W rock Pi dim Improving
In .4 Tarboro Hospital
? ? 4
Wilbur Barrett, young Oak City
man who was critically hurt in an
automobile accident near Scotland
Neck last week, is gradually improv
ing in a Tarboro hospital, according
to reports reaching here He is ex
pected to continue in the hospital ,
several weeks, however
Skcuwkey Mason* W ill
Meet Sext Tuesday Sight
*
The regular meeting of the Ske
mght. March 11th
war key Lodge will be held Tuesday
A special program is being ar
ranged and all Masons are invited
and requested to attend
Leggett's
Specials
1 Pint ICE CREAM FREE
With Each $1.00 Purchase
1.00 Fountain Syringe
79c
Cashmere Bouquet Soap. 4 for 26c
50c St Juseph Milk Magnesia 25c
10c Brooks Double Edge
Razor Blades?Pkg. of 4
5c
CASTOKOlt
8-oz. hot. 19c 1-oz. bot.
5c
Warn poles Creoterpin
35c
1.25 Tarlac for the Stomach
09c
30c Dr. Porter's Healing Oil
23c
Klini Milk. 1 lb. can
67c
30c I ngentine
25c
50c PepsiKlent Antiseptic
26c
Pepsodent Tooth Brush
50c
25c paste or powder Free
with each brush
Putnam Dye
10c
2 pkgs 25c Gillette Blades, 4???
tube 25c Gillette Shave Cream 49c
50c Ipana Tooth Paste
39c
WE HAVE A FI LL LINE OF
GARDEN and FLOWER SEED
Total \alue Of \11
Cleared Land Less
Than aiHHUHHUH!
(Continued from page one)
The tables below show the total
cleared acres owned by white and
colored citizens and the values as
sessed against that acreage by the
tax authorities, the third table show -
ing combined ownership and grand
total values, both by townships:
Whl|tf Owners
No /Acres Tot.VaJ. Aver.
James vi lie ?072 230.720 $37 09
Williams 2.887 90.818 3144
Griffins 4 495 162.735 36.20
Bear Grass 5.245 192.420 36.68
Williamston 7 407 299.490 40 11
Cross Roads 4.690 170,843 36.33
Rob vilie 11.709 443.431 37.87
Poplar Point 4.140 155.022 37 44
Hamilton 9.450 301,551 31.91
G.m.m Nest 13.320 451.460 33.90
Total. 69.486 2.498.499 $35.96
Colored
Owners
i
Jamesvillc
1.625
36.217
$35.33 !
Williams
545
13,895
25.50 i
Griffins
168
5.115
3045 1
Bear Grass
351
11.280
32 14 i
Williamston
802
30.042
37 46
Cross Roads
535
14.081
26.32
Rob'ville
1.277
45.667
35 76
Poplar Point
80
2.800
35.00
Hamilton
1.022
30.345
29 69
Goose West
2 522
83,090
32 95
ToiaL
8.327
272,532
$32 73
Combined
Ownership
-1
Jamesville
7,97
266,946
$37.61 '
Williams
- 3,434
104,713
:
Griffins
4.663
167,850
36.00
Bear Grass
5,594
203.700
36.41 1
Williamston
8,269
329,532
39.85 *
Cross Roads
5,234
184,924
35.33 J
Rob'ville
12.986
489.098
37.66
Poplar Point
4.220
157.822
37.40 !
Hamilton
10.472
331,896
31.60 '
Goose Nest
15.842
534.550
33 74
Totals
77.811
2.771,031
$35 61 1
Hail road Official* Make
Slittrl Sti>p Here Thursday
F B. Langley. general superinten
dent of the northern division of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany. A R. Bnnkley. superintendent
>f the company's Norfolk division.
and L W Green, train master, were !
here yesterday inspecting the local
railroad properties.
Offering no passenger service at
this point, the general superinten
dent parked his private railroad car 1
in--* Washington and continued his
trip by automobile^
Reita Theatre?W ashington
Sunday-Monday March 9 10
?\HkA\S\S Jl I><;| "
with I In- II rarer Huts and h.lriry, Hoy Roper*
Tuesday IXX'Kl.K FKATURF March 11
'I'IiuiiIoiii of < liiiiulow 11." ki\ I .like. (>r;ml \\ illicrs
"l iylilimii: Strike* fti'Hl" with key Muynaril
Wednesday Thursday March 12 13
?thi; mad doctor"
with Itanil Hnthhone and Hllen Drrn
?
Friday Saturday March 14-15
THRFF MKN FROM 1KWS"
with M illiam Hoyd
Fine Art Prints To
Be Exhibited Here
A traveling gallery of fine art
prints will lx- shown here next week
under the auspices of the Williams
ton schools and the Woman's Club.
