FARMERS, WILUAMSTON 18 THE
PLACE TO SELL TOUR TOBACCO
IST ONE OF THE HOUSES HEKK
VOLUME 24.—NUMBER 64.
-HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS MEET
IN WASHINGTON
Will Consume Two Days
Friday and Saturday,
October 5 and 6
PROGRAM IS GOOD
To Discuss Vital Prob
lems of School Work
/ for Session
The High School Principnl's confei
ence for this Action wi.l be held in
Washington two days next wees, Oc
tober ii and 6. The cunieieace oeguis
1 nday morning at 10 ociuca ami win
Uist Saturday at 12 o .iocs.
An interesting anu iiiHiicJve pro
gram has been airangcu to* tne con
i ere nee, and it is cxpecteu inai i.
goodly number of the principal v.
uus section will aiteau the coniei
ence. The program is as louusa:
rubUc mcetmg Insay evening at
H o'clock.
A. T. Alien, superintendent oi po»
lie instruction, tne twiuy time flan
of Organization.
N. W. WUker, dean >cnool of Edu
canon, U. N. C. Address—u»t*.c to
be iclecttd.
J. Henry llighsmith, high school su
pervisor—High School Progress.
General P*egram
The Teaching of Citizen diip, C. R
ilwsbaw, Aulandcr.
Supervised Study—V nat In Actual
ly Being Done. A. U. Conk, Eliza
beth City; Miu IVart Bnnsoe, >«o.e-
Mwl City.
How to HaiMlie the Study Hall Pro
blem, J. K. Carroll, W inter* iih, 1.
U t nix, Ji -, Hertford.
High Scnool ClnSisiftralinn anu S and
annulw»n —(Should any Class C High
School teacher be allowed to tea*h u.
a taiMiani high school ? )
The lilggest I'ioolc.a 1 Had Last
Year ana How It Was aviruL—C. V*
L. Pittmaa, H. Lee Tnomns.
Dover; Miss Elisabeth 1 othert. West
Edgecombe High School; K. 1- ilaj
har, Ahnhia; W. A B.\ea . Pali field.
Mrs. IL M. W. Tack. Cre»we.l-
The Place of Science In the iiigl.
School—B. Vk. Wells, #. C. State col
lege, Raleigh.
A elating the High School to th
Community—Some I'tactical Sugges
t.ons —Miss Ctnra Pigg, Mas. Hill H
S.; D. M. I'lt man, Chowan H. S; C.
L. Williams, iVfdar Breach; A I
Uramlett, Stonewall.
What is the Platoon System—J. S
Dry an, Wilson.
Round Table Dkcussioa—Anything
affecting the work of the high school
Routine Matters—Records, and re
ports, daily schedule, school hour
keeping.
The High School In Its Relalioashit
to the County Wide Plan.
High School Surveys What ha-
Ixen done?
Is the Athletic Situation What I:
Should He If Not. What Should B*
Done?
TEXACO FILLING
STATION WILL BE
COMPLETED SOON
SIMON LI {.LET AND S. COLLI N
PKKL HAVE LEASED THE
"SERVICE STATION
The Texaco Fißmg station wiJ cmoi
he completed. The lAjOnO gallcastoi '
age tank is nlready buried, and the)
an preparing to build Jthe Uiild
at once. When this is compie.ed, f.
will be one of the most up to date
filling station? in this port of the
State. The Harrison Oil cenpary wi.l
fee thai everything pnssiUe is done
to make it attractive and as conven
lent to the public as po^iWe.
Mr. Simea Lilley aad Mr. S. Colin.
