Advertisers Will Find Our
Column* a Latch Key to 1500
of Martin County's Homes
VOLUME XXII—NUMBER 73
COMMISSIONERS IN
REGULAR SESSION
The Board of •Commissioner.s 01
Martin County met yesterday with uli
member.-, present: Jolm L. Hassell.
Chairman, Henrj C. Green, Joshua L
Coltiain, Henry I>. I 'eel ami l)i. It, 1
Long.
Ordered that Levin lie allowed
to remove tne lumher around the vat
at his home, provided that Mr Auge
would till (he vat up.
- Ordered-that Muriah Whitakei be
...allowed 52.1M1 per month. same
to he entrusted to Sam Harnhill oi
Robetson viTTe.
(>rdered that Venis Hall-aid l» al
lowed £2.00 pet month. S"
l rilored t ..t petition: Ittini tin
1 poor for help, fro mth eCountv -hall
l.e igned hy three or mine ijiiii*r>
who know the applicant.
Ordered that Doctoi ■ Lonu ami
I,on if of Hamilton IK- paid $90.58 foi
typhoid v accinat ions.
Ordered that the count;, of Maiti'
frtt> lOuml tup railroad fares of a! 1
Confederate veterans from tin- cnui'ff
' who attend tlx Old Soldiers Reunioi
in Chattanooga, Term., on October 25.
1921.
On motion made hy lleniy I*. I'ee!
ami seconded hj 11. (', Green the
Hoard voted unanimously to indorse
"the road from Williamston to Halifay
as outlined ill th)LJielitijuii--ut~-tlie llalu
fttx-Williamston Highway Association
Ordered that Geoige Powers lie ad
"milted to the County Home.
Ordered that S. K. Higgs Ih ug Co
IK 1 paid the sum of $28,511 on burial
expense of a stranger who died at
f Thomas' Hoarding House im Septem
j ""her 21st, 1921.
THE WAR ON TITIKIU I I.OSIS
The North Carolina Tuebreulo-i.-
" 'Association has prepared some figure,
showing the resiills of activities iirthe
State as directed ugainst tuberculo-i-
Since 1915 when active measures foi
the control of tuberculosis were coin
nieneed in the state 2,237 lives lii.i
be-'ii saved. About seventeen thou
and infections have been prevented
according- to tlie estimates of the a sso~
ciatioti.
Tfte funds that have been used it
accomplishing these results have - a
mounted to a million dollars. Tl'\
amount includes not omy all State ap
propriations for tuber. U.»;_IJ wmk but
all funds expended by pd'ent.; takini
treatment at the .State—Sauat»iv>»*-
juid all funds ruised-ttirouiihoot the
State by the sale of Chr >tmas seals
Could a million doll-'n ha e neon
n ore wisey invested. The eeonomc
sav.'ng to the State has been%sti mated
a" sixty flight millions dollars, i.ut
-'there is no estimating the val-ie of
the happiness that ha - exi ted in ttrr
home* wh ere the deadly niseiiM* i i lit I
IHV» appeared and dibit, or vvneri
d ath from it might have ocvuirr-e'in I
didn't.
'I lie money the state pu' - in abolish
ing disease is money th.it tilings bout
•titnl returns. l»r. Mcl'.iayi r, imiiai'-
inr director of the associat ion, -ax
th: t with an appropriation of two .I d
lars per capita for a deci >e tubeii.n
I(,si- in North Carolina can lie pre'
tieally eliminated, flint would meat
•fifty medium dollars fir the ten year>
i —ji vast amount Imt then the rend!
voild he incaleu'.tbi > in 'flue.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSI Kit IV
SEPTEMBER
White
William Moore Ijiughinghouse, 29
—lnez Stokes, I'J.
-* Carl A. Straw-bridge, 21 Martha
Hennett, 15.
Clinton Dunning, 19 M'Jlie Marie
Brown,- 18.
Clyde "* E. Silverthorn, 23—Ilessie'
Knox, 18.
1 Redden L.
Robertson, 19.
