ADVERTISERS WILL FIND OUR COLUMNS A LATCH-KEY TO ISM MARTIN COUNTY HOMES. VOLUME 23—NUMBER #7 Tuberculosis Campaign Now On In All Sections of the State For statistical purposes ami for comparison, the Bureau of Statistics has div*Mb the State into four see ticMf east, middle east, middle -* The tmrt}\ counties which comprise the middle western section have a , population of over one million, and • yet these counties have the lo\ est death rate from tuberculosis of ny section of the state. In this sect 011 is located the only county sanatoi um In the State and also the two c m ties that have voted a bond issue l'or erection and maintenance of county sanatoria. From activities on f >ot it would seem these counties are nvjie interested in curing and preventing tuberculosis than any other seetior of the Stat*, and these activities are doubtless refletced in the declining death rate from tuberculosis. The thirty counties in the mi! lie eastern section have the highest de ith This cannot be accounted for in climatic conditions as twenty cc in ties in the seaboard section have a death rate ten points lower than he middle eastern. In the we were taught that a low altitude was emt- EXTENSION WORKERS WILL MEET IN RALEIGH IN DEC. Director R. W. Kilgore, of the In tension Service of the State Coll* ge and Department of Agriculture, 1 as issued a call for the next annual mr;t (ng of the county agents, home de n onstration agenis and other exten on workers to be held in Raleigh at ihe State College during tjfe ten day |. r iod beginning DecembJ* 5 and lasi .g through December m. This meet iir will be largely' In the form of ash jt. course and school for county agenta, participated in during the three d, y» of December 7, 8 and 9 by the ho ne demonstration agents. The meeting this year will be ' ■ -kpd out under a new plan in t' at agents themselves will he rei|i.ir ed t« show their prefrence for he kind of program that they desite. r i lie agents in each of the ftve districts into which the State is divided for extfu sion work have selected a represent a - tive and will send him a list of'.the A TRIP TO THK STATE FAIR AM AN AGRICULTURAL STUDENT 1 went to the State Fair at Rale gli with my agricultural teacher and some other boys from our Farm Life School. The Fair watt very educational. Av• saw the various crops ,the differ ent variettis of each crop and how they graded them. They had all kinds of machinery and had it running so you could ee how it worked. We saw the different types nnd breeds of animals, talked with some of the men who exhibited them snd saw some of tht animals judged. On the opening day of the Fair we heard General Pershing, Governor Morrison and Mrs. Vundcrhilt make addresses. We met with othtr boys from Farm Lifjß Schools of this State, roomed with some of them at th& State Col lege and swapped ideas and exptri ancee with the>m. We also had some fine frames at the College Y .M C. A. The Fair was much improved this year on account of the gambling booths bteing barred from the grounds. I feel that we derivedd much lienefit from the trip in an educational way and I hope to lie able to teturn again nexVvear. Mre. Polite IllgfTP, assisleii by Miss Sylvia entertained jt Ikm heme Mon,l:,y nipht tlieiv rhurrji school cla« i, "St. I.uke'i." Outdoor folk trainee, RIKXI eats ,a hike to "GouatH's Oriivn" v.-heie p-.prrackers And spaiklers made half part nine come all too rocn for these young sters. Pupils Elsie Andrews, Joe - Godard, Clau d Clark, Albert Cook, Paul Simpson, Buck Sanders. Those 'Ufvitad were Albert Clark, Mac and Reginali) Simpson. Am ad road the other day "Would like to exchange correspondence with an intelligent' njpn. Purpose matri mony." Now, she ounht to know an Intelligent .man doesn't get married. LOST—Female Walker FoxP-Hound. Color white and tan, with short tail. to the name of "Winnie." Notify me and receive liberal reward. DR. CHAS. ROEBUCK, Williams ton, N. C. THE ENTERPRISE ducive td tuberculosis and that to be cured the patient must needs go to a high altitude. It is now definitely known that tuberculosis can he cured in any climate ox altitude provided, proper treatments be Riven; the es sentials of which are rest, fresh ,iir, good food anil medical attention. The counties that have gone "ar thest with this program are showing greater reduction in the number or deaths, Which is a powcrfu