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VOL. XII. NO. 15 TOBACCO LANDS ■ VALUABLE ASSETS Eastern Carolina Cannot t .be Improved Upon in Natural Conditions--- Rotation of Crops is the Key to Economical To bacco Production Tobacco and cotton are twin sup ports of much of the prospeiity of the South. They are the found a tion stone- upcn wh eh tty? new South it building the-greatcst pro* J peiity teranle of the ages. ,« ' . Not every locality, however, can ! grow both of tlie-e crop*, and neither can every section produce j either with profit. A good tobacco ' t irritoiy, like a good preacher must t be born and not made. There are | so tinny natural conditions that arc required for a good tobacpo lerri tory that it is useless to attempt the production of this crop where anv I of the essentials are lacking. Toe e is a fx-It of country which has its northern end in Virginia and which j extends down acro-s North Carolina that favors tobacci culture, cannot ' improved.. upon in tie way o; | natural conditions*. This terfi'orv j can be described as an eastern mid | location, neither mountain I foot hills nor coist country. It is] a truly middle connection between these conditions. It is represented j by a country moderately rolling J but without the abruptness or the! extrtmes t f the Piedmont section, j neither does it embrace the level -11 ess of. the .coast- country cohdi- j tions. In North Carolina good tobacco) conditions are found, particularly ! in the teiritory easf from R ileigh, with New Bern, Washington and ! Plymouth As it* eastern limit. The United States department of i agriculture at Washington lins de monstrated that the tobacco yieM can be greatly increase I by a pro per rotation of crops, a rotation such as will precede the tobacco] plant with a crop which will leave the soil in a condition naturally I fitted for tobacco pi nit-growth. It is a vvell known fact that the to 1 bacco plant is a great soil *robber, | that is, it takes from the land with out giving anything 111 relUMi. j Another crop grown on the same land in rotation with tobacco can be made to produce ami return to j the soil the very elements necessary for the tobacco plant and already used by it 111 its growth. Unless these are supplied through a com mercial fertilizer, or otherwise, the tobacco yield must decrease with every crop. Restoration by the commercial fertilizer method is ve/y expensive and the department at Washington has proven that others methods are not only far cheaper, ( bnt much better for the lands. The proper rotation of particular crops is thtre-„ fore the key to economical tobacco production. Here again the real quality worth of the land becomes prominent. In the special tobacco belt before referred to, located in Virginia and North Carolina there is a strip of gray soil along its eastern border which is peculiarly adapted to th«* growing of a high grade of bright tobacco. Throughout the center and on the western portion of 'this soil the land is better adapted to the growing of dark tobacco This description holds true through all the Norfolk Southern territory in Noth Carolina, as between Raleigh and Washington, and in the Goldsboro- Kinston- Newbern fields. All these lands have an ideal fitness for such a crop rotation as will not only increase tobacco yields per acre, but will at the same time reduce the growing cost of the tobacco and consequently increase the profits of the crop, bnt at the THE ENTERPRISE Martin County Club Organized On the evenitig of Ja-tmarv 21st, 1911, the Martin County boys at the A. & \T. College organized a County Club with tight numbers. | George D. Burroughs served as temporary chairman. The follow ing officers wete elected: Pres ident, James R Everett; Vice Presi dent, L. J. Andrews; Treasurer, :W. R Everett, Secretary and Gen jeral Cm respondent, George I). Burroughs While the nutfiher of members are few, there is no doubt that J much diligent work can fie per- I formed by the Club in helping