North Carolina Newspapers

Advertisers Will Find Oar Coluwas a Latch,U.ey ta ISM nf Martin Caaaty's Home* VOLUME 23—NUMBER 78 Aaron Sapiro Addressed Far mers and Business Men of Thi* Section at Mass Meeting Friday AARON SAI'IRO'S ADDRESS *£> Sapiro addressed a large farmers and business men a ■ the court house this afternoon. There were several ladies present and it is to be regietAd that more were not -in attendance. For th yoke is heavier to bear for the average Car mer woman than for anyone else. She is the person who works 16 hours a day for dajs in the year an-"it he subject of cooperation should appeal to her very ..irongly. The addres., Mr. Satire was entirely on the sub «Lj»nuts. ft was conauleieJ by alt to be u masterly presentation of the subject. His explanation of the methods of the Peanut Trust against the Glowers Association wrss an eye opener and members of the associa tion now know who has made it hard for them. There will be a new membership drive launched beginning next w;«k, and the farmers will stay in the fight until victory is achieved. PEANUT COMBINATION SUED Those who have given the question much study know that since Novem ber, 1921, there has been something peculiarly strange in the peanut sit uation. For a long time the real trouble was hard to locate. The far mer being naturally a man full oi trust and believing everybody to b. honest thought that the claim of u big crop was the only cause for th ' depressed conditions, But upon fur ther investigation it has been foun * that the old peanut trust has be . getting in its deadly work to try t kill the farmers organization. It Ins been found that the anti-trust law have been flagrantly violated in n.an> points and suits have been entere I to recover damages. ' Most tobacco farmers, remember tin big suit brought against the American Tobacco Company several years ag. • The tobacco company at that time ha followed practically the same tactk. that wore by the peanut trust n cently to try to break the Grower. Association. The government accord ingly dissolved the company insolY as it was associated with other com panies and we have had to some ex tent at least, competition in the to ncco business since that time. And though multitudes of flagrant and no torious practices were shown the pea nut growers have known for sometime that the most unholy trust which eveV .operated in this section is the pea nut combination. They have choke'l the farmer for more than a genera tion. When the fainner attempts trr liberate himself the slimy trust docs its blackest w6rk. Think for a mo ment who compose the two sides. Firi-t the five thousand fanners who grow poanuts at starvation prices, who gc in rags, who enduro hardships ai» poverty prices on their side. Sec.nd fourteen concerns who have made for tunes out of the peanuts of the ciun try. It is about time for people to lint up and choose their side. Of course it is expected that a few intermediate speculators betwi-en the farmer ani Me trust and who gets his ammum tion from the trust is ' expected fcc stand with them 1 bat wfcy a fai mrni can have little enough sense to sur render to a bunch of people who have for years taken advantage of him and robbe him out of everything that h« has raised is hard to see. But the fight is on and the days of the Peanut Trust are numbered. The plan of the farina/ is full of justice and truth and it will prevail. The _ fellow who is and has besn using him as a slave is the' only man who it kicking. ' QUARANTINE OFFICERS REPORT The' following eases of contagious diseases were reported to me during the month of September. Scarlet Fever, 18 cases. Diptheria, 88 cases. —• - Typhoid fever, 1 case. Whooping cough, 1 ease. Total, 53 cases..— Then umber hv the various physicians is as follows: ' Dr. J. H. Saunders, 4 eases. ■ Dr. Jas. S. Rhodes, 2 eases. Dr. Jas E Smithwick, 8 cases. Dr B * Dr. J. , Ward, 7 eases. Dr. V. A. Ward, 3 cases. , -J Dr. H C McGowan, I ease _ 1 Dr. R. J. Nelson, 6 cases. 