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Advertisers Will /tod Onr Columns a Latch Ij.ty to 1500 of Martin County's Homes VOLUME 23—NUMBER 70 PERMANENT PASTURES AND BETTER FENCES To combat the ravages of the bo weevil anil at the saine time put in to actual practice the raising of more and better livestock is a special fe ture of the agricultural exters'o work in eastern" Carolina. "As a be ginning," says Dr. H. W. Kilgore,' di rector of extension, 'permanent p j.. tures and more and better fences arc being advocated." That it is necessary to do something to solve this problem iff the cotton counties of the state is the opinion o all the leading farmers and agricul turists an I it is agreed that the bus iness of producing more and bcttei livestock is the solution. To raist livestock requires permanent pastures which in turn means the building ol fences. The extension service has issued two circulars. No. 17 on "Grass Mix tures for N. C. Pastures," and No 118 on "Farm Fencing," copies o which may be had by writing tlio ag ricultural editor, Department of Ag riculture, Raleigh, N. C. EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARIES Williamsto nhas been bothered fo> the past week by several petty rob beries. Some one entered the r dence of Mr. J. H. Purvis on Sunday night a week ago and tock severa dollars and some notes from his pant: pockets. On Friday night the stoit of Mr. C. O. Moore was broken in an robbed, several dollars was taken fron the money drawer, also two - wo'ch both open faced in twenty-year cases one an Elgin and the other a Swis neither of thorn in working-conditi » Sunday morning about four o'clock Mr. Henry Taylor, whg, was spenditi' the night with Mr. H. W. Stubbs wn. aroused by a light in his room 'a*- found a man going through his pa't. pockets. He saw him take all change that he had in the pockets am two packages of cigarettes but hav ing nothing to defend himself w; proceeded to keep quiet until the bur glar left the house. Then he callc Mr. Stubbs and they watched the iru going off through Simmons Avenue Everybody is Henry's friend and ( course his friends will refuse to sa; that he was scared. On Sunday night the Fewden Druj Company was entered from the rea and all the money in the cash drawei wns taken 'which did not amount yt over four dollars and several boxes of cigarettes, so it is evident that th robber indulges in the favorite pa time of cigarette smoking. It is ver hard to catch a fellow when he in and steals but our oflicials should kee a closer watch. HAMILTON ITEMS Miss Helen Council has returnei from a visit to relatives in Tillery. Misses Helen Davenport, Annie An thony and Alice AUjgood and Messis Jim Thomas-and W. J. Beach pen., Sunday at Flat Swamp. Mr. W. J. Beach is spending fievera days in Kinston on business. Irving'* Williams was here fron" Greenville' Sunday. Mr. Aubrey Dixon of Ahoskie wai here Sunday. , Mr. ami Mrs. R. W. Salsbury ami Mrs. Brown attended church at Flat Slnnil:. y Messrs. T. B .Slade, J i\, aml W. Y Davis went to Hobgood Monday 01, business . ■— Mr. and Mrs. Ab Peel spent Sun day at Flat .Swamp. David Davsnport Of Rocky Mount is here spending some tinv. On Saturday afternoon from fou to six Miss Sttroh Edmondson enter tained in honor of her tenth birth day. Kook and Parchesi were tht games played after which deliciout cream ond cake were served. Those present were Misses Mary Waldo Ethel Patterson, Sallie B. Rarnhill. Martha Salsbury, Dorothy Ward o1 Enfield and Messrs. David and Clay ton Davenport. TOBACCO MARKET STRONGEST SINCE OPENING The price of tobacco on the loCa ! market seems stronger than at on time since the opening. The sale are not heavy but regular and th farmers are bringing their crops tc market in better condition. The deliveries and odvances to th Growers Association are very sct:s factory. Very few complaints ar heord and most of the m mberu are well pleased and most everyone is be ginning to see it is the reasonable way to handle the crop. APPOINT KEEPER OF BRIDGE Sheriff J. C. Crawford has been ap pointed keeper of the new bridge. Tin Sheriff will make a good keeper a: he is a man who always does his ful' duty. ' 0- >- Mrs. C. B. Siceloff left Monday to visit relatives in Tarboro. THE ENTERPRISE Moved for U. S. Against Rail Unions ■ v U.S.JOS&E I OAMES M WILKEQ r Jt A These men were the nrincipals ii. the In ieachin s court artfca wfcW granted the United States an injunction again*! liw Rail Umi/ie The# •re (upper, left to right) U. S. District All*, of Chicaiv,' AM'U U. S. Atty.