The collection to be shown consists
of 150 masterpieces representing the
French. Italian. Flemish. English.
Dutch, Spanish. German and Amer
ican Schools of Art.
Among the number will be many
of the seventy approved art prints
which are used by the students and
teachers in their art studies Stu
dents will spend some time with their
teachers in study of the masterpieces
uiid their authors. ? *
The committee on Art of the Wil
liamston Woman's Club will have
L'harge of the showing for adults,
mid will announce its schedule next
Tuesday. Present plans provide for
Molding the exhibit open to adults
?n several afternoons during the
week.
A small admission charge will be
made to those viewing the exhibit,
the entire amount collected being
Used by the committee to purchase
fine painting for the classrooms of
h< local schools
Youth 1. harmed If'ilh
4tlmking School Hoy
Wilbur Gardner. Jamesville school
-tuderrt. was formally charged in a,
wal l ant served yesterday with at
tacking James Elmer Godard. school
ompamon, a few days ago. The war
rant. issued at the request of the
boy's mother. Mrs. Walter Godard.
is returnable before Justice A. Cor
:y in Jamesville tomorrow evening
it (J o'clock.
According to reports reaching here
the attack victim was not badly hurt.
Ih was said to have maintained' a
stand at the Martin County Welfare
office door for a hand out during
much of the day last Saturday
Ixi fwrt I / C.onta^ious
IPisrast' ( urn's In I,aunty
Fourteen contagious disease cases
v'ere reported in this county last
month to the health department.
There were eleven cases of whoop
ng cough reported, six among the
white population in or?near Wil
lamston and five among the color
ed population in the Robersonville
n ea. Three: cases of measles were re
jorted, two white in Williamston,
ind one colored near Robersonville.
REGISTRATION
Extending a cordial invitation
to all former service men, John
Walton Hassell Post of the Am
erican Legion is making ready
for a big party next Monday af
ternoon and evening when the
former soldiers will be asked to
register for home defense in
cases of emergency. lie man Peel
and John Ward are getting out
their pots and pans and making
ready a big chicken supper free
to the former service men.
Action being t ?! en by the le
gionnaires demonstrates a will
ingness on their |- irt to sup|x>rt
the country's defer.se program.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to sincerely thank our
friends and neighbors who so kind
ly assisted us in the illness and
death of our mother, Sallie Howard.
Your expressions of sympathy were
comforting and the many acts of
kindness were appreciated.
Harry and Crawford Howard
Do You Believe All the
WAR NEWS?
?o
Then you eon liarilly belie re the claims
i of all the fertilizer talesmen.
ROYSTER HAS BEEN THE LEADER IN PRACTICALLY
EVERY IMPROVEMENT MADE IN FERTILIZERS.
(t Pluiit Footl* inMt-ail of .'I lore firM pdiaraiilft-tl by ROYSTER.
Now Mtmr oiIutk art- tltting no, too.
THERE WILL BE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
FERTILIZER YOU IHIY AND ROYSTER
WILL MAKE THEM FIRST.
Hoy a fertilizer that in a leader in the field, not a "bic-W ?
fertilizer, del KDYSTt'.R'S anil know
yon have the best.
?O
PEOPLES TRADING
COMPANY
WILLIAMSTON ROBERSONVILLE
FLAG STUDY
L
By MARY OLA LILLEY
Members of the fourth and fifth
grades of the Farm Life School have
been studying flags They paid es
pecial attention to our country's flag
by making booklets on the designa
tion, description, evolution, signifi
cance of the flag and how to respect
it
Each pupil made a study showing
our first flags and the present Unit
ed States flag These were made on I
white material in temperable col
ors To make the study complete, we |
decided that we would review flags
of other nations. We made a few for
use in the North Carolina pageant
After seeing a flag quilt of Mrs
Manning's, we decided to make one.
Eac hof us made seven squares of
different countries, and Mrs. Per
lie Roberson and Mrs. N T Daniel I
sewed them together for us, making I
a red. white and blue strip border
Herbert C. Bonner In
\[>|>eal To (Congress
For Aid To Farmers
(Continued from page one)
ment will spend, in cash, during the
year 1941 the enormous sum of over
eighteen billion dollars. This is per
haps the largest sum of money ever
spent in th? United States in any
one year of its existence and this
sum does not include what will be
spent for Great Britain under the
Lease-Lend bill after it is enacted
into law It is estimated that Brit
ain will require from ten to twelve
billion dollars this year for Amer
ican materials.