Peel have leased this filling station
and will operate it themselves
They expect to grin both day ano
aight service. We do not believe thai
the Harrison Oil company could have
leased the station to two better boys
Simon and Collin They hope
to Imve the station ready and ia full
opentlon by October XSth. Then b«s
will give the public the hunt niiltf
and treatment in every way that they
possibly earn and that anyawe can ex
pact at an up to date Tfcnn filling
They know they ban the bast le
catasa ia to«a —at the depot; they
knew that they cannot get better oils
and guaahne; and they fcnow that
it wfll be second to none in eastern
way the Haiiiaaos do thiags
Gone to Wilismall before yau buy
RLHCTHK MAID CAKRS—RAIfQN.
fhand nnd Orange eahna. bans, etc-
Rny. The MaZ
am* Gneny. MTtf
THE ENTERPRISE
MRS. VANDERBILT
I APPEALS FOR MORE
STATE EXHIBITS
Impresses the Object for
v Which the State
4 Fair Is Held
-SHOW NORTH STATE
Every Enterprise Should
Have Exhibit Show
ing Progress
RALEIGH, Sept. 25.—The object «t
the Mate fair is to "show North Car
olina,' say*. Mrs. Edith Vanderhin,
president of the North Carolina Agri
cultural society in a statement today
cai.ing attention to the importance o
having all entries in by October lsi
and 6th.
"Send your entries to Raieig i ir
i -j. she urge*, alter calhi g ate -
tioii tc UK- ;act that duniig .ne »eti
ci Cctobi: lMh, the prwl-icts ot ill
..'A . I i; rth Carolina >.il be u.
display at the State fair.
'Some excellent exhibits have al
ready been arranged," Mrs. Yandet
bilt states, "and are now being in
stalled. Other* are coming i i daily.''
"The list of exhibits will range fron.
huge power looms weaving doth down
to ladies' handkerchiefs made by th*
busy housewife," (die explains," anu
adds that there is no limit to what
may be exhibited.
**l wish as president of the Stat
fair," she continual "t® urge every
person in the State to send whaievei
they may make or produce to tlx
fair at Raleigh, so that it may be ex
hibited and compete for the many
prizes offered.
"By sending in your exhibit you cat
do more to make the North Carohn:
State fair the greatest in the" count!
than by any other mean*. It is ;
public institution for the public geo
and it is your duty as a citisen o
the State to promote the interest of
such an institution whose one objrc
and aim k- to serve the public To
progress and properity. _
The State fair belongs to ever
man, woman and child of North Car
olina, and I should like to see the da
when every one of you take an activ.
part in its development."
DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
PAY WILLIAMS'!ON VISIT
GETTING COrrON DAT-
Investigating Possibility of Pea"ui.
Relieving the Situation Ceas
ed By Roll Weer.l
Mr. K- W. Galphin, county fan.
ilsnsni Uatioa agent, of Pamlico an.
Mr. C. B. Ferris, agent from Cravet.
county accompanied by Meiers. C. M
Lhuuel, merchant and L C. Holdei.
farmer of Stope wall, passed throu; I
Williams ton Thursday. They an tour
iag the peanut belt for the purpose
of pleating peaautk as a suUtitut*
for cotton, where the boll weevil ha
practically destroyed cotton this year
Many acres, they say, will not product
to exceed 25 pounds of lint per acre.
This should remind our Martin coun
ty fanners of the necessity to nag
an open, strong fight against the pes
aad the fight against the boll weevil
m a 345 day flgbt each year. Bury
his houn in the fall, burn it in th*
winter and he is not so numerous ir
the spring.
THE BARACAS AND
PHILATHEA CLASSES WILL
ENTERTAIN MRS. BUCK NEK
The Atlantic hotel «itl be the scene
on Monday evening of a reception in
honor of Mrs. N. Buckner, of Ashe
ville, general secretary of of the Nortii
Carolina Fhilatheas.
The local Philatheas and Baracas
are being bestowed with the bono,
of a vvat from Mrs. Buckner, and in
■ppmrittion of the interest she ie tak
ing in the local classes, they will
entertain her Monday evening, show
ing the hospitality with which a da
tiagujharl visitor is aacotded when in
Waiinmsten.
SERVICES AT RAP-JUfT CHURCH
A. V. Tsynar. peeler
Sunday school 9:46 a. ax, J. CL An
derson, superintendent.
If yen are net no connected with
any ether Sunday school, we give you
a cordial invitation to anike with as.
Sermon by the pester 11:00 n. m ,
, abject: 'How Gnut Things An Ac
i mapluhrd"
Regular eveaing service at 7:45.
Mrs. N. Buckner of AsheviUe, N. C,
will apes* at this hoar.
