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COLUMNS A LATCH-KEY TO
ISM MARTIN COI NTY HOMES.
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VOLUME 23—NUMBER M.
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Mi CUSHION BIGGS
HAkKiauNK DEAD
* ONE OF MARTIN COUNTIES OLi>-
•*.- K*T AND BEST CTIIXftNS
DIED WEDNESDAY
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On
o'clock the effthly life of Mr. Cushion
Btgm Hariwom wm ended and hi*
( spirit passed iiftu U* Great Beyond
' to be with His Maker whom he hab
served faithfully for almoot eighty
He. HnrriJan wu bom in IMS, on
May 3fth, the fifteenth child born
te the wion of Henry Davis Harri
son and Nicie Bigg*, at the home
of hie father which was his home ait
• during his tile ur.ui a few years ago
when he moved to Wiiliamston so
that he could be near his children,
all of whom reside here excepting
one. On the 14th day of February,
1867 he married Miss Martha Tuyloi,
■Mie iate sister of Dr. t, li lay lor anu
Hie daughter of Taylor ana
jPttolly 'leylor, and they lived liappily
together until the angel of death took
he/ away the 20th day oi August,
To them were born ten sons and
one daughter, three tons, Louis Cush
ion, Henry Davit, and Jesse Walter,
precede*! him to the grave, and his
daughter, Mrs. yelha Green and sev
en suns, Robert G., Lovett .Biggs,
Tbad. F., James E., Donnie 8., tieo.
H., C. Augustus Harrison are
leli te mourn the toss ot a noble la
ther and a true friend.
One of hia greatest works was the
rearing of his soiis and daughter, all
of whom are splendid citizens with
the influence of their good lather re
flected in tham.
He also leaves one sister, Mia. Bel-
Whichard of Beaufort county, she
being the only utember of his father's
lamily living.
Harrison was a man ef the
true type of citisenship. He was al
ways giving aid to the needy, nurs
ing the sick and burying the dead,
aad befriending the
whenever they wei-e
midst. His meek sad
ner before his God and
worthy of emulation by the multi
tudes. He never was seen by those
nearest him in a fit of rage when
things went wrong but always took
things quietly and calmly and Cfarist
)ila ifiving his fellowmau .he bene
fit of all doubts.
4 About thirty years ago he Joined
the Primitive Uaptiit church at Beat
Oras* and to his church he has al
ways been faihfal. One of he great
est furrows on eserth to him was not
lCJEing uHlfi- to attend the aerjices sincf
he has been in failing health.
During the Civil war lie served his
country as a member of Company
A, 17th regiment. He fulfilled all the
duties of a soldier well and "'vaa al
ways interested in the Old Confeder
acy. He has attended all the Confed
erate reunions for many years; his
last trip being the one held at Rich
mond lsst summer. They were al
ways a source of great .joy to him
be. became infirm in body which
pad# the physical strain rather hard
on him.
He has been /ailing in health for
about Ave years and for the past year
and a half he has not seen a well
day, and suffering some days very
much. But he never lost sight of his j
duty to hia God and* We may My i
truthfully that last days were his
best for as he neared tfca verge of j
Jthe grave he also neared the pan- 1
disc of Heaven and it can be said:
"He lived the life of the righUsus
and surely there is rest for the peo
ple of God."
He was buried at hia old homestead
near Bear Grass Thursday afternoon
in the presence of a hoet pf sorrow
ing frijrfds, with Hdprs Hasseli, John
«*l. Htfgerson and Ben S. Cowing of
ficiating.
Mr .Ronald Wynne arrived yester
day from Oteen where he has been
in the goy£nment hospital for some
time. He spend the holidays in
town. _
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The W»lUfun«V>n Chapib#r of Com- .
merce is nothing except Wiiliamston
fqlk* at work together.
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Sever "Vuaty agents, experts in
.UtofttMfc*. rt * ve refreshed their minds
with new facts about agriculture at
the State college. They can serve
our farmers better on their return to
the different counties.
Anyone familiar with the facts will
apia that the piess of rural North
ft—fena was never more nae4*d, And
flat Its opportunity was gpaer any
"Haw. you say «
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THE ENTERPRISE
THE CO-OPS END
|| A RECORD YEAR
FIRST YEAR OF ORDERLY MARK
ETING RAISES TOBACCO AND
* ■ COTTON PRICES
i Cooperative marketing rides to the
close of i§22 on the flood tide of
mem
! Nation wide recognition of the ben
efits or cooperative associations in
clude a half million farmers was voic
ed last week in the Washington con
ference of cooperatives from all sec
tions of the United States. Carl Wil
: ton gvowers exchange, declared this
Hams, president of the American cot
confeience the most important move
in American history for the benefit
of the farmer.
