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Every Business Man in Wtiliamston Should Attend the Chambe r= ————— t WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR B PAPER, IT CARRIES THE DATE I TOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES VOLUME XXVI—NUMBER 1 Chamber of Commerce Annual Election to be Held Thursday; Working for Big Attendance HOPE TO GET ORGANIZATION LINED UP AND MAKE PREP ARATIONS FOR INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO BOOST WIL LIAMSTON AS TRADE CENTER. The annual election of officers of the Williamston Chamber of Commerce will be held at a called meeting on Thursday night, February 19, at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be held li the offices of Dunning, Moore & Hor ton inthe Hassell Building. A special invitation haa been ex tended to the woman of the town, and it is hoped that a goodly number of them will be present. The chamber of commerce has nit ant a greaj deal to WillinmnU)n al ready, but there are many opportuni ties knocking at our door. Through an active chamber of com merce we can accomplish many things —Williamston geographically is ii c« nter. Why not commercialize tha' ( j»poituni y. We are situated proper ly to makj this a gr?at tobacco mar ket, which would be a wonderful thin*, foi us. Lttt's gat busy and make prep arations for the coming year of 192k «nu not wait for 1926, MRS. J. N.HOPKINS IHee at Her Home in Williams Town ship Sunday Morning Mrs. John N. Hopkins died Sunday I morning at her home in Williams- Township. She had suffered a stroke cf apoplexy several years ago, which kept her in bed for many months, after which she regained sufficient strength to attend to her home affairs. year she was in an automobile wreck, receiving several severe in juries. For more than two months she has been suffering from higl bliod pressure, growing worse un»H the end came. She would have been 41 years had she lived two more day a. Before her marriage to Mr. Hop kin* she was Miss Annie M. Green the daughter of the late J. S. Green. She leaves her husband, four small children, one brother, Mr. 0. S. Green, and one sister, Miss Besve Green. Though an invalid for years she was a real ray of sunshine and good cheer, never murmuring nor complaining, bearing her own infirmities with pa tienee while helping to make the live* of others happy. She was buried in the family burial ground on the home farm Monday i.fternoon. Many relatives and friem's attended. Rev. R. L. Shirley, assist ed by Rev. E. D. Dodd, conducted the lur.eral. She had been a member of the Reddicks GroW Baptist Church tor several years. MAYORS COURT Mayor Disposes of Five Caaea Before Him Yeaterday Mayo.'s court, after a long rest, had a session yesterday, and five cases were called and disposed of in the following order. The first case was against Will Drugherty, charging him with being drunk and disorderly. He was found cuilty and fined $3 and costs. Town vs. Monxo Wiggins, Sanh Wiggins, Eli Rogerson, and J. O Rogvraon. All of the four were charged with participating in an af frcy and the defendants In each case were found guilty. They were released upon payment of the costs and small fires. THE STRAND THURSDAY and FRIDAY ELINOR "GLYN*S THREE WEEKS" Also 2-Reel Comedy 25c and 50c ... ■ \ Do Not Forget— Saturday at 3 p.m. , 3JL 4 WEVERYBODY THE ENTERPRISE Bing WiU Address Meeting Thursday Mr. A. E. Iling. secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Agriculture Credit Corporation will address the Williamston Chamber of Commerce Friday night. Thousands of people were assisted throughout (he State last year by the credit corpora tion, which was the first year that ihis corporation operated. They expect to very much enlarge their business this year . All people interested in financial assistance this year should be sure to hear Mr. Bing. Don't forget the tiaie—Thurs day night, Fefccpary 19. 8 p. m. BOY HURT BY DYNAMITE CAI* Seven-* ear-Old Son of Mr. ai d 'I J. C. Kawls, of Hear Grass, Several Fingers Sunday af.ernoon Elber», the 7- ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kawls, of the Bear Grass neigh bor tOOit.fcuiJd& dynamite" cap, whi-' his uncle had on hand for the purpose if blowing up stumps. The boy held the cap in his left hand and touched a match to it, with the result that it exploded, blowing his left thumb en tirely off and tearing and lacerating his forearm and middle fingers so bad ly that the fingers had to be ampu tated, leaving only one joint of eaci. Fragmnets of the cap also cut th« boy in a number of places about the face and breast. After receiving treatment the ch !