-Gen. Blackburn Ester line and C S At.y.-Gcn H*rry M' Datigherty. Below, U. S. Judy* James H. Wilkerson, of ihi ChiejaS District, who granted the injunction. Attorney Central DaiiKh«t> tiam« ' t a move only to prevent interfering with nauoit&l public utilities 111#! Unions »ay they will fight to a fumh. -» ' Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Association Is Making A Fine Showing In South Carolina First advance payments to merti liers of the Tobacco Growers Cooper ative Asociatiou in South Carolina on nine markets for the first nine deliv ery days this year, averaged more than the total receipts under the auc tion system, in 1921, according to figures compiled by the South Caro lina offices of the Association. At Bamberg and Hartsville mem ber growers leveraged two cents a pound more in advance than fhe aver paid by the 'auction' system in 1921. In the face of these figures and th* fact that the Association has increas ed its advance payments to South Carolina members and i*> urging them to make early deliveries in order to hasten the second payment, only grow ers. with short memories find any rea son to cling to the out-of-date "auc tion" system. That many of them still remember 1921 is shown by the way new contracts are'being signed in the Palmetto St.ito. More than twenty Virginia coun ties hav eperfected local organizations in school districts or townships and the five hundred locals are holding regular meetings at which problems of the' member growers arc discussed ■and plans made tor holding the As sociation with a united front in the tinht against the old auction system. Growers in four counties in West ern North Carolina have requested CO-OP MKM HERS CANNOT SELL ON OPEN MARKET The question is often asked, "Hi.s •a farmer, who is a fnamber of the Co the open market?" The answer is 4, N0." The man who is a member ha.' made o contract upon which he is lia ble and of course the Association as sumes that its members are honorable enough to stick to their agieemn and the greatest majority of the have, though there art a few wlio do not seem to understand that they are under obligations. Then there are those who have encumbrances, eith i to the landlord or merchont and th*?j will not permit them to deliver to th Exchange as they have contracted b this situation will not exist long fo: the merchants and landlords will ssi it is the most sensible way to sell and they will want the tendnt and cred itors to sell through the Exchange. Those who deliberately break their contract will be dealt with. ;But the greatest class of law break ers ore those who are persuading the members to bleak their contracts. The law makes it a crime to use any mean to induce a member to break a con tract. They will also be deolt wit at the proper^tlwe. Every man, whatever his occupation should support any system that wil bring a greater income to the fanner for his prosperity means greater prosperity to oil. • SLOGAN FOR THE G. O. P. 1 From Ohio State Journal (Rep.), As soon as we can get the lump in our earnest Republican throat swal lowed we are going to rise and sug gest this campaign slogan: "sl2 co»* and victory!" ■ . Williamston, Martin County North Carolina. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th. IWJ uFsistance from headquarters in per I reeling some 200 local community or ganizatian,s on the e\y of the open ing of waiehou.-es in this terr.tor.x In response to th\s call the Associa fion has sent L E. Rogers, of Virginia R .1 Works, o, Kentucky, and Kiel. Representative-: L. V. Morrell, J. II Farley and H. 11. Lawley of Norll Carolina to cooperate with the grow ers under the leadership-of Directo J. W. King and J B. Swain, distrie representatives in these counties. Sentintf'iit for Cooperative-Market ing is overwhelming tobacco grower: HI Western North Carolina. Lead r umong the growers expritt throug! their local organisations to unsnip MM per cent deliveries among member of the Association. Aaron Sapiro is to speak at Dan ville, Va., Friday, September 15th and in South Hill, Va, Saturday, Sep 16th at mass meetings which are ex peeled to break all attendance records Mr Supiro says that California Co operatives are much impressed by tin remarkable story of theeKutucky Bui ley Association in its first year, an that 11. G. Coykendahl) head of thi California Prune and Apricot Grow ers Association, is going to Kentucky to study the operation of the Buries Association, which has made a gie record in handling tobacco at a mil. imum cos; t.) members FII.LIi DAY ANI> l'l( NIC FOR FARMERS The lirsDilj expeiimcnt fetal ion a' Wiilard, N. C., will be thrown ope/ • -W' ",'" .