r /'«;•.eriisert Will Find Our Cor C':s a Latch Key to 1500 of M. rtin County's Home:- ■ • VOU I IE XXII—NUMBER "" A comparison of the United Stales in 1822 With Present A cci ui tuc coi.uitiot.-' uiit i«4' wh ... .»e i. i.«ceu cuUU'Cw u»t'.ve.t. u.» v. in. tuc-t ol tiie-'.u*-.- ittpoi t-.- t, till ol Hi): , ilbccUilit; rW vary feiv *..> u.s rtsutw ca couiiutiiicc,.sai s ine 'IfMiL i.-coid of tuts ivitional City xiuuii U, W 101K| HI lilt' ,lUlU>Ulul u.id coii . .ciual future oi our country. 1 ' 1.0 till. WIIICI. HI \S U-J icjS tiia.. K i.oO.JUO is in. a 107,tHiUfiwA> or Hunt ic-i- tuuea tuut al a .tea-, wtury ago, v .aic tat population ol the wjjrlu a-> a whole lut-; increased but' about i« 01"fti nt tneaiiiiiiw'. Uui in i.entbtio..u icvout crce jtven m the i»t t -■' tut i.io.ii( .a ' >i" i.tp/tftMi'ii is t»n i.iwetl as miuli i a li.it of a ccr.t.uy ago, 1 lug grcw-i .om stOO,u j,ttyo in )"Sit VJ Nt-u ... ui utile s7,iuo,t »«X»,00«. if. I -iJh, wiu..f. --tHf -iftVioita. coinnicic* oi .o worla ii »l'*l may possibly VM»n 1 'centur/ aj.o when it stood ft. $1,669,00i,u0.t. j'hui'g.vv.a w tit us iian laiiii t . duo 11. ii a.-?d faftlilii -> of trails j>orU»(>oh. ;n IS - :I our g-ieut Mississ ippi Vuney a ill. us wjiideiful pro- • cueing io. iui.it.had !>ut üboiit 2, P'K ,l»oO yt i, e arid their out; inethon «i- Winlii.;' l.x.r product: to tidewater v a.i oy i.•- -s aid tlie ui rat Lakes. far eM-'ii ii J Canal was not yet . ttaiihi'! a t,t laic ami steam ii.il ways lot • ...inf i"' lal'Scr.'.ee were tbeu a thuuf '..*•.!» 1 \vi. in any piul ol" llifa ; Horld. I . iio ' .>O,OOO nil.es ,ol' rtil-: —way oUi.. u. ill \lie yoi-M-smrr rcrr OVtf OUt tn.iit wi'.s "const ilit'U-d in vh> tinted .. . it..--, t'i it'fly to toiinrct ;he great iiikt.. vvitn 'tiie ocean lront- t'i.'. ».it.' "middle west" which then ami V >u,Oi t>, ami has now !>.» ' (MH!,000 ui.j it, i.it oiii j tin' mn.l .i Lf.fjt.t 'i.j' «•» of giidii ami inoati h it' ia t • i o\it ove; one-third'm •|he hiaiit... v. u/es of tic eounti.Vt '-Hit. . oi till- ui.'oic i.oifil a IbUO an* .ii ...ilirt Mulnali at 1, | 2oU,t)oo l ('' • \ ..in tui- i-ciA.- u» of r. i_ put.) the ol tnn.-' ol tin- t Hl.' 1 u.ute» a.. :™ v' ' p" l ' ,i( - '' ■" I. 1.6 ti..._ \..ut f liio ui.ole world ee.itui\> oa.'iier. Willi U.i.-. tirtiiMri dou-i jft'o.i.n ,u out 1 i iuouiuV'tuliiiK - n dustrioM t'ui' export* oi domestic ina.i - c.\ilUfl\L' of fodliiituh'S li.i\f K.own .i.vin ii .-.s ti.aa 1:. 18U1 Ui.Oitl in I^l, a —iiiiicli in tta'-"lian yetir ju:-t ended'nr in the c«i»ri ing year ,of the (,n 1:»'«.!i• 1 icntiiiy.J —JduliL lk.U tne.'ea.-.r mno I fifiii . mercial a.r. pusint'ss activity j a totio.S|>...id.nK ailvance in tln.i finan" rial re|Ui>meiit. •upplV" 4 a "d the] total "mr.'.ty in eircuiation". which wat onitially . poiti'd at s6V,l(K>,f*o in fS'J' in oflTieiii stated ,as. «,0i0,711,0ut , on t 1, l-JZi. Mfaiitiini' tn centers of m ustry and bu.sMitsH ha\« (Clown am..z.i]/l>, tnr~pi,pulatitin .11 N'ew Y01! li..\iiiK ineroust'd from lot), 000 in 18.".;- to over (!,0i)0,00l in lU2- l'inljideljit.-ia frnin lIiH.OOU to ncails 2,000,000,. and C'liieauo from "a linm /4 let of log inl,al)iU:d l>y 11w ttiali 100 people" in IWti to appioxi matoly 3,-i'.io,fM)O in 1H22. Not all of this glouth in th« i 1 dustrii;s and pio.speiity of the ooun try ho.« conn from a mere iiuieu:.e ii. pcpulation ,for. our urea has |imf»ll nu aiVtime, d..; totaT area of the l o t #l Htatv:, l a.iMp j?r ; '* ll fw»m I.7UJ, 000 square imles in IHlil to .'i,()2o,oK .quart- miles inch, ling Al.ii-ka, at tl.f pieaent .tirtif. (fur additi>r,.