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VOL XVIII. NO. 22.
MEN, WOMEN AND CHIIMEN
CALLED ID SAVE THE NATION
THE FOOD SUPPLY OF THE COUNTRY IS INADEQUATE
EVEN IF CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL-RAISE MORE
In the Enterprise of last week,
was published a telegram from
Washington, D. C, calling for
patriotic service in insuring the
food supply of this great Nation.
This call continues to come,
daily. The food supply is entire
ly inadequate, even if conditions
were normal today. Flour jumps
to sl2 50 a barrel and corn
around 82.00 per bushel whole
sale- The price of meats is al
most prohibitive. Farmers, this
call comes to you; plant more
corn, Soy beans, Velvet beans,
cowpeas, peanuts, potatoes and
garden crops this spring u live
economically, take care of excess
food on the farm; fill the barn
with corn, the smokehouse with
meat, the pantry with can goods.
When the summer crops are off.
prepare and plant wheat, Fye,
oats, and clovers, produce milk,
butter, poultry and eggs in plen
ty and to spare. Begin now to
prepare summer and fall pasture
for your hogs; inoculate them
against cholera, spray them with
a reliable disinfectant and you
will double your pork supply.
Plant small crops of early corn
to supplement your present sup
ply of food and feed. Make
your animals better; your work
stock will soon begin to show the
effects of these crops, which may
be kept in fresh condition on the
farm trorn the middle ot June
until fruot. This is one of the
many ways we may answer in
service the cull of the President
and the country we love.
If the aoove methods were put
into practice on every farm in
Martin County, and by this each
fanner was.enabled to sell 5 bu.
of corn, it would put 11500 bush
els of cum (*23,000 worth) tor
Martin's offering to relieve the
tightly drawn tension on the
bread market
If the -xcessin food crops for
feeding hogs and cattle, and
steps taken to eradicate their di
seases, would give only 500 lbs.
more pork to the farm, this would
give us 1,150,0^01b5. ptfrk (value
$230,000) at present prices. If
this effort should increase the
beef production only 100 lbs. per
farm, the increase would be
230,000 lbs., or $230,000 at the
home market prices to say noth
ing of milk and butter. An in
crease oi 20 hens and 20 dozen
eggs would increase our food
supply to the value of $25,300; 20
cans of extra fruits aud veget
ables added to the normal pantry
supply, would at 15 cents a can
give us an extra valne of $6,900
worth of these essential
This is to say nothing of thd
splendid home makers in our nu
merous small towns, who are
noted for their interest in this
work.
I have tried not to overdraw
this picture, but I feel that the
figures are entirely too low for a
standard for a people with the
producing ability of the Martin
County farmer, He can do all
this articlelsuggests, but he does
not have it to do. The boys be
tween the ages of 10 andlS years
• will producelthe excess of corn
that I have mentioned, aAd will
do it if given the opportunity.
There are now over 50 boys who
have expressed their willingness
to do this work. Farmers, give]
THE ENTERPRISE
your boys the opportunity to en
list in the great army of bread
producers in the United States.
Mothers, help the girls in canning
work, raising chickens, eggs,
etc. It all will help feed the
other little boys and girls in this
country; think also of the Bel
gians, French and others, who
are hungry, gaunt apd bare, and
still in the horrors of war. If
only these few things are done,
it wi!l add #308, 200 to our pres
ent production.
I want to hear from 1,000 men
women, boy 9 and girls, who will
help in this work, and if need
be, have a mass meeting at the
county aeat, and wira oar presi
dent our desire to participate in
the great work. We are all loyal
let's assert our loyalty. We
boast of our homes here in the
"garden spot of the world," let's
prove it, and when Jacobs come
in search of corn, let us be able
to send for the last boy and fill
his sack also, and with the corn
put in the cup of joy. While re
joicing around "Old Glory," let's
pile sheaves of wheat, oats, rye,
shiboleths of corn, loads of pork,
beaf and bacon to sustain the
country. Let it be said of Mar
tin County that she is the Egypt
: of florth Carolina, and can sup
j ply bread.
