North Carolina Newspapers

Trade and Pay-Up Cam paign Continues. Until Tuesday, February 15th ,r- a'lt ' --i 1 — : ■ ' 1 VOi-UilK 2S—NLMbLU 9X ; ikOOPS isOvv Ki^ADY I Vie it cm u*u Belgian Sol aiera Prepared to Occupy BRUSSELS, Jan. 10.—The Ant Bel gian troops to he pat in SMtiau f« cooperation with the French in occu pying Ruhr, entrained today'for Alx La ChapeUe. They totalled eighteen hundred. PARIS, Jan. 10. France is now ready to aeixe Ruhr. The zero hour has been fixed, but until the occupa tion army marches, the time, the place and the manner and exact objective heid by the government as a mil itary and political secret. , - * France late yesterday notified Eng- land through the Freach ambassador at London and the American ambassa dors at Paris and Brussels, were in formed by the French and Belgian governments mspectively what France plana to do. The French are now arm ed wiui the reparations commission's deeuu aUan UMtt Germany is in volun tary ueiauit in coal deliveries so there ia no apparent cause for further de lay. M. Magnito, war minister, haa had a loinial conference with Premier Poincure, assuring htm tiiat the army la reuuy, the technical m«n, even em crew* at raaroiuers and tel- OgT«jm*n, in cue ol surines in the bt« i»w»iUug oiuers at Uuasei r don, fmi tac*r military escort is im patient to Oe utf. Some believe that the tioops will go loiward today w.aie otners point out that the moveme.it may be delay ed until Thursday. What date ia it. Ed ,t..ert' is no Ungei; any \hku u p easiness that the United tutu: or Great Britain may mop the adva>.*N hi for tne fte-icii gcwoi mei. r.d-i.eople alike derail quite aettlct! that Essen will be occupied in a mutter of a few hours or days, an J that the progreessive seixure of the KUi ;ut only be stopped by Germany ec i. J JO teruu. I®- • ||| | ■ 90* » V*-. % VUUIeWM • 4*4.a Uii*. Ml U. UtttftlUU •> Mi A . «tia utid. A* »»♦ w *«* V uwjv iUWUM/ Si > l| Mi *»SJliff \JI *#*. uuu •«!»• k^uUtiaviJ t Oil av •* • etilyU |mil; , gIVCU om- Utiw wt uiuitkiti itai lk* lei waUSidU feuioitg local society, ilu loOiu* weie decorateu wmi -xi u>. yf»v» tui uovtei* auu yv>wU puuiva. outuvu unugc, uu inu sicuie, wiui uaMUig, weie une iimiio«*».» UM evvuiiig. Ai dw conclusion •» u«ii«uuui course luncuceon was wsrv eiy eonsistaig ol oy.iers eu cecatai., sanuwiches, salads, picmed uesem anu retieaoments. Til# hosts' guests included: Mr. and Mrs. K. h. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. t. U. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert b. Feei, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dunning, Mr. anu r Mrs. tntrry Stubbs, Mr. and Mrs. I H. Godwin, Mr .and Mrs. J. G. Gotl and, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ander son, Mr. and Mrs. J as. S. Knodes, Mrs Robert J. Churchill of Chicago, 111., -• Miss Anna M. Crawford, Mr. U. Duke Critcber, Ilk Jack W. Biggs, and Mr. J alius S. Peal. _ . . 'F- > A Governor's I rogram Proposed Legislation S* ' ~ . , x Duplication ot* lMfl appropriation ef $0,100,000 tor extension e Wats institutions. x Asiditienai $16000,000 bond issue for state nignwsys. nmiWiftn of ittU'i power to cobMut debt tq five pat cent of asiaesed value of property, and estsbliahmeent of sinking fund to retire outstanding bonds. [m •ehsbiUtatton of fish and oystar in . dustry, with annual planting of » OOU bushels of oysura of, iniets to admit salt water and establishment of Ash hatcheries on inland streams. > Establishment of state banking da | Establishment of a state coramff si on of commerce sad industry. , Establishment of water transporta tion sad sstshliihmsnt of Mate steamship' Unas, with aa appro priation of 98,000,000. Additional appropriations for state MOREHEAD CITY, Jan. 9.