"To stay nwny from church ia a
veto to nuke the church fail. To
this that would he m en
leauty." We extend to envy one n
cordiel invitation to won hip with us
in nH the sen Ins of this church.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTOrPRBE
» i
WILLIAMSTON. MARTIN ODI'STT. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAT. SEPTEMBER 29, 1923.
HARRISON OIL CO.
IS NOW PLANNING
BIG EXTENSIONS
STORAGE CAPACITY HERE WILL
BE DOUBLED IN THE NEAR |
FUTURE
We are fix' to note the progress the
Harrison Oil company is making in
the oil and gasoline bminess. 1 hen :
business is growing bigger ukl big
ger every day. Mr. I.us Hanv«..j
le A Wednesday night for Xortolk, Va. :
and Ualtinoß, Mil., in the interest
of the Harrison Oil company, who *l
•ojW planning to double their stomg.
capacity at the Roanoke river and al
so to enlarge their cylimtei oil tic
pan mem on the Atlantic Lib*
tracks. *
it is talked on the Anas that the>
u« planning to install one or l>t.
orauch stations at another pwM. How
MXNI this Will be we aie onabte to
say, but plans are now being pcriect
ed lor the enterprise!*. Mr. Harrison
has gone to Norfolk to take this mat
icr up with the Texas people an>.
to work out some plans by which to
enlaige their plant trom start U> &ii
ish. Their present equipment in no
large enough to take care of °then
enormous and growing Inuimm in a
manner satisfactory to them, IhougL
we have heard no complaint fiom ih*
public at all.
George and Gus Harruon ate wiu«
awake boys; an always on the job,
and Uiey believe they have the best
gasoline and motor oil that the work
produces today. They »und back o
every gallon they sell and guarantee
same to be all right ui every rf»f*cl
If we had a few more Arms in town
like the Harrisons and some other
here, we would iOoii be saying "the
City of Wililamston."
If there is anything you do not
understand about the Texaco oils nn>
want to know, we will suggest that
you take the matter up wih eithei
one of these boy's ami they will ex
plain same w they are prepared am
in shape to do so, with the smile
that coven their face every time they
Texaco products.
SUfil RBAN WEEK TO BE
OBSERVED DURING PAIR
AT ROCKY MOlVi
Merchants Anaeeialien Then Offer
lag Additional Attractions
Neat We*k
' Our wide awake neighbor, Rock)
Mount, has inaugurated an extra at
traction for the people of the ,ur
rounding counties during next week.
October 2nd to sth inclusive, whi
their fair is in progress, to indue*
them to Rocky Mount. This addi
tional attraction is in the nature o
cut prices on merchandi e of a I mf
chants of Rocky Mount during then*
days will be offered at reduced prices
With this double attraction at Rock>
Mount during next week, it i > ex
pee ted that a goodly number from thi
aection will take advantage of the tw
in one attracion.
BANK OF ROUER^NVILLE
SHOWING I'KOtaKKiiSIV L.NES.
In this issue of The Enterprise Ua
liank of Robersonville carries a state
ment of their condition in d«fday
form, which is interesting to all eon
cerned in the bank's welfare. It will
be temembered that this bank was re
organized only a few months ago al
ter a suspension of Inmmh, nhid.
makes its statement most remarkable
Showing the approval of the uffcen
in charge of this fttituiiM by th*
people of the county is their state
meat of individual deposits of I**.
4W.1&. which puts thejn amoi.g th*
leading banks of the county ia de
posits. Thip fact witnesses that ev
fry courtesy Is seconded patrons by
the officials, who are as folio*-: J
H. Robarson, Jr., preidtnl; R. A. Bai
lay, vice president; A. S. Robersoa,
vibe president; D. R- Everett, rashiei
and L Mayo Little, asslstnnt ca. hier.
ENTERTAINMENT IN
HONOR OF BIRTHDA)
|Jttle Mjps Nettie Ferrel Me.dor en
tertained quite a number of her lit
tie friends Tuesday afternoon in hon
or of htf seventh birthday.