•' seemed to be doing well and porhahly will recover, with a wounded han' 1 lor life. GRIFFIN-BROWN Miiia Kaaie Brown and Mr. Wilnoi Griffin Married Here Sunday At the home of Rev. A. J. Manning, .it six o'clock Sunday evening, Miss Kssie Brown and Mr. A. Wilson Grif fin were married by Mr. Manning Owing to a recent bereavement in t'w bride's family plans for the wedding were changed, and the couple were quietly married at the home of their pastor with only a few close friend '.l attendance. Mrs. Griffin is the daughter of Mi W. A. Brown, of Jamesville, and one cf the loveliest young women of t!.« county. She was very charming ir a gown of peach-blow temptation crepe, with hat and coat to match Her flowers were lilies of the valley rnd American Beauty roses. Mr. Griffin is the son of Mr. J. Ki tiriffin, of Griffins Township, and is a vi ry flue young man. He is now sec tetary and treasurer of Dewey Bros, a milling firm of Goldsboro. They left immediately after tl e c« remony for Goldsboro, where they A' ill make their home. Mr. J. Lawrence Peel was a busine: s visitor here today. Martin County Teachers Hold Fourth Meeting of the Year at Local School Saturday; Results of Raleigh Meeting Are up for Discussion The fourth meeting of the Marlir. . County Teacher's Association wa l.eld in the Williamston .school audi- r Urium on Saturday afte"noon, Febru j.ry 14, 1986. At 2 o'clock Supt. R. A. I'ope calle ! the meeting to order and asked Mr. t C. O. Smell, of Jamesville, to lead in i he devotional exercises. After he ha> • read the twelfth chapter of Roma-..( f he commented o a the application •' t the teachings of the chapter to the i teacher's problems. Thoce are poin.s 1 that be left with us: "Teaching is no' mere entertaining. Teach with r'i 1 your might." After this the teachers t repeated in concert the lord's Pray.n « The minutes of the January meet ing were*>read by the secretary. A.- there wen no corrections they were c adopted as read. - v ' « Mr. C. O. Small, speaking for the t Jemesville teachers, expressed re«rret 'I that they had not been able to attend « the previous meeting bcause of > weather conditions, and asked that i they be allowed to have a local meet ing in order that they might make up i the assignment they failed to get be- 1 cruse of absence. Mr. Pope suggested » I that the group leaders would to I 1 grant such a privilege. « 1 The main program for the afterno >n | J Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 17,1925 REUULAR SESSION RECORDERS COURT Liquor, as I'aul, Plays I'rominrn. Pari in CUM Krforr the Recorder Recorder's court this morning te sefftbled an old-time session, when Ciere was plenty of money, heaps oi fun, mid plenty of booxe. The first case belonged to the ol ' stand-by, being a liquor case. It wa» W. R. .James jr. Tommy James, Grovr li-mes and George James, for tmn- l*>rting liquor. Tommy and Grover were found no* I'uilty. W. R. James was found gi'i!- J) and sentence*! to 6 months on t! n ads of Edgecomhe County. Geori . Ji-.mes was also adjudged guilty ar>* sentenced to 12 months in jail, the sentence to begin at the request > f .he solicitor. The next case, against R M Lowe,, was ano'her case of transportin£ 1. qiior. Lowe was found guilty and sen tenced to prison foi 18 months, with capias to is.-ue against him at an;, time in two years if ftund in Mar'.i County. State vs. Alfred Bos*on (\nilitiu tor one week Slate vs. V. B. Moore, assault wt Uy Avcapon. Moote |>i- ad enilt* ; rd was fined $lO and co* s. State vs. liar i> .lames, chain*"? I : n; vvi*h -larreny and receiving. »! .kid guilty and ju«i ment was su (•ended upon payment of the costs. —in tU») cii v. -against Jin> t'Jmii*rfm irrying a concealed weapon, t'h:in-e was found not guilty. State vs. Don Johnson. Johnson wa> fio days to pay his tine undti n former judgment. In Suite vs. W. R. James, jr., f»i driving u car without a licence. Jame was found' guilty ahd fined $lO a'n the costa. State vs. George Morgan, for .•»> ,-nult with a deally weapon. Mor >»n was found guilty and fined ami the costs. State vs Mutw.s Sheppard and Rov Higgs, MMDtb with a deadly weapor Hoth uete found guilty and each fin.