1 Dr. E. E. Pittman, 1 case. Dr Wm. E Warren, 14~cases. Householders, 6 cases. I Total, 58 cases. s • ■ ' WANTED: FARMER FOR TWO- J horse crop. Good house and 4>ul buildings. Excellent land. Will or Furnish everything. C. C. Walton, , Joiripsville, M. C.» Box 78. I THE ENTERPRISE: BETWEEN YOU AND ME By Ft ancis Speight INGRATITUDE Some folks—and I don't grumble Are like an old stray hound; He's mighty meek and tumble When first he comes around. It" seems that all he wishes la just to drink a bit Of water where the dishes Were wushed in—only it. But give him good pot-liquor. Or teed Kim cracklin' bread, He'll urowl at you no quicker— it seems to turn his head. Just so some folks, forsaken, Cornf hedging sad and loud, But wllen they ve ett your bncV Act mighty rich and proud. CO i TON MOVING FAST ilaleigh, October 3.—Keports fion. .he cotton belt indicate that the r» cent dry weatuer ha* resulted in tlu darry maturity of the crop and thai it ia now moving in large voiumc ' i hough the price dropped otf at Un \>egi lining ot the rush ;>eason, it ha., oen uotding up Remarkably well n .10w oi tne rwbtt ihreals of Waj .n Europe. . *"*•— The Htiength of the market is at tiihuied to the admitted shortness oi Oie crop and the line blowing mailt uy the (inoperative selling movement in 'the South. There is a distinct luciuig oi optimism and it in believeu uiut tne prices will be .much better iviien the pleasure from the dumping >f distress cotton in removed. The cooperatives are a new fuctoi ,n the market this year and thut Uie> are to be a considerable factor is in dicated l)y the fact that the Noiii. ,ui*olina Cotton Growers Coopera.ive Association receiyed around twt ..housand bales daily during the paswl »veek with every indication for gr«-ut yl increased receipts this week. The Tar Meel cooperatives aire ad > .lave enough cotton on hand to go in .o the markets of the world wijjj a .airiy respectable showing, and it lias iiardly begun operations. And it is just one of nine southern state organ izations engaged In the cooperative jelling of cotton. The cooperatives have arranged to lUlly protect mortviiges of cotton end already much mortgaged cotton is be ing delivered to the Association, ilie Association management believes that jne of the greatest services the co jperatives can render is to prevent .he dumfing of distress cotton during the rush season. The strength of the North Carolina cooperatives has attracted national attention, and recently the New Yo.k limes and the New York Journal of Commerce carried articles giv ing an account of what is being done in this state. Other New York pa pers carrying articles on the cooper atives have been the Annalist and Commence and finance, both financial weejtlleaA General Manager U. TJ. Blalock t* receiving daily from north em papers'askirig about the Associa tion. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Walter B. Clark, Pr«at-In-Charge Services for the 17th Sunday after Trinity, October, Bth: ChtUfifc school, 9:46 A. M.—Hirry M. Stubbs, Supt. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 A. M. V Evening prayer and sermon aC7:4£ P. M. A cordial welcome to all. * Don't forget the Sunday Schoo: census. , ■i .M i i ■ m N. C. JOINT STOCK LAND BANK HOLDS MEETING A meeting of the North Caroline Joinet Stock Land Bank of Durham, N. C., was held this morning at the Martin County Savings and Trust Company. Dr. J. E. Smithwjck, W. W. Walters, H. S. Everett, Don G. Matthews, J. T Stores, C D. Carstar phen and J. G. Godard were appoint ed on the board of directors. J. G. Godard was appointed chairman of thf, board. Stubba and Stubbs were ap pointed attorneys. Tkf Martin Coun ty Savings and Trusts Company was named depository. The Bank is anx ious to serve everybody. " Mr." L V. Waters, a farmer of the Jameeville-Dardens section, paid us a pleasant call yesterday. • * i 'BAD COPY - v'LIGHT PRINT, WiUtomsfim. Ahirlin Ounty North Carolina. Friday, October 6th, 1922 MONDAY IS FIRE ' PREVENTION DAY Despite the fact that the State wag e« an intensive prevention campaign last yeac v l66 people lost their lives, and $7,500,000 in property was de- Mroyed by fire. Are we becoming more though'l-ss, more Wasteful or more careless an ! have we the right to be so exi ;.va- Kant when so many people are slav ing in Hie world. Now is the time to stop and thing about this vita! questtbn. Half the firoe in North Carolina during August originate.l iii homes. Two-thirds of these wen caused by faulty /lues, shingle rjofs and ill-kept oil stoves. Fire Preven tion day is an ideal time to play safe for the winter use of chimneys, Hue;. hjiil roofs. Monday, October 9th has been set aside by the President oi the