They wen met at the doer by Lit
tie Miss Nettie FerrelL After sever
al Viet rata aeieetieaa wen enjoyed,
they wen invited to the yard where
games wen played. About 5:30 they
inn invited to the dining room where
iced enn were served by Mine
HHrsbath Gurfcin and Hand Edmond
Mrs. J. O. Manning and drildra,
Christine and Jim, Mad Mrs. John A
Manning and children, Jack, Ben and
Reginall, motend to Kington and
Reeky Mount CUs week
WILLIAMSTON
SCHOOLS OPENED
ENCOURAGING ll.i
.
:318 Pupils Report for
Duties Thursday at
Opening
PROSPECTS" BRIGHT
For Progressive Session
During 1923 anil
1924 Here /
• • 2
The Williamton Graded ami High
school opened its (loots Thuisday
morning at 1U o'clock with an en
rollment of 31fc pupils, which is uu>r*
than has ever attended the schoof"ln
a»y pni wus year.
Ixipenuteiideiit M. J. Uavi , tn
eiunj tne preaeidcu ICex. M
U_ Caantbcis, pastor of the M thorn*,
church, who lead a scripture .e* on,
whiirfi *m lollowed by 'an earnest I
prayer by Rev. A. V. Joy net o: the
Memorial Baptist church.
May or John L. llassell made a short
opening Welcome aihliea. U> the tacul
ty ami pupils, in a few Well chosen
and to the point words, Wuich coni-
Duiklnl dose attention front the en
tire audience, and expinnl the .pii t
of Williamston Guarding* iu school.
Mayor llassell waa followed by Rev.
A. J. Manning, retired *upei n.temi
ent of public instruction, tylio ma«ie a
short but very timely addres.-. Jim
ing his inteivst in the schools of the
county, j-.«i though now lot actively
cußiitxtnl wiUi the Hchool system of
the county, his heart and Work when
not engaged otherwise will lie with
the Martin county schools.
The last address of the morning \»a
also .Jiort, by Mr. K. A. Pope, pres
ent superintendent of pubic instruction
of the count). who expreaed in a
few derisive words the aims of the
educational system of the county in
furthering education in Martin county
which will be in keeping with tin
nokbl* progress Martin has made li
the few yarns in iu educational
With the enlarged attendance ami J
two additional teachers, the outlook i*
bright for the Williamston Graded ami
High school to have the best yeai
ia the history of the school.
A notable fact at the opening of
the School was the praent of so man;,
parents, f bowing their interest in tin
education of their children by at ten*!
ing the opening exercises of th»
school. This internt should he main
taiard by parents throughout the yeai
ami if done, wrill greatly aid the teach
cr* in their efforts to give training
m the school that will advance th
children more rapidly, and eliminate
a number of "flunks" at the end of
the school term
Walton Jails His
Political Opponnent
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKla., Sept. 26.
—Campbell Russell, former chairmai.
of the slate corporation cummiaiuu
and a liittrr political enemy of Gov
ernor Walton, was arrested this af
tarnooa by the executive civilian op
eratives. Russell wa, taken to the
military hea«liuai tt rs, and later to
jail- A crowd of seveiai hundred pet
soa« followed the o cers and Ru»
#iL He was char got wiitii "disorder
ly conduct and attempfing to incite
not." He had been distributing- pain
phlet* attacking the governor whet,
arrested.
The rtraightest of th world's sur
veyed lines is that niniiint; north wan.
between Alaska and Canada, frwu th.
coast of the Arctic ocean and const!
tut ing the boundary line between th
two countries. Tha line consisht of i
clearing twenty feet wrne cut throng
all timber, of aluminum br rue monu
ments set at iatervisible points no"
mora than four miles apart, ami e
map in detail of the i«np of cour
try two miles each side of the bourn'
ary proper. In 1867, the American
and British treaty makers laid a rut
er on a amp and said, "This shall be
the dividing line." The li"e tra verso•
COO alias of country over great moun
tain' ranges, swift rivers, quicksand
glacier* aad bottom Irs*. morasses.
