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OPPORTUNITIES FOR
Soi'NG MEN—
Never before in the history of A
nieriea have more opportunities been
offered to young men of the South
Chan are available today for any who
desire to enter the textile industry.
A few year.- ago only a small part
tf the production consisted of fiuncy
goods but today we find not only fane
good:- being made but a considerable ,
diversification of products. This di
versification includes silk goods, rav
en fabrics, huck and terry towels,
table damask, and dozens of.others,
With such a development of the
textile industry there arc unlimited
opportunities for young men, especial
ly those who have had textile school
tiuining. The North Carolina State
College .is cognizant of the opportuni
ty and has developed a textile school
which is training young men
textile industry of the South.
The Textile building is now being
enlarged and remodelled and addition
all machinery i- being in.-talled which
will make it one of the best equipped
schools in America for instruction in
cotton manufactur/ng.
The value of the Textile" building
and \quipment is approximately a
quarter of a million dollars. With
such an equipment, instruction is
TAYLOR, BAILEY & BROTHER
EVERETTS - NORTH CAROLINA
ANNIVERSARY SALE
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, HATS, AND CLOTHING WILL BE I'LACEI) ON SALE AT SACRIFICE PRICES
Beginning Friday, July 23—And Will La& for 15 Days
THIS STOCK MUST BE MOVED TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR FALL AND WINTER STOCK AND THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AT YOUR
OWN PRICE. COME EARLY ANI) GET THE BENEFIT OF REDUCED PRICES.
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MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS Heavy Weight Overalls $1.39 Bed Room Slippers . 69c 25c crepe de chine handkerchiefs.. 18c
in ' ——; —: —: —; —; ... . . 7" 1 lot silk handkerchiefs 14c
$2 values - *1.49 Men s pin-checked and khaki pants, vo ii es o 0 a t 49c
$1.25 and $1.50 values 98c $1.50 values at - 98c vo ii es f or ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 39c 0. N. T. Spool Cotton 48c dozen
1 Ut Jewe.ry-50 Per Cent Off
Large Slock of Men's Work Shirts to £* va ' u f -. «"• 31c 9 ' 4 sheetmg at 436
«t 79c ea ch £SB? n > |j value 89c pr i n t s to go at - 27c Best grade yellow homespun 12 w c yd.
j of. 0 f. d ress ginghams at r .... 10c l lot yellow homespun 9c yd.
„ AClll , nv * heay y , cre P e f sl-25 value, at .. 79c j \ 25 c dress ginghams for 19c ' „
HUfeliiiKi _ , 4 . Apron gingham at ....... 12c yd.
c?o or u nl „ «i KO REAL BARGAINS IN SHOES ah r* i • c , >-,* 1 •"
$2.25 hose s>i.a» v All Curtain Goods to be Sold Cheap— All Crnrke™ Tinware and Enamel
$1 hose 98c $7 shoes to go at : $4.98 Frnm ~ IT|l ZZZ All Crockery, i are and fcnamei
50c hose 43c $5 shoes to go at $3.98 331-3 Per Cent Off
25c hose 19c ——^——— — _ ■ . ■ ™"
18. "fe HATS AND CAPS —THIRD OFF MEN'S CLOTHING THIRD OFF 1 Lot Rugs and Drngrg-etft—Third Off
THESE EXTREMELY LOW PRICES ARE TO &E GIVEN FOR CASH ONLY. WE CANT AFFORD TO SELL GOODS AT COST ON ANY OTHER TERMS
Three Free Prizes Given to Customers Holding the Lucky Numbers
THE SAME SYSTEM WILL BE USED THIS YEAR THAT WE ADOPTED LAST YEAR
givjjn in all branches of cotton manu
facturing. This includes carding, spin
ning, knitting and so on. Other sub
jects included in the textile curricula
are English, mathematics, accounting,
economics and other general courses.
That there arc opportunities for
young men in the textile industry is
demonstrated, for textile graduates of
State College are today filling im
portant positions, such as cotton mill
owners, presidents, managers, treas
urers superintendents and many other
positions. The courses offered in the
curricula fit men for all available op
portunities in the textile industry.