to j raise M.ntin County to a height not | attained by other counties. The A & M. College is the place to learn how ferti'e a land is, and 1 Martin County is the place to bring the science into operation. It it ' thought that probably the class of j 1914 ccn bring a new comity iepr ! resentative each \ear, thereby lu l ■ creasing the number of members in | four years, from eight to thirty two I If any citizen of the*county should desire to teceive pamphlets, bulle tin*! or general information, the j Club will be glad-to be of aid in '-t&eftW Tttff Tie! | Club lias the Faculty the I.ibr.uy and the Kxperiment Station for reference, and would be glad to help solve any that might Icome before the people'of Vheir county. Gko I) Bur roi'ghs, Seen. tary. If you will carefully count* your lexpenses you wjll seldom have oc icasion to ask tile bank to discount ' ' your note. Corn Belt Moving South - The Department of Agriculture officially reports that nine States, Virginia, tlje Carolinas, 'Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianar Arkansas and Texas show an in jcreaseof 158,234.000 bti-hels- of , corn, which is forjy five per cent of the total increase for the '.ear 1910 jin the t ntire United Stat', s. These j fnitie states raised 660,748,000 j bushels of corn during that vear. ; This report shows where.the great | corn beJt is mov ng. No Jpnger I wilt the West and - M;d!V."West 'claim so nfuch. Agicultui ists in ! the S nit h are paying more and I more attention each year *o coin fg'oviug. North Carolina has ! some sections that can equal, if not surpass, any in the country in the ! prodnctron of corn both in qirrTitv jand quantity. With the" proper j drainage now in the State. The | whole South is attaining to that place it should have held nil the years, tor its crowning glory is the ' broad fields of every product tree? i essary to man and tor the'commerce j of the world. | same time will improve and build 1 up the land year by year. There is no better alfalfa, clover ; and wheat land known than can be • obtained in this section of thecoun try. Alfalfa fields in this locality | are good for six cuttings a season, and some fields this season yielded as much as 8 tons per acre. To i bacco yields can be increased from I a third to a half without additional I cost for fertilizers when following 1 these successful hay crops. The clovers, cow pea,s and other le i gurnets, that grow .so abundantly on j these lands are all natural nitrogen gatherers and while yielding their crops of hay will at the same time add a very large percentage of nitrogen to the soil. This sa t me nitrogen is the greatest essentiall to the growth of the tobacco plant, hence a soil that is a natural clover grower is the proper selection of lands for (he man who seeks to buy a farm in the tobacco belt. WILLI AMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, iqii E. C. T. T. School Items ' V. Folders giving information con cerning the spring course for teach ers, which begins March 14th, have bet 11 issued. Tue cooking class is proving a great success. Much pleasure as well ss 1 rofit is being derived from the work *■ Class spirit has developed rapidlv since the comj letion of the class organizations kinder faculty ad visers, The classts are planning f r various social aIT lirs during the spring. 4 Misses MullU' aiul iii-hop" will" give an informal niustcal to the , students 011 Satuid tv evening. Mr C. W. Wilson will-attend the meeting of 1 lie? North Carolina As sociation of City Pubic School Superintendents and Principals [ which meets in Raleigh Jauuary 26-28. He is secretary of the As sociation Miss D ibn'ey, teacher of riimarv j Methods, h s charge of one section of the first grade of the Greenville Graded Schc ol for baPf the tlay dur ing the absence of the regular teacher. The Senior Class is ob- I serving her woik- Two members I jof tin's cbPs "have recently doi e j substitute work in this sell >ol. The obseivauce of I>ee's birth* j day