A scorched corpse picked up on an
ally, wreck strewn sea was evident*
of the fate of the tanker Swift* ar
R iN believed that lightning atrucV
the tanker amidships, disabling the
niialaia iaunediately and exploding
one or two oil tanks which lore the
ship apart, each half going down with
all as board. Splintered wood and
raidwhw Ufe boats with the letter
iag "Swiftstar" aa each one were pick
ad ap lilsw Cuba and Jamaica to
gether wtt the body of the dead
■■
Mr. 1. E. Peg ram of the North
Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of
Ihdaa fa to tawa May oa bwka»
STATE SECRETARY
I OF PHILATHEAS TO
RE HERE SUNDAY
miLL HAKE AIWRESS AT BAP
TIST CHIKCH ON SUN
DAY NIGHT
The local tlaraca ami I'hilathea
classes of the Memorial Baptist churci, j
wdl have the honor of entertaining
their state secretary, Mrs. liuckuei
of A&heville, Sunday and Monday.
On Sunday uight at the usuaj . er
vice hour at the Bapti.-t church Mis.
Buckner will address the peop.e o
Williamston on the Baraca-ltulathes
cawss. She being familiar with thi
work from years of experience, vrllt
give information of the work Sunday
aight that numbers of Williamson
tans interested in the work will dr.
well to hear.
Mrs. Buckner has been personally
connected with the liaraca I'tulalhei
work being carried on at Oteen hos
pital, where numbers of our sol diet
boy*. who fought the good light ov
ersea- - and were wounded, ate now
receiving treatment, and she will very
likely tell us what the Baracas and
Philatheas are accomplishing at this
hospital, relieving the suffering ol
our boys who gave themselves thai
we might live in peace anT at liber-.
«y
The least that can be expected on
this occasion of Mm. Buckner's visit
to Williamston will be some good al
dresses, full of interest and infornia
tioa, and addreares that will entertain
as well. *
Mrs. Buckner will nmain here over
Monday in tha interest of the Baraca-
Phdathea work anil will make another
address Mondy evening, and those
other than the members of these
elapses can doubtless spend their time
during these addresses any more pro
fitabty than by hearing Mrs. Buck
ner Sunday ami Monday.
ITALY RETURNS
ISLE OF CORFU
TO THE GREEKS
Payment of Fifty Mil
lion By Greece To
Close Affair
ATHENS, Sept. '£i. —Tlie Island o
Cofu occupied by Italy on August tin
;(Ut was returriKl to tlie Gieeks till
mtMiung, it was announced in. dis
[ patches received bete iwiay.
lARIS. Sept. 27.—The lnier Allie..
Council of Ambassadors yesterday or
dered Greece to pay Italy the aO.tMMi,-
UUO lire deposited l>y the Gieeks in
the bank of Switzerland as security
for indemnity in connection with tin
J Ati in ia muiiH-ir. 'lite payment was
ordered as a penalty for Greece's di
iatoriness in seaiching lor the assas
. tn> of the buunitary misioii, which]
biought about the ciisi.
and the suUscttuent occupation of the
island of Corfu-
With the return of the Is . i
Greece this morning and the payment
of the indemnity hy Greece, the (ire
cu-Italian affair was In ought to a
due so far as the Council of Am
bas*mtor> is conrerned, Greece having
complied witih the other stipulation.-
of the council.
* J in
MRS C AKKIK COWAN
On July l»il, tlie death angle
rune ami bole the soul ui Mil . Cai
ne Cowan-away. Site was born Jan
uary 4, IM6, making her slay on earth
78 years, 6 months and £A days.
She was the wife of John A. Cowan,
thg ■Hmk 1 ' 1 *" of Gardner anil iVntut
Mtzelle. She was Uie mother of 10
children, and preceded ail to the grave
except H. U J. W. and O. C. Cowat
She leavea Li grandchildren and one
great giaadctuld, ami a n% t of rela
laves and friends to mourn her loss.
But we mourn nut as those who hava
im hopes, for tiod say» tuller little
children to come unto ine.
She wak confined to her bed two
weeks aad two days. All was done
for her that a faithful doctor ami lov
ing bawds could do—no one can ktop
the icy kamh of death.
She Joined the Methodist church at
Mount Zian in her eart>>- days. The
funeral was conducted by Elder John
Rogenoa and was attended by a host
of relatives and friends. The both
waa laid to icrt ia the family bury
iag ground to await the ressurrection
One from as ia gone,
A voice we love is still.