Colored
Marcus Sherrod, 22 —Emma Green.
IK.
*+* John Terry," 21—Lena Latham, 19
Roy Harrell, 21 —Eliza Worsley, 19
John A. Griffin, 21—Picolla Dug
gins, 21.
James Shields, 21—Augusta Jones
20.
Essex Purvis, 21—Hannah Everett
22. - •-
• ' Hen Puvris, 21—Maggie Evans, 20
J.ewi.s Highsmith, fill—Rhoda Ever
ett, 4J5;
Ceasar Purvis, 23—Lucy Manson
'2O. ;
- CARD Oi" THANKS
I wish o thank all my n- ighbors
and friends who kindly assisted me
when 1 lost my rtock house hy fire,
»»also those who helped me rebuild it.
f am reminded that the .splendid spirty
MI long rfy,rished by the people of our
Southland and which,always helps a
freind in distress is still much alive
in the hearts of my neighbors and I
_ fully appiaciat it '
Respectfully,
N. R. MANNING.
THE ENTERPRISE
The army of the disabled
ingrowing mj
Ten Million Dcm
TT and hi?
To bring before the country In vieual form the va«t problem It Is helping
to solve, the American Red Croe* ha« prepared for its Annual Roll C.ill,
Nov. 11 to 24, a poster ■howing how rather than diminishing the total of
World War veterans entitled to Federal aid continues to grow. Red Cross
Service to these men i* costing $10,000,000 a year.
North Carolina
Pace for II
Gentltjiirn, \nu ;I' take -il -\'-u
I ..I. to No'tll Ca'l,l .1. ;i ■ • i'*e o:
II ■' T I'l'.S II LLN .
!. .. .- COl'lll' * Hi •.1 . ll' l
a. •>i II . 11« of Llr- i.I • .ni uiomisc
■if the l'utuie ai;e ulmost unbelievable
North Carolina is an historic old
state. The" Revolutionary battlefield
of Guilford Court House, which iiiudi
j7(i*siTile fFie defeat and suirPiiiTer ol
Cornwulli.s at Vorktown, lies wihtiii
its hordeis, ileal (ireen. born, ami tin
state was prominent In tlie Civil Wai.
.At -Llie„-a.-iuau!—uf thitt eonliicf, .North
Carolina, in Common with the remain
del of the old South, vva.s prostrate
The flower of .her >outh has perished
Her fields were untitled. Her currencv
was worthless. The accuiiiulatioiis oi
years of pi'o.-p,'ity • had tieen swept
away by the ravages of war. Her en
t+re economic itnd -4nher -ystein liun
Iteen shattered overnight.
There was a leal tragedy, winch
has had no counterpart, even in the,
stricken provinces of Prance and He I
gium today. It has taken two gen i
atiuns t (laccoinpfish the miracle hut
North Carolina l»a caught liei 1-. ji
and it' rafiidly distaiu'ing hei
-la Us. _
Agi KMlt.ueThe soil and ■-1 i nt«
an : farmers-of North Carolina IIHNIIIC
eii ITI re wealth in 1919. than t e
entire gold of * ''ilti'oi iia
;m i? the stampede of 1849. . • l ie was
Ihe fourth agricultural state in tin
I liinn, ai'cordn g to ,Gov'©i riluen'. Ie
poiU, surpassed only by Tex is o, v i t
.area, iowa and Illinois, in tne oidei
named.
Manufacturing? Liven lietore tie
grea tdevelopment of the war period
North Carolina was operating ys
many cotton spindles as Massachu
•setts.-Put that in your pipe and smoke
it, you hide bound Yankees, (.'heap
labor, cheap power and the proximity
of raw cotton have worked the mar
vel. ,'Tlie Southern Power Company
having harnessed the streams of lln
I!lue Ridge Mountains, opei
thousand miles of transmission line
in the two Carolina* and tuin.s tin
wheels of three- bund rod cotton mills
Three out of every four men in over
alls, throughout the I'nited States,-arr
wearing denim manufactured in a
single North Carolina , factory,- at
mill four city block
long ant! two and three storiev high.