*•■»', 1.1 to tlin irei'ii from all over North Carolina for-) .the a.inual celebration. Dr. Chan "Dealing, in charge of the utatioa, .says that all visitors are expected ti bri.ig util-ftlled baskets but, in ca-it i-oine I.oulri forget, there wil lbe b»r becuc, ie'e cream, cakes and cold drink for sale on the grounds. Marshal: will be named and everyone is expect ed to abide by the rules of regulai traffic so that there wil be no con 1 gestion. For those who do not know Willari or the farm, it is well to say that Wil lard is in Pender county on the At lantic Coast Line railway and 011 th Wilmington-Goldsboro highway (N. C 40). (Next thing they'll be calling some of these highways 7-11). Tlu farm is a branch experiment station owned by the N. C. State Department of Agriculture, and many valuable ex perimerits of benefit to the farmer , are conductde on it During the day demonstrations ot poultry culling, care of milk, construe tion of farm fences, soil drainage an ; sweet potato curing and Btoring wil be given In addition to that, there will be* on exhibition the prize winniiip herd of Jersey cattle, a«d the on! Gold Medal bull in the South To show the hospitality of Pender county, all business houses, t«bacc warehouses, and practically all places of business in Willard and Wallocf wi|l be closed and the people of thege places will welcome visitors with opt-i arms. According to Dr. Dearing, one drug store in each town will be op > so that the people may be relieved af ter overeating. DAVIDSON COLLEGE'S DRIVE FOR $600,000 Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 11.— R. G. Harrison, prominent banker of Wil liamston, will act as chairman oj Mar tin county in the campaign for $600,- 000 for the endowment and expansion of Davidson College, according to the of R. M. Miller, Jr., of this city, who is directing the campaign in North Carolina. Many prominent business men and civic leaders of Martin county are graduates of Davidson College and are active in the campaign to build* Davidson for a Greater .Southern Presliyterin church." Da vidson College is not ohly one of the leading educational institutions of North Carolina, but is one of the lead ing Preshytreian colleges in America, and many prominent figures of the South and country, such as ex-presi dent Wood row Wilson, received part, or all, of their education in its class rooms Approximately one-third of all the Southern Presbyterian ministers are graduates of Davidson and more of its present students are preparing to ente the ministry than students of any other non-theological institution of the South The present campaign is be-i ing conducted in order to increase the value of Davidson to North Carolina and to the South generally Graduates of the institution, North Carolina Presbyterians, and citizens of the state generally, are- active in support of the campaign for a "Great er Davidson," and graduates of the institution alone, in North Carolina form a large part of the leading citi zens. Of the $600,000 raided by the campaign $400,000 will be used for the rebuilding of the hintosric Cham bers Hall, whose destruction by fire last year has greatly handicapped the work of the college. The additional -200,00(1 will be added to the endow ment fund in order to add more teach ei s to the faculty that are. required by the present enrollment at David son. . At the present time the enrollment at Davidson is necessarily limited te MM). Religious and acadmeic train ing are alike given in the college, and all (lie nfluences of college lifetend toward building character as well as giving academic learning. Directors of the Davidson campaign include eighty men who are leaders in America and in the South Among them Is ex-president Woodrow Wil son, who plans to give the caimpaigr all the personal support that his pres ent condition of health will allow several of the most prominent min isters of the South, and many bus iness men and civic leaders County chairman in North Carolina likewise include men promfhent foi civic and religious leadership. Mr Harrison who will direct the cam paign in Martin county is vice-presi dent of the Farmers and Merchant.' Hank During the campaign he wil have the cooperation, not only of the state-wide organization, but of tlv ministers and business men in tin county as well. HARVEST AND HANDLE WITH CARK " .