«- of U'li i toij id/ice 1f J - c 7 ■ls 1-1 of Texas,, A 1 i - Bona, Now Sitxieo and the entire l'a - — cIAb fiont.'v f , itwd llui. Hielmlim **ool - addit oi,- to the'agi ieultural aii'l mineral weal Ii of the country. TllUb the j ' ir 1022 finds the l'nite! {States the \,i».ld'« chief agrVultural, commercial »nd finan cial natioi. ii'e 00.5.-ibilit:es of a fur- Vher expria i'in. in a,ll theft? linen are found in ti a fact that, with our pop vJation .cxcltyive of Ala-.ka, is H»W HAMBOHL'S MEDITATIONS Hit Von" take LON6 FU« A "CKIP" OH °Y O' SHOOLDLR T* TURM T* A "KNOT'* ON *YO' —II Will, l»ai «» ' .{• ' THE ENTERPRISE BOOi'LKGGERS HAVE TO tAY m m UNDOING Raleigh, Jan. 10.—leading a di»- 1 patca lrotn tiinitlitielu a few days ago •1 to tlie elleet that Brooks, o. ' in., .lolnmi.in comity oourt. had "c' • a stul fund which will b'i uat-d to iu-lp- deiray expenses in ap piCliiindini: blockadeis and bootleg • J K'ei-s," wv were impressed with tin praetiesbility of the scheme he ha: 1 sct'in inoiion, and tiitiflore feel hope [ 1 til that it Will yield more actual re I suns toward suppressing the manu faettu* and sale of whiskey than an) [ plan that has yet been adopted. Tht j actouiit states.,that ] eeonvictod men tl\e altei native I of payiiiK tiiese items in the costs J to 1 111 oaeh tonviiuon) or having | iliirty t osixty days- adiitiil to thei, i scnti nee on the roads. By including | this i nthc bili of costs, the inont\\ i will not bo counted .us a fine, wlnci I would under the go into tin t school fund. Uy providing an alter j native 0 fan addition to the road sen j fence, Judge Brooks does hot lOTOI the defendants to pay this cost; Tilt ' phi nsuggested itself to Judge Lirook, when he attended a_ajaeting of tin county commissioners ami found a bn of |4tM) for one month tiuit had bi W - pan! to deputies for enforcement oi the prohibition law. Judge lirook thinks the blockade is should hepl paj •the freight and uill in Uie-futere inaki tiieiln iu'ip- in then .o'wn undoing. It is hoped that otlu 1 counties Mil . adopt a similar plan, and they w ill 1 the county olliceis are 111 earnest, am wish to enforce the few itgninst tin I sale and manufacture of the stuff.that . is doing more harm and causing molt ami crime ihau any othci [evil in the world. Seioi the distiller to jail and the road and the pei (in pOhistenl cases woeie the distill I vrs 01 bootleggers are p'dlod more t>neel nnd hefti r rr-ndts follow. It is eminently proper that tliesi viola tors of the law (exacting such enormous prices for the poison am near-poison) -should he made to pa; _ the t'xnen.se of e mpli nine, an Incre as ed-number of deputies to hunt then" down, .and it rooks is to be con gratuluted lor 'pioneering the May n " ttyy' nuisl "effectiv and'' fn fictTL'tll "J'ilJ' yet evolwd (if enforced) to reach nn . punifh this-cla-s of criminals. Thiel to he As»int:»nl Treasurer Washington, Jan. 0. l-'iank J. F. 'Hiiel, of oFit Wayne, lnd., was nom inated today by lYesiiU'nt Harding ti be assistant tieasiirer of the United States, ______ ■ Tanlue, that ceh-braVd medicine makes you eat brtter, feel better, slee| better and work better. Sold by J It. 11. Knight. © 1 only 116 per square mile oV less than one-tenth that of certain of the most prosperous of our Kuropeali neighbors. NOTICE OF SAI.K Upder and by viiiue of the power ! of sale contained in that certain deed j of trust executed by James Thomas . , and wife, Ida Thomas, to the uiidor . j signed trustee, bearing date of/.lan uary 22nd, 1920, and of tin uublic reiristn rd Majrt 1 nLJunt.