*- ?lt» and half of the costs. SCHOOL BENEFIT I'.aske hall limr and Supper a Kverals Friday Night The Parents-Teachers' Aasoriat'or >f Everett* will serve a supper Fri ay night, February 20, at the s«-h >V !n tiding from ft.HO to 7.30 o'clock Ti: pioceeds will go for furnishing f«» 'he school. At X.30 on the same night the Kver |« Hjirli School will play Jame.-viPe High School in a game of basketball Everyone is cordially invited to a' • rmrt both the sopper and the gnm«- CHANCESHANDS I'-Nexl Barher Shop Purchased '•> K. J. t utler, of Waging? on Mr K J. Cutler, of Washington, ha# purchased the L'-Next Barber Shop in tie Itowen Building on Washingt ..i .Street from Mr. Dennis Griffin. vil ,i> sumed personal charge «f it ye-- rdny. He will be assisted by M; K. L. Denby. I tot li gentlem.-n come lo us well recommended in their tra.l* Mrs. J. H. Saunders will entert:«:n tne card club at her home on Church Street Thursday afternoon at 3 30. ..as centered on report.- about tr.e .Siate meeting that was recently he'd rit Kaleijfh. Mr. J. E. Seymour, of Williamson, .vta the firsi to Rive a rc-p.»rt. D«- pite the bad weaUier and the fact • Is at only one-half of the expects I i umber of delegates could attend, tlf meeting was, in his option, RUCI- - ful. He spoke brieflly of SupL A. T Allen's plea for "Eight-month schools" ind Dr. George Slrayer's address 1 Doctor Strayer, he said, made some. strong points, but fatted to give real j Kelp in regard to finance He atten U i ed the meeting of city superintend ents, during which he heard a discus .-ion on athletics and a speech on tl-e ( "Accelerated class." No definite con elusions were reached in the discus son, but some good thoughts were fiven about the accelerated »»upil This is the one that be quoted: "Soon ei or later a child will realize that he It mentally in his proper sphere, but socially out of his place." Superintendent Pope attend-d meeting which was to him vitally in teresting. At thl* meeting Suuvir.- tended Allen was present w-l gave his opinion that there mpwt he oigani »ation in order to put over any finan cial program. At peasant the State Tarboro Highs Here Tonight THE LOCAL high-school quint will meet Tarbom tonight at the Roanoke Warehouse. This team is one of the strongest tl.it the local hoys have met yet. The last game played with this team resitted in the score of 1"«-|| in ijt«'r of Wdliains.on. A good game is promised, aid >«« i are urged to come out a d sup port the hoys by rooting for ihem. The local team will journey to Ayden Friday night for a match game with this squad. You thai have cars are urged to go with the hoys and help show ihem that the old home town is hack of them. The girls will probably journey to Creenville about the muld'o ur last of this week. ROBfcRSON VILLK GIRLS WINNKItt V« in I'rom tJreenville in I irst C.am of I bampionship Series, hi Score of 25 to II (Special to th* Knteipiise) Kober.amville, Feb. 17 On la i'.iilay night the Rnbor.-oiiville Hi* Vinol gir' met the Ure. i:\ illo fill .ii he local court in the tirst gamt if the State championship series. A|A by winning from them by the decisiv> .core of 25 to 11 the) put tireenvill* «ut of the race ami kept ihemselve; t.i the running. 'llie Roliersonviih •iris will now meet some other win wi. . At no time- during Friday night's ir; me were the local girls in dtngei b. ing defeated. They started •Iv ame with a rush and at the *.» nd of the firs' |uarter, ride*! by some beau, tiful long shots by K Whitfield, the;, bad a Rood lead. . It was only in th >»i»ml ard third quarters that the .•ame showed signs of being slow. Bat .. the beginning of the fourth quarter lie Robersonvtll« girls began to !fi I (ir st i ale ;.nd ware soon running un oo'r.t after point. The features of tie ..iiie were the speed, quick passing, nul accurate shooting of the Robei si nville forwards in the last quartet ihe guards also c:im>' in for the:: hare of the glory by holding the tinenville girls down to four field . a Is, which was no euy task, fo> 'I-e-r.vdle |M»ssessed a s?t of fast for j.rds whose only weakness was their ii ability to locate the basket with ai : «gi"e of regularity. Otherwise the;- •u' up a clean and scrappy fight untM he finish in which there was no iughiie?s whatever The next game in the series for 'hi