+ ————— The importance of careful harvest ing and handling in determining the keeping quality of sweet potatoes I"rnnnnt he 7 over oinphawiimd. —Piubab ly more potatoes are lost to the grow er as the result of break in the skin of a potato furnishes an opportunity for the entrance of rot diseases. The vines should be cut and raked off of only such an area as can be harvest ed and stored the same day. The po tatoes should be turned out with o large turh plow or with the standard two-horse potato plow, plowing deep ly in order, to avoid cutting and bruising the roots. If the day is cloai and mild the potatoes may renioin or the ground for a few hours, but if harvested on a hot day they shoulr be placed in the shade as soon as driei off. HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT The following cases of contagious diseases were reported for the month of August: Diptheria, 2.1 cases. Scarlet fever, 9 cases. Measles, 2 cases. Chicken pox, 1 case. Whooping eough, 14 cases. Typhoid fever, 4 cases. T0ta1,.43 cases. There were forty-three homes placard ed. Householders reported 16 cases. Dr. J. H. Saunders reported 8 cases. Dr. J. S. Rhodes reported 8 cases. Dr. W. E. Warren reported 3 eases. Dr B. L. Long reported 4 cases. Dr. E. M. Long reported 9 cases. Dr. R. J. Nelson reported 3 cases. Dr. Chas. Roebuck reported 2 cases. Dr. V. A. Ward reported 3 cast s. Dr. J. E. Smithwick reported 2 eases. Total cases reported, 63. Death Mine Where- Gold Miners Perished km—mmmmmmm Jl tfv , Surface »iew of the Argonaut Gold -> • \?lgi - Mine in California where forty-seven * ' miners were recently trapj>ed by tire *■ c; , . Thi* picture wat takenaaretcue work fdOSmt > " way. '••*■ aJyi .i ff *t ~ iii'ii yjr i i" 1 wKp Glaring Mistakes In State's System of Taxation as Seen . By Judge Walter B. Clark (By, Judge Walter 15. Clark, of th North Carolina Supreme Court.) There is unquestionably a very gen eral and a most justifiable ilissati.s faction among the farmers and work ecu—in.fact by all who aid in creat" ing; the wealth of the State—as ti our system of taxation. Hut the,ri doea not seem to have been any cleai conception—as I understand the m; ter—of the cause of the trouble an the remedy. 1. First there is great complaint of appropriations and some allega tions as to mis-munagement and ex travagance. These last ought to be corrected hut they do not cut as large a figure as they are sometimes rep resented. As to tin 1 appropriations, when they are for the public benefit,' such us public roads, public school.l - public buildiiigs, when these lat ter a I*.unnecessary, they are for the public benefit and the taxpayers arc getting valuP received and are bene fftted and not hurt. 2. Secogfl there is a complaint as tc. tax-free public bunds. These amount to fully flfty thousand millions of-dol lars in the U. S. and their being ex 'cmpt from taxation is certainly a bo nils to those who ha,ve idle funds or which they can thus druw interest from the government anil jyiy no pari of the expenses of carrying it on Hut half of this sum is in U. S. bomb and we cannot expect that they will' ever be, .made taxable. And there is thiscons ideration that by their beinf exempt from taxation they cun be soli at a lower rate, thus being to semi extent ut least a collection of taxes on them at the source To some'ex. tent the above will apply to the twcn tythousaml millions of the state, conn ty and city bonds in the U. S. ( whicl to some extent at least are noli tax able. * 3. The reul trouble is one which if rarely mentioned and seems not to hi understood, and that is our system ol State taxation by which a very large part of non-productive wealth—that is wealth which is not actively aiding in production—is exempted from tax ation. For instance, there is tullj one thousand million dollars invested by the rich in the purchase of stocks. These stocks are required by the con stitution to l»e taxed uniformly liter" all other projierty but 'such is tin power of Aggregated Wealth that these corporations have secured (Tii total exemption in this state of these stocks, which should pay $10,000,000 annual taxation—the payment of which sum is thereby added to the taxation which should be legally paid by other and poorer closes in the community—mostly the producing classes. 