A place Is vacant ia our home
> That never can be filled.
Seep on dear sac* her
And take thy rest;
Gad called thee to the rhiniag shore,
Where pun aad suffering are felt
• *"*"• - -
i —Written by ther daughter-in-law,
Mra. D. C CfML
DAIRYING AND
LAND VALUES
ARE DISCUSSED
Comparison Shows
Advantage Where ,
Cows Prevail
JU) FARM IS NEVV
After a Few Years of
Habitation By the
Dairy Flock
DAIRYING AND FARM LANDS
By G. A. CARDWELL
Agricultural and India*rial Agent, At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
"And I'll never again worry when t
want a loan, »
Eor 1 know very well if all othei
means fail
My cows, H well lad, will till up the
pail
v» uh what paid oil" the mortgage to
Uay."
—E. G. Bennett.
1 nis, lite ninth aitktc ot the "I'tos
peiuy follows Uie tMury tow, ~e
».es is ute experience ot Uugn i.
van licit, l'iie aiUcle it' oUe of tin
r>iJ soties tor bankets and busin-.
men, used by the Ueiie Meade liut.i
coiitpany to encourage daily ilevei.
tuent:
A dozen years ago 1 spent Sui i.ay
with my 1 trend, t. il. iveeuey in a
valley in New \ ork t*ale.
'l'nat a I lei noon he drovfc me through
the valley. Ou each side ot tne foau
vvete terlile liunis, goon houses, laigt
barns, silos, luxunant crops ot corn,
oa%v clover and alfalia. Iu eveij
pasture good cows glazed.
1 had heard of tiie worn out, ai>aii
■ lotted farms of the eaM and 1 be
lieved my friend was showing me a
tavored section.
1 asked luin to tjiow me some oi
the abandoned farms. His reply wa«,
"We have no abandoned farms—we
did have, but learned our lesson."
"For many years we have been Im
porting bran from the northwq t, earn
and oats from the middle west ami
cotton seed meal front the south.
These we have been leediug to good
cows ami returning the fertility from
them to our soils. The next worn out
farmr you will see will lie in the mid
dle west, the not lit west and the south.
Three hundred years were required to
wear out our lands. We did it with
oxi-n. It it now being done with
lour horse teams."
That was before the day of thi
tractor with which t hough tie.-- men
exhaust soils twice as fast it. they
could with four horse teams and im
measurably fa ter than they did with
oxen.
Where are we headed for today?
1 localities in all of the sections le-,
feried to by my friend, Keeney, bear
evidence that he knew whereof In
Returning front New York I met u
spoke.
financial man from Waterloo, la. lit
was returning from New York city
where he had been to maiket fai in
mortgagus. lie explained to rue that
he had personally takea tin**- inoit
gages to New York, lieheving that the
sum of liquns£ desired iu return fron
them was exceptionally large. He h.iti
been surprised to find that they wen
eagerly purchased. He asked the hif
eastern bankers why they felt so fa
vorable toward the.-e mortgages. Tin
answer was, that the vicinity sur
rounding Waterloo had become a dal
ly section of considerable prominent
that it is well known that the produc
ing value of lands in a dairy section
does not decrease, but increatc.-, that
dairying insures permanency of agri
culture; that where soil ii
lieing maintained and increased, whelt
the producing value of land is In
( •eased, there, not only laud iellini.'
values, but especially ami loan value.-
become enlarged. He was also toV
that as a result of this dairy devel
opment the land loan valuei within
a radius of 100 miles of Waterloo, hi
increased on the records of Wall
Street JSO per acre.
The big eastern banker realizes the
importance of the cow to the ci»m
munity. He is willing to back up h>
judgment of the cow with hi? mon
ey. He doaat guess—lie know;. Of
how much greater importance is 1*
to you—a leader in yoar community—
to not only know of the relationship
of the cow to land values, but to take
some active steps to insure this cow
ocedpying a more important position
ifi the agriculture of your community
You miKd be the leader in this dairy
development.