\, 111 I' book A-2, at page deed of | trust having been given to secure the , i payment of a certain bond oY even j date- therewith, and default having ' j been made in the payment of said bond | and thi? stipulations in said deed of I trust not having been complied with ! and at the request of the holder of 1 . said bond, the undersigned trustee will I on Friday the 3rd day of February " | 1022, at 12 o'clock M , at the court 1 house door of Martin County at Wil hlamatotr, N. C-, offer at public j for calls,' to the highest bidder, th I following described lanJ to wit: That'certain tract of land lying, he I ing and situate in Martin County, 1 North Carolina, bounde- don the. north ! by the Tarboro public road; on thp f-east by the lands of the late John Sal istjiny; on th»"» south by the lands of . i_tha T ,late. Calvain Uriflin and John. I Cherry and on the wet by the liukli jof John Cherry, containing; airty three an.) 3-4 acres (63 3-4) more or less, and being the aame tract of deed to W. H. flyman by S. J. Ever ett,-commissioner, by deed dated Oc tober Ist, 1907, and of record in the public registry of Martin county in book RRR at page 293. Thiir the 3rd day of January, 1922' , - . A. R. DUNNINO, Trustee. FOR SALE: FORD TOURIN'T-I CAR", in good condition. Cheap foi cash See Rondell VVynn, Theo. Roberson's I • store, City. t, 2tpdJ . > - (ViUiamslon, Martin County North Carolina l tcesdmy, January oth, 1921 GOOD REASON CO-OP^MARKETING Fo rthose who doubt the good of cooperative marketing we are giving an incident ju.it as it occurred in oui own county of Martin recently. A farmer and his share cropper anang ed turn over their whole crop of pea nuts to the exchange under the con tract of the land owner. This was done less thirty bags which could not i»e gotten in the car. Returns were promptly nrmts anil rm advance or 1-2 was allowed which was 2 -cents per pound. In the meantime the grow er of the peanuts having 110 chanct to get them in a ill car decided to sell them in the open market an. went to the man who acted a: th association aent in weighing and grading his other peas and whose weights and grades were entirely ac ccptable to the association. Now he faces the farmer as an in di pendent buyei and lie proceeds to grade them at the 2 1-2 cent piiis and dock tlieni four pounds to tin bag in weight. So the farmer gel. 2 1-2 cents per pound for peanut, sold to the agent of the trust, while I gets 2 cents advanced for peanuts sold to the association, arid there i.« hardly any doubt tlnat he will realizi another 2 cents Inter on. In fact then get even more than 2 cents later 011. is a good chance that the farmer will Farmers, now is the day to taki your head out of the lion's mouth. NOT l(*: TO UIiOTM KH FAKMFIIS I received a card from one of on. tobacco warehousemen a few days.ago in which he stated that his warehouse would open foi the sale of tolwcci Sept. tith, 1922 When, in the history of tobacco mar kets, did warehousemen advertise n year ahead? Ami when, before seei beds eiiown, did warehousemer advcityfe their opening dates? Thi ssame waiehouße eniphasize« its great and love for tin farmer but it does, not fail to try ti" knock him down wln.-ii he attempts t' take care of himself. Of course even -farmer knows the desire of uch ware housemen is to hang around lunl !■ ntithing about cjght months in tb year when the farmer is facing tin bleak wind and the scorching sun am spending sleeplfcs, snivhts nml fltei' rus hon him and nmke more out o I the warehouse business in n fev. .months tlian all the farmer: iii ; ■.whole.