4. The Supreme Court of the Unit ed States and of this state and of all other states with like provisions in their constitutions, have pointed out the fallacy that the owners of stocks in a corporation are exempt on these investments if the corporation pays taxes on its own property. When a man buys stock in n corporation he simply receives a certificate of stock which is a note of indebtedness on which dividends are to be paid in lieu of interest. If this is preferred stock, it is qimply secured by mort gage on the earnings and if it is com mon stock it is an insecured indebted ness. It is the property of the buyer as much so a"s if the purchaser had bought live stock, or land or any other property. The owner can sell or de vise it or dispose of it like any other properyt. It is absolutely his. The mere fact that there is superadded the right to vote in the corporation meet ings (which is illusory as to minorit' stockholders and does not exist as to preferred stock) does not change the fact that he is the owner of the stocV and the company is hiß debtor, In every financial report the - stock o every corporation is set out, properly as a liability. The stock is an in set ol the owner and a liability of the corporation. 5. Then there is the income tax, •viiuh is a delusion 'inil a frnul ft 'his K rei.t power of Massed Weu'i) ha.- inserted in both t'>e U. S. Sfcnlii'e r;.i! nit *tate statute that it is an in dli'tiibie offense, hi/, ilv punis), title, *i let it b eknowu what the incttnr a t:oun,. to of any tti 'vdual J i| |eii tl rough under ttlse pretovus i Ct'fsln jticnal am vi.'meat resiri *• ing the state income tax to 6 per cent, whereas in the Federal government there was a graduated tax running up to 08 per cent and it is much higher in all foreign countries. As one of the results in this state there is HI individual who state recently in an interview that he was worth four hun dred millions and his total iaxatioi last year was SB2B. (J. Then there are "inheritance taxes" which ought to be a very large source of revenue but we know of an instance in which the estate of a de cendent who left fifty million dollars anil which ough jutly have paid ten millions of dollars into the state treas ury, paid in by the lust information $370,000 and another estate worth thirty millions was assesed for in heritance taxes at four and a hull millions and other large estates havi been grossly undervalued. The pow er of this influence is so great that nt public statements are given out as ti inheritance estates as is always- dom in Kngland and France, and often it New York. Then too, we knew that a single state oltlcial, of hi sown head (and over-ruling the Corporation Coir mission- remitted SIIO,OOO in taxed to a rich corporation ami nothing wiis eveil don eabout it. This is the manner in which, out taxing system is carried out. (!real wealth is almost entirely exempted and the burden of paying the taxa lion wealtd should pay in added to the taxation of the producing classes. Th propaganda of the predatory classei is to make us engage in useless con troversy over allegations of mis-man agement and extravagance (whirl may be true in some cases) but which gets us nowhere und which only em in diverting attention from the rob hery of the musses by the exomptioi of all great wealth from taxation— Jjre very propertf which ran best pa\ taxes and which should bq' made t 'pay it. It is a case of "Nero fldillihf while Koine burned." """The rttftl lM'y fir niir Inning Byntfim' which was created by the the agent.- of predatory wealth —whether mein bers of the Legislature nominated b> its influence or their lobbyists—as understand it, is in "Segregation." I! was a shrewd and cunning device The county governments fn this staU cost thirty millions a year. Then was turned over to them the real es late as a source of revenue and land had to be increased in value—or th* rate increased when the farmers had to he amused by a redutlion in valua tion —while, the other and most pro ductive sources of revet'ie, the taxes on stocks, and the graduated tax an incomes and graduated taxation on inheritances and other more profit - oble sources of revenue were turne ! over to the State government an*' public attention is divreted from the manner in which these taxes are levie* and a statute forbids be ing given out. Head 183 N. C., 553-668. NINK-I\KKT STALK OF COTTON Mr. W. F. Crawford of Cross Roads brought us a stalk of cotton nine feet and one-inch high Monday. We be lieve Mr. Crawford is the champion tall cotton raiser. He plants his cot ton twelve inches apart in the row and says that he makes more cotton that ctiptnnce than when he plants a greater apart. This has been found true by many tests in the cot ton belt and especially Do in the boll weevil territory where early cotton is all that can be saved,. r IP TO. QUICK RESULTS om A WANT AD IN THB