United States and the Governor of North Carol inf. as Fire Prevention Day. Let everyone do all in hi., oi her power to make the day a su. cess PROCLAMATION Following the example of the Pres ident of the United States and the Governor of North Carolina and my (own inclination as mayor of the I wi of Williamston, I wish to emph :ii*t the week beginning October the !nii and ending October the 9th as ' Fire ( Prevention Week." In order to make this week a success and in order to d something to-prevent the enorrou* waste in life and property in the fu ture, I make the following suggest otu to the people of the town of William ston and ask them to heartily co per ate in carrying out these suggest:ns Clean up your premises and g ready for the winter, The cleaned town is the best town niid the sn o.; town against fire and disease. I. t'; make our town as clean as poss Everybody cooperate to make ou town the cleanest town in this sec. o.> Therefore the week October the 'Jn to the 9th is designated as clei> iu week. Cut your weeds, clean ,»oui attics and cellars, repair your bi. It! ingw and do your part by making y i;i home and premises the cleanest' i town. This is everybody's job. E rj man, woman and cliild is ask> d an invited to lieip. ELBERT S. PEEL, Maye r. APPLES VALUABLE IN DlLi • Raleigh, N. C., Oet. 5. N. -Hj Carolina has a good 4rop of ap" 'e: this year Mrs. Jane S. McKinu -n State Home Demonstration Agent fo' the Agricultural Extension Set c urges the more extended use of tlvt fruit as a food. She states thet r baked apple, a "brown Betty" or ai apple pie is hard to beat as a (less r if one accompanies it with a glass o milk. This is also a good meal. A a food, Mrs. McKimmon says: "Tlit * is no better started for the day tha a good juiey apple and no fruit i better packing in the c'lil dren's school lunch. "Our own orchard fruits are inval uable in the diet. They furnish er tain mineral salts to keep the bod ii good condition and fibre and water t help the intestines in their wor elimination. Apples can be eaten eithe raw or cooked. Raw apples make t good salad when mixed with nuts, ceL ,ery and mayonnaise and it is ver. appetizing if served on lettuce Iqavet. "The apples which will notjteep du. ing the winter can be saved by c.u, ning, /reserving or jelly making. II Ihe housewife is fortunate enough t have a few /erab apples to mix her orchard fruit she can get / o jelly from any variety. The residu' pulp ca« be mashed through a fol ander, weighed and put into a pre serving kettle with 8-4 of a pound ol sugar and two slices of leipon fo every' pound of pulp. When this ha been boiled down to a thick mass un. the lemon has been thoroughly cookei. it should be poured boiling hot it sterilized jars, sealed and useiKas i sweet for supper or school lunche SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH A. V. Joyn*r, Pastor Sunday school, 9:46 A. M.— i. C. Anderson, Supt. We are now entering upon our fall work. Coin eand help us make the Sunday School the best in its history We can if you will do your best. Sermon by the pastor, It A. M.— Subject: "Christ Looking for Real Men." . # ' B. Y. P. V., 8:45 P. M. Because of the special revival ser vices beginning at the Methodic Church Sunday, we will have no even ing service. To all the s»)-vicen of our church, we extend to you a most cordial In vitation, K Messrs. R. B. Watson, E. B. Vaughn and R .B. Winborn of Murfreesboro visited the Fair Wednesday. RELIGIOUS CENSUS DISTRICTS ASSIGNED Pursuant to a meeting of delegates from the different churches o. liamstou N. C., for the purpose of organising committees from the var ious churches to take a religious cen sus of the town, the town has been diidvod in the following manner: Baptist chureh: Left side of Smith wick Street, Main street, and the north side of Pearl sti'eet. Christian church: South side of railroad. Methodist church: From railroa up Smithwick street to Main street; south side of Main street up to i' vir street, thej> all the territory west t Pearl street. Episcopal church: All territory North of railroad street that lays northeast of Smithwick street. These committees will visit your homos Sunduy, October Bth, and there after from time to time until the cen sus shall have been completed. These churches ask your cooperation and help in this matter. —Reported. ADVOCATE