was marked by an earnest, tiut appreciation of the meaning of ! the day. The school sang appro- i priate songs with spirit. Miss Sail e Joyner Davis, teacher of His-' tory, made an excellent talk on I,ce, stressing his' character, spirit j .and ideals, tQuching only lightly j but skilfully upon li s career of action. Her trlk showed fine dis crimination and appreciation of lur The second biennial report of theT? art! of Trustees has Ijten, issuer!. This is a complete tcpon of the affiirs of the Institution, its! receipts and exdetiditures, the work done and propose I to be done,, in- j eluding the uigent needs of the school for the next twu years. The report shows that during the year and a half.since, the opening, six hundred ninety one students have been enr lied, three hundred thirty j of whom were summer school'stud , leiits. Nearly femr hundred of these , are now teaching in tii.e public schools. Tins proves that the' j school is fulfillii g the mission fot ! which it was established. When buy ing a cough nie.li ine j for children bear in mind that 1 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is 'most efTectual for okls, cr( up ami I I whooping cough and it con I tains no -harmful drug. For sale | by All Dealers. * HAMILTON ITEMS Mr. Robert Biker left Monday for Kinston and other places. Miss Delha Lanier is the guest of j "Miss Fannie Mathews on Front! Street. We are glad to know that Mrs. M I. Fleming is able to be on our streets again. Mr. Sherrod Salsbury has moved to his beautiful country home at the foot of Front Street. TheßookClub was delightully en terained by Mrs J. B Williams Tues day afternoon last. The programme was intensely interesting as usual. It consisted of ten questions, the answers to wfiieh were words end in "icer" The prize was awarded to Mrs. C. H. Baker. After the programme, tefresbments were serv ed. The afternoon was much en joyed by all. , k It will require more than one coat of whitewash to renovate some politicians. Indeed, some of them need a disinfectant added to the lime. University Notes Chapel Hill, Jan. 23, 191-1. The j past week has been spent in hard digging 011 the part of most of the) students. Those who were beh'nd, have be en catching up. Those who j had kept up well during the term j bnviibeen studying in the hopes of j miking higher grades. All have been standing exa'tnir at ions. With the close of the period, uext Thurs day, everybody... vulD stait, With a clean slate 011 a new term's work. , i . 1 he spring will soon |>e opening up. , The bast.ball practice will begin, j The track tneu will be going out 1 The debater? will begin pre par a I lions for the hard schedule of deba- ■ tes which include su:h worthy rivals as Georgia, Thlane, Yanekr j bilt and Virginia. K very ho ly will! be making a fresh st.irt. The glee club and orchestra are practicing under the ins'rucii >n of | Prof 1 ssors Sne.vth and Hiegett ' Mau.i.ur R M. Hant sis trvtng to ; arrange tor two trip-; to the wes'evn ! part ot the S'ate. An ciT irt will be 111 ale to organize ail I train a mflti'b lin and gnit'r c'tib Tin first e >ncet t will be given during : | the I-'e'truary dances which come' try i?i auef 17 1. ■ ' Tli University Ins lw.' 11 v. rv I ifortunite in s*cuiiug Governor! !Wo r Wilson of New Jersey to-; deli ve 1 the Coinnieueeuieut address ; {at tin 1911 Commencement. An 1 otlfei member of 1 hPrinceton I> 1 cultv . Dr. Henry \'an l)>'ke will ele-livi t the John Calvin M-'»Nair j lect'i:oi in March. Hiil .op Colin. Deu- y"of Nashville, Ten 11 will deliver the baccalaiire ite s rin -it i| Colli menceau nt. As the meeting of the American L• * c | of /oor.igvs's It 11 at I Corneal recently, I)r. 11 V. Wilson ' w is'hoPo!ed by being - e- t-' d t'> the r esident of the ICistern D vision I>r. Wilson stands liigti ..mong the ' s.