WHO PAYS?—
There are cases where the law,
must go and yet to the eyes of the
world it hardly seems fair. A case
tried before the U. S. Commissioner
here, recently is outstanding in that
one can't look upon it without being
touched. A wayward beggar for
j ears, being unable to do a thiiig
in the working line'other than grind
scissors and other similar jobs, comes
into court without friends, and with
out money. He has no alternative; it's
a several months' jail wait for him,
The law requires this, yet, on the
other hand we see more harmful
criminals turned on the world be-
cause' there is muiiey- behind them.
It would be interesting U> know
just how many of our good brothers
who ha\e stopped at Bawkley's place
and purchased liquor from them.
They with the others paid for what
they jot, no doubt, but Hawkley is
paying a far dearer price.
Hut the world does not look at it
just that way, Hawkley must suffer
while those who purchased from him
the liquid go free even though they
be at fault also.
I'AY DEBTS IS MeLEAVS ADVICE
—Governor ~MrI/ean is a fine fellow
and a good governor, but he doesn't
know what it is now how it feels to
be poor. He says always pay your
debt" promptly. Of course this is tine
•advice, and everybody should do as
the Governor advises. Hut many peo
ple can't do it, and because tfcey can't
ore we to call them dishonest?
The United States government
could not pay what it owes if it had
to right now. It it would sell every
thing it owns today, all her property
of everykind, would not pay half her
bonded debt. North Carolina can't
pay half her debts today if everything!
she owns from the mountain to the
sea shore was sold at auction today.
Martin county can't pay half what it
owes today if all it owns was sold a
the courthouse door for cash. We do"
not think these three great institu
tions have- done any wrong. We say
they are just progressive and have
gone in debt and con't get out without
thirty years' time to do it in.
What a difference when we come to
the individual. Half of the people in
Martin county perhaps cannot pay
their debts today. They are called
either dishonest or fouls. Yet a ma
jority of them are in debt for just
as good a cause as our county, our
slate or our nation are.
We all have ots of good advice for
the other fellow and lots of charity
for. our nation, state and county,
l'art of the advice of Governor Mc
lean can be taken. I'ay when you can,
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THE ENTERPRISE—WILLIA*pSTOJ*. K. C.
Things To %*
hink About
By JAMES D. TAYLOR
USE YOIJH TIME WELL
Yesterday 1 was asked this ques
tion,"What is your purpose in life"?
and frankly 1 was unable to answer
directly. Y'ou and 1 should be able to
answer that question ,ieadily. But,
unfortunately, few of us can. When
we are using our time well, it's an
easy question to answer. What is our
aim is a serious question. It is notj
an easy thinr to map out and follow
a constructive and perhaps
that is why many go drifting with
the tide, following the easy road to
nowhere.
Four timet each year I am required
to send to my superior a tentative
program outlining what is expected
to be accomplised during the quarter.
If the planning is well done anji re
sults accomplished, I am an important
part; but if 1 drift and do nothing
worth while, my employer would be
far better off without me. So it is
with all of us. The merchant, the
farmer, the newspaper editor, the
lawyer, the banker, all have an im
portant part to play. Should either
not'have a worth while program and
follow it, th result is a stumbling
block for the others.
What, is your pur 7 Can you at
the end of the day say "God, I thank
you for this day. 1 have made pro
gress. There is more important work
to be done," help me to do it well."
THE LABOR SURVEY—
The big bhow ring at the State
capital to be working out of
time. . ,
The women have got our governor
in a straddle. In other words they
have got hint" riiting two horses, and
one is going the "other way.
The Governor was smart enough in
the beginning of the show to keep
his mouth dosed; which prove* to be
wisdom in 99 out of every 100 cases,
but even that sturdy Scotchman
cc uld not carry out that good reso-
was forced to come to the
front and say that he was going to re
main silent. It must have been a high
head of steam that forced open the
McLean throttle wide enough and
kept it open long enough for him to
say, I'm not going to say anything.