The point I am raising is. Are we
fully alert in this country to the ef
fect of these large expenditures on
the American farmer?" I realize, of
course, that we already have large
surpluses in many agricultural crops
and that it is most difficult to ex
port in the midst of a world crisis. At
the same time. I think that we
should remember if we increase the
national income of the United States i
this year from seventy-five billion I
dollars to eighty five billion dollars i
so we will make,a great mistake not j
to peimit the farmeis to have some i
nal financial participation in this
inci rased income. If this war last.
lor three or four years every sur
plus agricultural product in the
United States may become extreme
ly vital. If we were to have a crop
failure in 1941. or a disaster in 1942,
the effect would be immediate not
only on our national economy, but J
likewise on our national defense. It i
seems to me that this is the time
when every national effort should
bo put forth to put the price of the
products of the farmers on a basis
of parity. We must not develop un
der ?\ny circumstances a lop-sided
program of national defense. We
just cannot expect the farmer to
farm and barely make a living if
the farmer can leave the farm and
make twice as much money in in
dustrial work as he can make on the
farm.
This seems to me to be fundament
al and today I am thinking of a pro
gram of national defense that in
cludes the tobacco farmer, the pea
nut grower, cotton and all the vege
table cash crops that must be brought
abreast with those who are today re
ceiving the financial benefits and
first fruits of national defense.
Yesterday. I listened with inter
est to the speech of the great chair
man of this Appropriations Commit
tee and with particular attention to
his enumeration of surplus agricul
ture products in storage. At this mo
ment I am greatly concerned over
the price condition of the potato
crop. In 1940 North Carolina pota
to growers received the disastrous
ly low price of .80 per bushel for
their splendid quality potatoes.
Yields of early potatoes are general
ly light, and the returns to the
growers were far below the cost of
productipn. In fact, about all the
growers did was to pay fertilizer
and seed bills, with little remaining
to live on for the rast of thy year.
Their returns were about two-thirds
of parity. The prices early in the
season were fair, but the decline in
price was drastic, in fact, so low that
the Surplus Marketing Administra
tion had to step in and purchase 130
carloads of potatoes in order 1 to
save the market from complete de
moralization. If it had not been for
this help, there is no telling how low
prices would have gone.
Now that the late 1940 potato crop
is harvested, we find that it is the
fifth largest crop on record, and
that therc\ was carried over on Jan
uary f, 118,555,000 bushels of late
potatoes, which is 17 per cent high
er than tfiT carry-over a year ago
Prices are only 62 per cent of par
ity.
In a desperate effort to make a
living, the growers in all early states
except New Jersey and Nebraaka,
have indicated that they intend to
plant about 270,000 acres of potatoes.
Revival V ill Be Held In
Local Hid met* Church
?
Beginnings Monday night, March
10th. a revival meeting will be con
ducted in the local Pentecostal Holi
ness Church. The meeting will be
held for ten days or two weeks
Rev T. D Dickens, of Wilming
ton, will conduct the meeting and
will be assisted by the regular pas
tor. Rev. J. G. Crocker
The public is cordially invited.
i
llofg-killinp Seaton It
4 bout Spent In (.ounty
Martin County 1940-41 hog-killing
season is about over, Farmer T. C
Griffin virtually winding up the
schedule last Wednesday when he
killed a plentiful supply of meat at
his home in Griffins Township A
birthday celebration was held in
connection with the event, and spec
ial guests were present for a special _
dinner.
which is about 6,000 acres above the
acreage planted last year. In view
of the larger carry-over of late po
tatoes, and an indicated supply of
new potatoes, fully as large as that
of a year ago, what hope is there for
the potato grower unless provisions,
are made whereby direct assistance
will be given to him.
I recommend that the direct pur
chase ofpotatoes from growers bo
continued, and that other means,
such as the diversion of low grades
of livestock feed, (as is being done
to some of the western States) b?
made available to growers of North
Carolina and other southern states
should the outlook for potatoes COrP""*
tmne to be as bad as it was a year
ago. Much help will be needed, as
prices at New York City for U. S
No. 1 potatoes are averaging around
$1.20 per hundred, which compares
with $2,00 at this time a year ago.
When we remember that the so
called Irish potato is the basic food
of the German army. I am convinc
ed that with proper support and co
ordination of effort that this Gov
eminent should find opportunity for
wider and more general consump
tion, of the great potato crop that
will soon begin to move in the Am
erican market.
Mr. Chairman, I am not making
this statement selfishly and in no
sense criticizing the great industrial
centers of my country. I am only
saying that in order to have nation
al unity and in order for this coun
try to move forward as one man that
we have all got to move together,
and that the price of farm products
have got to go up.
Wants
The ENTERPRISE
WANT AD RATES
One cent a word (thi; t\ pe)
each insertion
25c Minimum Chi 'i c
2r ;i word 111 i h ??!/??
Cash must accompany all or
ders unless you have an open ac
count with us.