-ioutists of the countty. In a j book, Annricr.n Men of Science, recently revised, which give-, a list of the thousand l-ndii g scunt's's 'of the Iniiied _ State-!, s.vfi nie.i were accielite l !j North, C.irolina . nd Dr. Wilson is oik >t the nnifi : her. * Subscribe to Ttiii liNTki 1 ki^k, "Murder in the. First Degree" The farmers will eon,nut fi-n.iii I' al murder 1! they ]/aT:t ih-ij w nole farm 111 cotton mi 1 peanut^ I 'eft AVdliam-'ot: time '.ve k be i' re Christnns :11 I hav '■ out I West tr\ing to take in tin- situ 1 111 >n. ~*K nttitky wiTlTTant ii' -to l I- ccotiopin Ityl 1. South Caro 111 ia will }>laii' ci/tton and Kasttrn N nth Carolina will have less than o; e- half of a crt>p of tobacco. We j hive had two slio: t crops and Leaf I ToTiaccoWill sell wall. Tlnrewill be a greater d- 111 and for 1 ; , et- rn I Blights tban ever. .1, am writing this k-ttir front Greensboro to my farmer friends. S Taking everything in consideration, my advice to tlieni is to-plant to bacco this year. It will prove to be the very best money crop they can raise. You can get my tobacco seed by calling at the store of Hairison Bros or on W. T. Meadows at the Peanut Factory office. Hoping that all my friends w ill have a-good crop. I am. Your friend, Thos. S Graham, ■ (Old Tom.) Blind Tigers Caught John Price, a white man living in Poplar Point Township, was tried herebefoie Justice B. F. God win, Tuesday, for retailing liquor. He was bound over to court. Will BrowD, colored, from the same township was tried also and bound over. » Resolutions The Smithw'ck Creek Debating Society at its last meeting, Jantiaty 2 1 >t,, 1911, pns-ed the following re sol tit 011s of respect. Whereas God on the 21 st. of Decernl>tr 1910, eaivsed the "black camel" to kneel at the door of the Smitliw f ick Cret-k j Debating Society, and c.tried the sprit of Cl\de S. Griffin tivlts eter Ino 1 abode, and in bis eleath the Socuty lo.es one of its most useful i members, who was ahvavs present ,u d»ss providentially hindered. II e was a (;h)I (1 th>at r and s'.o >d | for fairness ami equality.' He was [an abst liner from immoral com pany, for he b lieved that a man meajiiited by his comptnions. While the veil of sorrow is still over lis, we bow ill humble sub- I mission to His will, believing that our is h.s eU'nud gam. There foie be il Resolved, That our hearts are I s idvietied by hi> dt ptriiiie, \et we: j h el there was no sting in deatji. That in his death rtsuljii g from t\phuid fcvei, a faithful y>kvftl- I V ■ low*, whose example i-; worthy of 1 emulat loiij has fallen. l ii i' a 1 opv of the-e_ :tsolutions' 'beStnt to fliT Ik 1 eV'Vi.d" "F-tttlilv."iil | I copy to 1 ItK 'IINTKRI-RiSK ft«r pllb- I ! luation, and ?l copy i>e KCt-r.led on j ! our miiiu'.e b uik. N S ll.mliion, N. K. I'eele, N. T T.e«, Comuutt',e. t ! Do yo i know ill »t fu lv'11:11c out 'ofevcrv I' ll iM Ci ot rheutuati-iii 1 I are -implv jh unia i-m of, the iini" ! cles lii" 11 > cold ot damp 01 chroni | rliemii ttisiu, and icquire no internal 1 tfeniniHiit w-ieitevet? Apply Cham |be 1 biin s I ,ia:ment fjt elv and'.see ' bo>v !|uii kly it givc-s relief. I'ot ! s ilij- bv hi! ■ 'eali r _ ■■ • ! Gonsti'.utional Convention The bdi....;4('viding foi a e'oasti tiilioiiid Convention iiitre-duc d b\ !K' preseii'at 1 Stnbbs of "VlTixtin", j was befi-re. the llot've>>f Kepresen . ta'u-'soti W-dr.es lav for d'st us |moi, Mr. St ill ibs aids jueseijtt.fi . tile UK flli ui, the. b.ll. - lt |>i4- ti .e l/.v:n!,ot Ili udi rs ni, op] o-ed 1 tie adoption I the ')) 1 in an able ' sin (• ;h Mi . Stub! s- i d th it the '1 ■ p tl that he t! sired 'o 1 the li'juo: .j>i s'"iwii w a uti! 1. to I Imi , 14 it h' ■ would (in 1! ar,- ;li 1•. till! 1 ; liTeTlsiiai that th i'..n ve'n'i' 11 isl on Al nut take 1 p this q - :t '1 n.O ail. T la. full her cons d I.l' .oa > 1 I the bill wis ] 1 >«,t p 111- d 'it il 'h_ night 1 d i't bi u. rv i-t Metl'aaae' that a;d na'urt ap i alw.Hs 1110 t e (feetiial Chamber | lain's Cough Remedy acts on this I )il til It a.lays the cough, relieves I the hings, offers the seer-. tiptis.and j aids r.atur- in resti h.yiiim to a healthy condition. Thousand | have tes'itied