I was not so greatly impressed wit
this story until recently I told it to
a banker ia South Dakota. Imme
diately he grasped the v fad on of what
a cow really means. In the pnrtaare
of the banker h* Mid. "Those figures
would mean SI ,000,000 added wealt'
to this community."
These two illustrations merely suf
ftce to prove that where thara is dairy
THIS MARKET IS CAPABLE OF
K l7\  P RVICE MIXED WITH
COURTESY—TRY IT
ESTABLISHED 1898.
I THE SOUTH NOT
I LAGGING IN WORK
. OF TUBERCULOSIS
Progress Marked Meet
ings of Southern
Conference
NEGRO ISTTREATED
They Secure a Bi# Por
tion of Aid C.iven In
the South
That the south is ready and will
ing to take almost any step that will
increase its efficiency in the fight ag
aiirt tuberculosis was the spirit man
ifested at the informal meeting of the
Southern Tuberculosis conference held
recently at Asheville. Two of the
more important steps taken by the
conference were tjje. decisions favor
ing the reorganisation of the South
ern Tuberculosa conference which met
'ast in 192t\ an| the organization of
ti *: Southern Sanatorium association.
The representatives which register
ed from nearly every southern state
agreed on all measures that meai t
progress and success in the tubcrcu
0.-is work.
One of the most helpful discussion*
at the conference was that on stand
ards and classifying and rating tu-
Lerculosis sanatoria. Enlightening
studies of this subject made bv the
National Tuberculosa association were
given.
'n the discussion of the vibject,
"'•'anatorium Care of Negroe;," it was
clearly noted that great progie* ha
been made in the south in ihe i
fi'w ye; is in treating the .'.la -nb us
negro. Tuberculins and the negro is
no longer a- hopeless condition. Ne
groes themselves are becoming inter
ested in their problem, which fact at
ciit is the first t-tep leading to the Mu
tation of the problem. That the ne
gro is seeking sanatorium treatment
! was pointed out to be a nun t Kip*
'"id sign.
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SAYS C. C. AND O.
LEASE WOULD
HE A CALAMITY
Vice President Capps, of
Seaboard Argues
Against It
WASHINGTON, Sept. lit!—Lea-M
--of the Carolina, t 'linchttyflk and Olm>
railroad to the Louisville ikul Nash
ville and the Atlantic I'oui t Line rail
roads, now being considered, would br
a "public calamity of,the first magni
tude," C. U. Capps, first vice piesi
dent of the Seuboard Ail Line, tu ti
lled today jJtefore the Interstate Com
merce commission.
Swell a control of the C'linehfiebi,
be asserted, would withdraw ull ef
fective competition in tram puliation
from important areas in the.Atlantic
Coast Line and the Southern railroad
territory.
Mr. Capps' argument was the first
direct attack brought on the leasing
proposal during the commission'
hearings. Seaboard Air Line coun « l
also called J. J. Campion, traffic man
ager of the Clinchfiehl, who was ques
tioned in the endeavor to (how that
his railroad was modern in line ami
equipment, and fitted to handle heavy
traffic under its present independent
management.
"We take the porition that there
is no justification whatever, for this
lease from the standpoint of the pub
lic interest In transportation," Air.
Capps declared, "or for the protection
of the owners of the Clinchfiehl road,
or to fuither any reti-wnable or legit
imate interest of either of the pro
mised leasees.
"We consider that every objective
desired by the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad with reference to the
connections proponent with its Kentuc
ky territory can be adequately secur
ed by such connection either without
a lease, or by a lease to the Louis
ville and Nashville and other carriers
in the southeaK connecting with the
Clinchfiehl and competing with the At
lantic Coast Line." m
Trade In Wililamston
 ¥ •
Mr. D. C. Harnes of Murfreesboro
is in town today.
Wanted lllO,OOO pounds of scrap.
The Farmer* Warehouse, Williams
ton, N. C.
ing land, values increase and where
land values increase the only form
of agriculture that can be mad« pro
fitable ft dairying.
One crop farms exhauae the soil
and results In poverty—diversified
farming built around the keeping *f
good cows, conserves and Increases
soil fertility. It is a permanent sys
tem of agriculture and brings proa
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