—Throe o government mine sweepers arrived in MI99SMN- —* ***— l • top * .tg imt' s»- fcsir way sooth, while l|||i|MyMi» pre expected to pass " £T7" , -1 THE ENTERPRISE : - - - -J* : • : H ' 1 ' \r v- WANA COUNTY WIDE TAX FOR HIGH SCHOOLS '' M '' Alamance Proposes to (jrive Ail Equal Hiauca tional Opportunity BURLINGTON, Jan. board r at education of Alamance equity In ito recent Warineess seeeion held at ( Graham adopted resolutions favoring a special ocunty wide tax -tor tne pur pose' of equalling the aigh school ' privileges of the high school boys anu r girl* of Alamanci 'it* joard re - quested E. S. Parker, representative > from Alamance county in the state > legislature, to introduce a bill in the - present session of the legislature pro viding for a law that will apply to - All. .nance county and give the people ot the county ,an opportunity to vote ■ for a special county wide school tax ' to take the place of the special district 1 school tax now levied in a majority 1 of 'the school dtotricta providing for ' more than a six months school term. ' The special school tax, if the people ' of the county are given the opportun -1 Ky to vote for it and if levied, will ' provide for central high schools In 1 Ml sections ef )be county and thus 1 ! equalise the high school privileges of r the boys and girls pursuing high ' | school courses in the county I ESTABLISH NKW •OULIUY KANUI N£AK UONIN, in. C 'I * io Le La^ej; U.IU iivuw gi - in taMW UW.IA. I ifb.ifl, l«4l. *u.—wl.a. Aiil be pio | „ ...-j 1 jiuwti) .Uidl ill , ,'u.vi Ciuoiina is nov bd"g ■ t-»iaL> ' , iiQ.it'u out uy K. L. Howai a, .ctir- > | k u and Eugene T. Drap-1 | er p lunncr casliier of tlie iitaie liung | tu,u iniat company, who has been sujcesaiuliy eugugvu ui. poultry 'or tlie lust three yean. Tlu imuc!i U on Uio big Uowatu fairn two miles Irpm Dunn and i« being equipped with alt the ssssn tittis to poultry raising. The promoters will specialise in Wl.'tc l.ogborti chickens, the several , hmvlied fowls of exceptionally fine . strain reared by Mr. Draper furnish ing the nusleus around whieh they will create one of the largest flocks in the country. An incubator of biflOO egg capacity lias been purchased and will be in stalled immediately. With this ma chine the ranch will do "custom hatch ing" for other farmers who deal re to , go into the poultry business. Day i old chieka will be sold by the thou* sands to other customers in this 10-1 cality. YOUNG MAN DEAD; MOTHER WOUNDED ———. # Coroner's Jury Delays Verdict In Tragedy JXi, \JIUt*JU UAMLJLI, wan. v.—ttoyd P. Smith, ug«iU l*Mii»y 1U« ytMils, until xtxeiuiy ■s»i,iaiiti ui'iiier oi bis Carolina imiia, at uuisuu, is dead sritn a oui i«t uiiuugu Uie Iwau, whne tus mo uier, sua. Virginia btniUi, aged o r i years, is feopiy recovering nom two ouum v.owtuu as a result oi snoouug j wiucu oevuirod snwitiy aiuu seven! ; u owut uuV, muinuig at the isnutn |. | 'fvii't at iuismi, j j t.nue ik u geiuiraa> heiivvbU Ouuih" a»ok ui uiuLuvi wiule aituug as ins ' uronktst umio, a uegMe ui myskary atiou Mara urcU in omi >yilnlt iwwlu, vi WiC.il cU ImIS >.>»i>. »n«: UlUiVu, iuuim .jing ne>*ue tmuui waa a ute cnauiOci gun . - •iM4*oUfc«ute*U v*« vais*uiga, um uw. ..•fcU si*u wue «u, r t.y. it maui IU» luuUMf, jit uas at. . ia* imjbh luiyosaiiMe to locayu the emp i i ty saeUs. aura, omitn, when she regained cou sciousness, said that'Boyd had been suttermg from the efiecU of milueu u. At breakfast Boyd was appar ently in go4d spirits and ate all tho food before him. He was about to leave the table when she told him she boaol some on at tip bach door. . ite&t, I will go and eee who it is," hi sold. A moment after Idev inß her the shooting began. r klip, > .s»ith did not know Mie had liw* shot, she saya When the shoot ing began she fell to the floor and evidently swenet Later she celled for her sen. Receiving no answer, she went to hie room sad there found Mm dead, and a gun lying by Ms I Mde. She then gave \h« alarm and I neighbors rushed to the hone. '•' * ~ # WIfrtTAMSTON, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1923. EXODUS OF LABOR MUST BE STOPPED SAY GEORGIANS , m— ■ m- Conference Speaker Is Plain In His Views/ of tne L/ause We reproduce oeiow a poition of i. f>peecn made uy ur. K. J. rt. ueLioacn, Uirecior oi miiiour's uUteau oiagri cuiturai ieseau.li and economics, at iht Augusta Cotion conieiei.ee ui Augus ta, Ua., recently winch dweiis emphat tcally on the subject ot lavm labo*f n tne south as follows: "We had about seventy negroes ann 1 want to say to you tnat this weevi. problem is inseparably bound up witl this exodua of labor. 