Advertisers Will Find Our Columns • Latch Key to 1500 of Martin County's Homes VOLUME XXII—NUMBER 49 •Friday to be a Big Day Here; Automobile Races, Barbecue, and Ball Game on Program Local speed fans, as well as those from Martin and surrounding coun ties will have their inning, on Fri day the fifteenth, wheh ten profes sional auto race drivers, direct from ,thci| triumph in Norfolk will pilot their gas chariots around the half mile oval at the Martin County Fair G rounds. - The most prominent drivers will be "Blules" Kdelblute, winner of the Norfolk races on July fourth, drivihg his Essex Special; Aff Cooper, the English dirt track champion, who was the contender at Norfolk until he lost a wheel that put him out of the race; Tommy Denofa, driving a Fa/-Ten sur, this cat 1 in practice, at Norfolk, lowered the world's record from 30 seconds to 27 1-2 seconds. George Gallagher, driving a Shamrock;,!). D. Churchilll,_ Ford Special; Lou Sahds, Alco Special; P. W. Balk. Opel Spec ial, and last buff notleast, Chas. (». Dailey of Wilson, N. C., driving his big Dailey Special. Thrills will be counted by the thous ands on Friday, as never in the his tory of the local fair grounds, has anything ever beeh attempted that will furnish more excitement artiT thrills than an "Hooest to, John" auto race with "Honest to Jirhn" drivers and cars. Ih addition to all that, there will beareal ball game, between semi professional teams, it is rumored that on account of the three day layoff in the Eastern Carolina league, a num ber of the players will appear on the lineup of the contchdinf teams. With ten real racing cars und driv ers, to furnish the thrills, aball game that will be real big league stuff, a barbecue, and a dance, visitors to •Williamston should have a very full and successful day. Everything possible is being dohc to put the truck in fast shape foi the racing cars and with thearrival of the cars in Williainston on Wed nesday, local people will have an op portunity of seeing the cars ih uction, at the grounds during the practice periods Thursday afternoon, free uf charge. CHECK FLASHER CAUGHT . Jesse. Rogers, a young hegro of Williamston has been traveling a round to some of the neighboring towns recently drawihg checks orudif ferent people. Thursday he froged u check on Hailey and Bamhill of Robersonville and took it to the store of Mr. oe Lawrence ' Roberson to get it cashed. Mr. Roberson was a little suspicious on account of the a mount of the check and asked the negro to wait uhtil he went to the hank for more money. Instead he slipped across and asked. Bailey and Rarnhill about it and found it wasa forgery. A policemah/ went back in the store with Mr. Rol>erson and pro ceeded to arrest Rogers, but the ne gro was a tall, strong fellow and ran over not only the policeman ahd Mr. Roberson but a third man who was coming in the door. He made for the woods near the guaho factory and was chased by various men ami dogs.for a long distance before he was caught He was takes by Mi'. C. James to Sheriff Roberson's apartment house where he will greet the Judge of the Superior Court ih S 'otemher. Rogers admits the forger)'. _ « NOTICE It you want a nice tombstone or ir>cnum4iit as a memorial to some de parted friend or relative see LEON E. STALLS Agent for the famous Georgia Mar ble Monuments ■■ ~ QTRANIf JTHEATIEU ". —THURSDAY— Cecil DeMille presents "SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT" 'MjZ/e ' ard 60c —FRIDAY— Larry Kenton in "The Hick" SUNHINE COMEDY— "HIS NOISY STILL Tanderbolt Jack" —Episode Id 30c ehd 30c —SATURDAY WILL ROGERS in "THE STRANGE BOARDER" 'Rath ef the Reekie.'—Episode S 20c and "* 30c I'M If ENTERPRISE REPORT OF THE CHIL DREN'S HOME SOCIETY v We beg to hand you report cover ing operatiohs for the month of June 1921. We have realized this month more than ever before our utter helpless ness when we undertake to handle young infants. At this writing we have at St. Leo's Hospital two in fahts under three months of age and two at the Receiving Home. Today we placed one in a private home to In boarded until in proper condition to be placed in a home. We find it impossible to induce anyone to assume the respohsibility of more than two babies at one time and owing to this fact we have been compelled to refuse to receive five urgent cases during the past thirty days It may be that our forced re fusal to handle these ihfants may be the cause of their untimely death. I earnestly hope that some kind friend of the babies of North Carolina will come forward and offer to finance immediately the erection of an up-to date Baby Unit with capacity for 2fi ihfants. Pending the erection of this Unit 1 shall do my. very best to ham lie every infant 1 can possibly find a boarding place for until such time when they are ready to be placed in approved homes. i fell very much gratified with the work we are doing among the older childre ahd you will note that our placements over the same period of last year have increased 120 per cent. Miss Bilyeu's' collections fell off somewhat last month and we wound up the month wi€h a • slight deficit. We hope collections will increase dur ing the hext month and overcome this loss. We thank every Director for his personal interest in our Institution and invite inspection of our Recefv ihg Plant, (524 Fairmont Street, Greensboro, N. C.*at any time. Statistics for June are as follows: New cases repotted of children in distress 32. New applications for children 36. Cases of distress adjusted since January st 18. Children received 24. Homes rejected 9. Children placed ih approved homes lfl. ' Homes supervised: by Miss 'Potle 80; by Supts. Public Welfare 30; by Special Agents 20. Reports from guardians 4. Reports from children 6. Surgical operations 10. Deaths 1. Adoptions executed 2. Applications' for children with drawn . Iff. Children on hahd June 30: In Re ceiving home 26. In St. Leo'r Hospi tal 2. Ih private home 1. Total children placed January Ist to Total children placed 1920 same period 40. Increase 120 per cent. Infants under six mohths unable to receive, lack of facilities 5. Collections, by Mi*s Bilyeu $560.40 Collections through office.. $268.7!» Operating expenses $1089.13. . Yours sincerely, JOHN PHOENIX, State Superin tehdent. NORTH CAROLINA BONDS FOB SALE—BUY A BOND I Bids opened in my office in Raleigh at 12 o'clock, Friday, July 15th. For building god roads and educa tional and charitable institutions North Carolina is issuing bonds in de nominations of SIOO, sspo and SI,OOO. You can buy a SIOO non-taxable 6 per cent bond for SIOO and accrued in terest, which amounts to $100.21. Thin beats a 6 1-2 per cent tax-paying in vestment. Bids for S6OO and SI,OOO bonds will require a check for 2 per ceßt of the amount bid. With a SIOO bond no check is required. There is no better way to invest your savings. Aply to me for further information. B. R. LACY, State Treasurer. FOR SALE: At a bargain one 20 horse power, International Mogul En gine, burns gasoline or kerosene and one 30 inch Meadows grist mill. J. A. AUBBAN R F D 1, Robersonville, N. 6. —JyB4 NOTICE! I forbid anybody housing my wife, Jennie Briley, under penalty of law unless she will agree to give me a divorce at once. J. W. BRILEY. ■ - • Williamston. Martin County North Carolina, Tuesday, July 12th, 1921 TOBACCO MARKET OPENS SEPT. 6TH i ' It is stated by tobacco people U,.m the Nqrth Carolina Markets will ope* ' September 6th. This date is for the big markets of course and the small er markets will follow September-7tti. ■ The Government report states thai this Crop will be about 400,00 m , pounds short of "the 1920 crop and that there is a possibility of a fai better price this year. The wisest plal for the farmer to follow is to work foi good prices by proper toping, sucker ing, worming, curing, watching an* grading. The man who carries good tobacco to market will get somethilu for it, the man who carries poor to bacco will not get much. Miss Elsie Ehovn of Washington i: spending several days with Mis- Jessie Peel. Mrs. Perely tfrowh and Misses La lla Wynne and Thelma Brown leave Thursday for Virginia Beach where they will spend two manths. The> will be joined by a party from Rob ersohville. PLAIN TRUTH It is said that acertain largepea nut dealer of another state upon be ing asked what effect the Cooperative Marketing orgahization would have up on the present coure of the peanut business answered that he Jiad been in* the peanut business for. twenty five years and his experiehce was that it takes both brains and money to run it and he did not think that crowd had much of either. Our first thought was that he was wrong but after tak ing his viewpoint we are (uite willing to eohcede the truth of his statement His connection with the peanut grew en has led him to believe that the farmer uses no thought whatever ir marketing his crop and he of course knows that he hasn't any money foi he doesh't allow him any so then why should the farmer complain at the statement. The proper action is to think a little and act accordingly Not, so far in the future the people will all know that the farmer has both brains anil money and those fel lows who are how feasting on the profits of the farmer's, products will wake up and see the situation in a different light. Farmers should take notice that it is the fellow who lin been buying his crop at hi sown price that is raising the objection to Co operative Marketing. SCHOOL BONDS In a recent issue of the News let ter we carried a study showihg the per captia bond issue for sc the various towns, cities, some districts since January 1, 1921. This study did pot pretend to take into ae count bohds issued be fore that date nor bond issues that Will be voted on in the near future except a fesv cases of which we had knowledge. It was merely a presentation oh a per capita basis of town and city school bond issues during the la.it six months. The total was so large that we were impressed with the importance educa tion must have ih the minds of North Carolinians). Otherwise these 87 towns would not have voted ten million dol lars for School buildings in our pies eht period of financial depression. Several people have replied that we did their counties .. grave, injustice either because they had already tak en care of their school needs', or get ting ready to do so. We are very sorry that our good intentions wore* misconstrued ahd we are presenting some of th£—faetd r:*lativ|i to these diwSenting Wwr.i-, and counties havsdone and-ife preparing to do. Gastohia Gastonia wants the state to know that she is no laggard area and we are glad to give her justice. The $50,- 000 issue already voted on was for a mill village school. Gastonia has pro vided good schools in the past and oh Jttly 18, she will decide a $600,000 school band issue and at the same time Voto on an issue of SBOO,OOO f r good roads. That is going strong, and we are glad to know she has big things ih mind and congratulate her most heartily. DURHAM " Superitendent Pusey of the Dur ham schools writes that one more community, Durham, should lie listed. She has embarked upon a school build ing program that calls for approxi mately $1,260,000 —$660,000 of which is now available. Contracts hoe- being let, together with those now being carried out, will total $700,00'). • Mr. W. B. Cooper writes that New Hanover is completing one ofth efine high school buildings ih the r.tate. The bond issue for this building was voted a year ago and our study wn • fro the last six months. 1,, ... i . i, CM has more inritntkm* than any other Fever Toole on the maifcet, but DO one want* imitations. ■ * V'.s " I Local News and ; Personal Mention l " from New York and other points North where he has been visiting relatives for a month. • » • * , Mrs. J. Lawerenco Peel and daugh ter Ruth returned Friday from Suf folk where they hail beeh vi-di.ig the former's parents fur two 'months. Mr. and Mrs."Vance Bunting of Bethel spent Sunday in town with re latives. Mrs. Carolihe Martin has re turned from Norfolk after visiting her neices there for two weeks. • ♦ ♦ • Mr. Kllirey ohnson of the Wash ington Baseball Team sp«nt Sunday night in towh. Mr. Johnson was with the \\ illiamston TeamWn and lias A large number of friends here WHO were glad to see him. • ♦ » • Mr. Frank Margolij left-yesterday for Atlantic City and New Yolk City where he will visit Natives ahd lru\ Ijis fall supply of stock for Margolis Bros.- snd Brooks. • » • • Come try your luck at the Fish Pond, on Friday night. ♦ • * * Several hundred farms of Man in Couhty were signed up for the To " bacco and Cotton Mntkctim; —con- tract in four days last week. The re presentative of the Association ex pect to get enough in this weelf's cahvass to muke the number from twelve hundred to fifteen hundr 'd. The farmers are beginning to see the " need of looking out for themselves. » • • • Mr. Wheeler Muttin was host Thursday night to a nicely appointed ;>tug party at his home on Eat Main .Street. The home was midsummer flowers ami during'the supper choice were played oh the Edison. consited of Martin County ham. Tried chicken, tomatoes, iced tea, sand wiches, salad, ice cream, cake and bevo. T'hotie enjoyihg Mr. Martin's princely hospitality were Messrs. J. W. Biggs, Duke Critcher, Harry A. Biggs, A. K. Uaxstun, LesliJe FOWILPII 1-1 scar Anderson, K. W. Graves, J. S. Peel, Miner Hostetter, Dr. I'. B. Cone and Dr. J S. Rhodes. ♦ • • ♦ Stop look, listen, Ice cream at the, Masonic Hall Friday night. ♦ » * * BORN to Dr. ahd Mrs. J. F. Thigpen, a son, July 12th, 1921. j / BROWNING-WARD M _ f 7 —V Miss Bessie Ward and Mr. Waiter U. Browning were quietly married Tuesday morning, July 6, 1921 at tin home of Elder W. B. Ilairinglon. They were iiciotnpanled bjr-Mfr'irs, llehry and John Browning, brut) ers of the Groom. Mrs. Browning is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ward of Bear Grass Township. She is a very attractive young woman and is well knowli in Williamston where she attended school. Mr. Browning is the son of Mrs. Matilda Browhing of neatfuime ville. and is one of triplets. Hew Von 'ducting a very prosperous jeW dry business in Greenville, where tiny will make their home. Immediately after the ceremony they left for 'jik ahd Washington. ••• •' ■ Jr ... LIGHTNING STRIKES DEPOT Sunday evening during the heavy rain a flash of lightning followed by a crash o fthunder almost deafehing those nearby struck the deopt. It seemed to have first struck the sema phore, beraking it up badly broke out the lights and ran on down the pole to the':~Stelegraph instruniehts break ing and burning them, burst through a table ad scattered things generrllly. The three groundings of the tele graph,' telephone and electric li fht evidently took care of the charge or it would have very probably torn ujf the entire buildihg. "SUPPLY" NOT*' IIME" BI'MM SS "1 tope the t>- ,e will core 'vjier we will say 'e.pi'i ' business ant not 'time' business/' says L. S. Toinlin son who is helping in the fight for a business like system of selling cot ton and tobacco through a growers cooperative association, Mr. Tomlin son, who remembers 4 1.2 cent cotton, says that today nine and a half cent cotton is cheaper in comparison, and contrasts California conditionr, with out,,of every hundred growers lost big money last year. The 4>aokers and merchants are in the same boat with the farmers, ac cording to Mr. Tonalison, who is be hind cooperative marketing because it is a 'safe' sound( business proposition that any busiiness man can take hold of with confidence." * **■', • • ,r BUSINESS HEN ; MUST WAKE UP s To the merchants ahd business men ; of Martin county, Greetings: You are hereby summoned to take careful notice of and due cohsideration give to the "Trade Gefter" edict - passed and which will sovti lie put ni • to elect by the town of Wa.>hingtm ill the eounty of Beaufort. You are further commanded to take ' such necessary steps for jour own - self preservation as may be essenti il. And you "are warned that if you f iil ' to accept personal service of this i.n portaht that before nia'iy harvest modus have risen the silence and i|uitness of lost trade and the memories of lost opportunities will 1 haunt you thru your declihing year Remember further it is not the wise thing to criticse those who ate doing things for their interests but it is prudent to do something for your selves. Folowihg is an editorial from the Washington Daily News, of the 7th instant: Bids were opened yesterday for the construction of a hard surfaced . roftd from Washingtoh to the Martin County line. This project is of the utmost im portance to Washington. No read means more to the business ihterejtsj of Washington than that leading from here to \\ illiamston. I'Ol' this tea) on it is hoped that the cohtracts will be let today anil hat actual construction on the road will be started in a short while. The Williamston.road is an import ant "trade getter". If it cyhcrete or asphalted it wil| be the means of bringing many aditionul thousands of I dollars in trade every moht hto Wash ington. Aside from that, it's advanta ges will be many. County is rapidly jump- the lead wheh it comes to road We now have two nUkau I reading from Washington out to«|^H Chocowinity; five' miles from I ihgton toward Bath'; five miles Aurora anil five miles at Belhaven. Add elven miles to all this and you can readily see why Beaufort county is scheduled to thrive und prospei and why every resideht of the county will he'bene fit til through this rosid construction. „ There is no single puprose for which we ca"spend our money that will brljig better financial returns than goood roads. 1 TTfaUs tt" good point to keep in niihd. . ' COOPERATION NECESSARY There are some good people who seem to think that the farmer should not concern himself with matters -if marketing. They look upon him as a_ man whose sole business is to pro chirp. '! liey think he should grow t'»e largest'possible i iops and the gi 'd est pos-ible nunili':r of livestock with out ; . king eithei' as to the demand for «v*hat he grows or the price he is going to get. And 'hey seem to think furtTier, that having prcxhteel übund aot!. he should turn hin erep- at I liveslock over to the buyei iiwl t," thankful f«»i whatever he may teceive. This is i> shorts'gbled view. EDUCATKIV PAYS Senator Benjamin 11. Hill Edueation is the one big thing for drhich no people ever yet paid too I much. The more they pay the roll er they become. 'Nothing is so cost ly as ignorance and nothing so cheap as knowledge. NOTICE OF SALE Uhder and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain note executed by Stalls and Company, and bearing date of Jahuary 3rd, 1921, the stipulations therein contained not having been complied with, the under signe will, on Monday lsth day of July 1921 at 12 o'clock M., at the Court House" door of Martin County in Williamston, N. C, offer for sale, f to the highest bidder, for cash, the following notes and securities to* wits- Two certain notes of Stalls and Har rison, each in the sum of TWO HUND RED and FIFTY DOLLARS, and each bearig date of January 29th, 1921; One not of G. C. Godwin for the a mount of $1 186.00 and bearing date of January 4th, 1921; One note of A. B. Lilley cm which there is due the sum of $175.00, with interest there on from the 6th day of March 1921 and dated July 30th 1920; One note of Ellis Malone for $336.00 dated January 15th 1921, and endorsed by G. C. Godwin, with interest from Jauary 16th 1921; One note of T. T. Grimes on which there is due $700.00 with interest fro mthe 20th day of June 1921, and cftted, March "10th 1920 and secured by a title retaining note on one Studebaker tearing car No. 266647/ - This tha 7th day of July 1921. THE PEOPLES BANK NEWS LETTER FROM THE STATE CAPITAL _ Raleigh, July 12, —The Governor is not due to return to kaleigh from the, mountains uhtil the latter part of the week, ami is the 14th (date set (or municipalities' association, cities to file their "show downs") will arrive about the same time us his Excellency a prompt ahd final decision in the matter of reconvening thy Geueial Assembly in special* session may be expected to ho announced without un necessary delay. If we were minded 10 take a straw vote on the subject on indication ;, we might say that there is ah improve ment in general opinion favoring the I'Extry." Were it not so ihiportant, is wouldn't stahd a chance. The Gov ernor is agin it on general principles and until recently it was thought he would remaih unalterably opposed. But the representations already made to the Governor and the filial atgu ments to be made by some of the city financial managemehts., in addition to Raleigh, now to be made, is impress ing us more and more ihat tho Gov ernor will be forced to the conclusion that it is his duty to call the law makers together—ahd, onct con vinced of his duty, Cameron Morri son is never known to fail. Restoration of the Governor Rn passaht, the general public will —w+Ui—ht-:iity faction that the gowrifor has about recovered hi physical h >alth, which went through a strain and test hist year, two pri maries as well as the general elec tion, hever forced on any aspirant or candidate of any paity in this str.tc be fore. Such campaigning so constant and extehding over so long a period were enough to break many men. Others would have avoided some of the exactions which Mi'. Morrison met on every instance. His fiieluls especially those of them jt» newspaper making business, have to these matters in the even though at times our deeply touched by the nHHut he had overdone himself ih the performing of his duty to hi party j ad to the State whose people love him more ami more with, the passage of the current years. It is because we know that the "va cations" have done him so much good, of) a restful character- a treatment hi* conditioh needed so much—anil that we are now assured of Richard being himself again—rf not a little more *o —that we chronicle this heart throb of satisfaction and gratitude to Him who gave him to us. When the Legislature meets here, say ih September or before, it I promises to be the strongest "admin istration Legislature" you ever saw. The law-makers have come to know our Governor for what he is, and every Senator and Representative will hold him ih higher regard, es pecially those who lacked knowledge of his real character and manfulness last winter. The Governor and former Secretary Daniels addressed the meetihg of coton manufacturers of North Caro lina held at Aslieville Saturday. Mr. Daniels, former Secretary of th Navy, .isserted thai before conditions became stable and such as to permit greater liusihess activity, the princi ples proclaimed by Wood vow Wilson I policies must be inaugurated nation* ally. Governor