larguni ent for all counties to increase their ef forts. The health leaders in some c».un ties in the middle eastern section have becom eintdrested in providing for the care of these victims. This wee!; a mass meeting l was held in Vfice County to devise means for combating the disease. "Dr. McCain, Assist int Superintendent of the State Sa >a torium, was summoned and outlined a tuberculosis campaign to over three hundred interested citizens. I>r. T lc- Cain advocated tin inter-county sana torium for small counties that ware unable to secure sutficient funds ft..111 a bond election in one county. By this plan two or more counties may p>ol their resources and establish a coun ty sanatorium to care for the patie its from their rrespective counties. subjeets and problems which they wttbt to have discussed. These live representatives will then meet w.th the regular program committee when the program for the ten-day on will be prepared. It is expected that this will lie one of the most interesting and valuable meetings of the agents to l»e held in recent years because of the mi.ny problems now before the agricultural workers of t lie, State. The boll we \-il and co-operative marketing, to gether with the renewed interest in live stock ajid poultry, will all pies ent problems that must have an oat line of work agreed on for the ci m ing, year. Director Kilgorc expe.t« SIKJUI 65 farm demonstration and 50 h«,me demonstration agents in addition to a number of extension specialists from the College and D«p«ulm*Ht anil from the United states Department of Agrkmlture to be present in Raleigh during this confrence. HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT FOR MONTH O FOCTOBER, 1022 There are no contagious diseases reported for th emonth of October, ex cept diphtheria and scarlet fever. There were twenty-eight cases of diphtheria reported and twelve of scarlet fever. The following .physicians very kind ly reported these, viz: Dr R J Nelson 6 case. o Dr V A Ward 7 cases Dr J F. Ward 6 cases Dr E M I-ong 1 case Dr E M Pittman, I case Dr J E Smithwick 1 case Dr T L Bray 1 case Dr J H Saunders H cases D>- H B York 2 case* Dr J S Rhodes 2 cases Or Wm E Warren fi cases Househoders . ..„ 2 cases Total - 40 cases WILLIAM E. WARREN, County Physician. STATE POULTRY SHOW The Eighth Official State Poultry Show of North Carolina will lie held in Greensboro December 13 V* IG> jointly by the North Carolina Poultry Association and the Central Carolina Poultry Association. This show.prom ises to be the largest and lierft ever held in the State. No doubt breed ers of thoroughbred poultry will be pleased to know that the show of is to be held U» the central part of the State. Greensboro offers one of the best show rooms to be found and no community has ever shown more whole-hearted support than the business mea and the civic organiza tions of Grensboro. Nothing will be lacking in the way of facilities for making this one of the most suecess flUpoultry shows ever held in the South. Breeders of both exhibition and utility classes of poultry will come in for a share of the large of ferings in cash premiums and the at tractive array of specials and lovinr cups. Exhibitors ohpuET write to C. A. Williams, Secretary, Greensboro, N. C., for a copy of the attractive premium list, now ready for mailing. It coete nothing. Entries close Thurs day, December 7th. I : : U . ' WILLIAMSTON, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1922 WHERE DID MANE WEEKLY COTTON "TAR HEEL" START? AND TOBACCO NEWS When was the term "Tar Htel" first applied to North Carolina »nd by whom? That question has rect ntA liecn asked and thee have been a va- ' riety of answers. There is a tradition that it was fit's t used in the YVni be- ' tween the States and they were jfiv- 1 en the name because somebody : aid • that the fact that they fought so veil 1 and stuck so fast was because 1 liey ; had tar on their heels. Is that the 1 real answer? John Lacy -Deans, a stusent in the Selma High School writes: The question "why are North Car olinians called "Tar Heels," was ;.*k | ed th eel ass this week. Some aid I because "tar, pitch and turpen ine i were the chief product**?" Others said j they won it in the War between the I States, and that Central Jackson c.ave 1 the name tt> sojae of the soldiers un- j der his command in a fieive ba.tle ; and others that General l«e did. Will I you tell us the author? Can any of our readers give u> the desired information for this hi i vht young student ? CONTRACTOR FOR STATE HI H WAY TO WINDSOR USING OLD CONVICT CAMPS Tlie contractor for the State lli. h way project between VViUian.rrot and Windsor has opened up the .