1 recently in quired of twenty five colored people in Chicngo who had just left the south as to their motive for leaving, why they left, and one of speaking for five or six others, said, 'Boss, we used to make s living down there ir. the south growing cotton, but we jusi naturally cannot do it now; we mak« a living but the boll weevil gets it, and we got to leave or perish to death." And the old fellow mean} it. 1 want to tell you, that is what the) ' are doing; you have no idea how scan ty their provision Ib, I mean that they get honestly; they are hungry and 1 know they are hungry. I visited them in the south here and they are noi i producing enough to eat; if they can ! get a Jittle more money, food and clothing somewhere else it is nothing but common sense that they are going to leave; there is a force back of them stronger than any appeal you or 1 can make, and that is hunger, that is what it is. We took seventy tenant farmers, oul of the aerenty I think sixty four oi i sixty live were colored—Mr. | was down there three or four timer and we had him preach a weevil ser j mon down there for them and they 1 have been talking about it ever since | But to sey that the weevil has made !it impossible for the south to farn j with colored labor is to nay something that is not true, because it is the sfm plest matter in the world to show f man how to do a thing, to show hin and then let him do it, take him by the hand and show him, and let him help you do It That is what we did.' CHARGES AGAINST DAUGHERTY FALSL V. • WASHINGTON, Jan. lt>.—Attorney Ueoeral Daugherty was given a clour. bHI of health yesterday by the house judiciary committee which investigat aguinst him by Representative Kellar, republican of Minnesota. In a resolution which was adopted by a vote of 12 to 20, the committer said that on the evidence obtained it did not appear that there was any ground to believe that Mr. Daugherty had been guilty of any high crime oi misdemeanor requiring the interposi tion ef the impenchement powers oi the house. The ginnen report shows there had been ginned 10,006 balsa of cotton in Martin county to January Ist. Last year there was ginned up to the same time 8,773 bales. This is a gain of 1,282 bale*—worth on today's market 1160,000. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the powei of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by John Roberson and wife, Sylvia Roberson to the un dersigne dtrustee, and bearing date of February 3rd, 1906, of the Martin county registry, said deed of trutu having been given to secure*the pay ment of certain notes of even date -there with, and the terms and condi tions therein contained not having been "complied with, and at the re quest of the holder of auid notes, the ui) eraigried trustee will on Saturday, the 10th day of February, 1023, be tween the hours of 12 m., and 1 p. m., in front of the court house doo ot Martin county at Williamstori, K (J., offer for sale, at public suction, to the highest bidder for cash, the i following described property, to wit: A lot of land on Main street in the town of WUliamston adjoining lands ef Thomas Roberson and other* beginning at Thomas Roberson's cor ner of Main street, in the town of .Williamston; thence tip Main street thirty live (86) yards; thence about northwest, parallel with Thomas Rob erson's line seventy (70) yards; thence about northeast parallel with Main •treat thirty Ave (86) yards to Thotn ea 'Roberson's line; thence along the Thomas Roberson line seventy (70) yards to Main street, containing one half (1-)) seres more OF lees. This, the 6th day of January, 1028. JOHN. L. HAMELL*, Trustee. Dunning, Moore and Horton, Attorneys. THE HARRISON Oft COMPANY IS MOW | MAKING STRIDES! ; • i Local Concern Getting More Business Than Ail the Others' In taking an inventory of the things j which are making for the material 1 worth ox the town and community, 1 one will have to stop and consider I the Harrison Oil company, an organ- I isation, which sells and delivers all j the products put out by the Texas Oil company. Six months ago it entered the minds of Mes.