: Red
Course: ,Duties of a private in school
of the soldier, squad and company,
small arms rifle practiae, guard duty,
camping and marching, individual*
cooking, care of equipment, personal
hygiene, physical development, disci
line and morale.
White Course: Duties of a non
commissioned officer.
Blue Course: Duties of a commis
sioned officer.
For further information and appli
catio blanks address Major R. S. Ly
tle, Recruiting Adjutant, Fort Mc-
Pherson, Georgia.
MRS. RENA HARDING
Mrs. Rena Harding, widow of the
late Rev. Nathaniel Harding of
Washington died ct her home Thurs
day. She was in her aixty-aeventh
year.
She was the eldest child of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond S. Hoyt, and a
sister of Mr. F. W. Hoyt of Williame
ton. Mr. and Mra. F. W. Hoyt and
children and Mra. J. G. Staton am at
tending the funeral in Washington
tMU l r ' »m hl l
Six Thousand New Members
Signed Up by the Cooperatives
NEW ORDINANCE PASS-
U) bl lUMMIiMUNtKb
o
liio lioaid ox Aldermen ot the
4own oi iiinuiiaioii uo enact; Uiai
U iu eiecirwi cuiium in Uie lown oi
t« Uliainston snail- lemaiu on each and
evury inuaj morning until i- o
uock M.
lioviued Uiat; This ordinance snau
oe in force temporarily us un lixpen
iii eat.
ai tiw .suggestion of the ludilßr'TJf'
Uie town tile above ordinance was
passed by the Uoard of Aldermen. Tne
ordinance waa passed for the puipoi>--
oi enabling t.hose who wish to run
electric uun» and washing machine®
and cleaners to have one half day in
the week in which to Uo this. It is
noped that the homes of '.he town will
uikeudvantage of this opportunity and
use the current on Friday mornings,
and thus keep Uie town from losing
by the experiment.
"THE MAGGOT TRAP"
The Maggot Trap has been pro
nounced by leading Entomologists to
oe the most effective weapon against
tne house fly. The following quota
tion is taken from bulletin No. 200,
published by liurea of Entumology
Uepartnient Agriculturre. "During
the season of 1913 experiments were
carried out independenUy by Levy
and Tuck of Richmond, Va., by C.
G. Hewitt at Ottawa, Canada and
by the writer at Arlington, Va,
and New Orleans, La., all of which
agreed in demonstrating a most pro
nouticed migratory habit in hour ily
larvae just before pupation. It was
l'ound very easy to trap them at this
particular stage of their development,
and experiments with small maggot
traps showed that as high u M or
>j«j per cent of the larvae could be
caught."
IMPORTANT MEETING
WILLIAMS TON SATURDAY
- An important meeting of ths mem
bers of the Peanut Grower- Exchange
will be held In the opera Houne al
Williumston Saturday, June 17 at
10 A. M. Representative of the Ex- J
change will be here to give ua first
hand, information about the working*
of our organlxatlon. This is an open
meeting for all grower# and business
men, and wo want a full attendance.
Come if you can, and bring others
with you. -
W. C. MANNING, Pres.
Murtin County Unit.
/ r BKAR GRASS ITEMS
V
Miss Eula Mixelle spent two weeks
with her lister, Mrs. E. Robereon In
Rear Grass. She has returned to her
home in Raleigh where she io employ
ed by the Bell Telephone Company.
Mr. A. L. Mixelle spent Sunday with
his daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Rogereon
in Dear Grass.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Roebuck have
returned from northern el tie* and will
be at home at the place formerly oc
cupied by Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Bute.
Mr. A. L. Mixelle la expecting to
return soon to his home in West
Plains, Mo. to Uke charge of his homsi
place there. J
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
The Twentieth Century Club will
meat with Miss Eva Wynne et her
nome on Main Street on Wednesday
afternoon it four o'clock.
Miss Elizabeth Burras left this
morning for Greensboro to attend
summer school at the North Carolina
College.
JAIL SENTENCE IMPOSED
FOR VIOLATING BIRD LAWS
That there ere strong teeth In the
law protecting mlgatory birds wee de
monstrated recently by the Federal
for the eesttrn district of Ar
kansas when he sentenced to four
months In Jail e violator brought be
fore him on the charge of selling
wild dufks. This is the twelfth Jail
sentence Imposed for infraction of
the migratory bird treaty act, ths
sentence ranging from five to six
months. The States where jail senteoc
had previously been imposed en Ar
kansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois,
New Jersey, South Carolina, and Vir
ginia. The act is administered by ths
Uiited Department of Agriculture.