\neighhQliiool make in a .vein The farmer certainly owes the ware houseman nothing for he well pay hint as lie goes. Farmers let us gi>t together an dor business in 11 busine-i sway jus as other classoivof people do. Let al of us sign for both cotton and to buccn. Cooperative marketing ha maile tlios! sectioiis that have triei\ it prosperous nml it will do tho sami thing here. A. FAHMF.IIi- CrosK Koads ( Name on file. -Fd. t MKS. M UflN A I I'F.KI. Mrs. Marina J. Peel, widow of tin late Stanley Feel died at the Immt of her. son, Jas. >S. Feel at Kveu'tts Monday at eleven .o'clock after an ill ne.ss of two weeks. She had gout to 'spend Christmas in the liohte of her soil when she .was 'stricken witl apoplexy ami never revived except ti a semi-conseions state and was entire ly helpless from the beginning. Mi: I'et l was seventy five years o age and was the daughter of Mi am Mrs. Craven Feel, her father havinr sufrenderde his life for his coni in the Civil War. She leaves litrce sons and thref daughters, Messrs. .las. S. Peel, I Henry I). Peel, a member of the boar' of county commissioners and Mr. W Peel of Williamston; Mij4 I Simpso nof Marion, "S. C.; Mrs. Mar tha J. Campbell and Mrs. Jno. M Ilowen of Williamston. Two -daugh ters, Mrs. -Mary Miw-lle and Mr.- Haiinah H.- Gurganus died seve'ra years ago. _Mr.s. Feel was buried today at th' family burying ground at the old res ideince Ford to Confer Willj Weeks Washington, Jau. . !».r-Jlenrj' Foru wlil rotifer in Secretary. Week.-, "the latter part of the week' pn hia offer for lease and purchase oi the Muscle Shoah, Ala., nitrate an power project. Tanlac, the cleebratod metlicine, i. now sold by J. B. H. Knight. SIX TIGS ABOL'T 4 MONTHS OLD 1 dandy, 6 white and black, marked the right and underkeel in* the lef ear have been in my f}eld about 6f days. Owner please conVe for then ian lpay costs and damagip. C H Cowan. 4t Local Neivs and Personal Mention Mrs. Anna Harrison left last week ; for Blacksburg, S. C., to spend the •vst of the winter with her mother, Airs. Shearer ♦ * * », Rev. Ildlary Bowen of Wilson w*»s in town Monday for a few hours. 4 • ♦ • • Messrs. E S. Peol and R. T Grif I >n went to Everetts Monday after ■" noon. 'r— ♦ • ♦ * Mr. (J. VV. Hardison returned Sat urday from a business trip. , .... Mr, J. A. Mizelle spent the uvek i nd in Robersonville. .... Mis. A. It.. White visited her par ent snear Washington last week. • * • » Mr. and Mrs. Titus Critehei returrC* i fd from Norfolk Sat 1,1 it lay . . * 1 Mr. A IK* Mattdx of Wilson was 11 business visitor here Saturday. .... Mrs. J. Will Mizelle and daughtei v.en in town Monday shopping'. * ♦ • •» Messrs. J. S. Avers and 1!. F. Perr\ were he re. attend in g to business Mon day. • » « » * Messrs. J. (i. Staton and A. R. l)un 1: ing went lo Washington Monday. •—* •—_» . i Mr. Harry Waldo of Hamilton wu.- in town yesterday. ;* * . • Mi's. S. S. Lawrence of Raleigh will arrive tonight to spend some time with hpr parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Manning. •• v . • . Miss Sallie Harris left this after 1100 nfor Wilson to visit friends at Atlantie Christian College, « » * » Mr. 11. W itKrdy spent several dap" I in Weldon this woak on business. . M, , Mi. Karl GodarcT left this afternoon for Christ School at Arden. .