President Harding, Secretary Her
bert Hoover, Senator Capper and Eu
gene Meyer, director of the irfmr Fi
| nance corporation, paid tribute te the
1 work of the cooperative associations.
Following list week's second pay
i ment by the North Carolina Cptton
: association, the members of the To
bacco Growers Cooperative association
throughout eaetern North Carolina,
doubled their cash receipts Wednes
day on all tobacco delivered by De
cember first to the association. A
second payment to &jl members of
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative as
sociation in the old belt will be made
up to December 20th as soon as checks
can be made out and distributed.
A third cash payment to the or
ganised growers of Sou.\ Carolina
will he distributed after the .associa
tion members in Virginia and west
era North Carolina have doubled their
money on ail deliverie" for 11*22.
With larger crops this year than
last .tobacco fanners in three states
have received more for their tobac
co than in 1921. In North Carolina
and Virginia November sales have
shown a gain of three dollars per
hundred, while the South Carolina
growers have practically doubled last
year's prices.
With thq orderly marketing of both
tobacco and cotton by thousands of
sociations in the Carolina! and Vir
farmers through their cooperative a»-
ginia, the tide of prosperity is ri»-
in gas the growers adopt «n»d use
the methods of big business to suc
cessfully sell their products.
A VAN MISSING SHCE
DEC. 14 APPREHENDED
AUTHORITIES UK 1-1 KM- W. F.
OUTLAND IS MENTALLY
UNBALANCED
Kineton, Dec. M.—W .K. Oatland,
a collector missing Com hia home
here since noon, oi December 14,
was* in the Lenior county jail hare i
today, the police stating that a num- 1
bet of charges would be iodgeu j
against htm. It was said a physipian j
would examine Outland. Authorities
indicated that the prisoner was' bus- ,
pet ted of being unbalanced.
Kinston policemen apprehended
Outland at a point in Jones coun- i
ty. They said he had spent several I
days at the home of a negro several
miles Bouth of here. He was com- i
j palled by whites te leave after the
negro had once endeavored to get
rid of him. Outland apparently had
i been "roughing it." He was shabbily
j attired and had been drinking, the
, police said. t
At. the mercantile establishment,
here, where Outland was employed
hia books were stated to be perfect
ly balanced. Complaints came te tig,
policeShowever fit a number of col
lections Wade by Outland in a "cot
ton and grain futures" scheme. Ne
groes claiming to have been victim -
iztd said they had been promised cer
tain profits and these ktfijjvnot been
forthcoming. \
INFLUENZA IS RAGING
AT TRAINING SCHOOL
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»- Kinston, Dec. 20. —influenza epi
demic raged at the Caswell Training
school, state institute for the feeble i
minded hare, today. The superinten
dent issued an appeal for volunteer
nurses. Scores were iU, including fa
culty members. No serious cases
wen reported.
An Emporia man who want hunt
ing lost his shoe in a mad puddle,
and it wiu a half hour before ha
miaaed it This reminds us of a
story they toil about a family in
Arkansas. A half grown girl stood
by the flra place one cold evening.
Her mother said, "Sal, yell bum
yer foot in a minute; yer a stand
in' right on a hot coal." "Which foot
[ maw." said Sal, without batting an
t aye —¥ia«ley Graphic.
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; WILLI AMSTON, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922.
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The Spirit of Christmas
' (By JAVELYN)
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Peace on earth, good will to. men. This divine
expression is synomonous birth of Christ, and
carries us back for more thaff two thousand years at
the time when God made one of His greatest gifts to
mankind.
Christmas should make us conscious of the great
blessings we have, more than any other day, and we
, should lay aside our personal animosities, differences
of opinion, ancj other frictions and try to have in our
hearts nothing but good will towards each'other.
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v The only Christmas spirit is the Christmas spirit,
which shows us the way to the higher life, and is mainly *
our greatest support of civilization.
When peace on earth and good will between man
exists every day in the year the millenium will have ar- .
rived, and will be the preparation on earth for the sec
ond coming of Christ.