Yours for much service,
Jos. L. Holliday,
County Agent
Mrs. Robert E. Lilley Dead
Death entered the home of
Robert E. Lilley on April 14th,
; 1917, and took away a devoted
wife and mother, who after two
i months of intense suffering, with
-1 out doubt, was glad to leave this
! world of pain and seek those
! fairer realms where sickness can
inot enter
As Nancy Peel, daughter of
the late Elder Henry Peel, she
'was favorably known in that sec
-1 tion of the county in which she
'was born, she lived many
j years in the love and esteem of
■ those- around and about her.
Years ago, she united with the
i Church at Smithwick Creek, and
lived the religion she professed
in her every day life. Three
children and a husband are left
to keep the home without her
motherly tenderness and care.
Elder W. B. Harrington, the
pastor who had comforted her
during the hours of pain, spoke
the last sad words over the body
at rest, and the interment was
in the family cemetery. A large
number of friends and relatives
were present at the grave with
sympathetic words for the be
reaved family.
Spraifl-Hardison
Mr. Henry Spruill and Miss
Faith Hardison came here Mon
day from Plymouth, and secured
license to marry. They went to
the Methodist Parsonage, where
Rev. H. M- Bbre made them man
and wife. Thev were invited "to
the home of Mr. W. H. Robertson
and remained until the next day
when they returned home.
l\he bride is the daughter of
MrSnnd Mrs. George Hardison,
of and Mr. Spruill is
a young f business man of that
town.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY APRIL. 20. 1917-
TO ERECT MAMOTH GA
RAGE NEAR STATION
One of the improvements for
Wiliamston to be built this year,
will be the garage of J. W. Watts
Ford Agent. Mr. Watts has pur
chased the Thomas C. Cook lot
near the depot, and will move all
the buildings from same before
erecting{the garage, which will be
50 bv 150 feet and built of brick.
The location of the lot will .give
three fronts to the building,
which will qpen on Haughton,
Washington and Railroad Streets
No , better location could have
been secured in the town. The
building will be modernly equip
ped, and be in charge of the
most experienced workmen to be
obtained. The purchase price
of the lot was *6,000. The resi
dence on the lot is to be removed
to another lot in a different part
of the town.
This improvement in *he auto
mobile business here will rank
with those in larger towns and
cities, and a large volume Of
business must be the outcome.
Mr. Watts has already sold m
large number of Fords and other
cars within the past year, and
with a splendid "Ford Home,"
he will be in a position to largely
increase his sales. It will mean
too, an increased payroll each
week, which will help business.
Mr. Cook has purchased the
Stone residence on East Main
Street, and will move there with
hia family as Boon as possible. ( ,
Found In Tree Top
The body of Link Bond, a trust
ed colored employee of the Wic
omico Lumber Co., was found
last week lodged irra submerged
tree top, where it had been left
by the fall of the- water. Bond
left here two weeks ago in a ca
no'_ to go to his home on the Ber
tie aide of the river, and several
days after, his boat was found
down the river. Search failed to
find any clue to where he had
gone, and it was thought that he
had been drowned. The last time
that he was seen was at Conoho,
when he was *en route home.
Though Bond was drinking, he
was not in such a condition that
he could not take care of hitmen.
And HO the first thought was tha'
I he had been murdered-
J When his body was examined
! by Coroner J. B. H. Knight, th
head was found to have been
battered and all of his pockets
had been cut open. The jury de
cided that Bond had met death
at the hands of some party or
parties unknown. There was no
clue or suspicion which justified
the arrest of any one. Bond was
an industrious and well-to-do
negro, and had the respect not
only of his own people but that
of the white folks. His body
was taken on a gas boat to his
home and there interred.
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Killed A Bear
Lee Johnson, who with Dr
Gordon was in Tyrrell County
last week, killed large bear near
the town of Columbia in that
county. The bear had just killed
a pig. The animal weighed 258
pounds, and Mr. Johnson sold the
(meat at 10 cents per pound.
Next Friday, a representative
of the National Biscuit Co., will
demonstrate the different prod
ucts of the Company at the store
of Theo. Roberson & Co. The
housekeepers are especially in
vited to attend and "sample" the
delicious products.
SOME VERY INTEREST
ING EVENTS NEXT WEEK
The following week will mark
the consecration cf the new Epis
copal Church and the meeting of j
the Convocation of Edenton, the (
former to take place Thursday!