PASTURE MIXTURES Jacksonville, N. C., Oct. 6—County agent D. L. Latham of Onslow county has recently distribiued a letter show- I ing the advantages of having a per manent pasture on the farms of east ern North Carolina and giving intsruc tions ns to sowing the seed for ob taining such a pasture. Mr. Latham has two mixtures ,the "October Spec ial" and ham's Choice" which he is especially recommending to the far meis of this section. He gives the following instructions for seeding which will apply to most all the counties in eastern North Car olina: "Selec tgood .fertile, well drained soil, break it deeply with two or more horses, depending upon the type of soil; thoroughly pulverize by harrow ing several times before seeding; use a liberal supply of stable manure and fertilizer on the land; spread this broadcast and harrow in before seed ing; use at least two tons of lime stone or four tons of marl to the acre applied broadcast before seeding if posxible if not* applied before seeding, put it on top the first time the ground freezes of gets extra dry." FARMERS WILL HOLD CATTLE SALE" Spruce Pine, N; C., Oct. s.—To help 'iromote the cattle industry of this section Jve farmers of Avery, Yarieey Mid Mitchell counties are planning to ' told a big cooperative sale of feeder ind stocker cattle here on October 12. I'll ecattle nrc to be graded into ear ots no that the prospective buyers nay obtain the exact numbe rof the ' rade«und class of cattle de -irod. Soll -1 ng will lie done ut public auction and he cttle fed and cared for until load id on the cars for shipment. Those mndling the sale for th efartners are /. W. in charge or the live tock work of the North Carolina Ex ension Service, Mr. John W. Goodman | ounty agent for Avery county and | lr. W. R. Radford, secretary of the Vestern North Carolina Cattle Breed rs Association, Spruce Pine. The night previous to the sale the Vestern North Carolina Cattle Brecd rs Association will hold a meeting at * he- hotel at Spruce Pine in order To ,C>t the buyers and cattle breeders etter acqu|ainted with each other, t is expected that n large number f buyers fro mthe> cotton section of Carolina will be pre.-sont to uy cattle for feeding purposea_this winter, MRS. WM., HENRY MODLIN*- 0 Mrs. Wau.Henry Modlin died near lamesville Monday after an illness of three months with tuberculosis. Mrs. Modlin was the daughter of Mr. Ed Hardlson. She was but 19 years old. One of her children, but 2 months old, died from an attack of Pneumonia Sunday and was buried the same day that her mother died. She laso leaves one child. She was buried Tuesday at tfye Hardison'burying ground. METHODIST DIRECTORY Bi'ftiiiung Monday night, Rev, S. 8 Merer Will be with us .'or a series >i riitetings. Services will begirt af 7M5 t >ch night. Everyone is cordlil'y invited to attend there services. Tlye Epworth League vi I "i».h on Mriuay at 7:80 instead of 7:45 #• CONTRACTORS WANTED NOW— Wanted to subcontract clearing afld ditching on Bertie county road work and Martin county, Hamilton to Hali- , fax county Una—Projects Numbers 100 and 1678. Will advance 76 per cent of work done every Afteen (Jays to responsible parties. Address all bids to Heme Office, North Wilkes boro, N. C. J. F. Mulligan Construc tion Company. Bearish Movements Keep Price Of Cotton Around 20c When It Shonld Be Selling At From 25 to 30 Cents Striking New Red Cross Poster '• - . . ; . . " Jt'M I hSHf mm I Wpy ■, ■ ■ mT toßelieve and PrevenfMafing In Peage andln War _•' AtfloifieG-Alproacl Riveting the attention of the beholder on the fact that the Ameri can Red Crosa ia chartered by Congress as an official volunteer relief organisation the dome of the Capitol at Washington, upon which la super imposed a large Red Cross, is the central figure of a new poster for the Annual Rod Cross Roll Call. The poster, which has been pronounced one of the most striking of innumerable representations of the famous dome, ia the work of Franklin Booth, A New York artist of wide renown. It will be displayed throughout the country during the Roll Call period. Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, when the Red Cross membership for 1U23 will be enrolled. PURE CORN "LIKKIOR" Southern Textile Rulletin. We hippen to know Ihut the South ern representative of a new machinery house recently wrote the president of t| ' company that when he ntleuile l th Southern Textile Kxpo ition he could get sum e"puri" mountain corn liquor. s Mr. Kohless ,t f Salisbury, N. C., whose j(di is the bieaking ui of moon shining, has the fololwlng to say rel ative to the purity of corn juice. "11 is made in all sorts of places under the niQ.it unsanitary conditions. Stills have been constructed of, tin cans, old was hboilers, zinc kettles ami other receptacles, unfit for such pur poses. Stuff cooked In tliese vessels is poisonous beyond doubt . And some would not believe, witohut seeing it, the kinds Of stuff out of which the iiquor is madp. Watermelon anil muik 'melon rinds, grapes, potatoes, meal and other things usually gathere from gurbuge cans, are used for making mash, and'into this dumped concen trated iye, and even the refuse from horse stables ,te aid in the feumo.itu tion of the mash from which this il licit liquor is made. We have found not only snakoat but lizurds, frogs, roaches, rats, mice, maggots and all sorts of venniin." It is a we'd known and undisputed fact that in the absence of concentrat ed lye, hen house manure ia regularly used a sa substitute anil)that many of the muuntain moonshiners only use lye because their supply of hen hou.'e manure is not large enough. When the president of the above mentioned firm comes to Greenvillo he might fiixf cause to complain of a dirty plate at the hote liable end then go to his room and enjoy a drink of "pure" mountain dew made from a filthy mash tempered with hen ma nure. Then it he does not feel well when he gets home he wll blame it oki the hotel fare. It is 411 right to be a good sport, but drinking extract of dung-hill is going pretty far. CONTRACTORS WANTED NOW— Wanted to subcontract clearing and ditching on Bertie County road work .and Martin county, Hamilton, to Hal ifax county line—Projects Numbers 100 and IS7B. Will advance 76 per cent of work done every fifteen days to responsible parties. Address all bids to Home Office, North Wilkes boro, N. C. J. V. Mulligan Construc tion Company. KEEP ALIENS OUT ) ; Stricter tests for incoming aliens are being advocated in Congress by those who have charge of framing Im migration lawn. A red uction in the number allowed to come into the United Stales [H also one of the ob jects. I'ublic sentiment has much to do with the attitude taken by the legislators at Washington., For years Europe sent to Ameri-1 can shores its undesirables and we opened our arms and bade them wel come. Little or rjo restrictions were placed upon their entrance into country.o With, a condition in effect any appreciable length of time, it was clearly evident that we were engaged in u business that was tear ing down the very things for which we strove—the eduction of a homo geneous American citizenship. Although mfcny foreign etltneim the United States fotfght valiantly for tlie cause of the Allies in the World War there were counties* others who owed no allegiance to this country; and while, the pure stock was into the ranks, these fellows remained behind to make private profit out of the unusual conditions existunt.HHh ers there were who cost the country millions of dollars for deportation am' as internes within the United States. When the three percent restriction on immigrants went into effect thous amis were hindered from coming to America; but countless others slipped the immigration restrictions and came here, notwithstanding the restriction. Amerioan have not forgotten what the aliens cofct us during and prior to the war, and today there is an even stronger sentiment against the dump ing of foreign stock of th.> worst kind on American shores. i BAG 193-POUND DEER " On Tuesday morning of this week all those who could not go to Wipd sor to the birthday padty or to the Fair grounda were up the street by the largest deer seen here in a goed while. Dr. Chaa. Roebuck and Mr. Javin Roebuck and several friends went down into Lower Conine the night before and bagged him, and well say he was a "beaut" too, and that they were entitled to wear a smile, for you do not seer them as large a* that ene very often. Mr. Rogers and Dr. Roebuck say that there are a great itiahy deer down in that section of Conine. The deer weighed 198 pounds. « TO* wm*fl QUICK I RESULTS UOI * WJINT I AD IN THE ENTERPRISE V r ESTABLISHED 1898 The consumption of