Trarl irl- will be with the Farmville .lis at Farmville on Tuesday night I is hoped that a great many of their upporters will follow them, for noti - ng helps a team away from h n ii «.re than to b" surrounded by th«ii it sends. Anyway, they will leave be l-.nd them a town which will be more :l an anxious for their success in their round pame of the elimination serie H \SKFTH M L THI'RSOAY The town team will play the Free tYill I baptist Seminary, of Ayden, he'e ■n Thursday night, at the Dixie Ware 'M-use court. The game will lie called promptly ,i« K.OO o'clock. not ripe for ttie making of a great- 1 er appropriation. Mr. Pope stated' tiuii Martin County should bring l.tr-' n-lf up to what he deemed an ideal, haih teacher must lend his earnest' help to make such a dream reli- _ ii'ition. Mr. Pope believer that a. he is to ask for an appropriation for the building of school houses he mils, rir-l I r >ve to the governor that : irhool I ouse- are as essential as jails. Teach ers may help in seemingly in signifi ed. ways. They can, with little care, | (on.-erve much that is commonly wast je«l. By doing this, by supporting the i Special Meeting of Masons Friday Night THERE will be a special commun ication of Skrwarkee IXff, No. M, A.F.A A. M, Friday even IBK. Feb. 20. at 7.30 o'clock. Work in Ike second degree. All Vaster. Masons in good standing are cor dis lljr invited to attend. The oAcera are eapecialy urged to he prc*ent and on time. . C. R CARSTARPHEN, Jr., - Secretary. > " COUNTY AGENT'S REGULAR REPORT Krporl Includes Months of Decern l»--' and January; flans Work For 1525 Season Following is the report of County Agent T. B. Brandon, as .submitted ihe Commissioners of M 11 i in County, for the month* of" Decem ber ami January: For December: 12 days spent in field work. t> days spent in office work, ft days spent on annual leave. . 1 day holiday, ft" letters written. 31 farms visited. !> hogs given the .worm treat me \ 2 articles written for the lt>c- ! paper. W. \. Hays, livestock speciali t, *\as wish mo one day. We made .it rangements to food out some pin*, and :£ necessary we would ship a car o' 'Wf s •' 'be local market gets below lie Richmond market. Have made arrangements to comliu ' wo cotton-variety tests in order tl:a i.e farmers will know the bost-yio'd ng variety to plan in this coui.iy made plans of work for i. • her year. ;>'l2 miles weie traveled in perfoi il.g my duties as county agent. January Ueport Th« rcpori ft.r January, 11*25, f>l lews: '-v 17 days spent in field work. T itays K|x»nl in otiice work I day holiday. 107 conferences with farmers. 10:1 letters written. ] aft farms visited. 5 articles were prepared for loc.i! I aper. The greater part of the month wa pent in ge'ting up orders for a er i f I'yratol and a car of farm ilraii (lie. T. li. B KAN DON, County Agert . Williamstoli, N'. C, Febrnary ' lt>26. BASKETBALL Jamesville Reporter Criticizes Acl ion of Robersonville Principal Jamesville, Fob. 17.--The loc.'i kotball team defeated Roberson ville yesterday afternoon in a hard ■ ought game by the score of 2N-7. J. 1> own, for Jamesville, kept his guard l.utssing and played well for his "?ai. . Rogers starrvd for Robersonville. It is admitted by Jamesville that io b.-rsonville is gaining strength trio the -boys com|Kising th" team 411' c good players and spoilsmen. Hut i!.'• fact that they art- popular is due 'ii itely to them, for their coach is un j>« r' Sina like Oui TiiTyT"" went iff' 'bole with no coach at all. They weic •.eoted by Mr Aiken cooly and un •leasantly He tried to exercise hi; othority ifiJi w vengeance ami in i ■(sportsmanlike' manner. lie wa i ude enough to say that one of oui lioys drove a . chool truck in orde 'o play basketball, lie was referring to T. Sykes, as lie driver a truck, Ii r he makes his work and made tic. loam because of his ability to play. And we are proud of the player whom Mr. Aiken envies.—As reported. Messrs. Flynn, Fletcher, and Myers i ? Washington, w r e business visitor.