Thfs "\uletide season can also mean more than the
merely good wishes. Doing a little extra good will bring
r; I the doer much happiness. There is always some desti
tute family, some one afflicted, some earthly soul in dis
tress whose existence you could brighten by some act of ' ,
charity, the giving of which you would be also enrich
, ed thereby.
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Like your faitji in Christ remember the little
child's faith in Santa Claus. If you know of any child
whose happiness on Christmas morning might be mar
red by Uncle Santa's failing to arrive, then hurry and
• make arrangements to have this visit assured. Rever- ;j
end Mr. Joyner, of the Baptist church, and Mrs. Asa T.
Crawford, have-a list of those whose little lives and old- J
er lives can be made happyby the donation of a few
simple gifts. Everybody can help to make this Christ- -J
mas one of universal happiness in the neighborhood by
a small offering to a worthy cause. M
Remember, it is more blessed to. give than to re
ceive. should be the time of year when the
very essense of unselfishness and love is manifested the
most. Remember, that Christ came and gave His own—.,
life that we might have happiness tjiVough time eternal.
The writer's Christmas greeting to you all is orte ot
hearty good wishes, optimism, and good cheer.
limaMßsnsaaemmaa—"- mmmmm
MBS. M)UIS BENNETT 18
CHABMING HOSTESS
Wednesday evening at her attrac
tive home on Haughton street, Mrs.
Bennett entertained at rook,
complimentary to her aunt, Mr*. Ben
Aiken, of Enid, Oklahoma, the house
guest of Mr*. W. T. Meadows.
Tabiea were arranged for twelve
guetU and the beautiful home
waa made bright and cheerful with
decorations of holly and miatietoe em
phasising the spirit of the Yuletide. i
During the game salted peanut*
wero enjoyed by those playing and
at the conclusion Mrs. Bennett serv
ed a salad course with coffee and
Aream. The high seer# waa maue by
tyhc gueat of honor and ahe received
a lovely box of toilet water and
|«rtnme.
Thoee present included: Mrs. Carrie
Biggs William*, Mrs. Oscar Anderson,
Mrs. Joe Pender, Mrs. Robert Crit
cher, Mr*. C. H. Godwin, Mrs. Boy
Qurgaaua, Mrs JA. B. Dunning, Mre.
W. H. Biggs, Mrs. Sam Getsinger,
and Mre. Elbert Peel. .
Ume a»d vita mines are needed in
the beet development of the child.
Fruit, egvetables, milk and butter
supply these elements saya Dr. J. Q,
ilalveraon, nutrition specialist for the
ag. (cultural experiment station.
Aa|p^9tlc.
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SHORT COURSE AT
STATE COLLEGE TO
BE A GOOO THING
FARMERS OF NOKTH CAROLINA
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
OF THEIK LIVES -
> Giant circular)*, beautifully printed,
and copiously illustrated, are this
week being sent out u> ail parts ot
North Carolina calling farmer* and
their sons to Stat* college io» the
short courM given*'by the institution
from January 8 to 19 inclusive.
The course in agriculture designed
for busy farmers ha five major'ap
peals. There is a special training
for cotton, tobacco and small grain
farmers; a second fn>- fruit and veg
etable growers; a third for farm dai
rying; a fourth for poultry raising,
and a final course in cotton classing.
All are free. V
The college is asking that all who
expect to enter the short course to
come January 8 and be ready for the
classes the following day. In giving
free tuition the institution makes the
the work the right of every person.
The .principal cost of attending will
bp board and room rent, which for
the term will be barely »10. •The
college has a limited number of rooms
at $£ * week and it supplies board
IHl y ?%
Nt 76 cents a day.. The visitors will
have the special privilege of taking
their inealx in the dining hall. The
college laundry wil 1 serve the visi
tors at to sli a month rate. Pri
vate families will furnish rooms in the
college vicinity from $4 to $7 a week,
two in a room.
The short course opines in the ear
ly days of the general Assembly, that
will be in session when the special
students come to Italeigh. Uy attend
ing this time/nniny jriio would
hardly wee the capital in a decade
and perhaps the legislative body nev
er, will have an opportunity ti ob
serve how the law making branch of
the government responds to the needs
of those baok home.
In entering the college no exam
ination to any one of the courses will
be required.
The purpose of this short course
in agriculture is to stimulate farmers
into the practice of more modern me
thods and into the more businesslike
ruiyyng of their farms. The special
ists of the college, the experiment sta
tion and of the extension service are
the farmers' associate d '-ing those
12 Important days.
Winter is the time to Uudy the
farm business. Remember the short
course offered free to farmers by the
State college *t Raleigh. The dates
are January 8 to ]&.