-rs. George H. Harrison ami Gus Harrison to establish tanks, and place on the roads' two wagons to serve the people right at their doors. With their proverbial push and ener gy, these young men are making a phenomenal success along this new line. It is estimated that they are already selling about fifty per cent of the gasoline, sixty five pijr cent of the kerosene and eighty five per cent of the oils, this, too, rifeht in the territory where other companies have been for years. The gasoline and kerosene are received by boat and stored in a 32,(KM) gallon tank Heal ths river bridge, and from there dis tributed by wagons throughout the territory, and lubricating oils are ship ped here in car lots. These products arctfie best that money can furnish. Messrs. George and Gus Harrison have made this business a^home com pany; they live in WilKamston, owm and pay taxeu on property are among th* most active business men in the county. They mean business, fhey get business; they have establish ed a permanent business, and ore al so bringing business to WilHsmston, (.hereby adding a large quota of use fulness to the community. They rich iy deserve the patronage of the pub lic, and are getting a big per cent, as stated above, of the business With rare wisdom, and an enlarged vision, t'nese men are saving for greater things, both for themselves, and the • town at large. iiaiik Altai b ailed a i car Ago inow i ays a troud Dividend KINBTUN, Jun. 10. —The Utile buuk ai i'ink Hill, sani+l town at. the south eiu extreniety ol Lenior county,-has a lucord lor successful manipu lation under a receivership. The bank 11 I'inK lull l'ailel more than a year •iV'o, going uiH'er simultaneously with *■, iiitfHl-bmith company, operators of j cnain of stcres in tni.s section, i'lrti k-oitipuny had its headquarters at Pink rim. Allie Whitaker, young lawyer jt Kinston was named as receiver for the institution. Mr. Whi taker's nieth y.l.s were unusually thorough. He left do possible loop hole lor further eni brrrasMiient of the bankrupt compa ny. About a year ago the I'ink Hill Bank and Trust company wuh organ ized and too kover the receivership of the suspended instiuttiou. Promi nent business men and planters ol tlu Pink Hill section and Kinston bankers backed the new bank. It was state* I here today that the institution had declared two per cent dividends in 12 months. State banking authori ties were reported to have termed tho receivership the most successful in North Carolina. Whitaker and the new bank liav accomplished remarkable l-esults in patting the affsrirs of the old bank into shape, it wa ssaid. Pinlr Hill has a population of only 350. "It i the trading center fo*- thousands, howevet SUNDAY SERVICES LOCAL CHURCHES CHRISTIAN CHURCH A. J. Manning, pastor. Sunday school 9:45 a. m , W. C. Manning, sup erintendent. Sermon by the pastor at 11 a .m. ,and also at 7:30 p. m. ■* ' • 1 EPISCOPAL CHURCH ' Church school 9:45 a. n>., H. M. Stubbs, superintendent There will be no other services Sunday. SERVICER AT BAPTIST CHURCH * A. V. Joyner, pastor. Sunday school 9:4{i a ni., J. C. Anderson, superin tendent. Sermon by the pastor 11 a. ' m. At 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon pastor will preach at Burros school j house. Jr. B. Y. P. U. 6145 p. m. \ Sermon by the pastor 7:30 jr. m., sub- j ject: "The Crisis of « Soul. Pray-j 1 er meeting Wednesday evening at 7:80 j Sr. B. Y. P. U. Wednesday evening ' 8:15. To all the services of our church, 1 We giv# you a cordial invitation end a- -> warm end hearty welcome. •*., ■ - t M 4 Carte Dengue Fever, IMPORTANCE OF ] I EARLY POISONING OF BOLL WEEVIL Most Effective Plan Say ► Farmers at Georgia Conference : One of the points that was most 1 stiesseJ in the Cotton conference at. f j Augusta,' Ga., recently was the im- ' | portance ui' starting to poison before 1 i there is a percentage of infection