Manufacturers*, can buy electric powei
for about hal fwhat it would cost to
operate with s'team. Among the great
»nt fumiture ; and tobae
ing centers in the country arc#'High
Point and Winston -Salem, respectively
Could the total value of North Car-
farm, forest, water and mar.u
faotin'ing pi'oduct sin 1919 have been
converted into dollar bills,, according
to one statistical enthusiast, the entire
export of California "fruit could have
been wrapped in North Carolina mon
ey; her hay lyid grain covered with
North Carolina, money and still there
would have been enough money loft
with which to bag all the gold dual
ever mined or toined in the Golden
State.
Incomes? The average Income tax
Williamson, Martin County North Carolina, Tuesday, October 4th, 1921
Sol I in» (he
or Sislcr Stales
paid in North Cafolina is e:\cet.
only hy that in New oYrkstate. Tin
federal taxes paid by North Can
lina in 1920 exceeded the total annum
paid by all the remaining South'n
states.
Climate? Superb. On the co
and in the great I'iedr.iont and Mo.; t
alll sections, while almost the i-iiIIM
nut tTT' was~^vrTciTng~iii TiiTy Tieal.TlT
people o°f North Carolina were »lei j
inn under blanket's.
Seeneiy? The l!lu(* Ridge Mount
■litis,. almost, unkiiuvvin to tin 1 natiiu.
■it large, have some of i lie line it so n
erv in the world and will In- a Mr
foi tourists, once the state's ambition
road building prngram has lifi n com -
pleted.
Education? With all the suppo: nil
an .dactual illiteiacy of the nnnuitaii
wiute.i, Noith (Carolina hn-s less li
literacy today than New Hamp. bin
In expenditures per capita lot ediu a
turn she stands first among the t:11
in proportion to her per capita w .•!
l\vo hundred public school ' Iniildin 1
were erected in the state in 1919.
Aitil to these attraction and at
tainments a people of enterprise am
charm big men, physical!) ami men
tally, and beautiful women, and MM
have conditions which will keep"* hei
sister states stepping to remain wilh
in hailing distance, - Earth Mover
HELP I INI) A HOME IOR I'll ESI
ORPHANS
Editor Enterprise:
Sometime back we a sled you to as
-ist us in finding homes for 20 bo\s
The publicity- you gave this appeal
furnished us homes for over CO boys
and girls.
Winter is coming on and we hnv
in sight for October, November and
December, 00 hoys who are now ir
distress ami for whom we are seeking
homes.
We know you delight in co-operat
ing with our Society in this greu
wxuk of .-,av ii4f mnot eul t'-lwMieu vvla
are not responsibl'P fi'il' their condi
tion. -
Let the good people within youi
field know tnat this service is Itefori
them. There are hundreds of childle .t
home in North Carolina if they could
only be located. Publicity is tin
means. If we vyere a coinmerei."' en
terprise we would gladly, buy .-pac
in your paper and thus reach the peci
pie. But we operate entirely by v.ol
untarv ortnl.ution.- and scarcely col
lect enough funds to feed ami cloth'
these unfortunate children while the)
are in our receiving home.
Help us all you can. We have tlx
following boy* ready foi' placemen
during the criming ninety days:
5 boys, six months to 1.1 months o!
age.
15 boys 2 years lo r age
10 boys 6 years to 8 years of age.
20 boys 10 years of aire. '
10 boys 12 to 14 years of age.-»
* • Respectfully,
JOHN J. PHOENIX,
State Su[>erintendent,
Home Society of North Carolina, Inc
Local News and
f Personal Mention
Miss Essie Peel left tlii.s morning
for Tarhoio, where she will visit her
sister, Mi.s. , I'olk MeCravv lot -nine
time."
* * "
Messrs, .lav Crillin, Ifowuid IN• i
rick and Eiancis M Manning tell jes
terda.v for Chapel Hill vvlieie ll,ey «i'l
attend the I nivcr ilv durim 1 . the coin
ing months.