*. . * r Mrs. J. A. Mizzle 'is visiting rela tives and friends in lialtmiore fo'i ,-everal weeks. .... Friendf. of Mr. J. 1). Ward will re Kiet to know that lie is still very iji and shows little sign. of improvement. PIHLATHEA CLASS MKK'IINU There will be'a social and Business meeting of the I'hilathea Class with Miss Bessie Page Friday night, Jan, 13th, at eight o'clock. All members are urged to hi' present. THE SKEWARKEY I MON The Skewarkey Union is appoints to be held with Skewarkey church on Friday, Saturday and the fifth Sun day in January. The most of the vis itors by rail.will arrive at Williamston on the 0:40 train Friday night, Jan 27th. We will be thankful to any ol our friends in the town or count i\ who will help us meet and entertain th.ni, S. IIASSKI.L. BRIDGE NEARING COMPLETION Williamston „and Martin Count > people have Use 11 seen for the past few days coming -and going back and forth from the river. They .ijrji now having the opportunity to see the Ro anoke River bridge, project No. K>* 'completed except the riveting togtfth er of the dilferent parts but to the onlookers i appears to be all .com pleted. Iron Workers are busy and a short time they will have the riwt ing all finished and the bridge can be swung around. COME IN' TO SHE I S v The following are among the nianj good friends who have visited us since th elast issue: Mrs. Lucy Hardison, Willianiton, R. F. D. 4; Mr. J. Henry Wynn, R F. 1). 2; Mr. M. P. Taylor, K. F. D 3; Mrs. John I). Mizuile, R. F. I). 4 Mr. (J. T. Gardner, R. F. I). 1; Mi Jesse C: Rawls, R. F. I>. 1; Mr.-Jas li. Roddick, R. F'. 0. l; Mi. Joseph E Griffin, R. F. D. 4; and Mr. C. B Harrison. It eneourages and helps to have out friends call. W'e appreciate it. START THE YEAR OFF RIGHT In launching out ilf this new yeai I we find a good number of {subscriber who have not renewed, their subscrip tioit. Friends we do not want youi money to make us rich but we d' need it to keep us going, 100 Railroad Men Re-Inaistod Rocky Mount, N. C,. Jan. 9.— One bunded mea, employed in the looomo ' tive repair department of the Atlan tic Toast Line Railway shops here who 1 had been cut off since December 23, I will go baek to?-their jobs tomorrow t morning, it was announced here today. ;'*•> • ' ' - \ STOCK LAW IS NOW EFFECTIVE IN MARTIN The stock law ij now in full force. We have had many inquiries on this question, there having been reported that the time had been extended. Some believo that the Legislature ex tended the time and some that the Board of County Commissioners ex tended it. The Legislature did not extend the time and the Board 01 Commissioners have not the power. I —Stock of any kind, it oil be lately turiT ed out may be taken up by anyone and held subject to redemption by the owner. We are giving this information in answer to the marry inquiries receiv ud by us. tiRIFTON POLICEMAN IS KNOCKED IN HEAD Greenville, Jan. 8 —While attempt ing to arrest a negro named Rouse, who is wanted in Kinaton on a charge of cutting a woman's throat, Chief ol Police 1). M. Seymour, of Grifton, was ■struck twice on the head with the butt of n pistol in tli ehands of Rouse. Chief Seymour was knocked uncon scious,'but the etent of his injuries has not been determined. Chief Seymour saw Rouse and an unknown negro 011 the street Vogethei and attempted to make the ariest While he was placing Rouse in cus tody the unknown negro pointed tin 'gun in the chief's face and then hand ed the weapon to Rou."\ who. strucl Mr. Seymour on the head. Both ne groes made their escape. Chief of Police Jones, of Greenville, and Sheriff Dudley, went to Grifton and 011 their return stated they, were unable to find any trace of the two negroes. I'SE SLEDGE H AMMER TO BREAK OPEN SAFF Greenville, Jan. B.