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#66 Cures Dengue Fever,
MEET AT HAMILTON
OF BROTHERHOOD
COUNCIL MEETING OF C. B. OK
MARTIN COUNTY HELD
' DECEMBER 131 H •—V
The council meetitig of the Char
itable Brotherhood of the Martin
County Division met In regular ses
*l9ll with Hamilton Lodge, We»lnes
-day, Decen.ber 13th, H>2u. 1 .
TL j meeting was called to order
by District Marshall W .J. Ward aim
the devotional exercises were conduc
ted by -Chapliii J. T. Lee. The oth
er oflicers, present were: Secretary
E. L. Ward, Treasurer W. H. Koe
buck and Warden J. R. Beach. The
delegates present were: J. P. Jack
sou und C. L. Hin,son of Dardens, No.
2, W. F. lilaind and D. T. Ward of
Kobersonville No. 6; J. N. Tayloriuid
J. T. Lee of Star Nh 9; J ,H. -Hell
and J. J. Weaver o( tiold Doint No.
11 and J. C. Daniel and I. B. Prtt
chard of Hamilton No. 12.
An interesting talk was made by
Mr. J. F. Jackson of Dardens, Lodge
No. 2. There being uo business ot
special importance this council ad
journed to meet with the Koberson
ville Lodge No. 0, ou the second Wed
nesday in March, 1923. Every mem
ber is requested to be present and
to be on time.
POISONED LIQUOR
KILLS ' TWO MEN
I'WO DKAU AlliN KUCNi) KLOAt
INU UO\*M llifc ItiVKK
A I»AS UOA'l'
i uesday ufteruoon lu»t u gai> boat
Willi two men sitt,mg in it was swai
drifting Jown tlui uvci by u colored
man who was the river. Thinking
there must be something wrong for
the boat to be drifting as it was, tie
went up close enough to find tiiat a
White man and a colored man weie
in it ami they weie apparently lue
lessrMe WW then about two hundred
yards below wiieie
he "tied up the boat anu examined it
closely. lie found Mr. Hill Shaw
crumpled up beside the wheel and, a
colored man fallen over with his back
to the engine. They * were stiff ami
it was evulunt thai they had 0-en
•lead for several hours. ■
| N The negro who is * resident ot
jllt'iUc notified the iK-'itie authorities
!/Ut Windsor and they appointed u ju
iy yesterday, who utter au. inquest
by the coroner, decided that the two
men came to their death as u result
of drinking poisoned liquor from Co-
' n
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Spruit I and
two colored men coming down from
I'ulmyra bout to Willianis
ton, where it was anchored for the
night and Thursday morning Mr. M.
nL. ,JSui'Uar of thy .National Handle
company of Plymouth to whonj the
boat belonged and the men were em
ployed by, came up here and took the
boat laden' with the dead bodies of
the two unfortunates to Plymouth
from where he shipped the bodies of
the men to their homeH s
Mr. Shaw has worked on the fryer
for about thirty five years and n*4
made Hamilton his headquarters. Ilift
family are residing at K(lenton and
hiti body wan sent there.
The colored man was formerly a
flagman on the Plymouth - Hocky
Mount train, but has oeen working
for the National Handle company for
some time.
Hiive also heard of a certain lo
cal merchant who has become so pros
perous he washes his windows with
Gold Oust. Oh, gee!
When is a holiday not a holiday?
Any old holiday uround the register
of deeds' office.
Under a picture exhibited by Jones
hangs the following notice: "Do not
touch with canes or umbrellas."
A small boy added the following:
''Take-an axe."—Goblin.
If you consider your time, money
and land worth anything, don't waste
it by using poor seed next spring.
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A t«ti year old bo) beat his daddy
in the iliow ring at the Pinehurst
fair and won SBS as the beat show
man at the fair. been train
ed in club work. v *
We have heard of a man who had
u wife who was so slim she used to
hide in the gas pipe and when she
slid down the pipe sweet Papa used
to run down stairs to the meter.
Mis* Mary Leggett spent Wednes
day night with Miss Emma Belle Har
ris-
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ftliK KMLI'KISE COVERS MAR*
„ TIN COUNTr AND VICINITY
LIKE A MANTLE.