>li convict camps and will start era I n work from the lower end of M »it street. After' completing there ht will finish the work of grading tine' opening up the road beyond the rail road. ENTERTAIN WITH WEENIE IIOAHT M.sses Millie Spruill asd Nina Up ton were joint hostesses ("t a Wee;di Roast Friday night. 'I. wer provided for a hay ride to ('amp II ux ton and thirty after a delightful rdt through the frosty air a tamp tin wa« made and the wecnieK were rojist ed asd needless to say were much u> joyed. The Invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. L Williams, Mr and Mrs I /I Rrown, Mr. and M*o Qsi ar Ander son. Mr and Mrs. A. R. Dunning am Misses Daisy Wynne, Sylvia Upton Josephine Davis and Messrs. Minuit Hosteller; Kdgar Boney, Cortez Greet Martin J. Davis and Hob Hvendriik. FARMERS ARE URGED TO BUY AT HOME The one thing that people are the most in need of is education, not nec essarily the kind that- the school ma'am and the text books instruct in, hut the need of economic education There me a yreat many peo| l$- who believe that any article secured awav from hume is a superior article to the home product: A poor giu.te of ha> will bring a better price if shipped hundreds of miles than' our native grasses and pea vine and other honu raised will brini on th elocal mar ket. . Another mistake that a great many people, especially farmersr, make in their marketing, is in buying an ar ticle manufactured to a price and not priced after manufacture. The best and most economical is not necessar ily the least expensive.' Service and durability shpuld be placed above price in all a^tielee- There is l*nd near you that can be purchased for $lO or fls per acre, and still no one wants it So it is with any article that sells for a -lower price than the tried and true articles This leads again to the point of trade at hbme. The dealer who sells you an article at a price and has an established reputation will* see that th claims for this article vill lie fulfilled or he will «ee why. Ho wan? your trade, the manufacturer want* your trade, and thus for each to be pleased upon any satis factory merchandise rnut be made foi everybody concerned to receive sat fiction. ■\A reputable article frc-m a reputa ■blevdealer at a living price is the most economical purchase that can be made and the public must learn this befor eprudent buying will be the rule of home economics, ________ _ y WAREHOUSES TO BE CLOSED Tobacco Growers' Co-Opera tive Association will close its ware houses on Wednesday, November 29, and will retfc&in closed until Mon day, December 4th. There may be several hogs in the various fairs that will receive hon orable mention, but the guy wesat next to in the boarding house ought to be entered. Recent weather conditions have fav ( orei development of late cotton in most sections of the State, especially in the clay soil areas. Picking and ginning are well advanced in most of the State and about conYpleted in the southern part The total number of . bales ginned Oct. 26 for the State was • 444,312 wheih is an increase over that of the same date last year. Cleve land, Johnston and Kobeson counties : show the largest number of bales gin j lied with 22,020, 3.'1,4!!7, and M.'l,s2f> : bales respectively. Tobacco is being marketed rapidly as favorable prices continue. The prospective produuti6n of 300,610,000 pounds is higher that that of last year. The yield per acre of 607.5 lbs. is 4.6 lbs, lietter than last year. PRISON HELPS THE FARMER Whether tlit? officials of the Inter national Harvester Company have been more interested in marriags than in machinery may not bo decid ed, hut figures Riven out by the cc.iup bureau would indicate that the-Lu?t had better pay clostr attention to business if it hopes to keep up the est ,donations of men who the soil. Then census department shows that In 1821 there ha« been a decrease of tl percent in the total value of farm machinery products sold as com muted with the year before. The arirest percentages of decrease ap vai in hor-H-diawn vehicles and trac- tors and traction engines. This is a