—Yeggman last night or earl ythis morning entered the store of J. B. Tucker and Bro.. at Simpson, eight miles from Green ville, opened a big safe with the aid of a pledge hammer and a crowbar and took $350 in money, several check. l and a small amount of merchandise The robbery was discovered this morning at eight o'clock and police men and county officers immediately started an investigation. The' only clues found wor» the tools used ir breakin gopen the safe, which were stolen from a railroad section house nearby. A small amount of goods, " "Tncluilll igni'Tevv TaTnconC-i" rfH'iT"shoes' was located near the depot. The robbers opened the' safe in nn unusual manner. They laid the big safe Hat on the floor, door up. They bettered in the door-, with the sledge hamnier and then prized it open with the crowbar. To Make Fornix Direct to Borrower* Washington, Jan. 0. —Authority I t make loans direct to borrowers in communities where farmers in need of government assistance, are fiot properly served by national farnfloai associations j|s lefjnested of Cong rest by the Federal farm loan board in it> annual report filed today. Taulac has the largest sale of an> medicine in the world. Over twentj million bottles have been sold in si> years. No other medicine ha -sevei approached it as a seller. Sold bj J. 11. ll^Knight. . " -NOTICE OF HALE Under and by vimto of the powei of sale contemecTTn a ccrtainlTivit of" trust executed by Sherman Bond to the undersigned truste eand bearing date of the 2&th of January, 1916, am of record in book M-l pnge 508 o! the Martin County Public Registry Said deed of trust being given to se cure payment o fcertain notes of even date therewith and the terms and con ditions therein contained not havinf been complied with and at the re ques o fthe holder of Kaid notes, tin. undersigned trustee will on Monday, the 6th day of February, 1922, at l: o'clock M., at the court house dooi in Martin Count, Williamston, N. C offer for sale to the highest bidde for cash the following described land, to wit: 'That certain tract of land situated In the State of North Carolina, coun; of Martin, and being the tract of lan known as he lot Sherman Bond lives on. Beginning at the Atlantic Coast line railroad at Haasell and Bond's cor ner and running thence, an eastward course to Joe Williams' corner on thf( Hassell line, thence running a west ward course thirty (30) yards to 0 stob thence running a westward course by a cedar tn&e, thence to the Atlantic Coast Line railroad right of way, • thence running a northward course to > the beginning containing one-third , (1-3) of an acre more or less. r This the 6th day of January, 1922. . ' . v • " : Danger in Even Case of FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCEJO. MEETS The Martin county branch of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany met at the Court HoUsn this morning at eleven o'clock. The reports of the business of the company was very satisfactory anil showed substantial gains. There are now live hundred mem bers In the county with nearly three quarters of a milion dollars of insur snce in force. Officers and Directors for the com ing year were elected as follows: W. C. Manning, President Jus. L. Coltrain, Sec. and Treas. Directors: Sylvester Feel. S. T. Everett, M. I'. Taylor, Warren W. Walters, K. (J. Sexton and John H. Bailey. Township Supervisors: Ll. Mc. Man ning, l'lenny I'eel, J. C. Gurkin, J. S. tiriffin, C. B. Harrison, J. 1). Bowen, J. S. Meeks, W. 11. Rogers, W. H. Edwards, J. H. D. Feel, H. I>. Feel, J. A. Ausbon, B. R. Jenkins, A. E. Smith", T. A. Bunting, K. L. Taylor, M. I'. Taylor, Jos. R. Harrison, T. T. Slade, Jr., K. L). l\irvis, G. R. Roe buck, Jos. Early, W. J. Johnson, N. F. Brown. Agents: J. L. Coltrain, W. t\ Man „ning, S. T. Everett, and Mc. G. Taylor. \V. C. Manning was elected delegaU to attend the State meeting at Ral eigh on January 1,7. JAMES— Bt'NT IN G Bethel, Jan. 6. A- beautiful homt wedding was solemnized January 3, at the home of Mrs. J. R. Bunting when her daughter Miss Christine Taylor Bunting bocamo the bride oi Mr. Claude H. James. Rev. W. E Trotnian, pastor of the bride officiat ed. I Little Mies Margaret Hunting Sia ton brought the ring in the heart oi u beautiful white lily. Miss T.ielniH l l(uning, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Mr. Cleveland Taylor, ol Robersonville, was best man. Tiki bride was handsomely dressed in u blue tricotine suit with grey ac cesaories, und carried a corsage ol roses und muvlssu. The maid of hon or carried a wreath oi' bj-ido' rosfs. - - Mr«.lL V. -Statan, taster .of tlu bride, presided at the piano; just be , fore the ceremony she played Schu , bert's Serejftule ami the accompani ment to "O Pipmise Me," sung by Mrs. W. H. Manning: The bride entered on the arm ol her brother, Mr. John Burton Hunt ing, who gave her in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. James left immediate ly for Norfolk where they will mak their, future home. i > Man Killed ill KiiiMton Kmston, N. C., Jan. 9.—Clutiil F Rivenbark, agvd 21, was shot und in stantly killed on lower Queen .street here uhout 8:80 o'clock lust night. Th police said they had learned that Riv enbark had engaged in a row with e party of men in th ounderworld sec tion of the city a few minutes l>efor he was Jellied. Arrests are expectet' to l>e made this afternoon, TRI'STEE'S SALE OF LAND By virtue o fpower contained in ji 'certain deed of trust executed to tht uTnler'Stgficd by John C 5 . ~ Freh ar, i wife, Cfiarlle E. Feel, on Julp 1, 1917 on account o flailure to pay the in ' debtedness therein secured- when due wo the undersigned trustee will sel for cash to the highest bidder at th court house door in Williumston, N. C , commencing at 12:00 noon, on Wed nesday, February the Ist, 1922, th lands described in said deed of trust recorded in the office of register ,o)i deeds of Martin County, N. C., ir , book. R-l, page 668, as follows: "Lying ill Martin county in Grif fin's township, beginning at James H" Peel's comer on the caiful ditch. ii the Gum Swamp; running south 1' east 13 poles thence south 1 east H 3-4 poles; thence south 30 west 1 l 1-2 poles; thence north 88 L-2- east 3'. poles; thence south 80 east 7 poles thence 89 1-2 east 63 poles; thenif( north 8 1-2 east 14 3-4 poles; thenc east to Jssse E. Stalling's line; thence with Jesse S. Stalling*' line to Jsmef H. Peal's line; thence with James II ' Peel's line to tht beginning, contain I ing 100 scree, more or tail; being the ■ same tract of land described in a deed i from W. A. Peel and wife to Charlk . E.. Peel, dated March 23rd, 1912, which I (duly recorded In the regls , ters office of Martin county in book > XXX, page 443, to which reference is ! made for further description. This December 20th, 1921. , WACHOVIA BANK & TJIUST CO. Trustee 4 .. 