We reserve the right to revise
or reject any copy.
The ENTERPRISE
PHONE 46
FOR SAKE ? KEI) BMSS HOME
grown seed Irish potatoes. Joshua
L. Collrain. m4-7
WE PAY 60c CASH EOR CORN ?
Williamston Hardware Co. f7-tf
EOR RENT ?APARTMENT. FIVE
rooms, hardwood floors, bath with
tub and shower, hot water, steam
haet, electric range. Hotpoint refrig
erator. Apply Mrs. Jim Staton.
121-St
FOR RENT ? ONE SIX-ROOM
brick residence. South Main Street.
Good neighborhood. In Roberson
ville. C. L. Wilson, Robersonville, N.
C. f14-8t
N. C. U. S. APPROVED BABY
chicks arc ready for you at Mar
tin County Hatchery. Thousands
weekly. Also started chicks. Hatches
every Tuesday. Located on U. S.
No. 17, south of Williamston. Prices
are reasonable. J. C. Griffin, Prop.
fl8-tf
WANTED: SECOND-HAND BABY
stroller. Call or see Mrs. David
Hix. m4-2t
BABY CHICKS ?LARGE HUSKY
chicks from N. C. and U. S. ap
proved flocks only. All popular
breeds. Hatches each Tuesday from
modern electric incubator. Reason
able prices. Phone 307-8. Lancaster's
Hatchery. Windsor. )24-tI
FOUR ROOM APARTMENT FOR
rent. Telephone 109. m7-tf
ROOM FOR RENT: CONVENIENT
to bath. Hot and cold running wa
ter. Good location. Apply to Mrs.
Roy Bailey, Williamston
Slate Drys Score
Victory In First
Bout ^ ith Liquor
(Continued from page one)
chine business is proposed in a bill
to license* at $100 for the State and 1
$50 for the counties machines that J
do not pay off in cash but allow free
games. Certain industries would be
expected from the wage-hour law
during specified periods in the year
So far not a single local bill has
been introduced by Martin County's
delegation in the Assembly, and
none is likely.
The bill calling for maximum
hours and minimum wages \^is giv
en an unfavorable report by a Sen
ate committee this morning, but a
bill was passed by the Senate effect
ing a 50 per cent reduction in li
censes for trucks used solely by far
mers.
Mr and Mrs. Tom Swain and
sons, Jimmy and Tom. Jr., of Green
ville, moved this week into the du
plex apartment, owned by Mrs Daisy
Purvis, Mr. Swain is connected with
the Farm Security office.
Inturanee Man Addreatet
Member* Of Kiirania Club
Tully Blair, genial vice president
if the Security Life and Trust Com
lany, of Winston-Salem, spoke to
the members of the Kiwanis Club
iere last night An unpretentious
sort of fellow, although very inter
esting. Mr Blair spoke briefly on
the subject. "Worry."
Having access to insurance statis
tics, Mr Blair pointed out that wor
ry kills more people in the United
states than any other disease
k^Mu/ify iSou p?
BARGAIN PRICES
rAinotmso*f
OH VI AM* Ml* OHI
1 SUPER SUDS
WASMS CiOTNCS
fAI WHTTU
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LAUNOfTY soap
KLEK
m aAUV MAM
4c
4c
8c
BELK-TYLER CO.
WHO ARE WiSjER /
t2fc us* FERT10&'
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*jZte SotUlt'i Jjzactinq Jetiitiget4^<>4
708ACCC ? TRUCK- COTTON' PEANUTS ? GRAIN
Sold By
HOWAKI) F \KP. WILLIAMSTON, IN. C.
w. vi . wai.tkrs. jamksville, n.
K. C. KDMONDSON. HASSKLL, N. C.
M -^ 44 A
ALL THAT IS NEW
For Spring
and Easter
IS HKKK AM) ARRIN ING DAILY
FROM TDK NORTHERN MARKET.
To be considered one of the ff ell-l)reii
ed This .Snuon, You must See
Our Collection of
SWANSDOWN
COATS AND SUITS
AND PRINTZESS COATS
At featured in Mademoiselle.
Glamour and V o/iue.
Margolis Brothers
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
Sunday March 9
"The Great Mr. Nobody"
Eddie Albert, loan Leslie, William Lundifan
Monday Tuesday March 19-11
"No, No, Nanette"
ANNA NEAGLE and RICHARD CARLSON
ALSO SRLRCTRD
Wednesday-Thursday March lt-11
"This Thing Called Lore**
MELVYN DOUGLAS, ROSALIND RUSSELL
Friday-Saturday March 14-15
"Kitty Foyle"
GINGER ROGERS and DENNIS MORGAN
SHORT SUSJRCTS