by 1 j the boil weevil. Heretofore and prob ably until the present time tlie fed- ' era! government advocates poisoning 1 otter there r aten per ceM infestation. ' It was pointed out by Frank Uailvtt, ' that there Is no way to ascertain when ' there is a ten per cent infestation. It ■ may be ten per cent, when one thinks 1 it is tyily one per cent; there-is no ' way to tell whether the infestation ' is teit or fifty per cent. ' J. C. Mane.js, of the Georgia State ■ Uoani of entomology,' stated that the state board does not agree, and nev er has agreed with the federal gov- 1 eminent, about waiting to poison. He I urged, as did Mr. Barrett, that the 1 poison should be applied as soon as the cotton has been chopped out, or 1 before there is any sign of infestation thereby killing the winter supply of weevils. It was when the govern- ' meat's method was ably attacked by Mr. Barrett, that the audience cheered lustily for its first time. The state of Georgia was the first state in the cotton belt to advocate poisonig at once, farmers who have carried out this method, have been successful in raising a heavy crop. Hon. Ira Wil liams, of the state board, also spokeT His talk was along the lines of the others, regarding the culture of cot ton and the controT of the boll wee vil. —L. I>. Hill of Gough, Ga., a prac tical farmer, who has perfected u method, kn«\yn as "molasses mixture"' lelivered uu address on the control of the weevil, givirtg his experience with the dusting and molasses me thods. It is understood that "molas ses mixture" is a misnomer. There arc a number of ingredients in the mixture and thlr molasses is used to hold them together. Mr. Hill claims that-he v has that draw" the weevil to It, while the dusting methods has to wait until the weevil finds it. The molasses mixture, it Is contended, will not wash off with a rainfall of one and a half inches. The molasses furnishes thc_ necessar> moisture. Mrs. S. I{. lliggs, Jr., andNlittle son, Billy, are visiting Mrs. Biggs' Mstjr, Mrs. liadham of Ldenton. They will ' spend some time there. ■ JK - NOTICE OF SALE Under and-by virtue of the power fo salo contained in that certain deed of trust executed by W. 11. Stallings to the undersigned trustee, uiul bear ing date of August 27th, 1016, iyid of re'-O'-il in the public registry of Alar tin county in book H-l al pu/fe -lb».. sai-l deed of trust having been given to scicull- the payment of certai'i note? of 4\en date therewith, and t :, ,e icnns and conditions ' therein containe ! n>t hiving been complied with, avi at tlu bolder of liaid notes, the undersigned, trustee will on Saturday, February 10th, 19U3, between the hours of 12 m., and 2 p. m., in front of the ccuri house door of Martin county ut Wil- ' liamston, N. C., offer for sale, at pub lic auction, to tho highest bidder foi cash, the following described proper ty to wit: Thoser certain tracts or parcels ol land in the County of Martin, State of North Carolina, bounded anil de scribed as follows: / ' First tract: A one fourth u»divid ed interest in und to that certain tract of land known as Cut Cypress swamp and bounded as follows: Beginning at Willi Veneer company's lb*- oh , Roanoke river; thence up said rivei i to the upper mouth of Cut Cypres, , swamp; thence down Cut Cypress an l' I *, other'streams to Wilt?. Veneer i compa- , ny's line; thenee along said line t. the beginning, containing one hundred j ami fifty (150) acres num. 1 or less;. , Second tract: *A one fourth undi- , vjded interest in und to that certain j tract of land krtown as Broad Creel. , fishery; bounded on the north by the Broad Creek; on the east by Roanoke , river; P» the south and wrest by Cajm , Point swamp. Contali\jng one hun- t dred* (.100) acres more or less. I Third tract: A one half uffNivlded t Interest in and to that certain house j and lot in the town of Jamesville and ( bounded as follows, to wit: On the. j south by the Williamston road; on the west by Fate McAllister, and on the north and west by the streets, and j being the same premises upon which ( the W. H. Stallings resided, and