Poor Housing Tied
To Soil Depletion
Depletion of soil fertility and poor
housing go hand-in-hand, according
to Dr. Horace Hamilton, rural so
ciologist of the N. C. State College
Experiment Station.
Studies conducted in various sec
tions of North Carolina appear to
confirm this assertion. In one bad
ly eroded area, 114 farm families
were studied with respect t" hous
ing, household equipment, and
grounds.
Although a majority of the houses
were weather-tight, there was con
siderable variation among the ten
ure groups. A much smaller propor
tion of Negroes lived in weather
tight houses than did the white fam
ilies.
In addition, the reasearches found
that only a few of the famlies lived
in houses which had paint in good
condition. However, about one-half
of the houses occupied by owners
had been painted, but the paint was
old or cracked, giving little protec
tion from the elements.
About one in three of the tenant
houses, one in six of the cropper
houses, and one out of each 10 farm
laborer houses had been painted, but
the paint was protecting the exter
ior walls but little.
Approximately one-third of the
roofs on houses occupied by owners
were classified as good. For the oth
er tenure groups, the proportion
with roofs in good condition were:
tenants, one-fifth; croppers, one
sizth; and laborers, one-fifth. Here,
again, the proportion of houses with
roofs in good condition occupied by
Thirty-Nine Years
Ago As Recorded
In The Enterprise
OCTOBER 18, 1901.
All the talk now is "Tobacco Ware
house."
Who says we don't need a ferry
across the river?
The latest report from Martin
County peanuts, is that the crop is
better than it has been for years.
Quite a number of people left on
the boat yesterday morning to take
in the circus at Plymouth.
A car load of machinery for the
Spoke and Handle mill arrived yes
terday. It is expected that the plant
will be in operation by November
1st.
Mrs. W. H. Bennett and daughter,
Mrs. C. D. Carstarphen are visiting
in Plymouth.
Mrs. Woodhouse and daughter,
who have been visiting in Plymouth,
returned yesterday.
There will be held in the Court
House on Monday the 21st inst., at 11
o'clock a meeting of the cotton far
mers of the county for the purpose
of organizing a co-operative asso
ciation, and appoint representatives
to meet with the State association
to be held in the city of Raleigh, on
the 23rd inst. All interested in the
cotton products are invited to be
present.
The Postmaster has put a desk in
the lobby of the post office. This
adds materially to the conveniences
of the public. Has X any more sug
gestions to make?
Negroes was much smaller than that
for white farm families.
OUR PRICES ON NEW 72-INCH
PEANUT BAGS
ARK REASONABLE
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Moore Grocery Co.
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OIL TOBACCO CURER
ON DISPLAY ALL THIS WEEK
At The
MARTIN COUNTY FAIR
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you have visited our booth!
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AGENTS WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
ALL
THAT IS
NEW
IN FABRICS AND FASHIONS ARE
HERE ? STYLED and TAILORED
By Griffon
And Sold By
Margolis Bros.
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Indian Deed for Durmnt's Neck, 1661/
Is Recorded in Perquimans Coun
ty Records . . .
Carl Goerch and other Carolina
travelers are acquainted with the
phrase, "Durant's Neck," but many
citizens of the state know little of
this name. Shakespeare found so
many terms of little significance that
he wrote: "What is in a name? That
which we call a rose, by another
name would smell as sweet." The
words, "Durant's Neck," have an im
portant meaning which penetrates
almost three hundred years into the
past.
The appearance of a peninsula ex
tending into the Albemarle Sound
contributes the word "neck". The
name of the original owner of this
plot of Perquimans County land is
added to complete the phrase, "Dur
ant's Neck." A traveler following
highway 17 beholds a historical
marker as he departs from Hertford
in the direction of Elizabeth City.
The marker was erected by the
North Carolina Historical Commis
sion and reads: "George Durant:
Pioneer settler of Albemarle, 1662
Speaker of Assembly. Site of home
20 miles east, at Durant's Neck."
This section was a land of rapid
development during the early days
when the Carolina settlement was
nothing more than the county of
Albemarle.
In the fall. 1663, Sir William Berk
eley, one of the Lords Proprietors
and governor of Virginia, received
instructions to organize a govern
ment at Albemarle. The settlement
was confined chiefly to the waters
of the Chowan, and William Drum
mond was selected to be the first
governor in the history of our state
One popular historian said that he
was a "man of education, of integ
rity, and well fitted for his office."
He continued his discussion: "Pop
ulation had flowed in, some of the
planters being men of large means,
meaning with them from ten to thir
ty persons; and shortly after the gov
ernment was organized, not later
than the spring of 1665, the first as
sembly was held, and the little set
tlement became a self-governing
community, a pure democracy, the
entire body of the inhabitants act
ing for themselves, and not through
the instrumentality of representa
tives."