Mr. .1. K. 110 \I, one i, i \\ a liiin* lon
jmo t piogre ive nierchant l l a ~i
■ advertt'-nmcrrt in tin ivtfe oll'eiinp
a line opportunity for ladies to Im
till s on i'i'iila), (h liitiei -ill. atnl
I'ecial line ol ladie ue.uini' apparel
for Mnihlav, tli'tohei Imh.
Mi. i ied S!1111«• ri l u riii>il 1 i. til:- won
II Ihi i nam vi" lei da v nlte r v isitinu
Mi Slmte ,i lew ilajs al the honii' >!
Ihei pa nut . Mi. and Mrs. S. S, Itrovvn
Mi. .lack I look, I peiil the week
end in WiPi.n vv 1111 In , lather, Mi
.1 I'. Cooke.
Mes i |it-iI Outlaliil ami Kre.
Mom e of Washington -vseie lui inc.
visitor in town \ e.- tenlav.
• » • •
Mrs. ,1. \\. Watts, Jr., has ie
turned from LI . viMt to— lW^R —parent ,
Mr. and ,Mr . Albeit Wads Worth at
Cove City.
Messrs. Frank and Irving Margolb.
attended the Jewish New Vear-.cele
biation in Norfolk Monday.
Miss Ctirrie Hell While left this
morning for liocky Mount, where In
will have her tonsils removed at Part;
View Hospital.
• • • *
Mr, Luke Lainb of Raleigh spent
the weekend in town.
• * m 9
Mr. W. J.t. Watts, of Norfolk spent
Sunday in town with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. J. W Watts.
Messrs. Theodore Robeison am'
lohn 111 owning and Sheriff Roher- oi
aie, f m_J{jrh!Wdtid thin week on busines,
*** » ♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Asa T. Crawford ami Cariii
lligifs - Koek-v JVltimtl
oda> shopping.
• • • »
MI -s Jlella Smithvvick and Mrs. 110 l
idav of Jamesville were in town yes
'ei da) shopping.
Mr. Albert Perry went to Richitiom
Sll injav mi business,
r ■
SIR MGIIi liO VI) TO HEI ULI.
Messrs, (i.C, 1 -Walker, of Goodwatei
\la., A. I>. Morgan, of ireenslM»lo ami
',L C. Moll'itt, of Tennessee .have just
omplctcd tlie urvey for (lie higiivvav
li'tim I let hi-l -to the Roanoke llridge
Ibis section of the highway will In
known as project No. (ill.l in the Stale;
mad building sv. tem. The load wil
cross to the Miulll ..ule ol the rail
road about two miles ea 1 of Itobei
.onv ille, running alonx the smjlh i'J
of the railroad all the way to Wil
ianistoii. This means that very liUli
of the old road will be Used and that
he new i;oad will he Used ami ll IS
the new road will lie praclicall;
«lr;light all file wuv to lletbel. » j
—_ J
SI M>A V SCHOOL l( V 1.1. V HA\
The llaptist Sunday School held it.
Rally Hay Service Sunday morning
I'he exercises consisted on songs, jeci
lotions and a play "America." lb'
I'. 11. Cone was in charge of the pro
gram and Rev'. A. V. Joyner made a
short address. The training of tin
' hi Id ten had been under the direct'n
if Mrs. JOIIII I), lliggs, Jr., which el
,vays inerifs the approval i fan aty
hence. The entertainment was thov
Highly enjoyed hy the large ciowd ti
itteridance.
. Til ETOHA( ( (> MARKET
The finest break if the season ui
m dat«; wa3 held yesterday on tin
'ocal market when tobacco in the Itn,
anoke and Dixie Warehouses average
IBe. The tobacco in the Farmers am
Urick Warehouses sold e|ually as big!
jut the average had not been cog.
pleted when this report. was giver
lartin county has produced spine vet;,
fine tobacco this-season-and it is bruit
ing tip top prices. The Williamstoel
market is one of the highest in th«
»ast and satisfaction is Seignijig a
mong its' customers. --»•
READ THE AI^S
Read the advertisemnets . Remem
Iter the institutions, firms and individ
uals Who advertise with us are the
people who builil up this community.