tremedous falling off, hut vhile it has been in progress price reductions on fa rim machinery mnmi 'aetnred at the Minnesota State Pris on, grunted in response to a request by.thfe Minnesota Farm Bureau Keil erotion, have saved farmers of that •date $150,000 in a year. A report from this prison shows iliat 7,108 farm machines have been old hi the la.st twelve months, Includ ing, particulaily binders, mowers and i :ike i. This represnts an increase of 1 'l9 per.cent in the binders, 38 per cent In the sale of mowers, and 10 per cent increase in the conßump • ios of rakes. The manufacture of farm riachin ery in the State prison comes as a tesult of fnrm bureau activity and liould prove an inspiration to ether elates for seemingly a way ha# been found to get at leant the thin end of ;i wedge Into the Iron rhig the H tr >ester trust bus held mound the ffiTout of the farmer lor years. It has been contended that putting on the market the products of prison laboi would unhorse business but if the Harvester trust be unhorsed, no body will grieve very much. The farmerrs pay thai!' shure for the support of the restricted criminals si it is not a bail idea fci them to get something out of the labor of their wards. JESSE CLARK DEAD Jesse Clark, of Cross Roads, died at Ids home early Monday morning ;ifter ten Hays' illnes'i of pneumonia, and was buried at his home, the George D. Roberson farm; Tuesday afternoon with the funeral service* conducted by Mr. .1 M. Perry, of liohersonville. Mr. Clark was forty-six years old. He was a native of Ileaufort county, but moved to Pitt county in early life, where he married Miss Ida Para mour, who survives him. About nine yea is ago he purchased a farm in Martin county and has since lived hei* where he has made a good citi zen. ' He was a good farmer and a hard worker. Besides his wife, six children survive him ,four daughters and two sons. lUK'KY MOUNT BASEBALL MEETING IS POSTPONED The mass meeting of fans of the city of Rocky Mount, scheduled for last night, when the matter of base ball in the Virginia league during the KJ'JIi season was to have been placed squaiely'up to the citizens of the city ha., been postponed until next Friday night, according to announcement made this morning by officials of Jhe Tar Heels, Inc., owners of the Rocky Mount franchise of the Old Dominion circuit. In announcing the postponement of tlve .meeting, the bastball moguls stat ed that they-wished to have as large an attendance as possible present at the meeting and for that reason it was postponed becadee of a conflicting theatrical attraction last night.- . It is hoped that Rocky Mount will keep the franchise in the Virginia Leafrue, as that town and Wilson are the only two North Carolina towns represented In that body. As we were point? to press we, 1 were informed that the mule.- adver tised an lost by the County in another column had been found and returned to Mr. Mary* Serious Accident on Washington Williamson Road Last Sunday BETWEEN YOU AND ME DEBT By Francis Speight Folks, when you borrow money, Some sixty bucks or more, You've got to pay—yes honey— That sixty bucks—that's shore. Hack to the man that lent 'um, ltut what's more vexing yet, You must pay six per centum Besides the reg'lar debt. Yes, debt's a heap 0' trouble, 'Slike swimmin' 'gin a stream; You have ter hit jest double As many licks 'twould seem. As one would have to paddle In water quiet and still, l.est you should go skedaddle Downstream agin yer will. STATE NEWSLETS Governor Morrison is in, faver of steamship lines connecting the Ka.t em towns of the State. We are heai tily in accord with him The North Carolina Tuberculosis Association will place on .sale this year 10,0©0,000 Tuberculosis Christ mas Seals which are to be .