George Durant came to the region
bordering the Carolina sounds with
the first settlers, spent two years ex
ploring, and selected the famous
neck of land that honors his name
today. The deed for the land he pur
chased from the Indians is recorded
in Book A of the Perquimans Coun
ty fqeordgj dated March I* 1661. Dur
ant's Neck is the oldest known clear
ing in Albemarle and the deed is the
oldest on record in the court house
As Shakespeare's rose by any oth
er name would smell as sweet; like
wise Durant's Neck by any other
name would still be a fertile penin
sula.
A
N.C.Farm Order For
More Milk And Eggs
v
The North Carolina "order" under
the nation's 1942 plan for record ex
pansion of food output will be for
less wheal but more milk and eggs,
officer at State College, reports
Despite some recent inconsistent
reports about Britain having 'plenty'
of food," Mr Floyd says, "the Brit
ish have left absolutely no doubt but
that they need enormous supplies of
all foods except wheat, and Am
erican agriculture has agreed to
tackle the job of furnishing those
Supplies. Our own state job, with
first emphasis on increasing egg and
milk production, will be to boost the
output of just about all foods by ap
proximately 15 per cent."
North Carolina representatives of
every U S Department of Agricul
ture agency, led by State College
Extension and AAA men, started
elude visits to every farm in the
State. The purpose of the farm vis
its will be to outline production
needs to every farmer, analyze each
farm's land and equipment and then
to give the farmer a concrete 1942
plan under which the farm's food
production can be expanded with
out excessive expense to the farm
er.
Other "basic" food commodities
which Tar Heel producers will be
asked to "bear down on," Mr. Floyd
adds, are beef and pork North Car
olina farmers have never produced
sufficient supplies of milk, eggs,
poultry, beef or pork to feed their
own state's population. "That makes
the need for increases doubly im
portant," says the AAA leader.
"The 1942 food drive is strictly s
voluntary proposition," Mr. Floyd
declares, "and farmers will be ask
ed to cooperate with the plan only
after they have been shown why In
creases are needed and how their
prices will be protected through the
summer of 1943
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Things To Watch
For In The Future
Fluorescent lamps in the shape of
plates or discs, rather than the long
tubes, have been made possible by
a new process, and are expected to
be suitable for mounting in conven
tional ceiling outlets or floor lamps
for homes ... a new floor finish call
ed penetrex which is said to enter
into nnmhination with the wood fi
ber itself, forming an especially hard
and tough finish because it's in the
wood rather than just on top of it
. . . "Left-handed" checkbooks ? in
which the stubs are on the right
hand side so southpaw writers can
make entries more easily; the St.
Joseph Bank of South Ben., Ind.,
thought up this innovation and had
calls for 52 of them in the first
month.
"Pow-o-lin Prove*! A
Blessing to My Wife."
SaysGreensboroMan
Seems Like a Different Woman Since
This Good Medicine Relieved Her
Aggravating Distress. "It Did Me
Lots of Good, Too," Declares Mr.
Moore.
MR. C. E. MOORE
"I xlon't believe anyone in North
Carolina ever suffered more than mv
wife from indigestion, dizzy head
aches and a nervous, let-down feel
ing," states Mr. C. E. Moore, respect
ed Greensboro, N. C., citizen, resid
ing at 18 Jenkins St. Continuing, Mi
Moore declares: "Everything my wife
ate seemed to cause acid indigestion,
headaches and a worthless feeling
that so sapped her energy and
strength, she was hardly able to go
Her nerves were so on edge sound
sleep was almost impossible and 1
was worried about her. I am grateful
that 1 got Pow-o-lin for her. The
first bottle brought her such ^grand
relief she does not have to worry
about dieting, for everything she
eats seems to agree with her and
gives her strength and nourishment.
Her nerves are calm und sound, and
restful sleep every night makes her
feel fulj of energy for the day's tasks.
Pow-o-lin relieved me of constipa
tion, too, and we are happy to rec
ommend this good medicine to our
friends."
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Tctne, for the relief of distress as de
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constipation. Thousands praise it.
Get Pow-o-lin today at Clark's
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3 First Sales
NEXT WEEK
At The
Farmers & Planters
WAREHOUSES WILLI AMSTON
First Sale Monday, Oct. 6th
AT THE PLANTERS WAREHOUSE
First Sale Wed., October 8th
AT THE FARMERS WAREHOUSE
First Sale Friday, Oct. 10th
AT THE PLANTERS WAREHOUSE
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The Sky Is the Limit
WHKN YOU SKLL TOHVCCO Willi I S. Our .lail> floor and in
dividual average* arc as bigli a- any in tlir whole Stale. Make il
a point to sell on one of otir first sales next week. Mark our word
?We'll |{el yon (lie best sale of the I'M I season. Mlhongh a ma
jority of the tobacco has been sold and tbe sales are smaller, we
still piish every ciistoiner's tobacco to the lop price.
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/Y??/>i irlitrs of the
Farmers & Planters
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On the road this year you find the "new Ford
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