f containing two acres more or less. • This, the Bth day of January, 1923. ( j , * -A. R. DUNNING, ' „ Trustee. v FORI) TO MAKE ' ~ ! NORFOLK HIS EXPORT POINT Shipments for the Coast Will Go Through i That Port Henry Fori! has given personal as-' surnnces-that lie expects to use Nor folk as hiss principal exporting point J lor the shipments of Ford automobile, i to the west const anil far east. The Federal Motor Truck company | has already begun use of the pert for traffic to th#" same destinations, tin'! first carload of trucks having arrived,] Tuesday for transportation to the west j coast. Announcement that the Ford Motor company will begin the" movement of Ford cars through Norfolk revives in-' terest in Jht- Ford plans for the es tablishment of a large yWknt at Norfolk to handle its expert Also there is seen considerable sig nificance in this connection with re ports that Mr. Ford is negotiating for the purchase of the Virginia rail way following his purchase of im-' mense coal fields in Kentucky. iiaptists Start New Year vvuii iiood Organization The Sunday school" of the W illiam ston Memorial Baptist' church began its New .Year at 9:45 last Sunday morning with 165 present; seven new pupils, and 4 visitors; live classes hav ing 100 per cent attendance, and only ;!'i absent. There were very few change made in tiie officers and teachers for the next year, a list of them being as follows: Class No. I, Mrs. O. S. Anderson and Mrs, I'. 11. Cone, teeaehers. Class No. 2, Mrs. A. T. Crawford and Miss Mary White .teachers. Class No. I!, Mrs. 11. "S. Courtney, teacher. Cla.-s No. 4, Miss Daisy Wynne, teacher. Class No. ft, Dr. J 1). Biggs, teach er. Class No. t>, Mi*. J. D. Bigg*, Mis. \V. J. Hodges, secretary. Class No. 7, Miss Carrie Tell White, teacher. Class No, 8, Mr. I!. S. - Courtney, teacher. . Class No. 9, Mrs. A. V. Joyner teacher. Class No. 10, Mr. Hugh Horton. teacher, ltev. A. V. Joyner, '-assistant. Class No. 11, Mr. |{. S. Critcher, teacher. • Superintendent, J. C, Hodges. Assistant superintendent, liaynioin. Taylor. Secretary, Win. P. Hodges. Assistant secretary, A. T. Cram ford. s, Treasurer, Mrs. A. T. Crawford. Organist, Miss Ellen Cowan. Music director, Mrs. Wheeler Mar tin. Superintendent home department Mrs Harry Meadow. Superintendent cradle roll depart ment, Mrs. "Lawrence Peel'. The Sunday school has a place fo, every one, young and old, and invite: all who are not members of so le oth er Sunda," school to join with hem. Claude Kitchin Is ill With Pneumonia SCOTLAND NECK, Jan. 19.—Kep resentative Claude Kitchin, democrat ic leader in the lower house of con gress, who is seriously ill at his homi here with pneumonia, was reported a holding his own at 9 o'clock tonight Dr. 0. 11. Smith,'bia physician, state tonight'that both Mr. Kitchin's lung are slightly affected by the di-ease. Dr. Smith suid the disease had no developed beyond a mild form. A !> o'clock Mr. Kitchin's temperatun was 101 and liift respiration was sai 'to be fair. The physician said h' could not say that the, congressmai was better, but said he was holdini, his own nicely. + Members of the family said Kepie sentative Kitchin seemed to lie r«pt ing comfortably tonight and they fob much encouraged over his .condition. Representative Kitchin contracted i cold early Sunday and pneumonia de yelled Sunday nighty He jiuffertff' a break down more than a year ago but his health hud improved to aucl an extent that he had planned to re- turn to Washington in the neaer fu tore to resume his work an minorit Jeader in the house. Mr. Nathan Orleans returned yes terday from New York where he has ■pent the past ten days purchasing goods for the Arm of W. R. Orleans, and visiting his daughter. Miss Minnie Orleans. ifc.j a 66« Owes f ... Trade In Williamston lie One of the Lucky Ones. SSOO Given Free! ESTABLISHED 18S»» v v 'fl ji'AKiK LilliAL/iiiRS UhhLi 1U Sill Ai i'Lmm lNeiuier rarty impiess | eu vvitn Wet Ciauiia ! oi the i uOlic | \\ liile there are often kaleidoscopic I changes in politics, there is nouiing in ! sight to indicate that either pouuear | puny will be gout bricked into e. pous | i" gany weakening ot tne pioAimuon ~ ' law HI their piaUorm. A politi cal pariy ■is usually siow'to get DUCK | ot a IOSI cuuse, especially one wiucii | i*/so lacking in popular suppoii. ■ i-iectton ieHiita tli.s year prove the noise made by tiie wet camp is alto gether out oi proportion to trte voles 1 that camp can deliver at the pons, i 'ljist November's election weuneiiou 1 the beer and wine cause, in spue o* the efforts of the tlieir gain iii congress is neglible. They caunov count as many votes in the new sen- ate as in the present body, while tne lower house will continue to be ai least two to one against any waesen ing of dry laws. 1 When political parties realise that ; in every congress elected si..ce i.. submission of the eighteenth amenv. 1 ment, the drys have controlled both ( branches by a two thirds vote, or I better, how c;:ii wets expect party leaders to come to their rescue? to litical parties always look about toi liw and popular issues—not for un -1 popular ones. Newspapers of all shades of politi cal agree that the present administration leaders headed by President Harding are shaping the course of the republican party so thai in 1924 it will champion the dry cau. e and declare for the strict enforcement of the present law—for it is not be lieved this law will be changed dui 1 fug the life of the congrecss e ertr in November. This course will naturally cause tlji I democratic party to do one H ' things—tajie up the cause of the !» « Interests, or refuse to burden itsel ' with such a handicap which will mean the destruction of the party.-/ PAVING WILL HE UISCOMIALKU I OK NEXT SEVERAL WEEIVA t>N , I'HE HIGHWAY TO WASHUNUION . 3 Work on the Williamston-Washing ton highway will be discontinued tor several weeks stated an official ot the " j Southern Willite I'aviug company yes terday, owing to the condition oi the roads. It. 1.-, impossible to keeep the , work going on at this season oi the yeuer Without causing a great ileal ot necdiess cxpen.-e so it was decided 1 to stop worn until the middle oi Feb--. I ruury or the first of March Mr. C. T. Warring, general mana ger of the southern branch oi the Wil lite Koail Construction company ol' Pennsylvania has gone to I'ittsburg, l'a., to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the company. A WOltD TO "TROJAN" v ''Trojan,", in Tuesday's edition, tainiy nad perched on his nose a pair of wonderiui spectacles with roseate nui'd lenses.. Evidently, he had budd ed on the popular formula oi t>r. cone, | and arranged something like this. "Yeaer by year in everything, we are growing bigger and bigger." Tnat's ail ,£ight; 'as a man thinketh, so is he. ' The same can be said of a town as well as of the individual. The larger the vision, the greater the re sult. liut we notice that "Trojan'' fail ed to enlarge the businesff of the pet bootleggers, which have made Wil liamston an unsafe spot on tne map; so from this omission, we judge tuai he does not „ think that the vicioUo business is conducive to the better- ment of thu community, tfiougu wi "lather suspect that some folks nave a nieeaii idea that Ui live and grow,"!)!!) gullet must be always wet w>in some old concoction, the making, uimkiiig and selling of which is contrary to moral or civil law. This class ot cit izen is a barnacle on the body poli tics, and must be eliminated be. ore the town can hold up its head an 'to tiie outside world: "Hflie is good place to come and invest your dollars." iness from the bootlegger and not, the iness form the bootlegger and nut i bootlegger from,the business? There is life~«iTe^ Without a customer, na If the public would boycott tfiosi whose breath .comes to it laden with the tink of fermented molasses, wiie titer it be the merchant, salesman lawyer, doctor, drayman or the street cleaner, this town of ours and others, too, would realise some of the visions of men like "Trojan." We are pulling for a "Williamston Beautiful," while On morals of the town are aa as some of thi hn I—— lots, and that is Saying something, too. JJa ' v i