And thnsP Who advertlse and bring
folks to town have just as good mer
chanilise hK can lie bought anywhere.
Xootoycr the list of names appear
ing in our columns, they are good
people. >
President Harding ♦SW
Now Heads Red Cross 2$
JhIIS
(g) *~»tmmf»* *. *J!^htst»*
Succeeding former President Wileon, President Harding wae recently
elected president of the American Red Croee. He le here eeen accepting the
Office. From left to right: MaJ. Gen. Merrltte W. Ireland, »urgeon Qeneral,
U. 8. A.; Dr. Livingston Farrand, chairman Central Committee of the Red
Crqes; the. President; Aut, Secretary of the Treaaury Eliot Wadsworth;
Hoar Admiral Edward R. Btitt, Surgeon Qeneral, U. 8. N.
Two Views of Wbiskev bv
Two Prominent Characters
ill. liuliert logei oil was not a haul
ill inker, lull lie liked the warming in
lluence of Milne good whiskey when
lie (si.ulil get it. He w a making ..
lecture tour through the state of Ken
tu• •k\ one time, and while down here
lie found a whole barrel, of real ripe
old whiskey that just suited" his tnste,
and lie had it shipped home to him
self, and when he got home lu—said.
"Hob, this i.-. too much whiskey for
any one man to have, so send some of
it to some ol your friends." So Hob
sat down and made a list of friend
to whom he might send some of hi;.
Tioice whiskey. Among the 11>t was
Dr. ItUckley, a Methodist minister, an
old school friend; Hob thought he
mighl like some of that good whi key,
sb v lie sent Dr. Hucklev a gallon jug'
and wrote a letter.
Tf.v Dear Ifuckley,
I send you some of the 'most wonder
fill whiskey thai ever drove a -dee le
ton from a least or paint'd land
-scapes in HreTrrirhi nf men.
II is the mingled souls of wheal am'
Colli.
111 it you will find the sun bine and
the shadow that clia ed each i.thei
over billowy field . The breath ol
June, the carol of the lark, the dew
of June, the weal'li of summer anil
autumn's rich content all. golden wi x
imprisoned light.
Drink it and you shall hear tin
voices of men and maidens inging.
"The Harvest Home," mingled with
tlie laugl^ter of children. Drink il dee|/
and you will feel within your veins
the beautiful starred down , the
ilrealny, tawny lll ks of perfect day:
I'Vrr 4(1 years this liquid joy has been
confined in stave- of oak, longing to I
kiss I lie lip,-. of man.
Your friend,
ItOIIEKT C. INOEUSOI.I
Dr. Huckley got his jug of whUkey
looked it over, anw without even re
moving the. cork, to see what a bean
tifnl bunch of joy he bad, shipped il
back with the following letter:
My Dear Hob:
I return to you some of the mo I
beautiful whiskey that ever brongbi
a skeleton into the closet or p.nmtei
scenes of lust nnd ; bloodshed in tin
brain of man.
It is the ghosts of wheat and corn
1.1 NDA MOOD- -WOO DUO I 'SE
Sunday nuiriung at the home of liei
grandfather, ,M r. James D. Waters,
Miss I rma Charli• s"W(Tollhouse, daugh
ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood house be
ciime t.t»» l.riili, of Mr liuipk. UfLund
Lindamood, Uev. 1.. C. karkin of the
Methodist Episcopal church and pa ,I in
of. both the bride anij groo mofiiciated
Only the immediate family of the
bride were present and Mr. anil Mr
kindamooil left shortly after the cer
emony by inotiti'~ToF llobgood where
they, took the train for Norfolk and
Washington. L'pon their returjn the;
at w4tlv~ Mr,.-unil.^Jxii.,
I arkin.