--old at one cent each A million dollar loan . has been made to the Peanut Growers' Asso ciation by the War Finance Corpora- Mote than 10(1,000 lbs. of tobacco was sold on the Durham open market on Monday of lust week, at an aver age price of $36 82. Thieves broke into the postoffice and store of Garrett & Jernigan, in Ahoskie, Tuesday night of last week. They got away with very little loot, however. Elizabeth City last. Wednesday vot ed for the Issuance of SBOO,OOO in bomls to be used for improvements to sewers, water, light and power. Monday of last week an attempt was mude to wreck the home of en A, C. L. employee at Kocky Mount. An explosive was placed under his dwelling. Armistice Day was fittingly cele luated in Washington, N. C., last Saturday. A good program was fur nished. AUCTION SALE OF JEWEI.RY The Tucker Jewelry Company, of 1 Rocky Mount, is having an auction | sale of jewelry preparatory to going out of the jewelry business and has been putting on a sale each night at Jim's Place, in Williamston. The Jew elry seems to be selling very well. " MONEY FROM HOUS. -' ' I V. W. livestock marketing I ufcont for the agricultural extension service, reports that the number of | hogs in North Carollina i* now grad ually on the increase. He finds that this is particularly true in the peanut and cotton section* and that the in crease is becoming more noticeable where the boll weevil is beginning serious damage. The question now being put to him by many farmers, la, "What will I do with these hogs when every one else begins to raise them?" Mr. l.ewi« replies a» follows: "In the past each farmer producing a few hogs other than those for home use lias looked to his local butcher to use them. This caused a great variation in the price of hogs and made it almost impossible for the farmer to get what his were worth because he competed with other far mers who were doing the saimo thing^ "Noyv the. safe and sane thing to do is to consider .putting these extra bogs on the mqrket in the regular chan nels used by farmers in the hog pro ducing sections of the West and far mers west of us where the cotton boll weevil has forced them to raise more hogs,. .This step is to sell these hog- tm live hogs oa the cen tral markets. COOL WAVE. Wednesday night a welcome rain came and as a result the weather is more seasonable since. The weather had been unprecedented! y hot for the time of year anO the change was wel comed by all as an omen for better weather in the future. * Four Young People Are Injui Car Leaves Road and Ups * Ford car driven by Frank Griffin. 18 year* old, and «o party of young friends. wan overturn ed last Sunday night, at o'clock on the WillUmtfiin-Washingf on Road, about thrse itulw liainHton. There were two Ford ear* filled with young people froir neighborhood, and the car which was in front, for soms reason unknown, stopped too suddenly, thus furring the car in the rear close uo. to net off of the road m outer to avoid a collision. Ihe wheels of the car skidded in the sand and the ear turnsu „ reported, at least twice, before finally coming to a halt. The injured were picked up and immediately ruahed to Williamson and taken to Biggs' Drug Store, where their injuries wete attended to. Ihe injured werei_ Frank Griffin, a sprained ankle. Loualla Riddick, a badly cut leg, the limb being gashed to the bone in two placoa; Lillian Grif fin, cuts and bruises on the face; Joe L. Coltrain, badly cut on taioe. Hil da Cherry and James Robinson escaped with only slight bruises. Ihe injured young people are all reported to be getting along very well al this time. CROP REPORT REVIEW FOR N. C. SHOWS THE CONDmOHS GOOD In view of the natural advantages which North Carolina has held in an agricultural way this yeat it i.s inter esting to get a glimpse of the pros>- pective outcome. The boll weevil is just beginning to get a good hold on us, which means that this is our last good cotton year, but it also means that the effects of diversified farming are showing effective results. The fruit crops have been extru good;,** have most hay crops ami early vege tables. Even tobacco and cotton, al though heavily hit by unfavorable weather seasons in the east, have brought very good prices. The iin provedprices may have been aide I by this year's competition in marketing advantages. According; to commercial traveling men, North Carolina was.agricultural l> and industrially in as favorable circumstances as any state in the Un ion. The effects of reaction and ad verse agencies have been felt by the Peanut Growers' Association Announces Advances For the Peanut Crop For This Year The Peanut Glowers Exchange, Inc. luoire-incorporated uiliter the "Co-op erative Marketing Act of teh State of Virginia. The change was ratified at a called meeting of the stock hold er.l! held iri Suffolk, Va. Wednesday November Int. The name ban iieen ( hanged to the i'eanut Growers Association and a number of new conditions arise in the organization by virtue of the change. The Fifty