He holds that it is opinion that the
people will approve his course. We
agree that if he is not going 1 ' to do
•nything, then he should say nothing.
Even the women who are making it
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so hot will appreciate his silence if
hr is not going to do anything.
It cannot be denied that there is a
great clash arising between capital
and labor and there hangs the tale.
Certain civic organizations now oper- (
f ting in the State are asking that the
conditions which confront labor be
investigated.
We have humane socities to protect
a
tame animals and game laws to pro
tect wild animals, but the women's
federations fear that we are not prop
erly caring for human beings.
It makes no difference whether or
not Governor McLean opens the way
to let the people of North Carolina
know how the women workers in this
state are faring at the hands of the
great tobacco trusts and cotton mill
combines. The doors are going to be
opened and the people will see.
The percent of North Carolina
population living under the smoke of
the factory is rapidly increasing.
These people are going to bed at
night in a house designed by anoth
er; the clock of the combine tells
them when to retire. They rise next
morning at the whistle of the com
bine; they go to work at an early
hour and continue under the other
fellow's boss all day, returning home
late in the evening just to repeat the
process. Saturday comes and they
receive an envelope containing their
pay, an amount fixed by the combine.
We haye apparently learned to call
the owners, the bosses and managers
flue folks, while the workers are
known only as cotton mill folks or
tobacco hands, a kind of back street
second-class gang, a type of humanity
and they themselves look down on
and people that would have the world
call common folks.
These are the people the women
are asking to be investigated to the
er.d that we may know whether or
not they are being crushed below the
ordinary level in society and to find
ii" they are being given a fair return
for the contribution they are making
in the world's march of progress.
The fact that the mills and fac
tories do not want the doors opened
and the investigation made, would in
itfelf, indicate that capital is un
willing for the real truth to be made
known.
The factory owners are always glad
to show the school buildings, the Y.
M. C. A., the club buildings and other
nice things they are giving to their
employees. They drive by and point
out these with much pride.
It is said, however, that these im
provements ir\ most cases are built
out of the moneys that would be call
ed excess taxes.
It may be that the great mass of
people sometime in their ignorance
demand too much, and things that are
quite unreasonable to be expected
are demanded. But they have cetrain
ly got the first call on our govern
ment protection even before ma
chinery and money.
The same conflict was seen in the
survey of the interchurch world move
ment only a few years ago when they
struck the " great steel center in the
Pittsburg district. The great steel
companies refused to let them see
how they were treating their em
ployees, and the whole thing went up
in smoke.,
Governor McLean has some hesti
ancy in going to the factory towns
and inquiring of the women who
vork in the factories how hard they
are having to work, how many hours
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per day they work, how much pay
they get, how many clothes they
wear. It does seem inquisitive. Yet,
it is recent history that Governor
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McLean, through his salary and wage
commission, inquired of all the state
employees every question pertaining
to their private affairs. The questions
ranging from the price of hair bobs
to the cost of shoestrings. The type
of hose, either cotton or silk, was
asked. The farmer is in a similar po
siion when it comes to giving infor
mation. He has to tell everything
from the number of chickens in the
coop, bees in the hive to what he
gets from his crops. Nobody seems
to care whether he his humiliated or
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not
There are grounds for alarm and
are due to the increasing powers of
the masters and the rapid growth in
the number of servants. If the various
womens organizations in North Caro
lina can help to level up the rights
and opportunities of these classes, it
will be a wonderful work.
A REAL SERVICE—
The reception given the Home De
motystration agent here last Tues
day afternoon carries a greater im
portance than open appearances would
sallow. It was a real service on the
part of the Womans' Club. Nothing
could have been done that would have
been of more value. We need the
services of such an agent, and the
,step taken by the Club will go far in
furthering the work.
The reception was largely attend
ed, and this shows the interest the
women of our county have in such
matters.
Dr. William E. Warren who carried
a patient to a Norfolk hospital has
returned home.
666
is a prescription for
MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER,
DENGUE OR BILIOUS FEVER
It Kills the Germa