Mrs. Lindamood was reared in Wil
liamston and is a young woman of
.. .unusual charm and talent. She was
educated at Carojtna College in Max
ton and specialized in piano and voice,
both there and elsewhere. Mr. Lindn
mood, son of Mr. George E. Lindti
mood, of behnnawj Ohio, came to Wil
liamston three years ago, a student
from Marietta College in Marietta.
Ohio, and in that time he has made
a large number of friends here. Hi'
is at_present assocaited with Mr, W
t H. Gurkin, as owner of the Idea'
{ Cleaning Works.
i '
crazed Jiy the loss of their natural
bodies*
lii it you will find ii transient sun
shine chased liy a shallow as cold a.
au Arctic midnight, in which tin
breath of Juiii' becomes chilled ami
the carol of the lark (fives place to
the frrr boding cry of the raven.
I>ii it k it anil you shall have woe,
"soriow, babbling, wounds without a
cause. Your eyes shall behold strange
women and your heart shall.utter per
verse thoughts.
Drink it deep and you shall heai
the voices of (lemons shrieking, women
wailing and worse than orphaned
children mourning the loss of a father
who still lives. Drink it deep anjj
long and serpents will hiss in voui
ears, coil themselves about your neck
and seize vou with" their funirs.
At last it "biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder."
l''or 40 year sthis liquid death hat
been confined in staves of oak, harm
trfw there as purestwntfi. I rettmi-il
to you that you may put in youi
mouth that which "tvill steal nwai youi
brain, and yet I call myself your
friend,
IICCKI.KY.
STI lIVINIi I. AW VT VAMIKKIIII.T
"Koc'Sy Mount, Oct. 'J. Miss Martha
Ward at Jier home on lirace street
entertained in honor of her sister Mist
Delia Kate Ward, who has left fm
Nashville, Tcini., where she will tin I >
law at Vanderbilt t'nivei sit > .
The guests were received by Mi e
Mllu McDeurinau and lima Hughe
and Miss Annie May Epstein presided
at the punch bowl. Miss Amy Mead
passed a Happy Thought book in
wjjich the guests wrote a parting wish
foi' the guest of honor.
A delightful musical program, wa;
rendered by Miss I.ou Spencer A vent,
pianist, Miss Mary dole, violinist, Miss
Estelle Avent, soloist, -which was I'ol
lowed by dancing, after which a de
liciou.s ice cream course was served.
A GOOD WOKK
Mr. Kuy M. lirowh, field agent of
the" State Hoard of Charities and pub
lie Welfare was in town today look
ing after tl'ie interests of dependent,
delinquent and defective children, tin
poverty stricken, all persons on pa
roll! from prisons, asylums or o'her
institutions an dpersons in any lorn,
of ditress. All such persons are undei
the direcfßiii of the" State Tlonril "of
Charities and the County Superintend
of \o liiimcii—af on
State Government is reaching a moi"
needy class of 'people than tilis. I lie
people who from causes over which
they have no control and some who
deliberate! yerred are being helped in
many ways.
CLOSIN A IHSGRACKFI'I. CHAP
TER
The Stillmttn divorce scandal n'cmr
to be coming to a close and it looks
now like Mrs, Stillman is getting the
best of the settlement. It is but an
other rase where people had more'
money than honor and virtue, the htiv
made the world no better, they have
damaged it very much,
WINTER IS COMING
I fyou don't thoroughy lunderstnnd
the use of ynur cut-offs on any job
installed by A'phin-Dumi Plumbing
Co., if you will call our office we will
send a man, gratis, to ®*plain their
use to prevent freezing.
ALPHIN-DUNN PLUMBING CO.