to its superior excel lence. Said by All Dealers. - The Crown oi Character There is a lofiier ambition tiiaii merely to stand high in tlie world. It is to stoop down and lift man kind .1 little higher. There is a ' nobler character than that which is merely incorruptible. It is the character which acts as an antidote and preventive of corruption Fear- to speak the words which bear witness to righteousness and truth and purity: pataie'ntlv to do the deeds which strengteu virtue and kindle hope in your fellow men; generously to lend a hand to those who are trying to climb lip ward; faithfully to give your sup port and your personal help to the efforts which are ma*king to elevate and purify the social life of the world —that is what it means to have salt in your character Henry Van Dyke. SI.OO a Year in Advance ROBERSONVILLE NEWS ITEMS .' • . * > Local Happenings and. People who are Coming and Going;, Here, There and Yonder as Gathered by our Regular Corres-* pondent. A. R. Dunning was in town Sat urday Roy Carson is in town for Fever* al days. • : . J A Mizell is on the ?ick list this week. B 11. Bight, of Tarboro, was in town Monday. Johnnie Gardner, of ILthel, was in town Sunday. Kmtneti Park> r, of Williamstou, w is in town Tmirsciay. 1.. T. KoVrson, of Ayden, is at home for several days. . M's--. I,it>a J- nit's returned home I ficni Scotland Ntck last wet k. Mrs \V I'" l'ark'r, of Williams ton. visited friends here last week. i | Mr. Will J aires aut childreu, jof Wilhamsion^areyifcilitig vuJtawu. ... Miss l\nr! Jet kins, of Oakley, J was in town eve/al days last week. ! On Jamtirv .3d, n> 1, the I);ath I Angel entered the home of Mr. and | Mrs R A. iVjtiley and bore frotn catth to heaven _t'ie spirit >f ll,e;r r.vo vtar oi l ha he, Ross.ll. He * was sick i 111 y a few days with gas iritis. He was a good,- ejmet and I sweet child, a patient little sufferer, j His remains were laid to rM in the .old family burial ground rear j Kveretft His j ilgriinage nil i ar(h wasNsliort, hiit l'»r.g t nmgh to en . 'e li. j;ns, f i'» a'l. May the cnni- I to: •!!»;• gtr.e c'o'lie t.i • h ~r: 1.-r- k «n v t ->. ami may llii v mci t 'heir I] recuitis babe in the home . ver- 11. siing Id *•«, where ties are " neve,r |b ok" n and when. tiny will never ] say good '>3 e. Copstip tion is the can l .'.' iai'meiits and d.s»>;dvrs tii.it ' make i i :n!-' rah!-. Take Ch imher- I 1 'itV'i Stomach and lave T«i li '.s, • rmir Iwiwi Is n-gnl"f*ntvt* you * j ilavnttlVh sv t i'-t-if-. '!•'>• -, k '" 'by All I»' alvr-. - j J Junior Auxiliary Elect Officers. A • Tie i.r -r mi'.'.ing of t'n jnuiui I'Anxil: u\ :' 1 f' 1 e 11 a,. - ; ' i;ri • t Mu ci ,1 ial aiesi in t' »• 11 v '■ e1 r, 1 j 'V.as held it t !ii' lesiiuiiie ! Mrs. i'. ! * '*• b'r'drtv- r-T-mngv i.j r . \'i v A. 1 t '.v 1 oa.il 'o t - ! »n; v r* h' ! .nd jc-u :>„! :n :! 1 r l■: 1 -!ce ■>; M !,'ici-. F A'den for : I're-jtl'-i.t, In ue Stnhh, Vice | Piesident, Miv- Aunie-K >te Throw tr Se >i t iry, Mis-. Hannah yie ! iMiwdcn, T.i-.i-'ut-i. Mr , liarues, ..il -thr* r nprrs; ttT ilie Jvjll i• r~ tTTII ~ be their I.eider and the m-etings | Wtl.i be In I 1 at h:r l onie. They ! ate very forUma'e in securing the h'.lpot Mrs Barnes, as she is one' I "" 'ot the most active workers in the j paiish", being Vice President of the I Womans Auxiliary and Parish Guild. The yoking girls compos- ~ ;ng the juniors AuxiharvV done much goml work in the past j years ami under such a Leader will, no doubt, go forward in their labors. Mrs. J. O. Guthrie Improving "It vvill be with great pleasure ■ that friends will learn of Hie im provement in health of Mrs. J. O. Guthrie. Slie has been at Rex Hospital for some time after an operation which proved successful.*' The above from The News and ■ Observer of Tuesday will be very gratifying indeed Jo the friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Guthrie here, who have been pained to know of her continued ill health.
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