•nd the latter beginning Tuesday
Bight. It is expected that a
number of visitors will be here,
and Bishop Darst will consecrate
the edifice. Rev. Mr. -Madara,
a n Alaskan missionary, will
preach the opening sermon 6t
the Convocation.
Another event of interest is
the annual commencement of the
High School, which will be held
Friday, the 27th. ' President
Robert H. Wright, of the E. C. j
T. T. School, Greenville, will de
liver the address before the
graduation class, which is smaller
than usual, being composed of
Mr. Roland C. Crawford, Miss
Carrie Delle White and Miss Syl
via' Upton. The school closes
this term on.account of the nec
essit> of moving the present
building to make way for the
new brick structure.
Plant Your Tobacco
While the demand was never
greater nor the appeal stronger
for the raising of food stuffs, the
farmer, especially the Martin
County kind, must remember
that this will also be a good year
for tobacco. The demand for
must be met in foreign
(countries, and the big manufac
turers have very little stock oft
hand. They must and will have
the yellow weed of the Martin
County variety From the most
reliable sources comes the infor
mation thai the price will he
iiigh all through the season., and
tobacco this year will be fine for
a money crop. liaise plenty of
something for man and beast,
and then look to your tobacco,
Martin ('ounty farmers. Ihe
warmer days have come*and the
plants in the bed are growing
night and day; get the soil ready
and set out. early.
If there are any who a»-e try
ing to decide about the setting
of plants, they should halt no
longer, but prepare for the lest
tobacco crop in years. All doubt
about good prices should vanish
away as mist before the sun.
The big companies need the crop
and will take it at a large profit
to the
1 hesitates is lost" both in farming
arid in commercial, agricultural
or professional life. The money
. made last year by the farmers
j of Martin should be supplemented
this year by a larger amount.
Don't neglect the "hog and hom
iny" and plant tobacco as hereto
j fore, j
OAK CTTYNEWSTTEMS
Messrs, Bullock and Joyner,
jof Kocky Mount, were in town
Sunday.
Guy Tyson, of Greenville,
spent the week-end with his
brother here.
Mr. and Mrs. Gay, of Bath,
were in town Saturday, as guests
of L. J. Davenport.
--Mrs. E. M- Long and Mrs.
1 Dora Quinn, of Kinston, spent
Sunday afternoon in town.
A quiet marriage was solemni
zed in Tarboro Thursday evening
at the Baptist parsonage, when
Mis 3 Mary L. Hines, daughter of
the late J. L Hines, wedded
Mr. Robert M. Long, youngest
son of J. J. Long of this place,
Rev. Mr. Bowden performing
the ceremony.
LET THE COUNTRY TAKE
TIME TO BE LOYAL
President Wilson has issued a
proclamation warning all citizens
and aliens against treasonable
acts or attempts to shield those
committing such acts. Any per
son or persons found guilty of
acts contrary to law, will be vig
orously prosecuted by the govern -
ment-
In time of war, such a procla
mation is needful, especially
when the country is full of aliens
and, too, it is feared, some citi
zens who are willing to commit
acts of treason or to utter trea
sonable words at this critical
time.
Much has been said and writ-
I ten about the loyalty of the ne
groes down South. In many in
stances, their foolish remarks
I have caused a doubt in the minds
!of some. But it is firmly believ-
Jed that the negroes will be and
are loyal to the government of
the United States. Their own
! common sense should teach them
that they must giye loyalty to
i their country which by right of
birth is theirs. Unfortunately,
j there have been indiscreet words
[uttered, chiefly by the women,
it is said, right here in William
son. They should remember
' that such words are apt to
I them in the clutches of the Unit
ied States government, and they
should follow the advice given
to Germans in this country:
"Keep your mouth shut."
Any Indignity shown to the
flag such as tearing it or tramp
ling its colors in the dust are
I treasonable acts subject to pun
iishmentby the government. It
is reported that many ol the
; llags kept at the Graded School
j building have been torn ami
I trampled- the act, it is tlv.iight
of a small boy, who should have
j known better. If there is i.iv
l thing for which the boys ami ihe
i girls of the Nat.iri.-i stand it
■is the-flag of the United H aic:-.