-. Iter? yesterday. (■■til, ami by joining th-» Stnre a-so e;!ititfn ami subscribing: la tin? pro r.v&ional magazine teachers may cut. \i ••e the general public and'ihc .d.ool authorities that while thev arc nol v.Hiking without the dollar they are no Usiinply working for t. Such i- Mr. Pope's solution of the po.nbl«' ■iifliculy, a retriiv-hment program. Mr. K. A. Phillips, of Everett*, gave a «' tailed account of his impressions i'liineil at Knleigh. A lecture on teacher training was first men Honed by him. He was impressed with t' e fuel that the scale in the ♦raining or 'cachers ranged thusr (1) element".r> teachers; (2) high-school teacheri; :*nd 8) college teachers. He heard ne speech on athletics by Professor Tcague. The chief point given was that athletics should be a part of the course of study. He gave some of the suggestions made by Dr. J. Henrv Hihgsmith in his speech. These wer»' lelative to favorable condltiiyix foi study, a proper coordination of B*l rchool activities, an organization t the course of study, the place of 1 ati' in the schools, and the junior and •nior high schools, etc This fact was stressed: Of the 80,000 student? ia high school, 9,000 are in the senioi class Ten per cent of the school BODY OF FLOYD COLLINS REACHED BY RESCUE CREW YESTERDAY; EXPLORER HAD BEEN DEAD TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ! Want That $2.50? Better Get Busy Many have sivmnl interested ill I our prize content, in which we will I ijne a S&SO gold piecr and a lwo ? year paid-up subscription to The Enterprise for the best article on the live Ihin kh that our county needs most. W hlie we have not received any thing so far, several are workinu over the field and selecting (heir material, and possibly ' here will he several articles in Friday's paper. - The contest is open to all. (Jet your pen and get busy, liemem her—make it short, and write only on one side of paper. i CASES BEFORE COMMISSIONER i l ni.ed Slates Commissioner \\. ( . Manning lias llusj Week; \II Liquor Cases I t!« t ««i i- t idled Ma i.; * uiiinuss.ni ei' C. Manning the •'t>ll • \vim».•, cas •- , t - been tried and disposed of lur i.'K the past week' I I nited S'ates vs. Alnnzo Wilson manufacturing "TTtjUoT. Wilson was bouiul over to Federal Court at Wash 1 ington. I nited States vs. liaymontl Ewel!. f'oi manufactliving . whiskey was tin i ext ease called Kwell was likewi e hountk ovt r to the Federal court coui id Washington. . I'niled States vs. J It. Mefinwai for having liquor oil hand. I'robal IV cause of guilt being found the d"f"lid ,nt was bound over to Federal four'. I nited Sta'e> vs. Marvin Ayers, fV manufacturing liquor. Ayers was u1 so bound over to the Federal court ft Washington. SEED-CORN PRIZES I oundation Will (,ive $1,111)0 foe llest Far; SM>,OOO in Other Prizes ltnleigh, Feb. 17.—An opportunity is offered corn growers of North C i>- i Ima to sell seed corn to farmers o! ilie Midwest, whose supply of seed corn is short, due to the bad weallu-' last year. The Sears-Roebuck Aeri cultural Foundation will hold a seed ct.rn show at Chicago dining the week f March 2 to 7, in which is offered many thousands of dollars for goid cars of seed corn. TTie contest* 1. open to the entire I'niled States, am' " Sill HUlliplt'H idlliuld bnfc -"Tlt jts t*!rrh possible to K. I>. Ileaton, Sear.-," Koebuck Foundation, Chicago, 111. The foundation offers SI,OOO for tie la st ear of seed corn, another $1,00" \ ill be given to. the county sendil'i' 'ii I he greatest number of entries, and el tut SIS, (MM) in prizes will be dis tributed for champion ears from each county in the country. The .how i being held to stimulate greater inter est in lietter .seed corn this year; an' since North Carolina coin, when wel' . elected, always germinates well it f expected that seed ears from this see lion should win aupte of this prize money, as well as future orders hi | :nuse of the winnings. ■ O —o — -— l should he in high school all the time. During the general session I resident Archer urged the necessity jf an uniform eight-month school term. Too, he insisted that children he required to think. In un add res? uji "Music" the speaker defined pop ulur music-as what we like, or that music which has been made familiar and classical music as that which we tin, not like or that music which has l.rcome permanent. In a brief tliscus i ion of jazz music he said, "Just as the sound of a fox horn is music to it fox hound so is ja zz to the jaz - '. hound." He thett told of the origin of jazz music. Yes, We Have-No Hunanas served as an example proving the point. Mr. Honicutt's talk on the "Status of Physical Education," and Mr. Parker's on "leisure" were men tioned. This fact given by Mr. I'ur ker was suggested as worthy of thought; Expenditures in the United States range thus (1) transport ation. (2) insurance, and (3) amusement® Mr. Phillips last ideas concerned the address by Mr. Townsend, "Are the schools popular?" I was Mr. Town sentl's idea hat the schools' of the tural districts are unpopular, and • ■ _ (Continued on page 4) I. ■ ' = ADVERTISERS WILL FIND Jhjß JOLL'MNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600 HOMES OF MARTIN COUNT* ESTABLISHED 1898 I CAVE KXPLORER HAD BEEN IM PRISONED FOR MORE THAN I WO WEEKS; ENTIRE NATION WATCHED EFFORTS OF RF.S- Cl'E CREW. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 16—Floyd Collins was reached and £ou I deatlal J l. r > this afternoon, ft. T. Ca>;michaet v» as the lir.st man to roach Collins '1 he whole nation has anxiously waited for more than two weeks whi'e hundred* of people have faithfully worked to release Collins from his prison cave. It was on Friday, January :tO, that Collins 1 * foot was caught by a lar, e nick while he was exploring the cave. 11 was many hours before he could be lound. Friends finally, by crawling auiund the winding cavern i+r— earth, heard his cries. When found, ■t was thought that his foot mignt • freed ami he could be taken out. Hut falling sand, rock, and mud ■eon blocked the narrow passageway, ii was impossible to free him., lie-was fed for several days before I lie passage was. blocked, which pre vented any passage to or from liini. I lectric wires were carried in, and >r a time he had electric-•warmth. I'm several days after direct coni uunicatioTT'had been cut off he could ——heard breathing. The only possible way to reach Co, I'lis was by digging a shaft down to Hie cave. Work on the shaft Wan commenced 10 days ago and the dig ging was done with extreme difficulty, hut it was carried forward diligently l ight and day. The best of mining u gineers, assisted by Aiiny engineers end volunteers, worked without cees i,"g. Red Cross nurses, many doctors, newspaper men, friends and spectators l.i.ve been constantly on hand to re'.- ler such assistance a might be pos ilile. The military forces hail to keep icon slant guard to maintain order. The. workmen declared on Fritlwy 'i!it they heard groans fmm Collins, iin I there is no doubt that he held to : e thread of life for at least 16 days :i his lonely, dark tomb. The agoe\ bat lie experienced staggers the magi nation of man. The sympathy of the large crowd 'n ; t'endance was so great that nnonncement came from the cavo ol lialh that Collins hed been found 'hey bowed in solemn reverence and l.anksgiving. A coroner's JatuifislJa being held ml four doctors will make a com I'll te examination of the body. SWEET POTAOTES PROFITABLE CROP S' oi age, However, Is Necessary foi (ioods Returns; Must llegin With Plant litl Raleigh, Feb. 17.—Sweet potatoe .ne a sure and easy crop to raise in North Carolina, but producing a large .yield does not alone mean ucces:. A price which will yield a worth-while profit must be secured for the roots. Only one year out of many can such i price he obtained at harvest time .uid this is a condition' which torage necessary. "Since storage of sweet pot:;;oes it hi eessary to the profitable return, i mm this crop over a period of yeai i is time that we giye considoratior i the fundamental points that insure ne most successful storage,' say;. Glenn (J. Randall, Extension horticul urist for the State College of Agri culture. "Successful storage starts in in,- plain bed. How?, By putting •" 't- practice certain plans for growing ,'ix,il potatoes." These suggestions, as given by Mr; 1 ,'i ndall, are as follows; 1 Do iLot use ojd plant bods. 2. Avoid using barn-yard manure i.t in stock that has been fed sweei potatoes. (A precaution against dis ease infection.) 3. Prepare plant bed a safe distanc away fronts original sweet -potatc. field 4. Use soil in bed known to be fre, of disease. 6. Seed selection is the keynote o." uccess. Like produces tike: (a) Select goo), uniform smooH. seed, free from cracks and blemjshe (b) Cut off end of potatoes, and i discolored do not plant. A. Treat seed* v with formalin or cor rosive sublimate before bedding. 7. Bed seed so that potatoes wi I not touch. 8. perchance black rot should g* ( into the plant bed (indicated by olac'. streaks on base of plants), by all means do not plant those plant* show ing such symptoms.