IF YOU WANT QUICK
RESULTS USE A WANT
AD IN THE ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1898
RAILROADS RESIST
TAX ASSESSMENTS
Raleigh, Oct. 4.—Former Supreme ,
( oui't Justice George H. Brown of
Beaufort, and Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum,
of Greensboro, counsel named by the
'governor to assist the attorney gen
eral in the action taken by the Sou
thern, the A. C. L. railway, and th*
Atlantic and \uUkin railway, to resist
tax assessment by the state in the
T . !s. Court, have been her» preparing
Uh' defense for the hearing at GreeAdttl
boro the latter part oT thi sweek,
.... Mi* ion to dismiss on grounds
i jurisdiction will be the first
i t>lep taken by the tate in answering
fche petition for an injunction against
ta> administration officials to restrain
i the cullection o flaxes levide against
theni when the cases come to be heard
sume time later in the month.
•In the event of the failure of the
motion to prevail, the state will pro
ceed with the denfense of its'position
on the grounds that values assessed
against the property of the
ants ure true values, and justify
ductions ordered in some countieal
real property on the grounds that jH
del the Revaluation Act these values
were raised from 2IHI to 1,000 ;er
cent, whereas the assessment of tne
property of the complainants wa« H'l-Wg
vaneed only 100 per cent.
.. Rough drafts of the plans for IhttH
defense of the fiction brought
the state was worked out at a co&ier
ence of attorneys numde by th? govtr
nor and attorney genera! Jam* 4 S.
Manning. Attending were u*»rge 11
Krown, former associate ju .tico of the
state supreme court; Judge VV. P. By
nom, of Greensboro and the attorney
general. Further details of tnc state's
answer will be worked out this we« 4(.
Kxtension of the tint eset tor a re
turn in the action will be asked by the
state, and no answer to the c i."ip!oiiit
served here last Wednesday will be
made on October 6. The thri-e cases
will he combined and heard jointly in
Greensboro before Judge H. G. Con
nor, Judge James 10. Ilojl, and Jus
tice Waddill of the United States cir
cuit court of appeals some time about
the end of the month.
Confidence in the abaility of the
state to secure the dismissal of the
action was expressed by the attorney
general anil his associates. Judge
Manning thinks that the motion to -'is
miss the case will receive the favor
able action of the court, but will be
prepared to continue the fight alone
the lines, luid out in the complaint in
the event that the motion to. disn.i.-**
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TWENTIETH CENTIJRV CM'B
MEETING
The Twentieth Century Club met
last Wednesday with the Misses An
11 l ews. The fololwing program was
rendered:
I'aper- "Our Nature Writers" by
Mrs. John W. Manning.
Reading—"Euss and Feathers," se-""
leeteil from John Burroughs, by Mrs.
Ilarrell.
Current Events - Mrs. Clayton
MtiWlC,
The Tfuli adjourned to meet Oc
tober 12th with Mrs. Frank U. Barnes
The work for the coming wniter for
the Club is outlined by the North
Carolina Board of Woman'* Clubs and
promises to be the utmost pleasure as
well as instruction to .those enjoying
its benefit.
SIGN UP!
Mr. J. F. M:n an i Mr 1). M MeAlil
lan of oJnes county are working ' n
Martin county this week under the di
rection of the Tobacco and Cotton Co
operative Associations. Every farmer
in the county should join the associa
tion. We must remember that the
present good prices for tobacco and
cotton are the results of the weather
giving us short crops and the Tobacco
companies and Cotton agencies arent
entitled to the credit for it. When
the farmers organize they will get
fuir prices every year. Don't fall to
spe cither Mr. May Or Mr. McMillan
and sign'up.
NOTICE *
Last examinations for teacher's cer
tificates wil Ibe held at the Court
House in Williamston on Tuesday and
Wednesday, October the Uth and 12th
beginning at 9:30 A.HI. All teachers
who have not already procured cer
tificates must take this examination
and those who wish to raise the grade
of their certificates may also take this
examination.
A. J. MANNING. -
County Supt.
I have taken up two Jersey year
lings. One a large black with wfcite
flanks, spot in forehead, marked S.
right ear swallow forked, left ear two
small crops. Smaller beast sot mark
ed. Owner please rail for them al
once and pay expenses. 3. W. G*r
ganuß, B. B. Watte old place.