American cot i ton during the eotton year 1921-1922 1 was around 12,800,000 bales. The car ry-over of actual cotton July 31, 1922 wan less than the average for the last • te nyears. It wan not greater than we need to crry over for the conven ience 01 the trade until the cro> of ] 1922 in put Into trade channels. It Was no irnx-e than we shall need to carry over on July 31, 1923. It la, therefore, evident that the supply of available American cotton for con sumption during the cctton year 1922- 1923 is neither more nor les» than what wilt be produced in 1922. If the consumption demands are as great in 198H923 as they were in 1921-1922, (12,800,000 bales), or the present, none-too-large surplus roust be drawn upon. No one expects the crop of 1922 to come within 2,0(10,000 bales of equaling the consumption of American cotton the last year. Three miljiori bales less than were consumed in 1921-1922 is pibbably nearer the actual crop of 1922. Few seriously the demand for cotton during the next year to be less than during the year just closed. Where then is the cotton to supply the demand to come from? It is about as certain as anything can be that there will not produced in 1922 within 2,000,000 bales as much American cotton as the world will demand. If the demand it satisfied, therefore, it is evident that at least 2,000,000 bales must be drawn from the carry-ovjer of.July 31, 1922. If the j inters that have rotted, but are still counted in the commercial esti mates of the surplus ,and the un spinnable trash which is also still in ccluded, are deducted and then 2,000,- 000 bales more taken out of the pres ent carry-over to supply the excess of consumption over production, the car ry-over July 31, 1923 will be lower than is safe or best. The only thing that can prevent such a result is a decreased consump tion and probably the i-nly thing that will decrease consumpt on'is a mark ed increase in price, hut the price is lower instead of higher. The only possible reasons we can see for cotton remaining around 21 cents a pound in the face of these facts are that ,as usual, early in the season, there is a persistent "bear" effort to hammer down prices, until it has passe dout of the hands of the consumer ;and the dumping of the present crop on the market because the producers are so sorely in need of money. To illustrate the type of bear de ception which is beinn practiced, prac tically all commercial and .statements pretending to show the cot ton available for consumption during the present year state It will bo U» nu 16,p00,000 bales. The add the esti mated crop of 1922 to the inflated es timates of the carry-over July 81, • 1922 to get their 16,000,000 hales. And after being careful to state that the consumption for the last year was less than 13,000,000 bales, they state that the amount available for the year 1922-1923 will be around 16,00,000 bales. They know that this is a de liberate misrepresentation, but they purposely make the false statement that there will be 16,000,000 bales a vailable for the next yea rin order to bear the present Bput market. They know full well that these 16,000,000 must supply the demand for fifteen months instead of for a year, or that these 16,00,000 bales must supply the demand for the year tnd furnish the necessary %000,000 bales carry-over July 81, 1923. No man is wise enough to advise the farmers to hold cotton for any given or deflinte price. Moreover It is unsound economics t> hold a product of year-round, world-wide consump tion oc the market for a definite or excessive price; but the only things that are now keeping cotton below 26 to 30 cents a pound are that pro ducers are dumping this year's eotton on the market faster than the actual demands, and this annual bear cam paign of misrepresentation as to the probable supply and damand for the next year.—Progressive Parmer. TIRED OV BEING FLAPPERS Well, at last some girls say that they are tired of being called flappers and flappy and of hearing people saj-, look at her bobbed hair, or look at her knees, or, what a jaunty swagger shehas. Some even wish them to say hereafter that she {improperly dressed and has her'right mind. This will be a fine thing and will relieve the woaedAng public since they will know what will happen next. ; * " -- h SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTERPRISE