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Columns a Latch Key to 1500
of Martin County's Homes
VOLUME XXII—NUMBER 52
Raleigh Tobacco Man Takes
Optoniistic View of Opening
of South Carolina Markets
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Leaf toljaceo pric?s at Lake City
and Florence, Soutfi, Carolina, we-e
better than had been generally ex
pected in view of the quality of lite
ofi(e rings, i nthe opinion of G. L.
Davis, vice preidsnt and general in,ma
ger of the & tailings-Davis Tobacco.
Company of Raleigh, who returned *>
the city yesteitlay afternooon after
attending the opening sales on the
two I'alnietto State markets Tuesday.
"Decent obacco is bringing decent
, prices," Mr. Davis said, lie stated that
wrappers and fine cutters sold at
Lake City as high as 40 cets a 'jjurnl
and that bright lugs or ordinary cig
arette tobacco was "knocked out'' at
from 12 to 25 cets a pound. Pi" - es
on all grades ranged from a hall' a
. cent to 40 cents. However, Mr. Davis
cotinued, the great bulk of the tobacco
sold on the two markets consisted of
trash ami sand lugs or the burned
leaves at the bottom of the plant In
reality, he added, the opening sale*
were "scrap" sales. ,
Much Good Tobacco
Mr. Davis also g&ve it as his opin
ion that South Carolina will market a
big percentage of the better grades of
tobacCo and that in due time the sale.-
should average around sls or $lB per
hundred pounds. If present indication
hold up, it is thought that a general
seasonal average of sl2 to SIL pet
hundred will be >et up, which wi uh'
' be about X'l 1 -It per cent under la-st
year's average. South Carolina last
year sold best crop in many years
and set up* a higher average per
wound than did the great nig tit lea)
belt in Eastern North Carolina.
At Florence, waere the sales weir s ;
around 50,000 pounds, Mr. Davis sai"
the average was,about "fa or pet 
hundred. He stated that nearly i I ol
the' tobacco sold consisted oft rasa
sand lugs, with a very small amount
of good grades on hand. So*'V 1 i utUM>
were mil'l as high as S2O at 1' lorcuct 1
hut no wiupers or fine cutters were in
evidence.
Lake Cit> Vverages SK'
Lake City, which is the largest mar
ket in South averaged about
. $H per hundred, srtid Mr. Davis, with
S4O foi- wrapers and fine cutters the
maximum for "the itoiv. The sales up :
proximated a |uarter million pounds,
but the percentage of the better
grades was relatively small. Bright
lugs at Lake City brought from 1 to
25. cents and fine cutters' and wrap
pers from .30 to 4o cents.-
Home -companies, Liggett and My
eis, American Tobacco Co., li. J. Key
nolds Tobacco Co., anil others, bought
most of the tobacco, said Mr. Davi:
while the exporters, principally the
Imperial Tobacco Co., Ltd., and tin
Export Ix'af Tobacco Co., bought
lather light., The Imperial and Export
wore reported to have obught rathei
heavy on the smaller markets.
Mr. Davis saiil the bidding was
more lively than anticipated. A larg
-laf fof buyers was on hand and hid
diing wai good, which is taken tn in
dicate something of a demand fo rthis
year's crop. He ileseribeil the quality
of the tohacco sold as "fair." When
the better grades begin to be sold free
Iv, he. added, the price average will
go up considerably.
Sales at Mullins, S. C.
Wilson, July 20.—Sf Moore, Wil
son tobacconist, in a l?tter to R. B.
Evens, Wilson corves; 'dent of the
News and Observer, gi -> lae following
on the opening sales at "Mullins,
Tuesday:
"Tobacco on the Mullins market on
—the -opening day eyeraged 6.2 cents a
pound. A (tout 150,000 pounds were of
fered, Tickets were turned on much of
the tobacco. (Turning tickets is the
IQTR AN Til
□ THEATRE |J
-MONDAY
JUSTINE JOHNSON in
"THE PLAYTHING OF
BROADWAY"
% and 40c
—TUESDAY—
ETHEL CLAYTON in
"THE CITY SPARROW"
20c and 40c
—WEDNESDAY—
♦ VIOLA DA°NA in .
A CHORUS GIRL'S ROMANCE
20c and 4t e
THE- ENTERPRISE
MUST FILE TAX RE
TURNS BY JULY 31
The following statement is ia.suei
by Collector of Internal Revenue—J
W. Bailey:
July 31 is the last day for filing
returns of the capital stock tax, To
avoid penalty, the returns must be in
the bands of the collectors of internal
revenue on or beofre midnight of that
date.
Blak forms are available at the of
fice of Collector of Internal Revenue
—J. W. Bailey, RaleigJi, N. C. Form.
7U7 is required for and 708
for'foreign corporations. ,
The capital • stock tax is a .special
excise tax imposed on corporations
with respect to "carrying or or doing
business. "The tax on domestic corpoi
ations is $1 for each SI,OOO or A>o
much o l'the fair average value of its
capitul stock for the preceding year
eding June 30 as is ini excess of $5,-
000. Foreign corporations ar£ requir
ed to pay u tax at the rate of $1 for
their ttipilal employed
i nthe transaction of business in*the
United States without the benefit of
the $5,000 deduction. The tax is qay-""
able in advance, returns filed in July
of this year covering the taxable ye..i
beginning July 1, 1021 and ending
June 30, 11122.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue' 1
estimates that approximately 325,
'OOO, such returns will he filed, and • hi,
the amount of revenue collected from
this source will he approximatelyj
$!NI,000,0007 ~
Returns are required of every do
mestic cooporation regardless of the
per value of its capital stock, and ol
every foreign corporation irrespective
of the amount of capital employed in
this country in the transaction ol
its business. Certain corporations in
this country -shrdlushrldushrlducmm
not organized for profit are exemptj
from capital stock tax. The class ol
organizations entitled to the exempt
ion is described in regulations 50, re
vised, copies of which may be obtain
ed at the office of Collector .1. \\
Hailev r ßaleigh, N. ,C,
are required to file returns sett in,
forth their reasons for such claims,
accompanied by evidence in support
thereof.
 If, because of lack of complete dati
or other reasons than illness or a
bsanse , it is impossible to file a com
plete return on or before July 31, is
tentative return may be re
portiing the approximate fair value
in oilier that an initial as+essmen'
may be made, thus avoiding penalty.
The penalty for failure to file a n
turn within,the time prescribed is ar.
added assement of 25 per cent of tin
amount due, unless it is shown that
the failure was due to reasonable
cause and not to neglect.
In addition to the added assement
a fine of not more than SI,OOO is prti
vided for failure to make a return on
time. For wilful refusal to make a
return, wilful evasion of the tax, wi I
ful refusal to supply information re
quested bq the Commissioner, or at
tempting in any way to evade the
tax and payment when due, the pen
alty, is a fine of not more than s!or
-000 or imprisonment for not more
than one year or both.
With a -view to the prompt collect
ion of the capital stock .tux and f r
the cpnvenience of the taxpayer a
well as the Government, the "Bureau
suggests that corporations submit
checks with the returns for the amoun
of tak itiie. This method is appealing
to corporations as it lessens liability
- 40--pen«ltv.
I Respectfully,
J. W. BAILEY, Collector
growers' method of declining tri jaccepi
prices offered.) The offering.-, wen
bright and in good condition, |but i
great deal of it was short. As to th
remainder of the crop to be sold the
quality depends entirely on the seasoi
from now on. This market last yea
averaged around 17 cents on the open
ing day and over 250,000 pounds Wen
sold." ✓
Fairmont's Sales Heavy.
Fairmont, July 20.—Sales of .leaf t
bacco on the Fairmont market toda
totaled 185,750 pounds at an averag
s>f $6.75 per hundred, which was sligh
ly under the average for the openini
Tuesday. One warehouse sold nearl
00,000 pounds. With good weather to
l.iorrow, sales of 200,000 are expecLc
Tie highest price today was $29 pe
hundred.- —News and Observer. *
A few showers at $15.00 installe
while theyHast—Alphin Dunn Plumt
I ing Company.
Williamston, Martin County North Carolina, Friday, July 22, 1921.
MORE ABOUT
- GOOD ROADS
Our adjoining county, Beaufort ha
already contracted to have a haul
• surfaced road built leading from Wasi.
ington to the Martin county line. An
we going to stand by and see, oui
neighbors benefit by our luck ol pro
gressiveness? Will not the bulk « i
trade and commerce in that sect no
travel oivhaid surfaced loads to nun
net? We cannot afford to be without
a line of travel joining the Beaufort
county road and reachung Williams
ton. Every farmer owning a litt It
land within two or three miles from
I a liar surfaced road is worth just
double what he is when he is situatei
as at present. He can market his pro
ducts in just half the time it takes,
he can haul his fertilizers in just oni
half the time and at less expense, he
can save a largo pr tent on the up
keep of vehicles and can sell his pro
! perty for three times the value it will
firing when located on a dirt road
I ets wake up and tall, hard surfaced
roads until we ge* them.— By another
Martin County, farmer.
i
, INDUSTRIAL SITUATION
Industry has slackened in respon i
to mid-season dullness. Retail trndi
j in some sections is good and the cro|
outlook a:' a whole, Is fav oruble Then
. is a large unemployed class, but much
of it comes froin strike rather thai
hutdowns. and capital are io
operating better than they did how
ever, and those in touch with wort
ing conditions feel that harmoniou
-relations will-be quickly re establishe,
in branches where there have beer
disagreements. In the building iridus
try real headway has been made ii
increasinig production and putting id
- I« men to woi:k. This is of great iinpoi
lunce as the hounillg shortage Ts se
acute as to advance rental* to an
orhitant level, judged by pre win
standards, Ituilding operations in N'«■
York City showed a sharp gain ir
May and expenditures for the entic
Xwntry in that month increased about
!5 prf* ce,nt. over last year. Luge scnli
operations in Chicago, San Kranci ci
" and other cities awuit settled condi
tions with pros|M'cts of greatly MI
•leased activity as soon as wage dis
putes are adjusted. One billion dol
lars could be advantageoinlv in\\»st
'i| in such undertakings wer • it possi
- hie rn stVto at I I'lU'ti Vi' basi
forthwith.
A GOOD G \ME
On Thursday afternoon the William
ston and Winton colored baseball
teams met for the first time this yeai
lloth teams enjoyed an enviable repu
tation for this season and the game
was a good one. It developed into a
, pitcher's.battle between Williams tin
Washington colored wonder and the
Witnon pitcher. Williamston won b>
a score of 2 V> I. The Winton pitchei
should have won howeevr as the Willi
arnston team failed to put across an.
earned run on Kim, while the Winton
single tally was put aero ,t by op
portue hitting. Williams wrfs not u|
to his usual form due probably to the
fact that be was facing a hard hit
ting team. They play again today.
COVENANT of CHEER-ALL CLUBS
"I will be tiue for there are. those
who trust 'me;
1 will he pure for there are
who care;
, I will be strong for there are those
who suffer;
I will be brave for there is much
to dare;
~ I will be frUtnd of all, the foe, tli.y
friendless*
I will be giving and froge# the
gift;
1 will be humble for 1 know in;
weakness-; ' v "'"
I will look up und laugh and lovf
and lift-"'— '
NEED (L\E WORDI.Y PARTNER
" Two brothers once ran a store in
it a small western town, where tl'.r;.
•e had quite a large trade in wool rn
a barter, Eventually one of the brothers'
le became converted at a revival, and it
le was not long before he. was oik ing
in Hie other to follow his footsteps
h —J'You ought t> join, lake.' ' sail
ii- the convened one.
Ie '•] knVv, Bid,'' "ailmitted Jfiki
thoughfully, "an' I would like to joir
but I don't see how I ran."
to "Why not?" persisted the first
"What is to prevent you?"
"Well, it's just this way, Mill," de
lit clared Jake. "There has got to b
'g somebody in the firm to weigh thi
ly here wool."
o-
d. / NOTICE
er if you want a nice tombstone m
mmument as a memorial to some de
parted friend or relative see
r«1 LEON E. STALLS
b- Agent for the famous Georgia Mar
{ ble Monuments
ft
] Local News and
l Personal Mention
f■— -
Mr. E. K. Kankin, Sec re t a'.y ol the
C.nversity of North Carolina AlU'.inn,
Association, was in town W" liu sday
ir. the interest of the Allun r.i Ke 'e\\
and for the purpose of inteit. ting
yoni.g men in attending the L'nif. er. i
ty this fall. j
Mr. Rankin states that the j. mi
truction W'II k made possible oj the
1021 Legislature is well under way
and that the future has in . tor.i nhe
neininal progress for the state'-.' 'u 4
•durational in litution.
* • ♦ ♦
Mrs. John Rheiti and children aie
■. isiting Mr-. Mary (iregory in Wei—
ifoD.
• • • •
Mr. and Mrs. Burras Crit and
ihiliren returned Woiinesday fr un
Cardiff, MJ., where Mrs. Critcher ha.-
Leen visiting her parents, Mr. and
Nils. George I'roctonk.
* * * *
Mrs. Henrx Crawford left V\ednrs.
iay 'for Buffalo Springs, Va., where
she will spend a month.
• * • »
Mrs. J. G. Godard and Mi is .Mai ;
(dad> s Watts attended the Wat
U adsworth wedding near New lie \ n
Tuesday.
'•» • »
Mi ss Penelope Slade of ll.tiniltmil
is. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John
i... Hassell this week,
• • ♦ •
Messrs. Jule Barnhill and son Gin
and were' business visitors in town
lesterday.
• ♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Mary l.eggett returned lii-t
.veek from Ocean View wher she had
ieen visiting friends.
* • • «
Mr. and Mrs. (). T. Everett and Mr
1 I l '. 1.. Hait.lip of Hamilton were ie
•own yesterday.
♦ ♦ • ♦
Mr. I.uke Lamb of lialeigh is spend
ing a few days in his •home town on
II ofessional business.
• • • •
MI'S. John #Rogerson went to Tne
•boro Wednesday to visit her sisti
Mrs. Charlie Fraley.
« » • •
Mr. Luther Hardison of Jamesville
was a business visitor here yesterday.
♦ « • «
Miss Mattie l„ Perkins of Greet?
ille is visiting Mrs, W. J. Hodges
his week.
Mrs, Royal Jones and daiightei
Miss Helen have returned to then
tome irt Fayetteville after visitiru'
he formei's sister, Mrs, R. G. Ilarri'
on for a week.
♦ ' * » . •
Mrs. Sam . Harrell is visiting- hei
narents, Mi. and Mrs. Starling ii
Washington I his week.
• • • •
Mr. and Mrs, A. R. Dunning and
Miss Mary Alice spent Tuesday after
loon in Robersonville. i
♦ » • «
Mr. George T. Keene spent a few
days-in Wilmington this week.
The many friends of Rev. \V. R,
I'urrell are glad to know that lie will
init Williamston .tonight .and, pi each,
at the Baptist Church. Mr. Iluueli
; was Pastor of this Church for several
, ears and left last year to accent the
Pastorate of the Louishurg Baptist
, Church. He has resigned his work
there and accepted a cull as Pustor ef
•he-Baptist ("hurch at Monroe begin
ning the first of August.
• • » •
1 Our $15.00 showers fit any old tub
'—Alphin Dunn, Plumbing Company.
j," I » • • •
Mrs.-Harry Waldo and daughter
Miss Mary are the guests of MrsS-C.
~ D. CarstarpTien this week.
» » • •
Put a shower over a tub, $15,00 ill*
f Called.--Alphin Dunn, Plumbing (oi
TOBACCO CURING
• ' v
i, Tobacco curing is now the onlei
i of both the day and the night..So far
r, as we are able to learn the curings
•(. are generally good und the outlook
It for a good crop is encouraging. While
j, the farmers are not expecting big
prices yet they expect fair prices for
(I good grades.
~ VACCINATION '
n The local doctors will give you the
Typhoid Caccine and toxin, antitoxin
i' againist diptheria each Saturday
Hours 9-11 A. M„ 4 6 P. M. at their
e_ offices in Williamston. Those that
x have not be4n /vaccinated iin three
L years bould take this.treatment.
Wm. E. WARREN
NOTICE
'i All members of the Epworth league
l- are requested to be preeetn at a busi
ne meeting to be held Monday night
at eight fifteen o'clock in the Metho
r di. t Church.
' MRS. L. C. LARKIN *
FEDERL RESERVE
MISMANAGEMENT
Not since we have recorded history
have the world masses been subject
ed a system of robbery so enorous in
size und diabolical in purpose as that
.which has been pressed ihivn upon tin
bleeding brows ol' the eeoplo by t! '
■Federal Reserve lioar.i ef the Unitei
States. We stood the \va>, we saw ou
-oils march away and disappear inn
the distance to the step of marshal
irusic that freedom anil justice might
be enjoyed by all men. We vi'eri
twenty five hillioin dollars to execute
that war. We do not regret it. Iliu
we 'iin I ourselves, ou" jpdu.'t ries an I
o. r institutions suffering loss of tie
wa>.
v\'e are copying below an article
from- the speech of Mr. Crissiinger,
present Comptroller of the Currency
who is a Republican in | olitics nn.
shows the situation in he see:', it
laused by the Federal Reserve Hoaio.
i olicy.
"I cannot too emphatically s ay that
1 do not believe deflation in currency
and credits can go hand in hand with
a regime of high interest rates, with
out imposing great and dar.genni
hardships upon the people. If that be I
financial heresy or economic treason
i make the most of it.
Our farmers, stimulated by the gov
eminent'.' appeal- and by patriotic
purpose to win the war, put,their enei
gies and resources into the produc
tion of world supplies and- at tin
same tipie were denied by the govern
inent, in somt l instances, an open mar
ket; ruled by the free law ol
and demand iu which to sell. The
were not permitted to profiteer. Theii,
profits were intended to be u fair re
compense for services, but hardly foi
investment.' The war's end found ttie
farm machine producing r tiiiifo, a.id
this prmttietinn rcaclied its inaxiimim_
in the crop season of 1020.
"The order for deflation, fof such it
was construed to be, found,granarie
and warehouses bulging with farm
products, produced nt war costs, which
were and are being sold, when buyer?
can be found at less than half their
production costs. The result is tin
imposition of distress, of hankruptev
upon farmers by millions. And this
distress has'been reflected in our in
dustries. K
"So it should be, and is, our bus
iness now to open up markets lor oui
surplus wares in order to ameliorate
' tlrrs rnmlitinfl* - We- must ha mindful
that to pros|iel* our own people i
our lirst duty.
"How well do I remember, its :
young lawyer, the days.-of the 'BO
and early ''.llls, when family after fain
il) wit hhuggard, tear-stained faces
stood before the auctioneer 'in front
of the west door of the court house'
to see their homes sold to pay tin
principal of the mortgage arid the ac
cumulations of the eight per cent in
terost, plus commissions, that was ther
the going rate; driven to hunkruptcy
by a falling market for labor and
farm products, and a high rate for
money. Another such crisis must be
avoided.
"Again I say that experience hin
.shown us no time when the conjunc
tion of low prices for.commodities and
labor, withhigh cost for money
brought anything but disaster to the
people.
"We will be wise to remember, that
falling prices and high interest rntes
are never the twin sisters' of pros
perity; and no more for the hankei
than for the general public.
, "High interest rates and prosperity
were never bedfellows. v
" "Tfariliers will do well to have some
- thought for the happiness iind pros
perity of the borrower, fver remem
bering that 'the quality of merev i*
* * * twice blessedjj it blesses him
| that gives and him that receives.''
£'! I Ifu On the same day taht Mr. Cris
dnger made the statements above giv
~ en the Hon. John Wilttam
former Comptroller of the Currency
' made a speech to the farmers, bus
1 iness men and newspaper men o
1 Georgia.
This speech by one who had beei
' in the meetings of the Federal Reservi
v Board makes many startling revela
r tlon.s about the workings of the board
He showed how the board charged i
small country bank in Alabama 87 1-:
per cent interest and the rates charg
e ed most of the hanks in the agricul
ri tural regions of the South ranged fron
'. 2 to 5 times as much as the rate
r charged by any other civilized coun
t try in th«f world. This has affectei
e practically every small bank in th.
South and West, the hanks of Wil
liamstnn ' including the Farmers t
Merchants Bank, the Peoples Banli
and the Martin County Savings an
c Trust Company. Every bank In th
i- South and West has felt the stron
it hand of the Federal Reserve in it
i- throat.. They have been handicappe
in their operations and usefullness t
their communities besides suffer in
NEW ANALYSIS OF
CITY WATER GIVEN
No. E 986.
Sent by Supt. Water Works,
Location Williamston, N. C.
Source, Bored well 220 feet (main.)
Marked, Town of, Wiliiumston.
Collected, 7-14 21.
Received. 7-l:>-2i«
Reported, 7-2 d 21.
Sediment O
Color—riatnmm-cobalt .standard *
Turbidity—Silica standard O
Odor, col.r O
Odor, hot O
Alkalinity (in terms of Calcium
carbonate i alkaliine.
Chlorine 101.
Colon bacilli in 1 c. c. O
Total number of bacteria at .38 lr
threes C. per c. c. 35(H).
WAHSWORTH —WATTS
A quiet but impressive home wed-'
ding was solemnized yesterday af
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock when Miiss
Elizabeth Wadsworth became the
bride rf Mr. J. Wiggins Watts, Jr.,
of Williamston, N. C.
The pastor of the bride, L>r. J. H.
N. Sumnierell of the First Fresbyte
nan church, > performed the cere
mony at the home of the bride neai
Cove City, in the presence of the nn
mediate family.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. anil Mt . Watt left on the west
hound Norfolk and Southern. On theii
return from the bridal trip they will
be at home, William-iton, N. C., to
theiii many friends..
Mr s -.Watt'*, the younger dauglitei
of Mr. and Mis. A. K. Wadsworth,
lias a host lof warm friends ini New
Bern, anions whom she is greatly
loved for her winning; disposition and
, many fine traits,
i Mr. Watts, a son ol' Mr. and Mrs.
I. W. Watts of Williamston, N. C., is
~li youilg man -trf excellent qualities
and is one of the most popular and
leading young men in all progressive
t enterprises in his community.
The above announcement will be of
much interest to friends of both par
r ties in our town. Mrs. Watts has
been Visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. T.
Hunter and cousiin, Mrs. J. (5. Godard,
~ for several years anil has a large
number of friends and aquaintance in
Wiliiumston who will he glial to wel-
come her in the social and domestic
, \(fi' if the town. She was educate 1 in
P and NJcw Bern lliuli
• Schools and at William and Mary Col
. lege irTVTf-gmU; Mil Watts in a gradu
ate rtf A. Un I E. College in
liud extensive service abroad in the
S. Flying Squadron during the te
•ml war and is row manager and
l ,i\ ner of the Strand Theater in hi*
, hume town The;/ will be at home in
. Williamston u f ter two weeks »t tne
.Walton Cottage at Virginia Heath, i
SIR VICES AT BAPTIST CHI'RCH
Sunday," July 24th, 1921
|j Sunday School, 9:46 A. M. —Dii. 1'
U. Cone, Superintendent.
Morning service, 11:00 A. M.
F Afternoon service, (at Bigg's school
house) 3:30 I'. M.
Evening service, 8:00 I'. M
, You are all cordially invited.
A well known bishop in the South
mine time ago lost his third wife. A
j lergymnn who had known the filst
#ife returned from the North and
wished t>o see her grave. He called
at the church and saw the sexton.
' "Can you tell me where the bisaopV
wife is buried?" h«j asked.
"Well sir," said the sextor., "1 do
not know for sho\ but he mostly
- buries 'era at Mtlledgaville."-
" much from loss of exchange and high
n rates of interest. Not only have theii
'' methods affected the banks of the
i country, but all other business ha
felt the pall of this death grip. Banks'
w - .init bti-iner-i housVN have Irtjt'H sus
>' pended over the crate rof a burning
s- volcano because they knew not how
»f far the pressure would be carried.
Mr. Williams stated that the Fed
> n oral Reserve H-ank of New York City
/e loaned to one concern at one time,
a more than the seven Reserve Banks
d.° of St. Louis, Kansas City, Minne
ii apolis, Dallas, Richmond, Atlanta and
-2 San Francisco loaned to all of their
g customers during the same period.
il All these thing* and many others
m appear which most clearly proves that
e the system has done all po.ssit
n eliminate small banks and rentraliw
?d all the financial -power of America ir
tie thrf .hands of a few.
il- Too much condemnation cannot b«
& hurled at the members of the Fed
k, eral Reserv eßoard who have destroy
nd ed the prinicples of a splendid system
fey graft, favoritism and all kinds of
np rascality.
nd TAKEN UP: ONE BLACK SWAL
to low eared hog. For same apply 1 
lg W. R. Harrison.
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FREIGHT RATES
Washington, July 21.—1 a connection
with the important rate adjustment
conferences betwee representatives rf
the railroads and M. R. Beau an, of
Raleigh, and J. 11. Fishback. promi
nent attorney, railroad officials stated
today that it will be their purpos«~hn»
mediately to cancel the present rates
between points in eastern North Car
olina, which now enjoy, on the basis
of water competition, rates lower than
are in effect to other points in the
anie general territory and to advance
ihe rates to the schedule now in effect
cr inland towns.
Should the railroads carry out their
announced purpose, it would mean
that Washington, New Bern, Belhaven
Elizabeth City and other towns along
the coast would lose their present
preferential rate and would have to
itand for a considerable increase.
Mr. Beaman, who is secretary of the
Chanmber of Commerce at Raleigh,
had the following to say here thi#
morning relative to the proposed ac
tion on the part of the railroads:«.
"It has been the avowed purpose of
the railroads for two years or more
to make these advances to New Bern,
Wilmington, Washington and other
eastern Carolina This was a
proposition arising entirely outside of
and independent of considerations in
volved in the North Carolina rate case.
It comes about from the fact that
there is no longer forceful competi
tion. The rate* to New Bern, Wilming
ton, Edenton, Washington, Beaufort
and other points alung the eastern
coast made on the basis of wa
ter to meet watre rates,
but the railroads now contend that in
asmuch as there is no water transpor
tation between New York, Phjladel;
phia and Baltimore to the eastern
coast i 1 North Cirolmo, they are pro
, . It'll irom ihi r t'.»ie lower rates
tn that section, 4n>> »u tl. icfore pub
lit-!. ti'iiffs to tdvan the rates up to
•.'.O Mites that ai i n.;»de to coru and
e i -tern central North Crolinu, such as
(J  "?11 ro, It i ;i, Henderson, Wit
h , eic."
Secretaries of chambers of com
morce and otter interested person*
will i'ttend a meeting to tie held at
Rocky Mount on July 26, at which time
a plu nof campaign to combat the pro
oosed action of the railroads will be
. outlined. 2
The greatest need o ft he average
inan and woman is not a profouoder
grasp or better appreciation of in
dividual verses and texts, but a copm
prehensive grasp of ihe Book a* a
whole, a bird's eye view of the hi»-
torical sweep and meaning of the can
non lis a whole.—D Webster Wylie.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin county.
' .The ePoples Bank, a corporation
——
Dennis C. Taylor
The defendant above named will
take notice that a summons in 'IiO a
bove entitled action was issued against
the said defendant on the 13th day of
June, 1921, by A. T. Crawford, a Jus
tice of the Peace for Martin county,
N. C., for the sum of two hundred
dollars with interest thereon from the
first day of November, 1920, due said
plaintiff on account of a certain pro
missory note executed by the defend
ant to the plaintiff on the first day of
' January, 1920, which said summons ib
' returnable before said Justice of the
t'eace at his Williamston, N.
C., in said county and in Williamston
, iwonship on the 9th day of July, 1921.
, The defendant wil lfurther take notice
p tha ta warrant is returnable before
the said justice at the time and place
j, above named for the return of the
. summons when and where the defend
, ant is required to appear and answer
v or demur, to the complaint or the re
lief demanded will be granted.
This the 13th day of June, 1921. .
y ASA T. CRAWFORD,
Justice of thePeaee.
NOTICE OF SALE
d . :
, State of North Carolina—County of
Martin.
h I, J. Dawson Biggs, tax collector for
it the town of EveretU, have this day
levied on the following tracts or ®ar
e eels of land and will sell the urn* at
n public auction for cash at tha court
house in Williamston on the 23rd day
'of July, 1981, for town tana do* and
I unpaid .for the year 1920, unless the
taxes and costs are paid an or before
n that date.
f J. B. Harnhil, taxes, »18.20; casta,
$2.00; total fISJO.
D, J. Meeks, halanse taxes, |li0;
costs, |S.OO; total, 18.60.
4 His the 28 rd day of July, 19tl.
J. DAWSON BIQO9*
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