Morrisoh discussed thr State's rapid progress alo?g agricul tural, industrial ' and educational lines, and outlined the behefits to be ,derived' from the constructive pro gram for the State's educational sys tem, public institutions and improved systems of highways, which was lauhched recently. New Twist on Linney Confirmation The following readable story comes from Washington City ahd presents a new angle to the prospects of the confirmation of Frank Linhey, Re publican State chairman to the U. S. District Attorney for Western North Caroliha district and ;n favor of whom the two North Carolina Demo cratic Senators took up the cudgais when Northern Representatives and Senators attacked him at the instuhce of certain representations made by negros. -Now the boot is alleged to be about transferred to the other leg —the whereforeneus of the thushess being herewith presented by a Tar heel in Washington this week. Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Cone have re turned from Spring Hope inhere they atteded' a Ifamily reunion. NOTICE All people who worf for hire on automobiles or truck* must pay a license fee of SIO.OO or be liable to the law. H. T. ROBERSON, Sheriff SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTERPRISE ' , . /' * i -' ... J « IF YOU WANT QUICK RESULTS USE A WANT AD IN THE ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1898 THE DIFFERENCE INRAWTOBACCO AND CIGARETTES , It IS of some interest to farmers, at least to know why it costs a par son $2.?0 to buy one pound of Ches terfield cigarettes. Jt is said by those who know something about tobacco that the price the farmer receives fof the grade o ftobacco that goes into Chesterfields runs about twenty-five cents per pound, which is tha noe cost to the manufacturer. The whole sale man who handles andsells ta the merchaht gets about sixteen cents and the retail dealer gets about forty cents, all added makes a total of eighty-one cents. The revenue IS about thirty cents, making a total to the grower, wholesale merchant, the retail merchant and the govern ment of one dollar ahd eleven ccnt% which leaves the manufacturer one dollar and nineteeh cents. Why not look a littlo further and see who is doing the biggest part in producing this pound of cigarettes. The farmer is the first investor. He furnishes the land, team, tools, fertilizers, barns ahd oackhouses. has to go out early in January labor diilgently to prepare a seed bed at a great expense in both labor and material. After making ready the 'and in ApriT he begins settihg the plants. From that day ho has to bend low t oreplant, worm, sucker, top, prime, cure; turn, watch, grade and haul into town at which he sells for any price he can get from a buy er who gets every command from some fellow higher up until it finally develops that far less than a dozen persons say just what price shall be paid for tobacco. After it-is bought by the "Big Companies" at their own prico they take it through the var ious processes of mahufacture and ft-, nally send it back to be sold to the very people who raised it. We should look at the amount of work and cap ital required in manufacturing. Look over the factories and count the peo ple laboring in thim and couht the cos{ of all equipment in the manufacturing of tobacco and you will find that twice as many peo ple and twice as much property are engaged and used in growing the pound of tobacco for twenty-five cent* than are used i nthe manufacture of it for one dollar and hineteen cents. -No wonder people who iaise tobacco arc poor and ignorant and those who manufacture- it are rich and power ful. The factis weonly get what they wis hto give us, a beager existence. They aNo give us our line of thought by processes of ,propagahda and to a great extent our legislation. CIRCLE NO I. All> SOCIETY HAITIST CHURCH ICE CREAM SUPPER Friday night July 11)21. M. Hall Doors open 8:15 Come one Come all and try om; Home Made Ice Cream Home made Cake Home made candy and //■ bring along the Kiddies M> they can Fish in a Home made Fish Pond FOI'NIX: One bunch of keys at J. M. Oakley's mail box on Hamilton road. Owner can get keys by apply* ing at The Enterprise office. TAKEN UP: ONE BLACK SWAL low eared hog. For same apply te W. R. Harrison. DR. S. 0. MASON LICENSED VETERINARIAN AT PURVIS & SONS' STABLES 1 mo -STRAND*• —THEATRE— -THURSDAY- CECIL B. DeMILLE presents— "SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT" »' ■ The Cast includea: GLORI ASWANSON ELLIOTT DEXTER THEODORH ROBERTS MONTE BLUE THEODORE KOSLOIT JULIA FA YE 25c and 5 Me I