EtffftWSlSE - 4 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIGHTING BOLL WEEVIL The list of oounties actively affiliat ed with the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, was increased two more this week, according to announce ments given out this morning from the headquarters of this organization in Goldsboro. These latest counties to throw their strength behind the movement are Cartari-t and Pamlico. Secretary Hartlett visited the.se two counties this week, an dwithout any difficulty, secured the active w»d ma terial support of both of them. Meeting Held at Beaufort and More head City A very enthusiastic meting was held Tuesday at Beaufort, at which time the uprposes and plans of the organi zation were thoroughly outlined by the speaker. Many of th eadvantage* of Eastern North Caro'ina were stress ed lu the tuessago and the buaineea men present were woll pleased wltfi the possibilities of this organ zntion. At the conclusion of the address by the Secretary a local unit was form ed, the business men taking the assess inent for their town. •> Wednesday night a meeting was held In Morehead City, ond the Sec retary was agaiu given a gjod audi ence and the very best kind of atten tion. This meetiag was well attend ed and a unit was also organised there at Morehead City. Both the Marine Bairk and the Bunk of More head City, are actively support the big Eastern Carolina Chamber along with more than a score of other bank* that have been given the opportunity to do so. These two towns assumed Carteret's quota and thus puts this progressive county over the top. liayboro Meeting Great A^meeting was hodl at liayboro, Thursday afternoon at .'1:00 o'clock, for the people of Pamlico to havs an opportunity 'of deciding whether they wuld throw their hot in the ring with the other Eastern counties, in an ef fort to beat the boll weevil. There were representatives from practically every section of the county, and they came for the purpose of getting in formation asfto how this big develop ment project can be [Ut over during the n*\l lew years, 'I hey came, thoy heard, tlu-y believed, us all fhi? others are doing wherever meetings are be ing held. They not only did ail thi», but they backed their belief with their actual cash. This county, small in population, but big in ideas, within ten minutes tke speaker had conclud ed had pledged the entire amount asked ( f the county which intule th» eighteenth county on the list. Mr. John Weskett, cashier of the liank of liayboro, arranged for this meet ing, ttnd he did the job up well. Mr. Weskett has the right conception n what his county need*, and when all the bankers of Eastern North Caro lina get the vision this young banker has, sumetliitig is going to hopjlen in Eastern North Carolina and happen mighty soon. Pamlico is in to the finish, as they expressed it. The county has wonderful possibilities and .some of these are going to be reolis ed within the next few years. FKKE FIRE-WOOD The State Highway Commission has at the river a great number of rail road ties to dispose of in a short time. These ties will make good fire-wood as they are hardwood and dry. The Commission will give these tie* to anyone that will move them In the next few days and they are well worth the cost of moving in compa*_ ison with the price of coal. They will have to lie burned if not moved in a short time. PKIENDS REGRET TO SEE MR. AMI MKS. BROWN I l-'AVK Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brown left Sat urday for their home in Washinjtoa, D. C. Mr. Brown as superintendent of the construction of the bridge for Boyle-Robertson has shown superior ability as an engineer and the whole town appreciates his efforts and his work and though he has had bany setbacks and handicaps he has always worn the same old smile and neve*' complained. Bridging the Roanoke was a real job and it required both ability and patience and with these qualities Mr. Brown was endowed. People from far and near say that it the finest bridge of its type they have ever seen much- credit for sue ha beautiful structure is due hka. The town is better for having known both Mr. .and Mrs. Brown and that is one of the best compliments that can be paid anyone, they are citisens of theh ighest type and (hey have made many friends wh6 regret to see them leave. Mrs. Warren Biggs will teach aiu sic in the school for Mrs. Wheeler ■ Martin until she is able to take her class. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTERPRISE
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