1 ' r IF YOU WANT QUICK RESULTS USB A WANT '. AD IN THE ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED IBM a Mild E Scarlet Fever Ihc cooperatum of the parents tf the county is sought by Dr. W 8 Warren, county physician and tine officer, inpreventing the spread otf Scarlet fev*r as a few coses have boen reported already. Frequently a child will have a rary mild case of scarlet fever and hard ly t* sick at uLI but complication* wlli Wcoui* evident later. —The glands a bout the neck form kernels which of ten get to be large and burst. La the discharge, as also in the discharge from tins ear, we know the poison of the disease exists. The middle eat may become infected and an abases develop, resulting in a running ear and later ueaiuess. Many people are hard of hearing because of having had evt® a mild case of scarlet fever. The kid nfyii uro alloc tod often and death re suits froin acute Bright'* disease area alter complete recovery. Tlu; heart is sometimes left weak the valves aa veil as the heart muscles miy be rtlsoancd and the child wdi have a leaking heart. Since a uuld cae of soarlet fever may bring on such conditio!.* as to cause our children to aie or possibly be nf dieted for life, jou wLI see why we should try to prevent it. Cause and Prevention We know tlio germ o" poison which gives olio scarlet fuvur is passed 00 in the discharge of tue ivose and throat of those sick wuli the disease. While it has not been proved lefuutely that • ..curlet iWver is spread oy carriers as uas been dono in the casos of diptheria and typhoid fever, yet sucli a conth- Uou is most hkeiy and these carriers play an important part in the spread of scarlet fever. Several year# ago it was considered that there was dan yor of contracting the disease from the skin which poeUxl from the pa tient, but now, in view of recent know ledge, we do not beiive such to be the case. Anyway It has been proven de iuutely |bat the germ or poises, if present in the cast off slun,soondles. lu dip then* we can advise toxin anu toxin to pi event the disease; in lym phoid fever, typhoid inoculation; in smallpox, successful vaccination. Vkil we have nothing to offer of A simi lar nature in the case of scarlet fan By keeping the Augers, pencils, etc.. from our mouths we cun protect our selves l'rom the diseases others have, by covering our cough and sneeze we can protect others from tin- diseases "-we- have* ' NOTHING OVERLOOKED A salesman sold a bill gools to a - merchant in a small town. Thay were returned as unsatisfactory. The whole sale house undertook to collect any way and drnw a sight draft on the bank at the customer's town. The bunk returned the draft unpaid. Then the house wrote to the sillage post muster and usked if the merchant was • good for the amount of the bill. Tbs letter was returned O. K.'d as the bot tom. Next the postmaster was ask ed to put the blll_ in the hande of a local luwyer for collection. The an swer received by the wholesaler ran as follows: "The undersigned is tht merchant on whom you tried to palm off your worthless junk. The undersigned is also the president of the bank that returned your draft. The undandgn od is also the lawyer whom you tried to get to collect your bill. And if the undersigned were not also the pas tor of the local church theundanlf*- ed would tell you to go straight to the devil."—American Legion Weekly. I HAVE A FEW FINE PLYMOUTH Rock Roosters for sale. Thompson Strain. They are extra large ones and are lieuutiea HAYWOOD ROGERS, diy —STRAND— —THEATRE— —THURSDAY— Psramount-Coemoplitan Special "THE WILD GOOSE* Harold Lloyd in "All Aboard" 20c and 40c —FRIDAY— AL ST. JOHN b "AJNT IX)VH GKAHDT" "STRIKING NODHT* "Yellow Arm"—Episode Na I 20c - and Me —SATURDAY— THOS. INCE PRESENTS— "THE SRONZS SELL 1 * "Vanishing Trafl»"-F|lni 14 20c and Me

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