From every school house in the
icountry, "Old Glory" should be
I Hying today, for it maketh the
j heart j>iad to see its shining folds
unfurled to the breeze I/t
--every boy and girl, man and
•woman, white and colored be
j true to God and country in the
supreme test of the Nation.
German Spies
We understand that Augustus
Robbing one.of our most influen
tial colored men has written Pres
ident WilsonT pledging the loyalty
of his race to the government.
All of this talk about the Germans
stirring up the colored people is
idle rumor. The colored people
of Bertie County are hanpfovcon
tented and prosperous. They do
not like the idea of Germany
classing thern with the Mexicans
half breeds and priest ridden.
We are certain that our leading
colored men will not only resent
such approaches, but that they
will promptly report them if any
are made, to the proper author
ities. The man who attempts to
stir up strife between the white
people and the colored people in
Bertie County little knows what
he is risking. When the call for
volunteers is made to deal with
that sort of man Windsor will bd
fuller of determined citizens than
ever before We are not making
any predictions as to what will
I happen. Time will take care of
ithat. It is well, however, for
patriotic citizens of both races to
'be on guard. Bobbins sets his
' race a good example which we
are sure they will follow. —Wind-
sor Ledger.
.00 a Year in Advance-
PHYSICIANS OF COUNTY
ORGANIZE AUXILIARY
On Thursday night, April 12th
the doctors of Martin County me%
here and organized an Auxiliary
Medical Defence Committee.
The Council of National defence
among other important endeavor*
has appointed a committee of
American physicians for National
Preparedness. This Committee.,
has appointed State Committeee
for the various States in the
United States One of the func
tions of the State Committees
among others, is to assist the
National Committee in perfecting
of an organization of the medical
profession for war, throughout
every nook and corner of the
United States.
Dr. John C. Rodman, of Wash
ington, N. C., ia one of the mem
bers of the State Committee for
National Preparedness, and was
present to organize the Auxiliary
Medical Defence Committee for
Martin County on Thursday night
Under the auspices of the
County Medical Society, all the
physicians in the county were
asked to/participate in the under
taking. There were present,
W. Hassell House, President, of
the County Society, William K.
Warren, Sec. and Treas., J. H.
Saunders, H. B York, J. B. H.
Knight, J. S. Rhodes, J. E.
Smithwick, J. W. Williams R. M.
Buie, B. L. Long, M. I. Fleming.
Dr. G. C. Godwin and Dr. D. T. ...
Tayloe were invited guests. Dr.
J. H "Saunders was elected Preifc
dent, and Dr. J. S. Rhodes See'y- .
The principal duties of the
Auxiliary Medical Defense Com
mittee for the counties, are: .
First: To co-operate with the
State and National Committees
in their efforts to gain informa
tion regarding the civilian medi
cal resources of the counties, and
to co ordinate civilian activities
for prompt mobilization in nse
of need.
Second: To secure recruits for
the Army Medical Corps. Kthe
! President should call the full
complement of troops-alreadj au
, t-horized by Congress, the regular
arin> would need 1 200 additional
medical officers. (b) Por the
National officers Reserve Corps.
Jlf war should come, 20,000 to
;ii,oO.; Medical Reserve Officers
would be needed. c> For the
Naval Medical Corps, which
needs about.'sso additional officers
(d) For the Coast Defense Re
serve Corps of the .Navy. Sev
eral hundred high class^ reserve
medical officers are desired, (e)
For the National Guard such
members as may be required so
as to bring the local National »
Guard to full strength.
Third: To co-operate individual
ly and collectively with the Med
ical Departments of the Army, .
Navy and Public Health Service •
and with the Council of National-
Defense.
Fourth: To co-operate ■with thtr
Red Cross in an attempt to bring:
that organization to the highest
point of efficiency.
Fifth: To name the county or
ganization "The Auxiliary De
fense Committee of Martin Coun
ty."
The Society was most hospit
ably entertained by Dr. and Mrs.
J. H. Saunders at their elegant,
home on Church Street.
The old wooden shanties on •
Main St., have been torn away,
and even if they were not to be
replaced by a brick building, the k
appearance and odor of that part
of the town, would be much im
proved*