ESTABLISHED 1898
A REVIEW OF THE
MARKET CONDITION
COOPEKA'I IV t MARKETING IS A
STIMULANT
TO PRICES
(Uy JAVELYN)
Houseman and company in
one of their periodicals that the south-
ern darkey is one of the most so-
ciable creatures in the world. Ue is
a fluent talker, a listener and
a lover of .human companionship. He
is always willing- to attend a oarbe
cue, a baptizing or a circus, ana he
attends ic.ss from hunger, ueaire for
spuitual grace or to see the lion,
twin irom a desire to be m a crowd
i ii I rub elbows with his fellow man.
This herding instinct, which up to
'.he time of the world's war was sat
isfied by camp meetings and oUier lo
cal gatherings, now promises to play
a jii.it in the history of cotton cul-
Ujation, second in economic impor
tance to the boll weevil alone. The
di'.rkey loves the light* and crowds,
and the recent restriction 011 immi
gration will create a new demand for
.southern negro labor. Already a great
/.(any are leaving the southern farms
Co work in the great industrial Cen
tura, anil largely trom the cotton plan
tations _of the far south. Vv y,h the
exoi.'i* ol the iiogrojunl the increased
tletsiithfit'ii trom the boll weevil, the
production and marketing ol cotton
. to be such that uu>t*v. the •
piesent o> 1 v foreig . m
plication, this fleecy staple should go
>n up along ways from its present
standing.
The prices of peanuts are very sat
isfactory to the farmer, and indica
tions point to still larger prices after
the new year. Tobacco is bringing a
good .price, and cotton is still king.
.Some ridicule anil a great ueal of
criticism has been niaue of the coop
erative marketing idea,' but there is
uu doubt in the writer's uuiui that the
prices we have today are largely due
to the efforts of the cooperatives to
prevent the big blood-sucking corpo
rations and gamblers from stealing
the'crops as so often happened here-*
tofore. - Kevery member of coopera
tive marketing associations should be
proud of the fail that ho ha* already
greatly helped his fellow man in rais
ing the selling price of farm produce.
Cooperative marketing' is here, and it
is here to stay, and it is the only ideal
way of selhtig country, produce. Those
fanners who have stayed out owe
much already to the cooperatives for
the prices they gol in the open niar
eis, and it behooves every planter,
however large or small to join In this-
ureal movement l'or greater tinancial
lieudom. Let the people rule.
MILS. F. W. HOYT ENTERTAINED
TIIH 20111 CENTUKY HOOK CLI B
Mr*. I'rut W. Hoy't wan hosted to
the Twentieth Century Hook club on
v- afternoon ut tniee o clock.
m i ueuuu.ui "hi home was
lovelier than ever with itx Christina*
decorations ruinating the spirit of the
* uletide w nich made a favorable set
ting for the hostess who in one of the
most- charming of hostesses.
The program was very interesting,
the. timt' number paper pre
pared and read by M lliggs
Her 'subject was "Ticanor and Thomp
son," and it was handled, and the pa
per was very interesting. Mr. J. S.
Rhodes read "Better Than Gold" by
Kyan and MrH. J. G. Staton read a
selection from Win. Gilmore Simms.
Mm. HarreU, read "Spring" /and Miss
Vella Andrews gave current events
that were prepared by Mrs. Titus
(Jritcher.' .
The Christmas idea was carried out
in the refreshmeuta; the ice cream
was made in attractive Santa ClauK
molds and pink and .green iced cakes.
They were served uy Missea Frances
and Eugenia Hoyt and Miaa Mary
Melissa Andrews.
Hesides the club members, the fol
lowing guests were present: Mrs.
Kobert liogart of Washington, who i*
a former member of the club, an«V
Mrs. A. T. Crawford, Mr*. Carrie
Biggs Williams, Mra. Oscar Anderson,
Mrs. A. V. Joyner, Miss Clyde Haa
sell, Mrs. Ambrose Maree, Mrs. Ra
mon and Miss Millie Spruill.
Well, cheer up. Oftce again you
can buy a nickel cigar that doesn't
smell like a piece of rope.
Messrs. Louis Roberson, Albert
Gurkin, Henry WillJanflS, _ Emmet
Hines, and Eddie Manning of Wil- 4
liamston R. F. D., were in town on
Wednesday attending to business.
Furthermore, some one with •
bright jnmd ha that a lot
of ripe tomatoes be put on the trade
of the Coast Line railrohd so thai
when the train ia late it can "ketch-
UR."