Dollar admission fee has been eliminated. The new member pays only Three Dollars which will he taken out of his peanuts at the end of the seuaon. The member who has already puid his $50.00 will re ceive a Certificate of Indebtedness bearing interest at ti per cent until paid. A fund is provided for taking these certificates up as quickly as possible. The Co-Operative Marketing Act protects the Aasociation against the circulation of false and detrimental re|torta as the law provides civil da magea and S6OO 00 penal fine for each offense. It also gives the Association the. right of injunction against the grow er who hrcaehe sor theratens to breach his contract and to a decree of spe cific performance. This particular point was upb**Jd in the recent Tobac co suits in Nash County Court. Fur ther protection is afforded by this law in that under bectia No. 25 it specifically states as follows: "Any person who knowingly in duces any member or stockholder of an association or corporation organ ized hereunder to breach .his,market ing contract with the association or corporation shall be liable to the. association or corporation for the full amount of damages sustained by it by reason of such breach." The Growers office in Norfolk an nounces that first advances will be as follows: Number l's 3c, Number 2's 2 l-2c, Number 3's 2, X's 1 3-4, Span ish 3c. Specifications for grades are as follows: Ones must be over 60 per cent handpicks. Twos must bo over 40 per cent handpicks. Three* must be over 30 per eent handpicks. X'B under 30 per cent handpicks. Special payment will be made for Extra Standard Quality and lower THI KNTIPMftfeCOVIfcS MA«, TIN «H?NTY--ASI>. VfOWITT LOCK A MANTLE. ESTABLISHED. 1898 .State aa a whole, but lightly in pariaon with other State*. We arc far better off thiut the tnitiiile western states where corn, hay And »ij»ell giant* ai* selling at destructively low prices. Being the last state t& suffer from the boll weevil tK'ins, we have there. Small grains in thU State i»a4e !nr ami are netting twtvmu below' make onjy a »m*ll-part of the state's aggregate cop value. lOHACCO—With a prospective crop for this State of over 300,000,000 pounds and with a 144,000,000 pounds sale to date by the independent ware houses, which is 41 per cent more than last year's auctions to the same day, it would seem that in spite of th« co operative deliveries that this years crop will be more than $9,000,000 H>f. greater than a ye»r ago. The aver age price for October warehouse salee was 30 ceuta, aa compared with 31 last year and 2G cents in IMO. prices tor Sub .SLaintajd. All members ate called upon to de liver their peanut* u the in ten - tion of the .'.ales I t'i bo- Kin selling iuimediatoiy ui order to expedite getting ui l'uudj \\ itii wbici* to make a second pte taunt. Sairr Manager He i'e/uier su i . ;j the IIMMIM of their luambe. , j, • 4:.;^ into confederation the cf. p.• ,*£ t ., that the greatest need : • , gaiu/ation it for pewiu their trade. Th a 4tat- ■_... I'rexH, he states that 01 - .count oi the very favorable codi, the Crowers Assoc iatiun ating under that the n presented with a real of, recover the call is being sent out to c era urgiing them to eit' Asaocyition or to hold V .... until the Association c» lirst .statement aa to thf received from iu aales, v within sixty daya. MKS. FELIX GRAVES ENTKK TAINS rUILATHKA tLl^ i .... Mrs. Felix W Graves was bosuns to the I'hilathea Class ot the Memorial Baptist Church laat Friday waning from' eight-thirty to eleven at bar home in New Town. The home was beautifully decorated in fall chrysan themums, large vaaea being used in the living room and dining room. A contest was much enjoyed and Mir Lawrence Peel was the winnar receiving a large box of horns-made mints. The rest of the evening waa a pent very pleaaantly in conversation until- delicious refreshments com (st ing of a aalad course, black coffee and mints were served by the hostess as sisted by Mrs. Jno. D. Biggs, Jr. The members of tha class fNHRt were: Mrs. Lawrence Peal, Mrs. Z- H. Rose, Mr* H B Holtomaa. Mn C B. Ho]der. Mra. Joe Cowing. Mrs. Harry' Meador, Mrs. P B Coat, Mrs W H Biggs, Mra A. V Joywer, Km Tom Getsonger, Mrs. Ana* Miss Annie Gainor, Mra. E. H. JU>hwr son, Mm Guraey Hall aad Kn Jn. 0. Biggs, Jr. who waa a* ta\.tad gueet. Laugh and tha world wQJ taigh with ypu, groan and tha world wQI Jaugh at you.