A dust mixture of nicotine sulphate,
for which the United States Depait
ment of Agriculture will supply a
formula upon application, will keep
the striped cucumber bettle from cu
cumbers, melons, squash, and pumpkin
vines. _
17 T0« QUICK
UfIULTB tJU A WANT
AO IN THK ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1898
Six thousand new members —thirty
million pounds mora of tobacco, added
io tne ino-bUU Fool of the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association dar
ing tue past three months prove the
irresistible progress of the movement
which now includes over 12JM0 tobac
co farmers of the Carolina* and V ir
linia.
The directors of this largest Co
operative Marketing Association in
•lAienca, who are tobacco farmers
elected by their fellow growers of to
bacco, predict that this recent in
crease of members and pounds will be
doubted before the warehouse open.
When 176 warehouses of the orgaa
i*ed growers open their doom, thorn
who have failed to sign the contract
must trust their crop to the auction
warehouses for another year, accord
ing to the directors.
The minority of growers ia three
.States who are waiting to aes what
the auction system will do with their
tobaeco this year becomee smaller by
Hundreds every day.
Since thousands of Eastern Caro
lina grewersr heard the message of
Aaron Sapiro and the doors uf four
big warehouse towns swung open ia
Eastern Carolina the campaign has
taken on new life.
Several Eastern North Carolina
counties have now passed an W par
cent sign up and intense campaign
ing continues by warehoueenMn of the
association to bring Use average 4gu
up of the Eastern Carolina counties
to mote than 76 per ceat of their
production.
Celebrating the successful sign up
of W> per cent of Surry cously tobac
co, thousands of farmars from six
counties staged a mammoth meeting
at Elkln, N. C., last Satonlay whare
Oliver J. Sands ,Kx ecu tire Manager
of the association assured the growers
of the successful progress of each de
partment of the marketing issodatlou
Hundreds of contracts from Virginia
and South Carolina reached Haleigh
headquarters last week.
STATES AID IN ELIMINATING)
KAILWAY GRADE CROSSINGS
What can be done when, a com
munity sets out to rid ltslf of the
menace of railroad grade crossings is
shown by the plans for a Federal-aid
road to be constructed la Alabam be
tween Anton and Clayton. In a dis
tance of about 26 ml lee the old road
crossed the railroad 14 tunes. Fy
good engineering 18 of tbeee crossings
have been eliminated, the remaining
one being in th esmall town of Clio,
whare there are only three trains a
day, and these move at low speed as
they approach the station.
Some uvonths ago the Bureau of Pu
blic Roads of the United Statee De
partment of Agriculture announced
that grade crossings would be elimi
nated on all Federal-aid highways
wherever practicable. Officials of Uie
bureau are receiving hearty cooper
ation from State highway depart
ments and the general approval of
the public. It has been found poaelble
to revise many plans, keying tie
road entirely on one aide of the track
or a suitable place where tie
road can cross beneath or above Uie
track.
In some statee the highway depart
invents on account of existing legtsla
-1 Uon are having dlffidlty to share the
cost of plaothg »he highway above ot
under the track. ,
IMPORTANT MEETING
ROBJCRSONVILLH FEIDA.Y
An important meeting of the Pea
nut Growers Exchange will be held in
Robersonville Friday, June It at B
P. M. Representatives of the Ex
change will be there to give first
hand information about the workings
of our organisation. This is an open
meeting for all growers and bualaesa
men, ""i we want n full
Come, if job can, and bring others
with you. A
W. C. MANNING, Prss. 4
Martin County Unit
Under an agreement recently en
tered into between the British arma
ment and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture frosen perk cote
may now be Imported Into England
Them were 869 fewer meet ani
mals slaughtered in the United States
under Federal inspection during April
this year than last, according to tlsi
United States Department of Agricul
ture. To this shortage sheep and
lambs contributed 101,111, hoge i?,
688, cattle 177, and cubes tit.
Prices of dairy and poultry pewduets
suffered the least In the rapid dela
tion of prices of farm products which
began ia 1910 and continued through
l»tl, according to the Uallad Statsa
| Department of Agriculture .